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As pants the hart for cooling springs

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 8 hymnals Topics: Christian experience Sanctification and christian graces Lyrics: 1 As pants the hart for cooling springs, So longs my soul, O King of kings, Thy face in near approach to see, So thirsts, great Source of Life, for Thee. 2 With ardent zeal, with strong desires, To Thee, to Thee my soul aspires; When shall I reach thy blest abode? When meet the presence of my God? 3 God of my strength, attend my cry, Say why, my great Preserver, why Excluded from thy sight I go, And bend beneath a weight of wo? 4 Why thus, my soul, with care opprest? And whence the woes that fill my breast? In all thy cares, in all thy woes, On God thy steadfast hope repose. 5 To Him my thanks shall still be paid, My sure defence, my constant aid; His name my zeal shall ever raise, And dictate to my lips his praise. Scripture: Psalm 42:1

O that my load of sin were gone

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 447 hymnals Topics: Christian experience Sanctification and christian graces Lyrics: 1 O that my load of sin were gone, O that I could at last submit, At Jesus' feet to lay it down! To lay my soul at Jesus' feet! 2 Rest for my soul I long to find: Saviour, if mine indeed thou art, Give me thy meek and lowly mind, And stamp thine image on my heart. 3 Break off the yoke of inbred sin, And fully set my spirit free; I cannot rest till pure within, Till I am wholly lost in thee. 4 Fain would I learn of thee, my God, Thy light and easy burden prove, The cross, all stain'd with hallow'd blood, The labour of thy dying love. 5 I would; but thou must give the power; My heart from every sin release; Bring near, bring near the joyful hour, And fill me with thy perfect peace. 6 Come, Lord, the drooping sinner cheer, Nor let thy chariot wheels delay; Appear in my poor heart, appear; My God, my Saviour, come away!

My God! permit me not to be

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 343 hymnals Topics: Christian experience Sanctification and christian graces Lyrics: 1 My God! permit me not to be A stranger to myself and thee; Amidst a thousand thoughts I rove, Forgetful of my highest love. 2 Why should my passions mix with earth, And thus debase my heav'nly birth? Why should I cleave to things below, And let my God, my Father, go? 3 Call me away from flesh and sense; Thy gracious word can draw me thence. I would obey the voice divine, And all inferior joys resign. 4 Be earth, with all her cares, withdrawn; Let noise and vanity be gone; In secret silence of the mind, My heav'n, and there my God, I find.

My Father! cheering name!

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 261 hymnals Topics: Christian experience Sanctification and christian graces Lyrics: 1 My Father! cheering name! O may I call thee mine! Give me with humble hope to claim A portion so divine. 2 This can my fears control, And bid my sorrows fly: What real harm can reach my soul Beneath my Father's eye? 3 Whate'er thy will denies, I calmly would resign: For thou art just, and good, and wise: O bend my will to thine! 4 Whate'er thy will ordains, O give me strength to bear; Still let me know, a Father reigns, And trust a Father's care. 4 If anguish rend this frame, And life almost depart: Is not thy mercy still the same, To cheer my drooping heart? 6 Thy ways are little known To my weak erring sight; Yet shall my soul, believing, own, That all thy ways are right. 7 My Father! blissful name! Beyond expression dear: If thou admit my humble claim, I bid adieu to fear.

Wherefore should man, frail child of clay

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 99 hymnals Topics: Christian experience Sanctification and christian graces Lyrics: 1 Wherefore should man, frail child of clay Who, from the cradle to the shroud, Lives but the insect of a day,-- O why should mortal man be proud? 2 His brightest visions just appear, Then vanish, and no ore are found: The stateliest pile his pride can rear, A breath may level with the ground. 3 By doubts perplex'd, in error lost, With trembling step he seeks his way: How vain of wisdom's gift the boast! Of reason's lamp how faint the ray! 4 Follies and crimes, a countless sum, Are crowded in life's little span: How ill, alas, does pride become That erring, guilty creature, man! 5 God of my life! Father divine! Give me a meek and lowly mind; In modest worth O let me shine, And peace in humble virtue find.

Lo, what a pleasing sight

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 45 hymnals Topics: Christian experience Sanctification and christian graces Lyrics: 1 Lo, what a pleasing sight Are brethren that agree! How blest are all, whose hearts unite In bonds of piety! 2 From those celestial springs, Such streams of comfort flow, As no increase of riches brings, Nor honours can bestow. 3 All in their stations move, And each performs his part, In all the cares of life and love; With sympathizing heart. 4 Form'd for the purest joys, By one desire possest, One aim the zeal of all employs, To make each other blest. 5 No bliss can equal theirs, Where such affections meet; While praise devout, and mingled pray'rs Make their communion sweet. 6 'Tis the same pleasure fills The breast in worlds above; Where joy like morning-dew distils, And all the air is love.

Dear Lord, my best desires fulfil

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 258 hymnals Topics: Christian experience Sanctification and christian graces Lyrics: 1 Dear Lord, my best desires fulfil, And help me to resign Life, health, and comfort to thy will; And make thy pleasure mine. 2 Why should I shrink at thy command Whose love forbids my fears? Or tremble at the gracious hand That wipes away my tears? 3 No--let me rather freely yield What most I prize to thee, Who never hast a good withheld, Or wilt withhold, from me. 4 Thy favour, all my journey through, Thou art engag'd to grant; What else I want, or think I do, 'Tis better still to want. 5 Wisdom and mercy guide my way: Shall I resist them both? A poor blind creature of a day, And crush'd before the moth? 6 But ah! my inward spirit cries, Still bind me to thy sway; Else the next cloud that veils my skies Drives all these thoughts away. Scripture: Hebrews 12:7