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Backsliding confessed
Author: Newton Appears in 116 hymnals Topics: Backsliding First Line: Once I thought my mountain strong Used With Tune: NUREMBURG
Backsliding confessed
The closer walk
Author: Cowper Appears in 1,368 hymnals Topics: Backsliding First Line: O for a closer walk with God Used With Tune: HERMON
The closer walk
"Troubleth at my word"
Author: Charles Wesley Appears in 185 hymnals Topics: Backsliding; Backsliding First Line: Oh, for that tenderness of heart Lyrics: 1 Oh, for that tenderness of heart,
That bows before the Lord;
That owns how just and good thou art,
And trembles at thy word.
2 Oh, for those humble, contrite tears,
Which from repentance flow;
That sense of guilt which, trembling, fears
The long-suspended blow!
3 Saviour! to me, in pity give,
For sin, the deep distress;
The pledge thou wilt, at last, receive,
And bid me die in peace.
4 Oh, fill my soul with faith and love,
And strength to do thy will;
Raise my desire and hopes above,
Thyself to me reveal.
"Troubleth at my word"
"Something for thee"
Author: S. Dryden Phelps Appears in 556 hymnals Topics: Backsliding; Backsliding First Line: Savior, thy dying love Lyrics: 1 Saviour, thy dying love
Thou gavest me:
Nor should I aught withhold,
Dear Lord, from thee:
In love my soul would bow,
My heart fulfill its vow,
Some offering bring thee now,
Something for thee.
2 O'er the blest mercy-seat,
Pleading for me,
My feeble faith looks up,
Jesus, to thee:
Help me the cross to bear,
Thy wondrous love declare,
Some song to raise, or prayer,
Something for thee.
3 Give me a faithful heart
Likeness to thee,
That each departing day
Henceforth may see
Some work of love begun,
Some deed of kindness done,
Some wanderer sought and won,
Something for thee.
4 All that I am and have
Thy gifts so free
In joy, in grief, through life,
Dear Lord, for thee:
And when thy face I see,
My ransomed soul shall be,
Through all eternity,
Something for thee.
"Something for thee"
In the Hour of Trial
Author: James Montgomery (1771-1854) Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Appears in 486 hymnals Topics: Warning Message Backsliding, Apostasy Scripture: Job 23:10 Used With Tune: PENITENCE
In the Hour of Trial
Come, let us to the Lord our God
Author: Dr. J. Morison, 1749-1798 Appears in 108 hymnals Topics: Backsliding Return from; Backsliding Return from Lyrics: 1 Come, let us to the Lord our God
With contrite hearts return;
Our God is gracious, nor will leave
The desolate to mourn.
2 His voice commands the tempest forth,
And stills the stormy wave;
His arm, though it be strong to smite,
Is also strong to save.
3 Long hath the sight of sorrow reigned;
The dawn shall bring us light;
God shall appear, and we shall rise
With gladness in His sight.
4 Our hearts, if God we seek to know,
Shall know Him and rejoice;
His coming like the morn shall be,
Like morning songs His voice.
5 As dew upon the tender herb,
Diffusing fragrance round;
As showers that usher in the spring,
And cheer the thirsty ground;
6 So shall His presence bless our souls,
And shed a joyful light;
That hallowed morn shall chase away
The sorrows of the night. Used With Tune: ST. PETER
Come, let us to the Lord our God
"A way they knew not"
Author: Charles S. Robinson Appears in 126 hymnals Topics: Backsliding First Line: Saviour! I follow on Lyrics: 1 Saviour! I follow on,
Guided by thee,
Seeing not yet the hand
That leadeth me;
Hushed be my heart and still,
Fear I no further ill;
Only to meet thy will
My will shall be.
2 Riven the rock for me
Thirst to relieve,
Manna from heaven falls
Fresh every eve;
Never a want severe
Causeth my eye a tear,
But thou dost whisper near,
"Only believe!"
3 Often to Marah's brink
Have I been brought;
Shrinking the cup to drink,
Help I have sought;
And with the prayer's ascent,
Jesus the branch hath rent--
Quickly relief hath sent,
Sweetening the draught.
