Category: Hymns

  • Faith comes by hearing God’s record

    Faith comes by hearing God’s recordconcerning Jesus Christ the Lord;the happy means, which heav’n hath blessedto bring us to the gospel-rest. The joyful sound is news of grace,redemption of a fallen race,through Jesus’ righteousness divine,which bright from faith to faith doth shine. The promise of immortal blisswe have in Christ…

  • I Sing the Mighty Power of God

    During yesterday’s afternoon service at Orwell Bible Church we sang Isaac Watts’ “I Sing the Mighty Power of God,” which today comprises three stanzas: I sing the mighty power of GodThat made the mountains rise,That spread the flowing seas abroadAnd built the lofty skies.I sing the wisdom that ordainedThe sun…

  • Ah, Holy Jesus

    Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended,that we to judge thee have in hate pretended?By foes derided, by thine own rejected,O most afflicted! Who was the guilty? Who brought this upon thee?Alas, my treason, Jesus, hath undone thee!‘Twas I, Lord Jesus, I it was denied thee;I crucified thee. Lo, the…

  • Ulrich Zwingli’s “Plague Hymn”

    This past Lord’s Day, October 31, 2021, was Reformation Day. Each year we thank the Lord for his gracious work and focus on some aspect of his truth that was emphasized during the Reformation. This year our focus was on sola scriptura. We also sang hymns composed by some of…