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O God, from heaven look down and see

Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 10 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O God, from heaven look down and see A sight which well may move Thee: Of godly men how few there be, Forsaken we who love Thee! Withheld is Thy pure Word, the light Of faith itself extinguished quite In all the sons of Adam. 2 Fictions they teach with cunning art, And lies of man's invention; Not grounded on God's Word, their heart Breeds naught but strange dissension; One chooses this, another that, Untold division they create Though saint-like in appearance. 3 May God root out all heresy, And of false teachers rid us, Who proudly say: "Now where is he That shall our speech forbid us! We have the right and might alone, And what we say must stand, we own None as our lord and master." 4 Therefore saith God, "I must arise, The poor suffer wrong-doing; To me ascend my people's sighs, And I have heard their suing: My saving Word shall take the field, Shall be the poor man's strength and shield, Shall conquer all opposers." 5 As silver seven times furnace-tried; Is pure from all its drosses, So doth the Word of God abide The brighter for its crosses; For trial shows its worth aright, And manifests its strength, and light, That through all lands it shineth. 6 O God, preserve it pure and free From this vile generation, And let us be preserved by Thee From their abomination; The wicked walk on every side, When 'mid Thy flock the vile abide In power and are exalted. Topics: Reformation

Give to our God immortal praise!

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 322 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Give to our God immortal praise! Mercy and truth are all His ways, Wonders of grace to God belong: Repeat His mercies in your song. 2 Give to the Lord of lords renown, The King of kings with glory crown. His mercies ever shall endure, When lords and kings are known no more. 3 He built the earth, He spread the sky, And fixed the starry lights on high. Wonders of grace to God belong: Repeat His mercies in your song. 4 He fills the sun with morning light; He bids the moon direct the night: His mercies ever shall endure, When suns and moons shall shine no more. 5 He sent His Son with power to save From guilt and darkness and the grave; Wonders of grace to God belong: Repeat His mercies in your song. 6 Through this vain world He guides our feet, And leads us to His heavenly seat. His mercies ever shall endure, When this vain world shall be no more. Topics: Praise

For me to live is Jesus

Meter: 7.6.7.6 Appears in 16 hymnals Lyrics: 1 For me to live is Jesus, To die is gain for me, To Him I gladly yield me, And die right cheerfully. 2 From hence I go with gladness To Christ my Brother's side, That I may soon be with Him, And e'er with Him abide. 3 I have o'ercome life's crosses; Grief, pain, and sorrow cease; Through His five wounds most holy With God I am at peace. 4 When all my powers are breaking, My breath comes heavily, Nor word more I can utter, Lord, hear my sighs to Thee! 5 When reason, sense, and thinking, Fail like a flickering light, That to and fro doth waver Ere 'tis extinguished quite: 6 Then let me softly, gently, Lord, fall asleep in Thee, When by Thy will and counsel My last hour comes to me. 7 As to the oak the ivy, So let me cleave to Thee, And live in heavenly glory With Thee eternally. 8 Amen! this wilt Thou, Jesus, Grant graciously to me: Endow me with Thy Spirit, That I die happily. Topics: Death and Burial

Jesus, my great High Priest

Appears in 41 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Jesus, my great High Priest, Offered His blood and died; My guilty conscience seeks No sacrifice beside. His powerful blood did once atone, And now it pleads before the throne. 2 To this dear Surety's hand Will I commit my cause; He answers and fulfills His Father's broken laws. Behold my soul at freedom set; My Surety paid the dreadful debt. 3 My Advocate appears For my defence on high; The Father bows His ears, And lays his thunder by. Not all that hell or sin can say Shall turn His heart, His love away. 4 Should all the hosts of death, And powers of hell unknown, Put their most dreadful forms Of rage and mischief on, I shall be safe, for Christ displays Superior power and guardian grace. Topics: Intercession

Thy ways, O Lord! with wise design

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 85 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Thy ways, O Lord, with wise design Are framed upon Thy throne above, And every dark or bending line Meets in the centre of Thy love. 2 With feeble light and half obscure, Poor mortals Thine arrangements view; Not knowing that they least are sure, And the mysterious just and true. 3 Thy flock, Thine own peculiar care, Though now they seem to roam uneyed; Are led or driven only where They best and safest may abide. 4 They neither know nor trace the way; But whilst they trust Thy guardian eye, Their feet shall ne'er to ruin stray, Nor shall the weakest fail or die. 5 My favored soul shall meekly learn To lay her reason at Thy throne; Too weak Thy secrets to discern, I'll trust Thee for my guide alone. Topics: Cross and Comfort

