Sunday musical offering

May 7, 2023

Sweet rivers of redeeming love
Lie just before my eyes;
Had I the pinions of a dove,
I’d to those rivers fly.
I’d rise superior to my pain,
With joy outstrip the wind;
I’d cross cold Jordan’s stormy waves,
And leave the world behind.

A few more days or years at most
My troubles will be o’er;
I hope to join the heavenly host
On Canaan’s happy shore.
My raptured soul shall drink and feast
In love’s unbounded sea,
The glorious hope of endless rest
Is ravishing to me.

O come, my Savior, come away, 
And bear me through the sky; 
Nor let Thy chariot wheels delay, 
But quickly draw Thou nigh. 
Then I shall join the angel throng 
And circle round Thy throne; 
I’ll sing through all the ages long, 
And joy to be Thine own.

Sweet rivers of redeeming love
Lie just before my eyes;
Had I the pinions of a dove,
I’d to those rivers fly.
I’d rise superior to my pain,
With joy outstrip the wind;
I’d cross cold Jordan’s stormy waves,
And leave the world behind.

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Sunday musical offering

March 5, 2023

When I am gone, don’t you cry for me,
Don’t you pity my sorry soul;
The pains that might have been will now be past,
And my spirit will be whole.
I’ll be on my way, I’ll be on my way,
I’ll have left my feet of clay upon the ground,
I will be glory bound, I’ll be on my way.

When I am gone, please forgive the wrongs
That I might have done to you;
There’ll be no room for regrets up there,
High above, way beyond the blue.
I’ll be on my way, I’ll be on way,
I’ll have laid my frown and all my burdens down,
I’ll be putting on my crown, I’ll be on my way.

When I am gone, don’t you look for me
In the places I have been;
I’ll be alive, but somewhere else,
I’ll be on my way again.
I’ll be on my way, I’ll be on my way
I’ll lift my wings and soar into the air,
There’ll be glory everywhere, I’ll be on way.
I’ll be on my way, I’ll be on my way,
I’ll have laid my frown and all my burdens down,
I’ll be putting on my crown, I’ll be on my way.
I’ll have left my feet of clay upon the ground,
I will be glory bound, I’ll be on my way.

 

 

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Sunday musical offering

February 19, 2023

Wana baraka wale waombao
They have blessings, those who pray;
Yesu mwenyawe alisema. Alleluia!
Jesus himself said so. Alleluia!
Wana amani wale waombao
They have peace, those who pray;
Yesu mwenyawe alisema. Alleluia!
Jesus himself said so. Alleluia!
Wana furaha wale waombao
They have joy, those who pray;
Yesu mwenyawe alisema. Alleluia!
Jesus himself said so. Alleluia!
Wana uzima wale waombao
They have well-being, those who pray;
Yesu mwenyawe alisema. Alleluia!
Jesus himself said so. Alleluia!

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Sunday musical offering

November 13, 2022

O they tell me of a home far beyond the skies,
They tell me of a home far away;
And they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise,
O they tell me of an unclouded day.
O the land of cloudless days,
O the land of an unclouded sky;
O they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise,
O they tell me of an unclouded day.

O they tell me of a home where my friends have gone,
They tell me of a land far away,
Where the tree of life in eternal bloom
Sheds its fragrance through the unclouded day.
O the land of cloudless days,
O the land of an unclouded sky;
O they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise,
O they tell me of an unclouded day.

O they tell me of the King in His beauty there,
And they tell me that my eyes shall behold
Where He sits on a throne that is bright as the sun
In that city that is made of gold.
O the land of cloudless days,
O the land of an unclouded sky;
O they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise,
O they tell me of an unclouded day.

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Musical offering for Epiphany

January 6, 2022

Hail the blest morn! See the great Mediator
Down from the regions of glory descend.
Shepherds, go worship the Babe in the manger;
Lo, for His guard the bright angels attend.
Brightest and best of the stars of the morning,
Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid;
Star in the east, the horizon adorning,
Guide where our Infant Redeemer is laid.

Cold on His cradle the dewdrops are shining;
Low lies His bed with the beasts of the stall.
Angels adore Him in slumber reclining;
Maker and Monarch and Savior of all.
Brightest and best of the stars of the morning,
Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid;
Star in the east, the horizon adorning,
Guide where our Infant Redeemer is laid.

