ALL THAT I NEED IS IN JESUS

          Recently we have been going through a time of shortages and for us that has been unusual.  Some food and home supplies have often been out of stock.  Automobiles, furniture and appliances are backordered.   And employers are finding it hard to hire employees who are willing to work, so many services have been limited.

          But we should never complain because there are millions around the world who are in much worse shape than we are.  That is one of the reasons that thousands are trying to gain access through our borders.  But we too have homeless and poor who need help.

          In fact instead of complaining, we should have hearts full of thanks for all the many blessings that the Lord does provide for us each day.  He provides all that we need including our physical and spiritual needs.  Our problem is that we often fail to thank Him for that provision.  Often we just want more.

          And He also provides us with all the guidance, wisdom, strength, presence, and peace that we need for daily living.  What more could we want?

           Harry Dixon Lowes (1895-1965) studied at Moody Bible Institute, and after extensive training in music he served a number of churches with a ministry of music. From 1939 until his retirement he was a member of the music faculty of Moody Bible Institute. During his life he wrote the lyrics for 1,500 gospel songs, and composed 3,000 tunes.

          One day, while listening to a sermon on the subject of Christ's atonement entitled "Blessed Redeemer,"  Lowes was inspired to compose this tune. He then sent the melody with the suggested title to Avis Christiansen (1895-1985), a friend for many years, asking her to write the text. She did it and the hymn first appeared in Songs of Redemption, compiled by Marin and Jelks, in 1920, and published by the Baptist Home Mission Board.

         It appears that the text was written from the personal experiences of Lowes and Christiansen who both new the truth of finding all that they needed in Jesus.  They knew that "Jesus is all this poor world needs today".

          Is it your testimony today that "He satisfies, joy He supplies. Life would be worthless without Him.  All things in Jesus I find"?  If not, trust Jesus and find that indeed He is all that you want and need.

1 Friends all around us are trying to find

What the heart yearns for, by sin undermined;

I have the secret, I know where 'tis found:

Only in Jesus true pleasures abound.

Refrain:

All that I want is in Jesus;

He satisfies, joy He supplies;

Life would be worthless without Him,

All things in Jesus I find.

2 Some carry burdens whose weight has for years

Crushed them with sorrow and blinded with tears;

Yet One stands ready to help them just now,

If they with faith and in penitence bow. (Refrain)

3 No other name thrills the joy-chords within,

And thro' none else is remission of sin;

He knows the pain of the heart sorely tried,

All of its needs will in Him be supplied. (Refrain)

4 Jesus is all this poor world needs today;

Blindly men strive, for sin darkens the way.

O to draw back the grim curtains of night--

One glimpse of Jesus, and all will be bright! (Refrain)

Listen to it here.    ALL

THANKS TO GOD FOR MY REDEEMER (TH)

 TIMELESS HYMNS - A special feature in which I choose a previous blog, rewrite it and share it once again.  This hymn was featured here on November 20, 2017

         "It is good to give thanks to the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High (Ps. 92:1).  "Praise the LORD! Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever" (Ps. 106:1).  

          This week, here in the United States, we will celebrate Thanksgiving Day.  It is a special day when we are encouraged to pause and give thanks for the many blessings we have.  But everyday should be a day of thanksgiving for each believer.  "In everything give thanks" (I Thess. 5:18).  And that certainly is the theme of this week's hymn choice which is of Swedish heritage.  

           The words were penned by August Ludvig Storm (1862-1914).  He was converted to Christ in a Salvation Army meeting. He joined the Salvation Army Corps and became one of its leading officers. He wrote this hymn's text for the Army publication, Stridsropet (The War Cry), on December 5, 1891. 

          The original Swedish version had four stanzas, with each verse beginning with the word 'tack' (thanks)". The gratitude expressed to God ranges from the "dark and dreary fall" to the "pleasant, balmy springtime," and "pain" as well as "pleasure." 

           Storm suffered a back ailment at the age of 37 that left him crippled for life. But he continued to administer his Salvation Army duties until his death. Despite this handicap, Storm shared numerous things that he was thankful for. 

          A year before his death, he wrote another poem in which he thanked God for the years of calm as well as pain. This hymn was written in Swedish and was translated into English in 1931, by Carl Ernest Backstrom (1901-1984). In Storm's Swedish version, he lists some thirty-two things to be thankful for.  

