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Remembrance of Church Priveleges

Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: Afflictions Complaint of First Line: By Babel's riverside we sat in tears Lyrics: 1 By Babel's riverside we sat in tears, Rememb'ring Zion's pride in former years, While on the weeping willows there were hung The harps our grief had silenced and unstrung. 2 For they who led us there a captive throng Required that we prepare for them a song; Yea, there our captives asked for mirth and praise, Required a song of Zion's happy days. 3 O how shall we thus sing at their command Songs of the Lord, our King, in this strange land? O Zion, if I e'er forget thy woe, Let my right hand its skill no longer know. 4 Yea, let my tongue, i pray, all silent be, If I do not alway remember thee; If I prefer not thee, thought in thy grief, Above all other joys my very chief. Scripture: Psalm 137 Used With Tune: BENEDICTION

The Lord's Prayer

Author: J. Straphan Appears in 24 hymnals Topics: Complaint Under great pain First Line: Our Father, whose eternal sway Lyrics: 1 Our Father, whose eternal sway The bright angelic hosts obey, O! lend a pitying ear: When on thy awful name we call, And at thy feet submissive fall, O! condescend to hear. 2 Far may thy glorious reign extend, May rebels to thy sceptre bend, And yield to sovereign love: May we take pleasure to fulfil The sacred dictates of thy will, As angels do above. 3 From thy kind hand each temporal good, Our raiment and our daily food, In rich abundance come: Lord, give us still a fresh supply, If thou withhold thy hand, we die, And fill the silent tomb. 4 Pardon our sins, O God! that rise, And call for vengeance from the skies; And while we are forgiven, Grant that revenge may never rest, And malice harbor in that breast That fells the love of Heaven. 5 Protect us in the dangerous hour, And from the wily tempter's power; O! set our spirits free; And if temptation should assail, May might grace o'er all prevail, And lead our hearts to thee. 6 Thine is the power, to thee belongs The constant tribute of our songs, All glory to thy name: Let every creature join our lays, In one resounding act of praise Thy wonders to proclaim. Scripture: Matthew 6:9-13

Complaining of Inconstancy

Author: Beddome Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 54 hymnals Topics: Complaint Of inconstancy First Line: The wandering star, and fleeting wind Lyrics: 1 The wandering star, and fleeting wind Both represent th' unstable mind: The morning cloud, and early dew Bring our inconstancy to view. 2 But cloud, and wind, and dew, and star, Faint and imperfect emblems are: Nor can there aught in nature be So fickle and so false as we. 3 Our outward walk, and inward frame, Scarce thro' a single hour the same; We vow, and straight our vows forget, And then those very vows repeat. 4 We sin forsake, to sin return, Are hot and cold, now freeze, now burn; In deep distress, then raptures feel, We soar to heaven, then sink to hell. 5 With flowing tears, Lord, we confess Our folly, and unsteadfastness; When shall these hearts more fixed be, Fix'd by thy grace, and fix'd on thee?

Loves thou me?

Author: Newton Appears in 279 hymnals Topics: Complaint Of hardness of heart First Line: 'Tis a point I long to know Lyrics: 1 'Tis a point I long to know, Oft it causes anxious thought; Do I love the Lord, or no? Am I his, or am I not? 2 If I love, why am I thus? Why this dull and lifeless frame? Hardly, sure, can they be worse, Who have never heard his name. 3 [Could my heart so hard remain, Prayer a task and burden prove; Every trifle give me pain, If I knew a savior's love? 4 When I turn my eyes within, All is dark, and vain, and wild; Fill'd with unbelief and sin, Can I deem myself a child?] 5 If I pray, or hear, or read, Sin is mix'd with all I do; You who love the Lord indeed, Tell me is it thus with you? 6 Yet I mourn my stubborn will, Find my sin a grief and thrall; Should I grieve at what I feel, If I did not love at all? 7 [Could I joy his saints to meet, Choose the ways I once abhor'd; Find, at times, the promise sweet If I did not love the Lord?] 8 Lord, decide the doubtful case! Thou, who art the people's sun; Since upon thy work of grace, If it be indeed begun. 9 Let me love thee more and more, If I love at all, I pray; If I have not lov'd before, Help me to begin to-day. Scripture: John 21:16

Jesus, the man of constant grief

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 20 hymnals Topics: Complaint of sickness Lyrics: Jesus, the man of constant grief, A mourner all his days; His spirit once rejoiced aloud, And turn'd his joy to praise: "Father, I thank thy wondrous love, That hath revealed thy Son To men unlearned, and to babes Has made thy gospel known. "The mysteries of redeeming grace Are hidden from the wise, While pride and carnal reasonings join To swell and blind their eyes." Thus doth the Lord of heav'n and earth His great decrees fulfil, And orders all his works of grace By his own sovereign will. Scripture: Luke 10:21

