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Dear Father, to Thy Mercy Seat

Author: Anne Steele Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 194 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Dear Father, to Thy mercy seat My soul for shelter flees; ’Tis here I find a safe retreat When storms and tempests rise. 2. My cheerful hope can never die, If Thou, my God, art near; Thy grace can raise my comforts high, And banish every fear. 3. My great protector, and my Lord, Thy constant aid impart; O let Thy kind, Thy gracious word Sustain my trembling heart. 4. Or never let my soul remove From this divine retreat; Still let me trust Thy power and love And dwell beneath Thy feet. Used With Tune: MANOAH Text Sources: Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional, 1760, volume I, page 133

Did You Think to Pray?

Author: Mary A. Kidder Appears in 174 hymnals First Line: Ere you left your room this morning Refrain First Line: O how praying rests the weary! Lyrics: 1. Ere you left your room this morning, Did you think to pray? In the name of Christ our Savior, Did you sue for loving favor, As a shield today? Refrain O how praying rests the weary! Prayer will change the night to day; So when life seems dark and dreary, Don’t forget to pray. 2. When you met with great temptation, Did you think to pray? By His dying love and merit, Did you claim the Holy Spirit As your guide and stay? [Refrain] 3. When your heart was filled with anger, Did you think to pray? Did you plead for grace, my brother, That you might forgive another Who had crossed your way? [Refrain] 4. When sore trials came upon you, Did you think to pray? When your soul was bowed in sorrow, Balm of Gilead did you borrow At the gates of day? [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Ere you left your room this morning] Text Sources: Good News, or Songs and Tunes for Sunday Schools, Christian Associations, and Special Meetings, by Rigdon M. McIntosh (Boston, Massachusetts: Oliver Ditson & Company, 1876)

The Day Is Past and Gone

Author: John Leland Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 607 hymnals Lyrics: 1. The day is past and gone, The evening shades appear; O may we all remember well The night of death draws near. 2. We lay our garments by, Upon our beds to rest; So death shall soon disrobe us all Of what is here possessed. 3. Lord, keep us safe this night, Secure from all our fears; May angels guard us while we sleep, Till morning light appears. Used With Tune: GARDEN CITY

Dread Jehovah, God of Nations

Author: Thomas Cotterill Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 147 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Dread Jehovah, God of nations, From Thy temple in the skies, Hear Thy people’s supplications, Now for their deliverance rise. 2. Lo, with deep contritions turning, Humbly at Thy feet we bend; Hear us, fasting, praying, mourning; Hear us, spare us, and defend. 3. Though our sins, our hearts confounding, Long and loud for vengeance call, Thou hast mercy more abounding, Jesus’ blood can cleanse from all. 4. Let that love veil our transgressions, Let that blood our guilt efface: Save Thy people from oppression, Save from spoil Thy holy place. Used With Tune: BATTY

Days and Moments Quickly Flying

Author: Edward Caswall Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 89 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Days and moments quickly flying Blend the living with the dead; Soon our bodies will be lying Each within its narrow bed. 2. Soon our souls to God who gave them Will have sped their rapid flight: Able now by grace to save them, O that, while we can, we might! 3. Jesus, infinite Redeemer, Maker of this mighty frame, Teach, O teach us to remember What we are, and whence we came. 4. Whence we came and whither wending, Soon we must through darkness go, To inherit bliss unending, Or eternity of woe. 5. Jesus, merciful Redeemer, Rouse dead souls to hear Thy voice; Wake, O wake each idle dreamer Now to make the eternal choice. 6. As a shadow, life is fleeting; As a vapor so it flies; For the old year now retreating Pardon grant, and make us wise; 7. Wise that we our days may number, Strive and wrestle with our sin, Say not in our work, nor slumber Till Thy glorious rest we win. 8. Soon before the Judge all glorious We with all the dead shall stand: Savior, over death victorious, Place us then on Thy right hand. Used With Tune: ST. SYLVESTER Text Sources: The Masque of Mary, and Other Poems, 1858, alt.

Does Jesus Care?

