Learning to Live by Faith

Hymnal Page Scan: Our Great Redeemer’s Praise page 386 | Hymnary.org

Audio Recording:

1 Time is filled with swift transition,
naught of earth unmoved can stand;
Build your hopes on things eternal,
hold to God’s unchanging hand!

Refrain:
Hold (to His hand) to God’s unchanging hand!
Hold (to his hand) to God’s unchanging hand!
Build your hopes on things eternal,
hold to God’s unchanging hand!

2 Trust in Him who will not leave you,
whatsoever years may bring;
If by earthly friends forsaken,
still more closely to Him cling. [Refrain]

3 Covet not this world’s vain riches
that so rapidly decay;
Seek to gain the heav’nly treasures,
they will never pass away! [Refrain]

4 When your journey is completed,
if to God you have been true,
fair and bright the home in glory,
your enraptured soul will view! [Refrain]

Hymnal Page Scan: Songs of Love and Praise No. 5: for use in meetings for Christian worship or work page 21 | Hymnary.org

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1 My soul, stay not in the shadows,
Where the mist of sorrow clings;
There is joy for the heart
Bidding shadows depart,
There is joy for the life on wings.

Chorus:
Mount up, my soul, with gladness,
Where the sunshine cheers and warms;
The life on wings is the life that sings,
Then soar above the storms.

2 On wings of faith mount upward,
Far beyond earthly things,
There is peace that will last
Till thy journey is past,
There is joy for the life on wings. [Chorus]

3 There’s triumph in all trial,
‘Tis the peace that Jesus brings;
O’er the faith-mounted soul
Sorrow has no control,
There is joy for the life on wings. [Chorus]

Hymnal Page Scan: Our Sabbath Home Praise Book 145. Bow down thine ear and hear my call | Hymnary.org

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1 Bow down Thine ear
And hear my call,
Thou gracious Lord,
My life, my all;
To Thy dear cross
My soul would flee:
Draw me, oh, draw me
Close, close to Thee!

2 One word of love,
One smile of Thine,
Would sweetly calm
This heart of mine,
To Thy dear arms
For strength I flee:
Draw me, oh, draw me
Close, close to Thee!

3 By tempest tossed,
By care oppressed,
I come to Thee,
My ark of rest;
My weary wings
At peace would be:
Draw me, oh, draw me
Close, close to Thee!

4 Thou Rock, where waves
Can never break,
Whose mighty power
No storm can shake,
Be Thou my trust
On life’s dark sea:
Draw me, oh, draw me
Close, close to Thee!

Hymnal Page Scan: Winnowed Hymns: a collection of sacred songs, especially adapted for revivals, prayer and camp meetings 38. Light and comfort of my soul | Hymnary.org

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1 Light and comfort of my soul,
When the billows o’er me roll:
Thou dost bid me in Thy word,
cast my burden on the Lord,
Jesus, Savior once betrayed,
sacrifice for sinners made;
Wretched, lost, to Thee I fly,
Save, O save me, or I die.

2 Lord, my soul in tears would mourn,
All the anguish Thou hast borne;
In the garden I would be,
Lonely watcher still with Thee.
Thou hast suffered, Thou hast bled,
Thorns have pierced Thy sacred head;
Jesus, while I cling to Thee,
Let Thy sorrow plead for me.

3 Mocked and scourged – condemned to die,
On the cross extended high,
Tenant of the lonely tomb,
Mighty conqu’ror o’er it’s gloom;
Raised victorious God of love,
To Thy Father’s home above,
Grant my soul a place, at last,
Where the storms of life are past.

Hymnal Page Scan: Sacred Selections for the Church: a collection of sacred selections featuring choice favorites old and new (57th ed) page 556 | Hymnary.org

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1 When I shall reach the more excellent glory,
And all my trials are passed,
I shall be like Him, O wonderful story!
I shall be like Him at last.

