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O Love Divine, How Sweet Thou Art
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 379 hymnals First Line: O Love divine, how sweet Thou art! When shall I find my willing heart
O Love Divine, How Sweet Thou Art
Let All the Earth Their Voices Raise
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 166 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Let all the earth their voices raise
To sing the choicest psalm of praise,
To sing and bless Jehovah’s name:
His glory let the heathens know,
His wonders to the nations show,
And all His saving works proclaim.
2. The heathens know Thy glory, Lord,
The wondering nations read Thy Word,
In Britain is Jehovah known:
Our worship shall no more be paid
To gods which mortal hands have made;
Our maker is our God alone.
3. He framed the globe, He built the sky,
He made the shining worlds on high,
And reigns complete in glory there:
His beams are majesty and light;
His beauties, how divinely bright!
His temple, how divinely fair!
4. Come the great day, the glorious hour,
When earth shall feel His saving power,
And barbarous nations fear His name;
Then shall the race of man confess
The beauty of His holiness,
And in His courts His grace proclaim. Used With Tune: ARIEL Text Sources: The Psalms of David, 1719
Let All the Earth Their Voices Raise
Moderation and Charity
Author: Benjamin Beddome Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: When I behold my table spread Text Sources: Appeared posthumously in Hymns Adapted to Public Worship (London: Burton and Briggs,1818)
Moderation and Charity
O Glorious Hope of Perfect Love
Author: John Wesley; Charles Wesley Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 223 hymnals Lyrics: 1. O glorious hope of perfect love!
It lifts me up to things above;
It bears on eagles’ wings.
It gives my ravished soul a taste,
And makes me for some moments feast
With Jesus’ priests and kings,
With Jesus’ priests and kings.
2. Rejoicing now in earnest hope,
I stand, and from the mountain top
See all the lands below.
Rivers of milk and honey rise,
And all the fruits of paradise
In endless plenty grow,
In endless plenty grow.
3. A land of corn, and wine, and oil;
Favored with God’s peculiar smile,
With ev’ry blessing blest;
There dwells the Lord our Righteousness,
And keeps His own in perfect peace,
And everlasting rest,
And everlasting rest.
4. Oh, that I might at once go up;
No more on this side of Jordan stop,
But now the land possess;
This moment end my legal years,
Sorrows and sins, and doubts and fears,
A howling wilderness,
A howling wilderness! Used With Tune: ARIEL Text Sources: Hymns and Sacred Poems, by John and Charles Wesley, 1742
O Glorious Hope of Perfect Love
O could I speak the matchless worth
Author: Samuel Medley Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 743 hymnals Lyrics:
O could I speak the matchless worth,
O could I sound the glories forth
Which in my Savior shine,
I'd soar, and touch the heavenly strings,
And vie with Gabriel while he sings
In notes almost divine.
I'd sing the characters he bears,
And all the forms of love he wears,
Exalted on his throne:
In loftiest songs of sweetest praise,
I would to everlasting days
Make all his glories known.
O the delightful day will come
When my dear Lord will bring me home,
And I shall see his face;
Then with my Savior, Brother, Friend,
A blest eternity I'll spend,
Triumphant in his grace.
Topics: Sundays after Trinity Praise and Adoration Used With Tune: MERIBAH
O could I speak the matchless worth
O Lamb Of God, For Sinners Slain
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 26 hymnals First Line: O Lamb of God, for sinners slain, I plead with thee my suit to gain
O Lamb Of God, For Sinners Slain
Doxology and Benediction
Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 17 hymnals First Line: Come, all ye servants of the Lord
Doxology and Benediction
O Lord of Nations, Hear Our Prayer
Author: Laurie F. Gauger Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: O Lord, of nations, hear our prayer
O Lord of Nations, Hear Our Prayer
Jesus, Thou Source of All Our Joys
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788; Compiler Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 42 hymnals Topics: Book One: Hymns, Songs, Chorales; The Christian Home Family Worship (Guarding Against the Power of Sound) Scripture: Matthew 26:41 Used With Tune: ARIEL
Jesus, Thou Source of All Our Joys
Eternal Mind, Who Rules The Fates
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Text Sources: Horae Lyrica Book 1, 1706
Eternal Mind, Who Rules The Fates
Thou Great Mysterious God Unknown
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 84 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Thou great mysterious God unknown,
Whose love hath gently led me on,
E’en from my infant days,
Mine inmost soul expose to view,
And tell me if I ever knew
Thy justifying grace,
Thy justifying grace.
