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Behold, by Sovereign Grace Alone

Author: Ernest William Olson Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7.8.8 Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: Behold, by sov'reign grace alone Lyrics: 1 Behold, by sov'reign grace alone Hath God the Father from His throne Ordained our full salvation. Unto the utmost ends of earth The Sun of Mercy sendeth forth His light to ev'ry nation. The way of life is open, free, O mortal man, to thee, to thee. 2 Thro' love alone His Son was sent To bear the law's dread punishment For all our dire transgression. Our sins He bore, our guilt He owned, For all our deeds His death atoned-- O bountiful possession! His righteousness is full and free, O sinful man, to thee, to thee. 3 For this o'erwhelming sacrifice The Lord will nevermore despise A contrite heart and spirit. By Jesus' death, by Jesus' blood, Full pleasing in the sight of God, His mercy we inherit. The fount of grace flows full and free, O pardoned soul, for thee, for thee. 4 By faith alone, for Jesus' sake, Each ransomed sinner may partake Of His abounding merit. If in His promise ye abide, By faith shall ye be justified, And blest with His free Spirit. His righteousness the just shall own By faith alone, by faith alone. Amen. Topics: Way of Salvation Faith and Justification; First Sunday after Easter Used With Tune: WACH AUF, MEIN GEIST! ERHEBE DICH

Eternity, O Thunderous Word

Author: Johann Rist, 1607-1667 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Eternity, O thund'rous word Topics: Eternity; Repentance and Forgiveness Used With Tune: [Eternity, O thund'rous word]

Eternity! tremendous Word

Appears in 5 hymnals Lyrics: I. Eternity! tremendous Word, Home-striking Point, Heart-piercing Sword, Beginning without Ending! Eternity! without a Shore, Where ever-fiery Billows roar, What is thy Sight portending? One Glimpse of thine unfathom'd Deep Wou'd rouse a Wretch from sinful Sleep. II. What Pain was ever thought so great, That must not with the Time abate, And lose its utmost Rigour? Eternity does never cease, Admits no Manner of Release, But keeps its constant Vigour: Or, as our SAVIOUR'S Words express, Eternity has not Redress. III. Eternity! how long, how long, Thou seizest Senses, Heart and Tongue With pannick Fear and Terrour! When I revolve thy dreadful chains In that Abyss of endless Pains, I'm overwhelm'd with Horrour. What's in this Life of Misery So frightful as Eternity? IV. Shou'd Hell endure as many Years, As many Men this World of Tears Has seen from the Creation. As many Stars adorn the sky, As many Leaves the Woods supply, You'd hope for its Cessation. This Sum of Ages wou'd but be One Moment to Eterity. V. But having spent in endless Fears So many Thousand Thousand Years, Thy Scene is still beginning; When thou hast suffer'd all these Times The just Reward of wilful Crimes, Thy Thread ne'er ceases spinning. Th'eternal Now, who can unfold? 'Tis ever new, but never old. VI. O Lord, how is thy Sentence just In leaving Man, that Rebel-Dust, To his desevr'd Damnation! Short wilful Sins committed here With long Remorse are punish'd there. O Woe beyond Relation! Weigh this, thou harden'd Heart and Face Thy Time is short, Death comes apace. VII. Hast thou yet Sense? avoid the Snare; Thy Pleasures fleeting Moments are, That dye as fast as tasted; These, at the Hazard of thy Soul, Dost thou pursue without controul, And seest thy Minutes wasted? Thou senseless Wretch, thou matchless Fool, Thou laugh'st and art the Devil's Tool. VIII. As long as God eternal reigns, And his Almighty Sway retains, Hell-Torment will be lasting; They shall be plagu'd with Cold and Heat, Thirst, Hunger; Fire shallb e their Meat, Their Worm is never wasting; And this unequall'd Misery Won't end till God shall cease to be. IX. Awake and rise from sinful Sleep: Bethink thy self, thou straying Sheep: Return by true Repentance: Arise, thy wicked Ways amend; The Glass of Life runs to its End; Then shiver at thy Sentence; Perhaps within few Minutes Breath Thou'rt snatch'd away by sudden Death. X. Let neither worldly Gain nor Lust, Ambition, Pride, nor golden Dust Longer enslave thy passions; Look how the carnal lethargy O'er-spreads the great Majority, Who sport with all Temptations; Above all Things keep in thy Sight The 'forenam'd long eternal Night. XI. Most Reprobate of all Mankind, Bereft of Sense, hard-hearted, blind, Why dost thou love the Creature? Shall that eternal Gulph of Hell, Where Millions of Tormentors dwell, Ne'er shock thy sinful Nature? Can then no Tongue, no Eloquence Persuade thee to a better Sense? XII. Eternity! tremendous Word, Home-striking Point, Heart-piercing Sword, Beginning without Ending! Eternity without a Shore! Where ever fiery Billows roar, What is thy Sight portending? Lord JESU, when it pleases Thee, Bring me to blest Eternity. Topics: Hell and Eternal Torment Used With Tune: [Eternity! tremendous Word]

Lord Jesus Christ, our Lord most dear

Appears in 27 hymnals Topics: Holy Baptism Used With Tune: BERNE

Eternity! terrific word!

Author: Johann Rist; J. C. Jacobi Appears in 12 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Eternity! terrific word! Within the heart a piercing sword! Beginning without ending! Eternity, unmeasured time! I sink beneath the though sublime, That I to thee am tending: Deep horrors fill my quaking heart, My lips in speech refuse to part. 2 Eternity! O what a pang! Eternity! no serpent's fang Could send that thrill of terror; When I revolve thy clanking chains, Thy dark abyss of deathless pains, My soul is filled with horror. O search the universe around, No equal terror can be found. 3 Awake, O man, from sinful sleep; Henceforth thy feet from wand'ring keep; Seek God by true repentance! Awake, behold thy wasting sand, Eternity is just at hand, And brings thine awful sentence. This perchance thy final day; This hour thy soul may haste away. 4 Eternity! terrific word! Within the heart a piercing sword! Beginning without ending! Eternity! unmeasured time! I sink beneath the thought sublime, That I to thee am tending: Lord Jesus, when it pleaseth Thee, Grant me Thy blest eternity! Topics: Christian Life and Hope The Consummation: Eternity; Christian Life and Hope The Consummation: Eternity Used With Tune: ETERNITY (O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort)

Eternity! Most Awful Word!

Author: Johann Rist, 1607-1667 Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Eternity! most awful word! Within the heart a piercing sword! Beginning without ending! Eternity, unmeasured time! I sink beneath the thought sublime That to Thee I am tending: Deep horrors fill my quaking hear, My lips in speech refuse to part. 2 Eternity! oh what a pang! Eternity! No serpent's fang Could send that thrill of terror; When I revolve Thy clanking chains, The dark abyss of deathless pains, My soul is filled with horror. Oh, search this universe around, No equal terror can be found. 3 Awake, O man, from sinful sleep; Henceforth thy feet from wandering keep: Seek God by true repentance! Awake, behold thy wasting sand, Eternity is just at hand, And brings thine awful sentence. This is perchance thy final day: This hour thy soul may haste away. 4 Eternity! most awful word! Within the heart a piercing sword! Beginning without ending! Eternity! unmeasured time! I sink beneath the thought sublime, That I to thee am tending; Lord Jesus, when it pleaseth Thee, Grant me Thy blest eternity! Topics: Eternity Used With Tune: O EWIGKEIT, DU DONNERWORT