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Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life

Author: Frank M. North Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 388 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Where cross the crowded ways of life, Where sound the cries of race and clan Above the noise of selfish strife, We hear your voice, O Son of Man. 2. In haunts of wretchedness and need, On shadowed thresholds dark with fears, From paths where hide the lures of greed, We catch the vision of Your tears. 3. From tender childhood’s helplessness, From woman’s grief, man’s burdened toil, From famished souls, from sorrow’s stress, Your heart has never known recoil. 4. The cup of water given for You, Still holds the freshness of Your grace; Yet long these multitudes to view The sweet compassion of Your face. 5. O Master, from the mountainside Make haste to heal these hearts of pain; Among these restless throngs abide; O tread the city’s streets again. 6. Till sons of men shall learn Your love And follow where Your feet have trod, Till, glorious from Your Heaven above, Shall come the city of our God! Used With Tune: GERMANY Text Sources: The Christian City, 1903

Why Do the Proud Insult the Poor?

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 29 hymnals First Line: Why do the proud insult the poor Lyrics: 1. Why do the proud insult the poor, And boast the large estates they have? How vain are riches to secure Their haughty owners from the grave! 2. They can’t redeem one hour from death, With all the wealth in which they trust; Nor give a dying brother breath, When God commands him down to dust. 3. There the dark earth and dismal shade Shall clasp their naked bodies round; That flesh, so delicately fed, Lies cold and molders in the ground. 4. Like thoughtless sheep the sinner dies, Laid in the grave for worms to eat; The saints shall in the morning rise, And find th’oppressor at their feet. 5. His honors perish in the dust, And pomp and beauty, birth and blood: That glorious day exalts the just To full dominion o’er the proud. 6. My Savior shall my life restore, And raise me from my dark abode; My flesh and soul shall part no more, But dwell for ever near my God. Used With Tune: GERMANY Text Sources: The Psalms of David, 1719

Holy Lord God! I Love Thy Truth

Author: William Cowper Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 19 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Holy Lord God! I love Thy truth, Nor dare Thy least commandment slight; Yet pierced by sin, the serpent’s tooth, I mourn the anguish of the bite. 2. But though the poison lurks within, Hope bids me still with patience wait; Till death shall set me free from sin, Free from the only thing I hate. 3. Had I a throne above the rest, Where angels and archangels dwell; One sin, unslain, within my breast, Would make that Heav’n as dark as hell. 4. The prisoner, sent to breathe fresh air, And blessed with liberty again, Would mourn, were he condemned to wear One link of all his former chain. 5. But O! no foe invades the bliss, When glory crowns the Christian’s head; One view of Jesus as He is, Will strike all sin forever dead. Used With Tune: GERMANY Text Sources: Olney Hymns (London: W. Oliver, 1779), number 64

Brethren, Beloved For Jesu's Sake

Author: John Newton Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 29 hymnals First Line: Brethren, beloved for Jesu’s sake Lyrics: 1 Brethren, beloved for Jesu’s sake, A hearty welcome here receive; May we together now partake The joys which He alone can give! 2 May He, by whose kind care we meet, Send His good Spirit from above, Make our communications sweet, And cause our hearts to burn with love! 3 Forgotten be each worldly theme, When thus we meet to pray and praise, We only wish to speak of Him, And tell the wonders of His grace. 4 We’ll talk of all He did and said, His suffering and His dying love, The path He marked for us to tread, And how He triumphs now above. 5 Thus as the moments pass away, We’ll love, and wonder, and adore; Then hasten on the glorious day, When we shall meet to part no more. Used With Tune: GERMANY Text Sources: The Hartford Selection of Hymns from the Most Approved Authors, by Nathan Strong, Abel Flint and Joseph Steward (Hartford: John Babcock, 1799)