| 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. |
| 700. For God so loved the world |
A For God so loved the world
that he gave his only Son;
and all who believe in him
shall not die,
but have eternal life;
no, they shall not die,
but have eternal life.
B And God showed his love for… |
| 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, sinnersā friend,
Jesus, compassion without end,
you are my… |
| 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 heās there.
Whoa heās there.
Good… |
| 532. River, wash over me |
River, wash over me,
cleanse me and make me new;
bathe me, refresh me and fill me anew-
river, wash over me.
2. Spirit, watch over me,
lead me to Jesus' feet;
cause me to worship and fill me… |
| 1131a. When sorrow overwhelms our hearts |
When sorrow overwhelms our hearts
and brings us to our knees;
when days are dark and hope seems lost,
Lord, may we know your peace,
Lord, may we know your peace.
2.Ā Ā When troubles leave our… |
| 1056. God gave his son |
God gave his son, his only son,
to pay for sins that we have done.
The greatest gift that God could give
was crucified so we could live.
2. He gave his all to save his own,
the ones he chose to… |
| 1057. I worship you, my Lord |
I worship you, my Lord, I gladly bow the knee,
for anything I give you now is what you first gave me.
I worship you, my Lord, I gladly bow the knee,
and give you all the rights to all I am or hope… |
| 1131. When sorrow overwhelms our hearts |
When sorrow overwhelms our hearts
and brings us to our knees;
when days are dark and hope seems lost,
Lord, may we know your peace,
Lord, may we know your peace.
2.Ā Ā When troubles leave our… |
| 1167. When anxious thoughts assail my mind |
When anxious thoughts assail my mind,
when I begin to doubt your care,
when gloom and sorrow flood my soul,
I bring my fears to you, my God, in prayer.
2. I call to you to answer soon,
to… |
| 1246. Where he reigns in holy light |
Where He reigns in holy light,
praise the Lord!
From deep space to heavensā height
praise the Lord!
Great and awesome are his ways:
sins forgiven, peace restored.
God is mighty, give him… |
| 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)… |
| 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… |
| 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… |
| Newton, John |
b Wapping, E London 1725, d City of London 1807. His early life āmight form the groundwork of a story by Defoe, but that it transcends all fictionāāEllerton. When he was not quite 7 his godly… |
| Steele, Anne |
b Broughton, Hants 1717, d Broughton 1778. Growing up in a Particular (Calvinist) Baptist family with ministers on both her fatherās and her motherās side, she became a member of the Broughton… |
| 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… |
| 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… |
| Haweis, Thomas |
(pronounced āHawesā), 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… |
| Luther, Martin |
b Eisleben, Saxony (Thuringia) 1483, d Eisleben 1546. Latin schools at Magdeburg and Eisenach; Univ of Erfurt (bachelorās and masterās degrees 1502, 1505); he then took up the study of law. A… |
| 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… |
| 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… |
| Cowper, William |
(pronounced āCooperā), b Great Berkhamsted, Herts 1731, d East Dereham, Norfolk 1800. Permanently affected by the loss of his mother in childhood, at 6 he was sent to boarding sch at nearby… |
| 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… |
| 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… |
| 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 fatherās rectory at Epworth; after study at Charterhouse Sch, Surrey, and… |
| Havergal, Frances Ridley |
b Astley, Worcs 1836, d Caswell Bay, Oystermouth, nr Swansea, Glam 1879. Named after a distant ancestor, the Protestant martyr Bp Nicholas Ridley, she was a bubbly personality growing up as her… |
| 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… |
| Elliott, Charlotte |
b Clapham, Surrey (SW London) 1789, d Brighton, Sussex, 1871. The granddaughter of Henry Venn of Huddersfield, in her youth she enjoyed composing light and comic verses; after her conversion her… |
