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Far from my thoughts, vain world, begone

Author: Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 352 hymnals Topics: Fruits of the Spirit Joy Lyrics: 1 Far from my thoughts, vain world, begone; Let my religious hours alone; Fain would my eyes my Saviour see; I wait a visit, Lord, from thee. 2 My heart grows warm with holy fire, And kindles with a pure desire; Come, my dear Jesus, from above, And feed my soul with heavenly love. 3 [The trees of life immortal stand, In fragrant rows at thy right hand; And in sweet murmurs by thy side, Rivers of bliss perpetual glide. 4 Haste, then, but with a smiling face, And spread the table of thy grace; Bring down a taste of truth divine, And cheer my heart with sacred wine.] 5 Blest Jesus! what delicious fare! How sweet thy entertainments are! Never did angels taste above, Redeeming grace and dying love. 6 Hail, great Immanuel, all divine! In thee thy Father’s glories shine; Thou brightest, sweetest, fairest One, That eyes have seen or angels known. Scripture: Genesis 49:18

The Fight of Faith

Author: J. W.; C. W. Appears in 12 hymnals Topics: Fruits of the Spirit Faith First Line: Omnipotent Lord! my Saviour and King Lyrics: 1 Omnipotent Lord, my Saviour and King, Thy succour afford, thy righteousness bring. Thy promises bind thee compassion to have; Now, now let me find thee almighty to save. 2 Lord, thou art my hope; o’erwhelmèd with grief, To thee I look up for certain relief; I dread no denial, no danger I fear, Nor start from the trial if Jesus be here. 3 Yes! God is above men, devils, and sin; My Jesus’s love the battle shall win; So terribly glorious his coming shall be, His love all victorious shall conquer for me.

"We walk by faith, not by sight"

Author: Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 300 hymnals Topics: Fruits of the Spirit Faith First Line: 'Tis by the faith of joys to come Lyrics: 1 ’Tis by the faith of joys to come We walk through deserts dark as night; Till we arrive at heaven our home, Faith is our guide, and faith our light. 2 The want of sight she well supplies; She makes the pearly gates appear; Far into distant worlds she pries, And brings eternal glories near. 3 Cheerful we tread the desert through, While faith inspires a heavenly ray, Though lions roar, and tempests blow, And rocks and dangers fill the way. 4 So Abram, by divine command, Left his own house to walk with God; His faith beheld the promised land, And fired his zeal along the road.

True and False Faith

Author: Hart Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 7 hymnals Topics: Fruits of the Spirit Faith First Line: Faith's a convincing proof Lyrics: 1 Faith’s a convincing proof, A substance sound and sure, That keeps the soul secured enough, But makes it not secure. 2 [Notion’s the harlot’s test, By which the truth’s reviled; The child of fancy, finely dressed, But not the living child.] 3 Faith is by knowledge fed, And with obedience mixed, Notion is empty, cold, and dead, And fancy’s never fixed. 4 True faith’s the life of God; Deep in the heart it lies; It lives and labours under load; Though damped, it never dies. 5 Opinions in the head, True faith as far excels As body differs from a shade, Or kernels from the shells. 6 [To see good bread and wine, Is not to eat and drink; So some who hear the word divine, Do not believe, but think.] 7 True faith refines the heart, And purifies with blood; Takes the whole gospel, not a part, And holds the fear of God.

Hope

Author: Burnham Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: Fruits of the Spirit Hope First Line: Our Jesus is the god of hope Lyrics: 1 Our Jesus is the God of hope; He works it by his power; It holds the weak believer up, In the distressing hour. 2 The darkest cloud hope pierces through, And waits upon the Lord, Expects to prove that all is true Throughout the sacred word. 3 True hope looks out for blessing great; And, though they’re long delayed, Yet hope’s determined still to wait, Until they are conveyed. 4 Hope long will wait, and wait again, And ne’er can give it up, Till the blest Lamb, who once was slain, Appears the God of hope. Scripture: Lamentations 3:24

Love to God earnestly desired

Author: C. W. Meter: 8.8.6 Appears in 383 hymnals Topics: Fruits of the Spirit Love First Line: O love divine, how sweet thou art! Lyrics: 1 O love divine, how sweet thou art! When shall I find my willing heart All taken up by thee? I thirst, and faint, and die to prove The greatness of redeeming love, The love of Christ to me. 2 Stronger his love than death or hell, Its riches are unsearchable; The first-born sons of light Desire in vain its depth to see; They cannot reach the mystery, The length, and breadth, and height. 3 God only knows the love of God; O that it now were shed abroad In this poor stony heart! For this I sigh, for this I pine; This only portion, Lord, be mine; Be mine this better part.

