Category Archives: Hymns of Grace and Truth

Hymns of Grace and Truth was compiled in 1904.

Hymns of Grace and Truth

Who Thy love, O God, can measure- (197)

Who Thy love, O God, can measure-
Love that crushed for us its Treasure,
Him in whom was all Thy pleasure,
Christ, Thy Son of love?

Couldst Thou bruise Him, there forsaken
On the cross His love had taken,
‘Gainst Thy Son Thy sword awaken,
‘Gainst Thy Son of love?

Couldst Thou crush Him, Man of Sorrow,
Pierce His soul with wrath’s fierce arrow,
Melt that heart, rend joints and marrow-
Doom Thy Son of love?

Cross that outraged Love Paternal!
Cross of agonies supernal!
Cross of grief of the Eternal!
Cross of boundless love!

  Author: Frank Allaben         Publication: Hymns of Grace and Truth
Hymns of Grace and Truth

Lo, from vessels, earthen only (181)

Lo, from vessels, earthen only,
Shining forth in ceaseless grace,
Reaching weary hearts, and lonely,
Beams the light from Jesus’ face!

Earthen vessels, marred, unsightful,
Bearing Wealth no thought can know:
Heavenly Treasure, gleaming brightly-
Christ revealed in saints below!

Vessels, broken, frail, yet bearing
Through the hungry ages on
Riches given with hand unsparing-
God’s great Gift, His precious Son!

O to be but empty, lowly,
Mean, unnoticed and unknown,
Yet to God a vessel holy,
Filled with Christ, and Christ alone!

Nought of earth to cloud the Glory!
Nought of self the Light to dim!
Telling forth Christ’s wondrous story:
Broken, empty-filled with Him!

  Author:  Selected         Publication: Hymns of Grace and Truth
Hymns of Grace and Truth

When mothers of Salem their children brought to Jesus (333)

When mothers of Salem their children brought to Jesus,
The stern disciples drove them back, and bade them depart;
But Jesus saw them ere they fled,
And sweetly looked, and gently said,
"Suffer the children to come unto Me."

"For I will receive them, and fold them to My bosom,
I’ll be a Shepherd to these lambs-Oh! drive them not away;
For if their hearts to Me they give,
They shall with Me in glory live;
Suffer the children to come unto Me."

How kind was the Saviour to bid these children welcome!
But there are many thousands who have never heard His name;
The Bible they have never read,
They know not that the Saviour said,
"Suffer the children to come unto Me."

How happy the children who rest on Jesus’ bosom.
And there, like little folded lambs, are safe and at rest;
Thence, none can pluck them e’er away,
For He who keeps them loves to say,
"Suffer the children to come unto Me."

  Author:  Anon         Publication: Hymns of Grace and Truth
Hymns of Grace and Truth

Sing of Jesus! sing for ever (317)

Sing of Jesus! sing for ever
Of the love that changes never!
Who or what from Him can sever
Those He makes His own?

With His blood the Lord hath bought them;
When they knew Him not, He sought them;
He from all their wanderings brought them:
His the praise alone!

Through the desert Jesus leads them,
With the bread of heaven He feeds them,
And through all the way He speeds them
To their home above!

  Author: Thomas Kelly         Publication: Hymns of Grace and Truth
Hymns of Grace and Truth

I am coming to the Cross (301)

I am coming to the Cross;
I am poor and weak and blind;
I am counting all but dross;
I shall full salvation find.

Refrain
I am trusting, Lord, in Thee,
Blessed Lamb of Calvary!
Humbly at Thy cross I bow;
Save me, Jesus, save me now.

Long my heart has sighed for Thee;
Long has evil dwelt within;
Jesus sweetly speaks to me,
"I will cleanse you from all sin."

In Thy promises I trust;
On Thy word I have relied:
I am prostrate in the dust,
Praising Christ, the Crucified!

Refrain (after last stanza)
I am trusting, Lord, in Thee,
Blessed Lamb of Calvary!
Humbly at Thy cross I bow;
Praising Him who saves me now!

