Category: The Why, When, and How of Revivals

Come to the living waters, come!Sinners, obey your Maker’s call;Return, ye weary wanderers, home,And find his grace is free for all. Nothing ye in exchange shall give;Leave all you have…

Blest be the tie that bindsOur hearts in Christian love;The fellowship of kindred mindsIs like to that above. Before our Father’s throne,We pour our ardent prayers;Our fears, our hopes, our…

Father of mercies, in thy wordWhat endless glory shines!Forever be thy name adoredFor these celestial lines. — Anne Steele. O may the gracious words divine,Subject of all my converse be;So…

Shepherd of tender youth,Guiding in love and truthThrough devious ways;Christ our triumphant King,We come thy name to sing;Hither our children bringTo shout thy praise. — Translated by H. M. Dexter…

Saviour of men, thy searching eyeDoth all mine inmost thoughts descry;Doth aught on earth my wishes raise,Or the world’s pleasures, or its praise? The love of Christ doth me constrainTo…

My gracious Master and my God,Assist me to proclaim,To spread through all the earth abroad,The honors of thy name. —Charles Wesley, His only righteousness I show,His saving truth proclaim:*Tis all…

Sow in the morn thy seed;At eve hold not thy hand;To doubt and fear give thou no heed,Broadcast it o’er the land. Thou canst not toil in vain:Cold, heat, and…

Go, labor on; spend and be spent,Thy joy to do the Father’s will;It is the way the Master went;Should not the servant tread it still? Toil on, and in thy…

Go forth, ye heralds, in My name,Sweetly the Gospel trumpet sound;The glorious jubilee proclaim,Where’er the human race is found. The joyful news to all impart,And teach them where salvation lies;With…

God moves in a mysterious wayHis wonders to perform;He plants his footsteps in the sea,And rides upon the storm. Blind unbelief is sure to err,And scan his work in vain:God…