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Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling

Author: Will L. Thompson Meter: 11.7.11.7 with refrain Appears in 860 hymnals Topics: Affliction and Tribulation Refrain First Line: Come home, come home Lyrics: 1 Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling, calling for you and for me; see, on the portals he's waiting and watching, watching for you and for me. Refrain: Come home, come home; you who are weary come home; earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling, calling, O sinner, come home! 2 Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading, pleading for you and for me? Why should we linger and heed not his mercies, mercies for you and for me? [Refrain] 3 Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing, passing from you and from me; shadows are gathering, deathbeds are coming, coming for you and for me. [Refrain] 4 O for the wonderful love he has promised, promised for you and for me! Though we have sinned, he has mercy and pardon, pardon for you and for me. [Refrain] Scripture: Matthew 21:32 Used With Tune: THOMPSON

Jesus Paid It All

Author: Elvina M. Hall Meter: 6.6.7.7 with refrain Appears in 806 hymnals Topics: Affliction and Tribulation; Affliction and Tribulation First Line: I hear the Savior say Lyrics: 1 I hear the Savior say, "Thy strength indeed is small. Child of weakness, watch and pray, find in me thine all in all." Refrain: Jesus paid it all, all to him I owe; sin had left a crimson stain, he washed it white as snow. 2 Lord, now indeed I find thy power, and thine alone Can change the leper's spots and melt the heart of stone. [Refrain] 3 For nothing good have I whereby thy grace to claim; I'll wash my garments clean in the blood of Calvary's Lamb. [Refrain] 4 And when, before the throne, I stand in him complete, "Jesus died my soul to save," my lips shall still repeat. [Refrain] Scripture: Ezekiel 19 Used With Tune: ALL TO CHRIST

Precious Lord, Take My Hand

Author: Thomas A. Dorsey Meter: Irregular Appears in 110 hymnals Topics: Affliction and Tribulation Used With Tune: PRECIOUS LORD

We'll Understand It Better By and By

Author: Charles Albert Tindley Meter: Irregular with refrain Appears in 93 hymnals Topics: Affliction and Tribulation First Line: We are tossed and driven on the restless sea of time Refrain First Line: By and by, when the morning comes Lyrics: 1. We are tossed and driven on the restless sea of time; somber skies and howling tempests oft succeed a bright sunshine; in that land of perfect day, when the mists have rolled away, we will understand it better by and by. Refrain: By and by, when the morning comes, when the saints of God are gathered home, we'll tell the story how we've overcome, for we'll understand it better by and by. 2. We are often destitute of the things that life demands, want of food and want of shelter, thirsty hills and barren lands; we are trusting in the Lord, and according to God's word, we will understand it better by and by. [Refrain] 3. Trials dark on every hand, and we cannot understand all the ways that God would lead us to that blessed promised land; but he guides us with his eye, and we'll follow till we die for we'll understand it better by and by. [Refrain] 4. Temptations, hidden snares often take us unawares, and our hearts are made to bleed for a thoughtless word or deed; and we wonder why the test when we try to do our best, but we'll understand it better by and by. [Refrain] Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:12 Used With Tune: BY AND BY

Built on a Rock

Author: Nikolai F. S. Grundtvig; Carl Doving; Dean McIntyre Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 73 hymnals Topics: Affliction and Tribulation; Affliction and Tribulation First Line: Built on a rock the Church shall stand Scripture: Matthew 16:18 Used With Tune: KIRKEN DEN ER ET GAMMELT HUS

There Is a Balm in Gilead

Meter: Irregular Appears in 106 hymnals Topics: Affliction and Tribulation First Line: Sometimes I feel discouraged Lyrics: Refrain: There is a balm in Gilead to make the wounded whole; there is a balm in Gilead to heal the sin-sick soul. 1 Some times I feel discouraged, and think my work’s in vain. But then the Holy Spirit revives my soul again. (Refrain) 2 Don't ever feel discouraged, for Jesus is your friend, and if you look for knowledge he'll ne'er refuse to lend. (Refrain) 3 If you can’t preach like Peter, if you can’t pray like Paul, just tell the love of Jesus, and say he died for all. (Refrain) Scripture: Jeremiah 8:22 Used With Tune: BALM IN GILEAD Text Sources: Afro-American spiritual

