We found "reason" used in 20 sacred songs, each carrying a unique message of faith.
reason
...And serve Him night and day.
Though reason raves, and unbelief
Flows on, a mighty flood,...
And serve Him night and day.
Though reason raves, and unbelief
Flows on, a mighty flood,
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I cannot think or reason,
I only know He came...
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I cannot think or reason,
I only know He came
...The inward, shining light,
That reason guides, and gives to faith
The evidence of sight....
The inward, shining light,
That reason guides, and gives to faith
The evidence of sight.
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Have we not reason to rejoice,
The children of a king?...
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Have we not reason to rejoice,
The children of a king?
...Mourn for the tarnished gem—
For reason’s light divine,
Quenched from the soul’s bright diadem,...
Mourn for the tarnished gem—
For reason’s light divine,
Quenched from the soul’s bright diadem,
...That leads the blind to Heaven.
I sat in darkness—reason’s eye
Was shut, was closed in me:...
That leads the blind to Heaven.
I sat in darkness—reason’s eye
Was shut, was closed in me:
...A cheering luster sheds.
When reason, tired and blind,
Sinks helpless and afraid,...
A cheering luster sheds.
When reason, tired and blind,
Sinks helpless and afraid,
...To make the scales of error fall
From reason’s darkened eyes;
To chase the shades of death away,...
To make the scales of error fall
From reason’s darkened eyes;
To chase the shades of death away,
...There’s cleansing in the precious blood.
Come now, together let us reason,
There’s cleansing in the precious blood;...
There’s cleansing in the precious blood.
Come now, together let us reason,
There’s cleansing in the precious blood;
...Their changeful scenes I should not fear;
The reason why, He fully understands,
He will not cause a needless tear....
Their changeful scenes I should not fear;
The reason why, He fully understands,
He will not cause a needless tear.
...On whose boughs presents grow.
But we know a reason
Far better than these,...
On whose boughs presents grow.
But we know a reason
Far better than these,
...And treads the monarch down.
Not Gabriel asks the reason why,
Nor God the reason gives;...
And treads the monarch down.
Not Gabriel asks the reason why,
Nor God the reason gives;
...Of Thine immensity;
Thy wisdom’s depths by reason’s line
In vain we strive to sound,...
Of Thine immensity;
Thy wisdom’s depths by reason’s line
In vain we strive to sound,
...No chastisement by the way,
Might I not, with reason, fear
I should prove a castaway?...
No chastisement by the way,
Might I not, with reason, fear
I should prove a castaway?
...And the mysterious One:
Where reason fails, with all her powers,
There faith prevails, and love adores....
And the mysterious One:
Where reason fails, with all her powers,
There faith prevails, and love adores.
...My favored soul shall meekly learn
To lay her reason at His throne;
Too weak His secrets to discern,...
My favored soul shall meekly learn
To lay her reason at His throne;
Too weak His secrets to discern,
...And the mysterious One:
Where reason fails, with all her pow’rs,
There faith prevails, and love adores....
And the mysterious One:
Where reason fails, with all her pow’rs,
There faith prevails, and love adores.
...By bards and seers foretold;
When men shall live by reason,
And not alone for gold;...
By bards and seers foretold;
When men shall live by reason,
And not alone for gold;
...From morning till evening glad carols I sing,
And this is the reason—I walk with the King.
I walk with the King, hallelujah!...
From morning till evening glad carols I sing,
And this is the reason—I walk with the King.
I walk with the King, hallelujah!
...Into endless sin I go—
If my soul, from reason rent,
Takes from sin its final bent!...
Into endless sin I go—
If my soul, from reason rent,
Takes from sin its final bent!
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