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Give Me the Wings of Faith
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 517 hymnals First Line: Give me the wings of faith to rise Lyrics: 1. Give me the wings of faith to rise
Within the veil, and see
The saints above, how great their joys,
How bright their glories be.
2. Once they were mourning here below,
And wet their couch with tears:
They wrestled hard, as we do now,
With sins, and doubts, and fears.
3. I ask them whence their victory came:
They, with united breath,
Ascribe their conquest to the Lamb,
Their triumph to His death.
4. They marked the footsteps that He trod,
His zeal inspired their breast;
And following their incarnate God,
Possess the promised rest.
5. Our glorious Leader claims our praise
For His own pattern giv’n;
While the long cloud of witnesses
Show the same path to Heav’n.
Another arrangement, by Walter Kittredge (1834-1905), adds this refrain:
Many are the friends who are waiting today,
Happy on the golden strand,
Many are the voices calling us away,
To join their glorious band.
Calling us away, calling us away,
Calling to the better land,
Calling us away, calling us away,
Calling to the better land. Used With Tune: BINGHAM Text Sources: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707-9, Book II, number 140
Give Me the Wings of Faith
How oft, alas! this wretched heart
Appears in 316 hymnals Used With Tune: BINGHAM
How oft, alas! this wretched heart
Casting all our care upon Him
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 37 hymnals First Line: Still on the Lord thy burden roll Topics: Duties and Trials Patience and Resignation Scripture: Psalm 55:22 Used With Tune: BINGHAM
Casting all our care upon Him
O Lord, My Inmost Heart and Thought
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 9 hymnals Topics: Self-Examination; Preparatory Service; Omniscience, God'S; Searcher Of Hearts, God The; Guidance, Divine Scripture: Psalm 139 Used With Tune: BINGHAM
O Lord, My Inmost Heart and Thought
Why Did the Gentiles Tumults Raise?
Author: Thomas Sternhold, ?-1549 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Why did the Gentiles tumults raise?
What rage was in their brain?
Why do the people still contrive
A thing that is but vain?
2. The kings and rulers of the earth
Conspire and are all bent
Against the Lord, and Christ His Son,
Whom He among us sent.
3. Shall we be bound to them? Say they,
Let all Their bonds be broke;
And of Their doctrine and Their law
Let us reject the yoke.
4. But He that in the Heav’n doth dwell,
Their doings will deride;
And make them all as mocking-stocks
Throughout the world so wide.
5. For in His wrath He shall reprove
Their pride and scornful way,
And in His fury trouble them,
And unto them shall say,
6. I have anointed Him My King
Upon My holy hill;
I will therefore, Lord, preach Thy law
According to Thy will:
7. The law whereof the Lord Himself
Hath thus said unto Me,
Thou art My only Son, this day
Have I begotten Thee.
8. The people I will give to Thee,
As heirs at Thy request
The ends and coasts of all the earth
By Thee shall be possessed.
9. Thou shalt them bruise e’en like to those
That under foot are trod,
And as a potter’s vessel break
Them with an iron rod.
10. Now ye, O kings and rulers all,
Be wise therefore and learned,
By who the matters of the world
Are judged and discerned.
11. See that ye serve the Lord above
In trembling and in fear;
See that with reverence ye rejoice
When ye to Him draw near:
12. See that ye do embrace and kiss
His Son without delay;
Lest in His wrath ye suddenly
Perish from the right way.
13. If once His wrath (but little) shall
Be kindled in His breast,
Then only they that trust in Him
Shall happy be and blest. Used With Tune: BINGHAM
Why Did the Gentiles Tumults Raise?
Let Worldly Minds the World Pursue
Author: John Newton Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 227 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Let worldly minds the world pursue,
It has no charms for me;
Once I admired its trifles too,
But grace has set me free.
2. Its pleasures now no longer please,
No more content afford;
Far from my heart be joys like these;
Now I have seen the Lord.
3. As by the light of opening day
The stars are all concealed;
So earthly pleasures fade away,
When Jesus is revealed.
4. Creatures no more divide my choice,
I bid them all depart;
His name, and love, and gracious voice,
Have fixed my roving heart.
5. Now, Lord, I would be Thine alone,
And wholly live to Thee;
But may I hope that Thou wilt own
A worthless worm, like me?
6. Yes! though of sinners I’m the worst,
I cannot doubt Thy will;
For if Thou hadst not loved me first
I had refused Thee still. Used With Tune: BINGHAM Text Sources: Olney Hymns (London: W. Oliver, 1779), number 59
Let Worldly Minds the World Pursue
O Lord, how are my foes increased!
Appears in 15 hymnals Used With Tune: BINGHAM
O Lord, how are my foes increased!
Help, Lord, for Men of Virtue Fail
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 51 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Help, Lord, for men of virtue fail,
Religion loses ground,
The sons of violence prevail,
And treacheries abound.
2. Their oaths and promises they break,
Yet act the flatterer’s part;
With fair, deceitful lips they speak,
And with a double heart.
3. If we reprove some hateful lie,
How is their fury stirred!
Are not our lips our own? they cry;
And who shall be our Lord?
4. Scoffers appear on every side,
Where a vile race of men
Is raised to seats of power and pride,
And bears the sword in vain.
5. Lord, when iniquities abound,
And blasphemy grows bold,;
When faith is hardly to be found,
And love is waxing cold;
6. Is not Thy chariot hastening on?
Hast Thou not giv’n this sign?
May we not trust and live upon
A promise so divine?
7. Yes, saith the Lord, now will I rise,
And make oppressors flee;
I shall appear to their surprise,
And set My servants free.
8. Thy Word, like silver sev’n times tried,
Through ages shall endure;
The men that in Thy truth confide
Shall find the promise sure. Used With Tune: BINGHAM Text Sources: Isaac Watts, The Psalms of David, 1719.
Help, Lord, for Men of Virtue Fail
There Is a Little Lonely Fold
Author: Maria G. Saffery Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 34 hymnals Lyrics: 1. There is a little lonely fold,
Whose flock one Shepherd keeps,
Through summer’s heat and winter’s cold,
With eye that never sleeps.
2. By evil beast, or burning sky,
Or damp of midnight air,
Not one in all that flock shall die
Beneath that Shepherd’s care.
3. For if, unheeding or beguiled,
In danger’s path they roam,
His pity follows through the wild
And guards them safely home.
4. O gentle Shepherd, still behold
Thy helpless charge in me;
And take a wanderer to Thy fold
That trembling turns to Thee. Used With Tune: BINGHAM Text Sources: Poems on Sacred Subjects, 1834
There Is a Little Lonely Fold
