WHERE THE BATTLE RAGES

15. THE PLACE OF GRACE   When I am besieged by doubt Or have some fearsome foe to rout I'm wont to seek out a quiet retreat There my gracious God to meet  O tis such a precious space  What Jesus called the Secret Place!  A place to cleanse and purge the leaven  Boldly find the route to Heaven A blissful spot to seek Thy face  Petition for some desperate grace A place to cry, a place to plead A place to yell my yearning need Lord, till I've quite run this race Keep me in that Place of Grace. 

5. IN THE GARDEN   Brightest moon on darkest night  Unearthly prayers in garish light  Startled Nature stands a-hushed  Witness to a soul being crushed Now our King and great High Priest  His loving tears are unleashed  Passion bleeds in dreadful floods  Sweat like thickest drops of blood Darkness closes in that hour Evil abroad in all its power And as apostolic courage fails By a kiss He is betrayed.

8. AS OLIVET FADES   Echoes still the last upbraid  Scene now shifts as Olivet fades  Books are open, thrones in place To greet the Lord of Time and Space    A thousand thousands swarm His feet  Declare His awesome work complete  Moving to the Ancient of Days  Endless hosts exult in praise   Receives He now all far dominion  Far above each man’s opinion Stretches out the nail-gouged hands  That purchased all the mortal lands  Every power those hands now hold  And mandate for a Kingdom bold  Hears the prayers of saints on earth  Who seek for Him and praise His worth Proclaim Him midst the pious frauds  King of Kings and Lord of Lords! 

9. THIS IS THAT   And when that Day was fully come Twelve did pray in Jerusalem  Of one accord and in one place  Seeking for the promised grace  Abruptly round their heads now gyre   Ardent tongues of cloven fire Sweeps in close a mighty gale Upon frail hearts doth prevail  Springing boldly to their feet  These men are out and on the street!  Proclaim that city's awful guilt A potent case and swiftly built Then the Spirit plays His part  Cuts the hearers to the heart   And so is passed the last exam  For these apostles of the Lamb.