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O Lord, say unto my Soul, I am thy Salvation

Author: Dr. Doddridge Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 62 hymnals Topics: Scripture Doctrines and Blessings Salvation First Line: Salvation! O melodious sound Lyrics: 1 Salvation! O melodious sound To wretched dying men! Salvation, that from God proceeds, And leads to God again. 2 Rescu'd from Hell's eternal gloom, From fiends, and fires, and chains: Rais'd to a Paradise of bliss, Where love triumphant reigns! 3 But may a poor bewilder'd soul, Sinful and weak as mine, Presume to raise a trembling eye To blessings so divine? 4 The lustre of so bright a bliss My feeble heart o'erbears; And unbelief almost perverts The promise into tears. 5 My Savior God, no voice but thine These dying hopes can raise: Speak thy salvation to my soul, And turn my prayer to praise. Scripture: Psalm 35:3

Gratitude to God for Redemption

Author: D. Turner Appears in 9 hymnals Topics: Scripture Doctrines and Blessings Redemption First Line: Shall Jesus descend from the skies Lyrics: 1 Shall Jesus descend from the skies, To atone for our sins by his blood, And shall we such goodness despise, And rebels still be to our God? 2 [No brute could be ever so base! Shall man thus ungrateful then prove? Forbid it, O God of all grace; Forbid it, thou spirit of love! 3 The devils would laugh us to scorn, For folly so shameful as this; O let us to God then return, Sure never was goodness like his.] 4 He sav'd us, or we had been lost, Nor comfort nor hope had e'er known; Yet he knew this salvation would cost No less than the blood of his son. 5 Thro' him we forgiveness shall find, And taste the sweet blessings of peace, If contrite and humbly resign'd, We trust in his promised grace, 6 This world then with all its gay joy, That its thousands has snar'd and undone, May tempt, but shall never destroy, Whom Jesus has mark'd for his own. 7 While here thro' the desert we stray, Our God shall be all our delight, Our pillar of cloud in the day, And also of fire in the night: 8 'Till, 'th' Jordan of death safely pass'd, We land on the heavenly shore, Where we the hid manna shall taste, Nor hunger nor thirst any more. 9 And there while his glories we see, And feast on the joys of his love, We chang'd to his likeness shall be, And then shall all gratitude prove. Scripture: Ephesians 1:7

Vital Union to Christ in Regeneration

Author: Dr. Doddridge Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 195 hymnals Topics: Scripture Doctrines and Blessings Regeneration First Line: Dear Savior, we are thine Lyrics: 1 Dear Savior, we are thine, By everlasting bonds: Our names, our hearts, we would resign, Our souls are in thy hands. 2 To thee we still would cleave With ever-growing zeal; If millions tempt us Christ to leave, O let them ne’er prevail. 3 Thy spirit shall unite Our souls to thee our head: Shall form in us thy image bright, That we thy paths may tread. 4 Death may our souls divide From these abodes of clay; But love shall keep us near thy side Thro' all the gloomy way. 5 Since Christ and we are one, Why should we doubt or fear? If he in heaven hath fix'd his throne, He’ll fix his members there. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:17

Forgiveness! 'tis a joyful sound

Author: Dr. Gibbons Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 80 hymnals Topics: Scripture Doctrines and Blessings Pardon Lyrics: 1 Forgiveness! 'tis a joyful sound To malefactors doom'd to die; Publish the bliss the world around; Ye seraphs, shout it from the sky! 2 'Tis the rich gift of love divine; 'Tis, full, out-measuring every crime; Unclouded shall its glories shine, And fee no change, by changing time. 3 O'er sins unnumber'd as the sand, And like the mountains for their size, The seas of sovereign grace expand, The seas of sovereign grace arise. 4 For this stupendous love of heaven What grateful honors shall we show? Where much transgression is forgiven Let love in equal ardors glow. 5 By this inspir'd, let all our days With various holiness be crown'd, Let truth and goodness, prayer and praise In all abide, in all abound. Scripture: Luke 7:47

Salvation by grace, from first to last

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 845 hymnals Topics: Scripture Doctrines and Blessings Salvation First Line: Grace, 'tis a charming sound Lyrics: 1 Grace! 'tis a charming sound! Harmonious to the ear! Heaven with the echo shall resound, And all the earth shall hear. 2 Grace first contriv'd the way To save rebellious man, And all the steps that grace display, Which drew the wondrous plan. 3 [Grace first inscrib'd my name In God's eternal book: 'Twas grace that gave me to the Lamb, Who all my sorrows took.] 4 Grace led my roving feet To tread the heavenly road; And new supplies each hour I meet, While pressing on to God. 5 [Grace taught my soul to pray, And made my eyes o'erflow: 'Twas grace which kept me to this day, And will not let me go.] 6 Grace all the work shall crown, Thro' everlasting days; It lays in Heaven the topmost stone; And well deserves the praise. Scripture: Ephesians 2:5

