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Far from the world, O Lord, I flee

Author: William Cowper Appears in 269 hymnals Used With Tune: BRATTLE STREET

O joyful sound of gospel grace

Appears in 133 hymnals Used With Tune: PLEYEL'S SECOND

Speak gently; it is better far

Author: Bates Appears in 124 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Speak gently; it is better far To rule by love than fear: Speak gently; let no harsh word mar The good we may do here. 2 Speak gently to the young; for they Will have enough to bear; Pass through this life as best they may, 'Tis full of anxious care. 3 Speak gently to the aged one, Grieve not the careworn heart; The sands of life are nearly run, Let them in peace depart. 4 Speak gently to the erring ones; They must have toiled in vain; Perchance unkindness made them so: O, win them back again! 5 Speak gently; 'tis a little thing, Dropped in the heart's deep well; The good, the joy, that it may bring, Eternity shall tell. 6 'Tis ours to sow the kindly seed, 'Tis His to bid it grow; Our every word and every deed The harvest time will show. Topics: The Christian Faith, Hope, and Charity Used With Tune: BRATTLE STREET

Though we could speak with angel tongues

Author: Anon. Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Though we could speak with angel tongues, Or with prophetic skill Survey the future at a glance And read events at will; Had we a faith in God so strong As mountains to remove, Yet all were fruitless, all in vain, If not inspired by love. 2 And though our goods to feed the poor Our liberal hands bestow, Or yield our bodies to the flames Our ardent zeal to show; Our deeds, though like the noon-day sun, Of no avail would prove, No sacrifice a merit claims That is not crowned by love. 3 Love suffers long and envies not, Endures, forbears, believes, All things it hopes, all things forgives, It trusts but ne'er deceives; And now abide to every soul These graces from above, Faith, hope, and love, immortal three, But chief of all is love. Topics: The Christian Faith, Hope, and Charity Used With Tune: BRATTLE STREET

From heart to heart, from creed to creed

Author: W. C. Gannett Appears in 8 hymnals Used With Tune: BRATTLE STREET

To Thee, O Lord, with dawning light

Author: George Washington Doane Appears in 5 hymnals Lyrics: 1 To Thee, O Lord, with dawning light, My grateful voice I'll raise, Thy mighty pow'r to celebrate, Thy holy name to praise: For Thou, in helpless hour of night, Hast guard kept round my bed, And now again from peaceful sleep Thou liftest up my head. 2 Grant me, O Lord, Thy quick'ning grace Through this and every day, That, guided and upheld by Thee, My feet may never stray. Increase, I pray, my faith and hope, Increase my zeal and love; And fix my hearts affections all On Christ and things above. 3 And when, life's labors o'er, I sink To slumber in the grave, In death's dark vale be Thou my trust To succor and to save; That so, through Him who bled and died, And rose again for me, The grave and gate of death may prove A passage home to Thee. Topics: The Catechism Morning Used With Tune: BRATTLE STREET