           His hymn could serve as a good outline of things that we should thank the Lord for.  Let me challenge you to use this hymn during your season of thanksgiving this week.  We certainly have so much to be thankful for, even in a pandemic.  Thank you Lord for your bountiful provision.  God is so good.

1.     Thanks to God for my Redeemer,

Thanks for all Thou dost provide!

Thanks for times now but a memory,

Thanks for Jesus by my side!

Thanks for pleasant, balmy springtime,

Thanks for dark and stormy fall!

Thanks for tears by now forgotten,

Thanks for peace within my soul!

2.     Thanks for prayers that Thou hast answered,

Thanks for what Thou dost deny!

Thanks for storms that I have weathered,

Thanks for all Thou dost supply!

Thanks for pain, and thanks for pleasure,

Thanks for comfort in despair!

Thanks for grace that none can measure,

Thanks for love beyond compare!

3.     Thanks for roses by the wayside,

Thanks for thorns their stems contain!

Thanks for home and thanks for fireside,

Thanks for hope, that sweet refrain!

Thanks for joy and thanks for sorrow,

Thanks for heav'nly peace with Thee!

Thanks for hope in the tomorrow,

Thanks through all eternity!

Listen to it here.   LISTEN

TRANSFORMED

The process of transformation
of Penn Manor HS

         For many months I have been watching the process of transforming the school where I worked for 39 years into a one hundred million very modern high school.  I have watched them tear down much of the old building, including my first classroom and office, begin to add new structures and remodel some of the old structure.   It is interesting to watch this transformation as well as other old buildings transformed into modern ones.

          But even more amazing are the transformations which the Lord makes in the lives of men and women who are lost in sin.  2 Corinthians 5:17 tells us "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."  Now that is a real transformation - sins forgiven, a new purpose, a new motivation, a new future.  I pray that you have experienced that transformation.

          But I also think that true believers need to be transformed as at times we may tend to wander and begin to live like the world.  Romans 12:2 reminds us,  "Be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. "  The follower of Christ continues to receive God's transformation in his life. In other words, beyond the initial step of faith, renewal includes ongoing encounters with the living God.   We need His transforming grace throughout our lives.

          In 1920 F. G. Burroughs (1856-1949) shared this thought in her hymn "Transformed".  Years ago this was frequently sung in churches and I forgot all about it until a friend that I haven't seen in decades wrote to me and asked me if I remembered it.  He said it was sung at his father's funeral.  I did remember it and began a very difficult search to find anything about its background.  I found very little information except for some basics about the author...

          The author was the daughter of a Methodist Episcopal minister.  She married Thomas E. Burroughs in 1884 but he died in 1904. She then married Arthur Prince Adams in 1905. He was a minister.  Her poem, "Unanswered yet" which was written in 1879, was published in the The Christian Standard in 1880 with the name F. G. Browning. She also wrote under the names of Aphelia G. Adams and Mrs. T. E. Burroughs. 

           But I could not locate any information about the circumstances behind the writing of this hymn. I imagine the words probably came from her personal experiences. I think the words  speak to that.  The author is asking the Lord to take her tangled strands which have been in vain, the discordant  keys of her life, the broken vows and the failures and  mistakes and transform them all by His grace.  Do we need to ask for the same to be done in our lives?  May Christ get all the glory for the changes and may we resign our way to His most holy will.  Be transformed by grace divine.  May that be our prayer.

1.     Dear Lord, take up our tangled strands,

Where we have wrought in vain,

That by the skill of Thy dear hands

Some beauty may remain.

Refrain:

Transformed by grace divine,

The glory shall be Thine;

To Thy most holy will, O Lord,

We now our all resign.

2.     Touch Thou the sad, discordant keys

Of every troubled breast,

And change to peaceful harmonies

The sighings of unrest.

Refrain:

Transformed by grace divine,

The glory shall be Thine;

To Thy most holy will, O Lord,

We now our all resign

3.     Where broken vows in fragments lie—

The toil of wasted years—

Do Thou make whole again, we cry,

And give a song for tears.

Refrain:

Transformed by grace divine,

The glory shall be Thine;

To Thy most holy will, O Lord,

We now our all resign

4.     Take all the failures, each mistake

Of our poor human ways,

Then, Savior, for Thine own dear sake,

Make them show forth Thy praise.

