"Famine" appears in 8 hymns in our collection, reflecting its spiritual significance in worship.
Famine
...This is the age of jubilee.
Amidst the famine in the world,
Rise up! To Father’s house to flee....
This is the age of jubilee.
Amidst the famine in the world,
Rise up! To Father’s house to flee.
...Though all the flocks and herds were dead,
My soul a famine need not dread,
For Jesus is my living bread....
Though all the flocks and herds were dead,
My soul a famine need not dread,
For Jesus is my living bread.
...Shall persecution, or distress,
Famine, or sword, or nakedness?
He that hath loved us bears us through,...
Shall persecution, or distress,
Famine, or sword, or nakedness?
He that hath loved us bears us through,
...Gather you, gather you, hounds of hell—
Famine, and plague and war;
Idleness, bigotry, cant and misrule,...
Gather you, gather you, hounds of hell—
Famine, and plague and war;
Idleness, bigotry, cant and misrule,
...And though these are days of great trial
Of famine and darkness and sword
Still, we are the voice in the desert crying...
And though these are days of great trial
Of famine and darkness and sword
Still, we are the voice in the desert crying
...His resource your only claim.
Come, let Him disperse the famine
Of your arid, waste existence....
His resource your only claim.
Come, let Him disperse the famine
Of your arid, waste existence.
...Earth to her center quakes;
Famine shows her meager face;
Pestilence stalks close behind;...
Earth to her center quakes;
Famine shows her meager face;
Pestilence stalks close behind;
...Ah! who shall bid thy sufferings cease?
Famine and sword have laid thee waste;
Sin, the destroying angel’s sword...
Ah! who shall bid thy sufferings cease?
Famine and sword have laid thee waste;
Sin, the destroying angel’s sword
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