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Great God, how infinite art thou!
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 321 hymnals Matching Instances: 8 Topics: Eternity; God Decrees of; God Eternal; God Infinite; Praise To God the Father In His Majesty Used With Tune: WINDSOR
Great God, how infinite art thou!
That awful day will surely come
Appears in 367 hymnals Matching Instances: 6 Used With Tune: WINDSOR
That awful day will surely come
Lord, as to Thy dear Cross we flee
Author: J. H. Gurney Appears in 243 hymnals Matching Instances: 6 Used With Tune: WINDSOR
Lord, as to Thy dear Cross we flee
My God, how wonderful Thou art
Author: Frederick W. Faber Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 344 hymnals Matching Instances: 6 Lyrics:
My God, how wonderful Thou art,
Thy majesty how bright,
How beautiful Thy mercy-seat,
In depths of burning light!
How dread are Thine eternal years,
O everlasting Lord;
By prostrate spirits day and night
Incessantly adored!
How wonderful, how beautiful,
The sight of Thee must be,
Thine endless wisdom, boundless power
And awful purity!
O how I fear Thee, living God,
With deepest, tenderest fears,
And worship Thee with trembling hope,
And penitential tears!
Yet I may love Thee too, O Lord,
Almighty as Thou art,
For Thou hast stooped to ask of me
The love of my poor heart.
Amen.
Topics: Sundays after Trinity; Sundays after Trinity Faith Used With Tune: WINDSOR
My God, how wonderful Thou art
Jesus, the very thought of thee
Author: Edward Caswall, 1814-1878 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,024 hymnals Matching Instances: 5 Lyrics: 1 Jesus, the very thought of thee
with sweetness fills the breast;
but sweeter far thy face to see,
and in thy presence rest.
2 No voice can sing, no heart can frame,
nor can the memory find,
a sweeter sound than Jesus' Name,
the Savior of mankind.
3 O hope of every contrite heart,
O joy of all the meek,
to those who fall, how kind thou art:
how good to those who seek!
4 But what to those who find? Ah, this
nor tongue nor pen can show;
the love of Jesus, what it is,
none but who love him know.
5 Jesus, our only joy be thou,
as thou our prize wilt be;
in thee be all our glory now,
and through eternity. Topics: The Christian Life Used With Tune: WINDSOR Text Sources: Latin, 12th cent.; Latin 15th cent. (st. 5)
Jesus, the very thought of thee
Lord, when we bend before Thy throne
Author: Joseph D. Carlyle Appears in 326 hymnals Matching Instances: 5 Used With Tune: WINDSOR
Lord, when we bend before Thy throne
After Thy Loving-Kindness
Appears in 24 hymnals Matching Instances: 4 First Line: After Thy loving kindness, Lord Scripture: Psalm 51 Used With Tune: DUNDEE Text Sources: Scottish Psalter, 1650
After Thy Loving-Kindness
There is a fountain filled with blood
Author: William Cowper, 1731-1800 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 2,473 hymnals Matching Instances: 4 Topics: God: His Attributes, Works and Word The Lord Jesus Christ - His Suffering and Death; The Church The Sacraments - The Lord's Supper; The Church The Gospel Call Used With Tune: DUNDEE
There is a fountain filled with blood
Behold the Saviour of mankind
Author: Samuel Wesley Sr. Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 387 hymnals Matching Instances: 4 Lyrics: 1 Behold the Saviour of mankind
Nailed to the shameful tree!
How vast the love that Him inclined
To bleed and die for thee!
2 Hark, how He groans! while nature shakes,
And earth's strong pillars bend!
The temple's veil in sunder breaks,
The solid marbles rend.
3 'Tis done; the precious ransom's paid:
"Receive my soul!" He cries:
See where He bows His sacred head!
He bows His head and dies.
4 But soon He'll break death's envious chain,
And in full glory shine.