Refrain:

Transformed by grace divine,

The glory shall be Thine;

To Thy most holy will, O Lord,

We now our all resign

I also had a very difficult time finding a video of this song.  But I finally found one to share with you.  You can listen to it here.  TRANSFORMED

WHAT A DAY THAT WILL BE (TH)

TIMELESS HYMNS - A special feature in which I choose a previous blog, rewrite it and share it once again.  This hymn was featured here on February 5, 2012

          The pandemic has made us realize how fragile life can be here on this earth.   We know that this world is not our home but we are often surprised when loved ones and friends are suddenly gone.  While death is not always easy for us to accept, it is much easier when we know the departed one is with the Lord.

          What a comfort to know that because of our relationship with the Lord, we have the assurance that absent from this world means present with the Lord.   And not only will we be eternally with the One who died for us, but we will be reunited with our love ones who have gone ahead of us.  What a day, glorious day that will be!    

           And that fact is what brought me to this week's choice which was written by Jim Hill. He related that his mother-in-law became very sick. He was a very new Christian at the time and one day when he was coming home from work, he was asking God why this was happening to his mother-in-law. Then he said, words just starting filling his mind, but he did not have anything to write the words down. So when he got home he got out of the car, looked down and there was a old piece of cardboard. So he picked it up and wrote down the words to "What A Day That Will Be."

           The first person that Hill sang the song to was his sick mother-in-law. Since then the song has been an anthem of encouragement many times for many people. "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away." Revelation 21:4.

          I trust that you have the assurance of a future with the Lord in the home which He is preparing for you.  I hope to see you there.

(1)     There is coming a day

When no heartache shall come

No more clouds in the sky

No more tears to dim the eye

All is peace forever more

On that happy golden shore

What a day, glorious day that will be.

Chorus:

What a day that will be

When my Jesus I shall see

And I look upon His face

The One who saved my by His grace

When He takes me by the hand

And leads me through the Promised Land

What a day, glorious day that will be

2)    There'll be no sorrow there

No more burdens to bear

No more sickness, no pain

No more parting over there

And forever I will be

With the One who died for me

What a day, glorious day that will be.

Chorus:

What a day that will be

When my Jesus I shall see

And I look upon His face

The One who saved my by His grace

When He takes me by the hand

And leads me through the Promised Land

What a day, glorious day that will be

Listen to it here.    HEAVEN

HOW CAN I FEAR?

          Sometimes music written for children can contain profound and challenging messages which adults need to hear.  That is often the case in some of the music written by Ron Hamiton, also known as "Patch the Pirate".

          Born in Indiana in 1950, his mother encouraged him to study music as a child, and he reluctantly learned to play the trombone, piano, and the guitar. As a small boy, his family would sing often together, and the children were encouraged to make up their own parts to harmonize.  

          In 1978 a doctor discovered cancer in Hamiton's left eye requiring his eye to be removed.  As he traveled around speaking at evangelistic services in churches children began affectionately calling Hamilton "Patch the Pirate." Around this time he began writing music for children to be sung in church.  He has published hundreds of songs and hymns and written numerous cantatas, plays, and children's stories.

           One of his songs is the one I have chosen this week. It deals with the topic of fear, something often experienced by most children.  Many of the things which used to scare us as children may no longer scare us today.  But life still has a way of producing anxiety and fear in every person.  There is much in our current events that may tend to produce fear in even the stoutest heart. First with COVID-19 and now rioting and protests, who could fault a person for being a little fearful for the future?

           Psalm 23:4 reminds us that God never promises to remove all the difficult or scary circumstances from our lives. We are never promised a life of ease or comfort. What  we are promised is that God will be with us throughout the trial. Hebrews 13:5 states the same promise this way: "I will never leave thee nor forsake thee."   He will be right there by our side through every trial, and His presence brings peace to a troubled heart.

          And so Hamiton wrote, "How can I fear?  Jesus is near".  "Jesus is King, He controls everything."   Such a truth that a child can understand and control.   Then why can't we as adults do the same?   Think about that as you read the words of this simple, but very profound, truth.

When shadows fall and the night covers all 

There are things that my eyes cannot see. 

I'll never fear, for the savior is near 

My Lord abides with me. 

