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O God, Regard My Humble Plea
Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 13 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O God, regard my humble plea;
I cannot be so far from Thee
But Thou wilt hear my cry;
When I by trouble am distressed,
Then lead me on the rock to rest
That higher is than I.
2 In Thee my soul hath shelter found,
And Thou hast been from foes around
The tower to which I flee.
Within Thy house will I abide;
My refuge sure, whate'er betide,
Thy sheltering wings shall be.
3 For Thou, O God, my vows hast heard,
On me the heritage conferred
Of those that fear Thy Name;
A blest anointing Thou dost give,
And Thou wilt make me ever live
Thy praises to proclaim.
4 Before Thy face shall I abide;
O God, Thy truth and grace provide
To guard me in the way;
So I will make Thy praises known,
And, humbly blending at Thy throne,
My vows will daily pay. Topics: Nearness to God; God of Christ our Refuge; Vows Scripture: Psalm 61 Used With Tune: MERIBAH
O God, Regard My Humble Plea
How Happy Is the Pilgrim's Lot
Author: John Wesley Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 181 hymnals Lyrics: 1. How happy is the pilgrim’s lot!
How free from every anxious thought,
From worldly hope and fear!
Confined to neither court nor cell,
His soul disdains on earth to dwell,
He only sojourns here.
2. This happiness in part is mine,
Already saved from self design,
From every creature love;
Blest with the scorn of finite good,
My soul is lightened of its load,
And seeks the things above.
3. The things eternal I pursue,
A happiness beyond the view
Of those that basely pant
For things by nature felt and seen;
Their honors, wealth, and pleasures mean
I neither have nor want.
4. I have no sharer of my heart,
To rob my Savior of a part,
And desecrate the whole;
Only betrothed to Christ am I,
And wait His coming from the sky,
To wed my happy soul.
5. I have no babes to hold me here;
But children more securely dear
For mine I humbly claim,
Better than daughters or than sons,
Temples divine of living stones,
Inscribed with Jesus’ name.
6. No foot of land do I possess,
No cottage in this wilderness,
A poor wayfaring man,
I lodge awhile in tents below;
Or gladly wander to and fro,
Till I my Canaan gain.
7. Nothing on earth I call my own;
A stranger, to the world unknown,
I all their goods despise;
I trample on their whole delight,
And seek a country out of sight,
A country in the skies.
8. There is my house and portion fair,
My treasure and my heart are there.
And my abiding home;
For me my elder brethren stay,
And angels beckon me away,
And Jesus bids me come.
9. I come, Thy servant, Lord, replies,
I come to meet Thee in the skies,
And claim my heavenly rest;
Now let the pilgrim’s journey end,
Now, O my Savior, brother, friend.
Receive me to Thy breast! Used With Tune: HABAKKUK Text Sources: Hymns for Those That Seek and Those That Have Redemption in the Blood of Jesus, 1747
How Happy Is the Pilgrim's Lot
Fear Not, O Little Flock
Author: Johann M. Altenburg; Catherine Winkworth Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 106 hymnals First Line: Fear not, O little flock, the foe Lyrics: 1 Fear not, O little flock, the foe
who madly seeks your overthrow;
dread not his rage and pow'r:
what though your courage sometimes faints,
his seeming triumph o'er God's saints
lasts but a little hour.
2 Be of good cheer, your cause belongs
to him who can avenge your wrongs;
leave it to him, our Lord:
though hidden yet from all our eyes,
he sees the Gideon who shall rise
to save us and his Word.
3 As true as God's own Word is true,
nor earth nor hell with all their crew
against us shall prevail.
A jest and byword are they grown;
God is with us, we are his own;
our vict'ry cannot fail.
4 Amen, Lord Jesus, grant our pray'r;
great Captain, now your arm make bare,
fight for us once again;
so shall your saints and martyrs raise
a mighty chorus to your praise,
world without end. Amen.
Topics: Anniversaries; Reformation Day; The Christian Life Conflict With Sin; Adversaries; Cast Out Fear; God Our Strength Scripture: Luke 12:32 Used With Tune: JEHOVAH NISSI
Fear Not, O Little Flock
Lord God, by whom all change is wrought
Author: Thomas Hornblower Gill, 1819-1906 Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 16 hymnals Topics: God In Creation and Providence Used With Tune: KINGSTON
Lord God, by whom all change is wrought
O Righteous, in the Lord Rejoice
Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: O righteous in the Lord rejoice Lyrics: 1 O righteous, in the Lord rejoice;
how pleasant that with joyful voice
God's saints his name should praise.