2. If I have only known Thy fear,
And followed, with a heart sincere,
Thy drawings from above,
Now, let the further grace bestow,
And let my sprinkled conscience know
Thy sweet forgiving love,
Thy sweet forgiving love.
3. Father, in me reveal Thy Son,
And to my inmost soul make known
How merciful Thou art;
The secret of Thy love reveal,
And by Thy hallowing Spirit dwell
Forever in my heart,
Forever in my heart!
4. If now the witness were in me,
Would He not testify of Thee,
In Jesus reconciled?
And should I not with faith draw nigh,
And boldly, Abba, Father, cry,
And know myself Thy child,
And know myself Thy child? Used With Tune: ARIEL Text Sources: Redemption Hymns, 1747
Thou Great Mysterious God Unknown
Soliloquy on the Eve of New Year's Day
Author: Thomas Greene Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 129 hymnals First Line: My days and weeks, and months and years Text Sources: Poems on Various Subjects, Chiefly Sacred, by the Late Mr. Thomas Greene, of Ware, Hertfordshire. London: H. Goldney. 1780. 381 pp.
Soliloquy on the Eve of New Year's Day
Light of my life, O Lord, Thou art
Author: John Brownlie Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics:
I
Light of my life, O Lord, Thou art,
No fear afflicts my trusting heart
When, all secure in Thee
As in a fortress I repose,
And evil men, my direst foes,
Are baulked that trouble me,
II
Hosts may encamp on every side,
And pallid fear the trust deride
That saves me from affright;
But in the Lord my hope shall last,
Till noise of war and strife are past,
And flee the powers of night.
III
To God I make this chief request,
That I in His abode may rest
Through all my earthly days,
To mark its comeliness and grace,
And see the beauty of His face,
Whose love inspires my praise.
IV
There shall I dwell unseen by all,
Secure when days of trouble call,
And evil doers mock;
And He shall hide me in His tent,
Till all the wrath of man is spent
As tempests on a rock.
V
Therefore to Thee my praise I’ll give,
And joyful offerings while I live
My grateful soul shall bring;
For Thou my foes hast beaten down,
With victory Thou my head dost crown,
And tun’st my heart to sing.
Scripture: Psalm 27:1-6
Light of my life, O Lord, Thou art
Come on, companions of our way
Author: James Montgomery Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics:
Come on, companions of our way,
Who travel to eternal day
Through this poor world of night;
Give to the Lord, in noble songs,
The praise that to His name belongs,
As children of the light.
Call'd out of darkness, by His voice,
Be that clear shining path our choice,
Which Christ our captain trod!
Whether with flowers and fragrance crown'd,
Or thorns and thistle interwound,
It leads the soul to God.
Though pilgrims in a vale of woes,
Thick-strown with snares, and throng'd with foes;
Since Jesus journey'd through,
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Plant but your steps where his have prest
The ground once curst,--that ground now blest
Is heaven's highway for you.
To heaven, to heaven then march we on,
Go where our conquering Lord hath gone!
Thus where He is, shall we
In joy behold Him face to face,
And, changed by glorifying grace,
Resemble Him we see.
Sacred Poems and Hymns
Come on, companions of our way
Come, All Ye People, Bless Our God
Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 9 hymnals
Come, All Ye People, Bless Our God
O Lord! How Happy Should We Be
Author: Joseph Anstice Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 135 hymnals Lyrics: 1. O Lord! how happy should we be,
If we could leave our cares to Thee,
If we from self could rest;
And feel at heart that One above,
In perfect wisdom, perfect love,
Is working for the best.
2. How far from this our daily life
How oft disturbed by anxious strife,
By sudden wild alarms;
Oh, could we but relinquish all
Our earthly props, and simply fall
On Thy almighty arms
3. Could we but kneel and cast our care
Upon our God in humble prayer,
With strengthened souls we rise,
Sure that our Father who is nigh,
To hear the ravens when they cry,
Will hear His children’s cries.
4. We cannot trust Him as we should;
So chafes weak nature’s restless mood
To cast its peace away;
But birds and flowerets round us preach,
All, all the present evil teach
Sufficient for the day.
