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Within Thy Temple's Sacred Courts

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Within Thy temple’s sacred courts, With loving and adoring thought, We contemplate Thy grace, O God, And all Thy deeds with mercy fraught. 2. Where’er Thy name, O God, is known, Where’er Thy glorious fame extends, There also is Thy praise proclaimed, Far as the earth’s remotest ends. 3. Thy hand is full of righteousness; Let Zion’s gladness then be great, And let her daughters sing for joy And all Thy judgments celebrate. 4. Encompass Zion, count her towers, And mark her strong defenses well; Consider all her palaces, And to your sons her glory tell. 5. This mighty God forever lives Our God and Savior to abide, And till our pilgrim days shall end Will ever be our faithful guide. Used With Tune: ST. JOHN'S HIGHLANDS Text Sources: The Psalter (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: The United Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1912), number 132

Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep

Author: M. Mackay Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1,057 hymnals Topics: Burial of the Dead Used With Tune: ST. JOHN'S HIGHLANDS

Let Mortal Tongues Attempt To Sing

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 14 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Let mortal tongues attempt to sing, The wars of Heav’n, when Michael stood Chief general of th’eternal King, And fought the battles of our God. 2 Against the dragon and his host The armies of the Lord prevail; In vain they rage, in vain they boast, Their courage sinks, their weapons fail. 3 Down to the earth was Satan thrown, Down to the earth his legions fell; Then was the trump of triumph blown, And shook the dreadful deeps of hell. 4 Now is the hour of darkness past, Christ has assumed His reigning power; Behold the great accuser cast Down from the skies, to rise no more. 5 ’Twas by Thy blood, immortal Lamb, Thine armies trod the tempter down; ’Twas by Thy Word and powerful name They gained the battle and renown. 6 Rejoice, ye heav’ns; let every star Shine with new glories round the sky; Saints, while ye sing the heav’nly war, Raise your Deliverer’s name on high. Used With Tune: ST JOHN'S HIGHLANDS Text Sources: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707, Book I

From Lands That See the Sun Arise

Author: Caelius Sedulius; John M. Neale Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 7 hymnals Lyrics: 1. From lands that see the sun arise, To earth’s remotest boundaries, The virgin born today we sing, The Son of Mary, Christ the King. 2. Blest Author of this earthly frame, To take a servant’s form He came, That liberating flesh by flesh, Whom He had made might live afresh. 3. In that chaste parent’s holy womb, Celestial grace hath found its home: And she, as earthly bride unknown, Yet call that Offspring blest her own. 4. The mansion of the modest breast Becomes a shrine where God shall rest: The pure and undefiled one Conceived in her womb the Son. 5. That Son, that royal Son she bore, Whom Gabriel’s voice had told afore: Whom, in his Mother yet concealed, The Infant Baptist had revealed. 6. The manger and the straw He bore, The cradle did He not abhor: A little milk His infant fare Who feedeth even each fowl of air. 7. The heavenly chorus filled the sky, The angels sang to God on high, What time to shepherds watching lone They made creation’s Shepherd known. 8. All honor, laud, and glory be, O Jesu, virgin born, to Thee; All glory, as is ever meet, To the Father and to Paraclete. Used With Tune: ST. JOHN'S HIGHLANDS Text Sources: Hymnal Noted, 1862

Sinners, Obey the Gospel Word

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 154 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Sinners, obey the Gospel word! Haste to the supper of our Lord! Be wise to know your gracious day; All things are ready, come away! 2. Ready the Father is to own And kiss his late returning son; Ready your loving Savior stands, And spreads for you His bleeding hands. 3. Ready the Spirit of His love Just now the stone to remove, To apply, and witness with the blood, And wash and seal each child of God. 4. Ready for you the angels wait, To triumph in your blessed estate; Tuning their harps, they long to praise The wonders of redeeming grace. 5. The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost Are ready, with Their shining host: All heaven is ready to resound, The dead’s alive! The lost is found! 6. Come then, ye sinners, to your Lord, In Christ to paradise restored; His proffered benefits embrace, The plenitude of Gospel grace. 7. A pardon written with His blood, The favor and the peace of God; The seeing eye, the feeling sense, The mystic joys of penitence. 8. The godly grief, the pleasing smart, The meltings of a broken heart, The tears that tell your sins forgiven, The sighs that waft your souls to Heaven. 9. The guiltless shame, the sweet distress, The unutterable tenderness, The genuine, meek humility, The wonder, Why such love to me? 10. The overwhelming power of saving grace, The sight that veils the seraph’s face; The speechless awe that dares not move, And all the silent heaven of love. Used With Tune: ST. JOHN'S HIGHLANDS Text Sources: Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1749, Volume I, number 155

Jesus, from Whom All Blessings Flow

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 102 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Jesus, from whom all blessings flow, Great Builder of Thy church below, If now Thy Spirit moves my breast, Hear, and fulfill Thine own request! 2. The few that truly call Thee Lord, And wait Thy sanctifying word, And Thee their utmost Savior own, Unite, and perfect them in one. 3. O let them all Thy mind express, Stand forth Thy chosen witnesses, Thy power unto salvation show, And perfect holiness below! 4. In them let all mankind behold How Christians lived in days of old, Mighty their envious foes to move, A proverb of reproach—and love. 5. From every sinful wrinkle free, Redeemed from all iniquity, The fellowship of saints make known; And, O my God, might I be one! 6. O might my lot be cast with these, The least of Jesu’s witnesses! O that my Lord would count me meet To wash His dear disciples’ feet! 7. This only thing do I require: Thou knowest ’tis all my heart’s desire Freely what I receive to give, The servant of Thy church to live; 8. After my lowly Lord to go, And wait upon Thy saints below; Enjoy the grace to angels given, And serve the royal heirs of Heaven. 9. Lord, if I now Thy drawings feel, And ask according to Thy will, Confirm the prayer, the seal impart, And speak the answer to my heart. Used With Tune: ST. JOHN'S HIGHLANDS Text Sources: Earnest Appeal to Men of Reason and Religion, 1743

Come, Weary Souls With Sin Distressed

Author: Anne Steele Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 301 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Come, weary souls with sin distressed, The Savior offers heavenly rest; The kind, the gracious call obey, And cast your gloomy fears away. 2 Oppressed with guilt, a painful load, O come, and spread your woes abroad; Divine compassion, mighty love, Will all the painful load remove. 3 Here mercy’s boundless ocean flows To cleanse your guilt and heal your woes; Pardon, and life, and endless peace— How rich the gift! how free the grace! 4 Lord, we accept with thankful heart, The hope Thy gracious words impart; We come with trembling, but rejoice, And bless the kind inviting voice. 5 Dear Savior, let Thy powerful love Confirm our faith, our fears remove, And sweetly influence every beast, And guide us to eternal rest. Used With Tune: ST. JOHN'S HIGHLANDS Text Sources: Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional, 1760