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The power of Divine Grace, in answer to Prayer

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: The Lord proclaims his grace abroad! Lyrics: 1 The Lord proclaims his grace abroad! Behold I change your hearts of stone: Ye shall renounce each idle-god And serve, and praise the LORD alone. 2 My grace, a flowing stream proceeds, To wash your filthiness away; Ye shall abhor your former deeds, And learn my statutes to obey. 3 My truth the great design insures, I give myself away to you; ye shall be mine, I will be yours, Your GOD unalterably true. 4 Yet not unsought, nor unimplor'd, The plenteous grace will I confer; No--your whole hearts shall seek the LORD, I'll put a praying spirit there. 5 From the first breath of life divine, Down to the last expiring hour; The gracious work shall all be mine, Begun and ended in my pow'r. Topics: Prayer Procuring grace; Grace in answer to prayer; Prayer Procuring grace Scripture: Ezekiel 36:25-28

A living and a dead faith

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 20 hymnals First Line: The Lord receives his highest praise Lyrics: 1 The Lord receives his highest praise, From humble minds and hearts sincere; While all the loud professor says, Offends the righteous Judge's ear. 2 To walk as children of the day, To mark his precepts holy light, To wage the warfare watch and pray, Shew who are pleasing in his sight. 3 Not words alone it cost the Lord, To purchase pardon for his own; Nor will a soul, by grace restor'd, Rest in his forms and words alone. 4 Easy indeed it were to reach A mansion in the courts above, If watry floods and fluent speech Might serve, instead of faith and love. 5 But none shall gain the blissful place, Or God's unclouded glory see; Who talks of rich and sov'reign grace, Unless from sin he is made free. Topics: Faith Living and dead

The contrite Heart

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 125 hymnals First Line: The Lord will happiness divine Lyrics: 1 The LORD will happiness divine On contrite hearts bestow: Then tell me, gracious GOD, is mine A contrite heart or no? 2 I hear, but seem to hear in vain, Insensible as steel; If ought is felt, 'tis only pain To find I cannot feel. 3 I sometimes think myself inclin'd To love thee, if I cou'd; But often feel another mind, Averse to all that's good. 4 My best desires are faint and few, I fain would strive for more; But when I cry, "My strength renew," Seem weaker than before. 5 I see thy saints with comfort fill'd, When in thy house of pray'r; But still in bondage I am held, And find no comfort there. 6 O make this heart rejoice or ache; Decide this doubt for me; And if it be not broken, break, And heal it if it be. Topics: Heart Contrite; Heart Contrite

The humiliation, exaltation, and triumphs of Christ

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 44 hymnals First Line: The mighty frame of glorious grace Lyrics: 1 The mighty frame of glorious grace, That brightest monument of praise That e'er the God of love design'd, Employs and fills my laboring mind. 2 Begin, my soul, the heav'nly song, A burden for an angel's tongue; When Gabriel sounds these awful things, He tunes and summons all his strings. 3 Proclaim inimitable love: Jesus the Lord of worlds above, Puts off the beams of bright array, And veils the God in mortal clay. 4 He that distributes crowns and thrones Hangs on a tree, and bleeds, and groans: The prince of life resigns his breath, The king of glory bows to death. 5 But see the wonders of his power, He triumphs in his dying hour, And while by Satan's rage he fell, He dash'd the rising hopes of hell. 6 Thus were the hosts of death subdu'd, And sin was drown'd in Jesu's blood: Thus he arose, and reigns above, And conquers sinners by his love. Topics: Christ His humiliation,exaltaion and triumph; Christ His humiliation,exaltaion and triumph Scripture: Philippians 2:8-9