5. Lord, make these faithless hearts of ours
Such lessons learn from birds and flowers,
And learn from self to cease;
Leave all things to a Father’s will,
And taste, before Him lying still
E’en in affliction, peace! Used With Tune: MERIBAH
O Lord! How Happy Should We Be
When Thou, My Righteous Judge
Author: Lady Huntingdon Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 439 hymnals First Line: When Thou, my righteous Judge, shalt come Lyrics: 1. When Thou, my righteous Judge, shalt come
To take Thy ransomed people home,
Shall I among them stand?
Shall such a worthless worm as I,
Who sometimes am afraid to die,
Be found at Thy right hand?
2. I love to meet among them now,
Before Thy gracious feet to bow,
Though vilest of them all:
But can I bear the piercing tho't,
What if my name should be left out,
When Thou for them shalt call?
3. Prevent, prevent it by Thy grace;
Be Thou, dear Lord, my hiding-place.
In this th' accepted day;
Thy pard'ning voice, O let me hear,
To still my unbelieving fear,
Nor let me fall, I pray.
4. Let me among Thy saints be found,
Whene'er th' archangel's trump shall sound,
To see Thy smiling face;
Then loudest of the crowd I'll sing,
While heav'n resounding mansions ring
With shouts of sov'reign grace.
Topics: Jesus Christ Second Coming Used With Tune: MERIBAH
When Thou, My Righteous Judge
Yn Eden, cofiaf hynny byth (In Eden, (O the memory))
Author: William Williams, Pantycelyn, (1716-1791); Rev. Robert Parry Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 8 hymnals Used With Tune: BUDDUGOLIAETH
Yn Eden, cofiaf hynny byth (In Eden, (O the memory))
There is a land of peace and rest
Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Comfort and Consolation
There is a land of peace and rest
Thou God of Glorious Majesty
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 98 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Thou God of glorious majesty,
To Thee, against myself, to Thee,
A worm of earth, I cry;
A half-awakened child of man;
An heir of endless bliss or pain;
A sinner born to die!
2. Lo! on a narrow neck of land,
’Twixt two unbounded seas I stand,
Secure, insensible;
A point of time, a moment’s space,
Removes me to that heavenly place,
Or shuts me up in hell.
3. O God, mine inmost soul convert!
And deeply on my thoughtful heart
Eternal things impress:
Give me to feel their solemn weight,
And tremble on the brink of fate,
And wake to righteousness.
4. Before me place, in dread array,
The pomp of that tremendous day,
When Thou with clouds shalt come,
To judge the nations at Thy bar;
And tell me, Lord, shall I be there
To meet a joyful doom?
5. Be this my one great business here,
With serious industry and fear
Eternal bliss to ensure;
Thine utmost counsel to fulfill,
And suffer all Thy righteous will,
And to the end endure.
6. Then, Savior, then my soul receive,
Transported from this vale to live
And reign with Thee above;
Where faith is sweetly lost in sight,
And hope in full supreme delight,
And everlasting love. Used With Tune: MERIBAH Text Sources: Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1749
Thou God of Glorious Majesty
O Jesus, de hanhepi kin (Lord, in they presence dread and sweet)
Author: Anonymous; Paul Mazakute Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Evening Confirmation
O Jesus, de hanhepi kin (Lord, in they presence dread and sweet)
O Lord of mercies, Thee we owe
Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Morning and Evening
O Lord of mercies, Thee we owe
O God of life, in whom we live
Author: John Brownlie Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics:
I
O God of life, in whom we live,
The bounties of Thy favour give,
And teach our souls to soar;
That, at the source of every good,
Our life may find its needful food,
And live for evermore.
II
O Lord of mercy, by whose grace
The sinner seeks the Father’s face,
And finds a welcome there;
When fears the trembling soul distress,
And sins the aching heart oppress,
O Lord of mercy, spare.
III
And say to Him who loves Thee best,
And sent Thee to a world distressed,
His blessing to impart,—
“Hear Thou the sinner’s mournful cries,
Accept his preferred sacrifice,
A broken, contrite heart.”
IV
Blest Spirit, who in holy flame,
At Pentecost all powerful came,—
Our sin-stained souls renew;
And by Thine all-consuming fire,
Consume our sin and vile desire,
And make us pure and true.
V
To God who dwells in highest heaven,
Be endless praise and glory given,—
And praise to Christ the Son.
And to the Holy Spirit blest,
For comfort and for gifts the best,—
Immortal Three in One.
