Here are a few Hymns that I have found thought provoking and encouraging.
I thought I'd share them with you all.
What Think Ye Of Christ?
Contrast-L.M.D.
John Newton 1725-1807 Early American Melody
Verse1 "What think ye of Christ?" "is the test To try both your state and your scheme;
You cannot be right in the rest Unless you think rightly of Him.
As Jesus appears in your view- As He is our beloved or not-
So God is disposed to you, And mercy or wrath is your lot."
Verse 2 "Some take Him a creature to be- A man, or angel at most;
But they have not feelings like me, Nor know themselves wretched and lost;
So guilty, so helpless am I, I durst not confide in His blood
Nor on His protection rely, Unless I were sure He is God."
Verse 3 " Some call Him a Savior in word, but mix their own works with His plan;
And hope He will His help afford When they have done all that they can;
If doings prove rather too light ( Admitting their efforts may fail),
They purpose to make up full weight By casting His name on the scale."
Verse 4 " Some call Him "the pearl of great price" And say He's the fountain of joys;
Yet feed upon folly and vice, And cleave to the world and its toys;
Like Judas the Savior they kiss, And while they salute Him, betray;
O what will profession like this Avail in His terrible day?"
Verse 5 " If asked what of Jesus I think, Tho' still my best thoughts are but poor,
I'll say He's my meat and my drink, My life, my strength, and my store!
My husband, my trust, and my friend, My Savior from sin and death's gall,
My hope from beginning to end, My portion, My Lord, and my all."
If I Gained The World
OM JAG AGDE ALLT - 10.9.10.0.D
Anna Olander, 1861-1939 Swedish Melody
Verse 1 " If I gained the world, but lost the Savior, Were my life worth living for a day?
Could my yearning heart find rest and comfort, In the things that soon must pass away?
If I gained the whole world, but had no Savior, Would my gain be worth the life-long strife?
Are all earthly pleasures worth comparing For a moment with a Christ filled life? "
Verse 2 " Had I wealth and love in fullest measure, And a name revered both far and near,
Yet no hope beyond no harbor waiting, Where my storm tossed vessel I could steer;
If I gained the whole world, but had no Savior, Who endured the cross for me,
Could then all the world afford a refuge, Whither, in my anguish, I might flee?"
Verse 3 " O what emptiness!- with-out the Savior 'Mid the sins and sorrows here below!
And eternity, how dark with-out Him! - Only night and tears and endless woe!
What, tho' I might live with-out the Savior, When I come to die, How would it be?
O to face the valley's gloom with-out Him! And with-out Him all eternity!"
Verse 4 " O the joy of having all in Jesus! What a balm the broken heart to heal!
Ne'er a sin so great, but He'll forgive it, Nor a sorrow that He does not feel!
If I have but Jesus, only Jesus, Nothing else in all the world beside
O then everything is mine in Jesus; For my needs and more He will provide."
You cannot be right in the rest Unless you think rightly of Him.
As Jesus appears in your view- As He is our beloved or not-
So God is disposed to you, And mercy or wrath is your lot."
Verse 2 "Some take Him a creature to be- A man, or angel at most;
But they have not feelings like me, Nor know themselves wretched and lost;
So guilty, so helpless am I, I durst not confide in His blood
Nor on His protection rely, Unless I were sure He is God."
Verse 3 " Some call Him a Savior in word, but mix their own works with His plan;
And hope He will His help afford When they have done all that they can;
If doings prove rather too light ( Admitting their efforts may fail),
They purpose to make up full weight By casting His name on the scale."
Verse 4 " Some call Him "the pearl of great price" And say He's the fountain of joys;
Yet feed upon folly and vice, And cleave to the world and its toys;
Like Judas the Savior they kiss, And while they salute Him, betray;
O what will profession like this Avail in His terrible day?"
Verse 5 " If asked what of Jesus I think, Tho' still my best thoughts are but poor,
I'll say He's my meat and my drink, My life, my strength, and my store!
My husband, my trust, and my friend, My Savior from sin and death's gall,
My hope from beginning to end, My portion, My Lord, and my all."
If I Gained The World
OM JAG AGDE ALLT - 10.9.10.0.D
Anna Olander, 1861-1939 Swedish Melody
Verse 1 " If I gained the world, but lost the Savior, Were my life worth living for a day?
Could my yearning heart find rest and comfort, In the things that soon must pass away?
If I gained the whole world, but had no Savior, Would my gain be worth the life-long strife?
Are all earthly pleasures worth comparing For a moment with a Christ filled life? "
Verse 2 " Had I wealth and love in fullest measure, And a name revered both far and near,
Yet no hope beyond no harbor waiting, Where my storm tossed vessel I could steer;
If I gained the whole world, but had no Savior, Who endured the cross for me,
Could then all the world afford a refuge, Whither, in my anguish, I might flee?"
Verse 3 " O what emptiness!- with-out the Savior 'Mid the sins and sorrows here below!
And eternity, how dark with-out Him! - Only night and tears and endless woe!
What, tho' I might live with-out the Savior, When I come to die, How would it be?
O to face the valley's gloom with-out Him! And with-out Him all eternity!"
Verse 4 " O the joy of having all in Jesus! What a balm the broken heart to heal!
Ne'er a sin so great, but He'll forgive it, Nor a sorrow that He does not feel!
If I have but Jesus, only Jesus, Nothing else in all the world beside
O then everything is mine in Jesus; For my needs and more He will provide."
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