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The Christian's Noblest Resolution

Hymnal: PSCD_v1 #161 (1760) Scripture: Joshua 24:15 First Line: Ah wretched souls, who strive in vain Lyrics: I. Ah wretched souls, who strive in vain, Slaves to the world, and slaves to sin! A nobler toil may I sustain, A nobler satisfaction win. II. I would resolve with all my heart, With all my pow'rs, to serve the Lord, Nor from his precepts e'er depart, Whose service is a rich reward. III. O be his service all my joy, Around let my example shine, Till others love the blest employ, And join in labours so divine. IV. Be this the purpose of my soul, My solemn, my determin'd choice, To yield to his supreme controul, And in his kind commands rejoice. V. O may I never faint nor tire, Nor wand'ring leave his sacred ways; Great God, accept my soul's desire, And give me strength to live thy praise.

The Condescension of God

Hymnal: PSCD_v1 #65 (1760) Scripture: 1 Kings 8:27 First Line: Eternal pow'r, almighty God Lyrics: I. Eternal pow'r, almighty God, Who can approach thy throne? Accessless light is thy abode, To angel-eyes unknown. II. Before the radiance of thine eye The heav'ns no longer shine, And all the glories of the sky Are but the shade of thine. III. Great God, and wilt thou condescend To cast a look below, To this vile world thy notice bend, These seats of sin and woe? IV. But oh! to shew thy smiling face, To bring thy glories near— Amazing and transporting grace To dwell with mortals here! V. How strange! how awful is thy love! With trembling we adore: Not all th' exalted minds above Its wonders can explore. VI. While golden harps, and angel tongues Resound immortal lays, Great God, permit our humble songs To rise and mean thy praise. Languages: English

The Favour of God the Only Satisfying Good

Hymnal: PSCD_v1 #30 (1760) Scripture: Psalm 4:6-7 First Line: In vain the erring world enquires Lyrics: I. In vain the erring world enquires, For true substantial good: While earth confines their low desires, They live on airy food. II. Illusive dreams of happiness, Their eager thoughts employ; They wake, convinc'd their boasted bliss Was visionary joy. III. Begone, ye gilded vanities; I seek some solid good; To real bliss my wishes rise, The favour of my God. IV. My God, to thee my soul aspires; Dispel the shades of night, Enlarge and fill these vast desires, With infinite delight. V. Immortal joy thy smiles impart, Heav'n dawns in ev'ry ray; One glimpse of thee will glad my heart, And turn my night to day. VI. Not all the good which earth bestows, Can fill the craving mind; Its highest joys have mingled woes, And leave a sting behind. VII. Should boundless wealth increase my store— Can wealth my cares beguile? I should be wretched still, and poor Without thy blissful smile. VIII. Grant, O my God, this one request: Oh, be thy love alone My ample portion,—here I rest, For heav'n is in the boon. Languages: English

The Transforming Vision of God

Hymnal: PSCD_v1 #32 (1760) Scripture: Psalm 17:15 First Line: My God, the visits of thy face Lyrics: I. My God, the visits of thy face Afford superior joy, To all the flatt'ring world can give, Or mortal hopes employ. II. But clouds and darkness intervene, My brightest joys decline, And earth's fay trifles oft ensnare This wand'ring heart of mine. III. Lord, guide this wand'ring heart to thee; Unsatisfied I stray: Break thro' the shades of sense and sin, With thine enliv'ning ray. IV. O let thy beams resplendent shine, And ev'ry cloud remove; Transform my pow'rs, and fit my soul For happier scenes above. V. There Jesus reigns! may I be cloth'd With his divine array; And when I close these eyes in death, Awake to endless day: VI. To endless day! To perfect life! To bliss without alloy! Where not the least faint cloud shall rise, To intercept the joy: VII. To view, unveil'd, thy radiant face, Thou everlasting fair! And chang'd to spotless purity, Thy glorious likeness wear: VIII. To feast, with ever new delight, On uncreated good; And drink full satisfying draughts Of pleasure's sacred flood. IX. O bliss too big for mortal thought! It awes, and yet inspires: Fain would my soul, unfetter'd, rise In more intense desires. X. Lord, raise my faith, my hope, my heart, To those transporting joys; Then shall I scorn each little snare, Which this vain world employs: XI. Then, tho' I sink in death's cold sleep, I shall awake to bliss, And in the likeness of my God, Find endless happiness. Languages: English

The Heavenly Shepherd

Hymnal: PSCD_v1 #159 (1760) Scripture: Psalm 23:1-3 First Line: While my Redeemer's near Lyrics: I. While my Redeemer's near, My shepherd and my guide, I bid farewell to anxious fear, My wants are all supply'd. II. To ever-fragrant meads, Where rich abundance grows, His gracious hand indulgent leads, And guards my sweet repose. III. Along the lovely scene, Cool waters gently roll, And kind refreshment smiles serene, To cheer my fainting soul. IV. Here let my spirit rest; How sweet a lot is mine! With pleasure, food, and safety blest; Beneficence divine! V. Dear shepherd, if I stray, My wand'ring feet restore, To thy fair pastures guide my way, And let me rove no more. VI. Unworthy, as I am, Of thy protecting care, Jesus, I plead thy gracious name, For all my hopes are there. Languages: English

