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Abide with Me

Author: Henry F. Lyte, 1793-1847 Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 1,719 hymnals Topics: Brevity And Frailty Of Life First Line: Abide with me; fast falls the eventide Scripture: Luke 24:29 Used With Tune: EVENTIDE

Precious Lord, Take My Hand

Author: Thomas A. Dorsey Meter: Irregular Appears in 117 hymnals Topics: Brevity & Frailty of Life; Brevity & Frailty of Life Scripture: Psalm 139:10 Used With Tune: PRECIOUS LORD

What a Friend We Have in Jesus

Author: Joseph M. Scriven Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,755 hymnals Topics: Brevity & Frailty of Life; Brevity & Frailty of Life Lyrics: 1 What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear! What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer! Oh, what peace we often forfeit, oh, what needless pain we bear, all because we do not carry everything to God in prayer. 2 Have we trials and temptations? Is there trouble anywhere? We should never be discouraged; take it to the Lord in prayer. Can we find a friend so faithful, who will all our sorrows share? Jesus knows our every weakness; take it to the Lord in prayer. 3 Are we weak and heavy laden, cumbered with a load of care? Precious Savior, still our refuge! Take it to the Lord in prayer. Do your friends despise, forsake you? Take it to the Lord in prayer! In his arms he'll take and shield you; you will find a solace there. Scripture: Matthew 11:28-30 Used With Tune: BEACH SPRING

The Tender Love a Father Has

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 15 hymnals Topics: Brevity & Frailty of Life; Brevity & Frailty of Life Lyrics: 1 The tender love a father has for all his children dear such love the Lord bestows on those who worship him in fear. 2 The Lord remembers we are dust, and all our frailty knows; our life is like the tender grass, and as the flower it grows. 3 The flower is withered by the wind that smites with blighting breath; so we are quickly swept away before the blast of death. 4 Unchanging is the love of God, from age to age the same, displayed to all who do his will and reverence his name. 5 Those who his gracious covenant keep the Lord will ever bless; their children's children shall rejoice to see his righteousness. Scripture: Psalm 103:13-18 Used With Tune: TALLIS' ORDINAL Text Sources: Psalter, 1912, alt.

Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise

Author: Walter Chambers Smith Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 216 hymnals Topics: Brevity & Frailty of Life; Brevity & Frailty of Life Lyrics: 1 Immortal, invisible, God only wise, in light inaccessible hid from our eyes, most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days, almighty, victorious, your great name we praise. 2 Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light, nor wanting nor wasting, you rule day and night; your justice like mountains high soaring above, your clouds which are fountains of goodness and love. 3 Life-giving Creator of both great and small, of all life the maker, the true life of all; we blossom, then wither like leaves on the tree, but you are forever, who was and will be. 4 We worship before you, great Father of light, while angels adore you, all veiling their sight; our praises we render, O Father, to you, whom only the splendor of light hides from view. Scripture: Psalm 65 Used With Tune: ST. DENIO

Let others boast how strong they be

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 147 hymnals Topics: Human Frailty and divine Support

O God, Our Help in Ages Past

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,258 hymnals Topics: Brevity & Frailty of Life; Brevity & Frailty of Life Lyrics: 1 O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, our shelter from the stormy blast, and our eternal home: 2 Under the shadow of your throne your saints have dwelt secure; sufficient is your arm alone, and our defense is sure. 3 Before the hills in order stood or earth received its frame, from everlasting you are God, to endless years the same. 4 A thousand ages in your sight are like an evening gone, short as the watch that ends the night before the rising sun. 5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, soon bears us all away; we fly forgotten, as a dream dies at the opening day. 6 O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, still be our guard while troubles last, and our eternal home! Scripture: Psalm 90:1-5 Used With Tune: ST. ANNE (Croft)

Some Day the Silver Cord Will Break

Author: Fanny J. Crosby Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain Appears in 215 hymnals Topics: Brevity And Frailty Of Life Refrain First Line: And I shall see Him face to face Lyrics: 1 Some day the silver cord will break, And I no more as now shall sing; But O the joy when I shall wake Within the palace of the King! Refrain: And I shall see Him face to face, And tell the story— Saved by grace; And I shall see Him face to face, And tell the story— Saved by grace. 2 Some day my earthly house will fall, I cannot tell how soon ’twill be; But this I know: my Lord, my All, Has now a place in heaven for me. [Refrain] 3 Some day, when fades the golden sun Beneath the rosy-tinted west, My blessed Lord will say, “Well done!” And I shall enter into rest. [Refrain] 4 Some day: till then I’ll watch and wait, My lamp all trimmed and burning bright, That when my Savior opes the gate, My soul to Him may take its flight. [Refrain] Used With Tune: SAVED BY GRACE

The Frailty and Shortness of Life

Appears in 164 hymnals Topics: Frailty of Man; Frailty of Man First Line: Lord, what a feeble piece Lyrics: 1 Lord, what a feeble piece Is this our mortal frame! Our life how poor a trifle 'tis, That scarce deserves the name! 2 Alas, the brittle clay That built our body first! And every month and every day, 'Tis mouldering back to dust. 3 Our moments fly apace, Our feeble powers decay, Swift like a flood our hasty days Are sweeping us away. 4 Yet, if our days must fly, We'll keep their end in sight, We'll spend them all in wisdom's way, And let them speed their flight. 5 They'll waft us sooner o'er This life's tempestuous sea; Soon we shall reach the peaceful shore Of blest eternity. Scripture: Psalm 90:5

O Come, My Soul, Sing Praise to God

Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Appears in 20 hymnals Topics: Brevity & Frailty of Life; Brevity & Frailty of Life First Line: O come, my soul, sing praise to God our Maker Refrain First Line: Praise him, all angels Lyrics: 1 O come, my soul, sing praise to God our Maker, and all within me, praise his holy name. Sing praise to God, forget not all his mercies; his pardoning grace and saving love proclaim. Refrain: Praise him, all angels, wondrous in might; praise him, you servants who in his will delight. 2 Good is the Lord and full of kind compassion, most slow to anger, plenteous in love. Rich is his grace to all who humbly seek him, boundless and endless as the heavens above. Refrain 3 His love is like a father's to his children, tender and kind to all who fear his name; for well he knows our weakness and our frailty; he knows that we are dust, he knows our frame. Refrain 4 We fade and die like flowers that grow in beauty, like tender grass that soon will disappear; but evermore the love of God is changeless, still shown to those who look to him in fear. Refrain 5 High in the heavens his throne is fixed forever; his kingdom rules o'er all from pole to pole. Praise to the Lord through all his wide dominion; forever praise his holy name, my soul. Refrain Scripture: Psalm 103 Used With Tune: TIDINGS Text Sources: Psalter, 1912, alt.