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Not to our names, thou only just and true

Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: PHDW1835 #613 (1835) Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Lyrics: Not to our names, thou only just and true, Not to our worthless names is glory due; Thy power and grace, thy truth and justice, claim Immortal honors to thy sovereign name: Shine through the earth from heav'n, thy blest abode Nor let the heathens say, "And where's your God?" Heav'n is thine higher court, there stands thy throne, And through the lower worlds thy will is done; Our God framed all this earth, these heav'ns he spread; But fools adore the gods their hands have made: The kneeling crowd, with looks devout, behold Their silver saviors, and their saints of gold. [Vain are those artful shapes of eyes and ears; The molten image neither sees nor hears; Their hands are helpless, nor their feet can move, They have no speech, nor thought, nor power, nor love; Yet sottish mortals make their long complaints To their deaf idols and their moveless saints. The rich have statues well adorned with gold; The poor, content with gods of coarser mould, With tools of iron carve the senseless stock, Lopped from a tree, or broken from a rock; People and priest drive on the solemn trade, And trust the gods that saws and hammers made.] Be heav'n and earth amazed! 'Tis hard to say Which is more stupid, or their gods or they: O Isr'el, trust the Lord; he hears and sees, He knows thy sorrows and restores thy peace; His worship does a thousand comforts yield, He is thy help, and he thy heav'nly shield. O Britain, trust the Lord: thy foes in vain Attempt thy ruin, and oppose his reign; Had they prevailed, darkness had closed our days, And death and silence had forbid his praise: But we are saved, and live; let songs arise, And Britain bless the God that built the skies. Topics: God our defence and salvation; Idolatry reproved; November the 5th; Psalm for the 5th of November Scripture: Psalm 115 Languages: English

The Lord of glory reigns, he reigns on high

Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: PHDW1835 #8 (1835) Meter: 10.10.10.10.11.11 Lyrics: The Lord of glory reigns, he reigns on high; His robes of state are strength and majesty: This wide creation rose at his command, Built by his word and 'stablished by his hand: Long stood his throne ere he began creation, And his own Godhead is the firm foundation. God is th' eternal King: thy foes in vain Raise their rebellions to confound thy reign; In vain the storms, in vain the floods arise, And roar, and toss their waves against the skies: Foaming at heav'n, they rage with wild commotion, But heav'n's high arches scorn the swelling ocean. Ye tempests, rage no more; ye floods, be still; And the mad world submissive to his will: Built on his truth, his church must ever stand; Firm are his promises, and strong his hand: See his own sons, when they appear before him, Bow at his footstool, and with fear adore him. Topics: God his power and majesty; God supreme governor; God eternal, and sovereigu, and holy; Jehovah reigns Scripture: Psalm 93 Languages: English

The Lord Jehovah reigns

Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: PHDW1835 #41 (1835) Meter: 6.6.6.6.4.4.4.4 Lyrics: The Lord Jehovah reigns, His throne is built on high; The garments he assumes Are light and majesty: His glories shine With beams so bright, No mortal eye Can bear the sight. The thunders of his hand Keep the wide world in awe; His wrath and justice stand To guard his holy law: And where his love Resolves to bless, His truth confirms And seals the grace. Through all his ancient works Surprising wisdom shines, Confounds the powers of hell, And breaks their cursed designs: Strong is his arm, And shall fulfil His great decrees, His sovereign will. And can this mighty King Of glory condescend? And will he write his name, "My Father and my Friend?" I love his name, I love his word; Join all my powers And praise the Lord. Topics: Children instructed; Education religious; Religious Education; Providence recorded; Backsliding soul pardoned; Glutton; Intemperance punished; Israel rebellion and punishment; Luxury punished; Pardon of backsliding; Punishment and salvation; Saints punished and saved; Sin and chastisement of saints Scripture: Psalm 78:32-72 Languages: English

Upward I lift mine eyes

Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: PHDW1835 #65 (1835) Meter: 6.6.6.6.4.4.4.4 Lyrics: Upward I lift mine eyes, From God is all my aid; The God that built the skies, And earth and nature made: God is the tower To which I fly; His grace is nigh In every hour. My feet shall never slide And fall in fatal snares, Since God, my guard and guide, Defends me from my fears: Those wakeful eyes That never sleep Shall Isr'el keep, When dangers rise. No burning heats by day Nor blasts of ev'ning air, Shall take my health away, If God be with me there: Thou art my sun, And thou my shade, To guard my head By night or noon. Hast thou not giv'n thy word To save my soul from death? And I can trust my Lord To keep my mortal breath: I'll go and come, Nor fear to die, Till from on high Thou call me home. Topics: Defence in God; God our preserver; Preservation daily; Protection by day and night Scripture: Psalm 121 Languages: English