Topics: Aspirations
O God of life, in whom we live
Behold, The Awful Day Comes On
Author: Augustus M. Toplady Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Behold, the awful day comes on,
When Jesus on His righteous throne
Shall in the clouds appear:
With solemn pomp shall bow the sky,
And, in the twinkling of an eye,
Arraign us at His bar.
2 But first th’archangel’s trump shall blow,
Our scattered dust its voice shall know,
And quicken at the sound:
The sea shall then give up her dead:
And nations, starting from their bed,
Shall cleave the opening ground.
3 Who shall withstand His righteous ire,
When Jesus sets the clouds on fire,
And makes the earth retreat?
In vain shall sinners then repent.
When each expiring element,
Shall melt with fervent heat.
4 The dead in Christ shall first awake,
The faithful few, who, for His sake,
On earth were justified:
Guarded by a seraphic band,
Aloft they mount to His right hand,
In whom they lived and died.
5 See next the guilty crowd arise.
Beholding, with reluctant eyes,
The glories of the Lamb;
While taunting fiends impatient wait
To hurl them from the judgment seat,
To hell’s eternal flame.
6 Hark, as they mount, by devils borne,
To meet their judge (on earth their scorn)
Despairingly they cry,
"Fall on us, rocks, with all your load,
And screen us from the wrath of God,
And hide us from His eye."
7 In vain on rocks and hills ye call,
The rocks shall from their bases fall
And know their place no more:
The hills shall melt when God comes down,
And mountains crumble at His frown,
And groan beneath His power.
8 What thought can paint their black despair,
Who this tremendous sentence hear,
Irrevocably giv’n,
"Depart, ye cursed, into hell,
With everlasting burnings dwell,
Remote from Me and Heav’n?"
9 But, O Thou Savior of mankind,
Display Thy power, and to the blind
Effectual light afford:
Snatch them from unbelief and sin,
And now compel them to come in,
And tremble at Thy Word.
10 Methinks I hear Thy mercy plead,
The voice of Him that wakes the dead
Doth over sinners mourn:
“Why do ye still your God forget,
And madly hasten to the pit
From whence is no return?
11 "Ye reasoners, make a rational choice;
Listen, in time, to reason’s voice,
Nor dare almighty ire:
Turn, lest the hottest wrath ye feel,
And find, too late, the flames of hell
No metaphoric fire." Used With Tune: FRANCES Text Sources: Hymns and Sacred Poems (London: Daniel Sedgwick and Hamilton & Adams, 1775)
Behold, The Awful Day Comes On
O God, mine inmost soul convert
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 88 hymnals Topics: Christ Advent Second; Christ Judge; Eternity; Life Solemnity of Used With Tune: MERIBAH
O God, mine inmost soul convert
O Thou, That Hear'st the Prayer of Faith
Author: Augustus M. Toplady Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 197 hymnals Lyrics: 1. O Thou, that hear’st the prayer of faith,
Wilt Thou not save a soul from death,
That casts itself on Thee?
I have no refuge of my own,
But fly to what my Lord has done,
And suffered, once for me.
2. Slain in the guilty sinner’s stead,
His spotless righteousness I plead,
And His atoning blood:
Thy righteousness my robe shall be,
Thy merit shall avail for me,
And bring me near to God.
3. Then snatch me from eternal death,
The Spirit of adoption breathe,
His consolation send:
By Him some word of life impart,
And sweetly whisper to my heart,
Thy maker is thy friend.
4. The king of terrors then would be
A welcome messenger to me,
To bid me come away:
Unclogged by earth, or earthly things,
I’d mount, I’d fly with eager wings,
To everlasting day. Used With Tune: PURLEIGH
O Thou, That Hear'st the Prayer of Faith
Arise And Hail The Sacred Day
Author: Elizabeth Scott, 1708-1776 Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 33 hymnals First Line: Arise, and hail the sacred day Lyrics: 1 Arise, and hail the sacred day,
Cast all low cares of life away;
And thoughts of meaner things;
This day, to cure our deadly woes,
The Sun of Righteousness arose
With healing in His wings.
2 If angels on that happy morn
The Savior of the world was born
Poured forth seraphic songs,
Much more should we of human race
Adore the wonders of His grace,
To whom that grace belongs.
