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O Zion, when I think of thee

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #448 (1828) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Christian experience The Christian life figuratively described as Taking up the Cross Lyrics: 1 O Zion, when I think of thee, I wish for pinions like a dove, And mourn to think that I should be So distant from the place I love. 2 "An exile here, and far from home, For Zion's sacred walls I sigh, Thither the ransom'd nations come, And see the Saviour eye to eye. 3 "While here I walk on hostile ground, The few that I can call my friends, Are like myself, with fetters bound, And weariness our steps attends. 4 "But yet we shall behold the day When Zion's children shall return; Our sorrows then shall flee away, And we shall never, never mourn. 5 "The hope that such a day will come Makes even the exile's portion sweet; Though now we wander far from home, In Zion soon we all shall meet."

How happy is the pilgrim's lot

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #451 (1828) Meter: Irregular Topics: Christian experience A pilgrimage Lyrics: 1 How happy is the pilgrim's lot, How free from every anxious thought, From worldly hope and fear! Confin'd to neither court nor cell, His soul disdains on earth to dwell, He only sojourns here. 2 Though I no foot of land possess, Nor cottage in this wilderness, A poor way-faring man, I lodge a while in tents below, Or gladly wander to and fro, Till I my Canaan gain. 3 Nothing on earth I call my own; A stranger to the world unknown, I all their goods despise; I trample on their whole delight, And seek a city out of sight, A city in the skies. 4 There is my house and portion fair, My treasure, and my heart are there, And my abiding home; For me my elder brethren stay, And angels beckon me away, And Jesus bids me come! 5 I come, thy servant, Lord, replies, I come, to meet thee in the skies, And claim my heavenly rest! Now let the pilgrim's journey end, Now, O my Saviour, brother, friend, Receive me to thy breast! Scripture: Hebrews 11:13

The sun is fast descending

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #456 (1828) Meter: Irregular Topics: Christian experience A pilgrimage Lyrics: 1 The sun is fast descending His circuit from on high; The shades of eve are blending With yonder distant sky; Soon will the landscape vanish, And sable darkness banish These scenes from mortal eye. 2 Thus too our days are ending, The race will soon be run, Our sun is fast descending; Our work is almost done. Soon will our Master greet us, And heav'nly legions meet us To waft us to our home. 3 Then pilgrims! come, delay not On this unfriendly ground, And in the desert say not, That you have Canaan found. The fiery pillar leads us, The promised manna feeds us, But barren is the ground. 4 Come tune the harp to gladness, A song of Zion sing; Away with thoughts of sadness, We'll praise our heav'nly king. Our trials and our crosses, Our sufferings and our losses, But keep us near to him. 5 But Zion! when we raise thee A song in distant lands, The harp that fain would praise thee, Falls tuneless from our hands. Our hearts, distress'd and lonely, Can leap for gladness only In thy dear happy land.

When I can read my title clear

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #466 (1828) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Christian experience A desert Lyrics: 1 When I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I bid farewell to ev'ry fear, And wipe my weeping eyes. 2 Should earth against my soul engage, And fiery darts be hurl'd: Then I can smile at Satan's rage, And face a frowning world. 3 Let cares like a wild deluge come, And storms of sorrow fall: May I but safely reach my home, My God, my heav'n, my all! 4 There I shall bathe my weary soul In seas of heavenly rest; And not a wave of trouble roll Across my peaceful breast.

God of my life, whose gracious power

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #469 (1828) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Christian experience Christian assurance and confidence in God Lyrics: 1 God of my life, whose gracious power, Thro' varied deaths my soul hath led, Or turn'd aside the fatal hour, Or lifted up my sinking head! 2 In all my ways thy hand I own, Thy ruling providence I see: Assist me still my course to run, And still direct my paths to thee. 3 Whither, O whither should I fly, But to my loving Saviour’s breast; Secure within thine arms to lie, And safe beneath thy wings to rest; 4 I have no skill the snare to shun, But thou, O God! my wisdom art: I ever into ruin run, But thou art greater than my heart. 5 Foolish, and ignorant, and blind, Lead me a way I have not known; Bring me where I my heaven may find, The heaven of loving thee alone. 6 Enlarge my heart to make thee room; Enter, and in me ever stay: The crooked then shall straight become; The darkness shall be lost in day!