With harp and hymn of gladness sing,
your gift of sweetest music bring,
to him a new song raise.
2 Let all the earth the Lord God fear;
let all who dwell both far and near
in awe before him stand!
For, lo, he spoke and it was done,
and all, with sov'reign pow'r begun,
stood firm at his command.
3 The Lord God from his throne on high
looks down with clear and searching eye
on all that dwell below.
And he that fashioned heart and mind
looks ever down on humankind
the works of all to know.
4 His eye is on all those who fear;
to those who hope, the Lord is near
according to his word.
Death cannot touch those in his hand,
nor trouble conquer in the land;
we wait upon the Lord.
Topics: Church As Covenant People; Fear of God; God; God Incomprehensibility; God Praises of; God Sovereignty of ; The Nation Scripture: Psalm 33 Used With Tune: FRANCES Text Sources: The Psalter, 1912; alt.
O Righteous, in the Lord Rejoice
A Little That The Righteous Hold.
Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: A little that the righteous hold Topics: Punishment Of The Wicked; Rewards Of The Righteous; Righteous And Wicked Contrasted; Vanity Of Riches Scripture: Psalm 37 Used With Tune: RAMOTH
A Little That The Righteous Hold.
God, Hear My Prayer
Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: God, hear my prayer, my voice attend Text Sources: The Book of Psalms for Singing, 1973; alt.
God, Hear My Prayer
O Happy Land, Whose Sons in Youth
Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 11 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O happy land, whose sons in youth,
In sturdy strength and noble truth,
Like plants in vigor spring;
Whose daughters fair, a queenly race,
Are like the cornerstones that grace
The palace of a king,
The palace of a king.
2 O happy land, when flock and field
Their rich, abundant increase yield,
And blessings multiply;
When plenty all thy people share,
And no invading foe is there,
And no distressful cry,
And no distressful cry.
3 O happy people, favored land,
To whom the Lord with liberal hand
Has thus His goodness shown;
Yea, surely is that people blest
By whom Jehovah is confessed
To be their God alone,
To be their God alone. Topics: Harvest; Civil Liberty; Our Nation; Prosperity; Thanksgiving Day; Youth Scripture: Psalm 144 Used With Tune: SHORTLE
O Happy Land, Whose Sons in Youth
Spirit of wisdom, turn our eyes
Author: Frederick William Faber 1814-63 Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 6 hymnals Topics: The Holy Spirit His Person, Mission and Work; The Lord Jesus Christ Pilgrimage, Guidance, Perseverance Used With Tune: PEMBROKE
Spirit of wisdom, turn our eyes
Jesus Of Nazareth, Look Down
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal Text Sources: Hymns and Sacred Poems, Vol. 2, 1749
Jesus Of Nazareth, Look Down
Jesus, Who From Thy Father's Throne
Author: William Birchley Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 2 hymnals
Jesus, Who From Thy Father's Throne
Not far beyond the sea nor high
Author: George Bradford Caird, 1917-1984 Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 15 hymnals Topics: The Holy Scriptures Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:1-17 Used With Tune: MANNA
Not far beyond the sea nor high
How Blest Are Hearts, Which Christ The Lord
Author: Christopher Wordsworth Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1 How blest are hearts, which Christ the Lord
Has joined, as with a silver cord,
In spousal unity;
And animated are with love,
And inspirations from above,
O Holy Ghost, by Thee!
2 When angels sang creation’s birth,
Man, fashioned from the dust of earth,
In Eden was alone;
But God made Eve from Adam’s side,
And brought her to him as a bride,
And willed them to be one.
3 O holy wedlock, ratified
In Heav’n; a knot for ever tied
By God in paradise;
O happiness beyond compare,
What tongues of angels to declare
Thy blessedness suffice?
4 Anthems angelical were heard,
When Christ, the Everlasting Word,
To wed His spouse did come,
And take His consecrated bride,
Cleansed by the life-blood from His side,
Unto His heav’nly home.
5 At Cana’s feast, that heav’nly Guest
Did first His Godhead manifest,
And water change to wine;
In wedlock, tears of sorrowing earth
Are changed to wine of heav’nly mirth,
By power and love divine.
6 Mirrored in nuptial purity
The marriage of the Church we see,
And Christ the Bridegroom’s love;
Angels look down, and anthems sing,
The Holy Dove, with golden wing,
Sheds blessings from above.
