We found "rear" used in 20 sacred songs, each carrying a unique message of faith.
rear
...Thou, gracious God, art there.
With grateful joy, Thy children rear
This temple, Lord, to Thee;...
Thou, gracious God, art there.
With grateful joy, Thy children rear
This temple, Lord, to Thee;
...We cannot build alone;
To rear, great God, to Thee,
A house which Thou wilt own,...
We cannot build alone;
To rear, great God, to Thee,
A house which Thou wilt own,
...O Father, take the new-built shrine;
The house our hands have reared is Thine;
Greet us with welcome when we come,...
O Father, take the new-built shrine;
The house our hands have reared is Thine;
Greet us with welcome when we come,
...For winter’s stormy strife.
’Tis Thine to rear the tender crop,
The wandering flocks to feed;...
For winter’s stormy strife.
’Tis Thine to rear the tender crop,
The wandering flocks to feed;
...To daily live in prayer,
To rear an altar to our God,
And meet rejoicing there....
To daily live in prayer,
To rear an altar to our God,
And meet rejoicing there.
...Come to the ark—the waters rise,
The seas their billows rear;
While darkness gathers o’er the skies,...
Come to the ark—the waters rise,
The seas their billows rear;
While darkness gathers o’er the skies,
...start
Ere mountains reared their forms sublime,
Or the fair earth in order stood,...
start
Ere mountains reared their forms sublime,
Or the fair earth in order stood,
...There stands a rock on shores of time
That rears to Heaven its head sublime.
That rock is cleft, and they are blest...
There stands a rock on shores of time
That rears to Heaven its head sublime.
That rock is cleft, and they are blest
...There stands a rock on shores of time
That rears to Heaven its head sublime.
That rock is cleft, and they are blest...
There stands a rock on shores of time
That rears to Heaven its head sublime.
That rock is cleft, and they are blest
...There stands a rock on shores of time
That rears to Heaven its head sublime.
That rock is cleft, and they are blest...
There stands a rock on shores of time
That rears to Heaven its head sublime.
That rock is cleft, and they are blest
...Fresh as the flower, conspicuous stand,
Mature for death their heads they rear,
And swift destruction waits them near....
Fresh as the flower, conspicuous stand,
Mature for death their heads they rear,
And swift destruction waits them near.
...May they, on yonder distant strand,
A house for God with gladness rear.
There make the places of Thy feet...
May they, on yonder distant strand,
A house for God with gladness rear.
There make the places of Thy feet
...For Thee our waiting spirits yearn,
For Thee this house of praise we rear;
To Thee with longing hearts we turn:...
For Thee our waiting spirits yearn,
For Thee this house of praise we rear;
To Thee with longing hearts we turn:
...Then be watchful and wise,
Let the temple we rear
Be one that no tempest can shock...
Then be watchful and wise,
Let the temple we rear
Be one that no tempest can shock
...start
The powerful Word that reared the skies,
Calls thro’ the world, Ye dead, arise;...
start
The powerful Word that reared the skies,
Calls thro’ the world, Ye dead, arise;
...All our joys and all our groans
Help to rear its shining ramparts;
All our lives are building stones:...
All our joys and all our groans
Help to rear its shining ramparts;
All our lives are building stones:
...Then vanish, and no more are found:
The stateliest pile his pride can rear,
A breath may level with the ground....
Then vanish, and no more are found:
The stateliest pile his pride can rear,
A breath may level with the ground.
...And where the vanguard camps today,
The rear shall rest tomorrow.
Though hearts brood o’er the past, our eyes...
And where the vanguard camps today,
The rear shall rest tomorrow.
Though hearts brood o’er the past, our eyes
...His hand thy ruin shall repair:
Reared and adorned by love divine
Thy towers and battlements shall shine....
His hand thy ruin shall repair:
Reared and adorned by love divine
Thy towers and battlements shall shine.
...Our new made world t’annoy;
And death marched dreadful in his rear;
His captives to destroy....
Our new made world t’annoy;
And death marched dreadful in his rear;
His captives to destroy.
Explore random hymns and find new inspiration