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Blest are the pure in heart
Author: John Keble, 1792-1866 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 399 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Blest are the pure in heart,
for they shall see our God;
the secret of the Lord is theirs,
their soul is Christ's abode.
2 The Lord, who left the heavens
our life and peace to bring,
to dwell in lowliness with men,
their pattern and their King;
3 Still to the lowly soul
he doth himself impart,
and for his dwelling and his throne
chooseth the pure in heart.
4 Lord, we thy presence seek;
may ours this blessing be;
give us a pure and lowly heart,
a temple meet for thee. Topics: Fifth Sunday Before Lent Year A; Fourth Sunday Before Lent Year C; Proper 21 Year C Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:16 Used With Tune: FRANCONIA
Blest are the pure in heart
Not All the Blood of Beasts
Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 602 hymnals Topics: Lent Scripture: Leviticus 16 Used With Tune: SOUTHWELL
Not All the Blood of Beasts
Come, we that love the Lord
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 1,787 hymnals First Line: Come, we that love the Lord, And let our joys be known
Come, we that love the Lord
My Times Are in Thy Hand
Author: William Freeman Lloyd Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 301 hymnals First Line: My times are in Thy hand, My God I wish them there
My Times Are in Thy Hand
Behold what wondrous grace
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 350 hymnals Topics: Christian Experience Aspiration; God Searcher of hearts; Grace Sanctifying; Heart Searched; Sancification Used With Tune: LEIGHTON
Behold what wondrous grace
Give to the Winds Thy Fears
Author: Paul Gerhardt; John Wesley Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 518 hymnals Topics: God the Father His Providence
Give to the Winds Thy Fears
The Lord my shepherd is
Author: I. Watts Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 580 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The Lord my shepherd is;
I shall be well supplied;
Since He is mine and I am His,
What can I want beside?
2 He leads me to the place
Where heavenly pasture grows,
Where living waters gently pass,
And full salvation flows.
3 If e’er I go astray,
He doth my soul reclaim;
And guides me in His own right way,
For His most holy name.
4 While He affords His aid
I cannot yield to fear;
Though I should walk through death’s dark shade,
My Shepherd’s with me there.
5 In spite of all my foes,
Thou dost my table spread;
My cup with blessings overflows,
And joy exalts my head.
6 The bounties of Thy love
Shall crown my following days;
Nor from Thy house will I remove,
Nor cease to speak Thy praise. Topics: The Church Year Second Sunday after Easter; The Church Year Second Sunday after Easter; Jesus Christ Our Shepherd Used With Tune: [The Lord my shepherd is]
The Lord my shepherd is
Not What These Hands Have Done
Author: Horatius Bonar Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 119 hymnals Topics: New Birth
Not What These Hands Have Done
Arise, Your Light Is Come!
Author: Ruth C. Duck Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 21 hymnals
Arise, Your Light Is Come!
Soldiers of Christ, arise
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 893 hymnals First Line: Soldiers of Christ, arise, And put your armor on; Strong in the strength which God supplies Topics: Warfare, Christian
Soldiers of Christ, arise
Breathe on Me, Breath of God
Author: Edwin Hatch Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 339 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Breathe on me, Breath of God,
fill me with life anew,
that I may love the way you love,
and do what you would do.
2 Breathe on me, Breath of God,
until my heart is pure,
until my will is one with yours,
to do and to endure.
3 Breathe on me, Breath of God,
so shall I never die,
but live with you the perfect life
for all eternity.
Topics: Will of God; Songs for Children Hymns; Pentecost and Holy Spirit; Eternal Life; Holy Spirit; Sanctification; Will of God Scripture: Ezekiel 36:27 Used With Tune: TRENTHAM
Breathe on Me, Breath of God
I Stand At Mercy's Door
Author: John Berridge Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: I stand at mercy’s door Lyrics: 1 I stand at mercy’s door,
O Lord, look on me now,
A beggar knocks, exceeding poor,
And none can help but Thou.
2 Through sin, born dark I was,
Nor cared for the light,
All knowledge of Thy truth and grace,
Was banished from my sight.
3 Exceeding lame beside,
A cripple from my birth,
And need a crutch, as well a guide,
To help my ankles forth.
