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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

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

Affliction and Appeal

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 13 hymnals Topics: Afflictions Complaint of; Prayer Complaint in First Line: Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry Lyrics: 1 Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry Have ready access unto Thee; When in distress to thee i fly, O hide not thou thy face from me. 2 Attend, o Lord, to my desire, O haste to answer when I pray, For grief consumes my strength like fire, My days as smoke pass swift away. 3 My heart is withered like the grass, And I forget my daily bread; In lonely grief my days I pass And sad my thoughts upon my bed. 4 My foes reproach me all the day, My drink is tars, my bread is grief, For in Thy wrath I pine away, My days are like a fading leaf. Scripture: Psalm 102 Used With Tune: ORIEL

The impenitent man's lot

Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: Afflictions Complaint of; Prayer Complaint in First Line: O God, whom I in praise adore Scripture: Psalm 109 Used With Tune: [O God, whom I in praise adore]

A Suppliant Church

Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 7 hymnals Topics: Prayer Complaint in First Line: O Thou great Shephed of Thy chosen race Lyrics: 1 O Thou great Shepherd of Thy chosen race, Who leadest like a flock Thy Israel dear, From out the cherubim reveal Thy face, Before our host now let Thy might appear. Come Thou, O God, to save us and restore; We shall be saved when shines Thy face once more. 2 How long, O Lord, wilt Thou disdain our prayer? For Thou hast fed us with the bread of tears, And bitter sorrow Thou hast made us share; The nations round us mock with scornful jeers. O God of Hosts, Thy people now restore; We shall be saved when shines Thy face once more. 3 A vine Thou broughtest forth from Egypt's land; The nations were thrust out to give it room; It took deep root, it spread on ev'ry hand, The hills were covered with its shade and bloom; Its boughs were like great cedars spreading wide; They reached the sea, its roots the riverside. 4 Why hast Thou broken down its circling wall That they may pluck who pass along the way? Wild beasts from out the wood destroy it all And feed upon Thy vine by night and day. O God of Hosts, we pray Thee now, restore; We shall be saved when shines Thy face once more. 5 Look down, behold and visit this Thy vine Which Thou hast planted with Thy own right hand, The branch Thou madest strong and owned it Thine, For it is burned with fire, no more to stand; Thy people perish in Thy anger sore Because Thy face now shines on them no more. 6 O let Thy hand Thy chosen one sustain, The son of man Thou madest strong to be; So we shall faithful to Thy cause remain; Revive Thou us, and we will call on Thee. Jehovah, God of Hosts, again restore; We shall be saved when shines Thy face once more. Scripture: Psalm 80 Used With Tune: LANGRAN

The Church's Appeal in Tribulation

Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Afflictions Complaint of; Prayer Complaint in First Line: O God, the heathen hosts Scripture: Psalm 79 Used With Tune: [O God, the heathen hosts]

Listen, Lord, to My Complaint

Author: Martin E. Leckebusch Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Complaint Scripture: Psalm 64 Used With Tune: ABERYSTWYTH