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The Christian's Noblest Resolution

Hymnal: PSCD_v1 #161 (1760) First Line: Ah wretched souls, who strive in vain Lyrics: I. Ah wretched souls, who strive in vain, Slaves to the world, and slaves to sin! A nobler toil may I sustain, A nobler satisfaction win. II. I would resolve with all my heart, With all my pow'rs, to serve the Lord, Nor from his precepts e'er depart, Whose service is a rich reward. III. O be his service all my joy, Around let my example shine, Till others love the blest employ, And join in labours so divine. IV. Be this the purpose of my soul, My solemn, my determin'd choice, To yield to his supreme controul, And in his kind commands rejoice. V. O may I never faint nor tire, Nor wand'ring leave his sacred ways; Great God, accept my soul's desire, And give me strength to live thy praise. Scripture: Joshua 24:15

The Inconstant Heart

Hymnal: PSCD_v1 #119 (1760) First Line: Ah! wretched, vile, ungrateful heart Lyrics: I. Ah! wretched, vile, ungrateful heart, That can from Jesus thus depart, Thus fond of trifles vainly rove, Forgetful of a Saviour's love! II. In vain I charge my thoughts to stay, And chide each vanity away, In vain, alas! resolve to bind This rebel heart, this wand'ring mind. III. Through all resolves, how soon it flies, And mocks the weak, the slender ties! There's nought beneath a pow'r divine, That can this roving heart confine. IV. Jesus, to thee, I would return, At thy dear feet repentant mourn; There let me view thy pard'ning love, And never from thy sight remove. V. O let thy love with sweet controul, Bind all the passions of my soul, Bid ev'ry vanity depart, And dwell forever in my heart. Languages: English

Watchfulness and Prayer

Hymnal: PSCD_v1 #79 (1760) First Line: Alas, what hourly dangers rise! Lyrics: I. Alas, what hourly dangers rise! What snares beset my way! To heav'n O let me lift my eyes, And hourly watch and pray. II. How oft my mournful thoughts complain, And melt in flowing tears! My weak resistance, ah, how vain! How strong my foes and fears? III. O gracious God, on whom I live, My feeble efforts aid, Help me to watch, and pray, and strive, Tho' trembling and afraid. IV. Increase my faith, increase my hope, When foes and fears prevail; And bear my fainting spirit up, Or soon my strength will fail. V. Whene'er temptations fright my heart, Or lure my feet aside, My God, thy pow'rful aid impart, My guardian, and my guide. VI. O keep me in thy heav'nly way, And bid the tempter flee; And let me never, never stray From happiness and thee. Scripture: Matthew 26:41 Languages: English

Desiring to Praise God

Hymnal: PSCD_v1 #1 (1760) First Line: Almighty author of my frame Lyrics: I. Almighty author of my frame, To thee my vital pow'rs belong; Thy praise, (delightful, glorious theme!) Demands my heart, my life, my tongue. II. My heart, my life, my tongue are thine: Oh be thy praise their best employ! But may my song with Angels join? Nor sacred awe forbid the joy? III. Thy glories, the seraphic lyre On all its strings attemps in vain; Then how shall mortals dare aspire In thought, to try th'unequal strain? IV. Yet the Sov'reign of the skies To mortals bends a gracious ear; Nor the mean tribute will despise, If offer'd with a heart sincere. V. Great God, accept the humble praise, And guide my heart, and guide my tongue, while to thy name I trembling raise The grateful, tho' unworthy song.

Praise to God for the Blessings of Providence and Grace

Hymnal: PSCD_v1 #50 (1760) First Line: Almighty Father, gracious Lord Lyrics: I. Almighty Father, gracious Lord, Kind guardian of my days, Thy mercies, let my heart record In songs of grateful praise. II. In life's first dawn, my tender frame Was thy indulgent care, Long e're I could pronounce thy name, Or breathe the infant pray'r. III. When reason with my stature grew, How weak her brightest ray! How little of my God I knew! How apt from thee to stray! IV. Around my path what dangers rose! What snares spread all the road! No pow'r could guard me from my foes But my preserver, God. V. When life hung trembling on a breath, 'Twas thy almighty love That sav'd me from impending death, And bad[e] my fears remove. VI. How many blessings round me shone, Where'er I turn'd my eye! How many past almost unknown, Or unregarded, by. VII. Each rolling year new favours brought From thy exhaustless store: But ah! in vain my lab'ring thought Would count thy mercies o'er. VIII. While sweet reflection, thro' my days Thy bounteous hand would trace; Still dearer blessings claim my praise, The blessings of thy grace. IX. Yes, I adore thee, gracious Lord, For favours more divine; That I have known thy sacred word, Where all thy glories shine. X. 'Tis here, I view with pleasing pain, How Jesus left the sky, (Almighty love! surprising scene!) For man, lost man, to die. XI. When blest with some transporting view, That Jesus died for me, For this sweet hope what praise is due, O God of grace, to thee! XII. And may I hope that Christ is mine? That source of ev'ry bliss, That noblest gift of love divine— What wondrous grace is this! XIII. My highest praise, alas, how poor! How cold my warmest love! Dear Saviour, teach me to adore As angels do above. XIV. But frail mortality in vain Attempts the blissful song; The high, the vast, the boundless strain, Claims an immortal tongue. XV. Lord, when this mortal frame decays, And ev'ry weakness dies, Compleat the wonders of thy grace, And raise me to the skies. XVI. Then shall my joyful pow'rs unite, In more exalted lays, And join the happy sons of light, In everlasting praise. Languages: English

