hymns
Burdens Are Lifted at Calvary
1. Days are filled with sorrow and care,
Hearts are lonely and drear;
Burdens are lifted at Calvary,
Jesus is very near.
Burdens are lifted at Calvary,
Calvary, Calvary;
Burdens are lifted at Calvary,
Jesus is very near.
2. Cast your care on Jesus today,
Leave your worry and fear;
Burdens are lifted at Calvary,
Jesus is very near.
3. Troubled soul, the Saviour can see
Ev’ry heartache and tear;
Burdens are lifted at Calvary,
Jesus is very near.
John M. Moore, b. 1925
Amazing Grace
1. Amazing grace! how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found;
Was blind, but now I see.
2. ‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed!
3. Thro’ many dangers, toils and snares
I have already come;
‘Tis grace has brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
4. The Lord has promised good to me;
His Word my hope secures;
He will my Shield and Portion be,
As long as life endures.
5. The earth shall soon dissolve like snow;
The sun forbear to shine;
But God, who called me here below,
Will be forever mine.
6. When we’ve been there ten thousand years,
Bright shining as the sun,
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
Than when we’d first begun.
John Newton, 1725-1807
GOD has a plan
1. GOD has a plan, and He will ne’er forget:
Israel, His choice, will know His mercy yet.
His purpose stands, His love remains the same;
They shall be saved, to praise His glorious name.
2. The Lord of Glory was mid Israel born,
He lived among them, mid the shame and scorn.
And then He died — the Sacrifice — to save:
For sinners lost, His precious life He gave.
3. And if you feel your need, and seek His face,
You too will know the wonders of His grace:
Your love to Him will love to Israel mean.
In loving deeds, and witness, to be seen.
4. And you will pray, and have that Day in view
When He shall come — for all His words are
true,
And Israel’s remnant will His nation be,
Redeemed, when they their pierced Messiah see!
P. W. HEWARD (1882-1948)