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The Days Are Swiftly Going By

Author: J. S. Kimbrough Appears in 3 hymnals Matching Instances: 2 Refrain First Line: Thy grace, O Lord, on us bestow Lyrics: 1 The days are swiftly going by, The fleeting, passing moments say; With rapid wing they speed away, Nor in their onward journey stay. Refrain: Thy grace, O Lord, on us bestow, Teach us the ways of sin to shun; Give us the joys of Heav’n to know, When life’s short race with us is run. 2 The morning light but scarcely breaks Before the night’s dark gloom appears; An everlasting flight it takes, And joins the dead and buried years. [Refrain] 3 Life is a day that soon is o’er, A span of time that quickly flies; And then we sleep, to dream no more Till resurrection’s morn we rise. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [The days are swiftly going by] Text Sources: The Best Gospel Songs and Their Composers (Dalton, GA: A. J. Showalter Company, 1904)

Ye Faithful Souls, Who Jesus Know

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 91 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 Ye faithful souls, who Jesus know, If risen indeed with Him ye are, Superior to the joys below, His resurrection’s power declare, Your faith by holy tempers prove, By actions show your sins forgiven, And seek the glorious things above, And follow Christ your Head to Heaven. 2 There your exalted Savior see Seated at God’s right hand again, In all His Father’s majesty, In everlasting pomp to reign: To Him continually aspire, Contending for your native place, And emulate the angel choir, And only live to love and praise. Used With Tune: ACONCAGUA Text Sources: Short Hymns on Select Passages of Holy Scripture (Bristol, England: E. Farley, 1762)

The Sinful Earth Was Sunk In Woe

Author: William W. Hull Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 The sinful earth was sunk in woe: No arm was found of power to save; The Son of God appeared below, To conquer death and spoil the grave. His mother was a lowly maid Of David’s lineage, undefiled; Her infant on her breast she laid, To sight a meek and helpless child. 2 An angel bade the shepherds bless That holy Child to mortals given; And o’er Him lingered motionless A star that lit the nightly heaven. Lo, with that angel heaven’s highest Sang choral chant in bright array; Lo, by that star the Holy Ghost Brought eastern sages where He lay. 3 The words of truth His goodness tell; For us He lived, He died, He broke The chains of sin, the gates of hell, And bade us wear His easy yoke. Then make we not of none effect His love in Heaven, His woes on earth, But hail today with His elect The joyful tidings of His birth. Used With Tune: ACONCAGUA

Carol For Christmas Eve

Author: Robert Herrick, 1591-1674 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 First Line: The sun sets brightly in the sea Lyrics: 1 The sun sets brightly in the sea, Foreknowing what his morn shall be, And dreams throughout the dawning night, Of rising on the Source of Light. Born with creation, he must wane When Eden is revealed again; Now is his manhood’s lusty prime The noon and triumphing of Time. 2 The day has ended mild and calm, The sea wind scarcely sways the palm; The olive trees beneath the hill Sleep, in its folding, hushed and still. Above, the towers of Bethlehem Fade in the night that falls on them, Yet hold in guard the rocky steep That Rehoboam bade them keep. 3 They overlook the lengthening vale That stretches to the Dead Sea pale, And far beyond, to eastern plains, Where Ammon now no longer reigns. O city small, ’mid Judah’s host, Now growing to her crown and boast; How high at morn thy head shall be, For earth shall bow to hallow thee! 4 The land of God, His people’s home, Is captive to imperial Rome; Necks that were proud of David’s sway Have stooped to Cæsar’s, and obey. The tribes, that did together meet To serve their God with joyful feet, Are ordered home at Cæsar’s word, And taxèd by a foreign lord. 5 Joseph, a man in lowly life, With Mary his espousèd wife, Had traveled far to Bethlehem— A branch was he of David’s stem. No place for those of low degree Could in that crowded city be; And even at the lowly inn No room could they, no welcome, win. 6 So where the cattle rest at night, Oh, happy they to see such sight! Poor in all else but love and grace, The Virgin had her dwelling place. She sits beside the porch of stone; With golden blue the evening shone; The timid stars come, one by one, Incredulous that day was done. 7 Well Mary knew their forms on high, And loved their gentle company, When Joseph led the nightly way From Nazareth, and shunned the day. While Mary watches by the door, Behold! a star unknown before Mounts slowly up the western sky, And then she knows her hour is nigh. 8 Like John the Baptist’s early word, Which rose before, and with, His Lord, That star, which goes before His face, Doth preach His beauty, light and grace. The Virgin lifts her hands above, Her eyes are tears, her heart is love; She sees the joy she could believe And prays the prayer of Christmas Eve. Used With Tune: ACONCAGUA

Thou Shalt Not Doubt The King Most High

Author: Thomas T. Lynch Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 Thou shalt not doubt the King most high, Whose glory is creation’s good: Sunlike His beams of majesty The storming ages have withstood. The pillars of eternal right Who from their rocky hold can wrench? The flame of the eternal light What gloom can hide, what wind can quench? 2 Thou shalt not doubt the awful King; Glory is His, but terror, too; The rebel storms their homage bring, And bow their pride His will to do. If darkness is His judgment-dress, His sunny robes He will resume; Unfailing He returns to bless, Like daybreak from the midnight’s tomb. 3 Thou shalt not doubt eternal God; Mercy upholds His stately throne; He wins creation’s heart by blood; Our blood it is, and yet His own. O solemn and consoling sign! Wilt thou be saved? He save thee will. Thy blood was His; then His is thine; He in thee will thine hope fulfill. Used With Tune: ACONCAGUA Text Sources: The Rivulet (London: Longman, 1855)

He Dies! The Heav'nly Lover Dies!

Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 642 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 First Line: He dies! the heav’nly Lover dies! Used With Tune: ACONCAGUA

The Unseen Hand

Author: A. J. Sims Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 12 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 First Line: There is a hand, unseen by me Refrain First Line: I’m trusting in the unseen hand Lyrics: 1 There is a hand, unseen by me, That leads through ways I cannot see; While going through this world of woe, This hand still leads me as I go. Refrain: I’m trusting in the unseen hand That guides me through this weary land; And some sweet day I’ll reach that strand, Still guided by the unseen hand. 2 His hand has led through shadows drear, And while it leads, I have no fear; I know ’twill lead me to that home Where sin and sorrow ne’er can come. [Refrain] 3 I long to see my Savior’s face And sing the story "Saved by Grace," And there upon that golden strand, I’ll praise Him for His guiding hand. [Refrain] Used With Tune: ACONCAGUA Text Sources: Songs of the Blessed Hope by J. Henry Showalter (West Milton, OH: J. Henry Showalter, 1927)

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