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There's not a bird with lonely nest

Author: Anon. Appears in 47 hymnals Topics: God Mercies of Lyrics: 1 There’s not a bird with lonely nest, In pathless wood or mountain crest, Nor meaner thing, which does not share, O God, in Thy paternal care. 2 Each barren crag, each desert rude, Holds Thee within its solitude; And Thou dost bless the wanderer there, Who makes his solitary prayer. 3 In busy mart and crowded street, No less than in the still retreat, Thou, Lord, art near, our souls to bless With all a parent’s tenderness! 4 And every moment still doth bring Thy blessings on its loaded wing; Widely they spread through earth and sky, And last through all eternity! Amen. Used With Tune: WARE

How Shall the Young Direct Their Way?

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 26 hymnals Topics: Mercy Lyrics: 1 How shall the young direct their way? What light shall be their perfect guide? Your Word, O Lord, will safely lead if in its wisdom they confide. 2 Sincerely I have sought you, Lord, O let me not from you depart; to know your will and keep from sin, your Word I cherish in my heart. 3 O blessed Lord, teach me your law, your righteous judgments I declare; your testimonies make me glad, for they are wealth beyond compare. 4 Upon your precepts and your ways my heart will meditate with awe; your Word shall be my chief delight, and I will not forget your law. Scripture: Psalm 119:9-16 Used With Tune: ST. CRISPIN Text Sources: Psalter, 1912

Precious Memories

Author: J. B. F. Wright; Lonnie B. Combs Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 107 hymnals Topics: Jesus Christ His Love and Mercy First Line: Precious mem'ries, unseen angels Refrain First Line: Precious mem'ries, how they linger Lyrics: 1 Precious mem'ries, unseen angels, Sent from somewhere to my soul; How they linger, ever near me, And the sacred past unfold. Refrain: Precious mem'ries, how they linger, How they ever flood my soul; In the stillness of the midnight, Precious, sacred scenes unfold. 2 Precious father, loving mother, Fly across the lonely years; And old home scenes of my childhood, In fond memory appear. [Refrain] 3 As I travel on life's pathway, Know not what the years may hold; As I ponder, hope grows fonder, Precious mem'ries flood my soul. [Refrain] Scripture: John 14:18 Used With Tune: PRECIOUS MEMORIES

What Shall I Render to the LORD

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 18 hymnals Topics: Mercy Lyrics: 1 What shall I render to the LORD for all his benefits to me? How shall my life, by grace restored, give worthy thanks, O LORD, to thee? 2 Salvation's cup of blessing now I take and call upon God's name. Before his saints I pay my vow and here my gratitude proclaim. 3 His saints the LORD delights to save; their death is precious in his sight. He has redeemed me from the grave, and in his service I delight. 4 With thankful heart I offer now my gift and call upon God's name. Before his saints I pay my vow and here my gratitude proclaim. 5 Within his house, the house of prayer, I dedicate myself to God. Let all his saints his grace declare and join to sound his praise abroad. Scripture: Psalm 116 Used With Tune: ROCKINGHAM Text Sources: Psalter, 1912, alt.

The Love of God

Author: Frederick M. Lehman; Meir ben Isaac Nehoral Appears in 90 hymnals Topics: God Love and Mercy; God Love and Mercy First Line: The love of God is greater by far Refrain First Line: Oh love of god, how rich and pure! Lyrics: 1 The love of God is greater far Than tongue or pen can ever tell; It goes beyond the highest star, And reaches to the lowest hell; The guilty pair, bowed down with care, God gave His Son to win; His erring child He reconciled, And pardoned from his sin. Chorus: Oh love of God, how rich and pure! How measureless and strong! It shall forevermore endure, The saints’ and angels’ song. 2 When hoary time shall pass away, And earthly thrones and kingdoms fall; When men who here refuse to pray, On rocks and hills and mountains call; God’s love, so sure, shall still endure, All measureless and strong; Redeeming grace to Adam’s race— The saints’ and angels’ song. (Chorus) 3 Could we with ink the ocean fill, And were the skies of parchment made, Were every stalk on earth a quill And every man a scribe by trade; To write the love of God above Would drain the ocean dry; Nor could the scroll contain the whole, Tho' stretched from sky to sky. (Chorus) Scripture: Genesis 3:8-9 Used With Tune: [The love of God is greater by far]

Thou art my hiding place, O Lord!

