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Christ is the Friend of sinners
Author: Hart Hymnal: SHPW1844 #806 (1844) Meter: 7.4 Lyrics: 1 Christ is the Friend of sinners;
Be that forgotten never;
A wounded soul,
and not a whole,
Becomes a true believer;
To see sin smarts but slightly;
To own, with lip confession,
Is easier still;
but O to feel
Cuts deep beyond expression.
2 [Trust not to joyous fancies,
Light hearts, or smooth behaviour;
Sinners can say,
and none but they,
“How precious is the Saviour!”
Then hail, ye happy mourners;
How blest your state to come is!
Ye soon will meet
with comfort sweet;
It is the Lord’s own promise.]
3 The contrite heart and broken
God will not give to ruin;
This sacrifice
he’ll not despise,
For ’tis his Spirit’s doing.
Then hail, ye happy mourners,
Who pass through tribulation;
Sin’s filth and guilt,
perceived and felt,
Make known God’s great salvation.
4 [Dry doctrine cannot save us,
Blind zeal, or false devotion;
The feeblest prayer,
if faith be there,
Exceeds all empty notion.
Then hail, ye happy mourners,
Ye will at last be winners;
By Jesus’ blood,
the righteous God
Now reconciles poor sinners.] Languages: English
Christ is the Friend of sinners
"Love not the world"
Author: Hart Hymnal: SHPW1844 #807 (1844) First Line: My brethren, why these anxious fears Lyrics: 1 My brethren, why these anxious fears,
These warm pursuits and eager cares
For earth and all its gilded toys?
If the whole world you could possess,
It might enchant; it could not bless;
False hopes, vain pleasures, and light joys.
2 [Remember, brethren, whose you are;
Whose cause you own, whose name you bear;
Is it not his who could not call
His own (though he had all things made)
A place whereon to lay his head –
A servant, though the Lord of all?
3 If wealth or honour, power or fame,
Can bring you nearer to the Lamb,
Then follow these with all your might;
But if they only make you stray,
And draw your hearts from him away,
Reflect in what you thus delight.]
4 Jesus has said (who surely knew
Much better what we ought to do
Than we can e’er pretend to see),
“No thought e’en for the morrow take;”
And “He that will not for my sake
Relinquish all, ‘s unworthy me.”
5 [Let no vain words your souls deceive,
Nor Satan tempt you to believe
The world and God can hold their parts;
True Christians long for Christ alone.
The sacrifices God will own,
Are broken, not divided, hearts.
6 Great things we are not here to crave;
But if we food and raiment have,
Should learn to be therewith content.
Into the world we nothing brought,
Nor can we from it carry aught;
Then walk the way your Master went. Languages: English
"Love not the world"
For a Public Fast
Author: Hart Hymnal: SHPW1844 #808 (1844) Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: Lord, look on all assembled here Lyrics: 1 Lord, look on all assembled here,
Who in thy presence stand
To offer up united prayer
For this our sinful land.
2 [Oft have we each in private prayed
Our country might find grace;
Now hear the same petitions made
In this appointed place.
3 Or, if among us some be met,
So careless of their sin,
They have not cried for mercy yet,
Lord, make them now begin.]
4 Thou, by whose death poor sinners live,
By whom their prayers succeed,
Thy Spirit of supplication give,
And we shall pray indeed.
5 We will not slack, nor give thee rest,
But importune thee so
That, till we shall by thee be blest,
We will not let thee go.
6 Great God of Hosts, deliverance bring;
Guide those that hold the helm;
Support the state, preserve the king,
And spare the guilty realm.
7 Or, should the dread decree be past,
And we must feel thy rod,
May faith and patience hold us fast
To our correcting God.
8 Whatever be our destined case,
Accept us in thy Son;
Give us his gospel and his grace,
And then, Thy will be done. Languages: English
For a Public Fast
Is, then, the law of God untrue
Author: Hart Hymnal: SHPW1844 #809 (1844) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 Is, then, the law of God untrue,
Which he by Moses gave?
