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Sin, Like a Venomous Disease

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 51 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Sin, like a venomous disease, Infects our vital blood; The only balm is sovereign grace, And the physician, God. 2. Our beauty and our strength are fled, And we draw near to death; But Christ the Lord recalls the dead With His almighty breath. 3. Madness by nature reigns within, The passions burn and rage, Till God’s own Son, with skill divine, The inward fire assuage. 4. We lick the dust, we grasp the wind, And solid good despise; Such is the folly of the mind, Till Jesus makes us wise. 5. We give our souls the wounds they feel, We drink the poisonous gall, And rush with fury down to hell; But Heav’n prevents the fall. 6. The man possessed among the tombs Cuts his own flesh, and cries; He foams and raves, till Jesus comes, And the foul spirit flies. Used With Tune: ST. ANDREW (Tans'ur) Text Sources: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707

God, That Madest Earth and Heaven

Author: Reginald Heber; William Mercer; Richard Whately Meter: 8.4.8.4.8.8.8.4 Appears in 474 hymnals Lyrics: 1. God, that madest earth and Heaven, darkness and light; Who the day for toil hast given, for rest the night; May Thine angel guards defend us, Slumber sweet Thy mercy send us; Holy dreams and hopes attend us, all through the night. 2. And when morn again shall call us, to run life’s way, May we still, whatever befall us, Thy will obey. From the power of evil hide us, In the narrow pathway guide us, Nor Thy smile be ever denied us all through the day. 3. Guard us waking, guard us sleeping, and when we die, May we in Thy mighty keeping all peaceful lie; When the last dread call shall wake us, Do not Thou, our God, forsake us, But to reign in glory take us with Thee on high. Used With Tune: AR HYD Y NOS

Take Me, O My Father, Take Me

Author: Ray Palmer Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 145 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Take me, O my Father, take me; Take me, save me, through Thy Son; That which Thou wouldst have me, make me, Let Thy will in me be done. Long from Thee my footsteps straying, Thorny proved the way I trod; Weary come I now, and praying, Take me to Thy love, my God. 2. Fruitless years with grief recalling, Humbly I confess my sin; At Thy feet, O Father, falling, To Thy household take me in. Freely now to Thee I proffer This relenting heart of mine; Freely life and love I offer, Gift unworthy love like Thine. 3. Once the world’s Redeemer, dying, Bore our sins upon the tree; On that sacrifice relying, Now I look in hope to Thee: Father, take me; all forgiving, Fold me to Thy loving breast; In Thy love forever living I must be forever blest. Used With Tune: VESPER HYMN (Stevenson)

Ah, What Can I Do?

Author: John Newton Meter: 10.10.11.11 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Ah, what can I do, or where be secure? Lyrics: 1. Ah, what can I do, or where be secure? If justice pursue, what heart can endure? When God speaks in thunder and makes Himself known, The heart breaks asunder though hard as a stone. 2. With terror I read my sins’ heavy score, The numbers exceed the sands on the shore; Guilt makes me unable to stand or to flee, So Cain murdered Abel, and trembled like me. 3. Each sin, like his blood, with terrible cry, Calls loudly on God to strike from on high: Nor can my repentance, extorted by fear, Reverse the just sentence; ’tis just, though severe. 4. The case is too plain, I have my own choice; Again, and again I slighted His voice; His warnings neglected, His patience abused, His Gospel rejected, His mercy refused. 5. And must I then go, forever to dwell In torments and woe with devils in hell? Oh where is the Savior I scorned in times past? His word in my favor would save me at last. 6. Lord Jesus, on Thee I venture to call, Oh look upon me, the vilest of all! For whom didst Thou languish and bleed on the tree? Oh pity my anguish, and say, ’Twas for thee. 7. A case such as mine will honor Thy power; All hell will repine, all Heav’n will adore; If in condemnation strict justice takes place, It shines in salvation more glorious through grace. Used With Tune: OLD 104TH Text Sources: Olney Hymns (London: W. Oliver, 1779), number 6.

Alpha, Omega

Author: Susan H. Peterson Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Alpha, Omega, beginning and end Lyrics: 1. Alpha, Omega, beginning and end, Who is, who was, and who is yet to come— May grace and peace now upon us descend From Father, Spirit, and Christ the Son. 2. Lord Jesus Christ, First and Last, faithful e’er, Once You were dead; now You live evermore. The keys to death and to hell You now bear. You rule the kings of earth by Your power. 3. To Him who loves us and shed His own blood— All of our sins in His body He bore, Made us a kingdom and priests serving God— To Him be glory, pow’r evermore! 4. Look, He is coming! With clouds He’s adorned. All eyes will see Him when He comes again. Because of Him, all earth’s peoples will mourn. So shall it be! Amen and amen. Used With Tune: HAMBURG