  Author: William Donald         Publication: Hymns of Grace and Truth
Hymns of Grace and Truth

Nothing but the name of Jesus (215)

Nothing but the name of Jesus
Can avail in danger’s hour
Nothing but the name of Jesus,
When the clouds of trouble lower;
Only through the blood of Jesus
Can the guilty soul have peace;
Only through the blood of Jesus
Satan’s captives find release.

Dying sinner, look to Jesus,
Once upon the cross for thee;
Think upon the Saviour, Jesus,
Stretched and nailed upon the tree!
Every mark of dark dishonor
Heaped upon His thorn crowned brow!
There, oh, read the wondrous story
Of His cross, its shame and woe!

Sinner, hear the matchless story:
Listen simply and believe;
From the risen Lord in glory,
Life, eternal life, receive;
Jesus died, that condemnation
No believer e’er should know;
Now He lives, and God’s salvation
Is our portion here below.

Dost thou love the name of Jesus?
Wilt thou trust thyself to Him?
Canst thou say, "My Saviour, Jesus,"
Though thy weeping eyes are dim?
Fear not then! the blood of Jesus
Brings thy ransomed soul to God,
And the mighty arm of Jesus
Will support thee on the road.

  Author:  Anon         Publication: Hymns of Grace and Truth
Hymns of Grace and Truth

How blest a home-the Father’s house! (397)

How blest a home-the Father’s house!
There love divine doth rest;
What else could satisfy the hearts
Of those in Jesus blest?
His home made ours, His Father’s love-
Our hearts’ full portion-given:
The portion of the firstborn Son,-
The full delight of heaven!

Oh, what a home! The Son who knows-
He only-all His love,
And brings us as His well-beloved
To that bright rest above,
Dwell in His bosom-knoweth all
That in that bosom lies,
And came to earth to make it known,
That we might share His joys.

Oh, what a home! there fullest love
Flows through its courts of light;
The Son’s divine affections flow
Throughout its depth and height.
And full response the Father gives,
To fill with joy the heart-
No cloud is there to dim the scene
Or shadow to impart.

Oh, what a home! But such His love
That He must bring us there,
To fill that home, to be with Him,
And all His glory share.
The Father’s house, the Father’s heart,
All that the Son is given,
Made ours-the objects of His love,
And He, our joy in heaven.

  Author: Mrs. J. A. Trench         Publication: Hymns of Grace and Truth
Hymns of Grace and Truth

Bride of the Lamb, awake! awake! (381)

Bride of the Lamb, awake! awake!
Why sleep for sorrow now?
The hope of glory, Christ is thine-
A child of glory thou.

Thy spirit, through the lonely night,
From earthly joy apart,
Hath sighed for one that’s far away-
The Bridegroom of thy heart.

But lo, the night is waning fast,
The breaking morn is near;
And Jesus comes, with voice of love,
Thy drooping heart to cheer.

He comes-for oh! His yearning heart
No more can bear delay-
To scenes of full unmingled joy,
To call His bride away.

This earth, the scene of all His woe-
A homeless wild to thee-
Full soon upon His heavenly throne
Its rightful King shall see.

Thou, too, shalt reign-He will not wear
His crown of joy alone!
And earth His royal Bride shall see
Beside Him on the throne.

Then weep no more! ’tis all thine own-
His crown, His joy divine,
And sweeter far than all beside,
He, He Himself, is thine.

  Author: Sir Edward Denny         Publication: Hymns of Grace and Truth
Hymns of Grace and Truth

Singing for Jesus, our Saviour and King (365)

Singing for Jesus, our Saviour and King,
Singing for Jesus, the Lord whom we love,
Heart adoration we joyously bring,
Longing to praise as they praise Him above!

Singing for Jesus, and trying to win
Many to love Him, and join in the song-
Calling the weary and wandering in,
Rolling the chorus of gladness along!

Singing for Jesus! O singing with joy!
Thus will we praise Him and tell out His love,
Till He shall call us to brighter employ-
Singing for Jesus for ever above!

  Author: Frances R. Havergal         Publication: Hymns of Grace and Truth
Hymns of Grace and Truth

And shall we see Thy face (403)

And shall we see Thy face,
And hear Thy heavenly voice,
Well known to us in present grace?
Well may our hearts rejoice.

