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Faith of Our Fathers

Author: Frederick W. Faber Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 859 hymnals Topics: Profession of Faith First Line: Faith of our fathers! living still Scripture: Hebrews 11 Used With Tune: ST. CATHERINE

Lord Jesus, Can It Ever Be?

Author: Joseph Grigg Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1,298 hymnals Topics: Profession of Faith First Line: Lord Jesus, can it ever be Scripture: Mark 8:38 Used With Tune: FEDERAL STREET

'Tis Not That I Did Choose Thee

Author: Josiah Conder Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 78 hymnals Topics: Profession of Faith Scripture: John 15:16 Used With Tune: CRUCIFIX

Be Thou My Vision

Author: Mary Elizabeth Byrne; Eleanor Hull Meter: 10.11.11.11 Appears in 168 hymnals Topics: Submission and Profession First Line: Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart Lyrics: 1 Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart; be all else but naught to me, save that Thou art; be Thou my best thought in the day and the night, both waking and sleeping, Thy presence my light. 2 Be Thou my Wisdom, be Thou my true Word; be Thou ever with me, and I with Thee, Lord; be Thou my great Father, and I Thy true son; be Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one. 3 Be Thou my Breastplate, my Sword for the fight; be Thou my whole Armor, be Thou my true Might; be Thou my soul’s Shelter, be Thou my strong Tow’r, O raise Thou me heav’nward, great Pow’r of my pow’r. 4 Riches I heed not, nor man's empty praise; be Thou mine inheritance, now and always; be Thou and Thou only the first in my heart, O High King of heaven, my Treasure Thou art. 5 High King of heaven, Thou heaven's bright Sun, O grant me its joys, after vict'ry is won; Great Heart of my own heart, whatever befall, still be Thou my vision, O Ruler of all. Used With Tune: SLANE Text Sources: 8th cent. hymn

Come, Thou Fount

Author: Robert Robinson Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 2,245 hymnals Topics: Submission and Profession First Line: Come, Thou Fount of ev'ry blessing Lyrics: 1 Come, Thou Fount of ev'ry blessing, tune my heart to sing Thy grace; streams of mercy, never ceasing, call for songs of loudest praise. Teach me some melodious sonnet, sung by flaming tongues above. Praise the mount--I'm fixed upon it-- mount of God's unchanging love. 2 Here I raise my Ebenezer; hither by Thy help I've come; and I hope, by Thy good pleasure, safely to arrive at home. Jesus sought me when a stranger, wand'ring from the fold of God; He, to rescue me from danger, interposed His precious blood. 3 Oh, to grace how great a debtor daily I'm constrained to be! Let Thy goodness, like a fetter, bind my wand'ring heart to Thee; prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, prone to leave the God I love; here's my heart, O take and seal it; seal it for Thy courts above. Used With Tune: NETTLETON

Profession of Sincerity, Repentance, and Obedience

Appears in 171 hymnals Topics: Profession of Sincerity and Repentance; Sincerity professed; Profession of Sincerity and Repentance; Sincerity professed First Line: Thou art my portion, O my God Lyrics: 1 Thou art my portion, O my God: Soon as I know thy way, My heart makes haste t' obey thy word, And suffers no delay. 2 I chose the path of heavenly truth, And glory in my choice; Not all the riches of the earth Could make me so rejoice. 3 The testimonies of thy grace I set before my eyes; Thence I derive my daily strength, And there my comfort lies. 4 If once I wander from thy path, I think upon my ways, Then turn my feet to thy commands, And trust thy pardoning grace. 5 Now I am thine, forever thine, Oh save thy servant Lord, Thou art my shield, my hiding-place; My hope is in thy word. 6 Thou hast inclin'd this heart of mine Thy statutes to fulfil; And thus till mortal life shall end Would I perform thy will. Scripture: Psalm 119:57

I Sought the Lord, and Afterward I Knew

Author: Anonymous Meter: 10.10.10.6.10.8 Appears in 92 hymnals Topics: Profession of Faith Lyrics: 1 I sought the Lord, and afterward I knew He moved my soul to seek Him, seeking me; It was not I that found, O Savior true; No, I was found of Thee. It was not I that found, O Savior true; No, I was found of Thee. 2 Thou didst reach forth Thy hand and mine enfold; I walked and sank not on the storm-vexed sea; ’Twas not so much that I on Thee took hold, As Thou, dear Lord, on me. ’Twas not so much that I on Thee took hold, As Thou, dear Lord, on me. 3 I find, I walk, I love; but O the whole Of love is but my answer, Lord, to Thee! For Thou wert long beforehand with my soul; Always Thou lovedst me. For Thou wert long beforehand with my soul; Always, always Thou lovedst me. Used With Tune: FINLANDIA