O Lamb of God! was ever pain,
Was ever love like Thine? Topics: Good Friday; Passion Week; Good Friday Used With Tune: WINDSOR
Behold the Saviour of mankind
Shepherd of Souls, Refresh and Bless
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 97 hymnals Matching Instances: 4 Topics: God Providence Scripture: John 6:32-35 Used With Tune: WINDSOR Text Sources: Collection of Hymns of the United Brethren, 1832
Shepherd of Souls, Refresh and Bless
Judgment and Retribution
Author: Charles Wesley Appears in 276 hymnals Matching Instances: 3 First Line: And must I be to judgment brought Used With Tune: [And must I be to judgment brought]
Judgment and Retribution
O Thou, the Eternal Son of God
Appears in 22 hymnals Matching Instances: 3 Topics: Hymns on the Passion; Good Friday Used With Tune: WINDSOR
O Thou, the Eternal Son of God
In Thy Great Indignation, Lord
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 7 hymnals Matching Instances: 3 First Line: In Thy great indignation, Lord, Lyrics: 1 In Thy great indignation, Lord,
Do Thou rebuke me not;
Nor on me lay Thy chastening hand,
In Thy displeasure hot.
2 For in me fast Thine arrows stick,
Thy hand doth press me sore;
And in my flesh there is no health,
Nor soundness any more.
3 This grief I have because Thy wrath
Is forth against me gone;
And in my bones there is no rest,
For sin that I have done.
4 Because gone up above my head
My great transgressions be;
And, as a weighty burden, they
Too heavy are for me.
5 My wounds are putrid and corrupt;
My folly makes it so.
I troubled am, and much bowed down;
All day I mourning go.
6 For a disease which loathsome is
So fills my loins with pain,
That in my weak and weary flesh
No soundness doth remain.
7 So feeble and infirm am I,
And broken am so sore,
That, through disquiet of my heart,
I have been made to roar.
8 O Lord, all that I do desire
Is still before Thy eye;
And of my heart the secret groans
Not hidden are from Thee.
9 My heart doth pant incessantly,
My strength doth quite decay;
As for my eyes, their wonted light
Is from me gone away.
10 My lovers and my friends do stand
At distance from my sore;
And they do stand aloof who were
Kinsmen and kind before.
11 Yea, they who seek my life lay snares;
And they who would me wrong
Have spoken mischief, and deceits
Imagined all day long.
12 But as one deaf, I did not hear,
I suffered all to pass;
And as a dumb man I became,
Whose mouth not opened was.
13 As one that hears not, in whose mouth
Are no reproofs at all:
For, Lord, I hope in Thee, my God
Will hear me when I call.
14 Because I said, "Hear me, lest they
Rejoice o’er me with pride;
And o’er me magnify themselves,
Because my foot doth slide."
15 For I am near to halt, my grief
Is still before my eye;
I will declare my sin, and grieve
For my iniquity.
16 But yet my foes are full of life,
My enemies are strong;
And they are greatly multiplied
Who hate and would me wrong.
17 And they for good who render ill,
As en’mies me withstood;
They are my bitter foes because
I follow what is good.
18 Forsake me not, O Lord; my God,
Far from me never be.
O Lord, Thou my salvation art,
In haste give help to me. Used With Tune: WINDSOR Text Sources: The Psalms of David, in Metre (New York: H. Connelly, 1849)
In Thy Great Indignation, Lord
O Thou, from whom all goodness flows
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 418 hymnals Matching Instances: 2 Lyrics: 1 O Thou, from whom all goodness flows,
I lift my soul to Thee;
In all my sorrows, conflicts, woes,
Dear Lord, remember me!
2 When on my aching, burdened heart
My sins lie heavily,
My pardon speak, new peace impart;
In love, remember me!
3 When trials sore obstruct my way,
And ills I cannot flee,
Oh, let my strength be as my day!
Dear Lord, remember me!
4 If worn with pain, disease, and grief,
This feeble frame shall be,
Grant patience, rest, and kind relief:
Hear, and remember me!
5 When in the solemn hour of death
I wait Thy just decree,
Be this the prayer of my last breath,
Good Lord, remember me!
