FIRST LINE OF POEMS FROM GOOD THOTS 1 & 2 ACCORDING TO CATEGORY
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Category/Poem
ANGER
114
When I have lost my temper, I have lost my reason too
BEAUTY
124
The pure, the bright, the beautiful that stirred our hearts in youth,
125
What is beauty?--Not the show
125
How beautiful is the rain!
BIBLE STORIES
193
Have you lost the way to happiness? (4 lines only)
216
Give me a task too big (4 lines only)
238
Faith, mighty faith, the promises sees (4 lines only)
242
Onward Christians, onward go (4 lines only)
CHILDREN & PARENTS
383
Would you write your name among the stars?
383
Last night my little boy confessed to me
385
If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn
385
I'm not too young to sin, I'm not too young to die
386
Just yesterday it seems my children played upon the floor
387
I took a piece of plastic clay
387
I'd like to tell you of my son, he's quite a rowdy lad
389
His mind's a flying saucer, his room's a satalloid
890
I think oftentimes as the night draws nigh
392
The soul of a child is the loveliest flower
392
God wants the boys, the merry merry boys
393
He's just seven years old
393
His trousers are torn, rolled up to the knee
394
What a sweet good morning wakeup
394
Sophisticated worldly wise
395
Give me a little child to point the way
395
Some would gather money along the path of life
395
A builder buildeth a temple
396
He's not my boy but when his hand
396
They pass so soon the days of youth
396
A little boy's first Bible
397
I have seed to raise & I plough the field
397
I am the child, all the World waits for my coming
398
A girl is a girl so frilly & sweet
399
How I remember when the children were little
400
Your little boy looks up at you
400
When I was young & very small
400
In the breast of a bulb is the promise of spring
400
Any great painting will leave my wife fainting
401
Said a precious little laddie to his father one bright day
403
There was a child who went forth every day
403
First thing every morning, Last thing every night
403
Up with the Sun in the morning
405
What can I give my children, Lord?
407
Sometimes the lad who will make a man
407
Happy children of the King,
408
Dear Mother, said the little girl,
408
Open the door for the children, tenderly gather them in
409
Where did you come from, baby dear?
409
Please Jesus, watch our little one & keep him through the night
410
Baby has a runny nose
411
Lord Jesus Christ, our Lord most dear
411
Lord, in another hour I stand
412
God's garden had need of a little flower
412
As Hannah to the temple gate
412
When baby wakes, his sleep eyes
414
Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so
415
My music is the patter of happy little feet
420
A meeting was held quite far from Earth
421
A sweet little miniature weaver
422
My baby when she's nursing
422
My day-old child lay in my arms
427
O mothers, so weary, discouraged
428
You painted no Madonnas on chapel walls in Rome
428
God could not be in every place
430
She could not paint, nor write, nor rhyme
430
You may have tangible wealth untold (4 lines)
430
Only a dad with a tired face
431
A diamond in the rock is a diamond sure enough
432
Upon a rocky trail one day, I met a friendly pair
432
Used to wonder just why Father, Never had much time to play
433
Somehow a fella can't express the feelings he has had
433
There are little eyes upon you
433
They say that man is mighty, He governs land & sea
433
There was a crooked man, who had a crooked smile
434
My hand is large & his is small
434
His little arms crept 'round my neck, & then I heard him say
436
I know what Mother's face is like
436
Blind Child, The
436
I saw tomorrow look at me
436
The Family is a garden, With flowers sweet & fair,
437
The alarm went off half an hour ago!
438
A dad is a mender of toys, a leader of boys
438
The greatest battle that ever was fought
438
A careful mother I must be
439
We thank You, Lord, so great & good
439
I love you as a mommy, I love you as a friend
440
Are you a frustrated mommy? Are you tired, Dad?
441
I'll lend you for a little time
442
This is what a grandchild does, brushes off the years
443
Say not that your little friend is dead
443
O Lord, you've made another day
445
When the last diploma is granted
445
A Sunday school teacher, I don't know his name
445
I sent my boy to college with a pat upon the back
451
A woman sat by a hearthside place
452
Mary had a little cold but wouldn't stay at home
454
A small child's world is a wonderful place
455
As tender mothers guiding baby steps,
455
God lent him to me for my very own
456
He built a home, time laid it in the dust
456
Lord, who am I to teach the way
457
Those dear little feet that patter upstairs
459
Happy the home when God is there
459
The ceaseless round of little things which every dawning brings
460
If we knew the little fingers pressed against the window pane
463
Folks are queer as they can be, Always saying don't to me
464
An old man going a lone highway
465
My Lord, I do not ask to stand as king or prince of high degree
466
Jesus tender Shepherd, hear me, bless Thy little lamb tonight
466
I could know wonders wild, If I could grow up to a child
467
When he was only nine months old
467
How much do babies cost, said he
468
I thought myself indeed secure, so fast the door, so firm the lock
468
I wish I had two little mouths
468
Far away is very near, like riding in a bus or car
469
I think that life has fared those mortals much
469
Never a sigh for the cares that she bore for me
470
You can talk about your music & your operatic errors
470
O mother, my love, if you'll give me your hand
475
All hail to the queen
478
A recipe for a dear grandmother
479
Who is a dad? A dad is someone to count on
479
It takes such special qualities to make a dad like you
479
A father's deep interest & loving concern
480
Dad's are special people, no home should do without
480
Mothers are God's helpers that show us tender care
480
There's no one like a mother who thoughtfully displays
480
A mother's love is fashioned after God's enduring love
480
It takes a lot of loving care & patience day by day
481
All your loving ways, Mother, help others to see
481
For you, Mother, a smile, a hug, a word of praise
481
Everything they've ever said about a mother's ways
481
What is a mother? A mother is someone who guides & inspires
481
Mother is a dear smile that brightens up the day
481
To a very dear mother, I said a birthday prayer for you
CHOICE & DECISION-MAKING
484
To every man that openeth a way, & ways & the way
CHRISTIANITY
487
The church's one Foundation is Jesus Christ our Lord
CHURCIANITY, WORLDLINESS & RELIGION
496
On Sunday we sing "I Serve a Living Saviour," On Monday we act as if He is dead
499
The church & the world walk far apart on the changing shore of time
COMMITMENT
508
Love makes obedience a thing of joy
510
What most you long & hope for might only bring you pain
511
Dear Master for this coming year just one request I bring
512
I want my heart so cleared of self that my dear Lord can come
517
I have not much to offer to Christ my Lord & King
518
Father, where shall I work today, & my love flowed warm & free
519
In this world of hurry & work & sudden end
519
A commonplace life we say, & we sigh
520
My candle burns at both ends, it will not last the night
520
It is so little I can do, it is so little I can say
521
Oh Love that wilt not let me go
521
I gave My life for thee, My precious blood I shed
521
God bade me go when I would stay, Twas cool within the wood
522
I'll go where You want me to go, dear Lord
522
Christ never asked of us such busy labour
523
He sendeth sun, He sendeth shower
523
You ask, What is the Will of God?
524
Who is on the Lord's side? Who will serve the King?
