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We are a garden wall'd around

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 55 hymnals Topics: God our defence and salvation; God all-sufficient; Works and grace; Creation and Providence; Creatures no trust in them; Creatures vain, and God all-sufficient; God his creation and providence; Grace and providence; Praise for creation and providence; Providence and creation; Providence in air, earth, and sea Lyrics: We are a garden walled around, Chosen and made peculiar ground; A little spot enclosed by grace Out of the world's wide wilderness. Like trees of myrrh and spice we stand, Planted by God the Father's hand; And all his springs in Zion flow, To make the young plantation grow. Awake, O, heav'nly wind! and come, Blow on this garden of perfume; Spirit divine! descend and breathe A gracious gale on plants beneath. Make our best spices flow abroad, To entertain our Savior God And faith, and love, and joy appear, And every grace be active here. [Let my Beloved come and taste His pleasant fruits at his own feast: "I come, my spouse, I come!" he cries, With love and pleasure in his eyes. Our Lord into his garden comes, Well pleased to smell our poor perfumes, And calls us to a feast divine, Sweeter than honey, milk, or wine. "Eat of the tree of life, my friends, The blessings that my Father sends; Your taste shall all my dainties prove, And drink abundance of my love:" Jesus, we will frequent thy board, And sing the bounties of our Lord; But the rich food on which we live Demands more praise than tongues can give.] Scripture: Song of Solomon 4:12-15

The wondering world enquires to know

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 47 hymnals Topics: God our defence and salvation; God all-sufficient; Works and grace; Creation and Providence; Creatures no trust in them; Creatures vain, and God all-sufficient; God his creation and providence; Grace and providence; Praise for creation and providence; Providence and creation; Providence in air, earth, and sea Lyrics: The wond'ring world inquires to know Why I should love my Jesus so: What are his charms," say they, "above The objects of a mortal love?" Yes! my Beloved, to my sight Shows a sweet mixture, red and white: All human beauties, all divine, In my Beloved meet and shine. White is his soul, from blemish free; Red with the blood he shed for me; The fairest of ten thousand fairs; A sun amongst ten thousand stars. [His head the finest gold excels; There wisdom in perfection dwells, And glory like a crown adorns Those temples once beset with thorns. Compassions in his heart are found, Hard by the signals of his wound: His sacred side no more shall bear The cruel scourge, the piercing spear.] [His hands are fairer to behold Than diamonds set in rings of gold; Those heav'nly hands, that on the tree Were nailed, and torn, and bled for me! Though once he bowed his feeble knees, Loaded with sins and agonies, Now on the throne of his command His legs like marble pillars stand.] [His eyes are majesty and love, The eagle tempered with the dove; No more shall trickling sorrows roll Through those dear windows of his soul. His mouth, that poured out long complaints, Now smiles and cheers his fainting saints His countenance more graceful is Than Lebanon with all its trees.] All over glorious is my Lord Must be beloved, and yet adored; His worth if all the nations knew, Sure the whole earth would love him too. Scripture: Song of Solomon 5:9-16

When strangers stand and hear me tell

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 67 hymnals Topics: God our defence and salvation; God all-sufficient; Works and grace; Creation and Providence; Creatures no trust in them; Creatures vain, and God all-sufficient; God his creation and providence; Grace and providence; Praise for creation and providence; Providence and creation; Providence in air, earth, and sea Lyrics: When strangers stand and hear me tell What beauties in my Savior dwell, Where he is gone they fain would know, That they may seek and love him too. My best Beloved keeps his throne On hills of light, in worlds unknown; But he descends and shows his face In the young gardens of his grace. [In vineyards planted by his hand, Where fruitful trees in order stand; He feeds among the spicy beds, Where lilies show their spotless heads. He has engrossed my warmest love, No earthly charms my soul can move: I have a mansion in his heart, Nor death nor hell shall make us part.] [He takes my soul ere I'm aware, And shows me where his glories are; No chariot of Amminadib The heav'nly rapture can describe. O may my spirit daily rise On wings of faith above the skies, Till death shall make my last remove, To dwell for ever with my Love.] Scripture: Song of Solomon 6:1-3

Psalm 33 (A Responsorial Setting)

Author: James V. Marchionda Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Church Year All Saints' Day; Church Year Trinity Sunday; Daily Prayer Night Prayer; Earth; Elements of Worship Sending; Endurance; God Trust in; God as Shield; God as Spirit; God as Creator; God's Seeing; God's Sovereignty; God's Word; God's Armor; God's Faithfulness; God's Justice; God's Love; God's Name; God's Providence; Hope; Hymns of Praise; Jesus Christ Way, Truth, and Life; Joy; Justice; Love; Mercy; Musical Instruments; Patience; The Creation; Trust; Year A, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, June 5-11 (if after Trinity Sunday); Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, August 7-13 First Line: Happy the people Scripture: Psalm 33 Used With Tune: [Happy the people] Text Sources: Evangelical Lutheran Worship (Psalm text)

Psalm 90 (A Responsorial Setting)

