| 280. The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases |
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases,
his mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning, new every morning,
great is your faithfulness, O Lord,
great is your faithfulness! |
| 1082. When the waters cover me |
When the waters cover me,
save me, O God;
when I look and cannot see,
when I seek what cannot be,
when my friends abandon me,
save me, O God.
2. You know all my guilty fears,
thank you, O… |
| 565. As we are gathered, Jesus is here |
As we are gathered, Jesus is here;
one with each other, Jesus is here.
Joined by the Spirit, washed in the blood,
part of the body, the church of God.
As we are gathered, Jesus is here,
one with each… |
| 786. Our confidence is in the Lord |
Our confidence is in the Lord,
the source of our salvation.
Rest is found in him alone,
the author of creation.
We will not fear the evil day,
because we have a refuge;
in every circumstance we… |
| 1173. Not in anger, but in love |
Not in anger but in love
answer my impassioned plea:
how long till you free my soul
from this gnawing agony?
2. Grievous sorrow weighs me down;
conflict often mars my days;
tears of anguish fill my… |
| 380. The God we seek, beyond all thought |
The God we seek, beyond all thought,
has now his Christmas wonder wrought:
behold, the seeker is the sought!
Waiting ended, man befriended:
Jesus is born!
2. Love is the manger where he lies,
love is… |
| 725. Jesus, name above all names |
Jesus, name above all names,
beautiful Saviour, glorious Lord;
Immanuel, God is with us,
blessed Redeemer, living Word. |
| 1332. All I have I give you |
ALL I HAVE I GIVE YOU,
all I own I lay before your feet;
and I sing I love you,
and I say you make my life complete.
Jesus, sinners’ friend,
Jesus, compassion without end,
you are my… |
| 1266. Fade, fade each earthly joy |
FADE, FADE, EACH EARTHLY JOY;
Jesus is mine.
Stronger than fleeting hopes,
Jesus is mine.
Dark is the wilderness,
earth has no resting place,
Jesus alone can bless;
Jesus… |
| 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… |
| 283. All hail the Lamb |
All hail the lamb
enthroned on high;
his praise shall be
our battle cry.
He reigns victorious,
forever glorious;
his name is Jesus,
he is the Lord. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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… |
| Haweis, Thomas |
(pronounced ‘Hawes’), 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… |
| 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… |
| 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… |
| 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… |
| 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… |
| 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… |
| 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… |
| Newton, John |
b Wapping, E London 1725, d City of London 1807. His early life ‘might form the groundwork of a story by Defoe, but that it transcends all fiction’—Ellerton. When he was not quite 7 his godly… |
| 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… |
| 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 (bachelor’s and master’s degrees 1502, 1505); he then took up the study of law. 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 father’s rectory at Epworth; after study at Charterhouse Sch, Surrey, and… |
| Green, Fred Pratt |
b Roby nr Liverpool 1903, d Norwich, Norfolk 2000. Huyton High Sch, Wallasey Grammar Sch, and Rydal Sch, Colwyn Bay. Attending Childwall Parish Ch (his mother’s church) as a child he became aware of… |
| Herbert, George |
b Montgomery Castle (Powys, Wales), 1593, d Bemerton nr Salisbury, Wilts 1632/3. Westminster Sch, London; Trinity Coll Cambridge (BA 1613, MA 1616), of which he became a teaching Fellow in 1614. In… |
