Tag: K. W. Osbeck

  • 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.…

  • SWEETER AS THE YEARS GO BY

    Amazing Grace Words and Music by Lelia N. Morris, 1862–1929 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God. They will still bear fruit in old age, they stay fresh and green,…

  • IT’S JUST LIKE HIS GREAT LOVE

    Amazing Grace Edna R. Worrell, 19th century How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! (1 John 3:1) The greatest demonstration of love is God’s gift of Jesus Christ to a lost world. It is impossible to comprehend…

  • GOD BE WITH YOU

    Amazing Grace Jeremiah E. Rankin, 1828–1904 The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you. (Romans 16:20) It is my joy in life to find at every turning of the road,The strong arms of a comrade kind to help me onward with my load.And since I have no gold to give, and love alone can…

  • BLEST BE THE TIE THAT BINDS

    Amazing Grace John Fawcett, 1740–1817 Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble. (1 John 2:10) “We just cannot break the ties of affection that bind us to you dear friends.” As Mary Fawcett assured the little congregation at Wainsgate, England, of the bond of…

  • SAVIOR TEACH ME DAY BY DAY

    Amazing Grace Jane E. Leeson, 1807–1882 If anyone loves Me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. (John 14:23) It is wonderful to have experienced God’s gift of love in days past, but the real challenge of victorious Christian living…