4 Saviour! I long to walk
Closer with thee;
Led by thy guiding hand,
Ever to be;
Constantly near thy side,
Quickened and purified,
Living for him who died
Freely for me! Scripture: Exodus 15:23 Used With Tune: EDEN
"A way they knew not"
The backslider's prayer
Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.8.7.6 Appears in 302 hymnals Topics: Backslider's Prayer First Line: Jesus, let thy pitying eye Lyrics: 1 Jesus, let thy pitying eye
Call back a wand'ring sheep;
False to thee, like Peter, I
Would fain like Peter, weep;
Let me be by grace restor'd,
On me be all its freeness shewn;
Turn and look upon me, LORD,
And break my heart of stone.
2 Saviour prince, enthron'd above,
Repentance to impart,
Give me thro' thy dying love,
The humble contrite heart;
Give, what I have long implor'd,
A portion of thy grief unknown;
Turn and look upon me, LORD,
And break my heart of stone.
3 See me, Saviour, from above,
Nor suffer me to die;
Life, and happiness, and love,
Drop from thy gracious eye;
Speak the reconciling word
And let thy mercy melt me down;
Turn and look upon me, LORD,
And break my heart of stone.
4 Look as when thy pitying eye,
Was clos'd that we might live;
Father (at the point to die,
My Saviour gasp'd) "Forgive!"
Surely with that dying word,
He turns, and looks, and cries, "'tis done!"
O my loving, bleeding LORD<
Thou breaks my heart of stone. Text Sources: Rippon's Coll.
The backslider's prayer
O Praise the Lord, for He Is Good
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 12 hymnals Topics: Backsliding Lyrics: 1 O praise the Lord, for he is good;
give thanks and bless his name;
his lovingkindness changes not,
from age to age the same.
2 What tongue can tell his mighty deeds,
his wondrous works and ways?
O who can show his glory forth,
or utter all his praise?
3 The Lord will bless and prosper those--
yea, blest indeed are they--
whose ways are just, who constantly
his righteous laws obey.
4 O Lord, remember me in grace,
let me salvation see;
the grace you show unto your saints,
that grace reveal to me.
5 Let me behold your people's good
and in their joy rejoice;
with your triumphant heritage
let me lift up my voice.
6 In evil we have gone astray,
and sinful is our race;
rebelliously our fathers walked
forgetful of your grace.
7 Though they rebelled, yet for their help
in saving strength he came
to make his pow'r almighty known
and glorify his name.
8 He brought them safely through the sea
and overwhelmed their foes;
their faith was stirred, and for the time
their songs of praise arose.
9 Forgetful soon, they tempted God,
nor for his counsel cared;
he sent them leanness in their souls,
while they earth's bounties shared.
10 Their God and Savior they forgot,
their helper and their stay,
but Moses sought the promised grace
and turned God's wrath away.
11 But they despised the pleasant land,
the promised land of God,
and tempted him to make them fall
and scatter them abroad.
12 Against his own inheritance
the Lord's great wrath arose;
his chosen people he condemned
to serve their heathen foes.
13 Save us, O Lord, our gracious God,
from alien lands reclaim,
that we may triumph in your praise
and bless your holy name.
14 Blest be the Lord, our covenant God,
all praise to him accord;
let all the people say, "Amen!"
Forever praise the Lord.
Scripture: Psalm 106:1-15 Used With Tune: BARRE Text Sources: The Psalter, 1912; alt; mod.
O Praise the Lord, for He Is Good
Greatness in Service
Author: Thomas H. Gill Appears in 30 hymnals Topics: Backsliding; Backsliding First Line: Oh, not to fill the mouth of fame Lyrics: 1 Oh, not to fill the mouth of fame
My longing soul is stirred;
Oh, give me a diviner name!
Call me thy servant, Lord!
2 No longer would my soul be known
As uncontrolled and free;
Oh, not mine own, oh, not mine own!
Lord, I belong to thee!
3 Thy servant, me thy servant choose;
Naught of thy claim abate!
The glorious name I would not lose,
Nor change the sweet estate.
4 In life, in death, on earth, in heaven,
This is the name for me!
The same sweet style and title given
Through all eternity. Used With Tune: SERENITY
Greatness in Service
Psalm 42
Author: Henry F. Lyte Appears in 321 hymnals Topics: Backsliding; Backsliding First Line: As pants the hart for cooling streams Lyrics: 1 As pants the hart for cooling streams,
When heated in the chase,
So longs my soul, O God, for thee,
And thy refreshing grace.
