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God Is the Strength of My Heart

Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Perseverance First Line: As for me, my feet had almost slipped Scripture: Psalm 73 Used With Tune: [God is the strength of my heart]

The method of Salvation

Author: Toplady Appears in 8 hymnals Topics: Perseverance in grace First Line: Thee, Father, we bless Lyrics: 1 Thee, Father, we bless, Whose distinguishing grace Selected a people to shew forth thy praise: Nor is thy love known By election alone; For, O thou hast added the gift of thy son. 2 The goodness in vain We attempt to explain, Which found and accepted a ransom for men. Great surety of thine, Thou didst not decline To concur the father’s most gracious design. 3 To Jesus our friend Our thanks shall ascend, Who saves to the utmost, and loves to the end. Our ransom he paid! In his merit array'd, We attain to the glory for which we were made. 4 Sweet spirit of grace, Thy mercy we bless For thy eminent share in the council of peace: Great agent divine, To restore us is thine, And cause us afresh in thy likeness to shine. 5 O God, ’tis thy part To convince and convert: To give a new life, and create a new heart: By thy presence and grace We’re upheld in our race, And are kept in thy love to the end of our days. 6 Father, Spirit and Son Agree thus in one, The salvation of those he has mark'd for his own: Let us too agree To glorify thee, Thou ineffable one, thou adorable three?

The Immutability of God's Will

Author: Hammond Appears in 25 hymnals Topics: Perseverance First Line: O, my distrustful heart Lyrics: 1 O my distrustful heart, How small thy faith appears! But greater, Lord, thou art, Than all my doubts and fears. Did Jesus once upon me shine? Then Jesus is for ever mine. 2 Unchangeable his will; Whatever be my frame, His loving heart is still Eternally the same. My soul through many changes goes; His love no variation knows. 3 Thou, Lord, wilt carry on, And perfectly perform, The work thou hast begun In me, a sinful worm; ’Midst all my fear, and sin, and woe, Thy Spirit will not let me go. 4 The bowels of thy grace At first did freely move; I still shall see thy face, And feel that God is love. My soul into thy arms I cast; I trust I shall be saved at last.

Seeking Christ

Author: Adams Meter: 8.7.5 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Perseverance First Line: Jesus, Shepherd of thy people Lyrics: 1 Jesus, Shepherd of thy people, Lead us through this desert land; We are weak, and poor, and feeble, Yet we trust thy mighty hand; Great Protector! By thy power alone we stand. 2 All thy sheep shall come to Zion; With them thou wilt never part; Beasts of prey, nor roaring lion, None shall pluck them from thy heart; All thy chosen Cost thee wounds, and blood, and smart. 3 In thy bosom safely lodgèd, Thine shall rest from danger free; They shall never more be judgèd, Nor shall condemnation see; Blessed Jesus, Let us thus rejoice in thee.

Safety in Christ

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Perseverance First Line: Thy purchased people, gracious Lamb Lyrics: 1 Thy purchased people, gracious Lamb, Thou never canst forget; The piercing nails have wrote their name Upon thy hands and feet. 2 Satan, in vain, with rage assails Thy dear peculiar ones; For them thy righteousness avails; For them thy blood atones. 3 Vainly against the sheep he strives, And wars with the Most High; Their glorious Head for ever lives, Nor can his members die. 4 Jesus shall his elect avenge, Nor from his own remove; Nor cancel his decree, nor change His everlasting love. Scripture: Psalm 137:5

The moon and stars shall lose their light

Author: Hart Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 9 hymnals Topics: Perseverance Lyrics: 1 The moon and stars shall lose their light, The sun shall sink in endless night; Both heaven and earth shall pass away; The works of nature all decay. 2 But they that in the Lord confide, And shelter in his wounded side, Shall see the danger overpast, Stand every storm, and live at last. 3 What Christ has said must be fulfilled; On this firm rock, believers build; His word shall stand, his truth prevail, And not one jot or tittle fail. 4 His word is this (poor sinners, hear); “Believe on me, and banish fear; Cease from your own works, bad or good, And wash your garments in my blood.” Scripture: Matthew 24:35

"Let God be true, but every man a liar"

Author: Hart Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 7 hymnals Topics: Perseverance First Line: The God I trust is true and just Lyrics: 1 The God I trust is true and just; His mercy has no end; Himself has said my ransom’s paid, And I on him depend. 2 Then why so sad, my soul? though bad, Thou hast a Friend that’s good; He bought thee dear (abandon fear); He bought thee with his blood. 3 So rich a cost can ne’er be lost, Though faith be tried by fire; Keep Christ in view; let God be true; And every man a liar.

The love of Christ is rich and free

Author: W. Gadsby Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Perseverance Lyrics: 1 The love of Christ is rich and free; Fixed on his own eternally; Nor earth, nor hell, can it remove; Long as he lives, his own he’ll love. 2 His loving heart engaged to be Their everlasting Surety; ’Twas love that took their cause in hand, And love maintains it to the end. 3 Love cannot from its post withdraw; Nor death, nor hell, nor sin, nor law, Can turn the Surety’s heart away; He’ll love his own to endless day. 4 [Love has redeemed his sheep with blood; And love will bring them safe to God; Love calls them all from death to life; And love will finish all their strife.] 5 He loves through every changing scene, Nor aught can him from Zion wean; Not all the wanderings of her heart Can make his love from her depart. 6 At death, beyond the grave, he’ll love; In endless bliss, his own shall prove The blazing glory of that love Which never could from them remove. Scripture: John 13:1

Saints safe in Christ

Author: W. Gadsby Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Perseverance First Line: When saints together meet Lyrics: 1 When saints together meet God’s goodness to declare, The season will be sweet, If Jesus be but there; Of Christ they speak; of Christ they boast; While Jesus lives, they can’t be lost. 2 What though their house with God Be not as they could wish, And oft a Father’s rod Fills them with deep distress, Yet in the Lord they firm abide, United to him as his bride. 3 [What if their lust rebel, And threaten to devour, To plunge their souls to hell, In some unguarded hour? Their standing fast is in the Lord, And they his faithfulness record.] 4 The Lord will guard them well, Nor shall they ever be A prey to death and hell, For Christ has made them free; He bought them with his own heart’s blood, And he will bring them home to God.

When Lawless People Thrive

Author: Christopher Idle Meter: 6.6.8.6 D Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Perseverance Lyrics: 1 When lawless people thrive and wrong suppresses right, remember they will fade away and wither overnight. Commit your life to God, and trust the LORD to make the justice of your righteous cause shine clear for his name's sake. 2 Be still before the LORD; in patience learn to wait and never fret if crime succeeds and some grow rich and great. For jealous discontent tends only to destroy; the meek who look to God their LORD a kingdom shall enjoy. 3 The godless borrow much and cannot then pay back; the righteous give, and give again, are blessed, and have no lack. The saints whose lives are true can turn away from wrong; God's Word is hidden in their heart, God's wisdom guides their tongue. 4 I've seen a boasting thief grow like a weed apace; but when I passed that way again I looked, but found no trace. My steps are from the LORD who helps my feet to stand. I stumble but I do not fall; my God shall hold my hand. 5 Salvation is from God in times of blatant wrong, and all who seek his shelter find a refuge safe and strong. So fully trust the LORD; shun evil, follow right: God gives you all your heart's desire when he is your delight. Scripture: Psalm 37 Used With Tune: DINBYCH