"temptation" appears in 20 hymns in our collection, reflecting its spiritual significance in worship.
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I’ll sing my temptations away,
For tho’ they be artful and strong,...
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I’ll sing my temptations away,
For tho’ they be artful and strong,
...’Tis well when darkness veils the skies,
And strong temptations blow;
’Tis well when darkness veils the skies,...
’Tis well when darkness veils the skies,
And strong temptations blow;
’Tis well when darkness veils the skies,
...We speak of its freedom from sin,
From sorrow, temptation and care,
From trials without and within—...
We speak of its freedom from sin,
From sorrow, temptation and care,
From trials without and within—
...As we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil,...
As we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil,
...More than from those of night have we to fear;
By rude cares troubled, by temptations pressed,
Through the day watches, Father, give us rest!...
More than from those of night have we to fear;
By rude cares troubled, by temptations pressed,
Through the day watches, Father, give us rest!
...That humble compassion which pardons each foe;
Keep us from temptation, from evil and sin,
And Thine be the glory, forever! Amen!...
That humble compassion which pardons each foe;
Keep us from temptation, from evil and sin,
And Thine be the glory, forever! Amen!
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Lo, the flames of fierce temptation
Flash around the soul;...
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Lo, the flames of fierce temptation
Flash around the soul;
...Untiring in your holy fight,
Still treading each temptation down,
And battling for a brighter crown....
Untiring in your holy fight,
Still treading each temptation down,
And battling for a brighter crown.
...To the evening’s shade.
Keep us from temptation,
Bless in every need;...
To the evening’s shade.
Keep us from temptation,
Bless in every need;
...And gently bear us on our way;
Speak! and temptation’s fiercest blast
Is harmless, all its fury past....
And gently bear us on our way;
Speak! and temptation’s fiercest blast
Is harmless, all its fury past.
...I belong to Jesus, He belongs to me!
What tho’ temptations sore beset,
I belong to Jesus!...
I belong to Jesus, He belongs to me!
What tho’ temptations sore beset,
I belong to Jesus!
...Build no longer on the sand;
But defy temptation’s shock,
Firmly grounded on the Rock....
Build no longer on the sand;
But defy temptation’s shock,
Firmly grounded on the Rock.
...Come in my pleasure, come to me in sorrow,
Come in the anguished hour of dire temptation,
Come and deliver me from sin and evil,...
Come in my pleasure, come to me in sorrow,
Come in the anguished hour of dire temptation,
Come and deliver me from sin and evil,
...Close to us all.
When the poor soul by temptation is tried,
He is near,...
Close to us all.
When the poor soul by temptation is tried,
He is near,
...I belong to Jesus, He belongs to me!
What tho’ temptations sore beset,
I belong to Jesus!...
I belong to Jesus, He belongs to me!
What tho’ temptations sore beset,
I belong to Jesus!
...Close to us all.
When the poor soul by temptation is tried,
He is near,...
Close to us all.
When the poor soul by temptation is tried,
He is near,
...Thy Father’s will obey;
And when temptations press thee near,
Awake to watch and pray....
Thy Father’s will obey;
And when temptations press thee near,
Awake to watch and pray.
...Bring the wanderer home to Thee;
Sore temptations long have tried him,
Far, far at sea....
Bring the wanderer home to Thee;
Sore temptations long have tried him,
Far, far at sea.
...To Thee I turn, to Thee.
Should strong temptations fierce assail,
As if to ruin me,...
To Thee I turn, to Thee.
Should strong temptations fierce assail,
As if to ruin me,
...Safe into Immanuel’s land.
Hear the breakers of temptation,
Hear their sullen, angry roar;...
Safe into Immanuel’s land.
Hear the breakers of temptation,
Hear their sullen, angry roar;
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