The phrase "ambition" resonates through 11 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
ambition
...Pray to labor with the Lord;
Self-ambition and self-will
We must ever cast away,...
Pray to labor with the Lord;
Self-ambition and self-will
We must ever cast away,
...Pray to labor with the Lord;
Self-ambition and self-will
We must ever cast away,...
Pray to labor with the Lord;
Self-ambition and self-will
We must ever cast away,
...Freedom from envy, hatred and strife;
Freedom from vain and worldly ambitions.
Freedom from all that saddened my life....
Freedom from envy, hatred and strife;
Freedom from vain and worldly ambitions.
Freedom from all that saddened my life.
...In study and work,
Save me from self-ambition.
Peer pressure,...
In study and work,
Save me from self-ambition.
Peer pressure,
...All hidden things that block my vision,
Rocks of self-ambition, pride;
Now expose and burn away, Lord...
All hidden things that block my vision,
Rocks of self-ambition, pride;
Now expose and burn away, Lord
...Yet lose Your presence, Lord, so dear?
If I’m by pride, ambition, lost,
Then, Lord, expose me at all cost....
Yet lose Your presence, Lord, so dear?
If I’m by pride, ambition, lost,
Then, Lord, expose me at all cost.
...Thou, from hence, my all shalt be.
Perish every fond ambition,
All I’ve sought, and hoped, and known;...
Thou, from hence, my all shalt be.
Perish every fond ambition,
All I’ve sought, and hoped, and known;
...Thou, from hence, my all shalt be.
Perish every fond ambition,
All I’ve sought, and hoped, and known;...
Thou, from hence, my all shalt be.
Perish every fond ambition,
All I’ve sought, and hoped, and known;
...I’ll waste apart from You.
Ambition shall no longer keep,
Unyielding grip on me....
I’ll waste apart from You.
Ambition shall no longer keep,
Unyielding grip on me.
...What else can me restrain?
My dear ones, wealth ambition, fame—
What can they offer me?...
What else can me restrain?
My dear ones, wealth ambition, fame—
What can they offer me?
...One in the Triune God!
Concepts, opinions, and ambitions rife
Aren’t in the Triune God....
One in the Triune God!
Concepts, opinions, and ambitions rife
Aren’t in the Triune God.
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