Category: Poetry

Submission to Afflictive Providences

Submission to Afflictive Providences Naked as from the earth we came,And crept to life at first, Naked as from the earth we came,And crept to life at first,We to the earth return again,And mingle with our dust. The dear delights we here enjoy,And fondly call our own,Are but short favors borrowed now,To be repaid anon. […]

The Works of Moses and the Lamb

The Works of Moses and the Lamb How strong thine arm is, mighty God!Who would not fear thy name?Jesus, how sweet thy graces are!Who would not love the Lamb? He has done more than Moses did,Our Prophet and our King;From bonds of hell he freed our souls,And taught our lips to sing. In the Red […]

The Christian Race

The Christian Race Awake, our souls; away, our fears,Let every trembling thought begone; Awake, our souls; away, our fears,Let every trembling thought begone;Awake, and run the heav’nly race,And put a cheerful courage on. True, ’tis a strait and thorny road,And mortal spirits tire and faint;But they forget the mighty God,That feeds the strength of every […]

Death of Kindred Improved

Death of Kindred Improved Must friends and kindred droop and die,And helpers be withdrawn? Must friends and kindred droop and die,And helpers be withdrawn?While sorrow with a weeping eyeCounts up our comforts gone? Be thou our comfort, mighty God!Our helper and our friend;Nor leave us in this dangerous road,Till all our trials end. O may […]

The Privileges of the Living Above the Dead

The Privileges of the Living Above the Dead Awake, my zeal; awake, my love,To serve my Savior here below, Awake, my zeal; awake, my love,To serve my Savior here below,In works which perfect saints aboveAnd holy angels cannot do. Awake, my charity, to feedThe hungry soul, and clothe the poor;In heav’n are found no sons […]

God Glorious, and Sinners Saved

God Glorious, and Sinners Saved Father, how wide thy glories shine!How high thy wonders rise!Known through the earth by thousand signs,By thousand through the skies. Those mighty orbs proclaim thy power,Their motions speak thy skill,And on the wings of every hourWe read thy patience still. But when we view thy strange designTo save rebellious worms,Our […]

God’s Condescension to Human Affairs

God’s Condescension to Human Affairs Up to the Lord, that reigns on high,And views the nations from afar,Let everlasting praises fly,And tell how large his bounties are. He that can shake the worlds he made,Or with his word, or with his rod,His goodness, how amazing great!And what a condescending God! God, that must stoop to […]

The Last Judgment

The Last Judgment See where the great incarnate GodFills a majestic throne;While from the skies his awful voiceBears the last judgment down. “I am the first, and I the last,Through endless years the same;I AM is my memorial still,And my eternal name. “Such favors as a God can giveMy royal grace bestows:Ye thirsty souls, come […]

The True Improvement of Life

The True Improvement of Life Ane is this life prolonged to me?Are days and seasons giv’n?O let me, then, prepare to beA fitter heir of heav’n. In vain these moments shall not pass,These golden hours be gone:Lord, I accept thine offered grace,I bow before thy throne. Now cleanse my soul from every sinBy my Redeemer’s […]

Christ’s Dying, Rising, and Reigning

Christ’s Dying, Rising, and Reigning He dies! the friend of sinners dies!Lo! Salem’s daughters weep around; He dies! the friend of sinners dies!Lo! Salem’s daughters weep around;A solemn darkness veils the skies;A sudden trembling shakes the ground. Come, saints, and drop a tear or twoFor him who groaned beneath your load:He shed a thousand drops […]

Hell

Hell With holy fear and humble song,The dreadful God our souls adore;Rev’rence and awe become the tongueThat speaks the terrors of his power. Far in the deep where darkness dwells,The land of horror and despair,Justice has built a dismal hell,And laid her stores of vengeance there. Eternal plagues, and heavy chains,Tormenting racks, and fiery coals,And […]

The Christian’s Treasure

The Christian’s Treasure How vast the treasure we possess!How rich thy bounty, King of grace! How vast the treasure we possess!How rich thy bounty, King of grace!This world is ours, and worlds to come;Earth is our lodge, and heav’n our home. All things are ours: the gifts of God;The purchase of a Savior’s blood;While the […]

Adam, Our Father and Our Head

Adam, Our Father and Our Head Adam, our father and our head,Transgressed, and justice doomed us dead; Adam, our father and our head,Transgressed, and justice doomed us dead;The fiery law speaks all despair:There’s no reprieve nor pardon there. But, O unutterable graceThe Son of God takes Adam’s place;Down to our world the Savior flies,Stretches his […]

Christ’s Suffering and Glory

Christ’s Suffering and Glory Now for a tune of lofty praiseTo great Jehovah’s equal Son! Now for a tune of lofty praiseTo great Jehovah’s equal Son!Awake, my voice, in heav’nly laysTell the loud wonders he hath done. Sing how he left the worlds of light,And the bright robes he wore above;How swift and joyful was […]

Divine Wrath and Mercy

Divine Wrath and Mercy Adore and tremble, for our GodIs a consuming fire!His jealous eyes his wrath inflame,And raise his vengeance higher. Almighty vengeance, how it burns!How bright his fury glows!Vast magazines of plagues and stormsLie treasured for his foes. Those heaps of wrath, by slow degrees,Are forced into a flame;But kindled, oh! how fierce […]

The Business and Blessedness of Glorified Saints

The Business and Blessedness of Glorified Saints “What happy men, or angels, these,That all their robes are spotless white?Whence did this glorious troop arriveAt the pure realms of heav’nly light?” From torturing racks, and burning fires,And seas of their own blood, they came;But nobler blood has washed their robes,Flowing from Christ the dying Lamb. Now […]

The Nativity of Christ

The Nativity of Christ “Shepherds, rejoice! lift up your eyes,And send your fears away; “Shepherds, rejoice! lift up your eyes,And send your fears away;News from the regions of the skies,Salvation’s born to-day. Jesus, the God whom angels fear,Comes down to dwell with you;Today he makes his entrance here,But not as monarchs do. “No gold nor […]

Salvation in the Cross

Salvation in the Cross Here at thy cross, my dying God,I lay my soul beneath thy love, Here at thy cross, my dying God,I lay my soul beneath thy love,Beneath the droppings of thy blood,Jesus, nor shall it e’er remove. Not all that tyrants think or say,With rage and lightning in their eyes,Nor hell shall […]

God’s Tender Care of His Church

God’s Tender Care of His Church Now shall my inward joys arise,And burst into a song; Now shall my inward joys arise,And burst into a song;Almighty love inspires my heart,And pleasure tunes my tongue. God on his thirsty Zion hillSome mercy drops has thrown,And solemn oaths have bound his loveTo shower salvation down. Why do […]

The Universal Law of Equity

The Universal Law of Equity Blessed Redeemer, how divine,How righteous is this rule of thine! Blessed Redeemer, how divine,How righteous is this rule of thine!“To do to all men just the sameAs we expect or wish from them.” This golden lesson, short and plain,Gives not the mind nor mem’ry pain;And every conscience must approveThis universal […]

The Atonement of Christ

The Atonement of Christ How is our nature spoiled by sin!Yet nature ne’er hath found How is our nature spoiled by sin!Yet nature ne’er hath foundThe way to make the conscience clean,Or heal the painful wound. In vain we seek for peace with GodBy methods of our own:Jesus, there’s nothing but thy bloodCan bring us […]

Love to God

Love to God Happy the heart where graces reign,Where love inspires the breast; Happy the heart where graces reign,Where love inspires the breast;Love is the brightest of the train,And strengthens all the rest. Knowledge, alas! ’tis all in vain,And all in vain our fear;Our stubborn sins will fight and reign,If love be absent there. ‘Tis […]

Christ’s Humiliation, Exaltation, and Triumph

Christ’s Humiliation, Exaltation, and Triumph The mighty frame of glorious grace,That brightest monument of praise The mighty frame of glorious grace,That brightest monument of praiseThat e’er the God of love designed,Employs and fills my lab’ring mind. Begin, my soul, the heav’nly song,A burden for an angel’s tongue:When Gabriel sounds these awful things,He tunes and summons […]

Christ’s Intercession

Christ’s Intercession Lift up your eyes to th’ heav’nly seatsWhere your Redeemer stays;Kind Intercessor, there he sits,And loves, and pleads, and prays. ‘Twas well, my soul, he died for thee,And shed his vital blood;Appeased stern justice on the tree,And then arose to God. Petitions now, and praise may rise,And saints their off’rings bring;The Priest, with […]

A Lovely Carriage

A Lovely Carriage O ’tis a lovely thing to seeA man of prudent heart,Whose thoughts, and lips, and life agreeTo act a useful part. When envy, strife, and wars beginIn little angry souls,Mark how the sons of peace come in,And quench the kindling coals. Their minds are humble, mild, and meek,Nor let their fury rise;Nor […]

Truth, Sincerity, Etc.