Shall we not yield Him in costly devotion
Odors of Eden and offerings divine,
Gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean,
Myrrh from the forest, and gold from the mine?
Brightest and best of the stars of the morning,
Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid;
Star in the east, the horizon adorning,
Guide where our Infant Redeemer is laid.

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Musical offering for the fifth day of Christmas

December 29, 2021

O beautiful star of Bethlehem,
Shining afar through shadows dim,
Giving a light for those who long have gone,
And guiding the wise men on their way
Unto the place where Jesus lay;
Beautiful star of Bethlehem, shine on.

Beautiful star of Bethlehem,
Shine upon us until the glory dawns;
Give us thy light to light the way
Unto the land of perfect day;
Beautiful star of Bethlehem, shine on.

O beautiful star, the hope of light,
Guiding the pilgrim through the night,
Over the mountain till the break of dawn,
And into the light of perfect day,
It will give out a lovely ray;
Beautiful star of Bethlehem, shine on.

Beautiful star of Bethlehem,
Shine upon us until the glory dawns;
Give us thy light to light the way
Unto the land of perfect day;
Beautiful star of Bethlehem, shine on. 

O beautiful star, the hope of rest
For the redeemed, the good and blessed,
Yonder in glory when the crown is won;
For Jesus is now that star divine,
Brighter and brighter He will shine;
Beautiful star of Bethlehem, shine on.

Beautiful star of Bethlehem,
Shine upon us until the glory dawns;
Give us thy light to light the way
Unto the land of perfect day;
Beautiful star of Bethlehem, shine on.

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Sunday musical offering

November 21, 2021

Hallelujah!
And let this feeble body fail,
And let it faint or die;
My soul shall quit this mournful vail
And soar to worlds on high.
And I’ll sing hallelujah, and you’ll sing hallelujah,
And we’ll all sing hallelujah when we arrive at home.

Oh, what are all my sufferings here
If Lord thou count me meet,
With that enraptured host appear
And worship at Thy feet.
And I’ll sing hallelujah, and you’ll sing hallelujah,
And we’ll all sing hallelujah when we arrive at home. 

Give joy or grief, give ease or pain,
Take life or friends away;
But let me find them all again
In that eternal day.
And I’ll sing hallelujah, and you’ll sing hallelujah,
And we’ll all sing hallelujah when we arrive at home. 

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Sunday musical offering

February 21, 2021

The latest sun is sinking fast,
My race is almost run;
My strongest trials now are past,
My triumph is begun.
O come, angel band,
Come and around me stand;
O bear me away on your snow white wings
To my immortal home.

I know I’m near the holy ranks
Of friends and kindred dear;
I brushed the dew on Jordan’s banks,
The crossing must be near.
O come, angel band,
Come and around me stand;
O bear me away on your snow white wings
To my immortal home.

I’ve almost gained my heavenly home,
My spirit loudly sings;
The holy ones, behold, they come;
I hear the noise of wings.
O come, angel band,
Come and around me stand;
O bear me away on your snow white wings
To my immortal home.

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Sunday musical offering

August 2, 2020

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Sunday musical offering

April 26, 2020

When I am gone, don’t you cry for me,
Don’t you pity my sorry soul;
The pains that might have been will now be past,
And my spirit will be whole.
I’ll be on my way, I’ll be on my way,
I’ll have left my feet of clay upon the ground,
I will be glory bound, I’ll be on my way.

When I am gone, please forgive the wrongs
That I might have done to you;
There’ll be no room for regrets up there,
High above, way beyond the blue.
I’ll be on my way, I’ll be on way,
I’ll have laid my frown and all my burdens down,
I’ll be putting on my crown, I’ll be on my way.

When I am gone, don’t you look for me
In the places I have been;
I’ll be alive, but somewhere else,
I’ll be on my way again.
I’ll be on my way, I’ll be on my way
I’ll lift my wings and soar into the air,
There’ll be glory everywhere, I’ll be on way.
I’ll be on my way, I’ll be on my way,
I’ll have laid my frown and all my burdens down,
I’ll be putting on my crown, I’ll be on my way.
I’ll have left my feet of clay upon the ground,
I will be glory bound, I’ll be on my way.

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