Chorus:
I shall be like Him, I shall be like Him,
And in His beauty shall sine,
I shall be like Him, wondrously like Him,
Jesus, my Saviour divine.

2 We shall not wait till the glorious dawning
Breaks on the vision so fair,
Now we may welcome the heavenly morning,
Now we His image may bear. (Chorus)

3 More and more like Him, repeat the blest story,
Over and over again,
Changed by His Spirit from glory to glory,
I shall be satisfied then. (Chorus)

Hymnal Page Scan: Psalms and Hymns to the Living God page 57 | Hymnary.org

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1 As longs the deer for cooling streams
in parched and barren ways,
so longs my soul, O God, for Thee
and Thy refreshing grace.

2 For Thee, my God, the living God,
my thirsty soul doth pine;
O when shall I behold Thy face,
Thou majesty divine?

3 Why, restless, why cast down, my soul?
Hope still, and thou shalt sing
the praise of Him who is thy God,
thy health’s eternal spring.

4 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
the God whom we adore,
be glory as it was, is now,
and shall be evermore.

Hymnal Page Scan: Cornelius’ Gospel Songs No. 3 page 13 | Hymnary.org

Audio Recording:

1 As down the stream of time I glide,
The greatest tho’t that comes to me;
Is not of honors, wealth, nor pride,
But what about eternity.

Chorus:
Eternity, (Eternity),
Eternity, (Eternity);
O, soul what of eternity?
Will you, at home, in heaven be thro’out a long eternity?

2 When, in the glory of the night,
The brilliant moon and stars I see;
I rise above them in my flight
And think about eternity. [Chorus]

3 And when I hear the church bells toll
Their sad and mournful melody,
This is my tho’t, another soul
Has reached the great eternity. [Chorus]

4 I want to live each fleeting day
As tho’ it were my last to be;
Then when from earth I pass away,
With God I’ll spend eternity.

Hymnal Page Scan P1: Gospel Hymns Nos. 1 to 6 page 270 | Hymnary.org Hymnal Page Scan P2: Gospel Hymns Nos. 1 to 6 page 271 | Hymnary.org

Audio Recording:

1 O what shall I do to be saved?
The gath’ring storm I behold,
Exposed to the wrath of my God;
Is there no sheltering fold,
Is there no sheltering fold?

Refrain:
I am the door, by Me if any man enter in,
He shall be saved, he shall be saved;
I am the door, by Me if any man enter in,
He shall be saved, he shall be saved.

2 O what shall I do to be saved?
No light, no hope can I see,
No help in myself can I find;
Is there no mercy for me,
Is there no mercy for me? [Refrain]

3 O what shall I do to be saved?
So vile, so burdened with sin,
O how to the fold may I come,
How may I enter therein,
How may I enter therein? [Refrain]

4 I enter the wide open door,
In Christ I now have believed;
I’m cleansed from my sins by His blood;
I trust, and now I am saved,
I trust, and now I am saved! [Refrain]

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10By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. 11For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, 13their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work. 14If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. 15If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames. 1 Corinthians 3:10-15 NIV

1. Building, daily building, while the moments fly,
We are ever building life work for on high!
Character we’re building, thoughts and actions free
Make for us a building for eternity.

Refrain
We are building day by day, while the moments pass away,
We are building, ever building;
We are building day by day, while the moments pass away,
We are building for eternity.

2. Choosing, as we labor, what we wish to take,
Oh let us be careful for the Master’s sake!
He will help our labor, He will strength bestow;
Let us choose for Jesus all we use below. [Refrain]

3. Hay or wood or stubble, we must never use,
Offers of the tempter we must e’er refuse.
Sinful thoughts and actions will not stand the test;
Seeking God’s approval, we must use the best. [Refrain]

4. May the Lord approve us! ’Tis our earnest prayer.
Oh, to have our building tall, and strong and fair!
Oh, to live for Jesus! Truly every hour,
Building, praying, trusting in His mighty power! [Refrain]