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My God, how endless is thy love!

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 614 hymnals Topics: Particular Occasions and Circumstances Morning Lyrics: 1 My God, how endless is thy love! Thy gifts are ev'ry ev'ning new; And morning mercies from above Gently descend like earthly dew. 2 Thou spread'st the curtains of the night, Great Guardian of my sleeping hours; Thy sov'reign word restores the light, and quickens all my drowsy pow'rs. 3 I yield myself to thy command; To thee devote my nights and days: Perpetual blessings from thy hand Demand perpetual songs of praise.

Hosannah with a cheerful sound

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 112 hymnals Topics: Particular Occasions and Circumstances Morning Lyrics: 1 Hosanna with a cheerful sound To God's upholding hand! Ten thousand snares our path surround, And yet secure we stand. 2 How wondrous is that mighty pow'r Which form'd us with a word! And ev'ry day, and ev'ry hour, We lean upon the Lord. 3 The ev'ning rests our weary head, And mercy guards the room. We wake, and we admire the bed That was not made our tomb. 4 The rising morn cannot assure, That we shall end the day; For death stands ready at the door To take our lives away. 5 God is our Sun, whose daily light Our joy and safety brings; Our feeble frame lies safe at night Beneath his shady wings.

Remark my soul! the narrow bounds

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 126 hymnals Topics: Particular Occasions and Circumstances New-Year Lyrics: 1 Remark, my soul! the narrow bounds Of the revolving year. How swift the weeks complete their rounds! How short the months appear! 2 So fast eternity comes on, And that important, When all that mortal life has done God's judgment shall survey. 3 Yet like an idle tale we pass The swift advancing year; And study artful ways t' increase The speed of its career. 4 Waken, O God! my trifling heart, Its great concern to see; That I may act the Christian part, And give the year to thee. 5 Thus shall their course more grateful run, If future years arise; And bear me, swift as time can move, To joy that never dies.

O come, behold a scene of dread!

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 7 hymnals Topics: Particular Occasions and Circumstances Public and National Blessings and Afflictions Lyrics: 1 O come, behold a scene of dread! Behold a world with slaughter spread! And know, 'tis God who bids each land thus feel the terrors of his hand. 2 'Tis his again the earth to cheer, To break the bow, to snap the spear, To wrap in flames the glitt'ring car, And hush the tumult of the war. 3 Behold us, Lord! oppress'd with woe, And exil'd from thy care we go: Rebuk'd for sin, chastis'd by thee, Grant us again thy face to see. 4 O thou, the God whom we adore! Our breaches heal, our peace restore. Our hope on man repos'd in vain, O let thy strength, great God! sustain. 5 The objects of thy tend'rest love O save, propitious from above! Let us with them thy mercy share, And hear, O hear our ceaseless pray'r.

We feel thy awful chast'ning rod

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Particular Occasions and Circumstances Public and National Blessings and Afflictions Lyrics: 1 We feel thy awful chast'ning rod, Thy sovereign justice we adore; Yet we approach thy feet, O God, Thy boundless mercy to implore. 2 Teach us to mourn for all our guilt; May reformation fill the land; No more may human blood be spilt, But love and joy each heart expand. 3 To thee, O Lord, to thee alone, We look for help, while drown'd in tears. Send down salvation from thy throne; Subdue our hearts, remove our fears. 4 Unite our souls to trust thy grace; Portentous, angry clouds dispel; Let party-feuds no more have place, Nor tongues be "set on fire of hell." 5 May the kind spirit of thy Son Preside and rule in ev'ry soul; That wars may cease, thy will be done, And praise resound from pole to pole.

O Lord, our fathers oft have told

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 102 hymnals Topics: Particular Occasions and Circumstances Public and National Blessings and Afflictions Lyrics: 1 O Lord, our fathers oft have told, In our attentive ears, Thy wonders in their days perform'd, And in more ancient years. 2 ’Twas not their courage, nor their sword, To them salvation gave; ’Twas not their number, nor their strength That did their country save. 3 But thy right hand, thy pow'rful arm; Whose succor they implor'd— Thy Providence protected those, Who thy great name ador'd. 4 As thee, their God, our fathers own'd, So thou art still our King; O therefore, as thou didst to them, To us deliv'rance bring. 5 To thee, the glory we'll ascribe, From whom salvation came; In God our shield we will rejoice, And ever bless thy name.

O thou, before whose gracious throne

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 104 hymnals Topics: Particular Occasions and Circumstances For a Congregation Lyrics: 1 O thou, before whose gracious throne We bow our suppliant spirits down, Thou know'st the anxious cares we feel, And all our trembling lips would tell. 2 Avert thy swift desolating stroke, Nor smite the shepherd of the flock; Restore him, sinking to the grave, Stretch out thine arm, make haste to save; 3 But if our supplications fail, And prayer's and tears cannot prevail: Be thou his strength, be thou his stay: Support him through the gloomy way. 4 Around him may thy angels stand, Waiting the signal of thy hand, To bid his happy spirit rise, And bear him to their native skies.

Now let our drooping hearts revive

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 129 hymnals Topics: Particular Occasions and Circumstances For a Congregation Lyrics: 1 Now let our drooping hearts revive, And let our tears be dry; Why should those eyes be drown'd in grief Which view a Saviour nigh? 2 Though earthly shepherds dwell in dust, The agèd and the young, The watchful eye, in darkness clos'd, And mute th’instructive tongue: 3 Th' eternal shepherd still survives, New comfort to impart; His eye still guides us, and his voice Still animates our heart. 4 The pow'rs of nature, Lord! are thine, And thine the aids of grace. Thine arm has borne thy churches up, Through ev'ry rising race. 5 Extert thy sacred influ'nce here; Thy mourning servants bless. O change to strains of cheerful praise Their accents of distress.

Consider all my sorrows, Lord!

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 91 hymnals Topics: Particular Occasions and Circumstances Sickness and Recovery Lyrics: 1 Consider all my sorrows, Lord! And thy deliv'rance send. My soul for thy salvation faints; When will my troubles end? 2 Yet I have found, 'tis good for me To bear my Father's rod; Afflictions make me learn thy law, And live upon my God. 3 This is the comfort I enjoy When new distress begins; I read thy word, I run thy ways, And hate my former sins. 4 Had not thy word been my delight, When earthly joys were fled; My soul, oppress'd with sorrow's weight Had sunk amongst the dead. 5 I know, thy judgments, Lord! are right, Though they may seem severe; The sharpest suff'rings I endure Flow from thy faithful care.

Peace, my complaining heart!

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Particular Occasions and Circumstances Sickness and Recovery Lyrics: 1 Peace, my complaining heart! Ye busy cares, be still! Adore the just, the sov'reign Lord, Nor murmur at his will. 2 'Tis wisdom guides his hand; Nor dares my guilty fear, Amidst the sharpest pains I feel, Pronounce his hand severe. 3 To soften ev'ry stroke, Indulgent mercy bends; And, unrepining when I plead, His gracious ear attends. 4 Let me reflect with awe, Whene'er my heart complains: Compar'd with what my sins deserve, How easy are my pains! 5 Yes, Lord, I own thy hand, Thou just, and wise, and kind! Be ev'ry anxious thought suppress'd, And all my soul resign'd.