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The Stony Heart

Author: Hart Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 280 hymnals First Line: O for a glance of heav'nly day Lyrics: 1 O for a glance of heav'nly day, To take this stubborn stone away; And thaw, with beams of love divine, This heart, this frozen heart of mine! 2 The rocks can rent, the earth can quake, The sea can roar, the mountains shake; Of feeling all things shew some sign, But this unfeeling heart of mine. 3 To hear the sorrows thou hast felt, Dear Lord, an adamant would melt: But I can reach each moving line, And nothing moves this heart of mine. 4 Thy judgments too, unmov'd I hear, (Amazing thought!) which devils fear: Goodness and wrath in vain combine, To stir this stupid heart of mine. 5 But something yet can do the deed, And that dear something much I need: Thy Spirit can from dross refine, And move and melt this heart of mine. Topics: The Sensible Sinner

Pleading the Covenant

Appears in 10 hymnals First Line: O Lord my God, whose sovereign love Lyrics: 1 O Lord my God, whose sovereign love Is still the same nor e'er can move, Look to the covenant and see, Has not thy love been shown to me? Remember me, my dearest friend, And love me alway to the end. 2 Be with me still, as heretofore, And help me forward more and more; My strong, my stubborn will incline To be obedient still to thine; O lead me by thy gracious hand, And guide me safe to Canaan's land. Topics: The Christian Life Scripture: Psalm 74:20

Unchangeable Love

Appears in 25 hymnals First Line: O my distrustful heart Lyrics: 1 O my distrustful heart How small thy faith appears! But greater, Lord, thou art, Than all my doubts and fears. Did Jesus once upon me shine? Then Jesus is forever mine. 2 Unchangeable his will, Tho' dark may be my frame; His loving heart is still Eternally the same: My soul thro' many changes goes; His love no variation knows. 3 Thou, Lord, wilt carry on, And perfectly perform The work thou hast begun In me a sinful worm; Midst all my fears, and sin and woe, Thy Spirit will not let me go. 4 The bowels of thy grace At first did freely move: I still shall see thy face, And feel that God is love! Myself into thine arms I cast; Lord, save, O save my soul at last. Topics: The Christian Life

Sorrow spread before the LORD

Author: Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 221 hymnals First Line: O that I knew the secret place Lyrics: 1 O that I knew the secret place, Where I might find my God! I'd spread my wants before his face, And pour my woes abroad. 2 I'd tell him how my sins arise, What sorrows I sustain; How grace decays, and comfort dies, And leaves my heart in pain. 3 He knows what arguments I'd take To wrestle with my God; I'd plead for his own mercy's sake, And for my Saviour's blood. 4 My God will pity my complaints, And heal my broken bones; He takes the meaning of his saints, The language of their groans. 5 Arise, my soul, from deep distress, And banish ev'ry fear; He calls thee to his throne of grace, To spread thy sorrows there. Topics: Affliction

Atonement

Author: Toplady Appears in 19 hymnals First Line: O thou who didst thy glory leave Lyrics: 1 O thou, who didst thy glory leave, Apostate sinners to retrieve From nature's deadly fall; If thou hast bought me with a price, My sins against me ne'er shall rise, For thou hast borne them all. 2 And wast thou punish'd in my stead? Didst thou without the city bleed To expiate my stains? On earth my God vouchsaf'd to dwell, And made of infinite avail The sufferings of the man. 3 And wast thou for transgressors given? And did th' incarnate King of heaven For us his foes expire? Amaz'd, O earth, the tidings hear! He bore, that we might never bear His Father's righteous ire. 4 Ye Saints, the Man of Sorrows bless, The God, for your unrighteousness Deputed to atone: Praise, 'till with all the ransom'd throng Ye sing the never-ending song, And see him on his throne. Topics: Redemption

