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Give thanks to God most high

Meter: Irregular Appears in 151 hymnals Topics: Christ advent of; Christ Praise to; God Redeemer; Goodness of God in the mission of Christ; Grace in praise of Lyrics: 1 Give thanks to God most high, The universal Lord, The sov'reign King of kings; And be His grace adored. His power and grace Are still the same; And let His name Have endless praise. 2 He saw the nations lie All perishing in sin, And pitied the sad state The ruin'd world was in. Thy mercy, Lord, Shall still endure, And ever sure Abides Thy word. 3 He sent His only Son To save us from our woe, From Satan, sin, and death, And every hurtful foe. His power and grace Are still the same, And let His name Have endless praise. 4 Give thanks aloud to God, To God the Heavenly King; And let the spacious earth His works and glories sing. Thy mercy, Lord, Shall still endure; And ever sure Abides Thy word.

Raise your triumphant songs

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 266 hymnals Topics: Christ Praise to; God Redeemer; Goodness of God in the mission of Christ; Grace Redeeming; Grace in praise of; Gratitude for the atonement; Love Of God; Praise hymns of genearl praise; Salvation of grace; Salvation Through Christ; Thanksgiving For Redemption Lyrics: 1 Raise your triumphant songs To an immortal tune; Let the wide earth resound the deeds Celestial grace has done. 2 Sing how eternal love Its chief Beloved chose, And bade him raise our wretched race From their abyss of woes. 3 His hand no thunder bears, Nor terror clothes His brow; No bolts to drive our guilty souls To fiercer flames below. 4 'Twas mercy fill'd the throne, No wrath stood frowning by, When Christ was sent with pardon down To rebels doom'd to die. 5 Now, sinners, dry your tears; Let hopeless sorrow cease; Bow to the sceptre of His love, And take the offer'd peace.

In songs of sublime adoration and praise

Appears in 94 hymnals Topics: Christ Praise to; Goodness of God in the mission of Christ; Grace Redeeming; Grace in praise of; Gratitude for the atonement; Love Of God; Praise hymns of genearl praise; Salvation of grace; Salvation Through Christ; Thanksgiving For Redemption Lyrics: 1 In songs of sublime adoration and praise, Ye pilgrims for Zion who press, Break forth and extol the great Ancient of Days, His rich and unmerited grace. 2 His love, from eternity, burn'd for our race, Broke forth and discover'd its flame; And now with the cords of His kindness He draws, And brings us to love His great name. 3 Oh, had He not pitied the state we were in, Our bosoms His love had ne'er felt: We all would have lived, would have died too in sin, And sunk with the load of our guilt. 4 What was there in man that could merit esteem, Or give the Creator delight? 'Twas "Even so, Father," we ever must sing, Because it seem'd good in Thy sight. 5 Urged on by His grace, did the Saviour appear, The bearer of help from above: Now all who are thirsting may freely draw near And drink in the streams of His love. 6 Then give all the glory to His holy name, To Him all the glory belongs; Be ours the high joys still to sound forth His fame, And crown Him in each of our songs.

O love! beyond conception great

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 30 hymnals Topics: Goodness of God in the mission of Christ; Grace Redeeming; Grace in praise of; Gratitude for the atonement; Love Of God; Praise hymns of genearl praise; Salvation of grace; Salvation Through Christ; Thanksgiving For Redemption; Wisdom of God Lyrics: 1 O love! beyond conception great, That form'd the vast, stupendous plan! Where all divine perfections meet To reconcile rebellious man! 2 There wisdom shines in fullest blaze, And justice all her rights maintains: Astonish'd angels stoop to gaze, While mercy o'er the guilty reigns. 3 Yes, mercy reigns, and justice too-- In Christ harmoniously they meet: He paid to justice all her due, And now He fills the mercy-seat. 4 Such are the wonders of our God, And such th'amazing depths of grace, To save from wrath's vindictive rod. The sons of Adam's fallen race. 5 With grateful songs then let our souls Surround our gracious Father's throne; And all between the distant poles His truth and mercy ever own.

Ye saints, proclaim abroad

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 40 hymnals Topics: Christ advent of; Christ Mediator; Christ Redeemer of mankind; Christ Praise to; God Redeemer; Goodness of God in the mission of Christ; Grace in praise of; Love Of Christ; Mediatorship of Christ; Redeemer Lyrics: 1 Ye saints, proclaim abroad The honors of your King To Jesus, your incarnate God, Your songs of praises sing. 2 Not angels round the throne Of majesty above, Are half so much obliged as we, To our Immanuel's love. 3 They never sunk so low, They are not raised so high; They never knew such depths of woe, Such heights of majesty. 4 The Saviour did not join Their nature to His own; For them He shed no blood divine, Nor breath'd a single groan. 5 May we with angels vie The Saviour to adore; Our debts are greater far than theirs, Oh, be our praises more!