Truth, Sincerity, Etc. Let those who bear the Christian nameTheir holy vows fulfil; Let those who bear the Christian nameTheir holy vows fulfil;The saints, the followers of the Lamb,Are men of honor still. True to the solemn oaths they take,Though to their hurt they swear;Constant and just to all they speak,For God and angels hear. […]

Faith the Way of Salvation

Faith the Way of Salvation Not by the laws of innocenceCan Adam’s sons arrive at heav’n; Not by the laws of innocenceCan Adam’s sons arrive at heav’n;New works can give us no pretenceTo have our ancient sins forgiv’n. Not the best deeds that we have doneCan make a wounded conscience whole;Faith is the grace, and […]

Praise to God for Creation and Redemption

Praise to God for Creation and Redemption Let them neglect thy glory, Lord,Who never knew thy grace;But our loud songs shall still recordThe wonders of thy praise. We raise our shouts, O God, to thee,And send them to thy throne;All glory to th’ united Three,The undivided One. ‘Twas he (and we’ll adore his name)That formed […]

None Excluded From Hope

None Excluded From Hope Jesus, thy blessings are not few,Nor is thy gospel weak; Jesus, thy blessings are not few,Nor is thy gospel weak;Thy grace can melt the stubborn Jew,And bow th’ aspiring Greek. Wide as the reach of Satan’s rageDoth thy salvation flow;‘Tis not confined to sex or age,The lofty or the low. While […]

The Gospel the Power of God to Salvation

The Gospel the Power of God to Salvation What shall the dying sinner doThat seeks relief for all his woe? What shall the dying sinner doThat seeks relief for all his woe?Where shall the guilty conscience findEase for the torment of the mind? How shall we get our crimes forgiv’n?Or form our natures fit for […]

Absurdity of Infidelity

Absurdity of Infidelity Shall atheists dare insult the crossOf our Redeemer, God? Shall atheists dare insult the crossOf our Redeemer, God?Shall infidels reproach his laws,Or trample on his blood? What if he choose mysterious waysTo cleanse us from our faults?May not the works of sovereign graceTranscend our feeble thoughts? What if his gospel bids us […]

Strength From Heaven

Strength From Heaven Whence do our mournful thoughts arise?And where’s our courage fled? Whence do our mournful thoughts arise?And where’s our courage fled?Have restless sin and raging hellStruck all our comforts dead? Have we forgot th’ almighty nameThat formed the earth and sea?And can an all-creating armGrow weary or decay? Treasures of everlasting mightIn our […]

The Christian’s Hidden Life

The Christian’s Hidden Life O happy soul that lives on highWhile men lie grov’lling here O happy soul that lives on highWhile men lie grov’lling hereHis hopes are fixed above the sky,And faith forbids his fear. His conscience knows no secret stings,While peace and joy combineTo form a life whose holy springsAre hidden and divine. […]

Condescending Grace

Condescending Grace When the Eternal bows the skiesTo visit earthly things,With scorn divine he turns his eyesFrom towers of haughty kings. He bids his aweful chariot rollFar downward from the skies,To visit every humble soulWith pleasure in his eyes. Why should the Lord that reigns aboveDisdain so lofty kings?Say, Lord, and why such looks of […]

Christ’s Presence Makes Death Easy

Christ’s Presence Makes Death Easy Why should we start, and fear to dieWhat timorous worms we mortals are! Why should we start, and fear to dieWhat timorous worms we mortals are!Death is the gate of endless joy,And yet we dread to enter there. The pains, the groans, and dying strife,Fright our approaching souls away;Still we […]

Prayer for Deliverance Answered

Prayer for Deliverance Answered In thine own ways, O God of love,We wait the visits of thy grace,Our soul’s desire is to thy name,And the remembrance of thy face. My thoughts are searching, Lord, for thee‘Mongst the black shades of lonesome night;My earnest cries salute the skiesBefore the dawn restore the light. Look, how rebellious […]

The Ruin of the Antichrist

The Ruin of the Antichrist “I lift my banner,” saith the Lord,“Where Antichrist has stood;The city of my gospel foesShall be a field of blood. “My heart has studied just revenge,And now the day appears;The day of my redeemed is comeTo wipe away their tears. “Quite weary is my patience grown,And bids my fury go;Swift […]

The Triumph of Christ Over the Enemies of His Church

The Triumph of Christ Over the Enemies of His Church What mighty man, or mighty God,Comes travelling in state,Along the Idumean road,Away from Bozrah’s gate? The glory of his robes proclaim‘Tis some victorious king:“‘Tis I, the Just, th’ Almighty One,That your salvation bring.” “Why, mighty Lord,” thy saints inquire,“Why thine apparel’s red?And all thy vesture […]

Assurance of Heaven

Assurance of Heaven Death may dissolve my body now,And bear my spirit home; Death may dissolve my body now,And bear my spirit home;Why do my minutes move so slow,Nor my salvation come? With heav’nly weapons I have foughtThe battles of the Lord;Finished my course, and kept the faith,And wait the sure reward. God has laid […]

Hope of Heaven by the Resurrection of Christ

Hope of Heaven by the Resurrection of Christ Blest be the everlasting God,The Father of our Lord; Blest be the everlasting God,The Father of our Lord;Be his abounding mercy praised,His majesty adored. When from the dead he raised his Son,And called him to the sky,He gave our souls a lively hopeThat they should never die. […]

A Vision of the Lamb

A Vision of the Lamb All mortal vanities, begone,Nor tempt my eyes, nor tire my ears; All mortal vanities, begone,Nor tempt my eyes, nor tire my ears;Behold, amidst th’ eternal throne,A vision of the Lamb appears. Glory his fleecy robe adorns,Marked with the bloody death he bore;Seven are his eyes, and seven his horns,To speak […]

The Rich Sinner Dying

The Rich Sinner Dying In vain the wealthy mortals toil,And heap their shining dust in vain,Look down and scorn the humble poor,And boast their lofty hills of gain. Their golden cordials cannot easeTheir pained hearts or aching heads,Nor fright nor bribe approaching deathFrom glitt’ring roofs and downy beds. The ling’ring, the unwilling soulThe dismal summons […]

A Hopeful Youth Falling Short of Heaven

A Hopeful Youth Falling Short of Heaven Must all the charms of nature, then,So hopeless to salvation prove?Can hell demand, can heav’n condemn,The man whom Jesus deigns to love? The man who sought the ways of truth,Paid friends and neighbors all their due;A modest, sober, lovely youth,And thought he wanted nothing new. But mark the […]

Absent From the Body, and Present With the Lord

Absent From the Body, and Present With the Lord Absent from flesh! O blissful thought!What unknown joys this moment brings!Freed from the mischiefs sin has brought,From pains, and fears, and all their springs. Absent from flesh! illustrious day!Surprising scene! triumphant strokeThat rends the prison of my clay;And I can feel my fetters broke. Absent from […]

The Sight of God and Christ in Heaven

The Sight of God and Christ in Heaven Descend from heav’n, immortal Dove,Stoop down and take us on thy wings,And mount and bear us far aboveThe reach of these inferior things: Beyond, beyond this lower sky,Up where eternal ages roll;Where solid pleasures never die,And fruits immortal feast the soul. O for a sight, a pleasing […]

Flesh and Spirit

Flesh and Spirit What vain desires and passions vainAttend this mortal clay! What vain desires and passions vainAttend this mortal clay!Oft have they pierced my soul with pain,And drawn my heart astray. How have I wandered from my God!And, following sin and shame,In this vile world of flesh and bloodDefiled my nobler frame! For ever […]

Christ the Eternal Life

Christ the Eternal Life Jesus, our Savior and our God,Arrayed in majesty and blood, Jesus, our Savior and our God,Arrayed in majesty and blood,Thou art our life; our souls in theePossess a full felicity. All our immortal hopes are laidIn thee, our surety and our head;Thy cross, thy cradle, and thy throne,Are big with glories […]

With God Is Terrible Majesty

With God Is Terrible Majesty Terrible God, that reign’st on high,How awful is thy thund’ring hand!Thy fiery bolts, how fierce they fly!Nor can all earth or hell withstand. This the old rebel angels knew,And Satan fell beneath thy frown;Thine arrows struck the traitor through,And weighty vengeance sunk him down. This Sodom felt, and feels it […]

A Vision of the Kingdom of Christ Among Men

A Vision of the Kingdom of Christ Among Men Lo! what a glorious sight appearsTo our believing eyes!The earth and sea are passed away,And the old rolling skies. From the third heav’n, where God resides,That holy, happy place,The new Jerusalem comes down,Adorned with shining grace. Attending angels shout for joy,And the bright armies sing-“Mortals, behold […]

Spiritual Apparel

Spiritual Apparel Awake, my heart; arise, my tongue,Prepare a tuneful voice; Awake, my heart; arise, my tongue,Prepare a tuneful voice;In God, the life of all my joys,Aloud will I rejoice. ‘Tis he adorned my naked soul,And made salvation mine;Upon a poor polluted wormHe makes his graces shine. And lest the shadow of a spotShould on […]

The Deity and Humanity of Christ

The Deity and Humanity of Christ Ere the blue heav’ns were stretched abroad,From everlasting was the Word: Ere the blue heav’ns were stretched abroad,From everlasting was the Word:With God he was; the Word was God,And must divinely be adored. By his own power were all things made;By him supported all things stand;He is the whole […]

The Song of Simeon

The Song of Simeon Lord, at thy temple we appear,As happy Simeon came, Or, Death Made DesirableLord, at thy temple we appear,As happy Simeon came,And hope to meet our Savior here;O make our joys the same! With what divine and vast delightThe good old man was filled,When fondly in his withered armsHe clasped the holy […]