5 And when before Thy throne I stand
And lift my soul to Thee:
Then, with the saints at Thy right hand,
O Lord, remember me! Topics: Conflict; Cross and Comfort; God the Father Refuge and Helper; Sickness, Death, and Burial; Strength, prayed for Used With Tune: WINDSOR
O Thou, from whom all goodness flows
Unheard the Dews Around Me Fall
Author: Anon. Appears in 24 hymnals Matching Instances: 2 Used With Tune: WINDSOR
Unheard the Dews Around Me Fall
There is a green hill far away
Author: Mrs. C. F. Alexander Appears in 695 hymnals Matching Instances: 2 Topics: Passion and Crucifixion Used With Tune: WINDSOR
There is a green hill far away
Lord, teach us how to pray aright
Author: James Mongtomery Appears in 222 hymnals Matching Instances: 2 Used With Tune: WINDSOR
Lord, teach us how to pray aright
Al Celebrar la Santa Comunión
Author: desconocido Appears in 2 hymnals Matching Instances: 2 First Line: Con gratitud, al celebrar Used With Tune: WINDSOR
Al Celebrar la Santa Comunión
To Mock Your Reign
Author: Fred Pratt Green Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 14 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 First Line: To mock your reign, O dearest Lord Lyrics: 1 To mock your reign, O dearest Lord,
they made a crown of thorns,
set you with taunts along that road
from which no one returns.
They could not know, as we do now,
how glorious is that crown,
that thorns would flow'r upon your brow,
your sorrows heal our own.
2 In mock acclaim, O gracious Lord,
they snatched a purple cloak,
your passion turned, for all they cared,
into a soldier's joke.
They could not know, as we do now,
that though we merit blame,
you will your robe of mercy throw
around our naked shame.
3 A sceptered reed, O patient Lord,
they thrust into your hand,
and acted out their grim charade
to its appointed end.
They could not know, as we do now,
though empires rise and fall,
your kingdom shall not cease to grow
till love embraces all.
Topics: Jesus Christ Passion and Cross; Jesus Christ Passion and Cross Scripture: John 19:2 Used With Tune: WINDSOR / COLESHILL
To Mock Your Reign
Dear Refuge of my weary soul
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 362 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 Dear Refuge of my weary soul,
On Thee, when sorrows rise,
On Thee, when waves of trouble roll,
My fainting hope relies.
2 To Thee I tell each rising grief,
For Thou alone canst heal;
Thy Word can bring a sweet relief
For every pain I feel.
3 But oh, when gloomy doubts prevail,
I fear to call Thee mine;
The springs of comfort seem to fail,
And all my hopes decline.
4 Yet, gracious God, where shall I flee?
Thou art my only trust,
And still my soul would cleave to Thee,
Though prostrate in the dust.
5 Thy mercy-seat is open still;
Here let my soul retreat,
With humble hope attend Thy will,
And wait beneath Thy feet. Topics: Conflict; Cross and Comfort; Faith Weak; God the Father Refuge and Helper; Mercy-seat Used With Tune: WINDSOR
Dear Refuge of my weary soul
Our God, our help in ages past
Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,239 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: Windsor (The Old 116th)
Our God, our help in ages past
Out of the depths to Thee I cry
Author: Mrs. E. E. Marcy, 1822- Appears in 20 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 Out of the depths to Thee I cry,
Whose fainting footsteps trod
The paths of our humanity,
Incarnate Son of God!
2 Thou Man of grief, who once apart
Didst all our sorrows bear,
The trembling hand, the fainting heart,
The agony, and prayer!
3 This is the consecrated dower
Thy chosen ones obtain,
To know Thy resurrection power
Through fellowship of pain.
4 Then, O my soul, in silence wait!
Faint not, O faltering feet!
Press onward to that blest estate,
In righteousness complete.
5 Let faith transcend the passing hour,
The transient pain and strife;
Upraised by an immortal power,
The power of endless life. Topics: Christ Son of Man; Christ Son of Man; Afflictions Christ with us in; Christ Man of Sorrows; Christ Son of God; Christ Sufferings of; The Christian Life Aspiration and Prayer; Jesus (See also Christ) Sufferings of ; Resurrection Power of Christ's; Submission; Suffering Human; Sufferings of Christ; Patience Used With Tune: WINDSOR
Out of the depths to Thee I cry
The Saviour comes! no outward pomp
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 21 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 The Saviour comes! no outward pomp
Bespeaks His presence nigh;
No earthly beauty shines in Him
To draw the carnal eye.
2 Rejected and despised of men,
Behold a Man of woe!
And grief His close companion still
Through all His life below!