7 Bless, ever bless, Thy servants, Lord,
Whom Thou dost join in sweet accord.
The bridegroom and the bride;
In sorrow, sickness, and in health,
In tribulation and in wealth,
Be Thou their help and guide.
8 Be with them, Lord, as day by day
They with one heart together pray,
Thy Word together read,
Together at Thine altar kneel,
And with Thy blood their union seal,
On Thee together feed.
9 May they for ever have Thee near,
Making them to Thyself more dear,
And each to each in Thee;
So, when from earthly cares released,
May they at Thine own marriage feast
Be blest eternally.
10 To Father, whose paternal love
Sends benedictions from above,
Eternal praises be;
And God the Son, Incarnate Word,
With Holy Spirit, be adored;
One God and Persons Three.
Text Sources: The Holy Year (London: Rivingtons: 1862)
How Blest Are Hearts, Which Christ The Lord
Happy the Men Who Jesus Knows
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Happy the men who Jesus knows,
Who humbly walk with God below,
His secret voice attend.
From all tumultuous passion free,
Their Guide invisible they see,
And commune with their Friend.
2. O that I thus on Christ reclined,
His quiet, meek, and even mind
Might with Himself possess:
I want the faith which works by hope,
Which calmly to its Lord looks up,
And waits for perfect peace.
3. Jesus, on me the power bestow
To work, or rest, stand still, or go,
As Thy design I feel:
Redeemed from nature's hurrying strife,
I would not take one step in life
Without a beck from Thee.
4. No longer rash to act, or speak,
To think or judge, I only seek
To know Thine utmost will.
I set my God a time no more,
The Kingdom when Thou wilt restore,
And all Thy love reveal. Used With Tune: VENETIA
Happy the Men Who Jesus Knows
Ave Maria! blessèd Maid!
Author: J. Keble, 1792-1866 Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 4 hymnals
Ave Maria! blessèd Maid!
Come On, My Partners in Distress
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 239 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Come on, my partners in distress,
My comrades through the wilderness,
Who still your bodies feel;
Awhile forget your griefs and fears,
And look beyond the vale of tears,
To that celestial hill.
2. Beyond the bounds of time and space,
Look forward to that happy place,
The saints’ secure abode;
On faith’s strong eagle pinions rise,
And force your passage to the skies,
And scale the mount of God.
3. See where the Lamb in glory stands,
Encircled with His radiant bands,
And join the angelic powers.
For all that height of glorious bliss,
Our everlasting portion is,
And all that Heaven is ours.
4. Who suffer with our Master here,
We shall before His face appear
And by His side sit down;
To patient faith the prize is sure,
And all that to the end endure
The cross, shall wear the crown.
5. Thrice blessèd, bliss-inspiring hope!
It lifts the fainting spirits up,
It brings to life the dead;
Our conflicts here shall soon be past,
And you and I ascend at last,
Triumphant with our Head.
6. That great mysterious Deity
We soon with open face shall see;
The beatific sight
Shall fill the heavenly courts with praise,
And wide diffuse the golden blaze
Of everlasting light.
7. The Father shining on His throne,
The glorious co-eternal Son,
The Spirit one and seven,
Conspire our rapture to complete;
And lo! we fall before His feet,
And silence heightens Heaven.
8. In hope of that ecstatic pause,
Jesus, we now sustain Thy cross,
And at Thy footstool fall,
’Till Thou our hidden life reveal,
’Till Thou our ravished spirits fill,
And God is all in all. Used With Tune: HABAKKUK Text Sources: Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1749
Come On, My Partners in Distress
Jesus, Thou soul of all our joys
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-88 Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 42 hymnals Topics: The Church Worship in the Sanctuary Used With Tune: GROSVENOR
Jesus, Thou soul of all our joys
Except the Lord Conduct the Plan
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 76 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Except the Lord conduct the plan,
The best concerted schemes are vain,
And never can succeed;
We spend our wretched strength for naught;
But if our works in Thee be wrought,
They shall be blest indeed.
2 Lord, if Thou didst Thyself inspire
Our souls with this intense desire
Thy goodness to proclaim;
Thy glory if we now intend,
O let our deeds begin and end
Complete in Jesus' name.
3 Now, Jesus, now Thy love impart,
To govern each devoted heart,
And fit us for Thy will;
Deep founded in the truth of grace,
Build up Thy rising Church, and place
The city on the hill.
