Category: Christian Poet

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Things Have Gone Wrong

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

William Cowper

William Cowper William Cowper was an Englishman, converted to Christ in 1764 while recovering from a bout of insanity. He became a fervent Christian. William Cowper remained a steadfast evangelical throughout his life, though he suffered repeated attacks to his mind that robbed him of assurance of salvation. William Cowper wrote a number of excellent […]

Two Years Ago – Jenny Daniel

Two Years Ago Two years ago? It seems like yesterday That you so quietly, gently slipped away With pipes and tubes attached to a machine A second more! into a different scene! Did angels carry you to God that day? How I had longed to go with on your way But God said “Stay! Keith’s […]

FINDING GOD Horatius Bonar

FINDING GOD I stand upon the mount of GodWith sunlight in my soul;I hear the storms in vales beneath,I hear the thunders roll. But I am calm with Thee, my God,Beneath these glorious skies;And to the height on which I stand,N0 storms, nor clouds, can rise. O THIS is life! O, this is joy!My God, […]

Eve

Eve Eve Oh, my wicked, wayward heartNot in paradise content!Though I had a perfect start,From the garden I’ve been sent. One command was all I had,One fruit only not to eat.How could I have failed so bad,Fully blinded by deceit? Now I suffer for the sinMy temptation got us in. Gnawing cares consume me now.Erring […]

Laid On Jesus

Laid On Jesus I lay my sins on Jesus, The spotlessLamb of God;He bears them all and frees us From the accursed load:I bring my guilt to Jesus, To wash my crimson stainsWhite in His blood most precious, TiIll not a stain remains. I lay my wants on Jesus; All fullness dwells in Him;He healeth my diseases, He doth my soul […]

Hagar

Hagar Sarah can’t conceive a babyBy the usual means of life,So she willingly suggested I become a second wife. Being given to her husband,Hopes in me materialized,And I’m hardly to be censured,If my mistress is despised. I have always done her bidding,Meekly served along her side.Who would fault me now or judge meIf I feel […]

Heaven at Last

Heaven at Last Angel voices sweetly singing, Echoes through the blue dome ringing, News of wondrous gladness bringing… Ah, ’tis heaven at last! Now beneath us all the grieving, All the wounded spirit’s heaving, All the woe of hopes deceiving… Ah ’tis heaven at last! Sin for ever left behind us, Earthly visions cease to […]

The Shepherd Boy’s Song

The Shepherd Boy’s Song He that is down needs fear no fallHe that is low, no pride;He that is humble ever shallHave God to be his guide. I am content with that I have,Little be it or much;And Lord, contentment still I crave,Because Thou savest such. Fullness to such a burden isThat go on pilgrimage;Here […]

He Is Near!

He Is Near I know not in what watch He comesOr at what hour He may appear,Whether at midnight or at morn,Or in what season of the year;I only know that He is near. The centuries have gone and come,Dark centuries of absence drear;I dare not chide the long delay,Nor ask when I  His voice […]

Peace on Earth

Peace on Earth Here Peace alighted once,But could not find a home,To Him who brought it, earthCould give no room. Him and His peace man would not have,And in this Child of peaceMan saw no heavenly excellence,No grace, no comeliness. Peace in that cradle lay,The Prince of Peace was there;The fulness of His peaceHe brought […]

Resting

Resting Resting on the faithfulness of Christ our Lord,Resting on the fulness of His own sure Word,Resting on His wisdom, on His love and power,Resting on His covenant from hour to hour.Resting in the fortress while the foe is nigh,Resting in the lifeboat while the waves roll high,Resting in His chariot for the swift, glad […]

Israel–Beloved of God

Israel–Beloved of God Forgotten! no; tht cannot be,All other names may pass away;But thine, My Israel, shall remainIn everlasting memory. Forgotten! no; that cannot be,Insribed upon My palms thou art,The name I gave in days of oldIs graven still upon My heart. Forgotten! no; that cannot be,Beloved of thy God art thou;His crown forever on […]

Cast it from Thee-Glenn Conjurske

Cast it from Thee Cast It From Thee In Matthew 5:29-30 we read, “And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. And if thy […]

The Violent

The Violent Yes, the Savior’s yoke is easy,And His grace is free to all,But the careless don’t embrace it,When they hear the gospel call. Though the will of man can’t birth it;Cannot choose the kingdom’s course,Yet the violent—Scripture tells us—Take it to themselves by force. If you’re asking, seeking, knocking,Eager to be freed from sin,Christ, […]

THE TIME IS SHORT

THE TIME IS SHORT The time is short!If thou woldst work for God it must be now:If thou wouldst win the garland for thy brow,Redeem the time. With His rewardHe comes; He tarries not;His day is near;When men least look for HIm will He be here;Prepare for Him! H. Bonar Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

When The Storms of Life are Raging!

When The Storms of Life are Raging! When the storms of life are raging And I cannot see ahead When the path so steep – I tremble To go where God has led! I find in Christ my Saviour The strength needed each day To take the step before me Set by Him on life’s […]

Not Ready to Die

Not Ready to Die The flower of youth though but recently fled,The sentence of death has been passed on my head.My heart is unwilling, my conscience can’t rest,My life’s not in order, by fears I’m oppressed,’Cause I am not ready,Not ready to die. I know in my head that the answer is Christ,That I can […]

Inheritance

Inheritance The sufferings of this present timeAre not to be comparedTo the inheritance sublimeOur Father has prepared. Without corruption, undefiled,It “fadeth not away,”Reserved in heaven for every childWho keeps the narrow way. Rejoice, for though the present hourIs filled with many a trial,The One who keeps you by His powerWill make it all worthwhile. And […]

Two Ditches

Two Ditches Out on my own, but not equippedTo meet with life’s demands.From childish props I’m fully strippedFirst one and then another slippedFrom my unwilling hands. Oh, how it burned to let them go!I found the process hard,And though I wouldn’t let it show,I fondly clenched my status quo,Til I was deeply scarred. When finally […]

The Incarnation

The Incarnation The shepherds wondered at the sight Of angels singing in the night, But angels wondered at the thought That God had incarnation wrought! How awed the angels must have been To see their God as He was then! Their source of worship night and day Was lying on a bed of hay! What […]

To Die a Martyr

To Die a Martyr I’m not afraid to die a martyr But am afraid to die a fool. It’s not with death I fear to barter, But folly I refuse to duel. To die a martyrs death is gladness What higher honor could be mine? To die for some adventure madness. What good is death […]

If I Believe

If I Believe If I believe that Jesus died for me, Why would I hesitate to live for him? Should not a life of serving Jesus be A goal so bright it makes all others dim? If I believe that Jesus died for all, And if I’ve read where it is written: go, How dare […]

To Live Is Christ

To Live Is Christ Am I afraid to live the life of Paul? Afraid to heed the Macedonian call? I’m not afraid to take an open door I fear a life that’s not worth dying for. I say with Paul, without a care for pain: For me to live is Christ, to die is gain. […]

The Sacrifice of Praise

The Sacrifice of Praise A negative spirit so often prevails, And following closely, discouragement trails. But God, who is rich in his mercy and grace, Has left us a marvelous pattern to trace. And offer a sacrifice made of acclaim; The fruit of our lips giving thanks to His name! The devil destroys every Christian […]

My Goal for Life

My Goal for Life There are a thousand snares on every hand, That hinder progress to the promised land, It’s Satan’s plan that’s meant for crime But none the less I higher climb For every test is by my Father planned. I want to be a soldier of the cross, And let my savior separate […]

Jonathan

Jonathan A man of God in his own right,Who walked by faith and not by sight,The battles of the Lord he foughtAnd victory to the nation brought,For Jonathan had this in view:God saves by many or by few. When David came upon the sceneAnd slew the giant Philistine,A servant he became to Saul,Accepted in the […]

Inheritance in Light

Inheritance in Light We thank you, God, our Father,For giving us the OneBy whom we’re made partakersOf the kingdom of Your Son.You rescued us from darkness,From Satan and his chains,And moved us to the kingdomWhere Your Beloved reigns. In Christ we have redemption,Forgiveness of our sins,Through blood, the blood of Jesus, By whom all life […]

Old Soldier

Old Soldier Old soldier, have you left your post?The place for which you fought? The cross was once your only boastAnd held you to the spot. Not words of men, not wealth, not fameCould move you from the place, Where planted firm in Jesus’ name,You preached transforming grace. You stood for Christ, your faith was […]

Colossians 3:2

Colossians 3:2 Why do we cling to earth? Its sweetest pleasuresAre transient as the snowflake of the spring;Like early mist its most abiding treasures,Or foam of ocean wave. To earth why do we cling? Why do we cling to earth? Is it the fleeting brightnessOf her gay robes? fair fields, green forest trees,Grand mountains, lovely […]

Quietness

Quietness In quietness and confidence,Your strength shall be.While standing in the battlefield,Salvation see.You needn’t fear nor be dismayedThe Lord is HeWho fights for you and promisesProsperity. The beauty of His holinessCalls out for praise.Though the approaching enemyAn ambush lays,God’s mercy evermore enduresIn glorious ways,And quietly His mighty handIts strength displays Nita Brainard 2 Chronicles 20:17 […]

Leaving Us an Example, that ye should follow His Steps

Leaving Us an Example, that ye should follow His Steps O Jesu, Thou didst leave Thy glorious home,Of brightness more than mortal eye could bear,And joys ineffable, alone to roamThrough earth’s dark wilderness in grief and want and care.Thou didst exchange the praise of seraph voicesFor sin-made discords and the wail of pain,The anthems swelling […]

Matthew 14:23

Matthew 14:23 It is the quiet evening time, the sun is in the west,And earth enrobed in purple glow awaits her nightly rest;The shadows of the mountain peaks are lengthening o’er the sea,And the flowerets close their eyelids on the shore of Galilee.The multitude are gone away, their restless hum doth cease,The birds have hushed […]

‘I Leave it all with Thee.’

‘I Leave it all with Thee.’ Yes, I will leave it all with Thee,And only ask that I may beSubmissive to Thy loving will,Confiding, waiting, trusting still. Thou every fond desire dost knowWhich in my inmost heart doth glow;Thou hearest every secret sighWhen silent sorrow’s power is nigh. Omniscience alone may tellThe thoughts which in […]

Making Poetry

Making Poetry Little one, what are you doing,Sitting on the window-seat?Laughing to yourself, and wirting,Some right merry thought inditing,Balancing with swinging feet. T is some poetry I’m making,Though I never tried before:Four whole lines! I’ll read them to you.Do you think them funny, do you?Shall I try to make some more? I should like to […]

This Same Jesus

This Same Jesus This same Jesus!’ Oh! how sweetlyFall those words upon the ear,Like as well of far off music,In a nightwatch still and drear! He who healed the hopeless leper,He who dried the widow’s tear;He who changed to health and gladnessHelpless suffering, trembling fear; He who wandered, poor and homeless,By the stormy Galilee;He who […]

I Gave My Life for Thee

I Gave My Life for Thee I gave My life for thee, Gal 2:20My precious blood I shed, 1 Pet. 1:19That thou might’st ransomed be, Eph 1:7And quickened from the dead Eph 2:10I gave My life for thee; Tit. 2:14What hast thou given for Me John 21:15-17 I spent long years for thee 1Tim 1:15In […]

September 1868

September 1868 An April burst of beauty,And a May like the Mays of old,And a glow of summer gladnessWhile June her long days told;And a hush of golden silenceAll through the bright July,Without one peal of thunder,Or a storm-wreath in the sky;And a fiery reign of August,Till the moon was on the wane;And then short […]

Peace

Peace Is this the Peace of God, this strange, sweet calm?The weary day is at its zenith still,Yet ‘tis as if beside some cool, clear rill,Through shadowy stillness rose an evening psalm,And all the noise of life were hushed away,And tranquil gladness reigned with gently soothing sway. It was not so just now. I turned […]

O How It Breaks My Heart

O How It Breaks My Heart I prayed to see this world Through Jesus eyes and heart, But oh I didn’t know Just what that would impart. O how it breaks my heart, To see the souls around me, And to know, Where they go. O how it breaks my heart; To see the drunk man […]

O How I Love Thy Law

O How I Love Thy Law Unspotted is the fear of God, And ever doth endure; The judgments of the Lord are truth, And righteousness most pure. O how I love thy law; It is my meditation all the day. His precepts are to be desired; More than the purest gold. The sweetness and the […]

Work and Sleep

Work and Sleep My work is like a lion roaring in my ear, But sleep is like a crocodile a bit too near. I face the lion like a knight who won’t retreat; Until the crocodile has pulled me off my feet. There’s so much work to do that needs attention now; I need to […]

When He Says “Well Done”

When He Says “Well Done” Though all the world despise my stand, And not a friend will hold my hand, I know some day mine eyes shall see The one who asked hard things of me, And all the mockings I received, Because of things that I believed, Will seem as nothing when He says, […]

What Jesus Sees

What Jesus Sees Yes, I can see the pretty trees, But can I see what Jesus sees? Do I see that man beneath that tree, How he’s crying for some love from me? And do I see what Jesus sees? The bikers riding in the square? My legs may itch to join them there, But […]

What is Your Life?

What is Your Life? As vapor appears, and then fades from our sight, Or flowers that bloom, and then wither at night; The life that we live has no sooner begun, But that it is ending, and soon will be done. As all of my fathers have lived and then died; It soon will be […]

Waves

Waves I’ve stood upon the ocean’s shore And watched the waves an hour or more, And every wave that rose and fell Inspired awe I cannot tell. I’ve seen the humpback whale at play. I’ve seen him splash; I’ve seen him spray. He dances with the very waves That make for many watery graves. The […]

Trials

Trials Some trials grow harder as time goes on, And long is the wait for the break of dawn. But the sun that has set Is the sun that will rise, And the crown that I’ll get Is an infinite prize. As fire that never will say enough, Afflictions will burn, and the path is […]

Though Jesus Was Rich

Though Jesus Was Rich Though Jesus was rich, yet He became poor, That I by His want might gain. He promised a home, where riches endure, And where there is never pain. Though Jesus was God, yet He became Man, That He may His life lay down And all of his pain, was part of […]

This Modern Gospel

This Modern Gospel This modern gospel that I hear Has taken out the bitter cup And then this cry upon my ear, “We want our spirits lifted up!” But I refuse to hear that call; My ear is deaf; my mind is fixed. I will not change a word at all. I’ll preach the gospel […]

They Who Wait Upon the Lord.

They Who Wait Upon the Lord. Whose strength can help when things are rough; And human strength is not enough? The way it has been put to me; I turn and put it now to thee: Who scooped his hand down from the skies, And measured out the ocean’s size? Who by his strength that […]

The Only Respectable Hope

The Only Respectable Hope If you can believe there is goodness in you, Then any of many religions will do. In every religion that man ever made, It’s all about getting a high enough grade. But Jesus has showed us a narrower path, Where He is the only remover of wrath, For only the merit […]

Public Schools

Public Schools What is it with these public schools today? Where kids get taught it’s fine if you are gay: Where false religions they accept high hand, But Christianity of course they banned. We lower all the tests so kids can pass, And take God’s name in vain and call it class. Where missing links […]

O Lord, How Long?

O Lord, How Long? O Lord, how long will this vile world Reject your endless grace? How long will they reject the light While darkness they embrace? O Lord, how long will Satan rule And keep his prisons fast? How long till in his prison cell The devil will be cast? O Lord, how long […]

My Worth

My Worth Dear Father, I’m seeing myself as a worm. The truth that I’m nothing the Scriptures affirm, But pride doesn’t like all the feelings I feel. I want to be something that’s worth a great deal. But turning to Jesus and seeing His cross, It brings me to tears, as I think of the […]

My Wanted Blessing

My Wanted Blessing Though friends receive the blessing I had wanted, And I am left without a hope, I know my faith in God will stand undaunted, For He will give me strength to cope. If I must face the trial of disaster, Though friends forsake on every side, I still will love my only […]

My Name for Jesus’ Name

My Name for Jesus’ Name I heard a man use Jesus’ name in vain; With my own ears I heard it clear and plain. And now his blood is placed upon my head, For lack of saying what I should have said. I should have fought to honor Jesus’ name; Instead I left it lie […]

My God is Still the Same

My God is Still the Same When I’m lost on the road I’ve traveled many years, When the things that I knew Are now my doubts and fears, When the dreams that I dreamed Are now my broken heart, When the hope that I had Is fallen all apart, When the certain things change, Secure […]

My Father’s Hand

My Father’s Hand I’m traveling through a foreign land, Where devils lurk on every hand, But still by faith I face each fear, And trust my Father’s hand is near. And as a stranger in this land, I’ve learned to trust my Saviour’s Hand; For He is God who made all things, And He is […]

My Desire

My Desire I’ve tasted of my Saviour’s grace; I’ve felt His love to Adam’s race. And now I covet, To have more of it. Lift up Thy shining face. He died to bring me to the fold, And what I owe can not be told. I’m therefore pining, For His refining; Where I’ll come forth […]

Jesus Is God

Jesus Is God The God who has made both heaven and earth Has come as a man of lowliest birth. Our sins He forgives; our wounds He will heal, For Jesus is God, and Jesus is real! I know of a place without any night; (No need of the sun; the Lamb is the light;) […]

It’s When You Look at Earth

It’s When You Look at Earth It’s when you look at earth, And covet all its gold, Forgetting what it’s worth In light of “wealth untold,” That you forget the things That matter most in life, Like love and what it brings, Dispelling fear and strife. It’s faith and hope and love, That must be […]

Is It Bold?

