Accepted in the Beloved {Author Unknown}

‘Tis not for works which I have wrought,
‘Tis not for gifts that I have brought,
Nor yet for blessings I have sought,
That I have been “Accepted.”
‘Tis not for tears that I have shed,
‘Tis not for prayers that I have said,
Nor yet for slavish fears I dread,
That I have been “Accepted.”
‘Tis not for these, however right,
That God has found [...]

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LEST WE FORGET! In Flanders Fields {McCrae}

Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
Canadian Army

In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take [...]

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The Inextinguishable Blaze {Charles Wesley}

O Thou Who camest from above,
The pure celestial fire to impart,
Kindle a flame of sacred love
Upon the mean altar of my heart.

There let it for Thy glory burn
With inextinguishable blaze,
And trembling to its source return,
In humble prayer and fervent praise.

Jesus, confirm my heart’s desire
To work and speak and think for Thee;
Still let me guard the [...]

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Remain in Your Place {Sanborn}

If you’re discontented and unhappy
And your place and purpose grows dim,
There is always a ship at Joppa
If you don’t want to stay and win.

If you turn from the task of the present
To follow a beckoning star,
There is always a ship at Joppa
To take you from where you are.

But you’ll miss the blessing He gives you
If [...]

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Death Defeated {Bishop Taylor}

Death, the old serpent’s son,Thou hadst a sting once, like thy sire,
That carried hell and ever burning fire;
But those black days are done;
Thy foolish spite buried thy sting
In the profound and wide
Wound of our Saviour’s side;
And now thou art become a tame and harmless thing;
A thing we dare not fear,
Since we hear
That our triumphant God, [...]

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Freedom {Templin}

Within a well-made pasture fence
From cool shade of a tree,
Two horses viewed the world outside
And longed to be set free.
They did not realize the fence
Secured their freedom right
To eat, to drink, to rest, to run,
To their young hearts’ delight.
With wild abandonment they ran
Into the countryside,
Excited by the strange new sights
The pasture fence denied.
Before the evening [...]

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And Can it Be? {C. Wesley}

And can it be that I should gain
An interest in the Savior’s blood?
Died He for me, who caused His pain—
For me, who Him to death pursued?
Amazing love! How can it be,
That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?
Amazing love! How can it be,
That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?
’Tis mystery all: th’Immortal dies:
Who can [...]

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