Blessed Are the Dead That Die in the Lord

Blessed Are the Dead That Die in the Lord Hear what the voice from heav’n proclaims,For all the pious dead;Sweet is the savor of their names,And soft their sleeping bed. They die in Jesus, and are blest;How kind their slumbers are!From suff’rings and from sins released,And freed from every snare. Far from this world of […]

God Incomprehensible and Sovereign

God Incomprehensible and Sovereign Can creatures to perfection findTh’ eternal, uncreated Mind?Or can the largest stretch of thoughtMeasure and search his nature out? ‘Tis high as heav’n, ’tis deep as hellAnd what can mortals know or tell?His glory spreads beyond the sky,And all the shining worlds on high. But man, vain man, would fain be […]

Victory Over Death

Victory Over Death O for an overcoming faithTo cheer my dying hours; O for an overcoming faithTo cheer my dying hours;To triumph o’er the monster Death,And all his frightful powers! Joyful with all the strength I haveMy quiv’ring lips should sing-Where is thy boasted vict’ry, Grave?And where the monster’s sting? If sin be pardoned, I’m […]

The Divine Perfections III

The Divine Perfections III Jehovah reigns, his throne is high,His robes are light and majesty;His glory shines with beams so bright,No mortal can sustain the sight. His terrors keep the world in awe;His justice guards his holy law;His love reveals a smiling face;His truth and promise seal the grace. Through all his works his wisdom […]

The Divine Perfections, II

The Divine Perfections, II Great God! thy glories shall employMy holy fear, my humble joy;My lips in songs of honor bringTheir tribute to th’ eternal King. Earth, and the stars, and worlds unknown,Depend precarious on his throne;All nature hangs upon his word,And grace and glory own their Lord. His sovereign power what mortal knows?If be […]

The Divine Perfections

The Divine Perfections How shall I praise th’ eternal God,That infinite Unknown?Who can ascend his high abode,Or venture near his throne? The great Invisible! he dwellsConcealed in dazzling light;But his all-searching eye revealsThe secrets of the night. Those watchful eyes that never sleepSurvey the world aroundHis wisdom is a boundless deepWhere all our thoughts are […]

Unfruitfulness, Ignorance, and Unsanctified Affections

Unfruitfulness, Ignorance, and Unsanctified Affections Long have I sat beneath the soundOf thy salvation, Lord; Long have I sat beneath the soundOf thy salvation, Lord;But still how weak my faith is found,And knowledge of thy word! Oft I frequent thy holy place,And hear almost in vain;How small a portion of thy graceMy memory can retain! […]

The End of the World

The End of the World Why should this earth delight us so?Why should we fix our eyesOn these low grounds where sorrows grow,And every pleasure dies ? While time his sharpest teeth preparesOur comforts to devour,There is a land above the stars,And joys above his power. Nature shall be dissolved and die,The sun must end […]

Complaint of Desertion and Temptations

Complaint of Desertion and Temptations Dear Lord! behold our sore distress;Our sins attempt to reign; Dear Lord! behold our sore distress;Our sins attempt to reign;Stretch out thine arm of conquering grace,And let thy foes be slain. The lion with his dreadful roarAffrights thy feeble sheep:Reveal the glory of thy power,And chain him to the deep. […]

Christian Virtues

Christian Virtues Strait is the way, the door is strait,That leads to joys on high; Strait is the way, the door is strait,That leads to joys on high;‘Tis but a few that find the gate,While crowds mistake, and die. Beloved self must be denied,The mind and will renewedPassion suppressed, and patience tried,And vain desires subdued. […]

Custom in Sin

Custom in Sin Let the wild leopards of the woodPut off the spots that nature gives, Let the wild leopards of the woodPut off the spots that nature gives,Then may the wicked turn to God,And change their tempers and their lives. As well might Ethiopian slavesWash out the darkness of their skin,The deed as well […]

The Enjoyment of Christ

The Enjoyment of Christ Lord, what a heav’n of saving graceShines through the beauties of thy face, Lord, what a heav’n of saving graceShines through the beauties of thy face,And lights our passions to a flame!Lord, how we love thy charming name! When I can say, “My God is mine,”When I can feel thy glories […]

Hosannah to Christ

Hosannah to Christ Hosannah to the royal SonOf David’s ancient line! Hosannah to the royal SonOf David’s ancient line!His natures two, his person one,Mysterious and divine. The root of David here, we find,And offspring is the same:Eternity and time are joinedIn our Immanuel’s name. Blest he that comes to wretched menWith peaceful news from heav’n!Hosannah’s […]

An Unconverted State

An Unconverted State Great King of glory and of grace,We own, with humble shame, Great King of glory and of grace,We own, with humble shame,How vile is our degen’rate race,And our first father’s name. From Adam flows our tainted blood,The poison reigns within;Makes us averse to all that’s good,And willing slaves to sin. Daily we […]

Few Saved

Few Saved Broad is the road that leads to death,And thousands walk together there; Broad is the road that leads to death,ACAnd thousands walk together there;But wisdom shows a narrower path,With here and there a traveller. “Deny thyself, and take thy cross,”Is the Redeemer’s great command;Nature must count her gold but dross,If she would gain […]

Satan’s Devices

Satan’s Devices Now Satan comes with dreadful roarAnd threatens to destroy; Now Satan comes with dreadful roarAnd threatens to destroy;He worries whom he can’t devourWith a malicious joy. Ye sons of God, oppose his rage,Resist, and he’ll begone;Thus did our dearest Lord engageAnd vanquish him alone. Now he appears almost divine,Like innocence and love;But the […]

Presumption and Despair

Presumption and Despair I hate the tempter and his charms,I hate his flatt’ring breath; I hate the tempter and his charms,I hate his flatt’ring breath;The serpent takes a thousand formsTo cheat our souls to death. He feeds our hopes with airy dreams,Or kills with slavish fear;And holds us still in wide extremes,Presumption or despair. Now […]

Christ Our Passover

Christ Our Passover Lo, the destroying angel fliesTo Pharaoh’s stubborn land; Lo, the destroying angel fliesTo Pharaoh’s stubborn land;The pride and flower of Egypt diesBy his vindictive hand. He passed the tents of Jacob o’er,Nor poured the wrath divine;He saw the blood on every door,And blessed the peaceful sign. Thus the appointed Lamb must bleed,To […]

Self-Righteousness Insufficient

Self-Righteousness Insufficient “Where are the mourners,” saith the Lord,“That wait and tremble at my word, “Where are the mourners,” saith the Lord,“That wait and tremble at my word,That walk in darkness all the day?Come, make my name your trust and stay. “No works nor duties of your ownCan for the smallest sin atoneThe robes that […]

The Distemper, Folly, and Madness of Sin

The Distemper, Folly, and Madness of Sin Sin, like a venomous disease,Infects our vital blood; Sin, like a venomous disease,Infects our vital blood;The only balm is sovereign grace,And the physician, God. Our beauty and our strength are fled,And we draw near to death;But Christ the Lord recalls the deadWith his almighty breath. Madness by nature […]

Sinai and Zion

Sinai and Zion Not to the terrors of the Lord,The tempest, fire, and smoke;Not to the thunder of that wordWhich God on Sinai spoke; But we are come to Zion’s hill,The city of our God,Where milder words declare his will,And spread his love abroad. Behold th’ innumerable hostOf angels clothed in light!Behold the spirits of […]

Prophecy and Inspiration.

Prophecy and Inspiration. ‘Twas by an order from the LordThe ancient prophets spoke his word; ‘Twas by an order from the LordThe ancient prophets spoke his word;His Spirit did their tongues inspire,And warmed their hearts with heav’nly fire. The works and wonders which they wroughtConfirmed the messages they brought;The prophet’s pen succeeds his breath,To save […]

The Offices of Christ, II

The Offices of Christ, II Join all the glorious namesOf wisdom, love, and power, Join all the glorious namesOf wisdom, love, and power,That ever mortals knew,That angels ever bore:All are too mean to speak his worth,Too mean to set my Savior forth. But O what gentle terms,What condescending ways,Doth our Redeemer useTo teach his heav’nly […]

Our Own Weakness, and Christ Our Strength

Our Own Weakness, and Christ Our Strength Let me but hear my Savior say,“Strength shall be equal to thy day,” Let me but hear my Savior say,“Strength shall be equal to thy day,”Then I rejoice in deep distress,Leaning on all-sufficient grace. I glory in infirmity,That Christ’s own power may rest on me:When I am weak, […]

The Offices of Christ

The Offices of Christ Join all the names of love and powerThat ever men or angels bore, Join all the names of love and powerThat ever men or angels bore,All are too mean to speak his worth,Or set lmmannel’s glory forth. But O what condescending waysHe takes to teach his heav’nly graceMy eyes with joy […]

The Names and Titles of Christ II

The Names and Titles of Christ II With cheerful voice I singThe titles of my Lord, With cheerful voice I singThe titles of my Lord,And borrow all the namesOf honor from his word:Nature and art can ne’er supplySufficient forms of majesty. In Jesus we beholdHis Father’s glorious face,Shining for ever bright,With mild and lovely raysTh’ […]

The Names and Titles of Christ

The Names and Titles of Christ ‘Tis from the treasures of his wordI borrow titles for my Lord; ‘Tis from the treasures of his wordI borrow titles for my Lord;Nor art nor nature can supplySufficient forms of majesty. Bright image of the Father’s face,Shining with undiminished rays;Th’ eternal God’s eternal Son,The heir and partner of […]