Is It Bold? Is it bold for a baker to talk about bread?Is it bold to repeat what another man said? Is it bold for a Christian to quote from the Word? Is it bold to pass on what you’ve already heard? Is it odd for mechanics to talk about cars? Is it odd when […]

In Christ

In Christ I deserve to feel God’s wrath; To have it poured on me like wine. Death and Hell are in my path; The curse of sin is justly mine. But in Christ it isn’t so; I am forgiven, blessed, and free. God no longer is my foe; For Christ has paid the price for […]

I Wanna See You

I Wanna See You Reveal your love to me. I beg you let me see, Your blessed shining face, And flood me with your grace. And by your loving kindness, I pray you heal my blindness. I want a clearer view, Of all the love in you. With you I want to dwell, Beside the […]

I Saw the Light

I Saw the Light I thought I was okay. I thought my sins were small. I thought that I was good; That I was strong and tall. Until I saw the Light! And then I saw my sin, And saw that hell was just For all the things I’d done, So go to hell I […]

I Once… But Now

I Once… But Now I once was called a real believer, But now I am believing. I once had known about the asking, But now about receiving. I once had known about my Jesus, But now He knows my name. I once had heard about the fire, But now I feel the flame. I once […]

Give Thanks to the Lord

Give Thanks to the Lord Sorrow possess my soul; Troubles beyond my control Are posing a powerful threat; The devil is laying his net, Hoping to catch and destroy; Trying to rob me of joy. But the God of the day is the God of the night, And I trust in the one who has […]

Give Glory To His Name

Give Glory To His Name The sun to rule the day, The moon and stars by night Give glory to his name, By showing God is light. This mighty universe, The planets, earth and sun Give glory to God’s name, By showing what he’s done! This infinite creation, This endless outer space Give glory to […]

Give

Give We represent a giving God, So let us walk where Jesus trod; He gave His blood to ransom men He knew would not be born again. So let us give our goods away, And give to those who can’t repay. The only way this world will find God has eternal good in mind Is […]

Father, Teach Me

Father, Teach Me My heart is full of sin, and I’m defiled,But still my Father wants me for his child;So I will honor him as best I can,And use his Spirit in the inner man.Father, teach me how to watch and pray.Father, help me walk the narrow way. My Saviour’s love constrains me more and […]

A Little Prayer

A Little Prayer God, I want to love you more,Than I ever have before.Purify my heart and mind:Take out every sin you find. God, I’m doing what I can,But I fail in every plan.Flesh is weak, but God is strong.Be my strength and be my song. God, I want to do what’s right,But I almost […]

A Lesson From a Finch

A Lesson From a Finch A finch was hopping on the ground,And calmly eating what he found,Until a blue jay flying byLet out his horrifying cry. How cruel and naughty was the jayTo scare the little bird away!It’s only right the finch should feelSome anger for his troubled meal. It seemed the jay was having […]

A Fountain of Tears

A Fountain of Tears Oh, that my tears for my people were flowing!Oh, for a fountain of endless supply!Oh, that the love in my heart would be growing!Then for the sins of my people I’d cry. Oh, that my weeping would be efficacious!Oh, that revival would grip every hand!Oh, that the people would find he […]

A Fool for Christ

A Fool for Christ I could pursue acceptance from all menAnd fear the grave, the stake, the lion’s den.I could pursue a well-known, honored nameAnd seek approval, praise, and earthly fame. I choose instead affliction with my Lord,Esteeming His reproach as my reward.I glory in my weakness and my painFor earthly loss will bring eternal […]

Revelation

Revelation Our God has wisely that revealedWhich we have need to know,And what He wisely left concealedWe safely can let go. Nita Brainard Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

Don’s Testimony

Don’s Testimony My memories are few from the first years of life, But what I remember is feuding and strife. My memories are few from the first years of life, But what I remember is feuding and strife.Then building, and fieldwork, and milking the cows,With no other pastime than farm work allows. We lived without […]

There Is No Better Time

There Is No Better Time There are so many argumentsOf dates and source and rightsThat mingle with this Christmas timeAnd it’s commercial lights. We sometimes miss the chance that PaulHad grabbed so long ago,When he had used the unknown godTo point to God below. So much is wrong, the sceptics claimIn all this celebration,But do […]

Such Were Some of You

Such Were Some of You 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall  not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revellers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And […]

This Modern World

This Modern World It’s tempting in this modern worldTo skim the edge of sin;To seek the world’s approval,Desire her smile to win. It seems so hard to be the oneThat’s always saying NoTo what the world deems reasonable.It aggravated them so. And thus I’m tempted to go downThe lanes that God abhors,While Satan’s music fills […]

Twas Just a Whisper of Satan

Twas Just a Whisper of Satan ‘Twas just a whisper of SatanInto the ears of Eve,Causing her faith to falter,That did her heart deceive. Subtle suggestions from SatanFollow us every day,Making us doubt God’s promise,Crippling us on our way. He’ll undermine God’s power;Question that He could beTrue to His word and faithfulAmidst adversity. Jesus said, […]

We Can’t

We Can’t We can’t force our loved ones to follow God,But we cover them in prayer.Thus our love will rise to the throne of graceAnd meet the Saviour there. We can’t follow feet upon the earthWhen ours have feebler grown,But our prayers run ahead and reach God’s ear Each cry, a heart- rent groan. We can’t […]

A Haunting Melody

A Haunting Melody In the midst of all the clamourThat a Christmas Season brings,There is a haunting melodyThat in the chaos rings. It speaks of God’s compassion,Of His boundless love and grace,A manger with a baby smallTo save the human race. It points to His perfectionAs the chosen Lamb of God,As countless steps are chronicledUpon […]

Voices Keep Calling God’s Children

Voices Keep Calling God’s Children Voices keep calling God’s childrenTo wander from His way.Images keep on appearing,Seeking their will to sway. Does the way seem too stony?Is the path very rough?Does your whole being cry out:“Surely it is too tough ‘”? Do the world’s lights allure you?Have you turned from the plough?Is your light burning […]

I Need Not Fear

I Need Not Fear My feet are dragging forwardWith reluctance, precious Lord,For all the loads of yesteryearUpon my back are poured. Instead of leaning hard on TheeAnd finding strength to faceThe challenges each day will bring,I falter in the race. The enemy is whisperingA darkened future, Lord.Instead of shutting up my ears,I’ve his suggestions stored. […]

Thou, the Answer

Thou, the Answer War and bloodshed, death, despair,Deep, depressive world of care,Sordid darkness, choking night,Sinking downwards without light. Light of Heaven, shine below,Through the darkness send Thy glow.Let the needy world perceiveThou, the answer to their need. Thou, a baby fragile smallCame to give your life, your all.God an infant, can it be,He would leave […]

Let Us Pull Out the Tares

Let Us Pull Out the Tares “Dear Lord, let us pull out the tares,”The eager servants cried.“We can’t accept an alien plant.It should not stay, abide. “We’re very able, Lord, to judge;Those tares identify,Thus let us rip them from the fieldThy crop to purify.” “Wait, wait,” the Master cried, “don’t touchOr pull a single tare.For […]

I Leave This Child With Thee

I Leave This Child With Thee Lord, I leave this child with Thee.His will I do not own.In his frail hands, the vital choice Will he his God disown? But I can follow him in prayer,Surround him with my love,Show him what’s in Thy word, dear Lord,Point him to heaven above. Lord, I must leave this […]

Hannah and Samuel’s Coat

Hannah and Samuel’s Coat Dear Lord, I am working upon a coatFor the child I gave to Thee.How I miss his little feet,Tripping right close to me. Lord, in the stitches is hidden prayerFor the safety of my boy,Knowing that in Thy home, dear Lord,He walks in Thy employ. But there are hidden dangers, Lord,Even […]

The Lord Has Answered Prayer

The Lord Has Answered Prayer Hannah The Lord has mercif’ly answered prayerAnd showered me with love;Turned my weeping into joy,Bent down from heaven above. Once I walked with downcast mien.Now with constant praiseI lift up my face to GodWithin my altered ways. God has mercif’ly answered prayer.Bless His holy name.Let the earth His praises singAnd […]

They Point a Finger at Me

They Point a Finger at Me They point a finger at me, dear Lord,Accusing me of sin,Of saying words I never said,Gone where I ‘ve never been. They point a finger at me, dear Lord,Accuse me of having lied.Ah, see my misery and grief;The tears that I have cried. They point a finger at me, […]

Her Cry

Her Cry No-one understands, dear Lord,My heaviness of soul,The sickness that has crippled me,The yearning for console. No-one understands, dear Lord,My loneliness, despair,As I battle private woes,Not a sign of care. No-one understands, dear Lord,What I crave fulfilled.Human comfort has not onceMy great heart-ache stilled. No-one understands but Thee,Comforter and Friend.Ah, what bliss to find […]

The Load Has Come with Passing Years

The Load Has Come with Passing Years The load has come with passing years;A prayer became a cry.Where e’er I go the burden’s there,‘Midst a depressing sigh. I smile, I laugh within the crowd,My burdens deep within;A heart-ache gnawing at my sideMidst all the clamour, din. But some-one knew and saw my pain.He tenderly stood […]

Laden with Burdens

Laden with Burdens Laden with burdens, men sink in despair.Life is a struggle; they’re burdened with care.Leaden the sky, as they cry out in vain;No-one will answer and deaden the pain. Others with burdens as large as the restFound out the secret, with joy they confessed,“Christ took our burden, He carries our load.Into His arms, […]

Are You a Wandering Pilgrim?

Are You a Wandering Pilgrim? Are you a wandering pilgrim,Lost in the dark land, Despai,rFearing imag’nary tyrantsWho wait to seize you right there? Are you despondent and timid,Fearful to trust in the Lord?Christ’s strength is fully sufficient.On you His strength can be poured. You must not tremble at giants;You must not fear in the throng.God, […]

Dark Clouds Round Daniel

Dark Clouds Round Daniel Dark clouds were gathering ‘round Daniel that day,Hinting that he should depart from God’s way.Should he obey as his life was at risk?Lions that are hungry make dinner quite brisk! Daniel was threatened. Would he compromise,Secretly pray, hid from men’s prying eyes?No, he was faithful; he did as before,Honouring God, though […]

Life and Death

Life and Death Life and death in the tongue’s mighty gripIn a short moment it turns to a whip.Where sweet encouragement is in dire needIt rather breaks down, that sufferers bleed. In a short second a life has been slain,Causing destruction again and again,But in the thoughts which the tongue has put inThere on the […]

The King Desires Your Beauty

The King Desires Your Beauty The King desires your beautyTo spread His loving grace;To radiate His sweetnessThrough you in every place. Submit, Oh kingly daughter,To be His instrument;Your beauty, His endowing,His work to complement. Within, His glorious workingFlows forth to beautifyYour works, your words, your being;Your God to glorify. Jenny Daniel Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest […]

Hearken to Me, Oh Daughter

Hearken to Me, Oh Daughter Hearken to Me, oh daughter.Yes, hear your heavenly king.Forget thy father’s peopleAnd to My being cling. I see in you rare beauty.I long to save your soul,To take you broken vesselAnd make you truly whole. You too, oh erring daughter,Who failed so public’ly,Do not allow the devilTo rob and cripple […]

God’s Mirror

God’s Mirror Why don’t you peep in God’s mirror to-day?See what it shows up. The truth will have sway.See there the blemishes shown from God’s word,So that by looking your conscience is stirred. Selfishness, anger and pride hover there,Marring your image; your beauty impair,For all the blemishes shown in God’s light;Show you that they will […]

My Great Failure

My Great Failure How can I be a witness?How can I be a light?When my great failure hoversNever quite out of sight? No-one can see God’s beautyPast my enormous scar.That failure life o’ershadows;My test’mony doth mar. Don’t let the faults of bygonesRob you of fruit to-day.Don’t let it mar your imageAnd haunt you on life’s […]

When I Look at Peter

When I Look at Peter When I look at Peter,With his failure public’ly,It would seem he neverCould have been a test’mony. After all the PeterThat we read of in God’s wordSwore and denied Jesus,And the gathered crowd heard. Then the eager cockerelHad crowed with lusty lung.Stirring Peter’s conscience;His repentance had begun. Peter was so humbled,As […]

It Is Not

It Is Not It is not where you go to-day,But if it is God’s will,That will allow His wondrous peaceYour very soul to fill. It is not that you’re working hardAnd labouring each day,But whether burdens you absorbI placed upon your way. Jenny Daniel Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

The King Desires My Beauty

The King Desires My Beauty The King desires my beauty.Can this indeed be true?A sinful , fallen creatureWith loveliness endue? He longs to cleanse the sinner;Redeem the fallen soul;Take up the broken pieces;Reform and make them whole. Jenny Daniel Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

Among the Shouting Crowd

Among the Shouting Crowd She lay among the shouting crowd,Condemned, accused, despised;A woman who had stooped so low”Kill her!” the angry cries. And then the Saviour came, drew near.He gazed upon their rage;Read the life book of their lives,Each self righteous page, Bending and writing in the sand.Men did blush for shame.Was it hidden sin […]

Ambassador

Ambassador Ambassador, ambassador,Is that my calling clear?To be a representativeUpon this earthly sphere? My dress, my speech, yes everything,A pointer to God’s will,So that a hunger for His realmThe seeking souls will fill. Jenny Daniel Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

Have You Purposed?

Have You Purposed? Daniel had landed in foreign soil.Heathen would him in their toils embroil.Temptations came to deny the Lord.”Do what we tell you!” their voices roared. We too seem sunk in a world of sin.We can’t escape all its sordid din.At work or school the incessant cry:“Join us, ‘tis nought if you God deny!” […]

Shadrach, Mesach, Abednego

Shadrach, Mesach, Abednego Shadrach, Mesach, Abednego Stood when the others were falling low,Knowing that death was the price they’d payIf they were faithful to God that day. Drums rolled, the cry rang to bend the kneeBefore the image a King’s decree,But they were willing to burn and die,For God they’d honour and not deny. You […]

A Child Ambassador

A Child Ambassador Tiny little girlie in a foreign landIn a household strange so much to understand.Mother, father gone so small alone to be!Can this child be strong enough to be a test’mony? Tiny little girlie you were upright true.Diligent in work. Child, I honour you.Ready to be pointing to your God aboveChild, you led […]

My Protection

My Protection Why did you not heed My call, precious wand’rer,There where you walk ‘neath the judgment of sin?Time and again oft My voice has been callingYou to repentance your soul would I win. But you have left My protection foolhardyYou who were once ‘neath My sheltering wing.See how the elements rage in their fury.I […]

Don’t Push Me from the Nest

Don’t Push Me from the Nest Don’t push me from the nest Where all is safe and sound,For then I’ll plummetTowards the hard, stone ground. I’ll dash against the rocks.I’ll be a crumpled mess,And thus I cling and hold,Refusing Thy request. I feel a rush of wind,As from the nest I fall,Tremulously trustingThat Thou would’st […]

As a Hen

As a Hen The farmyard is a happy scene of noises.The hen, contented, chuckles with her brood.When swift o’erhead dark wings begins to hover,As swift, the hen, alert, doth change her mood. She cries aloud, an urgent stringent warning.She calls and pleads, ”Come right unto my side,”Her wings outstretched to shelter all her chickens,”Come nearer […]

Under His Wings

Under His Wings Oh wind tossed child, bedraggled, weak and weary,Who walks in stubbornness a self-willed path,You cannot meet the tempest that is brewingOr labour through its dreaded aftermath. Why did you leave the shelter of My presence?Why did you scuttle from my sheltering wing?Will you alone face enemy and danger,Or will My call you […]

Though He Slay Me

Though He Slay Me The Christians in the dread arenaFaced death in many different ways.Their bodies torn and cleft asunder,Bestrewed with blood within those days. Yet in the fires, they trusted in the covertOf wings almighty covering them in love.They did not doubt a loving God’s compassion,Though tortured, slain, He ruled above. I too may […]

Child, Are You Laden With Burdens?

Child, Are You Laden With Burdens? Child, are you laden with burdensThat are not sent down by Me?Crippled and failing, you struggle,Losing your bright test’mony. Roll all those burdens upon Me.Seek to do only My will,Don’t let unnecessary pressureYour life o’erwhelmingly fill. Jenny Daniel Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

Can Thy Word Still Be Fulfilled

Can Thy Word Still Be Fulfilled Oh can Thy word still be fulfilled?With fear my courage has been stilled.I cannot hope I cannot seeHow thou canst make it true for me. But perfect love should not instilFears, doubts, beneath God’s perfect will.For His own word can never fail,Despite the storms, it will prevail. Ah Lord, […]

Sinking Child

Sinking Child Ah sinking, fainting child of mine,I hear your plaintive cry,As there beneath the pressing loads,Your bruised, weak form doth lie. You think the promises are void;No hope they will come true.You feel as if ‘tis mockeryTo trust in them anew. You do not have the strength to call;Your faith has been destroyed.It seems […]

The Pure

The Pure Unto the pure, all things are pure,For they do look uponThe true , the good, the innocentAnd shun all sin and wrong. Unto the pure all things are pure,For since the world’s begun,Within it’s sordid boundariesFrom evil they will run. E’en in the depths of darkness,They see God’s glimmering light.They know God’s intervention;They […]

Unto the Pure

Unto the Pure Unto the pure, all things are pure?It seems to be untrue,For in a world of sin and wrongThings gain an impure hue. But to pure who shun the wrongAnd flee from sin and vice,Who keep their garments spotless, whiteThis statement doeth suffice. Their eyes are fixed upon a homeWhich is not of […]

My Feet Had Wandered

My Feet Had Wandered

The Rock of Salvation

The Rock of Salvation The Rock of Salvation is higher than I.Only the Lamb could God’s wrath satisfy.Sinless and spotless, His Blood  substituteRock of Salvation on cross rough and rude. At Rock of Salvation Thou higher than I,Lift me from sin ‘tis to Thee that I cry.Only Thy hands pierced could reach me indeed;Only Thy […]

Why Was I Ever Born?

Why Was I Ever Born? What am I doing here?Why was I ever born?Life’s filled with so much sorrow,My path with many a thorn. Is there a purpose for my life,A plan for little me?I’m drowning midst the multitudesThat are humanity. Ah child, my dearest, precious one,You’re here to do my will.There is a plan […]

Don’t Go and Ask My Family

Don’t Go and Ask My Family Don’t go and ask my familyAbout my Christian walk!Thank goodness they are silent folksWhat if the girls should talk? It’s safe to lose my temper there;To be both cruel and mean,As long as no-one hears of it,Or nothing has been seen! But child, the home is paramount.It tests reality.You’re […]

Unkind

Unkind Unkind I’ve been to parents, brother, sister.In word and deed, I hurt them every day.So many things that could have eased their burdensI’ve left undone upon my selfish way. I did not heed, dear Lord, Thy earnest pleadingThat I would love, forgive; be tender, kind.If I neglect Thy clear and strict injunction,I to Thy […]

Leah Was Not Beautiful

Leah Was Not Beauti Leah was not beautiful.Her sister was the oneFor beauty cherished, loved, preferred,Whom Jacob’s heart had won. But Leah had a tender eye.We know that from God’s word.Despite her trials, rejections, hurt,Her heart with pity stirred. Jenny Daniel Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

My Motives

My Motives Lord am I seeking the well-done of othersWhen I am being benevolent, kind?What is my motive behind the good actions?There in the innermost, what dost Thou find? Is it a heart that is full of compassion,Selfless in seeking a soul to relieve?Only for others, my burning incentiveOr is there pride that can injure […]

My Tongue To-day

My Tongue To-day What has my tongue set forth to-day?Kindness that smoothed another’s way?Was it a harsh and biting word?Or was my tongue with pity stirred? Jenny Daniel Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

My Confidence Has Slipped

My Confidence Has Slipped Dear Lord, I let my confidenceIn Thee, Thy word, Thy powerSlip from my fingers in this year,And thus my life turned sour. My joy in Thy salvation,The peace that is within,Had disappeared as doubt crept inAnd doubting Thee is sin. Thus in exasperationI flung my trust away.I did not lean on […]

This Year I Lost My Confidence

This Year I Lost My Confidenc This year I lost my confidenceIn God; His love, His care,So that I stumbled on the pathMy helpmeet was Despair. I seemed to hear a gentle voiceThat bid me look on highTo see the jagged, rugged pathWas leading to the sky. Lift up, lift up your confidenceAnd see your […]

How Could God Send These Trials?

How Could God Send These Trials? How could God send these trials to me?How can I pass this test?It seems more difficult than thoseAllotted to the rest. How can God hold the universeWithin His mighty hand,And yet allow the things that IJust cannot understand? Ah child, if you had confidenceIn God who ruleth all,You would […]

I Used To Trust Thy Word

I Used To Trust Thy Word I used to trust Thy word, Oh Lord.It was my strength and stay.But then I lost my confidence,And stumbled on my way. The promises that used to keepMy faith buoyant and strongAre not the same, for I’m scared that To me they don’t belong. I’ve disappointed Thee, dear Lord,And […]

Prayers Not Answered

Prayers Not Answered My prayers seem to land at my feet,Not ascendTo a God of compassion and careFor how can it be that the answer was Lost,And I landed in hopeless despair? Was my confidence real in the GodWho declaredThat His ear would attend to my cry?Did I trust that His answer would be for […]

Confidence Gone

Confidence Gone Ah Lord, I lost my confidenceWhen sickness took her hold.I doubted thy omnipotence;Pain made my trust grow cold. I could not understand, dear Lord,Why I should suffer so, And sensing my receding strengthMy state has laid me low. The woman in the Bible timesWas healed; the blind could see,And thus it seems so […]

I’m Despondent

I’m Despondent Ah Lord, I am despondentIn circumstances bleak.I’m losing trust and sinkingThy presence I must seek. The battle is the Captain’s.He’ll conquer every foe.If He is at forefront,He’ll counter every blow! Jenny Daniel Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

I Took A Little Sin

I Took A Little Sin Dear Lord I took a little sinTo come and dwell with me,So small it wasn’t seen at allAnd hid from all, but Thee! But now this little sin has grownAnd robbed me of my joy.It has become my master.I am in its employ! My child, you cannot harbour sinWithout a […]

I’m Confident

I’m Confident I’m confident that on the crossMy Saviour paid the priceA holy God demandedFor mankind’s sin and vice. I’m confident that Jesus’ bloodCan wash away my sin,That through His death and sacrificeHis pardon I will win. Jenny Daniel Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

Disobedience

Disobedience Dear Lord, I neglected to witness.The cry of the lost I ignored.But now I take up Thy commissionTo reach the unsaved, precious Lord. Dear God when I should have been silent,I argued and spoke out of turn.Thy truths I flung down in great anger;Nought could souls from me therefore learn. Dear Lord, Thou hast […]

Repentance

Repentance Dear Father, I bow in repentance.In sorrow I come unto thee.For years I have spurned thy salvation.Sin was too attractive to me. But now I accept Thy salvation,Forgiveness for all that I’ve done.I humbly accept Thy great offer,Thy pardon for me, worthless one. Jenny Daniel Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

The Poor Man

The Poor Man The poor man on the country road,Battered, bleeding, spent,Cried for help to all who came;Several past him went. A priest came by with pious mien.He must have seen the man For swift he turned his head awayAnd almost from him ran. The footsteps of the Pharisee,With head in haughty poise,Too passed him […]

I Murmured

I Murmured Dear God, Thy child did murmur.She embraced discontent,Dissatisfied with others,With her lot by Thee sent. She did not count her blessings.She did not see that ThouHad showered her with goodness,With mercy did endow. Until she was awakenedTo see another’s woe,To stand beside a sister,Her deeper sorrows know. And thus Thy child was humbled,Ashamed […]

At the Judgment Seat

At the Judgment Seat There at the judgment seat of ChristWill my eyes shed bitter tearsFor the souls that I neglectedDown countless wasted years? Were there questions I avoided?Were there longings I ignored?Did I fear mankind’s rejectionAnd thus deny Thee, Lord? Ah what bitter sighs and moaning;Ah what cries for chances lost,When I see my […]

It’s Easier

It’s Easier It’s easier to be a light To people far away Than to be a constant witness To the home folks every day. The pressure keeps on mounting; The anger in me boils; Behind closed doors I’m failing; The family recoils. Ah Lord, I’ve let Thy calling Fall down, escape from me! I did […]

What Is The Worth of Riches?

