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Father of mercies, bow Thine ear
Author: B. Beddome Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 195 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Father of mercies, bow Thine ear,
Attentive to our earnest prayer:
We plead for those who plead for Thee;
Successful pleaders may they be!
2 How great their work, how vast their charge!
Do Thou their anxious souls enlarge:
Their best acquirements are our gain;
We share the blessings they obtain.
3 Clothe, then with energy divine
Their words, and let their words be Thine;
To them Thy sacred truth reveal,
Suppress their fear, inflame their zeal.
4 Teach them to sow the precious seed;
Teach them Thy chosen flock to feed;
Teach them immortal souls to gain,
Souls that will well reward their pain.
5 Let thronging multitudes around
Hear from their lips the joyful sound;
In humble strains Thy grace implore,
And feel Thy new-creating power.
6 Let sinners break their massy chains,
Distressèd souls forget their pains;
Let light through distant realms be spread,
And Sion rear her drooping head.
Topics: Ember Days; Ordinations Used With Tune: WAREHAM
Father of mercies, bow Thine ear
O Lord of hosts, Whose glory fills
Author: J. M. Neale Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 98 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O Lord of hosts, Whose glory fills
The bounds of the eternal hills,
And yet vouchsafes, in Christian lands,
To dwell in temples made of hands;
2 Grant that all we who here to-day
Rejoicing this foundation lay,
May be in very deed Thine own,
Built on the precious Corner-stone.
3 Endue the creatures with Thy grace,
That shall adorn Thy dwelling-place;
The beauty of the oak and pine,
The gold and silver, make them Thine.
4 To Thee they all belong; to Thee
The treasures of the earth and sea;
And when we bring them to Thy throne,
We but present Thee with Thine own.
5 The minds that guide, endue with skill;
The hands that work, preserve from ill;
That we, who these foundations lay,
May raise the top-stone in its day.
6 Both now and ever, Lord, protect
The temple of Thine own elect;
Be Thou in them, and they in Thee,
O ever blessèd Trinity!
Amen.
Topics: Laying of a Corner-Stone; Corner-stone and Consecration Used With Tune: WAREHAM
O Lord of hosts, Whose glory fills
O Spirit of the Living God
Author: James Montgomery (1771-1854) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 379 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O Spirit of the living God,
in all the fullness of thy grace,
wherever human foot hath trod,
descend on our rebellious race.
2 Give tongues of fire and hearts of love
to preach the reconciling word;
give power and unction from above,
whene'er the joyful sound is heard.
3 Be darkness at thy coming light;
confusion, order in thy path;
souls without strength inspire with might,
bid mercy triumph over wrath.
4 O Spirit of the Lord, prepare
all the round earth its God to meet;
breathe thou abroad like morning air,
till hearts of stone begin to beat.
5 Baptize the nations; far and nigh
the triumph of the cross record;
the name of Jesus glorify,
till every kindred call him Lord. Topics: Christian Initiation; Mission; Pentecost; Renewal; Baptism (general) Scripture: Ezekiel 11:14-23 Used With Tune: WAREHAM
O Spirit of the Living God
The Dawn Is Sprinkling in the East
Author: Ambrose of Milan; Edward Caswall Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 21 hymnals Lyrics: 1. The dawn is sprinkling in the east
Its golden shower, as day flows in;
Fast mount the pointed shafts of light:
Farewell to darkness and to sin!
2. Away, ye midnight phantoms all!
Away, despondence and despair!
Whatever guilt the night has brought
Now let it vanish into air.
3. So, Lord, when that last morning breaks,
Looking to which we sigh and pray,
O may it to Thy minstrels prove
The dawning of a better day.
4. To God the Father glory be,
And to His sole begotten Son;
Glory, O Holy Ghost, to Thee
While everlasting ages run. Used With Tune: WAREHAM
The Dawn Is Sprinkling in the East
How Pleasant, How Divinely Fair
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 355 hymnals Lyrics: 1. How pleasant, how divinely fair,
O Lord of hosts, Thy dwellings are!
With long desire my spirit faints
To meet th’assemblies of Thy saints.
2. My flesh would rest in Thine abode,
My panting heart cries out for God;
My God! my King! why should I be
So far from all my joys and Thee?
3. The sparrow chooses where to rest
And for her young provides her nest;
But will my God to sparrows grant
That pleasure which His children want?
4. Bless’d are the saints who sit on high
Around Thy throne of majesty;
Thy brightest glories shine above,
And all their work is praise and love.
