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Thou Lord of all above

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 62 hymnals Topics: Backsliding Lyrics: 1 Thou Lord of all above, And all below the sky, Before Thy feet I prostrate fall, And for Thy mercy cry. 2 Forgive my follies past, The crimes which I have done; Oh, bid a contrite sinner live, Through Thine incarnate Son. 3 Guilt, like a heavy load, Upon my conscience lies; To Thee I make my sorrows known, And lift my weeping eyes. 4 The burden which I feel, Thou only canst remove; Display, O Lord, Thy pard'ning grace, And Thine unbounded love. 5 One gracious look of Thine Will ease my troubled breast; Oh, let me know my sins forgiven, And I shall then be blest.

The Punishment of Luxury and Intemperance;or, Chastisement and Salvation

Appears in 25 hymnals Topics: Backsliding soul pardoned First Line: When Isr'el sins, the Lord reproves Lyrics: 1 When Isr'el sins, the Lord reproves And fills their Hearts with Dread; Yet he forgives the Men he loves, And sends them heav'nly Bread. 2 He fed them with a lib'ral Hand, And made his Treasures known; He gave the Midnight Clouds command To pour Provision down. 3 The Manna, like a Morning Show'r, Lay thick around their Feet; The Corn of Heav'n, so light, so pure, As though 'twere Angels Meat. 4 But they in murm'ring Language said, "Manna is all our Feast; "We loath this light, this airy Bread; "We must have Flesh to taste." 5 Ye shall have Flesh to please your Lust, The Lord in Wrath reply'd, And sent 'em Quails, like Sand or Dust, Heap'd up from Side to Side. 6 He gave 'em all their own Desire, And greedy as they fed, His Vengeance burnt with secret Fire, And smote the Rebels dead. 7 When some were slain, the rest return'd And sought the Lord with Tears; Under the Rod they fear'd and mourn'd, But soon forgot their fears. 8 Oft he chastis'd, and still forgave, 'Till, by his gracious Hand, The Nation he resolv'd to save Possess'd the promis'd Land. Scripture: Psalm 78

Pardoning Grace

Appears in 106 hymnals Topics: Backsliding soul pardoned First Line: From deep Distress and trouble Thoughts Lyrics: 1 From deep Distress and troubled Thoughts. To thee, my GOD, I rais'd my Cries; If thou severely mark our Faults, No flesh can stand before thine Eyes. 2 But Thou hast built thy Throne of Grace Free to dispense thy Pardons there, That Sinners may approach thy Face, And hope and love, as well as fear. 3 As the benighted Pilgrims wait, And long, and wish for breaking Day, So waits my Soul before thy Gate; When will my GOD his Face display? 4 My Trust is fix'd upon thy Word, Nor shall I trust thy Word in vain; Let mourning Souls address the Lord, And find Relief from all their Pain. 5 Great is his Love, and large his Grace, Through the Redemption of his Son; He turns our Feet from sinful Ways, And pardons what our Hands have done. Scripture: Psalm 130

Bring Them In

Author: Alexcenah Thomas Appears in 386 hymnals Topics: Backsliding First Line: Hark! 'tis the Shepherd's voice I hear Refrain First Line: Bring them in, bring them in Lyrics: 1 Hark! 'tis the Shepherd's voice I hear, Out in the desert dark and drear, Calling the sheep who've gone astray Far from the Shepherd's fold away. Refrain: Bring them in, bring them in, Bring them in from the fields of sin; Bring them in, bring them in, Bring the wand'ring ones to Jesus. 2 Who'll go and help this Shepherd kind, Help him the wand'ring ones to find? Who'll bring the lost ones to the fold, Where they'll be sheltered from the cold? [Refrain] 3 Out in the desert hear their cry, Out on the mountains wild and high; Hark! 'tis the Master speaks to thee, "Go find my sheep where'er they be." [Refrain] Amen. Scripture: Matthew 18:11 Used With Tune: [Hark! 'tis the Shepherd's voice I hear]

