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Come, Humble Sinner

Author: Edmund Jones Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 705 hymnals First Line: Come, humble sinner, in whose breast Lyrics: 1. Come, humble sinner, in whose breast, A thousand thoughts revolve, Come, with your guilt and fear oppressed, And make this last resolve. 2. I’ll go to Jesus, though my sin Like mountains round me close; I know His courts, I’ll enter in, Whatever may oppose. 3. Prostrate I’ll lie before His throne, And there my guilt confess, I’ll tell Him, I’m a wretch undone, Without His sovereign grace. 4. I’ll to the gracious King approach, Whose scepter pardon gives; Perhaps he command my touch, And then the suppliant lives. 5. Perhaps He will admit my plea, Perhaps will hear my prayer; But, if I perish, I will pray, And perish only there. 6. I can but perish if I go; I am resolved to try; But if I stay away, I know I must forever die. 7. But, if I die with mercy sought, When I the King have tried, This were to die (delightful thought!) As sinner never died. Used With Tune: ABIDING GRACE Text Sources: Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors, by John Rippon, 1787

Rise, My Soul, and Stretch Thy Wings

Author: Robert Seagrave Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.7.7.6 Appears in 807 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings, thy better portion trace; Rise from transitory things, toward Heaven, thy native place: Sun and moon and stars decay, time shall soon this earth remove; Rise, my soul, and haste away to seats prepared above. 2. Rivers to the ocean run, nor stay in all their course; Fire ascending seeks the sun; both speed them to their source: So my soul, that’s born of God, pants to view His glorious face, Upward tends to His abode, to rest in His embrace. 3. Fly me riches, fly me cares, whilst I that coast explore; Flattering world, with all thy snares, solicit me no more. Pilgrims fix not here their home; strangers tarry but a night; When the last dear morn is come, they’ll rise to joyful light. 4. Cease, ye pilgrims, cease to mourn, press onward to the prize; Soon thy Savior will return, triumphant in the skies: Yet a season, and you know happy entrance will be given All our sorrows left below, and earth exchanged for Heaven. Used With Tune: AMSTERDAM Text Sources: Hymns for Christian Worship, Partly Composed and Partly Collected from Various Authors, 1742

Hark! The Vesper Hymn Is Stealing

Author: Thomas Moore, 1779-1852 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 43 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Hark! the vesper hymn is stealing O’er the waters soft and clear; Nearer yet and nearer pealing Soft it breaks upon the ear, Jubilate! Jubilate! Jubilate! Amen! Farther now and farther stealing Soft it fades upon the ear. 2. Now like moonlight waves retreating To the shore it dies along; Now like angry surges meeting Breaks the mingled tide of song. Jubilate! Jubilate! Jubilate! Amen! Hark! again like waves retreating To the shore it dies along. 3. Once again sweet voices ringing Louder still the music swells; While on summer breezes winging Comes the chime of vesper bells. Jubilate! Jubilate! Jubilate! Amen! On the summer breezes winging Fades the chime of vesper bells. Used With Tune: VESPER HYMN (Stevenson)

Welcome, Sweet Day of Rest

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 766 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Welcome, sweet day of rest, That saw the Lord arise; Welcome to this reviving breast, And these rejoicing eyes! 2. The King Himself comes near, And feasts His saints today; Here we may sit, and see Him here, And love, and praise, and pray. 3. One day in such a place, Where my dear God hath been, Is sweeter than ten thousand days Of pleasurable sin. 4. My willing soul would stay In such a frame as this, And sit and sing herself away To everlasting bliss. Used With Tune: LISBON Text Sources: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707

Again the Lord of Light and Life

Author: Anna L. Barbauld Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 290 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Again the Lord of light and life Awakes the kindling ray, Unseals the eyelids of the morn, And pours increasing day. 2. O what a night was that which wrapped The heathen world in gloom! O what a Sun which rose this day Triumphant from the tomb! 3. This day be grateful homage paid, And loud hosannas sung; Let gladness dwell in every heart, And praise on every tongue. 4. Ten thousand different lips shall join To hail this welcome morn, Which scatters blessings from its wings To nations yet unborn. Used With Tune: ARLINGTON Text Sources: Hymns for Public Worship, by Dr. W. Enfield (Warrington, England: 1772)

