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“Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord!”

Author: Drummond Appears in 44 hymnals First Line: A Voice from the desert comes awful and shrill Lyrics: A Voice from the desert comes awful and shrill; The Lord is advancing; prepare ye the way! The word of Jehovah he comes to fulfil, And o’er the dark world pour the splendor of day. Bring down the proud mountain, though towering to heaven, And be the low valley exalted on high; The rough path and crooked be made smooth and even, For, Zion! your King, your Redeemer, is nigh. The beams of salvation his progress illume, The lone, dreary wilderness sings of her God; The rose and the myrtle there suddenly bloom, And the olive of peace spreads its branches abroad.

The Star of Bethlehem

Author: C. Wesley Appears in 110 hymnals First Line: Sons of men, behold from far Lyrics: Sons of men, behold from far, Hail the long-expected Star! Star of truth, that, ’mid the night, Guides bewildered man aright. Mild it shines on all beneath, Piercing through the shades of death, Scattering error’s wide-spread night, Kindling darkness into light. Nations all, remote and near, Haste to see your Lord appear; Haste, for him your hearts prepare, Meet him manifested there! There behold the dayspring rise, Pouring light on mortal eyes; See it chase the shades away, Shining to the perfect day.

The Prince of Peace

Author: Needham Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 82 hymnals First Line: Behold, the Prince of Peace Lyrics: Behold, the Prince of Peace, The chosen of the Lord, God’s well beloved Son, fulfils The sure prophetic word! No royal pomp adorns This King of Righteousness; Meekness and patience, truth and love, Compose his princely dress. The Spirit of the Lord, In rich abundance shed, On this great prophet gently lights, And rests upon his head. Jesus, the light of men! His doctrine life imparts; O, may we feel its quickening power To warm and glad our hearts! Cheered by its beams, our souls Shall run the heavenly way; The path which Christ has marked and trod Will lead to endless day.

Tempted As We Are

Author: Anonymous Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 59 hymnals First Line: As oft, with worn and weary feet Lyrics: As oft, with worn and weary feet, We tread earth’s rugged pathway o’er, The thought how comforting and sweet,— Christ trod this very path before; Our wants, our weaknesses, he knows, From life’s first dawning to its close. If we, beneath temptation’s stress, Do fight against dark powers within, So, in Judea’s wilderness, Christ wrestled with the thoughts of sin, When, in a weary, lonely hour, The tempter came with all his power. So, tried as I, this earth he trod, Knew every human ill but sin, And though the holiest Son of God, As I am now so hath he been; Jesus, my Saviour! look on me; For help and strength I turn to thee!

“The Works Which I Do Bear Witness of Me.”

Author: Bulfinch Appears in 7 hymnals First Line: Holy Son of God most high! Lyrics: Holy Son of God most high! Clothed in heavenly majesty, Many a miracle and sign, In thy Father’s name divine, Manifested forth thy might In the chosen people’s sight. But, O Saviour! not alone Thus thy glory was made known; With the mourner thou didst grieve, Every human want relieve; Far thy matchless power above Stands the witness of thy love. Thou, who by the open grave, Ere thy voice was raised to save, Didst with those fond sisters shed Tears above the faithful dead; Even thy word of might appears Less resistless than thy tears. Lord! it is not ours to gaze On thy works of ancient days; But thy love, unchanged and bright, More than all those works of might, More than miracle or sign, Makes us ever, ever thine.

Christ Stilling the Tempest

Author: Mrs. Hemans Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 23 hymnals First Line: Fear was within the tossing bark Lyrics: Fear was within the tossing bark, When stormy winds grew loud; And waves came rolling high and dark, And the tall mast was bowed. But the wind ceased,—it ceased,—a word Passed through the gloomy sky; The troubled billows knew their Lord, And sank beneath his eye. And slumber settled on the deep, And silence on the blast; They sank as flowers that fold to sleep When sultry day is past. O Thou that in its wildest hour Didst rule the tempest’s mood, Send now thy Spirit forth in power O’er our dark souls to brood! Thou that didst bow the billows’ pride, Thy mandate to fulfil, Speak, speak to passion’s raging tide, Speak, and say, “Peace, be still!”

