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Encouragement to trust and love God

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 476 hymnals First Line: Thro' all the changing scenes of life Topics: God Trust in Scripture: Psalm 34

Providence eauitable and kind

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 94 hymnals First Line: Thro' all the various shifting scenes Lyrics: 1 Thro' all the various shifting scenes, Of life's mistaken good or ill; Thy hand, O God, conducts unseen Our changes by thy sov'reign will. 2 Thou givest with paternal care, Howe'er unjustly we complain, To each their necessary share Of joy and sorrow, health and pain. 3 Trust we to youth, or friends, or power, Fix we on this terrestrial ball? When most secure, the coming hour, If thou see fit, may blast them all. 4 When lowest sunk with grief and shame, Fill'd with affliction's bitter cup, Lost to relations, friends, and fame, Thy powerful hand can raise us up. 5 Thy gracious consolations cheer, Thy smiles suppress the deep-fetch'd sigh, Thy hand can dry the trickling tear That secret wets th' afflicted eye. 6 All things on earth, and all in heaven On thy eternal will depend; And all for greater good were given, And all shall in thy glory end. 7 this be my care; to all beside Indifferent let my wishes be; Passion be calm; and dumb be pride, And fix'd, O God, my soul on thee. Topics: Providence Equitable and kind; Providence Equitable and kind Scripture: Psalm 107

Perseverance rewarded

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 12 hymnals First Line: Thus saith the holy One, and true Lyrics: 1 Thus saith the holy One, and true, To his beloved faithful few; "Of heav'n and hell I hold the keys, To shut, or open, as I please. 2 "I know thy works, and I approve, Though small thy strength, sincere thy love; Go on, my word and name to own, For none shall rob thee of thy crown. 3 "Before thee see my mercy's door Stands open wide to shut no more; Fear not temptation's fiery day, For I will be thy strength and stay. 4 "Thou hast my promise, hold it fast, The trying hour will soon be past; Rejoice, for lo! I quickly come, To take thee to my heav'nly home. 5 "A pillar there no more to move, Inscrib'd with all my names of love; A monument of mighty grace, Thou shalt forever have a place." 6 Such is the conqueror's reward, Prepar'd and promis'd by the Lord! Let him that hath the ear of faith, Attend to what the Spirit saith. Topics: Perseverance Rewarded Scripture: Revelation 3:7-13

The Mercy of God

Appears in 94 hymnals First Line: Thy mercy, my God, is the theme of my song Lyrics: 1 Thy mercy, my God, is the theme of my song, The joy of my heart & the boast of my tongue; Thy free grace alone, from the first to the last, Hath won my affections & bound my soul fast. 2 Without thy free mercy I could not live here Sin soon would reduce me to utter despair; But, thro' thy free goodness, my spirits revive, And he that first made me, still keeps me alive. 3 Thy mercy surpasses the sin of my heart Which wonders to feel its own hardness depart, Dissolv'd by thy goodness, I fall to the ground And weep to the praise of the mercy I found. 4 The door of thy mercy stands open all day to the needy and poor, who knock by the way; No sinner shall ever be empty sent back, Who comes seeking mercy for Jesus' dear sake. 5 Thy mercy in Jesus exempts me from hell; Its glories I'll sing, and its wonders I'll tell: 'Twas Jesus the friend when he hung on the tree That open'd the channel of mercy for me. 6 Great Father of mercies, thy goodness I own, And covenant love of thy crucify'd son: All praise to the spirit, whose action divine Seals mercy and pardon and righteousness mine. Topics: God His mercy; God His mercy Scripture: Psalm 89:1

The Infinite God

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 29 hymnals First Line: Thy names, how infinite they be! Lyrics: 1 Thy names, how infinite they be! Great Everlasting one! Boundless thy might and majesty, And unconfin'd thy throne. 2 Thy glories shine of wond'rous size, And wond'rous large thy grace: Immortal day breaks from thine eyes, And Gabriel veils his face. 3 Thine essence is a vast abyss, Which angels cannot sound, An ocean of infinities, Where all our thoughts are drown'd. 4 Thy mysteries of creation lie Beneath enlighten'd minds; Thoughts can ascend above the sky, And fly before the winds. 5 Reason may grasp the massy hills, And stretch from pole to pole, But half thy name our spirit fills, And overloads our soul. 6 In vain our haughty reason swells, For nothing's found in thee But boundless inconceivables, And vast eternity. Topics: God His Infinity; God His omnipresence; God His Infinity; God His omnipresence

