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Alone Thou Goest Forth, O Lord
Author: F. Bland Tucker, 1895-; Peter Abelard, 1079-1142 Appears in 25 hymnals Matching Instances: 12 Topics: Passion and Cross Used With Tune: BANGOR
Alone Thou Goest Forth, O Lord
According to thy gracious word
Author: James Montgomery 1771-1854 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 549 hymnals Matching Instances: 8 Used With Tune: BANGOR
According to thy gracious word
God, you have given us power to sound
Author: George W. Briggs Appears in 9 hymnals Matching Instances: 4 Used With Tune: BANGOR
God, you have given us power to sound
O very God of very God
Author: John Mason Neale, 1818-1866 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 49 hymnals Matching Instances: 3 Lyrics: 1 O very God of very God,
and very Light of Light,
whose feet this earth's dark valley trod
that so it might be bright:
2 Our hopes are weak, our fears are strong,
thick darkness blinds our eyes;
cold is the night; thy people long
that thou, their Sun, wouldst rise.
3 And even now, though dull and gray,
the east is brightening fast,
and kindling to the perfect day
that never shall be past.
4 O guide us till our path is done,
and we have reached the shore
where thou, our everlasting Sun,
art shining evermore!
5 We wait in faith, and turn our face
to where the daylight springs,
till thou shalt come our gloom to chase,
with healing in thy wings. Topics: The Christian Life Used With Tune: BANGOR
O very God of very God
How lovely are Thy dwellings fair!
Author: John Milton, 1608 - 1674 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 58 hymnals Matching Instances: 3 Topics: The Church of God The Communion of Saints Scripture: Psalm 84 Used With Tune: BANGOR
How lovely are Thy dwellings fair!
O anfon di yr Ysbryd Glan
Appears in 5 hymnals Matching Instances: 3 Used With Tune: BANGOR
O anfon di yr Ysbryd Glan
Lord, teach us how to pray aright
Appears in 222 hymnals Matching Instances: 3 Topics: General Hymns Used With Tune: BANGOR
Lord, teach us how to pray aright
Hark! from the Tombs a Doleful Sound
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 343 hymnals Matching Instances: 3 Lyrics: 1. Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound;
My ears, attend the cry;
“Ye living men, come view the ground
Where you must shortly lie.
2. Princes, this clay must be your bed,
In spite of all your towers;
The tall, the wise, the reverend head
Must lie as low as ours!
3. Great God! is this our certain doom?
And are we still secure?
Still walking downward to our tomb,
And yet prepare no more?
4. Grant us the powers of quickening grace,
To fit our souls to fly,
Then, when we drop this dying flesh,
We’ll rise above the sky. Used With Tune: BANGOR Text Sources: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707-9, Book II, number 63
Hark! from the Tombs a Doleful Sound
'Forgive our sins as we forgive'
Author: Rosamund Herklots (born 1905) Appears in 67 hymnals Matching Instances: 2 Topics: God, Saviour Growing, Teaching, Serving; Pentecost 16 The Neighbour Scripture: Matthew 6:12 Used With Tune: BANGOR
'Forgive our sins as we forgive'
God Moves in a Mysterious Way
Author: William Cowper, 1731-1800 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,129 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 God moves in a mysterious way,
His wonders to perform;
He plants his footsteps in the sea
And rides upon the storm.
2 Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,
But trust him for his grace;
Behind a frowning providence
Faith sees a smiling face.
3 Blind unbelief is sure to err
And scan his work in vain;
God is his own interpreter,
And he will make it plain.
4 You fearful saints, fresh courage take;
The clouds ye so much dread
Are big with mercy and shall break
In blessing on your head.
Topics: Pentecost 7 (Year B); Comfort and Rest; Faith; Trust, Guidance Used With Tune: BANGOR
God Moves in a Mysterious Way
O Lord, turn not thy face from me
Author: Rev. John Marckant Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 43 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Topics: Lent; Burial of the Dead Scripture: Psalm 143 Used With Tune: BANGOR
O Lord, turn not thy face from me
Lord, when we bend before thy throne
Author: Rev. J. D. Carlyle Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 326 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Topics: Lent; Prayer Used With Tune: BANGOR
Lord, when we bend before thy throne
I am not worthy, holy Lord
Author: H. W. Baker (1821-1877) Appears in 75 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Topics: God's Church Holy Communion Scripture: Matthew 8:8 Used With Tune: BANGOR
I am not worthy, holy Lord
How long, O Lord, will You forget
Author: Eric Schumacher Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: Bangor
How long, O Lord, will You forget
Come, Spirit, come; for here below
Author: H. M. Appears in 2 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: BANGOR
Come, Spirit, come; for here below
"Come, Lazarus"
Author: Carl P. Daw, Jr. (b. 1944) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 2 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 First Line: "Come, Lazarus," the Savior called Lyrics: 1 "Come, Lazarus," the Savior called,
and from the stony grave came forth
his friend, from death unthralled,
to show God's power to save.
