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Spring

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 12 hymnals First Line: From winter's barren clods Lyrics: 1 From winter's barren clods From winter's joyless waste, The spring in sudden youth appears, With blooming beauty grac'd. 2 How balmy is the air! How warm the solar beams! And to refresh the ground, the rains Descend in gentle streams. 3 Great God, at thy command Seasons in order rise: Thy power in love and concert reign Thro' earth, and seas, and skies: 4 With grateful praise we own Thy providential hand, While grass for kine, and herb and corn For men, enrich the land: 5 But greater still the gift Of thine incarnate Son; By him forgiveness, peace, and joy Thro' endless ages run. Topics: Times and Seasons

Immanuel

Appears in 82 hymnals First Line: God with us! O glorious name Lyrics: 1 God with us! O glorious name! Let it shine in endless fame: God and Man in Christ unite, O mysterious depth and height! 2 God with us! amazing love Brought him from his courts above; Now ye saints his grace admire, Swell the song with holy fire. 3 God with us! but tainted not With the first transgressors blot; Yet did he our sins sustain, Bear the guilt, the curse the pain. 4 God with us! O wonderous grace! Let us see him face to face, That we may Immanuel sing, As we ought, our God and King. Topics: Son Scripture: Matthew 1:23

Salvation by Grace

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 825 hymnals First Line: Grace! 'tis a charming sound! Lyrics: 1 Grace! ’tis a charming sound! Harmonious to the ear! Heaven with the echo shall resound, And all the earth shall hear. 2 Grace first contriv'd a way To save rebellious man, And all the steps that grace display, Which drew the wondrous plan. 3 'Twas grace that wrote my name In God's eternal book: 'Twas grace that gave me to the Lamb Who all my sorrows took. 4 Grace led my roving feet To tread the heavenly road; And new supplies each hour I meet, While pressing on to God. 5 Grace taught my soul to pray, And made my eyes o'erflow: 'Twas grace which kept me to this day, And will not let me go. 6 Grace all the work shall crown, Thro' everlasting days; It lays in heaven the topmost stone; And well deserves the praise. Topics: Redemption Scripture: Ephesians 2:5

New-Year's Day

Appears in 490 hymnals First Line: Great God, we sing that mighty hand Lyrics: 1 Great God, we sing that mighty hand, By which supported still we stand: The opening year thy mercy shews. Let mercy crown it till it close. 2 By day, by night, at home, abroad, Still we are guarded by our God; By thine incessant bounty fed, By thine unerring counsel led. 3 With grateful hearts the past we own; The future, all to us unknown, We to thy guardian care commit, And peaceful leave before thy feet. 4 In scenes exalted or depress'd, Be thou our joy, and thou our rest; Thy goodness all our hopes shall raise, Ador'd thro' all our changing days. 5 When death shall interrupt these songs, And seal in silence mortal tongues, Our helper God, in whom we trust, In better words our souls shall boast. Topics: Times and Seasons

Persecution to be expected by every true Christian

Author: Doddridge Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 10 hymnals First Line: Great leader of thine Israel's host Lyrics: 1 Great leader of thine Israel's host, We shout thy conquering name; Legions of foes beset thee round, And legions fled with shame. 2 A victory glorious and complete Thou by thy death didst gain; So in thy cause may we contend, And death itself sustain. 3 By our illustrious general fir'd, We no extremes would fear; Prepar'd to struggle and to bleed, If you, our Lord, be near. 4 We'll trace the footsteps then hast drawn To triumph and renown; Nor shun thy combat and thy cross, May we but share thy crown. Topics: Affliction Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:12

Hail, holy, holy, holy Lord!

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 9 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Hail, holy, holy, holy Lord! Be endless praise to thee! Supreme, essential One, ador'd In co-eternal Three. 2 Enthron'd in everlasting state, E'er time its round began, Who join'd in council to create The dignity of man. 3 To whom Isaiah's vision shew'd The seraph's veil their wings, While thee, Jehovah, Lord, and God, Th' angelic army sings. 4 To thee, by mystic pow'rs on high Were humble praises given, When John behold with favour'd eye, Th' inhabitants of heaven! 5 All that the name of creature owns, To thee in hymns aspire; May we as angels on our thrones, For ever join the choir. 6 Hail, holy, holy, holy Lord! Be endless praise to thee; Supreme, essential One, ador'd In co-eternal Three. Topics: Holy Trinity

