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Watchfulness

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 458 hymnals Topics: Man a Saint Steadfast and Abounding in Grace First Line: Ye servants of the Lord Lyrics: 1 Ye servants of the Lord, Each in his office wait, Observant of His heavenly word, And watchful at his gate. 2 Let all your lamps be bright, And trim the golden flame; Gird up your loins, as in His sight, For awful is His name. 3 Watch, 'tis your Lord's command, And while we speak, He's near; Mark the first signal of His hand, And ready all appear. 4 Oh happy servant he In such a posture found! He shall his Lord with rapture see, And be with honor crowned.

Awake, our souls, away, our fears

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 405 hymnals Topics: Man a Saint Steadfast and Abounding in Grace Lyrics: 1 Awake, our souls, away, our fears, Let every trembling thought be gone; Awake, and run the heavenly race, And put a cheerful courage on. 2 True, ’tis a strait and thorny road, And mortal spirits tire and faint; But they forget the mighty God, Who feeds the strength of every saint. 3 The mighty God, whose matchless power Is ever new, and ever young, And firm endures while endless years Their everlasting circles run. 4 From Thee, the ever-flowing spring, Our souls shall drink a fresh supply; While such as trust their native strength Shall melt away, and droop, and die. 5 Swift as an eagle cuts the air, We’ll mount aloft to Thine abode; On wings of love our souls shall fly, Nor tire amid the heavenly road.

Penitential Grief and Supplication

Appears in 9 hymnals Topics: Ingratitude To Man First Line: In Thy wrath and hot displeasure Lyrics: 1 In Thy wrath and hot displeasure, Chasten not Thy servant, Lord; Let Thy mercy, without measure, Help and peace to me afford. 2 Heavy is my tribulation, Sore my punishment has been; Broken by Thy indignation, I am troubled by my sin. 3 With my burden of transgression Heavy laden, overborne, Humbled low I make confession, For my folly now I mourn. 4 Weak and wounded, I implore Thee; Lord, to me Thy mercy show; All my prayer is now before Thee, All my trouble Thou dost know. 5 Darkness gathers, foes assail me, But I answer not a word; All my friends desert and fail me, Only Thou my cry hast heard. Scripture: Psalm 38 Used With Tune: ST. SYLVESTER

The Frailty of Life

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Man Mortal and Frail First Line: With firm resolve I held my peace Lyrics: 1 With firm resolve I held my peace And spake not either bad or good, Lest I should utter sinful thoughts While wicked men before me stood. 2 While I was dumb my grief was stirred, My heart grew hot with thought suppressed; The while I mused the fire increased, Then to the Lord I made request. 3 Make me, O Lord, to know my end, Teach me the measure of my days, That I may know how frail I am And turn from pride and sinful ways. 4 My time is nothing in Thy sight, Behold, my days are but a span; yea, truly at his best estate, A breath, a fleeting breath, is man. 5 Man's life is passed in vain desire If troubled years be spent for gain; He knows not whose his wealth shall be, And all his toil is but in vain. 6 And now, O Lord, what wait I for? I have no nope except in Thee; Let not ungodly men reproach, From all transgression set me free. 7 Because Thou didst it I was dumb, I spoke no word of rash complaint; Remove Thy stroke away from me, Beneath Thy chastisement I faint. 8 When Thou for his iniquity Rebukest and correctest man, His beauty is consumed away, How weak his strength, how vain his plan. 9 Lord, hear my prayer, regard my cry, I weep, be Thou my comforter; I am a stranger here below, A pilgrim as my fathers were. 10 O spare me, Lord, avert Thy wrath, Deal gently with me, I implore, That I may yet recover strength Ere I go hence and be no more. Scripture: Psalm 39 Used With Tune: BERA

The Fall of man

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 14 hymnals Topics: Fall of man, its effects lamented; Man His fall; Fall of man, its effects lamented; Man His fall First Line: On man, in his own image made Lyrics: 1 On man, in his own image made, How much did God bestow; The whole creation homage paid, And own'd him, lord below! 2 But oh! by sin how quickly chang'd! His peace and honor fled, His heart from GOD and truth estrang'd, His conscience fill'd with dread! 3 Now from his Maker's voice he fled, Which was before his joy; And thought to hide his guilty head, From all all-seeing eye. 4 Compell'd to answer to his name, With stubborness and pride He cast on God himself the blame, Nor once for mercy cry'd. 5 But grace, unask'd his heart subdu'd, And all his guilt forgave; By faith the promis'd seed he view'd, And felt its pow'r to save. Scripture: Genesis 3