3 How wonderful, how vast His love,
Who left the shining realms above,
Those happy seats of rest;
How much for lost mankind He bore,
Their peace and pardon to restore,
Can never be expressed.
4 While we adore His boundless grace,
And pious joy and mirth take place
Of sorrow, grief and pain,
Give glory to our God on high,
And not, among the general joy,
Forget good-will to men.
5 O then let Heav’n and earth rejoice,
Creation’s whole united voice,
And hymn the sacred day,
When sin and Satan vanquished fell,
And all the powers of death and hell,
Before His sovereign sway. Used With Tune: ROMFORD
Arise And Hail The Sacred Day
O God of Light and Life and Joy
Author: John Brownlie Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics:
O God of Light and Life and Joy,
Blest Trinity! my soul employ
While I have power to sing:
No song too glad to raise to Thee,
Eternal, glorious Trinity,--
No gift too rich to bring.
When darkness brooded o'er the earth,
At thy command light had its birth,
And night and darkness fled;
And still, where hearts are bound in night,
Thou speak'st the word, "Let there be light,"
And noontide beams are shed.
Death held the Christ of God enchained,
The grave the Lord of Life restrained,
And eyes were filled with tears;--
Awoke the morn in eastern skies!
Behold, the Lord of Life arise!
Farewell to mortal fears!
O joyless still the spirit sighs,
And fearful looks to ebon skies,
And stars begin to shine;--
Lo! overhead the bright array,
The night is shining as the day,
When hopes and fears entwine.
O God of Light and Life and Joy,
Blest Trinity, my soul employ
While I have power to sing:
No song too glad to raise to Thee,
Eternal, glorious Trinity,
No gift too rich to bring.
O God of Light and Life and Joy
And Am I Only Born to Die?
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 124 hymnals Lyrics: 1. And am I only born to die?
And must I suddenly comply
With nature’s stern decree?
What after death for me remains?
Celestial joys, or hellish pains,
To all eternity?
2. How then ought I on earth to live,
While God prolongs the kind reprieve
And props the house of clay?
My sole concern, my single care,
To watch, and tremble, and prepare
Against the fatal day.
3. No room for mirth or trifling here,
For worldly hope, or worldly fear,
If life so soon is gone:
If now the Judge is at the door,
And all mankind must stand before
The inexorable throne!
4. No matter which my thoughts employ,
A moment’s misery, or joy;
But O! when both shall end,
Where shall I find my destined place?
Shall I my everlasting days
With fiends, or angels spend?
5. Nothing is worth a thought beneath
But how I may escape the death
That never, never dies;
How make mine own election sure,
And, when I fail on earth, secure
A mansion in the skies.
6. Jesus, vouchsafe a pitying ray,
Be Thou my guide, be Thou my way
To glorious happiness;
Ah, write the pardon on my heart,
And whensoe’er I hence depart,
Let me depart in peace. Used With Tune: VENETIA Text Sources: Hymns for Children, 1763
And Am I Only Born to Die?
O Food That Weary Pilgrims Love
Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 19 hymnals Lyrics: 1. O food that weary pilgrims love,
O bread of angel hosts above,
O manna of the saints,
The hungry soul would feed on Thee;
Ne’er may the heart unsolaced be
Which for Thy sweetness faints.
2. O fount of love, O cleansing tide,
Which from the Savior’s piercèd side
And sacred heart dost flow,
Be ours to drink of Thy pure rill,
Which only can our spirits fill,
And all our need bestow.
3. Lord Jesu, whom, by power divine
Now hidden ’neath the outward sign,
We worship and adore,
Grant, when the veil away is rolled,
With open face we may behold
Thyself forevermore. Used With Tune: ESCA VIATORUM Text Sources: Maintzich Gesangbuch, 1661; translated from Latin to English by the compilers of Hymns Ancient and Modern
O Food That Weary Pilgrims Love
Great Source of Unexhausted Good
Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 44 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Great Source of unexhausted good,
Who givest us health and friends and food
And peace and calm content;
Like fragrant incense, to the skies,
Let songs of grateful praises rise
For all Thy blessings lent.
2. Through all the dangers of the day,
Thy providence attends our way,
To guard us and to guide;
Thy grace directs our wandering will,
And warns us, lest seducing ill
Allure our souls aside.
