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By cool Siloam's shady rill

Author: Bishop R. Heber Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 606 hymnals Matching Instances: 575 Lyrics: 1 By cool Siloam's shady rill How fair the lily grows! How sweet the breath, beneath the hill, Of Sharon's dewy rose! 2 Lo! such the child, whose early feet The paths of peace have trod, Whose secret heart, with influence sweet, Is upward drawn to God. 3 By cool Siloam's shady rill The lily must decay; The rose that blooms beneath the hill Must shortly fade away. 4 And soon, too soon, the wintry hour Of man's maturer age Will shake the soul with sorrow's power, And stormy passion's rage. 5 Dependent on Thy bounteous breath, We seek Thy grace alone In childhood, manhood, age, and death, To keep us still Thine own. Amen. Topics: For Children Used With Tune: [By cool Siloam's shady rill]

By Christ redeemed, in Christ restored

Author: George Rawson Meter: 8.8.8.4 Appears in 186 hymnals Matching Instances: 154 Lyrics: 1 By Christ redeemed, in Christ restored, We keep the memory adored, And show the death of our dear Lord Until He come. 2 His body broken in our stead Is here in this memorial bread, And so our feeble love is fed Until He come. 3 His fearful drops of agony, His life-blood shed for us we see: The wine shall tell the mystery Until He come. 4 And thus that dark betrayal night With the last Advent we unite-- The shame, the glory, by this rite Until He come. 5 Until the trump of God be heard, Until the ancient graves be stirred, And, with the great commanding word, The Lord shall come. 6 O blessèd hope! with this elate Let not our hearts be desolate, But, strong in faith, in patience wait Until He come. Amen. Used With Tune: [By Christ redeemed, in Christ restored]

By Whom Was David Taught?

Author: William Cowper Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 82 hymnals Matching Instances: 79 First Line: By whom was David taught Lyrics: 1. By whom was David taught To aim the deadly blow, When he Goliath fought, And laid the Gittite low? Nor sword nor spear the stripling took, But chose a pebble from the brook. 2. ’Twas Israel’s God and King Who sent him to the fight; Who gave him strength to fling, And skill to aim aright. Ye feeble saints, your strength endures, Because young David’s God is yours. 3. Who ordered Gideon forth, To storm th’invaders’ camp With arms of little worth, A pitcher and a lamp? The trumpets made His coming known And all the host was overthrown. 4. Oh! I have seen the day, When with a single word, God helping me to say, My trust is in the Lord, My soul hath quelled a thousand foes Fearless of all that could oppose. 5. But unbelief, self will, Self righteousness, and pride, How often do they steal My weapon from my side! Yet David’s Lord, and Gideon’s Friend, Will help His servant to the end. Used With Tune: CHRIST CHURCH Text Sources: Olney Hymns, (London: W. Oliver, 1779), number 17

By Faith in Christ I Walk with God

Author: John Henry Newman Appears in 67 hymnals Matching Instances: 63 Refrain First Line: With Him sweet converse I maintain Lyrics: 1 By faith in Christ I walk with God, With Heav’n my journey’s end in view; Supported by His staff and rod, My road is safe and pleasant too. Chorus: With Him sweet converse I maintain, Great as He is I dare be free; I tell Him all my grief and pain, And He reveals His love to me. 2 Tho’ snares and dangers throng my path, And earth and hell my course withstand, I triumph over all by faith, Guarded by His almighty hand. [Chorus] 3 The wilderness affords no food, But God for my support prepares, Provides me ev’ry needful good, And frees my soul from wants and cares. [Chorus] Used With Tune: [By faith in Christ I walk with God]

By Faith I View My Savior Dying

Author: Richard Jukes Appears in 128 hymnals Matching Instances: 59 Lyrics: 1 By faith I view my Savior dying, On the tree; on the tree; To every nation He is crying, Look to Me! Look to Me! He bids the guilty now draw near, Repent, believe, dismiss their fear; Hark! hark! what precious words I hear! Mercy’s free! Mercy’s free! 2 Did Christ, when I was sin pursuing, Pity me? Pity me? And did He snatch my soul from ruin? Can it be? Can it be? O yes! He did salvation bring: He is my prophet, priest and king; And now my happy soul can sing, Mercy’s free! Mercy’s free! 3 Jesus my weary soul refreshes; Mercy’s free! Mercy’s free! And every moment Christ is precious Unto me! Unto me! None can describe the bliss I prove, While through this wilderness I rove; All may enjoy the Savior’s love, Mercy’s free! Mercy’s free! 4 Jesus, the mighty God, hath spoken Peace to me, peace to me; Now all my chains of sin are broken— I am free, I am free; Soon as I in His name believed, The Holy Spirit I received, And Christ from death my soul retrieved; Mercy’s free! Mercy’s free! 5 This precious truth, ye sinners, hear it— Mercy’s free, mercy’s free! Ye ministers of God, declare it— Mercy’s free! Mercy’s free! Visit the heathen’s dark abode, Proclaim to all the love of God, And spread the glorious news abroad— Mercy’s free! Mercy’s free! 6 Long as I live I’ll still be crying, Mercy’s free! Mercy’s free! And this shall be my theme when dying, Mercy’s free! Mercy’s free! And when the vale of death I’ve passed, When lodged above the stormy blast, I’ll sing, while endless ages last, Mercy’s free! Mercy’s free! Used With Tune: DULCIANA

