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Divine Providence

Author: Toplady Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #70 (1844) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Topics: Election and God's Decrees First Line: Thrice comfortable hope Lyrics: 1 Thrice comfortable hope That calms my stormy breast; My Father’s hand prepares the cup, And what he wills is best. 2 My fearful heart he reads; Secures my soul from harms; While underneath his mercy spreads Its everlasting arms. 3 His skill infallible, His providential grace, His power and truth, that never fail, Shall order all my ways. 4 [The fictious power of chance And fortune I defy; My life’s minutest circumstance Is subject to his eye.] 5 O might I doubt no more, But in his pleasure rest; Whose wisdom, love, and truth, and power, Engage to make me blest! Languages: English

The Triumph of Faith

Author: Watts Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #72 (1844) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Election and God's Decrees First Line: Who shall the Lord's elect condemn? Lyrics: 1 Who shall the Lord’s elect condemn? ’Tis God that justifies their souls; And mercy, like a mighty stream, O’er all their sins divinely rolls. 2 Who shall adjudge the saints to hell? ’Tis Christ that suffered in their stead; And the salvation to fulfil, Behold him rising from the dead! 3 He lives! he lives! and sits above, For ever interceding there; Who shall divide us from his love, Or what shall tempt us to despair? 4 Shall persecution, or distress, Famine, or sword, or nakedness? He that has loved us bears us through, And makes us more than conquerors, too. 5 Faith has an overcoming power; It triumphs in the dying hour. Christ is our life, our joy, our hope, Nor can we sink with such a prop. 6 Not all that men on earth can do, Nor powers on high, nor powers below, Shall cause his mercy to remove, Or wean our hearts from Christ our love. Languages: English

Election excludes Boasting

Author: Watts Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #74 (1844) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Election and God's Decrees First Line: But few among the carnal wise Lyrics: 1 But few among the carnal wise, But few of noble race, Obtain the favour of thy eyes, Almighty King of grace! 2 He takes the men of meanest name For sons and heirs of God; And thus he pours abundant shame On honourable blood. 3 He calls the fool and makes him know The mysteries of his grace, To bring aspiring wisdom low, And all its pride abase. 4 Nature has all its glories lost, When brought before his throne; No flesh shall in his presence boast, But in the Lord alone. Languages: English

O Father, You Are Sovereign

Author: Margaret Clarkson Hymnal: Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #75 (1990) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Topics: Decrees of God Lyrics: 1 O Father, you are sovereign in all the worlds you made; your mighty word was spoken and light and life obeyed. Your voice commands the seasons and bounds the ocean’s shore, sets stars within their courses and stills the tempests’ roar. 2 O Father, you are sovereign in all affairs of man; no pow'rs of death or darkness can thwart Your perfect plan. All chance and change transcending, supreme in time and space, you hold your trusting children secure in your embrace. 3 O Father, you are sovereign the Lord of human pain, transmuting earthly sorrows to gold of heav'nly gain. All evil over-ruling, as none but Conqu'ror could, your love pursues its purpose — our souls’ eternal good. 4 O Father, you are sovereign! We see you dimly now, but soon before your triumph earth’s every knee shall bow. With this glad hope before us our faith springs up anew: our sovereign Lord and Savior, we trust and worship you! Scripture: Isaiah 14:27 Languages: English Tune Title: ST. THEODULPH

Predestination made known by Calling

Author: Kent Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #76 (1844) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Election and God's Decrees First Line: There is a period known to God Lyrics: 1 There is a period known to God When all his sheep, redeemed by blood, Shall leave the hateful ways of sin, Turn to the fold, and enter in. 2 At peace with hell, with God at war, In sin’s dark maze they wander far, Indulge their lust, and still go on As far from God as sheep can run. 3 But see how heaven’s indulgent care Attends their wanderings here and there; Still hard at heel, where’er they stray, With pricking thorns to hedge their way. 4 [When wisdom calls, they stop their ear, And headlong urge the mad career; Judgments nor mercies e’er can sway Their roving feet to wisdom’s way.] 5 Glory to God, they ne’er shall rove Beyond the limits of his love; Fenced with Jehovah’s shalls and wills, Firm as the everlasting hills. 6 The appointed time rolls on apace, Not to propose but call by grace; To change the heart, renew the will, And turn the feet to Zion’s hill. Languages: English

