Brothers and Sisters,

Prayer Wednesday night, will be held at the Brown’s Barn.

Last week we considered the influence of the “doctrine of Balaam,’ in the church at Pergamos. Now as we study the church in Thyatira, we are considering how the teaching of “Jezebel” exists in the professing church. Her teaching was being tolerated and the Lord has given the church time to repent. But that time is over and now the Lord will be winnowing out the people who have embraced her principles. Our scripture focus on Sunday is Revelation 2:18-29.

For the afternoon teaching, Robert Bosley will begin a study of the book of Jonah.

Remember Family Camp, April 23-24.

Remember, Church and Family Life Singles Conference, Holiness to the Lord, May 20-22, https://churchandfamilylife.com/events/216400

Theology of the Family Conference, May 20-22.

https://churchandfamilylife.com/events/213146

The songs we will be singing on Sunday are,

Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

    (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-6PMvgJHG0)

Psalm 51 

    (https://opc.org/hymn.html?hymn_id=208)

The Solid Rock

    (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GswGE6rQhmE)

Speak, O Lord

    (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGowfyz5yE8)

O Church, Arise

    (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_MGHeqc89Y)

Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

Love divine, all loves excelling,

Joy of heav’n, to earth come down!

Fix in us Thy humble dwelling;

All Thy faithful mercies crown.

Jesus, Thou art all compassion; 

Pure, unbounded love Thou art.

Visit us with Thy salvation; 

Enter every trembling heart.

Breathe, O breathe Thy loving Spirit

Into every troubled breast!

Let us all in Thee inherit;

Let us find the promised rest.

Take away our bent to sinning;

Alpha and Omega be.

End of faith, as its beginning, 

Set our hearts at liberty.

Come, Almighty, to deliver;

Let us all Thy life receive.

Suddenly return, and never,

Nevermore Thy temples leave.

Thee we would be always blessing

Serve Thee as Thy hosts above,

Pray and praise Thee without ceasing

Glory in Thy perfect love

Finish then Thy new creation;

Pure and spotless let us be.

Let us see Thy great salvation

Perfectly restored in Thee:

Changed from glory into glory,

Till in heav’n we take our place,

Till we cast our crowns before Thee,

Lost in wonder, love and praise.

Psalm 51

God, be merciful to me,

On Thy grace I rest my plea;

Plenteous in compassion Thou,

Blot out my transgressions now;

Wash me, make me pure within,

Cleanse, O cleanse me from my sin.

My transgressions I confess,

Grief and guilt my soul oppress;

I have sinned against Thy grace

And provoked Thee to Thy face;

I confess Thy judgment just,

Speechless, I Thy mercy trust.

I am evil, born in sin;

Thou desirest truth within.

Thou alone my Saviour art,

Teach Thy wisdom to my heart;

Make me pure, Thy grace bestow,

Wash me whiter than the snow.

Broken, humbled to the dust

By Thy wrath and judgment just,

Let my contrite heart rejoice

And in gladness hear Thy voice;

From my sins O hide Thy face,

Blot them out in boundless grace.

Gracious God, my heart renew,

Make my spirit right and true;

Cast me not away from Thee,

Let Thy Spirit dwell in me;

Thy salvation’s joy impart,

Steadfast make my willing heart.

Sinners then shall learn from me

And return, O God, to Thee;

Saviour, all my guilt remove,

And my tongue shall sing Thy love;

Touch my silent lips, O Lord,

And my mouth shall praise accord.

The Solid Rock

My hope is built on nothing less

Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness

I dare not trust the sweetest frame,

But wholly lean on Jesus’ name

  On Christ the solid Rock I stand

  All other ground is sinking sand

  All other ground is sinking sand

When darkness veils His lovely face,

I rest on His unchanging grace

In every high and stormy gale,

mM anchor holds within the veil

His oath, His covenant, His blood,

Support me in the whelming flood

When all around my soul gives way

He then is all my hope and stay

When He shall come with trumpet sound

O may I then in Him be found

Dressed in His righteousness alone

Faultless to stand before the throne

Speak, O Lord

Speak, O Lord, as we come to You

To receive the food of Your Holy Word.

