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Captain of Thine Enlisted Host

Author: Christopher Batty Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 14 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1. Captain of Thine enlisted host, Display Thy glorious banner high; The summons send from coast to coast, And call a numerous army nigh. 2. A solemn jubilee proclaim Proclaim the great Sabbatic day; Assert the glories of Thy name; Spoil Satan of his wished-for prey. 3. Bid, bid Thy heralds publish loud The peaceful blessings of Thy reign; And when they speak of sprinkled blood, The mystery to the heart explain. 4. Chase the usurper from his throne, Oh! chase him to his destined hell; Stout-hearted sinners overcome; And glorious in Thy temple dwell. 5. Fight for Thyself, O Jesus, fight, The travail of Thy soul regain; To each blind soul make darkness light, To all let crooked paths be plain. Used With Tune: ABBOTSFORD

My Soul Is Sad and Much Dismayed

Author: William Cowper Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1. My soul is sad and much dismayed; See, Lord, what legions of my foes, With fierce Apollyon at their head, My heav’nly pilgrimage oppose! 2. See, from the over-burning lake How like a smoky cloud they rise! With horrid blasts my soul they shake, With storms of blasphemies and lies. 3. Their fiery arrows reach the mark, My throbbing heart with anguish tear; Each lights upon a kindred spark, And finds abundant fuel there. 4. I hate the thought that wrongs the Lord; O, I would drive it from my breast, With Thy own sharp two-edged sword, Far as the east is from the west! 5. Come then, and chase the cruel host, Heal the deep wounds I have received! Nor let the pow’rs of darkness boast That I am foiled, and Thou art grieved! Used With Tune: ABBOTSFORD Text Sources: Olney Hymns (London: W. Oliver, 1779), number 20

Ye Sons of Adam, Vain and Young

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 59 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1. Ye sons of Adam, vain and young, Indulge your eyes, indulge your tongue, Taste the delights your souls desire, And give a loose to all your fire; 2. Pursue the pleasures you design, And cheer your hearts with songs and wine; Enjoy the day of mirth, but know There is a day of judgment, too. 3. God from on high records your thoughts, His book records your secret faults; The works of darkness you have done Must all appear before the sun. 4. The vengeance to your follies due Should strike your hearts with terror through: How will you stand before His face, Or answer for His injured grace? 5. Almighty God! turn off their eyes From these alluring vanities; And let the thunder of Thy Word Awake their souls to fear the Lord. Used With Tune: ABBOTSFORD Text Sources: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707, Book I, number 89

Sinners, Attend The Dreadful Word

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 Sinners, attend the dreadful word— "The Judge of all, the righteous Lord, Doth with His holy myriads come"— And tremble at your instant doom! 2 Ye just, the faithful God and true Comes, to be glorified in you, Rejoice to see the Judge descend, And boldly meet your heavenly friend! Used With Tune: ABBOTSFORD Text Sources: Short Hymns on Select Passages of Holy Scripture (Bristol, England: E. Farley, 1762)

Ye Judges Of The Earth, Be Still

Author: Benjamin H. Kennedy Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 Ye judges of the earth, be still, While God declares His righteous will: “How long in your unequal scale Shall justice lose, and wrong prevail? 2 'Let law the orphan’s claim secure: List to the friendless and the poor: Protect the weak, assert their right, And save them from the oppressor’s spite. 3 "Alas, ye neither know nor mark; Reckless ye wander in the dark, While earth the dire confusion feels, And on its deep foundation reels. 4 "Gods ye were named: all lands in you The children of the Highest knew: But death your frailty shall betray, And blend your forms with vulgar clay." 5 Rise, high-throned God, to vengeance rise; Redeem the wronged, the proud chastise; Rule every realm by right divine: For all the realms of earth are Thine. Used With Tune: ABBOTSFORD Text Sources: The Psalter (Cambridge: Deighton, Bell & Companyy, 1876)

Hark! The Redeemer From On High

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 22 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 Hark! the Redeemer from on high Sweetly invites His favorites nigh; From caves of darkness and of doubt, He gently speaks and calls us out: 2 “My dove, who hidest in the rock, Thine heart almost with sorrow broke, Lift up thy face, forget thy fear, And let thy voice delight Mine ear. 3 Thy voice to Me sounds ever sweet. My graces in thy countenance meet; Tho’ the vain world thy face despise, ’Tis bright and comely in mine eyes. 4 Dear Lord, our thankful heart receives The hope Thine invitation gives; To Thee our joyful lips shall raise The voice of prayer and of praise. 5 I am my love’s, and He is mine; Our hearts, our hopes, our passions join; Nor let a motion, nor a word, Nor thought arise, to grieve my Lord. 6 My soul to pastures fair He leads Amongst the lilies where He feeds; Amongst the saints—whose robes are white Washed in His blood—is His delight. 7 Till daybreak come and shadows flee, Till sweet returning dawn I see, Thine eyes to me-ward often turn, Nor let my soul in darkness mourn. 8 Be like a hart on mountains green, Leap over hills of fear and sin; Nor guilt, nor unbelief, divide My love, my Savior, from my side. Used With Tune: ABBOTSFORD Text Sources: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707, Book I