The Pool of Bethesda

Author: Bulfinch Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: The aged sufferer waited long Lyrics: The aged sufferer waited long Upon Bethesda’s brink; Till hopes, once rising warm and strong, Began in fears to sink; And heavy were the sighs he drew, And fervent was his prayer, For he, with safety full in view, Still languished helpless there. His hope grew dim; but one was nigh Who saw the sufferer’s grief; That gentle voice, that pitying eye, Gave promise of relief. Each pang that human weakness knows Obeyed that powerful word; He spake, and lo! the sick arose, Rejoicing in his Lord. Father of Jesus, when oppressed With grief and pain we lie, And, longing for Thy heavenly rest, Despair to look on high, O, may the Saviour’s words of peace Within the wounded heart Bid every doubt and suffering cease, And strength and joy impart!

Christ Walking on the Sea

Author: Bulfinch Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 15 hymnals First Line: Lord, in whose might the Saviour trod Lyrics: Lord, in whose might the Saviour trod The dark and stormy wave, And trusted in his Father’s arm, Omnipotent to save; When darkly round our footsteps rise The floods and storms of life, Send Thou Thy Spirit down to still The dark and fearful strife. Strong in our trust, on Thee reposed, The ocean-path we’ll dare, Though waves around us rage and foam, Since Thou art present there.

“He Was There Alone.”

Author: Bowring Meter: Irregular Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: He was there alone, when even Lyrics: He was there alone, when even Had round earth its mantle thrown, Holding intercourse with heaven: He was there alone. There his inmost heart’s emotion Made he to his Father known; In the spirit of devotion Musing there alone. So let us, from earth retiring, Seek our God and Father’s throne; And, to other scenes aspiring, Train our hearts, alone.

Jesus Teaching the People

Author: Bowring Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 357 hymnals First Line: How sweetly flowed the gospel's sound Lyrics: How sweetly flowed the gospel’s sound From lips of gentleness and grace, When listening thousands gathered round, And joy and reverence filled the place. From heaven he came, of heaven he spoke, To heaven he led his followers’ way; Dark clouds of gloomy night he broke, Unveiling an immortal day. “Come wanderers, to my Father’s home, Come, all ye weary ones, and rest!” Yes, sacred Teacher, we will come, Obey thee, love thee, and be blest. Decay, then, tenements of dust! Pillars of earthly pride, decay! A nobler mansion waits the just, And Jesus has prepared the way.

The Mind Which Was in Christ Jesus

Author: Anonymous Appears in 18 hymnals First Line: Ever patient, loving, meek Lyrics: Ever patient, loving, meek, Holy Saviour, was thy mind; Vainly in myself I seek Likeness to my Lord to find; Yet the mind that was in thee May be, must be, formed in me. Since such griefs were thine to bear, For each sufferer thou couldst feel, Every mourner’s burden share, Every wounded spirit heal. Saviour, let thy grace in me Form that mind which was in thee. When my pain is most intense, Let thy cross my lesson prove; Let me hear thee even thence; Breathing words of peace and love; Thus thy grace shall form in me The same mind which was in thee.

Christ’s Invitations

Author: Barbauld Appears in 507 hymnals First Line: Come, said Jesus' sacred voice Lyrics: Come, said Jesus’ sacred voice, Come and make my paths your choice; I will guide you to your home; Weary pilgrim! hither come. Thou who, houseless, sole, forlorn, Long hast borne the proud world’s scorn, Long hast roamed the barren waste, Weary pilgrim! hither haste. Ye who, tossed on beds of pain, Seek for ease, and seek in vain; Ye whose swoln and sleepless eyes Watch to see the morning rise; Ye, by fiercer anguish torn, In remorse for guilt who mourn, Here repose your heavy care; Who the stings of sin can bear? Sufferer! come, for here is found Balm that flows for every wound; Peace that ever shall endure, Rest eternal, sacred, sure.