3 Yet all the griefs He felt were ours,
Ours were the woes He bore;
Pangs, not His own, His spotless soul
With bitter anguish tore.
4 We held Him as condemned of heaven,
An outcast from His God;
While for our sins He groaned, He bled,
Beneath His Father's rod.
5 His sacred blood hath washed our souls
From sin's polluting stain;
His stripes have healed us, and His death
Revived our souls again.
6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray
In ruin’s fatal road;
On Him were our transgressions laid;
He bore the mighty load.
7 He died to bear the guilt of men,
That sin might be forgiven;
He lives to bless them and defend,
And plead their cause in heaven.
Topics: TheChurch Year The Passion; TheChurch Year Palm Sunday; Christ Humiliation of; Christ Man of Woe Used With Tune: WINDSOR
The Saviour comes! no outward pomp
Once, Only Once, And Once For All
Author: William Bright, 1824 - 1901 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 31 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: WINDSOR
Once, Only Once, And Once For All
Help us to help each other, Lord
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 73 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: WINDSOR
Help us to help each other, Lord
When rising from the bed of death
Author: Joseph Addison Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 258 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 When rising from the bed of death,
O’erwhelmed with guilt and fear,
I see my Maker face to face,
O how shall I appear?
2 If yet, while pardon may be found,
And mercy may be sought,
My heart with inward horror shrinks,
And trembles at the thought:
3 When Thou, O Lord, shalt stand disclosed
In majesty severe,
And sit in judgment on my soul,
O how shall I appear?
4 But Thou hast told the troubled mind,
Who does her sins lament,
Of Him who suffered unto death,
Her sufferings to prevent.
5 Then never shall my soul despair
Her pardon to procure,
Who knows Thine only Son has died
to make her pardon sure. Topics: Death and Eternity Judgment; Twentieth Sunday after Trinity Used With Tune: WINDSOR
When rising from the bed of death
How sad our state by nature is
Appears in 289 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: WINDSOR
How sad our state by nature is
O name, all other names above, What art thou not to me? Now I have learned to trust thy love
Author: Frederick Lucian Hosmer Appears in 14 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: WINDSOR
O name, all other names above, What art thou not to me? Now I have learned to trust thy love
How long wilt thou forget me
Appears in 22 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: WINDSOR
How long wilt thou forget me
There is no sorrow, Lord, too light
Author: Jane Crewdson, 1809-63 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 90 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Topics: The Lord Jesus Christ His Priesthood and Sympathy; The Christian Life Prayer Used With Tune: WINDSOR
There is no sorrow, Lord, too light
I in my strait cried to the Lord
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 I in my strait cried to the Lord,
and he gave ear to me.
2 From lying lips, and guileful tongue,
O Lord, my soul set free.
3 What shall be given unto thee?
What heaped on thee, false tongue?
4 The burning coals of juniper,
sharp arrows of the strong.
5 Woe's me that I in Mesech am
a sojourner so long:
that I beside the tents do dwell
to Kedar that belong.
6 My soul with him that hateth peace
hath long a dweller been.
7 I am for peace, but when I speak,
for battle they are keen. Scripture: Psalm 120 Used With Tune: WINDSOR (DUNDEE)
I in my strait cried to the Lord
Come, Thou desire of all Thy saints
Author: Anne Steele Appears in 195 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: WINDSOR
Come, Thou desire of all Thy saints
A Solas en Getsemaní
Author: Samuel Wesley, 1662-1735; Anita González, 1920- Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: WINDSOR
A Solas en Getsemaní
Praise to the Holiest in the height
Author: John Henry Newman Appears in 170 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: WINDSOR
Praise to the Holiest in the height
Thy Saints are crowned with glory great
Appears in 4 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: WINDSOR
Thy Saints are crowned with glory great
There is an hour when I must part
Appears in 28 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: WINDSOR
There is an hour when I must part
Thee, we adore, eternal Name!
Appears in 371 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: WINDSOR
Thee, we adore, eternal Name!