Take Your truth, plant it deep in us;

Shape and fashion us in Your likeness,

That the light of Christ might be seen today

In our acts of love and our deeds of faith.

Speak, O Lord, and fulfill in us 

All Your purposes for Your glory.

Teach us, Lord, full obedience,

Holy reverence, true humility;

Test our thoughts and our attitudes

In the radiance of Your purity.

Cause our faith to rise; cause our eyes to see

Your majestic love and authority.

Words of pow’r that can never fail –

Let their truth prevail over unbelief.

Speak, O Lord, and renew our minds;

Help us grasp the heights of Your plans for us –

Truths unchanged from the dawn of time

That will echo down through eternity.

And by grace we’ll stand on Your promises,

And by faith we’ll walk as You walk with us.

Speak, O Lord, till Your church is built

And the earth is filled with Your glory.

O Church, Arise

O church, arise and put your armor on

Hear the call of Christ our Captain

For now the weak can say that they are strong

In the strength that God has given 

With shield of faith and belt of truth 

We’ll stand against the devil’s lies 

An army bold whose battle cry is Love

Reaching out to those in darkness

Our call to war to love the captive soul 

But to rage against the captor

And with the sword that makes the wounded whole 

We will fight with faith and valor

When faced with trials on every side 

We know the outcome is secure 

And Christ will have the prize for which He died

An inheritance of nations

Come see the cross where love and mercy meet 

As the Son of God is stricken 

Then see His foes lie crushed beneath His feet

For the Conqueror has risen 

And as the stone is rolled away 

And Christ emerges from the grave

This victory march continues till the day 

Every eye and heart shall see Him

So Spirit come put strength in every stride

Give grace for every hurdle

That we may run with faith to win the prize

Of a servant good and faithful 

As saints of old still line the way 

Retelling triumphs of His grace

We hear their calls and hunger for the day

When with Christ we stand in Glory

Brothers and Sisters,

Our scripture focus for Sunday is Revelation 2:8-11 – Christ’s letter to Smyrna. As we are learning to think Biblically about everything, regardless of what the world thinks, we are being brought to another culturally discordant principle – Suffering is good for the church. God has ordained it. God designs it. He demonstrates His power and wisdom through it. In the same way that the suffering and death of Jesus christ sounded the death knell to the kingdom of Satan, so the suffering of the true church is a sign of the destruction of the kingdom of Satan. Additionally, suffering strengthens a church.

Samuel Rutherford was very helpful to shepherd his church through the persecutions they experienced. He wrote, “Oh, what I owe to the file, to the hammer, to the furnace of my Lord Jesus.” He says that the Lord is a farmer who is plowing His fields to make them fruitful. On Sunday we will encounter the Lord’s words to a church which will be experiencing suffering on various levels. He identifies the kinds of things that will be happening to them, and that it will only go on for a short period of time. What will it be? Simply, poverty, slander, prison and some of them will be killed.

Please pray for the Tom Ford family, whose eldest daughter Hannah was killed in a car wreck on Sunday night as well as Peter Salyer, whose wife Silena died yesterday, leaving nine children behind. He and Silena were in our home several years ago for our annual marriage retreat and I have been in touch with him over the years. Susan Felmet’s sister is married to Peters brother.

The songs we will be singing on Sunday are,

On Sunday afternoon, Jason Dohm will be coming to deliver the afternoon message in order to remind us of the biblical reasons for homeschooling. Perhaps many in the younger generation do not have a clear biblical vision for this, so we have invited Jason to speak of the Biblical foundations.

Prayer will be held at the Church building – puppies are being born in the Brown’s Barn today.

Hallelujah, Praise Jehovah

    (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_q7b8RL-9s)

I Will Trust My Saviour Jesus

   (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDi-4Gp7By0)

It Is Not Death to Die

   (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d45nKyGphvg)

Afflicted Saint, to Christ Draw Near

   (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fjBOHYQXPc)

A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

     (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4EoLm3_luM)

Hallelujah, Praise Jehovah

Hallelujah, praise Jehovah,

O my soul, Jehovah praise;

I will sing the glorious praises

Of my God through all my days.

