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Up To The Hills I Lift Mine Eyes

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 121 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Up to the hills I lift mine eyes, Th’eternal hills beyond the skies; Thence all her help my soul derives; There my almighty refuge lives. 2 He lives, the everlasting God, That built the world, that spread the flood; The heav’ns with all their hosts He made, And darkest regions of the dead. 3 He guides our feet, He guards our way; His morning smiles bless all the day; He spreads the evening veil and keeps The silent hours while Israel sleeps. 4 Israel, a name divinely blest, May rise secure, securely rest; Thy holy guardian’s wakeful eyes Admit no slumber nor surprise. 5 No sun shall smite thy head by day, Nor pallid moon with sickly ray Shall blast thy couch; no baleful star Dart his malignant fire so far. 6 Should earth and hell with malice burn, Still thou shalt go and still return Safe in the Lord; His heav’nly care Defends thy life from every snare. 7 On thee foul spirits have no power; And in thy last departing hour Angels, that trace the airy road, Shall bear thee homeward to thy God. Used With Tune: ABENDS Text Sources: The Psalms of David, 1719, alt.

My Gracious Lord, I Own Thy Right

Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 259 hymnals Lyrics: 1. My gracious Lord, I own Thy right To every service I can pay, And call it my supreme delight To hear Thy dictates, and obey. 2. What is my being but for Thee, Its sure support, its noblest end? ’Tis my delight Thy face to see, And serve the cause of such a Friend. 3. I would not sigh for worldly joy, Or to increase my worldly good; Nor future days nor powers employ To spread a sounding name abroad. 4. ’Tis to my Savior I would live, To Him who for my ransom died; Nor could all worldly honor give Such bliss as crowns me at His side. 5. His work my hoary age shall bless, When youthful vigor is no more; And my last hour of life confess His dying love, His saving power. Used With Tune: HOLBORN HILL Text Sources: Published posthumously in Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures, by Job Orton (J. Eddowes and J. Cotton, 1755)

Give Me the Wings of Faith

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 517 hymnals First Line: Give me the wings of faith to rise Lyrics: 1. Give me the wings of faith to rise Within the veil, and see The saints above, how great their joys, How bright their glories be. 2. Once they were mourning here below, And wet their couch with tears: They wrestled hard, as we do now, With sins, and doubts, and fears. 3. I ask them whence their victory came: They, with united breath, Ascribe their conquest to the Lamb, Their triumph to His death. 4. They marked the footsteps that He trod, His zeal inspired their breast; And following their incarnate God, Possess the promised rest. 5. Our glorious Leader claims our praise For His own pattern giv’n; While the long cloud of witnesses Show the same path to Heav’n. Another arrangement, by Walter Kittredge (1834-1905), adds this refrain: Many are the friends who are waiting today, Happy on the golden strand, Many are the voices calling us away, To join their glorious band. Calling us away, calling us away, Calling to the better land, Calling us away, calling us away, Calling to the better land. Used With Tune: BINGHAM Text Sources: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707-9, Book II, number 140

Rise, My Soul, and Stretch Thy Wings

Author: Robert Seagrave Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.7.7.6 Appears in 807 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings, thy better portion trace; Rise from transitory things, toward Heaven, thy native place: Sun and moon and stars decay, time shall soon this earth remove; Rise, my soul, and haste away to seats prepared above. 2. Rivers to the ocean run, nor stay in all their course; Fire ascending seeks the sun; both speed them to their source: So my soul, that’s born of God, pants to view His glorious face, Upward tends to His abode, to rest in His embrace. 3. Fly me riches, fly me cares, whilst I that coast explore; Flattering world, with all thy snares, solicit me no more. Pilgrims fix not here their home; strangers tarry but a night; When the last dear morn is come, they’ll rise to joyful light. 4. Cease, ye pilgrims, cease to mourn, press onward to the prize; Soon thy Savior will return, triumphant in the skies: Yet a season, and you know happy entrance will be given All our sorrows left below, and earth exchanged for Heaven. Used With Tune: AMSTERDAM Text Sources: Hymns for Christian Worship, Partly Composed and Partly Collected from Various Authors, 1742