Great Maker Of Unnumbered Worlds

Author: Sidney Dyer Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 20 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 Great Maker of unnumbered worlds, And whom unnumbered worlds adore— Whose goodness all Thy creatures share, While nature trembles at Thy power— 2 Thine is the hand that moves the spheres, That wakes the wind, and lifts the sea; And man, who moves the lord of earth, Acts but the part assigned by Thee. 3 While suppliant crowds implore Thine aid, To Thee we raise the humble cry; Thine altar is the contrite heart, Thine incense the repentant sigh. 4 O, may our land, in this her hour, Confess Thy hand, and bless the rod, By penitence make Thee her friend, And find in Thee a guardian God. Used With Tune: ABBOTSFORD Text Sources: The Psalmist by Baron Stow & Samuel F. Smith (Boston: Gould, Kendall & Lincoln, 1843)

O Savior Of The World Forlorn

Author: Alfred T. T. Verney-Cave Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 O Savior of the world forlorn, Who man to save this day wast born, Our days are sinking to their night, In darkness save, save us in light. 2 Let Thy most blessèd favor be Around us as we bend the knee; Blot out our sin; Thy heavenly ray Dispels the gloom and makes our day. 3 No sleep shall thus weigh down the mind, Nor ghostly foe unguarded find; Nor reason yielding to a dream Wake less responsive to Thy beam. 4 O Thou that makest all things new, With cravings of the heart we sue, Our lives may, fresh from Thee their source, Renew the pureness of their course. 5 To God the Father endless praise, And to His only Son we raise; An equal glory as is meet Be sung to God the Paraclete. Used With Tune: ABBOTSFORD Text Sources: 12th Century; found in the Harleian manuscripts of the British Museum; Tr.: Annus Sanctus (Vol. 1) by Orby Shipley (London and New York: Burns & Oates, 1884)

Was It For Sin?

Author: Anne Steele Appears in 2 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 First Line: Was it for sin, for mortal guilt Refrain First Line: LM Lyrics: 1 Was it for sin, for mortal guilt, The Savior gave His vital blood? For sin amazing anguish felt, The wrath of an offended God? 2 When bleeding, groaning, on the tree, He breathed such agonizing cries, When nature suffered, Lord, with Thee, And darkness clothed the mourning skies. 3 And shall I harbor in my breast (O tremble, soul, at such a deed) This dreadful foe, this fatal guest? ’Twas sin that made my Savior bleed. 4 ’Tis sin that would my ruin prove, And sink me down to endless woe; But O forbid it, heav’nly love, And save me from the cursèd foe. 5 Ye sins, ye cruel sins, depart, Your tyrant sway I cannot bear; My rightful sovereign claims my heart, And Christ alone shall govern here. 6 Come, glorious conqueror, gracious Lord, Thy all-prevailing power employ; O come, with Thy resistless word, These hateful enemies destroy. 7 So guilty, weak, to Thee I fly, My Lord, my Savior, and my friend, On Thy almighty arm rely, On Thy atoning blood depend. 8 All of my hope is fixed on Thee, For Thou alone hast power divine; O come, and conquer, Lord, for me, And all the glory shall be Thine. Used With Tune: ABBOTSFORD Text Sources: Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional, 1760, vol. 1

As Some Tall Rock Amidst The Waves

Author: John Newton Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 5 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 As some tall rock amidst the waves, The fury of the tempest braves; While fierce the billows, toiling high, Break at its foot and murmuring die: 2 Thus they, who in the Lord confide, Though foes assault on every side; Cannot be moved or overthrown, For Jesus makes their cause His own. 3 So faithful Stephen, undismayed, The malice of the Jews surveyed; The holy joy which filled his breast A luster on his face impressed. 4 "Behold!" he said, "the world of light Is opened to my strengthened sight; My glorious Lord appears in view, That Jesus, whom ye lately slew." 5 With such a friend and witness near, No form of death could make him fear; Calm, midst the shower of stones, he kneels, And only for his murderers feels. 6 May we, by faith, perceive Thee thus, Dear Savior, ever near to us! This fight, through life, our peace shall keep, And death be feared no more than sleep. Used With Tune: ABBOTSFORD Text Sources: Olney Hymns (London, W. Oliver, 1779), Book 1, alt.