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Providence

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 85 hymnals First Line: Thy ways, O Lord! with wise design Lyrics: 1 Thy ways, O Lord! with wise design, Are fram'd upon thy throne above, And every dark or bending line, Meets in the center of thy love. 2 With feeble light, and half obscure, Poor mortals thy arrangements view; Not knowing that they all are sure, And the mysterious just and true. 3 Thy flock, thy own peculiar care, Though now they seem to roam uney'd Are led or driven only where They best and safest may abide. 4 They neither know nor trace the way: But whilst they trust thy guardian eye, Their feet shall ne'er to ruin stray, Nor shall the weakest fail or die. 5 My favor'd soul shall meekly learn, To lay her reason at thy throne; Too weak thy secrets to discern, I'll trust thee for my guide alone. Topics: Of God Providence of God

Consolatory Reflections on Providence

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 11 hymnals First Line: 'Tis wisdom, mercy, love divine Lyrics: 1 'Tis wisdom, mercy, love divine, Which mingles blessings with our cares; And shall our thankless heart repine That we obtain not all our prayers? 2 From diffidence our sorrows flow, Short-sighted mortals, weak and blind, Bend down their eyes to earth and wo, And doubt if providence be kind. 3 Should heaven with every wish comply, Say, would the grant relieve the care? Perhaps the good for which we sigh, Might change it's name and prove a snare. 4 Were once our vain desires subdu'd, The will resign'd, the heart at rest; In every scene we should conclude, The will of heaven is right, is best. Topics: Of God Providence of God

Ye trembling souls! dismiss your fears

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 148 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Ye trembling souls! dismiss your fears, Be mercy all your theme; Mercy, which like a river flows In one continued stream. 2 Fear not the pow'rs of earth and hell: God will these powers restrain; His mighty arm their rage repel, And make their efforts vain. 3 Fear not the want of outward good: He still for his provide, Grants them supplies of daily food, And gives them heav'n beside. 4 Fear not, that he will e'er forsake, Or leave his work undone: He's faithful to his promises, And faithful to his Son. 5 Fear not the terrors of the grave, Nor death's tremendous sting: He will from endless wrath preserve, To endless glory bring. 6 You in his wisdom, pow'r, and grace, May confidently trust: His wisdom guides, his pow'r protects, His grace rewards the just. Topics: Of God Providence of God

God's Providence and the Folly of Self-dependence

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 29 hymnals First Line: God reigns; events in order flow Lyrics: 1 God reigns; events in order flow, Man's industry to guide: But in a diff'rent channel go, To humble human pride. 2 The swift not always, in the race, Shall seize the crowning prize; Not always wealth and honor grace The labors of the wise. 3 Fond mortals but themselves beguile, When on themselves they rest: Blind is their wisdom, vain their toil, By thee, O Lord, unbless'd. 4 Evil and good before thee stand, Their mission to perform: The sun shines bright at thy command, Thy hand directs the storm. 5 O Lord in all our ways we'll own Thy providential pow'r; Entrusting to thy care alone The lot of ev'ry hour. Topics: Of God Providence of God

Praise to God as the Creator and Preserver

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 965 hymnals First Line: Before Jehovah's awful throne Lyrics: 1 Before Jehovah's awful throne, Ye nations bow with sacred joy; Know that the Lord is God alone; He can create, and he destroy. 2 His sov'reign pow'r, without our aid, Made us of clay, and form'd us men, And when, like wand'ring sheep we stray'd, He brought us to his fold again. 3 We are his people, we his care, Our souls and all our mortal frame; What lasting honors shall we rear, Almighty Maker, to thy name? 4 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs; High as the Heav'ns our voices raise; And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise. 5 Wide as the world is thy command; Vast as eternity thy love; Firm as a rock thy truth must stand, When rolling years shall cease to move. Topics: Of God Praise to God

