The phrase "plain" resonates through 20 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
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...Christ receiveth sinful men;
Make the message clear and plain:
Christ receiveth sinful men....
Christ receiveth sinful men;
Make the message clear and plain:
Christ receiveth sinful men.
...Is not forsaken by His God.
’Tis midnight, and from ether-plains
Is borne the song that angels know...
Is not forsaken by His God.
’Tis midnight, and from ether-plains
Is borne the song that angels know
...Join the glad woods and hills;
Join the fresh winds and seas and plains,
Join the bright flowers and rills....
Join the glad woods and hills;
Join the fresh winds and seas and plains,
Join the bright flowers and rills.
...Join the glad woods and hills;
Join the fresh winds and seas and plains,
Join the bright flowers and rills....
Join the glad woods and hills;
Join the fresh winds and seas and plains,
Join the bright flowers and rills.
...To ask Him the way of salvation and light;
The Master made answer in words true and plain,
“Ye must be born again!”...
To ask Him the way of salvation and light;
The Master made answer in words true and plain,
“Ye must be born again!”
...God is His own Interpreter,
And He will make it plain.
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God is His own Interpreter,
And He will make it plain.
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...When the crooked ways are straightened,
And the dark things shall be plain.
Face to face! O blissful moment!...
When the crooked ways are straightened,
And the dark things shall be plain.
Face to face! O blissful moment!
...Angels we have heard on high
sweetly singing o'er the plains
and the mountains in reply...
Angels we have heard on high
sweetly singing o'er the plains
and the mountains in reply
...Through sorrow, toil, and pain;
Make Thou my pathway plain,
Teach me Thy way....
Through sorrow, toil, and pain;
Make Thou my pathway plain,
Teach me Thy way.
...With tender hand He lifted me,
From shades of night to plains of light,
Oh, praise His name, He lifted me!...
With tender hand He lifted me,
From shades of night to plains of light,
Oh, praise His name, He lifted me!
...All Your gifts, all You’ve attained;
I’m a member, so, ’tis plain,
I, too, will this power gain....
All Your gifts, all You’ve attained;
I’m a member, so, ’tis plain,
I, too, will this power gain.
...While fields and floods,
rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy...
While fields and floods,
rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy
...Father with Thee in secret I’d remain,
Letting Thy light my thoughts and will make plain,
Thy Son, my only plea, I now embrace,...
Father with Thee in secret I’d remain,
Letting Thy light my thoughts and will make plain,
Thy Son, my only plea, I now embrace,
...Mystery hid from ancient ages!
But at length to faith made plain:
Christ in me the Hope of Glory,...
Mystery hid from ancient ages!
But at length to faith made plain:
Christ in me the Hope of Glory,
...Where misery abounds!
The gospel now make plain!
Ring out the blessed refrain:...
Where misery abounds!
The gospel now make plain!
Ring out the blessed refrain:
...To ask Him the way of salvation and light;
The Master made answer in words true and plain,
“Ye must be born again!”...
To ask Him the way of salvation and light;
The Master made answer in words true and plain,
“Ye must be born again!”
...Standing with You on Zion fair.
I, though so plain, entrance can gain,
To Zion turn, vict’ry obtain....
Standing with You on Zion fair.
I, though so plain, entrance can gain,
To Zion turn, vict’ry obtain.
...From many an ancient river,
From many a palmy plain,
They call us to deliver...
From many an ancient river,
From many a palmy plain,
They call us to deliver
...o'er all the weary world
above its sad and lowly plains
they bend on hovering wing...
o'er all the weary world
above its sad and lowly plains
they bend on hovering wing
...Let men their songs employ
While fields and floods rocks hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy...
Let men their songs employ
While fields and floods rocks hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy
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