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Christ's first and second Coming

Appears in 199 hymnals First Line: Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands Lyrics: 1 Sing to the Lord, ye distant Lands, Ye Tribes of ev'ry Tongue; His new-discovered Grace demands A new and nobler Song. 2 Say to the Nations, JESUS reigns, GOD's own Almighty Son; His Pow'r the sinking World sustains, And Grace surrounds his Throne. 3 Let Heav'n proclaim the joyful Day, Joy through the Earth be seen; Let Cities shine in bright Array, And Fields in chearful Green. 4 Let an unusual Joy surprize The Islands of the Sea: Ye Mountains sink, ye Vallies rise, Prepare the Lord his Way. 5 Behold he comes, he comes to bless The Nations as their GOD; To shew the World his Righteousness, And send his Truth abroad. 6 But when his Voice shall raise the Dead, And bid the World draw near, How will the guilty Nations dread To see their Judge appear? Topics: Christ First and second Coming, or his Incarnation, Kingdom and Judgment; Conversion of Jews and Gentiles; Gentiles owning the true God; God his power and majesty; Incarnation Scripture: Psalm 96:1

A Prayer of the Afflicted

Appears in 64 hymnals First Line: Hear me, O GOD, nor hide thy Face Lyrics: 1 Hear me, O GOD, nor hide thy Face; But answer, lest I die; Hast thou not built a Throne of Grace, To hear when Winners cry? 2 My Days are wasted like the Smoke Dissolving in the Air; My Strength is dry'd, my Heart is broke, And sinking in Despair. 3 My Spirits flag like with'ring Grass Burnt with excessive Heat; In secret Groans my Minutes pass, And I forget to eat. 4 As on some lonely Building's Top The Sparrow tells her Moan, Far from the Tents of Joy and Hope I sit and grieve alone. 5 My Soul is like a Wilderness, Where Beasts of Midnight howl; There the sad Raven finds her Place, And there the screaming Owl. 6 Dark dismal Thoughts, and boding Fears, Dwell in my troubled Breast; While sharp Reproaches wound my Ears, Nor give my Spirit Rest. 7 My Cup is mingled with my Woes, And Tears are my Repast; My daily Bread, like Ashes, grows Unpleasant to my Taste. 8 Sense can afford no real Joy To Souls that feel thy Frown; Lord, 'twas thy Hand advanc'd me high, Thy Hand hath cast me down. 9 My Looks like withered Leaves appear; And Life's declining Light Grows faint, as Ev'ning Shadows are That vanish into Might. 10 But Thou for ever art the same, O my Eternal GOD; Ages to come shall know thy Name, And spread thy Works abroad. 11 Thou wilt arise, and shew thy Face, Nor will my Lord delay Beyond th' appointed Hour of Grace, That long-expected Day. 12 He hears his Saints, he knows their Cry, And by mysterious Ways Redeems the Prisoners doom'd to die, And fills their Tongues with Praise. Topics: Afflicted their prayer; Afflicted very great; Christ his Godhead; Christ the eternal Creator; Church restored by prayer; Complaint general; God Eternal and Man mortal; Hearing of Prayer and Salvation; Praise for hearing prayer; Prayer Heard and Sion restored; Saints die but Christ lives Scripture: Psalm 102:1-13

Praise for Spiritual and Temporal Mercies

Appears in 257 hymnals First Line: O bless the Lord, my Soul! Lyrics: 1 O bless the Lord, my Soul! Let all within me join, And aid my Tongue to bless his Name, Whose Favours are divine. 2 O bless the Lord, my Soul, Nor let his Mercies lie Forgotten in Unthankfulness, And without Praises die. 3 'Tis he forgives thy Sins, 'Tis he relieves thy Pain, 'Tis he that heals thy Sicknesses And makes thee young again. 4 He crowns thy Life with Love, When ransom'd from the Grave; He that redeem'd my Soul from Hell Hath sov'reign Pow'r to save. 5 He fills the Poor with Good, He gives the Suff'rers Rest; The Lord hath Judgments for the Proud, And Justice for th'Opprest. 6 His wondrous Works and Ways He made by Moses known But sent the World his Truth and Grace By his beloved Son. Topics: Afflicted gentle; Angels praise the Lord; Compassion of God; God his universal dominion; God mercy and truth; Goodness of God; Mercies common and special; Mercies spiritual and temporal Scripture: Psalm 103:1-7

