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From deep distress and troubled thoughts

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 105 hymnals Topics: Backsliding soul pardoned Lyrics: From deep distress and troubled thoughts To thee, my God, I raised my cries; If thou severely mark our faults, No flesh can stand before thine eyes. 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. 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? My trust is fixed upon thy word, Nor shall I trust thy word in vain; Let mourning souls address the Lord, And find relief from all their pain. 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

Psalm 91

Author: James Montgomery Appears in 217 hymnals Topics: Backsliding First Line: Call Jehovah thy salvation Lyrics: 1 Call Jehovah thy salvation, Rest beneath the Almighty's shade; In his secret habitation Dwell, and never be dismayed: There no tumult can alarm thee, Thou shalt dread no hidden snare; Guile nor violence can harm thee, In eternal safeguard there. 2 From the sword, at noon-day wasting, From the noisome pestilence; In the depth of midnight, blasting, God shall be thy sure defence: Fear not thou the deadly quiver, When a thousand feel the blow; Mercy shall thy soul deliver, Though ten thousand be laid low. 3 Since, with pure and firm affection, Thou on God hast set thy love, With the wings of his protection, He will shield thee from above; Thou shalt call on him in trouble, He will hearken, he will save; Here, for grief reward thee double, Crown with life beyond the grave. Scripture: Psalm 17:8 Used With Tune: MANSFIELD

In the Hour of Trial

Author: James Montgomery (1771-1854) Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Appears in 505 hymnals Topics: Warning Message Backsliding, Apostasy Scripture: Job 23:10 Used With Tune: PENITENCE

The backslider's prayer

Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.8.7.6 Appears in 302 hymnals Topics: Backslider's Prayer First Line: Jesus, let thy pitying eye Lyrics: 1 Jesus, let thy pitying eye Call back a wand'ring sheep; False to thee, like Peter, I Would fain like Peter, weep; Let me be by grace restor'd, On me be all its freeness shewn; Turn and look upon me, LORD, And break my heart of stone. 2 Saviour prince, enthron'd above, Repentance to impart, Give me thro' thy dying love, The humble contrite heart; Give, what I have long implor'd, A portion of thy grief unknown; Turn and look upon me, LORD, And break my heart of stone. 3 See me, Saviour, from above, Nor suffer me to die; Life, and happiness, and love, Drop from thy gracious eye; Speak the reconciling word And let thy mercy melt me down; Turn and look upon me, LORD, And break my heart of stone. 4 Look as when thy pitying eye, Was clos'd that we might live; Father (at the point to die, My Saviour gasp'd) "Forgive!" Surely with that dying word, He turns, and looks, and cries, "'tis done!" O my loving, bleeding LORD< Thou breaks my heart of stone. Text Sources: Rippon's Coll.

Genesis 28:10-22

Author: Mrs. S. F. Adams Appears in 2,559 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

"Remember me"

Author: Thomas Haweis Appears in 419 hymnals Topics: Backsliding First Line: O thou from whom all goodness flows Lyrics: 1 O thou, from whom all goodness flows, I lift my soul to thee; In all my sorrows, conflicts, woes, O Lord, remember me! 2 When on my aching, burdened heart My sins lie heavily, Thy pardon grant, new peace impart; Thus, Lord, remember me! 3 When trials sore obstruct my way, And ills I cannot flee, Oh, let my strength be as my day-- Dear Lord, remember me! 4 When in the solemn hour of death I wait thy just decree: Be this the prayer of my last breath: Now, Lord, remember me! Scripture: Deuteronomy 33:25 Used With Tune: AVON

"A clean heart"

Author: Charles Wesley Appears in 1,178 hymnals Topics: Backsliding; Backsliding First Line: Oh, for a heart to praise my God Lyrics: 1 Oh, for a heart to praise my God, A heart from sin set free; A heart that always feels thy blood So freely shed for me! 2 A heart resigned, submissive, meek, My dear Redeemer's throne; Where only Christ is heard to speak, Where Jesus reigns alone! 3 Oh, for a lowly, contrite heart, Believing, true, and clean! Which neither life nor death can part From him that dwells within. 4 A heart in every thought renewed, And filled with love divine; Perfect, and right, and pure, and good; An image, Lord! of thine. 5 Thy nature, gracious Lord, impart; Come quickly from above; Write thy new name upon my heart, Thy new, best name of Love. Used With Tune: FARRANT

Humble confession

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 35 hymnals Topics: Humiliation Backslidings Lamented First Line: Saviour, I now with shame confess

Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,228 hymnals Topics: Backsliding First Line: Come Holy Spirit, heav'nly Dove Lyrics: 1 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, with all your quick'ning pow'rs; kindle a flame of sacred love in these cold hearts of ours. 2 In vain we tune our formal songs, in vain we strive to rise; hosannas languish on our tongues, and our devotion dies. 3 And shall we then forever live at this poor dying rate? Our love, so faint, so cold to you, and yours to us so great! 4 Come, Holy Spirit, heav'nly Dove, with all your quick'ning pow'rs; come, shed abroad a Savior’s love and that shall kindle ours. Scripture: Romans 5:5 Used With Tune: ST. AGNES

Sins of Hypocricy

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Backsliding First Line: Thus speaks the Lord to wicked men Lyrics: 1 Thus speaks the Lord to wicked men: My statues why do ye declare? Why take My covenant in mouth, Since ye for wisdom do not care? For ye My holy words profane And cast them from you in disdain. 2 Ye have consented with the thief, Ye have partaken with the vile, Your mouths to evil words ye give, Your tongues proclaim deceit and guile, Ye glory in your brother's shame, Your mother's son do ye defame. 3 Thus have ye done; I silence kept, And this has been your secret thought, That i was wholly as yourselves, To take your evil deeds as nought; I will reprove you and array Your deeds before your eyes this day. 4 Consider this, who God forget, Lest I destroy with none to free; Who offers sacrifice of thanks, He glorifies and honors Me; To him who orders well his way Salvation free I will display. Scripture: Psalm 50 Used With Tune: RAKEM