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Father in heaven

Author: Daniel T NIles 1908-70 Meter: 5.5.5.5.5.5.5.4 Appears in 25 hymnals Topics: Approaching God The Eternal Trinity Scripture: Ephesians 1:13-14 Used With Tune: FELMERSHAM

Appears in 163 hymnals Topics: God Eternal and Man mortal; God Eternal and Man mortal First Line: Thro' every age, eternal God Lyrics: 1 Thro' every age, eternal God, Thou art our rest, our safe abode: High was thy throne ere heaven was made, Or earth thy humble foot-stool laid. 2 Long had'st thou reign'd ere time began, Or dust was fashion'd to a man; And long thy kingdom shall endure When earth and time shall be no more. 3 But man, weak man, is born to die, Made up of guilt and vanity: Thy dreadful sentence, Lord was just, "Return ye sinners, to your dust." 4 [A thousand of our years amount Scarce to a day in thine account, Like yesterday's departed light; Or the last watch of ending night. Pause. 5 Death like an overflowing stream, Sweeps us away; our life's a dream; An empty tale; a morning flower, Cut down and wither'd in an hour.] 6 [Our age to seventy years is set; How short the time! how frail the state! And if to eighty we arrive, We rather sigh, and groan than live. 7 But oh how oft thy wrath appears, And cuts off our expected years! Thy wrath awakes our humble dread! We fear the power that strikes us dead.] 8 Teach us, O Lord, how frail is man; And kindly lengthen out our span, 'Till a wise care of piety Fit us to die, and dwell with thee. Scripture: Psalm 90

Infirmities and Mortality the effect of sin; or, Life, old Age, and Preparation for Death

Appears in 51 hymnals Topics: God Eternal and Man mortal; God Eternal and Man mortal First Line: Lord, if thine eyes survey our faults Lyrics: 1 Lord, if thine eyes survey our faults, And justice grow severe, Thy dreadful wrath exceeds our thoughts, And burns beyond our fear. 2 Thine anger turns our frame to dust; By one offence to thee, Adam, with all his sons, have lost Their immortality. 3 Life, like a vain amusement flies, A fable or a song; By swift degrees our nature dies, Nor can our joys be long. 4 'Tis but a few whose days amount To three score years and ten; And all beyond that short account Is sorrow, toil, and pain. 5 [Our vitals with laborious strife Bear up the crazy load, And drag these poor remains of life Along the tiresome road. 6 Almighty God, reveal thy love, And not thy wrath alone; Oh let our sweet experience prove The mercies of thy throne. 7 Our souls would learn the heavenly art T' improve the hours we have, That we may act the wiser part, And live beyond the grave. Scripture: Psalm 90:8-12

Breathing after Heaven

Appears in 97 hymnals Topics: God Eternal and Man mortal; God Eternal and Man mortal First Line: Return, O God of love, return Lyrics: 1 Return, O God of love, return; Earth is a tiresome place: How long shall we thy children mourn Our absence from thy face? 2 Let heaven succeed our painful years, Let sin and sorrow cease, And in proportion to our tears So make our joys increase. 3 Thy wonders to thy servants show, Make thy own work complete; Then shall our souls thy glory know, And own thy love was great. 4 Then shall we shine before thy throne In all thy beauty, Lord; And the poor service we have done Meet a divine reward. Scripture: Psalm 90:13-17

The Frailty and Shortness of Life

Appears in 165 hymnals Topics: God Eternal and Man mortal; God Eternal and Man mortal First Line: Lord, what a feeble piece Lyrics: 1 Lord, what a feeble piece Is this our mortal frame! Our life how poor a trifle 'tis, That scarce deserves the name! 2 Alas, the brittle clay That built our body first! And every month and every day, 'Tis mouldering back to dust. 3 Our moments fly apace, Our feeble powers decay, Swift like a flood our hasty days Are sweeping us away. 4 Yet, if our days must fly, We'll keep their end in sight, We'll spend them all in wisdom's way, And let them speed their flight. 5 They'll waft us sooner o'er This life's tempestuous sea; Soon we shall reach the peaceful shore Of blest eternity. Scripture: Psalm 90:5

Thou, Lord, through every changing scene

Author: Doddridge Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 59 hymnals Topics: God the Eternal Dwelling-place Scripture: Psalm 95