4 A ragged soul I am,
My breast and shoulders bare,
And nothing left to hide my shame,
But fig leaves here and there.
5 With sore disease I smart,
From pain am seldom free,
It is the evil in my heart,
My father gave it me.
6 Lord, I have told my case,
Well known to Thee before,
Let Jesus show His lovely face,
And heal up every sore.
7 Mine eyes with salve anoint,
That I may see Thy light;
And strengthen every tottering joint,
That I may walk upright.
8 My naked soul array
In Thy own righteousness;
And let Thy precious blood convey
The pledge of heav’nly peace.
9 My evil, Thou dost know,
Torments my bosom much,
But let the King of Israel show,
He cures it with a touch.
10 Some manna also bring
To feast my pilgrim days,
And Thou shalt hear a beggar sing,
And shout forth Jesus’ praise. Used With Tune: TRENTHAM Text Sources: Sion's Songs (London: Vallance & Conder, 1785)
I Stand At Mercy's Door
Rock of Ages! cleft for me
Author: Rev. Augustus Toplady Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 2,902 hymnals Topics: Crucifixion Used With Tune: TOPLADY
Rock of Ages! cleft for me
Within the Father's House
Author: James R. Woodford, 1820-85 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 41 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Within the Father's house
The Son has found his home,
And to his temple suddenly
The Lord of life has come.
2 The doctors of the Law
Gaze on the wondrous child
And marvel at his gracious words
Of wisdom undefiled.
3 Yet not to them is giv'n
The mighty truth to know,
To lift the earthly veil which hides
Incarnate God below.
4 The secret of the Lord
Escapes each human eye,
And faithful pond'ring hearts await
The full epiphany.
5 Lord, enter now our souls
And teach us by your grace
Each dim revealing of yourself
With loving awe to trace
6 Till we behold your face
And know as we are known
You, Father, Son, and Holy ghost,
Coequal Three in One.
Topics: Epiphany Used With Tune: FRANCONIA
Within the Father's House
Behold the lofty sky
Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 144 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Behold, the lofty sky
Declares its maker God,
And all the starry works on high
Proclaim his pow'r abroad.
2 The darkness and the light
Still keep their course the same;
While night to day and day to night
Divinely teach his name.
3 In ev'ry diff'rent land
Their gen'ral voice is known;
They show the wonders of his hand,
And orders of his throne.
4 Ye Christian lands, rejoice
Here he reveals his word;
We are not left to nature’s voice
To bid us know the Lord.
5 His statutes and commands
Are set before our eyes,
He puts his Gospel in our hands,
Where our salvation lies.
6 His laws are just and pure,
His truth without deceit;
His promises for ever sure
And his rewards are great.
7 Not honey to the taste
Affords so much delight;
Nor gold that has the furnace pass'd
So much allures the sight.
8 While of thy works I sing,
Thy glory to proclaim,
Accept the praise, my God, my King
In my Redeemer’s name. Topics: The Book of Nature and Scripture Scripture: Psalm 19:1-8
Behold the lofty sky
We give Thee but Thine own
Author: W. W. How Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 484 hymnals Lyrics: 1 We give Thee but Thine own,
Whate'er the gift may be:
All that we have is Thine alone,
A trust, O Lord, from Thee.
2 May we Thy bounties thus
As stewards true receive,
And gladly, as Thou blessest us,
To Thee our first-fruits give.
3 Oh, hearts are bruised and dead,
And homes are bare and cold,
And lambs for whom the Shepherd bled
Are straying from the Fold!
4 To comfort and to bless,
To find a balm for woe,
To tend the lone and fatherless,
Is angels' work below.
5 The captive to release,
To God the lost to bring,
To teach the way of life and peace,
It is a Christ-like thing.
6 And we believe Thy word,
Though dim our faith may be.
Whate'er for Thine we do, O Lord,
We do it unto Thee.
Amen. Topics: Almsgiving; Almsgiving and Charities; Associations of Guilds Used With Tune: ST. ETHELWALD
We give Thee but Thine own
For Thy Dear Saints
Author: Richard Mant Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 157 hymnals First Line: For Thy dear saints, O Lord Lyrics: 1. For Thy dear saints, O Lord,
[or, For Thy dear saint, O Lord,]
Who strove in Thee to live,
Who followed Thee, obeyed, adored,
Our grateful hymn receive.