What vain desires and passions vain

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 8 hymnals Topics: Complaint general Lyrics: What vain desires and passions vain Attend this mortal clay! Oft have they pierced my soul with pain, And drawn my heart astray. How have I wandered from my God! And, following sin and shame, In this vile world of flesh and blood Defiled my nobler frame! For ever blessed be thy grace That formed my soul anew, And made it of a heav'n-born race, Thy glory to pursue. My spirit holds perpetual war, And wrestles and complains; But views the happy moment near That shall dissolve its chains. Cheerful in death I close my eyes To part with every lust; And charge my flesh, whene'er it rise, To leave them in the dust. My purer spirit shall not fear To put this body on; Its tempting powers no more are there, Its lusts and passions gone! Scripture: Romans 8:1

Descend from heaven, immortal Dove

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 92 hymnals Topics: Complaint pride, atheism, oppression, etc Lyrics: Descend from heav'n, immortal Dove, Stoop down and take us on thy wings, And mount and bear us far above The reach of these inferior things: Beyond, beyond this lower sky, Up where eternal ages roll; Where solid pleasures never die, And fruits immortal feast the soul. O for a sight, a pleasing sight Of our Almighty Father's throne! There sits our Savior crowned with light, Clothed in a body like our own. Adoring saints around him stand, And thrones and powers before him fall; The God shines gracious through the man, And sheds sweet glories on them all. O what amazing joys they feel While to their golden harps they sing, And sit on every heav'nly hill, And spread the triumphs of their King! When shall the day, dear Lord, appear, That I shall mount to dwell above, And stand and bow amongst them there, And view thy face, and sing, and love? Scripture: Psalm 12

The contrite heart

Author: Cowper Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 125 hymnals Topics: Complaint Of stupidity in hearing and prayer First Line: The Lord will happiness divine Lyrics: 1 The Lord will happiness divine On contrite hearts bestow; Then tell me, gracious God, is mine A contrite heart or no? 2 I hear, but seem to hear in vain, Insensible as steel; If aught is felt, 'tis only pain To find I cannot feel. 3 I sometimes think myself inclin'd To love thee, if I could; But often feel another mind, Averse to all that's good. 4 My best desires are faint and few, I fain would strive for more; But when I cry, "my strength renew," Seem weaker than before. 5 Thy saints are comforted I know And love thy house of prayer; I sometimes go where others go, But find no comfort there. 6 O make this heart rejoice or ache; Decide this doubt for me; And, if it be not broken, break, And heal it, if it be. Scripture: Isaiah 57:15

Lord, how secure muy Conscience was

Appears in 129 hymnals Topics: Complaint of indwelling Sin Lyrics: 1 Lord, how secure my Conscience was, And felt no inward Dread! I was alive without the Law, And thought my Sins were dead. 2 My Hopes of Heav'n were firm and bright, But since the Precept came, With a convincing Pow'r and Light, I find how vile I am. [3 My Guilt appear'd but small before, Till terribly I saw How Perfect, Holy, Just, and Pure, Was thine eternal Law. 4 Then felt my Soul the heavy Load; My Sins reviv'd again I had provok'd a dreadful God, And all my Hopes were slain.] 5 I'm like a helpless Captive sold, Under the Pow'r of Sin; I cannot do the Good I would, Nor keep my Conscience clean. 6 My God, I cry with ev'ry Breath For some kind Pow'r to save, To break the Yoke of Sin and Death, And thus redeem the Slave. Scripture: Romans 5:8-9

My drowsy Pow'rs, why sleep ye so?

Appears in 198 hymnals Topics: Complaint of Sloth and Negligence Lyrics: 1 My drowsy Pow'rs, why sleep ye so? Awake, my sluggish Soul! Nothing has half thy Work to do, Yet Nothing's half so dull. 2 The little Ants for one poor Grain Labour, and tug, and strive, Yet we, who have a Heav'n t' obtain, How negligent we live? 3 We, for whose Sake all Nature stands, And Stars their Courses move; We, for whose Guard the Angel Bands Come flying from above; 4 We, for whom God the Son came down, And labour'd for our Good, How careless to secure that Crown, He purchas'd with his Blood! 5 Lord, shall we lie so sluggish still, And never act our Parts? Come, holy Dove, from heav'nly Hill, And sit and warm our Hearts. 6 Then shall our active Spirits move, Upward our Souls shall rise; With Hands of Faith, and Wings of Love, We'll fly, and take the Prize.