Spirit of Jesus

Author: Gaskell Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: O, NOT to crush with abject fear Lyrics: O, not to crush with abject fear The burdened soul of man Did Jesus on the earth appear, And open heaven’s high plan: He came to bid him find repose, And God his Father know; And thus with love to raise up those That once were bowed low. O, not in coldness nor in pride His holy path he trod; ’Twas his delight to turn aside And win the lost to God; And unto sorrowing guilt disclose The fount whence peace should flow; And thus with love to raise up those That once were bowed low. O, not with cold, unfeeling eye Did he the suffering view; Not on the other side pass by, And deem their tears untrue; ’Twas joy to him to heal their woes, And heaven’s sweet refuge show; And thus with love to raise up those That once were bowed low.

“Behold How He Loved Him.”

Author: Bache Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 61 hymnals First Line: "See how he loved!" exclaimed the Jews Lyrics: “See how he loved!” exclaimed the Jews, When Jesus o’er his Lazarus wept; My grateful heart the words shall use, While on his life my eye is kept. See how he loved, who travelled on, Teaching the doctrine from the skies; Who bade disease and pain be gone, And called the sleeping dead to rise. See how he loved, who, firm yet mild, With patience bore the scoffing tongue; Though oft provoked, yet ne’er reviled, Nor did his greatest foe a wrong. See how he loved, who never shrank From toil or danger, pain or death; Who all the cup of sorrow drank, And meekly yielded up his breath.

Divine Beauty of Christ’s Character

Author: A. C. Coxe Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 208 hymnals First Line: How beauteous were the marks divine Lyrics: How beauteous were the marks divine, That in thy meekness used to shine, That lit thy lonely pathway, trod In wondrous love, O Son of God! O, who like thee,—so calm, so bright, So pure, so made to live in light? O, who like thee did ever go So patient through a world of woe? O, who like thee so humbly bore The scorn, the scoffs, of men before? So meek, forgiving, godlike, high, So glorious in humility? The bending angels stooped to see The lisping infant clasp thy knee, And smile, as in a father’s eye, Upon thy mild divinity. And death, which sets the prisoner free, Was pang and scoff and scorn to thee; Yet love through all thy torture glowed, And mercy with thy life-blood flowed. O, in thy light be mine to go, Illuming all my way of woe; And give me ever on the road To trace thy footsteps, Son of God!

The Life of Jesus

Author: Brettell Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: He lived as none but he has lived Lyrics: He lived as none but he has lived, That wisest Teacher from above; He died as none but he has died,— His every act an act of love. His fervent piety was breathed To the lone waste, the desert hill; And in the haunts of men he sought To do his Heavenly Father’s will. He preached the gospel to the poor, Beside the couch of anguish stood, Consoled the sufferer, healed the sick, And went about still doing good. With sinners he conversed, and gave Peace to the weary, troubled mind; Yet free from stain till life’s last hour, In him his foes no fault could find. Born ’midst the humblest sons of earth, All earth’s temptations he withstood; And yet all human praise renounced, Declaring God alone is good.

He Had Not Where to Lay His Head

Author: Anonymous Meter: Irregular Appears in 19 hymnals First Line: Birds have their quiet nest Lyrics: Birds have their quiet nest, Foxes their holes, and man his peaceful bed; All creatures have their rest, But Jesus had not where to lay his head. And yet he came to give The weary and the heavy-laden rest; To bid the sinner live, And soothe our griefs to slumber on his breast. Let the birds seek their nest, Foxes their holes, and man his peaceful bed; Come, Saviour, in my breast Come and repose thine oft rejected head! Come! give me rest, and take The only rest on earth thou lov’st, within A heart that for thy sake Shall purify itself from every sin.

Through His Poverty Made Rich

Author: Russell Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 42 hymnals First Line: On the dark-wave of Galilee Lyrics: On the dark-wave of Galilee The gloom of twilight gathers fast; And o’er the waters heavily Sweeps cold and drear the evening blast. Still near the lake, with weary tread, Lingers a form of human kind; And on his lone, unsheltered head, Flows the chill night-damp of the wind. Why seeks he not a home of rest? Why seeks he not the pillowed bed? Beasts have their dens, the bird his nest;— He hath not where to lay his head. Such was the lot he freely chose, To bless, to save, the human race; And through his poverty there flows A rich, full stream of heavenly grace.