2. They all in life and death,
With Thee their Lord in view,
Learned from Thy Holy Spirit’s breath
To suffer and to do.
3. Thine earthly members fit
To join Thy saints above,
In one communion ever knit,
One fellowship of love.
4. Jesus, Thy name we bless,
And humbly pray that we
May follow them in holiness,
Who lived and died for Thee. Used With Tune: ST. GEORGE (Gauntlett)
For Thy Dear Saints
Lord, Bless and Pity Us
Author: Anonymous Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 48 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Lord, bless and pity us,
Shine on us with Thy face,
That all the earth Thy way may know
And men may see Thy grace.
2. Thy praise, O gracious God,
Let all the nations sing,
Let all men worship Thee with joy
And songs of gladness bring.
3. The nations Thou wilt judge
And lead them in Thy ways;
Let all men praise Thy name, O God,
Let al the people praise.
4. The earth her fruit shall yield,
For God, our God, will bless;
We shall be blest, and all the world
His glory shall confess. Used With Tune: ST. MICHAEL Text Sources: From The Psalter (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: The United Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1912, number 178
Lord, Bless and Pity Us
The Advent of Our God
Author: Charles Coffin, 1676-1749; John Chandler, 1806-76 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 54 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The advent of our God
Shall be our theme for prayer;
Come, let us meet him on the road
And place for him prepare.
2 The everlasting Son
Incarnate stoops to be,
Himself the servant's form puts on
To set his people free.
3 Come, Zion's daughter, rise
To meet your lowly king,
Nor let your faithless heart despise
The peace he comes to bring.
4 As judge, on clouds of light,
He soon will come again
And all his scattered saints unite
With him on high to reign.
5 Before the dawning day
Let sin be put to flight;
No longer let the law hold sway,
But walk in freedom's light.
6 All glory to the Son,
Who comes to set us free,
With Father, Spirit, ever one
Through all eternity.
Topics: Advent; Sunday of the Fulfillment Used With Tune: ST. THOMAS
The Advent of Our God
How Gentle God's Commands
Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 664 hymnals First Line: How gentle God's commands! Topics: God Care of; God Goodness of Used With Tune: DENNIS
How Gentle God's Commands
Rise Up, O Men of God!
Author: William Pierson Merrill Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 253 hymnals Refrain First Line: Arise, arise, the Master calls for thee Topics: Activity; Brotherhood; Fellowship with Men
Rise Up, O Men of God!
And Can I Yet Delay
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 373 hymnals Lyrics: 1 And can I yet delay
My little all to give?
To tear my soul from earth away
For Jesus to receive?
2 Nay, but I yield, I yield!
I can hold out no more.
I sink, by dying love compelled,
And own Thee, Conqueror!
3 Though late, I all forsake:
My friends, my all resign.
Gracious Redeemer, take, O take,
And seal me ever Thine!
4 Come, and possess me whole,
Nor thence again remove;
Settle and fix my wavering soul
With all Thy weight of love.
5 My one desire be this:
Thy only love to know,
To seek and taste no other bliss,
No other good below.
Topics: The Christian Life Repentance and Forgiveness; Invitation Scripture: John 6:37 Used With Tune: CAMBRIDGE (HARRISON)
And Can I Yet Delay
I hear the words of love
Author: Horatius Bonar Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 76 hymnals Topics: Love Used With Tune: ST. MICHAEL
I hear the words of love
O Lord our God, arise
Author: Ralph Wardlaw Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 171 hymnals Used With Tune: HAMPTON
O Lord our God, arise
Out of the deep I call
Author: Sir Herny W. Baker Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 57 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Out of the deep I call
To thee, O Lord, to thee.
Before thy throne of grace I fall;
Be merciful to me.
2 Out of the deep I cry,
The woeful deep of sin,
Of evil done in days gone by,
Of evil now within;
3 Out of the deep of fear
And dread of coming shame;
All night till morning watch is near
I plead the precious Name.
