An old hymn that I recently heard is ‘He Giveth More Grace’ by Annie J. Flint.
This hymn would best be used as a song of testimony or mutual encouragement. Note the usage of the first person plural ‘we’ and ‘our’ and the lack of any direct address to God.
That aside, it is a wonderful expression of the truth that our strength and endurance are gifts from God and the Christian is most blessed when we are most aware that it is not in our own strength that we endure and persevere through adversity.
Here are the lyrics:
1.
He giveth more grace as our burdens grow greater,
He sendeth more strength as our labors increase;
To added afflictions He addeth His mercy,
To multiplied trials he multiplies peace.
2.
When we have exhausted our store of endurance,
When our strength has failed ere the day is half done,
When we reach the end of our hoarded resources
Our Father’s full giving is only begun.
3.
His love has no limits, His grace has no measure,
His power no boundary known unto men;
For out of His infinite riches in Jesus
He giveth, and giveth, and giveth again.
The Cyberhymnal page suggests using the tune ‘Ash Grove’, a tune also used on a song about which I’ve previously written, Let All Things Now Living. If that tune was going to be used the third verse here would need to be used as a chorus, following both the first and second verses. This would be most acceptable and appealing to those who are familiar with that Welsh melody.
This YouTube seems to be a gathering of folk associated with the music ministry of the Gaithers. They are singing what I think is an arrangement of the more traditional tune.
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