Christ The Sufferer

Author: Gaskell Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: Dark were the paths our Master trod Lyrics: Dark were the paths our Master trod, Yet never failed his trust in God; Cruel and fierce the wrongs he bore, Yet he but felt for man the more. Unto the cross in faith he went, His Father’s willing instrument; Upon the cross his prayer arose In pity for his ruthless foes. O, may we all his kindred be, By holy love and sympathy; Still loving man through every ill, And trusting in our Father’s will!

Christ The Sufferer

Author: Bulfinch Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 31 hymnals First Line: O SUFFERING Friend of human kind! Lyrics: O suffering Friend of human kind! How, as the fatal hour drew near, Came thronging on thy holy mind The images of grief and fear. Gethsemane’s sad midnight scene, The faithless friends, the exulting foes, The thorny crown, the insult keen, The scourge, the cross, before thee rose. Did not thy spirit shrink dismayed, As the dark vision o’er it came; And though in sinless strength arrayed, Turn, shuddering, from the death of shame? Onward, like thee, through scorn and dread, May we our Father’s call obey, Steadfast thy path of duty tread, And rise, through death, to endless day.

“Thy Will, Not Mine, Be Done.”

Author: Doddridge Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 46 hymnals First Line: "Father divine!" the Saviour cried Lyrics: “Father divine!” the Saviour cried, While horrors pressed on every side, And prostrate on the ground he lay, “Remove this bitter cup away. “But if these pangs must still be borne, Or helpless man be left forlorn, I bow my soul before thy throne, And say,—Thy will, not mine, be done!” Thus our submissive souls would bow, And, taught by Jesus, lie as low; Our hearts, and not our lips alone, Would say,—Thy will, not ours, be done!

The Agony in the Garden

Author: Mrs. Hemans Appears in 52 hymnals First Line: He knelt; the Saviour knelt and prayed Lyrics: He knelt; the Saviour knelt and prayed, When but his Father’s eye Looked, through the lonely garden’s shade, On that dread agony; He poured in prayer his suppliant breath, Bowed down with sorrow unto death. The sun went down in fearful hour; The heavens might well grow dim, When this mortality had power Thus to o’ershadow him; That he who came to save might know The very depths of human woe. He knew them all,—the doubt, the strife, The faint, perplexing dread; The mists that hang o’er parting life All darkened round his head; And the Deliverer knelt to pray; Yet passed it not, that cup, away. It passed not, though the stormy wave Had sunk beneath his tread; It passed not, though to him the grave Had yielded up its dead; But there was sent him, from on high, A gift of strength, for man to die. And was his mortal hour beset With anguish and dismay? How may we meet our conflict yet In the dark, narrow way? How, but through him that path who trod? Save, or we perish, Son of God!

Bearing the Cross

Author: Bulfinch Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: Burden of shame and woe! Lyrics: Burden of shame and woe! How does the heart o’erflow At thought of him the bitter cross who bore! But we have each our own, To others oft unknown, Which we must bear till life shall be no more. And shall we fear to tread The path where Jesus led, The pure and holy one, for man who died? Or shall we shrink from shame, Endured for Jesus’ name, Our glorious Lord, once spurned and crucified? Then, ’mid the woes that wait On this our mortal state, Patience shall cheer affliction, toil, and loss, And though the tempter’s art Assail the struggling heart, Still, Saviour! in thy name we bear the cross.

The Crucifixion

Author: Bulfinch Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: In the Saviour's hour of death Lyrics: In the Saviour’s hour of death, Bound upon the cross of fear, While his quick and struggling breath Spoke the fatal moment near, While his proud, triumphant foes Mocked the sufferings that he bore, Then his loving spirit rose More sublime than e’er before. He has taught us to forgive, By his words in days gone by; He has taught us how to live; Can he teach us how to die? Listen! as the cross they raise, One brief prayer ascends to heaven; For his murderers he prays,— Father, may they be forgiven!