4 Lord, there is mercy now,
As ever was, with thee.
Before thy throne of grace I bow;
Be merciful to me.
Amen. Topics: Christian Life Repentance; God Mercy of; Knowledge; Mercy-seat Scripture: Nehemiah 9:17 Used With Tune: SOUTHWELL
Out of the deep I call
How Can a Sinner Know
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 138 hymnals Lyrics: 1 How can a sinner know
His sins on earth forgiven?
How can my gracious Savior show
My name inscribed in heaven?
2 What we have felt and seen
With confidence we tell;
And publish to the sons of men
The signs infallible.
3 We who in Christ believe
That He for us hath died,
We all His unknown peace receive,
And feel His blood applied.
4 Exults our rising soul,
Disburdened of her load,
And swells unutterably full
Of glory and of God.
5 His love surpassing far
The love of all beneath
We find within our hearts, and dare
The pointless darts of death.
6 Stronger than death or hell
The sacred power we prove;
And, conquerors of the world, we dwell
In heaven, who dwell in love. Topics: The Christian Life Repentance and Forgiveness; Decision Scripture: 1 John 1:3-10 Used With Tune: GERAR
How Can a Sinner Know
Grace! 'Tis a Charming Sound
Author: Philip Doddridge Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 826 hymnals Topics: New Birth
Grace! 'Tis a Charming Sound
Blest Be the Tie
Author: John Fawcett Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 2,273 hymnals First Line: Blest be the tie that binds Lyrics: 1 Blest be the tie that binds
Our hearts in Christian love;
The fellowship of kindred minds
Is like to that above.
2 Before our Father's throne
We pour our ardent prayers;
Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one,
Our comforts and our cares.
3 We share our mutual woes,
Our mutual burdens bear;
And often for each other flows
The sympathizing tear.
4 When we asunder part,
It gives us inward pain;
But we shall still be joined in heart,
And hope to meet again. Topics: Comfort,Encouragement, Hope; Prayer, Petition Used With Tune: DENNIS
Blest Be the Tie
My Heart Is Fixed, O God
Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 9 hymnals Topics: Dependence On God, On Christ; Praise To God, Jesus Christ; Stedfastness; Helper, God Our Scripture: Psalm 108 Used With Tune: ST. THOMAS
My Heart Is Fixed, O God
Rejoice, O Pure in Heart
Author: Edward H. Plumptre Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 426 hymnals Refrain First Line: Rejoice, rejoice Lyrics: 1 Rejoice, O pure in heart,
rejoice, give thanks, and sing;
your festal banner wave on high,
the cross of Christ your King.
Refrain:
Rejoice, rejoice,
rejoice, give thanks, and sing!
2 Bright youth and snow-crowned age,
both men and women, raise
on high your free, exulting song,
declare God's wondrous praise. Refrain
3 Still lift your standard high,
still chanting as you go,
from youth to age, by night and day,
in gladness and in woe. Refrain
4 At last the march shall end;
the wearied ones shall rest,
the pilgrims reach their home at last,
Jerusalem the blest. Refrain
5 Praise God, who reigns on high,
the Lord whom we adore:
the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
one God forevermore. Refrain
Topics: Doxologies; Biblical Names & Places Jerusalem; Cross of Christ; Family; Praise & Adoration; Walk with God; Biblical Names & Places Jerusalem; Cross of Christ; Doxologies; Family; Joy; Kingdom; Opening of Worship; Praise & Adoration; Rest; Salvation; Trinity; Walk with God Scripture: Psalm 40:3 Used With Tune: MARION
Rejoice, O Pure in Heart
Revive Thy Work, O Lord
Author: Albert Midlane Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 215 hymnals First Line: Revive Thy work, O Lord, Thy mighty arm make bare Topics: Prayer for Revival; Revival, Prayer for
Revive Thy Work, O Lord
And Are We Yet Alive
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 219 hymnals
And Are We Yet Alive
Teach me, my God and King
Author: George Herbert, d. 1632; John Wesley Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 263 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Teach me, my God and King,
In all things Thee to see,
And what I do in anything,
To do it as for Thee;
2 To scorn the senses' sway,
While still to Thee I tend:
In all I do be Thou the Way,
In all be Thou the End!
