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Alpha and Omega

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Hail, Alpha and Omega, hail! Lyrics: 1 Hail, Alpha and Omega, hail! Thou great beginning, glorious end! From first to last, from last to first, God, Father, Saviour, Brother, Friend. 2 No change of will, nor lapse of pow'r, Shall alter or impede thy plan: One grand, consistent, perfect whole Is thine, thou head of ev'ry man. 3 Ere morning stars, creation sang, Th' eternal purpose was complete; Nor can the idle whirl of time, Thy everlasting love defeat. Topics: Attributes, Characters, Names, and Offices of Christ, from the New Testatment Scripture: Revelation 1:11

Counsellor

Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Hail Counsellor of peace, good will! Lyrics: 1 Hail Counsellor of peace, good will! Glorious for God and man; Thee we adore, on Zion's hill, And bless thy gracious plan. 2 Faithful and true in ev'ry word, Thy counsel wrote in blood, Brings home the banish'd, to the Lord, And makes their peace with God. 3 Jesus! can time, can life repay, The mighty debt of love? Ah! no,—Then sound ye harps of day, And shout his name above. Scripture: Isaiah 11:2

The Triumphs of the Exalted

Author: Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 80 hymnals First Line: Thus the eternal Father spake Lyrics: 1 Thus the eternal Father spake To Christ the Son; "Ascend and sit At my right hand, 'till I shall make Thy foes submissive at thy feet. 2 From Zion shall thy word proceed, Thy word, the sceptre in thy hand, Shall make the hearts of rebels bleed, And bow their wills to thy command. 3 That day shall show thy pow'r is great, When saints shall flock with willing minds, And sinners croud thy temple gate, Where holiness in beauty shines." 4 O blessed pow'r! O glorious day! What a large vict'ry shall ensue! And converts who thy grace obey, Exceed the drops of morning dew. Scripture: Psalm 110:1-4

Praise for Providence

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 85 hymnals First Line: Thy ways, O LORD, with wise design Lyrics: 1 Thy ways, O LORD, with wise design, Are fram'd upon thy throne above, And ev'ry dark or bending line, Meets in the centre of thy love. 2 With feeble light, and half obscure, Poor mortals thy arrangements view, Not knowing that the least are sure, And the mysterious just and true. 3 Thy flock, thy own peculiar care, Tho' now they seem to roam uney'd, Are led or driven only where They best and safest may abide. 4 They neither know, nor trace the way, But trusting to thy piercing Eye; None of their feet to ruin stray, Nor shall the weakest fail or die. 5 My favor'd soul shall meekly learn, To lay her reason at thy throne; Too weak thy secrets to discern, I'll trust thee for my guide alone. Topics: Creation, Providence, Redemption and Salvation, celebrated in Songs of Praise Scripture: Matthew 5:45 Text Sources: Rippon's Coll.

Master Builder

Author: James Relly Meter: Irregular Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Ye are God's building, is the word Lyrics: 1 Ye are God's building, is the word, Rais'd for the glory of the Lord, Where he delights to dwell: In Jesus, rais'd by his own hand, This building ever shall withstand The hostile gates of hell. 2 As skilful builders always care Proper materials to prepare, Needful for strength and grace; So did he choose us in our head, Ere time commenc'd, or worlds were made, To build his dwelling place. 3 Such no untemper'd mortar use, But justly will the same refuse For what's more excellent; All human daubings God despis'd; When he his noble building rais'd, Christ was the strong cement. 4 Would you the stately pile survey, Its beauty, strength and harmony? Then Christ Immanuel see! Where all perfections in him meet, There is the building seen complete, The sum of all is He. Topics: Attributes, Characters, Names, and Offices of Christ, from the New Testament Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:9

