The phrase "envy" resonates through 20 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
envy
...Though great they may seem.
My envy was senseless;
My grief was for naught....
Though great they may seem.
My envy was senseless;
My grief was for naught.
...I bind myself to peace,
To make strife and envy cease,
God, knit Thou sure the cord...
I bind myself to peace,
To make strife and envy cease,
God, knit Thou sure the cord
...Yet on this Rock the Church shall rest,
And envy rage in vain.
What tho’ the gates of hell withstood,...
Yet on this Rock the Church shall rest,
And envy rage in vain.
What tho’ the gates of hell withstood,
...From pleasure’s flooding wave;
From all unrest by envy bred,
From all assaults by passion led,...
From pleasure’s flooding wave;
From all unrest by envy bred,
From all assaults by passion led,
...But God hath built His Church thereon,
In spite of envy and the Jews.
Great God, the work is all divine,...
But God hath built His Church thereon,
In spite of envy and the Jews.
Great God, the work is all divine,
...Thy sacred law of love asleep;
No more let envy, wrath and pride,
But Thy blessed maxims be our guide....
Thy sacred law of love asleep;
No more let envy, wrath and pride,
But Thy blessed maxims be our guide.
...Our flesh and sense must be denied,
Passion and envy, lust and pride;
While justice, temperance, truth, and love,...
Our flesh and sense must be denied,
Passion and envy, lust and pride;
While justice, temperance, truth, and love,
...Give me a heart that loves Thy will,
From discontent and envy free.
Turn Thou my eyes from vanity,...
Give me a heart that loves Thy will,
From discontent and envy free.
Turn Thou my eyes from vanity,
...Then Herod, who with fear was seized,
His envy great displays;
With slaughtered babes must be appeased,...
Then Herod, who with fear was seized,
His envy great displays;
With slaughtered babes must be appeased,
...Which shall so sweet a service be
That angels well might envy me,
Christ Crucified, I come....
Which shall so sweet a service be
That angels well might envy me,
Christ Crucified, I come.
...start
No, I shall envy them no more,
Who grow profanely great,...
start
No, I shall envy them no more,
Who grow profanely great,
...They war and fight against us,
With envy, hate and pride;
But Jesus leads the battle,...
They war and fight against us,
With envy, hate and pride;
But Jesus leads the battle,
...And joy from heart to heart.
When, free from envy, scorn, and pride,
Our wishes all above,...
And joy from heart to heart.
When, free from envy, scorn, and pride,
Our wishes all above,
...Now let them boast how tall they rise,
I’ll never envy them again;
There they may stand with haughty eyes,...
Now let them boast how tall they rise,
I’ll never envy them again;
There they may stand with haughty eyes,
...He makes His home with me.
I envy not the twelve,
Nearer to me is He;...
He makes His home with me.
I envy not the twelve,
Nearer to me is He;
...Though poor, no more would I repine,
Or look with envy on the great.
The precious jewel I would keep,...
Though poor, no more would I repine,
Or look with envy on the great.
The precious jewel I would keep,
...And with all strife be done?
Let all conceit and envy die
Shamed by the looming Cross—...
And with all strife be done?
Let all conceit and envy die
Shamed by the looming Cross—
...He who Jesus’ mercy knows
Is from wrath and envy freed.
Love unto each other shows...
He who Jesus’ mercy knows
Is from wrath and envy freed.
Love unto each other shows
...Their hatred and their love is lost,
Their envy is buried in the dust;
They have no share in all that’s done...
Their hatred and their love is lost,
Their envy is buried in the dust;
They have no share in all that’s done
...Freedom from all the carnal affections;
Freedom from envy, hatred and strife;
Freedom from vain and worldly ambitions;...
Freedom from all the carnal affections;
Freedom from envy, hatred and strife;
Freedom from vain and worldly ambitions;
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