Lord of the worlds above

Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: PHDW1835 #427 (1835) Meter: 6.6.6.6.4.4.4.4 Lyrics: Lord of the worlds above, How pleasant and how fair The dwellings of thy love, Thy earthly temples are! To thine abode My heart aspires, With warm desires To see my God. The sparrow for her young With pleasure seeks a nest, And wand'ring swallows long To find their wonted rest: My spirit faints With equal zeal To rise and dwell Among thy saints. O happy souls that pray Where God appoints to hear! O happy men that pay Their constant service there! They praise thee still And happy they That love the way To Zion's hill. They go from strength to strength, Through this dark vale of tears, Till each arrives at length, Till each in heav'n appears: O glorious seat, When God our King Shall thither bring Our willing feet! To spend one sacred day Where God and saints abide, Affords diviner joy Than thousand days beside: Where God resorts, I love it more To keep the door Than shine in courts. God is our sun and shield, Our light and our defence; With gifts his hands are filled, We draw our blessings thence: He shall bestow On Jacob's race Peculiar grace And glory too. The Lord his people loves; His hand no good withholds From those his heart approves, From pure and pious souls: Thrice happy he, O God of hosts, Whose spirit trusts Alone in thee. Topics: Delight in God; Delight and safety in the church; Worship public; Public prayer and praise; Church God's presence there; Glory and grace promised; God present in his churches; Grace and glory; Worship delight in it Scripture: Psalm 84 Languages: English

With cheerful voice I sing

Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: PHDW1835 #268 (1835) Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Lyrics: With cheerful voice I sing The titles of my Lord, And borrow all the names Of honor from his word: Nature and art can ne'er supply Sufficient forms of majesty. In Jesus we behold His Father's glorious face, Shining for ever bright, With mild and lovely rays Th' eternal God's eternal Son Inherits and partakes the throne.] The sovereign King of kings, The Lord of lords most high, Writes his own name upon His garment and his thigh: His name is called The Word of God; He rules the earth with iron rod. Where promises and grace Can neither melt nor move, The angry Lamb resents The injuries of his love; Awakes his wrath without delay, As lions roar, and tear the prey. But when for works of peace The great Redeemer comes, What gentle characters, What titles he assumes! Light of the world, and Life of men; Nor will he bear those names in vain. Immense compassion reigns In our Immanuel's heart, When he descends to act A Mediator's part: He is a Friend and Brother too; Divinely kind, divinely true. At length the Lord the Judge His awful throne ascends, And drives the rebels far From favorites and friends: Then shall the saints completely prove The heights and depths of all his love. Topics: Christ his sufferings and kingdom; Exaltation of Christ to the kingdom; Sufferings and kingdom of Christ; Christ his death and resurrection; Death and resurrection of Christ; Death and sufferings of Christ; Sacrifice; Blood of Christ cleansing from sin; Christ his obedience and death; Christ his sufferings for our salvation; Glory of God in our salvation; God glorified, and sinners saved; Salvation by Christ Scripture: Psalm 69:32 Languages: English