The year is gone beyond recall
Author: F. Pott Appears in 42 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Topics: The Old Year Used With Tune: WINDSOR Text Sources: Meux Breviary
The year is gone beyond recall
God Moves in a Mysterious Way
Author: William Cowper Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,129 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Topics: Providence, Divine; Unbelief; Works of God ; Sovereignty, God's Used With Tune: DUNDEE (Tye)
God Moves in a Mysterious Way
In Grief and Fear, to Thee, O Lord
Author: William Bullock, 1798-1874 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 31 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1. In grief and fear, to Thee, O Lord,
We now for succor fly,
Thine awful judgments are abroad,
O shield us, lest we die!
2. The fell disease on every side
Walks forth with tainted breath;
And pestilence, with rapid stride,
Bestrews the land with death.
3. O look with pity on the scene
Of sadness and of dread,
And let Thine angel stand between
The living and the dead!
4. With contrite hearts to Thee, our king
We turn, who oft have strayed;
Accept the sacrifice we bring,
And let the plague be stayed. Used With Tune: WINDSOR
In Grief and Fear, to Thee, O Lord
Jesu, Our Lenten Fast of Thee
Author: Anonymous; John W. Hewett Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 2 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1. Jesu, our Lenten fast of Thee
We duteous learn to keep,
A healing time, by Thy decree,
For all Thy wounded sheep.
2. A time in which towards paradise,
Once lost by carnal sense,
The souls redeemed by Thee may rise
Through chastening abstinence.
3. Now with Thy Church be present, Lord,
In all Thy saving grace,
And hear us as with one accord
Mourning, we seek Thy face.
4. Most Merciful, forgive the past,
The sins which we deplore;
Thy sheltering arms around us cast,
That we may sin no more.
5. To Thee our sacrifice we bring
Of Lenten fast and prayer,
Till, cleansed by Thee, our God and King,
Thy Paschal joy we share.
6. Grant this, O Father, through Thy Son,
And through the Spirit blest,
Who art with Them forever One,
Eternally confessed. Used With Tune: WINDSOR Text Sources: Translation: Verses by a Country Curate, 1859 & the compilers of Hymns Ancient and Modern
Jesu, Our Lenten Fast of Thee
Lord, I Would Spread My Sore Distress
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 49 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1. Lord, I would spread my sore distress
And guilt before Thine eyes;
Against Thy laws, against Thy grace,
How high my crimes arise!
2. Shouldst Thou condemn my soul to hell,
And crush my flesh to dust,
Heav’n would approve Thy vengeance well,
And earth must own it just.
3. I from the stock of Adam came,
Unholy and unclean;
All my original is shame
And all my nature sin.
4. Born in a world of guilt, I drew
Contagion with my breath;
And as my days advanced, I grew
A juster prey for death.
5. Cleanse me, O Lord, and cheer my soul
With Thy forgiving love;
And make my broken spirit whole,
And bid my pains remove.
6. Let not Thy spirit quite depart,
Nor drive me from Thy face;
Create anew my vicious heart
And fill it with Thy grace.
7. Then I will make Thy mercy known
Before the sons of men;
Backsliders shall address Thy throne,
And turn to God again. Used With Tune: WINDSOR Text Sources: The Psalms of David, 1719
Lord, I Would Spread My Sore Distress
My God, How Many Are My Fears
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 47 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1. My God, how many are my fears!
How fast my foes increase!
Conspiring my eternal death,
They break my present peace.
2. The lying tempter would persuade
There’s no relief in Heav’n;
And all my swelling sins appear
Too big to be forgiv’n.
3. But Thou, my glory and my strength,
Shalt on the tempter tread,
Shalt silence all my threatening guilt,
And raise my drooping head.
4. I cried, and from His holy hill
He bowed a listening ear;
I called my Father, and my God,
And He subdued my fear.
5. He shed soft slumbers on mine eyes,
In spite of all my foes;
I woke, and wondered at the grace
That guarded my repose.
6. What though the hosts of death and hell
All armed against me stood,
Terrors no more shall shake my soul;
My refuge is my God.
7. Arise, O Lord, fulfill Thy grace,
While I Thy glory sing;
My God has broke the serpent’s teeth,
And death has lost his sting.
8. Salvation to the Lord belongs;
His arm alone can save;
Blessings attend Thy people here,
And reach beyond the grave. Used With Tune: WINDSOR Text Sources: The Psalms of David, 1719
My God, How Many Are My Fears
Today, O Lord, a Holier Work
Author: Charles Coffin; John Chandler & others Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 3 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1. Today, O Lord, a holier work
Thy secret counsels frame,
A king to rule Thy new made world,
To praise Thy glorious name.