Stabat Mater

Author: W. J. Fox Meter: Irregular Appears in 24 hymnals First Line: Jews were wrought to cruel madness Lyrics: Jews were wrought to cruel madness, Christians fled in fear and sadness, Mary stood the cross beside. At its foot her foot she planted, By the dreadful scene undaunted, Till the gentle sufferer died. Poets oft have sung her story; Painters decked her brow with glory; Priests her name have deified; But no worship, song, or glory, Touches like that simple story,— “Mary stood the cross beside.” And when under fierce oppression Goodness suffers like transgression, Christ again is crucified. But if love be there, true-hearted, By no grief or terror parted, Mary stands the cross beside.

“It Is Finished.”

Author: Bulfinch Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: It is finished! glorious word Lyrics: It is finished! glorious word From thy lips, our suffering Lord! Words of high, triumphant might, Ere thy spirit takes its flight. It is finished! all is o’er; Pain and scorn oppress no more. Now, no more foreboding dread Shades the path thy feet must tread; No more fear, lest in thine hour Pain should patience overpower; On the perfect sacrifice Not a stain of weakness lies. Champion! lay thine armor by; ’Tis thine hour of victory! All thy toils are now o’erpast; Thou hast found thy rest at last; All hath faithfully been done, And the world’s salvation won.

Easter Hymn

Author: H. Ware Meter: Irregular Appears in 162 hymnals First Line: Lift your glad voices in triumph on high Lyrics: Lift your glad voices in triumph on high, For Jesus hath risen, and man cannot die. Vain were the terrors that gathered around him, And short the dominion of death and the grave; He burst from the fetters of darkness that bound him, Resplendent in glory, to live and to save. Loud was the chorus of angels on high,— “The Saviour hath risen, and man shall not die.” Glory to God, in full anthems of joy; The being he gave us death cannot destroy. Sad were the life we must part with to-morrow, If tears were our birthright, and death were our end; But Jesus hath cheered the dark valley of sorrow, And bade us, immortal, to heaven ascend. Lift, then, your voices in triumph on high, For Jesus hath risen, and man shall not die.

“Let There Be Light.”

Author: Anonymous Appears in 15 hymnals First Line: On earth was darkness spread Lyrics: On earth was darkness spread, One boundless night; “Let there be light,” God said,— And there was light! There hung a deeper gloom O’er quick and dead, But Jesus burst the tomb, And darkness fled. God by His word arrayed Darkness with light; God by His Son displayed Day without night. For thee, O man, arose Creation’s ray; For thee, too, brighter glows Salvation’s day. The beams first poured on earth For mortals shone; The light of later birth Immortals own.

“In Remembrance of Me.”

Author: Montgomery Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 549 hymnals First Line: According to thy gracious word Lyrics: According to thy gracious word, In meek humility, This will I do, my dying Lord, I will remember thee. Thy body, broken for my sake, My bread from heaven shall be; Thy testamental cup I take, And thus remember thee. Gethsemane can I forget? Or there thy conflict see, Thine agony and bloody sweat, And not remember thee? When to the cross I turn mine eyes, And rest on Calvary, O Lamb of God, my sacrifice! I must remember thee;— Remember thee, and all thy pains, And all thy love to me; Yea, while a breath, a pulse, remains, Will I remember thee.

Watching with Jesus

Author: Whittier Meter: Irregular Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: O Thou, who in the garden's shade Lyrics: O Thou, who in the garden’s shade Didst wake thy weary ones again, Who slumbered at that fearful hour, Forgetful of thy pain,— Bend o’er us now, as over them, And set our sleep-bound spirits free, Nor leave us slumbering in the watch Our souls should keep with thee!

Strength from the Cross

Author: F. H. Hedge Meter: Irregular Appears in 20 hymnals First Line: "It is finished!" Man of sorrows! Lyrics: “It is finished!” Man of sorrows! From thy cross our frailty borrows Strength to bear and conquer thus. While extended there we view thee, Mighty Sufferer! draw us to thee; Sufferer victorious! Not in vain for us uplifted, Man of sorrows, wonder-gifted! May that sacred emblem be; Lifted high amid the ages, Guide of heroes, saints, and sages, May it guide us still to thee! Still to thee! whose love unbounded Sorrow’s depths for us has sounded, Perfected by conflicts sore. Honored be thy cross forever; Star, that points our high endeavor Whither thou hast gone before!