Praise to God for Preservation and Redemption

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 193 hymnals First Line: Ye humble souls, approach your God Lyrics: 1 Ye humble souls, approach your God With songs of sacred praise; For He is good, immensely good, And kind are all his ways. 2 All nature owns his guardian care; In him we live and move; But nobler benefits declare The wonders of his love. 3 He gave his Son, his only Son, To ransom rebel worms. 'Tis here he makes his goodness known In its diviner forms. 4 To this dear refuge, Lord we come; 'Tis here our hope relies; A save defence, a peaceful home, When storms of trouble rise. 5 Thine eye beholds with kind regard The souls who trust in thee; Their humble hope thou wilt regard, With bliss divinely free. 6 Great God,to thy almighty love, What honors shall we raise? Not all the raptur'd songs above Can render equal praise. Topics: Of God Praise to God

Praise for the Mercies of God

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 320 hymnals First Line: Give to our God immortal praise! Lyrics: 1 Give to our God immortal praise! Mercy and truth are all His ways. Wonders of grace to God belong: Repeat his mercies in your song. 2 Give to the Lord of lords renown, The King of kings with glory crown. His mercies ever shall endure, When lords and kings are known no more. 3 He built the earth, he spread the sky, And fix'd the starry lights on high. Wonders of grace to God belong: Repeat his mercies in your song. 4 He fills the sun with morning light; He bids the moon direct the night. His mercies ever shall endure, When suns and moons shall shine no more. 5 He sent His Son with pow'r to save From guilt, and darkness, and the grave. Wonders of grace to God belong: Repeat his mercies in your song. 6 Through this vain world he guides our feet, And leads us to his heav’nly seat. His mercies ever shall endure, When this vain world shall be no more. Topics: Of God Praise to God

I'll praise my Maker, whilst I've breath

Meter: Irregular Appears in 527 hymnals Lyrics: 1 I'll praise my Maker, whilst I've breath; And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler pow'rs. My days of praise shall ne'er be past Whilst life and thought and being last, Or immortality endures. 2 Happy the man whose hopes rely On Israel's God, who made the sky, And earth, and seas, with all their train. His truth for ever stands secure; He saves th'oppressed, he feeds the poor; And none shall find his promise vain. 3 The Lord pours eyesight on the blind; The Lord supports the fainting mind; He sends the lab'ring conscience peace; He helps the stranger in distress, The widow and the fatherless, And grants the pris'ner sweet release. 4 I'll praise him, while he lends me breath; And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler pow'rs. My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures. Topics: Of God Praise to God

Indulgent Father! how divine

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 35 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Indulgent Father! how divine, How bright thy bounties are! Through nature's ample round they shine Thy goodness to declare. 2 But in the nobler work of grace, What sweeter mercy smiles In my benign Redeemer's face, And ev'ry fear beguiles! 3 Such wonders, Lord, while I survey, To thee my thanks shall rise, When morning ushers in the day, Or ev'ning veils the skies. 4 When glimm'ring life resigns its flame, Thy praise shall tune my breath. The sweet remembrance of thy name Shall gild the shades of death. 5 But oh! how blest my song shall rise, When freed from feeble clay, And all thy glories meet mine eyes In one eternal day. 6 Not seraphs, who resound thy name Through yon ethereal plains, Shall glow with a diviner flame, Or raise sublimer strains. Topics: Of God Praise to God

Long as I live, I'll bless thy name

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 167 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Long as I live, I'll bless thy name, God of eternal love! My work and joy shall be the same, In the bright world above. 2 Great is the Lord, his pow'r unknown, And let his praise be great; I'll sing the honors of thy throne, Thy works of grace repeat. 3 Thy grace shall dwell upon my tongue; And, while my lips rejoice, The men that hear my sacred song Shall join their cheerful voice. 4 Fathers to sons shall teach thy name, And children learn thy ways; Ages to come thy truth proclaim, And nations sound thy praise. 5 Thy glorious deeds of ancient date, Shall through the world be known. Thine arm of pow'r, thy heav'nly state, With public splendor shown. 6 The world is manag'd by thy hands, Thy saints are rul'd by love; And thine eternal kingdom stands, Tho' rocks and hills remove. Topics: Of God Praise to God