Category: Amazing Grace

  • SHEPHERD OF EAGER YOUTH

    Amazing Grace Clement of Alexandria, c. 170–c. 220Translated by Henry Martyn Dexter, 1821–1890 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, “I find no pleasure in them!” (Ecclesiastes 12:1) Someone cried, “Where must the seed be sown to bring the…

  • THE LORD’S MY SHEPHERD

    Amazing Grace Scottish Psalter, 1650 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow Me. (John 10:27) I will commit my way, O Lord, to Thee, nor doubt Thy love, though dark the way may be; Nor murmur, for the sorrow is from God, and there is comfort even in Thy rod.—…

  • SAVIOR, LIKE A SHEPHERD LEAD US

    Amazing Grace Dorothy A. Thrupp, 1779–1847 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you. (Psalm 32:8) Divine guidance is the very essence of Christianity. The Bible equates being guided by the Spirit of God with being a child of God (Romans 8:14).…

  • BRIGHTEN THE CORNER

    Amazing Grace Ina Duley Ogdon, 1877–? Christ gave Himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for Himself a people that are His very own, eager to do what is good. (Titus 2:14) “Do not wait until some deed of greatness you may do … but brighten the corner where you…

  • NO, NOT ONE!

    Amazing Grace Johnson Oatman, Jr., 1856–1922 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends … (John 15:15) He became poor that we might become rich (James 2:5).He was born that we might be born again (John 1:14).He became a servant that we…

  • THY WORD IS LIKE A GARDEN LORD

    Amazing Grace Edwin Hodder, 1837–1904 How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path. (Psalm 119:103, 104) For the child of God, the daily reading of the Scriptures is the nourishment of the soul. The Bible’s value has…

  • WONDERFUL WORDS OF LIFE

    Amazing Grace Words and Music by Philip P. Bliss, 1838–1876 The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life. (John 6:63) One of the basic precepts of the Sunday school movement has always been that God’s Word must be carefully and systematically studied by believers of all ages.Study it carefully, think…

  • OH HOW I LOVE JESUS

    Amazing Grace Frederick Whitfield, 1829–1904 We love because He first loved us. (1 John 4:19) This simply stated, lilting musical testimony has been another of the Sunday school favorites since it was first published in leaflet form in 1855. It has since been translated into various languages and has been included in numerous evangelical hymnals.…

  • JESUS LOVES ME

    Amazing Grace Anna B. Warner, 1820–1915 I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it. (Luke 18:17) The story is told of a brilliant professor at Princeton Seminary who always left his graduation class with these words: “Gentlemen, there is still much…

  • BRING THEM IN

    Amazing Grace Alexcenah Thomas, 19th century I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd. (John 10:16) During this month our attention is often focused on the ministry of our Sunday schools.…