2 It was no light or easy task
to wake this one who slept;
the Healer feigned no callous mark;
moved deeply, Jesus wept.
3 Fill us with your compassion, Lord,
our fear and pride remove,
till all our lives enflesh your word
and bear your wounds of love.
4 Convert our wills and make us whole;
wean us from selfish strife;
transform each heart and mind and soul
with your abundant life.
5 Then send us forth to show your love
in every time and place,
that healed and healing we may prove
the channels of your grace. Topics: Lent; Christ--Compassion of; Christian year--Lent; Healing; Wholeness Scripture: John 11:1-4 Used With Tune: BANGOR
"Come, Lazarus"
Return, O God of love return
Appears in 97 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: BANGOR
Return, O God of love return
O love divine, of all that is
Author: John White Chadwick Appears in 20 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: BANGOR
O love divine, of all that is
O Thou, in all thy might so far
Author: Frederick Lucian Hosmer Appears in 88 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: BANGOR
O Thou, in all thy might so far
How sweet and awful is the place
Appears in 266 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: BANGOR
How sweet and awful is the place
Ím, eljöttem bűnterhemmel (Behold, I come)
Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: [Behold I come] (Trans'ur)
Ím, eljöttem bűnterhemmel (Behold, I come)
From ashes to the living font
Author: Alan J. Hommerding (b. 1956) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 11 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Topics: Baptism; Church nature of; Church Year Lent; Jesus Life and Ministry; Lent; Sin; Temptation; The First Sunday of Lent Year A; The Second Sunday of Lent Year C; Water Scripture: Mark 1:14-15 Used With Tune: BANGOR
From ashes to the living font
N'âd fi foddloni ar ryw rith
Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: BANGOR
N'âd fi foddloni ar ryw rith
God of my life, look gently down
Author: Watts Appears in 98 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: BANGOR
God of my life, look gently down
Approach, my soul, the mercy seat
Author: John Newton 1725-1807 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 612 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: BANGOR
Approach, my soul, the mercy seat
Lord God, my Saviour, day and night
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 3 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 Lord God, my Saviour, day and night
before thee cried have I.
2 Before thee let my prayer come;
give ear unto my cry.
3 For troubles great do fill my soul;
my life draws night the grave.
4 I'm counted with those that go down
to death, and no strength have.
5 Free midst the dead, like to the slain
that in the grave do lie;
cut off from thy hand, whom no more
thou hast in memory.
6 Thou hast me laid in lowest pit,
in deeps and darksome caves;
7 thy wrath lies hard on me, thou hast
me pressed with all they waves.
8 Thou hast put far from me my friends,
made me their scorn to know;
and I am so shut up that I
no longer forth can go.
9 By reason of my deep distress,
mine eye doth waste away;
to thee, Lord, I call, and stretch
my hands out every day.
10 Wilt thou show wonders to the dead?
shall they rise and thee bless?
11 Shall in the grave thy love be told?
in death thy faithfulness?
12 Shall thy great wonders in the dark,
or shall thy righteousness
be known to any in the land
of deep forgetfulness?
13 But, Lord, to thee I cried; my prayer
at morn shall come to thee.
14 Why, Lord, dost thou cast off my soul,
and hide thy face from me?
15 Distressed am I, and from my youth
I ready am to die,
thy terrors I have borne, and am
distracted fearfully.
16 By thy fierce wrath I'm overwhelmed,
cut off by dread of thee;
17 like floods thy terrors round me close,
all day they compass me.
