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Providence

Author: Anne Steele Appears in 76 hymnals Topics: Decrees; Decrees First Line: Lord, how mysterious are thy ways! Lyrics: 1 Lord, how mysterious are thy ways! How blind are we, how mean our praise! Thy steps no mortal eyes explore; 'Tis ours to wonder and adore. 2 Great God! I do not ask to see What in futurity shall be; Let light and bliss attend my days, And then my future hours be praise 3 Are darkness and distress my share? Give me to trust thy guardian care; Enough for me, if love divine At length through every cloud shall shine. 4 Yet this my soul desires to know, Be this my only wish below; That Christ is mine! this great request, Grant, bounteous God, and I am blest.

All that I was, my sin and guilt

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 120 hymnals Topics: Decrees of God Scripture: 2 Corinthians 15:10

Not Unto Us, O Lord of Heaven

Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 13 hymnals Topics: Decrees of God Lyrics: 1 Not unto us, O Lord of heaven, But unto Thee be glory given; In love and truth Thou dost fulfill The counsels of Thy sovereign will; Though nations fail Thy power to own, Yet Thou dost reign, and Thou alone. 2 The idol gods of heathen lands Are but the work of human hands: They cannot see, they cannot speak, Their ears are deaf, their hands are weak; Like them shall be all those who hold To gods of silver and of gold. 3 Let Israel trust in God alone, The Lord Whose grace and power are known; To Him your full allegiance yield, And He will be your help and shield; All those who fear Him God will bless, His saints have proved His faithfulness. 4 All ye that fear Him and adore, The Lord increase you more and more; Both great and small who Him confess, You and your children He will bless; Yea, blest are ye of Him who made The heavens, and earth's foundations laid. 5 The heavens are God's since time began, But He has given the earth to man; The dead praise not the living God, But we will sound His praise abroad, Yea, we will ever bless His Name; Praise ye the Lord, His praise proclaim. Scripture: Psalm 115 Used With Tune: GAIRNEY BRIDGE

Jesus the Man of constant Grief

Appears in 20 hymnals Topics: Decrees of God Lyrics: 1 Jesus, the Man of constant Grief, A Mourner all his Days; His Spirit once rejoic'd aloud, And turn'd his Joy to Praise. 2 Father, I thank thy wond'rous Love, That hath reveal'd thy Son To Men unlearned; and to Babes Has made thy Gospel known. 3 The Myst'ries of redeeming Grace Are hidden from the Wise, While Pride and Carnal Reas'nings join To swell and blind their Eyes. 4 Thus doth the Lord of Heav'n and Earth His great Decrees fulfil, And orders all his Works of Grace By his own Sov'reign Will. Scripture: Luke 10:21

Behold the Potter and the Clay

Appears in 26 hymnals Topics: Decrees of God Lyrics: 1 Behold the Potter and the Clay, He forms his Vessels as he please: Such is our God, and such are we; The subjects of his high Decrees. 2 Doth not the Workman's Pow'r extend O'er all the Mass, which Part to choose, And mould it for nobler End, And which to leave for viler Use?] 3 May not the Sov'reign Lord on high Dispense his Favours as he will; Choose some to Life, while others die, And yet be just and gracious still? [4 What if to make his Terror known, He lets his Patience long endure, Suff'ring vile Rebels to go on, And seal their own Destruction sure? 5 What if he means to show his Grace, And his electing Love employs To mark out some of mortal Race, And form them fit for heav'nly Joys?] 6 Shall Man reply against the Lord, And call his Maker's Ways unjust, The Thunder of whose dreadful Word Can crush a thousand Worlds to Dust? 7 But, O my Soul, if Truth so bright Should dazzle and confound thy sight, Yet still his written Will obey, And wait the great decisive Day. 8 Then shall he make his Justice known, And the whole World before his Throne, With Joy, or Terror, shall confess The Glory of his Righteousness. Scripture: Romans 9:21-24

Delight in God

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 243 hymnals Topics: Decrees Of God First Line: Grant Lord, I may delight in thee Lyrics: 1 Grant Lord, I may delight in thee, And on thy care depend; To thee in ev'ry trouble flee, My best, my only friend. 2 When all created streams are dry'd, Thy fulness is the same; May I with this be satisfy'd, And glory in thy name! 3 Why should the soul a drop bemoan Who has a fountain near, A fountain which will ever run With waters sweet and clear? 4 No good in creatures can be found, But all is found in thee; I must be blessed, and abound, While thou art God to me. 5 O that I had a stronger faith To look within the veil, To credit what my Saviour saith, Whose word can never vail! 6 O Lord, I cast my care on thee, I triumph and adore; Henceforth my great concern shall be To love and please thee more. Scripture: Psalm 37:4

Election excludes Boasting

Author: Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 16 hymnals Topics: Election and God's Decrees First Line: But few among the carnal wise Lyrics: 1 But few among the carnal wise, But few of noble race, Obtain the favour of thy eyes, Almighty King of grace! 2 He takes the men of meanest name For sons and heirs of God; And thus he pours abundant shame On honourable blood. 3 He calls the fool and makes him know The mysteries of his grace, To bring aspiring wisdom low, And all its pride abase. 4 Nature has all its glories lost, When brought before his throne; No flesh shall in his presence boast, But in the Lord alone.

Psalm 19

Author: Robert Grant Appears in 7 hymnals Topics: Decrees Spiritual First Line: Almighty Lord, the sun shall fail Lyrics: 1 Almighty Lord, the sun shall fail, The moon forget her nightly tale, And deepest silence hush on high, The radiant chorus of the sky;-- 2 But fixed for everlasting years, Unmoved, amid the wreck of spheres, Thy word shall shine in cloudless day, When heaven and earth have passed away. Scripture: Matthew 24:35 Used With Tune: UXBRIDGE

Unsearchableness

Author: Elizabeth Scott Appears in 33 hymnals Topics: Decrees Spiritual First Line: What finite power, with ceaseless toil Lyrics: 1 What finite power, with ceaseless toil, Can fathom the eternal Mind? Or who th' almighty Three in One By searching, to perfection find? 2 Angels and men in vain may raise, Harmonious their adoring songs; The laboring thought sinks down, opprest, And praises die upon their tongues. 3 Yet would I lift my trembling voice A portion of his ways to sing; And mingling with his meanest works, My humble, grateful tribute bring. Scripture: Esther 6:1 Used With Tune: FOREST

Electing Grace

Author: Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 29 hymnals Topics: Election and God's Decrees First Line: Jesus, we bless thy Father's name Lyrics: 1 Jesus, we bless thy Father’s name; Thy God and ours are both the same, What heavenly blessings from his throne Flow down to sinners through his Son! 2 “Christ be my first elect,” he said; Then chose our souls in Christ, our Head, Before he gave the mountains birth, Or laid foundations for the earth. 3 Thus did eternal love begin To raise us up from death and sin; Our characters were then decreed, Blameless in love, a holy seed. 4 Predestinated to be sons, Born by degrees, but chose at once; A new regenerated race, To praise the glory of his grace. 5 With Christ, our Lord, we share our part In the affections of his heart; Nor shall our souls be thence removed, Till he forgets his first Beloved.