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National Judgments deprecated, and national Mercies pleaded
Author: President Davies Appears in 77 hymnals Scripture: Amos 3:1 First Line: While o'er our guilty land, O Lord! Lyrics: 1 While o’er our guilty land, O Lord!
We view the terrors of thy sword
Oh! whither shall the helpless fly?
To whom but thee direct their cry?
2 The helpless sinner's cries and tears,
Are grown familiar to thine ears;
Oft has thy mercy sent relief,
When all was fear and hopeless grief.
3 On thee our guardian God, we call,
Before thy throne of grace we fall;
And is there no deliv'rance there?
And must we perish in despair?
4 See, we repent, we weep, we mourn,
To our forsaken God we turn;
O spare our guilty country, spare,
The church which thou hast planted here.
5 We plead thy grace indulgent God;
We plead thy Son’s atoning blood;
We plead thy gracious promises,
And are they unavailing pleas?
6 These pleas, presented at thy throne,
Have brought ten thousand blessings down
On guilty lands in helpless woe;
Let them prevail to save us too.
Topics: Fasts and Thanksgivings
National Judgments deprecated, and national Mercies pleaded
We Thank You, O God, for Our Prophets
Author: William Fowler, 1830-1865; Randall Pratt, 1963-; Geri Silva Macias, 1956-; Esdras Hernández, 1918-; Larry Tyree, 1953- Meter: 9.8.9.8 D Appears in 21 hymnals Scripture: Amos 3:7 Topics: Darkness; Discernment; God's Faithfulness; Guidance; Restoration Heritage; Openness; Peacemaking; Prophetic People; Renewal; Scripture; Zion-Reign of God Used With Tune: PROPHET
We Thank You, O God, for Our Prophets
O for a Closer Walk with God
Author: William Cowper Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,368 hymnals Scripture: Amos 3:3 Lyrics: 1 O for a closer walk with God,
the calm of sins forgiv'n,
a light to shine upon the road
that leads at last to heav'n.
2 O gentle messenger, return -
return, O holy Dove;
I hate the sins that made you mourn
and grieved your heart of love.
3 Restore the happiness I knew
when first I saw the Lord;
refresh me with the radiant view
of Jesus and his word!
4 From ev'ry idol I have known
now set my spirit free;
O make me worship you alone,
and reign supreme in me.
5 So shall my walk be close with God,
my wand'rings be forgiv'n;
so shall his light mark out the road
that leads me at last to heav'n. Topics: Prayer; Confession of Sin; Forgiveness; Journey; Prayer Used With Tune: BEATITUDO Text Sources: rev. Hymns for Today's Church (1982)
O for a Closer Walk with God
O for a Closer Walk with God
Author: William Cowper Hymnal: Moravian Book of Worship #747 (1995) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Scripture: Amos 3:3 Lyrics: 1 O for a closer walk with God,
the calm of sins forgiv'n,
a light to shine upon the road
that leads at last to heav'n.
2 O gentle messenger, return -
return, O holy Dove;
I hate the sins that made you mourn
and grieved your heart of love.
3 Restore the happiness I knew
when first I saw the Lord;
refresh me with the radiant view
of Jesus and his word!
4 From ev'ry idol I have known
now set my spirit free;
O make me worship you alone,
and reign supreme in me.
5 So shall my walk be close with God,
my wand'rings be forgiv'n;
so shall his light mark out the road
that leads me at last to heav'n. Topics: Prayer; Confession of Sin; Forgiveness; Journey; Prayer Languages: English Tune Title: BEATITUDO
O for a Closer Walk with God
I John 4:21
Author: Joseph Swain Hymnal: Laudes Domini #497 (1888) Scripture: Amos 3:3 First Line: How sweet, how heavenly is the sight Lyrics: 1 How sweet, how heavenly is the sight,
When those who love the Lord
In one another's peace delight,
And so fulfill his word!
2 When each can feel his brother's sigh,
And with him bear a part!
When sorrow flows from every eye,
And joy from heart to heart!
3 When, free from envy, scorn, and pride,
Our wishes all above,
Each can his brother's failings hide,
And show a brother's love!
4 Let love, in one delightful stream,
Through every bosom flow;
And union sweet, and dear esteem
In every action glow.
5 Love is the golden chain that binds
The happy souls above;
And he's an heir of heaven who finds
His bosom glow with love. Topics: Christians Fellowship; Church Unity of; Communion of Saints At Lord's Table Languages: English Tune Title: BELMONT
I John 4:21
Christian Union
Author: Benjamin Beddome Hymnal: Laudes Domini #507 (1888) Scripture: Amos 3:3 First Line: Let party names no more Lyrics: 1 Let party names no more
The Christian world o'erspread;
Gentile and Jew, and bond and free,
Are one in Christ their head.
2 Among the saints on earth,
Let mutual love be found;
Heirs of the same inheritance,
With mutual blessings crowned.
