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God of eternity, from thee
Hymnal: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Publick Worship #CXXXVII (1789) Topics: Life, Death, and a future State Redeeming the Time Lyrics: 1 God of eternity, from thee
Did infant time his being draw;
Moments and days, and months, and years,
Revolve by thy unvaried law.
2 Silent and slow they glide away;
Steady and strong the current flows;
Lost in eternity’s vast sea,
The boundless gulf from whence it rose.
3 With it the thoughtless sons of men
Before the rapids streams are borne
On to that everlasting home,
Whence not one soul can e'er return.
4 Yet while the shore on either side
Presents a gaudy, flatt'ring shew,
They gaze, in fond amazement lost,
Nor think to what a world they go.
5 Great Source of Wisdom, teach my heart
To know the price of every hour;
That time may bear me on to joys
Beyond its measure and its power. Languages: English
God of eternity, from thee
How greatly will my soul rejoice!
Hymnal: Church Hymn Book #CCXXXIV (1816) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Of Heaven and Future Happiness Lyrics: 1 How greatly will my soul rejoice!
How happy will I be:
When I shall hear my Saviour's voice,
Say come ye unto me.
2 O come ye blessed and possess,
Your kingdom is prepar'd:
For all your troubles and distress,
You have a great reward.
3 With joy I shall to Jesus go,
My Saviour, Lord and Friend,
And all my sorrows here below,
For evermore shall end.
4 There I shall dwell at his right hand,
And freed from ev'ry pain;
Remov'd from danger I shall stand,
And ne'er distress'd again.
5 There I shall eat that living bread,
And shall for ever live;
Drink of the fount and living head,
Which Christ my Lord shall give.
6 I shall be blest in Jesus' blood;
That blood which freely stream'd
By which I have access to God,
And know myself redeem'd.
7 My soul with joy is entertain'd,
In Jesus' kingdom here;
But greater treasures will be gain'd,
When I shall enter there.
Languages: English
How greatly will my soul rejoice!
Lo what a feeble frame is ours!
Hymnal: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Publick Worship #CXXXIV (1789) Topics: Life, Death and a future State The Frailty of human Life Lyrics: 1 Lo what a feeble frame is ours!
How vain a thing is man!
How frail are all our boasted pow'rs!
And short at best our span!
2 Swift as the feather'd arrow flies,
And cuts the yielding air;
Or as a kindling meteor dies,
Ere it can well appear:
3 So pass our fleeting years away,
And time runs on its race;
In vain we ask a moment's stay,
Nor will it slack its pace.
4 O make us truly wise to learn
How very frail we are;
That we may mind our grand concern,
And for our death prepare. Languages: English
Lo what a feeble frame is ours!
Lord, what a feeble piece
Hymnal: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Publick Worship #CXXXV (1789) Topics: Life, Death and a future State The Frailty and Shortness of Life Lyrics: 1 Lord, what a feeble piece
Is this our mortal frame!
Our life, how poor a trifle 'tis,
That scarce deserves the name!
2 Alas, the brittle clay
That built our body first!
And e'ery month, and every day,
'Tis mould'ring back to dust.
3 Our moments fly apace,
Nor will our minutes stay;
Just like a flood our hasty days
Are sweeping us away.
4 Well, if our days must fly,
We'll keep their end in sight,
We'll spend them all in wisdom's way,
And let them speed their flight.
5 They'll waft us sooner o'er
This Life's tempestuous sea;
Soon we shall reach the peaceful shore
Of blest eternity.
Languages: English
Lord, what a feeble piece
Now let our souls, on wings sublime
Hymnal: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Publick Worship #CXLIV (1789) Topics: Life, Death, and a future State Lyrics: 1 Now let our souls, on wings sublime,
Rise from the vanities of time;
Draw back the parting veil, and see
The glories of eternity.
2 Born by a new, celestial birth,
Why should we grovel here on earth?
Why grasp at transitory toys,
So near to heavens eternal joys?
3 Shall ought beguile us on the road,
When we are walking back to God?
For strangers into life we come,
And dying is but going home.
4 To dwell with God, to feel his love,
Is the full heaven enjoy'd above;
And the sweet expectation now
Is the young dawn of heaven below. Languages: English
Now let our souls, on wings sublime
The hidden life of a Christian
Hymnal: The Hartford Selection of Hymns from the Most Approved Authors #CCXLI (1799) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Church Its future increase First Line: O happy soul that lives on high Lyrics: 1 O happy soul that lives on high
While men lie grovling here!
