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Creation and Providence
Author: Steel Appears in 139 hymnals Topics: Before Sermon First Line: Lord when our Raptur'd thought surveys Lyrics: 1 Lord, when our Raptur'd thought surveys
Creation's beauties o'er,
All nature joins to teach thy praise,
And bid our souls adore.
2 Where'er we turn our gazing eyes,
Thy radiant footsteps shine;
Ten thousand pleasing wonders rise,
And speak their source divine.
3 The living tribes of countless forms,
In earth, and sea, and air,
The meanest flies the smallest worms,
Almighty power declare.
4 Thy wisdom, pow'r and goodness Lord
In all thy works appear;
And O! let man thy praise record,
Man, thy distinguish care.
5 Thy providence his constant guard,
When threatening woes impend,
Or will the impending dangers ward
Or timely succours lend.
6 On us that providence has shone,
With gentle smiling rays
O, may our lips and lives make known
Thy goodness and thy praise.
Creation and Providence
God's presence in his House
Appears in 157 hymnals Topics: Before Sermon First Line: My soul how lovely is the place Lyrics: 1 My soul how lovely is the place
To which thy God resorts!
'Tis heav'n to see his smiling face,
Though in his earthly courts.
2 There the great Monarch of the skies
His saving pow'r displays,
And light breaks in upon our eyes,
With kind and quick'ning rays.
3 With his rich gifts the heav'nly dove
Descends and fills the place,
While Christ reveals his wond'rous love
And sheds abroad his grace.
4 There mighty God thy words declare
The secrets of thy will;
And still we seek thy mercy there,
And sing thy praises still.
My heart and flesh cry out for thee,
While far from thine abode;
When shall I tread thy courts, and see
My Savior and my God?
The sparrow builds herself a nest,
And suffers no remove;
O make me, like the sparrows, blest,
To dwell but where I love.
To sit one day beneath thine eye,
And hear thy gracious voice,
Exceeds a whole eternity
Employed in carnal joys.
Lord, at thy threshold I would wait
While Jesus is within,
Rather than fill a throne of state,
Or live in tents of sin.
Could I command the spacious land,
And the more boundless sea,
For one blest hour at thy right hand
I'd give them both away.
Scripture: Psalm 84
God's presence in his House
For a clean Heart
Appears in 1,159 hymnals Topics: Before Sermon First Line: O for an heart to love my God! Lyrics: 1 O for an heart to love my GOD!
An heart from sin set free;
A heart that always feels thy blood
So freely shed for me!
2 A heart resign'd submissive, meek,
My dear Redeemer's throne;
Where only CHRIST is heard to speak,
Where JESUS reigns alone.
3 An humble, lowly, contrite heart,
Believing, true, and clean;
Which neither life nor death can part
From him that dwells within.
4 An heart in every thought renew'd
And fill'd with love divine:
Perfect and right and pure and good,
A copy, LORD, of thine.
5 Thy tender heart is still the same,
And melts at human woe;
Send down thy grace, O blessed Lamb,
That I thy love may know.
6 Thy holy nature, LORD! impart;
Come quickly from above;
Write thy new name upon my heart,
Thy new best name of love.
For a clean Heart
Condescension of God
Appears in 67 hymnals Topics: Before Sermon First Line: O Lord, our Lord, how wond'rous great Lyrics: 1 O Lord, our Lord, how wond'rous great,
Is thine exalted name,
Let glories of thy heav'nly state,
Let men and babes proclaim.
2 When I behold your works on high,
The moon that rules the night,
And stars that well adorn the sky,
Those moving worlds of light.
3 Lord, what is man, or all his race,
Who dwells so far below,
That thou should'st visit him with grace,
And love my nature so?
4 That thine eternal Son should bear,
To take a mortal form?
Made lower than his angels are,
To save a dying worm?
5 Jesus, our Lord, how wond'rous great
Is thine exalted name!
The glories of thy heav'nly state
Let the whole earth proclaim. Scripture: Psalm 8
Condescension of God
Breathing after Holiness
Appears in 385 hymnals Topics: Before Sermon First Line: O that the Lord would guide my ways Lyrics: 1 O that the Lord would guide my ways
To keep his statutes still!
O that my GOD would grant me grace
To know and do his will!
2 O send thy Spirit down to write
Thy law upon my heart!
Nor let my tongue indulge deceit,
Nor act the liar's part.
3 From vanity turn off my eyes;
Let no corrupt design,
Nor covetous desires arise
Within this soul of mine.