The Wonders of Redemption

Hymnal: PSCD_v1 #175 (1760) First Line: And did the holy and the just Lyrics: I. And did the holy and the just, The Sov'reign of the skies, Stoop down to wretchedness and dust, That guilty worms might rise? II. Yes, the Redeemer left his throne, His radiant throne on high, (Surprizing mercy! love unknown!) To suffer, bleed and die. III. He took the dying traitor's place, And suffer'd in his stead; For man, (O miracle of grace!) For man the Saviour bled! IV. Dear Lord, what heav'nly wonders dwell In thy atoning blood? By this are sinners snatch'd from hell, And rebels brought to God. V. Jesus, my soul, adoring bends To love so full, so free; And may I hope that love extends It's sacred pow'r to me? VI. What glad return can I impart, For favours so divine? O take my all,—this worthless heart, And make it only thine. Scripture: 1 Peter 3:18 Languages: English

The Example of Christ

Hymnal: PSCD_v1 #122 (1760) First Line: And is the gospel, peace and love? Lyrics: I. And is the gospel, peace and love? Such let our conversation be; The serpent blended with the dove, Wisdom and meek simplicity. II. Whene'er the angry passions rise, And tempt our thoughts or tongues to strife, On Jesus let us lift our eyes, Bright pattern of the Christian life! III. O how benevolent and kind! How mild! how ready to forgive! Be this the temper of our mind, And these the rules by which we live. IV. To do his heav'nly Father's will, Was his employment and delight; Humility and holy zeal Shone through his life, divinely bright! V. Dispensing good where'er he came, The labours of his life were love; O, if we love the Saviour's name, Let his divine example move. VI. But ah how blind! how weak we are! How frail! how apt to turn aside! Lord, we depend upon thy care, And ask thy Spirit for our guide. VII. Thy fair example may we trace, To teach us what we ought to be; Make us by thy transforming grace, Dear Saviour, daily more like thee. Languages: English

The Heavenly Guest

Hymnal: PSCD_v1 #67 (1760) First Line: And will the Lord thus condescend Lyrics: I. And will the Lord thus condescend To visit sinful worms? Thus at the door, shall mercy stand In all her winning forms? II. Surprising grace!—and shall my heart Unmov'd and cold remain? Has this hard rock no tender part? Must mercy please in vain? III. Shall Jesus for admission sue, His charming voice unheard? And this vile heart, his rightful due, Remain for ever barr'd? IV. 'Tis sin, alas, with tyrant pow'r, The lodging has possest; And crowds of traitors bar the door Against the heav'nly guest. V. Lord, rise in thy all-conqu'ring grace, Thy mighty pow'r display; One beam of glory from thy face Can drive my foes away. VI. Ye dang'rous inmates, hence depart; Dear Saviour, enter in, And guard the passage to my heart, And keep out ev'ry sin. Scripture: Revelation 3:20 Languages: English

An Evening Reflection

Hymnal: PSCD_v1 #56 (1760) First Line: Another day is past Lyrics: I. Another day is past, The hours for ever fled, And time is bearing me in haste, To mingle with the dead. II. Perhaps my closing eyes No more may hail the light, Seal'd up, before the morning rise, In everlasting night. III. But I've a part to live, A never dying ray, The soul, immortal, will survive The ruins of her clay. IV. This mortal frame must lie Unconscious in the tomb, But oh! where will my spirit fly, And what will be her doom? V. On the tremendous brink Of vast eternity, Where souls with strange amazement shrink, What will my prospect be? VI. When the dark gulph below, With death and horror fraught, Reveals its scenes of endless woe— Oh dreadful, dreadful thought! VII. But lo! yon shining skies Beam down a chearful ray, And bid my drooping hopes arise To glorious realms of day. VIII. 'Tis there my Saviour lives, My Lord, my life, my light; His blissful name my soul revives— Adieu to death and night. IX. He conquer'd death and hell, And victorious love Shall bear his ransom'd friends, to dwell In his bright courts above. X. Jesus! and art thou mine? O let thy heav'nly voice Confirm my hope with pow'r divine, And bid my soul rejoice. XI. Then shall my closing eyes, Contended, sink to rest; For if to night this body lies, My spirit shall be blest. Languages: English

The Incarnate Saviour

Hymnal: PSCD_v1 #85 (1760) First Line: Awake, awake the sacred song Lyrics: I. Awake, awake the sacred song To our incarnate Lord: Let ev'ry heart, and ev'ry tongue, Adore th’eternal Word. II. That awful Word, that sov'reign pow'r, By whom the worlds were made; (O happy morn! illustrious hour!) Was once in flesh array'd! III. Then shone almighty pow'r and love, In all their glorious forms, When Jesus left His throne above, To dwell with sinful worms. IV. To dwell with misery below, The Savior left the skies; And sunk to wretchedness and woe, That worthless man might rise. V. Adoring angels tun'd their songs To hail the joyful day: With rapture then, let mortal tongues Their grateful worship pay! VI. What glory, Lord, to thee is due? With wonder we adore; But could we sing as angels do, Our highest praise were poor. Scripture: John 1:14 Languages: English