African Gospel Lyrics

(Sung in Kiswahili, A Hymn)

Kristo wa neema yote (Come, thou Fount of every blessing)
Imbisha moyo wangu (Tune my heart to sing thy grace)
Mifulizo ya Baraka (Streams of mercy, never ceasing)
Inaamsha shangwe kuu (Call for songs of loudest praise)
Unifunze nikupende (Teach me some melodious sonnet)
Nikuandame kote (Sung by flaming tongues above)
Moyo wangu ukajae (Praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it)
Furaha na tumaini (Mount of God’s unchanging love!)

Namshukuru sana Bwana (Here I raise my Ebenezer)
Aniwezesha huku (Hither by thy help I’m come)
Salama aniongoza (And I hope, by thy good pleasure)
Hata kule nyumbani (Safely to arrive at home)
Yesu alinitafuta (Jesus sought me when a stranger)
Njiani mbali kwake (Wandering from the fold of God)
Akatoa damu yake (He, to rescue me from danger)
Nipone hatarini (Interposed his precious blood)

Kweli mimi mwiwa mkubwa (O to grace how great a debtor)
Wa neema daima (Daily I’m constrained to be)
Wema wako unifunge (Let that grace now, like a fetter)
Zaidi kwako Bwana (Bind my wandering heart to thee)
Ili nisivutwe tena (Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it)
Kukuacha ee Mponya (Prone to leave the God I love)
Nitwalie moyo wangu (Here’s my heart, O take and seal it)
Uwe wako kamili (Seal it for thy courts above)

Moyo wangu ukajae (Praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it)
Furaha na tumaini (Mount of God’s unchanging love!) (Repeat)

Akatoa damu yake (He, to rescue me from danger)
Nipone hatarini (Interposed his precious blood) (Repeat)

Nitwalie moyo wangu (Here’s my heart, O take and seal it)
Uwe wako kamili (Seal it for thy courts above) (Repeat)