Characters of Christ

Characters of Christ Go, worship at Immanuel’s feet,See in his face what wonders meet! Go, worship at Immanuel’s feet,See in his face what wonders meet!Earth is too narrow to expressHis worth, his glory, or his grace. The whole creation can affordBut some faint shadows of my Lord;Nature, to make his beauties known,Must mingle colors not […]

Christ and Aaron

Christ and Aaron Jesus, in thee our eyes beholdA thousand glories more, Jesus, in thee our eyes beholdA thousand glories more,Than the rich gems and polished goldThe sons of Aaron wore. They first their own burnt-offerings brought,To purge themselves from sin;Thy life was pure without a spot,And all thy nature clean. Fresh blood as constant […]

The Witnessing and Sealing Spirit

The Witnessing and Sealing Spirit – Why should the children of a KingGo mourning all their days?Great Comforter! descend and bringSome tokens of thy grace. Dost thou not dwell in all the saints,And seal the heirs of heav’n?When wilt thou banish my complaints,And show my sins forgiv’n? Assure my conscience of her partIn the Redeemer’s […]

Characters of the Children of God

Characters of the Children of God So new-born babes desire the breast,To feed, and grow, and thrive; So new-born babes desire the breast,To feed, and grow, and thrive;So saints with joy the gospel taste,And by the gospel live. With inward gust their heart approvesAll that the word relates;They love the men their Father loves,And hate […]

The Humiliation and Exaltation of Christ

The Humiliation and Exaltation of Christ Who has believed thy word,Or thy salvation known? Who has believed thy word,Or thy salvation known?Reveal thine arm, Almighty Lord,And glorify thy Son. The Jews esteemed him hereToo mean for their belief;Sorrows his chief acquaintance were,And his companion, grief. They turned their eyes away,And treated him with scorn;But ’twas […]

The Triumph of Faith

The Triumph of Faith Who shall the Lord’s elect condemn?‘Tis God that justifies their souls; Or, Christ’s Unchangeable LoveWho shall the Lord’s elect condemn?‘Tis God that justifies their souls;And mercy, like a mighty stream,O’er all their sins divinely rolls. Who shall adjudge the saints to hell?‘Tis Christ that suffered in their stead;And, the salvation to […]

Saints in the Hands of Christ

Saints in the Hands of Christ Firm as the earth thy gospel stands,My Lord, my hope, my trust; Firm as the earth thy gospel stands,My Lord, my hope, my trust;If I am found in Jesus‘ hands,My soul can ne’er be lost. His honor is engaged to saveThe meanest of his sheep;All that his heav’nly Father […]

Salvation by Grace in Christ

Salvation by Grace in Christ Now to the power of God supremeBe everlasting honors giv’n; Now to the power of God supremeBe everlasting honors giv’n;He saves from hell, (we bless his name,)He calls our wand’ring feet to heav’n. Not for our duties or deserts,But of his own abounding grace,He works salvation in our hearts,And forms […]

Sincerity and Hypocrisy

Sincerity and Hypocrisy God is a Spirit, just and wise,He sees our inmost mind;In vain to heav’n we raise our cries,And leave our souls behind. Nothing but truth before his throneWith honor can appear;The painted hypocrites are knownThrough the disguise they wear. Their lifted eyes salute the skies,Their bending knees the ground;But God abhors the […]

The Love of Christ Shed Abroad in the Heart

The Love of Christ Shed Abroad in the Heart Come, dearest Lord, descend and dwellBy faith and love in every breast;Then shall we know, and taste, and feelThe joys that cannot be expressed. Come, fill our hearts with inward strength,Make our enlarged souls possess,And learn the height, and breadth, and lengthOf thine unmeasurable grace. Now […]

Religion Vain Without Love

Religion Vain Without Love Had I the tongues of Greeks and Jews,And nobler speech, that angels use, Had I the tongues of Greeks and Jews,And nobler speech, that angels use,If love be absent, I am found,Like tinkling brass, an empty sound. Were I inspired to preach and tellAll that is done in heav’n and hell;Or […]

Love and Charity

Love and Charity Let Pharisees of high esteemTheir faith and zeal declare, Let Pharisees of high esteemTheir faith and zeal declare,All their religion is a dream,If love be wanting there. Love suffers long with patient eye,Nor is provoked in haste;She lets the present injury die,And long forgets the past. Malice and rage, those fires of […]

Holiness and Grace

Holiness and Grace O let our lips and lives expressThe holy gospel we profess; O let our lips and lives expressThe holy gospel we profess;So let our works and virtues shine,To prove the doctrine all divine. Thus shall we best proclaim abroadThe honors of our Savior God;When the salvation reigns within,And grace subdues the power […]

The Pharisee and Publican

The Pharisee and Publican Saints, at your heav’nly Father’s wordGive up your comforts to the Lord; Saints, at your heav’nly Father’s wordGive up your comforts to the Lord;Behold how sinners disagree,The publican and Pharisee!One doth his righteousness proclaim,The other owns his guilt and shame. This man at humble distance stands,And cries for grace with lifted […]

Love and Hatred

Love and Hatred Now by the bowels of my God,His sharp distress, his sore complaints, Now by the bowels of my God,His sharp distress, his sore complaints,By his last groans, his dying blood,I charge my soul to love the saints. Clamor, and wrath, and war, begone,Envy and spite, for ever cease;Let bitter words no more […]

The Son of God Incarnate

The Son of God Incarnate The lands that long in darkness layNow have beheld a heav’nly light; The lands that long in darkness layNow have beheld a heav’nly light;Nations that sat in death’s cold shadeAre blessed with beams divinely bright. The virgin’s promised Son is born,Behold th’ expected child appear:What shall his names or titles […]

Submission and Deliverance

Submission and Deliverance Saints, at your heav’nly Father’s wordGive up your comforts to the Lord; Saints, at your heav’nly Father’s wordGive up your comforts to the Lord;He shall restore what you resign,Or grant you blessings more divine. So Abram with obedient handLed forth his son at God’s command;The wood, the fire, the knife, he took,His […]

The Apostles’ Commission

The Apostles’ Commission “O preach my gospel,” saith the Lord,“Bid the whole earth my grace receive; “O preach my gospel,” saith the Lord,“Bid the whole earth my grace receive;He shall be saved that trusts my word,He shall be damned that won’t believe. “I’ll make your great commission known,And ye shall prove my gospel true,By all […]

Charity and Uncharitableness

Charity and Uncharitableness Not diff’rent food, or diff’rent dress,Compose the kingdom of our Lord; Not diff’rent food, or diff’rent dress,Compose the kingdom of our Lord;But peace, and joy, and righteousness,Faith, and obedience to his word. When weaker Christians we despise,We do the gospel mighty wrong;For God, the gracious and the wise,Receives the feeble with the […]

Christ’s Compassion to the Weak and Tempted

Christ’s Compassion to the Weak and Tempted With joy we meditate the graceOf our High Priest above; With joy we meditate the graceOf our High Priest above;His heart is made of tenderness,His bowels melt with love. Touched with a sympathy within,He knows our feeble frame;He knows what sore temptations mean,For he has felt the same. […]

The First and Second Adam

The First and Second Adam Deep in the dust before thy throneOur guilt and our disgrace we own; Deep in the dust before thy throneOur guilt and our disgrace we own;Great God! we own th’ unhappy nameWhence sprang our nature and our shame; Adam the sinner: at his fall,Death like a conqueror seized usA thousand […]

The Repenting Prodigal

The Repenting Prodigal Behold the wretch whose lust and wineHad wasted his estate, Behold the wretch whose lust and wineHad wasted his estate,He begs a share among the swine,To taste the husks they eat! “I die with hunger here,” he cries,“I starve in foreign lands;My father’s house has large suppliesAnd bounteous are his hands. “I’ll […]

Believers Buried With Christ in Baptism

Believers Buried With Christ in Baptism Do we not know that solemn word,That we are buried with the Lord, Do we not know that solemn word,That we are buried with the Lord,Baptized into his death, and thenPut off the body of our sin? Our souls receive diviner breath,Raised from corruption, guilt, and death;So from the […]

Faith of Things Unseen

Faith of Things Unseen Faith is the brightest evidenceOf things beyond our sight, Faith is the brightest evidenceOf things beyond our sight,Breaks through the clouds of flesh and sense,And dwells in heav’nly light. It sets times past in present view,Brings distant prospects home,Of things a thousand years ago,Or thousand years to come. By faith we […]

Free Grace in Revealing Christ

Free Grace in Revealing Christ Jesus, the man of constant grief,A mourner all his days; Jesus, the man of constant grief,A mourner all his days;His spirit once rejoiced aloud,And tuned his joy to praise: “Father, I thank thy wondrous love,That hath revealed thy SonTo men unlearned, and to babesHas made thy gospel known. “The mysteries […]

The Different Success of the Gospel

The Different Success of the Gospel Christ and his cross is all our theme;The myst’ries that we speak Christ and his cross is all our theme;The myst’ries that we speakAre scandal in the Jew’s esteem,And folly to the Greek. But souls enlightened from aboveWith joy receive the word;They see what wisdom, power, and loveShine in […]

Moses and Christ

Moses and Christ The law by Moses came,But peace, and truth, and love, The law by Moses came,But peace, and truth, and love,Were brought by Christ, a nobler name,Descending from above. Amidst the house of GodTheir diff’rent works were done;Moses a faithful servant stood,But Christ a faithful Son. Then to his new commandsBe strict obedience […]

