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Let every creature join

Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 44 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Let every creature join To bless Jehovah's name, And every power unite.. To swell th'exalted theme; Let nature raise, From every tongue, A general song Of grateful praise. 2 But oh, from human tongues Should nobler praises flow, And every thankful heart With warm devotion glow: Your voices raise, Ye highly blest; Above the rest Declare His praise. 3 Assist me, gracious God; My heart, my voice inspire; Then shall I humbly join the universal choir; Thy grace can raise My heart and tongue, And tune my song To lively praise. Amen. Topics: Delight in God and His Service; God Grace of ; Praise To God Used With Tune: ARTHUR'S SEAT

What Contradictions Meet

Author: John Newton Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 38 hymnals Lyrics: 1 What contradictions meet In ministers’ employ! It is a bitter sweet, A sorrow full of joy: No other post affords a place For equal honor, or disgrace! 2 Who can describe the pain Which faithful preachers feel; Constrained to speak, in vain, To hearts as hard as steel? Or who can tell the pleasures felt, When stubborn hearts begin to melt? 3 The Savior’s dying love, The soul’s amazing worth; Their utmost efforts move, And draw their bowels forth: They pray and strive, their rest departs, Till Christ be formed in sinners’ hearts. 4 If some small hope appear, They still are not content; But, with a jealous fear, They watch for the event: Too oft they find their hopes deceived, Then, how their inmost souls are grieved! 5 But when their pains succeed, And from the tender blade The ripening ears proceed, Their toils are overpaid: No harvest joy can equal theirs, To find the fruit of all their cares. 6 On what has now been sown Thy blessing, Lord, bestow; The power is Thine alone, To make it spring and grow: Do Thou the gracious harvest raise, And Thou, alone, shalt have the praise. Used With Tune: ARTHUR'S SEAT Text Sources: Olney Hymns (London, W. Oliver, 1779), Book 2

The Promises I Sing

Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751 Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 106 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The promises I sing, Which sovereign Love hath spoke; Nor will th’eternal King His words of grace revoke; They stand secure, and steadfast still; Not Zion’s hill abides so sure. 2 The mountains melt away When once the Judge appears, And sun and moon decay, That measure mortals’ years; But still the same, in radiant lines, The promise shines thro’ all the flame. 3 Their harmony shall sound Thro’ mine attentive ears, When thunders cleave the ground, And dissipate the spheres; ’Midst all the shock of that dread scene I stand serene, Thy Word my rock. Used With Tune: ARTHUR'S SEAT Text Sources: Published posthumously in Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures, by Job Orton (J. Eddowes and J. Cotton, 1755)

Behold a Little Child

Author: William W. How Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 19 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Behold a little child, laid in a manger bed; The wintry blasts blow wild around His infant head; But who is this so lowly laid? ’Tis He by whom the worlds were made. 2. Alas! in what poor state the Son of God is seen; Why did the Lord so great choose out a home so mean? That we may learn from pride to flee, And to follow His humility. 3. Where Joseph plies his trade, lo, Jesus labors, too; The hands that all things made an earthly craft pursue, That weary men in Him may rest, And faithful toil through Him be blessed. 4. Among the doctors see the Boy so full of grace; Say, wherefore taketh He the scholar’s lowly place? That children all, with reverence meet, May sit and learn at Jesus’ feet. 5. Christ, once Thyself a boy, our childhood guard and guide; Be Thou its light and joy, and still with us abide, That Thy dear love, so great and free, May draw us evermore to Thee. Used With Tune: ARTHUR'S SEAT

O LORD, You Are My Light

Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 18 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O LORD, you are my light and my salvation near; then who will cause me fright or fill my heart with fear? While God my strength, my life sustains, secure from fear my soul remains. 2 My one request has been and still this prayer I raise: that I may live within God's house for all my days, God's glorious beauty to admire, and in his temple to inquire. 3 When troubles round me swell, when fears and dangers throng, securely I will dwell in his pavilion strong. Within the shelter of his tent he hides me till the storm is spent. 4 Uplifted on a rock above my foes around, amid the battle shock my song shall still resound. Then joyful offerings I will bring; the LORD God's praise my heart shall sing. Topics: Epiphany & Ministry of Christ; Assurance; Epiphany & Ministry of Christ; Light Scripture: Psalm 27:1-6 Used With Tune: ARTHUR'S SEAT Text Sources: Psalter, 1869 (st. 1); Psalter, 1912; alt. (st. 2-4)

The Spacious Heavens Declare

Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 13 hymnals Topics: Law of God; Nature, God In; Providence, Divine Scripture: Psalm 19 Used With Tune: ARTHUR'S SEAT

My trust is in the Lord

Author: Lyte Appears in 13 hymnals Used With Tune: ARTHUR'S SEAT

Their hearts shall not be moved

Author: Jane E. Leeson Appears in 8 hymnals Used With Tune: ARTHUR'S SEAT

When in His Might the Lord Arose

Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: When in his might the Lord Lyrics: 1 When in his might the Lord arose to set us free, and Zion was restored from her captivity, in transports then of joy and mirth we praised the Lord of all the earth. 2 The nations saw with fear the might of God displayed, when he at last drew near to give his people aid; great things for us the Lord has wrought, and gladness to our hearts has brought. 3 Again refresh us, Lord, with your reviving love, and be your blessing poured in mercy from above; by grace revive our hearts again, as streams refreshed by copious rain. 4 Although with bitter tears the sower bears his seed, when harvest time appears he shall be glad indeed; for they that in the sowing weep shall yet in joy and gladness reap. Topics: God Power of; Grace; Revival; Sowing and Reaping; Zion Scripture: Psalm 126 Used With Tune: ARTHUR'S SEAT Text Sources: The Psalter, 1912; mod.

We'll Sing, In Spite Of Scorn

Author: Thomas Kelly Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: We’ll sing, in spite of scorn Lyrics: 1 We’ll sing, in spite of scorn: Our theme is come from Heav’n: To us a Child is born, To us a Son is giv’n; The sweetest news that ever came We’ll sing, though all the world should blame. 2 The long expected morn Has dawned upon the earth; The Savior Christ is born, And angels sing His birth: We’ll join the bright seraphic throng, We’ll share their joys, and swell their song. 3 O! ’tis a lofty theme, Supplied by angels’ tongues! All other objects seem Unworthy of our songs. This sacred theme has boundless charms, It fills, it captivates, it warms. 4 Now sing of peace divine, Of grace to guilty man; No wisdom, Lord, but Thine Could form the wondrous plan; Where peace and righteousness embrace, And justice goes along with grace. 5 Give praise to God on high, With angels round His throne; Give praise to God with joy, Give praise to God alone! ’Tis meet His saints their songs should raise, And give the Savior endless praise. Used With Tune: ARTHUR'S SEAT