Lord Jesus Christ, true man and God

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 25 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lord Jesus Christ, true man and God, Who borest anguish, scorn, the rod, And diedst at last upon the tree, To gain Thy Father's grace for me: 2 I pray Thee, through that bitter woe, With me, a sinner, mercy know, When comes the hour of failing breath, And I must wrestle, Lord, with death, 3 When from my sight all fades away, And when my tongue no more can say, And when mine ears no more can hear, And when my heart is racked with fear, 4 When all my mind is darkened o'er, And human help can do no more; Then come, Lord Jesus, come with speed, And help me in my hour of need. 5 Lead me from this dark vale beneath, And shorten then the pangs of death; All evil spirits drive away, But let Thy Spirit with me stay, 6 Until my soul the body leave; Then in Thy hands my soul receive, And let the earth my body keep, Till the last day shall break its sleep. 7 Joyful my resurrection be, Thou in the Judgment plead for me, And hide my sins, Lord, from Thy face, And give me life, of Thy dear grace! 8 Implicitly I trust Thee, Lord, For Thou hast promised in Thy Word: "In truth I tell you, who receives My Word, and keeps it, and believes, 9 Shall never fall God's wrath beneath, Shall never taste eternal death; Though here he must return to dust, He still is noways therefore lost; 10 For I will with a mighty hand Deliver him from Death's strong band, And lift him hence that he shall be Forever in my realm with me, 11 Forever living there in bliss." O let us not that glory miss! Dear Lord, forgive us all our guilt, Help us to wait until Thou wilt 12 That we depart; and let our faith Be brave, and conquer e'en in death, Firm resting on Thy sacred Word, Until we sleep in Thee, our Lord. Topics: Death and Burial

Joy to the world! the Lord is come

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,869 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Joy to the world! the Lord is come: Let earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare Him room, And heaven and nature sing. 2 Joy to the earth! the Savior reigns: Let men their songs employ, While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains Repeat the sounding joy. 3 No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make His blessings flow Far as the curse is found. 4 He rules the world with truth and grace, And makes the nations prove The glories of His righteousness, And wonders of His love. Topics: Christmas

Dear Refuge of my weary soul

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 361 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Dear Refuge of my weary soul, On Thee, when sorrows rise, On Thee, when waves of trouble roll, My fainting hope relies. 2 To Thee I tell each rising grief, For Thou alone canst heal; Thy Word can bring a sweet relief For every pain I feel. 3 Hast Thou not bid me seek Thy face? And shall I seek in vain? And can the ear of sovereign grace Be deaf when I complain? 4 No, still the ear of sovereign grace Attends the mourner's prayer; O may I ever find access, To breathe my sorrows there! Topics: Cross and Comfort

Go to dark Gethsemane

Appears in 506 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Go to dark Gethsemane, Ye that feel the tempter's power; Your Redeemer's conflict see, Watch with Him one bitter hour; Turn not from His griefs away, Learn of Jesus Christ to pray. 2 Follow to the judgment-hall, View the Lord of life arraigned; O the wormwood and the gall! Oh, the pangs His soul sustained! Shun not suffering, shame or loss, Learn of Him to bear the cross. 3 Calvary's mournful mountain climb, There, adoring at His feet, Mark that miracle of time, God's own sacrifice complete; "It is finished," hear the cry, Learn of Jesus Christ to die. 4 Early hasten to the tomb Where they laid His breathless clay; All is solitude and gloom, Who hath taken Him away? Christ is risen! He meets our eyes. Savior, teach us so to rise. Topics: Passion of Christ

Come, ye thankful people, come

Appears in 731 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Come, ye thankful people, come, Raise the song of Harvest-home; All be safely gathered in, Ere the winter storms begin; God, our Maker, doth provide For our wants to be supplied; Come to God's own temple, come; Raise the song of Harvest-home. 2 We ourselves are God's own field, Fruit unto His praise to yield; Wheat and tares together sown, Unto joy or sorrow grown; First the blade, and then the ear, Then the full corn shall appear: Lord of harvest, grant that we Wholesome grain and pure may be. 3 For the Lord, our God, shall come, And shall take His harvest home; From His field shall purge away All that doth offend, that day; Give His angels charge at last In the fire the tares to cast, But the fruitful ears to store In His garner evermore. 4 Come, Thou Lord of harvest, come To Thy final Harvest-home; Gather Thou Thy people in, Free from sorrow, free from sin; There, forever purified, In Thy garner to abide; Come with all Thine angels, come, Raise the glorious Harvest-home! Topics: Harvest and Thanksgiving