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A closer Walk

Author: William Cowper (1731-1800) Appears in 1,387 hymnals First Line: O for a closer walk with God Topics: Aspirations For Holiness; Christians Conflicts of; Consecration Renewed; Declension Spiritual; Holy Spirit Absence of; Nearness to God; Sin Hatred of Scripture: 1 John 2:6 Used With Tune: MEAR

Calm on the bosom of thy God

Author: Mrs. Felicia D. Hemans Appears in 98 hymnals Used With Tune: MEAR

Before Thine awful presence, Lord

Author: Unknown Appears in 6 hymnals Used With Tune: MEAR

With my whole heart I'll raise my song

Appears in 67 hymnals Used With Tune: MEAR

According to Thy gracious Word, In meek humility

Author: James Montgomery (1771-1854) Appears in 555 hymnals Used With Tune: Mear

Now Let Our Mourning Hearts Revive

Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 129 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Now let our mourning hearts revive, And all our tears be dry; Why should those eyes be drowned in grief Which view a Savior nigh? 2. What though the arm of conquering death Does God’s own house invade? What though the prophet and the priest Be numbered with the dead? 3. Though earthly shepherds dwell in dust, The agèd and the young, The watchful eye, in darkness closed, And mute th’instructive tongue. 4. The Eternal Shepherd still survives, New comfort to impart; His eye still guides us, and His voice Still animates our heart. 5. Lo! I am with you, saith the Lord, My Church shall safe abide; For I will ne’er forsake My own, Whose souls in Me confide. 6. Through every scene of life and death, This promise is our trust; And this shall be our children’s song, When we are cold in dust. Used With Tune: MEAR Text Sources: Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures. By the Late Reverend Philip Doddridge, D. D., published posthumously by Job Orton (J. Eddowes and J. Cotton, 1755)

Try us, O God, and search the ground

Author: Charles Wesley Appears in 184 hymnals Used With Tune: MEAR

O That I Knew the Secret Place

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 222 hymnals Lyrics: 1. O that I knew the secret place Where I might find my God! I’d spread my wants before His face, And pour my woes abroad. 2. I’d tell Him how my sins arise; What sorrows I sustain; How grace decays, and comfort dies, And leaves my heart in pain. 3. He knows what arguments I’d take To wrestle with my God; I’d plead for His own mercy’s sake And for my Savior’s blood. 4. Arise, my soul, from deep distress, And banish every fear; He calls Thee to His throne of grace, To spread Thy sorrows there. Used With Tune: MEAR Text Sources: Sermons, 1721-1727