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Love divine, all loves excelling

Author: Charles Wesley (1707-1788) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,863 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:14 Lyrics: 1 Love divine, all loves excelling, joy of heaven, to earth come down, fix in us thy humble dwelling, all thy faithful mercies crown. Jesus, thou art all compassion, pure, unbounded love thou art; visit us with thy salvation, enter every trembling heart. 2 Come, almighty to deliver; let us all thy life receive; suddenly return, and never, never more thy temples leave. Thee we would be always blessing, serve thee as thy hosts above, pray, and praise thee, without ceasing, glory in thy perfect love. 3 Finish then thy new creation: pure and spotless let us be; let us see thy great salvation perfectly restored in thee, changed from glory into glory, till in heaven we take our place, till we cast our crowns before thee, lost in wonder, love, and praise. Topics: Our Response to Christ In Discipleship; God Love of; Heaven; Jesus compassion; Jesus transfiguration; Salvation and Redemption Used With Tune: HYFRYDOL

Come, and welcome

Author: Rev. Joseph Hart (1712-1768) Appears in 1,462 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:9 First Line: Come ye sinners, poor and wretched Topics: Accepted Time; Atonement Sufficient; Gospel Invitations of ; Grace Fullness of; Sinners Invited Used With Tune: OLIPHANT

O God, Our Help in Ages Past

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,239 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:8 Lyrics: 1 O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, our shelter from the stormy blast, and our eternal home! 2 Under the shadow of thy throne thy saints have dwelt secure; sufficient is thine arm alone, and our defense is sure. 3 Before the hills in order stood, or earth received her frame, from everlasting thou art God, to endless years the same. 4 A thousand ages in thy sight are like an evening gone; short as the watch that ends the night, before the rising sun. 5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, bears all its years away, they fly, forgotten, as a dream dies at the opening day. 6 O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, be thou our guide while life shall last, and our eternal home! Topics: God the Father Providence and Care; Anniversaries; God Eternal; Anniversaries; Descants; God Eternal; God Guide; New Year; Psalms; Changing Year Used With Tune: ST. ANNE (Croft)

Pass me Not

Author: Fanny J. Crosby, 1820-1915 Meter: 8.5.8.5 with refrain Appears in 908 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:9 First Line: Pass me not, O gentle Savior Refrain First Line: Savior, Savior, hear my humble cry Topics: Trust Used With Tune: PASS ME NOT

God's Welcome

Author: Frederick W. Faber Appears in 900 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:9 First Line: There's a wideness in God's mercy Lyrics: 1 There's a wideness in God's mercy, Like the wideness of the sea; There's a kindness in his justice, Which is more than liberty. There is welcome for the sinner, And more graces for the good; There is mercy with the Saviour; There is healing in his blood. 2 There is no place where earth's sorrows Are more felt than up in heaven; There is no place where earth's failings Have such kindly judgment given. There is plentiful redemption In the blood that has been shed; There is joy for all the members In the sorrows of the Head. 3 For the love of God is broader Than the measure of man's mind; And the heart of the Eternal Is most wonderfully kind. If our love were but more simple, We should take him at his word; And our lives would be all sunshine In the sweetness of our Lord. Topics: Access to God; God: The Father Used With Tune: ERIE

It came upon the midnight clear

Author: Edmund Hamilton Sears (1810-1876) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 870 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:13 Lyrics: 1 It came upon the midnight clear, that glorious song of old, from angels bending near the earth to touch their harps of gold: "Peace on the earth, good will to you from heaven's all-gracious King!" The world in solemn stillness lay to hear the angels sing. 2 Still through the cloven skies they come, with peaceful wings unfurled: and still their heavenly music floats o'er all the weary world; above its sad and lowly plains they bend on hovering wing, and ever o'er its Babel-sounds the blessèd angels sing. 3 But with the woes of sin and strife the world has suffered long: beneath the angels' hymn have rolled two thousand years of wrong: and warring humankind hears not the love-song which they bring: oh, hush the noise and still the strife to hear the angels sing. 4 And you, beneath life's crushing load whose forms are bending low, who toil along the climbing way with painful steps and slow, look now! for glad and golden hours come swiftly on the wing: oh, rest beside the weary road, and hear the angels sing. 5 For lo! the days are hastening on, by prophet bards foretold, when, with the ever-rolling years, still dawns the Age of Gold, when peace shall over all the earth its ancient splendours fling, and all the world give back the song which now the angels sing. Topics: Life in Christ Christ Incarnate - Christmas and Epiphany; Angels Used With Tune: NOEL

Sweet By and By

Author: Sanford F. Bennett Appears in 657 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:12 First Line: There's a land that is fairer than day Refrain First Line: In the sweet by and by Lyrics: 1 There's a land that is fairer than day, And by faith we can see it afar, For the Father waits over the way To prepare us a dwelling place there. Chorus: In the sweet by and by, We shall meet on that beautiful shore; In the sweet by and by, We shall meet on that beautiful shore. 2 We shall sing on that beautiful shore The melodious songs of the blest; And our spirits shall sorrow no more-- Not a sigh for the blessing of rest. (Chorus) 3 To our bountiful Father above We will offer the tribute of praise, For the glorious gift of His love, And the blessings that hallow our days. (Chorus) 4 We shall rest on that beautiful shore, In the joys of the saved we shall share; All our pilgrimage toil will be o'er, And the conqueror's crown we shall wear. In the sweet, etc. 5 We shall meet, we shall sing, we shall reign, In the land where the saved never die; We shall rest free from sorrow and pain, Safe at home in the sweet by and by. In the sweet, etc. Used With Tune: [There's a land that is fairer than day]

Coming to Christ

Author: Rev. John Newton (1725-1807) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 612 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:9 First Line: Approach, my soul, the mercy seat Topics: Mercy-seat; Penitential; Satan; Sin Confession of; Sinners Prayer of Anxious; Sinners Seeking Used With Tune: ST. JOHN

While with ceaseless course the sun

Author: John Newton Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 589 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:11-12 Topics: Special Occasions New Year and Anniversaries Used With Tune: BENEVENTO