Be Present at Our Table, Lord

Author: John Cennick Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 96 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Be present at our table, Lord; Be here and everywhere adored; Thy creatures bless, and grant that we May feast in paradise with Thee. 2. We thank Thee, Lord, for this our food, For life and health and every good; By Thine own hand may we be fed; Give us each day our daily bread. 3. We thank Thee, Lord, for this our good, But more because of Jesus’ blood; Let manna to our souls be giv’n, The Bread of Life sent down from Heav’n. Used With Tune: OLD 100TH

Bringing in the Sheaves

Author: Knowles Shaw Appears in 732 hymnals First Line: Sowing in the morning, sowing seeds of kindness Refrain First Line: Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves Lyrics: 1. Sowing in the morning, sowing seeds of kindness, Sowing in the noontide and the dewy eve; Waiting for the harvest, and the time of reaping, We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves. Refrain Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves, We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves, Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves, We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves, 2. Sowing in the sunshine, sowing in the shadows, Fearing neither clouds nor winter’s chilling breeze; By and by the harvest, and the labor ended, We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves. [Refrain] 3. Going forth with weeping, sowing for the Master, Though the loss sustained our spirit often grieves; When our weeping’s over, He will bid us welcome, We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Sowing in the morning, sowing seeds of kindness]

By Cool Siloam's Shady Rill

Author: Reginald Heber Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 607 hymnals Lyrics: 1. By cool Siloam’s shady rill How fair the lily grows! How sweet the breath, beneath the hill, Of Sharon’s dewy rose! 2. Lo! such the child whose early feet The paths of peace have trod, Whose secret heart, with influence sweet, Is upward drawn to God. 3. By cool Siloam’s shady rill The lily must decay; The rose that blooms beneath the hill Must shortly fade away. 4. And soon, too soon, the wintry hour Of man’s maturer age Will shake the soul with sorrow’s power And stormy passion’s rage. 5. O Thou whose infant feet were found Within Thy Father’s shrine, Whose years with changeless virtue crowned, Were all alike divine. 6. Dependent on Thy bounteous breath, We seek Thy grace alone, In childhood, manhood, age, and death To keep us still Thine own. Used With Tune: BELMONT Text Sources: Christian Observer, 1812

God, That Madest Earth and Heaven

Author: Reginald Heber; William Mercer; Richard Whately Meter: 8.4.8.4.8.8.8.4 Appears in 474 hymnals Lyrics: 1. God, that madest earth and Heaven, darkness and light; Who the day for toil hast given, for rest the night; May Thine angel guards defend us, Slumber sweet Thy mercy send us; Holy dreams and hopes attend us, all through the night. 2. And when morn again shall call us, to run life’s way, May we still, whatever befall us, Thy will obey. From the power of evil hide us, In the narrow pathway guide us, Nor Thy smile be ever denied us all through the day. 3. Guard us waking, guard us sleeping, and when we die, May we in Thy mighty keeping all peaceful lie; When the last dread call shall wake us, Do not Thou, our God, forsake us, But to reign in glory take us with Thee on high. Used With Tune: AR HYD Y NOS

All Glory to Jesus

Author: James Vaughan Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: All glory to Jesus, my loving king Refrain First Line: Hosanna to Jesus Lyrics: 1. All glory to Jesus, my loving king, He blesses me every day; Sweet Gospel hosannas I gladly sing; And glory now brightens my way. Refrain Hosanna to Jesus His blessings are wondrous and free; I’ll praise Him forever For He is so precious to me. 2. I’m marching to Zion, my home above, The city of God in the sky; Ere long I shall enter that land of love, And sing while the ages roll by. [Refrain] 3. O come and go with me to that bright land, You all of its glories may share; May join the glad song of the angel band, And meet many loved ones up there. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [All glory to Jesus, my loving king] Text Sources: Gospel Hosannas (Lawrenceburg, Tennessee: James D. Vaughan, Music Publisher: 1913)