A hymn for the beginning of worship

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 174 hymnals First Line: Thy presence, gracious God, afford Lyrics: 1 Thy presence, gracious God, afford, Prepare us to receive thy word; Now let thy voice engage our ear, And faith be mixt with what we hear. 2 Distracting thoughts and cares remove, And fix our hearts and hopes above; With food divine may we be fed, And satisfy'd with living bread. 3 To us thy sacred word apply, With sov'reign pow'r and energy; And may we in thy faith and fear, Reduce to practice what we hear. 4 Father,in us thy Son reveal; Teach us to know and do thy will; Thy saving pow'r and love display, And guide us to the realms of day. Topics: Worship Beginning of

The Unsearchable Wisdom of God

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 192 hymnals First Line: Wait, O my soul, thy maker's will Lyrics: 1 Wait, O my soul, thy maker's will, Tumultuous passions all be still! Nor let a murmuring thought arise, His ways are just, his counsels wise. 2 He in the thickest darkness dwells, Performs his work, the cause conceals; But tho' his methods are unknown, Judgment and truth support his throne. 3 In heaven, and earth, and air, and seas, He executes his firm decrees; And by his saints it stands confest, That what he does is ever best. 4 Wait then, my soul, submissive wait, Prostrate before his awful seat; And 'midst the terrors of his rod, Trust in a wise and gracious God. Topics: God His Wisdom unsearchable

Vanity of the world

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Wealth is a blessing only lent Lyrics: 1 Wealth is a blessing only lent, To be repaid by deeds of love; God gives his bounties to be spent, To hoard them will his anger move. 2 The world's esteem is but a bribe; To buy its peace we sell our own, Enslav'd by an applauding tribe, Who hate us while they make us known. 3 The joy that vain amusements give, To him who thoughtless sports and sings, Is like the honey of a hive, When guarded by a thousand stings. 4 'Tis thus the world rewards the fools Thank live upon her treach'rous smiles; She leads them, blindfold by here rules, And ruins all whom she beguiles. 5 'Tis thus that thousands hasten down From pleasure, into endless woe; And with a long despairing groan, Blaspheme their Maker as they go. 6 Warn'd by their woes, may we be wise, Delighting in a Saviour's charms; Then God will take us to the skies, Embrac'd in everlasting arms. Topics: World Vanity of

A Sinner submitting to God

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 42 hymnals First Line: Weary of struggling with my pain Lyrics: 1 Weary of struggling with my pain, Hopeless to burst my sinful chain, Hardly I give the contest o'er, I seek to free myself no more. 2 From my own words at last I cease-- God that creates must seal my peace; Fruitless my toil and vain my care, Unless thy sov'reign grace I share. 3 Lord, I despair myself to heal, I see my sin but cannot feel; I cannot, till my spirit blow, And bid th' obedient waters flow. 4 'Tis thine, a heart of flesh to give, Thy gifts I only can receive; Here then to thee I all resign; To draw, redeem and seal is thine. 5 With simple truth to thee I call, My light, my life, my Lord, my all; I wait the moving of the pool-- I wait the word that speaks me whole. 6 Speak, gracious Lord, my sickness cure, Make my infected nature pure; Peace, righteousness and joy impart, And pour thyself into my heart.

Sin and Holiness

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 40 hymnals First Line: What jarring natures dwell within Lyrics: 1 What jarring natures dwell within, Imperfect grace, remaining sin! Nor this can reign, nor that prevail, Tho' each by turns my heart assail. 2 Now I complain, and groan and die, Now raise my songs of triumph high, Sing a rebellious passion slain, Or mourn to feel it live again. 3 One happy hour beholds me rise, Borne upwards to my native skies, While faith assists my soaring flight, To realms of joy, and worlds of light. 4 Great God, assist me thro' the fight, Make me triumphant in thy might; Thou the desponding heart canst raise, The victory mine, and thine the praise. Topics: Holiness and Sin; Holiness and Sin