529
May I have those pearls, he questioned
529
I'm feeling very rich today, for Jesus holds my purse
531
Oh there are Heavenly heights to reach in many a fearful place
531
The dearest idol I have known, what ere that idol be
531
We mutter & sputter, we fume & we spurt
531
I carefully laid my every plan, the future seemed so bright
532
I said, "Let me walk in the fields"
532
Oh you got to get a glory in the work you do
533
If you can't be a pine on the top of a hill
533
Bondslave of Jesus Christ, Thine, Thine alone
533
We are not storerooms but channels
534
God has a wireless to everywhere
536
Twas battered & scarred & the auctioneer thought it scarcely worth his while
537
Among the things that this day brings will call to you a call
537
A little star so singly in the night
538
Set apart for Jesus, Is this not enough?
538
How far in service must I go, What sacrifices bring
539
Bring to God your gift, my brother, you'll not need to call another
539
He held the lamp of truth that day, so low that none need miss the way
540
I love my God but with no love of mine
540
The legend of the raindrop
541
I worship thee, sweet Will of God
541
Once it was the blessing, now it is the Lord
542
Five little pebbles lay in a brook
542
Thy Will be done, no greater words than these
545
Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were an offering far too small
545
Give me the love that leads the way, the faith that nothing can dismay
550
Father, let me dedicate, all this year to Thee
553
Shamgar had an oxgoad, David had a sling
553
Sonship costs us nothing, Jesus paid the price
554
Others saw the giants, Caleb saw the Lord
554
I dare not choose my lot
554
A fugitive is one who is running from Home
554
Who builds a church within his heart
555
If Jesus came to your house to spend a day or two
556
I have learned the wondrous secret of abiding in the Lord
556
We can't afford to win the gain that means another's loss
557
If you cannot on the ocean sail among the swiftest fleet
558
He called me out, the Man with garments dyed
558
Shall I, I pray thee, change Thy will, my Father
558
O to grace, how great a debtor, daily I'm constrained to be
559
The Master set in His garden among the lilies fair
561
The love, repine & recent chafe
561
Who answers Christ's insistent call, must give himself, his life, his all
562
There is healing in the promise, there is healing in the blood
563
Martha in the kitchen serving with her hands
563
Rest in the Lord, my soul, commit to Him thy way
565
Out of my bondage, sorrow & night, Into thy freedom, gladness & light
565
Out of my sickenss, into Thy health, out of my want & into Thy wealth
565
I cannot, but God can, O balm for all my cares
566
When I stand at the judgment seat of Christ
566
Not in dumb resignation, lift we our hands on high
566
Holy Ghost with light divine
567
I worked so hard for Jesus, I'd often boast & say
567
His will be done, we say reluctantly with sighs
567
Dare to be like Daniel, dare to stand alone
568
Others saw the giants, Caleb saw the Lord
568
Grant us hearts, dear Lord, to yield Thee
568
Take my life & let it be, Consecrated Lord to Thee
569
I have learned the wondrous secret of abiding in the Lord
569
You have longed for sweet peace & for faith to increase
570
Encamped along the hills of light, ye Christian soldiers rise
570
I will say yes to Jesus, often it was no before
571
Jesus, I my cross have taken all to leave & follow Thee
572
Living for Jesus a life that is true
572
I clasped the hand of Love Divine
573
Have Thine own way, Lord, have Thine own way
573
Saved to serve, O list the wondrous story
573
Tell me not of earthly pleasures, come & tempt me not with sordid gain
573
I choose thee, blessed Will of God
574
They tell of the bliss of the Ransomed above
574
Jesus Master whose I am, Purchased Thine alone to be
575
Yes it takes a lot of courage to put things in God's hands
575
As children bring their broken toys with tears for us to mend
COMMUNION WITH GOD
576
At cool of day with God I walk
577
The Lord is my teacher, I shall not lose the way to wisdom
577
There is a place where thou canst touch the eyes
578
Sometimes I do not even pray in words
578
In the secret of presence how my soul delights to hide
COMMUNION W/GOD: PRAISE & THANKFULNESS
581
O Thou whose bounty fills my cup with every blessing meet
583
When tempted: Forget the slander you have heard, forget the hasty unkind word
584
Christ is risen, Christ is risen, He hath burst His bonds in twain
584
We adore Thee, sinless One
585
Thou Who hast given so much to me, give one thing more, a grateful heart
585
Flowers rejoice when night is done
586
Praise Him when the sun is shining
586
Be careful for nothing
586
Praise God from Whom all blessings flow
586
Glory be to Him Who loved us
587
O Jesus Jesus dearest Lord
588
What a year, what a God, what a Prophet
588
O for a thousand tongues to sing my great Redeemer's praise
588
As the bridegroom to his chosen, as the king unto the realm
592
I've been countin' up my blessins', I've been summin' up my woes
592
Little boy kneels at the foot of the bed
593
Crown Him with many crowns
593
Of all the gifts God gives for free
594
Hail to the Lord's anointed, Great David's greater son
595
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty
595
Today upon a bus I saw a lovely girl with golden hair
596
All hail the power of Jesus name, let Angels prostrate fall
597
Thank God for life! There! A meadow lark sings!
598
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hearts to Heaven & voices raised
598
Come see the place where Jesus lay
599
The strife is o'er, the battle done
599
Be grateful for the tiny friends that walk along your way
600
Look, ye saints, the sight is glorious
600
The joy of the Lord is the strength of His people
600
When upon life's billows you are tempest tossed
600
Count Your Blessings (title)
COMMUNION WITH GOD: PRAYER
602
A moment in the morning ere the cares of day begin
603
Sweet hour of prayer, sweet hour of prayer
604
I got up early one morning & rushed right into the day
604
Last night I took a journey to a land across the seas
605
Moses prayed, His prayer did save
607
Christians seek not yet repose
607
When the great seething mass of others' need overwhelms me
614
The weary ones had rest, the sad had joy
617
Thou art coming to a King, large petitions with thee bring
617
Prayer makes the darkened clouds withdraw
619
Abraham prayed & brought God down almost to his own terms
620
If I can do some good today
620
Tell Him about your heartache, & tell Him your loneliness too
620
Wrestling prayer can wonders do
620
Give me a good digestion, Lord
621
Lord, make me free ... from fear of the future;
621
Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace
621
Prayer is so simple, it is like quietly opening a door
622
Central's never busy, always on the line
623
Once in an Eastern palace wide, a little child sat weaving
625
Her feet were firmly planted on the rock
625
Dear Mother; Are they praying for us at home?
