The phrase "Brass" resonates through 20 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
Brass
...And have not love, my words are vain,
As sounding brass, and hopeless gain.
Though I may give all I possess,...
And have not love, my words are vain,
As sounding brass, and hopeless gain.
Though I may give all I possess,
...And have not love, my words are vain,
As sounding brass, and hopeless gain.
Though I may give all I possess,...
And have not love, my words are vain,
As sounding brass, and hopeless gain.
Though I may give all I possess,
...Then we must through the sufferings pass
To be refined as burnished brass.
With iron bind, as brass refined,...
Then we must through the sufferings pass
To be refined as burnished brass.
With iron bind, as brass refined,
...If love be absent, I am found
Like tinkling brass, an empty sound.
Were I inspired to preach and tell...
If love be absent, I am found
Like tinkling brass, an empty sound.
Were I inspired to preach and tell
...We all can shine with Thee.
The burning Christ has feet as brass
Which in the furnace burns,...
We all can shine with Thee.
The burning Christ has feet as brass
Which in the furnace burns,
...If I speak in tongues, but do not love, I am
Like sounding brass giving lifeless sounds, not life.
If I know all mysteries but do not love my brother,...
If I speak in tongues, but do not love, I am
Like sounding brass giving lifeless sounds, not life.
If I know all mysteries but do not love my brother,
...He restores their forfeit breath,
Breaks in twain the gates of brass;
From the bands and grasp of death,...
He restores their forfeit breath,
Breaks in twain the gates of brass;
From the bands and grasp of death,
...And blooming life expires.
Like burnished brass, the heav’n around
In angry terror burns;...
And blooming life expires.
Like burnished brass, the heav’n around
In angry terror burns;
...That hung so heavy round their head.
He cuts the bars of brass in two,
And lets the smiling prisoners thro’:...
That hung so heavy round their head.
He cuts the bars of brass in two,
And lets the smiling prisoners thro’:
...Without love I only pass
As clanging cymbals and sounding brass;
To give a sound, yet life devoid....
Without love I only pass
As clanging cymbals and sounding brass;
To give a sound, yet life devoid.
...In Satan’s bondage held;
The gates of brass before Him burst,
The iron fetters yield....
In Satan’s bondage held;
The gates of brass before Him burst,
The iron fetters yield.
...His eyes like flaming firelight,
His feet like brass aglow.
His voice like rushing waters...
His eyes like flaming firelight,
His feet like brass aglow.
His voice like rushing waters
...Soon shall the mingled image fall,
Brass, silver, iron, gold and clay,
And superstition’s gloomy reign...
Soon shall the mingled image fall,
Brass, silver, iron, gold and clay,
And superstition’s gloomy reign
...Eyes are as a flaming fire,
Feet as burnished brass aglow.
Tender eyes that gazed at Peter,...
Eyes are as a flaming fire,
Feet as burnished brass aglow.
Tender eyes that gazed at Peter,
...And self, and Satan’s art;
The gates of brass fly open wide,
And Jesus wins the heart....
And self, and Satan’s art;
The gates of brass fly open wide,
And Jesus wins the heart.
...start
Lift up your heads, ye gates of brass!
Ye bars of iron! yield;...
start
Lift up your heads, ye gates of brass!
Ye bars of iron! yield;
...Command thy mountain in the Lord!
The two-leaved gates of brass,
The bars of iron yield,...
Command thy mountain in the Lord!
The two-leaved gates of brass,
The bars of iron yield,
...A place for worship, not for trade;
Then scattering all their gold and brass,
He scourged the merchants from the place....
A place for worship, not for trade;
Then scattering all their gold and brass,
He scourged the merchants from the place.
...The fatal weapon cannot speed—
A wall of brass withstands,
And angels hover round my head,...
The fatal weapon cannot speed—
A wall of brass withstands,
And angels hover round my head,
...And in fancy trace
Bright shining robes, and the feet of brass,
And His glorious face;...
And in fancy trace
Bright shining robes, and the feet of brass,
And His glorious face;
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