With Thee in garments white,
Lord Jesus, we shall walk;
And spotless in that heavenly light,
Of all Thy sufferings talk.

Close to Thy trusted side,
In fellowship divine;
No cloud, no distance, e’er shall hide
Glories that then shall shine.

Fruit of Thy boundless love,
That gave Thyself for us;
Forever we shall with The prove
That Thou still lovest us thus.

And we love Thee, blest Lord,
E’en now, though feeble here;
Thy sorrow and Thy cross record
What makes us know Thee near.

We wait to see Thee, Lord,
Yet now within our hearts
Thou dwellest in love that doth afford
The joy that love imparts.

Yet still we wait for Thee,
To see Thee as Thou art,
Be with Thee, like Thee, Lord, and free
To love with all our heart.

  Author: John Nelson Darby         Publication: Hymns of Grace and Truth
Hymns of Grace and Truth

Has the voice of Jesus sounded ( 233 )

Has the voice of Jesus sounded
In thy heart, in tones of grace,
All the blessedness of pardon,
And the restfulness of peace
All the fullness of the portion
He has for thee, He has for thee?

He has called in love so constant;
He has knocked so oft before;
Yet thy heart’s door has not opened,
Now He comes and knocks once more:
Wilt thou keep Him longer waiting
With thee to dwell, with thee to dwell?

See Him in His dying anguish,
All the darkness gath’ring in!
Light and glory from Him hidden,
God is judging Him for sin.
By His death His love is proven
His love for thee, His love for thee!

Dost thou spurn His love and mercy,
Turn His nail pierced hand away?
Careless of His depths of suff’ring,
Still resist Love’s healing sway,
And refuse His love and blessing
His gift for thee, His gift for thee?

Fast the day its course is running,
Soon the door will close to all:
O receive Him, lest tomorrow
Jesu’s voice should cease to call,
And its accents, sweet and gentle,
Be heard no more, be heard no more!

  Author: J. Bloore         Publication: Hymns of Grace and Truth
Hymns of Grace and Truth

I once was a stranger ( 265 )

I once was a stranger to grace and to God;
I knew not my danger, I felt not my load;
Tho’ friends spoke in rapture of Christ on the tree,
“Jehovah Tsidkenu” was nothing to me.

When free grace awoke me by light from on high,
Then legal fears shook me, I trembled to die;
No refuge, no safety, in self could I see:
“Jehovah Tsidkenu” my Saviour must be.

My terrors all vanished before the sweet name;
My guilty fears banished, with boldness I came
To drink at the fountain, life-giving and free:
“Jehovah Tsidkenu” is all things to me.

“Jehovah Tsidkenu!” My treasure and boast;
“Jehovah Tsidkenu!” I ne’er can be lost;
In Thee I shall conquer by flood and by field,
My cable, my anchor, my breastplate and shield!

  Author: Robert M. McCheyne         Publication: Hymns of Grace and Truth
Hymns of Grace and Truth

Jesus died to set me free ( 281 )

Jesus died to set me free,
Jesus died on Calvary;
Not a blessing that I know,
But to Jesus Christ I owe.

Through His blood I’m reconciled,
Of a foe am made a child;
For His foes the Saviour died,
Sinners now are justified.

Only sin to Him I brought,
Only love in Him I found,
Love that passes all my thought,
Love that doth to me abound.

‘Twas for sinners that He died,
Title I have none beside;
Thus I know it was for me
Jesus died on Calvary.

  Author: Frederick W. Grant         Publication: Hymns of Grace and Truth
Hymns of Grace and Truth

Is thy soul the Saviour seeking? ( 297 )

Is thy soul the Saviour seeking?
Peace, peace, be still!
‘Tis the Lord Himself is speaking,
Peace, peace, be still!
On God’s Word we boldly venture;
All our hopes in Jesus center;
Into rest our souls can enter:
Peace, peace, be still!

‘Tis the blood of Christ hath spoken!
Peace, peace, be still.
The destroyer sees the token!
Peace, peace, be still.
Though with mighty foes engaging,
War with sin and Satan waging,
Storms of trial fiercely raging,
Peace, peace, be still.

