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Through the day Thy love hath spared us
Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7 Appears in 254 hymnals Topics: Life Brevity, Uncertainty and Solemnity of Lyrics: 1 Through the day Thy love hath spared us,
Now we lay us down to rest;
Through the silent watches guard us,
Let no foe our peace molest;
Jesus, Thou our guardian be,
Sweet it is to trust in Thee.
2 Pilgrims here on earth, and strangers,
Dwelling in the midst of foes,
Us and ours preserve from dangers,
In Thine arms may we repose,
And, when life's short day is past,
Rest with Thee in heaven at last. Used With Tune: CONSOLATION
Through the day Thy love hath spared us
Your Hands, O Lord, in Days of Old
Author: Edward Hayes Plumptre, 1821-1891 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 177 hymnals Topics: Brevity & Frailty of Life Lyrics: 1 Your hands, O Lord, in days of old
were strong to heal and save;
they triumphed over pain and death,
o'er darkness and the grave.
To you they went, the blind, the mute,
the palsied and the lame,
the leper set apart and shunned,
the sick and those in shame.
2 And then your touch brought life and health,
gave speech and strength and sight;
and youth renewed, with health restored,
claimed you, the Lord of light.
And so, O Lord, be near to bless,
almighty now as then,
in every street, in every home,
in every troubled friend.
3 O be our mighty healer still,
O Lord of life and death;
restore and strengthen, soothe and bless
with your almighty breath.
On hands that work and eyes that see,
your healing wisdom pour,
that whole and sick and weak and strong
may praise you evermore.
Scripture: Matthew 14:14 Used With Tune: ST. MICHAEL'S
Your Hands, O Lord, in Days of Old
Day Is Dying in the West
Author: Mary Artemesia Lathbury Meter: 7.7.7.7.4 with refrain Appears in 555 hymnals Topics: Life Brevity of Refrain First Line: Holy, holy holy Lyrics: 1 Day is dying in the west;
heav'n is touching earth with rest;
wait and worship while the night
sets her evening lamps alight
through all the sky.
Refrain:
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts!
Heav'n and earth are full of thee!
Heav'n and earth are praising thee,
O Lord Most High.
2 While the deep'ning shadows fall,
Light of light, on whom we call
through the glory and the grace
of the stars that veil thy face,
our hearts ascend. [Refrain]
3 And when fading from our sight
pass the stars, the day, the night,
Lord of glory, on our eyes
let eternal morning rise
and shadows end. [Refrain]
Scripture: Isaiah 6:3 Used With Tune: EVENING PRAISE
Day Is Dying in the West
My soul, repeat His praise
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 467 hymnals Topics: Brevity of Life Lyrics: 1 My soul, repeat His praise,
Whose mercies are so great;
Whose anger is so slow to rise,
So ready to abate.
2 God will not always chide;
And, when His wrath is felt,
His strokes are fewer than our crimes,
And lighter than our guilt.
3 High as the heavens are raised
Above the ground we tread,
So far the riches of His grace
Our highest thoughts exceed.
4 His grace subdues our sins,
And His forgiving love
Far as the east is from the west
Doth all our guilt remove.
5 The pity of the Lord,
To those who fear His name,
Is such as tender parents feel;
He knows our feeble frame.
6 Our days are as the grass,
Or like the morning flower;
If one sharp blast sweep o'er the field,
It withers in an hour.
7 But Thy compassions, Lord,
To endless years endure;
And children's children ever find
Thy words of promise sure.
Amen. Used With Tune: HEMINGFORD
My soul, repeat His praise
Hasten, O sinner, to be wise
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 544 hymnals Topics: Brevity of Life; Life Brevity of Lyrics: 1 Hasten, O sinner, to be wise,
And stay not for the morrow's sun;
The longer wisdom you despise,
The harder is she to be won.
2 Oh, hasten, mercy to implore,
And stay not for the morrow's sun,
For fear thy season should be o'er
Before this evening's course be run.
3 Hasten, O sinner, to return,
And stay not for the morrow's sun,
For fear thy lamp should fail to burn
Before the needful work is done.