Arm, Soldiers, Arm

Author: William A. Armstrong Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Arm, soldiers for the fight Refrain First Line: Clasp on the breastplate Lyrics: 1 Arm, soldiers for the fight, Satan is massing Foes on our left and right, Arm, soldiers arm! Surely our Leader’s might Gives strength surpassing; He calls from Heaven’s height, Arm, soldiers arm. Refrain: Clasp on the breastplate, Seize the trusty sword; Take up your shield of faith, And call upon the Lord; Go forth and bravely fight, Face the wily foe, "Faithfulness" the watchword, Go, soldiers, go. 2 What tho’ our souls be worn, Night fast advancing, What tho’ our plumes be torn, Bravely we’ll fight! Where e’er our flag be borne, Prospects enhancing, There wait we ’till the morn, Watch thro’ the night! [Refrain] 3 Full soon the sun will rise, Victory bringing; Loud shouts will fill the skies, Glad praises ring; March we to take the prize, Hosannas singing, Bright realms will greet our eyes, Christ reign our king! [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Arm, soldiers for the fight] Text Sources: The International Lesson Hymnal (Chicago: David C. Cook, 1878)

All for Jesus

Author: Mary D. James Appears in 250 hymnals First Line: All for Jesus, all for Jesus Refrain First Line: All for Jesus! All for Jesus! Lyrics: 1. All for Jesus, all for Jesus! All my being’s ransomed powers: All my thoughts and words and doings, All my days and all my hours. Refrain All for Jesus! All for Jesus! All my days and all my hours; All for Jesus! All for Jesus! All my days and all my hours. 2. Let my hands perform His bidding, Let my feet run in His ways; Let my eyes see Jesus only, Let my lips speak forth His praise.[Refrain] 3. Worldlings prize their gems of beauty, Cling to gilded toys of dust, Boast of wealth and fame and pleasure; Only Jesus will I trust. [Refrain] 4. Since my eyes were fixed on Jesus, I’ve lost sight of all beside; So enchained my spirit’s vision, Looking at the Crucified. [Refrain] 5. Oh, what wonder! how amazing! Jesus, glorious King of kings, Deigns to call me His belovèd, Lets me rest beneath His wings. [Refrain] Used With Tune: ALL FOR JESUS (Hull)

O God, in Whom We Live and Move

Author: Samuel Longfellow Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 36 hymnals Lyrics: 1. O God, in whom we live and move, Thy love is law, Thy law is love; Thy present Spirit waits to fill The soul which comes to do Thy will. 2. Unto thy children’s spirits teach Thy love, beyond the powers of speech; And make them know, with joyful awe, The encircling presence of Thy law. 3. Its patient working doth fulfill Man’s hope, and God’s all-perfect will, Nor suffers one true word or thought, Or deed of love, to come to naught. 4. Such faith, O God, our spirits fill, That we may work in patience still. Who works for justice, works for Thee; Who works in love, Thy child shall be. Used With Tune: GERMANY

Come, Let Us Join Our Friends Above

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 347 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Come, let us join our friends above, who have obtained the prize, And on the eagle wings of love to joys celestial rise. Let saints on earth unite to sing with those to glory gone, For all the servants of our king in earth and Heaven are one. 2. One family we dwell in Him, one church above, beneath, Though now divided by the stream, the narrow stream of death; One army of the living God, to His command we bow; Part of His host have crossed the flood, and part are crossing now. 3. Ten thousand to their endless home this solemn moment fly, And we are to the margin come, and we expect to die. His militant embodied host, with wishful looks we stand, And long to see that happy coast, and reach the heavenly land. 4. Our old companions in distress we haste again to see, And eager long for our release, and full felicity: Even now by faith we join our hands with those that went before; And greet the blood besprinkled bands on the eternal shore. 5. Our spirits too shall quickly join, like theirs with glory crowned, And shout to see our captain’s sign, to hear His trumpet sound. O that we now might grasp our guide! O that the word were given! Come, Lord of Hosts, the waves divide, and land us all in Heaven. Used With Tune: FOREST GREEN Text Sources: Funeral Hymns, 1759

Courage, Brother, Do Not Stumble

Author: Norman MacLeod Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 181 hymnals Refrain First Line: Trust in God, trust in God Lyrics: 1. Courage, brother, do not stumble, Though thy path be dark as night; There’s a star to guide the humble: Trust in God and do the right. Let the road be rough and dreary, And its end far out of sight, Foot it bravely; strong or weary, Refrain: Trust in God, trust in God, Trust in God and do the right. 2. Perish policy and cunning, Perish all that fears the light! Whether losing, whether winning, Trust in God and do the right, Trust no party, sect or faction; Trust no leaders in the fight; Put in every word or action, [Refrain] 3. Some will hate thee, some will love thee, Some will flatter, some will slight; Cease from man, and look above thee: Trust in God and do the right. Simple rule, and safest guiding, Inward peace and inward might, Star upon our path abiding, [Refrain] Alternate form of last verse: 4. Trust no lovely forms of passion— Fiends may look like angels bright; Trust no custom, school or fashion: Trust in God, and do the right. Simple rule, and safest guiding, Inward peace, and inward might, Star upon our path abiding, [Refrain] Used With Tune: COURAGE Text Sources: First appeared as a poem in The Edinburgh Christian Magazine