Glorification with Christ

Author: James Relly Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: By grace we know, to us it's clear Lyrics: 1 By grace we know, to us it's clear, When Christ, our Saviour, shall appear, We shall be like him, O what bliss! For we shall see him as he is. 2 When as he is, we him descry, In spirit's light and mystery; Unnumber'd beauties in him shine, Beauties of God, and man divine: 3 Beauties of holiness and grace, Adorn our Saviour's lovely face; Eternal truth and righteousness Doth he, in purity possess. 4 When as he is, we him do see, From evy'r spot and wrinkle free: How glorious is the worthy Lamb! How venerable is his name! 5 But, O what glorious Grace is this! That when we see him as he is, We see ourselves, and are assur'd That we are like our dearest Lord. 6 As we his mystic fulness are, He gives us each a member's share In all his grace: the favour'd bride Is with his likeness satisfied. Topics: Attributes, Characters, Names, and Offices of Christ, from the New Testatment Scripture: Romans 8:29-30

The Lord our Righteousness

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 499 hymnals First Line: Jesus, thy blood and righteousness Lyrics: 1 Jesus, thy blood and righteousness, My beauty are, my glorious dress; 'Midst flaming worlds in these array'd, With joy shall I lift up my head. 2 When from the dust of death I rise, To claim my mansion in the skies; E'en then shall this be all my plea, "Jesus hath liv'd, hat di'd for me." 3 Bold shall I stand in that great day; For who aught to my charge shall lay? Fully thro' these absolv'd I am From sin and fear, from guilt and shame. 4 Thus Abraham the friend of God, Thus all the armies bought with blood, Saviour of sinners thee proclaim; Sinners, of whom the chief I am. 5 This spotless robe the same appears, When ruin'd nature sinks in years; No age can change its glorious hue, The grace of Christ is ever new. 6 O let the dead now hear thy voice, Now bid thy banish'd ones rejoice, Their beauty this, their glorious dress, Jesus the Lord our righteousness. Text Sources: Wesley's Coll.

Elect

Author: Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 29 hymnals First Line: Jesus, we bless thy Father's name Lyrics: 1 Jesus, we bless thy Father's name; Thy God and our's are both the same; What heav'nly blessings from his throne Flow down to sinners thro' his Son! 2 Christ be my first Elect, he said, Then chose our souls in Christ our head, Before he gave the mountains birth, Or laid foundations for the earth. 3 Thus did eternal love begin To raise us up from death and sin; Our characters were then decreed, Blameless in love, a holy seed: 4 Predestinated to be sons, Born by degrees, but chose at once; A new regenerated race, To praise the glory of his grace. 5 With Christ, our Lord, we share our part, In the affections of his heart; Nor shall our souls be thence remov'd, 'Till He forgets his first belov'd. Scripture: Isaiah 42:1-4

Maker and Husband

Author: James Relly Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Tho' mothers kind, forgetful prove Lyrics: 1 Tho' mothers kind, forgetful prove, Of sucklings noursh'd at the breast, Or yearning bowels cease to move To infants when with pain oppress'd? 2 Yet I will ne'er forget my bride, Says Jesus, God of love and truth, Taken, when sleeping from my side, Then, born to bear, eternal youth. 3 I'll not forget my word, my oath, I'll not forget my wounds, my blood; My friendship makes but one of both, And I am still thy Saviour God. 4 Wrote on my hands thy much lov'd name, My Zion, glorious is thy state! I see thee always without blame, And his own body none can hate. 5 Thy walls before me alwasy are; Bounds to thy dwelling I have set; My Zion's my peculiar care, My Zion I will ne'er forget. 6 O happy Zion see and prove, How groundless all thy sorrows are; Live in thy husband's nature, love, And that shall cast out all thy fear. Scripture: Isaiah 45:5

Introductory to the Work

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Though various names, O Lord, divide Lyrics: 1 Though various names, O lord, divide The diff'ring tribes of Adam's race; yet all to him, to thee allied, Are sons of wrath, and heirs of grace. 2 One law of death condemns the whole, The east, the west, the south, the norht: And one free gift gives life to all The present, future, past of earth. 3 From one, all nations, kindreds sprung: To one they tend; that one art Thou: Then be thy praise in concert sung, By all thine offspring, here below. Scripture: Acts 17:26