19th Century

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Genève, Dec. 15, 1862

Amen! chère et vi­vante soeur en Je­sus. Oui, qu’il plaise au Sei­gneur, de rap­por­ter à sa gloire le beau et fa­cile talent qu’il vous co­nfie. Ah, c’est un grand hon­neur que l’Es­prit Saint fait re­po­ser sur mes faibles chants, quand Il les ad­dresse aux âmes par le lan­gage que vous leur avez don­né. Et quelle bé­né­dic­tion, n’est ce pas sur nous, qu’Il daigne ain­si se ser­vir de nos bouches pour ré­pé­ter à plu­sieurs que con­naitre le don du Père en Je­sus, c’est avoir, ici bas, dé­jà, des gages d l’e­ter­nelle joie. Je vous re­mer­cie donc, de nou­veau et cor­diale­ment, et avec vous je de­mand à Ce­lui qui seul bé­nit, qu’il fasse re­po­ser sur votre belle et bonne ouv­rage le re­gard de son ap­pro­ba­tion.

Chère soeur, quelle al­lé­gresse se­ra la votre quand vous ver­rez dans la de­meure pa­ter­nelle des âmes que vos chants av­aient unis à Je­sus!

Votre cher frère est joint, dans mon coeur, à votre doux nom. Qu’il plaise au Tout Bon, de vous bé­nir l’un et l’autre, et aus­si le ferait-il!

César Malan

Quoted in Lyra Evangelica, 1866, pp. xv-xvi

Translations

  1. Ah, Let Me Mourn for My Of­fense
  2. Alas! How Treach­er­ous Is My Heart
  3. Alone, With­out a Friend­ly Hand
  4. Another Year Has Passed Away
  5. As When in Sul­try Sum­mer Hours
  6. As When the Wear­ied Hart, Op­pressed and Faint
  7. Behold Where Streams of Liv­ing Wa­ter Glide!
  8. Blessèd Mes­sen­gers of Peace
  9. Casting All Your Care up­on Him
  10. Children of God! Ah, Leave the World’s Broad Way
  11. Could I Have Thought Such Grief as Mine
  12. Cross Which God Has Giv­en Me, The
  13. Every Day Will I Bless Thee
  14. Fear Thou Not
  15. From This World’s Dark­ness to Re­move
  16. Hast Thou Not Heart My Cry of Deep Dis­tress?
  17. Hear Me, O Lord!
  18. Heavenly Fa­ther, Hear Us Pray
  19. How Cold and Faint the Sun­beam’s Win­try Ray
  20. How Short Our Life on Earth
  21. How Sweet the Hour of Pray­er, O Lord
  22. I Come, O Lord, to Tell Thee All My Fears
  23. I Know Whom I Have Be­lieved
  24. I Seek Thy Pre­sence, Lord!
  25. If Thou, O Lord, Shouldst Judge Me by Thy Law
  26. In Thee Alone, My Sav­ior
  27. Israel and Ju­dah Have Not Lost Their God
  28. Jesus, God’s Well Be­loved Son
  29. Jesus! Thy Sac­red Name How Dear
  30. Let Mine Be Ma­ry’s Hap­py Choice
  31. Let Our Voic­es Now As­cend­ing
  32. Let the Eter­nal Fa­ther’s So­ve­reign Love
  33. Long Had I Sought in Vain for Bliss
  34. Lord! At the Close of This Thy Day
  35. Lord! Thou Com­mand­est Me to Seek Thy Face
  36. My God, Thy Faith­ful Pro­mis­es
  37. My Hea­ve­nly Fa­ther’s Love Alone
  38. My Sav­ior! Full of Ten­der­ness
  39. My Sav­ior! Who Hast Taught My Heart to Know
  40. My Sav­ior, Whom Have in Hea­ven but Thee?
  41. My Sav­ior’s Prais­es Will I Sing
  42. My Soul, Alas! Is Trou­bled and Cast Down
  43. My Soul with Sin and Grief Op­pressed
  44. Not in Our Right­eous­ness, O Lord
  45. O Glo­ri­ous Sun of Righ­teous­ness
  46. O God, Our Sav­ior!
  47. O God, to Thee I Lift My Heart
  48. O Holy Spi­rit, Bless­èd Com­fort­er
  49. O Lamb of God! Who in Thy Dy­ing Love
  50. O Lord, Wher­ev­er I May Be
  51. O Lord, While Here on Earth I Stray
  52. O Thou Who Keep­est Is­ra­el!
  53. O Promised Com­fort­er! I Seek Thine Aid
  54. Oh! Had I Kept My Lord’s Com­mand
  55. Oh, Hap­py Bond of Chris­tian Love!
  56. Oh, What Shall Soothe My Spi­rit’s Mi­se­ry?
  57. Oh, Won­drous Mys­te­ry of Love!
  58. See, Where a Ten­der Mo­ther Fond­ly Bends
  59. Sorrows and Con­flicts Here on Earth
  60. Spirit of Truth! Thy Gra­cious Beams
  61. Sting of Death Has Lost Its Boast­ed Pow­er, The
  62. Stranger and a Pil­grim Here, A
  63. Thou, Who Reign­est in the Hea­vens
  64. Through the Dim For­est’s Gloomy Depths
  65. To Be with Thee, My Sav­ior God
  66. To Thee, O God! In Hum­ble Faith
  67. To Those Who in the Son Be­lieve
  68. Traveler Here Be­low, A
  69. Travelers Through This Vale of Tears
  70. Upon This Sad and Sin­ful Earth
  71. What Are the Plea­sures of the World?
  72. What Earth­ly Joy Can Fill My Breast
  73. What Love the Fa­ther Hath Be­stowed
  74. What Sud­den Light from Hea­ven Il­lumes My Soul?
  75. When in Dark Af­flict­ion’s Hour
  76. When, Lord, Be­fore Thy Mer­cy Seat I Bend
  77. When the Short Scenes of Earth Are Past
  78. Whence Ap­pears This Brill­iant Star?
  79. Who Shall De­clare the Wond­rous Theme?
  80. Why, My Soul, These Anx­ious Fears?
  81. World May Boast the Brill­iant Light, The
  82. Yes, I Must Die!
  83. Yes! Let All Earth­ly Joys De­part
  84. Yes, O My Fa­ther! I Will Trust in Thee

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