3 All may of Thee partake;
Nothing so small can be,
But draws, when acted for Thy sake,
Greatness and worth from Thee.
4 If done t'obey Thy laws,
E'en servile labors shine;
Hallowed is toil, if this the cause,
The meanest work divine.
Amen. Used With Tune: ST. ANDREW
Teach me, my God and King
To thee I lift my soul
Author: Cornelius Bryan Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 34 hymnals First Line: To thee I lift my soul: O Lord, I trust in Thee
To thee I lift my soul
The Ancient Law Departs
Author: Sebastien Besnault Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 45 hymnals Lyrics: 1. The ancient law departs,
And all its terrors cease;
For Jesus makes with faithful hearts
A covenant of peace.
2. The light of light divine,
True brightness undefiled,
He bears for us the shame of sin,
A holy, spotless child.
3. His infant body now
Begins our pains to feel;
Those precious drops of blood that flow
For death the victim seal.
4. Today the name is Thine,
At which we bend the knee;
They call Thee Jesus, child divine!
Our Jesus deign to be. Used With Tune: ST. MICHAEL Text Sources: Translated from Latin to English in Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861
The Ancient Law Departs
With joy we lift our eyes
Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 88 hymnals Lyrics: 1 With joy we lift our eyes
To those bright realms above,
That glorious temple in the skies,
Where dwells eternal love.
2 Thee we adore, O Lord!
And filial duty pay.
Thy service, unconstrain'd and free,
Conducts to endless day.
3 While in thy house we kneel
With trust and holy fear;
Thy mercy and thy truth reveal,
And lend a gracious ear.
4 O teach our hearts to pray,
And tune our lips to sing!
Nor from thy presence cast away
The sacrifice we bring.
Topics: Public Worship
With joy we lift our eyes
The Resignation
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 64 hymnals First Line: And wilt Thou yet be found? Lyrics: 1 And wilt Thou yet be found?
And may I still draw near?
Then listen to the plaintive sound
Of a poor sinner’s prayer.
2 Jesu, Thine aid afford,
If still the same Thou art;
To Thee I look, to Thee, my Lord,
Lift up a helpless heart.
3 Thou seest my tortured breast,
The strugglings of my will,
The foes that interrupt my rest,
The agonies I feel:
4 The daily death I prove,
Savior, to Thee is known;
’Tis worse than death, my God to love,
And not my God alone.
5 My peevish passions chide,
Who only canst control,
Canst turn the stream of nature’s tide,
And calm my troubled soul.
6 O my offended Lord,
Restore my inward peace;
I know Thou canst: Pronounce the word,
And bid the tempest cease.
7 Abate the purging fire,
And draw me to my good;
Allay the fever of desire,
By sprinkling me with blood.
8 I long to see Thy face,
Thy Spirit I implore,
The living water of Thy grace,
That I may thirst no more.
9 When shall Thy love constrain
And force me to Thy breast?
When shall my soul return again
To her eternal rest?
10 Ah! what avails my strife,
My wandering to and fro?
Thou hast the words of endless life,
Ah! whither should I go?
11 Thy condescending grace
To me did freely move;
It calls me still to seek Thy face,
And stoops to ask my love.
12 Lord, at Thy feet I fall,
I groan to be set free,
I fain would now obey the call,
And give up all for Thee.
13 To rescue me from woe,
Thou didst with all things part,
Didst lead a suffering life below,
To gain my worthless heart:
14 My worthless heart to again,
The God of all that breathe
Was found in fashion as a man,
And died a cursèd death.
15 And can I yet delay
My little all to give?
To tear my soul from earth away
For Jesus to receive?
16 Nay, but I yield, I yield!
I can hold out no more;
I sink, by dying love compelled,
And own Thee Conqueror.
17 Though late, I all forsake;
My friends, my life resign;
Gracious Redeemer, take, O take,
And seal me ever Thine!
18 Come, and possess me whole,
Nor hence again remove;
Settle and fix my wavering soul
With all Thy weight of love.
19 My one desire be this,
Thy only love to know,
To seek and taste no other bliss,
No other good below.
