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Oh, it is hard to work for God

Author: Rev. Frederick W. Faber, (1814-1863) Appears in 64 hymnals Used With Tune: MEAR

The Creed

Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: In GOD the FATHER I believe Lyrics: 1 In GOD the FATHER I believe, Who Heav'n and Earth did frame, By his Almighty Word; his Praise And Glory to proclaim. 2 With firmest Confidence my Soul Depends on him alone; For He my GOD and FATHER is, Through JESUS CHRIST his Son, 3 His holy Providence upholds, And rules supreme o'er all; I therefore will rejoice in him, whatever doth befall. 4 I do believe in JESUS CHRIST, His only Son, our LORD, Begotten from Eternity, The everlasting Word. 5 Who was conceived by the Pow'r Of GOD the HOLY GHOST; And of the Virgin Nary born, To save that which was lost. 6 He under Pilate's Tyranny, To Shame and Death was doom'd; Was crucifi'd; to prove his Death, He also was entomb'd. 7 The Wrath of an offended GOD On him, our Surety, fell; In Soul Distress, he, as it were, Descended into Hell. 8 He rose the third Day from the Grave, A mighty Conqueror, O'er Sin, Death, Hell, and all his foes, And lives for evermore. 9 He into Heav'n, most gloriously, In Triumph, did ascend; To plead our Cause; his Church to bless, He sits at GOD's right Hand. 10 From whence he shall appear again, In splendid Majesty, To judge the World in Righteousness, His Saints to glorify. 11 I in the HOLY GHOST believe, A Person real, and one In Essence, Pow'r, Eternity, With FATHER and with SON. 12 An Holy Cath'lick Church I own, The Heirs of Heav'n design'd; By Union one to CHRIST their Head, And one another, join'd. 13 Redemption, through the Blood of CHRIST, I heartily embrace; Ev'n the Forgiveness of my Sins, The Gift of sov'reign Grace. 14 The Resurrection of the Dead, Sincerely I maintain; My Soul and Body glorifi'd, With CHRIST shall live and reign. 15 The Hopes of everlasting Life, My fainting sould sustain; Let GOD for ever be ador'd, let all Men say, Amen! 16 To FATHER, SON and HOLY GHOST, The GOD, whom we adore, Be Glory, as it was, is now, And shall be evermore. Used With Tune: [In God the Father I believe]

How sad our state by nature is!

Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 291 hymnals Topics: Man's Lost Condition Used With Tune: MEAR

Beneath Our Feet And O'er Our Head

Author: Reginald Heber, 1783-1826 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 188 hymnals First Line: Beneath our feet and o’er our head Lyrics: 1 Beneath our feet and o’er our head Is equal warning given; Beneath us lie the countless dead, Above us is the heaven. 2 Their names are graven on the stone; Their bones are in the clay; And, ere another day is gone, Ourselves may be as they. 3 Death rides on every passing breeze, He lurks in every flower; Each season has its own disease, Its peril every hour. 4 Our eyes have seen the rosy light Of youth’s soft cheek decay, And clouds descend in sudden night On manhood’s middle day. 5 Our eyes have seen the steps of age Halt feebly toward the tomb; And yet shall earth our hearts engage, And dreams of days to come? 6 Turn, mortal, turn, thy danger know; Where’er thy feet can tread, The earth rings hollow from below, And warns thee of her dead. 7 Turn, Christian, turn, thy soul apply To truths divinely given; The bones that underneath thee lie Shall live for hell or Heaven. Used With Tune: MEAR Text Sources: Published posthumously in Hymns Written and Adapted to the Weekly Church Service of the Year (London: J. Murray, 1827)