2 For thee, my God the living God,
My thirsty soul doth pine;
Oh, when shall I behold thy face,
Thou Majesty divine!
3 Why restless, why cast down, my soul?
Trust God; who will employ
His aid for thee, and change these sighs
To thankful hymns of joy.
4 I sigh to think of happier days,
When thou, O Lord! wast nigh;
When every heart was tuned to praise,
And none more blest than I.
5 Why restless, why cast down, my soul?
Hope still; and thou shalt sing
The praise of him who is thy God,
Thy health's eternal spring. Used With Tune: CHERITH
Psalm 42
Genesis 28:10-22
Author: Mrs. S. F. Adams Appears in 2,489 hymnals Topics: Backsliding; Backsliding First Line: Nearer, my God, to thee Lyrics: 1 Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!
Ev'n though it be a cross
That raiseth me!
Still all my song shall be,
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!
2 Though, like a wanderer,
The sun gone down,
Darkness be over me,
My rest a stone,
Yet in my dreams I'd be
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!
3 There let the way appear,
Steps unto heaven:
All that thou sendest me,
In mercy given;
Angels to beckon me
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!
4 Then, with my waking thoughts
Bright with thy praise,
Out of my stony griefs
Bethel I'll raise;
So by my woes to be
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee! Used With Tune: BETHANY
Genesis 28:10-22
All for Jesus
Author: Frances R. Havergal Appears in 1,200 hymnals Topics: Backsliding; Backsliding First Line: Take my life, and let it be Lyrics: 1 Take my life, and let it be
Consecrated, Lord, to thee,
Take my hands, and let them move
At the impulse of thy love,
Take my feet, and let them be
Swift and beautiful for thee,
Take my voice, and let me sing
Always, only, for my King.
2 Take my lips, and let them be
Filled with messages from thee,
Take my silver and my gold,
Not a mite would I withhold;
Take my moments and my days,
Let them flow in ceaseless praise,
Take my intellect, and use
Every power as thou shalt choose.
3 Take my will, and make it thine;
It shall be no longer mine.
Take my heart, it is thine own!
It shall be thy royal throne.
Take my love; my Lord, I pour
At thy feet its treasure-store;
Take myself, and I will be,
Ever, only, all, for thee! Used With Tune: CULFORD
All for Jesus
Come, thou Fount of every blessing
Author: R. Robinson, 1735-1790 Appears in 2,202 hymnals Topics: Backsliding Fear of; Backsliding Fear of Lyrics: 1 Come, thou Fount of every blessing
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace,
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some celestial measure,
Sung by ransomed hosts above;
O the vast, the boundless treasure
Of my Lord's unchanging love!
2 Here I raise my Ebenezer;
Hither by Thy help I've come;
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God:
He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed His precious blood.
3 O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be!
Let Thy goodness, like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to Thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here's my heart, O take and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above!
Used With Tune: NETTLETON
Come, thou Fount of every blessing
"Return"
Author: Anne Steele Appears in 361 hymnals Topics: Backsliding First Line: O thou, whose tender mercy hears Lyrics: 1 O thou, whose tender mercy hears
Contrition's humble sigh;
Whose hand indulgent wipes the tears
From sorrow's weeping eye;--
2 See, Lord, before thy throne of grace,
A wretched wanderer mourn;
Hast thou not bid me seek thy face?
Hast thou not said--"Return?"
3 And shall my guilty fears prevail
To drive me from thy feet?
Oh, let not this dear refuge fail,
This only safe retreat!
4 Oh, shine on this benighted heart,
With beams of mercy shine!
And let thy healing voice impart
The sense of joy divine. Used With Tune: AVON
"Return"
Life's Sea
Author: Edward Hopper Appears in 1,178 hymnals Topics: Backsliding First Line: Jesus, Saviour, pilot me Lyrics: 1 Jesus, Saviour, pilot me,
Over life's tempestuous sea;
Unknown waves before me roll,
Hiding rock and treacherous shoal;
Chart and compass came from thee:
Jesus, Saviour, pilot me.
2 As a mother stills her child,
Thou canst hush the ocean wild;
Boisterous waves obey thy will
When thou say'st to them "Be still!"