What Is The Worth of Ric What is the worth of richesWhen you stand before God’s throne?Compared to God’s salvation,Hear the rich young ruler’s moan, “Why did I turn and leave Christ?That day when He said to me,‘Sell your goods,‘ I refused HimToo late for eternity.” But the woman cried, “I have found Him!”When He […]

You Spurned My Love

You Spurned My Love When My arms said, ”Come to Me,”You merely crossed your own.My love lay shattered at your feet,Your heart as hard as stone. You did not grasp My proffered love.You spurned My sacrifice.You chose to turn and walk away,Embraced a life of vice. But one day at the judgment throneMy book shall […]

No Room For God

No Room For God No Room for God, Oh ChristianNo room for God, Oh Christian?Your life has crowded grown.You filled it up with mundane things;You govern it alone. The Master has been ousted.Your heart He does not own.And so you selfishly stride on,Wrapped in yourself alone. ‘Tis true the child of God may grieveThe Spirit […]

Procrastination

Procrastination As unsaved: I am not hardened to God and His ways.I’ll seek His pardon in more distant days.This is the time to live life to the brim.Why should I repent and finish with sin? Then a loud screeching and slamming of brakes,A crumpled vehicle all that it takesFor the procrastinator to weep and cry,Why […]

Lord, I Am Shy

Lord, I Am Shy Lord, I am so shy that I Should really be excused.Others are more competentFor thee, dear Lord, to use. Moses felt he couldn’t speak,Thy mouthpiece could not be,Thus Aaron was the spokesman sentWho spoke so fluently. Yet if I considerThe path that Aaron went,The calves he made the people serveThe criticism […]

Why Should I Make an Effort?

Why Should I Make an Effort? Why should I make an effort,Exert myself each day,When I could be recliningAnd slouch upon life’s way? One day when I reach heaven,What shame will fill my breast,That I had been so lazyNot given of my best! How can I meet my SaviourKnowing that I’ve misusedThe precious time He’s […]

Why Should I Not Be First?

Why Should I Not Be First? Why should I not be first, dear Lord,In all consideration?Surely the rest should see that IDeserve their adulation! I will not make an effort, Lord,For others’ need of care.After all that’s spent on me,Nought is left to spare! I am not really selfish, Lord,But people need to seeThat life […]

Too Proud

Too Proud Too proud to acknowledge your need of God;Too proud to bow to Him;Too proud to turn to from depravity,Your waywardness and sin. So, lost without God, eternallyYour soul in turmoil lands,Because your pride had closed the doorAnd barred God’s helping hands. Too proud to acknowledge, child of Mine,The error of your way;Too proud […]

My Focus

My Focus How can I let my focusBe other than the Lord?He should be first and foremostBy me obeyed, adored. Who else left heaven’s glory,Came to the earth to die,So that He could redeem us;Mankind could justify? His will is first and foremost.To Him, I give my all.My eyes on Him are focused.I will obey […]

I Did Not Take the Time

I Did Not Take the Time I did not take the time, dear Lord To read Thy precious word,And thus my heart has colder grown;My conscience not been stirred. I did not find the treasuresThat Thou had sent to me,Because I did not look for themIn Thy word, earnestly. I did not find Thy comfort,I […]

I Always Dreamt

I Always Dreamt I I always dreamed what I should beFrom childhood ‘til to-day.Somehow I mapped a certain pathCareer, to mark my way. But suddenly the Master cameAnd said, “Child, Follow me.The work that I planned long agoI do assign to thee.” So different from the dreams that IHad dreamt so long ago,And thus the […]

I Should Be First

I Should Be First I should be first in your heart, dear child,None other rise aboveAnd claim your first allegianceAnd capture all your love. I should be first in your heart, dear child.Decisions that you makeShould not be those that grieve My heart,E’en for a loved one’s sake I should be first in your heart, […]

The Samaritan Woman at the Well

The Samaritan Woman at the Well Her heart was filled with sin and mire,With bitterness and hate.Just looking at the life she ledHer fallen, low down state. No-one knew all the miseryThat filled her lonely heart,Or how she longed that she could makeA clean and wholesome start. Alone she drew her water,Beneath the midday sun,For […]

Mary of Bethany

Mary of Bethany What was it Mary soughtThat caused the Lord to say,“The one thing needful she has got.“It won’t be taken away.”? It wasn’t service of the kindThat Martha tried to bear,That weighted up on her fretful mindAnd cumbered her with care. The outward kind that people see,That suits a worldly plan,Is measured by […]

The Road

The Road I took the road less travelled by I took the road less travelled byNot consciously I chose,But followed, without knowing why,The path that upward rose. It hasn’t been an easy course,My progress often blocked,But I look back without remorseFor walking where I walked. When stumbling in some dip or hole,To passion much inclined,I’ve […]

True Surrender

True Surrender Sinless was our Lord’s requestTo have the cup pass by Him  Sinless was our Lord’s requestTo have the cup pass by HimThe cup about to try HimKnowing He must face the test;Knowing He must drink the cup,The hour being nigh Him,And God could not supply HimRighteous means to pass it up. “Not my […]

I Thought That I Could Still Be Friends

I Thought That I Could Still Be Friends I thought that I could still be friends With those from worldly days. I thought that I could still be friendsWith those from worldly days.I thought that I could influence themIn many different ways. And so I went to places thatA Christian should not be,And did some […]

Life Is So Busy

Life Is So Busy Life is so busy, no time for much prayer.I am just running and filled with despair. Life is so busy, no time for much prayer.I am just running and filled with despair.Food preparation and schoolwork and moreI am not coping to God a closed door. Surely, dear Father, Thou wilt understandThat […]

No Room

No Room Man, you resist God, His calling,Stilling His voice every day; Man, you resist God, His calling,Stilling His voice every day;Suppressing, hardening your conscience,Heedlessly going your way. Fainter the sight of His mercy,Farther His grace doth recede,Dimmer the sense of your frailty,Deadened the sense of your need. Until your life’s thread is ended,Time passed […]

Discerning God’s Will

Discerning God’s Will The will of the Lord is for you to do rightTo honor His Word and to walk in the light, The will of the Lord is for you to do rightTo honor His Word and to walk in the light,There’s no need to fret about finding His will;He’s spelled it out plainly […]

Running

Running You’re running from your troubles,But trouble comes along You’re running from your troubles,But trouble comes along‘Cause when a person’s running,It’s usually him that’s wrong. It may be something littleThat no one really knows,But anywhere you run to,That little trouble goes. Do what you can to shake it,It will not let you go,And all the […]

Yes, For Me, For Me, He Careth

Yes, For Me, For Me, He Careth Yes, for me, for me He carethWith a brother’s tender care; Yes with me, with me He sharethEvery burden, every fear.Yes, o’er me, o’er me He watcheth,Ceaseless watcheth, night and day;Yes, e’en me, e’en me He snatchethFrom the perils of the way. Yes for me He standeth pleadingAt […]

O Love of God

O Love of God O love of God, how strong and true!Eternal, and yet ever new; Uncomprehended and unbought,Beyond all knowledge and all thought. O love of God, how deep and great!Far deeper than man’s deepest hate;Self-fed, self-kindled, like the light,Changeless, eternal, infinite. O heavenly love, how precious still,In days of weariness and ill,In nights […]

Rejoice and Be Glad

Rejoice and Be Glad Rejoice and be glad! The Redeemer has come! Go look on His cradle, His cross, and His tomb. Sound His praises, tell the story, Of Him Who was slain;Sound His praises, tell with gladness, He liveth again. Rejoice and be glad! It is sunshine at last!The clouds have departed, The shadows […]

The Church Has Waited Long

The Church Has Waited Long The Church has waited long Her absent Lord to see; And still in loneliness she waits, A friendless stranger she. How long, O Lord our God, Holy and true and good,Wilt Thou not judge Thy suffering church,Her sighs and tears and blood? We long to hear Thy voice, To see […]

O Everlasting Light

O Everlasting Light O Everlasting Light,Shine graciously within; Brightest of all on earth that’s bright,Come shine away my sin. O Everlasting Truth,Truest of all that’s true,Sure guide of erring age or youth,Lead me, and teach me too. O Everlasting Strength,Uphold me in the way;Bring me, in spite of foes, at lengthTo joy and light and […]

Blessing and Honour and Glory and Power

Blessing and Honour and Glory and Power Blessing and honour and glory and power,Wisdom and riches and strength evermore Give ye to Him Who our battle hath wonWhose are the kingdom, the crown, and the throne. Into the heav’n of the heav’ns hath He gone,Sitteth He now in the joy of the throne,Weareth He now […]

A Few More Years Shall Roll

A Few More Years Shall Roll A few more years shall roll,A few more seasons come, And we shall be with those that restAsleep within the tomb:Then, O my Lord, prepareMy soul for Thy great day;O wash me in Thy precious Blood,And take my sins away. A few more struggles here,A few more partings o’er,A […]

Soon Shall the Trump of God

Soon Shall the Trump of God Soon shall the trump of GodGive out the welcome sound, Soon shall the trump of GodGive out the welcome soundThat shakes death’s silent chamber walls,And breaks the turf-sealed ground. You dwellers in the dust,Awake, come forth, and sing;Sharp has your frost of winter been,But bright shall be your spring. […]

Dreams

Dreams The dreams I once cherished are lost in the floodOf fast-flowing waves from the current of life. The dreams I once cherished are lost in the floodOf fast-flowing waves from the current of life.The fancies of youth have been nipped in the bud.Reality choked them with trouble and strife. Their sweet-sounding notions can charm […]

Psalm xxxi

Psalm xxxi My spirit on thy care, Blest Saviour, I recline; My spirit on thy care, Blest Saviour, I recline;Thou wilt not leave me in despair, For thou art Love divine. In thee I place my trust, On thee I calmly rest;I know thee good, I know thee just, And count thy choice the best. […]

Psalm cxxxix

Psalm cxxxix Omniscient God, Thine eye divineMy inmost soul can see; Omniscient God, Thine eye divineMy inmost soul can see;And every thought and act of mineIs open, Lord, to Thee! When up I rise, when down I lie,Still Thou art at my side.Where shall I shun Thy awful eye,Or from Thy Spirit hide? If up […]

Hymn on the Titles of Christ

Hymn on the Titles of Christ Arise, my soul, arise,Thy Saviour’s Sacrifice! Arise, my soul, arise,Thy Saviour’s Sacrifice!All the names that love could find,All the forms that love could take,Jesus in Himself has join’d,These, my soul, His own to make. Equal with God Most High,He laid His glory by:He, the’ Eternal God, was born,Man with […]

Food in Egypt

Food in Egypt Ah, yes, there’s food in Egypt,But what will be the cost? Ah, yes, there’s food in Egypt,But what will be the cost?What troubles will you find there?What virtue may be lost? For no one goes to EgyptBut that he has to pay.It costs a man to eat there,However short the stay. When […]

Our Rose

Our Rose As beauty ripens, Must death invade? As beauty ripens, Must death invade?The grasses wither; The flower fade? The Lord has taken Our rose away;‘Twas He who gave it, We can’t say Nay. And memory hallows Her lingering scentThat sweetly eases Our sore lament. The pain of parting Was not our choice,But that we […]

I Shouldn’t Be Annoyed

I Shouldn’t Be Annoyed I shouldn’t be annoyedThough others seem devoid I shouldn’t be annoyedThough others seem devoidOf decency and common sense,And do their best to give offence. Despite recurring pain,I really can’t complain.Although I feel myself unnerved,No better things have I deserved. My own poor heart is vile,And filled with treacherous guile,And that deceitful, […]

Compensation

Compensation Oh, the compensating springs! Oh, the balance-wheels of life,Hidden away in the workings under the seeming strife! Oh, the compensating springs! Oh, the balance-wheels of life,Hidden away in the workings under the seeming strife!Slowing the fret and the friction, weighting the whirl and the force,Evolving the truest power from each unconscious source. How shall […]

The Wall

The Wall I’ve tried so hard to manage things,And make them work by pulling strings I’ve tried so hard to manage things,And make them work by pulling strings.I’ve laid my plans and thought up schemesTo seal my fortune, catch my dreams,But efforts clever and well-plannedCould not secure them to my hand. I reached a wall […]

A Minstrel

A Minstrel I used to have a minstrelWho sang his songs to me, I used to have a minstrelWho sang his songs to me,And pesky evil spiritsWould turn around and flee. But now the pleasing musicIs seldom to be heard,And devils that afflict meAren’t easily deterred. I need a purge more thoroughThan any minstrel’s songTo […]

Aaron’s Feast

Aaron’s Feast The man who spoke in Moses’ steadAnd stood by Moses’ side, The man who spoke in Moses’ steadAnd stood by Moses’ side,Who boldly lifted up his rodAnd challenged Pharaoh’s pride; The man who joined in Moses’ work,Obeying God’s command,Who helped to lead the flock of God,And held up Moses’ hand; The chosen servant […]

I Don’t Deserve a Moment’s Grace

I Don’t Deserve a Moment’s Grace I don’t deserve a moment’s graceMuch less such love as this: I don’t deserve a moment’s graceMuch less such love as this:That One should die to take my placeAnd all my guilt dismiss. I can’t repay the debt I owe;I know I can’t begin.The more I try my love […]

Faith and Pride

Faith and Pride Faith will sometimes be accused of being nothing more than pride,Though the boldness of its actions has humility inside. Faith will sometimes be accused of being nothing more than pride,Though the boldness of its actions has humility inside.Don’t be overly discouraged if like David you have foundThat your older brothers chide you […]

Do You Believe in My Savior?

Do You Believe in My Savior? Oh, do you believe in my Savior?You honor the day of His birth, Oh, do you believe in my Savior?You honor th day of His birth,But have you received His forgiveness,And seen Him for what He is worth? He came as a babe in a manger,And humbly He dwelt […]

Treasure

Treasure Oh, we have this glorious treasureIn a vessel made of clay, Oh, we have this glorious treasureIn a vessel made of clay,Which has many imperfections,That we cannot wipe away. But we don’t despise the vessel,Though it’s marred with many a scratch, For the treasure that is in itWe can’t duplicate or match. God commanded […]

The Narrow Way

The Narrow Way The way indeed is narrow;The entrance to it strait. The way indeed is narrow;The entrance to it strait.Don’t think with wicked baggageTo enter at the gate.The heart of Christ our SaviorIs big enough for all,But He reserves the pathwayFor those who heed His call. His call is self-denial;Repentance is His cry.Before the […]

The Giver

The Giver There’s no one who loves like my Father in heaven,Who so loved the world that He gave us His Son, There’s no one who loves like my Father in heaven,Who so loved the world that He gave us His Son,And nobody gives like my Father has given,Whose many great promises can’t be outdone. […]

No Shadow of Turning

No Shadow of Turning Each person has his sorrowsAnd knows his heart’s own grief, Each person has his sorrowsAnd knows his heart’s own grief,But sometimes in a fellowWe gain a slight relief. We find a kindred spirit,And don’t feel quite alone,And thank the One great GiverWhose love thereby is shown. But life is always changing,And […]

Left Alone

Left Alone Left alone as night draws on,Left alone but not to sleep Left alone as night draws on,Left alone but not to sleepAll my earthly comforts gone,Left a lonesome watch to keep. Left alone to think my thoughts,Feel my heartbeat, weigh my fears,Reconsider schemes and plotsI’ve accomplished o’er the years. Left alone where mem’ry […]

It’s Done

It’s Done It’s done. It is finished — and done once for all —The work of the cross that has torn down the wall; It’s done. It is finished — and done once for all — Heb. 10:10The work of the cross that has torn down the wall;  Eph. 2:14That satisfied justice and paid for our sin,-Rom 3:25-26And opened […]

Christ Alone

Christ Alone Christ alone provides an answerTo the ills that plague our race. Christ alone provides an answerTo the ills that plague our race.Nothing frees and nothing cures us,But the cleansing work of grace.  We may educate the masses;Tell them where the dangers lurk,But to stem the tide of evilAll our teaching doesn’t work. We […]

Trust in the Lord

Trust in the Lord It’s better to trust in the Lord than in men,‘Cause people will fail you again and again. It’s better to trust in the Lord than in men,‘Cause people will fail you again and again.It’s not that they mean to; they simply fall shortOf our expectations for love and support. But God […]

My God Is There

My God Is There In all the changing scenes of life;In times of peace; in times of strife, In all the changing scenes of life;In times of peace; in times of strife,There’s One who watches over me,And what no other notices,His eye can see. As deep as my self-knowledge goes,And deeper still, He sees and […]

Shade

Shade Oh, Lord, if You would shelter meWith some sweet second cause Oh, Lord, if You would shelter meWith some sweet second causeA short-lived gourd or towering treeBeneath which I may pause; If you provide a resting placeWhere I may take a break,Escape a while and slow my pace,And calm the breaths I take; If […]

Ressurection Song

Ressurection Song Oh, do you believe in my Savior?The One who arose fromt he grave? Oh, do you believe in my Savior?The One who arose from the grave?You’ve heard of the man they call Jesus.Do you walk in His power to save? You’re on the broad road to destruction,Deserving His judgement and wrath,Until you embrace […]

Only One

Only One There’s only one shelter and only one rest,There’s only one place I can go when oppressed. There’s only one shelter and only one rest,There’s only one place I can go when oppressed.I’ve tried other options and find they are vain,But in the Lord Jesus there’s peace and great gain. There’s only one refuge, […]

Are You Willing?

