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Benefit of afflictions

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 13 hymnals First Line: Break thro' the clouds, dear Lord, and shine Lyrics: 1 Break thro' the clouds, dear Lord, and shine, Let us perceive thee nigh! And to each mourning child of thine, These gracious words apply. 2 "Let not my children slight the stroke, I for chastisement send; Nor faint beneath my kind rebuke, For I am still their friend. 3 "The wicked I perhaps may leave Awhile and not reprove; But all the children I receive, I scourge because I love. 4 "I see your hearts at present fill'd With grief and deep distress; But soon these bitter seeds shall yield The fruits of righteousness." Topics: Benefit of afflictions Scripture: Hebrews 12:5-11

Christ the pysician of souls

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 166 hymnals First Line: Deep are the wounds that sin hath made Lyrics: 1 Deep are the wounds which sin hath made; Where shall the sinner find a cure? In vain, alas, is nature's aid, the work exceeds all nature's pow'r. 2 Sin, like a raging fever, reigns With fatal strength in every part; The dire contagion fills the veins, And spreads its poison to the heart. 3 And can no sov'reign balm be found? And is no kind physician nigh, To ease the pain and heal the wound, Ere life and hop forever fly? 4 There is a great physician near, Look up. O fainting soul, and live; See, in his heav'nly smiles appear Such ease as nature cannot give! 5 See in the Saviour's dying blood Life, health, and bliss abundant flow! 'Tis only this dear sacred flood Can cleanse the heart, and heal its woe. 6 Sin throws in vain its pointed dart, For here a sov'reign cure is found; A cordial for a fainting heart, A balm for every painful wound. Topics: Christ The good pysician; Christ The good pysician Scripture: Jeremiah 8:22

God glorious, and Sinners saved

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 311 hymnals First Line: Father, how wide thy glories shine! Topics: Resurrection Of Christ Scripture: Isaiah 44:23

The vanity of Balaam's wish

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 26 hymnals First Line: How blest the righteous are Lyrics: 1 How blest the righteous are, When they resign their breath! No wonder Balaam wish'd to share In such a happy death. 2 "Oh! let me die said he, The death the righteous do; When life is ended, let me be Found with the faithful few." 3 The force of truth, how great! When enemies confess, None but the righteous, whom they hate, A solid hope possess, 4 But Balaam's wish was vain, His heart was insincere: He thirsted for unrighteous gain, And sought a portion here. 5 He seem'd the Lord to know, And to offend him loth; But Mammon prov'd his overthrow, For none can serve them both. 6 May we, O Lord, most high, Warning from hence receive, If like the righteous we would die, To choose the life they live. Topics: Vanity Of Balaam's wish; Vanity Of Balaam's wish

The Spirit, the water, and the blood

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 41 hymnals First Line: Let all our tongues be one Lyrics: 1 Let all our tongues be one To praise our God on high, Who from his bosom sent his Son To fetch us strangers nigh. 2 Nor let our voices cease To sing the Saviour's name; Jesus, th' Ambassador of peace, How cheerfully he came! 3 It cost him cries and tears To bring us near to God; Great was our debt, and he appears To make the payment good. 4 My Saviour's pierced side Pour'd down a double flood; By water we are purify'd, And pardon'd by the blood. 5 Infinite was our guilt, But he, our Priest, atones; On the cold ground his life was spilt, And offer'd with his groans. 6 Look up, my soul, to him Whose death was thy desert, And humbly view the living stream Flow from his breaking heart. 7 There, on the cursed tree, In dying pangs he lies, Fulfils his Father's great decree, And all our wants supplies. 8 Thus the Redeemer came By water and by blood; And when the Spirit speaks the same, We feel his witness good. 9 While the eternal Three Their record bear above, Here I believe he dy'd for me, And seal my Saviour's love. 10 Lord, cleanse my soul from sin Nor let thy grace depart: Great Comforter! abide within, And witness to mine heart. Topics: Gospel Its atonement and sanctification

