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No Strength of Nature Can Suffice

Author: William Cowper Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 27 hymnals Lyrics: 1. No strength of nature can suffice To serve the Lord aright; And what she has, she misapplies, For want of clearer light. 2. How long beneath the Law I lay In bondage and distress! I toiled the precept to obey, But toiled without success. 3. Then to abstain from outward sin Was more than I could do; Now, if I feel its power within, I feel I hate it too. 4. Then all my servile works were done A righteousness to raise; Now, freely chosen in the Son, I freely choose His ways. 5. What shall I do was then the word, That I may worthier grow? What shall I render to the Lord? Is my inquiry now. 6. To see the Law by Christ fulfilled, And hear His pardoning voice; Changes a slave into a child, And duty into choice. Used With Tune: ABERDEEN Text Sources: Olney Hymns (London: W. Oliver, 1779), number 62

Why Does Your Face, Ye Humble Souls

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 26 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Why does your face, ye humble souls, Those mournful colors wear? What doubts are these that waste your faith, And nourish your despair? 2. What though your numerous sins exceed The stars that fill the skies, And aiming at th’eternal throne, Like pointed mountains rise: 3. What though your mighty guilt beyond The wide creation swell, And has its cursed foundations laid Low as the deeps of hell: 4. See here an endless ocean flows Of never-failing grace; Behold a dying Savior’s veins The sacred flood increase. 5. It rises high, and drowns the hills, Has neither shore nor bound: Now, if we search to find our sins, Our sins can ne’er be found. 6. Awake, our hearts, adore the grace That buries all our faults; And pard’ning blood, that swells above Our follies and our thoughts. Used With Tune: ABERDEEN Text Sources: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707-9, Book II, number 85

By what means shall a young man learn

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 18 hymnals Lyrics: BETH THE SECOND PART 9 By what means shall a young man learn his way to purify? If he according to thy word thereto attentive be. 10 Unfeignedly thee have I sought with all my soul and heart: O let me not from the right path of thy commands depart. 11 Thy word I in my heart have hid, that I offend not thee. 12 O Lord, thou ever blessed art, thy statutes teach thou me. 13 The judgements of thy mouth each one my lips declared have: 14 more joy thy testimonies’ way than riches all me gave. 15 Thy holy precepts I will make my meditation still: and have respect unto thy ways most carefully I will. 16 Upon thy statutes my delight shall constantly be set: and, by thy grace, I never will thy holy word forget. Scripture: Psalm 119:9-16 Used With Tune: ST PAUL (ABERDEEN)

Psalm 122

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 16 hymnals First Line: Pray that Jerusalem may have Lyrics: 1 Pray that Jerusalem may have peace and felicity: let them that love you and your peace still have prosperity. 2 Therefore I wish that peace may still within your walls remain, and ever may your palaces prosperity retain. 3 Now, for my friends' and family's sakes, peace be in you, I'll say. And for the house of God our Lord I'll seek your good alway. Topics: Church unity and ecumenism; Church Worship; Close of Worship; Family and Friends; Peace Scripture: Psalm 122:6-9 Used With Tune: ST. PAUL (ABERDEEN) Text Sources: The Scottish Psalter, 1929

To thee I lift my soul, O Lord

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 13 hymnals Lyrics: 1 To thee I lift my soul, O Lord; 2 my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed; let not my foes exult o’er me. 3 Yes, let thou none ashamed be that do on thee attend: ashamed let them be, O Lord, who without cause offend. 4 Thy ways, Lord, show; teach me thy paths; 5 lead me in truth, teach me: for of my safety thou art God; all day I wait on thee. 6 Thy mercies that most tender are to mind, O Lord, recall, and loving-kindnesses; for they have been through ages all. 7 Let not the errors of my youth, nor sins, remembered be: in mercy, for thy goodness’ sake, O Lord, remember me. Scripture: Psalm 25:1-7 Used With Tune: ST PAUL (ABERDEEN)

Jesus, thy mercies are untold

Author: Edward Caswall (1814-1878); Bernard of Clairvaux (1091-1153) Appears in 11 hymnals Used With Tune: ST. PAUL

Our Father, hear our longing prayer

Author: George MacDonald, 1824-1905 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 13 hymnals Topics: The Church The Church in Prayer Used With Tune: ABERDEEN

You now must hear My voice no more

Author: Wm. Robertson Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 11 hymnals Topics: God: His Attributes, Works and Word The Holy Spirit Scripture: John 14:27 Used With Tune: ST. PAUL

See How The Fruitless Fig Tree Stands

Author: Joseph Harbottle Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 11 hymnals Lyrics: 1 See how the fruitless fig tree stands Beneath the owner’s frown; The axe is lifted in his hands, To cut the cumberer down. 2 "Year after year I come," he cries, "And still no fruit is shown; I see but empty leaves arise; Then cut the cumberer down." 3 "The axe of death at one sharp stroke, Shall make my justice known; Each bough shall tremble at the shock Which cuts the cumberer down." 4 Sinner, beware—the axe of death Is raised, and aimed at thee; Awhile thy Maker spares thy breath; Beware, O barren tree! Used With Tune: ABERDEEN Text Sources: Comprehensive Rippon, 1844

The Time Draws Nigh, My soul

Author: John Needham Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: The time draws near, my soul, when thou Lyrics: 1 The time draws near, my soul, when thou Thy last account must give: When thy whole life shall be surveyed By Him who bid thee live. 2 How many talents, O my God, Hast thou bestowed on me? But yet how little can be found, That I have done for Thee? 3 My health, my time, my worldly store, And Thy more precious Word Thy talents are; for these must I Account to Thee my Lord. 4 Much of my time, alas! I’ve lost, And much have I misspent; How careless of my grand concerns, On trifles how intent? 5 How little good have I received? How little have I done? How oft my feet have trod the paths I know I ought to shun? 6 Pity my weakness, gracious God, My sins thro’ Christ forgive; Teach me henceforth not to myself But unto Thee to live. 7 O may the slothful servant’s doom My holy care excite: Each talent may I well improve, And in Thy work delight. 8 Then like a faithful steward I Shall stand before Thy seat; Let me but hear, "Well done," at last, My bliss will be complete. Used With Tune: ABERDEEN Text Sources: Hymns Devotional and Moral on Various Subjects (Bristol, England: S. Farley, 1768)