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Ye sons of Adam, vain and young

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 59 hymnals Topics: Health prayed for; Pardon and repentance prayed for; Strength repentance, and pardon prayed for Lyrics: Ye sons of Adam, vain and young, Indulge your eyes, indulge your tongue, Taste the delights your souls desire, And give a loose to all your fire; Pursue the pleasures you design, And cheer your hearts with songs and wine; Enjoy the day of mirth, but know There is a day of judgment too. God from on high beholds your thoughts, His book records your secret faults; The works of darkness you have done Must all appear before the sun. The vengeance to your follies due Should strike your hearts with terror through: How will you stand before his face, Or answer for his injured grace? Almighty God! turn off their eyes From these alluring vanities; And let the thunder of thy word Awake their souls to fear the Lord. Scripture: Ecclesiastes 11:9

Holy Lord, our hearts prepare

Author: Anon. Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 30 hymnals Topics: Teach us to Pray Lyrics: 1 Holy Lord, our hearts prepare For the work of solemn prayer; Grant, that while we bend the knee, All our thoughts may turn to thee; Let thy presence here be found, Breathing peace and joy around. 2 While we come around thy throne, Make thy power and glory known; As thy children, may we call On our Father, Lord of all, And with confidence and fear At thy footstool now appear. 3 Teach us, while we breathe our woes, On thy promise to repose; All thy tender love to trace In the Saviour's work of grace; Let us all, in faith, depend On a gracious God and Friend.

There was an hour when Christ rejoic'd

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 25 hymnals Topics: Direction and defence prayed for Lyrics: There was an hour when Christ rejoiced, And spoke his joy in words of praise: "Father, I thank thee, mighty God, Lord of the earth, and heav'ns, and seas. "I thank thy sovereign power and love That crowns my doctrine with success, And makes the babes in knowledge learn The heights, and breadths, and lengths of grace. "But all this glory lies concealed From men of prudence and of wit; The prince of darkness blinds their eyes, And their own pride resists the light. "Father, 'tis thus, because thy will Chose and ordained it should be so; 'Tis thy delight t' abase the proud, And lay the haughty scorner low. "There's none can know the Father right But those who learn it from the Son; Nor can the Son be well received But where the Father makes him known." Then let our souls adore our God, Who deals his graces as he please; Nor gives to mortals an account Or of his actions or decrees. Scripture: Luke 10:21-22

Jesus, the man of constant grief

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 20 hymnals Topics: Health prayed for Lyrics: Jesus, the man of constant grief, A mourner all his days; His spirit once rejoiced aloud, And turn'd his joy to praise: "Father, I thank thy wondrous love, That hath revealed thy Son To men unlearned, and to babes Has made thy gospel known. "The mysteries of redeeming grace Are hidden from the wise, While pride and carnal reasonings join To swell and blind their eyes." Thus doth the Lord of heav'n and earth His great decrees fulfil, And orders all his works of grace By his own sovereign will. Scripture: Luke 10:21

The lands that long in darkness lay

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 32 hymnals Topics: Health prayed for Lyrics: The lands that long in darkness lay Now have beheld a heav'nly light; Nations that sat in death's cold shade Are blessed with beams divinely bright. The virgin's promised Son is born, Behold th' expected child appear: What shall his names or titles be? "The Wonderful, the Counsellor." [This infant is the mighty God, Come to be suckled and adored; Th' eternal Father, Prince of Peace, The Son of David, and his Lord.] The government of earth and seas Upon his shoulders shall be laid; His wide dominions still increase, And honors to his name be paid. Jesus, the holy child, shall sit High on his father David's throne; Shall crush his foes beneath his feet, And reign to ages yet unknown. Scripture: Isaiah 9:7

Lo, the young tribes of Adam rise

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 17 hymnals Topics: Health prayed for Lyrics: Lo! the young tribes of Adam rise, And through all nature rove Fulfil the wishes of their eyes, And taste the joys they love. They give a loose to wild desires; But let the sinners know The strict account that God requires Of all the works they do. The Judge prepares his throne on high, The frighted earth and seas Avoid the fury of his eye, And flee before his face. How shall I bear that dreadful day, And stand the fiery test? I give all mortal joys away, To be for ever blessed. Scripture: Ecclesiastes 11:9