4 Hasten, O sinner, to be blest,
And stay not for the morrow's sun,
For fear the curse should thee arrest
Before the morrow is begun.
Hasten, O sinner, to be wise
The Fatherly Love of God
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 15 hymnals Topics: Life Brevity and Uncertainty of First Line: The tender love a father has Lyrics: 1 The tender love a father has
For all his children dear,
Such love the Lord bestows on them
Who worship Him in fear.
2 The Lord remembers we are dust,
And all our frailty knows;
Man's days are like the tender grass,
And as the flow'r he grows.
3 The flow'r is withered by the wind
That smites with blighting breath;
So man is quickly swept away
Before the blast of death.
4 Unchanging is the love of God,
From age to age the same,
Displayed to all who do His will
And reverence His Name.
5 Those who his gracious covenant keep
The Lord will ever bless;
Their children's children shall rejoice
To see His righteousness. Scripture: Psalm 103 Used With Tune: AVONDALE
The Fatherly Love of God
The morning flowers display their sweets
Author: S. Wesley, Jr. 1691-1739 Appears in 171 hymnals Topics: Brevity of Life; Life Brevity of Lyrics: 1 The morning flowers display their sweets,
And gay their silken leaves unfold,
As careless of the noontide heats,
As fearless of the evening cold.
2 Nipt by the wind's unkindly blast,
Parched by the sun's directer ray,
The momentary glories waste,
The short-lived beauties die away.
3 So blooms the human face divine,
When youth its pride of beauty shows;
Fairer than spring the colours shine,
And sweeter than the virgin rose.
4 Worn by the slowly rolling years,
Broken by sickness in a day,
The fading glory disappears,
The short-lived beauties die away.
5 Yet these, new rising from the tomb,
With lustre brighter far shall shine;
Revive with ever-during bloom,
Safe from diseases and decline.
6 Let sickness blast, and death devour,
If heaven must recompense our pains;
Perish the grass, and fade the flower,
If firm the word of God remains. Used With Tune: COBDEN STREET
The morning flowers display their sweets
Life is the time to serve the Lord
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 351 hymnals Topics: Brevity of Life; Life Brevity of Lyrics: 1 Life is the time to serve the Lord,
The time t'ensure the great reward;
And while the lamp holds out to burn,
The vilest sinner may return.
2 Life is the hour that God has given
To ’scape from hell and fly to heaven;
The day of grace, and mortals may
Secure the blessings of the day.
3 Then what my thoughts design to do,
My hands, with all your might pursue,
Since no device, nor work is found,
Nor faith, nor hope, beneath the ground.
4 There are no acts of pardon past
In the cold grave, to which we haste,
But darkness, death, and long despair
Reign in eternal silence there.
Life is the time to serve the Lord
And am I only born to die?
Appears in 124 hymnals Topics: Brevity of Life; Life Brevity of Lyrics: 1 And am I only born to die?
And must I suddenly comply
With nature’s stern decree?
What after death for me remains?
Celestial joys, or hellish pains,
To all eternity.
2 How then ought I on earth to live,
While God prolongs the kind reprieve,
And props the house of clay;
My sole concern, my single care,
To watch, and tremble, and prepare
Against the fatal day!
3 No room for mirth or trifling here,
For worldly hope, or worldly fear,
If life so soon is gone;
If now the judge is at the door,
And all mankind must stand before
The inexorable throne!
4 Nothing is worth a thought beneath,
But how I may escape the death
That never, never dies!
How make mine own election sure;
And when I fail on earth, secure
A mansion in the skies.
5 Jesus, vouchsafe a pitying ray,
Be Thou my guide, be Thou my way
To glorious happiness.
Ah! write the pardon on my heart;
And whensoe’er I hence depart,
Let me depart in peace.
And am I only born to die?
Frailty of life
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 371 hymnals Topics: Time and Eternity Brevity and Uncertainty of Life First Line: Thee we adore, eternal Name! Scripture: James 4:14
Frailty of life
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