4 O let our love and faith abound;
O let our lives, to all around
With purest luster shine;
That all around our works may see,
And give the glory, Lord, to Thee,
The heavenly light divine. Topics: Lay and Ordained Ministry Used With Tune: MERIBAH
Except the Lord Conduct the Plan
His Matchless Worth
Author: Samuel Medley, 1738-1799 Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 738 hymnals First Line: O could I speak the matchless worth Topics: Hymns of Worship Christ; Praise Used With Tune: ARIEL
His Matchless Worth
Be It According to Thy Word
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 10 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Be it according to Thy word,
Merciful unto all, O Lord.
Be merciful to me:
Avert the wrath I deprecate,
Nor crush me with Thy judgments weight,
Who would return to Thee,
Who would return to Thee.
2 Thy wrath shall not forever last,
If pained at my pollutions past,
I groan to be made clean:
And lo, I now with grief confess
My inward parts are wickedness.
And all my life is sin,
And all my life is sin.
3 I have mine idols multiplied,
Before the shrine of self and pride
With vile devotion fell;
Followed where'er the tempter led,
And by each beastly, devilish deed
Debased my soul to hell,
Debased my soul to hell.
4 My heart was hardened from Thy fear,
Thy warning voice I would not hear.
But cast Thy words behind:
Yet for my Saviour's sake forgive;
And in Thy mercy's arms receive
Our whole apostate kind,
Our whole apostate kind.
AMEN.
Topics: The Call to Salvation Used With Tune: ARIEL
Be It According to Thy Word
Be it my only wisdom here
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-88 Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 155 hymnals Topics: The Christian Life Service and Influence Used With Tune: GROSVENOR
Be it my only wisdom here
When Thou, My Righteous Judge
Author: Selina, Countess of Huntingdon Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 439 hymnals First Line: When Thou, my righteous Judge, shalt come Topics: Jesus Christ His Second Coming Used With Tune: ARIEL
When Thou, My Righteous Judge
May We Thy Precepts, Lord, Fulfill
Author: Edward Osler Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 35 hymnals Topics: Likeness to Christ Used With Tune: MERIBAH
May We Thy Precepts, Lord, Fulfill
How Precious, Lord, Thy Sacred Word
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 20 hymnals Lyrics: 1. How precious, Lord, Thy sacred Word,
What light and joy those leaves afford
To souls in deep distress!
Thy precepts guide our doubtful way,
Thy fear forbids our feet to stray,
Thy promise leads to rest.
2. Thy threat’nings wake our slum’bring eyes,
And warn us where our danger lies;
But ’tis Thy Gospel, Lord,
That makes the guilty conscience clean,
Converts the soul, and conquers sin,
And gives a free reward. Used With Tune: HIGHTON Text Sources: The Psalms of David, 1719 (originally, "I Love the Volumes of Thy Word"); Appeared in altered form in Carmina Sacra, (Boston, Massachusetts: J. H. Wilkins & R. B. Carter, 1844), p. 84
How Precious, Lord, Thy Sacred Word
To Him Who for our sins was slain
Author: Arthur Tozer Russell Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 56 hymnals Topics: Praise to Christ
To Him Who for our sins was slain
Before Thee, Lord, a People Waits
Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 11 hymnals Topics: Dependence On God, On Christ; Hearer Of Prayer, God The; Nature, God In; Providence, Divine; Vows; Worship; Forgiveness of Sins; House of God ; Opening Of The Service; Election, Divine; Goodness of God; Grace Of God, Of Christ Scripture: Psalm 65 Used With Tune: MALONE
Before Thee, Lord, a People Waits
O Lord, Be Thou My Helper True
Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 6 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O Lord, be thou my helper true,
for just and godly men are few;
the faithful who can find?
From truth and wisdom men depart,
with flattering lips and double heart
they speak their evil mind.
2 The lips that speak, the truth to hide,
the tongues of arrogance and pride,
that boastful words employ,
false-speaking tongues that boast their might,
that own no law, that know no right,
Jehovah will destroy.
3 Because the poor are sore oppressed,
because the needy are distressed,
and bitter are their cries,
the Lord will be their helper strong;
to save them from contempt and wrong
Jehovah will arise.
4 Jehovah's promises are sure,
his words are true, his words are pure
as silver from the flame.
Though base men walk on ev'ry side,
his saints are safe, whate'er betide,
protected by his name.