God's universal Dominion; or, Angels praise the Lord

Appears in 78 hymnals First Line: The Lord, the sov'reign King Lyrics: 1 The Lord, the sov'reign King, Hath fix'd his Throne on high; O'er all the heav'nly World he rules, And all beneath the Sky. 2 Ye Angels, great in Might, And swift to do his Will, Bless ye the Lord, whose Voice ye hear, Whose Pleasure ye fulfil. 3 Let the bright Hosts, who wait The Orders of their King, And guard his Churches when they pray, Join in the Praise they sing. 4 While all his wond'rous Works Through his vast Kingdom shew Their Maker's Glory, thou, my Soul, Shalt sing his Graces too. Topics: Afflicted gentle; Angels praise the Lord; Compassion of God; God his universal dominion; God mercy and truth; Goodness of God; Mercies common and special; Mercies spiritual and temporal Scripture: Psalm 103:19-22

The Majesty and Condescension of God

Appears in 45 hymnals First Line: Ye that delight to serve the Lord Lyrics: 1 Ye that delight to serve the Lord, The Honours of his Name record, His sacred Name for ever bless; Where'er the circling Sun displays His rising Beams, or setting Rays, Let Lands and Seas his Pow'r confess. 2 Not Time, nor Nature's narrow Rounds, Can give his vast dominion Bounds; The Heav'ns are far below his Height: Let no created Greatness dare With our eternal GOD compare, Armd with his uncreated Might. 3 He bows his glorious Head to view What the bright Hosts of angels do, And bends his Care to mortal Things; His sov'reign Hand exalts the Poor, He takes the Needy from the Door, And makes them Company for Kings. 4 When childless Families despair, He sends the Blessing of an Heir, To rescue their expiring Name; The Mother, with a thankful Voice, Proclaims his Praises and her Joys; Let ev'ry Age advance his Fame. Topics: God and Condescension of Christ; God his sovereignty and goodness to man Scripture: Psalm 113

God Sovereign and Gracious

Appears in 61 hymnals First Line: Ye Servants of th' Almighty King Lyrics: 1 Ye Servants of th' Almighty King, In ev'ry Age his Praises sing; Where'er the Sun shall rise or set, The Nations shall his Praise repeat. 2 Above the Earth, beyond the Sky, Stands his high throne of Majesty; Nor Time nor Place his Power restrain, Nor bound his universal Reign. 3 Which of the Sons of Adam dare, Or Angels, with their GOD compare? His Glories how divinely bright, Who dwells in uncreated Light? 4 Behold his Love, he stoops to view What saints above and Angels do; And condescends yet more to know The mean Affairs of Men below. 5 From Dust and Cottages obscure, His Grace exalts the humble Poor; Gives them the Honour of his Sons, And fits them for their heav'nly Thrones. 6 [A Word of his creating Voice Can make the barren House rejoice; Though Sarah's ninety Years were past, The promis'd seed is born at last. 7 With Joy the Mother views her Son, And tells the Wonders GOD has done; Faith may grow strong when Sense despairs; If Nature fails the Promise bears.] Topics: God and Condescension of Christ; God his sovereignty and goodness to man Scripture: Psalm 113

