Tag: K. W. Osbeck

  • GRACE! ‘TIS A CHARMING SOUND

    Amazing Grace Philip Doddridge, 1702–1751 (verses 1, 3)Augustus Toplady, 1740–1778 (verses 2, 4, 5) For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. (Ephesians 2:8, 9) “Jesus died for all mankind”—every race and nation—and…

  • AMAZING GRACE

    John Newton, 1725–1807 (verses 1–4), John P. Rees, 1828–1900 (verse 5) And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times … you will abound in every good work. (2 Corinthians 9:8) Calling himself a “wretch” who was lost and blind, John Newton recalled leaving school…

  • YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN

    Amazing Grace William T. Sleeper, 1819–1904 In reply Jesus declared, “I tell you the truth, unless a man is born again, [born from above] he cannot see the kingdom of God.” (John 3:3) Jesus made it clear that to be a member of His heavenly Kingdom, people must be twice-born—recipients of God’s Spirit and possessors…

  • CHRIST RECEIVETH SINFUL MEN

    Amazing Grace Erdmann Neumeister, 1671–1756Translated by Emma F. Bevan, 1827–1909 This man welcomes sinners and eats with them. (Luke 15:2)Did Christ o’er sinners weep, and shall our cheeks be dry?Let floods of penitential grief burst forth from every eye.— John Newton The thrilling news of the gospel is that Jesus welcomes the nobodies of life…

  • MY COUNTRY TIS OF THEE

    Amazing Grace Samuel Francis Smith, 1808–1895 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He chose for His inheritance. (Psalm 33:12) Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.— William Penn Moved deeply by the desire to create a national hymn that would allow the American people…

  • BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC

    Amazing Grace Julia Ward Howe, 1819–1910 Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. (Psalm 20:7) To have implicit trust in God’s faithful care and protection is never easy in times of danger or strife. Yet even in the midst of the terrible Civil…

  • AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL

    Amazing Grace Katharine Lee Bates, 1859–1929 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people. (Proverbs 14:34) After what I owe to God, nothing should be more dear or more sacred to me than the love and respect I owe to my country.— Jacques Auguste de Thou Each time we join together…

  • O PERFECT LOVE

    Amazing Grace Dorothy B. Gurney, 1858–1932 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. (Ephesians 5:31) A perfect union of selfless and totally committed love, not an indulgent form of physical gratification, is God’s plan for the human race.…

  • HAPPY THE HOME WHEN GOD IS THERE

    Amazing Grace Henry Ware Jr., 1794–1843 … But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord. (Joshua 24:15) The beauty of the home is order; the blessing of the home is contentment;The glory of the home is hospitality; the crown of the home is godliness.— Unknown This is the season when our…

  • COME, THOU ALMIGHTY KING

    Amazing Grace Source unknown, c. 1757 Lift up your heads, O you gates; lift them up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is He, this King of glory? The Lord Almighty—He is the King of glory. (Psalm 24:9, 10) In his book The Knowledge of the Holy, A. W.…