Topics: God His Justice; God Faithfulness of; Protection Scripture: Psalm 12 Used With Tune: COLWYN BAY Text Sources: The Psalter, 1912
O Lord, Be Thou My Helper True
Come, All Ye Servants of the Lord
Author: Anonymous Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 17 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Come, all ye servants of the Lord,
Lift up your voice with one accord
Jehovah’s name to bless;
Ye that are standing night by night
Within the house of His delight,
His glorious name confess.
2. Yea, in His place of holiness
Lift up your hands the Lord to bless;
And unto you be given
The joys that Zion doth afford,
The richest blessing of the Lord
Who made the earth and Heaven. Used With Tune: WYOMING Text Sources: The Psalter (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: The United Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1912), number 372
Come, All Ye Servants of the Lord
O People Blest, Whose Sons in Youth
Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O people blest, whose sons in youth,
in sturdy strength and noble truth,
like plants in vigor spring;
whose daughters fair, a queenly race,
are like the cornerstones that grace
the palace of a king,
the palace of a king.
2 O people blest, when flock and field
their rich, abundant increase yield,
and blessings multiply;
when plenty all thy children share,
and no invading foe is there,
and no distressful cry,
and no distressful cry.
3 O happy people, favored land,
to whom the Lord with lib'ral hand
has thus his goodness shown;
yea, surely is that people blest
by whom Jehovah is confessed
to be their God alone,
to be their God alone.
Topics: The Church The Covenant People; Christian Education; Family Worship; Peace and Joy; Prosperity; Temperance Scripture: Psalm 144:12-15 Used With Tune: SHORTLE Text Sources: The Psalter, 1912; alt. 1961
O People Blest, Whose Sons in Youth
The Tribes of the Southwest
Author: Rev. L. P. Brink Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: The Wallapai, the Navaho Lyrics: 1. The Wallapai, the Navaho,
The Pima and the Papao,
Have heard of Christ the Lord;
Yea, Hopies and Mohaves too,
And Maricopas, not a few,
Give heed unto His Word.
2. The Yumas in their southern land,
Apaches strong, a warlike band,
His loving voice have heard;
The Zunies in the village brown,
Lagunas in their ancient town,
Were by His message stirred.
3. The Utes, who in the Rockies dwell,
And Jicarillas also, tell
Of His redeeming grace;
While Mescaleroes, 'way down south,
Have heard the message of His mouth,
Have seen His shining face.
4. But all along the Rio Grande
The towns of many Puebloes stand
Who have not heard His voice;
O, who will bring that message true
To Taos and to Isleta too,
And make their hearts rejoice?
5. Who'll enter in where gates are barred,
Where human hearts are seared and scarred
By superstition's pow'r?
O Lord, these fettered doors unclose,
Cast down what doth Thy Word oppose,
Dear Savior, speed the hour. Topics: The Church; Means of Grace Missions Used With Tune: [The Wallapai, the Navaho]
The Tribes of the Southwest
Let All on Earth Their Voices Raise
Author: Isaac Watts (1674-1748) Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 166 hymnals First Line: Let all on earth their voices raise, To sing the great Jehovah's praise Lyrics: 1
Let all on earth their voices raise,
To sing the great Jehovah’s praise,
And bless His holy name:
His glory let the people know,
His wonders to the nations show,
His saving grace proclaim.
2
He framed the globe; He built the sky;
He made the shining worlds on high,
And reigns in glory there:
His beams are majesty and light;
His beauties, how divinely bright!
His dwelling place, how fair!
3
Come, the great day, the glorious hour,
When earth shall feel His saving power,
All nations fear His name;
Then shall the race of men confess
The beauty of His holiness,
His saving grace proclaim. Topics: God the Father Majesty and Power of God Scripture: Psalm 96 Used With Tune: OLD 113th
Let All on Earth Their Voices Raise
O Lord, how happy should we be
Author: Joseph Anstice, 1808-36 Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 135 hymnals Topics: The Christian Life Trustfulness and Peace; The Christian Life Christian Holiness Used With Tune: PLYMOUTH
O Lord, how happy should we be
Come, All Ye People, Bless Our God
Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 9 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Come, all ye people, bless our God
And tell His glorious praise abroad,
Who holds our souls in life,
Who never lets our feet be moved
And, though our faith He oft has proved,
Upholds us in the strife.
2 We come with offerings to His house,
And here we pay the solemn vows
We uttered in distress;
To Him our all we dedicate,
To Him we wholly consecrate
The lives His mercies bless.
3 Come, hear, all ye that fear the Lord,
While I with grateful heart record
What God has done for me;
I cried to Him in deep distress,
And now His wondrous grace I bless,
For He has set me free.