Put no confidence in princes,

Nor for help on man depend;

He shall die, to dust returning,

And his purposes shall end.

Happy is the man that chooses

Israel’s God to be his aid;

He is blessed whose hope of blessing

On the Lord his God is stayed.

Heaven and earth the Lord created,

Seas and all that they contain;

He delivers from oppression,

Righteousness he will maintain.

Food he daily gives the hungry,

Sets the mourning prisoner free,

Raises those bowed down with anguish,

Makes the sightless eyes to see.

Well Jehovah loves the righteous,

And the stranger he befriends,

Helps the fatherless and widow,

Judgment on the wicked sends.

Hallelujah, praise Jehovah,

O my soul, Jehovah praise;

I will sing the glorious praises

Of my God through all my days.

Over all God reigns for ever,

Through all ages he is king;

Unto him, thy God, O Zion,

Joyful hallelujahs sing.

I Will Trust My Saviour Jesus

I will trust my Saviour Jesus,

When my darkest doubts befall

Trust Him when to simply trust Him

Seems the hardest thing of all

I will trust my Saviour Jesus

Trust Him when my strength is small

For I know the shield of Jesus,

Is the safest place of all

  Jesus, only Jesus

  Help me trust You more and more

  Jesus, only Jesus

  May my heart be ever Yours

I will trust my Saviour Jesus

He has said His way is best

And I know the path He’s chosen

Leads to everlasting rest

I will trust my Saviour Jesus

Every hour of my life

As I journey home to see Him

He will never leave my side

  Jesus, only Jesus

  Help me trust You more and more

  Jesus, only Jesus

  May my heart be ever Yours

  Oh on that cross, how it was seen

  I can go now ever trusting in the One who died for me

  What could I bring, for Your gift is complete

  So I trust You, simply trust You, Lord with every part of me

  Jesus, only Jesus

  Help me trust You more and more

  Jesus, only Jesus

  May my heart be ever Yours

It Is Not Death to Die

It is not death to die

To leave this weary road

And join the saints who dwell on high

Who’ve found their home with God

It is not death to close

The eyes long dimmed by tears

And wake in joy before Your throne

Delivered from our fears

  O Jesus, conquering the grave

  Your precious blood has power to save

  Those who trust in You

  Will in Your mercy find

  That it is not death to die

It is not death to fling

Aside this earthly dust

And rise with strong and noble wing

To live among the just

It is not death to hear

The key unlock the door

That sets us free from mortal years

To praise You evermore

  O Jesus, conquering the grave

  Your precious blood has power to save

  Those who trust in You

  Will in Your mercy find

  That it is not death to die

Afflicted Saint, to Christ Draw Near

Afflicted saint, to Christ draw near,

Your Savior’s gracious promise hear;

His faithful Word you can believe:

That as your days your strength shall be.

Your faith is weak, your foes are strong,

And if the conflict should be long,

The Lord will make the tempter flee

That as your days your strength shall be.

  So, sing with joy, afflicted one;

  The battle’s fierce, but the victory’s won!

  God shall supply all that you need;

  Yes, as your days your strength shall be.

Should persecution rage and flame,

Still trust in your Redeemer’s name.

In fiery trials you shall see

That as your days your strength shall be.

When called to bear your weighty cross

Or sore affliction, pain, or loss,

Or deep distress or poverty,

Still as your days your strength shall be.

A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

A mighty fortress is our God

A bulwark never failing

Our helper He amid the flood

Of mortal ills prevailing

For still our ancient foe

Doth seek to work us woe

His craft and pow’r are great

And armed with cruel hate

On earth is not his equal

Did we in our own strength confide

Our striving would be losing

Were not the right man on our side

The man of God’s own choosing

Dost ask who that may be?

