| 253. Truly God is good |
(a round)
Truly God is good,
truly God is good;
his loving-kindness
is everlasting. |
| CP04. Beyond the hills of Bethlehem |
BEYOND THE HILLS OF BETHLEHEM
the angel choir sings;
a joyful chorus fills the skies:
âA Saviour in a manger!â
2 The promise of a coming King,
the hope of all the earth,
to dwell within… |
| CP24. How still the starry night above |
HOW STILL THE STARRY NIGHT ABOVE,
how still the earth below;
how small the greatest gift of love
the world has ever known.
The fullness of the deity
a borrowed manger fills:
the God of all… |
| 1003. O praise the Lord |
O praise the Lord,
Proclaimed, adored,
Redeemer, God!
All lands, sing loud
Immanuel's name
Spread far his fame!
Earth's people, sing
To heaven's King;
His faithfulness
Each tongue… |
| 835. Soften my heart, Lord |
Soften my heart, Lord,
soften my heart.
From all indifference
set me apart,
to feel your compassion,
to weep with your tears;
come, soften my heart, O Lord,
soften my heart. |
| 1235. Draw me close to the cross |
Draw me close to the cross,
to the place of your love,
to the place where you poured out your mercy;
where the river of life
that flows from your wounded side
brings refreshing to those who draw… |
| 5006. Anytime, anywhere I can talk to God |
Anytime, anywhere
I can talk to God.
Anytime, anywhere
I can talk to God.
Sometimes on my knees I pray;
always as I work or play
he is near me through the day.
My best friend is Jesus. |
| 1040. Where is Elijah's God? |
Where is elijah's God,
the God who answers prayer?
Where is our great almighty Lord
who promised to be here?
Where is the God of power
who comes in flaming fire,
to demonstrate before the… |
| 252. Faithful God, faithful God |
Faithful God, faithful God,
all-sufficient one, I worship you.
Shalom my peace,
my strong deliverer,
I lift you up, faithful God. |
| 173. Come into his presence singing, 'Hallelujah' |
Come into his presence singing, âhallelujah,
hallelujah, hallelujah!â
2. Come into his presence singing, âJesus is Lord,
Jesus is Lord, Jesus is Lord!â
3. Come into his presence singing,… |
| 766. Reign in me, Sovereign Lord |
Reign in me, sovereign Lord,
reign in me;
reign in me, sovereign Lord,
reign in me.
Captivate my heart,
let your kingdom come,
establish there your throne,
let your will be done. |
| 5020. Faithful Joseph |
Faithful joseph (faithful joseph)
trusted God (trusted God);
even in the prison (even in the prison)
God was there (God was there).
2. Lonely Hannah...
trusted God...
after all her crying...
she… |
| 5021. Sometimes good things happen |
Sometimes good things happen:
God is there.
Sometimes bad things happen:
God is there too.
Good or bad, happy or sad,
I know that God is there. (Repeat)
Whoa heâs there.
Whoa heâs there.
Good… |
| Wesley, Charles |
b Epworth, Lincolnshire 1707, d London 1788. The youngest of 17 children born to Samuel and Susanna, he scarcely survived birth. Somehow he also survived a hugely talented but chronically poor and… |
| Ellerton, John |
b Clerkenwell, Middx (London) 1826, d Torquay, Devon 1893. In a broadly evangelical family originally from Yorkshire, this shy, sensitive boy moved with them to Ulverston (Lancs, now Cumbria)… |
| How, William Walsham |
b Shrewsbury, Shrops 1823, d Leenane, Co Mayo, Ireland 1897. Shrewsbury Sch; Wadham Coll Oxford (BA 1845). A hymn-lover from childhood, he would provide hymns as with his small siblings he held… |
| Moule, Handley Carr Glyn |
b Fordington nr Dorchester, Dorset 1841, d Cambridge 1920. Home-educated in a vicarage, the youngest of 8 sons (one dying in infancy, two going on to serve in China and write and edit hymns there), by… |
| Haweis, Thomas |
(pronounced âHawesâ), b Redruth, Cornwall, 1 Jan 1734, d Bath, Som 1820. Raised in the Cornish branch of a Suffolk family, he was reading the Bible in his 4th year and Latin (at school) by his… |
| Toplady, Augustus Montague |
b Farnham, Surrey 1740, d Kensington, Middx (W London) 1778. Named after his two godfathers on the insistence of his godmother, he attended Westminster Sch, London (briefly overlapping with the older… |
| Dearmer, Percy |
b Kilburn, Middx (N London) 1867, d Westminster, London 1936. Streatham Sch and Westminster Sch, London; the Lutheran Sch at Vevey, Switzerland (all quite briefly); then in 1886 to Christ Ch Oxford to… |
| Luther, Martin |
b Eisleben, Saxony (Thuringia) 1483, d Eisleben 1546. Latin schools at Magdeburg and Eisenach; Univ of Erfurt (bachelorâs and masterâs degrees 1502, 1505); he then took up the study of law. A… |
| Newton, John |
b Wapping, E London 1725, d City of London 1807. His early life âmight form the groundwork of a story by Defoe, but that it transcends all fictionââEllerton. When he was not quite 7 his godly… |
| Gadsby, William |
b Attleborough nr Nuneaton, Warwicks 1773, d 1844. The 9th of 14 children, he spent his childhood in great poverty, attending the church school at Nuneaton so briefly that he later forgot what reading… |
| Steele, Anne |
b Broughton, Hants 1717, d Broughton 1778. Growing up in a Particular (Calvinist) Baptist family with ministers on both her fatherâs and her motherâs side, she became a member of the Broughton… |
| Watts, Isaac |
b Southampton 1674, d Stoke Newington, Middx 1748. King Edward VI Grammar Sch, Southampton, and private tuition; he showed outstanding early promise as a linguist and writer of verse. He belonged to… |
| Ken, Thomas |
b Little Berkhamsted (formerly Berkhampstead), Herts 1637, d Longbridge Deverill nr Warminster, Wiltshire 1710/11. After the early death of both parents, Izaak Walton (author of the classic The… |
| White, Henry Kirke |
b Cheapside, Nottingham 1785, d Cambridge 1806. His extraordinary talent was recognised early by his first teacher Mrs Garrington, who taught him between the ages of 3 and 5. He was given the best… |
| Spurgeon, Charles Haddon |
b Kelvedon, Essex 1834, d Mentone, S France 1892. Brought up partly by his grandparents, he was deeply influenced by his grandfather, the Independent preacher James Spurgeon in the Essex village of… |
| Medley, Samuel |
b Cheshunt, Herts 1738, d Liverpool 1799. Educated at the school run at Enfield by his maternal grandfather Wm Tonge, where he showed early promise and a keen memory. But at 14 he was apprenticed to a… |
| Wesley, John |
b Epworth, Lincs 1703, d City Rd, Old St, Middx (C London) 1791. As a boy he was dramatically rescued from a fire at his fatherâs rectory at Epworth; after study at Charterhouse Sch, Surrey, and… |