Father of Love

Author: William J. Irons Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 87 hymnals First Line: Father of love, our guide and friend Lyrics: 1. Father of love, our guide and friend, O lead us gently on, Until life’s trial time shall end, And heav’nly peace be won. 2. We know not what the path may be As yet by us untrod; But we can trust our all to Thee, Our Father and our God. 3. If called, like Abraham’s child, to climb The hill of sacrifice, Some angel may be there in time; Deliverance shall arise. 4. Or, if some darker lot be good, O teach us to endure The sorrow, pain or solitude, That makes the spirit pure. 5. Christ by no flowery pathway came; And we, His followers here, Must do Thy will and praise Thy name, In hope, and love and fear. 6. And, till in Heav’n we sinless bow, And faultless anthems raise, O Father, Son, and Spirit, now, Accept our feeble praise. Used With Tune: ST. AGNES

Be Loyal, Pilgrims

Author: Harriet E. Rice Jones Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: As the days are going by, do you raise God’s banner high Refrain First Line: O be faithful, O be true, to the One who died for you Lyrics: 1 As the days are going by, do you raise God’s banner high Who has bought you with His own most precious blood? Do you own your Lord each day, while upon your pilgrim way, Are you loyal to the matchless Son of God? Refrain: O be faithful, O be true, to the One who died for you; By and by comes sweet reward, That shall last while blissful ages roll away. 2 When the foes of God arise, who His blest commands despise, Do you boldly stand for Jesus and the right? Are you found within His field, there His mighty sword to wield, Clad in armor that is ever shining bright? [Refrain] 3 Be the crowd the more, the less, do you Jesus’ name confess, Do you show your colors, pilgrims, everywhere? When before God’s host you stand, in the wondrous glory land, Will your Lord confess you ’mid the angels there? [Refrain] Used With Tune: [As the days are going by, do you raise God’s banner high]

As Shadows Lengthen

Author: Richard W. Adams Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: As shadows lengthen and the night grows cold Lyrics: 1. As shadows lengthen and the night grows cold, Not seeing how life’s pages will unfold, Give us Your peace as, yielding to Your will, We trust the Author loves and keeps us still. 2. One thing we pray, when evening round us falls, Show us the place on memory’s darkened walls, As dimming eye and failing flesh grow weak, Show us where pictures of Your love still speak, 3. That we may tell to generations new, Tell of a faithfulness forever true, Tell of a power that keeps us to the end, Tell of our God, protector, guide and friend. 4. Then, when our task is done and comes the wing Of death’s bright angel, teach us how to sing, With soaring confidence to mount on high, Flying to golden streets beyond the sky. Used With Tune: EVENTIDE

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

Is It You?

Author: Peter Philip Bilhorn Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Someone is near to the kingdom today Refrain First Line: Is it you? Is it you? Is it you? Is it you? Lyrics: 1 Someone is near to the kingdom today, Someone is almost persuaded to pray; Someone now longs for the heavenly way, Refrain: Is it you? Is it you? Is it you? Is it you? Are you willing God’s Son to receive? Is it you? Is it you? Are you ready just now to believe? 2 Someone is longing for peace thro’ the blood, Almost decided to yield to the Lord; Someone is moved by the message of God, [Refrain] 3 Someone now burdened with sin and distressed, Earnestly longs for salvation and rest; Someone thro’ Jesus just now will be blest, [Refrain] 4 Someone will spurn the sweet message of God, Someone will turn from the Savior and Lord, Someone to judgment will go unprepared. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Someone is near to the kingdom today] Text Sources: Hymns of Heavenly Harmony, by Peter P. Bilhorn (Chicago: Bilhorn Brothers, 1910)

Freedom in Christ

Author: Sadie Sterling Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: A long time I struggled with conflicts within Refrain First Line: I longed to be free, oh, I longed to be free! Lyrics: 1 A long time I struggled with conflicts within, I longed to be free from the burden of sin, My heart was so wayward tho’ oft I had tried To yield up my will to the dear Crucified. Refrain: I longed to be free, oh, I longed to be free! From bondage and sin, how I longed to be free! 2 I heard the glad story of pardon so free, And mercy abundant for sinners like me; But pride was my master, I stilled my heart’s moan, And went on my way, feeling sad, and so lone. [Refrain] 3 At last His love conquered, I flew to His breast, And cried in my anguish, O Lord, give me rest! I heard His sweet voice say, Fear not, I am near, Thy prayer I have answered, thy pardon is here. [Refrain] No longer in sadness or sorrow I roam, My Savior goes with me, my heart is His home; I tell Him my troubles, and all that alarms, He whispers most sweetly, Come, hide in My arms. Refrain Used With Tune: CARIDAD Text Sources: Uplifted Voices (Philadelphia: Geibel & Lebman, 1901)