2. Thou formest man: Thy Spirit breathes
Life into dust of earth:
Man, in Thine own true image made,
From Thee receives his birth.
3. And henceforth he dominion holds
O’er all in earth and sea;
Yet mindful whence his being came
Must humbly walk with Thee.
4. Alas! his willful heart rebels
Against Thy gentle sway;
Proud dust of earth would fain be like
The God whom all obey.
5. O griefs and sorrows numberless,
Which hence the world o’erspread;
Jesu, Thy mercy succored us,
Or hope itself had fled.
6. O praise the Father, and the Son
Who saved us by His death,
And Holy Ghost who quickens us
With His life giving breath. Used With Tune: WINDSOR Text Sources: Paris Breviary, 1736; translated by John Chandler & the compilers of Hymns Ancient and Modern
Today, O Lord, a Holier Work
Why Has My God My Soul Forsook?
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 19 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 First Line: Why has my God my soul forsook Lyrics: 1. Why has my God my soul forsook,
Nor will a smile afford?
Thus David once in anguish spoke,
And thus our dying Lord.
2. Though ’tis Thy chief delight to dwell
Among Thy praising saints,
Yet Thou canst hear a groan as well,
And pity our complaints.
3. Our fathers trusted in Thy name,
And great deliverance found;
But I’m a worm, despised of men,
And trodden to the ground.
4. Shaking the head, they pass me by,
And laugh my soul to scorn;
In vain he trusts in God, they cry,
Neglected and forlorn.
5. But Thou art He who formed my flesh
By Thine almighty Word;
And since I hung upon the breast,
My hope is in the Lord.
6. Why will my Father hide His face,
When foes stand threatening round,
In the dark hour of deep distress,
And not a helper found?
7. Behold Thy darling left among
The cruel and the proud,
As bulls of Bashan, fierce and strong,
As lions roaring loud.
8. From earth and hell My sorrows meet
To multiply the smart;
They nail My hands, they pierce My feet,
And try to vex My heart.
9. Yet if Thy sovereign hand let loose
The rage of earth and hell,
Why will my heav’nly Father bruise
The Son He loves so well?
10. My God, if possible it be,
Withhold this bitter cup
But I resign my will to Thee,
And drink the sorrows up.
11. My heart dissolves with pangs unknown,
In groans I waste my breath;
Thy heavy hand has brought Me down
Low as the dust of death.
12. Father, I give My Spirit up,
And trust it in Thy hand;
My dying flesh shall rest in hope,
And rise at Thy command. Used With Tune: WINDSOR Text Sources: The Psalms of David, 1719
Why Has My God My Soul Forsook?
Why Should I Vex My Soul?
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 37 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 First Line: Why should I vex my soul, and fret Lyrics: 1. Why should I vex my soul, and fret
To see the wicked rise?
Or envy sinners waxing great
By violence and lies?
2. As flowery grass, cut down at noon,
Before the evening fades,
So shall their glories vanish soon
In everlasting shades.
3. Then let me make the Lord my trust,
And practice all that’s good;
So shall I dwell among the just,
And He’ll provide me food.
4. I to my God my ways commit,
And cheerful wait His will;
Thy hand, which guides my doubtful feet,
Shall my desires fulfill.
5. Mine innocence shalt Thou display,
And make Thy judgments known,
Fair as the light of dawning day,
And glorious as the noon.
6. The meek at last the earth possess,
And are the heirs of Heav’n;
True riches, with abundant peace,
To humble souls are giv’n.
7. Rest in the Lord, and keep His way,
Nor let your anger rise,
Though Providence should long delay
To punish haughty vice.
8. Let sinners join to break your peace,
And plot, and rage, and foam;
The Lord derides them, for He sees
Their day of vengeance come.
9. They have drawn out the threatening sword,
Have bent the murderous bow,
To slay the men that fear the Lord,
And bring the righteous low.
10. My God shall break their bows, and burn
Their persecuting darts,
Shall their own swords against them turn,
And pain surprise their hearts. Used With Tune: WINDSOR Text Sources: The Psalms of David, 1719
Why Should I Vex My Soul?