  Author:  Anon         Publication: Hymns of Grace and Truth
Hymns of Grace and Truth

Come, let us join our cheerful songs (14)

Come, let us join our cheerful songs,
And thus surround the throne:
Had we ten thousand thousand tongues,
Our theme of joy’s but one-

"Worthy the Lamb that’s gone on high,
To be exalted thus!"
"Worthy the Lamb that died!" we cry,
"For He was slain for us."

Jesus is worthy to receive
Honor and power divine;
Yea, blessings more than we can give
Be, Lord, forever Thine.

Soon shall Thy saints, exalted high,
A glorious anthem raise;
And all that dwell beneath the sky
Speak forth Thine endless praise.

Redeemed creation join in one,
To adore the sacred name
Of Him that sits upon the throne,
And to exalt the Lamb.

  Author: Issac Watts         Publication: Hymns of Grace and Truth
Hymns of Grace and Truth

Lamb of God, our souls adore Thee (30)

Lamb of God, our souls adore Thee,
While upon Thy face we gaze!
There the Father’s love and glory
Shine in all their brightest rays.
Thy almighty power and wisdom
All creation’s works proclaim:
Heaven and earth alike confess Thee,
As the ever great I AM.

Son of God, Thy Father’s bosom
Ever was Thy dwelling place,
His delight, in Him rejoicing,
One with Him in power and grace.
O what wondrous love and mercy!
Thou didst lay Thy glory by,
And for us didst come from heaven
As the Lamb of God to die.

Lamb of God, when we behold Thee
Lowly in the manger laid;
Wandering as a homeless stranger
In the world Thy hands had made;
When we see Thee in the garden
In Thine agony of blood,
At Thy grace we are confounded,
Holy, spotless Lamb of God!

When we see Thee as the Victim
Nailed to the accursed tree,
For our guilt and folly stricken,
All our judgment borne by Thee,
Lord, we own, with hearts adoring,
Thou hast washed us in Thy blood:
Glory, glory everlasting,
Be to Thee, Thou Lamb of God!

  Author: James G. Deck         Publication: Hymns of Grace and Truth
Hymns of Grace and Truth

When I survey the wondrous cross (43)

When I survey the wondrous cross
On which the Lord of glory died,
My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.

Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast
Save in the death of Christ my God
All the vain things that charm me most,
I’d sacrifice them to His blood.

See, from His head, His hands, His feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled down!
Did ever such love and sorrow meet,
Or thorns compose so rich a crown?

Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were an offering far to small;
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all!

  Author: Issac Watts         Publication: Hymns of Grace and Truth
Hymns of Grace and Truth

Lord Jesus, we remember (63)

Lord Jesus, we remember
The travail of Thy soul,
When, through Thy love’s deep pity,
The waves did over Thee roll!
Baptized in death’s dark waters,
For us Thy blood was shed:
For us Thou, Lord of glory,
Wast numbered with the dead!

O Lord, Thou now art risen,
Thy travail all is over!
For sin, Thou once hast suffered:
Thou livest, to die no more.
Sin, death and hell are vanquished
By Thee, the Church’s Head,
And lo! we share Thy triumphs,
Thou First-born from the dead!

Unto Thy death baptized,
We own with Thee we died;
With Thee, our Life, we’re risen,
And shall be glorified:
From sin, the world and Satan
We’re ransomed by Thy blood,
And here would walk as strangers,
Alive with Thee to God.

  Author: James G. Deck         Publication: Hymns of Grace and Truth
Hymns of Grace and Truth

Majestic sweetness sits enthroned (81)

Majestic sweetness sits enthroned
Upon the Saviour’s brow;
His head with radiant glories crowned,
His lips with grace o’er flow.

No mortal can with Him compare
Among the sons of men;
Fairer is He than all the fair,
That fill the heavenly train.

He saw me plunged in deep distress,
And flew to my relief;
For me He bore the shameful cross,
And carried all my grief.

To Him I owe my life and breath,
And all the joys I have;
He makes me triumph over death,
And saves me from the grave.

To heaven, the place of His abode,
He brings my weary feet,
Shows me the glories of my God,
And makes my joy complete.