4 The Lord, who turns away the plea
Of those who love iniquity,
Has answered my request;
He has not turned away my prayer,
His grace and love He makes me share;
His Name be ever blest. Topics: Benefit of afflictions; Help in Afflictions; Prayer in Afflictions; Consecration; God the Hearer of Prayer; Home; House of God ; Offerings; Opening of Services; Praise for Blessings; Prayer; Vows; Witnessing Scripture: Psalm 66 Used With Tune: ADOWA
Come, All Ye People, Bless Our God
How Great the Goodness Kept in Store
Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 7 hymnals Topics: Deliverance From Enemies; Love Of God; Protection, Divine; Refuge, God, Christ, Our; Goodness of God; Fortress And Retreat, God Our; Trust and Confidence Scripture: Psalm 31 Used With Tune: ARIEL
How Great the Goodness Kept in Store
Fret Not Thyself
Author: Anonymous Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 7 hymnals First Line: Fret not thyself, nor envious be Lyrics: 1. Fret not thyself, nor envious be,
When wicked workers thou shalt see,
Who prosper in their way;
For like the grass they perish soon,
And, like the herb cut down at noon,
They wither in a day.
2. Trust in the Lord and still do well,
Within the land securely dwell,
Feed on His faithfulness;
Delight thee also in the Lord,
And to thy heart He will accord
The good it would possess.
3. Yea, to the Lord thy way is known;
Confide in Him who on the throne
Abides in power divine;
Thy righteousness He shall display;
Resplendent as the light of day,
It shall unclouded shine.
4. Rest in the Lord and be thou still,
With patience wait His holy will,
Enduring to the end.
Fret not though sinners’ gains increase;
Forsake thy wrath, from anger cease;
It will to evil tend.
5. The evil-doer soon shall die,
But those that on the Lord rely
Shall all the land obtain.
A little while and thou shalt see
That wicked man cut off shall be,
They shall be sought in vain.
6. Yea, thou shalt soon consider well
The place where they were wont to dwell,
And it shall not be found;
But saints shall all the land possess,
And find delight and happiness
Where fruits of peace abound.
7. The vile may plot against the just
Who in the Lord Jehovah trust,
But God will scorn them all;
The Lord their coming day shall see,
When broken all their power shall be,
And ruin on them fall. Used With Tune: JOSEPHINE Text Sources: From The Psalter (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: The United Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1912), number 95
Fret Not Thyself
How Good and Pleasant Is the Sight
Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 8 hymnals Lyrics: 1 How good and pleasant is the sight
when brethren make it their delight
to dwell in blest accord;
such love is like anointing oil
that consecrates for holy toil
the servants of the Lord.
2 Such love in peace and joy distills
as o’er the slopes of Hermon’s hills
refreshing dew descends;
the Lord commands his blessing there,
and they that walk in love shall share
in life that never ends.
3 How good and pleasant is the sight
when brethren make it their delight
to dwell in blest accord;
the Lord commands his blessing there,
and they that walk in love shall share
in life that never ends. Topics: Church Unity of; Christian Friendship Scripture: Psalm 133 Used With Tune: PRESSLY Text Sources: The Psalter, 1912
How Good and Pleasant Is the Sight
The Bridegroom Coming At Midnight
Author: William C. Dix Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Dark fall the hours this winter-tide Lyrics: 1 Dark fall the hours this winter-tide,
Strange silence reigns on every side,
And day seems wrapped in gloom,
Save few short hours, which, all too brief,
Light up bare tree and fallen leaf,
Then fade in hapless doom.
2 Now let each lamp be burning bright,
Lest, unaware, the sudden night
Enshroud us in the dark,
And we in vain, through snow and cold,
With wavering feet, seek out the fold,
And Love’s all sheltering ark.
3 O silent hours of wintry days,
From summer’s joy and golden rays,
From autumn’s harvest song,
We turn to you, for ye reveal
The waiting bride, and make us feel,
The Bridegroom comes ere long. Used With Tune: JOSEPHINE Text Sources: A Vision of All Saints, and Other Poems (London; John Hodges, 1871)
The Bridegroom Coming At Midnight
How Vain, Great God
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: How vain, great God, and worse than vain Lyrics: 1 How vain, great God, and worse than vain,
How sinful our pretended pain
In this our evil day!
Unless we to our Smiter turn,
The cause of all our evils mourn,
And cast our sins away.