Election

Author: Hart Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #77 (1844) Meter: 7.5 Topics: Election and God's Decrees First Line: Brethren, would you know your stay Lyrics: 1 Brethren, would you know your stay, What it is supports you still? Why, though tempted every day, Yet you stand, and stand you will? Long before our birth, Nay, before Jehovah laid The foundations of the earth, We were chosen in our Head. 2 God’s election is the ground Of our hope to persevere; On this rock your building found, And preserve your title clear. Infidels may laugh; Pharisees gainsay or rail; Here’s your tenure (keep it safe) – God’s elect can never fail! Languages: English

Lord, my weak thought in vain would climb

Author: Ray Palmer Hymnal: Trinity Hymnal #93 (1961) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Decrees of God Lyrics: 1 Lord, my weak thought in vain would climb To search the starry vault profound; In vain would wing her flight sublime To find creation's utmost bound. 2 But weaker yet that thought must prove To search thy great eternal plan, Thy sovereign counsels, born of love Long ages ere the world began. 3 When my dim reason would demand Why that, or this, thou dost ordain, By some vast deep I seem to stand, Whose secrets I must ask in vain. 4 When doubts disturb my troubled breast, And all is dark as night to me, Here, as on solid rock, I rest,— That so it seemeth good to thee. 5 Be this my joy, that evermore Thou rulest all things at thy will; Thy sovereign wisdom I adore, And calmly, sweetly, trust thee still. Amen. Scripture: Job 11:7 Languages: English Tune Title: CANONBURY

Whate'er my God ordains is right

Author: Samuel Rodigast; Catherine Winkworth, 1829-1878 Hymnal: Trinity Hymnal #94 (1961) Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.4.8.8 Topics: Decrees of God Lyrics: 1 Whate'er my God ordains is right: Holy his will abideth; I will be still whate'er he doth; And follow where he guideth: He is my God: Though dark my road, He holds me that I shall not fall: Wherefore to him I leave it all. 2 Whate'er my God ordains is right: He never will deceive me; He leads me by the proper path; I know he will not leave me: I take, content, What he hath sent; His hand can turn my griefs away, And patiently I wait his day. 3 Whate'er my God ordains is right: Though now this cup, in drinking, May bitter seem to my faint heart, I take it, all unshrinking: My God is true; Each morn anew Sweet comfort yet shall fill my heart, And pain and sorrow shall depart. 4 Whate'er my God ordains is right: Here shall my stand be taken; Though sorrow, need, or death be mine, Yet am I not forsaken; My Father's care Is round me there; He holds me that I shall not fall: And so to him I leave it all. Amen. Languages: English Tune Title: WAS GOTT TUT

Great God, how infinite art thou!

Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: The Hymnal #96 (1921) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: God Decrees of Languages: English Tune Title: WINDSOR

Whate'er My God Ordains Is Right

Author: Samuel Rodigast, 1649-1708; Catherine Winkworth Hymnal: Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #108 (1990) Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.5.8.8 Topics: God's Work His Decrees Lyrics: 1 Whate'er my God ordains is right: his holy will abideth; I will be still whate'er he doth, and follow where he guideth. He is my God: though dark my road, he holds me that I shall not fall: wherefore to him I leave it all. 2 Whate'er my God ordains is right: he never will deceive me; he leads me by the proper path; I know he will not leave me. I take, content, what he hath sent; his hand can turn my griefs away, and patiently I wait his day. 3 Whate'er my God ordains is right: though now this cup, in drinking, may bitter seem to my faint heart, I take it, all unshrinking. My God is true; each morn anew sweet comfort yet shall fill my heart, and pain and sorrow shall depart. 4 Whate'er my God ordains is right: here shall my stand be taken; though sorrow, need, or death be mine, yet am I not forsaken. My Father's care is round me there; he holds me that I shall not fall: and so to him I leave it all. Scripture: Genesis 18:25 Languages: English Tune Title: WAS GOTT TUT