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Sweet Is the Peace the Gospel Brings
Author: Mary Ann Morton, 1826–1897 Appears in 8 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 119:97-104 Lyrics: 1. Sweet is the peace the gospel brings
To seeking minds and true.
With light refulgent on its wings,
It clears the human view.
2. Its laws and precepts are divine
And show a Father’s care.
Transcendent love and mercy shine
In each injunction there.
3. Faithless tradition flees its pow’r,
And unbelief gives way.
The gloomy clouds, which used to low’r,
Submit to reason’s sway.
4. May we who know the sacred Name
From every sin depart.
Then will the Spirit’s constant flame
Preserve us pure in heart.
5. Ere long the tempter’s power will cease,
And sin no more annoy,
No wrangling sects disturb our peace,
Or mar our heartfelt joy.
6. That which we have in part received
Will be in part no more,
For he in whom we all believe
To us will all restore.
7. In patience, then, let us possess
Our souls till he appear.
On to our mark of calling press;
Redemption draweth near. Topics: Assurance; Chastity; God the Father; Mercy; Peace; Restoration; Wisdom and Knowledge Used With Tune: CACHE
Sweet Is the Peace the Gospel Brings
My Soul For Thy Salvation Faints
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 7 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 119 Topics: Hope, Christian; Law of God; Longing, Spiritual; Persecution Of Believers; Perseverance Of The Saints; Righteous And Wicked Contrasted; Stedfastness Used With Tune: BELMONT
My Soul For Thy Salvation Faints
Be gracious to thy servant, Lord
Appears in 6 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 119
Be gracious to thy servant, Lord
The wonders which thy laws contain
Appears in 6 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 119
The wonders which thy laws contain
Thou art, the righteous Judge, in whom
Appears in 6 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 119
Thou art, the righteous Judge, in whom
O God, whose former Mercies make
Appears in 5 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 119 Lyrics: 1 O God, whose former Mercies make
my constant Praise thy Due,
Hold not thy Peace, but my sad State
with wonted Favour view.
2 For sinful Men, with lying Lips,
deceitful Speeches frame,
And with their study'd Slanders seek
to wound my spotless Fame.
3 Their restless hatred prompts them still
malicious Lies to spread;
And all against my Life combine,
by causeless Fury led.
4 Those whom with tend'rest Love I us'd,
my chief Opposers are;
Whilst I, of other Friends bereft,
resort to thee by Pray'r.
5 Since Mischief, for the Good I did,
their strange Reward does prove;
And Hatred's the Return they make
for undissembled Love:
6 Their guilty Leader shall be made
to some ill Man a Slave;
And when he's try'd, his mortal Foe
for his Accuser have.
7 His Guilt, when Sentence is pronounc'd,
shall meet a dreadful Fate,
Whilst his rejected Pray'r but serves
his Crimes to aggravate.
8 He snatch'd by some untimely Fate,
shan't live out half his Days:
Another, by Divine Decree,
shall on his office seize.
9,10 His Seed shall Orphans be, his Wife
a Widow plung'd in Grief;
His vagrant Children beg their Bread,
where none can give Relief.
11 His ill got Riches shall be made
to Usurers a Prey;
The Fruit of all his Toil shall be
by Strangers born away.
12 None shall be found that to his Wants
their Mercy will extend,
Or to his helpless Orphan Seed
the least Assistance lend.
13 A swift Destruction soon shall seize
on his unhappy Race;
And the next Age his hated Name
shall utterly deface.
14 The Vengeance of his Father's Sins,
upon his Head shall fall;
God on his Mother's Crimes shall think,
and punish him for all.
15 All these in horrid Order rank'd,
before the Lord shall stand,
'Till his fierce Anger quite cuts off
their Mem'ry from the Land.
Part II
16 Because he never Mercy shew'd,
but still the Poor oppress'd;
And sought to slay the helpless Man,
with heavy Woes distress'd.
17 Therefore the Curse he lov'd to vent,
shall his own Portion prove;
And Blessing, which he still abhorr'd,
shall far from him remove.
18 Since he in cursing took such pride,
like Water it shall spread
Thro' all his Veins, and stick like Oil
with which his Bones are fed.
19 This, like a poison'd Robe, shall still
his constant Cov'ring be;
Or an envonom'd Belt, from which
he never shall be free.
20 Thus shall the Lord reward all those
that Ill to me design;
That with malicious false Reports
against my Life combine.
21 But for thy glorious Name, o God,
do thou deliver me;
And for thy gracious Mercy's Sake,
preserve and set me free:
23 For I, to utmost Straits reduc'd,
am void of all Relief;
My Heart is wounded with Distress,
and quite pierc'd thro' with Grief.
23 I, like an Ev'ning Shade, decline,
which vanishes apace:
Like Locusts up and down I'm toss'd,
and have no certain Place.
24,25 My Knees with Fasting are grown weak,
my body lank and lean;
All that behold me shake their heads,
and treat me with Disdain.
26,27 But for thy Mercies sake, O Lord,
do thou my Foes withstand;
That all may see 'tis thy own Act,
the Work of thy right hand.
28 Then let them curse, so thou but bless;
let Shame the Portion be
Of all that my Destruction seek,
while I rejoice in thee.
29 My Foes shall with disgrace be cloath'd,
and spite of all his Pride,
His own Confusion, like a Cloak,
the guilty Wretch shall hide.
30 But I to God, in grateful Thanks,
my chearful Voice will raise;
And where the great Assembly meets,
set forth his noble Praise.
31 For him the Poor shall always find
their sure and constant Friend;
And he shall from unrighteous Dooms
their guiltless souls defend.
O God, whose former Mercies make
With me thy servant thou hast dealt
Appears in 5 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 119
With me thy servant thou hast dealt
To my request and earnest cry
Appears in 5 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 119
To my request and earnest cry
O how I love thy law! it is
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 5 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 119:97-104 Lyrics: MEM THE THIRTEENTH PART
97 O how love I thy law! it is
my study all the day:
98 it makes me wiser than my foes;
for it doth with me stay.
99 Than all my teachers now I have
more understanding far;
because my meditation still
thy testimonies are.
100 In understanding I excel
even those that aged be;
because thy precepts to observe
I have sought earnestly.
101 My feet from each ill way I stayed,
that I may keep thy word.
102 I from thy judgments have not swerved;
for thou hast taught me, Lord.
103 How sweet unto my taste, O Lord,
are all thy words of truth!
Yea, I do find them sweeter far
than honey to my mouth.
104 I through thy precepts, that are pure,
do understanding get;
I therefore every way that’s false
with all my heart do hate. Used With Tune: ST FRANCES
O how I love thy law! it is
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