By Thy Birth and by Thy Tears

Author: Robert Grant; Thomas Cotterill Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 73 hymnals Matching Instances: 55 Lyrics: 1. By Thy birth and by Thy tears, By Thy human griefs and fears, By Thy conflict in the hour Of the subtle tempter’s power; Savior, look with pitying eye; Savior, help me, or I die. 2. By the tenderness that wept O’er the grave where Lazarus slept; By the bitter tears that flowed Over Salem’ s lost abode, Savior, look with pitying eye; Savior, help me, or I die. 3. By Thy lonely hour of prayer, By Thy fearful conflict there, By Thy cross and dying cries, By the one great sacrifice; Savior, look with pitying eye; Savior, help me, or I die. 4. By Thy triumph o’er the grave, By Thy power the lost to save, By Thy high, majestic throne, By the empire all Thine own; Savior, look with pitying eye; Savior, help me, or I die. Used With Tune: REDHEAD Text Sources: Christian Observer, 1815 (original title: "Savior, When in Dust to Thee")

By thy grand redemption

Author: Frances Ridley Havergal (1836-79) Appears in 447 hymnals Matching Instances: 50 First Line: Who is on the Lord's side Lyrics: 1 Who is on the Lord’s side? Who will serve the King? Who will be his helpers Other lives to bring? Who will leave the world’s side? Who will face the foe? Who is on the Lord’s side? Who for him will go? Refrain: By thy grand redemption, By thy grace divine, We are on the Lord’s side; Saviour, we are thine. 2 Not for weight of glory, Not for crown and palm, Enter we the army, Raise the warrior psalm; But for love that claimeth Lives for whom he died; He whom Jesus nameth Must be on his side. 3 Jesus, thou hast bought us, Not with gold or gem, But with thine own Life-blood For thy diadem. With thy blessing filling Each who comes to thee, Thou hast made us willing, Thou hast made us free. 4 Fierce may be the conflict, Strong may be the foe, But the King’s own army None can overthrow. Round his standard ranging, Victory is secure, For his truth unchanging Makes the triumph sure. Refrain: Master, thou will keep us, By thy grace divine, Always on the Lord’s side, Saviour, always thine. Topics: The salvation soldier Calling

By and By

Author: W. T. D. Appears in 52 hymnals Matching Instances: 40 First Line: Over Jordan we shall meet Lyrics: 1 Over Jordan we shall meet, By and by, by and by, In a fellowship so sweet, By and by, by and by; We shall gather on the shore, With our kindred gone before, And the Savior's name adore, By and by, by and by. 2 All our sorrows shall be past, By and by, by and by; We shall reach our home at last, By and by, by and by; With the ransomed we shall stand There, a holy, happy band, Crowned with glory in that land, By and by, by and by. 3 There we'll join the ransomed throng, By and by, by and by, Chanting love's redeeming song, By and by, by and by; There we'll meet before the throne, There we'll lay our trophies down, And receive a shining crown, By and by, by and by. Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:14 Used With Tune: [Over Jordan we shall meet]

By Various Maxims, Forms And rules

Author: John Newton Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 36 hymnals Matching Instances: 34 Lyrics: 1 By various maxims, forms and rules, That pass for wisdom in the schools, I strove my passion to restrain; But all my efforts proved in vain. 2 But since the Savior I have known My rules are all reduced to one: To keep my Lord, by faith, in view; This strength supplies, and motives too. 3 I see Him lead a suffering life, So patient midst reproach and strife; And from His pattern courage take To bear, and suffer, for His sake. 4 Upon the cross I see Him bleed, And by the fight from guilt am freed; This sight destroys the life of sin, And quickens heav’nly life within. 5 To look to Jesus as He rose Confirms my faith, disarms my foes; I Satan shame and overcome, By pointing to my Savior’s tomb. 6 Exalted on His glorious throne, I see Him make my cause His own; Then all my anxious cares subside, For Jesus lives, and will provide. 7 I see Him look with pity down, And hold in view the conqueror’s crown; If pressed with griefs and cares before, My soul revives, and asks no more. 8 By faith I see the hour at hand When in His presence I shall stand; Then it will be my endless bliss, To see Him where, and as He is. Used With Tune: ALSTONE Text Sources: Olney Hymns (London, W. Oliver, 1779), Book 1