Safety in public Diseases and Dangers

Appears in 113 hymnals First Line: He that hath made his Refuge GOD Lyrics: 1 He that hath made his Refuge GOD, Shall find a most secure Abode; Shall walk all Day beneath his Shade, And there at Night shall rest his Head. 2 Then will I say, "My GOD, thy Pow'r "Shall be my Fortress and my Tow'r; "I, that am form'd of feeble Dust, "Make thine Almighty Arm my Trust." 3 Thrice happy Man! thy Maker's Care Shall keep Thee from the Fowler's Snare, Satan the Fowler, who betrays Unguarded Souls a thousand Ways. 4 Just as a Hen protects her Brood From Birds of Prey that seek their Blood, Under her Feathers, so the Lord Makes his own Arm his People's Guard. 5 If burning Beams of Noon conspire To dart a pestilential Fire, GOD is their Life; his Wings are spread To shield them with an healthful Shade. 6 If Vapours with malignant Breath Rise thick, and scatter Midnight death; Isr'el is safe; The poison'd Air Grows pure, if Isr'el's GOD be there. Pause. 7 What though a thousand at thy Side, At thy right Hand ten thousand dy'd, Thy GOD his chosen People saves Amongst the Dead, amidst the Graves. 8 So when he sent his Angels down To make his Wrath in Egypt known; And slew their Sons, his careful Eye Past all the Doors of Jacob by. 9 But if the Fire, or Plague, or Sword, Receive Commission from the Lord To strike his Saints among the rest, Their very Pains and Deaths are blest. 10 The Sword, the Pestilence, or Fire, Shall but fulfil their best Desire; From Sins and Sorrows set them free, And bring thy Children, Lord, to Thee. Topics: Angels guardian; Pestilence preservation in it Scripture: Psalm 91:1-7

Prayer heard and Sion restored

Appears in 154 hymnals First Line: Let Sion and her Sons rejoice Lyrics: 1 Let Sion and her Sons rejoice, Behold the promis'd Hour; Her GOD hath heard her mourning Voice, And comes t' exalt his Pow'r. 2 Her Dust and Ruins that remain, Are precious in our Eyes; Those Ruins shall be built again, And all that Dust shall rise. 3 The Lord will raise Jerusalem And stand in Glory there; Nations shall bow before his Name, And Kings attend with Fear. 4 He sits a Sov'reign on his Throne, With Pity in his Eyes; He hears the dying Pris'ners' Groan And sees their Sighs arise. 5 He frees the Souls condemn'd to Death, And when his Saints complain, It shan't be said, "That praying Breath "Was ever spent in vain." 6 This shall be known when we are dead, And left on long Record; That Ages yet unborn may read, And trust, and praise the Lord. Topics: Afflicted their prayer; Afflicted very great; Christ his Godhead; Christ the eternal Creator; Church restored by prayer; Complaint general; God Eternal and Man mortal; Hearing of Prayer and Salvation; Praise for hearing prayer; Prayer Heard and Sion restored; Saints die but Christ lives Scripture: Psalm 102:13-21

Abounding Compassion of God; or Mercy in the Midst of Judgment

Appears in 468 hymnals First Line: My Soul, repeat his Praise Lyrics: 1 My Soul, repeat his Praise, Whose Mercies are so great; Whose Anger is so slow to rise, So ready to abate. 2 GOD will not always chide; And when his Strokes are felt, His Strokes are fewer than our Crimes, And lighter than our Guilt. 3 High as the Heav'ns are raised Above the Ground we tread, So far the Riches of his Grace Our highest Thoughts exceed. 4 His Pow'r subdues our sins, And his forgiving Love Far as the East is from the West Doth all our Guilt remove. 5 The Pity of the Lord, To those that fear his Name, Is such as tender Parents feel; He knows our feeble Frame. 6 He knows we are but Dust, Scatter'd with every Breath; His Anger, like a rising Wind, Can send us swift to Death. 7 Our Days are as the Grass, Or like the Morning Flow'r; If one sharp Blast sweep o'er the Field It withers in an Hour. 8 But thy Compassion, Lord, To endless Years endure; And Children's Children ever find Thy Words of Promise sure. Topics: Afflicted gentle; Angels praise the Lord; Compassion of God; God his universal dominion; God mercy and truth; Goodness of God; Mercies common and special; Mercies spiritual and temporal Scripture: Psalm 103:8-18

