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Your Hands, O Lord, in Days of Old

Author: Edward Hayes Plumptre, 1821-1891 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 178 hymnals Topics: Brevity & Frailty of Life Lyrics: 1 Your hands, O Lord, in days of old were strong to heal and save; they triumphed over pain and death, o'er darkness and the grave. To you they went, the blind, the mute, the palsied and the lame, the leper set apart and shunned, the sick and those in shame. 2 And then your touch brought life and health, gave speech and strength and sight; and youth renewed, with health restored, claimed you, the Lord of light. And so, O Lord, be near to bless, almighty now as then, in every street, in every home, in every troubled friend. 3 O be our mighty healer still, O Lord of life and death; restore and strengthen, soothe and bless with your almighty breath. On hands that work and eyes that see, your healing wisdom pour, that whole and sick and weak and strong may praise you evermore. Scripture: Matthew 14:14 Used With Tune: ST. MICHAEL'S

The Tender Love a Father Has

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 15 hymnals Topics: Life Brevity of Lyrics: 1 The tender love a father has for all his children dear, such love the Lord bestows on them who worship him in fear. 2 The Lord remembers we are dust, and all our frailty knows; man's days are like the tender grass, and as the flow'r he grows. 3 The flow'r is withered by the wind that smites with blighting breath; so man is quickly swept away before the blast of death. 4 Unchanging is the love of God, from age to age the same, displayed to all who do his will and reverence his name. 5 Those who his gracious cov'nant keep the Lord will ever bless; their children's children shall rejoice to see his righteousness. Scripture: Psalm 103:13-18 Used With Tune: CAITHNESS Text Sources: The Psalter, 1912

My soul, repeat His praise

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 468 hymnals Topics: Brevity of Life Lyrics: 1 My soul, repeat His praise, Whose mercies are so great; Whose anger is so slow to rise, So ready to abate. 2 God will not always chide; And, when His wrath is felt, His strokes are fewer than our crimes, And lighter than our guilt. 3 High as the heavens are raised Above the ground we tread, So far the riches of His grace Our highest thoughts exceed. 4 His grace subdues our sins, And His forgiving love Far as the east is from the west Doth all our guilt remove. 5 The pity of the Lord, To those who fear His name, Is such as tender parents feel; He knows our feeble frame. 6 Our days are as the grass, Or like the morning flower; If one sharp blast sweep o'er the field, It withers in an hour. 7 But Thy compassions, Lord, To endless years endure; And children's children ever find Thy words of promise sure. Amen. Used With Tune: HEMINGFORD

Thee we adore, eternal name

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 372 hymnals Topics: Vanity and brevity of life Scripture: Psalm 103:14

We are Going Down the Valley

Author: Jessie H. Brown Appears in 96 hymnals Topics: Brevity and Uncertainty of Life Used With Tune: [We are going down the valley]

The Frailty of Life

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Life Brevity and Uncertainty of First Line: With firm resolve I held my peace Lyrics: 1 With firm resolve I held my peace And spake not either bad or good, Lest I should utter sinful thoughts While wicked men before me stood. 2 While I was dumb my grief was stirred, My heart grew hot with thought suppressed; The while I mused the fire increased, Then to the Lord I made request. 3 Make me, O Lord, to know my end, Teach me the measure of my days, That I may know how frail I am And turn from pride and sinful ways. 4 My time is nothing in Thy sight, Behold, my days are but a span; yea, truly at his best estate, A breath, a fleeting breath, is man. 5 Man's life is passed in vain desire If troubled years be spent for gain; He knows not whose his wealth shall be, And all his toil is but in vain. 6 And now, O Lord, what wait I for? I have no nope except in Thee; Let not ungodly men reproach, From all transgression set me free. 7 Because Thou didst it I was dumb, I spoke no word of rash complaint; Remove Thy stroke away from me, Beneath Thy chastisement I faint. 8 When Thou for his iniquity Rebukest and correctest man, His beauty is consumed away, How weak his strength, how vain his plan. 9 Lord, hear my prayer, regard my cry, I weep, be Thou my comforter; I am a stranger here below, A pilgrim as my fathers were. 10 O spare me, Lord, avert Thy wrath, Deal gently with me, I implore, That I may yet recover strength Ere I go hence and be no more. Scripture: Psalm 39 Used With Tune: BERA

Today I Live

Author: Fred Kaan Meter: 10.11.10.11 Appears in 6 hymnals Topics: Brevity of Life First Line: Today I live, but once shall come my death Lyrics: 1 Today I live, but once shall come my death; one day shall still my laughter and my crying, bring to a halt my heartbeat and my breath: O, give me faith for living and for dying. 2 How I shall die, or when, I do not know, nor where, for endless is the world's horizon: but save me, God, from thoughts that lay me low, from morbid fears that freeze my powers of reason. 3 When earthly life shall close, as close it must, let Jesus be my brother and my merit. Let me without regret recall the past then, then, into your hands commit my spirit. 4 Meanwhile I live and move and I am glad, enjoy this life and all its interweaving; each given day, as I take up the thread, let love suggest my mode, my mood of living. Used With Tune: BELLEGARDE

Mindful of Our Human Frailty

Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Brevity And Frailty Of Life Lyrics: 1 Mindful of our human frailty Is the God in Whom we trust; He whose years are everlasting, He remembers we are dust. 2 Man is like the tender flower, And his days are like the grass, Withered where it lately flourished By the blighting winds that pass. 3 Changeless is Jehovah's mercy Unto those who fear His Name, From eternity abiding To eternity the same. 4 All the faithful to His covenant Shall behold His righteousness; He will be their strength and refuge, And their children's children bless. Scripture: Psalm 103 Used With Tune: TALMAR

Of All the Spirit's Gifts to Me

Author: Fred Pratt Green Appears in 15 hymnals Topics: Brevity of Life; Brevity of Life First Line: Of all the Spirit's gifts to me, I pray that I may never cease Scripture: Proverbs 27:1

In the Bulb There Is a Flower

Author: Natalie Sleeth Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 25 hymnals Topics: Brevity of Life Lyrics: 1 In the bulb there is a flower; in the seed, an apple tree; in cocoons, a hidden promise: butterflies will soon be free! In the cold and snow of winter there's a spring that waits to be, unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see. 2 There's a song in every silence, seeking word and melody; there's a dawn in every darkness, bringing hope to you and me. From the past will come the future; what it holds, a mystery, unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see. 3 In our end is our beginning; in our time, infinity; in our doubt there is believing; in our life, eternity. In our death, a resurrection; at the last, a victory, unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see. Used With Tune: PROMISE