Are You Willing? God is able to conform youTo the image of His Son, God is able to conform youTo the image of His Son,If you’ll trust in my Lord JesusAnd consent to have it done. He is able; Are you willingTo have old things pass away?To become a new creationAnd the Word of God […]

My Wings

My Wings My wings, my wings, I’ve felt them grow.They’re made to fly, I know, My wings, my wings, I’ve felt them grow.They’re made to fly, I know,And yet they’re cramped and tightly bound.I want them freed to fly around;And feel the breezes blow. My wings, my wings, for freedom cry;They itch to reach the […]

The Everlasting Memorial

The Everlasting Memorial Up and away, like the dew of the morningThat soars from the earth to its home in the sun, Up and away, like the dew of the morning That soars from the earth to its home in the sun,So let me steal away, gently and lovingly,Only remembered by what I have done. […]

The Inner Calm

The Inner Calm Calm me, my God, and keep me calm,While these hot breezes blow; Calm me, my God, and keep me calm,While these hot breezes blow;Be like the night-dew’s cooling balmUpon earth’s fevered brow. Calm me, my God, and kee me calm,Soft resting on thy breast;Soothe me with holy hymn and psalmAnd bid my […]

Divine Peace

Divine Peace Peace upon peace, like wave upon wave,This the portion that I crave; Peace upon peace, like wave upon wave,This the portion that I crave;The peace of God which passeth thought,The peace of Christ which changeth not. Peace like the river’s gentle flow,Peace like the morning’s silent glow,From day to day, in love supplied,An […]

Calm

Calm I stand upon the Mount of GodWith sunlight in my soul; I stand upon the Mount of GodWith sunlight in my soul;I hear the storms in vales beneath,I hear the thunders roll. But I am calm with thee, my God,Beneath these glorious skies;And to the height on which I stand,No storms, nor clouds, can […]

Choose Thou

Choose Thou Thy way, not mine, O Lord!However dark it be; Thy way, not mine, O Lord!However dark it be;Lead me by Thine own hand,Choose out the path for me. Smooth let it be, or rough,It will be still the best;Winding or straight it matters notIt leads me to Thy rest. I dare not choose […]

Zeal in Labour

Zeal in Labour Go, labor on; spend and be spent,Thy joy to do the Father’s will; Go, labor on; spend and be spent,Thy joy to do the Father’s will;It is the way the Master went:Should not the servant tread it still? Go, labor on; ‘tis not for naught;Then earthly loss is heavenly gain;Men heed thee, […]

Upward

Upward Upward, where the stars are burning, Silent, silent in their turning Round the never changing pole; Upward, where the sky is brightest, Upward, where the blue is lightest, Lift I now my longing soul! Far above that arch of gladness, Far beyond those clouds of sadness, Are the many mansions fair! Far from pain, […]

Hear My Cry

Hear My Cry O strong to save and bless,My rock and righteousness Draw near to me!Blessing, and joy, and might,Wisdom, and love, and lightAre all with Thee! My refuge and my rest,As child on mother’s breast,I lean on Thee!From faintness and from fear,When foes and ill are near,Deliver me! Turn not away Thy face,Withhold not […]

At the Lord’s Table

At the Lord’s Table Here, O my Lord, I see Thee face to face;Here would I touch and handle things unseen, Here, O my Lord, I see Thee face to face;Here would I touch and handle things unseen,Here grasp with firmer hand the eternal grace,And all my weariness upon Thee lean. Here would I feed […]

By the Cross of Jesus Standing

By the Cross of Jesus Standing By the cross of Jesus standing,Love our straitened souls expanding, Health from yonder tree is flowing,Heav’nly light is on it glowing,From the blessed Sufferer’s face. Here is pardon’s pledge and token,Guilt’s strong chain forever broken,Righteous peace securely made;Brightens now the brow once shaded,Freshens now the face once faded,Peace with […]

Holy Father, Hear My Cry

Holy Father, Hear My Cry Holy Father, hear my cry;Holy Savior, bend Thine ear; Holy Father, hear my cry; Holy Savior, bend Thine ear; Holy Spirit, come Thou nigh;Father, Savior, Spirit, hear. Father, save me from my sin;Savior, I Thy mercy crave;Gracious Spirit, make me clean:Father, Savior, Spirit, save. Father, let me taste Thy love;Savior, […]

Be True

Be True Thou must be true thyself,If thou the truth wouldst teach; Thou must be true thyself,If thou the truth wouldst teach;Thy soul must overflow, if thouAnother’s soul would’st reach!It needs the overflow of heartTo give the lips full speech. Think truly, and thy thoughtsShall the world’s famine feed;Speak truly, and each word of thineShall […]

Is This All?

Is This All? Sometimes I catch sweet glimpses of His face, But that is all. Sometimes he looks on me, and seems to smile, But that is all.Sometimes he speaks a passing word of peace, But that is all.Sometimes I think I hear his loving voice Upon me call. And is this all he meant […]

.Ann Steele Poems

Ann Steele Poems Anne Steele was born in England, the daughter of a Baptist preacher. Anne Steele’s fiancé died the day before their anticipated wedding, and she never married. She helped her father with his ministerial labors and served the cause of Christ with a cheerful spirit. Anne Steele’s poems were first published under the […]

.James Montgomery Poems

James Montgomery Poems James Montgomery Poems                       Keywords : Christ and Salvation , Christian Life and Work, Faith and Consecration, God and Eternity, Prayer and Praise , Scripture

.Amy Carmiechael Poems

.Amy Carmiechael Poems                     Amy Carmichael 1867 -1951 Amy Carmichael was born in Ireland. She became a missionary to India, working with the Church Missionary Society. Amy Carmichael founded and ran an orphanage at Dohnavur, saving young girls from temple service. Many of them learned to love the Lord Jesus […]

God’s Choice

God’s Choice An old, broken vessel that no one can useIs just such an instrument God says He’ll choose. An old, broken vessel that no one can useIs just such an instrument God says He’ll choose.The weak and the foolish, cast off by the wise,Are valued by God and esteemed in His eyes.The standard by […]

Hiding From The Truth

Hiding From The Truth To live out your life in delusion,And hide from the truth and the facts; To live out your life in delusion,And hide from the truth and the facts;While seeming to lessen your sorrow,Your sorrow it only protracts. To build on a shaky foundation,Convincing yourself that it’s sound,Can’t give you the safety […]

Best Wishes

Best Wishes I wish you the best that my Saviour can give.I wish you the happiest life you can live. I wish you the best that my Saviour can give.I wish you the happiest life you can live.I wish you the peace that surpasses all thought.I wish you the love my Lord Jesus has brought.I […]

God Over All

God Over All Sometimes the things I see or hearWake feelings deep inside, Sometimes the things I see or hearWake feelings deep inside,And make old mem’ries reappearThat I had tried to hide. The buried thoughts thus brought to mindThat time cannot eraseGive pain I’d rather leave behind,But now by faith embrace. There is no sin […]

The Testimony of Nature

The Testimony of Nature A drop of dew upon a roseAdorned in nature’s finest clothes, A drop of dew upon a roseAdorned in nature’s finest clothes,The grandest mount in stately grayWhose glory takes my breath away,The forest, dense with luscious green,The prairie charm, more felt than seen,The checkered fields of every hue,The open sky of […]

Man’s Intention

Man’s Intention Man, I know your heart’s intentionIs to always love your wife; Man, I know your heart’s intentionIs to always love your wife;Give her strength and truth and passionThrough your years of wedded life. But you thought it would be easy;Thought she’d always love you, too;Thought she always would be gratefulFor whatever you would […]

Win the World for Christ

Win the World for Christ Hear our watchword loudly ringing,Win the world for Christ; Hear our watchword loudly ringing,Win the world for Christ;Precious souls to Jesus bringing,Win the world for Christ;We must all take hold together;Ev’ry one must do his share;Seek them one by one, till the work is done;Labor on (labor on) with pray’r. […]

Will There Be Any Stars?

Will There Be Any Stars? I am thinking today of that beautiful landI shall reach when the sun goeth down; I am thinking today of that beautiful landI shall reach when the sun goeth down;When through wonderful grace by my Savior I stand,Will there be any stars in my crown? Will there be any stars, […]

Who Will Follow Jesus?

Who Will Follow Jesus? Who will follow Jesus, Standing for the right, Who will follow Jesus, Standing for the right,Holding up His banner In the thickest fight?List’ning for His orders, Ready to obey,Who will follow Jesus,Serving Him today? Who will follow Jesus? Who will make reply,“I am on the Lord’s side; Master, here am I”?Who […]

When Jesus Speaks

When Jesus Speaks I hear sweet whisperings of loveWhen Jesus speaks to me; I hear sweet whisperings of loveWhen Jesus speaks to me;And blessèd comfort from above,When Jesus speaks to me. When Jesus speaks, when Jesus speaks,So faithful He will ever beThat I will rejoiceTo hear His sweet voice,When Jesus speaks to me. ’Twill be […]

Victory in Jesus

Victory in Jesus Soldiers of King Jesus, raise the shout again,Victory in Jesus, victory! Soldiers of King Jesus, raise the shout again,Victory in Jesus, victory!Marching to the music of the glad refrain,Victory in Jesus evermore. Victory, victory, victory in Jesus!Sing His overcoming blood, sing the grace that frees us;Ring it out more boldly, song of […]

The Very Same Jesus

The Very Same Jesus Come, sinners, to the living One,He’s just the same Jesus Come, sinners, to the living One,He’s just the same JesusAs when He raised the widow’s son,The very same Jesus. The very same Jesus,The wonder working Jesus;Oh praise His Name, He’s just the sameThe very same Jesus. Come, feast upon the living […]

The Very Friend I Need

The Very Friend I Need When I’m sad and heavy laden,Burdened with the weight of sin, When I’m sad and heavy laden,Burdened with the weight of sin,Jesus is the very Friend I need;To the bloodstained cross He points me,And He gives me peace within,Jesus is the very Friend I need. O, He is the best […]

Under the Blood

Under the Blood Lord, keep my soul from day to day,Under the blood, under the blood; Lord, keep my soul from day to day,Under the blood, under the blood;Take doubt and fear and sin away,Under the precious blood. Under the blood, the precious blood,Under the cleansing, healing flood;Keep me, Savior, from day to day;Under the […]

This Same Jesus

This Same Jesus Why stand ye idly gazing t’ward Heaven’s blessèd height?This same Jesus is coming back again; Why stand ye idly gazing t’ward Heaven’s blessèd height?This same Jesus is coming back again;The shining angels told it, arrayed in spotless white;This same Jesus is coming back again. This same Jesus, this same Jesus;Oh, tell the […]

Tell the Whole Wide World

Tell the Whole Wide World Tell the whole wide world of Jesus,Bear the news from shore to shore; Tell the whole wide world of Jesus,Bear the news from shore to shore;Telling sinners of the Savior,Let the light spread more and more. Tell the world, the whole wide world,Bear the news from shore to shore;Tell the […]

Sunshine in My Soul

Sunshine in My Soul There is sunshine in my soul today,More glorious and bright There is sunshine in my soul today,More glorious and brightThan glows in any earthly sky,For Jesus is my Light. O there’s sunshine, blessèd sunshine,When the peaceful, happy moments roll;When Jesus shows His smiling face,There is sunshine in the soul. There is […]

Stepping in the Light

Stepping in the Light Trying to walk in the steps of the Savior,Trying to follow our Savior and King; Trying to walk in the steps of the Savior,Trying to follow our Savior and King;Shaping our lives by His blessèd example,Happy, how happy, the songs that we bring. How beautiful to walk in the steps of […]

Speak for Jesus

Speak for Jesus Speak for Jesus; He hath touched you,Raised you from the death of sin; Speak for Jesus; He hath touched you,Raised you from the death of sin;Use for Him the life He gives you;Rise, and precious jewels win! Arise and speak! arise and speak!Christ is list’ning now above;Arise and speak for Him Who […]

Sometime

Sometime A voice is heard in the dewy dawn,And the call is sweet and low; A voice is heard in the dewy dawn,And the call is sweet and low;Come now, my child to the Shepherd’s fold,Where the living waters flow;But the gay heart answers in careless tones,As light as the morning chime,“Let me live for […]

Somebody Else Needs a Blessing

Somebody Else Needs a Blessing We’re “counting” the blessings, our joys we record,The wonderful mercies like sunbeams outpoured; We’re “counting” the blessings, our joys we record,The wonderful mercies like sunbeams outpoured;But let us remember while praising the Lord,Somebody else needs a blessing. Somebody else needs a blessing,Somebody else needs a blessing;We’ll let our lights shine […]

Singing I Go

Singing I Go The trusting heart to Jesus clings,Nor any ill forebodes, The trusting heart to Jesus clings,Nor any ill forebodes,But at the cross of Calv’ry, sings,Praise God for lifted loads! Singing I go along life’s road,Praising the Lord, praising the Lord,Singing I go along life’s road,For Jesus has lifted my load. The passing days […]

Sing Away the Shadows

Sing Away the Shadows Sing away the shadows,Flitting o’er the sky; Sing away the shadows,Flitting o’er the sky;Sing of starry comforts,In the by and by!Sing of love unfailing,Mercies ever new;Pardon, peace and blessing,Guidance kind and true. Sing away, sing away,Hopeful be the lay;Sing away the shadows,Flitting o’er the sky;Sing away, sing away,Trusting ev’ry day;Sing of […]

Since I Found My Savior

Since I Found My Savior Life wears a different face to me,Since I found my Savior; Life wears a different face to me,Since I found my Savior;Rich mercy at the cross I see,My dying, living Savior. Golden sunbeams round me play;Jesus turns my night to day;Heaven seems not far away,Since I found my Savior. He […]

Seek Ye First

Seek Ye First Seek ye first the kingdom; not the things of earth.Priceless are the treasures of immortal worth. Seek ye first the kingdom; not the things of earth.Priceless are the treasures of immortal worth.Like a flitting shadow, time will pass away,But the heav’nly riches change not, nor decay. “Seek ye first the kingdom,” ’tis […]

Saved from the Wreck

Saved from the Wreck Adrift on the waters, so dark and so cold,Afar from the beautiful city of gold, Adrift on the waters, so dark and so cold,Afar from the beautiful city of gold,A vessel is sinking, for heavy the gale,The cable is broken, and tattered each sail. Poor child of the wreck, see the […]

Safe in the Shepherd’s Care

Safe in the Shepherd’s Care Though beneath the drifting snow,Summer flow’rs have been laid low, Though beneath the drifting snow,Summer flow’rs have been laid low,I am safe in the tender Shepherd’s care;Tho’ the sunbeams hide away,On the dark and cloudy day,I am safe in the tender Shepherd’s care. Safe, in the tender Shepherd’s care,Safe on […]

Room for You

Room for You There is room in the fold of the ShepherdFor those who have wandered away; There is room in the fold of the ShepherdFor those who have wandered away;There is room in the heart of the SaviorFor every poor sinner today. Room, room, room for you,In the heart of the Savior above;Room for […]

The Precious Friend

The Precious Friend There’s an eye that watches o’er me,Everywhere I’m called to go; There’s an eye that watches o’er me,Everywhere I’m called to go;There’s a light that shines before me,Brighter still the way will grow;There’s a tender hand to guide me,Thro’ the sunlight and the shade;There’s a Friend Who walks beside me,Ready to defend […]

Peaceful the Wondrous Night

Peaceful the Wondrous Night Peaceful the wondrous night,Peaceful and holy, Peaceful the wondrous night,Peaceful and holy,Under the silv’ry light,Gleaming afar.Faithfully watching there,Shepherds so lowly,Over the hills so fair,Saw glory’s star. Hail to the starry night,Sparkling with glory;Angels on wings of light,Thronging the sky.Hail to that starry night!Wondrous its story:Jesus the Prince of Light,Came from above. […]

Once My Way Was Dark and Dreary

Once My Way Was Dark and Dreary Once my way was dark and dreary,For my heart was full of sin,But the sky is bright and cheery,Since the fullness of His love came in. I can never tell how much I love Him,I can never tell His love for me,For it passeth human measure,Like a deep, […]

O Sing His Praise

O Sing His Praise O sing His praise, who governs earth and sky;Sing His tender mercy, ever nigh; O sing His praise, who governs earth and sky;Sing His tender mercy, ever nigh;Sing of the love that ransoms man from sin,Love that conquered death, our souls to win. Sweet praises bring the heav’nly King;To every nation […]

Move Forward

Move Forward Let the whole wide world be taken,In the name of Christ our King; Let the whole wide world be taken,In the name of Christ our King;Let the powers of sin be shaken,And our shouts of victory ring;Jesus calls, why should we tarry?Let our loyal hearts respond,And the fight of faith we’ll carryTo the […]

Mine, Still Mine

Mine, Still Mine Thro’ scenes of joy or sorrow,Jesus still is mine; Thro’ scenes of joy or sorrow,Jesus still is mine;Thro’ ev’ry new tomorrow,He will still be mine. My Savior faileth never;O how His glories shine,I’ll sing it out forever,He is mine, still mine. Thro’ earthly tribulation,Jesus still is mine;My strength and consolation,He is mine, […]

Listen to the Blessed Invitation

Listen to the Blessed Invitation Listen to the blessèd invitation,Sweeter than the notes of angel song, Listen to the blessèd invitation,Sweeter than the notes of angel song,Chiming softly with a heav’nly cadence,Calling to the passing throng. Him that cometh unto Me.Him that cometh unto Me,Him that cometh unto Me,I will not ever cast out. Weary […]

Let the Joy Overflow

Let the Joy Overflow There’s a clear fountain flowingFrom the bright throne above, There’s a clear fountain flowingFrom the bright throne above,And its waters are glowingWith the sunshine of love;Take the blest consolation,Which the Lord will bestow,Take the cup of salvationLet the joy overflow. O the joy! With this wondrous salvationBe our hearts all aglow;O […]

In a Little While We’re Going Home

In a Little While We’re Going Home Let us sing a song that will cheer us by the way,In a little while we’re going home; Let us sing a song that will cheer us by the way,In a little while we’re going home;For the night will end in the everlasting day,In a little while we’re […]

I Shall Be No Stranger There

I Shall Be No Stranger There When the pearly gates are openedTo a sinner “saved by grace,” When the pearly gates are openedTo a sinner “saved by grace,”When thro’ everlasting mercy,I behold my Savior’s face,When I enter in the mansionsOf the city bright and fair,I shall have a royal welcome,For I’ll be no stranger there. […]

I Love Jesus

I Love Jesus I love Jesus, for He saved my soul;From His cross the tides of mercy roll; I love Jesus, for He saved my soul;From His cross the tides of mercy roll;Long and far He sought me, when astray;Now, He leads me in His own right way. I love Jesus; He’s my King;Of His […]

His Word Was with Power

His Word Was with Power There’s pow’r, mighty pow’r in the word of the King;He speaks, and the captive is free; There’s pow’r, mighty pow’r in the word of the King;He speaks, and the captive is free;The lips of the dumb with rejoicing shall sing;O speak, blessèd Savior, to me! O the pow’r, mighty pow’r,In […]

He Set the Joy-Bells Ringing

He Set the Joy-Bells Ringing Oh, bless the Lord, He cleansed my soul,And filled my lips with singing; Oh, bless the Lord, He cleansed my soul,And filled my lips with singing;He came in my poor, sinful heart,And set the joy-bells ringing. Oh, praise the Lord, He first loved me;I feel new life upspringing;He came in […]

The Happy Crowning Day

The Happy Crowning Day There’s an hour which no man knoweth,Nor the angels round the throne, There’s an hour which no man knoweth,Nor the angels round the throne,When the Lord shall come in glory from the sky;All the saints shall rise to meet Him,For He calleth for his own;They shall hear the trumpet sounding by […]

Good News

Good News Good news! good news of a soul redeemed,A penitent forgiven! Good news! good news of a soul redeemed,A penitent forgiven!Good news! good news that another friendIs on the way to Heaven! Rejoice! rejoice! there’s joy todayIn the land beyond the river;Another gem for His diadem,A star to shine forever. Good news! good news […]

Give Me Thy Heart

Give Me Thy Heart “Give Me thy heart,” says the Father aboveNo gift so precious to Him as our love; “Give Me thy heart,” says the Father aboveNo gift so precious to Him as our love;Softly He whispers wherever thou art,“Gratefully trust Me and give Me thy heart.” “Give Me thy heart, give me thy […]

For God So Loved the World

For God So Loved the World A story sweet and wondrous,Like heav’nly music swells; A story sweet and wondrous,Like heav’nly music swells;In chimings clear to all who will hear,Ring out the Gospel bells. For God so loved the worldThat He gave His only begotten Son,That whosoever believeth in Him,Whosoever believeth in HimShould not perish,Should not […]

Father All Holy

Father All Holy Father all holy, bend we so lowly,Glowing with love’s tender flame; Father all holy, bend we so lowly,Glowing with love’s tender flame;Father in Heaven, praises be given,Hallowed forever Thy Name.Telling the story, spreading Thy glory,Send forth Thy people, we pray,Till every nation know Thy salvation,Under Thy kingdom’s full sway. Angels adore Thee, […]

The Everlasting Hymn

The Everlasting Hymn Holy, holy, holy;Angel voices singing; Holy, holy, holy;Angel voices singing;Holy, holy, holy,Through high heaven ringing.From that temple, pure and bright,Bathed in streams of crystal light,Hear the everlasting hymn,Holy, holy, holy. Holy, holy, holy;Grandest music swelling;Holy, holy, holy,All sweet notes excelling.Those who conquered by His might,Wearing now their crowns of light,Join the everlasting […]

Come Unto Me

Come Unto Me Come unto Jesus, all ye that labor,All that are weary, sad and oppressed; Come unto Jesus, all ye that labor,All that are weary, sad and oppressed;Still He is calling, oh, friend and neighbor,“Come unto Me, and I will give you rest.” Down thro’ the ages, sweetly ’tis ringing,This word of Jesus, come […]

Come, for All Things Are Ready!

