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Devout retirement
Author: Dr. Watts Appears in 352 hymnals Topics: Before Sermon First Line: Far from my thoughts, vain world, be gone Lyrics: 1 Far from my thoughts vain world be gone,
Let my religious hours alone;
Fain would my eyes my Saviour see,
I wait a visit, Lord, from thee.
2 My heart grows warm with holy fire,
And kindles with a pure desire:
Come my dear Jesus, from above,
3 O haste, but with a smiling face,
And spread the table of thy grace;
Bring down a taste of truth divine,
And cheer my heart with sacred wine.
4 Bless'd Jesus, what delicious fare!
How sweet thy entertainments are!
Never did angels taste above
Redeeming grace and dying love.
5 Hail great Immanuel, all divine!
In thee thy Father's glories shine;
Thou brightest, sweetest, fairest one,
That eyes have seen, or angels known.
Devout retirement
Obedience and Death of Christ
Appears in 70 hymnals Topics: Before Sermon First Line: Father, I sing thy wond'rous grace Lyrics: 1 Father, I sing thy wond'rous grace,
I bless my Saviour's name.
He bought salvation for the poor,
And bore the sinners shame.
2 His deep distress has rais'd us high;
His duty and his zeal.
Fulfill'd the law which mortals broke,
And finish'd all thy will.
3 His dying groans, his living songs,
Shall better please my God,
Than harp or trumpet's solemn sound,
Than goats or bullocks blood.
4 This shall his humble foll'wers see,
And set their hearts at rest;
They by his death draw near to thee,
And live for ever blest.
4 Let heav'n, and all that dwell on high,
To God their voices raise,
While lands and seas assist the sky,
And join'd t' advance the praise.
Scripture: Psalm 69
Obedience and Death of Christ
The Excellency of the Scripture
Author: Steel Appears in 755 hymnals Topics: Before Sermon First Line: Father of mercies, in thy word Lyrics: 1 Father of mercies, in thy word
What endless glory shines?
For ever be thy name ador'd
For these celestial lines.
2 Here the fair tree of knowledge grows,
And yields a free repast;
Sublimer sweets than nature knows,
Invite the longing taste.
3 Here springs of consolation rise,
To chear the fainting mind;
And thirsty souls receive supplies,
And sweet refreshment find.
4 Here the Redeemer's welcome voice
Spreads heav'nly peace around;
And life, and everlasting joys
Attend the blissful sound.
5 O may these heav'nly pages be
My ever dear delight,
And still new beauties may I see,
And still increasing light.
6 Divine instructor, gracious LORD!
Be thou for ever near;
Teach me to love thy sacred word,
And view my Saviour there.
The Excellency of the Scripture
Immutability of God
Author: Dr. Doddridge Appears in 82 hymnals Topics: Before Sermon First Line: Great Former of this various frame Lyrics: 1 Great Former of this various frame,
Our souls adore thine awful name;
And bow and tremble, while they praise
The ancient of eternal days.
2 Thou, Lord, with unsurpris'd survey,
Saw'st nature rising yesterday;
And, as tomorrow, shall thine eye
See earth and stars in ruin lie.
3 Beyond an angel's vision bright,
Thou dwell'st in self-existent light.
Which shines with undiminish'd ray,
While suns and worlds in smoke decay.
4 Our days a transient period run,
And change with ev'ry circling sun,
And in the firmest state we boast,
A moth can crush us into dust.
5 But let the creatures fall around;
Let death consign us to the ground,
Let the last general flame arise,
And melt the Arches of the skies:
6 Calm as the summer's ocean, we,
Can all the wreck of nature see,
While grace secures us an abode,
Unshaken as the throne of God.
Immutability of God
O may this day thy blessing, Lord
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Before Sermon
O may this day thy blessing, Lord
The Joys of Heaven
Author: Steel Appears in 159 hymnals Topics: Before Sermon First Line: Come, LORD, and warm each languid heart Lyrics: 1 Come, LORD, and warm each languid heart,
Inspire each lifeless tongue;
And let the joys of heaven impart
Their influ'nce to our song.
2 Then to the shining seats of bliss
The wings of faith shall soar,
And all the charms of paradise
Our raptur'd thoughts explore.
3 Pleasures unsully'd flourish there,
Beyond the reach of time;
Not blooming Eden smil'd so fair
In all her flow'ry prime.
4 Sorrow and pain, and ev'ry care,
And discord there shall cease;
And perfect joy and love sincere
Adorn the realms of peace.
5 The soul, from sin for ever free,
shall mourn its pow'r no more;
But cloth'd in spotless purity,
Redeeming love adore.
6 There shall the followers of the Lamb,
Join in immortal songs;
And endless honours to his name
Employ their tuneful tongues.
7 LORD, tune our hearts to praise and love
Our feeble notes inspire;
Till in thy blissful courts above
We join th' angelic choir.
The Joys of Heaven
The Freeness of the Gospel
Author: Beddome Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 32 hymnals Topics: Worship Hymns Before Sermon First Line: How free and boundless is the grace Lyrics: 1 How free and boundless is the grace
Of our redeeming God,
Extending to the Greek and Jew,
And men of every blood!
2 The mightiest king, and meanest slave,
May his rich mercy taste;
He bids the beggar and the prince,
Unto the gospel feast.
3 None are excluded thence, but those
Who do themselves exclude;
Welcome the learned and polite,
The ignorant and rude.
4 Come then ye men of every name,
Of every rank and tongue;
What you are willing to receive,
Doth unto you belong.
The Freeness of the Gospel
The Pool of Bethesda
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 33 hymnals Topics: Worship Hymns Before Sermon First Line: How long, thou faithful God, shall I Lyrics: 1 How long, thou faithful God, shall I
Here on thy ways forgotten lie?
When shall the means of healing be
The channels of thy grace to me?
2 Sinners on every side step in,
And wash away their pain and sin;
But I, an helpless sin-sick soul,
Still ie expiring at the Pool.
3 Thou cov'nant angel swift come down,
To-day thine own appointments crown;
Thy power into the means infuse,
And give them now their sacred use.
4 Thou seest me lying at the Pool.
I would, thou know'st I would be whole;
O let the troubled waters move,
And minister thy healing love. Scripture: John 5:2-4
The Pool of Bethesda
Christ precious
Appears in 546 hymnals Topics: Before Sermon First Line: I love thy charming name Lyrics: 1 I love thy charming name,
'Tis music to my ear;
Fain would I sound it out so loud
That earth and heav'n might hear.
2 Yes thou art precious to my soul,
My transport and my trust,
Jewels to thee are gaudy toys,
And gold is sordid dust.
3 All my capacious pow'rs can wish
In thee most richly meet;
Not to my eyes is light so dear,
Nor friendship half so sweet.
4 O may thy grace still cheer my heart,
And shed its fragrance there!
The noblest balm of all its wounds,
The cordial of its care.
5 I'll speak the honours of thy name,
With my last lab'ring breath;
And speechless clasp thee in mine arms,
My joy in life and death!
Christ precious
In vain Apollo's silver tongue
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 16 hymnals Topics: Worship Hymns Before Sermon Lyrics: In vain Apollo's silver tongue,
And Paul's with strains profound,
Diffuse among the listening throng,
The gospel's gladdening sound:
2 Jesus, the work is wholly thine
To form the heart anew,
Now let thy sovereign grace divine
Each stubborn soul subdue. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:5
In vain Apollo's silver tongue
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