Tag: Matthew Smith
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Father, Long Before Creation
This is one of my favorite hymns. It was originally a Chinese hymn, and it was translated by Francis P. Jones. It was most recently re-recorded by Matthew Smith on the Beams of Heaven: Indelible Grace IV project. * * * Translated by Francis P. Jones Music and Chorus by Andrew Osenga Father, long before…
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How Helpless
By Anne Steele (modified by Matthew Smith) How helpless guilty nature lies, Unconscious of its load The heart, unchanged, can never rise To happiness and God. Can nothing less than power divine, The stubborn will subdue? ‘Tis Thine, eternal Spirit, Thine, To form the heart anew. ‘Tis Thine, the passions to recall, And upwards bid…
JAMES PRUCH 