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Ah, What Can I Do?

Author: John Newton Meter: 10.10.11.11 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Ah, what can I do, or where be secure? Lyrics: 1. Ah, what can I do, or where be secure? If justice pursue, what heart can endure? When God speaks in thunder and makes Himself known, The heart breaks asunder though hard as a stone. 2. With terror I read my sins’ heavy score, The numbers exceed the sands on the shore; Guilt makes me unable to stand or to flee, So Cain murdered Abel, and trembled like me. 3. Each sin, like his blood, with terrible cry, Calls loudly on God to strike from on high: Nor can my repentance, extorted by fear, Reverse the just sentence; ’tis just, though severe. 4. The case is too plain, I have my own choice; Again, and again I slighted His voice; His warnings neglected, His patience abused, His Gospel rejected, His mercy refused. 5. And must I then go, forever to dwell In torments and woe with devils in hell? Oh where is the Savior I scorned in times past? His word in my favor would save me at last. 6. Lord Jesus, on Thee I venture to call, Oh look upon me, the vilest of all! For whom didst Thou languish and bleed on the tree? Oh pity my anguish, and say, ’Twas for thee. 7. A case such as mine will honor Thy power; All hell will repine, all Heav’n will adore; If in condemnation strict justice takes place, It shines in salvation more glorious through grace. Used With Tune: OLD 104TH Text Sources: Olney Hymns (London: W. Oliver, 1779), number 6.

Another Year Is Dawning

Author: Frances R. Havergal Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 179 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Another year is dawning, dear Father, let it be In working or in waiting, another year with Thee. Another year of progress, another year of praise, Another year of proving Thy presence all the days. 2. Another year of mercies, of faithfulness and grace, Another year of gladness in the shining of Thy face; Another year of leaning upon Thy loving breast; Another year of trusting, of quiet, happy rest. 3. Another year of service, of witness for Thy love, Another year of training for holier work above. Another year is dawning, dear Father, let it be On earth, or else in Heaven, another year for Thee. Used With Tune: AURELIA Text Sources: Under the Surface, 1874, and Life Chords, 1880.

On Wings of Living Light

Author: William W. How Appears in 76 hymnals Refrain First Line: Your voices raise with one accord Lyrics: 1. On wings of living light, At earliest dawn of day, Came down the angel bright; And rolled the stone away. Refrain Your voices raise with one accord, To bless and praise your risen Lord! To bless and praise your risen Lord! 2. The keepers watching near, At that dread sight and sound; Fell down with sudden fear Like dead men to the ground. [Refrain] 3. Then rose from death’s dark gloom, Unseen by mortal eye, Triumphant o’er the tomb, The Lord of earth and sky! [Refrain] 4. Ye children of the light, Arise with Him, arise; See, how the Day-star bright Is burning in the skies! [Refrain] 5. Leave in the grave beneath The old things passed away; Buried with Him in death, O live with Him today. [Refrain] 6. Oh, let your hearts be strong! For we, like Him, shall rise; To dwell with Him ere long In bliss beyond the skies! [Refrain] 7. We sing Thee, Lord divine, With all our hearts and powers; For we are ever Thine; And Thou art ever ours. [Refrain] Used With Tune: DAS LIEBEN BRINGT GROß FREUD

Great God, And Wilt Thou Condescend?

Author: Ann T. Gilbert Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 106 hymnals First Line: Great God! and wilt Thou condescend Lyrics: 1 Great God! and wilt Thou condescend To be my father and my friend? I but a child—and Thou so high, The Lord of earth and air and sky! 2 Art Thou my father? Let me be A meek, obedient child to Thee; And try, in word and deed and thought, To serve and please Thee as I ought. 3 Art Thou my father? I’ll depend Upon the care of such a friend; And only wish to do and be Whatever seemeth good to Thee. 4 Art Thou my father? Then, at last, When all my days on earth are past, Send down, and take me, in Thy love, To be Thy better child above. Used With Tune: HOLLEY Text Sources: Hymns for Infant Minds

That Man Is Blest Who, Fearing God

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 26 hymnals Lyrics: 1. That man is blest who, fearing God From sin restrains his feet, Who will not stand with wicked men, Who shuns the scorners’ seat. 2. Yea, blest is he who makes God’s law His portion and delight, And meditates upon that law With gladness day and night. 3. That man is nourished like a tree Set by the river’s side; Its leaf is green, its fruit is sure, And thus his works abide. 4. The wicked like the driven chaff Are swept from off the land; They shall not gather with the just, Nor in the judgment stand. 5. The Lord will guard the righteous well, Their way to Him is known; The way of sinners, far from God, Shall surely be o’erthrown. Scripture: Psalm 1 Used With Tune: MEDITATION

