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Abide with Me

Author: Henry F. Lyte, 1793-1847 Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 1,680 hymnals Topics: Brevity And Frailty Of Life First Line: Abide with me; fast falls the eventide Scripture: Luke 24:29 Used With Tune: EVENTIDE

O God, Our Help in Ages Past

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,241 hymnals Topics: Brevity And Frailty Of Life Lyrics: 1 O God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home. 2 Under the shadow of Thy throne Thy saints have dwelt secure; Sufficient is Thine arm alone, And our defense is sure. 3 Before the hills in order stood, Or earth received her frame, From everlasting Thou art God, To endless years the same. 4 A thousand ages in Thy sight Are like an evening gone, Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. 5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away; They fly forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day. 6 O God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Be Thou our guard while troubles last, And our eternal home. Scripture: Psalm 90 Used With Tune: LAFAYETTE

Hours and Days and Years and Ages

Author: L. P. Brink Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Brevity And Frailty Of Life Scripture: 1 Chronicles 29:15 Used With Tune: O LIEBE MEINER LIEBE

Mindful of Our Human Frailty

Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Brevity And Frailty Of Life Lyrics: 1 Mindful of our human frailty Is the God in Whom we trust; He whose years are everlasting, He remembers we are dust. 2 Man is like the tender flower, And his days are like the grass, Withered where it lately flourished By the blighting winds that pass. 3 Changeless is Jehovah's mercy Unto those who fear His Name, From eternity abiding To eternity the same. 4 All the faithful to His covenant Shall behold His righteousness; He will be their strength and refuge, And their children's children bless. Scripture: Psalm 103 Used With Tune: TALMAR

Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Dwelling-Place

Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 15 hymnals Topics: Brevity And Frailty Of Life Lyrics: 1 Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling-place Through all the ages of our race; Before the mountains had their birth, Or even Thou hadst formed the earth, From everlasting Thou art God, To everlasting our abode. 2 At Thy command man fades and dies And newborn generations rise; A thousand years are passed away, And all to Thee are but a day; Yea, like the watches of the night, With Thee the ages wing their flight. 3 Man soon yields up his fleeting breath Before this swelling tide of death; Like transient sleep his seasons pass, His life is like the tender grass, Luxuriant 'neath the morning sun, And withered ere the day is done. 4 Man in Thy anger is consumed, And unto grief and sorrow doomed; Before Thy clear and searching sight Our secret sins are brought to light; Beneath Thy wrath we pine and die, Our life expiring like a sigh. 5 For threescore years and ten we wait, Or fourscore years if strength be great; But grief and toil attend life's day, And soon our spirits fly away; O who with true and reverent though Can fear Thy anger as he ought? 6 O teach Thou us to count our days And set our hearts on wisdom's ways; Turn, Lord, to us in our distress, In pity now Thy servants bless; Let mercy's dawn dispel our night, And all our day with joy be bright. Scripture: Psalm 90 Used With Tune: ST. CATHERINE

Dust to Dust, the Mortal Dies

Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Brevity And Frailty Of Life Scripture: Psalm 49 Used With Tune: WATCHMAN (Mason)

With Firm Resolve I Held My Peace

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Brevity And Frailty Of Life Lyrics: 1 With firm resolve I held my peace And spake not either bad or good, Lest I should utter sinful thoughts While wicked men before me stood. 2 While I was dumb my grief was stirred, My heart grew hot with thought suppressed; The while I mused the fire increased, Then to the Lord I made request. 3 Make me, O Lord, to know my end, Teach me the measure of my days, That I may know how frail I am And turn from pride and sinful ways. 4 My time is nothing in Thy sight, Behold, my days are but a span; yea, truly at his best estate, A breath, a fleeting breath, is man. 5 Man's life is passed in vain desire If troubled years be spent for gain; He knows not whose his wealth shall be, And all his toil is but in vain. 6 And now, O Lord, what wait I for? I have no nope except in Thee; Let not ungodly men reproach, From all transgression set me free. 7 Because Thou didst it I was dumb, I spoke no word of rash complaint; Remove Thy stroke away from me, Beneath Thy chastisement I faint. 8 When Thou for his iniquity Rebukest and correctest man, His beauty is consumed away; How weak his strength, how vain his plan. 9 Lord, hear my prayer, regard my cry; I weep; be Thou my Comforter. I am a stranger here below, A pilgrim as my fathers were. 10 O spare me, Lord, avert Thy wrath, Deal gently with me, I implore, That I may yet recover strength Ere I go hence and be no more. Scripture: Psalm 39 Used With Tune: BERA

Thou, O Lord, Art God Alone

Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 13 hymnals Topics: Brevity And Frailty Of Life Scripture: Psalm 102 Used With Tune: ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR (ELVEY)

Some Day the Silver Cord Will Break

Author: Fanny J. Crosby Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain Appears in 207 hymnals Topics: Brevity And Frailty Of Life Refrain First Line: And I shall see Him face to face Lyrics: 1 Some day the silver cord will break, And I no more as now shall sing; But O the joy when I shall wake Within the palace of the King! Refrain: And I shall see Him face to face, And tell the story— Saved by grace; And I shall see Him face to face, And tell the story— Saved by grace. 2 Some day my earthly house will fall, I cannot tell how soon ’twill be; But this I know: my Lord, my All, Has now a place in heaven for me. [Refrain] 3 Some day, when fades the golden sun Beneath the rosy-tinted west, My blessed Lord will say, “Well done!” And I shall enter into rest. [Refrain] 4 Some day: till then I’ll watch and wait, My lamp all trimmed and burning bright, That when my Savior opes the gate, My soul to Him may take its flight. [Refrain] Used With Tune: SAVED BY GRACE