The all-seeing God

Appears in 327 hymnals Topics: Profession of Sincerity and Repentance; Profession of Sincerity and Repentance First Line: Lord, thou hast search'd and seen me thro' Lyrics: 1 Lord, thou hast search'd and seen me thro'; Thine eye commands with piercing view My rising and my resting hours, My heart and flesh with all their powers. 2 My thoughts, before they are my own, Are to my God distinctly known; He knows the words I mean to speak Ere from my opening lips they break. 3 Within thy circling power I stand, On every side I find thy hand; Awake, asleep, at home, abroad, I am surrounded still with God. 4 Amazing knowledge, vast and great! What large extent! what lofty height! My soul with all the powers I boast, Is in the boundless prospect lost. 5 Oh may these thoughts possess my breast, Where-e'er I rove, where-e'er I rest; Nor let my weaker passions dare Consent to sin, for God is there. Pause I. 6 Could I so false, so faithless prove, To quit thy service and thy love, Where, Lord, could I thy presence shun, Or from thy dreadful glory run? 7 If up to heaven I take my flight, 'Tis there thou dwell'st enthron'd in light; Or dive to hell, there vengeance reigns, And Satan groans beneath thy chains. 8 If mounted on a morning ray I fly beyond the Western sea, Thy swifter hand would first arrive, And there arrest thy fugitive. 9 Or should I try to shun thy sight Beneath the spreading veil of night, One glance of thine, one piercing ray Would kindle darkness into day. 10 Oh may these thoughts possess my breast, Where-e'er I rove, where-e'er I rest; Nor let my weaker passions dare Consent to sin, for God is there. Pause II. 11 The veil of night is no disguise, No screen from thy All-searching eyes; Thy hand can seize thy foes as soon Through midnight shades as blazing noon. 12 Midnight and noon in this agree, Great God, they're both alike to thee, Not death can hide what God will spy, And hell lies naked to his eye. 13 Oh may these thoughts possess my breast, Where-e'er I rove, where-e'er I rest! Nor let my weaker passions dare Consent to sin, for God is there.

The wonderful Formation of Man

Appears in 35 hymnals Topics: Profession of Sincerity and Repentance; Profession of Sincerity and Repentance First Line: 'Twas from thy hand, my God, I came Lyrics: 1 'Twas from thy hand, my God, I came, A work of such a curious frame; In me thy fearful wonders shine, And each proclaims thy skill divine. 2 Thine eyes could all my limbs survey, Which yet in dark confusion lay: Thou saw'st the daily growth they took, Form'd by the model of thy book. 3 By thee my growing parts were nam'd, And what thy sovereign counsels fram'd, The breathing lungs, the beating heart, Was copy'd with unerring art. 4 At last to shew my Maker's name, God stamp'd his Image on my frame, And in some unknown moment join'd The finish'd members of the mind. 5 There the young seeds of thought began And all the passions of the man, Great God, our infant nature pays Immortal tribute to thy praise. Pause. 6 Lord, since in my advancing age I've acted on life's busy stage, Thy thoughts of love to me surmount The power of numbers to recount. 7 I could survey the ocean o'er, And count each sand that makes the shore, Before my swiftest thoughts could trace The numerous wonders of thy grace. 8 These on my heart are still imprest, With these I give my eyes to rest; And at my waking hour I find God and his love possess my mind. Scripture: Psalm 139

Sincerity profest, and Grace tried; or, the Heart searching God

Appears in 33 hymnals Topics: Profession of Sincerity and Repentance; Profession of Sincerity and Repentance First Line: My God, what inward grief I feel Lyrics: 1 My God, what inward grief I feel When impious men transgress thy will! I mourn to hear their lips profane, Take thy tremendous name in vain. 2 Does not my soul detest and hate The sons of malice and deceit? Those that oppose thy laws and thee, I count for enemies to me. 3 Lord, search my soul, try every thought Though my own heart accuse me not, Of walking in a false disguise, I beg the trial of thine eyes. 4 Doth secret mischief lurk within? Do I indulge some unknown sin? Oh turn my feet whene'er I stray, And lead me in thy perfect way. Scripture: Psalm 139