BlogHide Resteemsolasunbo (42)in esteem • 7 years agoCOWARD SPIRITNeither passion nor pride Thy Cross can abide, streams from Thy side Lo! Salem's daughters weep Around! A solemn darkness veils the skies, It makes the coward spirit brave, And nerves the…olasunbo (42)in esteem • 7 years agoROCKS AND HILLSThere behold His agony, Suffered on the bitter Tree; See His anguish, see His faith, Love triumphant still in death. Then to life I turn again, Learning all the worth of pain, Learning all…olasunbo (42)in esteem • 7 years agoGOOD SHEPHERDO Shepherd, good Shepherd! And is it for me This grievous affliction Has fallen on Thee? Ah, then let me strive, For the love Thou hast borne, To give Thee no longer Occasion to mourn!olasunbo (42)in esteem • 7 years agoHOW THE THORNSAh me! How the thorns Have entangled Thy hair, And cruelly riven That forehead so fair; How feebly Thou drawest Thy faltering breath; And lo, on Thy face Is the shadow of death. O…olasunbo (42)in esteem • 7 years agoJESUS I TRUSTJESUS. I will trust Thee,trust Thee with my soul; Guilty, lost, and helpless, Thou canst make me whole, There is none in heaven or on earth like Thee; Thou hast died for sinners…olasunbo (42)in esteem • 7 years agoMY SAVIOURMY Saviour, Thou Thy love to me In shame,in want,in pain hast showed; For me, on the accursed tree, Thou pouredst forth Thy guiltless blood; Thy wounds upon my heart impress, Nor aught…olasunbo (42)in esteem • 7 years agoAMONG THE DOCTORSAmong the doctors see The Boy so full of grace; Say, wherefore taketh He The scholar's lowly place? That Christian boys, with revelence meet, May sit and learn at Jesus feet. Christ, once…olasunbo (42)in song • 7 years agoTHY CROSSTHOU say'st: Take up thy cross, O man, and follow Me, The night is black, the feet are slack; Yet we would follow Thee. But, O dear Lord, we cry, That we Thy face could see : Thy blessed face…olasunbo (42)in esteem • 7 years agoFLOCKED TO HEARO THOU, whom once they flocked to hear, Thy words to hear. Thy power to feel; Suffer the sinners to draw near, And graciously receive us still quoteThey that be whole. Thyself hast said, No…olasunbo (42)in esteem • 7 years agoWALKED THE FIELDSWhen He walked the fields,He drew From the flowers, and birds, and dew, Parables of God; For within His heart of love All the soul of man -did move,God had His abode. Fill us, Lord, with Thy…olasunbo (42)in esteem • 7 years agoHASTE THE SHEPHERDSHaste with the shepherds; see The mystery of grace : A manger-bed, a Child, Is all the eye can trace. Is this the Eternal Son, Who on the starry throne Before the worlds begun Was with the…olasunbo (42)in esteem • 7 years agoLORD AND SAVIOURThere their Lord and Saviour Meek and lowly lay, Wondrous light that led them Onward on their way, Ever now to lighten Nations from afar, As they Journey homeward By that guiding star. Thou…olasunbo (42)in esteem • 7 years agoUPON THE MIDNIGHTIT came upon the midnight clear, That glorious song of old, From angels bending near the earth To touch their harps of gold : Peace on the earth, good-will to men, From heaven's all-gracious…olasunbo (42)in esteem • 7 years agoDAVID'S TOWNTo you, In David's town, this day Is born, of David's line, A Saviour, who la Christ the Lord; And this shall be the sign : The heavenly Babe you there shall And To human view displayed, All…olasunbo (42)in esteem • 7 years agoTRUE GOD OF TRUE GODO COME, all ye faithful, Joyful and triumphant, Come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem; Come and behold Him Born the King of angels: O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord True God of true God…olasunbo (42)in esteem • 7 years agoGOD OF GRACEI praise the God of grace; I trust His truth and might; He calls me His, I call Him mine, My God, my joy, my light. In Him is only good, In me is only ill; My ILL but draws His goodness…olasunbo (42)in esteem • 7 years agoSWEETNESS FILLS MY BREASTJESU, the very thought of Thee , With sweetness fills my breast; But sweeter far Thy face to see, And In Thy presence rest. Nor voice can sing, nor heart can frame, Nor can the memory find A…olasunbo (42)in esteem • 7 years agoFLOWING GRACEFountain of o'erflowing grace, Freely from Thy fullness give; Till I close my earthly race, May I prove It Christ to live. Firmly trusting in Thy blood, Nothing shall my heart confound; Safely…olasunbo (42)in esteem • 7 years agoEVER CONFESSINGEver confessing Thee, I will raise Unto Thee blessing, Glory, and praise; All my endeavour, World without end, Thine to be ever, Saviour and Friend. Ever confessing Thee, I will raise…olasunbo (42)in esteem • 7 years agoEFFORT OF MY HEART.Weak is the effort of my heart, And cold my warmest thought; But when I see Thee as Thou art I'll praise Thee as I ought. Till then I would Thy love proclaim With every fleeting breath; And…