Browsing Archive: December, 2012

Christ Returneth by H. L. Turner

Posted by Kiki Riki on Saturday, December 15, 2012,
  1. It may be at morn, when the day is awaking,
    When sunlight through darkness and shadow is breaking
    That Jesus will come in the fullness of glory
    To receive from the world “His own.”
    • Refrain:
      O Lord Jesus, how long, how long
      Ere we shout the glad song—
      Christ returneth! Hallelujah!
      Hallelujah! Amen.
      Hallelujah! Amen.
  2. It may be at midday, it may be at twilight,
    It may be, perchance, that the blackness of midnight
    Will burst into light in the blaze of His glory,
    When Jesus receives “His own.”
  3. While h...

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Jerusalem the Beautiful by Joel A. Erickson

Posted by Kiki Riki on Saturday, December 8, 2012,
  1. O beautiful for holiness,
    For truth that speaks in love,
    For saints that walk in lowliness,
    As pure as heav’n above.
    Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
    Thou city of the free,
    No foe can blight thy glorious light,
    For thy God dwells in thee.
  2. O beautiful for pilgrim feet
    Thy radiant gates release;
    Good news they bring to all they meet—
    The promise of thy peace!
    Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
    How safe thy sacred place:
    God’s blood-bought band from every land
    Flows up to thine embrace.
  3. O beautiful for that dear Name,
    Enshrined i...

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