Christ Jesus, it is He –

Lord Sabaoth, His name

From age to age the same

And He must win the battle

And tho’ this world with devils filled

Should threaten to undo us

We will not fear for God hath willed

His truth to triumph thro’ us

The prince of darkness grim

We tremble not for him

His rage we can endure

For lo, his doom is sure:

One little word shall fell him

That word above all earthly pow’rs

No thanks to them abideth

The Spirit and the gifts are ours

Thro’ Him who with us sideth

Let goods and kindred go

This mortal life also –

The body they may kill

God’s truth abideth still:

His kingdom is forever

Brothers and Sisters,

As we continue to work our way through Revelation, we should remind ourselves that this book is a display of the honor and glory and blessing of Jesus Christ. His glory is displayed in the way he deals with His churches. All the things that we saw about Him in the first chapter are displayed in the way He treats His churches. in Rev 2:1-7, we encounter the first of seven letters to the churches. These letters have universal application for all churches as do all the epistles. The church in Ephesus was a great church with one great flaw. They left their first love. This passage is before us to help us examine our own church. Are we characterized by the love we once had for the Lord?

Prayer will be held at the Brown’s Barn.

Remember Jan 15, as we gather to celebrate the Lord’s work among us and to cast a vision for 2021.

Also, remember Prayer Week – Jan 24-31.

Remeber to pray for Mike Butler who may have a blood clot and is getting an angiogram today. He had a heart attack early this morning.

Praise the Lord for the birth of Jeremiah Whitefield Molina, born this morning at 5;59am..

The songs we will be singing together on Sunday are,

Jesus, Where’er Thy People Meet 

     (http://opc.org/hymn.html?hymn_id=394)

When I Survey

     (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FKOgLSzmoo)

By Grace Alone

    (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEiCOlWrsVo)

Ancient Words

    (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPz-6SfrIoU)

More Love to Thee, O Christ

    (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvAwojHOqFY)

Jesus, Where’er Thy People Meet

Jesus, where’er thy people meet,

There they behold thy mercy-seat;

Where’er they seek thee, thou art found,

And ev’ry place is hallowed ground.

For thou, within no walls confined,

Inhabitest the humble mind;

Such ever bring thee where they come,

And going, take thee to their home.

Dear Shepherd of thy chosen few,

Thy former mercies here renew;

Here to our waiting hearts proclaim

The sweetness of thy saving Name.

Here may we prove the pow’r of prayer

To strengthen faith and sweeten care,

To teach our faint desires to rise,

And bring all heav’n before our eyes.

Lord, we are few, but thou art near;

Nor short thine arm, nor deaf thine ear;

O rend the heav’ns, come quickly down,

And make a thousand hearts thine own.

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

When I survey the wondrous cross

On which the Prince of Glory died

My richest gain I count but loss

And pour contempt on all my pride

Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast

Save in the death of Christ my God

All the vain things that charm me most

I sacrifice them to His blood

See, from His head, His hands, His feet

Sorrow and love flow mingled down

Did e’er such love and sorrow meet

Or thorns compose so rich a crown?

Were the whole realm of nature mine

That were a present far too small

Love so amazing, so divine

Demands my soul, my life, my all!

By Grace Alone

Out of the depths I cry to You,

Lord, hear my voice of pleading;

Bend down Your gracious ear, I pray,

Your humble servant heeding.

If You remember each misdeed,

And of each thought and word take heed,

Who can remain before You?

Only by grace, by grace alone.

Your pardon is a gift of love,

Your grace alone must save us,

Our works will not remove our guilt,

The strictest life would fail us.

Let none in deeds or merits boast,

But let us own the Holy Ghost

For He alone can change us:

Only by grace, by grace alone.

Though great our sins and sore our woes

His grace much more aboundeth;

His helping love no limit knows,

Our utmost need it soundeth.

Our kind and faithful Shepherd He,

Who will set all His people free

From all their sin and sorrow:

Only by grace, by grace alone.

Ancient Words

Holy words long preserved

For our walk in this world,

They resound with God’s own heart;

Oh, let the ancient words impart.

Words of life, words of hope

Give us strength, help us cope;

In this world, where e’er we roam

Ancient words will guide us home.

