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When Far Astray
Author: Salathial C. Kirk Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: When far astray in sin, one day Lyrics: 1 When far astray in sin, one day
The loving Savior passed my way;
As helpless, sick, and sore I lay
Deep in the pit and miry clay.
2 He stooped and touched me in my shame;
I felt His touch, I breathed His name;
A thrill divine went through my soul—
I felt that touch had made me whole.
3 "For you I drank the bitter cup,"
Thus Jesus said, and raised me up;
He raised me up, O praise the Lamb,
From what I was to what I am!
4 I know the depths from whence I came;
Thou knowest, too, how weak my frame;
Keep Thou my hand within Thine own,
For, O, I dare not walk alone!
5 Close by the side of such a friend,
Whose love could such a depth descend,
I shall not wander from the fold,
For power to save is grace to hold. Used With Tune: ABSCHIED Text Sources: Musings Along the Way (Philadelphia: A. H. Sickler & Company, 1900)
When Far Astray
Lord, In Thy Field I Work All Day
Author: John Keble Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1 "Lord, in Thy field I work all day,
I read, I teach, I warn, I pray,
And yet these willful wandering sheep
Within Thy fold I cannot keep.
2 "I journey, yet no step is won—
Alas! the weary course I run!
Like sailors shipwrecked in their dreams
All powerless and benighted seems."
3 What? wearied out with half a life?
Scared with this smooth unbloody strife?
Think where thy coward hopes had flown,
Had Heaven held out the martyr’s crown.
4 How couldst thou hang upon the cross,
To whom a weary hour is loss?
Or how the thorns and scourging brook,
Who shrinkest from a scornful look?
5 Yet ere thy craven spirit faints,
Hear thine own king, the King of saints;
Though thou wert toiling in the grave,
’Tis He can cheer thee, He can save.
6 He is th’ eternal mirror bright,
Where angels view the Father’s light,
And yet in Him the simplest swain
May read his homely lesson plain.
7 Early to quit His home on earth,
And claim His high celestial birth,
Alone with His true Father found
Within the temple’s solemn round:
8 Yet in meek duty to abide
For many a year at Mary’s side,
Nor heed, though restless spirits ask,
"What? hath the Christ forgot His task?"
9 Conscious of Deity within,
To bow before an heir of sin,
With folded arms on humble breast,
By His own servant washed and blest:
10 With hymns of angels in His ears,
Back to His task of woe and tears,
Unmurmuring through the world to roam
With not a wish or thought of home:
11 All but Himself to heal and save,
Till ripened for the cross and grave,
He to His Father gently yield
The breath that our redemption sealed:
12 Then to unearthly life arise,
Yet not at once to seek the skies,
But glide away from saint to saint,
Lest on our lonely way we faint;
13 And through the cloud by glimpses show
How bright, in Heaven, the marks will glow
Of the true cross, imprinted deep
Both on the Shepherd and the sheep:
14 When out of sight, in heart and prayer
Thy chosen people still to bear,
And from behind Thy glorious veil,
Shed light that cannot change or fail:
15 This is Thy pastoral course, O Lord,
Till we be saved, and Thou adored;
Thy course and ours—but who are they
Who follow on the narrow way?
16 And yet of Thee from year to year
The Church’s solemn chant we hear,
As from Thy cradle to Thy throne
She swells her high heart-cheering tone.
17 Listen, ye pure white robèd souls,
Whom in her list she now enrolls,
And gird yet from your high emprize
By these her thrilling minstrelsies.
18 And wheresoe’er, in earth’s wide field,
Ye lift, for Him, the red-cross shield,
Be this your song your joy and pride—
"Our Champion went before and died."
Used With Tune: ABSCHIED Text Sources: The Christian Year 1827
Lord, In Thy Field I Work All Day
Father In Heav'n, Look Down, I Pray
Author: Grace W. Hinsdale Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Father in Heav’n, look down, I pray Lyrics: 1 Father in Heav’n, look down, I pray,
And guide my steps throughout the day;
Let not my thoughts to sin incline,
But fill me with Thy grace divine.
2 Let all my words and actions be
Restrained and governed, Lord, by Thee;
Bless my dear friends whom Thou has giv’n
To teach my soul the way to Heav’n.
3 Bless me, dear Lord, again I pray;
Let nothing tempt me from the way
Which leads at last, through Jesus’ love
To that sweet home of joy above. Used With Tune: ABSCHIED Text Sources: Coming to the King (New York: Anson D. F. Randolph, 1865)
Father In Heav'n, Look Down, I Pray
Peace to the world! the Lord is come
Author: Horatius Bonar Appears in 3 hymnals Used With Tune: ABSCHIED
Peace to the world! the Lord is come
Lord, What Was Man?
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 56 hymnals First Line: Lord, what was man, when made at first Lyrics: 1. Lord, what was man, when made at first,
Adam the offspring of the dust,
That Thou shouldst set him and his race
But just below an angel’s place?
2. That Thou shouldst raise his nature so,
And make him lord of all below;
Make every beast and bird submit,
And lay the fishes at his feet?
3. But O! what brighter glories wait
To crown the second Adam’s state!
What honors shall Thy Son adorn,
Who condescended to be born!
4. See Him below His angels made;
See Him in dust amongst the dead,
To save a ruined world from sin;
But He shall reign with power divine.
5. The world to come, redeemed from all
The mis’ries that attend the fall,
New made and glorious, shall submit
At our exalted Savior’s feet. Used With Tune: ABSCHIED Text Sources: The Psalms of David, 1719
Lord, What Was Man?
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