Author: Frank Ellsworth Graeff Appears in 204 hymnals First Line: Does Jesus care when my heart is pained Refrain First Line: Oh yes, He cares, I know He cares Lyrics: 1. Does Jesus care when my heart is pained Too deeply for mirth or song, As the burdens press, and the cares distress And the way grows weary and long? Refrain Oh yes, He cares, I know He cares, His heart is touched with my grief; When the days are weary, the long nights dreary, I know my Savior cares. 2. Does Jesus care when my way is dark With a nameless dread and fear? As the daylight fades into deep night shades, Does He care enough to be near? [Refrain] 3. Does Jesus care when I’ve tried and failed To resist some temptation strong; When for my deep grief there is no relief, Though my tears flow all the night long? [Refrain] 4. Does Jesus care when I’ve said goodbye To the dearest on earth to me, And my sad heart aches till it nearly breaks, Is it aught to Him? Does He see? [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Does Jesus care when my heart is pained]

Down at the Cross

Author: Elisha Albright Hoffman Appears in 904 hymnals First Line: Down at the cross where my Savior died Refrain First Line: Glory to His name, glory to His name Lyrics: 1. Down at the cross where my Savior died, Down where for cleansing from sin I cried, There to my heart was the blood applied; Glory to His name! Refrain: Glory to His name, glory to His name: There to my heart was the blood applied; Glory to His name! 2. I am so wondrously saved from sin, Jesus so sweetly abides within; There at the cross where He took me in; Glory to His name! [Refrain] 3. Oh, precious fountain that saves from sin, I am so glad I have entered in; There Jesus saves me and keeps me clean; Glory to His name! [Refrain] 4. Come to this fountain so rich and sweet, Cast thy poor soul at the Savior’s feet; Plunge in today, and be made complete; Glory to His name! [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Down at the cross where my Savior died] Text Sources: Joy to the World, by Tullius O'Kane, C. C. McCabe, & (Cincinnati, Ohio: Hitchcock & Walden, 1878)

Draw Thou My Soul, O Christ

Author: Lucy Larcom Meter: 10.10.12.10 Appears in 84 hymnals First Line: Draw Thou my soul, O Christ, closer to Thine Lyrics: 1. Draw Thou my soul, O Christ, closer to Thine; Breathe into every wish Thy will divine; Raised my low self above, won by Thy deathless love, Ever, O Christ, through mine let Thy life shine. 2. Lead forth my soul, O Christ, one with Thine own, Joyful to follow Thee through paths unknown; In Thee my strength renew; give me Thy work to do; Through me Thy truth be shown, Thy love made known. 3. Not for myself alone may my prayer be; Lift Thou Thy world, O Christ, closer to Thee; Cleanse it from guilt and wrong; teach it salvation’s song Till earth, as Heaven, fulfills God’s holy will. Used With Tune: ST. EDMUND (Sullivan) Text Sources: At the Beautiful Gate, 1892

The Duteous Day Now Closeth

Author: Paul Gerhardt; Robert S. Bridges Meter: 7.7.6.7.7.8 Appears in 48 hymnals Lyrics: 1. The duteous day now closeth, Each flower and tree reposeth, Shade creeps o’er wild and wood: Let us, as night is falling, On God our Maker calling, Give thanks to Him, the Giver good. 2. Now all the heav’nly splendor Breaks forth in starlight tender From myriad worlds unknown; And man, the marvel seeing, Forgets his selfish being, For joy of beauty not his own. 3. His care he drowneth yonder, Lost in the abyss of wonder; To Heav’n his soul doth steal: This life he disesteemeth, The day it is that dreameth, That doth from truth his vision seal. 4. Awhile his mortal blindness May miss God’s lovingkindness, And grope in faithless strife: But when life’s day is over Shall death’s fair night discover The fields of everlasting life. Used With Tune: INNSBRUCK Text Sources: Praxis Pietatis Melica, 3rd edition, by Johann Crüger, 1648

The Earth Forever Is the Lord's

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 36 hymnals First Line: The earth for ever is the Lord's Lyrics: 1. The earth for ever is the Lord’s, With Adam’s numerous race; He raised its arches o’er the floods, And built it on the seas. 2. But who among the sons of men May visit Thine abode? He that has hands from mischief clean, Whose heart is right with God. 3. This is the man may rise and take The blessing of His grace; This is the lot of those that seek The God of Jacob’s face. 4. Now let our souls’ immortal powers To meet the Lord prepare; Lift up their everlasting doors, The King of glory’s near. 5. The King of glory! Who can tell The wonders of His might? He rules the nations; but to dwell With saints is His delight. Used With Tune: BEATITUDO Text Sources: The Psalms of David, 1719