3. To Thee our lives, our all, we owe,
Our peace and sweetest joys below,
And brightest hopes above;
Then let our lives, and all that’s ours,
Our souls, and all our active powers,
Be sacred to Thy love. Used With Tune: EASTBOURNE Text Sources: Exeter Collection
Great Source of Unexhausted Good
All Things are Yours
Author: Benjamin Beddome Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: How great the treasure saints possess Text Sources: Appeared posthumously in Hymns Adapted to Public Worship (London: Burton and Briggs,1818)
All Things are Yours
To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom heaven's triumphant host
Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 38 hymnals
To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom heaven's triumphant host
God's Glorious Presence
Author: John Walker Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 31 hymnals First Line: Thou God of power, Thou God of love
God's Glorious Presence
Whene'er I Look Into Thy Word
Author: Samuel Pearce, 1766-1799 Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 16 hymnals First Line: Whene’er I look into Thy word Lyrics: 1 Whene’er I look into Thy word,
And read about my dearest Lord,
The friend of sinful man,
And trace my Savior’s footsteps there;
What humble love, what holy fear,
Through all His conduct ran!
2 If I regard the matchless grace
He showed unto the human race,
How He for them became
A poor sojourner here below,
Oppressed by pain and sorrow too,
I can’t but love His name.
3 And when I view His love to God,
Those steps in which the Savior trod,
I long to tread them too;
I long to be inspired with zeal,
To execute my Father’s will,
As Jesus used to do.
4 I read, that He on duty bent,
To lonely places often went,
To seek His Father there:
The early morn and dewy ground
Can witness, they the Savior found,
Engaged in fervent prayer.
5 And did my Savior use to pray,
Before the light unveiled the day;
And shall I backward be?
No, dearest Lord, forbid the thought,
Help me to fight as Jesus fought,
Each foe that hinders me.
6 And you, my friends, who love His name,
Who love to imitate the Lamb,
And more of Jesus know;
Come let us all surround His throne,
And see what blessings on His own
Our Savior will bestow.
7 Though fears be great, temptations strong,
And though we oft have waited long,
Perhaps He may design
This morn to give each soul to see,
And say with Paul, "He died for me,"
And my Redeemer’s mine.
8 Now cheerful we’ll begin to pray,
That He will wash our sins away
In His atoning blood;
That He His blessing may bestow,
And give each sinner here to know
That he’s a child of God. Used With Tune: ADOWA
Whene'er I Look Into Thy Word
Hark, how the gospel trumpet charms!
Author: Anonymous Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal
Hark, how the gospel trumpet charms!
Come, Wisdom, Power, and Grace Divine
Author: C. Wesley Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 34 hymnals Topics: Social and Family Worship - Christian Fellowship and Prayer The Spirit of unity and love
Come, Wisdom, Power, and Grace Divine
Begin, my soul, th'exalted lay
Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 210 hymnals Used With Tune: HARWOOD
Begin, my soul, th'exalted lay
O God, thy faithfulness I plead
Author: C. Wesley Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 24 hymnals Topics: The Christian Life - Conflict and Suffering
O God, thy faithfulness I plead
O thou who dost to man accord
Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 11 hymnals Topics: Lent
O thou who dost to man accord
O Lord our Banner, God of might
Author: Dame Elizabeth Wordsworth Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 4 hymnals
O Lord our Banner, God of might
Thy Voice Hath Spoken
Author: Mary E. Maxwell Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Thy voice hath spoken, souls have heard Topics: Worship Closing of Worship Used With Tune: PEMBROKE
Thy Voice Hath Spoken
The Lord's into his vineyard come, The blossoms yield a sweet perfume
Author: Hugh Bourne Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 3 hymnals
The Lord's into his vineyard come, The blossoms yield a sweet perfume
In all my ways, in every task
Author: Paul Flemming, 1609-40; Catherine Winkworth, 1827-78 Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1 In all my ways, in every task,
the counsel of my God I ask,
who rules all things aright;
unless he guides both thought and deed
the wisest plans cannot succeed;
in vain is human might.
2 I lean upon his mighty arm;
he keeps me safe from every harm
and all calamity.
If by his guidance I shall live,
whatever's useful he will give,
and naught can injure me.
3 To those I love he will be near,
their heart with bounteous gifts will cheer;
he is my shield and theirs;
and he will grant beyond our thought
what they and I alike have sought
with all our fervent prayers.
4 Then let me never be afraid,
but trust in him who all has made;
on him reliant rest.
