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Inconstancy
Author: Berridge Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: Tribulation and Inconstancy of Mind First Line: Well; at length I plainly see Lyrics: 1 Well, at length I plainly see,
Every man is vanity;
In his best and brightest form,
But a shadow or a worm.
2 Such a shade I am in view,
Empty, dark, and fleeting too;
Such a worm of nothing worth,
Crawling out and in the earth.
3 [Very foolish, very base,
Notwithstanding Jesus’ grace.
Murmuring oft for gospel-bread,
Growing wanton when full fed.]
4 [Brisk and dull in half an hour,
Hot and cold, and sweet and sour;
Sometimes grave at Jesus’ school,
Sometimes light, and play the fool.]
5 What a motley wretch am I!
Full of inconsistency!
Sure the plague is in my heart,
Else I could not act this part.
6 Let me come unto my Lord,
Self-condemnèd and abhorred;
Take the sinner’s safe retreat,
Lie and blush at Jesus’ feet.
7 [If my heart is broken well,
God will surely with me dwell;
Yet amazèd I would be,
How the Lord should dwell with me.]
Inconstancy
Inconstancy
Author: Beddome Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 54 hymnals Topics: Tribulation and Inconstancy of Mind First Line: The wandering star and fleeting wind Lyrics: 1 The wandering star and fleeting wind
Both represent the unstable mind;
The morning cloud and early dew
Bring our inconstancy to view.
2 But cloud, and wind, and dew, and star,
Faint and imperfect emblems are;
Nor can there aught in nature be
So fickle and so false as we.
3 [Our outward walk and inward frame,
Scarce through a single hour the same.
We vow, and straight our vows forget,
And then those very vows repeat.
4 We sin forsake, to sin return;
Are hot, are cold; now freeze, now burn;
In deep distress, then raptures feel;
We soar to heaven, then sink to hell.]
5 With flowing tears, Lord, we’d confess
Our folly and unsteadfastness;
When shall these hearts more fixèd be –
Fixed by thy grace, and fixed on thee?
Inconstancy
The Pilgrim
Author: Rozzel Meter: 7.6.7.6 Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Tribulation and Inconstancy of Mind First Line: Amidst ten thousand dangers Lyrics: 1 Amidst ten thousand dangers,
Which everywhere abound,
The pilgrims and the strangers
Alone secure are found;
For on their Lord they’re waiting,
They seek him night and day;
His aid they’re supplicating
In his appointed way.
2 [How signal are the blessings
My Saviour has bestowed!
He taught me wisdom’s lessons,
When I had lost the road.
From death he has me raisèd,
By his almighty power;
Let his great name be praisèd,
Both now and evermore.]
3 Through Christ, the Mediator,
To God access we find;
The Spirit’s own dictator,
Who knows the Father’s mind.
Thus through this world of trouble
His saints in safety go;
They count the world a bubble,
All vanity below.
The Pilgrim
"Contrite heart"
Author: Cowper Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 125 hymnals Topics: Tribulation and Inconstancy of Mind First Line: The Lord will happiness divine Lyrics: 1 The Lord will happiness divine
On contrite hearts bestow;
Then tell me, gracious God, is mine
A contrite heart, or no?
2 I hear, but seem to hear in vain;
Insensible as steel;
If aught is felt, ’tis only pain,
To find I cannot feel.
3 I sometimes think myself inclined
To love thee, if I could;
But often find another mind,
Averse to all that’s good.
4 My best desires are faint and few;
I fain would strive for more;
But when I cry, “My strength renew,”
Seem weaker than before.
5 Thy saints are comforted, I know,
And love thy house of prayer;
I sometimes go where others go,
But find no comfort there.
6 O make this heart rejoice or ache,
Decide this doubt for me;
And if it be not broken, break,
And heal it if it be.
"Contrite heart"
"O wretched man that I am"
Author: Hart Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 7 hymnals Topics: Tribulation and Inconstancy of Mind First Line: How sore a plague is sin Lyrics: 1 How sore a plague is sin,
To those by whom ’tis felt!
The Christian cries, “Unclean, unclean!”
E’en though released from guilt.
2 O wretched, wretched man!
What horrid scenes I view!
I find, alas! do all I can,
That I can nothing do.
3 When good I would perform,
Through fear or shame I stop,
Corruption rises like a storm,
And blasts the promised crop.
4 [Of peace if I’m in quest,
Or love my thoughts engage,
Envy and anger in my breast
That moment rise and rage.]
5 [When for a humble mind
To God I pour my prayer,
I look into my heart, and find
That pride will still be there.]
6 How long, dear Lord, how long
Deliverance must I seek;
And fight with foes so very strong,
Myself so very weak?
7 I’ll bear the unequal strife,
And wage the war within;
Since death, that puts an end to life,
Shall put an end to sin.