Declension lamented

Appears in 36 hymnals First Line: Once, O Lord, thy garden flourish'd Refrain First Line: Eights and Sevens Lyrics: 1 Once, O Lord, thy garden flourish'd, Ev'ry part look'd gay and green; Then thy word our spirits nourish'd, Happy seasons we have seen! 2 But a drought has since succeeded, And a sad decline we see; Lord, thy help is greatly needed, Help can only come from thee. 3 Where are those we counted leaders, Fill'd with zeal, and love and truth? Old professors, tall as cedars, Bright examples to our youth! 4 Some, in whom we once delighted, We shall meet no more below, Some, alas! we fear are blighted, Scarce a single leaf they show. 5 Younger plants--the sight how pleasant, Cover'd thick with blossoms stood; But they cause us grief at present, Frosts have nipp'd them in their bud! 6 Dearest Saviour, hasten hither, Thou canst make them bloom again; Oh, permit them not to wither, Let not all our hopes be vain! Topics: Declension Lamented

Mercy prevailing

Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: Once perishing in blood I lay Lyrics: 1 Once perishing in blood I lay, Creatures no help could give; But Jesus pass'd me in the way, He saw, and bid me live. 2 O, can I e'er that day forget, When Jesus kindly spoke! "Poor soul, my blood has paid thy debt, And now I break thy yoke. 3 Behold I take thee for my own, And give myself to thee; Forsake the idols thou hast known, And yield thyself to me." 4 Ah worthless heart! it promis'd fair, And said it would be thine; I little thought it e'er would dare, Again with idols join. 5 LORD, dost thou such back-slidings heal, And pardon all that's past? Sure, if I am not made of steel, I shall relent at last 6 My tongue, which rashly spoke before, Thy mercy will restrain; Surely I now shall boast no more, Nor censure, nor complain. Topics: God His mercy; Mercy Prevailing; God His mercy; Mercy Prevailing Scripture: Ezekiel 16:63

Hypocrites, or the blasted fig-tree

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 27 hymnals First Line: One awful word which Jesus spoke Lyrics: 1 One awful word which Jesus spoke, Against the tree which bore no fruit, More dreadful than the light'ning's stroke, Blasted and dry'd it to the root. 2 How many, who the gospel hear, Whom Satan blinds and sin deceives, May with this wither'd tree compare? They yeld no fruit, but only leaves. 3 Knowledge, and zeal, and gifts, and talk, Unless combin'd with faith and love, And witness'd by a gospel walk, Will not a true profession prove. 4 Without such fruit as God expects, Knowledge will make our state the worse; The barren trees he still rejects, And soon will blast them with his curse. 5 O Lord, unite our hearts in pray'r, On each of us thy spirit send; That we the fruits of grace may bear, And find acceptance in the end.

Christ the best of Friends

Appears in 688 hymnals First Line: One there is, above all others Lyrics: 1 One there is, above all others, Well deserves the name of friend; His is love beyond a brother's, Costly, free, and knows no end: They who once His kindness prove, Find it everlasting love! 2 Which of all our friends, to save us, Could or would have shed their blood? But our Saviour dy'd to have us Reconcil'd in him to God. This was boundless love to bleed. Jesus is a friend indeed. 3 When He liv'd on earth abased, Friend of sinners was his name; Now, above all glory raised, He rejoices in the same: Still He calls them brethren, friends, And to all their wants attends. 4 Oh! for grace our hearts to soften! Teach us, Lord, at length to love; We, alas! forget too often, What a friend we have above: When to heav'n our souls are brought, We will love thee as we ought. Topics: Christ The best friend

Sufficiency of divine grace

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: Oppress'd with unbelief and sin Lyrics: 1 Oppress'd with unbelief and sin, Fightings without, and fears within; While earth and hell, with force combin'd, Disturb'd and terrify'd my mind: 2 Thus sorely prest, I sought the Lord, To give me some sweet cheering word; Again I sought, and yet again, I waited long, but not in vain. 3 Oh! 'twas a cheering word indeed1 Exactly suited to my need; "Sufficient for thee is my grace, Thy weakness my great pow'r displays." 4 Now I despond and mourn no more, I welcome all I fear'd before; Though weak, I'm strong; to' troubled blest; For Christ's own pow'r shall on me rest. Topics: Grace Its sufficiency Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:9