Author: Thomas Raffles Appears in 113 hymnals Topics: Mercy Seat Lyrics: 1 Thou art my hiding place, O Lord! In Thee I put my trust, Encouraged by Thy holy word, A feeble child of dust. 2 I have no argument beside, I urge no other plea; And 'tis enough my Saviour died, The Saviour died for me. 3 When storms of fierce temptation beat, And furious foes assail, My refuge is the mercy-seat, My hope within the veil. 4 And when Thy sovereign will commands This body to decay, And life, in its last lingering sands, Is ebbing fast away:-- 5 Then, though it be in accents weak, My voice shall call on Thee. And ask for strength in death to speak, "My Saviour died for me." Amen. Used With Tune: HOWARD

Reliance and Supplication

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 22 hymnals Topics: Mercy of God Prayer for First Line: When morning lights the eastern skies Lyrics: 1 When morning lights the eastern skies, O Lord, Thy mercy show; On Thee alone my hope relies, Let me Thy kindness know. 2 Teach me the way that I should go; I lift my soul to Thee; For refuge from my cruel foe To Thee, O Lord, I flee. 3 Thou art my God, to Thee I pray; Teach me Thy will to heed; And in the right and perfect way May Thy good Spirit lead. 4 For Thy Name’s sake, O gracious Lord, Revive my soul and bless, And in Thy faithfulness and love Redeem me from distress. Scripture: Psalm 143 Used With Tune: MEAR

Fold to your heart your sister and your brother

Author: John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807-92 Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 153 hymnals Topics: Mercy of God Lyrics: 1 Fold to your heart your sister and your brother: where pity dwells, the peace of God is there; to worship rightly and to love each other, each smile a hymn, each kindly deed a prayer. 2 For he whom Jesus loved has truly spoken: the holier worship which he deigns to bless restores the lost, and binds the spirit broken, and feeds the widow and the fatherless. 3 Follow with reverent steps the great example of him whose holy work was doing good: so shall the wide earth seem our father's temple, each loving life a psalm of gratitude. 4 Then shall all shackles fall: the stormy clangour of wild war music o'er the earth shall cease; love shall tread out the baleful fire of anger, and in its ashes plant the tree of peace. Scripture: 1 John 4:16-21 Used With Tune: INTERCESSOR

Prayer for Pardon and Cleansing

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 22 hymnals Topics: God Love and Mercy First Line: O God, according to Thy grace Lyrics: 1 O God, according to Thy grace Be merciful to me, In Thy abounding love blot out All my iniquity; O wash me wholly from my guilt And make me clean within, For my transgressions I confess, I ever see my sin. 2 Against Thee only have I sinned, Done evil in Thy sight; Lord, in Thy judgment Thou art just, And in thy sentence right. Behold, in evil I was formed, And I was born in sin, But Thou wilt make me wise in heart, Thou seekest truth within. 3 From all pollution make me clean, Yea, whiter than the snow; O let my broken heart rejoice And gladness make me know; Blot out all my iniquities, And hide my sins from view; Create in me a spirit right, O God, my heart renew. 4 From out Thy presence cast me not, Thy face no more to see; Thy Holy Spirit and His grace Take not away from me. Restore me Thy salvation's joy, My willing heart uphold; Then sinners shall be turned to Thee When I Thy ways unfold. Scripture: Psalm 51 Used With Tune: VOX DILECTI

Our Redeemer worshipped

Author: Rev. Samuel Stennet (1727-1795) Appears in 293 hymnals Topics: Mercy-seat First Line: How charming is the place Used With Tune: WATCHMAN