Faith conquering

Appears in 91 hymnals First Line: The moment a sinner believes Lyrics: 1 The moment a sinner believes, And trust in his crucify'd God, His pardon at once he receives, Redemption in full through his blood. 'Tis faith that still leads us along, And lives under pressure and load, That makes us in weakness more strong, And draws the soul upward to God. 2 It treads on the world, and on hell, It vanquishes earth and despair; And Oh! let us wonder to tell, It wrestles and conquers by pray'r, Permits a vile worm of the dust, With God to commune as a friend; To hope his forgiveness as just, And look for his love to the end. 3 It says to the mountains, "depart," That stand between God and the soul; It binds up the broken in heart, And makes wounded consciences whole; Bids sins of a crimson-like dye, Be spotless as snow, and as white, And raises the sinners on high, To dwell with the angels of light. Topics: Faith Conquering; Faith Conquering

Parable of the wheat and tares

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 86 hymnals First Line: Though in the earthly church below Lyrics: 1 Though in the earthly church below The wheat and tares together grow; Jesus ere long will weed the crop, And pluck the tares, in anger up. 2 Will it relieve their horrors there, To recollect their stations here? How much they heard, how much they knew, How long among the wheat they grew! 3 Oh! this will aggravate their case! They perish under means of grace; To them the word of life and faith, Became an instrument of death. 4 We seem alike when thus we meet, Strangers might think we all were wheat; But to the Lord's all-searching eyes, Each heart appears without disguise. 5 The tares are spar'd for various ends, Some, for the sake of praying friends; Others, the Lord, against their will, Employs his counsel to fulfil. 6 But thought they grow so tall and strong, His plan will not require them long; In harvest when he save his own, The tares shall into hell be thrown. Topics: Christians And hypocrits Scripture: Matthew 13:37-42

The Lord will Provide

Appears in 431 hymnals First Line: Tho' troubles assail, and dangers affright Topics: God will provide; God will provide

Encouragement to trust and love God

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 474 hymnals First Line: Thro' all the changing scenes of life Topics: God Trust in Scripture: Psalm 34

Providence eauitable and kind

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 94 hymnals First Line: Thro' all the various shifting scenes Lyrics: 1 Thro' all the various shifting scenes, Of life's mistaken good or ill; Thy hand, O God, conducts unseen Our changes by thy sov'reign will. 2 Thou givest with paternal care, Howe'er unjustly we complain, To each their necessary share Of joy and sorrow, health and pain. 3 Trust we to youth, or friends, or power, Fix we on this terrestrial ball? When most secure, the coming hour, If thou see fit, may blast them all. 4 When lowest sunk with grief and shame, Fill'd with affliction's bitter cup, Lost to relations, friends, and fame, Thy powerful hand can raise us up. 5 Thy gracious consolations cheer, Thy smiles suppress the deep-fetch'd sigh, Thy hand can dry the trickling tear That secret wets th' afflicted eye. 6 All things on earth, and all in heaven On thy eternal will depend; And all for greater good were given, And all shall in thy glory end. 7 this be my care; to all beside Indifferent let my wishes be; Passion be calm; and dumb be pride, And fix'd, O God, my soul on thee. Topics: Providence Equitable and kind; Providence Equitable and kind Scripture: Psalm 107

Perseverance rewarded

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 12 hymnals First Line: Thus saith the holy One, and true Lyrics: 1 Thus saith the holy One, and true, To his beloved faithful few; "Of heav'n and hell I hold the keys, To shut, or open, as I please. 2 "I know thy works, and I approve, Though small thy strength, sincere thy love; Go on, my word and name to own, For none shall rob thee of thy crown. 3 "Before thee see my mercy's door Stands open wide to shut no more; Fear not temptation's fiery day, For I will be thy strength and stay. 4 "Thou hast my promise, hold it fast, The trying hour will soon be past; Rejoice, for lo! I quickly come, To take thee to my heav'nly home. 5 "A pillar there no more to move, Inscrib'd with all my names of love; A monument of mighty grace, Thou shalt forever have a place." 6 Such is the conqueror's reward, Prepar'd and promis'd by the Lord! Let him that hath the ear of faith, Attend to what the Spirit saith. Topics: Perseverance Rewarded Scripture: Revelation 3:7-13