  Ancient words, ever true,

  Changing me, and changing you;

  We have come with open hearts,

  Oh, let the ancient words impart.

Holy words of our faith,

Handed down to this age,

Came to us through sacrifice;

Oh heed the faithful words of Christ.

Holy words long preserved

For our walk in this world,

They resound with God’s own heart;

Oh let the ancient words impart.

  Ancient words, ever true,

  Changing me, and changing you;

  We have come with open hearts,

  Oh, let the ancient words impart.

More Love to Thee, O Christ

More love to Thee, O Christ,

More love to Thee!

Hear Thou the prayer I make

On bended knee;

This is my earnest plea,

More love, O Christ, to Thee,

More love to Thee,

More love to Thee.

Once earthly joy I craved,

Sought peace and rest;

Now Thee alone I seek;

Give what is best:

This all my prayer shall be,

More love, O Christ, to Thee,

More love to Thee,

More love to Thee.

Let sorrow do its work,

Send grief and pain;

Sweet are Thy messengers,

Sweet their refrain,

When they can sing with me,

More love, O Christ, to Thee,

More love to Thee,

More love to Thee.

Then shall my latest breath

Whisper Thy praise;

This be the parting cry

My heart shall raise,

This still its prayer shall be,

More love, O Christ, to Thee,

More love to Thee,

More love to Thee.

Brothers and Sisters,

Before the Lord tells us of the difficulties ahead in Revelation, He prepares us by telling us the end of the story – the coming of the Lord in the clouds as He promised in Acts 1:11. This takes the scare out of Revelation but only for the believer. Many people read Revelation and are terrified. No need for that (f you love the Lord). In our text for Sunday, we see the triumph of grace and peace and that Jesus is coming back in victorious glory. He comes back in the clouds and everyone will see it. He will reign. He is the “Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End…: “the Almighty.”

Women’s mentoring is at the Brown’s Barn at 10:00. The ladies will continue their story of Eve in Exile and Scott Brown will take the children for a study of clouds in the Bible and Jesus as the Lion in Revelation (part of our studies in Revelation).

The songs we will be singing on Sunday morning to take us into the truth of Revelation chapter 1 are,

Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee

    (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMY3ivdNzwE)

Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus

    (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M2f_chKVOM)

Jesus, Lover of My Soul

    (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsXcCdWjsmg)

In Christ Alone

    (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY4CW5pte98)

Lead on, O King Eternal

   (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeMWySjbaRE)

Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee

Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee

God of glory, Lord of love

Hearts unfold like flow’rs before Thee

Opening to the sun above

Melt the clouds of sin and sadness

Drive the dark of doubt away

Giver of immortal gladness

Fill us with the light of day

All Thy works with joy surround Thee

Earth and heav’n reflect Thy rays

Stars and angels sing around Thee

Center of unbroken praise

Field and forest, vale and mountain

Flowery meadow, flashing sea

Chanting bird and flowing fountain

Call us to rejoice in Thee!

Thou art giving and forgiving

Ever blessing, ever blest

Wellspring of the joy of living

Ocean depth of happy rest!

Thou our Father, Christ our Brother

All who live in love are Thine

Teach us how to love each other

Lift us to the joy divine!

Mortals join the mighty chorus

Which the morning stars began

Love divine is reigning o’er us

Leading us with mercy’s hand

Ever singing, march we onward

Victors in the midst of strife

Joyful music leads us sunward

In the triumph song of life

Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus

Come, Thou long-expected Jesus

Born to set Thy people free

From our fears and sins release us

Let us find our rest in Thee

Israel’s Strength and Consolation

Hope of all the earth Thou art

Dear Desire of every nation

Joy of every longing heart

Joy to those who long to see Thee

Dayspring from on high, appear

Come, Thou promised Rod of Jesse

Of Thy birth we long to hear!

