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Prayer for Minister and People
Appears in 31 hymnals Topics: Worship Hymns Before Sermon First Line: Dearest Savior, help thy servant Lyrics: 1 Dearest Savior, help thy servant
To proclaim thy wondrous love!
Pour thy grace upon this people,
That thy truth they may approve:
Bless, O bless them,
From thy shining courts above.
2 Now thy gracious word invites them
To partake the gospel feast:
Let thy spirit sweetly draw them;
Every soul be Jesu's guest!
O receive us,
Let us find thy promis'd rest.
Text Sources: Toplady's Collection
Prayer for Minister and People
Looking upward
Appears in 10 hymnals Topics: Before Sermon First Line: Earth has detain'd me prisoner long Lyrics: 1 Earth has detain'd me prisoner long
And I’m grown weary now
My heart, my hand, my ear my tongue,
There’s nothing here for you.
2 Lord in my thoughts, I stretch me down,
And upwards glance mine eyes;
Upward (my Father) to thy throne,
And to my native skies.
3 There the dear Man my Saviour sits,
The GOD, how bright he shines!
And scatters infinite delights
On all the happy minds.
4 Seraphs with elevated strains
Circle the throne around,
And move and charm the starry plains
With an immortal sound.
5 JESUS the Lord their harps employs,
JESUS my love they sing.
JESUS the name of both our joys
Sounds sweet from every string.
Text Sources: Lyric Poems
Looking upward
God exalted above all praise
Appears in 226 hymnals Topics: Before Sermon First Line: Eternal Power, whose high abode Lyrics: 1 Eternal power, whose high abode
Becomes the grandeur of a God,
Infinite length, beyond the bounds
Where stars revolve their little rounds.
2 The lowest step above thy seat,
Rises too high for Gabriel's feet.
In vain the tall arch-angel tries;
To reach the hight with wond'ring eyes.
3 Lord what shall earth and ashes do?
We would adore our maker too;
From sin and dust to thee we cry,
The great, the holy, and the high.
4 Earth from afar, has heard thy fame,
And worms have learnt to lisp thy name
But O, the glories of thy mind
Leave all our soaring thoughts behind.
5 God is in heaven, and men below;
Be short our tunes our words be few,
A sacred rev'rence checks our songs,
And praise sits silent on our tongues. Text Sources: Lyric Poems
God exalted above all praise
A Song to Creating Wisdom
Appears in 197 hymnals Topics: Before Sermon First Line: Eternal Wisdom thee we praise Lyrics: 1 Eternal wisdom, thee we praise,
Thee the creation sings
With thy lov'd name, rocks, hills and seas
And heav'n's high palace rings.
2 Thy hand how wide it spread the sky!
How glorious to behold!
Ting'd with a blue of heavenly dye,
And starr'd with sparkling gold.
3 Thy glorious blaze all nature round,
And strike the gazing sight,
Thro' skies, and seas, and solid ground
With terror and delight.
4 Infinite strength, and equal skill,
Shine thro' the worlds abroad,
Our souls with vast amazement fill,
And speak the builder GOD.
5 But the sweet beauties of thy grace
Our softer passions move;
Pity divine in JESUS' face
We see, adore, and love. Text Sources: Lyric Poems
A Song to Creating Wisdom
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
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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