Showing posts with label salvation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label salvation. Show all posts

Oct 7, 2011

Jesus, what a friend for sinners

“When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, your consolations delight my soul” (Psalm 94:19).



Jesus! What a friend for sinners! 
Jesus! Lover of my soul;
Friends may fail me, foes assail me, 
He, my Saviour, makes me whole.

[refrain] Hallelujah! what a Saviour! Hallelujah, what a friend!
Saving, helping, keeping, loving, He is with me to the end.

Jesus! what a strength in weakness!
 Let me hid myself in Him;
Tempted, tired, and sometimes failing, 
He, my strength, my vict’ry wins.

Jesus! what a help in sorrow! 
While the billows o’er me roll,
Even when my heart is breaking, 
He, my comfort, helps my soul.

Jesus! what a guide and keeper! 
While the tempest still is high,
Storms about me, night o’ertakes me, 
He, my pilot, hears my cry.

Jesus! I do now receive You, more than all I You I find.
You have granted me forgiveness, I am Yours, and You are mine.
Jesus! I do now receive You, more than all in You I find,
You have granted me forgiveness, I am Yours, and You are mine.

Feb 4, 2011

Near to the Heart of God


dear gracious Lord,

these present afflictions are not worthy as compared to the revelation of Your eternal glory when I see You face to face.
fearing for their souls which will perish in the lake of fire and brimstone.
thereafter, there will be life no more.
Lord, change their cold hearts and melt them with Thy Heavenly Love.

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“He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart.” Isaiah 40:11

There is a place of quiet rest
Near to the Heart of God
A place where sin cannot molest
Near to the Heart of God

O Jesus, blest Redeemer
Sent from the Heart of God
Hold us who wait before Thee
Near to the Heart of God

There is a place of comfort sweet,
Near to the Heart of God
A place where we our Savior meet
Near to the Heart of God

There is a place of full release
Near to the Heart of God
A place where all is joy and peace
Near to the Heart of God.

Cleland B, McAfee
1866-1944

Story

Cleland B. McAfee is known for this one hymn. It is a “one-hit-wonder”. Mr. McAfee wrote the hymn Near to the Heart of God in 1903, after two daughters of his brother Howard died of diphtheria within 24 hours of each other. The choir of Park College went to Howard McAfee’s quarantined house and sang it outside the window to encourage the grieving family.



If you are reading this post, I covet your prayers for my family's salvation. Thank you!