Through life, wherever I may go,
my loving God will always know
what for my need is best. Topics: Confirmation Service; Faith; Fear; God's Love to Us; Personal Petition; Pilgrimage; Protection; Providence; Sovereignty of God; Trust in God Scripture: 1 Peter 5:6-11 Used With Tune: TRAVELLER
In all my ways, in every task
Come, see the place where Jesus lay
Author: Thomas Kelly Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 58 hymnals First Line: Come see the place where Jesus lay, And hear the angelic watchers say Lyrics: 1 Come, see the place where Jesus lay,
And hear angelic watchers say,
"He lives, Who once was slain:
Why seek the living 'midst the dead?
Remember how the Saviour said
That he would rise again."
2 O joyful sound! O glorious hour,
When by His own Almighty power
He rose, and left the grave!
Now let our songs His triumph tell,
Who burst the bands of death and hell,
And ever lives to save.
3 The First-begotten of the dead,
For us He rose, our glorious Head,
Immortal life to bring;
What though the saints like Him shall die,
They share their Leader's victory,
And triumph with their King.
4 No more they tremble at the grave,
For Jesus will their spirits save,
And raise their slumbering dust:
O risen Lord, in Thee we live,
To Thee our ransom'd souls we give,
To Thee our bodies trust.
Hymnal: according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, 1871
Come, see the place where Jesus lay
Whitsunday
Author: J. Hart Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: When the blest day of Pentecost
Whitsunday
Looking At the Cross
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 34 hymnals First Line: O thou who hast our sorrows borne
Looking At the Cross
The Lord's Prayer, Paraphrased
Author: Joseph Straphan Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 24 hymnals First Line: Our Father, whose eternal sway
The Lord's Prayer, Paraphrased
O Christ, Our Joy, Gone Up on High
Author: Anonymous; David T. Morgan Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 4 hymnals Lyrics: 1. O Christ, our joy, gone up on high
To fill Thy throne above the sky,
How glorious dost Thou shine!
Thy sovereign rule the worlds obey,
And earthly joys all fade away
In that pure light of Thine.
2. To Thee in prayer Thy people bow;
O may our sins Thy pardon know,
The cleansing of Thy grace;
Then lift our hearts to Thee above,
On wings of faithfulness and love,
To seek Thy holy place.
3. So, when the sudden call shall sound,
And with Thy robe of clouds around
Thou, Christ, shalt come once more,
Thyself our judge may’st turn away
The penalty our sins should pay
And our lost crowns restore.
4. Ascended up from mortal sight,
Jesu, we praise Thee in the height,
Our joy, our great reward;
Whom with the Father we confess
And with the Holy Spirit bless,
One ever glorious Lord. Used With Tune: ASCENDIT Text Sources: Würzburg, Germany: 13th Century, part of the longer Aeterne Rex altissime; translation in Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1875, and Hymns and Other Poetry of the Latin Church, 1880
O Christ, Our Joy, Gone Up on High
Awaked by Sinai's Awful Sound
Author: Samson Occom Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 275 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Awaked by Sinai’s awful sound,
My soul in bonds of guilt I found,
And knew not where to go;
Eternal truth did loud proclaim,
The sinner must be born again,
Or sink to endless woe.
2. Amazed I stood, but could not tell
Which way to shun the gates of hell,
For death and hell drew near;
I strove, indeed, but strove in vain;
The sinner must be born again
Still sounded in my ear.
3. When to the law I trembling fled,
It poured its curses on my head;
I no relief could find.
This fearful truth increased my pain;
The sinner must be born again
O’erwhelmed my tortured mind.
4. Again did Sinai’s thunders roll,
And guilt lay heavy on my soul,
A vast oppressive load;
Alas, I read and saw it plain,
The sinner must be born again,
Or drink the wrath of God.
5. The saints I heard with rapture tell
How Jesus conquered death and hell,
And broke the fowler’s snare;
Yet when I found this truth remain,
The sinner must be born again,
I sank in deep despair.
6. But while I thus in anguish lay,
The gracious Savior passed this way,
And felt His pity move;
The sinner, by His justice slain,
Now by His grace is born again;
And sings redeeming love. Used With Tune: MERIBAH Text Sources: Devotional Hymn and Tune Book, by William B. Bradbury (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: American Baptist Publishing Society, 1864)
Awaked by Sinai's Awful Sound
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