How Good and Pleasant Is the Sight

Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 8 hymnals Lyrics: 1. How good and pleasant is the sight When brethren make it their delight To dwell in blest accord; Such love is like anointing oil That consecrates for holy toil The servants of the Lord. 2. Such love in peace and joy distils, As o’er the slopes of Hermon’s hills Refreshing dew descends; The Lord commands His blessing there, And they that walk in love shall share In life that never ends. 3. How good and pleasant is the sight When brethren make it their delight To dwell in blest accord; The Lord commands His blessing there, And they that walk in love shall share In life that never ends. Scripture: Psalm 133 Used With Tune: PRESSLY Text Sources: The Psalter (Pittsburgh: The United Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1912)

All Things Are Thine

Author: John G. Whittier Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 93 hymnals First Line: All things are Thine; no gift have we Lyrics: 1. All things are Thine; no gift have we, Lord of all gifts, to offer Thee: And hence with grateful hearts today Thine own before Thy feet we lay. 2. Thy will was in the builders’ thought; Thy hand unseen amidst us wrought; Through mortal motive, scheme and plan Thy wise eternal purpose ran. 3. No lack Thy perfect fullness knew; For human needs and longings grew This house of prayer, this home of rest, In the fair garden of the West. 4. In weakness and in want we call On Thee for whom the heavens are small; Thy glory is Thy children’s good, Thy joy Thy tender Fatherhood. 5. O Father, deign these walls to bless; Fill with Thy love their emptiness; And let their door a gateway be To lead us from ourselves to Thee. Used With Tune: MELCOMBE

Come Holy Ghost, Creator Blest

Author: Rhabanus Maurus; Richard Mant Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 284 hymnals First Line: Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest Lyrics: 1. Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest, Vouchsafe within our souls to rest; Come with Thy grace and heav’nly aid, And fill the hearts which Thou hast made. 2. To Thee, the Comforter, we cry; To Thee, the gift of God most high; The fount of life, the fire of love, The soul’s Anointing from above. 3. The sev’nfold gifts of grace are Thine; O finger of the hand divine; True promise of the Father Thou, Who dost the tongue with speech endow. 4. Thy light to every sense impart, And shed Thy love in every heart; Thy own unfailing might supply To strength our infirmity. Used With Tune: MENDON Text Sources: Translation in Ancient Hymns, 1837

How Happy Are They

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 6.6.9 D Appears in 707 hymnals Lyrics: 1. How happy are they Who the Savior obey, And have laid up their treasure above! Tongue can never express The sweet comfort and peace Of a soul in its earliest love. 2. That sweet comfort was mine, When the Father divine I first found in the blood of the Lamb; When my heart first believed, What a joy I received, What heaven in Jesus’ name! 3. ’Twas a heaven below My redeemer to know, And the angels could do nothing more, Than to fall at His feet, And the story repeat, And the Lover of sinners adore. 4. Jesus all the day long Was my joy and my song: O that all His salvation might see! He hath loved me, I cried, He hath suffered and died, To redeem a poor rebel like me. 5. O the rapturous height Of that holy delight Which I felt in the life giving blood! By my Savior possessed, I was perfect blest, As if filled with the fullness of God. Used With Tune: RAPTURE (Humphreys) Text Sources: Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1749

O Lord of Hosts, Almighty King

Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 54 hymnals Lyrics: 1. O Lord of hosts, almighty king, Behold the sacrifice we bring: To every arm Thy strength impart; Thy Spirit shed through every heart. 2. Wake in our breasts the living fires, The holy faith that warmed our sires; Thy hand hath made our nation free; To die for her is serving Thee. 3. Be Thou a pillared flame to show The midnight snare, the silent foe; And when the battle thunders loud, Still guide us in its moving cloud. 4. God of all nations, sovereign Lord, In Thy dread name we draw the sword, We lift the starry flag on high That fills with light our stormy sky. 5. From treason’s rent, from murder’s stain, Guard Thou its folds till peace shall reign, Till fort and field, till shore and sea, Join our loud anthem, praise to Thee. Used With Tune: HESPERUS