08_13_2017 Bulletin Web

WE’LL UNDERSTAND IT BETTER BY AND BY
(African American Heritage Hymnal #418)
We are often tossed and driv’n on the restless sea of time,
Somber skies and howling tempest oft succeed a bright sunshine,
In that land of perfect day, When the mists have rolled away,
We will understand it better by and by.
We are often destitute Of the things that life demands.
Want of food and want of shelter, thirsty hills and barren lands,
We are trusting in the Lord, And according to His Word,
We will understand it better by and by.
Trials dark on ev’ry hand, And we cannot understand,
All the ways that God would lead us to that blessed Promised Land.
But He guides us with His eye And we’ll follow till we die.
For we’ll understand it better by and by.
Temptations, hidden snares often take us unawares.
And our hearts are made to bleed for some thoughtless word or deed.
And we wonder why the test When we try to do our best,
But we’ll understand it better by and by.
Chorus
By and by when the morning comes, When the saints of
God are gathered home, We will tell the story how we’ve overcome;
For we’ll understand it better by and by.
I AM THINE
(African American Heritage Hymnal #387)
I am Thine, O Lord, I have heard Thy voice, And it told Thy love to me;
But I long to rise in the arms of faith, And be closer drawn to Thee.
Consecrate me now to Thy service, Lord, By the pow’r of grace divine;
Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope, And my will be lost in Thine.
O the pure delight of a single hour That before Thy throne I spend,
When I kneel in prayer, and with Thee, my God, I commune as friend with friend!
There are depths of love that I cannot know Till I cross the narrow sea;
There are heights of joy that I may not reach Till I rest in peace with Thee.
Refrain
Draw me nearer, nearer, blessed Lord, To the cross where Thou hast died;
Draw me nearer, nearer, blessed Lord, To Thy precious, bleeding side.
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