Join all the glorious names

Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: PHDW1835 #270 (1835) Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Lyrics: Join all the glorious names Of wisdom, love, and power, That ever mortals knew, That angels ever bore: All are too mean to speak his worth, Too mean to set my Savior forth. But O what gentle terms, What condescending ways, Doth our Redeemer use To teach his heav'nly grace! Mine eyes with joy and wonder see What forms of love he bears for me. [Arrayed in mortal flesh, He like an angel stands, And holds the promises And pardons in his hands; Commissioned from his Father's throne To make his grace to mortals known.] [Great Prophet of my God, My tongue would bless thy name; By thee the joyful news Of our salvation came: The joyful news of sins forgiv'n, Of hell subdued, and peace with heav'n.] [Be thou my Counsellor, My Pattern, and my Guide; And through this desert land Still keep me near thy side: O let my feet ne'er run astray, Nor rove, nor seek the crooked way.] [I love my Shepherd's voice, His watchful eyes shall keep My wand'ring soul among The thousands of his sheep: He feeds his flock, he calls their names, His bosom bears the tender lambs.] [To this dear Surety's hand Will I commit my cause; He answers and fulfils His Father's broken laws: Behold my soul at freedom set! My Surety paid the dreadful debt.] [Jesus, my great High Priest, Offered his blood, and died; My guilty conscience seeks No sacrifice beside: His powerful blood did once atone, And now it pleads before the throne.] [My Advocate appears For my defence on high; The Father bows his ears, And lays his thunder by: Not all that hell or sin can say Shall turn his heart, his love away.] [My dear Almighty Lord, My Conqueror and my King! Thy sceptre and thy sword, Thy reigning grace I sing: Thine is the power; behold, I sit In willing bonds before thy feet.] [Now let my soul arise, And tread the tempter down; My Captain leads me forth To conquest and a crown: A feeble saint shall win the day, Though death and hell obstruct the way.] Should all the hosts of death, And powers of hell unknown, Put their most dreadful forms Of rage and mischief on, I shall be safe, for Christ displays Superior power, and guardian grace. Topics: Christ his sufferings and kingdom; Exaltation of Christ to the kingdom; Sufferings and kingdom of Christ; Christ his death and resurrection; Death and resurrection of Christ; Death and sufferings of Christ; Sacrifice; Blood of Christ cleansing from sin; Christ his obedience and death; Christ his sufferings for our salvation; Glory of God in our salvation; God glorified, and sinners saved; Salvation by Christ Scripture: Psalm 69 Languages: English

The Lord Jehovah reigns

Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: PHDW1835 #9 (1835) Meter: 6.6.8.6.6.8 Lyrics: The Lord Jehovah reigns, And royal state maintains, His head with awful glories crowned; Arrayed in robes of light, Begirt with sovereign might, And rays of majesty around. Upheld by thy commands, The world securely stands; And skies and stars obey thy word: Thy throne was fixed on high Before the starry sky; Eternal is thy kingdom, Lord. In vain the noisy crowd, Like billows fierce and loud, Against thine empire rage and roar; In vain, with angry spite, The surly nations fight, And dash like waves against the shore. Let floods and nations rage, And all their powers engage; Let swelling tides assault the sky; The terrors of thy frown Shall beat their madness down: Thy throne for ever stands on high. Thy promises are true, Thy grace is ever new: There fixed, thy church shall ne'er remove; Thy saints with holy fear Shall in thy courts appear, And sing thine everlasting love. Topics: God his power and majesty; God supreme governor; God eternal, and sovereigu, and holy; Jehovah reigns Scripture: Psalm 93 Languages: English

How pleasant 'tis to see

Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: PHDW1835 #417 (1835) Meter: 6.6.8.6.6.8 Lyrics: How pleasant 'tis to see Kindred and friends agree; Each in their proper station move, And each fulfil their part, With sympathizing heart, In all the cares of life and love! 'Tis like the ointment shed On Aaron's sacred head, Divinely rich, divinely sweet; The oil through all the room Diffused a choice perfume, Ran through his robes, and blessed his feet. Like fruitful showers of rain, That water all the plain, Descending from the neighboring hills; Such streams of pleasure roll Through every friendly soul, Where love, like heav'nly dew, distils. Topics: Relative duties; Communion with saints; Blessings of a family; Brotherly love; Family love and worship; Friendship its blessings; Love and worship in a family; Love brotherly; Worship in a family Scripture: Psalm 133 Languages: English

How pleas'd and blest was I

Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: PHDW1835 #419 (1835) Meter: 6.6.8.6.6.8 Lyrics: How pleased and blest was I To hear the people cry, "Come, let us seek our God today!" Yes, with a cheerful zeal We haste to Zion's hill, And there our vows and honors pay. Zion, thrice happy place, Adorned with wondrous grace, And walls of strength embrace thee round; In thee our tribes appear To pray, and praise, and hear The sacred gospel's joyful sound. There David's greater Son Has fixed his royal throne, He sits for grace and judgment there: He bids the saint be glad, He makes the sinner sad, And humble souls rejoice with fear. May peace attend thy gate, And joy within thee wait To bless the soul of every guest! The man that seeks thy peace, And wishes thine increase, A thousand blessings on him rest! My tongue repeats her vows, "Peace to this sacred house!" For there my friends and kindred dwell; And since my glorious God Makes thee his blest abode, My soul shall ever love thee well. Topics: Church its beauty; Worship public; Church going to it; Public worship attended on Scripture: Psalm 122 Languages: English