The Pilgrim Song, Gerhard Tersteegen. Gerhardt Tersteegen was born at Moers, Germany , November 25, 1697. After his father's death when Gerhardt was only six, his mother was unable to send him to the university. He studied at the Gymnasium in Moers, and then earned a meager living as a silk weaver, sharing his daily …
More Love to Thee - Elizabeth P. Prentiss More love to Thee, O Christ, more love to Thee! Hear Thou the prayer I make on bended knee. This is my earnest plea: more love, O Christ, to Thee; more love to Thee, more love to Thee! Once earthly joy I craved, sought peace and rest; now …
Jesus, The Very Thought of Thee , Bernard of Clairvaux 1090 - 1153 AD. Some say Bernard was a kind of early reformer, although he did not speak out against many significant errors of his day. Regardless of his relationship with highly institutional religion, some of his writings indicate a heart after his Savior. This poem, later turned into a …
"Jesus, Thine All Victorious Love" Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Jesus, thine all-victorious love When in my heart abroad: Then shall my feet no longer rove, Rooted and fix'd in God.O that in me the sacred fireMight now begin to glow;Burn up the dross of base desire,And make the mountains flow.O that it now from heaven might fall,And …
"Adoration of the One True God," by Sir John Bowring, 1792-1872 Ancient of Ages! humbly bent before Thee,Songs of glad homage, Lord! to Thee we bring:Touched by thy spirit, oh! teach us to adore Thee,Sole God and Father! Everlasting King!Let Thy light attend us,Let Thy grace befriend us,Eternal, Unrivaled, All-directing King! Send forth Thy mandate, …
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