Praise for National Peace

Hymnal: PSCD_v1 #38 (1760) Scripture: Psalm 46:9 First Line: Great Ruler of the earth and skies Lyrics: I. Great Ruler of the earth and skies, A word of thine almighty breath Can sink the world, or bid it rise: Thy smile is life, thy frown is death. II. When angry nations rush to arms, And rage and noise, and tumult reign, And war resounds its dire alarms, And slaughter spreads the hostile plain; III. Thy sov'reign eye looks calmly down, And marks the their course, and bounds their pow'r; Thy word the angry nations own, And noise and war are heard no more. IV. Then peace returns with balmy wing, (Sweet peace! with her what blessings fled!) Glad plenty laughs, the vallies sing, Reviving commerce lifts her head. V. Thou good, and wise, and righteous Lord, All move subservient to thy will; And peace and war await thy word, And thy sublime decrees fulfill. VI. To thee we pay our grateful songs, Thy kind protection still implore: O may our hearts, and lives, and tongues, Confess thy goodness and adore. Languages: English

Strength and Safety in God Alone

Hymnal: PSCD_v1 #72 (1760) Scripture: Psalm 105:4 First Line: Permit me, Lord, to seek thy face Lyrics: I. Permit me, Lord, to seek thy face, Obedient to thy call, To seek the presence of thy grace, My strength, my life, my all. II. All I can wish is thine to give; My God, I ask thy love, That greatest bliss I can receive, That bliss of heav'n above. III. In these dark scenes of pain and woe, What can my spirit find? No happiness can dwell below, To fill th' immortal mind. IV. To heav'n my restless heart aspires: O for a quick'ning ray, T' invigorate my faint desires, And cheer the tiresome way. V. The path to thy divine abode, Through a wild desert lies; A thousand snares beset the road, A thousand terrors rise. VI. Satan and sin unite their art, To keep me from my Lord: Dear Saviour, guard my trembling heart, And guide me by thy word. VII. Whene'er the tempting foe alarms, Or spreads the fatal snare, I'll fly to my Redeemer's arms, For safety must be there. VIII. My guardian, my almighty friend, On thee, my soul would rest; On thee alone, my hopes depend, Be near, and I am blest. Languages: English

Resigning the Heart to God

Hymnal: PSCD_v1 #117 (1760) Scripture: Psalm 119:94 First Line: Thee, dearest Lord, my soul adores Lyrics: I. Thee, dearest Lord, my soul adores, I would be thine, and only thine; To thee, my heart and all it pow'rs, With full consent, I would resign. II. But ah! this weak inconstant mind, How frail, how apt from thee to stray! Trifles, as empty as the wind, Can tempt my roving thoughts away. III. Sure I am thine—or why this load When earthly vanities beguile? Why do I mourn my absent God, And languish for thy cheering smile? IV. If thou return, how sweet the joy, Though mix'd with penitential smart! Then I despise each tempting toy, And long to give thee all my heart. V. Come, Lord, thy saving pow'r display, (Resistless pow'r of love divine!) And drive thy hated foes away, And make me thine, and only thine. Languages: English

Desiring to Trust in God

Hymnal: PSCD_v1 #78 (1760) Scripture: Isaiah 26:4 First Line: Great source of boundless pow'r and grace Lyrics: I. Great source of boundless pow'r and grace, Attend my mournful cry; In the dark hour of deep distress, To thee, to thee I fly. II. Thou art my strength, my life, my stay, Assist my feeble trust; Drive these distressing fears away, And raise me from the dust. III. O let me call thy grace to mind, And trust thy glorious name; Jehovah, pow'rful, wise, and kind, Forever is the same. IV. Here let me rest, on thee depend, My God, my hope, my all; Be thou my everlasting friend, And I can never fall. Languages: English

Christ the Supreme Beauty

Hymnal: PSCD_v1 #155 (1760) Scripture: Isaiah 33:17 First Line: Should nature's charms, to please the eye Lyrics: I. Should nature's charms, to please the eye, In sweet assemblage join, All nature's charms would droop and die, Jesus, compar'd with thine. II. Vain were her fairest beams display'd, And vain her blooming store; Ev'n brightness languishes to shade, And beauty is no more. III. But ah, how far from mortal sight, The Lord of glory dwells! A veil of interposing night His radiant face conceals. IV. O could my longing spirit rise On strong immortal wing. And reach thy palace in the skies, My Saviour, and my King! V. There myriads worship at thy feet, And there, (divine employ!) The triumphs of thy repeat, In songs of endless joy. VI. Thy presence beams eternal day, O'er all the blissful place; Who would not drop this load of clay, And die to see thy face? Languages: English