Isaiah 30:19

• [Isa 30:19] How Far From Home?

  How far from home? I asked, as on I bent my steps—the watchman spake: “The long, dark night is almost gone, The morning soon will break. Then weep no more, but speed thy flight, With Hope’s bright star thy guiding ray, Till thou shalt reach the realms of light, In everlasting day.” I asked the warrior on the field; This was his soul inspiring song: “With courage bold, the sword I’ll wield, The battle is not long. Then weep no more, but well endure The conflict, till thy work is done; For this we know, the prize is sure, When victory is won.” I asked again; earth, sea and sun Seemed, with one voice, to make reply: “Time’s wasting sands are nearly run, Eternity is nigh. Then weep no more—with warning tones, Portentous sights are thickening round, The whole creation, waiting, groans, To hear the trumpet sound.” Not far from home! O blessèd thought! The traveler’s lonely heart to cheer; Which oft a healing balm has brought, And dried the mourner’s tear. Then weep no more, since we shall meet Where weary footsteps never roam— Our trials past, our joys complete, Safe in our Father’s home.

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Isaiah 42:6

• [Isa 42:6] Thy Hand Upholdeth Me

  I know Thy hand upholdeth me, My Savior and my God; And step by step I’ll follow Thee Where’er Thy feet have trod. Refrain I know in whom I have believed, And, knowing, I am blest; Thou art the Anchor of my soul— In Thee my hope shall rest. I know Thy hand upholdeth me, When doubt and danger near Would tempt me from the narrow way, Or fill my heart with fear. Refrain I know Thy hand upholdeth me, And will in safety keep My trusting heart, though I may pass Through waters dark and deep. Refrain I know Thy hand upholdeth me, And will my soul defend; Sufficient is Thy grace, O Lord, To keep me to the end. Refrain

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Isaiah 60:19

• [Isa 60:19] Eternal Light

  Eternal Light! eternal Light! How pure the soul must be When, placed within Thy searching sight, It shrinks not, but with calm delight Can live, and look on Thee! The spirits that surround Thy throne May bear the burning bliss; But that is surely theirs alone, Since they have never, never known A fallen world like this. O how shall I, whose native sphere Is dark, whose mind is dim, Before the Ineffable appear, And on my naked spirit bear That uncreated beam? There is a way for man to rise To that sublime abode: An offering and a sacrifice, A Holy Spirit’s energies, An Advocate with God. These, these prepare us for the sight Of holiness above; The sons of ignorance and night, May dwell in the eternal Light, Through the eternal Love.

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  source: Cyberhymnal

• [Isa 60:19] O Everlasting Light

  O Everlasting Light, Giver of dawn and day, Dispeller of the ancient night In which creation lay; O Everlasting Light, Shine graciously within; Brightest of all on earth that’s bright, Come, shine away my sin. O Everlasting Truth, Truest of all that’s true, Sure Guide of erring age and youth, Lead me, and teach me, too. O Everlasting Strength, Uphold me in the way; Bring me, in spite of foes, at length To joy and light and day. O Everlasting Love, Wellspring of grace and peace, Pour down Thy fullness from above, Bid doubt and trouble cease. O Everlasting Rest, Lift off life’s load of care; Relieve, revive this burdened breast, And every sorrow bear. Thou art in Heav’n our All, Our All on earth art Thou; Upon Thy glorious Name we call, Lord Jesus, bless us now.

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Isaiah 63:16

• [Isa 63:16] Almighty Father, Unoriginate

  Almighty Father, Unoriginate, Whom no man hath seen ever, nor can see; Who reignest blest and only Potentate, Light unapproachable encircling Thee: Almighty Father, hallowed be Thy Name; Who ever art, unchangeably the same. Thou lovest us, else had we never been: Before we were, in ages long ago, Thy love had us and all our wants foreseen, Creating us that we Thy love might know, Yea, Father, Thou, in Whom we live and move, Hast loved us with an everlasting love. Thou madest man immortal at the first, An image of Thine own eternity; And when he fell from life, through sin accursed, And lost his right to the life giving tree, Thy love, unconquered would to him restore His life ennobled and forevermore. Such was Thy love, Thou didst not even spare Thy Best-beloved, but gav’st Him for us all; To live that human life beyond compare, And dying, by His death retrieve our fall. In Him Thy love unbounded we behold, For, giving Him, Thou canst not aught withhold. Thou knowest what we are, how frail and blind, Thou still rememb’rest that we are but dust: Like as a father pitieth, Thou art kind, Thy justice kindness, and Thy kindness just. Then hear Thy children’s prayer from Heav’n Thy throne; Father, Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done.

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  source: Cyberhymnal