March 19. 1 Kings ch 18-21
HYMN BEGONE UNBELIEF
1 Begone, unbelief,
My Savior is near,
And for my relief
Will surely appear;
By prayer let me wrestle,
And He will perform;
With Christ in the vessel,
I smile at the storm.
2 Though dark be my way,
Since He is my Guide,
’Tis mine to obey,
’Tis His to provide;
Though cisterns be broken,
And creatures all fail,
The word He hath spoken
Shall surely prevail.
3 His love, in time past,
Forbids me to think
He’ll leave me at last
In trouble to sink:
Each sweet Ebenezer
I have in review
Confirms His good pleasure
To help me quite through.
4 Why should I complain
Of want or distress,
Temptation or pain?
He told me no less;
The heirs of salvation,
I know from His Word,
Through much tribulation
Must follow their Lord.
5 How bitter that cup
No heart can conceive,
Which He drank quite up,
That sinners might live!
His way was much rougher
And darker than mine;
Did Christ, my Lord, suffer,
And shall I repine?
6 Since all that I meet
Shall work for my good,
The bitter is sweet,
The medicine, food;
Though painful at present,
’Twill cease before long,
And then, oh, how pleasant
The conqueror’s song!
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YORUBA
1. Aigbagbo, bila ! temi l’ Oluwa,
On o si dide fun Igbala mi;
Ki nsa ma gbadura, On o se ranwo;
‘Gba Krist wa lodo mi, ifoiya ko si.
2. B’ona mi ba su, On l’o sa n to mi,
Ki nsa gboran sa, On o si pese;
Bi iranlowo eda gbogbo saki,
Oro t’ enu Re so y’o bori dandan.
3. Ife t’o nfi han ko je ki nro pe,
Y’o fi mi sile ninu wahala;
Iranwo ti mo si nri lojojumo,
O nki mi laiya pe, emi o la ja.
4. Emi o se kun tori iponju,
Tabi irora? O ti so tele!
Mo m’ oro Re p’awon ajogun ‘gbala,
Nwon ko le s’ aikoja larin wahala.
5. Eda ko le so kikoro ago
T’ Olugbala mu, k’ elese le ye;
Aiye Re tile buru ju temi lo,
Jesu ha le jiya, k’ emi si ma sa!
6. Nje b’ ohun gbogbo ti nsise ire,
Adun n’ ikoro, onje li ogun;
B’ oni tile koro, sa ko ni pe mo,
Gbana orin ‘segun yio ti dun to!.Amin.