O’er the hills the angels singing

News, glad tidings of a birth

‘Go to Him, your praises bringing;

Christ the Lord has come to earth’

Born Thy people to deliver

Born a child and yet a King

Born to reign in us forever

Now Thy gracious kingdom bring

By Thine own eternal Spirit

Rule in all our hearts alone

By Thine all-sufficient merit

Raise us to Thy glorious throne

Jesus, Lover of My Soul (Aberystwyth)

Jesus, Lover of my soul,

Let me to Thy bosom fly,

While the nearer waters roll,

While the tempest still is high:

Hide me, O my Saviour, hide,

Till the storm of life is past;

Safe into the haven guide,

O receive my soul at last!

Other refuge have I none,

Hangs my helpless soul on Thee;

Leave, ah! leave me not alone,

Still support and comfort me!

All my trust on Thee is stayed,

All my help from Thee I bring;

Cover my defenseless head

With the shadow of Thy wing.

Thou, O Christ, art all I want;

More than all in Thee I find:

Raise the fallen, cheer the faint,

Heal the sick, and lead the blind.

Just and holy is Thy Name;

I am all unrighteousness;

False and full of sin I am,

Thou art full of truth and grace.

Plenteous grace with Thee is found,

Grace to cover all my sin;

Let the healing streams abound;

Make and keep me pure within:

Thou of life the Fountain art,

Freely let me take of Thee;

Spring Thou up within my heart,

Rise to all eternity.

In Christ Alone

In Christ alone my hope is found

He is my light, my strength, my song

This Cornerstone, this solid Ground

Firm through the fiercest drought and storm

What heights of love, what depths of peace

When fears are stilled, when strivings cease! 

My Comforter, my All in All

Here in the love of Christ I stand

In Christ alone! – who took on flesh

Fullness of God in helpless babe!

This gift of love and righteousness

Scorned by the ones He came to save

Till on that cross as Jesus died

The wrath of God was satisfied

For every sin on Him was laid

Here in the death of Christ I live

There in the ground His body lay

Light of the world by darkness slain

Then bursting forth in glorious Day

Up from the grave He rose again!

And as He stands in victory

Sin’s curse has lost its grip on me

For I am His and He is mine

Bought with the precious blood of Christ

No guilt in life, no fear in death

This is the power of Christ in me

From life’s first cry to final breath

Jesus commands my destiny

No power of hell, no scheme of man

Can ever pluck me from His hand

Till He returns or calls me home

Here in the power of Christ I’ll stand!

Lead on, O King Eternal

Lead on, O King eternal,

The day of march has come;

Henceforth in fields of conquest

Thy tents shall be our home:

Through days of preparation

Thy grace has made us strong,

And now, O King eternal,

We lift our battle song.

Lead on, O King eternal,

Till sin’s fierce war shall cease,

And Holiness shall whisper

The sweet amen of peace;

For not with swords loud clashing,

Nor roll of stirring drums,

But deeds of love and mercy,

The heav’nly kingdom comes.

Lead on, O King eternal,

We follow, not with fears;

For gladness breaks like morning

Where’er Thy face appears;

Thy cross is lifted o’er us;

We journey in its light:

The crown awaits the conquest;

Lead on, O God of might.

Brothers and Sisters,

Tonight prayer will be held at the Brown’s Barn, 3721 Quarry Road, Wake Forest.

If you follow Jesus your life patterns change. Your use of time is forever altered. Your weekends will never be the same. This is what the 3000 new Christians experienced after Peter said, “repent and be baptized.” They repented, were baptized and filled with the Holy Spirit. But that was not the end of it. They acquired a new life with new priorities. Our scripture focus on Sunday morning will be Acts 2:42-47 where we find the pattern the apostles appointed for the early church… which continues today. This is the first of other summaries of life in the early church (Ac. 4:32-37, 5:12-16).

The songs we will be singing on Sunday are,

We Gather Together

     (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srh4Phwl9Lo)

The Church’s One Foundation

   (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ECY2IIeRg8)

Reformation Hymn 

    (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOmdVUX-wLw)

Speak, O Lord

    (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGowfyz5yE8)

How Sweet and Awful Is the Place

    (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw7zLoqEEXI)

We Gather TogetherWe gather togetherTo ask the Lord’s blessing;He chastens and hastensHis will to make known.The wicked oppressingNow cease from distressing.Sing praises to His Name;He forgets not His own.Beside us to guide us,Our God with us joining,Ordaining, maintainingHis kingdom divine;So from the beginningThe fight we were winning;Thou, Lord, were at our side,All glory be Thine!We all do extol Thee,Thou Leader triumphant,And pray that Thou stillOur Defender will be.Let Thy congregationEscape tribulation;Thy Name be ever praised!O Lord, make us free!