625
A Persian fable says one day a wanderer found a piece of clay
626
God touched our weary bodies with His power
626
Somebody prayed, my burden was lighter
626
More than hearts can imagine or minds comprehend
627
Jesus, where 'ere Thy people meet
628
How sweet the memory as a child when disappointments came
628
God Is Still on the Throne (title)
629
Say not I do not understand the fierceness of your fight
629
Lord, I have shut the door, speak now the word
630
My God, is any hour so sweet from blush of morn to evening star
630
Prayer is the soul's sincere desire unuttered or expressed
631
In the secret of His presence how my soul delights to hide
633
If radio's slim fingers can reach out in the air
634
I cannot tell why there should come to me a thought of someone miles & miles away
634
How lovely are the faces of the men who walk with God
641
There is an Eye that never sleeps beneath the wing of night
641
To talk with God, no breath is lost, talk on
641
Martha was busy & hurried serving the Friend Divine
643
I knelt to pray when day was done, & prayed, "O Lord bless everyone
645
We mutter & sputter, we fume & we spurt
646
Lord, be within me--to strengthen me
647
The camel at the close of day kneels down upon the sandy plain
648
Weary, anxious & burdened with toil
648
When you awoke from sleep this morning, though the hour was rather late
649
I asked God for strength that I might achieve
649
I keep in step with Jesus & He keeps step with me
650
I love to lie awake at night when all the world's so still
650
A moment in the morning ere the cares of day begin
661
Strong is the lion like a coal, his eyeball like a bastion mole
662
I was longing to serve the Master, but alas I was laid aside
662
Help me to follow You today, help me to walk in the narrow way
664
Look on His face, so shall His light divine
664
Holy Spirit hear us, help us while we sing
666
My pail I'm often dropping deep down into the well
666
I met God in the morning when the day was at its best
667
God who toucheth Earth with beauty, make me lovely too
668
For all who watch tonight by land or sea or air
669
Now the day is over, night is drawing nigh
669
Now the night is falling, Father be thou nigh
670
Why fight insomnia with the pill
671
Asleep, wrapped in night's shadow, the woodland, field & meadow
COMMUNION WITH GOD: WORD
673
Lord, Thy Word abideth & our footsteps
678
We search the World for Truth, we call the good, the true, the beautiful
678
I am the Bible, I am God's wonderful library
679
Generations follow generations--yet it lives
679
Within this ample volume lies the mystery of mysteries
682
Thy Word is like a glorious choir, & loud its anthems ring
682
The Word, Know it--in your head;
683
In Genesis the world was made by God's creative hand
685
Martha in the kitchen, serving with her hands
686
Last eve I paused beside a blacksmith's door
686
Words! Words! Words! And we thank Thee, Lord!
686
Century follows century, The Word Stands
687
The charter of all true liberty, the forerunner of civilisation
687
My Bible is not true in spots, but true in every sense
688
No time for God? What fools we are ...
691
How to make the best use of the Word: Read it through,
691
The whole Bible contains the mind of God. The state of Man.
693
Read the Word ...
695
When I am tired, the Bible is my bed
696
Engraved as in eternal brass, the mighty promise shines:
696
I want the proved certainties to soothe the souls' deep cries
697
Seven wonders of the Word: ...
698
When fiery darts & doubts attack, use God's Word to drive them back
COMMUNISM
714
Pray tell me this, if not amiss, ask Commie if he's happy
CREATION
720
God could have made the Sun to rise without such splendour in the skies
720
Man ploughs & plants & digs & weeds
721
If the good God were suddenly to make a solitary blind to see
721
Creation's dawn was deep in night when suddenly: "Let there be light"
721
Once I was a tadpole, a beginning to begin
725
Beneath the cover of the sod, the lily heard the call of God
731
There's not a tint that paints the rose or decks the lily fair
731
Snowflakes falling, twisting, swirling, there upon my windowsill
735
Although it may not understand that life & death go hand-in-hand
736
Little lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know Who made thee?
739
The golden sea its mirror spreads beneath the golden skies
740
You ask me how I know it's true that there is a living God
740
Into the sunshine full of light, leaping & flashing from morn til night
740
We muse on miracles who look but lightly on a rose!
741
Who has seen the wind? Neither I nor you
741
I wandered lonely as a cloud that floats on high or vales & hills
742
"Come little leaves" said the wind one day
742
The kindliest thing God ever made, His hand a very healing laid
744
The year's at the spring, the days at the morn
745
Alligator, beetle, porcupine, whale, bobolink, panther, dragon fly, snail
745
Three monkeys sat in a coconut tree discussing things that are said to be
747
The little cares that fretted me, I lost them yesterday
747
When God had finished the stars & whirl of coloured suns
747
Can you sit on top of a hill in spring & watch the birds sailing by on wing
748
Trees, which in Winter look like posts against a vacant sky
750
There's a part of the Sun in the apple, there's a part of the Moon in a rose,
750
I love a tree, a brave, upstanding tree!
750
What is this life, if, full of care, we have no time to stand & stare
752
This is a piece too fair to be the child of chance & not of care
752
God made the country & man made the town
753
The spacious firmament on high with all the blue, a wreath ethereal sky
CRITICISM/GOSSIP
754
If some bit of gossip come, file the things away
755
You may go through the world but twill be very slow
756
A little seed lay in the ground, & soon began to sprout
758
Pray, don't find fault with a man who limps or stumbles along the road
760
To all my thoughts my eyes are blind, mine are the sins I cannot find
762
The typographical error is a slippery thing & sly,
763
When over the fair fame of friend or foe the shadow of disgrace shall fall;
764
The boneless tongue so small & weak, can crush & kill declares the Greek
767
There is so much good in the worst of us & so much bad in the best of us
767
He criticised her pudding, he didn't like her cake
768
When you get to know a fellow, know his joy & know his cares
769
If you are tempted to reveal a tale to you someone has told
DEATH
773
Think: of stepping on shore & finding it Heaven!
773
As you loved me, let there be no mourning when I go
774
Sisters & brothers, little maid, how many may you be?
775
Death, I think is really life, & the living I'd call dead;
777
Sleep on, beloved, sleep & take your rest
778
Fear death? To feel the fog in my throat, the mist in my face
778
Lo! Around the Throne of God's right hand the saints in countless myriads stand
780
Let me die working still tackling plans unfinished tasks undone
780
News came that you were dead, I did not believe a word of it
ENTHUSIASM/INSPIRATION
815
We are but organs mute til a master touches the keys
LAST MINUTE ADDITIONS TO THOTS 1
817
Thank You for each trial, Lord, each crisis point & test
817
Say only what you truly feel & in a simple way
817
Worry, fret & thoughts of self put joy & peace upon the shelf
818
Like the warm grass beneath my feet when the Sun hath shone all day
FAITH & TRUST, FEAR & WORRY, DOUBT & UNBELIEF
1036
Thy will be done, no greater words than these
1036
Sometimes I'm sad, I know not why, my heart is sore distressed
1038
I believe in the Sun even when it is not shining
1039
He does not lead me year by year nor even day by day
1040
Tis far far better to let Him choose the way that we should take
1040
Build a little fence of trust around today
1040
Another year I enter, its history unknown
1041
"Now I lay me"--say it darling, "lay me" lisped the tiny lips
1044
God knows the way of the righteous, even though it be dark & drear
1045
For feelings come & feelings go & feelings are deceiving
1047
O thou of little faith, God hath not failed thee yet
1047
Through faith we understand the things we cannot know
1049
Canst thou take the barren soil & with all thy pain & toil
1049
My times are in that mighty Hand that formed the Earth, the Moon & stars
1049
When the soul is much discouraged by the roughness of the way
1050
Upon the breeze, the autumn leaves are carried thither, yon
1051
So on I go, not knowing, I would not if I might
1051
He took the loaves & fishes few & fed the hungry throng
1054
Lord, give me faith!--to live from day to day
1054
Safe in the arms of Jesus, safe on His gentle breast
1055
O'er uncharted sea to their hearts' desire
1055
If you are on a gloomy line, get a transfer
1057
Like a bird that found its nest, so my soul has found its rest
1058
When nothing whereon to lean remains, when strongholds crumble to dust
1058
Be like the bird that, pausing in her flight
1059
Oh for a faith that will not shrink though pressed by every foe
1060
The world is wide in time & tide
1060
Thy way, not mine, O Lord! however dark it be
1060
If you trust the Lord your dreams will come true
1060
Faith finds her path through many starless nights
1061
Honey, jes' lissen: Don't cry & fret
1061
Child of my love, fear not the unknown morrow
1061
Somebody said that it couldn't be done, but he with a chuckle replied
1062
God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform
1062
Yes, leave it with Him, the lilies all do
1063
And I said at the man who stood at the gate of the year
1063
Some people run & hide their heads whenever storms come by
1063
When we walk with the Lord in the light if His Word
1063
I watched a bird upon a fragile stem
1064
Teach me the faith of the mountains, serene & sublime
1067
Faith is needed all the way, faith to toil & faith to pray
1067
His plan for today is all that I ask, with Him I can leave the "tomorrow"
1069
Can't is the worst word that's written or spoken
1069
The things that haven't been done before
1070
A traveller crossed a frozen stream in trembling fear one day
1071
Not yesterday's loads are we called on to bear
1072
It is His will that I should cast my care on Him each day
1072
When the birds begin to worry & the lilies toil & spin
1074
Afraid? Of what? To feel the spirit's glad release?
