"The world" appears in 17 hymns in our collection, reflecting its spiritual significance in worship.
The world
...The whole world was lost in the darkness of sin;
The light of the world is Jesus;
Like sunshine at noonday His glory shone in,...
The whole world was lost in the darkness of sin;
The light of the world is Jesus;
Like sunshine at noonday His glory shone in,
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I’ve turned my back upon the world
With all its idle pleasures,...
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I’ve turned my back upon the world
With all its idle pleasures,
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I am the light, the light of the world;
He who follows Me shall by no means...
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I am the light, the light of the world;
He who follows Me shall by no means
...I’m always calling on You.
The world would try and mould me to its measure,
But I am just a vessel for Your treasure....
I’m always calling on You.
The world would try and mould me to its measure,
But I am just a vessel for Your treasure.
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Joy to the world the Lord is come
Let earth receive her king...
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Joy to the world the Lord is come
Let earth receive her king
...“Through water saved”—to life transferred,
Now from the world let go,
Gone is the past, at last submerged...
“Through water saved”—to life transferred,
Now from the world let go,
Gone is the past, at last submerged
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He was in the world,
And the world was made through Him,...
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He was in the world,
And the world was made through Him,
...Jesus loves the little children,
All the children of the world.
Red and yellow, black and white,...
Jesus loves the little children,
All the children of the world.
Red and yellow, black and white,
...He has made the earth by His power;
He has established the world by His wisdom;
And has stretched out the heaven by His understanding....
He has made the earth by His power;
He has established the world by His wisdom;
And has stretched out the heaven by His understanding.
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Give up the world, Christ to obtain,
He is your heart’s very need;...
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Give up the world, Christ to obtain,
He is your heart’s very need;
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In all the world there’s just one book
Reliable and true....
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In all the world there’s just one book
Reliable and true.
...Lord, cause my love for You to grow in me each day.
Through this love, show me the world’s passing away.
Separate me unto You....
Lord, cause my love for You to grow in me each day.
Through this love, show me the world’s passing away.
Separate me unto You.
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For God so loved the world
That He gave His only begotten Son,...
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For God so loved the world
That He gave His only begotten Son,
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For God so loved the world that He gave us
His one and only Son to save us...
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For God so loved the world that He gave us
His one and only Son to save us
...Like the pillars of smoke?
Who is she who comes up from the world
Like the pillars of smoke?...
Like the pillars of smoke?
Who is she who comes up from the world
Like the pillars of smoke?
...to see the vision of God
concerning the destiny of the world,
concerning the destiny of the world....
to see the vision of God
concerning the destiny of the world,
concerning the destiny of the world.
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If I gained the world, but lost the Savior,
Were my life worth living for a day?...
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If I gained the world, but lost the Savior,
Were my life worth living for a day?
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