Surprise

The phrase "Surprise" resonates through 15 hymns, touching hearts across generations.

Surprise· 15 hymns found
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Count your many blessings name them one by one,
Then His warm embrace,
He Sa­tan’s em­pire broke;
The Lord will silently plan for thee
He spoke, and the flush of re­sent­ment
start
Gasping in dy­ing pangs.
That hand shall wipe my streaming eyes,
Stood shi­ver­ing in the snow,
These tri­umphs of stu­pen­dous grace
And every joy He sends me comes
And every joy He sends me comes
How glo­ri­ous is the Lord!
I am coming back home to my Father!
One day a friend told me that Jesus is the Lord.

Surprise

Count your blessings, name them one by one;
I was lost, now I’m found again!
And hell’s foun­da­tion shook.
Eye hath not seen, nor ear hath heard,
While they talked, by the well curb of Sy­char,
The Christian while he sings;
I asked, Who can this vic­tim be
Transform the falling tear.
Which made my heart to glow;
Lord, at Thy cross I stand and gaze,
Where He may lead me I’ll follow,
Where He may lead I’ll follow,
And His own saints ad­ored.
There is my Father running to meet me!
They asked me to believe You. Your name I once blasphemed.

Count Your Blessings

lyricist: Johnson Oatman Jr.
Composer: Edwin Othello Excell
Hymn 1

...Count your many blessings name them one by one,

And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.

Count your blessings, name them one by one;...

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Count your many blessings name them one by one,

And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.

Count your blessings, name them one by one;

Count Your Blessings

Back in My Father’s House Again!

lyricist: P. C.
Composer: P. C.
Hymn 2

...Then His warm embrace,

I’m surprised by grace again!

I was lost, now I’m found again!...

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Then His warm embrace,

I’m surprised by grace again!

I was lost, now I’m found again!

Back in My Father’s House Again!

Stupendous Was the Love

lyricist: Benjamin Beddome (1717–1795)
Composer: Joseph Sweetser, 1849
Hymn 3

...He Sa­tan’s em­pire broke;

Surprise and hor­ror seized His foes,

And hell’s foun­da­tion shook....

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He Sa­tan’s em­pire broke;

Surprise and hor­ror seized His foes,

And hell’s foun­da­tion shook.

Stupendous Was the Love

The Lord will silently plan for thee

lyricist: Emily May Grimes
Composer: Thomas Bishop Southgate
Hymn 4

...The Lord will silently plan for thee

Some wonderful surprise of love.

Eye hath not seen, nor ear hath heard,...

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The Lord will silently plan for thee

Some wonderful surprise of love.

Eye hath not seen, nor ear hath heard,

The Lord will silently plan for thee

Jesus at the Well

lyricist: R. L. Bruce, 1894
Composer: John Sweney
Hymn 5

...He spoke, and the flush of re­sent­ment

Gave place to a glad­some surprise,

While they talked, by the well curb of Sy­char,...

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He spoke, and the flush of re­sent­ment

Gave place to a glad­some surprise,

While they talked, by the well curb of Sy­char,

Jesus at the Well

Sometimes a light surprises

lyricist: William Cowper
Composer: William Howard Doane
Hymn 6

...start

Sometimes a light surprises

The Christian while he sings;...

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start

Sometimes a light surprises

The Christian while he sings;

Sometimes a light surprises

As Near to Calvary I Pass

lyricist: Henry Alline (1748–1784)
Composer: Ernest Kroeger, 1901
Hymn 7

...Gasping in dy­ing pangs.

Surprised the spec­ta­cle to see,

I asked, Who can this vic­tim be...

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Gasping in dy­ing pangs.

Surprised the spec­ta­cle to see,

I asked, Who can this vic­tim be

As Near to Calvary I Pass

Long plunged in sorrow, I resign

lyricist: Madame Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon
Composer: J. Foster
Hymn 8

...That hand shall wipe my streaming eyes,

Or into smiles of glad surprise

Transform the falling tear....

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That hand shall wipe my streaming eyes,

Or into smiles of glad surprise

Transform the falling tear.

Long plunged in sorrow, I resign

The Burning Babe

lyricist: From Robert Southwell, 1602
Composer: From Old Irish Folk-Music and Songs
Hymn 9

...Stood shi­ver­ing in the snow,

Surprised I was with sud­den heat,

Which made my heart to glow;...

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Stood shi­ver­ing in the snow,

Surprised I was with sud­den heat,

Which made my heart to glow;

The Burning Babe

No More, Dear Savior, Will I Boast

lyricist: Isaac Watts (1674–1748)
Composer: Musikalisches Handbuch, 1690
Hymn 10

...These tri­umphs of stu­pen­dous grace

Surprise, re­joice, and melt my heart;

Lord, at Thy cross I stand and gaze,...

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These tri­umphs of stu­pen­dous grace

Surprise, re­joice, and melt my heart;

Lord, at Thy cross I stand and gaze,

No More, Dear Savior, Will I Boast

I know not what awaits me (Alternate)

lyricist: Mary G. Brainard
Hymn 11

...And every joy He sends me comes

A sweet and glad surprise.

Where He may lead me I’ll follow,...

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And every joy He sends me comes

A sweet and glad surprise.

Where He may lead me I’ll follow,

I know not what awaits me (Alternate)

I know not what awaits me

lyricist: Mary G. Brainard
Composer: Philip Paul Bliss
Hymn 12

...And every joy He sends me comes

A sweet and glad surprise.

Where He may lead I’ll follow,...

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And every joy He sends me comes

A sweet and glad surprise.

Where He may lead I’ll follow,

I know not what awaits me

How Awful Is Thy Chastening Rod

lyricist: Isaac Watts, 1719
Composer: D. B. Thompson, 1889
Hymn 13

...How glo­ri­ous is the Lord!

Surprise and trem­bling seized the world,

And His own saints ad­ored....

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How glo­ri­ous is the Lord!

Surprise and trem­bling seized the world,

And His own saints ad­ored.

How Awful Is Thy Chastening Rod

I am Coming Back Home to My Father!

lyricist: W. M.
Composer: Tune: The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond
Hymn 14

...I am coming back home to my Father!

Still a long way off, I look up—to my surprise—

There is my Father running to meet me!...

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I am coming back home to my Father!

Still a long way off, I look up—to my surprise—

There is my Father running to meet me!

I am Coming Back Home to My Father!

Where’s the answer?

lyricist: Howard Higashi
Composer: Howard Higashi
Hymn 15

...One day a friend told me that Jesus is the Lord.

To my great surprise, it’s written in the Word.

They asked me to believe You. Your name I once blasphemed....

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One day a friend told me that Jesus is the Lord.

To my great surprise, it’s written in the Word.

They asked me to believe You. Your name I once blasphemed.

Where’s the answer?

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