GEC English Hymn 147

Stanza 1Peace, perfect peace,in this dark world of sin?The blood of Jesus whispers peace within. Stanza 2Peace, perfect peace,by thronging duties pressed?To do the will of Jesus, this is rest. Stanza 3Peace, perfect peace,with sorrow surging round?In Jesus’ presence nought but calm I found. Stanza 4Peace, perfect peace,with loved ones far away?In Jesus’ keeping we … Read more

GEC English Hymn 149

Stanza 1Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,That saved a wretch like me.I once was lost but now am found,Was blind, but now I see. Stanza 2’was Grace that taught my heart to fear.And Grace, my fears relieved.How precious did that Grace appearThe hour I first believed. Stanza 3Through many dangers, toils and snaresI have already … Read more

GEC English Hymn 150

Stanza 1Away my needless fears,And doubts no longer mine;A ray of heavenly light appears,A messenger divine. Stanza 2Thrice comfortable hope,That calms my troubled breast;My Father’s hand prepares the cup,And what He wills is best. Stanza 3If what I wish is good,And suits the will divine;By earth and hell in vain withstood,I know it shall be … Read more

GEC English Hymn 152

Stanza 1Blessed assuranceJesus is mine!Oh, what a foretaste of glory divineHeir of salvation, purchase by God;Born of his Spirit, washed in his blood. RefrainThis is my story,this is my song,Praising my Saviourall the day long. Stanza 2Perfect submission,perfect delight, Vision of rapture burst on my sight;Angels descending bring from aboveEchoes of mercy, whispers of love. … Read more

GEC English Hymn 153

Stanza 1Blest be the tie that bindsOur hearts in Christian love;The fellowship of kindred mindsIs like to that above. Stanza 2Before our Father’s throneWe pour our ardent prayers;Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one,Our comforts and our cares. Stanza 3We share each other’s woes,Our mutual burdens bear;And often for each other flowsThe sympathizing tear. … Read more

GEC English Hymn 154

Stanza 1Come, we that love the Lord,And let our joys be known;Join in a song with sweet accord,Join in a song with sweet accord,And thus surround the throne,And thus surround the throne. RefrainWe’re marching to Zion,Beautiful, beautiful Zion;We’re marching upward to Zion,The beautiful city of God. Stanza 2Let those refuse to sing,Who never knew our … Read more

GEC English Hymn 156

Stanza 1Hark! hark, my soul,Angelic songs are swellingO’er earth’s green fields andocean’s wave-beat shore:How sweet the truth thoseblessed strains are tellingOf that new life when sin shall be no more. RefrainAngels of Jesus, Angels of light,Singing to welcome the pilgrims of the night. Stanza 2Onward we go, for still we hear them singing,Come, weary souls, … Read more

GEC English Hymn 164

Stanza 1Will your anchor hold in the storms of life,When the clouds unfold their wings of strife?When the strong tides lift, and the cables strain,Will your anchor drift or firm remain? RefrainWe have an anchor that keeps the soulSteadfast and sure while the billows roll,Fastened to the Rock which cannot move,Grounded firm and deep in … Read more

GEC English Hymn 165

Stanza 1Hark! hark, my soul! angelic songs are swelling,O’er earth’s green fields and ocean’s wave-beat shore:How sweet the truth those blessèd strains are tellingOf that new life when sin shall be no more. RefrainAngels, sing on! Your faithful watches keeping;Sing us sweet fragments of the songs above;Till morning’s joy shall end the night of weepingAnd … Read more

GEC English Hymn 166

Stanza 1Light after darkness gain after lossStrength after weakness crown after crossSweet after bitter hope after fearsHome after wandering praise after tears. Stanza 2Sheaves after sowing, sun after rain,Sight after mystery, peace after pain;Joy after sorrow, calm after blast,Rest after weariness, sweet rest at last. Stanza 3Near after distant, gleam after gloom,Love after loneliness, life … Read more

GEC English Hymn 170

Stanza 1Sing the wondrous love of Jesus,Sing His mercy and His grace.In the mansions bright and blessèdHe’ll prepare for us a place. RefrainWhen we all get to Heaven,What a day of rejoicing that will be!When we all see Jesus,We’ll sing and shout the victory! Stanza 2While we walk the pilgrim pathway,Clouds will overspread the sky;But … Read more