How happy are they

Appears in 720 hymnals Topics: Backslider Lyrics: Part the First. 1 How happy are they, Who the Saviuor obey, And have laid up their treasure above Tongue cannot express The sweet comfort and peace Of a soul in its earliest love. 2 That comfort was mine, When the favour divine I first found in the blood of the Lamb; When my heart it believ'd, O what joy I receiv'd, What a heaven in Jesus's name! 3 'Twas a heaven below The Saviour to know; And the angels could do nothing more Than to fall at his feet, And the story repeat, And the lover of sinners adore. 4 Jesus all the day long Was my joy and my song; O that all his salvation might see! He hath loved me, I cried, He hath suffer'd and died, To redeem such a rebel as me. 5 On the wings of his love I was carry'd above All sin, and temptation, and pain; I could not believe That I ever should grieve That I ever should suffer again. 6 I rode on the sky, Freely justify'd I! Nor envy'd Elijah his seat: My soul mounted higher In a chariot of fire, And the moon it was under my feet. 7 Oh! the rapturous height Of that holy delight, Which I felt in the life-giving blood! Of my Saviour possest, I was perfectly blest, As if fill'd with the fulness of God.

Love of first love

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 60 hymnals Topics: Humiliation Backslidings Lamented First Line: O that I were as heretofore Scripture: Job 29:3

To whom shall we go but unto thee? or, life and safety in Christ alone

Author: Steele Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 222 hymnals Topics: Backslidings and returns Dreaded First Line: Thou only sovereign of my heart Lyrics: 1 Thou only sovereign of my heart, My refuge, my almighty friend— And can my soul from thee depart, On whom alone my hopes depend? 2 Whither, ah! whither shall I go, A wretched wand'rer from my Lord? Can this dark world of sin and woe One glimpse of happiness afford? 3 Eternal life thy words impart, On these my fainting spirit lives; Here sweeter comforts cheer my heart Than all the round of nature gives. 4 Let earth's alluring joys combine, While thou art near, in vain they call; One smile, one blissful smile of thine, My dearest Lord, outweighs them all. 5 Thy name my inmost powers adore, Thou art my life, my joy, my care: Depart from thee—'tis death—'tis more! 'Tis endless ruin, deep despair! 6 Low at thy feet my soul would lie, Here safety dwells, and peace divine; Still let me live beneath thine eye, For life eternal life is thine.

Apostacy—Will ye also go away?

Author: Newton Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 108 hymnals Topics: Backslidings and returns Dreaded First Line: When any turn from Zion's way Lyrics: 1 When any turn from Zion's way, (Alas! what numbers do!) Methinks I hear my Savior say, "Wilt thou forsake me too?" 2 Ah Lord! with such a heart as mine, Unless thou hold me fast; I feel I must, I shall decline, And prove like them at last. 3 Yet thou alone hast power, I know, To save a wretch like me: To whom, or whither, could I go, If I should turn from thee? 4 Beyond a doubt I rest assur'd Thou art the Christ, of God; Who hast eternal life secur'd, By promise and by blood. 5 The help of men and angels join'd, Could never reach my case; Nor can I hope relief to find, But in thy boundless grace. 6 No voice but thine can give me rest, And bid my fears depart; No love but thine can make me bless'd, And satisfy my heart. 7 What anguish has that question stirr'd, If I will also go? Yet, Lord, relying on thy word, I humbly answer No!

Humble confession

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 36 hymnals Topics: Humiliation Backslidings Lamented First Line: Saviour, I now with shame confess

Genesis 28:10-22

Author: Mrs. S. F. Adams Appears in 2,599 hymnals Topics: Backsliding; Backsliding First Line: Nearer, my God, to thee Lyrics: 1 Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee! Ev'n though it be a cross That raiseth me! Still all my song shall be, Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee! 2 Though, like a wanderer, The sun gone down, Darkness be over me, My rest a stone, Yet in my dreams I'd be Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee! 3 There let the way appear, Steps unto heaven: All that thou sendest me, In mercy given; Angels to beckon me Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee! 4 Then, with my waking thoughts Bright with thy praise, Out of my stony griefs Bethel I'll raise; So by my woes to be Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee! Used With Tune: BETHANY