"O wretched man that I am"
The Mourner's Comfort
Author: Langley Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: Tribulation and Inconstancy of Mind First Line: When shall all my sorrows end? Lyrics: 1 When shall all my sorrows end?
When my days of mourning cease?
When shall I to Christ ascend?
Only place of happiness?
2 Thirsting, panting after home,
Longing for that happy day,
Still I cry, “My Saviour, come!
Come, Lord Jesus, come away.”
3 See what tribulations rise;
Earth and sin beset me round;
Sorrows, trickling from my eyes,
Moisten all the weary ground.
4 Lord, thy pardoning love reveal;
Let my cry ascend thy ears.
Sin, alas! I deeply feel;
Sin, but ah! thy blood appears!
5 Blood, that answers every claim,
Tells me, Jesus died for me.
Then, in his delightful name,
Sin’s subdued, and I am free.
The Mourner's Comfort
Tribulation
Author: Hart Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 43 hymnals Topics: Tribulation and Inconstancy of Mind First Line: The souls that would to Jesus press Lyrics: 1 The souls that would to Jesus press,
Must fix this firm and sure,
That tribulation, more or less,
They must and shall endure.
2 From this there can be none exempt;
’Tis God’s own wise decree;
Satan the weakest saint will tempt,
Nor is the strongest free.
3 [The world opposes from without,
And unbelief within;
We fear, we faint, we grieve, we doubt,
And feel the load of sin.]
4 [Glad frames too often lift us up,
And then how proud we grow!
Till sad desertion makes us droop,
And down we sink as low.]
5 [Ten thousand baits the foe prepares
To catch the wandering heart;
And seldom do we see the snares
Before we feel the smart.]
6 But let not all this terrify;
Pursue the narrow path;
Look to the Lord with steadfast eye,
And fight with hell by faith.
7 Though we are feeble, Christ is strong;
His promises are true;
We shall be conquerors all ere long,
And more than conquerors too.
Tribulation
"Tribulation worketh patience"
Author: Berridge Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Tribulation and Inconstancy of Mind First Line: How simple are thy children, Lord Lyrics: 1 How simple are thy children, Lord,
Unskilled in what they pray;
Full oft they lift a hearty word,
Yet know not what they say.
2 For patience when I raised a cry,
Fresh burdens made me roar;
My foolish heart would then reply,
For patience pray no more.
3 So much my Master seemed to blame,
I thought to leave his school;
But now I learn to blush for shame,
And see myself a fool.
4 [I fancied patience would be brought
Before my troubles rose;
And by such granted help I thought
To triumph o’er my woes.
5 But Christ has cleared my misty sight,
And, taught by him, I find
That tribulations, working right,
Produce a patient mind.]
6 When our dear Master would bestow
Much patience on his friends,
He loads their shoulders well with woe,
And thus obtains his ends.
7 I must expect a daily cross;
Lord, sanctify the pain;
Bid every furnace purge my dross
And yield some patient gain.
"Tribulation worketh patience"
Sin has a thousand pleasing charms
Author: W. Gadsby Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Tribulation and Inconstancy of Mind Lyrics: 1 Sin has a thousand pleasing charms,
Which flatter to preserve from harms;
She richly gilds her pleasing baits,
And calls her trash delicious sweets.
2 Young men and maidens, rich and poor,
Are pleased with her deceptive ore;
There’s scarce an eye that views the light,
But she can charm by day or night.
3 Nor are the vessels of the Lord
Free from the chirpings of this bird,
Her craft and spleen she’ll make them feel,
And make them like a drunkard reel.
4 Her nature’s serpentine indeed;
Her strength could make a Samson yield;
Nor David could against her stand,
When David’s God withheld his hand.
5 Good God! what can a mortal do,
With such a cursèd, artful foe?
Let grace divine my soul defend,
Nor let me to this monster bend.
6 [Work in me, Lord, to will and do,
My way to Zion to pursue;
And while I tread the thorny road,
Teach me to lean upon my God.] Scripture: Jeremiah 17:9
Sin has a thousand pleasing charms
The Prisoner
Author: Newton Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Tribulation and Inconstancy of Mind First Line: When the poor prisoner, through a grate Lyrics: 1 When the poor prisoner, through a grate,
Sees others walk at large,
How does he mourn his lonely state,
And long for a discharge!
2 Thus I, confined in unbelief,
My loss of freedom mourn;
And spend my hours in fruitless grief,
Until my Lord return.
3 The beam of day which pierces through
The gloom in which I dwell,
Only discloses to my view
The horrors of my cell.
4 [Ah! how my pensive spirit faints,
To think of former days,
When I could triumph with the saints,
And join their songs of praise!]
5 Dear Saviour, for thy mercy’s sake,
My strong, my only plea,
These gates and bars in pieces break,
And set the prisoner free.
The Prisoner
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