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How calm and beautiful the morn

Author: Hastings Appears in 172 hymnals Lyrics: 1 How calm and beautiful the morn, That gilds the sacred tomb, Where Christ the crucified was borne, And veiled in midnight gloom! Oh, weep no more the Saviour slain, The Lord is risen, he lives again. 2 Ye mourning saints, dry every tear For your departed Lord; Behold the place, he is not here! The tomb is all unbarred: The gates of death were closed in vain, The Lord is risen, he lives again. 3 Now, cheerful to the house of prayer, Your early footsteps bend; The Saviour will himself be there, Your Advocate and Friend: Once by the law your hopes were slain, But now in Christ ye live again. Topics: Christ Resurrection and Ascension; He Lives Again

How happy, gracious Lord, are we

Author: C. Wesley Appears in 69 hymnals Lyrics: 1 How happy, gracious Lord, are we, Divinely drawn to follow thee: Whose hours divided are Betwixt the mount and multitude; Our day is spent in doing good, Our night in praise and prayer. 2 With us no melancholy void, No moment lingers unemployed, Or unimproved below; Our weariness of life is gone, Who live to serve our God alone And only thee to know. 3 The winter's night and summer's day Glide imperceptibly away, Too short to sing thy praise; Too few we find the happy hours, In haste to join those heavenly powers In everlasting lays. 4 With all who chant thy name on high, And Holy, holy holy! cry, A bright, harmonious throng, We long thy praises to repeat, And ceaseless sing, around thy seat, The new eternal song. Topics: General Praise; The New Eternal Song

How happy is the pilgrim's lot

Author: J. Wesley Appears in 182 hymnals Lyrics: 1 How happy is the pilgrim's lot, How free from every anxious thought, From worldly hope and fear! Confined to neither court nor cell, His soul disdains on earth to dwell,-- He only sojourns here. 2 No foot of land do I possess, No cottage in this wilderness; A poor wayfaring man, I lodge awhile in tents below, Or gladly wander to and fro, Till I my Canaan gain. 3 There is my house and portion fair, My treasure and my heart are there, And my abiding home; For me my elder brethren stay, And angels beckon me away, And Jesus bids me come. 4 I come, thy servant, Lord, replies; I come to meet thee in the skies, And claim my heavenly rest! Now let the pilgrim's journey end, Now, O my Saviour, Brother, Friend, Receive me to thy breast! Topics: Spiritual Songs; The Pilgrim's Lot

How long, sometimes, a day appears!

Author: Taylor Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 46 hymnals Lyrics: 1 How long, sometimes, a day appears! And weeks, how long are they! Months move on slow, as if the years Would never pass away. 2 But even years are passing by, And soon must all be gone; For day by day, as minutes fly, Eternity comes on. 3 Days, months, and years must have an end: Eternity has none; 'Twill always have as long to spend As when it first begun. 4 Great God! a creature cannot tell How such a thing can be; I only pray that I may dwell That long, long time with thee. Topics: Time and Eternity; Time and Eternity Compared

How pleased and blest was I

Author: Watts Appears in 267 hymnals Lyrics: 1 How pleased and blest was I, To hear the people cry, Come, let us seek our God to-day! Yes, with a cheerful zeal, We haste to Zion's hill, And there our vows and honors pay. 2 Zion, thrice happy place, Adorned with wondrous grace, And walls of strength embrace thee round: In thee our tribes appear To pray, and praise, and hear The sacred gospel's joyful sound. 3 May peace attend thy gate, And joy within thee wait, To bless the soul of every guest: The man who seeks thy peace, And wishes thine increase, A thousand blessings on him rest! 4 My tongue repeats her vows, Peace to this sacred house! For here my friends and kindred dwell: And since my glorious God Makes thee his blest abode, My soul shall ever love thee well. Topics: General Praise; Joy in God's Worship Scripture: Psalm 51:18

How tedious and tasteless the hours

Author: Newton Appears in 648 hymnals Lyrics: 1 How tedious and tasteless the hours When Jesus no longer I see! Sweet prospects, sweet birds, and sweet flowers Have lost all their sweetness to me: The midsummer sun shines but dim, The fields strive in vain to look gay; But when I am happy in him, December's as pleasant as May. 2 His name yields the richest perfume, And sweeter than music his voice; His presence disperses my gloom, And makes all within me rejoice: I should, were he always thus nigh, Have nothing to wish or to fear; No mortal so happy as I-- My summer would last all the year. 3 Content with beholding his face, My all to his pleasure resigned, No changes of season or place Would make any change in my mind: While blest with a sense of his love, A palace a toy would appear; And prisons would palaces prove, If Jesus would dwell with me there. 4 My Lord, if indeed I am thine, If thou art my sun and my song, Say, why do I languish and pine? And why are my winters so long? Oh, drive these dark clouds from my sky; Thy soul-cheering presence restore; Or take me to thee up on high, Where winter and clouds are no more. Topics: The Christian Life Declension and Renewal; All-Sufficiency of Jesus Scripture: Song of Solomon 1:3

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 thirst, thou wounded Lamb of God

Author: J. Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 244 hymnals Lyrics: 1 I thirst, thou wounded Lamb of God, To wash me in thy cleansing blood; To dwell within thy bounds: then pain Is sweet, and life or death is gain. 2 Take my poor heart, and let it be For ever closed to all but thee: Seal thou my breast, and let me wear That pledge of love for ever there. 3 How blest are they who still abide Close sheltered in thy bleeding side! Who thence their life and strength derive, And by thee move, and in thee live. 4 What are works but sin and death, Till thou thy quick'ning Spirit breathe? Thou giv'st the power thy grace to move, Oh, wondrous grace! oh, boundless love! 5 How can it be, thou heavenly King, That thou shouldst us to glory bring; Make slaves the partners of thy throne, Decked with a never-fading crown? Topics: The Christian System Justification By Faith; Thirsting for the Fullness of Love Scripture: Psalm 63:1