BENEATH THE CROSS
OF JESUS

Beneath the Cross of Jesus,
I fain would take my stand,
The shadow of a mighty rock
within a weary land;
A home within the wilderness,
a rest upon the way,
From the burning of the noontide heat,
and the burden of the day.

I take, O cross, thy shadow
for my abiding place;
I ask no other sunshine
than the sunshine of His face;
Content to let the world go by,
to know no gain nor loss;
My sinful self my only shame,
my glory all the cross!

BECAUSE HE LIVES

God sent His son,
they called Him, Jesus;
He came to love, heal and forgive;
He lived and died to buy my pardon,
An empty grave is there
to prove my Savior lives!

Refrain:
Because He lives, I can face tomorrow,
Because He lives, all fear is gone;
Because I know He holds the future,
And life is worth the living,
Just because He lives!

And then one day, I'll cross the river,
I'll fight life's final war with pain;
And then, as death gives way to vict'ry,
I'll see the lights of glory
and I'll know He lives!
Refrain

HOLY, HOLY, HOLY

Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!Early in the morning
our song shall rise to Thee;Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty!God in three Persons, blessèd Trinity!

Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore Thee,Casting down their golden crowns
around the glassy sea;Cherubim and seraphim
falling down before Thee,Who was, and is, and evermore shall be.

Holy, holy, holy!
though the darkness hide Thee,Though the eye of sinful man
Thy glory may not see;Only Thou art holy;
there is none beside Thee,Perfect in power, in love, and purity.


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