The phrase "carefully" resonates through 9 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
carefully
...For its fame and its joy,
Have you carefully counted the cost?
Is the prize rich enough...
For its fame and its joy,
Have you carefully counted the cost?
Is the prize rich enough
...Read to me the blessèd Bible,
Read it carefully and slow,
’Tis a refuge and a shelter,...
Read to me the blessèd Bible,
Read it carefully and slow,
’Tis a refuge and a shelter,
...Lead me to Jesus, lead me, I pray;
Tenderly, carefully, lovingly, prayerfully,
Lead me to Jesus....
Lead me to Jesus, lead me, I pray;
Tenderly, carefully, lovingly, prayerfully,
Lead me to Jesus.
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O, study it carefully,
Think of it prayerfully,...
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O, study it carefully,
Think of it prayerfully,
...And the Shepherd sadly answered,
Counting carefully, I find
Ninety-nine are safely folded—...
And the Shepherd sadly answered,
Counting carefully, I find
Ninety-nine are safely folded—
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Christian! walk carefully—danger is near;
Work out thy journey with trembling and fear;...
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Christian! walk carefully—danger is near;
Work out thy journey with trembling and fear;
...I, now, His chosen messenger this timely warning give:
Prepare, prepare most carefully, your Bridegroom to receive.
O, sinner, heed the message, it comes from Christ the Lord;...
I, now, His chosen messenger this timely warning give:
Prepare, prepare most carefully, your Bridegroom to receive.
O, sinner, heed the message, it comes from Christ the Lord;
...So cooling and clear.
Then prayerfully, carefully,
Go to your labors,...
So cooling and clear.
Then prayerfully, carefully,
Go to your labors,
...Where floweth the water so cooling and clear.
Then prayerfully, carefully, go to your labors,
And deal with them wisely, the souls of your care,...
Where floweth the water so cooling and clear.
Then prayerfully, carefully, go to your labors,
And deal with them wisely, the souls of your care,
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