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Time and Eternity; or, longing after unseen Pleasures

Author: Steele Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #DXLVI (1792) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Unseen pleasures longed for First Line: How long shall earth's alluring toys Lyrics: 1 How long shall earth's alluring toys Detain our hearts and eyes, Regardless of immortal joys, And strangers to the skies? 2 These transient scenes will soon decay, They fade upon the sight; And quickly will their brightest day Be lost in endless night. 3 Their brightest day, alas, how vain! With conscious sighs we own; While clouds of sorrow, care and pain O'ershade the smiling noon. 4 O could our thoughts and wishes fly, Above these gloomy shades, To those bright worlds beyond the sky Which sorrow ne'er invades. 5 There joys unseen by mortal eyes, Or reason's feeble ray, In ever blooming prospects rise, Unconscious of decay. 6 Lord, send a beam of light divine, To guide our upward aim! With one reviving touch of thine, Our languid hearts inflame. 7 Then shall, on faith's sublimest wing Our ardent wishes rise To those bright scenes, where pleasures spring Immortal in the skies. Languages: English

If life's pleasures charm thee, give them not thy heart

Hymnal: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected, for the Use of Christians. (5th ed.) #B290 (1838) Meter: 11.8.7 Topics: If life's pleasures charm thee Languages: English

The pleasures of social Worship

Author: Dr. S. Stennett Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #CCCXLI (1792) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Topics: Pleasures of Worship First Line: How charming is the place Lyrics: 1 How charming is the place Where my Redeemer God, Unveils the beauties of his face, And sheds his love abroad! 2 Not the fair palaces To which the great resort Are once to be compar'd with this, Where Jesus holds his court. 3 Here on the mercy-seat, With radiant glory crown'd, Our joyful eyes behold him sit, And smile on all around. 4 To him their prayers and cries Each humble soul presents; He listens to their broken sighs, And grants them all their wants. 5 To them his sovereign will He graciously imparts: And in return accepts with smiles, The tribute of their hearts. 6 Give me, O Lord, a place Within thy blest abode, Among the children of thy grace, The servants of my God. Languages: English

How various and how new

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #361 (1828) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Topics: The pleasures of Conversion Lyrics: 1 How various and how new Are thy compassions, Lord! Each morning shall thy mercies shew, Each night thy love record. 2 Thy goodness, like the sun, Dawn'd on our early days, Err infant reason had begun To form our lips to praise. 3 Each object we beheld Gave pleasure to our eyes; And nature all our senses held In bands of sweet surprise. 4 But pleasures more refin'd Awaited that blest day, When light arose upon our mind To chase our sins away. 5 How various and how new Are thy compassions, Lord! Eternity thy truth shall shew, And all thy love record.

"Keep us safe"

Author: Thomas Kelly Hymnal: Laudes Domini #96 (1890) Topics: Pleasures; Pleasures First Line: God of our salvation! hear us Lyrics: 1 God of our salvation! hear us; Bless, oh, bless us, ere we go; When we join the world, be near us, Lest we cold and careless grow. Saviour! keep us; Keep us safe from every foe. 2 As our steps are drawing nearer To our everlasting home, May our view of heaven grow clearer, Hope more bright of joys to come; And, when dying, May thy presence cheer the gloom. Languages: English

Deut. 30:19

Author: James Montgomery Hymnal: Laudes Domini #224 (1890) Topics: Pleasures; Pleasures First Line: Oh, where shall rest be found Lyrics: 1 Oh, where shall rest be found Rest for the weary soul? 'Twere vain the ocean's depths to sound, Or pierce to either pole. 2 The world can never give The bliss for which we sigh: 'Tis not the whole of life to live, Nor all of death to die. 3 Beyond this vale of tears There is a life above, Unmeasured by the flight of years; And all that life is love. 4 There is a death whose pang Outlasts the fleeting breath: Oh, what eternal horrors hang Around the second death! 5 Lord God of truth and grace! Teach us that death to shun; Lest we be banished from thy face, And evermore undone. Languages: English Tune Title: SHAWMUT

Probation

Author: Charles Wesley Hymnal: Laudes Domini #229 (1890) Topics: Pleasures; Pleasures First Line: A charge to keep I have Lyrics: 1 A charge to keep I have, A God to glorify, A never-dying soul to save, And fit it for the sky. 2 To serve the present age, My calling to fulfill; Oh, may it all my powers engage To do my Master's will. 3 Arm me with jealous care, As in thy sight to live; And oh, thy servant, Lord, prepare A strict account to give. 4 Help me to watch and pray, And on thyself rely, Assured, if I my trust betray, I shall for ever die. Languages: English Tune Title: IOWA

One Thing needful

Author: Philip Doddridge Hymnal: Laudes Domini #278 (1890) Topics: Pleasures; Pleasures First Line: Why will ye waste on trifling cares Lyrics: 1 Why will ye waste on trifling cares That life which God's compassion spares? While, in the various range of thought, The one thing needful is forgot? 2 Shall God invite you from above? Shall Jesus urge his dying love? Shall troubled conscience give you pain? And all these pleas unite in vain? 3 Not so your eyes will always view Those objects which you now pursue; Not so will heaven and hell appear, When death's decisive hour is near. 4 Almighty God! thy grace impart; Fix deep conviction on each heart: Nor let us waste on trifling cares That life which thy compassion spares. Languages: English

O happy soul that lives on high!

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #369 (1828) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: The pleasures of a pure conscience Lyrics: 1 O happy soul that lives on high! While men lie grov'ling here, His hopes are fix'd above the sky, And faith forbids his fear. 2 His conscience knows no secret stings; While grace and joy combine To form a life, whose holy springs Are hidden and divine. 3 He waits in secret on his God, His God in secret sees, Let earth be all in arms abroad, He dwells in heav'nly peace. 4 His pleasures rise from things unseen, Beyond this world and time, Where neither eyes nor ears have been, Nor thoughts of mortals climb. 5 He looks to heav'n's eternal hill, To meet that glorious day, When Christ his promise shall fulfil And call his soul away.

The better portion

Author: Robert Seagrave Hymnal: Laudes Domini #566 (1890) Topics: Pleasures; Pleasures First Line: Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings Lyrics: 1 Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings, Thy better portion trace; Rise from transitory things Toward heaven, thy native place: Sun and moon and stars decay; Time shall soon this earth remove; Rise, my soul, and haste away To seats prepared above. 2 Rivers to the ocean run, Nor stay in all their course; Fire ascending seeks the sun; Both speed them to their source: So a soul that's born of God, Pants to view his glorious face; Upward tends to his abode, To rest in his embrace. 3 Cease, ye pilgrims, cease to mourn, Press onward to the prize; Soon our Saviour will return Triumphant in the skies: Yet a season, and you know Happy entrance will be given, All our sorrows left below, And earth exchanged for heaven. Languages: English Tune Title: AMSTERDAM