His hopes are fix'd above the sky,
And faith forbids his fear.
2 His conscience knows no secret stings,
While grace and joy combine,
To form a life whose holy springs
Are hidden and divine.
3 He waits in secret on his God,
His God in secret sees:
Let earth be all in arms abroad,
He dwells in heav'nly peace.
4 His pleasures rise from things unseen,
Beyond this world of time,
Where neither eyes nor ears have been,
Nor thoughts of mortals climb.
5 He wants no pomp nor royal throne
To raise his figure here,
Content and pleased to live alone
Till Christ his life, appear.
6 He looks to heav'n's eternal hills
To meet that glorious day:
Dear Lord, how flow thy chariot-wheels,
How long is thy delay! Languages: English
The hidden life of a Christian
On Jordan's rugged banks I stand
Hymnal: Church Hymn Book #CCXXXIX (1816) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Of Heaven and Future Happiness Lyrics: 1 On Jordan's rugged banks I stand,
And cast a wishful eye
To Canaan's fair and happy land,
Where my possessions lie.
2 O the transporting, rapturous scene,
That rises to my sight!
Sweet fields array'd in living green,
And rivers of delight!
3 There gen'rous fruit that never fails,
On trees immortal grow:
There rocks and hills, and brooks and vales,
With milk and honey flow.
4 O'er all those wide extended plains
Shines one eternal day;
There God, the sun, forever reigns,
And scatters night away.
5 No chilling winds, or poisonous breath
Can reach that healthful shore:
Sickness and sorrow, pain and death
Are felt and fear'd no more.
Languages: English
On Jordan's rugged banks I stand
Sov'reign of life! before thine eye
Hymnal: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Publick Worship #CXL (1789) Topics: Life, Death, and a future States Mortality Lyrics: 1 Sov'reign of life! before thine eye,
Lo, mortal men by thousands die!
One glance from thee at once brings down
The proudest brown that wears a crown!
2 Banish'd at once from human sight,
To the dark grave's unchanging night,
Imprison'd in that dusty bed,
We hide our solitary head.
3 The friendly band no more shall greet,
(Accents familiar once, and sweet!)
No more the well-known features trace,
No more renew the fond embrace.
4 Yet, if our Father's faithful hand
Conduct us thro' this gloomy land,
Our souls with pleasure shall obey,
And follow where he leads the way.
5 He, nobler friends than here we leave,
In brighter, surer worlds, can give;
Or, by the beamings of his eye,
A lost creation well supply. Languages: English
Sov'reign of life! before thine eye
There is a land of pure delight
Hymnal: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Publick Worship #CXLV (1789) Topics: Life, Death and a future State The Prospect of Heaven a Support in Death Lyrics: 1 There is a Land of pure delight,
Where saints immortal reign;
Infinite day excludes the night,
And pleasures banish pain.
2 There everlasting spring abides,
And never-fading flowers;
Death, like a narrow Sea, divides
This heavenly land from ours.
3 Sweet fields, beyond the swelling flood,
Stand dress'd in living green;
So to the Jews old Canaan stood,
While Jordan roll'd between.
4 But fearful mortals start, and shrink,
To cross the narrow sea;
And linger, shiv'ring, on the brink,
And fear to launch away.
5 Oh! could we make our doubts remove,
Those gloomy doubts that rise,
And see the Canaan that we love,
With unbeclouded eyes;
6 Could we but climb where Moses stood,
And view the landscape o'er —
Not Jordan's streams, nor death's cold flood,
Should fright us from the shore. Languages: English
There is a land of pure delight
Thy everlasting truth
Hymnal: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Publick Worship #CXLI (1789) Topics: Life, Death, and a future State God our Guardian in Life and Death Lyrics: 1 Thy everlasting truth,
Father, thy ceaseless love,
Sees all thy chldren's wants, and knows
What best for each will prove.
2 And whatso'er thou will'st
Thou do'st, O King of Kings!
What thine unerring wisdom chose,
Thy power to being brings.
3 Thou every where hast way,
And all things serve thy might;
Thy every act pure blessing is,
Thy path unsullied light.
4 When thou arisest, Lord,
What shall thy work withstand?
When all thy children want thou giv'st,
Who, who shall stay thy hand?
5 Thou seest our weakness, Lord;
Our hearts are known to thee;
O lift thou up the sinking hand,
confirm the feeble knee.
6 Let us, in life, in death,
Thy stedfast truth declare,
And publish, with our latest breath,
Thy love and guardian care.
Languages: English
Thy everlasting truth
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