1075
Why do we worry about the nest? We only stay for a day
1075
Courage is armour a blind man wears
1075
Fear knocked at the door, faith opened it
1080
If I am of the shepherd's fold
1080
The woods were dark & the night was black
1080
Some of your hurts you have cured
1080
The centipede was happy quite until the frog for fun
1081
Worry! why worry? what can worry do?
1081
Well, I am done, my nerves are on the rack
1081
The worried cow would have lived til now if she had saved her breath
1082
When you see the lilies spinning in distress, taking thought to manufacture loveliness
1084
Waiting! Yes, patiently waiting!
1084
How often we trust each other & only doubt our Lord
1085
When a candle flickers out, it can be lit again
1088
If you think you are beaten, you are
1088
What room is there for troubled fear?
1089
He holdeth the waters in the hollow of his hand
1089
It can't be done, it never has been done
1089
Rocked in the cradle of the deep, I lay me down in peace to sleep
1090
It is not the work but the worry that makes the world grow old
1090
Out of life's misery, borne of man's sins, a fuller richer life begins
1093
"There is a God" all Nature cries, I see it painted on the skies
1093
Are you passing through a testing? Is your pillow wet with tears?
1094
Worry, worry, worry, she knew worry was a sin
1095
One day at a time with its failures & fears
1095
Faith is believing when all seems past hoping
1095
There comes a wonderous message when my hopes are growing dim
FREEDOM
1098
In the Spirit, in the Spirit, you can go to Shangri-la
GIVING
1103
Carve your name high o'er shifting sand
1105
I gave My life for thee, My precious blood I shed
1105
His life has no limits, His grace has no measure
1108
There are loyal hearts, there are spirits brave
1115
We lose what on ourselves we spend
1114
He said he wouldn't make a pledge unto the mission field
1115
Not what we give but what we share
1115
The gold that came from Thee, Lord, to Thee belongeth still
GOD
1117
God formed us, sin deformed us
GREATNESS
1120
If you want to get up, step down
1120
The heights by great men reached & kept
HABITS
1121
It is mighty hard to shake me, In my brawny arms I take thee
HAPPINESS
1123
Happiness is to know the Saviour, living a life within His favour
1124
God give me sympathy sense & help me keep my courage high
1127
He lived in a world of fantasy where all were mad but he
HEAVEN
1133
Homesick sometimes, want to go Home
HONESTY/DISHONESTY
1135
I have to live with myself, so I want to be fit for myself to know
1137
Thou must be true thyself if thou the truth would teach
1183
Da sunflower ain't no daisy, & the da melon ain't no rose
HUMAN NATURE
1141
The bones in the body are 200 or more
1141
I divide the world in 3 classes
HUMILITY/PRIDE
1142
Sometime when you're feeling important, sometime when your ego's in bloom
1142
Indispensable Person (title)
1151
My friend & I have built a wall, between us thick & wide
1152
I used to think that God's gifts were on the shelf, one above another
1152
Do what you can, being what you are
JEALOUSY
1169
Beware of jealousy, it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock
1169
The venom clamours of a jealous woman
JESUS & SALVATION
1171
Why is He silent when a word would slay His accusers all
1179
My Master was so very poor
1179
Jesus paid it all, all to Him I owe
1179
To be Himself a star most bright, to bring the wisemen to His sight
1180
He is a path if any be mislead, He is a robe if any naked be
1181
Po' lil' brack sheep dat strayed away
1181
The carpenter of Galillee comes down the street again
1182
The King of Love my Shepherd is, Whose goodness faileth never
1182
The lamb is in the fold in perfect safety penned
1183
Pilate, Pilate, wash your hands, Cried "What is truth?" again
1183
'Twas battered & scarred, & the auctioneer thought it scarcely worth the while
1184
Light looked down & beheld darkness, "Thither will I go," said Light
1185
Not what, but Whom, I do believe
1185
Though Christ a thousand times in Bethlehem be born
1186
A baby's hands in Bethlehem were small & softly curled
1186
The world sits at the feet of Christ
1187
When Jesus walked upon the Earth, He didn't talk with kings
1187
I saw the conquerors riding by, with trampling feet of horse & men
1190
A little boy of Heavenly birth, but far from Home today
1190
Little Jesus, wast thou shy once, & just as small as I?
1192
An Eastern shepherd led his sheep toward a river's bank
1192
Jesus my loving Shepherd is, 'twas He that loved my soul
1192
Pain that God cannot twice demand, first at my bleeding Saviour's hand
1193
Love's redeeming work is done, fought the fight the battle won
1193
Thine by the glory risen, conquering Son
1193
Upon a life I did not live, upon a death I did not die
1193
At the cross, at the cross where I first saw the Light
1194
Because the sinless Saviour died, my sinful soul is counted free
1195
Into a world oppressed & torn, a boundless haven forces wild
1196
Wonderful love of Jesus, saving my soul from sin
1196
Have you found the Great Physician, Jesus Christ of Galilee?
1197
Every longing in my breast, finds in Him complete fulfilment
1197
From o'er the years my Lover came, the lowly Jesus was His name
LITTLE THINGS & LITTLE PEOPLE
1202
Shamgar had an oxgoad, Rahab had a string
1204
Fret not because thy place is small, thy service need not be
1205
He was a humble workmen with the tools with which he wrought
1207
Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are
1211
Great events, we often find, on little things depend
LONELINESS
1215
I walked a mile with gladness, she chatted all the way
1219
Jesus, only Jesus, only He can satisfy
1219
I have found no satisfaction in the fleeting joys of Earth
1232
O Love that will not let me go, I rest my weary soul in Thee
LOVE
1238
Thank God for you, good friend of mine
1240
It needs so little sympathy to cheer a weary way
1241
They crushed the thorns into his brow, & struck harsh blows that day
1241
Thy providence is kind & large, both man & beast Thy bounty share
1241
Kind hearts are the garden, kind thoughts are the roots
1242
Dear God, another day is done & I have seen the golden Sun
1242
Is anybody happier because you passed his way?