No! but to take it in this view,
That it has power to save.
2 [Legal obedience were complete,
Could we the law fulfil;
But no man ever did so yet,
And no man ever will.]
3 The law was never meant to give
New strength to man’s lost race;
We cannot act before we live,
And life proceeds from grace.
4 But grace and truth by Christ are given;
To him must Moses bow;
Grace fits the new-born soul for heaven,
And truth informs us how.
5 By Christ we enter into rest,
And triumph o’er the fall;
Whoe’er would be completely blest
Must trust to Christ for all. Scripture: John 1:17 Languages: English
Is, then, the law of God untrue
"Condescend to men of low estate"
Author: Hart Hymnal: SHPW1844 #810 (1844) Meter: 8.8.8.8 First Line: To you, who stand in Christ so fast Lyrics: 1 To you who stand in Christ so fast,
Ye know your faith shall ever last;
The Lord, on whom that faith depends,
This kind, important message sends:
2 If light, exulting thoughts arise,
Your weaker brethren to despise,
Remember all to me are dear;
Who most is favoured most should bear.
3 If strong thyself, support the weak;
If well, be tender to the sick;
To babes I oft reveal my mind,
And they who seek my face shall find.
4 If faith be strong as well as true,
Then strive that love may be so too;
Boast not, but meek and lowly be;
The humblest soul is most like me.
5 [Should I, displeased, my face but turn,
Ye sadly would your folly mourn;
Who now seemed best would soon be worst;
I often make the last the first.]
6 Encourage souls that on me wait,
And stoop to those of low estate.
Contempt or slight I can’t approve;
Be love your aim, for I am love. Languages: English
"Condescend to men of low estate"
Though void of all that's good
Author: Hart Hymnal: SHPW1844 #811 (1844) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 Though void of all that’s good,
And very, very poor,
Through Christ I hope to be renewed,
And live for evermore.
2 I view my own bad heart,
And see such evils there,
The sight with horror makes me start,
And tempts me to despair.
3 Then with a single eye
I look to Christ alone;
And on his righteousness rely,
Though I myself have none.
4 By virtue of his blood,
The Lord declares me clean.
Now serves my mind the law of God,
My flesh the law of sin.
Scripture: Romans 7:25 Languages: English
Though void of all that's good
Whene'er I make some sudden stop
Author: Hart Hymnal: SHPW1844 #812 (1844) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 Whene’er I make some sudden stop –
For many such I make –
And cannot see the cloud cleared up
Nor know which path to take,
2 I to my Saviour speed my way,
To tell my dubious state;
Then listen what the Lord will say,
And hope to follow that.
3 If Jesus seem to hide his face,
What anxious fears I feel!
But if he deign to whisper peace,
I’m happy! all is well.
4 Confirmed by one soft, secret word,
I seek no further light;
But walk, depending on my Lord,
By faith, and not by sight.
5 Of friends and counsellors bereft,
I often hear him say,
“Decline not to the right or left;
Go on; lo! here’s the way.”
6 Weak in myself, in him I’m strong;
His Spirit’s voice I hear.
The way I walk cannot be wrong,
If Jesus be but there.
7 [He is my Helper and my Guide;
I trust in him alone;
No other helps have I beside;
I venture all on One.] Scripture: Psalm 73:24 Languages: English
Whene'er I make some sudden stop
King Hezekiah lay diseased
Author: Hart Hymnal: SHPW1844 #813 (1844) Meter: 8.8.6 Lyrics: 1 King Hezekiah lay diseased,
With every dangerous symptom seized,
Beyond the cure of art;
With languid pulse, and strength decayed,
With spirits sunk, and soul dismayed,
And ready to depart.
2 His friends despair; his servants droop;
The learned Leech can give no hope;
All signs of life are fled;
When, lo! the seer Isaiah came
With words to damp th' expiring flame,
And strike the dying dead.
