Learning to Live by Faith

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1. Give us the wings of faith to rise
Within the veil, and see
The saints above, how great their joys,
How bright their glories be.

2. Once they were mourning here below
Their couch was wet with tears;
They wrestled hard, as we do now,
With sins, and doubts and fears.

3. We ask them whence their vic’try came;
They, with united breath,
Ascribe the conquest to the Lamb,
Their triumph to his death.

4. They marked the footsteps that he trod,
His zeal inspired their breast,
And, foll’wing their incarnate God,
They reached the promised rest.

5. Our glorious Leader claims our praise
For his own pattern giv’n,
While the great cloud of witnesses
Show the same path to Heav’n.

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1 Why did my Savior come to earth,
And to the humble go?
Why did He choose a lowly birth?
Because He loved me so!

Chorus:
He loved me so,
He loved me so;
He gave His precious life for me, for me,
Because, He loved me so.

2 Why did He drink the bitter cup
Of sorrow, pain and woe?
Why on the cross be lifted up?
Because He loved me so! [Chorus]

3 Till Jesus comes I’ll sing His praise,
And then to glory go,
And live with Him thro’ endless days,
Because He loved me so. [Chorus]

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1 Far away in the depths of my spirit tonight
Rolls a melody sweeter than psalm;
In celestial-like strains it unceasingly falls
O’er my soul like an infinite calm.

Refrain:
Peace, peace! wonderful peace,
Coming down from the Father above,
Sweep over my spirit forever, I pray,
In fathomless billows of love.

2 What a treasure I have in this wonderful peace
Buried deep in the heart of my soul,
So secure that no power can mine it away
While the years of eternity roll. [Refrain]

3 I am resting tonight in this wonderful peace,
Resting sweetly in Jesus’ control,
For I’m kept from all danger by night and by day,
And His glory is flooding my soul. [Refrain]

4 And me thinks when I rise to that city of peace
Where the Author of peace I shall see,
That one strain of the song which the ransomed will sing
In that heavenly kingdom shall be: [Refrain]

5 Ah! soul, are you here without comfort and rest,
Marching down the rough pathway of time?
Make Jesus your friend ere the shadows grow dark
O accept this sweet peace so sublime! [Refrain]

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1 Savior, more than life to me,
I am clinging, clinging close to Thee;
let Thy precious blood applied,
keep me ever, ever near Thy side.

Refrain:
Ev’ry day, ev’ry hour
let me feel thy cleansing pow’r;
may Thy tender love to me
bind me closer, closer, Lord, to Thee.

2 Through this changing world below,
lead me gently, gently as I go;
trusting Thee, I cannot stray,
I can never, never lose my way. [Refrain]

3 Let me love Thee more and more,
till this fleeting, fleeting life is o’er;
till my soul is lost in love,
in a brighter, brighter world above. [Refrain]

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Audio Recording:

1 Flee to the ark, in Jesus find
The only refuge for mankind;
Flee for your life, to Jesus bow;
Flee to the ark of safety now.

Refrain:
Flee to the ark of safety now;
Flee to the ark, flee to the ark;
Flee for your life, to Jesus bow;
Flee to the ark of safety now.

2 Flee to the ark, O sinner, haste,
The clouds are gathering o’er the waste;
Flee for your life, to Jesus bow;
Flee to the ark of safety now. [Refrain]

3 Flee to the ark, O quickly fly;
The floods of death are drawing nigh;
Flee for your life, to Jesus bow;
Flee to the ark of safety now. [Refrain]

4 Flee to the ark, why will ye die?
A watery tomb is rolling high;
Flee for your life, to Jesus bow;
Flee to the ark of safety now. [Refrain]

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1 I long to enter those pearly gates,
And walk the streets of gold;
I long to reach that heav’nly land,
My Savior to behold;
I long to bathe in the crystal fount,
That flows by the throne of God;
Be wash’d from ev’ry stain of sin,
Made pure by Jesus’ blood.

2 I long to dwell in that purer clime,
Where Jesus ever reigns;
Beyond the sorrows that darken time,
Beyond these earthly claims;
I long to enter that land of light
Where shadows of night ne’er come,
Where heaven reflects a light so bright,
They need no light of sun.

PDF: Whither, Pilgrims, Are You Going?

Audio Recording:

1. Whither, pilgrims, are you going,
Going each with staff in hand?
We are going on a journey,
Going at our King’s command.
Over hills and plains and valleys,
We are going to His palace,
We are going to His palace,
Going to the better land.

2. Fear ye not the way so lonely—
You, a little, feeble band?
No, for friends unseen are near us:
Holy angels round us stand.
Christ, our Leader, walks beside us:
He will guard and He will guide us,
He will guard and He will guide us,
Guide us to the better land.

3. Tell me, pilgrims, what you hope for
In that far-off better land.
Spotless robes and crowns of glory
From a Saviour’s loving hand.
We shall drink of life’s clear river,
We shall dwell with God forever,
We shall dwell with God forever
In that bright and better land.

4. Pilgrims, may we travel with you
To that bright, that better land?
Come and welcome, come and welcome,
Welcome to our pilgrim band.
Come, O come, and do not leave us,
Christ is waiting to receive us,
Christ is waiting to receive us
In that bright, that better land.