Come, for All Things Are Ready! Come, for all things are ready! ’Tis a banquet of love;Here’s a free invitation from the Master above: Come, for all things are ready! ’Tis a banquet of love;Here’s a free invitation from the Master above:It is written in crimson, drawn from Calvary’s flood,From the wonderful fountain of the […]

Carry the Light

Carry the Light Many in darkness are far astray,Carry the light, carry the light, Many in darkness are far astray,Carry the light, carry the light,Spreading the beams of the Gospel day,Carry the beautiful light;Tell them the gift of the Father’s love,How the dear Savior He gave;Tell them of mercy that smiles above,Jesus almighty to save! […]

Calvary’s Stream Is Flowing

Calvary’s Stream Is Flowing From that dear cross where Jesus died,Calv’ry’s stream is flowing; From that dear cross where Jesus died,Calv’ry’s stream is flowing;From bleeding hands and feet and side,Calv’ry’s stream is flowing. Calv’ry’s stream is flowing,Calv’ry’s stream is flowing;Flowing so free for you and for me,Calv’ry’s stream is flowing. Come, wash the stain of […]

By Grace I Will

By Grace I Will Will you go to Jesus now, dear friend?He is calling you today: Will you go to Jesus now, dear friend?He is calling you today:Will you seek the bright and better land,By “the true and living Way”? I will, I will! by the grace of God, I will;I will go to Jesus […]

Brighter Are the Sunbeams

Brighter Are the Sunbeams Brighter are the sunbeams on this day,O rejoice, heart and voice! Brighter are the sunbeams on this day,O rejoice, heart and voice!Sweeter buds unfolding by the way,Telling of the quick’ning life of spring;Bright sunbeams tell out the storyOf the Easter joy and glory,And winter’s gone cold and hoary,All hail our Victor […]

A Blessing in Prayer

A Blessing in Prayer There is rest, sweet rest, at the Master’s feet,There is favor now at the mercy seat, There is rest, sweet rest, at the Master’s feet,There is favor now at the mercy seat,For atoning blood has been sprinkled there;There is always a blessing, a blessing in prayer. There’s a blessing in prayer, […]

Beautiful Words of Jesus

Beautiful Words of Jesus Beautiful words of Jesus,Spoken so long ago, Beautiful words of Jesus,Spoken so long ago,Yet, as we sing them over,Dearer to us they grow,Calling the heavy laden,Calling to hearts oppressed,“Come unto Me, ye weary;Come, I will give you rest.” Hear the call of His voice, so sweet;Bring your load to the Savior’s […]

Beautiful Robes

Beautiful Robes We shall walk with Him in white,In that country pure and bright, We shall walk with Him in white,In that country pure and bright,Where shall enter naught that may defile;Where the day-beam ne’er declines,For the blessèd light that shinesIs the glory of a Savior’s smile. Refrain Beautiful robes, beautiful robes,Beautiful robes we then […]

All Over the World

All Over the World Bear the good tidings all over the world,Let the bright banner of love be unfurled, Bear the good tidings all over the world,Let the bright banner of love be unfurled,Wherever sorrow and sin shall be found,There let the news of salvation resound. Refrain All over the world,All over the world,Let the […]

All in the Silent Night

All in the Silent Night All in the silent night,Numberless angels bright All in the silent night,Numberless angels brightCame on their wings of lightThronging the deep blue sky;Beautiful songs they sang,Wonderful echoes rang;Glory to Christ our King,Glory to God on high. Glory, glory to God!Glory, glory to God,Glory, all glory to God on high!Let every […]

Sheet Music Table

Prayer and Praise » Sheet Music Table     Song Titles Piano* Solos with piano accompaniment Duets with optional piano accompaniment* Trios with optional piano accompaniment* Abide with me Piano Solo Violin / Tenor Recorder with optional Flute Obligato   Trio Part 1   (a)   :            Flute / Treble Recorder / Violin   or       (b)   :            Descant […]

Martha Hall

Martha Hall The marriage union God has givenTo be a type and taste of heaven.Faithful in Adversity The marriage union God has givenTo be a type and taste of heaven.Both man and wife He means to bless,Increasing earthly happiness, But in the case of Martha Hall,It didn’t work that way at all.The lot that fell […]

Sheet Music Table

Sheet Music Table     Song Titles Solos with piano accompaniment Duets with optional piano accompaniment Trios with optional piano accompaniment 1.     Abide with me   Violin / Tenor Recorder with optional Flute Obligato Score    Parts   Piano Í   Part 1    (a)  :    Flute / Treble Recorder / Violin or          (b)  :    Descant Recorder Part 2           :    […]

O God of God, in Whom Combine

O God of God, in Whom Combine O God of God, in whom combineThe heights and depths of love Divine, O God of God, in whom combineThe heights and depths of love Divine,With thankful hearts to Thee we sing!To Thee our longing souls aspire In fervent flames of strong desire:Come, and Thy sacred unction bring.All […]

Jesu, Thy Light Again I View

Jesu, Thy Light Again I View Jesu, Thy light again I view,Again Thy mercy’s beams I see, Jesu, Thy light again I view,Again Thy mercy’s beams I see,And all within me wakes, anewTo pant for Thy immensity:Again my thoughts to Thee aspireIn fervent flames of strong desire. But, O! what offering shall I giveTo Thee, […]

See the Day-Spring from Afar

See the Day-Spring from Afar “See the day-spring from afarUsher’d by the morning star!” “See the day-spring from afarUsher’d by the morning star!”Haste; to Him who sends the light,Hallow the remains of night. Souls, put on your glorious dress,Waking into righteousness;Clothed with Christ, aspire to shine,Radiance He of light Divine; Beam of the Eternal Beam,He […]

Commit Thou All Thy Griefs

Commit Thou All Thy Griefs Commit thou all thy griefsAnd ways into His hands; Commit thou all thy griefsAnd ways into His hands;To His sure truth and tender care,Who earth and heaven commands. Who points the clouds their course,Whom winds and seas obey;He shall direct thy wandering feet,He shall prepare thy way. Thou on the […]

Come, Saviour Jesu, From Above

Come, Saviour Jesu, From Above Come, Saviour Jesu, from above,Assist me with thy heavenly grace, Come, Saviour Jesu, from above,Assist me with thy heavenly grace,Withdraw my heart from worldly love,And for Thyself prepare the place. O, let Thy sacred presence fillAnd set my longing spirit free,Which pants to have no other will,But night and day […]

Welcome, Contempt! Stern, Faithful Guide

Welcome, Contempt! Stern, Faithful Guide Welcome, Contempt! stern, faithful guide,Unpleasing, healthful food! Welcome, Contempt! stern, faithful guide,Unpleasing, healthful food!Hail, pride-sprung antidote of pride;Hail, evil turn’d to good! Thee when with awful pomp array’dIll-judging mortals see,Perverse they fly with coward speed,To guilt they fly from thee. Yet if one haply longing standsTo choose a nobler part,Ardent […]

Where Has My Slumbering Spirit Been

Where Has My Slumbering Spirit Been Where has my slumbering spirit been,So late emerging into light? Where has my slumbering spirit been,So late emerging into light?So imperceptible, within,The weight of this Egyptian night! Where have they hid the world so long,So late presented to my view?Wretch! though myself increased the throng,Myself a part I never […]

Dead As I am and Cold My Breast

Dead As I am and Cold My Breast Dead as I am and cold my breast,Untouch’d by thee, Celestial Zeal, Dead as I am and cold my breast,Untouch’d by thee, Celestial Zeal,How shall I sing the’ unwonted guest?How paint the joys I cannot feel? Assist me Thou, at whose commandThe heart exults, from earth set […]

O Thou, Who All Things Canst Control

O Thou, Who All Things Canst Control O Thou, who all things canst control,Chase this dead Slumber from my soul; O Thou, who all things canst control,Chase this dead Slumber from my soul;With joy and fear, with love and awe,Give me to keep Thy perfect law. O, may one beam of Thy blest lightPierce trough, […]

Fountain of All the Good We See

Fountain of All the Good We See Fountain of all the good we seeStreaming from heaven above, Fountain of all the good we seeStreaming from heaven above,Saviour! our faith we act on Thee,And exercise our love. ‘Tis not the outward food we eatDoth this new strength afford;‘Tis Thou, whose presence makes it meat,Thou the life-giving […]

Blest Be The God Whose Tender Care

Blest Be The God Whose Tender Care Blest be the God whose tender carePrevents His children’s cry; Blest be the God whose tender carePrevents His children’s cry;Whose pity, providently near,Doth all our wants supply. Blest be the God whose bounty’s storeThese cheering gifts imparts;Who veils in bread the secret powerThat feeds and glads our hearts. […]

Father, Our Eyes We Lift to Thee

Father, Our Eyes We Lift to Thee Father, our eyes we lift to Thee,And taste our daily bread: Father, our eyes we lift to Thee,And taste our daily bread:‘Tis now Thy open hand we see,And on Thy bounty feed. ‘Tis now the meaner creatures joinRichly Thy grace to prove;Fulfil Thy primitive design,Enjoy’d by thankful love. […]

Parent of Good, Whose Plenteous Grace

Parent of Good, Whose Plenteous Grace Parent of good, whose plenteous graceO’er all Thy creatures flows, Parent of good, whose plenteous graceO’er all Thy creatures flows,Humbly we ask Thy power to blessThe food Thy love bestows. Thy love provides the sober feast:A second gift impart,Give us with joy our food to taste,And with a single […]

Captain of My Salvation, Hear!

Captain of My Salvation, Hear! Captain of my salvation, hear!Stir up Thy strength, and bow the skies: Captain of my salvation, hear!Stir up Thy strength, and bow the skies:Be Thou, the God of battles, near;In all Thy majesty arise! The day, the dreadful day’s at hand!In battle cover Thou my head:Past is Thy word: I […]

Summon’d My Labour to Renew

Summon’d My Labour to Renew Summon’d my labour to renew,And glad to act my part, Summon’d my labour to renew,And glad to act my part,Lord, in Thy name my task I do,And with a single heart. End of my every action Thou!Thyself in all I see:Accept my hallow’d labour now;I do it unto Thee. Whate’er […]

Son of the Carpenter, Receive

Son of the Carpenter, Receive Son of the Carpenter, receiveThis humble work of mine; Son of the Carpenter, receiveThis humble work of mine;Worth to my meanest labour give,By joining it to Thine. Servant of all, to toil for manThou wouldst not, Lord, refuse:Thy Majesty did not disdainTo be employ’d for us. Thy bright example I […]

Being of Beings, God of Love

Being of Beings, God of Love Being of beings, God of Love,To Thee our hearts we raise; Being of beings, God of Love,To Thee our hearts we raise;Thy all-sustaining power we prove,And gladly sing Thy praise. Thine, wholly Thine, we pant to be;Our sacrifice receive;Made, and preserved, and saved by Thee,To Thee ourselves we give. […]

Enslaved to Sense, to Pleasure Prone

Enslaved to Sense, to Pleasure Prone Enslaved to sense, to pleasure prone,Fond of created good; Enslaved to sense, to pleasure prone,Fond of created good;Father, our helplessness we own,And trembling taste our food. Trembling, we taste: for ah! no moreTo Thee the creatures lead;Changed, they exert a fatal power,And poison while they feed. Cursed for the […]

Fountain of Being, Source of Good

Fountain of Being, Source of Good Fountain of Being, Source of Good!At whose almighty breath Fountain of Being, Source of Good!At whose almighty breathThe creature proves our bane or food,Dispensing life or death: Thee we address with humble fear;Vouchsafe Thy gifts to crown;Father of All, Thy children hear,And send a blessing down. O, may our […]

And Live I Yet by Power Divine?

And Live I Yet by Power Divine? And live I yet by power Divine?And have I still my course to run? And live I yet by power Divine?And have I still my course to run?Again brought back in its declineThe shadow of my parting sun? Wondering I ask, Is this the breastStruggling so late and […]

Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise

Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise Hail the day that sees Him rise,Ravish’d from our wishful eyes! Hail the day that sees Him rise,Ravish’d from our wishful eyes!Christ, awhile to mortals given,Re-ascends His native heaven!There the pompous triumph waits:“Lift your heads, eternal gates, Wide unfold the radiant scene,Take the King of Glory in!”Circled round […]

Christ the Lord Is Risen To-day

Christ the Lord Is Risen To-day “Christ the Lord is risen today,”Sons of men and angels say! “Christ the Lord is risen today,”Sons of men and angels say!Raise your joys and triumphs high;Sing, ye heavens; and, earth, reply. Love’s redeeming work is done,Fought the fight, the battle won:Lo! our Sun’s eclipse is o’er;Lo! He sets […]

Sons of Men, Behold From Far

Sons of Men, Behold From Far Sons of men, behold from far,Hail the long-expected Star! Sons of men, behold from far,Hail the long-expected Star!Jacob’s Star that gilds the night,Guides bewilder’d nature right. Fear not hence that ill should flow,Wars of pestilence below:Wars it bids and tumults cease,Ushering in the Prince of Peace. Mild He shines […]

Hark How All the Welkin Rings

Hark How All the Welkin Rings Hark how all the welkin rings, “Glory to the King of kings,Hark how all the welkin rings, “Glory to the King of kings, Peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled!” Joyful, all ye nations, rise, Join the triumph of the skies; Universal Nature, say, “Christ the […]

Sons of God, Triumphant Rise

Sons of God, Triumphant Rise Sons of God, triumphant rise,Shout the’ accomplish’d Sacrifice! Sons of God, triumphant rise,Shout the’ accomplish’d Sacrifice!Shout your sins in Christ forgiven,Sons of God, and heirs of heaven! Ye that round our altars throng,Listening angels, join the song;Sing with us, ye heavenly powers,Pardon, grace, and glory ours! Love’s mysterious work is […]

O Thou, Whom Sinners Love

O Thou, Whom Sinners Love O Thou, whom sinners love, whose careDoes all our sickness heal, O Thou, whom sinners love, whose careDoes all our sickness heal,Thee we approach, with heart sincere,Thy power we joy to feel. To Thee our humblest thanks we pay,To Thee our souls we bow;Of hell erewhile the helpless prey,Heirs of […]

Thou, Jesu, Art Our King, Thy Ceaseless Praise We Sing

Thou, Jesu, Art Our King, Thy Ceaseless Praise We Sing Thou, Jesu, art our King,Thy ceaseless praise we sing:  Thou, Jesu, art our King,Thy ceaseless praise we sing:Praise shall our glad tongue employ,Praise o’erflow our grateful soul,While we vital breath enjoy,While eternal ages roll. Thou art the’ Eternal Light,That shin’st in deepest night.Wondering gazed the’ […]

Jesu, Thou Art Our King, To Me Thy Succour Bring

Jesu, Thou Art Our King, To Me Thy Succour Bring Jesu, Thou art our King,To me Thy succour bring. Jesu, Thou art our King,To me Thy succour bring.Christ the mighty One art Thou,Help for all on Thee is laid: This the word; I claim it now,Send me now the promised aid.High on Thy Father’s throne,O, […]

Jesu, My God and King

Jesu, My God and King Jesu, my God and king,Thy regal state I sing. Jesu, my God and king,Thy regal state I sing.Thou, and only Thou art great,High Thine everlasting throne;Thou the sovereign Potentate,Blest, immortal Thou alone. Essay your choicest strains,The King –Messiah- reigns!Tune your harps, celestial choir,Joyful all, your voices raise,Christ, than earth-born monarchs […]

Still, O My Soul, Prolong

Still, O My Soul, Prolong Still, O my soul, prolongThe never-ceasing song! Still, O my soul, prolongThe never-ceasing song!His be all my happy days,Praise my every hour employ, Every breath be spent in praise.His would I wholly beWho lived and died for me:Grief was all His life below, Pain and poverty and loss:Mine the sins […]

Why Will You Die?

Why Will You Die? My friend, my soul is deeply grievedTo see the state you’re in: My friend, my soul is deeply grievedTo see the state you’re in:What benefit have you receivedFor holding on to sin? What fruit have you to justifyThe minding earthly things?It’s vanity you can’t deny;You Know what pain it brings. Such […]

Chastening

Chastening And shall a worm complain to GodIf he should feel the chastening rod? And shall a worm complain to GodIf he should feel the chastening rod?No, rather he is reconciledTo thus be treated as a child. The Father’s discipline I feelAnd know thereby the Spirit’s seal;Accepted as a son by grace,I share in the […]

It Takes a Village

It Takes a Village It takes a village (so we’re told)To raise a child today.It takes a village (we reply), It takes a village (so we’re told)To raise a child today.It takes a village (we reply),To steal his heart away To purge old-fashioned do’s and don’t’sFrom his enlightened mindTo leave old-fashioned Ma and PaA hundred […]

Sad Thoughts

Sad Thoughts Yes, I am calm, am humbled now;The storm is rocked to rest; Yes, I am calm, am humbled now;The storm is rocked to rest;And I have learnt my head to bow,And count my lot the best. I would not struggle with my God,Or chide what He has given:Why should I murmur at the […]

Love to All

Love to All Create in this poor, struggling soulToo hard a case for Thee? Thy wisdom and Thy power flowIn concert with Thy grace,And nothing is too hard for TheeNor I, too hard a case. No, not a thirsty soul is foundOutside Thy loving sphere,Nor can outside Thy power to saveA contrite heart appear. No […]

The Counsel of the Lord

The Counsel of the Lord The counsel of the wickedMay change from day to day. The counsel of the wickedMay change from day to day.It needn’t be consistentTo keep in error’s way. Not so with God almightyHis counsel stays the same,And those who stand upon itWill not be put to shame. With God there is […]

Psalm 30 Part 2 – Health, Sickness, and Recovery

Psalm 30 Part 2 – Health, Sickness, and Recovery Firm was my health, my day was bright,And I presumed ‘twould ne’er be night; Firm was my health, my day was bright,And I presumed ‘twould ne’er be night;Fondly I said within my heart,“Pleasure and peace shall ne’er depart.” But I forgot thine arm was strongWhich made […]

Psalm 30, Part 1 – Sickness Healed, and Sorrow Removed

Psalm 30, Part 1 – Sickness Healed, and Sorrow Removed I will extol thee, Lord, on high,At thy command diseases fly: I will extol thee, Lord, on high,At thy command diseases fly:Who but a God can speak and saveFrom the dark borders of the grave? Sing to the Lord, ye saints of his,And tell how […]

Psalm 29 – Storm and Thunder

Psalm 29 – Storm and Thunder Give to the Lord, ye sons of fame,Give to the Lord renown and power, Give to the Lord, ye sons of fame,Give to the Lord renown and power,Ascribe due honors to his name,And his eternal might adore. The Lord proclaims his power aloudOver the ocean and the land;His voice […]

Psalm 27, Part 2 – Prayer and Hope

Psalm 27, Part 2 – Prayer and Hope Soon as I heard my Father say,“Ye children, seek my grace,” Soon as I heard my Father say,“Ye children, seek my grace,”My heart replied without delay,“I’ll seek my Father’s face.” Let not thy face be hid from me,Nor frown my soul away;God of my life, I fly […]

Psalm 27, Part 1 – The Church Is Our Delight and Safety

Psalm 27, Part 1 – The Church Is Our Delight and Safety The Lord of glory is my light,And my salvation too; The Lord of glory is my light,And my salvation too;God is my strength, nor will I fearWhat all my foes can do. One privilege my heart desires;O grant me an abodeAmong the churches […]

Psalm 26 – Self-Examination

Psalm 26 – Self-Examination Judge me, O Lord, and prove my ways,And try my reins, and try my heart Judge me, O Lord, and prove my ways,And try my reins, and try my heartMy faith upon thy promise stays,Nor from thy law my feet depart. I hate to walk, I hate to sit,With men of […]

