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As Darker, Darker Fall Around

Author: Anonymous Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 35 hymnals First Line: As darker, darker, fall around Lyrics: 1. As darker, darker, fall around The shadows of the night, We gather here with hymn and prayer, To seek the eternal light. 2. Father in Heaven, to Thee are known Our many hopes and fears, Our heavy weight of mortal toil, Our bitterness of tears. 3. We pray Thee for our absent ones, Who have been with us here: And in our secret heart we name The distant and the dear. 4. For weary eyes, and aching hearts, And feet that from Thee rove, The sick, the poor, the tired, the fallen, We pray Thee, God of love. 5. We bring to Thee our hopes and fears And at Thy footstool lay; And, Father, Thou who lovest all Wilt hear us as we pray. Used With Tune: MARTYRDOM Text Sources: Catholic Choralist, by William Young, 1842, number 60, in 13 4-line stanzas, as "Hymn of the Calabrian Shepherds"

Behold the Glories of the Lamb

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 282 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Behold the glories of the Lamb Amidst His Father’s throne. Prepare new honors for His name, And songs before unknown. 2. Let elders worship at His feet, The Church adore around, With vials full of odors sweet, And harps of sweeter sound. 3. Those are the prayers of the saints, And these the hymns they raise; Jesus is kind to our complaints, He loves to hear our praise. 4. Eternal Father, who shall look Into Thy secret will? Who but the Son should take that Book And open every seal? 5. He shall fulfill Thy great decrees, The Son deserves it well; Lo, in His hand the sovereign keys Of Heav’n, and death, and hell! 6. Now to the Lamb that once was slain Be endless blessings paid; Salvation, glory, joy remain Forever on Thy head. 7. Thou hast redeemed our souls with blood, Hast set the prisoner free; Hast made us kings and priests to God, And we shall reign with Thee. 8. The worlds of nature and of grace Are put beneath Thy power; Then shorten these delaying days, And bring the promised hour. Used With Tune: MARTYRDOM

Behold the Savior of Mankind

Author: Samuel Wesley, Sr. Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 395 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Behold the Savior of mankind Nailed to the shameful tree! How vast the love that Him inclined To bleed and die for thee! 2. Though far unequal our low praise To Thy vast sufferings prove, O Lamb of God, thus all our days, Thus will we grieve and love. 3. Hark, how He groans, while nature shakes, And earth’s strong pillars bend; The temple’s veil in sunder breaks, The solid marbles rend. 4. ’Tis done! The precious ransom’s paid, Receive My soul, He cries! See where He bows His sacred head! He bows His head, and dies! 5. But soon He’ll break death’s envious chain, And in full glory shine: O Lamb of God! was ever pain, Was ever love, like Thine? 6. Thy loss our ruin did repair; Death by death is slain; Thou wilt at length exalt us where Thou dost in glory reign. Used With Tune: MARTYRDOM

I've Found the Pearl of Greatest Price

Author: John Mason Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 154 hymnals Lyrics: 1. I’ve found the pearl of greatest price, My heart doth sing for joy; And sing I must, for Christ is mine; Christ shall my song employ. 2. Christ is my Prophet, Priest and King; A Prophet full of light, My great High Priest before the throne, My King of heav’nly might. 3. For He indeed is Lord of lords, And He the King of kings; He is the sun of righteousness, With healing in His wings. 4. Christ is my peace; He died for me, For me He gave His blood; And as my wondrous Sacrifice, Offered Himself to God. 5. Christ Jesus is my all in all, My comfort and my love, My life below, and He shall be My joy and crown above. Used With Tune: MARTYRDOM Text Sources: Spiritual Songs, 1683

