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Praise ye the Lord! 'Tis good to raise
Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 222 hymnals Topics: Wisdom, God's, Man's Lyrics: 1 Praise ye the Lord! 'Tis good to raise
Your hearts and voices in his praise;
His nature and his works invite
To make this duty our delight.
2 He formed the stars, those heavenly flames,
He counts their numbers, calls their names;
His wisdom’s vast and knows no bound,
A deep where all our thoughts are drowned.
3 Sing to the Lord! Extol him high
Who spreads his clouds along the sky;
There he prepares the fruitful rain,
Nor lets the drops descend in vain.
4 He makes the grass the hills adorn,
And clothes the smiling fields with corn;
The beasts with food his hands supply,
And the young ravens when they cry.
5 His saints are lovely in his sight;
He views his children with delight;
He sees their hope, he knows their fear,
He looks and loves his image here. Scripture: Psalm 148 Used With Tune: PRAISE
Praise ye the Lord! 'Tis good to raise
Longing and Confession
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 11 hymnals Topics: Man Sinful and Lost Condition First Line: O let my supplicating cry Lyrics: 1 O let my supplicating cry
By Thee, my gracious Lord, be heard;
Give wisdom and deliver me
According to thy faithful word.
2 Instructed in thy holy law,
To praise Thy word I lift my voice;
O Lord, be Thou my present help,
For thy commandments are my choice.
3 For Thy salvation I have longed,
And in Thy law is my delight;
Enrich my soul with life divine,
And help me by Thy judgments right.
4 Thy servant like a wand'ring sheep
Has lost the path and gone astray;
Restore my soul and lead me home,
For Thy commands I would obey.
Scripture: Psalm 119 Used With Tune: ERNAN
Longing and Confession
Lord, what was man when made at first
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 56 hymnals Topics: Fall and Depravity of Man Lyrics: 1 Lord, what was man when made at first,
Adam the offspring of the dust,
That thou should'st set him and his race
But just below an angel's place?
2 That thou should'st raise his nature so,
And make him lord of all below;
Make every beast and bird submit,
And lay the fishes at his feet?
3 But, O, what brighter glories wait
To crown the second Adam's state!
What honours shall thy Son adorn,
Who condescended to be born!
4 See him below his angels made,
See him in dust amongst the dead,
To save a ruin'd world from sin;
But he shall reign with power divine.
5 The world to come, redeem'd from all
The miseries that attend the fall,
New-made, and glorious, shall submit
At our exalted Saviour's feet.
Lord, what was man when made at first
Ah ! How Shall Fallen Man
Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 157 hymnals Topics: Fall of Man First Line: Ah! how shall fallen man Used With Tune: ST. BRIDE
Ah ! How Shall Fallen Man
There Were Ninety and Nine
Author: Elizabeth Cecilia Douglas Clephane Meter: Irregular Appears in 386 hymnals Topics: Seeking Christ of God Seeking Man First Line: There were ninety and nine that safely lay Lyrics: 1 There were ninety and nine that safely lay
in the shelter of the fold,
but one was out on the hills away,
far off from the gates of gold —
away on the mountains wild and bare,
away from the tender Shepherd's care,
away from the tender Shepherd's care.
2 "Lord, thou hast here thy ninety and nine;
are they not enough for thee?"
But the Shepherd made answer:
"This of mine has wandered away from me,
and although the road be rough and steep,
I go to the desert to find my sheep,
I go to the desert to find my sheep."
3 But none of the ransomed ever knew
how deep were the waters crossed;
nor how dark was the night that the Lord passed thro'
ere he found his sheep that was lost.
Out in the desert he heard its cry —
sick and helpless, and ready to die,
sick and helpless, and ready to die.
4 "Lord, whence are those blood-drops all the way
that mark out the mountain's track?"
"They were shed for one who had gone astray
ere the Shepherd could bring him back."
"Lord, whence are thy hands so rent and torn?"
"They're pierced tonight by many a thorn,
they're pierced tonight by many a thorn."
5 But all thro' the mountains, thunder-riv'n,
and up from the rocky steep,
there arose a glad cry to the gate of heav'n,
"Rejoice! I have found my sheep!"
And the angels echoed around the throne,
"Rejoice, for the Lord brings back his own!
Rejoice, for the Lord brings back his own!"
Scripture: Luke 15:7 Used With Tune: THE NINETY AND NINE
There Were Ninety and Nine
Now with Joyful Exultation
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 15 hymnals Topics: Man Scripture: Psalm 95 Used With Tune: BEECHER
Now with Joyful Exultation
What grace, O Lord, and beauty shone
Author: Edward Denny, Bart. Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 214 hymnals Topics: Christ Man of Sorrows Used With Tune: SILOAM
What grace, O Lord, and beauty shone
When our heads are bowed with woe
Author: Henry H. Milman Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 167 hymnals Topics: Christ Man of Sorrows Used With Tune: REDHEAD No. 47
When our heads are bowed with woe
Go, labour on; spend and be spent
Author: Dr. H. Bonar, 1808-1889 Appears in 444 hymnals Topics: Man His Life and Experiences Lyrics: 1 Go labour on; spend and be spent,
Thy joy to do the Father's will;
It is the way the Master went,
Should not the servant tread it still?
2 Go labour on; 'tis not for nought,
Thy earthly loss is heavenly gain;
Men heed thee, love thee, praise thee not;
The Master praises; what are men?
3 Go labour on, while it is day,
The world's dark night is hastening on;
Speed, speed thy work, cast sloth away;
It is not thus that souls are won.
4 Men die in darkness at thy side,
Without a hope to cheer the tomb;
Take up the torch and wave it wide,
The torch that lights time's thickest gloom.
5 Toil on, faint not, keep watch, and pray;
Be wise, the erring soul to win;
Go forth into the world's highway,
Compel the wanderer to come in.
6 Toil on, and in thy toil rejoice;
For toil comes rest, for exile home;
Soon shalt thou hear the Bridegroom's voice,
The midnight peal, "Behold, I come!" Used With Tune: ST. ALBAN
Go, labour on; spend and be spent
Immortal Love, forever full
Author: John G. Whittier Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 311 hymnals Topics: Christ Son of Man Lyrics: 1 Immortal Love, forever full,
Forever flowing free,
Forever shared, forever whole,
A never-ebbing sea!
2 We may not climb the heavenly steeps
To bring the Lord Christ down;
In vain we search the lowest deeps,
For Him no depths can drown.
3 But warm, sweet, tender, even yet
A present help is He;
And faith has still its Olivet,
And love its Galilee.
4 The healing of His seamless dress
Is by our beds of pain;
We touch Him in life's throng and press,
And we are whole again.
5 O Lord and Master of us all,
Whate'er our name or sign,
We own Thy sway, we hear Thy call,
We test our lives by Thine.
Amen. Used With Tune: SERENITY
Immortal Love, forever full
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