Trustful Praise and Prayer

Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Man Mortal and Frail First Line: Blest be the Lord, my rock, my might Lyrics: 1 Blest be the Lord, my rock, my might, My constant helper in the fight, My shield, my righteousness, My strong high tower, my Saviour true, Who doth my enemies subdue, My shelter in distress. 2 Lord, what is man, what hath he wrought, The son of man, that in thy thought To hold him Thou shouldst deign? For man is like a breath, a sight, His days on earth as quickly fly As shadows o'er the plain. 3 Lord, how thy heav'ns in might descend, Touch Thou the hills, the mountains rend, And they shall smoke and flame; As arrows send Thy lightnings out to put Thy enemies to rout, And fill thy foes with shame. 4 Stretch forth Thy hand and rescue me From trouble's dark and raging sea, And from the alien throng, Whose mouth but vanity doth speak, Whose hand of strength against the weak Is filled with craft and wrong. 5 Now will I sing a glad new song, Thy praise, O God, I will prolong, For Thou hast heard my prayer; Salvation Thou dost give to kings, Thy own dost keep, with shelt'ring wings, From hurtful sword and snare. 6 O Thou to Whom in trust I flee, Stretch forth Thy hand and rescue me From all the alien throng, Whose mouth but vanity doth speak, Whose hand of strength against the weak Is filled with craft and wrong. Scripture: Psalm 144 Used With Tune: EXMOUTH

Blest is the man, for ever blest

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 103 hymnals Topics: Man a Saint Justified Lyrics: 1 Blest is the man, for ever blest, Whose guilt is pardoned by his God, Whose sins with sorrow are confessed, And covered with his Saviour's blood. 2 Blest is the man to whom the Lord Imputes not his iniquities; He pleads no merit of reward And not on works, but grace, relies. 3 From guile his heart and lips are free; His humble joy, his holy fear, With deep repentance well agree, And join to prove his faith sincere. 4 How glorious is that righteousness That hides and cancels all his sins! While bright the evidence of grace Through his whole life appears and shines.

All Mankind Fell in Adam's Fall

Author: Lazarus Spengler (1479-1534); Matthias Loy Appears in 15 hymnals Topics: The Holy Scriptures Fall, Depravity, Guilt of Man Scripture: Romans 5:12 Used With Tune: GERICHT

There is a time, we know not when

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 86 hymnals Topics: Man a Sinner Warned and Entreated Lyrics: 1 There is a time, we know not when, A point, we know not where, That marks the destiny of man To glory or despair. 2 There is a line, by us unseen, That crosses every path; The hidden boundary between God's patience and His wrath. 3 To pass that limit is to die, To die as if by stealth; It does not quench the beaming eye, Or pale the glow of health. 4 The conscience may be still at ease, The spirits light and gay; That which is pleasing still may please, And care be thrust away. 5 But on the forehead God has set, Indelibly, a mark, Unseen by man, for man as yet Is blind and in the dark. 6 And yet the doomed man's path below Like Eden may have bloomed; He did not, does not, will not know Or feel that he is doomed. 7 He knows, he feels that all is well, And every fear is calmed; He lives, he dies, he wakes in hell, Not only doomed, but damned. 8 Oh where is this mysterious bourne, By which our path is crossed, Beyond which, God himself hath sworn That he who goes is lost? 9 How far may we go on in sin? How long will God forbear? Where does hope end? and where begin The confines of despair? 10 An answer from the skies is sent; Ye that from God depart, While it is called to-day, repent! And harden not your heart.

Thee we adore, Eternal Name!

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 372 hymnals Topics: Frailty of Man; Man frailty of Lyrics: 1 Thee we adore, Eternal Name! And humbly own to Thee How feeble is our mortal frame, What dying worms are we! 2 Our wasting lives are short'ning still, As months and days increase; And ev'ry beating pulse we tell Leaves but the number less. 3 Great God! on what a slender thread Hang everlasting things! Th'eternal state of all the dead Upon life's feeble strings. 4 Infinite joy, or endless woe Attends on every breath; And yet, how unconcern'd we go Upon the brink of death! 5 Waken, O Lord, our drowsy sense, To walk this dangerous road! And if our souls are hurried hence, May they be found with God.