John 17:21

• [Joh 17:21] What Time The Evening Shadows Fall

  What time the evening shadows fall Around the Church on earth, When darker forms of doubt appall, And new false lights have birth; Then closer should her faithful band For truth together hold, Hell’s last devices to withstand, And safely guard her fold. O Father, in that hour of fear, Thy Church on earth do keep, Thine altar to the last to rear, And feed Thy fainting sheep; May she the holy truths attest Apostles taught of yore, Nor quit the faith by saints confessed, Though tempted ne’er so sore. O Christ, who for Thy flock didst pray That all might be as one, Unite us all ere fades the day, Thou sole begotten Son; The East, the West, together bind In love’s unbroken chain; Give each one hope, one heart, one mind, One glory, and one gain. O Spirit, Lord of light and life, The Church with strength renew, Compose the angry voice of strife, All jealousies subdue; Do Thou in ever quickening streams Upon Thy saints descend, And warm them with reviving beams, And guide them to the end. Great Three in One, great One in Three, Our hymns of prayer receive, And teach us all from sin to flee, And live as we believe; So, pure in faith, our thoughts and speech, And acts that faith shall own; So shall we to Thy presence reach, And know as we are known.

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John 20:27

• [Joh 20:27] How Oft, O Lord, Thy Face Hath Shone

  How oft, O Lord, Thy face hath shone On doubting souls whose wills were true! Thou Christ of Cephas and of John, Thou art the Christ of Thomas, too. He loved Thee well, and calmly said “Come, let us go, and die with Him”; Yet when Thine Easter news was spread, ’Mid all its light his eyes were dim. His brethren’s word he would not take But craved to touch those hands of Thine: The bruisèd reed Thou didst not break; He saw, and hailed his Lord divine. He saw Thee ris’n; at once he rose To full belief’s unclouded height; And still through his confession flows To Christian souls Thy life and light. O Savior, make Thy presence known To all who doubt Thy Word and Thee; And teach them in that Word alone To find the truth that sets them free. And we who know how true Thou art, And Thee as God and Lord adore, Give us, we pray, a loyal heart, To trust and love Thee more and more.

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• [Joh 20:27] O Thou, Who Didst With Love Untold

  O Thou, who didst with love untold Thy doubting servant chide, Bidding the eye of sense behold Thy wounded hands and side. Grant us, like him, with heartfelt awe To own Thee God and Lord, And from this hour of darkness draw Faith in the incarnate Word. And while that wondrous record now Of unbelief we hear, O let us only lowlier bow In self-distrusting fear. And grant that we may never dare Thy loving heart to grieve, But, at the last, their blessing share Who see not, yet believe.

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  source: Cyberhymnal