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Praise due to God, not to Idols

Appears in 83 hymnals First Line: Awake, ye saints: To praise your King Lyrics: 1 Awake ye saints: To praise your King Your sweetest passions raise, Your pious pleasure, while you sing, Increasing with the praise. 2 Great is the Lord; and works unknown Are his divine employ: But still his saints are near his throne, His treasure and his joy. 3 Heav'n, earth and sea confess his hand; He bids the vapours rise; Lightning and storm at his command, Sweep thro' the sounding skies. 4 All pow'r that gods or kings have claim'd, Is found with him alone; But heathen gods should ne'er be nam'd Where our Jehovah's known. 5 Which of the stocks or stones they trust, Can give them show'rs of rain? In vain they worship glitt'ring dust, And pray to God in vain. 6 Their gods have tongues that speechless prove, Such as their makers gave: Their feet were never form'd to move, Nor hands have pow'r to save. 7 Blind are their eyes, their ears are deaf, Nor hear when mortals pray; Mortals that wait for their relief, Are blind and deaf as they. 8 Ye nations, know the living God, Serve him with faith and fear; He makes the churches his abode, And claims your honoors there. Scripture: Psalm 135

Christ's Obedience and Death; or God glorified and Sinners saved

Appears in 70 hymnals First Line: Father, I sing thy wond'rous grace Lyrics: 1 Father, I sing thy wond'rous grace, I bless my Saviour's name, He bought salvation for the poor, And bore the sinner's shame. 2 His deep distress has rais'd us high, His duty and his zeal Fulfil'd the law which mortals broke, And finish'd all thy will. 3 His dying groans, his living songs Shall better please my God, Than harp or trumpet's solemn sound, Than goat's or bullock's blood. 4 This shall his humble follow'rs see, And set their hearts at rest; They by his death draw near to thee, And live forever blest. 5 Let heav'n and all that dwell on high To God their voices raise, While lands and seas assist the sky, And join t'advance his praise. 6 Sion is thine, most holy God, Thy Son shall bless her gates; And glory purchas'd by his blood For thine own Isr'el waits. Scripture: Psalm 69

The Saint's Trial and Safety; or, moderated Afflictions

Appears in 61 hymnals First Line: Firm and unmov'd are they Lyrics: 1 Firm and unmov'd are they, That rest their souls on God: Firm as the mount where David dwelt, Or where the ark abode. 2 As mountains stood to guard The city's sacred ground, So God and his Almighty love Embrace his saints around. 3 What tho' the Father's rod Drop a chastising stroke, Yet, lest it wound their souls too deep, Its fury shall be broke. 4 Deal gently, Lord, with those Whose faith and pious fear, Whose hope and love, and ev'ry grace Proclaim their hearts sincere. 5 Nor shall the tyrant's rage Too long oppress the saint; The God of Israel will support His children, lest they faint. 7 But if our slavish fear Will choose the road to hell, We must expect our portion there, Where bolder sinners dwell. Scripture: Psalm 125

Christ ascending and reigning

Appears in 207 hymnals First Line: Oh for a shout of sacred joy Lyrics: 1 Oh for a shout of sacred joy To God the sov'reign King! Let ev'ry land their tongues employ, And hymns of triumph sing. 2 Jesus our God ascends on high; His heav'nly guards around Attend him rising thro' the sky, With trumpets joyful sound. 3 While angels shout and praise their King, Let mortals learn their strains; Let all the earth his honours sing; O’er all the earth he reigns. 4 Rehearse his praise with awe profound, Let knowledge guide the song; Nor mock him with a solemn sound Upon a thoughtless tongue. 5 In Isra'l stood his ancient throne, He lov'd that chosen race; But now he calls the world his own, And heathens taste his grace. 6 The Gentile nations are the Lord’s, There Abraham’s God is known; While pow'rs and princes, shields and swords Submit before his throne. Scripture: Psalm 47

A Prayer-hearing God, and the Gentiles called

Appears in 64 hymnals First Line: Praise waits in Sion, Lord, for thee Lyrics: 1 Praise waits in Sion, Lord, for thee, There shall our vows be paid; Thou hast an ear when sinners pray, All flesh shall seek thine aid. 2 Lord, our iniquities prevail, But pard'ning grace is thine, And thou will grant us pow'r and skill To conquer ev'ry sin. 3 Blest are the men whom thou wilt choose, To bring them near thy face, Give them a dwelling in thine house, To feast upon thy grace. 4 In answ'ring what thy church requests, Thy truth and terror shine, And works of dreadful righteousness, Fulfil thy kind design. 5 Thus shall the wond'ring nations see The Lord is good and just; And distant islands fly to thee, And make thy name their trust. 6 They dread thy glitt'ring tokens, Lord, When signs in heav'n appear; But they shall learn thy holy word, And love as well as fear. Scripture: Psalm 65