2 ’Gainst vice we partially declaim,
With undiscerning censure blame
Our nation’s wickedness:
But O! The sin that loudest cries
For all the vengeance of the skies,
We never once confess.
3 O might we from our hearts repent
Of scorning Him Thy pity sent
To heal our sin and grief!
Assist us through Thy Spirit’s power,
To own, and feelingly deplore
Our damning unbelief.
4 Convince the wretches who deny
Their Lord, that stooped for them to die,
Who triumph in His pain,
Who trample on His precious blood,
And hate, and scoff the dying God,
And crucify again.
5 Confound the misbelieving pride
Of those that impiously divide
Thy dearest Son and Thee,
Who will not Him Thine equal own,
But madly threaten to dethrone
The filial Deity.
6 And O! Almighty Son of God,
Into the blind self righteous crowd
Thy sharpest arrows dart;
The men who infidels condemn,
Nor ever knew themselves the same,
Mere infidels in heart.
7 A formal self deceiving race,
Who mock the counsel of Thy grace,
The sense of sins forgiven,
The power of godliness explode,
The witness, and the peace of God,
And faith that leads to Heaven.
8 Forgive us, Lord, for such we were,
And all our guilty brethren spare,
Our unbelief reprove,
Give us that root of sins to own,
And make our wounded spirits groan
Beneath their want of love.
9 Let all the faithless nation cry,
Redeem us, Savior, or we die,
A second death to feel:
O Jesus, Thine only name and blood
Can save us from the wrath of God,
Can ransom us from hell.
10 On Thee our dying souls we cast,
Our dying souls receive at last,
And in Thy arms embrace,
To triumph in Thy pardoning love,
And sing with all the saved above
Thine everlasting praise. Used With Tune: HABAKKUK Text Sources: Hymns Occasioned by the Earthquake, March 8, 1750 Part 2 (London: Strahan, 1750)
How Vain, Great God
Thus Hath The Son Of Jesse Said
Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751 Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1 Thus hath the Son of Jesse said,
When Israel’s God had raised his head
To high imperial sway:
Struck with his last poetic fire,
Then Zion’s psalmist tuned his lyre
To this harmonious lay.
2 Thus dictates Israel’s sacred Rock:
Thus hath the God of Jacob spoke
By my responsive tongue:
Behold the just one over men
Commencing his religious reign!
Great subject of my song.
3 So gently shines with genial ray
Th’unclouded lamp of rising day,
And cheers the tender flowers,
When midnight’s soft diffusive rain
Hath blessed the gardens and the plain
With kind refreshing showers.
4 Shall not my house this honor boast?
My soul th’eternal covenant trust,
Well ordered still and sure?
There all my hopes and wishes meet;
In death I call its blessings sweet,
And feel its bond secure.
5 The sons of Belial shall not spring,
Who spurn at Heav’n’s appointed king,
And scorn his high command:
Tho’ wide the briars infest the ground,
And all the sharpest thorns around
Defy a tender hand.
6 A dreadful warrior shall appear
With iron arms, and massy spear,
And tear them from their place:
Touched with the lightning of his ire,
At once they kindle into fire,
And vanish in the blaze. Used With Tune: JOSEPHINE Text Sources: Published posthumously in Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures, by Job Orton (J. Eddowes and J. Cotton, 1755)
Thus Hath The Son Of Jesse Said
O Love Divine, How Sweet Thou Art
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 379 hymnals First Line: O Love Divine, how sweet Thou art! Topics: The Christian Life; The Christian Gospel Provisions Scripture: Ephesians 3:19
O Love Divine, How Sweet Thou Art
Quereis o que não pode ser?
Author: Charles Wesley (1707-1788); Joan Sutton (1930-2016) Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Quereis o que não pode ser Used With Tune: POSSÍVEL
Quereis o que não pode ser?
Great God, We Praise Your Mighty Love
Author: Alan Gaunt Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 2 hymnals
Great God, We Praise Your Mighty Love
Light of the world, Thy beams I bless
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-88 Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 8 hymnals Topics: The Christian Life Trustfulness and Peace Used With Tune: HULL
Light of the world, Thy beams I bless
Can I forget bright Eden's grace
Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 2 hymnals
Can I forget bright Eden's grace
To Thee, O Comforter divine
Author: Frances Ridley Havergal Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 53 hymnals Lyrics: 1 To Thee, O Comforter divine,
For all Thy grace and power benign,
Sing we Alleluia!
To Thee, Whose faithful love had place
In God's great covenant of grace,
Sing we Alleluia!