20 My life, my portion Thou,
Thou all-sufficient art,
My hope, my heavenly treasure, now
Enter, and keep my heart.
21 Rather than let it burn
For earth, O quench its heat;
Then, when it would to earth return,
O let it cease to beat.
22 Snatch me from ill to come,
When I from Thee would fly,
O take my wandering spirit home,
And grant me then to die! Used With Tune: BOYLSTON Text Sources: Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1740
The Resignation
Courage—victory
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 38 hymnals First Line: Urge on your rapid course Topics: Christians Conquerors through Christ; Christians Duties of; Christians Encouragements of; Courage; Saints Victorious; Satan Adversary Scripture: 1 John 5:4
Courage—victory
My soul with patience waits
Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 40 hymnals Topics: Hope; Personal Religion Hope; Trinity V Evening Prayer Closing; Trust Scripture: Psalm 130 Used With Tune: FRANCONIA Text Sources: Tate and Brady, 1698, alt.
My soul with patience waits
There is beyond the sky
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 45 hymnals Lyrics:
There is beyond the sky
A heaven of joy and love;
And holy children, when they die,
Go to that world above.
48
There is a dreadful hell,
And everlasting pains:
There sinners must with devils dwell
In darkness, fire, and chains.
Can such a wretch as I
Escape this cursed end?
And may I hope, whene’er I die,
I shall to heaven ascend?
Then will I read and pray,
While I have life and breath,
Lest I should be cut off to–day,
And sent t’ eternal death.
There is beyond the sky
A Charge to Keep I Have
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 1,351 hymnals Topics: Faithfulness of the believer
A Charge to Keep I Have
O where shall rest be found
Author: James Montgomery Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 646 hymnals Topics: Eternity; Life Everlasting ; Life Solemnity of; Weary, Rest for the Used With Tune: [DENNIS]
O where shall rest be found
I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord
Author: Timothy Dwight Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 1,323 hymnals Lyrics: 1. I love Thy kingdom, Lord,
The house of Thine abode,
The church our blest Redeemer saved
With His own precious blood.
2. I love Thy church, O God!
Her walls before Thee stand,
Dear as the apple of Thine eye,
And graven on Thy hand.
3. For her my tears shall fall;
For her my pray'rs ascend;
To her my cares and toils be giv'n
Till toils and cares shall end.
4. Beyond my highest joy
I prize her heav'nly ways,
Her sweet communion, solemn vows,
Her hymns of love and praise.
5. Sure as Thy truth shall last,
To Zion shall be giv'n
The brightest glories earth can yield,
And brighter bliss of heav'n. Scripture: Romans 14:17 Used With Tune: ST. THOMAS
I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord
Oh, Bless the Lord, My Soul
Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Oh, bless the Lord, my soul! Lyrics: 1 Oh, bless the Lord, my soul!
Let all within me join
And aid my tongue to bless his name
Whose favors are divine.
2 Oh, bless the Lord, my soul,
Nor let his mercies lie
Forgotten in unthankfulness
And without praises die.
3 'Tis he forgives my sins;
'Tis he relieves my pain;
'Tis he that heals my sicknesses
And makes me young again.
4 He fills the poor with good;
He gives the suff'rers rest;
The Lord has judgments for the proud
And justice for th' oppressed.
5 His wondrous works and ways
He made by Moses known,
But sent the world his truth and grace
By his beloved Son. Topics: Worship and Praise; Worship and Praise Used With Tune: ST. THOMAS
Oh, Bless the Lord, My Soul
Blest Comforter Divine
Author: Lydia H. Sigourney Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 160 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Blest Comforter divine,
Whose rays of heav’nly love
Amid our gloom and darkness shine,
And guide our souls above;
2. Thou, who with still small voice
Dost stop the sinner’s way,
And bid the mourning saint rejoice,
Though earthly joys decay;
3. Thou, whose inspiring breath
Can make the cloud of care,
And e’en the gloomy vale of death,
A smile of glory wear;
4. Thou, who dost fill the heart
With love to all our race;
Blest Comforter, to us impart
The blessings of Thy grace. Used With Tune: WOOLWICH Text Sources: Village Hymns, by Asahel Nettleton, 1824
Blest Comforter Divine
In weariness and pain
Author: C. Wesley Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 14 hymnals Lyrics: 1 In weariness and pain,
By sins and fears opprest,
I turn me to my Rest again,
My soul's eternal Rest:
2 The Lamb that died for me,
And still my load doth bear;
To Jesus' streaming wounds I flee,
And find my quiet there.