Psalm 25, Part 3 – Distress of Soul

Psalm 25, Part 3 – Distress of Soul Mine eyes and my desireAre ever to the Lord; Mine eyes and my desireAre ever to the Lord;I love to plead his promises,And rest upon his word. Turn, turn thee to my soul,Bring thy salvation near;When will thy hand release my feetOut of the deadly snare? When […]

Psalm 25, Part 2 – Divine Instruction

Psalm 25, Part 2 – Divine Instruction Where shall the man be foundThat fears t’ offend his God? Where shall the man be foundThat fears t’ offend his God?That loves the gospel’s joyful sound,And trembles at the rod? The Lord shall make him knowThe secrets of his heart,The wonders of his cov’nant show,And all his […]

Psalm 25, Part 1 – Waiting for Pardon and Direction

Psalm 25, Part 1 – Waiting for Pardon and Direction I Lift my soul to God,My trust is in his name: I Lift my soul to God,My trust is in his name:Let not my foes that seek my bloodStill triumph in my shame. Sin, and the powers of hell,Persuade me to despair:Lord, make me know […]

Psalm 24 – Saints Dwell in Heaven

Psalm 24 – Saints Dwell in Heaven This spacious earth is all the Lord’s,And men, and worms, and beasts, and birds: This spacious earth is all the Lord’s,And men, and worms, and beasts, and birds:He raised the building on the seas,And gave it for their dwelling-place. But there’s a brighter world on high,Thy palace, Lord, […]

Psalm 24 – Dwelling With God

Psalm 24 – Dwelling With God The earth for ever is the Lord’s,With Adam’s num’rous race; The earth for ever is the Lord’s,With Adam’s num’rous race;He raised its arches o’er the floods,And built it on the seas. But who among the sons of menMay visit thine abode?He that has hands from mischief clean,Whose heart is […]

Psalm 23 – God Our Shepherd

Psalm 23 – God Our Shepherd The Lord my Shepherd is,I shall be well supplied; The Lord my Shepherd is,I shall be well supplied;Since he is mine and I am his,What can I want beside? He leads me to the placeWhere heav’nly pasture grows,Where living waters gently pass,And full salvation flows. If e’er I go […]

Psalm 22, Part 2 – Christ’s Sufferings and Kingdom

Psalm 22, Part 2 – Christ’s Sufferings and Kingdom “Now from the roaring lion’s rage,O Lord, protect thy Son, “Now from the roaring lion’s rage,O Lord, protect thy Son,Nor leave thy darling to engageThe powers of hell alone.” Thus did our suff’ring Savior pray,With mighty cries and tears;God heard him in that dreadful day,And chased […]

Psalm 22, Part 1 – The Sufferings and Death of Christ

Psalm 22, Part 1 – The Sufferings and Death of Christ Why has my God my soul forsook,Nor will a smile afford? Why has my God my soul forsook,Nor will a smile afford?(Thus David once in anguish spoke,And thus our dying Lord.) Though ’tis thy chief delight to dwellAmong thy praising saints,Yet thou canst hear […]

Psalm 22 – Christ’s Sufferings and Exaltation

Psalm 22 – Christ’s Sufferings and Exaltation Now let our mournful songs recordThe dying sorrows of our Lord, Now let our mournful songs recordThe dying sorrows of our Lord,When he complained in tears and blood,As one forsaken of his God. The Jews beheld him thus forlorn,And shake their heads, and laugh in scorn:“He rescued others […]

Psalm 21 – Christ Exalted to the Kingdom, Verses 1-9

Psalm 21 – Christ Exalted to the Kingdom, Verses 1-9 David rejoiced in God his strength,Raised to the throne by special grace; David rejoiced in God his strength,Raised to the throne by special grace;But Christ the Son appears at length,Fulfils the triumph and the praise. How great is the Messiah’s joyIn the salvation of thy […]

Psalm 21 – Our King Is the Care of Heaven

Psalm 21 – Our King Is the Care of Heaven The king, O Lord, with songs of praise,Shall in thy strength rejoice; The king, O Lord, with songs of praise,Shall in thy strength rejoice;And, blest with thy salvation, raiseTo heav’n his cheerful voice. Thy sure defence through nations roundHas spread his glorious name;And his successful […]

Psalm 20 – Prayer and Hope of Victory, For a day of prayer in time of war.

Psalm 20 – Prayer and Hope of Victory, For a day of prayer in time of war. Now may the God of power and graceAttend his people’s humble cry! Now may the God of power and graceAttend his people’s humble cry!Jehovah hears when Isr’el prays,And brings deliverance from on high. The name of Jacob’s God […]

Psalm 19, Part 2 – God’s Word Most Excellent, Or, Sincerity and Watchfulness, For a Lord’s Day Morning

Psalm 19, Part 2 – God’s Word Most Excellent, Or, Sincerity and Watchfulness, For a Lord’s Day Morning Behold, the morning sunBegins his glorious way; Behold, the morning sunBegins his glorious way;His beams through all the nations run,And life and light convey. But where the gospel comesIt spreads diviner light;It calls dead sinners from their […]

Psalm 19, Part 1 – The Books of Nature and Scripture, For a Lord’s Day Morning

Psalm 19, Part 1 – The Books of Nature and Scripture, For a Lord’s Day Morning Behold, the lofty skyDeclares its Maker God, Behold, the lofty skyDeclares its Maker God,And all his starry works on highProclaim his power abroad. The darkness and the lightStill keep their course the same;While night to day, and day to […]

Psalm 19 – The Books of Nature and of Scripture

Psalm 19 – The Books of Nature and of Scripture Great God, the heav’ns’ well-ordered frameDeclares the glories of thy name: Great God, the heav’ns’ well-ordered frameDeclares the glories of thy name:There thy rich works of wonder shine;A thousand starry beauties there,A thousand radiant marks appearOf boundless power and skill divine. From night to day, […]

Psalm 19 – The Books of Nature and of Scripture Compared

Psalm 19 – The Books of Nature and of Scripture Compared The heav’ns declare thy glory, Lord,In every star thy wisdom shines The heav’ns declare thy glory, Lord,In every star thy wisdom shinesBut when our eyes behold thy word,We read thy name in fairer lines. The rolling sun, the changing light,And nights and days, thy […]

Psalm 18, Part 2 – The Conqueror’s Song

Psalm 18, Part 2 – The Conqueror’s Song To thine almighty arm we oweThe triumphs of the day; To thine almighty arm we oweThe triumphs of the day;Thy terrors, Lord, confound the foe,And melt their strength away. ‘Tis by thine aid our troops prevail,And break united powers,Or burn their boasted fleets, or scaleThe proudest of […]

Psalm 18, Part 1 – Victory and Triumph Over Temporal Enemies

Psalm 18, Part 1 – Victory and Triumph Over Temporal Enemies We love thee, Lord, and we adore;Now is thine arm revealed: We love thee, Lord, and we adore;Now is thine arm revealed:Thou art our strength, our heav’nly tower,Our bulwark, and our shield. We fly to our eternal Rock,And find a sure defence;His holy name […]

Psalm 18, Part 3 – Rejoicing in God, Verses 30, 31, 34, 35, 46-50

Psalm 18, Part 3 – Rejoicing in God, Verses 30, 31, 34, 35, 46-50 Just are thy ways, and true thy word,Great Rock of my secure abode: Just are thy ways, and true thy word,Great Rock of my secure abode:Who is a God beside the Lord?Or where’s a refuge like our God? ‘Tis he that […]

Psalm 18, Part 2 – Sincerity Proved and Rewarded, Verses 20-26

Psalm 18, Part 2 – Sincerity Proved and Rewarded, Verses 20-26, Lord, thou hast seen my soul sincere,Hast made thy truth and love appear; Lord, thou hast seen my soul sincere,Hast made thy truth and love appear;Before mine eyes I set thy laws,And thou hast owned my righteous cause. Since I have learned thy holy […]

Psalm 18, Part 1 – Deliverance From Despair, Verses 1-6, 15-18

Psalm 18, Part 1 – Deliverance From Despair, Verses 1-6, 15-18 Thee will I love, O Lord, my strength,My rock, my tower, my high defence: Thee will I love, O Lord, my strength,My rock, my tower, my high defence:Thy mighty arm shall be my trust,For I have found salvation thence. Death, and the terrors of […]

Psalm 17 – The Sinner’s Portion and Saint’s Hope, Or, the Heaven of Separate Souls in the Ressurection

The Sinner’s Portion and Saint’s Hope, Or, the Heaven of Separate Souls in the Ressurection Lord, I am thine; but thou wilt proveMy faith, my patience, and my love: Lord, I am thine; but thou wilt proveMy faith, my patience, and my love:When men of spite against me join,They are the sword, the hand is […]

Psalm 17 – Portion of Saints and Sinners, Or, Hope and Despair in Death

Portion of Saints and Sinners, Or, Hope and Despair in Death Arise, my gracious God,And make the wicked flee; Arise, my gracious God,And make the wicked flee;They are but thy chastising rod,To drive thy saints to thee. Behold, the sinner dies,His haughty words are vain;Here in this life his pleasure lies,And all beyond is pain. […]

Psalm 16, Part 2 – The Death and Ressurection of Christ

Psalm 16, Part 2 – The Death and Ressurection of Christ I set the Lord before my face,He bears my courage up; I set the Lord before my face,He bears my courage up;My heart and tongue their joys express,My flesh shall rest in hope. “My spirit, Lord, thou wilt not leaveWhere souls departed are;Nor quit […]

Psalm 16, Part 1 – Support and Counsel From God, Without Merit, Verses 1-8

Psalm 16, Part 1 – Support and Counsel From God, Without Merit, Verses 1-8 Save me, O Lord, from every foe;In thee my trust I place, Save me, O Lord, from every foe;In thee my trust I place,Though all the good that I can doCan ne’er deserve thy grace. Yet if my God prolong my […]

Psalm 16, Part 3 – Courage in Death, and Hope of the Resurrection

Psalm 16, Part 3 – Courage in Death, and Hope of the Resurrection When God is nigh, my faith is strong;His arm is my almighty prop: When God is nigh, my faith is strong;His arm is my almighty prop:Be glad, my heart; rejoice, my tongue;My dying flesh shall rest in hope. Though in the dust […]

Psalm 16, Part 2 – Christ’s All-Sufficiency

Psalm 16, Part 2 – Christ’s All-Sufficiency How fast their guilt and sorrows riseWho haste to seek some idol-god! How fast their guilt and sorrows riseWho haste to seek some idol-god!I will not taste their sacrifice,Their offerings of forbidden blood. My God provides a richer cup,And nobler food to live upon;He for my life has […]

Psalm 16, Part 1 – Confession of Our Poverty, and Saints the Best Company, Or, Good Works Profit Men, Not God

Psalm 16, Part 1 – Confession of Our Poverty, and Saints the Best Company, Or, Good Works Profit Men, Not God Preserve me, Lord, in time of need,For succor to thy throne I flee, Preserve me, Lord, in time of need,For succor to thy throne I flee,But have no merits there to plead:My goodness cannot […]

Psalm 15 – Religion and Justice, Goodness and Truth, Or, Duties to God and Man; or, The Qualifications of A Christian

Psalm 15 – Religion and Justice, Goodness and Truth, Or, Duties to God and Man; or, The Qualifications of A Christian Who shall ascend thy heav’nly place,Great God, and dwell before thy face? Who shall ascend thy heav’nly place,Great God, and dwell before thy face?The man that minds religion now,And humbly walks with God below; […]

Psalm 15, Characters of a Saint, Or, A Citizen of Zion; or, the Qualifications of A Christian

Psalm 15, Characters of a Saint, Or, A Citizen of Zion; or, the Qualifications of A Christian Who shall inhabit in thy hill,O God of holiness? Who shall inhabit in thy hill,O God of holiness?Whom will the Lord admit to dwellSo near his throne of grace? The man that walks in pious ways,And works with […]

Psalm 14, Part 2, The Folly of Persecutors

Psalm 14, Part 2, The Folly of Persecutors Are sinners now so senseless grownThat they the saints devour? Are sinners now so senseless grownThat they the saints devour?And never worship at thy throne,Nor fear thine awful power? Great God! appear to their surprise;Reveal thy dreadful name;Let them no more thy wrath despise,Nor turn our hope […]

Psalm 14, Part 1, By Nature All Men Are Sinners

Psalm 14, Part 1, By Nature All Men Are Sinners Fools in their heart believe and say“That all religion’s vain; Fools in their heart believe and say“That all religion’s vain;There is no God that reigns on high,Or minds th’ affairs of men.” From thoughts so dreadful and profane,Corrupt discourse proceeds;And in their impious hands are […]

Psalm 13 – Complaint Under Temptations of the Devil

Psalm 13 – Complaint Under Temptations of the Devil How long wilt thou conceal thy face?My God, how long delay? How long wilt thou conceal thy face?My God, how long delay?When shall I feel those heav’nly raysThat chase my fears away? How long shall my poor lab’ring soulWrestle and toil in vain?Thy word can all […]

Psalm 13 – Pleading with God Under Desertion

Psalm 13 – Pleading with God Under Desertion How long, O Lord, shall I complain,Like one that seeks his God in vain? How long, O Lord, shall I complain,Like one that seeks his God in vain?Canst thou thy face for ever hide,And I still pray, and be denied? Shall I for ever be forgot,As one […]

Psalm 12 – Complaint of A General Corruption of Manners

Psalm 12 – Complaint of A General Corruption of Manners Help, Lord, for men of virtue fail,Religion loses ground, Help, Lord, for men of virtue fail,Religion loses ground,The sons of violence prevail,And treacheries abound. Their oaths and promises they break,Yet act the flatterer’s part;With fair, deceitful lips they speak,And with a double heart. If we […]

Psalm 12 – The Saint’s Safety and Hope in Evil Times, Or, Sins of the Tongue Complained of, Namely, Blasphemy, Falsehood, Etc.

Psalm 12 – The Saint’s Safety and Hope in Evil Times, Or, Sins of the Tongue Complained of, Namely, Blasphemy, Falsehood, Etc. Lord, if thou dost not soon appear,Virtue and truth will fly away; Lord, if thou dost not soon appear,Virtue and truth will fly away;A faithful man amongst us hereWill scarce be found, if […]

Psalm 11 – God Loves the Righteous and Hates the Wicked

Psalm 11 – God Loves the Righteous and Hates the Wicked My refuge is the God of love;Why do my foes insult and cry, My refuge is the God of love;Why do my foes insult and cry,“Fly like a tim’rous, trembling dove,To distant woods or mountains fly?” If government be all destroyed,(That firm foundation of […]

Psalm 10 – For A Humiliation Day, Prayer heard, saints saved; Or, Pride, Atheism, and Oppressors Punished

Psalm 10 – For A Humiliation Day, Prayer heard, saints saved; Or, Pride, Atheism, and Oppressors Punished Why doth the Lord stand off so far?And why conceal his face, Why doth the Lord stand off so far?And why conceal his face,When great calamities appear,And times of deep distress? Lord, shall the wicked still derideThy justice […]

Psalm 9, Part 2 – The Wisdom and Equity of Providence, Verse 12

Psalm 9, Part 2 – The Wisdom and Equity of Providence, Verse 12 When the great Judge, supreme and just,Shall once inquire for blood, When the great Judge, supreme and just,Shall once inquire for blood,The humble souls that mourn in dustShall find a faithful God. He from the dreadful gates of deathDoes his own children […]

Psalm 9, Part 1 – Wrath and Mercy From the Judgment-Seat, Verses 1-4, 9-11

Psalm 9, Part 1 – Wrath and Mercy From the Judgment-Seat, Verses 1-4, 9-11 With my whole heart I’ll raise my song,Thy wonders I’ll proclaim; With my whole heart I’ll raise my song,Thy wonders I’ll proclaim;Thou, sovereign Judge of right and wrong,Wilt put my foes to shame. I’ll sing thy majesty and grace;My God prepares […]

Psalm 8, Part 2 – Adam and Christ, Lords of the Old and New Creation, V. 3ff, Paraphrased

Psalm 8, Part 2 – Adam and Christ, Lords of the Old and New Creation, V. 3ff, Paraphrased Lord, what was man, when made at first,Adam the offspring of the dust, Lord, what was man, when made at first,Adam the offspring of the dust,That thou shouldst set him and his raceBut just below an angel’s […]

Psalm 8, Part 1 – The Hosanna of Children, V. 1, 2 paraphrased

Psalm 8, Part 1 – The Hosanna of Children, V. 1, 2 paraphrased Almighty Ruler of the skies,Through the wide earth thy name is spread; Almighty Ruler of the skies,Through the wide earth thy name is spread;And thine eternal glories riseO’er all the heav’ns thy hands have made. To thee the voices of the youngA […]

Psalm 8 – Christ’s Condescension and Glorification

Psalm 8 – Christ’s Condescension and Glorification O LORD, our Lord, how wondrous greatIs thine exalted name! O LORD, our Lord, how wondrous greatIs thine exalted name!The glories of thy heav’nly stateLet men and babes proclaim. When I behold thy works on high,The moon that rules the night,And stars that well adorn the sky,Those moving […]

Psalm 8 – God’s Sovereignty and Goodness

Psalm 8 – God’s Sovereignty and Goodness O Lord, our heav’nly King,Thy name is all divine; O Lord, our heav’nly King,Thy name is all divine;Thy glories round the earth are spread,And o’er the heav’ns they shine. When to thy works on highI raise my wondering eyes,And see the moon, complete in light,Adorn the darksome skies […]

Psalm 7 – God’s Care of His People

Psalm 7 – God’s Care of His People My trust is in my heav’nly Friend,My hope in thee, my God; My trust is in my heav’nly Friend,My hope in thee, my God;Rise, and my helpless life defendFrom those that seek my blood. With insolence and fury theyMy soul in pieces tear,As hungry lions rend the […]

Psalm 6 – Temptations in Sickness Overcome

Psalm 6 – Temptations in Sickness Overcome Lord, I can suffer thy rebukes,When thou with kindness dost chastise; Lord, I can suffer thy rebukes,When thou with kindness dost chastise;But thy fierce wrath I cannot bear:O let it not against me rise. Pity my languishing estate,And ease the sorrows that I feel;The wounds thine heavy hand […]

Psalm 6 – Complaint in Sickness

Psalm 6 – Complaint in Sickness In anger, Lord, rebuke me not;Withdraw the dreadful storm; In anger, Lord, rebuke me not;Withdraw the dreadful storm;Nor let thy fury grow so hotAgainst a feeble worm. My soul’s bowed down with heavy cares,My flesh with pain oppressed;My couch is witness to my tears,My tears forbid my rest. Sorrow […]

Psalm 5 – For the Lord’s Day Morning

Psalm 5 – For the Lord’s Day Morning Lord, in the morning thou shalt hearMy voice ascending high; Lord, in the morning thou shalt hearMy voice ascending high;To thee will I direct my prayer,To thee lift up mine eye; Up to the hills where Christ is goneTo plead for all his saints,Presenting at his Father’s […]

Psalm 4 – An Evening Psalm

Psalm 4 – An Evening Psalm Lord, thou wilt hear me when I pray,I am for ever thine; Lord, thou wilt hear me when I pray,I am for ever thine;I fear before thee all the day,Nor would I dare to sin. And while I rest my weary head,From cares and business free,‘Tis sweet conversing on […]

Psalm 4 – Hearing of Prayer

Psalm 4 – Hearing of Prayer O God of grace and righteousness,Hear and attend when I complain; O God of grace and righteousness,Hear and attend when I complain;Thou hast enlarged me in distress,Bow down a gracious ear again. Ye sons of men, in vain ye tryTo turn my glory into shame;How long will scoffers love […]

Psalm 3 – A Morning Psalm

Psalm 3 – A Morning Psalm O Lord, how many are my foes,In this weak state of flesh and blood! O Lord, how many are my foes,In this weak state of flesh and blood!My peace they daily discompose,But my defence and hope is God. Tired with the burdens of the day,To thee I raised an […]

Psalm 3 – Doubts and Fears Suppressed

Psalm 3 – Doubts and Fears Suppressed My God, how many are my fears!How fast my foes increase! My God, how many are my fears!How fast my foes increase!Conspiring my eternal death,They break my present peace. The lying tempter would persuadeThere’s no relief in heav’n;And all my swelling sins appearToo big to be forgiv’n. But […]

Psalm 2 – Why Did the Jews?