Wondrous Sovereign of the sea,
Jesus, Saviour, pilot me.
3 When at last I near the shore,
And the fearful breakers roar
'Twixt me and the peaceful rest,
Then, while leaning on thy breast,
May I hear thee say to me,
"Fear not, I will pilot thee!" Scripture: Matthew 8:26 Used With Tune: PILOT
Life's Sea
"I need thee"
Author: Mrs. A. S. Hawks Appears in 975 hymnals Topics: Backsliding; Backsliding First Line: I need thee every hour Lyrics: 1 I need thee every hour,
Most gracious Lord;
No tender voice like thine
Can peace afford.
Refrain:
I need thee, oh, I need thee;
Every hour I need thee;
Oh, bless me now, my Saviour!
I come to thee.
2 I need thee every hour;
Stay thou near by;
Temptations lose their power
When thou art nigh. [Refrain]
3 I need thee every hour,
In joy or pain;
Come quickly and abide,
Or life is vain. [Refrain]
4 I need thee every hour;
Teach me thy will;
And thy rich promises
In me fulfill. [Refrain]
5 I need thee every hour,
Most Holy One;
Oh, make me thine indeed,
Thou blessed Son. [Refrain] Used With Tune: I NEED THEE
"I need thee"
Psalm 51
Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 785 hymnals Topics: Backsliding First Line: Show pity, Lord! O Lord! forgive Lyrics: 1 Show pity, Lord! O Lord! forgive;
Let a repenting rebel live;
Are not thy mercies large and free?
May not a sinner trust in thee?
2 Oh, wash my soul from every sin,
And make my guilty conscience clean;
Here on my heart the burden lies,
And past offences pain mine eyes.
3 My lips with shame my sins confess,
Against thy law, against thy grace:
Lord! should thy judgments grow severe,
I am condemned, but thou art clear.
4 Should sudden vengeance seize my breath,
I must pronounce thee just in death;
And if my soul were sent to hell,
Thy righteous law approves it well.
5 Yet save a trembling sinner, Lord!
Whose hope still hovering round thy word,
Would light on some sweet promise there,
Some sure support against despair. Scripture: Psalm 51:17 Used With Tune: WOODWORTH
Psalm 51
"Home at last"
Author: Thomas R. Taylor Appears in 626 hymnals Topics: Backsliding; Backsliding First Line: We are but strangers here Refrain First Line: Heaven is our home Lyrics: 1 We are but strangers here,
Heaven is our home;
Earth is a desert drear,
Heaven is our home.
Danger and sorrow stand
Round us on every hand,
Heaven is our Fatherland,
Heaven is our home.
2 What though the tempest rage?
Heaven is our home;
Short is our pilgrimage,
Heaven is our home.
And Time's wild wintry blast
Soon shall be overpast,
We shall reach home at last;
Heaven is our home.
3 There at our Saviour's side,
Heaven is our home;
May we be glorified;
Heaven is our home:
There are the good and blest,
Those we love most and best,
Grant us with them to rest;
Heaven is our home.
4 Grant us to murmur not,
Heaven is our home,
Whate'er our earthly lot,
Heaven is our home.
Grant us at last to stand
There at thine own right hand,
Jesus, in Fatherland:
Heaven is our home! Used With Tune: OAK
"Home at last"
Father, again in Jesus' Name we meet
Author: Lady Lucy E. G. Whitmore Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 132 hymnals Topics: Backsliding Lyrics: 1 Father, again in Jesus' Name we meet,
And bow in penitence beneath thy feet:
Again to thee our feeble voices raise,
To sue for mercy, and to sing thy praise.
2 O we would bless thee for thy ceaseless care,
And all thy works from day to day declare:
Is not our life with hourly mercies crowned?
Does not thine arm encircle us around?
3 Alas, unworthy of thy boundless love,
Too oft with careless feet from thee we rove;
But now, encouraged by thy voice, we come,
Returning sinners to a Father's home.
4 O by that Name in whom all fulness dwells,
O by that love which ev'ry love excels,
O by that blood so freely shed for sin,
Open blest mercy's gate, and take us in.
Amen. Scripture: Micah 7:18 Used With Tune: LONGWOOD
Father, again in Jesus' Name we meet
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