1243
I shouted aloud & louder, while out on the plain one day
1245
They say the world is round, yet I often think it's square
1245
If you have a smile for mother, give it now
1246
Let me be a little kinder, let me be a little blinder
1247
Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime
1248
I know I've never told you in the hurried rush of day
1248
One little unshed raindrop, may think itself too small
1249
If you have a tender message or a loving word to say
1249
Oh it's just the little homey things, the unobtrusive friendly things
1250
Wouldn't this world be better, if folks when we meet would say,
1251
It isn't the chairs & the books & things, or the pictures than hang on the walls
1252
When over the fair fame of friend or foe,
1252
My life shall touch a dozen lives before this day is done
1254
It is not so much what you say, as the manner that you say it
1256
It's the little things we do & say that mean so much as we go our way
1256
One day a harsh word harshly said, upon an evil journey said
1257
It isn't enough to say in our hearts we like a man for his ways
1258
A little push when the road is steep, may take one up the hill
1259
I think that God will never send, a gift so precious as a friend
1259
Dear Lord, my friends have been to me interpreters of Love Divine
1260
Friendship is like a garden, of flowers fine & rare
1260
We all too seldom fit in words our thoughts from day to day
1260
The crossing was muddy, the street was wide
1261
If any little word of ours, can make one life the brighter
1261
It's a funny thing but true, the folks you don't like don't like you
1262
When I found you--all nature seemed to call
1263
If you have a friend worth loving, love him
1263
Slow to suspect, quick to trust
1264
The thing that goes the farthest, towards making life worthwhile
1264
Each time we met from you I hear, some word of praise, a bit of cheer
1264
I'm only a little sparrow, a bird of low degree
1264
A bell is no bell 'til you ring it
1265
If I knew you & you knew me, if both of us could clearly see
1265
These hands are shaped like God's & so, let them be careful what they do
1265
'Tis the human touch in this world that counts
1266
If I can stop one heart from breaking
1266
In Christ there is no East or West
1266
How good it is that God above, has never gone on strike
1266
Lord, let me do the little things that may fall to my lot
1267
If it were but a wall between us, the heart might hurdle it
1267
The kindest & the happiest pair, will find occasion to forbear
1267
I live with pride, the house was hung with tapestries of rich design
1268
My love comes to me in my hour of need
1268
When I met you, the night turned into day
1270
When first I saw you in the curious street
1270
Lord help me live from day to day, in such a self-forgetful way
1270
They are not gone who pass beyond the clasp of hand
1271
Keep a watch on your words, my darlings, for words are wonderful things
1271
Don't stoop my friend to answer back, why not just let it pass
1273
God bless our little kitchen & watch its every nook
1273
God can give, & God alone, from the seed in hatred sown
1273
Be a friend. You don't need money
1274
If I had known in the morning, how wearily all the day
1274
They questioned my theology & talked of modern thought
1275
Immortal love, forever full, forever flowing free
1276
These are "the shepherds" in His sight, who keep watch over flocks by night
1276
There are strange ways of serving God, you sweep a room or turn a sod
1276
It is easy to say the quick, sharp word that will hurt him through & through
1276
I've squandered smiles today, & strange to say
1277
Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love
1277
I thank you, God in Heaven, for friends
1278
So make we--all one company, Love's golden cord our tether
1278
For the memory of a kindly word, for long gone by
1279
A rose to the living is more than sumptuous wreaths to the dead
1279
The night has a thousand eyes, the day but one
1279
It costs nothing but creates much
1280
Friendship is a priceless gift that cannot be bought or sold
1280
Love ever gives, forgives--outlives
1281
Loving someone is caring, sharing, bearing
1281
We cannot know the grief that men may borrow
1281
Did you give him a lift? He's a brother of man
1282
A careless word may kindle strife
1283
To me you are: Glowing, flowing, giving, living
1283
Give me ... ears that hear my brother's cry
1283
Do give me faith in God, a violet would do
1283
A friend gives--a hand when you need it
1284
I can't remember when you weren't there
1284
A little more happiness spread through the day
1288
To make a smile come, so they say, brings 15 muscles into play
1288
When someone blushes with embarrassment, when heart carries away an ache
1289
It isn't the thing you do, dear, it's the thing you leave undone
1289
God bless us everywhere, prayed Tiny Tim
1290
Aquarius, my father, water me again
1290
The clouds have deepened o'er the night, til through the dark profound
1291
Deep in the Winter, flakes I went, & all about me shone
1291
No friend we love can ever die, the outward form but disappears
1291
I shot an arrow into the air
1292
Take me home a smile, forget the petty cares
1292
Once but a prophet in the palmshade bask
1292
Moses' children, still believing, strike the deepest chord in me
1293
I loved you first, but afterwards your love, outsouring mine sang such a loftier song
1293
Beautiful hands! O beautiful hands!
1293
What is grace? Judas deceived Jesus ...
1294
I'm sorry that I spelt the word, I hate to go above you
1294
God knows I needed you, girl, more than this world
1295
You see me at my very worst, when I am down & feeling blue
1296
We've been together such a long time
1296
True love is the candle that burns in the night
1296
I give to treasure all of life, & light & darkness too
1297
Love is the filling from one's own
1297
How precious you are, & how glad I am too
1297
Gifts of love are the priceless things, the gift that only a true love brings
1297
You fill my world with love, you make my dreams come true
1297
I love your touch upon my face, that always leave a glow
1298
Love causes the birds to sing
1298
O Love Divine & tender, that through our Homes does move
1298
Beloved let us love, love is of God
1298
I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you
1299
My love comes from the Wild Wind
1302
She cooks my breakfast, makes my bed
1302
It's nice to share the joys of life with someone near as you
1302
You're thoughtfulness is everywhere
1302
Thinking very warmly of the thoughtful things you've done
1302
Thank God for folks like you
1303
I hear your love in every word
1303
From the time you first became part of my world
1303
When I think of all the wonderful times that you & I have known
1303
Because we've shared each other's dreams & worked to make them real
1303
Put down your head & bend to the task
1304
While the king sitteth at his table
1304
Song of Solomon
1307
Once as a girl, so long ago, my love for you I didn't show
1307
We're nearly strangers, yet it's you my dear
1308
Don't close to love should it ever come your way
1308
In my hour of deepest sorrow, when I faced a nameless fear
1309
Sometimes, Honey, you know your ways rub me so
1310
Sunshine girl, oh so wise, in such simple little ways
1311
How I love you still, though the years have passed
1311
If I kept a great big scrapbook of the loving things you do
1312
I want to tell you, Honey, I'm sorry for my words last night
1312
Here's my prayer for you, my darling girl
1313
Lie down with me, my precious dove, & let thy heart receive my love
1314
Why do I tremble so when you look into my eyes?
1314
There's a glitter of lights in the city below
1315
Knowing you, Honey, made my life so much richer
1316
In a silent pond where lovely schools of fishes start
1318
How he treasured the young lad
1820
Thou art mother to my children, my babe nurseth at thy breast
1320
Darling, it's been a long time since I wrote a note to you
1321
Your sweet soft eyes, they look at me, they shine with a warm soft glow
1321
A new day is dawning, my love, & the distant cock he crows
MARK 16:15
1330
So little time! the harvest will be over
1330
Last night I rose to pray & to my watch be true
1331
I preached some weighty sermons, but utter not a word
1332
Had ye looked for my sheep in the desert?
1332
From Greenland's icy mountains, from India's coral strands
1341
Mourn not the dead that in the cool Earth lie, dust unto dust
1341
Throw out the lifeline across the dark waves
1342
When telling Thy Salvation free
1343
You talk about your bonds, your bonds & stocks & gold
1348
One day I rang a doorbell in a casual sort of way
1354
His ear hath heard the question, "Who to the lost will go?"