And let this feeble body fail

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #470 (1828) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Christian experience Christian assurance and confidence in God Lyrics: 1 And let this feeble body fail, And let it faint or die; My soul shall quit the mournful vale, And soar to worlds on high: Shall join the disembodied saints, And find its long-sought rest: That only bliss for which it pants In the Redeemer's breast. 2 In hope of that immortal crown, I now the cross sustain; And gladly wonder up and down, And smile at toil and pain: I suffer on my three-score years Till my Deliv'rer come: And wipe away his servant's tears, And take his exile home. 3 O what hath Jesus bought for me! Before my ravished eyes, Rivers of life divine I see, And trees of paradise! I see a world of spirits bright, Who taste the pleasures there! The all are rob'd in spotless white, And conqu'ring palms they bear. 4 O what are all my suff'rings here, If, Lord, thou count me meet, With that enraptur'd host t'appear, And worship at thy feet! Give joy or grief, give ease or pain, Take life or friends away: But let me find them all again In that eternal day.

Courage, my soul! while God is near

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #471 (1828) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Christian experience Christian assurance and confidence in God Lyrics: 1 Courage, my soul! while God is near, What enemy hast thou to fear? How canst thou want a sure defence, Whose refuge is Omnipotence? 2 Tho' thickest dangers crowd my way, My God can chase my fears away: My steadfast heart on him relies, And all those dangers still defies. 3 Tho' billows after billows roll, To overwhelm my sinking soul; Firm as a rock my faith shall stand, Upheld by God's almighty hand. 4 In life, his presence is my aid; In death, 'twill guide me thro' the shade; Chase all my rising fears away, And turn my darkness into day.

My God, the spring of all my joys

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #472 (1828) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Christian experience Christian assurance and confidence in God Lyrics: 1 My God, the spring of all my joys, The life of my delights, The glory of my brightest days, The comfort of my nights. 2 In darkest shades, if he appear, My dawning is begun; He is my soul's bright morning star, And he my rising sun. 3 The opening heavens around me shine With beams of sacred bliss, While Jesus shows his heart is mine, And whispers I am his! 4 My soul would leave this heavy clay At that transporting word, Run up with joy the shining way T'embrace my dearest Lord. 5 Fearless of hell and ghastly death I'd break through every foe; The wings of love, and arms of faith Should bear me conqueror through.

My spirit looks to God alone

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #473 (1828) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Christian experience Christian assurance and confidence in God Lyrics: 1 My spirit looks to God alone; My rock and refuge is his throne; In all my fears, in all my straits, My soul on his salvation waits. 2 Trust him, ye saints, in all your ways, Pour out your hearts before his face: When helpers fail, and foes invade, God is our all-sufficient aid. 3 False are the men of high degree, The baser sort are vanity; Laid in the balance, both appear Light as a puff of empty air. 4 Make not increasing gold your trust, Nor set your hearts on glittering dust; Why will you grasp the fleeting smoke, And not believe what God hath spoke? 5 Once has his awful voice declared, Once and again my ears have heard, "All power is his eternal due: He must be fear'd and trusted too." 6 For Sovereign power reigns not alone, Grace is a partner of the throne: Thy grace and justice, mighty Lord, Shall well divide our last reward.

'Tis sweet to rest in lively hope

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #474 (1828) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Christian experience Christian in the prospect of death Lyrics: 1 'Tis sweet to rest in lively hope, That when my change shall come, Angels will hover round my bed, And waft my spirit home! 2 There shall my dis-imprison'd soul, Behold him and adore; Be with his likeness satisfied, And grieve, and sin, no more. 3 Shall see him wear that very flesh, On which my guilt was lain; His love intense, his merit fresh, As though but newly slain. 4 Soon too my slumbering dust shall hear The trumpet's quickening sound; And by my Saviour's power rebuilt, At his right hand be found. 5 These eyes shall see him in that day, The God that died for me! And all my rising bones shall say, Lord, who is like to thee! 6 If such the views which grace unfolds, Weak as it is below, What raptures must the church above, In Jesus' presence know! 7 O may the unction of these truths, For ever with me stay, Till from her sinful cage dismiss'd, My spirit flies away!