Delay not, delay not, O sinner, draw near

Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 365 hymnals Topics: The Gospel Call; Danger of Delay; God's Grace Day of; Holy Ghost Grieved; Life Brevity, Uncertainty and Solemnity of; Eternal Punishment Lyrics: 1 Delay not, delay not, O sinner, draw near, The waters of life are now flowing for thee; No price is demanded, the Saviour is here; Redemption is purchased, salvation is free. Redemption is purchased, salvation is free. 5 Delay not, delay not, why longer abuse The love and compassion of Jesus, thy God? A fountain is opened; how canst thou refuse To wash and be cleansed in His pardoning blood? To wash and be cleansed in His pardoning blood? 3 Delay not, delay not, O sinner, to come, For mercy still lingers, and calls thee to-day; Her voice is not heard in the shades of the tomb; Her message, unheeded, will soon pass away. Her message, unheeded, will soon pass away. 4 Delay not, delay not, the Spirit of grace, Long grieved and resisted, may take His sad flight, And leave thee in darkness to finish thy race, To sink in the gloom of eternity’s night. To sink in the gloom of eternity’s night. Used With Tune: ADESTE FIDELES

Glorious Things

Author: John Newton Appears in 1,340 hymnals Topics: The Home Eternal City of God First Line: Glorious things of thee are spoken Lyrics: 1. Glorious things of thee are spoken, Zion, city of our God: He whose word can not be broken Formed thee for His own abode; On the Rock of Ages founded, What can shake Thy sure repose? With salvation's wall surrounded, Thou mayst smile at all thy foes. 2. See the streams of living waters Springing from eternal love, Well supply thy sons and daughters, And all fear and want remove; Who can faint when such a river Ever flows their thirst to assuage? Grace, which, like the Lord, the Giver, Never fails from age to age. 3. Round each habitation hov'ring, See the cloud and fire appear For a glory and a cov'ring, Showing that the Lord is near; Blest inhabitants of Zion, Washed in the Redeemer's blood; Jesus, whom their souls rely on, Makes them kings and priests to God. 4. Saviour, if of Zion's city I, thro' grace, a member am, Let the world deride or pity, I will glory in Thy name; Fading is the worldling's pleasure, All his boasted pomp and show; Solid joys and lasting treasure None but Zion's children know. Used With Tune: AUSTRIA

Is My Name Written There?

Author: Mrs. M. A. Kidder Appears in 425 hymnals Topics: The Home Eternal City of God First Line: Lord, I care not for riches Refrain First Line: Is my name written there Lyrics: 1. Lord, I care not for riches, Neither silver nor gold; I would make sure of heaven, I would enter the fold; In the book of thy kingdom, With its pages so fair, Tell me, Jesus, my Saviour, Is my name written there? Chorus: Is my name written there, On the page white and fair? In the book of thy kingdom, Is my name written there? 2. Lord, my sins they are many, Like the sands of the sea, But thy blood, O my Saviour, Is sufficient for me; For thy promise is written In bright letters that glow, "Tho' your sins be as scarlet, I will make them like snow." [Chorus] 3. O that beautiful city, With its mansions of light, With its glorified beings In pure garments of white! Where no evil thing cometh To despoil what is fair, Where the angels are watching, Is my name written there? [Chorus] Used With Tune: [Lord, I care not for riches]

God Hath Spoken by His Prophets

Author: George W. Briggs Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 54 hymnals Topics: God the Father Eternity Lyrics: 1 God hath spoken by His prophets, Spoken His unchanging Word; Each from age to age proclaiming God the one, the righteous Lord! 'Mid the world's despair and turmoil One firm anchor holds us fast: God is on His throne eternal; He alone the First and Last. 2 God hath spoken by Christ Jesus, Christ, the everlasting Son, Brightness of the Father's glory, With the Father ever one; Spoken by the Word Incarnate, God of God ere time began, Light of Light, to earth descending, Man, revealing God to man. 3 God yet speaketh by His Spirit— Speaking to the hearts of men, In the age-long word declaring God's own message, now as then. Through the rise and fall of nations One sure faith yet standing fast: God abides, His Word unchanging, God alone the First and Last. Amen. Used With Tune: HYMN TO JOY Text Sources: "Ten New Bible Hymns"