The phrase "Quick" resonates through 20 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
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Man the life-boat! quick, my brother,
Send it speeding o’er the wave;...
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Man the life-boat! quick, my brother,
Send it speeding o’er the wave;
...The Lord is risen, His foes are fled;
He reigns the Lord of quick and dead.
So shall His saints with gladness rise...
The Lord is risen, His foes are fled;
He reigns the Lord of quick and dead.
So shall His saints with gladness rise
...Open my heart e’er to hear Thee,
Quick to hear Thy voice;
Fill Thou my soul with Thy praises,...
Open my heart e’er to hear Thee,
Quick to hear Thy voice;
Fill Thou my soul with Thy praises,
...Came that day to Bethlehem.
Quick to Bethlehem, they, to see
What the angels’ joy could be;...
Came that day to Bethlehem.
Quick to Bethlehem, they, to see
What the angels’ joy could be;
...Came that day to Bethlehem.
Quick to Bethlehem, they, to see
What the angels’ joy could be;...
Came that day to Bethlehem.
Quick to Bethlehem, they, to see
What the angels’ joy could be;
...Near to our Savior, close by His side.
O to be like Him, quick to obey,
Childlike and truthful, ready to say,...
Near to our Savior, close by His side.
O to be like Him, quick to obey,
Childlike and truthful, ready to say,
...Hold Thou my hands!
These passionate hands too quick to smite,
These hands so eager for delight:...
Hold Thou my hands!
These passionate hands too quick to smite,
These hands so eager for delight:
...In every thought and word and deed.
God send us men alert and quick
His lofty precepts to translate,...
In every thought and word and deed.
God send us men alert and quick
His lofty precepts to translate,
...You do not know the danger near,
Nor feel your need of quick relief.
Take hold the lifeline, hold it fast;...
You do not know the danger near,
Nor feel your need of quick relief.
Take hold the lifeline, hold it fast;
...Sometime we’ll stand before the judgment bar,
The quick, the risen dead;
The Lord will then make known the record there;...
Sometime we’ll stand before the judgment bar,
The quick, the risen dead;
The Lord will then make known the record there;
...No other friend so swift to help you,
No other friend so quick to hear,
No other place to leave your burden,...
No other friend so swift to help you,
No other friend so quick to hear,
No other place to leave your burden,
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Vile tempter, quick be gone,
Thy snares are spread in vain;...
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Vile tempter, quick be gone,
Thy snares are spread in vain;
...From pale delusion set my spirit free;
All the entangled in me quick unravel;
Pluck forth each thread of insincerity....
From pale delusion set my spirit free;
All the entangled in me quick unravel;
Pluck forth each thread of insincerity.
...O Son of God! in glory crowned,
The Judge ordained of quick and dead;
O Son of Man! so pitying found...
O Son of God! in glory crowned,
The Judge ordained of quick and dead;
O Son of Man! so pitying found
...The Lord is ris’n. He is not here.
From piteous eyes the quick tears start,
Then, musing o’er the thievish art...
The Lord is ris’n. He is not here.
From piteous eyes the quick tears start,
Then, musing o’er the thievish art
...While it needs thee, oh, no longer
Pray thou for thy quick release.
Pray thou, Christian, daily rather...
While it needs thee, oh, no longer
Pray thou for thy quick release.
Pray thou, Christian, daily rather
...Will Jesus heed his cries?
O blessèd Lord, how quick Thy word,
Today in paradise....
Will Jesus heed his cries?
O blessèd Lord, how quick Thy word,
Today in paradise.
...No tears in Heav’n; no vain regret
O’er quick besetting sin;
Jesus hath wiped away our debt,...
No tears in Heav’n; no vain regret
O’er quick besetting sin;
Jesus hath wiped away our debt,
...Of this Heaven-born Prince of glory,
Shepherds! Then up and quick away!
Seek the Babe ere break of day;...
Of this Heaven-born Prince of glory,
Shepherds! Then up and quick away!
Seek the Babe ere break of day;
...And now, in their midst, shines an angel of light—
Quick vanishes fear at the radiant sight!
And hark, in the words of their own native tongue,...
And now, in their midst, shines an angel of light—
Quick vanishes fear at the radiant sight!
And hark, in the words of their own native tongue,
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