3 Thus will the church below
Resemble that above;
Where streams of pleasure ever flow,
And every heart is love. Topics: Christians Fellowship; Church Unity of; Communion of Saints At Lord's Table Languages: English Tune Title: WOOD
Christian Union
William Fowler
1830 - 1865 Person Name: William Fowler, 1830-1865 Scripture: Amos 3:7 Author of "We Thank You, O God, for Our Prophets" in Community of Christ Sings
William Fowler
Caroline Sheridan Norton
1808 - 1877 Person Name: Caroline E. S. Norton, 1808-1877 Scripture: Amos 3:7 Composer of "PROPHET" in Hymns of the Saints
Caroline Sheridan Norton
Samuel Davies
1723 - 1761 Person Name: President Davies Scripture: Amos 3:1 Author of "National Judgments deprecated, and national Mercies pleaded" in A Selection of Psalms and Hymns Davies, Samuel., M.A., born near Summit Ridge, Newcastle, Delaware, America, Nov. 3, 1723, and educated under the Rev. Samuel Blair, of Chester County, Pennsylvania, through the pecuniary assistance of the Rev. William Robinson, a Presbyterian Minister of New Brunswick. In 1745 he was licensed by the Presbytery of Newcastle as a probationer for the ministry, and undertook duty in Virginia, in 1747. After visiting England in 1753, on behalf of the New Jersey College, and having received the degree of M.A., he was appointed President of New Jersey Presbyterian College, Princeton, in succession to Jonathan Edwards. He died Feb. 4, 1761, at the early age of 37. His manuscripts were entrusted to Dr. T. Gibbons, who published therefrom 5 volumes of Sermons. In 1851 the Sermons were republished in 3 volumes, including a Memoir by the Rev. A. Barnes. His hymns, 10 in all, were given by Dr. Gibbons in his Hymns adapted to Divine Worship, 1769. As a hymnwriter he followed the lines laid down by Watts, and his verses are solid, but somewhat dry and heavy. Those of his hymns which are still retained in common use are:—
1. Eternal Spirit, Source of Light. Influences of the Holy Spirit implored. From Dr. Gibbons's Hymns, &c, 1769, Book. ii., No. 29, this passed into several of the older collections. In later works it is more frequently found in the American hymnals than those of Great Britain. It is in 4 stanzas of 6 lines, as in Dr. Hatfield's Church Hymnbook, N. Y., 1872, and the Leeds Hymnbook, 1853.
2. Great God of wonders, all Thy ways. The Pardoning God. This is one of the most, if not the most, popular of the author's hymns both in Great Britain and America. It has appeared in more than one hundred hymnbooks in England alone, sometimes in full (5 stanzas of 6 lines), and at other times abbreviated, as in Spurgeon's 0ur Own Hymn Book 1866; the Baptist Hymnal, 1879, &c. Its 1st publication was in Dr. Gibbons's Hymns, &c, 1769, Book i., No. 59.
3. How great, how terrible that God. The Judgment. In Gibbons, No. 37 of Book. i., in 7 stanzas of 4 lines.
4. Jesus, how precious is Thy name. Jesus the Prophet, Priest, and King. Is No. 31 of Bk. ii. in Gibbons, in 6 stanzas of 6 lines. It was very popular with the older compilers, as Ash and Evans, Rippon, Bickersteth, and others in Great Britain, and also in America; but in modern collections it is rarely found. It is worthy of notice.
5. Lord, I am Thine, entirely Thine. Holy Communion. In Gibbons this is No. 28 of Book. ii., in 7 stanzas of 4 lines. It is very popular in America, but unknown to most English hymnals. In all editions of Rippon's Selections 1787-1844, it is given in 2 stanzas as "Lord, am I Thine, entirely Thine?" The hymn, "While to Thy table I repair," in the Andover Sabbath Hymnbook , 1858, is compiled from this hymn.
6. What strange perplexities arise. Self-Examination. This hymn is equal to No. 5 in American popularity, and exceeds it in Great Britain. In Dr. Hatfield's Church Hymnbook, N.Y., 1872, it is abbreviated and slightly altered. Full text in 6 stanzas of 4 lines is in Spurgeon's Our Own Hymn Book , 1866. It was first published in Gibbons' Hymns, &c, 1769.
7. While o'er our guilty land, 0 Lord. Fast Day. This hymn, besides appearing in its original form in some collections, and with abbreviations in others, is also the source of "On Thee, our Guardian God, we call," stanza iv. of the original given in a few American collections; and of the same arrangement of stanzas, "On Thee we call, 0 Lord, our God," in the Andover Sabbath Hymn Book, 1858, and others. The original in Gibbons is Book i., No. 56, in 8 stanzas of 4 lines.
The remaining hymns by Davies have failed to attain a position in the hymnbooks either of Great Britain or America. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.]
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Samuel Davies