Election Sovereign and Free

Election Sovereign and Free Behold the potter and the clay,He forms his vessels as he please: Behold the potter and the clay,He forms his vessels as he please:Such is our God, and such are we,The subjects of his high decrees. Doth not the workman’s power extendO’er all the mass, which part to chooseAnd mold it […]

Conviction of Sin by the Law

Conviction of Sin by the Law Lord, how secure my conscience was,And felt no inward dread! Lord, how secure my conscience was,And felt no inward dread!I was alive without the law,And thought my sins were dead. My hopes of heav’n were firm and bright,But since the precept cameWith a convincing power and light,I find how […]

Abraham’s Blessing on the Gentiles II

Abraham’s Blessing on the Gentiles II Gentiles by nature, we belongTo the wild olive wood; Gentiles by nature, we belongTo the wild olive wood;Grace took us from the barren tree,And grafts us in the good. With the same blessings grace endowsThe Gentile and the Jew;If pure and holy be the root,Such are the branches too. […]

Abraham’s Blessing on the Gentiles

Abraham’s Blessing on the Gentiles How large the promise, how divine,To Abram and his seed! How large the promise, how divine,To Abram and his seed!“I’ll be a God to thee and thine,Supplying all their need.” The words of his extensive loveFrom age to age endure;The Angel of the cov’nant proves,And seals the blessing sure. Jesus […]

The Brazen Serpent

The Brazen Serpent So did the Hebrew prophet raiseThe brazen serpent high, Or, Looking to JesusSo did the Hebrew prophet raiseThe brazen serpent high,The wounded felt immediate ease,The camp forbore to die. “Look upward in the dying hour,And live,” the prophet cries;But Christ performs a nobler cure,When Faith lifts up her eyes. High on the […]

Salvation by Grace

Salvation by Grace Lord, we confess our num’rous faults,How great our guilt has been! Lord, we confess our num’rous faults,How great our guilt has been!Foolish and vain were all our thoughts,And all our lives were sin. But, O my soul! for ever praise,For ever love his name,Who turns thy feet from dangerous waysOf folly, sin, […]

Death and Immediate Glory

Death and Immediate Glory There is a house not made with hands,Eternal and on high;And here my spirit waiting stands,Till God shall bid it fly. Shortly this prison of my clayMust be dissolved and fall;Then, O my soul! with joy obeyThy heav’nly Father’s call. ‘Tis he, by his almighty grace,That forms thee fit for heav’n;And, […]

The Humble Enlightened, and Carnal Reason Humbled

The Humble Enlightened, and Carnal Reason Humbled There was an hour when Christ rejoiced,And spoke his joy in words of praise:“Father, I thank thee, mighty God,Lord of the earth, and heav’ns, and seas. “I thank thy sovereign power and loveThat crowns my doctrine with success,And makes the babes in knowledge learnThe heights, and breadths, and […]

The Value of Christ and His Righteousness

The Value of Christ and His Righteousness No more, my God, I boast no moreOf all the duties I have done; No more, my God, I boast no moreOf all the duties I have done;I quit the hopes I held before,To trust the merits of thy Son. Now, for the love I bear his name,What […]

Christ Unseen and Beloved

Christ Unseen and Beloved Now with our mortal eyesHave we beheld the Lord; Now with our mortal eyesHave we beheld the Lord;Yet we rejoice to hear his name,And love him in his word. On earth we want the sightOf our Redeemer’s face;Yet, Lord, our inmost thoughts delightTo dwell upon thy grace. And when we taste […]

The Fall and Recovery of Man

The Fall and Recovery of Man Deceived by subtle snares of hell,Adam, our head, our father, fell; Deceived by subtle snares of hell,Adam, our head, our father, fell;When Satan, in the serpent hid,Proposed the fruit that God forbid. Death was the threat’ning: death beganTo take possession of the manHis unborn race received the wound,And heavy […]

Dead to Sin by the Cross of Christ

Dead to Sin by the Cross of Christ Shall we go on to sinBecause thy grace abounds; Shall we go on to sinBecause thy grace abounds;Or crucify the Lord again,And open all his wounds? Forbid it, mighty God!Nor let it e’er be said,That we whose sins are crucifiedShould raise them from the dead. We will […]

Heaven Invisible and Holy

Heaven Invisible and Holy Nor eye hath seen, nor ear hath heard,Nor sense nor reason known,What joys the Father hath preparedFor those that love the Son. But the good Spirit of the LordReveals a heav’n to come;The beams of glory in his wordAllure and guide us home. Pure are the joys above the sky,And all […]

A State of Nature and of Grace

A State of Nature and of Grace Not the malicious or profane,The wanton or the proud, Not the malicious or profane,The wanton or the proud,Nor thieves, nor sland’rers, shall obtainThe kingdom of our God. Surprising grace! and such were weBy nature and by sin,Heirs of immortal misery,Unholy and unclean. But we are washed in Jesus‘ […]

The Beatitudes

The Beatitudes Blest are the humble souls that seeTheir emptiness and poverty; Blest are the humble souls that seeTheir emptiness and poverty;Treasures of grace to them are giv’n,And crowns of joy laid up in heav’n. Blest are the men of broken heart,Who mourn for sin with inward smartThe blood of Christ divinely flows,A healing balm […]

On Dreaming

On Dreaming When slumber seals our weary eyes,  The busy fancy wakeful keeps;   When slumber seals our weary eyes,  The busy fancy wakeful keeps;  The scenes which then before us rise,  Prove something in us never sleeps. As in another world we seem,  A new creation of our own,  All appears real, though a […]

Men Honoured Above Angels

Men Honoured Above Angels Now let us join with hearts and tongues,And emulate the angels’ songs; Now let us join with hearts and tongues,And emulate the angels’ songs;Yea, sinners may address their KingIn songs that angels cannot sing. They praise the Lamb who once was slain;But we can add a higher strain;Not only say, “He […]

Joy in Heaven for a Repenting Sinner

Joy in Heaven for a Repenting Sinner Who can describe the joys that riseThrough all the courts of Paradise, Who can describe the joys that riseThrough all the courts of Paradise,To see a prodigal return,To see an heir of glory born? With joy the Father doth approveThe fruit of His eternal love;The Son with joy […]

Job

Job Job didn’t hear of the challenge,Satan had made to the Lord. Job didn’t hear of the challenge,Satan had made to the Lord.Ignorant, fragile, defencelessJob was when Satan’s wrath poured. Robbed of his wealth, of his children,Stricken with boils, searing pain,Would he curse God, end in failure?Look, he has triumphed again. Friends were not kind […]

Judgment Had Fallen

Judgment Had Fallen Judgment had fallen upon sinful man;God’s word had warned them again and again: Judgment had fallen upon sinful man;God’s word had warned them again and again:How can they argue with sin at the door,Seek God, Repent, the old prophets implore. Judgment had fallen, but men would not heed,Sin they would cling to, […]

I Marvel

I Marvel I marvel that within His handThis mortal clay should lie; I marvel that within His handThis mortal clay should lie;That He would take this worthless selfTo cleanse and purify. His precious blood removes the dross,The sin, the guilt, the shame,So that he can impress on meHis signature and name. A purpose for this […]

Lost

Lost Lost I cried out in repentance‘Lord, please have mercy on me Lost I cried out in repentance‘Lord, please have mercy on meAll that I ask is Thy pardonThat Thou would’st save, redeem me’ Outside the cup seemed so perfectBut it had darkness withinTill the bright light of Thy gospelExposed my folly and sin Finding […]

Joy

Joy Joy sweet adornment for pilgrims,Spreading a fragrance so sweet Joy sweet adornment for pilgrims,Spreading a fragrance so sweetReaching to weary and needyDrawing them to Jesus feet Joy in abundant salvationGiven so full and so freeClaimed when repentant and seekingJoy that my God pardoned me Joy in the Saviour’s communionTender and holy and trueAs in […]

Tongue Mighty Member Misleadingly Small

Tongue Mighty Member Misleadingly Small Ah, what a treasure is found in the tongue,Healing and soothing and saying ‘well done.’ Ah, what a treasure is found in the tongue,Healing and soothing and saying ‘well done.’Small as it is, it can change someone’s life,Smooth over troubles and dissipate strife. Ah, what a nightmare can be that […]

Can You Be Sinking?

Can You Be Sinking ? Can you be sinking and drowning,When there is work to be done? Can you be sinking and drowning,When there is work to be done?Have you turned back from the plough share,Shirking the call of God’s son? Think of the men in the Bible,Think of the stand they  made,How can you […]

Believe and be Saved

Believe and be Saved Not to condemn the sons of men,Did Christ, the Son of God, appear; Not to condemn the sons of men,Did Christ, the Son of God, appear;No weapons in his hands are seen,No flaming sword nor thunder there. Such was the pity of our God,He loved the race of man so well,He […]

The Blessedness of the Gospel Times

The Blessedness of the Gospel Times How beauteous are their feetWho stand on Zion’s hill! How beauteous are their feetWho stand on Zion’s hill!Who bring salvation on their tongues,And words of peace reveal! How charming is their voice!How sweet the tidings are!“Zion, behold thy Savior King;He reigns and triumphs here.” How happy are our earsThat […]

The Glories of the Lamb

The Glories of the Lamb Behold the glories of the LambAmidst his Father’s throne; Behold the glories of the LambAmidst his Father’s throne;Prepare new honors for his name,And songs before unknown. Let elders worship at his feet,The church adore around,With vials full of odors sweet,And harps of sweeter sound. Those are the prayers of the […]

Examples of Early Piety

Examples of Early Piety What blest examples do I findWrit in the Word of Truth What blest examples do I findWrit in the Word of TruthOf children that began to mindReligion in their youth! Jesus, who reigns above the sky,And keeps the world in awe,Was once a child as young as I,And kept His Father’s […]

How Can It Be?