3 Entering the royal patient’s room,
He thus denounced the dreadful doom:
“Of flattering hopes beware.
God’s messenger, behold, I stand,
Thus saith the Lord, Thy death’s at hand:
Prepare, O king, prepare!”
4 Where is the man, whom words like these,
Though free before from all disease,
Would not deject to death?
Favourite of heaven, in thee we see
The miracles of prayer, in thee
Th' omnipotence of faith!
5 Methinks I hear the hero say,
“And must my life be snatch'd away,
Before I’m fit to die?
Can prayer reverse the stern decree,
And save a wretch condemn'd like me?
It may, at least I’ll try.
6 Ye damps of death, that chill me through,
God’s prophet and perdition too,
I must withstand you all.
Both heaven and earth, awhile begone;
I turn me to the Lord alone,
And face the silent wall.”
7 He said, and, weeping, pour'd a prayer,
That conquer'd pain, removed despair
With all its heavy load,
Repell'd the force of death’s attack,
Brought the recanting prophet back,
And turn'd the mind of God.
Languages: English
King Hezekiah lay diseased
A general Admonition
Author: Hart Hymnal: SHPW1844 #814 (1844) Meter: 8.7 First Line: Brethren, why toil ye thus for toys Lyrics: 1 Brethren, why toil ye thus for toys,
And reckon trash for treasure?
Call gay deceptions solid joys,
Intoxication pleasure?
2 If more refined amusements please,
As knowledge, arts, or learning,
A moment puts an end to these,
And sometimes short’s the warning.
3 What balm could wretches ever find
In wit to heal affliction?
Or who can cure a troubled mind
With all the pomp of diction?
4 Reflect what trifles ye pursue,
So anxious and so heedful;
For, after all, you’ll find it true,
There is but one thing needful.
5 God in his Scriptures to reveal
His will has condescended;
What there is said he will fulfil,
Though man may be offended.
6 This written word with reverence treat;
Join prayer with each inspection;
And be not wise in self-conceit;
’Tis folly to perfection.
7 True wisdom, of celestial birth,
Can both instruct and cherish;
Other attainments are of earth,
And all that’s earth must perish.
8 The chief concern of fall’n mankind
Should be to enjoy God’s favour;
What safety can a sinner find
Before he finds a Saviour?
9 This Saviour must be one that can
From sin and death release us,
Make up the breach ’twixt God and man;
Which none can do but Jesus.
10 Jesus is Judge of quick and dead;
And there is none beside him,
Whether his power we slight or dread,
Adore him or deride him.
11 Whate’er we judge ourselves, we must
Or stand or fall by his doom;
And they that in this Jesus trust,
Have found eternal wisdom.
12 Mercy and love, from Jesus felt,
Can heal a wounded spirit;
Mercy that triumphs over guilt,
And love that seeks no merit. Languages: English
A general Admonition
L. M.
Author: Hart Hymnal: SHPW1844 #815 (1844) First Line: Jesus, when on the bloody tree Lyrics: 1 Jesus, when on the bloody tree
He hung, through soul and body pierced,
That all things might accomplished be
Contained in Scripture, said, “I thirst.”
2 Hyssop, the plant ordained by God,
And held by Jews in high esteem,
Which sprinkled them with paschal blood,
Sharp vinegar conveyed to him.
3 This done, our dear, our dying Lord
Exerts his short, expiring breath;
Utters this rich, important word,
“’Tis finished!” and submits to death.
4 Henceforth an end is put to sin
(The important word implies not less).
Now for believers is brought in
An everlasting righteousness.
5 The Son of God and man, has died,
Sinners as black as hell to save;
And, that they might be justified,
Is risen victorious from the grave.
6 In heaven he lives, our King, our Priest;
There for his people ever pleads:
How sure is our salvation! Christ
Died, rose, ascended, intercedes. Scripture: Romans 4:25 Languages: English
L. M.
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