4 Order my footsteps by thy word,
And make my heart sincere;
Let sin have no dominion, LORD,
But keep my conscience clear.
5 Make me to walk in thy commands,
'Tis a delightful road;
Nor let my head, or heart, or hands,
Offend against my GOD. Scripture: Psalm 119
Breathing after Holiness
Blind Bartimeus
Appears in 11 hymnals Topics: Worship Hymns Before Sermon First Line: Sinful, and blind, and poor Lyrics: 1 Sinful, and blind, and poor,
And lost without thy grace,
Thy mercy I implore,
And wait to see thy face:
Begging I sit by the way-side,
And long to know the crucify'd.
2 Jesus, attend my cry,
Thou son of David hear,
If now thy passest by,
Stand still and call me near;
The darkness from my heart remove,
And shew me now thy pardoning love. Scripture: Luke 18:35-38
Blind Bartimeus
Holy Walk
Author: Dr. Watts Appears in 490 hymnals Topics: Before Sermon First Line: So let our lips and lives express Lyrics: 1 So let our lips and lives express,
The holy gospel we profess;
So let our walks and virtues shine,
To prove the doctrine all divine.
2 Thus shall we best proclaim abroad,
The honours of our Saviour God:
When the salvation reigns within,
And grace subdues the power of sin.
3 Our flesh and sense must be deny'd;
Passion and envy, lust and pride;
Whilst justice, temp'rance, truth, and love
Our inward piety approve.
4 Religion bears our spirits up,
While we expect that blessed hope,
The bright appearance of the LORD,
And faith stands leaning on his word.
Holy Walk
The goodness of God
Appears in 234 hymnals Topics: Before Sermon First Line: Sweet is the memory of thy grace Lyrics: 1 Sweet is the mem'ry of thy grace,
My GOD, my heav'nly King!
Let age to age thy righteousness
In sounds of glory sing.
2 GOD reigns on high, but not confines
His goodness to the skies;
Thro' the whole earth his bounty shines
And ev'ry want supplies.
3 With longing eyes thy creatures wait
On thee for daily food;
Thy lib'ral hand provides their meat,
And fills their mouths with good.
4 How kind are thy compassions, LORD,
How slow thine anger moves!
But soon he sends his pard'ning word
To chear the soul he loves.
5 Creatures with all their endless race,
Thy pow'r and praise proclaim;
May we, who taste thy richer grace,
Delight to bless thy name. Scripture: Psalm 145
The goodness of God
The Books of Nature and of the Scripture
Appears in 592 hymnals Topics: Before Sermon First Line: The heav'ns declare thy glory, Lord Lyrics: 1 The heav'ns declare thy glory, Lord,
In every star thy goodness shines:
But when our eyes behold thy word,
We read thy name in fairer lines.
2 The rolling sun, the changing light,
And nights and days thy power confess,
But the blest volume thou hast writ,
Reveals thy justice and thy grace.
3 Sun, moon and stars; convey thy praise
Round the whole earth, and never stand
So when thy truth began its race,
It touch'd and glanc'd on ev'ry land.
4 Nor shall thy spreading gospel rest,
'Till through the world thy truth has run;
'Till Christ has all the nations blest,
That see the light, or feel the sun.
5 Great Sun of Righteousness, arise,
Bless the dark world with heav'nly light,
Thy gospel makes the simple wise:
Thy laws are pure, thy judgments right.
6 Thy noblest wonders here we view,
In souls renew'd and sins forgiv'n;
Lord, cleanse my sins, my soul renew,
And make thy word my guide to heav'n. Scripture: Psalm 19
The Books of Nature and of the Scripture
Christ and his Church
Appears in 86 hymnals Topics: Before Sermon First Line: The king of saints, how fair his face Lyrics: 1 The king of saints, how fair his face
Adorn'd with majesty and grace,
He comes with blessings from above,
And wins the nations to his love.
2 At his right hand our eyes behold,
The queen array'd in purest gold;
The world admires her heav'nly dress,
Her robe of joy and Righteousness.
3 He forms her beauties like his own;
He calls and seats her near his throne
Fair stranger, let thine heart forget
The idols of thy native state.
4 So shall the King the more rejoice,
In thee, the fav'rite of his choice;
Let him be lov'd and yet ador'd,
For He's thy maker and thy Lord.
5 Let endless honours crown his head;
Let ev'ry age his praises spread;
While we with chearful songs approve,
The condescensions of his love.
Christ and his Church
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