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Creation and Redemption

Appears in 326 hymnals Topics: Before Sermon First Line: Give to our God immortal praise Lyrics: 1 Give to our God immortal praise; Mercy and truth are all his ways, Wonders of grace to God belong, Repeat his mercies in your song. 2 Give to the Lord of lords renown, The King of kings with glory crown His mercies ever shall endure, When lords and kings are known no more. 3 He built the earth he spread the sky, And fix'd the starry lights on high: Wonders of grace to God belong, Repeat his mercies in your song. 4 He fills the sun with morning light; He bids the moon direct the night; His mercies ever shall endure, When suns and moons shall shine no more. 5 He sent his Son with power to save, From guilt and darkness and the grave, Wonders of grace to God belong, Repeat his mercies in your song. 6 Through this vain world he guides our feet And leads us to his heav'nly seat His mercies ever shall endure, When this vain world shall be no more. Scripture: Psalm 136

Lord of nature, source of light

Author: Calamy Appears in 26 hymnals Topics: Before or after Sermon

Between Prayer and Sermon

Author: Stennett Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 247 hymnals Topics: Before and After Sermon First Line: Where two or three, with sweet accord Lyrics: 1 [“Where two or three, with sweet accord, Obedient to their sovereign Lord, Meet to recount his acts of grace, And offer solemn prayer and praise; 2 “There,” says the Saviour, “will I be, Amid this little company; To them unveil my smiling face, And shed my glories round the place.”] 3 We meet at thy command, dear Lord; Relying on thy faithful word; Now send thy Spirit from above; Now fill our hearts with heavenly love.

Lord, we together now have come

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Before Sermon

God's reasoning with men

Author: Dr. S. Stennett Appears in 22 hymnals Topics: Before Sermon First Line: Come sinners, saith the mighty God Lyrics: 1 Come sinners, saith the mighty God Heinous as all your Crimes have been, Lo! I descend from mine abode, To reason with the sons of men. 2 No clouds of darkness veil my face, No vengeful lightnings flash around I come with terms of life and peace; Where sin hath reign'd let grace abound. 3 Yes, LORD, we will obey thy call, And to thy gracious Sceptre bow; O make our crimson sins like wool, Our scarlet crimes as white as snow. 4 So shall our thankful lips repeat Thy praises with a tuneful voice, While humbly prostrate at thy feet, We wonder, tremble, and rejoice. Scripture: Isaiah 1:18

Obedience and Death of Christ

Appears in 70 hymnals Topics: Before Sermon First Line: Father, I sing thy wond'rous grace Lyrics: 1 Father, I sing thy wond'rous grace, I bless my Saviour's name. He bought salvation for the poor, And bore the sinners shame. 2 His deep distress has rais'd us high; His duty and his zeal. Fulfill'd the law which mortals broke, And finish'd all thy will. 3 His dying groans, his living songs, Shall better please my God, Than harp or trumpet's solemn sound, Than goats or bullocks blood. 4 This shall his humble foll'wers see, And set their hearts at rest; They by his death draw near to thee, And live for ever blest. 4 Let heav'n, and all that dwell on high, To God their voices raise, While lands and seas assist the sky, And join'd t' advance the praise. Scripture: Psalm 69

Breathing after the holy Spirit

Author: Dr. Watts Appears in 1,229 hymnals Topics: Before Sermon First Line: Come, holy Spirit, heav'nly Dove Lyrics: 1 Come, holy Spirit, heav'nly Dove With all thy quick'ning pow'rs; Kindle a flame of sacred love In these cold hearts of ours. 2 Look how we grovel here below, Fond of these trifling toys; Our souls can neither fly, nor go To reach eternal joys. 3 In vain we tune our formal songs, In vain we strive to rise; Hosannas languish on our tongues, And our devotion dies. 4 Dear LORD, and shall we ever lie At this poor dying rate? Our love so faint, so cold to thee, And thine to us so great? 5 Come, holy Spirit, heav'nly Dove, With all thy quick'ning pow'rs; Come shed abroad a Saviour’s love, And that shall kindle ours.

After Sermon

Author: Burnham Meter: 8.8.8. Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Before and After Sermon First Line: The gospel's a message of peace Lyrics: 1 The gospel’s a message of peace, We oft by experience have felt; ’Tis filled with Immanuel’s grace, And sweeps away mountains of guilt. O sweet revelation divine! Delighted, we’ve heard its contents; All through it our Jesus does shine. A lover of all his dear saints. 2 Through various scenes of distress, Perplexèd with sin, guilt, and fear; This glorious message of grace Has frequently yielded good cheer. Dear Lord, may we prize the rich peace, The peace so abundantly given; It flows through the word of thy grace, And makes us anticipate heaven.

Encouragement to wait on God

Author: Dr. Watts Appears in 35 hymnals Topics: Before Sermon First Line: Thus saith the wisdom of the Lord Lyrics: 1 Thus saith the wisdom of the Lord, Bless'd is the man that hears my word; Keeps daily watch before my gates, And at my feet for mercy waits. 2 The soul that seeks me shall obtain Immortal wealth, and heav'nly gain, Immortal life is his reward, Life, and the favour of the Lord. 3 But the vile wretch that flies from me, Doth his own soul an injury; Fools that against my grace rebel, Seek death, and love the road to hell.