"Rather" appears in 20 hymns in our collection, reflecting its spiritual significance in worship.
Rather
...is better than a thousand;
I would rather stand at the threshold of
the house of my God...
is better than a thousand;
I would rather stand at the threshold of
the house of my God
...For My power is perfected in weakness.
Most gladly therefore I will rather boast in my weaknesses,
In my weaknesses,...
For My power is perfected in weakness.
Most gladly therefore I will rather boast in my weaknesses,
In my weaknesses,
...And so I choose to be a man of God.
There is nothing else in the world I’d rather be,
There is nothing else in the world that I’d rather be....
And so I choose to be a man of God.
There is nothing else in the world I’d rather be,
There is nothing else in the world that I’d rather be.
...Let us reckon, reckon, reckon,
Let us reckon, rather than feel;
Let us be true to the reck’ning,...
Let us reckon, reckon, reckon,
Let us reckon, rather than feel;
Let us be true to the reck’ning,
...I would not if I might;
I’d rather walk in the dark with God
Than go alone in the light;...
I would not if I might;
I’d rather walk in the dark with God
Than go alone in the light;
...I would not if I might;
I’d rather walk in the dark with God
Than go alone in the light;...
I would not if I might;
I’d rather walk in the dark with God
Than go alone in the light;
...That is sowing WEEDS!
I would rather use good words
And sow healthy SEEDS....
That is sowing WEEDS!
I would rather use good words
And sow healthy SEEDS.
...You would make us all perfected somehow.
But I’d rather be judged and exposed now
Than to wait for that coming day,...
You would make us all perfected somehow.
But I’d rather be judged and exposed now
Than to wait for that coming day,
...Supply me with grace.
’Cause there’s no place I’d rather be
Than with You face to face....
Supply me with grace.
’Cause there’s no place I’d rather be
Than with You face to face.
...Or care for the outward situation.
Rather, in this wonderful faith
We should enjoy its source,...
Or care for the outward situation.
Rather, in this wonderful faith
We should enjoy its source,
...Without its rest?
I’d rather He unlocked the day,
And, as the hours swing open, say,...
Without its rest?
I’d rather He unlocked the day,
And, as the hours swing open, say,
...That the world might my Savior see!
Rather be nothing, nothing!
To Him let their voices be raised!...
That the world might my Savior see!
Rather be nothing, nothing!
To Him let their voices be raised!
...Sinful though my heart may be;
Thou might’st leave me, but the rather
Let Thy mercy fall on me....
Sinful though my heart may be;
Thou might’st leave me, but the rather
Let Thy mercy fall on me.
...To us the Son has made Thee known
Not in a teaching; rather,
By His imparting of Thy life,...
To us the Son has made Thee known
Not in a teaching; rather,
By His imparting of Thy life,
...Which we fain would bring to Thee,
Rather than Thy care to seek,
We would here Thy channel be....
Which we fain would bring to Thee,
Rather than Thy care to seek,
We would here Thy channel be.
...None to praise me or to console me.
I would rather be desolate, wretched,
Lonely, friendless, and wrongly treated....
None to praise me or to console me.
I would rather be desolate, wretched,
Lonely, friendless, and wrongly treated.
...Than days a thousand I would tell;
I’d rather at Thy threshold stand
Than in the wicked’s tents to dwell....
Than days a thousand I would tell;
I’d rather at Thy threshold stand
Than in the wicked’s tents to dwell.
...Ever our memorial?
I’d rather spend a day,
With Thee and with Thy saints,...
Ever our memorial?
I’d rather spend a day,
With Thee and with Thy saints,
...Tasting deep that bitter cup,
Yet He takes it, willing rather
For our sakes to drink it up....
Tasting deep that bitter cup,
Yet He takes it, willing rather
For our sakes to drink it up.
...To charge you what is fitting,
Because of love I rather entreat,
Being such a one as Paul, the aged,...
To charge you what is fitting,
Because of love I rather entreat,
Being such a one as Paul, the aged,
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