Psalm 2 – Why Did the Jews? Why did the Jews proclaim their rage?The Romans, why their swords employ? Why did the Jews proclaim their rage?The Romans, why their swords employ?Against the Lord their powers engage,His dear Anointed to destroy? “Come, let us break his bands,” they say,“This man shall never give us laws:”And thus […]

Psalm 2 – Maker and Sovereign Lord

Psalm 2 – Maker and Sovereign Lord Maker and sovereign LordOf heav’n, and earth, and seas, Maker and sovereign LordOf heav’n, and earth, and seas,Thy providence confirms thy word,And answers thy decrees. The things so long foretoldBy David are fulfilled,When Jews and Gentiles joined to slayJesus, thine holy child. Why did the Gentiles rage,And Jews, […]

Psalm 2 – Christ’s Death, Ressurection, and Ascension

Psalm 2 – Christ’s Death, Ressurection, and Ascension Why did the nations join to slayThe Lord’s anointed Son? Why did the nations join to slayThe Lord’s anointed Son?Why did they cast His laws awayAnd tread His gospel down? The Lord, that sits above the skies,Derides their rage below;He speaks with vengeance in His eyesAnd strikes […]

Psalm 1 – The Difference Between the Righteous and the Wicked

Psalm 1 – The Difference Between the Righteous and the Wicked Happy the man whose cautious feetShun the broad way that sinners go, Happy the man whose cautious feetShun the broad way that sinners go,Who hates the place where atheists meet,And fears to talk as scoffers do. He loves t’ employ the morning lightAmongst the […]

Psalm 1 – The Way and End of the Righteous and the Wicked

Psalm 1 – The Way and End of the Righteous and the Wicked Blest is the man who shuns the placeWhere sinners love to meet; Blest is the man who shuns the placeWhere sinners love to meet;Who fears to tread their wicked ways,And hates the scoffer’s seat: But in the statutes of the LordHas placed […]

Psalm 1 – The Saint Happy, the Sinner Miserable

Psalm 1 – The Saint Happy, the Sinner Miserable The man is ever bless’dWho shuns the sinners’ ways, The man is ever bless’dWho shuns the sinners’ ways,Among their councils never stands,Nor takes the scorner’s place; But makes the law of GodHis study and delight,Amidst the labours of the day,And watches of the night. He like […]

My Times and My Tears

My Times and My Tears I cannot guess the future;The past I cannot change; I cannot guess the future;The past I cannot change;My present situationI cannot re-arrange.My life is full of questionsThat I don’t understand,But God my Father tells me,My times are in His hand. And I can trust my Father;He knows my deepest fears;He […]

It Doesn’t Matter

It Doesn’t Matter It doesn’t matter what may come my way;It doesn’t matter what the neighbors say; It doesn’t matter what may come my way;It doesn’t matter what the neighbors say;It doesn’t matter what reproach I bear,What other people think, or how they fare,I cast my care on You. It doesn’t matter that my frame […]

Thee Will I Love

Thee Will I Love Thee will I love, my Strength, my Tower,Thee will I love, my Joy, my Crown, Thee will I love, my Strength, my Tower,Thee will I love, my Joy, my Crown,Thee will I love with all my power,In all Thy works, and Thee alone;Thee will I love, till the pure fireFill my […]

Prayer for Purity

Prayer for Purity O Thou, to whose all-searching sightThe darkness shineth as the light, O Thou, to whose all-searching sightThe darkness shineth as the light,Search, prove my heart; it pants for Thee;O burst these bonds, and set it free! Wash out its stains, refine its dross,Nail my affections to the Cross;Hallow each thought; let all […]

Jesus, Thy Boundless Love to Me

Jesus, Thy Boundless Love to Me Jesus, Thy boundless love to meNo thought can reach, no tongue declare; Jesus, Thy boundless love to meNo thought can reach, no tongue declare;O knit my thankful heart to Thee,And reign without a rival there:Thine wholly, Thine alone I am:Be Thou alone my constant flame. O grant that nothing […]

Gossip

Gossip After I have listenedto gossip for an hour, After I have listenedto gossip for an hour,Vainly I imaginethat I’ve escaped its power.Totally unconscious,I drank in every word;Soaked up all the passionof everything I heard.Thinking I’m impartial,I never really dreamSomeone I have honoredis losing my esteem.Haven’t I intendedto vindicate my friend?Haven’t I attemptedhis motives to […]

Where Is Elijah’s God of Might?

Where Is Elijah’s God of Might? Where is Elijah’s God of might,And where his miracles of old? Where is Elijah’s God of might,And where his miracles of old?The world is sunk in deepest night;The church of God is weak and cold.But God is still the mighty Lord;He changeth not, the Scripture saith.Ye saints, unite with […]

To Every Creature

To Every Creature The Son of God has bled and died,In grief and pain was crucified, The Son of God has bled and died,In grief and pain was crucified,A full salvation to provide,For every creature. The messengers that first he sent,Went forth to spend and to be spent:Through tears, and blood, and fire they went,To […]

The Yearnings of A Father’s Heart for His Children

The Yearnings of A Father’s Heart for His Children Shall I aspire to heav’nly bliss,And all my powers bend to this, Shall I aspire to heav’nly bliss,And all my powers bend to this,Lay all my treasures up above,And worldly things disdain to love,And for my children shall I chooseThe very things that I refuse? Shall […]

The Tree of Death

The Tree of Death The Saviour bore the tree of death,To sacrifice his peerless life. The Saviour bore the tree of death,To sacrifice his peerless life.On Calvary that tree bore him,And so became the tree of life. The Saviour stooped his body low,To shoulder that accursed tree.He sank beneath the weight and fell,To lift to […]

The Ashes of Wycliffe

The Ashes of Wycliffe John Wycliffe, strong and true for Christ,To please poor man he nothing cared: John Wycliffe, strong and true for Christ,To please poor man he nothing cared:The pope he styled the antichrist,Nor prelate, priest, nor monk he spared. What pope could such reproaches bear,Or brook so foul a heresy!Vile Wycliffe must to […]

Just to Save a Poor Sinner Like Me

Just to Save a Poor Sinner Like Me I was straying, rebellious, far off from my God;I was vile as a sinner could be. I was straying, rebellious, far off from my God;I was vile as a sinner could be.But my Father in mercy sent forth a Redeemer,Just to save a poor sinner like me.Just […]

“Are Ye Able,” Said the Master

“Are Ye Able,” Said the Master “Are ye able,” said the Master,“To be crucified with me?” “Are ye able,” said the Master,“To be crucified with me?”“Yea,” devoted spirits answered,To the death we follow thee!” Lord, we are able! Our spirits are thine.We can be strong by thy strength divine:Thy mighty Spirit within us shall beOur […]

The Refuge, River, and Rock of the Church

The Refuge, River, and Rock of the Church He who on earth as man was known,And bore our sins and pains; He who on earth as man was known,And bore our sins and pains;Now, seated on th’ eternal throne,The God of glory reigns. His hands the wheels of nature guideWith an unerring skill;And countless worlds […]

The Name of Jesus

The Name of Jesus How sweet the name of Jesus soundsIn a believer’s ear? How sweet the name of Jesus soundsIn a believer’s ear?It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds,And drives away his fear. It makes the wounded spirit whole,And calms the troubled breast;’Tis Manna to the hungry soul,And to the weary rest. Dear name! […]

Vanity of the Creature Sanctified

Vanity of the Creature Sanctified Honey though the bee prepares,An envenomed sting he wears; Honey though the bee prepares,An envenomed sting he wears;Piercing thorns a guard composeRound the fragrant blooming rose. Where we think to find a sweet,Oft a painful sting we meet:When the rose invites our eye,We forget the thorn is nigh. Why are […]

On Recovery from Sickness

On Recovery from Sickness O, Saviour of the faithful dead,With whom thy servants dwell, O, Saviour of the faithful dead,With whom thy servants dwell,Though cold and green the turf is spreadAbove their narrow cell, No more we cling to mortal clay,We doubt and fear no more,Nor shrink to tread the darksome wayWhich thou hast trod […]

Stanzas on the Death of a Friend

Stanzas on the Death of a Friend Thou art gone to the grave; but we will not deplore thee,Though sorrows and darkness encompass the tomb: Thou art gone to the grave; but we will not deplore thee,Though sorrows and darkness encompass the tomb:Thy Saviour has passed through its portal before thee,And the lamp of his […]

At a Funeral

At a Funeral Beneath our feet and o’er our headIs equal warning given; Beneath our feet and o’er our headIs equal warning given;Beneath us lie the countless dead,Above us is the heaven. Their names are graven on the stone,Their bones are in the clay;And ere another day is done,Ourselves may be as they. Death rides […]

O Most Merciful!

O Most Merciful! O most merciful!O most bountiful! O most merciful!O most bountiful!God the Father Almighty!By the Redeemer’sSweet intercessionHear us, help us when we cry. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

O God, That Madest Earth and Sky

O God, That Madest Earth and Sky O God, that madest earth and sky, the darkness and the day,Give ear to this thy family, and help us when we pray. O God, that madest earth and sky, the darkness and the day,Give ear to this thy family, and help us when we pray.For wide the […]

Though Sorrows Rise and Dangers Roll

Though Sorrows Rise and Dangers Roll Though sorrows rise and dangers rollIn waves of darkness o’er my soul, Though sorrows rise and dangers rollIn waves of darkness o’er my soul,Though friends are false and love decays,And few and evil are my days,Though conscience, fiercest of my foes,Swells with remembered guilt my woes,Yet even in nature’s […]

To Conquer and to Save

To Conquer and to Save To conquer and to save, the Son of GodCame to his own in great humility, To conquer and to save, the Son of GodCame to his own in great humility,Who wont to ride on cherub wings abroad,And round him wrap the mantle of the sky.The mountains bent their necks to […]

O God, My Sins Are Manifold

O God, My Sins Are Manifold O God, my sins are manifold, against my life they cry,And all my guilty deeds foregone, up to thy temple fly;Wilt thou releast my trembling soul, that to despair is driven?‘Forgive!’ a blessed voice replied, ‘and thou shalt be forgiven.’ My foemen, Lord, are fierce and feel, they spurn […]

The Sound of War!

The Sound of War! The sound of war! In earth and airThe volleying thunders roll: The sound of war! In earth and airThe volleying thunders roll:Their fiery darts the fiends prepare,And dig the pit, and spread the snare,Against the Christian’s soul.The tyrant’s sword, the rack, the flame,The scorner’s serpent tone,Of bitter doubt the barbed aim,And, […]

O Blest Were the Accents of Early Creation

O Blest Were the Accents of Early Creation O blest were the accents of early creation,When the Word of Jehovah came down from above: O blest were the accents of early creation,When the Word of Jehovah came down from above:In the clods of the earth to infuse animation,And wake their cold atoms to life and […]

Wake Not, O Mother, Sounds of Lamentation

Wake Not, O Mother, Sounds of Lamentation Wake not, O Mother, sounds of lamentation;Weep not, O widow, weep not hopelessly: Wake not, O Mother, sounds of lamentation;Weep not, O widow, weep not hopelessly:Strong is his arm, the bringer of salvation,Strong is the word of God to succor thee. Bear forth the cold corpse slowly, slowly […]

God Provideth for the Morrow

God Provideth for the Morrow Lo, the lilies of the field,How their leaves instruction yield! Lo, the lilies of the field,How their leaves instruction yield!Hark to nature’s lesson givenBy the blessed birds of Heaven.Every bush and tufted treeWarbles sweet philosophy;‘Mortal, fly from doubt and sorrow:God provideth for the morrow. ‘Say, with richer crimson glowsThe kingly […]

Who Yonder on the Desert Heath

Who Yonder on the Desert Heath ‘Who yonder on the desert heath,Complains in feeble tone?’ ‘Who yonder on the desert heath,Complains in feeble tone?’‘A pilgrim in the vale of death,Faint, bleeding and alone.’ ‘How cam’st thou to this dismal strandOf danger, grief, and shame?’‘From blessed Sion’s holy land,By folly led, I came.’ ‘What ruffian hand […]

Creator of the Rolling Flood

Creator of the Rolling Flood Creator of the rolling flood!On whom thy people hope alone; Creator of the rolling flood!On whom thy people hope alone;Who cam’st, by water and by blood,For man’s offences to atone; Who from the labors of the deepDidst set thy servant Peter free,To feed on earth thy chosen sheep,And build an […]

Jerusalem, Jerusalem!

Jerusalem, Jerusalem! Jerusalem, Jerusalem!  enthroned once on high,Thou favored home of God on earth, thou heaven below the sky, Jerusalem, Jerusalem!  enthroned once on high,Thou favored home of God on earth, thou heaven below the sky,Now brought to bondage with thy sons, a curse and grief to see,Jerusalem, Jerusalem, our tears shall flow for thee. […]

For the Same

For the Same The feeble pulse, the gasping breath,The clenched teeth, the glazed eye, The feeble pulse, the gasping breath,The clenched teeth, the glazed eye,Are these thy sting, thou dreadful Death?O Grave, are these thy victory? The mourners by our parting bed,The wife, the children weeping nigh,The dismal pageant of the dead, –These, these are […]

Room for the Proud!

Room for the Proud! Room for the proud!  Ye sons of clay,From far his sweepin pomp survey, Room for the proud!  Ye sons of clay,From far his sweepin pomp survey,Nor, rashly curious, clog the wayHis chariot wheels before. Lo, with what scorn his lofty eyeGlances o’er age and poverty,And bids intruding conscience flyFar from his […]

Spirit of Truth

Spirit of Truth Spirit of Truth, on this thy dayTo thee for help we cry; Spirit of Truth, on this thy dayTo thee for help we cry;To guide us through the dreary wayOf dark mortality. We ask not, Lord, thy cloven flame,Or tongues of various tone;But long thy praises to proclaimWith fervor in our own. […]

Sit Thou on My Right Hand, My Son

Sit Thou on My Right Hand, My Son ‘Sit thou on my right hand, my Son!’ saith the Lord.‘Sit thou on my right hand, my Son, ‘Sit thou on my right hand, my Son!’ saith the Lord.‘Sit thou on my right hand, my Son,Till in the fatal hourOf my wrath, and my power,Thy foes shall […]

Life Nor Death Shall Us Dissever

Life Nor Death Shall Us Dissever Life nor Death shall us disseverFrom his love who reigns for ever. Life nor Death shall us disseverFrom his love who reigns for ever.Will he fail us? Never, never,When to him we cry. Sin may seek to snare us,Fiery passion tear us,Doubt and fear and grim despair,Their fangs against […]

Old Things Are Passed Away

Old Things Are Passed Away Let worldly minds the world pursue,It has no charms for me; Let worldly minds the world pursue,It has no charms for me;Once I admired its treed organs too,But grace has set me free Its pleasures now no longer please,No more content afford;Far from my heart be joys like these,Now I […]

Longing to Be with Christ

Longing to Be with Christ To Jesus, the Crown of my Hope,My soul is in haste to be gone; To Jesus, the Crown of my Hope,My soul is in haste to be gone;Oh bear me, ye cherubim, up,And waft me away me away to his throne! My Saviour, whom absent I love,Whom, not having seen, […]

I Will Praise the Lord at All Times

I Will Praise the Lord at All Times Winter has a joy for me,While the Saviour’s charms I read, Winter has a joy for me,While the Saviour’s charms I read,Lowly, meek, from blemish free,In the snowdrop’s pensive head. Spring returns, and brings alongLife-invigorating suns:Hark! the turtle’s plaintive songSeems to speak his dying groans! Summer has […]

Grace and Providence

Grace and Providence Almighty King! whose wondrous handSupports the weight of sea and land; Almighty King! whose wondrous handSupports the weight of sea and land;Whose grace is such a boundless store,No heart shall break that sighs for more. Thy providence supplies my food,And ’tis thy blessing makes it good;My soul is nourished by thy word:Let […]

Praise for Faith

Praise for Faith Of all the gifts thine hand bestows,Thou Giver of all good! Of all the gifts thine hand bestows,Thou Giver of all good!Not heaven itself a richer knowsThan my Redeemer’s blood. Faith too, the blood-receiving grace,From the same hand we gain;Else, sweetly as it suits our case,That gift had been in vain. Till […]

Not of Works

Not of Works Grace, triumphant in the throneScorns a rival, reigns alone; Grace, triumphant in the throneScorns a rival, reigns alone;Come and bow beneath her sway,Cast your idol works away!Works of man, when made his plea,Never shall accepted be;Fruits of pride (vain-glorious worm!)Are the best he can perform. Self, the god his soul adores,Influences all […]

Dependence

Dependence To keep the lamp alive,With oil we fill the bowl; To keep the lamp alive,With oil we fill the bowl;‘Tis water makes the willow thrive,And grace that feeds the soul. The Lord’s unsparing handSupplies the living stream;It is not at our own command,But still derived from him. Beware of Peter’s word,Nor confidently say,“I never […]

The Narrow Way

The Narrow Way What thousands never knew the road!What thousands hate it when ’tis known! What thousands never knew the road!What thousands hate it when ’tis known!None but the chosen tribes of GodWill seek or choose it for their own. A thousand ways in ruin end,One only leads to joys on high;By that my willing […]

Abuse of the Gospel

Abuse of the Gospel Too many, Lord, abuse thy graceIn this licentious day, Too many, Lord, abuse thy graceIn this licentious day,And while they boast they see thy faceThey turn their own away. Thy book displays a gracious lightThat can the blind restore;But these are dazzled by the sight,And blinded still the more. The pardon […]

A Living and a Dead Faith

A Living and a Dead Faith The Lord receives his highest praiseFrom humble minds and hearts sincere; The Lord receives his highest praiseFrom humble minds and hearts sincere;While all the loud professor saysOffends the righteous Judge’s ear. To walk as children of the day,To mark the precepts’ holy light,To wage the warfare, watch, and pray,Show […]

True and False Comforts

True and False Comforts O God, whose favourable eyeThe sin-sick soul revives, O God, whose favourable eyeThe sin sick soul revives,Holy and heavenly is the joyThy shining presence gives. Not such as hypocrites suppose,Who with a graceless heartTaste not of thee, but drink a dosePrepared by Satan’s art. Intoxicating joys are theirs,Who while they boast […]

The New Convert

The New Convert The new born child of Gospel grace,Like some fair tree when summer’s nigh, The new-born child of Gospel grace,Like some fair tree when summer’s nigh,Beneath Emmanuel’s shining faceLifts up his blooming branch on high. No fears he feels, he sees no foes,No conflict yet his faith employs,Nor has he learnt to whom […]

Hatred of Sin

Hatred of Sin Holy Lord God! I love thy truth,Nor dare thy least commandment slight; Holy Lord God! I love thy truth,Nor dare thy least commandment slight;Yet pierced by sin, the serpent’s tooth,I mourn the anguish of the bite. But though the poison lurks within,Hope bids me still with patience wait;Till death shall set me […]

The Heart Healed and Changed by Mercy

The Heart Healed and Changed by Mercy Sin enslaved me many years,And led me bound and blind; Sin enslaved me many years,And led me bound and blind;Till at length a thousand fearsCame swarming o’er my mind.“Where,” said I, in deep distress,“Will these sinful pleasures end?How shall I secure my peace,And make the Lord my friend?” […]

Love Constraining to Obedience

Love Constraining to Obedience No strength of nature can sufficeTo serve the Lord aright: No strength of nature can sufficeTo serve the Lord aright:And what she has she misapplies,For want of clearer light. How long beneath the law I layIn bondage and distress!I toil’d the precept to obey,But toil’d without success. Then, to abstain from […]

My Soul Thirsteth for God

My Soul Thirsteth for God I thirst, but not as once I did,The vain delights of earth to share; I thirst, but not as once I did,The vain delights of earth to share;Thy wounds, Emmanuel, all forbidThat I should seek my pleasures there. It was the sight of thy dear crossFirst wean’d my soul from […]

For the Poor

For the Poor When Hagar found the bottle spent,And wept o’er Ishmael, When Hagar found the bottle spent,And wept o’er Ishmael,A message from the Lord was sentTo guide her to a well. Should not Elijah’s cake and cruseConvince us at this day,A gracious God will not refuseProvisions by the way? His saints and servants shall […]