1354
'Twas a sheep, not a lamb, that strayed away in the parable that Jesus taught
1355
Thou hast no tongue, O Christ, as once of old
1356
He talked of grass & wind & rain, of victories & fair weather
1356
We are the Bibles the world is reading
1357
You are writing a gospel, a chapter each day
1357
You can't spell gospel without "go"
1357
My load's a little lighter now because you passed my way
1358
Only a seed but it chanced to fall, in a little cleft of the city wall
1368
Christ was the home missionary in the house of Lazarus
1358
Love has a hem to His garment that touches the very best
1359
Out where the loneliness presses around me
1359
Little rows of houses on a little street
1361
Now what is your niche in mind of the man who met you yesterday?
1366
We've a story to tell to the nations that shall turn their hearts to the right
1367
O Zion, haste thy mission high fulfilling
1370
Lord lay some soul upon my heart, & love that soul through me
1373
You want to be a preacher, lad, to tell the old old story
1373
He stood at the crossroads all alone with the sunshine in his face
1375
Little farmers, why that name? Around the world they're called the same
1375
You tell on yourself by the friends you seek
1377
I'd rather see a sermon than to hear one any day
1381
Not merely in the words you say, not merely in the deed confessed
1383
The slightest breeze that ever blew, some slender grasp has wavered
1384
My life shall touch a dozen lives before this day is done
1384
Christ has no hands but our hands to do His work today
1385
Lord, speak to me that I may speak in loving echoes of Thy tone
1385
Not how did he die, but how did he live?
1387
You tell on yourself by the friends you (meet?)
1391
Go on the strength of the Master, go 'twas His parting command
1392
Make me a witness, Lord, subdue my will to Thine
MARRIAGE
1394
O Father, all creating, whose wisdom, love & power
1398
She's an angel in truth, & demon in fiction
1401
To keep your marriage brimming, with love in the loving cup
1401
On your special anniversary, this brings a special prayer
1401
Not only your special day but often through the year
1401
It takes a special day like this to just look back & reminisce
OLD AGE
1403
You tell me I am getting old
1404
Age is a quality of mind--if you have left your dreams behind
1405
Gone they tell me is youth, gone is the strength of my life
1405
If you want to be an old man long before your time
1406
For age is opportunity no less than youth itself, though in another dress
ORGANISATION
1407
There my be nothing wrong with you, the way you live, the work you do
PEACE
1412
To walk when others are running, to whisper when others are shouting
1414
Stayed upon Jehovah, hearts are fully blest
1413
I hear the words of Love, I gaze upon the blood
PERSECUTION
1415
How a minority reaching majority
POSITIVENESS
1417
What good did it do to be grouchy today? Did your surliness drive any trouble away?
PROTECTION
1418
Should all the host of death, & powers of Hell unknown
1421
The Lord is our Salvation & our strength in every fight
REDEEM THE TIME
1423
Time is God's gift to mortal man, it is that fleeting little span
1423
Said yesterday to tomorrow, "When I was young like you"
1426
If you want to get a favour done by some obliging friend
1428
A naughty little weed one day, poked up its tiny head
1429
He was going to be all that a mortal should be, tomorrow
1429
If you've got a job to do, do it now
1430
Begin again--you can you know
1432
I found the task that I had dreaded so, was not so difficult
RELATIONS WITH PEOPLE
1434
The six most important words "I admit I made a mistake"
1434
A careless word may kindle strife
1436
They gave him 20 minutes, but he finished up in 10
1449
Does the grouch get richer quicker than the friendly sort of man?
1470
To live above with saints we love, O that will be such glory
1473
There was a wound in a gentle heart, when all life's sweetness seemed to ebb & die
REPENTANCE
1474
'Tis not enough to say "I'm sorry" & repent
RICHES
1476
Gold, gold, gold, gold! Bright & yellow, hard & cold
1476
Dug from the mountainside, washed in the glen
1476
Out of this life I shall never take, things of silver & gold I make
1477
A big silver dollar & a little brown cent
1477
Money will buy a bed but not sleep
RIGHTEOUSNESS/SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
1482
There may be virtue in the man who's always sure he's right
1483
Men wrap themselves in smug cocoons
1485
Across the way in my neighbour's windows shine
1485
"He is a sinner" you're pleased to say
1488
The world I thought belonged to me, goods, people, gold, lands & sea
SLEEP
1508
Precious hiding place, blessed hiding place
1508
Though we tremble in the dark, in need of strength & help & cheer
1508
When at night we sleepless lie, & the weary hours drive by
1508
Saviour, grant me rest & peace, let my troubled dreaming cease
1508
Softly now the light of day fades upon my sight away
1509
Why fight insomnia with a pill?
1509
The sun declines o'er land & sea, creeps on the night
1509
Saviour breathe an evening blessing, Ere repose our spirits seal
1512
Soft is the voice of an Angel breathing a lesson unheard
1512
Son of my soul, thou Saviour dear
1514
Day is done, gone the sun
1515
Safe in the arms of Jesus, safe on His gentle breast
1515
Trembling soul, beset by fears, Thy God reigneth
1515
Guardian Angels around my bed, joining me in my prayers
1517
Peace, peace, wonderful peace, coming down from the Father above
1517
Does Jesus care when my heart is pained too deeply for mirth & song?
1518
Safe is my refuge, sweet is my rest
1518
Grant us Thy peace, Lord, through the coming night
1520
At evening time, no gathering night
1521
Under His wings I am safely abiding
1521
When you're crying for all the times you've tried
1521
Father, unto Thee I pray, Thou hast guarded me all day
1522
Goodnight, goodnight, far flies the light
1522
Lord, keep us safe this night
1522
My Saviour hear my prayer, before I go to rest
1522
Now I lay me down to sleep
1522
Thank You Jesus for our beds
1522
Thank You Jesus for this day & for our Home so far
1522
Guardian Angel, watch over me, wherever I go, wherever I'll be
1523
In the daytime it's so loud, I feel I'm blotted out by the noise & glare
1523
Darkness is falling & the Angels are calling
1523
Sweet dreams tonight, sweet dreams tonight
1524
Lullaby & good night, all the stars shine so bright
1524
I hear the wind as it rustles through the treetops
1524
There amongst stars is the land of magical light
1525
Little bird in the night, come & rest from your flight
1525
When stars fill the sky & the day's at its end
1525
At night I dreamed such a wonderful dream, the Angels were singing & dancing with me
1526
Little birdies are sleeping, there are Angels here by my bed
1526
Bright stars are watching the world as it sleeps
1526
Starlight, starlight, even in the darkness Your love I see
1527
Little eyes, little eyes, close your sweet little eyes
1527
When you are alone in your bed at night
1528
Under my covers I'm tucked in so tight, & the Angels in Heaven watch me all night
1528
God's love will be with us all through the dark of night
1529
Sleep my child, & (peace attend thee?) all through the night
1529
Can you can't the stars at evening that are shining in the sky?