2 To Thee, Whose faithful voice doth win
The wandering from the ways of sin,
Sing we Alleluia!
To Thee, Whose faithful power doth heal,
Enlighten, sanctify, and seal,
Sing we Alleluia!
3 To Thee, Whose faithful truth is shown,
By every promise made our own,
Sing we Alleluia!
To Thee, our Teacher and our Friend,
Our faithful Leader to the end,
Sing we Alleluia!
4 To Thee, by Jesus Christ sent down,
Of all His gifts the sum and crown,
Sing we Alleluia!
To Thee, Who art with God the Son,
And God the Father ever One,
Sing we Alleluia!
Amen. Topics: The Church Year Whitsunday-The Holy Spirit Used With Tune: SUNDRIDGE
To Thee, O Comforter divine
Lord, hear my voice, my prayer attend
Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 19 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lord, hear my voice, my prayer attend;
from earth's remotest bound I send
my supplicating cry.
When troubles great o'erwhelm my breast,
then lead me on the rock to rest
that higher is than I.
2 In thee my soul has shelter found,
and thou hast been from foes around
the tower of my defence.
My home shall thy pavilion be;
to covert of thy wings I'll flee,
and find deliverance.
3 For thou, O Lord, my vows hast heard;
on me the heritage conferred
of those that fear thy name.
Long life thou to the king wilt give;
through generations he shall live,
from age to age the same.
4 Before the Lord shall he abide;
O do thou truth and grace provide
to guard him in the way.
So I thy praises will make known,
and humbly bending at thy throne,
my vows will daily pay. Scripture: Psalm 61 Used With Tune: MANNA
Lord, hear my voice, my prayer attend
I Want the Weeping Prophet's Heart
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: 1 I want the weeping prophet's heart:
O might my Lord to me impart
Thy bleeding sympathy!
On me, Thou Man of griefs, bestow
The spring of tears, the depth of woe,
The love that was in Thee.
2 I would our desolate Sion mourn
By vile intestine vipers torn,
By endless tempests tost,
A Babel of religious strife,
Buried in forms, whose power and life
Of godliness is lost.
3 Or if Thou hast a few restored,
Yet stranger to their bleeding Lord
The multitude remain,
Dead to a God they never knew,
People, and priests, and princes too
Are numbered with the slain.
4 For these I would in secret grieve,
Their burden all day long receive,
For these incessant pray,
And many a mournful vigil keep,
Water my couch with tears, and weep
My pensive life away.
5 Only regard my dying cries,
And bid the ruin'd church arise
Which more than life I love,
Call all her sons out of their grave,
And this whole house of Israel save
To sing Thy praise above.
Topics: Lay and Ordained Ministry Used With Tune: GANGES
I Want the Weeping Prophet's Heart
Ye righteous, in the Lord rejoice
Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Ye righteous, in the Lord rejoice;
It well becomes the good man's voice
To sing Jehovah's praise.
With harp and hymn of gladness sing,
Your gift of sweetest music bring,
To him a new song raise.
2 For upright is Jehovah's word;
And all the doings of the Lord
In faithfulness are wrought.
In justice and in judgment right
The Lord doth ever take delight;
With goodness earth is fraught.
3 Jehovah's word the heav'ns hath made,
And all the host of them arrayed
His breath has caused to be.
He rolls the waters heap on heap;
He stores away the mighty deep
In garners of the sea.
4 Let all the earth Jehovah fear,
Let all that dwell both far and near
In awe before him stand;
For, lo, he spake and it was done,
And all, his sovereign pow'r begun,
Stood fast at his command.
5 He makes the nations' counsels vain,
The plans the peoples would maintain
Are thwarted by his hand.
Jehovah's counsel stands secure,
His purposes of heart endure,
For evermore they stand.
6 O truly is the nation blessed
Whose God, before the world confessed,
Jehovah is alone;
And blessed the people is whom he
Has made his heritage to be,
And chosen for his own.
Amen. Topics: The Church Covenant People; Fear of God; God Divine Perfections of; God Glory of; God Incomprehensibility of; God Power of; God Praise of; God Sovereignty of ; National Scripture: Psalm 33:1-12 Used With Tune: FRANCES Text Sources: Compiled from several sources
Ye righteous, in the Lord rejoice
Sinner Secure, The Writing See!
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal Text Sources: Short Hymns on Select Passages of Holy Scripture (Bristol, England: E. Farley, 1762)
Sinner Secure, The Writing See!
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