Samuel Sebastian Wesley

Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876)

Ascribe unto the Lord

Ascribe unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the people : ascribe unto the Lord worship and power. 
Ascribe unto the Lord the honour due unto his Name. 
Let the whole earth stand in awe of him. 
Tell it out among the heathen that the Lord is King : and that he shall judge the people righteously. 
Let the whole earth stand in awe of him. 

O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. 
Sing to the Lord, and praise his Name : be telling of his salvation from day to day, and his wonders unto all people. 

As for the gods of the heathen, they are but idols. 
Their idols are silver and gold : even the work of men's hands. 
They have mouths, and speak not : eyes have they, and see not. 
They have ears, and hear not : noses have they, and smell not. 
They have hands, and handle not; feet have they, and walk not : neither speak they through their throat. 
They that make them are like unto them : and so are all such as put their trust in them. 

As for our God, he is in heaven : he hath done whatsoever pleased him. 

The Lord hath been mindful of us, and he shall bless us : he shall bless the house of Israel, he shall bless the house of Aaron. 
He shall bless them that fear the Lord : both small and great. 
Ye are the blessed of the Lord : you and your children. 
Ye are the blessed of the Lord : who made heaven and earth. 

Ps.96 & Ps.115

Blessed be the God and Father

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again 
unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 
To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, 
that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, 
who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation 
ready to be revealed in the last time. 
But as he which hath called you is holy, 
so be ye holy in all manner of conversation. 
Pass the time of your sojourning here in fear. 
See that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently. 
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, 
by the word of God. 
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. 
The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: 
But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. Amen. 

1 Peter 1



Lead me, Lord

Lead me, Lord, lead me in thy righteousness,
Make thy way plain before my face.
For it is thou, Lord, thou, Lord, only
That makest me dwell in safety. 

The Lord hath been mindful of us

The Lord hath been mindful of us, and he shall bless us : 
	he shall bless the house of Israel, he shall bless the house of Aaron. 
He shall bless them that fear the Lord : both small and great. 
Ye are the blessed of the Lord : you and your children. 
Ye are the blessed of the Lord : who made heaven and earth. 

Psalm 115

Thou wilt keep him

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Thee
The darkness is no darkness with Thee, but the night is as clear as the day. 
The darkness and the light to Thee are both alike. 
God is light and with Him is no darkness at all.
Oh let my soul live and it shall praise Thee. 
For Thine is the Kingdom, the power and the glory, for evermore.

Wash me throughly

Wash me throughly from my wickedness, and forgive me all my sin. 
For I acknowledge my faults and my sin is ever before me.

Psalm 51, vv 2,3