The Hiding Place

Author: Medley Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 222 hymnals First Line: Hail, sove'eign love, that first began Lyrics: 1 Hail sove'eign love, that first began The scheme to rescue fallen man! Hail, matchless, free, eternal grace, That gave my soul a hiding place! 2 Against the God that built the sky I fought, with hands uplifted high; Despis'd the mansions of his grace, Too proud to seek a hiding place. 3 Enwrap'd in dark Egyptian night, And fond of darkness, more that light; Madly I ran the sinful race, Secure without a hiding place. 4 But thus th' eternal council ran; "Almighty love arrest the man!" I felt the arrows of distress, And found I had no hiding place. 5 Indignant justice stood in view: To Sinai's fiery Mount I flew; But justice cry'd with frowning face, "This mountain is no hiding place." 6 E'er long a heav'nly voice I heard, And mercy's angel form appear'd: He led me on, with pleasing pace, To Jesus, as my hiding place. 7 Should storms of sev'nfold thunder roll, And shake the globe from pole to pole; No flaming bolt shall daunt my face, For Jesus is my hiding place. 8 On him, almighty vengeance fell, That must have sunk a world to hell; He bore it for his chosen race, And thus became their hiding place. 9 A few more rolling suns at most Will land me on fair Canaan's coast; Where I shall sing the song of grace, And see my glorious hiding place. Topics: The Christian Life

Holy Fear

Author: Needham Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 26 hymnals First Line: Happy beyond description he Lyrics: 1 Happy beyond description he Who fears the Lord his God; Who hears his threats with holy awe, And trembles at his rod. 2 Fear, sacred passion, ever dwells With it's far partner love; Blending their beauties, both proclaim Their source is from above. 3 Let terrors fright th' unwilling slave, The child with joy appears; Cheerful he does his Father's will, And loves as much as fears. 4 Let but thy fear, most holy God! Possess this soul of mine; Then shall I worship thee aright, And taste thy joys divine. Topics: Graces Scripture: Proverbs 14:26

Walking in Darkness

Author: Steele Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 83 hymnals First Line: Hear, gracious God, my humble moan Lyrics: 1 Hear, gracious God, my humble moan, To thee I breathe my sighs, When all the mournful night be gone? And when my joys arise? 2 My God—O could I make the claim— My father and my friend— And call thee mine, by every name, On which thy saints depend! 3 By every name of power and love, I would thy grace intreat; Nor should my humble hopes remove, Nor leave thy sacred seat. 4 Yet tho' my soul in darkness mourns, Thy word is all my stay; Here I would rest, till light returns, Thy presence makes my day. 5 Speak, Lord, and bid celestial peace Relieve my aking heart; O smile, and bid my sorrows cease, And all their gloom depart. 6 Then shall my drooping spirit rise, And bless thy healing rays, And change these deep complaining sighs, For songs of sacred praise. Topics: The Christian Life

Close of the Year

Author: Medley Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: Heav'nly Father here we bless thee Lyrics: 1 Heav'nly Father here we bless thee, All thu goodness we adore; And with humble songs address thee, God of mercy, love, and pow'r! Thou hast been our great salvation, Thro' the world's deceitful maze; Thro' affliction and temptation, Thou hast kept us all our days. 2 Having help from thee obtained, Here before thee, Lord, we stand; Foes and fears thou hat restrained, By thy gracious, mighty hand; Ev'ry want has thou supplied, Life, and health, and needful food; Nothing has thy love denied Which thou knew'st would do us good. 3 But renewing love and favor In us wrought by sovereign grace, Thro' a dear and precious Saviour, Call for songs of loudest praise: Here our sins are all forgiven; Here our mighty debt is paid; Here we've peace, and peace with heav'n, Made in him our living head. 4 He, dear Shepherd, kindly sought us, Strong, to save us he drew near; Hitherto his love has brought us, And we close another year. Pardon, Lord, our ev'ry failing; O forgive our follies past; Let thy grace be still prevailing, Safe to bring us home at last. 5 If another year thou spare us, Grace, and strength and mercy give; For thy holy will prepare us, Whether we shall die or live. Now to God, the great Jehovah, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Be the highest praise for ever, Here, and by the heav'nly host. Topics: Times and Seasons