Category: Amazing Grace

  • NOW THE DAY IS OVER

    Amazing Grace Sabine Baring-Gould, 1834–1924 I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety. (Psalm 4:8) Upon God’s care I lay me down, as a child upon its mother’s breast;No silken couch, nor softest bed could ever give me such deep rest.— Unknown Trusting God throughout…

  • WHEN WE ALL GET TO HEAVEN

    Amazing Grace Eliza E. Hewitt, 1851–1920 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage each other with these words. (1 Thessalonians 4:17, 18) For the child…

  • WHEN THE ROLL IS CALLED UP YONDER

    Amazing Grace Words and Music by James M. Black, 1856–1938 For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. (1 Thessalonians 4:16) The calm assurance of a future heavenly home…

  • WE’RE MARCHING TO ZION

    Isaac Watts, 1674–1748 You have come to Mount Zion, to the heavenly Jerusalem, the city of the living God. (Hebrews 12:22) Should we sing psalms or hymns in our church services? This was the controversy stirring many congregations during the 17th and 18th centuries. Isaac Watts was the life-long champion of the “humanly composed” hymn…

  • WE ARE CLIMBING JACOB’S LADDER

    Amazing Grace Negro Spiritual He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. (Genesis 28:12) This delightful children’s song was inspired by the account of Jacob’s dream at Bethel as recorded in Genesis 28:10–22.…

  • WHEN HE COMETH

    Amazing Grace William O. Cushing, 1823–1902 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. (Colossians 3:4) The scriptural promise of Christ’s second coming is always a thrilling truth for believers to ponder. Beyond that, the thought of the Savior creating a jeweled crown from little children who…

  • LET THE LOWER LIGHTS BE BURNING

    Amazing Grace Words and Music by Philip P. Bliss, 1838–1876 Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven. (Matthew 5:16) I do not ask for mighty words to leave the crowd impressed,But grant my life may ring so true my neighbors shall be blessed.I…

  • THERE SHALL BE SHOWERS OF BLESSINGS

    Amazing Grace Daniel W. Whittle, 1840–1901 I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing. (Ezekiel 34:26) How disheartening it is to see a once fertile field that has been rendered hardened and useless by a drought. Land that was intended to produce a rich harvest for its owner lies barren…

  • NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD

    Amazing Grace Words and Music by Robert Lowry, 1826–1899 “… without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.” (Hebrews 9:22) The teaching of the Bible, in both the Old and New Testaments, is very clear regarding God’s forgiveness of man’s sin. Only a perfect blood sacrifice would satisfy the Father’s requirement of holiness. Throughout…

  • REDEEMED

    Amazing Grace Fanny J. Crosby, 1820–1915 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; His love endures forever. Let the redeemed of the Lord say this— (Psalm 107:1, 2) All my theology is reduced to this narrow compass—Christ Jesus came into this world to save sinners.— Archibald Alexander The word redeemed implies the idea…