How Can It Be? How can it be that I should beSought by almighty God? How can it be that I should beSought by almighty God?This black, deceitful heart of mineWashed by his precious blood? My sins line up in vivid hue,I shrink in horror, shame,Can they be blotted out by God,Cleansed, gone, each sordid […]

I Feel So Lost

I Feel So Lost I feel so lost, dear Lord,Upon this planet earth, I feel so lost, dear Lord,Upon this planet earth,So small a tiny entity.What can my life be worth? How can thy love be reaching me?I’m lost within the crowd.My plaintive call for Thee to hearExpires midst voices loud. What am I doing […]

A Dreary Existence

A Dreary Existence Ah, what a dreary existance is mineBeds upon beds wait with linen in line,Floors that need dusting, and food to be made,Wish in another bright era I stayed. Nobody listens or sees what I do.Nobody hears my plans that are new.Nobody shares my impossible goals.Nobody cares me me no not a soul! […]

The Rock

The Rock Oh Rock within the raging storm,I cling to Thee though spent and worn, Oh Rock within the raging stormI cling to Thee though spent and wornAh lift me up, reach out to meThat I might rest myself on Thee. Jenny Daniel

Things Have Gone Wrong

Things Have Gone Wrong Things have gone wrong, weary pilgrim,But is it sin at your door?Judgment has heavily fallen;Seek God; His mercy implore. Things have gone wrong, but life’s transient.Heaven awaits farther on.Lift up your eyes, He is coming,Rest your sad lot there upon. Things have gone wrong men are watching,Will you victorious be?Will they […]

Am I the Cause?

Am I the Cause? Am I the cause of the conflicts,Am I the cause of the pain, Am I the cause of the conflicts,Am I the cause of the pain,Am I the one that is bringing,Heart-ache and anger and pain? Am I the one that is spending,More than the budget allows?Am I the one that […]

No Greater Gift

No Greater Gift There was no greater gift that GodCould mercif’ly bestow, There was no greater gift that GodCould mercif’ly bestow,For in his Son he gave His allTo sinners here below There was no humbler place to beThat first great Christmas morn,For midst the donkeys, fodder, food,The King of Kings was born. Emmanuel – miracle […]

He Came Alone

He Came Alone He came alone,To pay for sin, He came alone, To pay for sin,Mankind to save, Salvation win, To drink the cup, For you and me,That hour in dark Gathsemane God satisfied, Through him at last,For all our sin, On him was cast. That you and I, Could be set free,Becaus he died, […]

The Master Potter’s Work

The Master Potter’s Work The Master Potter’s work cries out,Behold his hand was here, The Master Potter’s work cries out,Behold his hand was here,‘Tis only he could make us thus,The evidence is clear. Jenny Daniel

In the Potter’s Hands

In the Potter’s Hands ‘Tis marvelous that I may lie,Within the potters hands, ‘Tis marvelous that I may lie,Within the potters hands,That he can form and fashion me,According to his plan. Jenny Daniel

The Glorious Race

The Glorious Race Ah glorious race that I should run,Where ran the saints of old Ah glorious race that I should run,Where ran the saints of oldThat in the footsteps stained with blood,My very path unfolds. I’ll clutch no weight up it,I’ll throw them all inside,That naught may bind and hold meEncumbering my stride. I’ll […]

Peter

Peter Peter had boasted so loud to his Lord,Confident phrases from his mouth had poured, Peter had boasted so loud to his Lord,Confident phrases from his mouth had poured,Others may fail you – but never will I.Danger may threaten – but Peter is nigh. But when the soldiers had captured the Lord,The ear of the […]

Am I A Hindrance?

Am I A Hindrance ? Am I an hindrance to God’s work,As near me clay is marred and hurt? Am I an hindrance to God’s work,As near me clay is marred and hurt? Yes, on the wheel a loved one lay,Whom I have jabbed this very day. Scars can so easily start and form,Hurts are […]

I Hear Your Cry

I Hear Your Cry Dear child of mine, I hear your cry.I know that oft you’d rather die, Dear child of mine, I hear your cry.I know that oft you’d rather die,Than face the scalpels steely touch,That reaches to your inner dust. I’ve planned, dear child, what you shall be,Thus, leave the choices up to […]

Come, Saith the Voice of the Potter

Come, Saith the Voice of the Potter Come, saith the voice of the potter,Warped and defiled though you be. Come, saith the voice of the potter,Warped and defiled though you be.I can reform and remake you,Rid you from dross and debry. Come, saith the voice of the potter,Fair though you be in your eyes,You will […]

I Know the Load Is Heavy, Child

I Know the Load Is Heavy, Child I know the load is heavy, child;‘Too much your plaintive cry, I know the load is heavy, child;‘Too much your plaintive cry,Bowed down you stumble ‘neith the weight,Each step – a long drawn sigh. Within your load so many things,That I have not decreed,You add each task as […]

Is Your Joy Lost?

Is Your Joy Lost? Is your joy lost, weary pilgrimHas it fled far from your heart Is your joy lost, weary pilgrimHas it fled far from your heartCan it be dark sin that’s lurkingMaking sweet joy to depart Is there a love that is hiddenSecret and cloistered withinE’en though your feet have not stumbledIn thoughts, […]

It Was for This

It Was for This In the brevity of timeout of the endlessness of eternity, In the brevity of timeout of the endlessness of eternity,A miracleFrom the glory of Heaveninto the crudeness of a manger!A baby still From the Creator of the worldand throne SupremeDespised, rejected, mockedthy God hath beenAnd from where angels, saints adore Himon […]

How Sad

How Sad The town was full, no room was foundfor the simple village maid The town was full, no room was foundFor the simple village maidNo wonder then on straw it wasThe babe was gently laid. The town was full of busy men,All busy doing things.No wonder then, they did not know,He was the King […]

She’s Older Now

She’s Older Now She’s older nowThe red cheeked blushing maiden She’s older nowThe red cheeked blushing maidenHas slighter grownand frailer is her frameShe does no bounceHer step is slowShe hardly knows her name Those jet black locks areSnow white nowHer face with wrinkles strewnIt seems the cares of many yearsthe lines have finely hewn But-as […]

Carried Hence

Carried Hence Her feeble light is flickeringShe lay upon the bed Her feeble light is flickeringShe lay upon the bedAnd people whisper tenderlyAs in and out they tread She lingered on and childhood daysSo long ago crowd inHer father, mother, home-so muchOf all that’s past and been Oh glorious trust-eternal restT’was not in vain-His values […]

The Test of Our Christian Walk

The Test of Our Christian Walk Don’t go and ask my familyAbout my Christian walk Don’t go and ask my familyAbout my Christian walkThank goodness they are silent onesWhat if the girls should talk? It’s safe to lose my temper thereTo be both cruel and meanAs long as no-one hears of itOr nothing has been […]

My Tongue

My Tongue Early this morning I got out of bedWhat was that horrible thing that I said? Early this morning I got out of bedWhat was that horrible thing that I said?Someone was hopeless, would never achieveWere those wet tears that I saw on his sleeve? What were the words that I chirped out at […]

Nobody Cares!

Nobody Cares! Ah what a dreary existence is mineBeds upon beds wait with linen in line Ah what a dreary existence is mineBeds upon beds wait with linen in lineFloors that need dusting and food to be madeWish in another bright era I stayed Nobody listens or sees what I doNobody hears all my plans […]

His Plan

His Plan My child it is a different pathI’ve planned for you below My child it is a different pathI’ve planned for you belowLift up the roots you’ve planted deepI would not have them grow I want you dearest child of MineTo let Me lead the waySubmit and let Me be the OneWho governs every […]

What am I Doing Here? Part Two

What am I Doing Here? Part Two What am I doing hereWhy was I ever born? What am I doing hereWhy was I ever born?Life’s filled with so much sorrowMy path with many a thorn. Is there a purpose for my lifeA plan for little me?I’m drowning midst the multitudesThat make humanity. My child, My […]

The Best of the Flock

The Best of the Flock I ask for the best of the flock, dear childThe offering you give Me I ask for the best of the flock, dear childThe offering you give MeBut what is this weak and puny lambUpon the altar I see? For the world outside, you present your bestNot a bit from […]

Curbing the Tongue Is Hard

Curbing the Tongue Is Hard It’s hard to curb my tongue within the homeThe world’s outside, I’m all alone It’s hard to curb my tongue within the homeThe world’s outside, I’m all aloneIf no-one hears, they will not knowMy family are suff’ring so I sometimes see my daughter winceA sister twitch, a brother flinchBut no-one […]

What Am I Doing Here?