  Author: Samuel Stennett         Publication: Hymns of Grace and Truth
Hymns of Grace and Truth

Wearily my spirit sinketh (127)

Wearily my spirit sinketh,
Into Jesus’ heart and hands,
Calmly trusting, though the journey,
Lie through strange untrodden lands:
All my Spirit is at rest,
On the loving Father’s breast.

There my spirit cannot murmur-
Pleased with all that may betide;
What the will of self would cherish
Is already crucified:
Buried is each murmuring word
In the grave of Christ my Lord.

There my spirit knows no darkness-
Love remains when all is gone;
Sorrows crushing soul and body
Find my spirit not alone:
Resting in Christ’s blessed light,
Fears she not this earthly night.

Thus on God my spirit waiteth-
Even so doth overcome
Silently enduring all things,
Mockery or martyrdom:
Like a silent sea doth lie,
Full of praise to God most high!

  Author:  Selected         Publication: Hymns of Grace and Truth
Hymns of Grace and Truth

O holy Lamb of God (111)

O holy Lamb of God,
Thou cam’st our sins to bear-
To give Thy life, to shed Thy blood,
That we might glory share.

Love brought Thee from Thy throne
To here endure our doom:
Thy travail o’er, Thy work now done,
Soon Thou wilt take us home.

On this the sinner stands-
"He gave Himself for us!"
What grace in Thee, to burst our bands!
What love, to suffer thus!

To One so dear, may we
By Thee be e’er kept near-
Thy blood, Thy Name, our only plea,
Till Thou Thyself appear!

  Author: W. Burgmiller         Publication: Hymns of Grace and Truth
Hymns of Grace and Truth

Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! (95)

Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!
O what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood!
This is my story, this is my song:
Praising my Saviour all the day long!

Perfect assurance, perfect delight!
Visions of rapture now burst on my sight!
Jesus descending brought from above
Riches of mercy, treasures of love!
This is my story, this is my song:
Praising my Saviour all the day long!

Perfect assurance-all is at rest!
I in my Saviour am happy and blest,
Watching and waiting, looking above,
Filled with His goodness, lost in His love!
This is my story, this is my song:
Praising my Saviour all the day long!

  Author: Fanny J. Crosby.         Publication: Hymns of Grace and Truth
Hymns of Grace and Truth

‘Tis finished all- our souls to win (172)

‘Tis finished all- our souls to win,
His life the blessed Jesus gave;
Then rising, left His people’s sin
Behind Him in His opening grave.

Past suffering now, the tender heart
Of Jesus, on His Father’s throne,
Still in our sorrow bears a part,
And feels it as he felt His own.

Sweet thought! we have a Friend above,
Our weary, faltering steps to guide,
Who follows with the eye of love
the little flock for whom He died.

O Jesus, teach us more and more
On thee alone to cast our care;
and gazing on Thy cross, adore
The wondrous grace that brought Thee there.

  Author: Sir Edward Denny         Publication: Hymns of Grace and Truth
Hymns of Grace and Truth

I journey through a desert, drear and wild (156)

I journey through a desert, drear and wild,
Yet is my heart by such sweet thoughts beguiled-
Of Him on Whom I lean, my Strength, my Stay-
I can forget the sorrows of the way.

Thoughts of His sojourn in this vale of tears-
The tale of love unfolded in those years
Of sinless suffering and of patient grace-
I love again, and yet again, to trace!

Thoughts of His glory! on the Cross I gaze,
And there behold its sad yet healing rays-
Beacon of hope which, lifted up on high,
Illumes with heavenly light the tear-dimmed eye!

Thoughts of His coming! for that joyful day
In patient hope I watch and wait and pray:
The dawn draws nigh! the midnight shadows flee!
O what a sunrise will that Advent be!

Thus while I journey on my Lord to meet,
My thoughts and meditations are so sweet-
Of Him on Whom I lean, my Strength, my Stay-
I can forget the sorrows of the way.