1529
Oh what a wonderful horse is the flyaway horse
1530
Through the night Thy Angels keep, watch above me while I sleep
1531
Sometimes in the night I lie here in fright
SPECIAL DAYS
1540
Another year is dawning, dear Master let it be
1540
Dear Master, for this coming year, just one request I ask
1541
30 days hath September, every person can remember
1541
I wished a very special wish for you this Christmastide
1541
The new year like a book lies before me
1542
Just one thing, O Master I ask today, now that the old year has passed away
1542
I heard the bells at midnight ring in the dawning year
1543
Another year to love Him, Whom I have loved so long
1543
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hearts to Heaven & voiced raised
1544
High in the Heavens a single star
1544
Where can we find the Holy One?
1544
Christmas is more than a day at the end of the year
1545
As with gladness, men of old did the guiding star behold
1546
Let not our hearts be busy inns
1546
Azure sky, all star bestrewn
1546
Though a thousand times in Bethlehem Christ be born
1547
On Christmas eve they filled the house, & 50 guests all told
1547
I wish there were a way to just something in return
1547
My God, to you each day impart the art of staying young at heart
1548
Dear Mom & Dad, I love you both upon this precious day
1548
Anyone knows you certainly agrees, that you're as dear a person as anyone could be
1548
Mother, there's a birthday prayer within my heart today
1548
Morning calm & evening peace began & end each day
1548
May God bless you on your birthday in a very special way
1548
Certain days are special in life's eternal plan
1548
A birthday prayer: Thank You Lord for everything I've come to know on Earth
1549
There can't be very many dads as wonderful as you
1549
This birthday prayer is offered now especially for you
SPEECH
1550
I try to watch the words I say & keep them soft & sweet
1550
Tact is the ability--to be brief, politely
1551
Lord, fill my mouth with worthwhile stuff
SUCCESS/FAILURE
1554
I do not think all failures undeserved & all success merely someone's luck
TEMPTATION
1560
If you want to keep from trouble, here's a mighty easy way
TESTIMONIES OF FAITH
THIS 'N' THAT
1569
I coughed a cough into the air, germs fell to Earth, I know not where
1572
Between being sorry for sin & being sorry, you are caught
1575
Great grandmother on a Winter's day, milked the cows & fed them hay
1576
Slippery ice, very thin, pretty girl tumbled in
1576
How are the fish in these parts? said I
TRIALS & TRIUMPHS
1577
I thank Thee more that all our joy is touched with pain
1578
Oh a trouble's a ton or a trouble's an ounce
1579
The test of tolerance when we are in a majority
1580
Pressed out of measure & pressed to all length
1582
The easy roads are crowded & the level roads are jammed
1582
Sorrow touched by love grows bright
1584
Jesus help me to be for Thee, just like a big strong cedar tree
1585
When thou passest through the waters, deep the waves may be & cold
1585
When we think about people, trouble grows
1586
In many a rapturous minstrel among the sons of light
1587
If none were sick & none were sad, what service could we render
1588
Is this the right road Home, O Lord?
1590
For every hill I've had to climb, for every stone that bruised my feet
1590
Life is not a cloudless journey, storms & darkness oft oppress
1591
God never would send the darkness if He knew you can stand the light
1594
He sat by a fire of sevenfold heat as He watched by the precious ore
1595
The leaves are fading & falling, the winds are rough & wild
1595
Upon the threshold of another year we stand again
1595
Is it raining, little flower? Be glad of rain
1596
If all my years were summer, could I know
1597
Shut in? Ah yes, but so,
1597
The little sharp vexations & the briars that catch & fret
1597
He said not, "Thou shalt not be tempested
1597
Rest of the weary, joy of the sad
1598
Trouble is something that no one can escape
1598
Were there no night, we could not read the stars
1599
Must Jesus bear the cross alone & all of us go free?
1599
If I can endure for this minute whatever is happening to me
1599
We look before & after, & pine for what is not
1599
He sendeth Sun, He sendeth shower, alike they're needed for the flower
1600
Life is a mixture of sunshine & rain
1600
Life looking pretty dreary? Cheer up because you see
1600
Things don't just happen to children of God, they're part of a wonderful plan
1601
Not to the strong is the battle, not to the swift is the race
1601
When the storms are rumbling & our strength a crumblin'
1602
They tell me I must bruise the rose's leaf
1602
Fainting soldier of the Lord, heard His sweet inspiring Word
1603
Abide with Me! Fast falls the eventide
1605
There is starlight through the shadows for the feet that have to tread
1606
Sometimes I'm sad, I know not why, my heart is torn apart
1606
Are you standing at Wit's End Corner, Christian, with troubled brow
1607
A tender child of summer three, seeking her little bed at night
1607
Until I learned to trust, I never learned to pray
1607
His ways are ways of pleasantness & all His paths are peace
1607
A little bird am I, shut in from fields of air
1608
Without a glimpse of darkened skies, our hearts would never realise
1608
Aliens may escape the rod, Nursed in earthly vain delight
1608
We are passing through the valley & the road is sometimes steep
1609
Always remember to forget the things that made you sad
1610
God knows the way of the righteous, even though it be dark & drear
1611
Canst thou take the barren soil, & with all thy pains & toil
1611
I believe ... in the sun even when it is not shining
1612
I am home in Heaven, dear ones, oh so happy & so bright
1612
Safely, safely gathered in, no more sorrow, no more sin
1613
Tender shepherd Thou hast stilled, now Thy little lamb's brief weeping
1613
They are not gone who passed beyond the clasp of hand
1614
Let me come in where you sit weeping--aye
1614
Nor exile I, nor prison fear, Love makes my courage great
1615
Art thou weary, tender heart? Be glad of pain
1615
Sometimes you went away for just a little while
1615
"My burden is too heavy, Lord" I tremblingly said
1616
We are too ignorant of death, we will not learn
1616
Oh little friend, I wait on you with praise
1616
Shed not too many tears when I shall leave, be brave enough to smile
1617
If I should die & leave you here awhile
1617
No funeral gloom, my dears, when I am gone
1617
You are not dead--life has but set you free
1618
Courage, brother! Do not stumble though thy path is dark as night
1618
He is not dead, your son, your dear beloved son
1618
Death takes our loved ones--we are bowed in grief. For whom?
1618
Give her, I pray, all good, bid all the buds of pleasure grow
1619
From the dust of the weary highway, from the smart of sorrow's rod
1620
When you walk through a storm hold your head up high
1620
Grace when the sun is shining, Lord, grace when the sky is black
1620
Sometimes the lion's mouths are shut, sometimes God bids us fly(?)
1621
Child of my love, lean hard, & let me feel the pressure of thy care
1621
In pastures green? Not always. Sometimes He who knoweth best ...
1622
Bad news has come & heart & mind are sobered
1622
When I consider how my life is spent ere half my days in this dark world & wide
1623
Ill that God blesses is our good, & unblessed good is ill
1623
Adversity misunderstood becomes a double curse
1627
I'm not alone, though others go a different way from what I choose
1627
I will not doubt though all my ships at sea
1628
Does Jesus care when my heart is pained too deeply for mirth & song?