Looking unto Jesus

Author: Mrs. Miles Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: It was no path of flowers Lyrics: It was no path of flowers, Which, through this world of ours, Beloved of the Father, thou didst tread; And shall we in dismay Shrink from the narrow way, When clouds and darkness are around it spread? O thou, who art our life, Be with us through the strife; Thy holy head by earth’s fierce storms was bowed; Raise thou our eyes above, To see a Father’s love Beam, like a bow of promise, through the cloud. And, O, if thoughts of gloom Should hover o’er the tomb, That light of love our guiding star shall be; Our spirits shall not dread The shadowy way to tread, Friend, Guardian, Saviour, which doth lead to thee.

Made Perfect Through Suffering

Author: Montgomery Appears in 505 hymnals First Line: Go to dark Gethsemane Lyrics: Go to dark Gethsemane, Ye that feel temptation’s power, Your Redeemer’s conflict see, Watch with him one bitter hour; Turn not from his griefs away, Learn of Jesus Christ to pray! Follow to the judgment-hall, View the Lord of life arraigned; O the wormwood and the gall! O the griefs his soul sustained! Shun not suffering, shame, or loss; Learn of him to bear the cross! Calvary’s mournful mountain climb; There, admiring at his feet, Mark that miracle of time, Love’s own sacrifice complete; “It is finished,” hear him cry; Learn of Jesus Christ to die!

Strength Through Christ’s Sufferings

Appears in 78 hymnals First Line: When my love to Christ grows weak Lyrics: When my love to Christ grows weak, When for deeper faith I seek, Then in thought I go to thee, Garden of Gethsemane! There I walk amid the shades, While the lingering twilight fades, See that suffering, friendless One Weeping, praying there alone. When my love for Christ grows weak, When for stronger faith I seek, Hill of Calvary! I go To thy scenes of fear and woe;— There behold his agony, Suffered on the bitter tree; See his anguish, see his faith; Love triumphant still in death. Then to life I turn again, Learning all the worth of pain, Learning all the might that lies In a full self-sacrifice.

Glorying in the Cross

Author: Bowring Appears in 1,515 hymnals First Line: In the cross of Christ we glory, 1 Lyrics: In the cross of Christ we glory, Towering o’er the wrecks of time; All the light of sacred story Gathers round its head sublime. When the woes of life overtake us, Hopes deceive, and fears annoy; Never shall the cross forsake us, Lo! it glows with peace and joy! When the sun of bliss is beaming Light and love upon our way; From the cross the radiance streaming Adds more lustre to the day. Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure, By the cross are sanctified; Peace is there that knows no measure, Joys that through all time abide. In the cross of Christ we glory, Towering o’er the wrecks of time; All the light of sacred story Gathers round its head sublime.

Looking to Jesus

Author: Emily Taylor Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 9 hymnals First Line: If love, the noblest, purest, best Lyrics: If love, the noblest, purest, best, If truth, all other truth above, May claim return from every breast, O, surely Jesus claims our love! There’s not a hope with comfort fraught, Triumphant over death and time, But Jesus mingles in that thought, Forerunner of our course sublime. His image meets us in the hour Of joy, and brightens every smile; We see him, when the tempests lower, Each terror soothe, each grief beguile. We see him in the daily round Of social duty, mild and meek; With him we tread the hallowed ground, Communion with our God to seek. We see his pitying, gentle eye, When lonely want appeals for aid; We hear him in the frequent sigh, That mourns the waste that sin has made. We meet him at the lowly tomb, And weep where Jesus wept before; And there, above the grave’s dark gloom, We see him rise,—and weep no more.

The Divine Example

Author: Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 573 hymnals First Line: My dear Redeemer, and my Lord Lyrics: My dear Redeemer, and my Lord, I read my duty in thy word; But in thy life the law appears Drawn out in living characters. Such was thy truth, and such thy zeal, Such deference to thy Father’s will, Such love, and meekness so divine, I would transcribe, and make them mine. Cold mountains, and the midnight air, Witnessed the fervor of thy prayer; The desert thy temptations knew, Thy conflict, and thy victory too. Be thou my pattern; may I bear More of thy gracious image here; And, by the paths which thou hast trod, Press on to holiness and God.

