Proud heart

The phrase "Proud heart" resonates through 5 hymns, touching hearts across generations.

“Proud heart”· 5 hymns found
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Let Thy Spir­it melt and break it—
Go wash, and thou art free:
Powers and do­min­ions lay their glo­ry by;
But alas! ev­ery warn­ing
Jerusalem.

Proud heart

Father, make me pure and low­ly,
I feared to trust this sim­ple way.
The hun­gry fed, the hum­ble lift­ed high.
Till sum­mer is ended
Scaling the ve­ry sky,

Take My Heart, O Father!

lyricist: Charles Wesley (1707–1788)
Composer: Isaac Woodbury, 1845
Hymn 1

...Let Thy Spir­it melt and break it—

This proud heart of sin and stone.

Father, make me pure and low­ly,...

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Let Thy Spir­it melt and break it—

This proud heart of sin and stone.

Father, make me pure and low­ly,

Take My Heart, O Father!

Before Elisha’s Gate

lyricist: John Newton, 1779
Composer: James Elliott, 1892
Hymn 2

...Go wash, and thou art free:

O! how did my proud heart gain­say,

I feared to trust this sim­ple way....

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Go wash, and thou art free:

O! how did my proud heart gain­say,

I feared to trust this sim­ple way.

Before Elisha’s Gate

Tell Out, My Soul

lyricist: Timothy Dudley-Smith, 1962
Composer: Walter Greatorex, 1916
Hymn 3

...Powers and do­min­ions lay their glo­ry by;

Proud hearts and stub­born wills are put to flight;

The hun­gry fed, the hum­ble lift­ed high....

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Powers and do­min­ions lay their glo­ry by;

Proud hearts and stub­born wills are put to flight;

The hun­gry fed, the hum­ble lift­ed high.

Tell Out, My Soul

The Soul’s Lament

lyricist: Lou Bedford, 1892
Composer: Horace Lincoln
Hymn 4

...But alas! ev­ery warn­ing

My proud heart has braved,

Till sum­mer is ended...

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But alas! ev­ery warn­ing

My proud heart has braved,

Till sum­mer is ended

The Soul’s Lament

First Came the Hour of Prayer

lyricist: William Dix, 1871
Composer: Aldine Kieffer
Hymn 5

...Jerusalem.

Proud heart, when soar­ing high,

Scaling the ve­ry sky,...

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Jerusalem.

Proud heart, when soar­ing high,

Scaling the ve­ry sky,

First Came the Hour of Prayer

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