How can I fear? 

Jesus is near. 

He ever watches over me. 

Worries all cease. 

He gives me peace. 

How can I fear with Jesus? 

When I'm alone and I face the unknown 

And I fear what the future may be. 

I can depend on the strength of my friend. 

He walks along with me. 

How can I fear? 

Jesus is near. 

He ever watches over me. 

Worries all cease. 

He gives me peace. 

I'll never fear with Him.

Jesus is king  He controls everything

He is with me each night and each day

I trust my soul to the Saviors's control

He drives all fear away

You can listen to it here and maybe the tune and the words will continue to be with you and encourage you this week.   FEAR

CHRIST THE SURE AND STEADY ANCHOR

         While in this blog I have usually featured "old" hymns, there are some powerful new congregational worship songs being written today.  Among the modern authors of these are Matt Boswell and Matt Papa who teamed together to write this week's choice, "Christ The Sure and Steady Anchor". Boswell is a singer, songwriter, pastor and worship leader who has served at various Texas-based churches since the late 1990's.  Papa is also a contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter, hymn writer and worship leader.  Papa has worked extensively with Keith and Kristyn Getty who are also noted for their new worship songs.

          Using the metaphor of the sea, storms and wind, this song is crafted around the idea of holding onto Christ (The Anchor) when trials are high in our lives. The first verse opens with the singer in the midst (the fury) of their storm finding them sinking. But the verse ends with the powerful testimony, "When my sinking hopes are few, I will hold fast to the anchor, I will never be removed."

          The next few verses remind us that as the strength of the tempest grows, so does the ability of Christ as the anchor to root in deeper while we cling to Him.  Despite temptation, weakness and unbelief we are assured of Christ's steadfastness.  He will never let us go.

          Finally the authors remind us how we will know the "calm" and even know it better because we have endured the high seas of life and were protected by Jesus, our eternal anchor.  This anchor is eternally firm and secure.  Great is His faithfulness!

          Now maybe you are in the midst of a heavy storm today and you feel pounded by the waves.  Or maybe there is such a storm on your horizon.  We don't need to look far in our world today to see the unsteadiness that surrounds us.  Storms happen to all of us.  We live in very difficult times and we need an anchor to ground us and steady us.  The only anchor that can do that is the anchor of hope that we have in Jesus Christ.  It is firm and secure!

          His Word has promised, "You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in You. Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal" (Isaiah 26:3,4)

Christ the sure and steady anchor

In the fury of the storm

When the winds of doubt blow through me

When my sails have all been torn

In the suffering, in the sorrow

When my sinking hopes are few

I will hold fast to the anchor

It will never be removed

Christ the sure and steady anchor

While the tempest rages on

When temptation claims the battle

And it seems the night has won

Deeper still then goes the anchor

Though I justly stand accused

I will hold fast to the anchor

It shall never be removed

Christ the sure and steady anchor

Through the floods of unbelief

Hopeless somehow, o my soul

Now, lift your eyes to Calvary

This my ballast of assurance

See His love forever proved

I will hold fast to the anchor

It will never be removed

Christ the sure and steady anchor

As we face the wave of death

When these trials give way to glory

As we draw our final breath

We will cross that great horizon

Clouds behind and life secure

And the calm will be the better

For the storms that we endure

Christ the shore of our salvation

Ever faithful ever true

We will hold fast to the anchor,

It shall never be removed.

© 2014 Doxology & Theology, Love Your Enemies Publishing. CCLI Song No. 7045331

Listen to it here   ANCHOR

HE KNOWS JUST WHAT I NEED

             At times life can be very hard.  Sometimes the burdens seem almost too heavy to bear.  You may feel like you are sinking and need someone to lift you up, but nobody does.  Sometimes you can become so lonely and need help, but no one seems to understand or care.  Friends seem to forget you and even you may not know what you need.

          But there is One who cares, One who knows just what you need, often even better than you yourself know what you need.  And He is there to supply your every need and throw His arms around you and whisper "You're not alone".  He alone knows just what you need.

          And that is the truth shared in this week's song choice.  It appears that the song was written by Mosie Lister although some credit it to Elvis, probably because it was one of the songs that Elvis often sang and recorded.

          But once again I couldn't find why this song was written.  But it must have come from experiences where the Lord provided the deep needs of  one of His children.  He does that.  It must be a testimony of this provision.