The Church’s One FoundationThe Church’s one foundation Is Jesus Christ her LordShe is His new creation By water and the WordFrom heav’n He came and sought her To be His holy brideWith His own blood He bought herAnd for her life He diedElect from every nation Yet one o’er all the earthHer charter of salvation: One Lord, one faith, one birthOne holy Name she blesses, Partakes one holy foodAnd to one hope she presses With every grace enduedThough with a scornful wonderMen see her sore oppressed,By schisms rent asunder,By heresies distressed:Yet saints their watch are keeping,Their cry goes up, ‘How long?’And soon the night of weepingShall be the morn of song!The Church shall never perish!Her dear Lord to defend,To guide, sustain, and cherish,Is with her to the end:Though there be those who hate her,And false sons in her pale,Against both foe or traitorShe ever shall prevail.’Mid toil and tribulationAnd tumult of her warShe waits the consummation Of peace forevermoreTill with the vision glorious Her longing eyes are blessedAnd the great Church victorious Shall be the Church at restYet she on earth hath unionWith God the Three in One,And mystic sweet communionWith those whose rest is won,O happy ones and holy!Lord, give us grace that weLike them, the meek and lowly,On high may dwell with Thee

Reformation HymnWe will trust God’s Word alone,Where His perfect will is known;Our traditions shift like sandWhile His Truth forever stands.We will live by faith alone,Clothed in merit not our own;All we claim is Jesus ChristAnd His finished sacrifice.  Glory be, glory be to God alone
  Through the church He redeemed
   and made His own.
  He has freed us, He will keep us
   till we’re safely home
  Glory be, glory be to God alone!We are saved by grace alone -Undeserved, yet freely shown;No accomplishment on earthCan achieve the second birth.We will stand on Christ alone,The unyielding Cornerstone;Nations rage and devils roar,Still He reigns forevermore!  Glory be, glory be to God alone
  Through the church He redeemed
   and made His own.
  He has freed us, He will keep us
   till we’re safely home
  Glory be, glory be to God alone!

Speak, O LordSpeak, O Lord, as we come to YouTo receive the food of Your Holy Word.Take Your truth, plant it deep in us;Shape and fashion us in Your likeness,That the light of Christ might be seen todayIn our acts of love and our deeds of faith.Speak, O Lord, and fulfill in us All Your purposes for Your glory.Teach us, Lord, full obedience,Holy reverence, true humility;Test our thoughts and our attitudesIn the radiance of Your purity.Cause our faith to rise; cause our eyes to seeYour majestic love and authority.Words of pow’r that can never fail -Let their truth prevail over unbelief.Speak, O Lord, and renew our minds;Help us grasp the heights of Your plans for us -Truths unchanged from the dawn of timeThat will echo down through eternity.And by grace we’ll stand on Your promises,And by faith we’ll walk as You walk with us.Speak, O Lord, till Your church is builtAnd the earth is filled with Your glory.

How Sweet and Awful Is the PlaceHow sweet and awful is the placeWith Christ within the doors,While everlasting love displaysThe choicest of her stores!While all our hearts and all our songsJoin to admire the feast,Each of us cry, with thankful tongues,”Lord, why was I a guest?””Why was I made to hear Thy voice,And enter while there’s room,When thousands make a wretched choice,And rather starve than come?”‘Twas the same love that spread the feastThat sweetly drew us in;Else we had still refused to taste,And perished in our sin.Pity the nations, O our God,Constrain the earth to come;Send Thy victorious Word abroad,And bring the strangers home.We long to see Thy churches full,That all the chosen raceMay, with one voice and heart and soul,Sing Thy redeeming grace.