In Evil Long I Took Delight

Author: John Newton Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 332 hymnals Lyrics: 1. In evil long I took delight, Unawed by shame or fear, Till a new object struck my sight, And stopped my wild career. 2. I saw One hanging on a tree, In agony and blood, Who fixed His languid eyes on me, As near His cross I stood. 3. Sure, never to my latest breath, Can I forget that look; It seemed to charge me with His death, Though not a word He spoke. 4. My conscience felt and owned the guilt, And plunged me in despair, I saw my sins His blood had spilt, And helped to nail Him there. 5. Alas! I knew not what I did, But now my tears are vain; Where shall my trembling soul be hid? For I the Lord have slain. 6. A second look He gave, which said, I freely all forgive; This blood is for thy ransom paid; I die that thou mayst live. 7. Thus, while His death my sin displays In all its blackest hue, Such is the mystery of grace, It seals my pardon too. 8. With pleasing grief and mournful joy, My spirit now is filled; That I should such a life destroy, Yet live by Him I killed. Used With Tune: MARTYRDOM Text Sources: Olney Hymns (London: W. Oliver, 1779), number 57

In Thy Great Name, O Lord, We Come

Author: Joseph Hoskins, 1745-1788 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 146 hymnals Lyrics: 1. In Thy great name, O Lord, we come, To worship at Thy feet; Oh, pour Thy holy Spirit down On all that now shall meet. 2. We come to hear Jehovah speak, To hear the Savior’s voice; Thy face and favor, Lord, we seek, Now make our hearts rejoice. 3. Teach us to pray, and praise, and hear, And understand Thy Word; To feel Thy blissful presence near, And trust our living Lord. 4. Here let Thy power and grace be felt, Thy love and mercy known; Our icy hearts, dear Jesus, melt, And break this flinty stone. Used With Tune: MARTYRDOM Text Sources: Hymns on Select Texts of Scripture and Occasional Subjects (Bristol, England: Moody & Bottomley, 1789)

Thou Lovely Source of True Delight

Author: Anne Steele Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 147 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Thou lovely source of true delight, Whom I unseen adore; Unveil Thy beauties to my sight, That I may love Thee more. 2. Thy glory o’er creation shines; But in Thy sacred Word, I read in fairer, brighter lines, My bleeding, dying Lord. 3. ’Tis here, whene’er my comforts droop, And sins and sorrows rise, Thy love with cheerful beams of hope, My fainting heart supplies. 4. Jesus, my Lord, my life, my light, O come with blissful ray; Break radiant through the shades of night, And chase my fears away. 5. Then shall my soul with rapture trace The wonders of Thy love; But the full glories of Thy face Are only known above. Used With Tune: MARTYRDOM Text Sources: Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional, 1760

O God of Jacob, by whose hand

Author: P. Doddridge (1702-1751) Appears in 61 hymnals Topics: God, Father Gracious and Merciful; The Election of God's People Abraham; The Promise of Redemption Moses; Pentecost 2 The People of God; Pentecost 13 The Suffering Community; Pentecost 17 The Proof of Faith; Pentecost 19 The Life of Faith Scripture: Genesis 28:10-22 Used With Tune: MARTYRDOM

Alas, and did my Saviour bleed?

Author: Rev. Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Appears in 2,434 hymnals Topics: Atonement; Calvary; Christ Our Substitute; Christ Cross of; Christ Love of; Christ Sacrifice of; Conviction of Sin; Evangelistic Services Used With Tune: MARTYRDOM (ALL SAINTS)

Lord, Teach us How to Pray Aright

Author: James Montgomery, 1771-1854 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 225 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lord, teach us how to pray aright, With reverence and with fear; Though dust and ashes in Thy sight, We may, we must draw near. 2 Burdened with guilt, convinced of sin In weakness, want, and woe, Fightings without, and fears within, Lord, whither shall we go? 3 God of all grace, we come to Thee With broken, contrite hearts; Give, what Thine eye delights to see Truth in the inward parts. 4 Give deep humility; the sense Of godly sorrow give; A strong desire, with confidence, To hear Thy voice and live; 5 Faith in the only Sacrifice That can for sin atone; To cast our loves, to fix our eyes, On Christ, on Christ alone. 6 Give these, and then Thy will be done, Thus strengthened with all might, We, through Thy Spirit and Thy Son, Shall pray, and pray aright. Amen. Topics: Worship Used With Tune: MARTYRDOM