The phrase "doctrine" resonates through 20 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
doctrine
...Are the saving faith which is our only creed.
All the other doctrines do not faith comprise;
Christ, His work and person, only qualifies....
Are the saving faith which is our only creed.
All the other doctrines do not faith comprise;
Christ, His work and person, only qualifies.
...Let Us make man,”—to God express! (Fill us!)
The wondrous Triune God is not for doctrine,
The wondrous Triune God is for dispensing!...
Let Us make man,”—to God express! (Fill us!)
The wondrous Triune God is not for doctrine,
The wondrous Triune God is for dispensing!
...It is not a teaching or a word,
Not a doctrine that I’ve heard,
Not religion, not an outward form...
It is not a teaching or a word,
Not a doctrine that I’ve heard,
Not religion, not an outward form
...Sacred promises and precepts,
Doctrines worthy of the Lord;
Streams of mercy...
Sacred promises and precepts,
Doctrines worthy of the Lord;
Streams of mercy
...Which else shows waterish, bleak, and thin.
The life and doctrine blent in one
As light and color mingled, bring...
Which else shows waterish, bleak, and thin.
The life and doctrine blent in one
As light and color mingled, bring
...Making Christ to others known;
Not the word of doctrine-preaching,
But the seed of life be sown....
Making Christ to others known;
Not the word of doctrine-preaching,
But the seed of life be sown.
...But a living Christ to give.
Not the knowledge of mere doctrine,
But the message Christ should be;...
But a living Christ to give.
Not the knowledge of mere doctrine,
But the message Christ should be;
...Into the spirit bring.
To not by knowledge, doctrine, live,
But eat the tree of life;...
Into the spirit bring.
To not by knowledge, doctrine, live,
But eat the tree of life;
...We don’t care for opinions, regulations or norms.
We don’t care for the doctrines that will kill us dead—
Hallelujah! We’re free in our spirit instead!...
We don’t care for opinions, regulations or norms.
We don’t care for the doctrines that will kill us dead—
Hallelujah! We’re free in our spirit instead!
...He came as food, so now we take Him in.
No doctrines or forms that you have to learn
To come and meet with us....
He came as food, so now we take Him in.
No doctrines or forms that you have to learn
To come and meet with us.
...All of religion has missed it again,
Teaching for doctrines the concepts of men;
They vainly wait for the kingdom to be....
All of religion has missed it again,
Teaching for doctrines the concepts of men;
They vainly wait for the kingdom to be.
...Who from one stream of life had common birth.
What fight for forms! O’er doctrines what vain strife!
Instead together sharing God’s one life,...
Who from one stream of life had common birth.
What fight for forms! O’er doctrines what vain strife!
Instead together sharing God’s one life,
...Saving us from strife;
It is not some doctrine,
But ’tis Christ Himself...
Saving us from strife;
It is not some doctrine,
But ’tis Christ Himself
...Come enjoy the tree of life,
Leave the doctrines, leave the strife!
Overcome by eating Christ—...
Come enjoy the tree of life,
Leave the doctrines, leave the strife!
Overcome by eating Christ—
...To free me from all strive.
The doctrines and the creeds
Have never met my needs....
To free me from all strive.
The doctrines and the creeds
Have never met my needs.
...I know Thee even less;
In doctrine, shallowly;
True revelation lack...
I know Thee even less;
In doctrine, shallowly;
True revelation lack
...I know Thee even less;
In doctrine, shallowly;
True revelation lack...
I know Thee even less;
In doctrine, shallowly;
True revelation lack
...Christ also is the one reality
Of all our doctrine and theology;
And all our scriptural knowledge without Him...
Christ also is the one reality
Of all our doctrine and theology;
And all our scriptural knowledge without Him
...He’s not just a teaching,
Or a creed or a dead doctrine,
But the processed Triune God, glorious!...
He’s not just a teaching,
Or a creed or a dead doctrine,
But the processed Triune God, glorious!
...Christ is the center, Christ is everything;
’Tis not for form nor doctrine good and true,
But ’tis for Christ alone we’re gathering....
Christ is the center, Christ is everything;
’Tis not for form nor doctrine good and true,
But ’tis for Christ alone we’re gathering.
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