The phrase "Ahead" resonates through 17 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
Ahead
...For Thy church I’d be poured out, expended;
Though I know not what trial or sorrow lies ahead,
If ’tis for Thy church, I’ll never regret it!...
For Thy church I’d be poured out, expended;
Though I know not what trial or sorrow lies ahead,
If ’tis for Thy church, I’ll never regret it!
...Lost sheep, turn back! Turn back, lost sheep!
Ahead are traps and fearsome beasts!
Oh, hurry back, immediately!...
Lost sheep, turn back! Turn back, lost sheep!
Ahead are traps and fearsome beasts!
Oh, hurry back, immediately!
...Look not behind thee now,
When just ahead lies His “Well done,”
And crowns await thy brow....
Look not behind thee now,
When just ahead lies His “Well done,”
And crowns await thy brow.
...Look not behind thee now,
When just ahead lies His “Well done,”
And crowns await thy brow....
Look not behind thee now,
When just ahead lies His “Well done,”
And crowns await thy brow.
...Onward go! Oh, onward go!
Though ahead deep waters flow,
Onward go!...
Onward go! Oh, onward go!
Though ahead deep waters flow,
Onward go!
...All things are possible, only believe.
Fear not, little flock, He goeth ahead,
Your Shepherd selecteth the path you must tread;...
All things are possible, only believe.
Fear not, little flock, He goeth ahead,
Your Shepherd selecteth the path you must tread;
...I have lived my days far from You.
May all my days ahead be fixed on Thee—
Oh, I’m here, Lord, awaiting Thee!...
I have lived my days far from You.
May all my days ahead be fixed on Thee—
Oh, I’m here, Lord, awaiting Thee!
...Don’t look back! The past is dead,
You’re with Me now, just look ahead.
Keep Me in your faithful gaze...
Don’t look back! The past is dead,
You’re with Me now, just look ahead.
Keep Me in your faithful gaze
...Each time His will defeats my own,
A step ahead is won—
Each vict’ry o’er my self-bound soul...
Each time His will defeats my own,
A step ahead is won—
Each vict’ry o’er my self-bound soul
...Could be freed from all suffering and fear.
I know not how far the future lies ahead.
On this path of no retreating I am led....
Could be freed from all suffering and fear.
I know not how far the future lies ahead.
On this path of no retreating I am led.
...We must the Spirit’s power employ.
The prize to gain, ahead it lies:
How precious! ’Tis, the very Christ!...
We must the Spirit’s power employ.
The prize to gain, ahead it lies:
How precious! ’Tis, the very Christ!
...Today I’ll patient be.
I’d ne’er enjoy ahead of Him
This world’s prosperity....
Today I’ll patient be.
I’d ne’er enjoy ahead of Him
This world’s prosperity.
...Through serving faithfully.
And days ahead I shall not fear
I trust Thy sovereign Hand!...
Through serving faithfully.
And days ahead I shall not fear
I trust Thy sovereign Hand!
...This Thou would’st ne’er forget; ’twas in Thine heart engraved.
At dawn of youthful days, what lay ahead shined bright;
The altar should have blazed till day of radiant light....
This Thou would’st ne’er forget; ’twas in Thine heart engraved.
At dawn of youthful days, what lay ahead shined bright;
The altar should have blazed till day of radiant light.
...Run swiftly, steadfastly.
See the prize ahead, very near!
Soon the Kingdom will appear!...
Run swiftly, steadfastly.
See the prize ahead, very near!
Soon the Kingdom will appear!
...The winter moon is beginning to wane; my life, too, ebbs away,
Ahead, not many dark clouds yet remain, most lie behind;
My future draws a line, which from my past divides,...
The winter moon is beginning to wane; my life, too, ebbs away,
Ahead, not many dark clouds yet remain, most lie behind;
My future draws a line, which from my past divides,
...Look how Paul ran his race to gain Christ till the end,
Let us forget all things and press on to Christ ahead.
For experience we must pray to be strengthened always,...
Look how Paul ran his race to gain Christ till the end,
Let us forget all things and press on to Christ ahead.
For experience we must pray to be strengthened always,
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