          Indeed we need to know Jesus, the One who knows our needs.  We first need Him for salvation, our most basic need.  Throughout life we need His guidance and wisdom,  We also need His comfort and hope when hard times come, and they do.  We also need strength to avoid temptations that will destroy us and we need His help to live as we should. He's our shelter in the time of trouble.   He's our rock and our deliverer. He's our strength, our God, and our King.  What more could we want?

           So if you are presently lonely and carrying a heavy burden, then cling to Him for He loves you and He cares.  He knows your needs even better than you do.  He will not fail you, even when your dearest friend on earth fails or forgets you.  Yes He does know just what you need.

         

1.     My Jesus knows when I am Lonely

He knows each pain, He sees each tear

He understands each lonely heartache

He understands because He cares

My Jesus knows just what I need

Oh yes! He knows just what I need

He satisfies and every need supplies

Yes, He knows just what I need

2.     My Jesus knows when I am burdened

He knows how much my heart can bear

He lifts me up when I am sinking

And brings me joy beyond compare

My Jesus knows just what I need

Oh yes! He knows just what I need

He satisfies and every need supplies

Yes, He knows just what I need

3.     When other friends seem to forget me

When skies are dark, when hope is gone

By faith I feel His arms around me

And hear Him say, "You're not alone"

My Jesus knows just what I need

Oh yes! He knows just what I need

He satisfies and every need supplies

Yes, He knows just what I need

He satisfies and every need supplies

Yes, He knows just what I need

Listen to it here.     NEED

I LOVE TO TELL THE STORY (TH)

TIMELESS HYMN - A special feature where I highlight some of my favorite hymns that I have previously featured in this blog.  These entries are revised and expanded and shared again for your encouragement and challenge. This hymn was originally shared here on September 18, 2011.

          Katherine Hankey was born in 1834, the daughter of a wealthy English banker. Early in life Katherine caught the evangelical concern from her father and she began organizing Sunday School classes for rich and poor throughout London. All of the royalties received from these publications were always directed to a foreign mission project.
          When Katherine was only thirty years of age, she experienced a serious illness. During a long period of recovery she wrote a lengthy poem on the life of Christ. The poem consisted of two main sections, each containing fifty verses. The first section of the poem was entitled "The Story Wanted." and it was from this part of her poem that she later adapted the words for another of her familiar hymn texts, "Tell Me the Old, Old Story."
         Later that same year, while still recovering from her illness, she completed the second part of her poem on the life of Christ. This sequel to the first section was entitled "The Story Told." From these verses came the text for "I Love to Tell the Story," Being musically inclined, Kate also composed her own tunes for these two texts.
         Her hymns received little notice, however, when used with this music. The following year, 1867, a large international YMCA convention was held in Montreal, Canada. One of the speakers at the convention, Major General Russell from England, closed his emotionally charged message to the delegates by quoting the verses from Miss Hankey's two hymn texts. In the audience that day was a noted American gospel musician, William H. Doane, composer of more than 2,000 gospel songs. Mr. Doane was greatly moved by these lines an promptly composed musical settings for both texts.
         Later a new musical setting, which replaced Doane's music for "I Love to Tell the Story," was composed by William G. Fisher, a Philadelphia musician and piano dealer. Fischer also added the refrain for the hymn, "I Love to tell the story! 'Twill be my theme in glory-to tell the old, old story of Jesus and His love."
          In 1875 the hymn appeared in its present form in Bliss and Sankey's collection, Gospel Hymns and Sacred Songs, which brought "I Love to Tell the Story" to the attention of evangelical congregations everywhere.

          Do we love to tell the story of Jesus and His love?  Does it seem more wonderful everytime we share it?  It's an old old story but it should thrill us anew every time we hear it and share it.  May we never tire of sharing about Jesus and His wonderful, amazing love.

1.    I love to tell the story of unseen things above,

Of Jesus and His glory, of Jesus and His love;

I love to tell the story, because I know 'tis true,

It satisfies my longings as nothing else would do.

  Refrain:

I love to tell the story,

'Twill be my theme in glory,

To tell the old, old story

Of Jesus and His love.

2.    I love to tell the story, more wonderful it seems

Than all the golden fancies of all our golden dreams;

I love to tell the story, it did so much for me,

And that is just the reason I tell it now to thee.