18 My friends thou hast put far from me,
and him that did me love;
and those that mine acquaintance were
to darkness didst remove. Scripture: Psalm 88 Used With Tune: BANGOR
Lord God, my Saviour, day and night
Once more the solemn season calls
Appears in 28 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Topics: Ash Wednesday Used With Tune: BANGOR
Once more the solemn season calls
Jesus, thou art the sinner's Friend
Appears in 365 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: BANGOR
Jesus, thou art the sinner's Friend
O Lord almighty thou whose hands
Author: Sir Henry Newbolt Appears in 5 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: BANGOR
O Lord almighty thou whose hands
O Prophet Souls of All the Years
Author: Frederick Lucian Hosmer, 1840-1929 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 11 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 O prophet souls of all the years,
speak yet to us in love;
your far-off vision, toil, and tears
to their fulfillment move.
2 From tropic clime and zones of frost
they come of every name;
this, this our day of Pentecost,
on us the tongues of flame.
3 One Life together we confess,
one all-in-dwelling Word,
one holy Call to righteousness
within the silence heard:
4 One Law that guides the shining spheres
as on through space they roll,
and speaks in flaming characters
on Sinais of the soul:
5 One Love, unfathomed, measureless,
an ever-flowing sea,
that holds within its vast embrace
time and eternity. Topics: Jewish and Christian Teachings Pentecost; Prophets Used With Tune: BANGOR
O Prophet Souls of All the Years
How long will your forget me, Lord
Author: Christopher Idle, 1938- Appears in 6 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 First Line: How long will you forget me, Lord Lyrics: 1 How long will you forget me, Lord,
and hide your face away?
How long shall evils tear my heart
and troubles fill my day?
2 Look on my need, O Lord my God
who grants my every breath;
give light that I may see your light,
nor sleep the sleep of death.
3 Look on their threats and hear my cry,
and answer when I call,
or they will claim the victory
who long to see me fall.
4 But since I trust your constant love,
my heart is glad and free
to sing the praises of the lord
whose grace has rescued me. Topics: Discouragement / Despair; Doubt; God Love and Grace of; Lament; Light; Metrical Psalms; Music / Singing / Song; Trust Scripture: Psalm 13 Used With Tune: BANGOR
How long will your forget me, Lord
Keep silence, all ye sons of men
Appears in 3 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: BANGOR Text Sources: Scotch Paraphrases
Keep silence, all ye sons of men
I Know Not How That Bethlehem's Babe
Author: Harry W. Farrington Appears in 44 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Topics: Life and Ministry Used With Tune: BANGOR
I Know Not How That Bethlehem's Babe
Though mountains may depart from thee
Author: U. R. L. Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 2 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: BANGOR
Though mountains may depart from thee
Alas! By Nature How Depraved
Author: John Newton Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 18 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1. Alas! by nature how depraved,
How prone to every ill!
Our lives, to Satan, how enslaved,
How obstinate our will!
2. And can such sinners be restored,
Such rebels reconciled?
Can grace itself the means afford
To make a foe a child?
3. Yes, grace has found the wondrous means
Which shall effectual prove;
To cleanse us from our countless sins,
And teach our hearts to love.
4. Jesus for sinners undertakes,
And died that we may live;
His blood a full atonement makes,
And cries aloud, Forgive.
5. Yet one thing more must grace provide,
To bring us home to God;
Or we shall slight the Lord, who died,
And trample on His blood.
6. The Holy Spirit must reveal
The Savior’s work and worth;
Then the hard heart begins to feel
A new and heavenly birth.
7. Thus bought with blood, and born again,
Redeemed, and saved, by grace
Rebels, in God’s own house obtain
A son’s and daughter’s place. Used With Tune: BANGOR Text Sources: Olney Hymns, (London: W. Oliver, 1779), number 29
Alas! By Nature How Depraved
Eternal God, We Look to Thee
Author: James Merrick Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 32 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1. Eternal God, we look to Thee,
To Thee for help we fly;
Thine eye alone our wants can see,
Thy hand alone supply.
2. Lord, let Thy fear within us dwell,
Thy love our footsteps guide;
That love will all vain love expel;
That fear, all fear betide.
3. Not what we wish, but what we want,
O let Thy grace supply;
The good, unmasked, in mercy grant;
The ill, though asked, deny. Used With Tune: BANGOR Text Sources: Poems on Sacred Subjects, 1763
Eternal God, We Look to Thee
The Foes of Zion Quake for Fright
Author: Charles H. Spurgeon Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 2 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1. The foes of Zion quake for fright,
Where no fear was they quail;
For well they know that sword of might
Which cuts through coats of mail.
