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There is a state unknown, unseen

Author: John Taylor (1750-1826) Appears in 23 hymnals Used With Tune: PRAYER

Rest for the toiling hand

Appears in 89 hymnals Used With Tune: PRAYER

Reliance on God

Author: Gerhardt Appears in 518 hymnals First Line: Give to the winds thy fears Topics: Confidence and Joy Used With Tune: PRAYER

Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 140 hymnals First Line: Like sheep we went astray Lyrics: 1 Like sheep we went astray, And broke the fold of God-- Each wandering in a different way, But all the downward road. 2 How dreadful was the hour, When God our wanderings laid, And did at once his vengeance pour Upon the Shepherd's head! 3 How glorious was the grace, When Christ sustained the stroke! His life and blood the Shepherd pays, A ransom for the flock. 4 But God shall raise his head, O'er all the sons of men, And make him see a numerous seed, To recompense his pain. Topics: Atonement Necessary; Christ Agony of; Christ Ransom; Christ Substitute Scripture: Isaiah 53:4 Used With Tune: PRAYER

"Jesus only"

Author: Horatius Bonar Appears in 119 hymnals First Line: Not what these hands have done Lyrics: 1 Not what these hands have done Can save this guilty soul: Not what this toiling flesh has borne Can make my spirit whole. 2 Not what I feel or do Can give me peace with God; Not all my prayers, and sighs, and tears, Can bear my awful load. 3 Thy work alone, O Christ, Can ease this weight of sin; Thy blood alone, O Lamb of God, Can give me peace within. Topics: Atonement Necessary; Christ Lamb; Dependence On Grace Scripture: Leviticus 16:21 Used With Tune: PRAYER

O perfect life of love

Author: Henry W. Baker Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 86 hymnals Used With Tune: PRAYER

O Thou who wouldst not have

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 55 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O Thou who wouldst not have One wretched sinner die, Who diedst Thyself, my soul to save From endless misery! 2 Show me the way to shun Thy dreadful wrath severe, That when Thou comest on Thy throne I may with joy appear. 3 Thou art Thyself the Way, Thyself in me reveal; So shall I pass my life's short day Obedient to Thy will. 4 So shall I love my God, Because He first loved me, And praise Thee in Thy bright abode, Through all eternity. Amen. Topics: Self Abasement; Confession of Sin; Contrition; Penitence; Repentance Used With Tune: PRAYER

Pardon and Purity

Author: Benjamin Beddome Appears in 50 hymnals First Line: Can sinners hope for heaven Lyrics: 1 Can sinners hope for heaven, Who love this world so well? Or dream of future happiness, While on the road to hell? 2 Shall they hosannas sing, With an unhallowed tongue? Shall palms adorn the guilty hand Which does its neighbor wrong? 3 Thy grace, O God, alone, Good hope can e'er afford! The pardoned and the pure shall see The glory of the Lord. Topics: Man's Lost Condition; Atonement Necessary; Hope Under Conviction; Lost State of Man; Self-righteousness; Atonement Necessary; Hope Under Conviction; Lost State of Man; Self-righteousness Used With Tune: PRAYER