GEC English Hymn 172

Stanza 1My hope is built on nothing lessThan Jesus Christ, my righteousness;I dare not trust the sweetest frame,But wholly lean on Jesus’ name. RefrainOn Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;All other ground is sinking sand,All other ground is sinking sand. Stanza 2When darkness veils His lovely face,I rest on His unchanging grace;In every high and … Read more

GEC English Hymn 174

Stanza 1Abide with me; fast falls the even tide,The darkness deepens; Lord with me abide!When other helpless, fail and comforts flee,Help of the helpless oh abide with me. Stanza 2Swift to its close ebbs out life’s littie day;Earth’s joys grow dim, its glories pass away;Change and decay in all around I see;O Thou, who changest … Read more

GEC English Hymn 175

Stanza 1Awake, my soul, and with the sunThy daily stage of duty run;Shake off dull sloth and joyful riseTo pay thy morning sacrifice. Stanza 2Let all thy converse be sincere,Thy conscience as the noon-day clear;Think how th’ all-seeing God thy waysAnd all thy secret tho’ts surveys. Stanza 3All praise to Thee, who safe hast keptAnd … Read more

GEC English Hymn 176

Stanza 1Oh God our help in ages pastOur hope for years to comeOur shelter from the stormy blastAnd our eternal home. Stanza 2Under the shadow of Thy throneThy saints have dwelt secure;Sufficient is Thine arm alone,And our defense is sure. Stanza 3Before the hills in order stoodOur earth receives her frame,From everlasting thou art God,To … Read more

GEC English Hymn 177

Stanza 1We plough the fields, and scatterThe good seed on the land,But it is fed and wateredBy God’s almighty hand;He sends the snow in winter,The warmth to swell the grain,The breezes and the sunshineAnd soft refreshing rain. All good gifts around usAre sent from heaven above;Then thank the Lord,O thank the Lord,For all His love … Read more

GEC English Hymn 180

Stanza 1Sing Alleluia forth in duteous praise,O citizens of Heav’n; and sweetly raiseAn endless Alleluia! Stanza 2The Holy City shall take up your strain,And with glad songs resounding wake againAn endless Alleluia! Stanza 3There, in one grand acclaim, for ever ringThe strains which tell the honour of your King,An endless Alleluia! Stanza 4This is rest … Read more

GEC English Hymn 181

Stanza 1The day Thou gavest, Lord, is ended,The darkness falls at Thy behest;To Thee our morning hymns ascended,Thy praise shall sanctify our rest. Stanza 2We thank Thee that Thy church, unsleeping,While earth rolls onward into light,Through all the world her watch is keeping,And rests not now by day or night. Stanza 3As o’er each continent … Read more

GEC English Hymn 182

Stanza 1There shall be showers of blessing:This is the promise of love;There shall be seasons refreshing,Sent from the Saviour above. RefrainShowers of blessing,Showers of blessing we need:Mercy drops round us are falling,But for the showers we plead. Stanza 2There shall be showers of blessing,Precious reviving again;Over the hills and the valleys,Sound of abundance of rain. … Read more

GEC English Hymn 183

Stanza 1We shall sleep but not for everThere will be a glorious downWe shall meet to part not everOn the resurrection morn!From the deepest caves of oceanFrom the desert and the plainFrom the valley and the mountainCountless throngs shall rise again. Refrain;We shall sleep but not for everThere will be a glorious dawnWe shall meet … Read more

GEC English Hymn 184

Stanza 1Sleep on beloved sleep and take thy restLay down thy head upon thy saviour’s breastWe love thee well but Jesus lovesthee best Good night good night good night! Stanza 2Calm is thy slumber as an infant’s sleep;But thou shall wake no more to toil and weepThine is a perfect rest, secure and deepGood-night! Good-night! … Read more

GEC English Hymn 185

Stanza 1“Sleepers, wake for the voice’ calling!”The watch men on the heights are crying,“A wake, Jerusalem at last!”Oh hear the loud midnight voices,They call out with urgency saying;“Come forth, you virgins, night is past!The bride groom comes; awake,Your lamps with glad ness take, Hallelujah!And for his marriage feast pre- pare,For you must go to meet … Read more