Christ Who Strengtheneth Me

Author: Gaskell Appears in 11 hymnals First Line: When arise the thoughts of sin Lyrics: When arise the thoughts of sin, When the world our hearts would win, When, to selfish pleasure given, Droops the love that blooms for heaven; Lord, we would remember thee,— Thou wilt our Redeemer be. When, with footsteps faint and slow, Duty’s upward path we go; When, by toils and hardship pressed, Round we turn to look for rest; Lord, we would remember thee, Thou our Guide and Strength wilt be. When the way grows dark and drear, When, beset by doubt and fear, We can see no beam of light Struggling through the thickening night; Lord, we would remember thee, Thou our Comforter wilt be.

Following After Jesus

Author: Gaskell Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: In vain we thus recall to mind Lyrics: In vain we thus recall to mind The cross our Master bore, Unless a holier strength we find, And love his spirit more. May we, like him, though thanked with ill; Insulted, and withstood, In hope and patience labor still To do our brethren good. Like him may we, unmurmuring, go Our heaven-appointed way, And learn, ’midst gathering storms of woe, “God’s will be done!” to say.

Christ Present in the Spirit

Author: Whittier Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: O, What though our feet may not tread where Christ trod Lyrics: O, What though our feet may not tread where Christ trod, Nor our ears hear the dashing of Galilee’s flood, Nor our eyes see the cross that he bowed him to bear, Nor our knees press Gethsemane’s garden of prayer! Yet, Loved of the Father! thy spirit is near To the meek and the lowly and penitent here; And the voice of thy love is the same, even now, As at Bethany’s tomb, or on Olivet’s brow. O, the Outward has gone, but in glory and power The Spirit surviveth the things of an hour; Unchanged, undecaying, its Pentecost flame On the heart’s secret altar is burning, the same.

“I Pray Not for These Alone.”

Author: Emily Taylor Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 9 hymnals First Line: "O, Not for these alone I pray," Lyrics: “O, Not for these alone I pray,” The dying Saviour said; Though on his breast that moment lay The loved disciple’s head; Though to his eye that moment sprung The kind, the pitying tear For those that eager round him hung, His words of love to hear. No, not for them alone he prayed;— For all of mortal race, Whene’er their fervent prayer is made, Where’er their dwelling-place. Sweet is the thought, when here we meet, His feast of love to share; And, ’mid the toils of life, how sweet The memory of his prayer!

Parting Hymn

Author: Anonymous Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: Through thee as we together came Lyrics: Through thee as we together came, In singleness of heart, And met, O Jesus! in thy name, So in thy name we part. Nearer to thee our spirits lead, And still thy love bestow, Till thou hast made us free indeed, And spotless, here below. When to the right or left we stray, Leave us not comfortless, But guide our feet into the way Of everlasting peace.

Benediction

Appears in 12 hymnals First Line: The peace which God bestows Lyrics: The peace which God bestows Through him who died and rose, The peace the Father giveth through the Son, Be known in every mind, The broken heart to bind, And bless each traveller as he journeys on. Ye who have known to weep, Where your beloved sleep; Ye who have raised the deep, the bitter cry— God’s blessing be as balm, The fevered heart to calm, And wondrous peace the troubled mind supply. Ere daily strifes begin The war without, within, The God of love, with spirit and with power, Now on each bended head His deepest blessing shed, And keep us all through every troubled hour.

The Heralds of the Cross

Author: Gaskell Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 7 hymnals First Line: Forth went the heralds of the cross Lyrics: Forth went the heralds of the cross, No dangers made them pause; They counted all the world but loss, For their great Master’s cause. Through looks of fire, and words of scorn, Serene their path they trod; And to the dreary dungeon borne, Sang praises unto God. Friends dropped the hand they clasped before, Love changed to cruel hate; And home to them was home no more; Yet mourned they not their fate. In all his dark and dread array, Death rose upon their sight; But calmly still they kept their way, And shrank not from the fight. They knew to whom their trust was given, They could not doubt His word; Before them beamed the light of heaven, The presence of their Lord. O, may a faith as true be ours, And shed as pure a light Of peace across the darkest hours, And make the last one bright!