1628
'Tis better far to follow Jesus no matter where His hand may lead
1629
I'll sing of the wonderful promise, that Jesus has given to me
1630
Calm me, my God, & keep me calm
1630
Help me to see the sunshine through the rain
1630
He hideth my soul in the cleft of the Rock
1631
The Saviour can lift every burden, the heavy as well as the light
1631
Safe is my refuge, sweet is my rest
1632
There's a battle raging in the Heavenly places
1632
In the center of the circle of the Will of God I stand
1632
There is a law that I am learning that is helping me each day
1633
I do not know what God has planned to come to me today
1635
Be still & know that I am God, where you now tread I too have trod
1637
My Father's way may twist & turn, my heart may throb & ache
1638
When at night you sleepless lay, & the weary hours drag by
1639
I learn as the years roll onward & leave the past behind
1643
A little brown cork fell in the path of a whale
1644
The saddest day has a morrow, the darkest night has a dawn
1644
Two frogs fell into a can of cream, or so I've heard it told
1645
In spite of sorrow, loss & pain, our course be onward still
1645
If life is always a warfare between the right & the wrong
1646
Your name may not appear down here in the this world's hall of fame
1647
Who does God's work will get God's pay, however long may seem the day
1648
I've shut the door on yesterday, it's sorrows & mistakes
1651
It cost Abraham the willingness to yield his only son
1652
Back to the same old boat, the selfsame net
1654
Did you ask the Lord for patience? Did you plead for it in prayer?
1655
The path was steep & snowy, the way was hard & cold
1656
Our Father knows what's best for us, so why should we complain
1657
Sunshine let it be or frost, storm or calm as thou shalt choose
1657
Who called my child away from me, who called away my love?
1657
It is not His cross that is heavy, it is those that our hands have made
1657
The cry of man's anguish went up to God, "Lord, take away pain!
1658
Complainingly I told myself, "This cross is too heavy to wear
1660
'Tis a lesson you should heed, try try again
1660
'Tis better to have tried in vain, sincerely striving for a goal
1660
All the world's a daily stage & life itself seems but a play
1666
He's so blithely on the way that people call the road of life
1666
Oh what a happy soul I am, although I cannot see
1667
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs & blaming it on you
1668
It is not raining rain to me, it's raining daffodils
1668
Just think of that odd little sparrow, uncared for by any but God
1669
He came to my desk with quivering lip--the lesson was done
1669
When you've set your mind to do it, when your judgement says you're right
1669
Would we know that the major chords were sweet if there were no minor keys?
1669
Diamonds are only chunks of coal that stuck to the job, you see?
1670
I saw a way-worn traveller in tattered garments clad
1670
If I had a grapevine tender & green
1671
Two men were looking at the sea, but one saw only quantity
1671
My soul, be on thy guard, ten thousand foes arise
1671
Cross of Christ! Lead onward through the holy war
1672
Should sorrow lay her hand upon thy shoulder & walk with thee in silence on life's way
1672
I have nothing to do with tomorrow, my Saviour will make that His care
1673
A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing
1674
My food is but spare & humble, my cot
1674
Who would true valour see, let him come hither
1674
Once pledged by the cross as children of God
1675
Our fathers to the graves have gone
1675
When you're lost in the wild & you're scared as a child
1676
Give me the man who facing Winter's blast
1676
Be strong! We are not here to play, to dream, to drift
1676
Did you tackle that trouble that came your way, with a resolute heart & cheerful
1677
Lead on O King Eternal, the day of march has come
1677
If you can trust when everyone about you is doubting Him, proclaiming Him untrue
1678
On the gridiron, on the diamond, on the link or on the court
1680
Strong are the walls around me that hold me all the day
1681
The tree that never had to fight for sun & sky & air & light
1682
Onward Christian soldiers marching as to war
1683
Only a baby's grave, a foot or two at the most
1683
Love looked down with eyes so tender, all the room was wrapped in gloom
1683
When I'm on top of the mountain, He's the bright & morning star
1683
Oh there is never sorrow of heart that shall lack a timely end
1683
When the storm is raging high, when the tempest rends the sky
1684
Sometimes when nothing goes just right & worry reigns supreme
1684
There are gems of wondrous brightness oftentimes lying at our feet
1686
When to the front you cannot go, be faithful under cover
1687
He always wins who sides with God, to him no chance is lost
1687
He knows the bitter, the weary way, He knows the endless striving day by day
1687
I cannot do it alone, the waves run fast & high
1693
All the water in the world, how ever hard it tried
1693
Full well do ye know the foe must be met
1694
Stand up, stand up for Jesus, ye soldiers of the cross
1695
You have no enemies you say? Alas! My friend the boast is poor
1698
Are you worsened in a fight? Are you cheated of your right? Laugh it off
1699
He giveth more grace when the burdens grow greater
1701
Not to the priest in the Temple of old, not to the king in his palace of gold
1701
One little hour of watching for the Master
1703
After the crosses--a crown of life
1703
O Love that will not let me go, I rest my weary soul in thee
1703
An enemy I had whose mien I stoutly strove to know
1705
They borrowed a bed to lay his head when Christ the Lord came down
1705
Perhaps today my Lord will come to bear me to my much-loved Home
1706
I closely held within my arms a jewel rare
1708
It's not the failures he may meet that keep a man from winnin'
1708
When the weather suits you not, try smiling
1708
You have no enemies you say? Alas! My friend the boast is poor
1709
Stone walls do not a prison make nor iron bars a cage
1709
Lord please forgive me for trying to hurry
1710
I was a wandering sheep, I did not love the fold
1711
Oh happy band of pilgrims, if onward ye will tread
1712
God hath not promised skies always blue, flower-strewn pathways all our lives through
1712
Oh heart of mine, we shouldn't worry so!
1713
No one is beat 'til he quits, no one is through til he stops
1713
'Tis better to have tried in vain, sincerely striving for a goal
1714
The wind is such an optimist that we can learn from him
1714
If you would like to do or die, then here's the fight. Come draw night
1715
There's a wayward side to the best of men that pulls them from the track
1716
When things go wrong as they sometimes will, when the road you're trudging seems all uphill
1716
Oh wonderful story of deathless love, each child is dear to that Heart Above
1716
If never a sorrow came to us & never a care we knew
1717
There is healing in the promise, there is healing in the blood
1717
So he died for his faith, that is fine--more than most of us do
1718
He placed me in a little cage away from gardens fair
1720
Death isn't death--it's glory, it isn't dark--it's light
1721
Full half a hundred times I've sobbed, "I can't go on, I can't go on
1721
The Devil may wall you 'round but he can roof you in
1723
I never knew a night so black light failed to follow on its track
1723
There is not sickness but there is a balm
1723
Light after darkness, gain after loss, strength after weakness, crown after cross
1723
If you tried to smile when the heat's up high
1724
Art thou sunk in depths of sorrow where no arm can reach so low
1724
Despair may tangle but darkly at your feet
1725
There is always the hope of tomorrow to brighten the clouds of today
UNITY
1728
Who flies the kite? I, said the boy, it is my joy
VISION & GOALS
1735
O'er uncharted sea to their heart's desire do the men of faith set sail
1736
If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead & rotten
1737
On the pathway of life out where you are, may hope fill your heart as you reach for a star
WAR
1740
I have a rendezvous with death at some disputed barricade
1740
The Earth is weary of our foolish wars
1741
When after many battles passed, both tired with blows make peace at last
1743
I have prayed in her fields of poppies, I have laughed with the men who died
1743
Those that fly may fight again, which he can never do that's slain
1746
Set the bells of mourning ringing, slowly ringing in the town
WORLD SYSTEM
1750
God pity eyes that have not seen the dawn, twilight, or shadow or a windblown tree
1751
I never get mad, I get hostile
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