2. The Lord of old defiled their shields,
And laughed their spears to scorn,
Their bones lay scattered o’er the field,
By dogs and vultures torn.
3. Let Zion’s foes be filled with shame;
Her sons are blessed of God;
Though scoffers now despise their name
The Lord shall break their rod.
4. Oh, would our God to Zion turn,
God with salvation clad;
Then Judah’s harps should music learn,
And Israel be glad. Used With Tune: BANGOR Text Sources: Our Own Hymn Book, 1866
The Foes of Zion Quake for Fright
How David, When by Sin Deceived
Author: John Newton Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 4 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1. How David, when by sin deceived,
From bad to worse went on!
For when the Holy Spirit’s grieved,
Our strength and guard are gone.
2. His eye on Bathsheba once fixed,
With poison filled his soul;
He ventured on adultery next,
And murder crowned the whole.
3. So from a spark of fire at first,
That has not been descried;
A dreadful flame has often burst,
And ravaged far and wide.
4. When sin deceives it hardens too,
For though he vainly fought
To hide his crimes from public view,
Of God he little thought.
5. He neither would, or could repent,
No true compunction felt;
’Till God in mercy Nathan sent,
His stubborn heart to melt.
6. The parable held forth a fact,
Designed his case to show;
But though the picture was exact,
Himself he did not know.
7. Thou art the man, the prophet said,
That word his slumber broke;
And when he owned his sin, and prayed,
The Lord forgiveness spoke.
8. Let those who think they stand, beware,
For David stood before;
Nor let the fallen soul despair,
For mercy can restore. Used With Tune: BANGOR Text Sources: Olney Hymns (London: W. Oliver, 1779), number 29
How David, When by Sin Deceived
O God of Mercy, Hear My Call
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 118 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1. O God of mercy, hear my call,
My loads of guilt remove;
Break down this separating wall,
That bars me from my love.
2. Give me the presence of Thy grace,
Then my rejoicing tongue
Shall speak aloud Thy righteousness,
And make Thy praise my song.
3. No blood of goats nor heifers slain,
For sin could e’er atone;
The death of Christ shall still remain
Sufficient and alone.
4. A soul oppressed with sin’s desert,
My God will ne’er despise;
A humble groan, a broken heart,
Is our best sacrifice. Used With Tune: BANGOR Text Sources: The Psalms of David, 1719
O God of Mercy, Hear My Call
O Zion, Open Wide Thy Gates
Author: Jean B. Santeuil; Edward Caswall Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 22 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1. O Zion, open wide thy gates,
Let priest and victim, both in one,
The truth Himself, is here.
2. No more the simple flock shall bleed;
Behold, the Father’s Son
Himself to His own altar comes
For sinners to atone.
3. Conscious of hidden deity,
The lowly virgin brings
Her newborn babe, with two young doves,
Her humble offerings.
4. The agèd Simeon sees at last
His Lord, so long desired,
And Anna welcomes Israel’s hope,
With holy rapture fired.
5. But silent knelt the mother blest
Of the yet silent Word,
And pondering all things in her heart,
With speechless praise adored.
6. All glory to the Father be,
All glory to the Son,
All glory, Holy Ghost, to Thee,
While endless ages run. Used With Tune: BANGOR Text Sources: Paris Breviary, 1680; Translation in Lyra Catholica, 1849
O Zion, Open Wide Thy Gates
Terrible Thought! Shall I Alone
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 65 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1. Terrible thought! shall I alone—
Who may be saved—Shall I
Of all, alas! whom I have known,
Through sin for ever die?
2. While all my old companions dear,
With whom I once did live,
Joyful at God’s right hand appear,
A blessing to receive.
3. Shall I, amidst a ghastly band,
Dragged to the judgment seat,
Far on the left with horror stand,
My fearful doom to meet?
4. Ah, no! I still may turn and live,
For still His wrath delays;
He now vouchsafes a kind reprieve,
And offers me His grace.
5. I will accept His offers now,
From every sin depart,
Perform my oft-repeated vow
And render Him my heart.
6. I will improve what I receive,
The grace through Jesus giv’n;
Sure, if with God on earth I live,
To live with Him in Heav’n. Used With Tune: BANGOR Text Sources: Hymns for Children, 1763
Terrible Thought! Shall I Alone
Why Doth the Lord Stand Off So Far?
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 49 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1. Why doth the Lord stand off so far?