O Come, My Soul, Bless Thou the Lord

Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Appears in 20 hymnals Topics: Brevity And Frailty Of Life First Line: O come, my soul, bless thou the Lord thy Maker Refrain First Line: Bless Him, ye angels, wondrous in might Lyrics: 1 O come, my soul, bless thou the Lord thy Maker, And all within me bless His holy Name; Bless thou the Lord, forget not all His mercies, His pardoning grace and saving love proclaim. Refrain: Bless Him, ye angels, wondrous in might, Bless Him, His servants that in His will delight. 2 Good is the Lord and full of kind compassion, Most slow to anger, plenteous in love; Rich is His grace to all that humbly seek Him, Boundless and endless as the heavens above. [Refrain] 3 His love is like a father's to his children, Tender and kind to all who fear His Name; For well He knows our weakness and our frailty, He knows that we are dust, He knows our frame. [Refrain] 4 We fade and die like flowers that grow in beauty, Like tender grass that soon will disappear; But evermore the love of God is changeless, Still shown to those who look to Him in fear. [Refrain] 5 High in the heavens His throne is fixed forever, His kingdom rules o'er all from pole to pole; Bless ye the Lord through all His wide dominion, Bless His most holy Name, O thou my soul. [Refrain] Scripture: Psalm 103 Used With Tune: TIDINGS (TUNBRIDGE)

In Vision to His Saints God Spake

Meter: 8.8.8.8 D Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Brevity And Frailty Of Life Scripture: Psalm 89 Used With Tune: JORDAN

The Tender Love a Father Has

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 15 hymnals Topics: Brevity And Frailty Of Life Lyrics: 1 The tender love a father has For all his children dear, Such love the Lord bestows on them Who worship Him in fear. 2 The Lord remembers we are dust, And all our frailty knows; Man’s days are like the tender grass, And as the flower he grows. 3 The flower is withered by the wind That smites with blighting breath; So man is quickly swept away Before the blast of death. 4 Unchanging is the love of God, From age to age the same, Displayed to all who do His will And reverence His name. 5 Those who His gracious covenant keep The Lord will ever bless; Their children’s children shall rejoice To see His righteousness. Scripture: Psalm 103 Used With Tune: AVONDALE

My Mouth Shall Sing for Aye

Author: Rev. William Kuipers Meter: 12.12.13.13.13.13 Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: Brevity And Frailty Of Life First Line: My mouth shall sing for aye Thy tender mercies, Lord Scripture: Psalm 89 Used With Tune: SOVEREIGN GRACE

Lord, Through All the Generations

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 10 hymnals Topics: Brevity And Frailty Of Life Lyrics: 1 Lord, through all the generations Of the children of our race, In our fears and tribulations, Thou hast been our dwelling-place. Ere the vast and wide creation By Thy word was cased to be, Or the mountains held their station, Thou art God eternally. 2 Each succeeding generation At Thy mighty word appears; Thou dost count in time's duration One day as a thousand years. Death, with swift and sudden warning, Calls us from life's dream away, Like the grass, green in the morning, Withered ere the close of day. 3 Long the clouds of evil lower; Bless us now with gladsome days; Let Thy servants see Thy power, Let their children learn Thy praise. On us let the grace and beauty Of the Lord our God remain, Strengthen us for noble duty That our work be not in vain. Scripture: Psalm 90 Used With Tune: EMMELAR (RICHARDS)

O Teach Thou Us to Count Our Days

Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 8 hymnals Topics: Brevity And Frailty Of Life Scripture: Psalm 90 Used With Tune: SANDS

Lord, Hear My Prayer

Meter: 8.8.8.8 D Appears in 12 hymnals Topics: Brevity And Frailty Of Life First Line: Lord, hear my prayer and let my cry Scripture: Psalm 102 Used With Tune: HOLY COMMUNION

O Bless the Lord, My Soul, with All Thy Power

Author: Dewey Westra Meter: 11.11.10 D Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Brevity And Frailty Of Life Scripture: Psalm 103 Used With Tune: BLESS JEHOVAH

The Lord Has Heard and Answered Prayer

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Brevity And Frailty Of Life Lyrics: 1 The Lord has heard and answered prayer And saved His people in distress; This to the coming age declare, That they His holy Name may bless. 2 The Lord, exalted on His throne, Looked down from heaven with pitying eye To still the lowly captive’s moan And save His people doomed to die. 3 All men in Zion shall declare His gracious Name with one accord, When kings and nations gather there To serve and worship God the Lord. 4 Before my journey is complete My vigor fails, my years decline; My God, O spare me, I entreat; The days of life are wholly Thine. 5 Attend, O Lord, to my desire, O haste to answer when I pray, For grief consumes my strength like fire, My days as smoke pass swift away. 6 O cut not short my life's brief day, O Thou whose years eternal run, Thou who didst earth's foundations lay, Creator of the stars and sun. 7 The earth and heavens shall pass away, Like vesture worn and laid aside, But changeless Thou shalt live for aye, Thy years forever shall abide. 8 Thou, O Jehovah, shalt endure, Thy throne forever is the same; And to all generations sure Shall be Thy great memorial Name. 9 Thy servants’ children shall remain Forevermore before Thy face; Enduring honor they shall gain, Established ever in Thy grace. Scripture: Psalm 102 Used With Tune: REST