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Beneath the Cross

November 3, 2026November 5, 2026 David WardHymns

This beautiful hymn written in Scotland in the 19th century points us to the treasure which believers have in the cross of Jesus. While the cross is usually associated with torture and death, these were just the means to secure […]

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I Rest My Weary Soul in Thee

November 3, 2026November 5, 2026 David WardHymns

This beautiful hymn text is a jewel of English hymnody, reminding believers of the rest, strength, joy, consolation, and hope that is ours through our relationship with our savior Jesus. In Him we have everlasting love (Romans 8:35), the light […]

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You Love Me Anyway

September 24, 2026November 5, 2026 David WardHymns

This song was born out of the songwriters’ experiences as they walked through the book of Hosea with their home church. The Old Testament book of Hosea is one of the most shocking and explicit books of the Bible. Yes, […]

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All Gone

September 12, 2026November 5, 2026 David WardHymns

This song is inspired by a paragraph from C. H. Spurgeon’s sermon “Forgiveness Made Easy:” All our transgressions are swept away at once, carried off as by a flood, and so completely removed from us that no guilty trace of […]

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My Shepherd Will Lead (Psalm 23)

August 12, 2024November 5, 2026 David WardHymns

This is a setting of Psalm 23 to the beautiful folk tune LOCH LOMOND, a traditional Scottish melody for the folk song “the Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond.” While the folk song speaks of longing for a love to return […]

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How Can I Keep from Singing (When I can see the glorious God)

February 12, 2024November 5, 2026 David WardHymns

How Can I Keep from Singing is a hymn dating to the late 19th century which did not become popular until the late 20th century when it was used as a folk song by artists such as Pete Seeger. The […]

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It Is Finished, Once for All

August 16, 2018November 5, 2026 David WardHymns

This is an original hymn celebrating the great statement that Jesus made on the cross in John 19:30, “It is finished.” This this he signified that His work of atonement had been completed, that our sins had been paid in […]

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The Day the Lord Has Made

July 22, 2015November 5, 2026 David WardHymns

This hymn was originally written in Latin by the French hymn writer Adam of St. Victor who was a liturgist in the tradition of St. Augustine. It is a beautiful explanation of the Christological fulfillment of the oft-quoted Psalm 118:24, […]

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The Cross of Jesus

November 3, 2014November 5, 2026 David WardHymns

Through the eyes of faith in Jesus the cross is seen to be a recurring theme throughout Scripture. It was foreshadowed from the very beginning in the tree of endless life in the early chapters of Genesis, alluded to in […]

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See the Lord of Glory Dying

April 5, 2011November 5, 2026 David WardHymns

This passion hymn invites us to behold Jesus on the cross, both to remember how deeply our sins have stung him, and to remember that freedom from death and sin – true life – is found by looking to Him. […]

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