Psalm 51

Suppose there's a Christian who struggles with sin,
And despite all his efforts, he can't seem to win,
But it's not that he lives with the guilt and the shame—
He knows that he's purposely throwing the game.

Maggie with the Roses in her Hair

There's a hush of expectation
From the silent, standing throng,
Then a burst of jubilation
As the band begins a song,
Ends their breathless supplication—
We behold the maiden fair:
'Tis Maggie with the roses in her hair.

Ascension Day

See the Conqueror mounts in triumph, see the King in royal state,

Riding on the clouds His chariot,
 to His heavenly Palace-gate;
Hark, the quires of angel voices
 joyful Halleluias! sing,

And the portals high are lifted, to receive their heavenly King.

A Plea

Ye who fear Mount Sinai's thunder,
Ye who fear its sulfur smoke,
Ye who would be rent asunder
By the very law you broke:
Come and feel the Saviour's breezes;
From the depths of hell he seizes
And shall never let thee choke.

Godly Sorrow arising from the Sufferings of Christ

Alas! and did my Saviour bleed!
And did my Sov'reign die?
Would he devote that sacred Head
For such a Worm as I?

Come, ye faithful, raise the strain!

Come, ye, faithful, raise the strain
Of triumphant gladness!
God hath brought His Israel
Into joy from sadness:
Loos'd from Phar'oh's bitter yoke
Jacob's sons and daughters;
Led them with unmoisten'd foot
Through the Red Sea waters.

The Covenant of Redemption

The story of salvation does not start on a warm summer day in the ‘90s, when, at the age of 6 or 8, I was on a car trip and the thought occurred to me that if we crashed and I died, I would go to hell. It does not begin on a spring morning in the A.D. 30s, when a man who was God rose from the dead, nor a few days before that when he was killed. It does not commence between 5 B.C. and A.D. 1, when the God-man was birthed by a virgin. It did not start several thousand years before that when God gave a formal system of sacrifices to a prince-turned-shepherd named Moses, nor before that when He saved the few righteous men on earth by water, nor even before that when the first man sacrificed an animal as atonement for his sin. It does not even start when that man fell from perfection into depravity. The story of salvation begins before the world was created, before time was started; there is no specific day, days not then having been formed. God made a covenant within Himself, between the members of His Trinity.

My Jesus, I Love Thee

My Jesus, I love thee, I know thou art mine,
For thee all the follies of sin I resign;
My gracious Redeemer, my Saviour art thou,
If ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.

Psalm 99

The Lord is king:
Let all earth sing,
The nations bring
Their praises to his temple.
The Lord is high, and reigns above,
But rules with mercy and with love—
O praise his holy, great, and awful Name.

Lovest thou me?

Hark, my soul! it is the Lord;
'Tis thy Saviour, hear his word;
Jesus speaks, and speaks to thee:
"Say, poor sinner, lov'st thou me?

Behold the Man!

Arise, my Soul, arise,
Shake off thy guilty Fears,
The Bleeding Sacrifice
In my Behalf appears;
Before the Throne my Surety stands;
(Before the Throne my Surety stands;)
My Name is written on His Hands.

Redeemed

Redeemed, how I love to proclaim it,
Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb;
Redeemed thro' his infinite mercy,
His child and forever I am.

Ebenezer

Let hearts and tongues unite
And loud thanksgivings raise;
'Tis duty, mingled with delight,
The Savior’s name to praise.