What a Friend We Have in Jesus

Author: Joseph M. Scriven Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,689 hymnals Topics: Affliction and Tribulation Lyrics: 1. What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear! What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer! O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear, all because we do not carry everything to God in prayer. 2. Have we trials and temptations? Is there trouble anywhere? We should never be discouraged; take it to the Lord in prayer. Can we find a friend so faithful who will all our sorrows share? Jesus knows our every weakness; take it to the Lord in prayer. 3. Are we weak and heavy laden, cumbered with a load of care? Precious Savior, still our refuge; take it to the Lord in prayer. Do thy friends despise, forsake thee? Take it to the Lord in prayer! In his arms he'll take and shield thee; thou wilt find a solace there. Used With Tune: CONVERSE

Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy

Author: Joseph Hart Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 1,462 hymnals Topics: Affliction and Tribulation Refrain First Line: I will arise and go to Jesus Lyrics: 1 Come, ye sinners, poor and needy, weak and wounded, sick and sore; Jesus ready stands to save you, full of pity, love, and power. Refrain: I will arise and go to Jesus; he will embrace me with his arms; in the arms of my dear Savior, O there are ten thousand charms. 2 Come, ye thirsty, come, and welcome, God’s free bounty glorify; true belief and true repentance, every grace that brings you nigh. (Refrain) 3 Come ye weary, heavy laden, lost and ruined by the fall; if you tarry till you’re better, you will never come at all. (Refrain) 4 Let not conscience make you linger, nor of fitness fondly dream; all the fitness he requireth is to feel your need of him. (Refrain) Used With Tune: RESTORATION

There's Within My Heart a Melody

Author: Luther B. Bridgers Meter: 9.7.9.7 with refrain Appears in 196 hymnals Topics: Affliction and Tribulation Refrain First Line: Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, sweetest name I know Lyrics: 1. There's within my heart a melody Jesus whispers sweet and low: Fear not, I am with thee, peace, be still, in all of life's ebb and flow. Refrain: Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, sweetest name I know, fills my every longing, keeps me singing as I go. 2. All my life was wrecked by sin and strife, discord filled my heart with pain; Jesus swept across the broken strings, stirred the slumbering chords again. [Refrain] 3. Though sometimes he leads through waters deep, trials fall across the way, though sometimes the path seems rough and steep, see his footprints all the way. [Refrain] 4. Feasting on the riches of his grace, resting neath his sheltering wing, always looking on his smiling face, that is why I shout and sing. [Refrain] 5. Soon he's coming back to welcome me far beyond the starry sky; I shall wing my flight to worlds unknown; I shall reign with him on high. [Refrain] Used With Tune: SWEETEST NAME

Standing on the Promises

Author: R. Kelso Carter Meter: 11.11.11.9 with refrain Appears in 450 hymnals Topics: Affliction and Tribulation First Line: Standing on the promises of Christ my King Refrain First Line: Standing, standing Lyrics: 1. Standing on the promises of Christ my King, through eternal ages let his praises ring; glory in the highest, I will shout and sing, standing on the promises of God. Refrain: Standing, standing, standing on the promises of God my Savior; standing, standing, I'm standing on the promises of God. 2. Standing on the promises that cannot fail, when the howling storms of doubt and fear assail, by the living Word of God I shall prevail, standing on the promises of God. [Refrain] 3. Standing on the promises of Christ the Lord, bound to him eternally by love's strong cord, overcoming daily with the Spirit's sword, standing on the promises of God. [Refrain] 4. Standing on the promises I cannot fall, listening every moment to the Spirit's call, resting in my Savior as my all in all, standing on the promises of God. [Refrain] Scripture: Ephesians 6:14-17 Used With Tune: PROMISES