Ye Sons of Men, a Feeble Race
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 72 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1. Ye sons of men, a feeble race,
Exposed to every snare,
Come, make the Lord your dwelling place,
And try and trust His care.
2. No ill shall enter where you dwell;
Or if the plague come nigh,
And sweep the wicked down to hell,
’Twill raise His saints on high.
3. He’ll give His angels charge to keep
Your feet in all their ways;
To watch your pillow while you sleep,
And guard your happy days.
4. Their hands shall bear you, lest you fall
And dash against the stones:
Are they not servants at His call,
And sent t’attend His sons?
5. Adders and lions ye shall tread;
The tempter’s wiles defeat;
He that hath broke the serpent’s head
Puts him beneath your feet.
6. Because on Me they set their love,
I’ll save them, saith the Lord;
“I’ll bear their joyful souls above
Destruction and the sword.
7. “My grace shall answer when they call,
In trouble I’ll be nigh;
My power shall help them when they fall,
And raise them when they die.
8. They that on earth My name have known
I’ll honor them in Heav’n;
There My salvation shall be shown,
And endless live be giv’n. Used With Tune: WINDSOR Text Sources: The Psalms of David, 1719
Ye Sons of Men, a Feeble Race
O Lord Of Life and Death
Author: John Ellerton Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 4 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 First Line: O Lord of life and death, we come Lyrics: 1 O Lord of life and death, we come
In sorrow to Thy throne;
Yet not bewildered, blind and dumb,
Before some power unknown.
2 The scourge is our Father’s hand;
The plague comes forth from Thee;
Oh, give us hearts to understand,
And faith Thy ways to see!
3 Forgive the foul neglect that brought
Thy chastening to our door;
The homes uncared-for, souls untaught,
The unregarded poor;
4 The slothful ease, the greed of gain,
Tbe wasted years, forgive;
Purge out our sins by needful pain,
Then turn, and bid us live.
5 So shall the lives for which we plead
Be spared to praise Thee still;
And we, from fear and danger freed,
Be strong to do Thy will. Used With Tune: WINDSOR Text Sources: Church Hymn, 1871
O Lord Of Life and Death
En lando malproksime for
Author: Cecil Frances Alexander; Adela Ŝefer Appears in 7 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1. En lando malproksime for,
sur verda monta pint',
krucume mortis la Sinjor',
de l' mondo la Savint'.
2. Ha! nedireble premis lin
doloroj kaj sufer'!
Li mortis, ĉar li amis nin
kaj ĉiun sur la ter'.
3. Por nia savo mortis li,
pardono al homar';
por ke ĉielon iru ni
tra ora portalar'.
4. Li sola povis doni sin
por helpi nin al bon';
li sola povas gvidi nin
al glora Dia tron'.
5. Ho, kare, kare amis li,
kaj elaĉetis nin!
Al lia sango fidu ni
kaj ĉiam amu lin. Topics: Passion Scripture: Mark 15:22-24 Used With Tune: WINDSOR Text Sources: HE 55
En lando malproksime for
God Bids, And Lo!
Author: James Merrick, 1720-1769 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 First Line: God bids, and lo! a burning waste Lyrics: 1 God bids, and lo! a burning waste,
Where rolled the floods before,
And, touched by the descending blast,
The springs are seen no more.
2 Sad witness of some dire offense,
Behold the fertile soil
No more its wonted gifts dispense,
But mock the tiller’s toil.
3 He bids, and o’er the desert wide
The liquid lake is spread;
New springs the thirsty earth divide,
And murmuring lift the head.
4 There myriads, late with hunger wan,
By Him assembled, meet;
There pleased the future city plan,
And fix their sure retreat.
5 And now they sow the foodful grain,
The tender vine they rear;
Now waves the harvest o’er the plain,
And plenty crowns the year.
6 Blest in His care, the sires with joy
A numerous race behold;
Nor dares disease their herds annoy,
Or waste the peopled fold.
7 His works attentive while it sees,
The Heav’n-instructed mind
Shall own, how equal His decrees,
His providence, how kind! Used With Tune: WINDSOR
God Bids, And Lo!
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