Rather

"Rather" appears in 20 hymns in our collection, reflecting its spiritual significance in worship.

Rather· 20 hymns found
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is better than a thousand;
For My power is perfected in weakness.
And so I choose to be a man of God.
Let us reckon, reckon, reckon,
I would not if I might;
I would not if I might;
That is sowing WEEDS!
You would make us all perfected somehow.
Supply me with grace.
Or care for the outward situation.
Without its rest?
That the world might my Savior see!
Sinful though my heart may be;
To us the Son has made Thee known
Which we fain would bring to Thee,
None to praise me or to console me.
Than days a thousand I would tell;
Ever our memorial?
Tasting deep that bitter cup,
To charge you what is fitting,

Rather

the house of my God
In my weaknesses,
There is nothing else in the world that I’d rather be.
Let us be true to the reck’ning,
Than go alone in the light;
Than go alone in the light;
And sow healthy SEEDS.
Than to wait for that coming day,
Than with You face to face.
We should enjoy its source,
And, as the hours swing open, say,
To Him let their voices be raised!
Let Thy mercy fall on me.
By His imparting of Thy life,
We would here Thy channel be.
Lonely, friendless, and wrongly treated.
Than in the wicked’s tents to dwell.
With Thee and with Thy saints,
For our sakes to drink it up.
Being such a one as Paul, the aged,

...is better than a thousand;

I would rather stand at the threshold of

the house of my God...

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is better than a thousand;

I would rather stand at the threshold of

the house of my God

For a day in Your courts (Psa. 84:10)

My Grace is Sufficient

Composer: H. J.
Hymn 2

...For My power is perfected in weakness.

Most gladly therefore I will rather boast in my weaknesses,

In my weaknesses,...

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For My power is perfected in weakness.

Most gladly therefore I will rather boast in my weaknesses,

In my weaknesses,

My Grace is Sufficient

...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....

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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.

When I grow up

There’s a little word that the Lord has giv’n

lyricist: Albert Benjamin Simpson
Composer: Albert Benjamin Simpson
Hymn 4

...Let us reckon, reckon, reckon,

Let us reckon, rather than feel;

Let us be true to the reck’ning,...

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Let us reckon, reckon, reckon,

Let us reckon, rather than feel;

Let us be true to the reck’ning,

There’s a little word that the Lord has giv’n

I know not what awaits me

lyricist: Mary G. Brainard
Composer: Philip Paul Bliss
Hymn 5

...I would not if I might;

I’d rather walk in the dark with God

Than go alone in the light;...

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I would not if I might;

I’d rather walk in the dark with God

Than go alone in the light;

I know not what awaits me

I know not what awaits me (Alternate)

lyricist: Mary G. Brainard
Hymn 6

...I would not if I might;

I’d rather walk in the dark with God

Than go alone in the light;...

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I would not if I might;

I’d rather walk in the dark with God

Than go alone in the light;

I know not what awaits me (Alternate)

Everything we do and say

lyricist: G. R.
Composer: Traditional American melody
Hymn 7

...That is sowing WEEDS!

I would rather use good words

And sow healthy SEEDS....

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That is sowing WEEDS!

I would rather use good words

And sow healthy SEEDS.

Everything we do and say

...You would make us all perfected somehow.

But I’d rather be judged and exposed now

Than to wait for that coming day,...

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You would make us all perfected somehow.

But I’d rather be judged and exposed now

Than to wait for that coming day,

Today, Lord, Today

Draw Me This Morning

lyricist: H. J.
Composer: H. J.
Hymn 9

...Supply me with grace.

’Cause there’s no place I’d rather be

Than with You face to face....

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Supply me with grace.

’Cause there’s no place I’d rather be

Than with You face to face.

Draw Me This Morning

The Epistle to Titus

lyricist: Witness Lee
Composer: H. J.
Hymn 10

...Or care for the outward situation.

Rather, in this wonderful faith

We should enjoy its source,...

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Or care for the outward situation.

Rather, in this wonderful faith

We should enjoy its source,

The Epistle to Titus

God holds the key of all unknown

lyricist: Joseph Parker
Composer: George Coles Stebbins
Hymn 11

...Without its rest?

I’d rather He unlocked the day,

And, as the hours swing open, say,...

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Without its rest?

I’d rather He unlocked the day,

And, as the hours swing open, say,

God holds the key of all unknown

Oh, to be nothing, nothing

lyricist: Georgiana M. Taylor
Composer: R. George Halls
Hymn 12

...That the world might my Savior see!

Rather be nothing, nothing!

To Him let their voices be raised!...

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That the world might my Savior see!

Rather be nothing, nothing!

To Him let their voices be raised!

Oh, to be nothing, nothing

Lord, I hear of show’rs of blessing

lyricist: Elizabeth Codner
Composer: William Batchelder Bradbury
Hymn 13

...Sinful though my heart may be;

Thou might’st leave me, but the rather

Let Thy mercy fall on me....

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Sinful though my heart may be;

Thou might’st leave me, but the rather

Let Thy mercy fall on me.

Lord, I hear of show’rs of blessing

...To us the Son has made Thee known

Not in a teaching; rather,

By His imparting of Thy life,...

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To us the Son has made Thee known

Not in a teaching; rather,

By His imparting of Thy life,

Thy name, dear Father

Lord, we meet to seek Thy face

lyricist: Witness Lee
Composer: John Bacchus Dykes
Hymn 15

...Which we fain would bring to Thee,

Rather than Thy care to seek,

We would here Thy channel be....

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Which we fain would bring to Thee,

Rather than Thy care to seek,

We would here Thy channel be.

Lord, we meet to seek Thy face

Let me love and not be requited

lyricist: Saint Francis of Assisi
Composer: M. L.
Hymn 16

...None to praise me or to console me.

I would rather be desolate, wretched,

Lonely, friendless, and wrongly treated....

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None to praise me or to console me.

I would rather be desolate, wretched,

Lonely, friendless, and wrongly treated.

Let me love and not be requited

How lovely is Thy dwelling place

lyricist: Witness Lee
Composer: Francis Duckworth
Hymn 17

...Than days a thousand I would tell;

I’d rather at Thy threshold stand

Than in the wicked’s tents to dwell....

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Than days a thousand I would tell;

I’d rather at Thy threshold stand

Than in the wicked’s tents to dwell.

How lovely is Thy dwelling place

As the world rushes on

lyricist: P. L.
Composer: P. L.
Hymn 18

...Ever our memorial?

I’d rather spend a day,

With Thee and with Thy saints,...

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Ever our memorial?

I’d rather spend a day,

With Thee and with Thy saints,

As the world rushes on

Lord, Thy love has sought and found us

lyricist: J. J. Hopkins
Composer: Anonymous
Hymn 19

...Tasting deep that bitter cup,

Yet He takes it, willing rather

For our sakes to drink it up....

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Tasting deep that bitter cup,

Yet He takes it, willing rather

For our sakes to drink it up.

Lord, Thy love has sought and found us

Hymn 20

...To charge you what is fitting,

Because of love I rather entreat,

Being such a one as Paul, the aged,...

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To charge you what is fitting,

Because of love I rather entreat,

Being such a one as Paul, the aged,

Philemon

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