  Author: Jane Deck         Publication: Hymns of Grace and Truth
Hymns of Grace and Truth

Saviour, lead us by thy power (140)

Saviour, lead us by thy power,
Safe into the promised rest;
Choose the path-the way whatever
Seems to Thee, O Lord the best,
Be our guide in every peril,
Watch and keep us night and day;
Else our foolish hearts will wander
From the strait and narrow way.

Since in Thee is our redemption,
And salvation full and free,
Nothing need our souls dishearten,
But forgetfulness of Thee.
Naught can stay our steady progress,
More than conquerors we shall be,
If our eye, whate’er the danger
Looks to Thee, and none but Thee.

In Thy presence we are happy;
In Thy presence we’re secure;
In Thy presence all afflictions
We can easily endure;
In Thy presence we can conquer;
We can suffer, we can die;
Wandering from Thee, we are feeble;
Let Thy Love Lord, keep us nigh.

  Author: William Williams         Publication: Hymns of Grace and Truth
Hymns of Grace and Truth

Behold, what wondrous love and grace! (196)

Behold, what wondrous love and grace!
When we were wretched and undone,
To save a ruined, helpless race,
The Father gave His only Son!
Of twice ten thousand gifts divine,
No gift like this could ever shine!

O gift of love unspeakable!
O gift of mercy all divine!
We once were slaves of death and hell,
But in Christ’s image we shall shine!
For every gift a song we raise,
But this demands sternal praise!

Praise shall employ these tongues of ours
Till we with all the saints above,
Extol God’s name with nobler powers,
And see the ocean of His love:
Then, while we look, and wondering gaze,
We’ll fill the heavens with endless praise!

  Author: William Sanders         Publication: Hymns of Grace and Truth
Hymns of Grace and Truth

All for Jesus! all for Jesus! (348)

All for Jesus! all for Jesus!
All my being’s ransomed powers:
All my thoughts and words and doings,
All my days and all my hours.
All for Jesus! all for Jesus!
All my days and all my hours.

Let my hands perform His bidding,
Let my feet run in His ways,
Let my heart love Jesus only,
Let my lips speak forth His praise.
All for Jesus! all for Jesus!
Let my lips speak forth His praise.

Let my eyes be fixed on Jesus!
Losing sight of all beside;
Chained to Him my spirit’s vision,
Gazing on the Crucified.
All for Jesus! all for Jesus!
Gazing on the Crucified.

Oh, what wonder! how amazing!
Jesus, glorious King of kings,
Deigns to call me His beloved,
Resting now beneath His wings.
All for Jesus! all for Jesus!
Resting now beneath His wings.

  Author: Mary D. James         Publication: Hymns of Grace and Truth
Hymns of Grace and Truth

Our sins were borne by Jesus (332)

Our sins were borne by Jesus,
The holy Lamb of God:
He took them all, and freed us
From that condemning load.
Our guilt was borne by Jesus,
Who washed the crimson stains
White in His blood most precious,
Till not a spot remains.

Our wants are known to Jesus;
All fullness dwells in Him;
He healeth all diseases,
Who did our souls redeem.
We tell our griefs to Jesus,
Our burdens and our cares;
He from them all releases,
And all our sorrow shares.

We love the name of Jesus,
The Christ of God, the Lord;
Like fragrance on the breezes,
His name is spread abroad.
We long to be with Jesus,
With all the ransomed throng,
To sing for aye His praises-
The one eternal song.

  Author: Horatius Bonar         Publication: Hymns of Grace and Truth
Hymns of Grace and Truth

Wonderful Saviour, blessed Redeemer! (316)

Wonderful Saviour, blessed Redeemer!
Ever in glory, dwelling above;
Yet in His mercy tenderly smiling,
Over the children bending in love.

Refrain
We will adore Him, gather and praise Him,
Voices in concert joyfully blend!
His be the kingdom, power and glory,
Now and forever, world without end!

Sing of His greatness, infinite greatness,
Sing of His goodness day after day;
Guarding from evil, shielding from danger,
Leading us onward, cheering the way.

He is our refuge, He is our safeguard,
Peace to the youthful kindly He brings;
Sweet is the promise, He will protect us,
He will defend us under His wings.

  Author: Fanny J. Crosby.         Publication: Hymns of Grace and Truth