Hymns of the Ages: selections from Lyra Catholica, Germanica, Apostolica and Other Sources

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d1A pious friend one day of Rabia asked
d2Ah, dearest Lord, I cannot pray
d3All ye who seek a certain cure
d4All ye who seek, in hope and love
d5And dare I say, Welcome to me
d6At the cross her station keeping
d7Banished the house of sacred rest
d8Bright angels who attend
d9Bright cherubim and seraphim
d10Bright were the mornings first impearled
d11Change is written everywhere
d12Cheer up, desponding soul
d13Come Holy Ghost, and through each heart
d14Come, my soul, awake, ôtis morning
d15Come, O Creator Spirit blest
d16Come, wandering sheep, O come, I'll bind thee to my breast
d17Cometh sunshine after rain
d18Creator Spirit, by whose aid [light]
d19Darker and darder fall around, The shadows of the night
d20Dear angel ever at my side, How loving must thou be
d21Dear soul, couldst thou become a child
d22Deepen the wound [wounds] thy hand has [hands have] made
d23Depart awhile, each thought of care
d24Do not cheat thy heart, and tell her
d25Down the dark future, through long generations
d26Earth, with her ten thousand flowers
d27Ere the morning's busy ray
d28Eternity, Eternity, How long art thou, eternity, and yet
d29Faith of our fathers, living still [faith]
d30Father, I know that all my life Is portioned out for me
d31Father, in thy mysterious presence kneeling
d32Fear not, O little flock, the foe
d33Five loving souls, each one as mine
d34From highest heaven, the Father's (Eternal) Son
d35God liveth ever, Wherefore, soul, despair thou
d36God, thou art my Rock of strength
d37God, whom I as love have known
d38Grant unto us a body pure within
d39Great Fountain of grace, which none can explore
d40Hark, my soul, how every thing
d41Have mercy thou, most gracious God
d42Head of the hosts in glory
d43Hear what God the Lord hath [has] spoken
d44Hearest thou, my soul, what serious things
d45Holy and innocent were all his ways
d46Holy Savior friend unseen
d47Holy Spirit, Lord of light, from thy [the] clear
d48How few who, from thier youthful day
d49I come to thee tonight In my lone closet
d50I love my God, but with no love of mine
d51I think, when I read that [the] sweet story of old
d52I want the spirit of power within
d53I will not let thee go, Thou help in time of need
d54I worship thee, sweet [O] will of God
d55In Caves of the lone wilderness
d56Jerusalem, thou city blest
d57Jesus, I my cross have taken, all to leave
d58Jesus, the very [only] thought of Thee [You]
d59Leave God to order all thy ways
d60Let us arise and watch ere dawn of light
d61Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates
d62Light, light, infinite light
d63Light of the soul, O Savior blest
d64Lo cast at random on the wild sea sand
d65Lo fainter now lie spread the shades
d66Lo he comes with clouds descending
d67Lo on the slope of yonder shore
d68Lo upon the altar lies
d69Look westward pensive little one
d70Lord, I have fasted, I have prayed
d71Lord, in this dust thy sovereign voice
d72Lord of all power, at whose command
d73Lord of eternal purity
d74Lord of eternal truth and might
d75Lovely flowers of martyrs, hail
d76Most high and holy trinity
d77My child, the counsels high attend
d78My God, I love Thee, not because I hope for heaven
d79My God [O God], accept my [our] heart [hearts] this day
d80My Savior, what thou didst of old
d81My smile is bright, my glance is free
d82My soul, what hast thou done for God
d83My spirit longeth [longs] for Thee, Within my troubled breast
d84My spirit on Thy care, blest Savior, I recline
d85My times are in Thy hand
d86Nigher still, and still more nigh
d87No track is on the sunny sky
d88Not here, not here, not where the sparkling waters
d89Now at the Lamb's great paschal feast
d90Now doth the sun ascend the sky
d91Now let us sit and weep
d92Now rest her soul in Jesu's arms
d93Now while the herald bird of day
d94Now with the rising golden dawn
d95O all ye who pass by, whose eyes and mind
d96O blessed saint of snow white purity
d97O blest Creator of the light, Who dost the
d98O bounteous Framer of the globe
d99O Captain of the martyr host
d100O Christ, the beauty of the angel worlds

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