Alas! and Did My Savior Bleed – UMH 294

1. Alas! and did my Savior bleed, and did my Sovereign die! Would he devote that sacred head for sinners such as I?
2. Was it for crimes that I have done, he groaned upon the tree? Amazing pity! Grace unknown! And love beyond degree!
3. Well might the sun in darkness hide, and shut its glories in, when God, the mighty maker, died for his own creature’s sin.
4. Thus might I hide my blushing face while his dear cross appears; dissolve my heart in thankfulness, and melt mine eyes to tears.
5. But drops of tears can ne’er repay the debt of love I owe. Here, Lord, I give myself away; ’tis all that I can do.

Alas! and Did My Savior Bleed – NRUMC 4/16/25

Lead Me To Calvary

1 King of my life I crown Thee now- Thine shall the glory be; Lest I forget Thy thorn-crowned brow, Lead me to Calvary.
Refrain:
Lest I forget Gethsemane, Lest I forget Thine agony, Lest I forget Thy love for me, Lead me to Calvary.
2 Show me the tomb where Thou wast laid, Tenderly mourned and wept; Angels in robes of light arrayed Guarded Thee whilst Thou slept. [Refrain]
3 Let me like Mary, thru the gloom, Come with a gift to Thee; Show to me now the empty tomb- Lead me to Calvary. [Refrain]
4 May I be willing, Lord, to bear Daily my cross for Thee; Even Thy cup of grief to share- Thou hast borne all for me. [Refrain]

Lead Me To Calvary – NRUMC 4/16/25

G-d Will Take Care of You

1 Be not dismayed whate’er betide, G-d will take care of you; beneath his wings of love abide, G-d will take care of you.
Refrain:
G-d will take care of you, through ev’ry day, o’er all the way; He will take care of you, G-d will take care of you.
2 Through days of toil when heart doth fail, G-d will take care of you; when dangers fierce your path assail, G-d will take care of you. [Refrain]
3 No matter what may be the test, G-d will take care of you; Lean, weary one, upon his breast, G-d will take care of you. [Refrain]

G-d Will Take Care of You – Alto Part
G-d Will Take Care of Your – Soprano Melody (Older Recording)

We’ll Understand it Better By and By

We’ll Understand it Better By and By – Instrumental
Will understand it better by and by – NRUMC 3/16/25

1 We are often tossed and driv’n on the restless sea of time; Somber skies and howling tempests oft succeed a bright sunshine; In that land of perfect day, when the mists have rolled away, We will understand it better by and by. Refrain: By and by, when the morning comes, All the saints of G-d are gathered home, We will tell the story how we’ve overcome, We will understand it better by and by.
2 We are often destitute of the things that life demands; Want of food and want of shelter, thirsty hills and barren lands; We are trusting in the Lord, and according to his Word, We will understand it better by and by. [Refrain]
3 Trials dark on ev’ry hand and we cannot understand All the ways that G-d would lead us to that blessed Promised Land, But he guides us with his eye, and we’ll follow till we die, For we’ll understand it better by and by. [Refrain]
4 Temptations, hidden snares often take us unaware, And our hearts are made to bleed for a tho’tless word or deed, And we wonder why the test when we try to do our best, But we’ll understand it better by and by. [Refrain]

Lord, Listen To Your Children

On bended knee with needy hearts we come and pray. Lord, listen to your children. (X2)
With simple words of heartfelt thanks we come. Believing in your promises, we come.
On bended knee with needy hearts we come and pray. Lord, listen to your children, listen to your children.

Jesus, Lover of My Soul

1 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 Savior, hide, till the storm of life is past; safe into the haven guide, O receive my soul at last!
2 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.
3 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.
4 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.

Jesus, Lover of My Soul Melody – NRUMC 3/8/25
Jesus, Lover of My Soul – NRUMC 3/8/25

Lead On, O King Eternal (UMH 580)

Lead O King Eternal- NRUMC 3/8/25

1 Lead on, O King eternal, the day of march has come; henceforth in fields of conquest your tents will be our home. Through days of preparation your grace has made us strong; and now, O King eternal, we lift our battle song.
2 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 or roll of stirring drums with deeds of love and mercy the heavenly kingdom comes.
3 Lead on, O King eternal; we follow, not with fears, for gladness breaks like morning where’er your face appears. Your cross is lifted o’er us, we journey in its light; the crown awaits the conquest; lead on, O G-d of might.