BlogHide Resteemsoluwatosin (41)in esteem • 6 years agoTREE OF LIGHTO Tree of beauty, Tree of light! O Tree with royal purple dight! Elect on whose triumphal breast Those holy limbs should find their rest: On whose dear arms,so widely flung, The weight of this…oluwatosin (41)in esteem • 6 years agoTREE OF BEAUTYO Tree of beauty, Tree of light! O Tree with royal purple dight! Elect on whose triumphal breast Those holy limbs should find their rest: On whose dear arms,so widely flung, The weight of this…oluwatosin (41)in esteem • 6 years agoTENDER MERCYYet He found me, I beheld Him Bleeding on the accursed tree, Heard Him pray: Forgive them, Father! And my wistful heart said faintly : Some of self, and some of Thee! Day by day His tender…oluwatosin (41)in esteem • 6 years agoTENDER MERCYYet He found me, I beheld Him Bleeding on the accursed tree, Heard Him pray: Forgive them, Father! And my wistful heart said faintly : Some of self, and some of Thee! Day by day His tender…oluwatosin (41)in esteem • 6 years agoDEAR MASTERDEAR Master, in whose life I see All that I would, but fall to be, Let Thy clear light for ever shine, To shame and. guide this life of mine. Thou art my way; I wander, if Thou fly: Thou art…oluwatosin (41)in esteem • 6 years agoWHO IS THIS JESUSWHAT means this eager, anxious throng, Which moves with busy haste along, These wondrous gatherings day by day? What means this strange commo¬tion, pray? In accents hushed the throng reply:…oluwatosin (41)in esteem • 6 years agoANXIOUS THRONGWHAT means this eager, anxious throng, Which moves with busy haste along, These wondrous gatherings day by day? What means this strange commo¬tion, pray? In accents hushed the throng reply:…oluwatosin (41)in esteem • 6 years agoBEAUTY SHONEWHAT grace, O Lord, and beauty shone Around Thy steps below; What patient love was seen In all Thy life and death of woe! For ever on Thy burdened heart A weight of sorrow hung, Yet no…oluwatosin (41)in esteem • 6 years agoBETTER SUNTo hail Thy rise, Thou better Sun, The gathering nations come, Joyous as when the reapers bear The harvest-treasures home. To us a Child of Hope is born, To us a Son is given; Him shall the…oluwatosin (41)in esteem • 6 years agoHASTENINGFor lo! the days are hastening on, By prophet bards foretold, When with the ever-circling years Comes round the age of gold. When peace shall over all the earth Its ancient splendours fling…oluwatosin (41)in esteem • 6 years agoBETHLEHEM IN JEWRYIn Bethlehem in Jewry, a city there was Where Joseph and Mary together did pass, All for to be taxSdwlth many one moe, For Cesar commanded the same should be so. My smile beneath the tyrant's…oluwatosin (41)in esteem • 6 years agoLAYS HIS GLORYMild He lays His glory by, Born that man no more may die, Born to raise the sons of earth, Born to give them second birth. Hail theheaven-bornPrinceof Peace ! Hail the Sun of Righteousness …oluwatosin (41)in esteem • 6 years agoMY SMILE BENEATHMy smile beneath the tyrant's frown, In shame my glory and my crown : In want my plentiful supply, In weakness my almighty power, In bonds my perfect liberty, My light in Satan's darkest hour…oluwatosin (41)in esteem • 6 years agoPLENTEOUS GRACEThou, O Christ, art all I want, More than all in Thee I find. Raise the fallen, cheer the faint, Heal the sick, and lead the blind : Just and holy Is Thy name, I am all unrighteousness; False…oluwatosin (41)in esteem • 6 years agoLIGHT OF ALL BELOWO Jesus, Light of all below Thou Fount of living fire, Surpassing all the joys we know, And all we can desire: Jesus, may all confess Thy name, Thy wondrous love adore; And, seeking…oluwatosin (41)in esteem • 6 years agoOUTWARD LIPSIMMORTAL Love, for ever full, For ever flowing free, For ever shared, for ever whole, A never-ebbing sea: Our outward lips confess the Name All other names above; Love only knoweth whence it…oluwatosin (41)in esteem • 6 years agoSMILE BENEATHMy smile beneath the tyrant's frown, In shame my glory and my crown : In want my plentiful supply, In weakness my almighty power, In bonds my perfect liberty, My light in Satan's darkest hour…oluwatosin (41)in esteem • 6 years agoMY COUNSELLORBe Thou my Counsellor, My Pattern, and my Guide; And through this desert land Still keep me near Thy side : O let my feet ne'er run astray, Nor rove, nor seek the crooked way The Joyful news…oluwatosin (41)in esteem • 6 years agoSOURCE AND GIVERSource and giver of repose, Only from Thy smile It flows, Peace and happiness are Thine; Mine they are, If Thou art mine. Let me but Thyself possess— Total sum of happiness Real bliss I then…oluwatosin (41)in esteem • 6 years agoSOUL DISTRESSEDThe Lord will save His people here; In times of need their help Is near To all by sin and hell oppressed; And they that know Thy name will trust In Thee, who, to Thy promise Just, Hast never…