I love to tell the story,

'Twill be my theme in glory,

To tell the old, old story

Of Jesus and His love.

3.    I love to tell the story, 'tis pleasant to repeat,

What seems each time I tell it more wonderfully sweet;

I love to tell the story, for some have never heard

The message of salvation from God's own holy Word.

I love to tell the story,

'Twill be my theme in glory,

To tell the old, old story

Of Jesus and His love.

4.    I love to tell the story, for those who know it best

Seem hungering and thirsting to hear it like the rest;

And when in scenes of glory I sing the new, new song,

'Twill be the old, old story that I have loved so long.

I love to tell the story,

'Twill be my theme in glory,

To tell the old, old story

Of Jesus and His love.

Listen to it here.   LISTEN

IT MAY BE TODAY (THE CHRIST I LOVE)

         I love it when my wife sits at our piano and from memory plays hymns and choruses that we grew up singing.  Recently I listened as she played the song "It May Be Today", also known as "The Christ I Love".  As the words suddenly came back to my mind I was encouraged with the truth that Christ, the One I love, could soon call us home at any time - morning, night or noon.  I was encouraged and my heart silently cried out, "Lord, come soon!".

          As I began to search on the internet I found that this song was written by Bea Bush Bixler (1916-2013), one of the twentieth century's most prolific song writers, pianists, and vocalists.  She made her entry into Christian music with the success of "Life Is A Symphony"  which was often included at Youth for Christ rallies around the United States.  Her songs such as "It Maybe Today", "Life is a Symphony", "I Am Not Worthy", "It May Be Today" and "The Breaking of the Bread", were featured in the song  books by Singspiration, Favorites. These songs were particularly popular in the 1940s through 1970s in church meetings and revivals.

         Bea was a weak and ill child and one day as her mother was hanging the laundry in their back yard, a neighbor inquired as to Bea's health. Her mother reported that it was poor, and the neighbor said she would ask the people of her local church to join her in prayer for the healing and health of this little one. Not long after, Bea made a recovery and became well and strong. After her healing her family began faithful attendance at that very church.  

         Bea began learning to play and to love the piano. She learned and improved so rapidly, that soon she was playing both by ear and by memorization,  She was improvising, playing in the "evangelistic style" of the early twentieth century, and soon she was playing in the evening services in that local church whose members had prayed for her healing.   

          Recognizing that she had God-given gifts in the area of music, Bea left for the Missionary Training Institute [now Nyack College] in Nyack, New York to major in piano and voice. There she progressed so far that it was acknowledged that the faculty there could take her no further and so she transferred to Houghton College in Western New York. There she excelled in piano, voice, and composition. Her grasp of musical theory was highly advanced.  During this time she was actively playing for Gospel quartets, choirs, local churches, and for college touring groups.  She is said to have written more than 450 pieces, but  unfortunately the majority have never been either recorded or reduced to the written page.

          The message of this particular song is especially appropriate today when many hearts are broken and tears are being shed.  But Christ has left the message that He will call us home and so our hearts need not be troubled.  Someday soon we will be raptured.  So be encouraged, the One we love is coming - soon - it might even be today - at morning, night or noon!   Maranatha!

1.     There is a message written in the word of God for me. 

My Saviour put it there, to ease my load of care. 

I read let not your heart be troubled I will come again 

That with me you may be through out eternity.

The Christ I love, is coming soon 

It maybe morning night or noon. 

My lamps are lit I'll watch and pray 

It maybe today It maybe today.  

2.     So many hearts are broken here, so many tears are shed 

But Jesus gives sweet peace, His message brings relief 

He'll come again for those he love the clouds will part someday 

And Jesus will break through, I'm going up are you.

The Christ I love, is coming soon 

It maybe morning night or noon. 

My lamps are lit I'll watch and pray 

It maybe today It maybe today.   

3.     This is the Christian's hope and like a beacon in the sky 

It still send forth it's light to make the pathway bright 

The dead in Christ and we remaining shall be upward caught 

Oh what a day t'will be blest day of victory.

The Christ I love, is coming soon 

It maybe morning night or noon. 

My lamps are lit I'll watch and pray 

It maybe today It maybe today. 

Listen to it here.  TODAY