Absence from GOD

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 361 hymnals First Line: O thou, whose tender mercy hears Lyrics: 1 O thou, whose tender mercy hears Contrition's humble cry: Whose hand, indulgent, wipes the tears From sorrow's weeping eye. 2 See, low before the throne of grace We wretched wand'rer mourn! Thyself hast bid me seek thy face, Thyself hast said, return! 3 And shall my guilty fears prevail To drive us from thy feet? Thy word of promise cannot fail, My tow'r of safe retreat. 4 Absent from thee, my guide, my light, Without one cheering ray; Through dangers, fears, and gloomy night, How desolate my way! 5 O shine on this benighted heart, With beams of mercy shine; And let thy Spirit's voice impart A taste of joys divine. Topics: The Christian Life

Longing for a Place at the Right Hand of the Judge

Appears in 439 hymnals First Line: When thou mu righteous Judge shalt come Lyrics: 1 When thou my righteous Judge shalt come To fetch thy ransom'd people home, Shall I among them stand? Shall such a worthless worm as I, Who sometimes am afraid to die, Be found at thy right hand! 2 I love to meet among them now, Before thy gracious feet to bow, Tho' vilest of them all; But can I bear the piercing thought? What if my name should be left out, When thou for them shalt call? 3 Prevent, prevent it by thy grace; Be thou, dear Lord, my hiding place, In this th' accepted day: Thy pardoning voice, O let me hear, To still my unbelieving fear; Nor let me fall I pray. 4 Let me among thy saints be found, Whene'er th' archangel's trump shall sound, To see thy smiling face; Then loudest of the croud I'll sing, While heaven's resounding mansions ring With shouts of sovereign grace. Topics: Time and Eternity

Love to CHRIST

Author: Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 87 hymnals First Line: Of all the joys we mortals know Lyrics: 1 Of all the joys we mortals know, Jesus, thy love exceeds the rest; Love, the best blessing here below, The nearest image of the blest. 2 While we are held in thy embrace, There's not a thought attempts to rove; Each smile upon thy beauteous face, Fixes, and charms, and fires our Love. 3 While of thine absence we complain, And long, or weep in all we do, There's a strange pleasure in the pain, And tears have their own sweetness too. 4 When round thy courts by day we rove, Or ask the watchmen of the night For some kind tidings of our love, Thy very name creates delight. 5 Jesus, our God, yet rather come, Our eyes would dwell upon thy face; 'Tis best to see our Lord at home, And feel the presence of his grace. Topics: Graces

The tolling Bell

Author: Newton Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 78 hymnals First Line: Oft as the bell, with solemn toll Lyrics: 1 Oft as the bell, with solemn toll, Speaks the departure of a soul, Let each one ask himself, "Am I Prepar'd, should I be call'd to die?" 2 Only this frail and fleeting breath Preserves me with the jaws of death; Soon as it fails, at once I'm gone, And plung'd into a world unknown. 3 Then, leaving all I lov'd below, To God's tribunal I must go; Must hear the Judge pronounce my fate, And fix my everlasting state. 4 But could I bear to hear him say, "Depart, accursed far away! With Satan in the lowest hell Thou art forever doom'd to dwell." 5 Lord Jesus! help me now to flee, And seek my hope alone in thee; Apply thy blood, thy spirit give, Subdue my sin, and in me live. 6 Then, when the solemn bell I hear, If sav'd from guilt I need not fear; Now would the thought distressing be, Perhaps it next may toll for me. 7 Rather my spirit would rejoice, And long, and wish to hear thy voice; Glad when it bids me earth resign, Secure of heav'n, if thou art mine. Topics: Time and Eternity

Pride lamented

Author: Stennett Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 25 hymnals First Line: Oft have I turned my eye within Lyrics: 1 Oft have I turn'd my eye within, And brought to light some latent sin, But pride, the vice I most detest, Still lurks securely in my breast. 2 Here with a thousand arts she tries To dress me in a fair disguise, To make a guilty wretched worm Put on an angel's brightest form. 3 She hides my follies from my eyes, And lifts my virtues to the skies; And while the specious tale she tells, Her own deformity conceals. 4 Rend, O my God, the veil away, Bring forth the monster to the day; Expose her hideous form to view, And all her restless power subdue. 5 So shall humility divine Again possess this heart of mine; And form a temple for my God, Which he will make his lov'd abode. Topics: The Christian Life