Author: Hal H. Hopson Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Anniversaries; Biblical Names and Places Moses; Church Year Ash Wednesday; Church Year Transfiguration; Daily Prayer Morning Prayer; Elements of Worship Confession (Individual); Faith; God Obedience to; God Trust in; God as Refuge; God as Creator; God's Seeing; God's Sovereignty; God's Sovereignty; God's Sustaining Power; God's Will; God's Word; God's Armor; God's Face; God's Love; God's Power; God's Providence; Grâce; Humanity Redeemed by God; Humanity Sustained by God; Joy; Judgment; Labor; Life Stages Death; Life Stages Generations; Life Stages Old Age; Occasional Services Funerals; Occasional Services New Year; Occasional Services Ordination and/or Installation; Pain; People of God / Church Renewal; Suffering; Temptation And Trial; The Creation; Year A, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, November, 13-19; Year A, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, October 23-29; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, October 9-15 First Line: Teach us to know the shortness of our days Lyrics: Refrain: Teach us to know the shortness of our days; may wisdom dwell within our hearts. Scripture: Psalm 90 Used With Tune: [Teach us to know the shortness of our days] Text Sources: Evangelical Lutheran Worship (Psalm text)

May the Gracious Care

Author: Steven C. Warner Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Anniversaries; Biblical Names and Places Moses; Church Year Ash Wednesday; Church Year Transfiguration; Daily Prayer Morning Prayer; Elements of Worship Confession (Individual); Faith; God Obedience to; God Trust in; God as Refuge; God as Creator; God's Seeing; God's Sovereignty; God's Sustaining Power; God's Will; God's Word; God's Armor; God's Face; God's Love; God's Power; God's Providence; Grâce; Humanity Redeemed by God; Humanity Sustained by God; Joy; Joy; Judgment; Labor; Life Stages Death; Life Stages Generations; Life Stages Old Age; Occasional Services Funerals; Occasional Services New Year; Occasional Services Ordination and/or Installation; Pain; People of God / Church Renewal; Suffering; Temptation And Trial; The Creation; Year A, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, November, 13-19; Year A, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, October 23-29; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, October 9-15 First Line: O Lord, you have been our refuge Refrain First Line: May the gracious care (May the love of God) Scripture: Psalm 90 Used With Tune: [O Lord, you have been our refuge]

Father, I know that all my life

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 233 hymnals Topics: Self-Consecration; Courage of Christians; God wonderful in providence; Goodness of God a ground of trust; Providence; Resignation Lyrics: 1 Father, I know that all my life Is portion'd out by Thee; The changes that will surely come I do not fear to see: I ask Thee for a present mind, Intent on pleasing Thee. 2 I ask Thee for a thoughtful love, Through constant watching wise, To meet the glad with joyful smiles, And to wipe the weeping eyes; A heart at leisure from itself, To soothe and sympathize. 3 I would not have the restless will That hurries to and fro, That seeks for some great thing to do, Or secret thing to know: I would be treated as a child, And guided where I go. 4 Wherever in the world I am, In whatsoe'er estate, I have a fellowship with hearts, To keep and cultivate; A work of lowly love to do For Him on whom I wait. 5 I ask Thee for the daily strength, To none that ask denied, A mind to blend with outward life, While keeping at Thy side; Content to fill a little space, If Thou be glorified. 6 And if some things I do not ask, Among my blessings be, I'd have my spirit filled the more With grateful love to Thee; More careful, not to serve Thee much, But please Thee perfectly.

How are Thy servants blest, O Lord!

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 322 hymnals Topics: Courage of Christians; God wonderful in providence; Goodness of God a ground of trust; Providence; Resignation Lyrics: 1 How are Thy servants blest, O Lord! How sure is their defence! Eternal Wisdom is their guide, Their help Omnipotence. 2 In foreign realms and lands remote, Supported by Thy care, They pass unhurt through burning climes, And breathe in tainted air. 3 Though by the dreadful tempest toss'd High on the broken wave, They know Thou art not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save. 4 The storm is laid, the winds retire, Obedient to Thy will; The sea, that roars at Thy command, At Thy command is still. 5 In midst of dangers, fears and deaths, Thy goodness I'll adore; We praise Thee for Thy mercies past, And humbly hope for more 6 My life, while Thou preserv'st my life, Thy sacrifice shall be; And oh! may death, when death shall come, Unite my soul to Thee.

Ye trembling souls! dismiss your fears

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 148 hymnals Topics: Courage of Christians; God wonderful in providence; Goodness of God a ground of trust; Providence; Resignation Lyrics: 1 Ye trembling souls! dismiss your fears; Be mercy all your theme; Mercy, which like a river flows In one continued stream. 2 Fear not the powers of earth and hell: God will these powers restrain; His mighty arm their rage repel, And make their efforts vain. 3 Fear not the want of outward good: He still for His provides, Grants them supplies of daily food, And gives them heaven beside. 4 Fear not that He will e'er forsake, Or leave His work undone: He's faithful to His promises, And faithful to His Son. 5 Fear not the terrors of the grave, Nor death's tremendous sting: He will from endless wrath preserve, To endless glory bring.

Awake, our souls, away, our fears

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 405 hymnals Topics: Courage of Christians; God wonderful in providence; Goodness of God a ground of trust; Providence; Race emblem of the Christian life; Resignation; Strength Lyrics: 1 Awake, our souls, away, our fears, Let every trembling thought be gone; Awake and run the heavenly race, And put a cheerful courage on. 2 True, ’tis a straight and thorny road, And mortal spirits tire and faint; But they forget the mighty God, Who feeds the strength of every saint. 3 The mighty God, Whose matchless power Is ever new and ever young; Shall firm endure while endless years Their everlasting circles run. 4 From Thee, the over-flowing spring, Our souls shall drink a fresh supply; While such as trust their native strength, Shall melt away, and droop and die. 5 Swift as an eagle cuts the air, We’ll mount aloft to Thine abode; On wings of love our souls shall fly, Nor tire amidst the heavenly road.