The Glory of God in Creaton and Providence

Appears in 83 hymnals First Line: My Soul thy great Creator praise Lyrics: 1 My Soul, thy great Creator praise; When cloth'd in his celestial Rays He in full Majesty appears And, like a Robe his Glory wears. 2 The Heav'ns are for his Curtains spread, Th' unfathomed Deep he makes his Bed; Clouds are his Chariot when he flies On winged Storms across the Skies. 3 Angels, whom his own Breath inspires, His Ministers, are flaming Fires; And swift as Thought their Armies move, To bear his Vengeance or his Love. 4 The World's Foundations by his Hand Are pois'd, and shall for ever stand; He binds the Ocean in his Chain, Lest it should drown the Earth again. 5 When Earth was cover'd with the Flood, Which high above the Mountains stood, He thunder'd, and the Ocean fled, Confin'd to its appointed Bed. 6 The swelling Billows know their Bound, And in their Channels walk their Round; Yet thence convey'd by secret Veins, They spring on Hills and drench the Plains. 7 He bids the Crystal Fountains flow; And chear the Vallies as they go; Tame Heifers there their Thirst allay, And for the Stream wild Asses bray. 8 From pleasant Trees which shade the Brink, The Lark and Linnet light to drink Their Songs the Lark and Linnet raise, And chide our Silence in his Praise. Pause I 9 GOD from his cloudy Cistern pours On the parch'd Earth enriching Show'rs: The Grove, the Garden, and the Field, A Thousand joyful Blessings yield. 10 He makes the grassy Food arise, And gives the Cattle large Supplies: With Herbs for Man, of various Pow'r, To nourish Nature, or to cure. 11 What noble Fruit the Vines produce! The Olive yields a shining juice; Our Hearts are cheer'd with gen'rous Wine, With inward Joy our Faces shine. 12 O bless his Name, ye Britons, fed With Nature's chief Supporter, Bread; While Bread your vital Strength imparts, Serve him with Vigour in your Hearts. Pause II 13 Behold the stately Cedar stands, Rais'd in the Forest by his Hands; Birds to the Boughs for Shelter fly, And build their Nests secure on high. 14 To craggy Hill ascends the Goat; And at the airy Mountain's Foot The feebler Creatures make their Cell; He gives them Wisdom where to dwell. 15 He sets the Sun his circling Race, Appoints the Moon to change her Face; And when thick Darkness veils the Day, Calls out wild Beasts to hunt their Prey. 16 Fierce Lions lead their Young abroad, And, roaring, ask their Meat from GOD; But when the Morning-Beams arise, The savage Beast to Covert flies. 17 Then Man to daily Labour goes; The Night was made for his Repose; Sleep is thy Gift, that sweet Relief From tiresome Toil and wasting Grief. 18 How strange thy Works! how great thy Skill! And ev'ry Land thy Riches fill: Thy Wisdom round the World we see; This spacious Earth is full of Thee. 19 Nor less thy Glories in the Deep, Where Fish in Millions swim and creep With wond'rous Motions, swift or slow, Still wand'ring in the Paths below. 20 There Ships divide their watry Way, And Flocks of scaly Monsters play; There dwells the huge Leviathan, And foams and sports in Spite of Man. Pause III 21 Vast are thy Works, Almighty Lord, All Nature rests upon thy Word, And the whole Race of Creatures stands, Waiting their Portion from thy Hands. 22 While each receives his diff'rent Food, Their chearful Looks pronounce it good: Eagles and Bears, and Whales and Worms, Rejoice and praise in diff'rent Forms. 23 But when thy Face is hid, they mourn, And dying, to their Dust return; Both Man and Beast their Souls resign; Life, Breath and Spirit, all is thine. 24 But thou canst breathe on Dust again, And fill the World with Beasts and Men; A Word of thy creating Breath Repairs the Wastes of Time and Death. 25 His Works, the Wonders of his Might, Are honour'd with his own Delight; How awful are his glorious Ways! The Lord is dreadful in his Praise. 26 The Earth stands trembling at thy Stroke, And at thy Touch the Mountains smoke; Yet humble Souls may see thy Face, And tell their Wants to sov'reign grace. 27 In Thee my Hopes and wishes meet, And make my Meditations sweet; Thy Praises shall my Breath employ, Till it expire in endless Joy. 28 While haughty Sinners die accurst, Their Glory bury'd with their Dust, I to my GOD, my heav'nly King, Immortal Hallelujahs sing. Topics: God his Creation and Provdence; Praise for creation and providence; Providence in Air, Earth and Sea; Works of creation and providence Scripture: Psalm 104