Man mortal, and God eternal: A mournful Song at a Funeral

Appears in 161 hymnals First Line: Thro' ev'ry age, eternal God Lyrics: 1 Thro' ev'ry age, eternal God, Thou art our rest, our safe abode: High was thy throne ere heav'n was made, Or earth thy humble footstool laid. 2 Long had'st thou reign'd ere time began, Or dust was fashion'd into a man: And long thy kingdom shall endure When earth and time shall be no more. 3 But man, weak man, is born to die, Made up of guilt and vanity: Thy dreadful sentence, Lord, was just, "Return ye sinners, to your dust." 4 [A thousand of our years amount Scarce to a day in thine account; Like yesterday's departed light, Or the last watch of ending night. Pause. 5 Death, like an overflowing stream, Sweeps us away; our life's a dream; An empty tale; a morning flow'r, Cut down and wither'd in an hour. 6 [Our age to seventy years is set; How short the time! how frail the state! And if to eighty we arrive, We rather sigh and groan, than live. 7 But Oh! how oft thy wrath appears, And cuts off our expected years! Thy wrath awakes our humble dread! We fear the pow'r that strikes us dead. 8 Teach us, O Lord, how frail is man; And kindly lengthen out the span, 'Till a wise care of piety Fit us to die, and dwell with thee. Scripture: Psalm 90

Why did the nations join to slay

Appears in 51 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Why did the nations join to slay The Lord’s anointed Son? Why did they cast his laws away, And tread his gospel down? 2 The Lord that sits above the skies, Derides their rage below, He speaks with vengeance in his eyes, And strikes their spirits through. 3 “I call him my eternal Son, "And raise him from the dead! "I make my holy hill his throne, "And wide his kingdom spread. 4 "Ask me, my Son, and then enjoy "The utmost heathen lands; "Thy rod of iron shall destroy "The rebel that withstands." 5 Be wise, ye rulers of the earth, Obey th’ anointed Lord, Adore the King of heavenly birth, And tremble at his word. 6 With humble love address his throne, For if he frown ye die: Those are secure, and those alone, Who on his grace rely. Scripture: Psalm 2

Guilt of Conscience and Relief; or, Repentance and Prayer for Pardon and Health

Appears in 61 hymnals First Line: Amidst thy wrath remember love Lyrics: 1 Amidst thy wrath remember love, Restore thy servant, Lord, Nor let a Father’s chast'ning prove Like an avenger’s sword. 2 Thine arrows stick within my heart, My flesh is sorely prest; Between the sorrow and the smart My spirit finds no rest. 3 My sins a heavy load appear, And o’er my head are gone; Too heavy they for me to bear, Too hard for me t’ atone. 4 My thoughts are like a troubled sea That sinks my comforts down; And I go mourning all the day Beneath my Father’s frown. 5 Lord I am weaken'd and dismay'd, None of my pow'rs are whole; My wounds with piercing anguish bleed, The anguish of my soul. 6 All my desires to thee are known, Thine eye counts ev'ry tear, And ev'ry sigh and ev'ry groan Is notic'd by thine ear. 7 Thou art my God, my only hope; My God will hear my cry, My God will bear my spirit up When Satan bids me die. [8 My foes rejoice whene'er I slide, To see my virtue fail; They raise their pleasures and their pride, Whene'er their wiles prevail. 9 But I’ll confess my guilty ways, And grieve for all my sin; I’ll mourn how weak the seeds of grace, And beg support divine. 10 My God, forgive my follies past, And be forever nigh; O Lord of my salvation haste, Before thy servant die.] Scripture: Psalm 38

Blessing God for his Goodness to Soul and Body

Appears in 302 hymnals First Line: Bless, O my soul, the living God Lyrics: 1 Bless, O my soul, the living God, Call home thy thoughts that rove abroad, Let all the powers within me join In work and worship so divine! 2 Bless, O my soul, the God of grace! His favours claim thy highest praise; Why should the wonders he hath wrought Be lost in silence and forgot? 3 'Tis he, my soul, that sent his Son To die for crimes, which thou hast done; He owns the ransom, and forgives The hourly follies of our lives. 4 The vices of the mind he heals, And cures the pains that nature feels; Redeems the soul from hell, and saves Our wasting life from threat'ning graves. 5 Our youth decay'd, his power repairs; His mercy crowns our growing years: He fills our store with ev'ry good, And feeds our souls with heav'nly food. 6 He sees th' oppressor and the opprest, And often gives the suff'rers rest; But will his justice more display In the last great rewarding day. 7 [His power he shew'd by Moses' hands, And gave to Isra'l his commands; But sent his truth and mercy down To all the nations by his Son.] 8 Let the whole earth his power confess, Let the whole earth adore his grace; The Gentile with the Jew shall join In work and worship so divine. Scripture: Psalm 103:1-7

The Perfections and Providence of God; or, Genearal Providence and Special Grace

Appears in 380 hymnals First Line: High in the heav'ns, eternal God Lyrics: 1 High in the heave's, eternal God, Thy goodness in full glory shines; Thy truth shall break through ev'ry cloud That veils and darkens thy designs. 2 For ever firm thy justice stands, As mountains their foundations keep; Wise are the wonders of thy hand, Thy judgments are a mighty deep. 3 Thy providence is kind and large, Both man and beast thy bounty share; The whole creation is thy charge, But saints are thy peculiar care. 4 My God, how excellent thy grace! Whence all our hope and comfort springs; The sons of Adam in distress, Fly to the shadow of thy wings. 5 From the provisions of thy house We shall be fed with sweet repast; There mercy, like a river flows, And brings salvation to our taste. 6 Life, like a fountain rich and free, Springs from the presence of my Lord; And in thy light our souls shall see The glories promis'd in thy word. Scripture: Psalm 36:5-9