5. Bless’d are the souls who find a place
Within the temple of Thy grace;
There they behold Thy gentler rays,
And seek Thy face, and learn Thy praise.
6. Bless’d are the men whose hearts are set
To find the way to Sion’s gate;
God is their strength, and through the road
They lean upon their helper God.
7. Cheerful they walk with growing strength,
Till all shall meet in Heav’n at length,
Till all before Thy face appear,
And join in a nobler worship there. Used With Tune: WAREHAM Text Sources: The Psalms of David, 1719
How Pleasant, How Divinely Fair
The Laborer's Noon-Day Hymn
Author: William Wordsworth Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 23 hymnals First Line: Up to the throne of God is borne Lyrics: 1. Up to the throne of God is borne
The voice of praise at early morn,
And he accepts the punctual hymn
Sung as the light of day grows dim:
2. Nor will He turn His ear aside
From holy offerings at noontide:
Then here reposing let us raise
A song of gratitude and praise.
3. What though our burthen be not light,
We need not toil from morn to night;
The respite of the mid-day hour
Is in the thankful creature’s power.
4. Blest are the moments, doubly blest,
That, drawn from this one hour of rest,
Are with a ready heart bestowed
Upon the service of our God!
5. Each field is then a hallowed spot,
An altar is in each man’s cot,
A church in every grove that spreads
Its living roof above our heads.
6. Look up to Heaven! the industrious sun
Already half his race hath run;
‘He’ cannot halt nor go astray,
But our immortal spirits may.
7. Lord! since his rising in the East,
If we have faltered or transgressed,
Guide, from Thy love’s abundant source,
What yet remains of this day’s course:
8. Help with Thy grace, through life’s short day,
Our upward and our downward way;
And glorify for us the west,
When we shall sink to final rest. Used With Tune: WAREHAM
The Laborer's Noon-Day Hymn
Teachings of the Spirit
Author: Rev. Benjamin Beddome (1717-1795) Appears in 155 hymnals First Line: Come, blessed Spirit, source of light Topics: Grace Sanctifying; Holy Spirit Enlightener; Holy Spirit Guide; Holy Spirit Indwelling; Holy Spirit Influence of Used With Tune: WAREHAM
Teachings of the Spirit
God is the refuge of his saints
Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 467 hymnals Topics: Trust in the Lord Scripture: Psalm 46 Used With Tune: WAREHAM
God is the refuge of his saints
Self-righteous souls on works rely
Appears in 37 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Self-righteous souls on works rely,
And boast their mortal dignity;
But if I lisp a song of praise,
Grace is the note my soul shall raise.
2 'Twas grace that quickened me when dead,
And grace my soul to Jesus led;
Grace brings me pardon for my sin--
'Tis grace subdues my lusts within.
3 'Tis grace that sweetens ev'ry cross,
'Tis grace supports in ev'ry loss;
In Jesus' grace my soul is strong--
Grace is my hope and Christ my song.
4 'Tis grace defends when danger's near;
And 'tis by grace I persevere;
'Tis grace constrains my soul to love--
Free grace is all they sing above.
5 Through endless years of grace I'll sing,
Adore and bless my heavenly King;
I'll cast my crown before His throne,
Saved by His sov'reign grace alone. Topics: Fourth Sunday after Epiphany; Sixth Sunday after Trinity; Eleventh Sunday after Trinity; Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity; Christian Life and Hope The Walk of Godliness: Christian Resolve and Holiness; Christian Life and Hope The Walk of Godliness: Christian Resolve and Holiness Used With Tune: WAREHAM (All Saints) Text Sources: Dobell's Collection, 1806
Self-righteous souls on works rely
Let Thoughtless Thousands Choose the Road
Author: Joseph Hoskins Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 56 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Let thoughtless thousands choose the road
That leads the soul away from God;
This happiness, dear Lord, be mine,
To live and die entirely Thine.
2 On Christ, by faith, I fain would live,
From Him my life, my all, receive,
To Him devote my fleeting hours,
Serve Him alone with all my pow'rs.
3 Christ is my everlasting All;
To Him I look, on Him I call;
He will my ev'ry want supply
In time and thro' eternity.
4 Soon will the Lord, my Life, appear;
Soon shall I end my trials here,
Leave sin and sorrow, death and pain.
To live is Christ, to die is gain.
5 Soon will the saints in glory meet,
Soon walk through every golden street,
And sing on every blissful plain:
To live is Christ, to die is gain.
Amen. Topics: The Last Things Judgment Scripture: Philippians 1:21 Used With Tune: WAREHAM
Let Thoughtless Thousands Choose the Road
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