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Come at the morning hour

Author: Anon. Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 60 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Come at the morning hour, Comet, let us kneel and pray; Prayer is the Christian pilgrim's staff To walk with God all day. 2 At noon, beneath the Rock Of ages, rest and pray; Sweet is that shelter from the sun In weary heat of day. 3 At evening, in thy home, Around its altar, pray; And finding there the house of God, With heaven then close the day. 4 When midnight veils our eyes, Oh, it is sweet to say, I sleep, but my heart waketh, Lord! With thee to watch and pray. Topics: Prayer; At All Times

Father! we pray for those who dwell

Author: Miss Fletcher Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 6 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Father! we pray for those who dwell Within the prison's gloomy cell! For those whose souls are bending low Beneath the weight of guilt and woe. 2 Thy love hath kept our thorny way, And saved us from sin's iron sway; Our brethren in a weaker hour Have yielded to temptation's power. 3 Teach us, with humble hearts, to feel How darkly on our brows the seal Of guilt might now perchance be set, Had we the same temptation met. 4 Then while the error we would shun, We ssill would aid the erring one To turn from sin's unpitying sway To virtue's fair and pleasant way. Topics: The Prisoner; For the Prisoner

From every stormy wind that blows

Author: Stowell Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1,287 hymnals Lyrics: 1 From every stormy wind that blows, From every swelling tide of woes, There is a calm, a sure retreat: 'Tis found beneath the mercy-seat. 2 There is a place where Jesus sheds The oil of gladness on our heads-- A place than all beside more sweet: It is the blood-bought mercy-seat. 3 There is a scene where spirits blend, Where friend holds fellowship with friend; Though sundered far, by faith they meet Around one common mercy-seat. 4 Ah! whither could we flee for aid, When tempted, desolate, dismayed? Or how the hosts of hell defeat, Had suffering saints no mercy-seat? 5 There, there, on eagle's wings we soar, And sin and sense seem all no more; And heaven comes down our souls to greet, And glory crowns the mercy-seat. 6 Oh, let my hand forget her skill, My tongue be silent, cold and still, This bounding heart forget to beat, If I forget thy mercy-seat. Topics: Prayer; The Mercy-Seat Scripture: Exodus 25:22

I long to behold him arrayed

Author: C. Wesley Appears in 127 hymnals Lyrics: 1 I long to behold him arrayed With glory and light from above-- The King in his beauty displayed, His beauty of holiest love; I languish and sigh to be there, Where Jesus hath fixed his abode; Oh, when shall we meet in the air, And fly to the mountain of God! 2 With him I on Zion shall stand, For Jesus hath spoken the word, The breadth of Immanuel's land Survey by the light of my Lord; But when, on thy bosom reclined, Thy face I am strengthened to see, My fullness of rapture I find, My heaven of heavens in thee. 3 How happy the people that dwell Secure in the city above! No pain the inhabitants feel, No sickness or sorrow shall prove: Physician of souls, unto me Forgiveness and holiness give; And then from the body set free, And then to the city receive. Topics: Heaven; Having a Desire to Depart Scripture: Isaiah 33:17

I love the volume of thy word

Author: Watts Appears in 175 hymnals Lyrics: 1 I love the volume of thy word; What light and joy those leaves afford To souls benighted and distressed! Thy precepts guide my doubtful way, Thy fear forbids my feet to stray, Thy promise leads my heart to rest. 2 From the discoveries of thy law, Thy perfect rules of life I draw: These are my study and delight; Not honey so invites the taste, Nor gold that has the furnace passed, Appears so pleasing to the sight. 3 Who knows the errors of his thoughts? My God! forgive my secret faults, And from presumptuous sins restrain; Accept my poor attempts of praise, That I have read thy book of grace, And book of nature, not in vain. Topics: The Bible; The Great Light Scripture: Psalm 19

I own my guilt, my sins confess

Author: Crittenden Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 14 hymnals Lyrics: 1 I own my guilt, my sins confess; Can men or devils make them more? Of crimes already numberless, Vain the attempt to swell the score. 2 Were the black list before my sight, While I remember thou hast died, 'Twould only urge my speedier flight To seek salvation at thy side. 3 Low at thy feet I'll cast me down, To thee reveal my guilt and fear; And if thou spurn me from thy throne, I'll be the first who perished there. Topics: The Christian System Repentance and Faith; Acknowledged Guilt

I'll praise my Maker while I've breath

Author: Watts Appears in 528 hymnals Lyrics: 1 I'll praise my Maker while I've breath, And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers; My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures. 2 Happy the man whose hopes rely, On Israel's God; he made the sky, And earth, and seas, with all their train; His truth forever stands secure; He saves th' oppressed, he feeds the poor, And none shall find his promise vain. 3 The Lord pours eyesight on the blind, The Lord supports the fainting mind, He send the laboring conscience peace; He helps the stranger in distress, The widow and the fatherless, And grants the prisoner sweet release. 4 I'll praise him while he lends me breath, And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers; My days of praise shall ne'er be past While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures. Topics: General Praise; Great is the Lord Scripture: Psalm 135:6

If, while the Jewish ages

Author: T. H. Stockton Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1 If, while the Jewish ages Still added to the word, Kings, prophets, priests, and sages Looked vainly for the Lord; How blest are we who know him So early in our youth; How gladly should we show him Our love in deed and truth! 2 If, when he came from glory, The angels flew to sing Redemption's opening story-- The birthday of the King: Well may we lift our voices, Rememb'ring how he died, While every heart rejoices To praise the Crucified. 3 So all who ever sought him Have had their sins forgiven; And even children brought him Are welcomed home to heaven: Look, look we all above us, And lift our hymn on high, For he who doth so love us Is smiling from the sky. Topics: The Sunday-School

There is rest for the weary

Author: Anon. Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 453 hymnals First Line: In the Christian's home in glory Lyrics: 1 In the Christian's home in glory There remains a land of rest; There my Saviour's gone before me, To fulfill my soul's request. Chorus: There is rest for the weary, There is rest for the weary, There is rest for the weary, There is rest for you, On the other side of Jordan, In the sweet fields of Eden, Where the tree of life is blooming, There is rest for you. 2 He is fitting up my mansion, Which eternally shall stand; For my stay shall not be transient In that holy, happy land. [Chorus] 3 Pain and sickness ne'er shall enter, Grief nor woe my lot shall share; But in that celestial center, I a crown of life shall wear, [Chorus] 4 And the grave shall then be conquered, And the sting of death be lost; And our bark, all safely anchored, Never more be tempest-tossed. [Chorus] 5 Sing, oh, sing, ye heirs of glory; Shout your triumph as you go; Zion's gate will ope before ye; You shall find an entrance through. [Chorus] Topics: Spiritual Songs; The Home in Glory

In the cross of Christ I glory

Author: Bowring Appears in 1,520 hymnals Lyrics: 1 In the cross of Christ I glory, Towering o'er the wrecks of time; All the light of sacred story Gathers round its head sublime. 2 When the woes of life o'ertake me, Hopes deceive, and fears annoy, Never shall the cross forsake me; Lo! it glows with peace and joy. 3 When the sun of bliss is beaming Light and love upon my way, From the cross the radiance streaming Adds more luster to the day. 4 Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure, By the cross are sanctified; Peace is there that knows no measure, Joys that through all time abide. 5 In the cross of Christ I glory, Towering o'er the wrecks of time; All the light of sacred story Gathers round its head sublime. Topics: The Christian Life Courage and Triumph; Glorying in the Cross Scripture: Romans 1:16