The Preachers of the Word

Author: Johns Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Thanks to God for those who came Lyrics: Thanks to God for those who came In the Saviour’s glorious name; Who upon the green earth trod But to teach the truth of God. For the great Apostles, first, Who from life’s endearments burst, Going from the Cross, and then Leading to the Cross again: For the next, who meekly poured Willing blood to serve the Lord; Fearless bore the racks of pain, Felon’s death, or captive’s chain; And for all, from shore to shore, Who the blessed tidings bore; All who wrought for liberty When ’twas treason to be free. Ye, who now, in better days, Live to spread your Maker’s praise, Shedding, each man’s home around, Light that consecrates the ground; Teachers of the word of light, Go forth in your Master’s might! Speed your embassy where’er Life has grief, or death has fear!

Thanks for all Saints

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 157 hymnals First Line: For all Thy saints, O God Lyrics: For all Thy saints, O God, Who strove in Christ to live, Who followed him, obeyed, adored, Our grateful hymn receive. For all Thy saints, O God, Accept our thankful cry, Who counted Christ their great reward, And yearned for him to die. They all, in life and death, With him, their Lord, in view, Learned from Thy holy spirit’s breath To suffer and to do. For this Thy name we bless, And humbly pray that we May follow them in holiness, And live and die in Thee.

The Word of God

Author: Anonymous Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 25 hymnals First Line: God of the prophets' power! Lyrics: God of the prophets’ power! God of the gospel’s sound! Move glorious on,—send out Thy voice To all the nations round. With hearts and lips unfeigned, We bless Thee for Thy word; We praise Thee for the joyful news Of our ascended Lord. O, may we treasure well The counsels that we hear, Till righteousness and solemn joy In all our hearts appear. Water the sacred seed, And give it large increase; May neither fowls, nor rocks, nor thorns, Prevent the fruits of peace. And though we sow in tears, Our souls at last shall come, And gather in our sheaves with joy, At heaven’s great harvest-home.

The Gospel

Author: Doddridge Appears in 105 hymnals First Line: Mark the soft falling snow Lyrics: Mark the soft falling snow And the diffusive rain! To heaven, from whence it fell, It turns not back again; Till, watering earth Through every pore, It calls forth all Her secret store. Arrayed in beauteous green, The hills and valleys shine, And man and beast are fed By providence divine: The harvest bows Its golden ears, The copious seed Of future years. “So,” saith the God of grace, “My gospel shall descend, Almighty to effect The purpose I intend; Millions of souls Shall feel its power, And bear it down To millions more.”

Christianity

Author: Moore Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 12 hymnals First Line: Behold the sun, how bright Lyrics: Behold the sun, how bright From yonder east he springs, As if the soul of life and light Were breathing from his wings. So bright the gospel broke Upon the souls of men; So fresh the dreaming world awoke In truth’s full radiance then. Before yon sun arose, Stars clustered through the sky; But, O, how dim, how pale, were those, To his one burning eye! So truth lent many a ray, To bless the Pagan’s night; But, Lord, how faint, how cold, were they, To Thy one glorious light!

Thy Kingdom Come!

Author: Emily Taylor Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: "Thy kingdom come!" The heathen lands Lyrics: “Thy kingdom come!” The heathen lands, In error sunk, Thy presence crave; And victims bound by tyrant hands Implore Thee, Father, come and save! “Thy kingdom come!” Each troubled mind In doubt and darkness calls for Thee; For Thou hast eyes to give the blind, And strength to set the captive free. Thy reign of peace and love begin! Too oft the Christian’s sacred name Is stained by wrath and shamed by sin; O, come, assert the gospel’s claim! O, never in that righteous cause Our hearts be slow, our voices dumb; Upon the glorious theme we pause, And fervent pray, “Thy kingdom come!”

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