GEC English Hymn 186

Stanza 1I long for home: The Father’s house is urgingMe to the faithful Father’s breast,Forth from the world’s confusion and its surgingTo blessed, sweeter heav’nly rest.A thousand wishes once in me were burning,But, from life’s journey humbly now returning.Yet bangs my heart upon the one hope, home.I long for home, I long for home. I … Read more

GEC English Hymn 187

Stanza 1There is a land that lies afar,Where grief is all unknown;A land wherein the angels singAround the heav’nly throne. RefrainOh,‘t will be sweet when we shall meetUpon that distant shore,Whereon the glorious sun ne’er sets,But shines for evermore,But shines for evermore. Stanza 2We are but pilgrims on the earth,And grief our sojourn here;But well … Read more

GEC English Hymn 188

Stanza 1Striving onward, Pressing forward,Life divine to gain,We will ever Make endeavourTill we it attain,What detains, we’ll cast asideBy that promise to abide!Who endureth, Life secureth,And the Prize shall gain. Stanza 2While contending And defendingFor the truth and right,Draw us nearer Show us clearerLord Thy Spirit’s might;Let Thy word its strength impartTo each sad and … Read more

GEC English Hymn 189

Stanza 1There is a land of pure delight,Where saints immortal reign,In finite day excludes the night,And pleasures banish pain.There everlasting spring abides,And never withering flowers:Death, like a narrow sea, dividesThis heav’nly land from ours. Stanza 2Sweet fields beyond the swelling floodStand dressed in living green:So to the Jews old Canaan stood,While Jordan rolled between.Could we … Read more

GEC English Hymn 190

Stanza 1When He cometh, when He comethTo make up His jewels,All His jewels, precious jewels,His loved and His own. Refrain Like the stars of the morning,His brightness adorning,They shall shine in their beauty,Bright gems for His crown. Stanza 2He will gather, He will gatherThe gems for His kingdom;All the pure ones, all the bright ones,His … Read more

GEC English Hymn 191

Stanza 1There is a home eternal,Beautiful and bright,Where sweet joy supernalNever are dimm’d by nightWhite rob’d angels are singingEver around the bright throneWhen, oh, when shall I see thee,Beautiful, beautiful Home? ChorusHome! beautiful Home!Bright, beautiful Home!Bright Home of our Saviour,Bright, beautiful Home! Stanza 2Flowers are ever springingIn that home so fair;Little children singingPraises to Jesus … Read more

GEC English Hymn 192

Stanza 1Shall we meet beyond the river,When the surges cease to roll?Where, in all the bright “for ever,”Sorrow ne’er shall press the soul? Refrain:Shall we meet, shall we meet?Shall we meet, beyond the riverShall we meet, beyond the river,Where the surges cease to roll. Stanza 2Shall we meet in that blest harbor;When our stormy voyage … Read more

GEC English Hymn 193

Stanza 1Jerusalem the golden,With milk and honey blest,Beneath thy contemplationSink heart and voice oppressed,I know not, oh, I know not,What joys await us there,What radiancy of glory,What bliss beyond compare. Stanza 2They stand, those halls of Zion,All jubilant with songAnd bright with many an angelAnd all the martyr throng.The Prince is ever in them;The day-light … Read more

GEC English Hymn 197

Stanza 1Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah,Pilgrim through this barren land.I am weak, but Thou art mighty;Hold me with Thy powerful hand.Bread of Heaven, Bread of Heaven,Feed me till I want no more;Feed me till I want no more. Stanza 2Open now the crystal fountain,Whence the healing stream doth flow;Let the fire and cloudy pillarLead … Read more

GEC English Hymn 198

Stanza 1Blessings, blessingsYes everlasting blessings and peaceGod the father, son and the Holy SpiritBe on you, be on you Ever, ever Stanza 2Life and everlasting, peace and joyGod the father, son and the Holy SpiritPrepare you, prepare you Stanza 3Father, SaviourSpirit, spirit father, the three foldBe with you all, through this evil worldThrough all day … Read more

GEC English Hymn 199

Stanza 1WHEN the day of toil is done,When the race of life is run,Father, grant Thy wearied oneRest for evermore. Stanza 2When the strife of sin is stilled,When the foe within is killed,Be Thy gracious word fulfilled–Peace for evermore. Stanza 3When the darkness melts awayAt the breaking of the day,Bid us hail the cheering ray–Light … Read more