And why conceal His face,
When great calamities appear,
And times of deep distress?
2. Lord, shall the wicked still deride
Thy justice and Thy power?
Shall they advance their heads in pride,
And still Thy saints devour?
3. They put Thy judgments from their sight,
And then insult the poor;
They boast in their exalted height,
That they shall fall no more.
4. Arise, O God, lift up Thine hand,
Attend our humble cry;
No enemy shall dare to stand
When God ascends on high.
5. Why do the men of malice rage,
And say, with foolish pride,
The God of Heav’n will ne’er engage
To fight on Zion’s side?
6. But Thou forever art our Lord;
And powerful is Thine hand,
As when the heathens felt Thy sword,
And perished from Thy land.
7. Thou wilt prepare our hearts to pray,
And cause Thine ear to hear;
He hearkens what His children say,
And puts the world in fear.
8. Proud tyrants shall no more oppress,
No more despise the just;
And mighty sinners shall confess
They are but earth and dust. Used With Tune: BANGOR Text Sources: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707-1709
Why Doth the Lord Stand Off So Far?
Alas, My Aching Heart
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 First Line: Alas, my aching heart! Lyrics: 1 Alas, my aching heart!
Here the keen torment lies;
It racks my waking hours with smart,
And frights my slumbering eyes.
2 Guilt will be hid no more,
My griefs take vent apace,
The crimes that blot my conscience o’er
Flush crimson in my face.
3 My sorrows like a flood
Impatient of restraint
Into Thy bosom, O my God,
Pour out a long complaint.
4 This impious heart of mine
Could once defy the Lord,
Could rush with violence on to sin
In presence of Thy sword.
5 As often have I stood
A rebel to the skies,
The calls, the tenders of a God,
And mercy’s loudest cries.
6 He offers all His grace,
And all His heaven to me;
Offers! But ’tis to senseless brass
That can nor feel nor see.
7 Jesus the Savior stands
To court me from above,
And looks and spreads His wounded hands,
And shows the prints of love.
8 But I, a stupid fool,
How long have I withstood
The blessings purchased with His soul,
And paid for all in blood?
9 The heav’nly Dove came down
And tendered me His wings,
To mount me upward to a crown
And bright immortal things.
10 Lord, I’m ashamed to say
That I refused Thy Dove,
And sent Thy Spirit grieved away
To His own realms of love.
11 Nor all Thine heav’nly charms,
Nor Thy revenging hand
Could force me to lay down my arms,
And bow to Thy command.
12 Lord, ’tis against Thy face
My sins like arrows rise,
And yet, and yet, O matchless grace
Thy thunder silent lies.
13 O shall I never feel
The meltings of Thy love?
Am I of such hell-hardened steel
That mercy cannot move?
14 Now for one powerful glance
Dear Savior, from Thy face!
This rebel heart no more withstands,
But sinks beneath Thy grace.
15 O’ercome by dying love I fall,
And at Thy cross I lie;
I throw my flesh, my soul, my all,
And weep, and love, and die.
16 Rise, says the Prince of mercy, rise;
With joy and pity in His eyes:
“Rise and behold My wounded veins;
Here flows the blood to wash thy stains.
17 See, My great Father’s reconciled:
He said, and lo, the Father smiled;
The joyful cherubs clapped their wings,
And sounded grace on all their strings. Used With Tune: BANGOR Text Sources: Horae Lyricae, 1706-09, Book 1
Alas, My Aching Heart
Long Has Divine Compassion Strove
Author: Anne Steele Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 Long has divine compassion strove
With this rebellious land;
O justice, long has pleading love
Withheld thy dreadful hand.
2 At lengths, ye people, lift your eyes,
Your crimes no more pursue;
Behold the gathering tempest rise,
And tremble at the view!
3 See, fraught with vengeance, how it spreads!
To mercy instant fly;
E’er yet it burst upon your heads,
Repent, repent—or die.
4 Late raging storm, ’twas mercy stayed,
Her voice destruction heard,
Th’impetuous winds her voice obeyed,
And awful justice spared.
5 Shall every warning be in vain
Your ruin to prevent?
Indulgent mercy calls again,
Return, repent! repent!
6 The voice, ye people, hear with awe,
O hear, and turn to God;
Lest mercy, long abused, withdraw,
And leave you to the rod.