Grace! 'tis a charming sound

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 845 hymnals Topics: Goodness of God in the mission of Christ; Grace Quickening; Grace in praise of; Love Of God; Salvation of grace Lyrics: 1 Grace! 'tis a charming sound, Harmonious to the ear; Heaven with the echo shall resound, And all the earth shall hear. 2 Grace first contrived the way To save rebellious man; And all the steps that grace display Which drew the wondrous plan. 3 Grace led my roving feet To tread the heavenly road; And new supplies each hour I meet, While pressing on to God. 4 Grace taught my soul to pray, And made my eyes o'erflow: 'Twas grace which kept me to this day, And will not let me go. 5 Grace all the work shall crown, Through everlasting days; It lays in heaven the topmost stone, And well deserves the praise.

Every fallen soul, by sinning

Appears in 9 hymnals Topics: Goodness of God in the mission of Christ; Grace Redeeming; Grace in praise of; Gratitude for the atonement; Love Of God; Salvation of grace; Thanksgiving For Redemption Lyrics: 1 Every fallen soul, by sinning, Merits everlasting pain; But Thy love without beginning, Has redeem'd the world again: Countless millions Shall in life, through Jesus reign. 2 Pause, my soul, adore and wonder: Ask, "Oh, why such love to me?" Grace hath put me in the number Of the Saviour's family: Hallelujah! Thanks, eternal thanks to Thee! 3 Since that love had no beginning, And shall never, never cease; Keep, oh, keep me, Lord, from sinning; Guide me in the way of peace: Make me walk in All the paths of holiness. 4 When I quit this feeble mansion, And my soul returns to Thee, Let the power of thy ascension Manifest itself in me; Through Thy Spirit, Give the final victory. 5 When the angel sounds the trumpet; When my soul and body join; When my Saviour comes to judgment, Bright in majesty divine, Let me triumph In Thy righeousness as mine.

All that I was, my sin, my guilt

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 123 hymnals Topics: Goodness of God in the mission of Christ; Grace Quickening; Grace in praise of; Salvation of grace Lyrics: 1 All that I was, my sin, my guilt, My death, was all my own; All that I am I owe to Thee, My gracious God, alone. 2 The evil of my former state Was mine, and only mine; The good in which I now rejoice Is Thine, and only Thine. 3 The darkness of my former state, The bondage--all was mine: The light of life in which I walk, The liberty--is Thine. 4 Thy grace first made me feel my sin, And taught me to believe: Then, in believing, peace I found, And now I live, I live! 5 All that I am e'en here on earth, All that I hope to be When Jesus comes and glory dawns-- I owe it, Lord, to Thee.

I was a wand'ring sheep

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 505 hymnals Topics: Conversion; Goodness of God in the mission of Christ; Grace Quickening; Grace in praise of; Salvation of grace; Christ a Shepherd Lyrics: 1 I was a wand'ring sheep, I did not love the fold, I did not love my Shepherd's voice, I would not be controll'd: I was a wayward child, I did not love my home, I did not love my Father's voice, I loved afar to roam. 2 The Shepherd sought His sheep, The Father sought His child, He follow'd me o'er vale and hill, O'er deserts waste and wild; He found me nigh to death, Famish'd, and faint, and lone; He bound me with the bands of love, He saved the wand'ring one. 3 Jesus my Shepherd is, 'Twas He that loved my soul, 'Twas He that wash'd me in His blood, 'Twas He that made me whole; 'Twas He that sought the lost, That found the wand'ring sheep, 'Twas He that brought me to the fold-- 'Tis He that still doth keep. 4 No more a wand'ring sheep, I love to be controll'd, I love my tender Shepherd's voice, I love the peaceful fold: No more a wayward child, I seek no more to roam, I love my Heavenly Father's voice-- I love, I love His home.

Father, how wide Thy glory shines!

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 313 hymnals Topics: Goodness of God in the mission of Christ; Grace in praise of; Salvation of grace Lyrics: 1 Father, how wide Thy glory shines! How high Thy wonders rise! Known through the earth by thousand signs, By thousand through the skies. 2 Those mighty orbs proclaim Thy power, Their motions speak Thy skill, And on the wings of ev'ry hour We read Thy patience still. 3 When sinners break the Father's law, Thy dying Son atones; Oh, the dear mysteries of His cross! The triumph of His groans! 4 Now the full glories of the Lamb Adorn the heavenly plains; Sweet cherubs learn Immanuel's name, And try their choicest strains. 5 Oh, may I bear some humble part In that immortal song! Wonder and joy shall tune my heart, And love command my tongue.