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Desertion and hope; or, Complaint of Absence from public Worship

Appears in 64 hymnals Topics: Complaint of Absence form Public Worship; Complaint of Absence form Public Worship First Line: With earnest longings of the mind Lyrics: 1 With earnest longings of the mind, My God, to thee I look; So pants the hunted hart to find, And taste the cooling brook. 2 When shall I see thy courts of grace, And meet my God again? So long an absence from thy face My heart endures with pain. 3 Temptations vex my weary soul, And tears are my repast; The foe insults without controul, "And where’s your God at last?" 4 ’Tis with a mournful pleasure now I think on antient days; Then to thy house did numbers go, And all our work was praise. 5 But why, my soul, sink down so far Beneath this heavy load? My spirit, why indulge despair, And sin against my God? 6 Hope in the Lord, whose mighty hand Can all thy woes remove; For I shall yet before him stand, And sing restoring love. Scripture: Psalm 42:1-9

Longing for Revival

Appears in 11 hymnals Topics: Prayer Complaint in First Line: O Thou Who the Shepherd of Israel art Scripture: Psalm 80:3 Used With Tune: [O Thou Who the Shepherd of Israel art]

The False Tongue

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 6 hymnals Topics: Afflictions Complaint of First Line: I cried to God in my distress Lyrics: 1 I cried to God in my distress, And by the Lord my prayer was heard; O save me, Lord, from lying lips And from the false, deceitful word. 2 What woe for falsehood can atone, Or punish the deceitful tongue, The tongue whose speech consumes like fire, Whose words like deadly shafts are flung? 3 Alas for me, whose lot is cast With those who find their joy in strife! With those who hate the paths of peace I long have dwelt and spent my life. 4 In thought and act I am for peace, Peace I pursue and ever seek; But those about me are for strife, Though I in love and kindness speak. Scripture: Psalm 120 Used With Tune: RETREAT

The godly under calumny

Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Afflictions Complaint of First Line: In my distress I cried to God Scripture: Psalm 120 Used With Tune: [In my distress I cried to God]

The Equity of God's Providence

Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Prayer Complaint in First Line: O God the Lord, to Whom alone Scripture: Psalm 94 Used With Tune: [O God the Lord, to Whom alone]

Conflict and Victory

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Prayer Complaint in First Line: Through all the years may Israel say Lyrics: 1 Through all the years, may Israel say, My bitter foes have oft assailed, Have sought my hurt in fierce array, Yet over me have not prevailed. 2 Though scars of conflict and distress Remain to tell of trials past, Jehovah in His righteousness Has safely brought us through at last. 3 The foes of Zion shall be brought To hopeless flight and put to shame; Their wicked plans shall come to nought And all mankind forget their name. 4 To them no kindly friend shall say, God bless you now and speed you well; No grateful heart for them shall pray, May God's rich blessing on you dwell. Scripture: Psalm 129 Used With Tune: ASHWELL

Affliction's resource

Appears in 8 hymnals Topics: Prayer Complaint in First Line: Hear my prayer, O Lord, attend Scripture: Psalm 102:1 Used With Tune: [Hear my prayer, O Lord, attend]

What vain desires and passions vain

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 8 hymnals Topics: Complaint general Lyrics: What vain desires and passions vain Attend this mortal clay! Oft have they pierced my soul with pain, And drawn my heart astray. How have I wandered from my God! And, following sin and shame, In this vile world of flesh and blood Defiled my nobler frame! For ever blessed be thy grace That formed my soul anew, And made it of a heav'n-born race, Thy glory to pursue. My spirit holds perpetual war, And wrestles and complains; But views the happy moment near That shall dissolve its chains. Cheerful in death I close my eyes To part with every lust; And charge my flesh, whene'er it rise, To leave them in the dust. My purer spirit shall not fear To put this body on; Its tempting powers no more are there, Its lusts and passions gone! Scripture: Romans 8:1

Descend from heaven, immortal Dove

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 93 hymnals Topics: Complaint pride, atheism, oppression, etc Lyrics: Descend from heav'n, immortal Dove, Stoop down and take us on thy wings, And mount and bear us far above The reach of these inferior things: Beyond, beyond this lower sky, Up where eternal ages roll; Where solid pleasures never die, And fruits immortal feast the soul. O for a sight, a pleasing sight Of our Almighty Father's throne! There sits our Savior crowned with light, Clothed in a body like our own. Adoring saints around him stand, And thrones and powers before him fall; The God shines gracious through the man, And sheds sweet glories on them all. O what amazing joys they feel While to their golden harps they sing, And sit on every heav'nly hill, And spread the triumphs of their King! When shall the day, dear Lord, appear, That I shall mount to dwell above, And stand and bow amongst them there, And view thy face, and sing, and love? Scripture: Psalm 12

My heart, how dreadful hard it is!

Appears in 17 hymnals Topics: Complaint of a Hard heart Lyrics: 1 My Heart, how dreadful hard it is! How heavy here it lies, Heavy and cold within my Breast, Just like a Rock of Ice! 2 Sin, like a raging Tyrant, sits Upon this flinty Throne, And ev'ry Grace lies bury'd deep Beneath this Heart of Stone. 3 How seldom do I rise to God, Or taste the Joys above? This Mountain presses down my Faith, And chills my flaming Love. 4 When smiling Mercy courts my Soul With all its heav'nly Charms, This stubborn, this relentless Thing Would thrust it from my Arms. 5 Against the Thunders of thy Word, Rebellious I have stood; My Heart! it shakes not at the Wrath And Terrors of a God. 6 Dear Saviour, steep this Rock of mine In thine own Crimson Sea! None but a Bath of Blood divine Can melt the Flint away.