Singleness of Eye

Author: Berridge Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Fruits of the Spirit Fear First Line: To Canaan art thou bound? Lyrics: 1 To Canaan art thou bound? Walk on in Jesus’ might; But mark, the way is holy ground, And needs a heart upright. 2 Make Jesus all thy peace, And make him all thy arm; Rely alone upon his grace, To guard from every harm. 3 [To Jesus some will pray, Yet not with single eye; They turn their eyes another way, Some creature-help to spy. 4 In darkness such are held; And bound in legal fear, A double eye is in the child, The heart is not sincere. 5 Such find no gospel rest, But into bondage fall, The Lord will not uphold thy breast, Till he is all in all.] 6 Lord, give me single sight, And make it strong and clear, So will my soul be full of light, And feel the Saviour near.

Ever patient, gentle, meek

Appears in 18 hymnals Topics: Fruits of the Spirit meekness and humility; Holy Spirit Fruits of Lyrics: 1 Ever patient, gentle, meek, Holy Saviour! was Thy mind; Vainly in myself I seek, Likeness to my Lord to find; Yet, that mind which was in Thee, May be, must be form'd in me. 2 Days of toil, 'mid throngs of men, Vex'd not, ruffled not Thy soul; Still, collected, calm, serene, Thou each feeling couldst control. Lord, that mind which was in Thee, May be, must be form'd in me. 3 Though such griefs were Thine to bear, For each suff'rer Thou couldst feel; Every mourner's burden share, Every wounded spirit heal: Saviour! let thy grace in me Form that mind which was in Thee.

My God, the Spring of all my joys

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 560 hymnals Topics: Fruits of the Spirit joy and peace; Holy Spirit Fruits of Lyrics: 1 My God, the Spring of all my joys, The Life of my delights, The Glory of my brightest days, And Comfort of my nights: 2 In darkest shades, if He appear, My dawning is begun; He is my soul’s sweet Morning Star, And he my rising Sun. 3 The opening heavens around me shine With beams of sacred bliss, While Jesus shows His heart is mine, And whispers, I am His. 4 My soul would leave this heavy clay At that transporting word, Run up with joy the shining way, T’embrace my dearest Lord. 5 Fearless of hell and ghastly death, I’d break through every foe; The wings of love and arms of faith Would bear me conqueror through.

Saving Faith

Author: Hart Appears in 91 hymnals Topics: Fruits of the Spirit Faith First Line: The sinner that truly believes Lyrics: 1 The sinner that truly believes, And trusts in his crucified God, His justification receives, Redemption in full through his blood; Though thousands and thousands of foes Against him in malice unite, Their rage he through Christ can oppose, Led forth by the Spirit to fight. 2 Not all the delusions of sin Shall ever seduce him to death; He now has the witness within, Rejoicing in Jesus by faith. This faith shall eternally fail When Jesus shall fall from his throne; For hell against both must prevail, Since Jesus and he are but one. 3 The faith that lays hold on the Lamb, And brings such salvation as this, Is more than mere notion or name; The work of God’s Spirit it is; A principle active and young, That lives under pressure and load; That makes out of weakness more strong, And draws the soul upwards to God. 4 [It treads on the world and on hell; It vanquishes death and despair; And, what is still stranger to tell, It overcomes heaven by prayer; Permits a vile worm of the dust With God to commune as a friend; To hope his forgiveness is just, And look for his love to the end.] 5 [It says to the mountains, “Depart,” That stand betwixt God and the soul; It binds up the broken in heart, And makes their sore consciences whole; Bids sins of a crimson-like dye Be spotless as snow, and as white; And makes such a sinner as I As pure as an angel of light.]

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