Support in God's Covenant under Trouble

Author: Dr. Doddridge Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 142 hymnals Topics: Scripture Doctrines and Blessings Covenant of Grace First Line: My God, the covenant of thy love, Lyrics: 1 My God, the covenant of thy love Abides for ever sure, And in its matchless grace I feel My happiness secure. 2 What tho' my house be not with thee, As nature could desire? To nobler joys, than nature gives, Thy servants all aspire. 3 Since thou, the everlasting God, My father art become; Jesus my guardian and my friend, And heaven my final home: 4 I welcome all thy sovereign will: For all that will is love; And when I know not what thou dost, I wait the light above. 5 Thy covenant the last accent claims Of this poor faltering tongue; And that shall the first notes employ Of my celestial song. Scripture: 2 Samuel 23:5

Eternal and unchangeable Love

Author: L. H. C. Appears in 25 hymnals Topics: Scripture Doctrines and Blessings God's Everlasting Love First Line: O my distrustful heart Lyrics: 1 O, my distrustful heart How small thy faith appears! But greater, Lord, thou art, Than all my doubts and fears. Did Jesus once upon me shine? Then Jesus is forever mine. 2 Unchangeable his will, Tho' dark may be my frame; His loving heart is still Eternally the same: My soul thro' many changes goes; His love no variation knows. 3 Thou, Lord, wilt carry on, And perfectly perform The work thou hast begun In me a sinful worm; Midst all my fears, and sin and woe, Thy Spirit will not let me go. 4 The bowels of thy grace At first did freely move: I still shall see thy face, And feel that God is love! Myself into thine arms I cast; Lord, save, O save my soul at last. Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:12

Efficacious Grace

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 82 hymnals Topics: Scripture Doctrines and Blessings Regeneration First Line: Hail! mighty Jesus; how divine Lyrics: 1 Hail! mighty Jesus; how divine Is thy victorious sword! The stoutest rebel must resign, At thy commanding word. 2 Deep are the wounds thy arrows give; They pierce the hardest heart: Thy smiles of grace the slain revive, And joy succeeds to smart. 3 Still gird thy sword upon thy thigh, Ride with majestic sway: Go forth, sweet prince, triumphantly And make thy foes obey. 4 And, when thy victories are complete; When all the chosen race Shall round the throne of glory meet, To sing thy conq'ring grace; 5 O may my humble soul be found Among that favour'd band! And I, with them, thy praise will sound Throughout Immanuel's land. Scripture: Psalm 45:3-5

Sanctification and Pardon

Author: Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 30 hymnals Topics: Scripture Doctrines and Blessings Sanctification First Line: Where shall we sinners hide our heads Lyrics: 1 Where shall we sinners hide our heads, Can rocks or mountains save? Or shall we wrap us in the shades Of midnight and the grave? 2 Is there no shelter from the eye Of a revenging God? Jesus, to thy dear wounds we fly, Bedew us with thy blood, 3 Those guardian drops our souls secure, And wash away our sins; Eternal justice frowns no more, And conscience smiles within. 4 We bless that wondrous purple stream That cleanses every stain; Yet are our souls but half redeem'd, If sin, the tyrant, reign. 5 Lord, blast his empire with thy breath, That cursed throne must fall; Ye flattering plagues, that work our death, Fly, for we hate you all. Text Sources: Dr. Watts's Lyric Poems

The Security of Christ's Sheep

Author: Dr. Doddridge Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 69 hymnals Topics: Scripture Doctrines and Blessings Perseverance First Line: My soul, with joy attend Lyrics: 1 My soul, with joy attend, While Jesus silence breaks; No angel’s harp such music yields, As what my shepherd speaks. 2 "I know my sheep," he cries, "My soul approves them well: "Vain is the treacherous world’s disguise, "And vain the rage of hell. 3 "I freely feed them now "With tokens of my love, "But richer pastures I prepare, "And sweeter streams above. 4 "Unnumber'd years of bliss "I to my sheep will give; "And, while my throne unshaken stands, "Shall all my chosen live. 5 "This tried almighty hand "Is rais'd for their defence: "Where is the power shall reach them there? "Or what shall force them thence? 6 Enough, my gracious Lord, Let faith triumphant cry; My heart can on this promise live, Can on this promise die. Scripture: John 10:27-30