What Am I Doing Here? “What am I doing here?”I hear your plaintive cry “What am I doing here?”I hear your plaintive cryAs floundering upon the earthYou sink and moan and cry. What are you doing thereDear child how can it beYou haven’t fathomed t’was My loveThat gave your life to thee. To fellowship with […]

How Often Would I . . . But Ye Would Not

How Often Would I . . . But Ye Would Not I would my child this year you had grownThat you my Word had better know I would my child this year you had grownThat you my Word had better knownI longed to lead you higher on the wayI wished to fashion o’er the broken […]

That Other Land

That Other Land A second journey take us to that other landor is it less? A second journey take us to that other landor is it less?When-In the twinkling of an eye-we areso blessedFor Heaven’s gates are opened wide-and we areat our Savior’s sideTo worship at His feet-unending joy-oh blisscomplete! But we still labour on-‘tis […]

Can I Ever Pen?

Can I Ever Pen? Can I ever, ever penThe eyes from which no judgment came? Can I ever, ever penThe eyes from which no judgment came?Sorrow for my sin I sawOh to stumble never more Knowledge of my sinful lifeEvery cause and every strifeSadness at my fallen stateYet He will another fate! Pardon for the […]

They Are Without Excuse

They Are Without Excuse Dear God-Thy infinite power and mightShine forth from the world’s upon our sight Dear God-Thy infinite power and mightShine forth from the world’s upon our sightJust a word-and the heavens were put in placeWith the sun, moon and stars suspended in spaceNot a fraction too close-not a fraction too far!For heat-scorching […]

Didst Thou Know?

Didst Thou Know? Didst thou know, oh BethlehemWhen travelers bustled by Didst thou know, oh BethlehemWhen travelers bustled byThat one still night The mighty GodWould in thy borders lie? No room O town of BethlehemHe owns each hill and denYet in thy stable mangerBegins His walk with men How small O town of BethlehemThat fragile, […]

How Sad That “Few Are Chosen”!

How Sad That “Few Are Chosen”! The world doth teem with throngs of menThe marching feet drone on The world doth teem with throngs of menThe marching feet drone onAnd small the little band who treadAmidst this mighty throneTheir clothes are white–God’s righteousnessThrough faith, their only shroudOh mighty is the grace that GodSo mercif’ly bestowedHow […]

Prepare to Meet thy God

Prepare to Meet thy God Prepare the earnest prophet criedMore time that day will be denied Prepare the earnest prophet criedMore time that day will be deniedOh man take care oh man bewareYou’ll surely meet God over there God calls to you upon life’s wayYou still His Voice from day to dayYou do not think, […]

To Each a Different Path

To Each a Different Path To each a different pathin this new year To each a different path in this new yearThrough storm or sunshine Joy or tear A task to do message to shareA soul to win through loving care A Life to live within the homeSeeking to please my God alone To each a different path in this new yearto […]

Thy Blood, Thy Grace, Thy Love

Thy Blood, Thy Grace, Thy Love I saw the saved ones gatherOn Heaven’s blessed shore I saw the saved ones gatherOn Heaven’s blessed shoreThere stood a wondrous multitudeWho’d found salvation’s door But who are these who days agoWere drowning in their sin?And now they are Christ’s Holy BrideAll cleansed and pure within! My love reached […]

Special Strength and Grace

Special Strength and Grace I think a newborn babyIs the sweetest gift of all I think a newborn babyIs the sweetest gift of allTo have a tiny human lifeSo fragile and so small And yet it is an awesome taskTo mold this human clayEach word I speak–each deed I doWill ‘form’ from day to day […]

Thank God

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Daddy

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One Look

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I Need Thee Lord

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But Your Iniquities

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Condemned

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Regret

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I Will Not

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Another Time

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Against the Tide I

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The Peace of God Which Passeth All Understanding

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Trust Me, My Child

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Every Part of Thee

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Perfect Love

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My Thorn

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Choose You This Day Whom You Will Serve

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He’ll lead You Through Darkness

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Follow

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What Is Man?

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How Could You?

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The Altar is Broken

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I Do Not Know the Answer

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Just to be Faithful

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Hold Fast

Hold Fast Hold on dear child to all My Word doth sayHold fast dear child, to keep within the way Hold on dear child to all My Word doth sayHold fast dear child, to keep within the wayThe Word of God thy only guide and stayFor ‘it’ the world did many a martyr slay Don’t […]

Only for One

Only for One I have a smile my friends to greet,Hearty and pleasant for all I meet, I have a smile my friends to greet,Hearty and pleasant for all I meet,Hidden from none:But I have a smile that they do not know,Lit by a deeper, tenderer glow,And I keep it bright in my heart below,Only […]

I Bring My Sins to Thee

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I Could Not Do Without Thee

I Could Not Do Without Thee I could not do without Thee,O Saviour of the lost, I could not do without Thee,O Saviour of the lost,Whose precious blood redeemed meAt such tremendous cost:Thy righteousness, Thy pardon,Thy sacrifice, must beMy only hope and comfort,My glory and my plea. I could not do without Thee,I cannot stand […]

They Say There Is a Hollow

They Say There Is a Hollow They say there is a hollow, safe and still,A point of coolness and repose They say there is a hollow, safe and still,A point of coolness and reposeWithin the centre of a flame, where life might dwellUnharmed and unconsumed, as in a luminous shell, Which the bright walls of […]

The Turned Lesson

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August on the Mountains

August on the Mountains There is sultry gloom on the mountain’s browAnd a sultry glow beneath; There is sultry gloom on the mountain’s browAnd a sultry glow beneath;Oh, for a breeze from the western sea,Soft and reviving, sweet and free,Over the shadowless hill and lea,Over the barren heath. There are clouds and darkness around God’s […]

April

April O the wealth of pearly blossom! O the woodland’s emerald gleam!O the welcome, welcome sunshine on the diamond-sparkling stream! O the wealth of pearly blossom! O the woodland’s emerald gleam!O the welcome, welcome sunshine on the diamond-sparkling stream!O the carol from the hawthorn, and the trill from dazzling blue!O the glory of the spring-time, […]

Ye Thirsty for God, To Jesus Give Ear

Ye Thirsty for God, To Jesus Give Ear Ye thirsty for God, To Jesus give ear,And take, through his blood, A power to draw near; Ye thirsty for God, To Jesus give ear,And take, through His blood, A power to draw near;His kind invitation Ye sinners embrace,Accepting salvation, Salvation by grace. Sent down from above, […]

Sinners, Obey the Gospel Word!

Sinners, Obey the Gospel Word ! Sinners, obey the gospel-word!Haste to the supper of my Lord! Sinners, obey the gospel-word!Haste to the supper of my Lord!Be wise to know your gracious day;All things are ready, come away! Ready the Father is to ownAnd kiss his late-returning son;Ready your loving Saviour stands,And spreads for you his […]

What Could Your Redeemer Do?

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A Touch Of The Master’s Hand Myrna Brooks Welch

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Glory to Thy Fathers Face Helen Maria Williams

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Habitual Devotion Helen Maria Williams

Habitual Devotion – Helen Maria Williams While Thee I seek, protecting Power!Be my vain wishes still’d;And may this consecrating hourWith better hopes be fill’d! Thy love the powers of thought bestow’d;To thee my thoughts would soar;Thy mercy o’er my life has flowed;That mercy I adore! In each event of life, how clearThy ruling hand I see!Each blessing […]

St Matthew J.S.B. Monsell

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The Hound of Heaven Francis Thompson

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The Atheist and the Acorn Anne, Countess of Winchelsea

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The Holy Bible and the TV guide

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A Tale, Founded on a Fact

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A Fable

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A Comparison

A Comparison The lapse of time and rivers is the same,Both speed their journey with a restless stream, The lapse of time and rivers is the same,Both speed their journey with a restless stream.The silent pace, with which they steal awayNo wealth can bribe, no prayers persuade to stay. Alike irrevocable both when pastAnd a […]

The Love of the World Reproved

The Love of the World Reproved “Renounce the world!” the preacher cries.“We do!” a multitude replies. Thus says the prophet of the Turk,Good Mussulman, abstain from pork;There is a part in every swineNo friend or follower of mine May taste, whate’er his inclination,On pain of excommunication.Such Mahomet’s mysterious charge,And thus he left the point at […]

Oh Saviour, Whom This Holy Morn

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Make Us Clean

Make Us Clean Lord! whose love, in power excelling,Wash’d the leper’s stain away, Lord! whose love, in power excelling,Wash’d the leper’s stain away,Jesus! from Thy heavenly dwelling,Hear us, help us, when we pray! From the filth of vice and folly,From infuriate passion’s rage,Evil thoughts and hopes unholy,Heedless youth and selfish age; From the lusts whose […]

I Praised the Earth

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Help, Lord! Or We Perish!

