soon i long to behold, Thy countenance, Lord!

How Tedious and Tasteless the Hours — New Tune for Hymn 529

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1
Blessed with a love I did not earn
When I had nowhere left to turn.
Blessed with a love that’s pure, divine;
Oh, what a joy that You are mine!

chorus
Oh! Oh, Hallelujah! A love so real.
Oh! Oh, Hallelujah! A love so rare, the way You care,
A love that is always there.

2
Lord, You are always in control,
Able to calm my troubled soul,
And would my fears be here at all
If I just turned to You and called?

chorus
Oh! Oh, Hallelujah! A love so real.
Oh! Oh, Hallelujah! A love so rare, the way You care,
A love that is always there.

3
Lord, keep me always by Your side;
Guard me from all that would divide,
And light a fire deep in me,
Burning to seek You desperately.

chorus
Oh! Oh, Hallelujah! A love so real.
Oh! Oh, Hallelujah! A love so rare, the way You care,
A love that is always there.

4
Taking more time to call Your name,
Praying that more of You I’d gain,
Watching all things just pass away,
I cannot waste a single day.

chorus
Oh! Oh, Hallelujah! The time is now.
Oh! Oh, Hallelujah! The days are few, the world is through,
Lord, keep my heart turned to You!



A love that is always there (cover)

(Us)
D A
Beneath this mask—this smile I wear—
Bm F#m
Which tells the world that I’m okay,
G D
That I am strong and nothing in
Em A
My life can drag me down today,
D A
Beneath this mask hides loneliness,
Bm F#m
And questions: what is life all for?
G D
And worries and anxieties
Em A D
Like rain from heaven, pour and pour.

(Christ)
“Why do you struggle on your own?
Just come to Me, pour out and call,
The feeling of your weaknesses
I’m touched with—yet I conquered all.
As Spirit in your spirit I’m
Contactable, available,
I’ll make more home within your heart,
And heal by life your turbid soul.”

(Us)
Beneath this mask—this smile I wear—
I am a child longing for
A home where I feel safe and loved,
A people I can call my own,
Beneath this mask—a cry for help,
I’m drifting on a stormy sea,
I’m tossed about from wave to wave,
With no direction how to be.

(Christ)
“Why do you struggle on your own?
I’ll be your Good Samaritan,
I’ll pour the oil and the wine,
I’ll lead you to your home, the inn,
The household of the faith is where,
Your turbid soul will find true rest,
And I too find My resting place,
My Body, where I’m manifest."

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His Countenance (Hymn 1137)
(Capo 3 G)
             G                                        C           
1.  His countenance angels can often behold,
        G                      Em                Am7-D7
But ne’er taste His love in His grace;
        G					       C
His saints, though they know of His pure, boundless love,
           G              D                     G
Have never yet once seen His face.
       D                           	         C            G
His saints will before long His visage behold,
       Am                   D                G
E’en in His bright glory will share;
                                              C
But Mary, beholding His tears as He wept,
             G                            D         G
Could touch His heart’s agony there.
             G                            C-D      G
Could touch His heart’s agony there.

2. We’ll soon see the Lord, as He is, face to face,
We’ll know Him as never before;
But that touch today, healing our broken heart,
In that day will be felt no more.
That day, though our lips offer unceasing praise,
No tears, then, nor prayers fervent burn;
Nor is there the comfort received through much pain,
Nor trust gained through trials to learn,
Nor trust gained through trials to learn.

3. Exceeding in glory, that day we’ll be crowned,
Yet there’ll be no cross to obey;
The sweet fellowship of His suff’rings for us
We only can share in today.



Once we’ve that rest entered, no weariness then,
Nor chance will remain to partake
The trials nor the hardships, nor happiness lost,
Nor suffering borne for His sake,
Nor suffering borne for His sake.


4. Oh, chances to suffer for Him are so few,
His shame and derision to bear;
Such blest opportunities soon pass away,
That He in our troubles may share.
All loneliness, misunderstandings and scorn
Despisings and sorrows will flee;
I treasure these blessings, for through them, O Lord,
I enter sweet oneness with Thee,
I enter sweet oneness with Thee.

5. I long to behold, Lord, Thy countenance soon,
What rapture with Thee, Lord, to meet.
But neither seek I all these trials to avoid;
Such times, Lord, are too rare and sweet.
Have mercy on me, fill me with Thy great love,
For Thee, Lord, to live at all cost;
Lest Thy servant, hoping for that blessed day,
That day, regret chances were lost,
That day, regret chances were lost.

Springs

His Countenance (Hymn 1137)

1. 
Em                                                  Am
No one's seen God through the centuries,
D                                                  G
Though countless many have tried.
Em                   E7        Am     
For, Lord, you have a propensity,
A7                            D
And disposition to hide.

G                D                       C
Surely you are a God who hides Himself,
G                       D                        C
No doubt with purpose and device.
Am            D                 G          Em
I'm slowly learning to trust in you.
Am              D
I exercise a little faith,
C                           G
Remembering to seek Your face,
            Am                        D  D7 G
You're working in secret in my life.

2. Sometimes I have such uncertainty.
Sometimes my faith feels so small.
But, Lord, You're sovereign and certainly,
You're in control over all.

3. My self desires visibility,
Seeking man's glory and fame.
And so I miss Your humility.
Thinking we must be the same.

4. Though all the worldly philosophies
Bring doubt, indulgence and sin.
My life is hidden with Christ in God
My faith is rooted in Him.

5. Though outward blessing is comforting,
And may appeal to the eyes,
Work not for food which is perishing,
But for eternal life.

6. Oh Lord, do save me from foolishly,
Seeking my temporal dreams.
You are a God who reveals Yourself,
To those who seek unseen things.

Surely you are a God who hides Himself 
With much intention and device
Getting to know and be one with You,
I exercise a little faith
I call Your name, receive Your grace
I'm being made like You by Your life!

Surely You Are A God Who Hides Himself

Then singing as well as dancing they will say,
All my springs are in you.
-Psalms 87:7

His Countenance (Hymn 1137)

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