7 Almighty God, Thy powerful grace
Can change us, and forgive;
Can save a guilty rebel race,
And say, Repent, and live.
8 O let Thy powerful grace appear,
And justice sheath her sword;
Then shall a rescued nation fear
And love and praise the Lord. Used With Tune: BANGOR Text Sources: Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional, 1760, alt.
Long Has Divine Compassion Strove
See, Gracious God, Before Thy Throne
Author: Anne Steele Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 186 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 See, gracious God, before Thy throne
Thy mourning people bend!
’Tis on Thy sovereign grace alone,
Our humble hopes depend.
2 Tremendous judgments from Thy hand,
Thy dreadful power display:
Yet mercy spares this guilty land,
And yet we live to pray.
3 Great God, and why this nation spare,
Ungrateful as we are?
O be these awful warnings heard,
While mercy cries, Forebear.
4 What numerous crimes increasing rise,
Where Satan shows his smile?
What land so favored of the skies,
And yet what land so vile?
5 How changed, alas! are truths divine,
For error, guilt and shame!
What impious numbers, bold in sin,
Disgrace the Christian name!
6 O bid us turn, almighty Lord,
By Thy resistless grace;
Then shall our hearts obey Thy word,
And humble seek Thy face.
7 Then should insulting foes invade,
We shall not sink in fear;
Secure of never failing aid,
If God, our God, is near. Used With Tune: BANGOR Text Sources: Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional, 1760, alt.
See, Gracious God, Before Thy Throne
Deepen the wound Thy hands have made
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-88 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 38 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Topics: The Christian Life Christian Holiness Used With Tune: BANGOR
Deepen the wound Thy hands have made
Dear Lord! Behold Our Sore Distress
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 7 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 Dear Lord! behold our sore distress;
Our sins attempt to reign;
Stretch out Thine arm of conquering grace,
And let Thy foes be slain.
2 The lion with his dreadful roar
Affrights Thy feeble sheep:
Reveal the glory of Thy power,
And chain him to the deep.
3 Must we indulge a long despair?
Shall our petitions die?
Our mournings never reach Thine ear,
Nor tears affect Thine eye?
4 If Thou despise a mortal groan,
Yet hear a Savior’s blood;
An advocate so near the throne
Pleads and prevails with God.
5 He brought the Spirit’s powerful sword
To slay our deadly foes;
Our sins shall die beneath Thy Word,
And hell in vain oppose.
6 How boundless is our Father’s grace,
In height, and depth, and length!
He makes his Son our righteousness,
His Spirit is our strength. Used With Tune: BANGOR Text Sources: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1706-09, Book 2
Dear Lord! Behold Our Sore Distress
Father And Canst Thou Me Receive?
Author: Christian H. Bateman, 1813-1889 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 First Line: Father and canst Thou me receive Lyrics: 1 Father and canst Thou me receive,
So deep by sin defiled?
And canst Thou let the rebel live
And own Thy wandering child?
2 All sin, all rags, just as I am,
My Father, will I come,
All over guilt, I blush with shame,
And yet through Christ I come.
3 Thy choicest robe shall deck me well
Thy smile, my spirit cheer,
Bright angels loud my welcome tell,
Thy voice disperse my fear.
4 Oh wondrous grace! Oh love divine!
That lets the sinner live,
Father, receive me now as Thine,
And now Thy welcome give! Used With Tune: BANGOR Text Sources: Children's Hymnal and Christian Year (London: John Hodges, 1872)
Father And Canst Thou Me Receive?
Yonder Amazing Sight I See
Author: Samuel Stennett Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 98 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 First Line: Yonder—amazing sight!—I see Lyrics: 1 Yonder—amazing sight!—I see
Th’incarnate Son of God,
Expiring on the accursèd tree,
And weltering in His blood.
2 Behold a purple torrent run
Down from His hands and head:
The crimson tide puts out the sun;
His groans awake the dead.
3 The trembling earth, the darkened sky,
Proclaim the truth aloud;
And with th’amazed centurion cry,
"This is the Son of God."
4 So great, so vast a sacrifice,
May well my hope revive:
If God’s own Son thus bleeds and dies,
The sinner sure may live.
5 O that these cords of love divine,
Might draw me, Lord to Thee,
Thou hast my heart, it shall be Thine—
Thine it shall ever be! Used With Tune: BANGOR Text Sources: John Rippon's Collection, 1787
Yonder Amazing Sight I See
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