3 Jesus, was ever grief,
Was ever love like Thine?
Thy sorrow, Lord, is my relief,
Thy life hath ransomed mine.
4 O may I rise with Thee,
And soar to things above,
And spend a blest eternity
In praise of dying Love. Topics: The Cross and Comfort; The Cross and Comfort In Outward Suffering; Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity Used With Tune: DENNIS
In weariness and pain
And Will the Judge Descend?
Author: Philip Doddridge Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 305 hymnals First Line: And will the judge descend Lyrics: 1. And will the judge descend,
And must the dead arise
And not a single soul escape
His all discerning eyes?
2. And from His righteous lips
Shall this dread sentence sound
And through the numerous guilty throng
Spread black despair around:
3. Depart from Me, accursed,
To everlasting flame,
For rebel angels first prepared,
Where mercy never came?
4. How will my heart endure
The terrors of that day
When earth and Heav’n before His face
Astonished shrink away?
5. But ere that trumpet shakes
The mansions of the dead,
Hark from the Gospel’s cheering sound
What joyful tidings spread:
6. Ye sinners, seek His grace
Whose wrath ye cannot bear;
Fly to the shelter of His cross
And find salvation there.
7. So shall that curse remove,
By which the Savior bled;
And the last awful day shall pour
His blessings on your head. Used With Tune: SOUTHWELL (Daman) Text Sources: Published posthumously in Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scripture. By the Late Reverend Philip Doddridge, D. D., by Job Orton, (Eddowes & J. Cotton: 1755)
And Will the Judge Descend?
How Tender Is Thy Hand
Author: Thomas Hastings Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 99 hymnals Lyrics: 1 How tender is Thy hand,
O Thou most gracious Lord!
Afflictions came at Thy command,
And left us at Thy word.
2 How gentle was the rod
That chastened us for sin!
How soon we found a smiling God
Where deep distress had been.
3 A father’s hand we felt,
A father’s love we knew;
’Mid tears of penitence we knelt,
And found His promise true.
4 We told Him all our grief,
We thought of Jesus’ love;
A sense of pardon brought relief,
And bade our pains remove.
5 Now will we bless the Lord,
And in His strength confide;
Forever be His name adored,
For there is none beside. Used With Tune: DENNIS Text Sources: The Mother's Hymn-Book, 1834
How Tender Is Thy Hand
Firm And Unmoved Are They
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 61 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Firm and unmoved are they
That rest their souls on God;
Firm as the mount where David dwelt,
Or where the ark abode.
2 As mountains stood to guard
The city’s sacred ground,
So God and His almighty love
Embrace His saints around.
3 What though the Father’s rod
Drop a chastising stroke,
Yes, lest it wound their souls too deep,
Its fury shall be broke.
4 Deal gently, Lord, with those
Whose faith and pious fear,
Whose hope, and love, and every grace
Proclaim their hearts sincere.
5 Nor shall the tyrant’s rage
Too long oppress the saint;
The God of Israel will support
His children lest they faint.
6 But if our slavish fear
Will choose the road to hell,
We must expect our portion there,
Where bolder sinners dwell.
Used With Tune: TRENTHAM Text Sources: The Psalms of David, 1719
Firm And Unmoved Are They
Awake and sing the song
Author: William Hammond, 1719-1783 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 677 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Awake and sing the song
of Moses and the Lamb;
wake every heart and every tongue
to praise the Savior's name.
2. Sing of his dying love,
his resurrection power;
sing how he intercedes above
for those whose sins he bore.
3. You pilgrims on the road
to Zion's city, sing,
rejoicing in the Lamb of God,
to Christ the eternal King.
4. Soon shall each raptured tongue
his endless praise proclaim,
and sing in sweeter notes the song
of Moses and the Lamb.
Topics: Easter Used With Tune: ST. ETHELWALD
Awake and sing the song
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