Glad Was The Message possibly by Horace L. Hastings

Glad was the message, and joyous the strain,
Brought to the shepherds on Bethlehem’s plain;
Chanted by angels who came from above
Bearing glad tidings of mercy and love;
Bringing good news to the nations of earth,
News of a Savior, whose glorious birth
Gave to this sad world a message of peace,
Bidding its woe and its warfare to cease.

Lo! in the manger the Savior is laid;
Earth has no refuge, no place for His head;
Sojourner, stranger, and wanderer here,
Dark was His lot, and His pilgrimage drear;
But in His mercy and kindness He came,
Seeking to win us from sorrow and shame;
Bidding the troubled to come and be blessed;
Calling the way-worn and weary to rest.

Oh, may we ponder and keep in our mind
God’s wondrous mercy in saving mankind;
Sending His Son who, in seeking the lost,
Lay in the manger and hung on the cross;
Following Him, by His help and His grace,
We shall be with Him and gaze on His face;
Then with the ransomed and glorified throng,
We shall adore Him with harp and with song.

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Just As I Am O Lamb Of God by Horace L. Hastings

Just as I am, O Lamb of God,
Now I come, now I come;
To wash me in Thy cleansing blood,
Now I come, Now I come.
While mercy's guiding beacons beam
To point me to the crimson stream
That makes the foulest sinners clean,
Now I come, Now I come.

Just as I am, without delay,
Now I come, now I come;
To Christ the true and living Way,
Now I come, now I come.
For pardon purchased on the tree,
For grace and mercy rich and free,
O lamb of God, I come to Thee,
Now I come, now I come.

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Can You Stand For God? by Horace L. Hastings

Can you stand for God, though you stand alone,
With your heart at rest, and your soul secure,
With the rock beneath and in front the throne,
Can you stand and still endure?

Can you stand, can you stand,
Can you can you stand for Christ alone?
If we stand in the strife, till the end of life,
We shall stand at the heav'nly throne.

Can you stand for God, when the heart grows faint,
And your soul looks thro' many blinding tears,
Can you bear life's sorrows with out complaint
Thro' tedious toilsome years?

Can you stand, can you stand,
Can you can you stand for Christ alone?
If we stand in the strife, till the end of life,
We shall stand at the heav'nly throne.

Can you stand with faith, though the time be long,
Tho' the night be dark and the day star dim,
Can you stand for truth and in Christ be strong,
Till you stand complete in him?

Can you stand, can you stand,
Can you can you stand for Christ alone?
If we stand in the strife, till the end of life,
We shall stand at the heav'nly throne.

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