Category: Letters to the Choir

1 Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!  E’en though it be a cross that raiseth me, still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to thee; nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee! 
2 Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down, darkness be over me, my rest a stone; yet in my dreams I’d be nearer, my God, to thee; nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee! 
3 There let the way appear, steps unto heaven; 
all that thou sendest me, in mercy given; angels to beckon me nearer, my God, to thee; nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee! 
4 Then, with my waking thoughts bright with thy praise, out of my stony griefs Bethel I’ll raise; so by my woes to be nearer, my God, to thee; nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee! 
5 Or if, on joyful wing cleaving the sky, sun, moon, and stars forgot, upward I fly, still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to thee; nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!

Change my heart, O G-d; make it ever true.
Change my heart, O G-d; may I be like you.
You are the potter; I am the clay.
Mold me and make me; this is what I pray.
Change my heart, O G-d; make it ever true.
Change my heart, O G-d; may I be like you.

He is Lord, He is Lord, He is risen from the dead and He  is Lord.
Every knee shall bow, every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. (X2)
He is Lord, He is Lord, He is risen from the dead and He  is Lord.
Every knee shall bow, every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. (X2)

1 “Great is Thy faithfulness,” O God my Father, there is no shadow of turning with Thee;
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not, as Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be.
REFRAIN: 
“Great is Thy faithfulness!” (x2)
Morning by morning new mercies I see; All I have needed Thy hand hath provided—
“Great is Thy faithfulness,” Lord, unto me!
2 Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest, Sun, moon and stars in their courses above,
Join with all nature in manifold witness to Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.  REFRAIN
3 Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth, Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow, blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!  REFRAIN

[Refrain]
If it had not been, for the Lord, on my side, where would I be, where would I be? (X2)
1 He kept my enemies away; he let the sun shine through a cloudy day. He rocked me in the cradle of his arm, when he knew I had been battered and scorned. [Refrain]
2 He never left me all alone he gave the peace enjoy I’ve never known. He answered when I knelt to really pray. And in vic’try, the Lord brought me his way, so…[Refrain]

Refrain:
Lead me, guide me along the way; for if You lead me, I cannot stray; Lord, let me walk each day with Thee.  Lead me, O Lord, lead me.
1 I am weak, and I need Thy strength and power to help me over my weakest hour. Let me through the darkness Thy face to see, lead me, O Lord, lead me.[Refrain]
2 Help me tread in the paths of righteousness; be my aid when Satan and sin oppress. I am putting all my trust in Thee, lead me, O Lord, lead me. [Refrain]
3 I am lost, if you take your hand from me; I am blind, without Thy Light to see; Lord, just always let me Thy servant be, lead me, O Lord, lead me. [Refrain]

1 How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,  is laid for your faith in his excellent word! What more can he say than to you he hath said,  to you who for refuge to Jesus have fled? 
2 Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismayed, for I am thy God and will still give thee aid; I’ll strengthen and help thee, and cause thee to stand upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand. 
3 When through deep waters I call thee to go, the rivers of woe shall not thee overflow; for I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless, and sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.