Thursday, March 27, 2008

"ACCORDING TO HIS GREAT MERCY" HYMN

1 PETER 1:3-9 "ACCORDING TO HIS GREAT MERCY"

to the tune “Love Divine All Loves Excelling” or BEECHER


Blessed be the God and Father

Of our Lord our Jesus Christ!

According to his great mercy,

He has given us new birth

To a living hope in Jesus

Through his rising from the dead,

To an inheritance unfading,

can not perish, undefiled


That inheritance in heaven

Kept for us who by this faith

Are now guarded by God’s power

For salvation ready then

In the last time to be made known

That we might rejoice a while

Though we may a time be tested

By some grievous varied trials.


In these trials we are tested

That our faith’s proved genuine

Faith more precious than of gold

That perishes refined by fire

That our faith may produce praises

Glory, honor in the sight

Of the revelation of Him

Our Lord Savior Jesus Christ.


Though we have not seen him, love him.

Though we do not see him now,

We believe in Him rejoicing

Filled with glory and with joy

That is inexpressible.

When that day we reach our goal

Gaining the outcome of our faith,

The salvation of our souls.


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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thank you very much for this. Do you have any more portions of the NT set to music? I assume I can use this in our service this Lord's day?

Mark Jones

Pastor Sloan said...

I am going to work on a few others. I was thinking of Ephesians 1:3-14, Philippians 2:5-11, and Colossians 1:15-23.

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Anonymous said...

Thanks. I think Warfield said that Eph. 1 should be sung, not read!

Blessings,
Mark Jones
Minister, Faith Vancouver (PCA)

Pastor Sloan said...

Then Ephesians 1 should be my next project.