Help, Lord ! Or We Perish! When through the torn sail the wild tempest is streaming,When o’er the dark wave the red lightning is gleaming, When through the torn sail the wild tempest is streaming,When o’er the dark wave the red lightning is gleaming, Nor hope lends a ray the poor seamen to cherish,We fly […]

On J.T., A Believing Boy

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Oil in the Lamp

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Fountain of Siloam

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Children Called to Christ

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I Can Safely Rely

I Can Safely Rely I can safely relyOn a Friend who would die I can safely relyOn a Friend who would dieFor to ransom an enemy’s soul.With a Savior like this,It is heavenly blissTo yield all to Your faithful control. I’ve no reason to fear,For I know You will hear,And I know You will do […]

The Face of My Saviour

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Faith Is for Failures

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Ebenezer

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Bitter and Sweet

Bitter and Sweet Kindle, Saviour, in my heart,A flame of love divine; Kindle, Saviour, in my heart,A flame of love divine;Hear, for mine I trust thou art,And sure I would be thine;If my soul has felt thy grace,If to me thy name is known;Why should trifles fill the placeDue to thyself alone?  ‘Tis a strange […]

At the Close of the Year

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Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace Amazing grace! (how sweet the sound!)That sav’d a wretch like me! Amazing grace! (how sweet the sound!)That sav’d a wretch like me!I once was lost, but now am found;Was blind, but now I see. ‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,And grace my fears reliev’d;How precious did that grace appear,The hour I […]

Christian Conduct

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How Graces Are to Be Obtained

How Graces Are to Be Obtained The next word that I would unto thee say,Is how thou mayst attain without delay, The next word that I would unto thee say,Is how thou mayst attain without delay, Those blessed graces, and that holinessThou dost with so much godly zeal express Thy love to, and thy longing […]

From Mount Gerizzim

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From Mount Ebal

From Mount Ebal Thus having heard from Gerizzim, I shallNext come to Ebal, and you thither call, Thus having heard from Gerizzim, I shallNext come to Ebal, and you thither call, Not there to curse you, but to let you hearHow God doth curse that soul that shall appear An unbelieving man, a graceless wretch;Because […]

A Boy and Watchmaker

A Boy and Watchmaker Boy:  This watch my father did on me bestow,A golden one it is, but ’twill not go,Unless it be at an uncertainty:But as good none as one to tell a lie. When ’tis high day my hand will stand at nine;I think there’s no man’s watch so bad as mine.Sometimes ’tis […]

He’s There

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His Steadfast Love

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Against Quarreling and Fighting

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Against Lying

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Against Evil Company Why should I join with those in Play,In whom I’ve no delight, Why should I join with those in Play,In whom I’ve no delight,Who curse and swear, but never pray,Who call ill Names, and fight. I hate to hear a wanton Song,Their Words offend my Ears:I should not dare defile my TongueWith […]

Far From My Heavenly Home

Far From My Heavenly Home Far from my heavenly home,Far from my Father’s breast, Far from my heavenly home,Far from my Father’s breast,Fainting I cry, blest Spirit, comeAnd speed me to my rest. My spirit homeward turnsAnd fain would thither flee;My heart, O Zion, droops and yearns,When I remember thee. To thee, to thee I […]

Declining Days

Declining Days Why do I sigh to findLife’s evening shadows gathering round my way? Why do I sigh to findLife’s evening shadows gathering round my way?The keen eye dimming, and the buoyant mindUnhinging day by day? Is it the natural dreadOf that stern lot, which all who live must see?The worm, the clay, the dark […]

Abide with Me

Abide with Me Abide with me! Fast falls the eventide;The darkness thickens. Lord, with me abide Abide with me! Fast falls the eventide;The darkness thickens. Lord, with me abideWhen other helpers fail, and comforts flee,Help of the helpless, O abide with me! Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day;Earth’s joys grow dim, its […]

It Is Good to Be Here

It Is Good to Be Here A few disciples gathered onceWith common mind and heart,High on the mountain-top with Christ,Just they themselves apart,And sweet communion there they felt’Twixt souls and spirits dear,And Peter cried, with glowing heart,It is good, it is good, to be here. The saints above looked longinglyOn that communion rare,And slipped away […]

God Give Us Men

God Give Us Men God give us men endued with power,To meet the challenge of the hour, God give us men endued with power,To meet the challenge of the hour,With apostolic zeal inspired,With apostolic fervor fired. God give us men of single eye,To live for Christ, for Christ to die,Who press to meet the battle’s […]

Come Home

Come Home O wand’ring soul, in darkness lost,Deceived by devils and by men, O wand’ring soul, in darkness lost,Deceived by devils and by men,By ev’ry wind of doctrine tossed,O wand’ring soul, come home again. The Father’s arms are open wide;The Saviour for your sins has died;The Spirit moves you deep inside;O wand’ring soul, come home. […]

A Song of Victory

A Song of Victory They that wait upon JehovahShall renew their failing strength; They that wait upon JehovahShall renew their failing strength;They shall run, and not be weary;They shall walk, and not be faint. Mounting up with wings as eagles,They shall taste of things on high,Feast their souls on milk and honey,Corn and wine in […]

The Twenty – Third Psalm

The Twenty – Third Psalm The God of love my shepherd is,And he that doth me feed; The God of love my shepherd is,And he that doth me feed;While he is mine, and I am his,What can I want or need? He leads me to the tender grasse,Where I both feed and rest;Then to the […]

Death

Death Death, thou wast once an uncouth hideous thing ,Nothing but bones, Death, thou wast once an uncouth hideous thing ,Nothing but bones,The sad effect of sadder grones :Thy mouth was open , but thou couldst not sing. For we consider’d thee as at some sixOr ten years hence,After the loss of life and sense,Flesh […]

‘The Things Which are Behind’

The Things Which are Behind’ Leave behind earth’s empty pleasure,Fleeting hope and changeful love; Leave behind earth’s empty pleasure,Fleeting hope and changeful love;Leave its soon-corroding treasure;There are better things above. Leave, oh, leave thy fond aspirings,Bid thy restless heart be still;Cease, oh cease, thy vain desirings,Only seek thy Father’s will. Leave behind thy faithless sorrow,And […]

Daily Strength

Daily Strength “As thy day thy strength shall be!”This should be enough for thee; “As thy day thy strength shall be!”This should be enough for thee;He who knows thy frame will spareBurdens more than thou canst bear. When thy days are veiled in night,Christ shall give thee heavenly light;Seem they wearisome and long,Yet in Him […]

Whose I Am

Whose I Am Whose I AmJesus, Master, whose I am, Jesus, Master, whose I am,Purchased Thine alone to be,By Thy blood, O spotless Lamb,Shed so willingly for me;Let my heart be all Thine own,Let me live to Thee alone. Other lords have long held sway;Now, Thy name alone to bear,Thy dear voice alone obey,Is my […]

In Such an Hour Fay

In Such an Hour Fay Sometimes, when everything goes wrong:When days are short, and nights are long;When wash-day brings so dull a skyThat not a single thing will dry.And when the kitchen chimney smokes,And when there’s naught so “queer” as folks!When friends deplore my faded youth,And when the baby cuts a tooth.While John, the baby […]

In Convalescence Fay Inchfawn

In Convalescence – Fay Inchfawn Not long ago, I prayed for dying grace,For then I thought to see Thee face to face. And now I ask (Lord, ’tis a weakling’s cry)That Thou wilt give me grace to live, not die. Such foolish prayers! I know. Yet pray I must.Lord help me — help me not […]

Because Fay Inchfawn

Because – Fay Inchfawn Because He heard my voice, and answered me,Because He listened, ah, so patiently,In those dark days, when sorrowful, alone,I knelt with tears, and prayed Him for a stone;Because He said me “Nay,” and then in- stead,Oh, wonderful sweet truth! He gave me bread,Set my heart singing all in sweet accord;Because of […]

A Woman in Hospital Fay Inchfawn

A Woman in Hospital – Fay Inchfawn I know it all . . . I know.For I am God. I am Jehovah, HeWho made you what you are; and I can seeThe tears that wet your pillow night by night,When nurse has lowered that too-brilliant light;When the talk ceases, and the ward grows still,And you […]

Thy Faithfulness, Lord, Each Moment We Find

Thy Faithfulness, Lord, Each Moment We Find Thy faithfulness, Lord, Each moment we find,So true to thy word, So loving and kind! Thy faithfulness, Lord, Each moment we find,So true to thy word, So loving and kind!Thy mercy so tender To all the lost race,The vilest offender May turn and find grace. The mercy I […]

Ho! Every One That Thirsts, Draw Nigh

Ho ! Every One That Thirsts, Draw Nigh Ho! Every one that thirsts, draw nigh!(‘Tis God invites the fallen race) Ho! Every one that thirsts, draw nigh!(‘Tis God invites the fallen race)Mercy and free salvation buy;Buy wine, and milk, and gospel grace. Come to the living waters, come!Sinners, obey your Maker’s call;Return, ye weary wanderers, […]

O All That Pass By, To Jesus Draw Near

O All That Pass By, To Jesus Draw Near All that pass by, To Jesus draw near,He utters a cry, Ye sinners, give ear! All that pass by, To Jesus draw near,He utters a cry, Ye sinners, give ear!From hell to retrieve you He spreads out His hands;Now, now to receive you, He graciously stands. […]

Come, Sinners to the Gospel Feast

Come, Sinners to the Gospel Feast Come, sinners, to the gospel feast,Let every soul be Jesus’ guest; Come, sinners, to the gospel feast,Let every soul be Jesus guest;Ye need not one be left behind,For God hath bidden all mankind. Sent by my Lord, on you I call,The invitation is to all:Come, all the world; come, […]

O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing

O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing O for a thousand tongues to singMy great Redeemer’s praise, O for a thousand tongues to singMy great Redeemer’s praise,The glories of my God and King,The triumphs of His grace! My gracious Master and my God,Assist me to proclaim,To spread through all the earth abroadThe honors of Thy […]