Lively Hope and Gracious Fear

Lively Hope and Gracious Fea I was a grovelling creature once,And basely cleaved to earth; I was a grovelling creature once,And basely cleaved to earth;I wanted spirit to renounceThe clod that gave me birth. But God has breathed upon a worm,And sent me from aboveWings such as clothe an angel’s form,The wings of joy and […]

The Christian

The Christian Honour and happiness uniteTo make the Christian’s name a praise; Honour and happiness uniteTo make the Christian’s name a praise;How fair the scene, how clear the light,That fills the remnant of his days! A kingly character he bears,No change his priestly office knows;Unfading is the crown he wears,His joys can never reach a […]

True Pleasures

True Pleasures Lord, my soul with pleasure springsWhen Jesus‘ name I hear; Lord, my soul with pleasure springsWhen Jesus’ name I hear;And when God the Spirit bringsThe word of promise near:Beauties too, in holiness,Still delighted I perceive;Nor have words that can expressThe joys thy precepts give. Clothed in sanctity and grace,How sweet it is to […]

Joy and Peace in Believing

Joy and Peace in Believing O Lord, my best desire fulfil,And help me to resign O Lord, my best desire fulfil,And help me to resignLife, health, and comfort to thy will,And make thy pleasure mine. Why should I shrink at thy command,Whose love forbids my fears?Or tremble at the gracious handThat wipes away my tears? […]

The Hidden Life

The Hidden Life To tell the Saviour all my wants,How pleasing is the task! To tell the Saviour all my wants,How pleasing is the task!Nor less to praise him when he grantsBeyond what I can ask. My labouring spirit vainly seeksTo tell but half the joy;With how much tenderness he speaks,And helps me to reply. […]

Retirement

Retirement Far from the world, O Lord, I flee,From strife and tumult far; Far from the world, O Lord, I flee,From strife and tumult far;From scenes where Satan wages stillHis most successful war. The calm retreat, the silent shade,With prayer and praise agree;And seem by thy sweet bounty madeFor those who follow thee. There, if […]

The Happy Change

The Happy Change How blessed thy creature is, O God,When, with a single eye, How blessed thy creature is, O God,When, with a single eye,He views the lustre of thy word,The dayspring from on high! Through all the storms that veil the skiesAnd frown on earthly things,The Sun of Righteousness he eyes,With healing on his […]

Submission

Submission O Lord, my best desire fulfil,And help me to resign O Lord, my best desire fulfil,And help me to resignLife, health, and comfort to thy will,And make thy pleasure mine. Why should I shrink at thy command,Whose love forbids my fears?Or tremble at the gracious handThat wipes away my tears? No, rather let me […]

Prayer for Patience

Prayer for Patience Lord, who hast suffered all for me,My peace and pardon to procure, Lord, who hast suffered all for me,My peace and pardon to procure,The lighter cross I bear for theeHelp me with patience to endure. The storm of loud repining hush;I would in humble silence mourn;Why should the unburnt, though burning bush,Be […]

Self-Acquaintance

Self-Acquaintance Dear Lord! accept a sinful heart,Which of itself complains, Dear Lord! accept a sinful heart,Which of itself complains,And mourns, with much and frequent smart,The evil it contains. There fiery seeds of anger lurk,Which often hurt my frame;And wait but for the tempter’s workTo fan them to a flame. Legality holds out a bribeTo purchase […]

Mourning and Longing

Mourning and Longing The Saviour hides his face!My spirit thirsts to prove The Saviour hides his face!My spirit thirsts to proveRenewed supplies of pardoning grace,And never fading love. The favoured souls who knowWhat glories shine in him,Pant for his presence as the roePants for the living stream. What trifles tease me now!They swarm like summer […]

Peace After a Storm

Peace After a Storm When darkness long has veiled my mind,And smiling day once more appears, When darkness long has veiled my mind,And smiling day once more appears,Then, my Redeemer, then I findThe folly of my doubts and fears. Straight I upbraid my wandering heart,And blush that I should ever beThus prone to act so […]

The Valley of the Shadow of Death

The Valley of the Shadow of Death My soul is sad, and much dismayed;See, Lord, what legions of my foes My soul is sad, and much dismayed;See, Lord, what legions of my foesWith fierce Apollyon at their head,My heavenly pilgrimage oppose! See, from the ever-burning lake,How like a smoky cloud they rise!With horrid blasts my […]

Looking Upwards in a Storm

Looking Upwards in a Storm God of my life, to thee I call,Afflicted at thy feet I fall; God of my life, to thee I call,Afflicted at thy feet I fall;When the great water floods prevail,Leave not my trembling heart to fail! Friend of the friendless and the faint,Where should I lodge my deep complaint?Where […]

Temptation

Temptation The billows swell, the winds are high,Clouds overcast my wintry sky; The billows swell, the winds are high,Clouds overcast my wintry sky;Out of the depths to thee I call,My fears are great, my strength is small. O Lord, the pilot’s part perform,And guard and guide me through the storm;Defend me from each threatening ill,Control […]

Afflictions Sanctified by the Word

Afflictions Sanctified by the Word Oh, how I love thy holy word,Thy gracious covenant, O Lord! Oh, how I love thy holy word,Thy gracious covenant, O Lord!It guides me in the peaceful way;I think upon it all the day. What are the mines of shining wealth,The strength of youth, the bloom of health!What are all […]

Welcome Cross

Welcome Cross ‘Tis my happiness belowNot to live without the cross, ‘Tis my happiness belowNot to live without the cross,But the Saviour’s power to know,Sanctifying every loss:Trials must and will befall;But with humble faith to seeLove inscribed upon them all,This is happiness to me. God in Israel sows the seedsOf affliction, pain, and toil;These spring […]

Light Shining out of Darkness

Light Shining out of Darkness God moves in a mysterious wayHis wonders to perform; God moves in a mysterious wayHis wonders to perform;He plants his footsteps in the sea,And rides upon the storm. Deep in unfathomable minesOf never failing skill,He treasures up his bright designs,And works his sovereign will. Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take,The […]

Seeking the Beloved

Seeking the Beloved To those who know the Lord I speak;Is my Beloved near? To those who know the Lord I speak;Is my Beloved near?The Bridegroom of my soul I seek,Oh! when will he appear? Though once a man of grief and shame,Yet now he fills a throne,And bears the greatest, sweetest nameThat earth or […]

The Waiting Soul

The Waiting Soul Breathe from the gentle south, O Lord,And cheer me from the north; Breathe from the gentle south, O Lord,And cheer me from the north;Blow on the treasures of thy word,And call the spices forth! I wish, thou know’st, to be resigned,And wait with patient hope;But hope delayed fatigues the mind,And drinks the […]

The Shining Light

The Shining Light My former hopes are fled,My terror now begins; My former hopes are fled,My terror now begins;I feel, alas! that I am deadIn trespasses and sins. Ah, whither shall I fly?I hear the thunder roar;The law proclaims destruction nigh,And vengeance at the door. When I review my ways,I dread impending doom:But sure a […]

On the Death of a Minister

On the Death of a Minister His master taken from his head,Elisha saw him go; His master taken from his head,Elisha saw him go;And in desponding accents said,“Ah, what must Israel do?” But he forgot the Lord, who liftsThe beggar to the throne;Nor knew that all Elijah’s giftsWould soon be made his own. What! when […]

The Light and Glory of the Word

The Light and Glory of the Word The Spirit breathes upon the Word,And brings the truth to sight; The Spirit breathes upon the Word,And brings the truth to sight;Precepts and promises affordA sanctifying light. A glory gilds the sacred page,Majestic like the sun;It gives a light to every age,It gives, but borrows none. The hand […]

Exhortation to Prayer

Exhortation to Prayer What various hindrances we meetIn coming to a mercy-seat! What various hindrances we meetIn coming to a mercy-seat!Yet who that knows the worth of prayerBut wishes to be often there? Prayer makes the darkened cloud withdraw,Prayer climbs the ladder Jacob saw,Gives exercise to faith and love,Brings every blessing from above. Restraining prayer, […]

Jesus Hastening to Suffer

Jesus Hastening to Suffer The Saviour, what a noble flameWas kindled in his breast, The Saviour, what a noble flameWas kindled in his breast,When hasting to Jerusalem,He marched before the rest! Good will to men, and zeal for God,His every thought engross;He longs to be baptized with blood,He pants to reach the cross! With all […]

Welcome to the Table

Welcome to the Table This is the feast of heavenly wine,And God invites to sup; This is the feast of heavenly wine,And God invites to sup;The juices of the living VineWere pressed to fill the cup. Oh! bless the Savior, ye that eat,With royal dainties fed;Not heaven affords a costlier treat,For Jesus is the bread. […]

On Opening a Place for Social Prayer

On Opening a Place for Social Prayer Jesus! where’er thy people meet,There they behold thy mercy seat; Jesus! where’er thy people meet,There they behold thy mercy seat;Where’er they seek thee, thou art found,And every place is hallowed ground. For thou, within no walls confined,Inhabitest the humble mind;Such ever bring thee where they come,And going, take […]

Jehovah Jesus

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Prayer for Children

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Pleading for and with Youth

Pleading for and with Youth Sin has undone our wretched race;But Jesus has restored, Sin has undone our wretched race;But Jesus has restored,And brought the sinner face to faceWith his forgiving Lord. This we repeat from year to year,And press upon our youth;Lord, give them an attentive ear,Lord, save them by thy truth! Blessings upon […]

Prayer for a Blessing on the Young

Prayer for a Blessing on the Young Bestow, dear Lord, upon our youth,The gift of saving grace; Bestow, dear Lord, upon our youth,The gift of saving grace;And let the seed of sacred truthFall in a fruitful place. Grace is a plant, where’er it grows,Of pure and heavenly root;But fairest in the youngest shows,And yields the […]

Sardis

Sardis “Write to Sardis,” saith the Lord,“And write what he declares, “Write to Sardis,” saith the Lord,“And write what he declares,He whose Spirit, and whose word,Upholds the seven stars:All thy works and ways I search,Find thy zeal and love decayed;Thou art called a living church,But thou art cold and dead. “Watch, remember, seek, and strive,Exert […]

Old Testament Gospel

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Contentment

Contentment Fierce passions discompose the mind,As tempests vex the sea; Fierce passions discompose the mind,As tempests vex the sea;But calm content and peace we find,When, Lord, we turn to thee. In vain by reason and by ruleWe try to bend the will;For none but in the Saviour’s schoolCan learn the heavenly skill. Since at his […]

Lovest Thou Me?

Lovest Thou Me? Hark, my soul! it is the Lord;‘Tis thy Saviour, hear his word; Hark, my soul! it is the Lord;‘Tis thy Saviour, hear his word;Jesus speaks, and speaks to thee,“Say, poor sinner, lovest thou me? “I delivered thee when bound,And when bleeding, healed thy wound;Sought thee wandering, set thee right;Turned thy darkness into […]

The House of Prayer

The House of Prayer Thy mansion is the Christian’s heart,O Lord, thy dwelling place secure! Thy mansion is the Christian’s heart,O Lord, thy dwelling-place secure!Bid the unruly throng depart,And leave the consecrated door. Devoted as it is to thee,A thievish swarm frequents the place;They steal away my joys from me,And rob my Saviour of his […]

The Sower

The Sower Ye sons of earth, prepare the plough,Break up your fallow-ground; Ye sons of earth, prepare the plough,Break up your fallow-ground;The sower is gone forth to sow,And scatter blessings round. The seed that finds a stony soilShoots forth a hasty blade;But ill repays the sower’s toil,Soon withered, scorched, and dead. The thorny ground is […]

Praise for the Fountain Opened

Praise for the Fountain Opened There is a fountain filled with bloodDrawn from Emmanuel’s veins; There is a fountain filled with bloodDrawn from Emmanuel’s veins;And sinners, plunged beneath that flood,Lose all their guilty stains. The dying thief rejoiced to seeThat fountain in his day;And there have I, as vile as he,Washed all my sins away. […]

Jehovah-Shammah

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The Covenant

The Covenant The Lord proclaims his grace abroad!“Behold, I change your hearts of stone; The Lord proclaims his grace abroad!“Behold, I change your hearts of stone;Each shall renounce his idol-god,And serve, henceforth, the Lord alone. “My grace, a flowing stream, proceedsTo wash your filthiness away;Ye shall abhor your former deeds,And learn my statutes to obey. […]

Ephraim Repenting

Ephraim Repenting My God! till I received thy stroke,How like a beast was I! My God! till I received thy stroke,How like a beast was I!So unaccustomed to the yoke,So backward to comply. With grief my just reproach I bear,Shame fills me at the thought;How frequent my rebellions were,What wickedness I wrought. Thy merciful restraint […]

Jehovah Our Righteousness

Jehovah Our Righteousness My God! how perfect are thy ways!But mine polluted are; My God! how perfect are thy ways!But mine polluted are;Sin twines itself about my praise,And slides into my prayer. When I would speak what thou hast doneTo save me from my sin,I cannot make thy mercies known,But self-applause creeps in. Divine desire, […]

The Future Peace and Glory of the Church

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The Contrite Heart

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O Lord, I Will Praise Thee

O Lord, I Will Praise Thee I will praise thee every dayNow thine anger’s turned away; I will praise thee every dayNow thine anger’s turned away;Comfortable thoughts ariseFrom the bleeding sacrifice. Here, in the fair Gospel-field,Wells of free salvation yieldStreams of life, a plenteous store,And my soul shall thirst no more. Jesus is become at […]

Vanity of the World

Vanity of the World God gives his mercies to be spent;“Your hoard will do your soul no good; God gives his mercies to be spent;“Your hoard will do your soul no good;Gold is a blessing only lent,Repaid by giving others food. The world’s esteem is but a bribe,To buy their peace you fell your own;The […]

Jehovah-Shalom

Jehovah-Shalom Jesus! whose blood so freely streamedTo satisfy the law’s demand; Jesus! whose blood so freely streamedTo satisfy the law’s demand;By thee from guilt and wrath redeemed,Before the Father’s face I stand. To reconcile offending man,Make Justice drop her angry rod;What creature could have formed the plan,Or who fulfil it but a God? No drop […]

Jehovah-Nissi

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Jehovah-Rophi

Jehovah-Rophi Heal us, Emmanuel! here we are,Waiting to feel thy touch; Heal us, Emmanuel! here we are,Waiting to feel thy touch;Deep wounded souls to thee repair,And, Saviour we are such. Our faith is feeble, we confess,We faintly trust thy word;But wilt thou pity us the less?Be that far from thee, Lord! Remember him who once […]

God Is Gone Up

God Is Gone Up God is gone up with a merry noiseOf saints that sing on high: God is gone up with a merry noiseOf saints that sing on high:With his own right hand and his holy armHe hath won the victory. Now empty are the courts of death,And crushed thy sting, despair:And roses bloom […]

O More than Merciful!

O More than Merciful! O more than merciful!  whose bounty gaveThy guiltless self to glut the greedy grave, O more than merciful!  whose bounty gaveThy guiltless self to glut the greedy grave,Whose heart was rent to pay thy people’s price,The great High-priest at once and sacrifice;Help, Saviour, by thy cross and crimson stain,Nor let thy […]

O Thou, Whom Neither Time nor Space

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O, King of Earth and Air and Sea

O, King of Earth and Air and Sea O, King of earth and air and sea,The hungry ravens cry to thee; O, King of earth and air and sea,The hungry ravens cry to thee;To thee the scaly tribes that sweepThe bosom of the boundless deep; To thee the lions roaring call,The common Father, kind to […]

O God, by Whom the Seed Is Given

O God, by Whom the Seed Is Given O God, by whom the seed is given;By whom the harvest blesssed; O God, by whom the seed is given;By whom the harvest blesssed;Whose word like manna showered from heaven,Is planted in our breast; Preserve it from the passing feet,And plunderers of the air;The sultry sun’s intenser […]

The God of Glory Walks His Round

The God of Glory Walks His Round The God of Glory walks his round,From day to day, from year to year, The God of Glory walks his round,From day to day, from year to year,And warns us each with awful sound,‘No longer stand ye idle here. ‘Ye whose young cheeks are rosy bright,Whose hands are […]

Lord, Whose Love, in Power Excelling

Lord, Whose Love, in Power Excelling Lord, whose love, in power excelling,Washed the leper’s stain away, Lord, whose love, in power excelling,Washed 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 […]

When on Her Maker’s Bosom

When on Her Maker’s Bosom When on her Maker’s bosomThe new-born earth was laid, When on her Maker’s bosomThe new-born earth was laid,And nature’s opening blossomIts fairest bloom displayed; When all with fruit and flowersThe laughing soil was dressed,And Eden’s fragrant bowersReceived their human guest; No sin his face defiling,The heir of Nature stood,And God, […]

Incarnate Word

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O Hand of Bounty

O Hand of Bounty O, hand of bounty, largely spread,By whom our every want is fed, O, hand of bounty, largely spread,By whom our every want is fed,Whate’er we touch, or taste, or see,We owe them all, O Lord, to thee;The corn, the oil, the purple wine,Are all thy gifts, and only thine. The stream […]

Abashed Be All the Boast of Age

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The World Is Grown Old

The World Is Grown Old The world is grown old, and her pleasures are past,The world is grown old, and her form may not last; The world is grown old, and her pleasures are past,The world is grown old, and her form may not last;The world is grown old, and trembles for fear;For sorrows abound […]

O, Saviour, Is Thy Promise Fled?

O, Saviour, Is Thy Promise Fled? O, Saviour, is thy promise fled?No longer might thy grace endure, O, Saviour, is thy promise fled?No longer might thy grace endure,To heal the sick and raise the dead,And preach the gospel to the poor? Come, Jesus, come, return again;With brighter beam thy servants bless,Who long to feel thy […]

In the Sun and Moon and Stars

In the Sun and Moon and Stars In the sun and moon and starsSigns and wonders there shall be; In the sun and moon and starsSigns and wonders there shall be;Earth shall quake with inward wars,Nations with perplexity. Soon shall ocean’s hoary deep,Tossed with stronger tempests, rise;Darker storms the mountain sweep,Redder lightning rend the skies. […]

When Spring Unlocks the Flowers

When Spring Unlocks the Flowers When spring unlocks the flowers to paint the laughing soil;When summer’s balmy showers refresh the mower’s toil; When spring unlocks the flowers to paint the laughing soil;When summer’s balmy showers refresh the mower’s toil;When winter binds in frosty chains the fallow and the flood;In God the earth rejoiceth still and […]

There Was Joy in Heaven

There Was Joy in Heaven There was joy in Heaven,There was joy in Heaven, There was joy in Heaven,There was joy in Heaven,When this goodly world to frameThe Lord of might and mercy came;Shouts of joy were heard on high,And the stars sang from the sky,Glory to God in Heav’n. There was joy in Heaven,There […]

The Son of God Goes Forth to War

The Son of God Goes Forth to War The Son of God goes forth to war,A kingly crown to gain; The Son of God goes forth to war,A kingly crown to gain;His blood red banner streams afar:Who follows in His train?Who best can drink his cup of woe,Triumphant over pain,Who patient bears his cross below,He […]

O Thou, Who Gav’st Thy Servant Grace

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O Captain of God’s Host

O Captain of God’s Host O Captain of God’s host, whose dreadful mightLed forth to war the armèd seraphim, O Captain of God’s host, whose dreadful mightLed forth to war the armèd seraphim,And from the starry height,Subdued in burning light,Cast down that ancient dragon dark and grim; Thine angels, Christ, we laud in solemn lays,Our […]

The Lord Will Come!

The Lord Will Come! The Lord will come! the earth shall quake,The hills their fixèd seat forsake; The Lord will come! the earth shall quake,The hills their fixèd seat forsake;And, withering from the vault of night,The stars withdraw their feeble light. The Lord will come! but not the sameAs once in lowly form He came,A […]

From Foes That Would the Land Devour

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Forth From the Dark and Stormy Sky

Forth From the Dark and Stormy Sky Forth from the dark and stormy sky,Lord, to Thine altar’s shade we fly; Forth from the dark and stormy sky,Lord, to Thine altar’s shade we fly;Forth from the world, its hope and fear,Savior, we seek Thy shelter here:Weary and weak, Thy grace we pray;Turn not, O Lord, Thy […]

Bread of the World

Bread of the World Bread of the world, in mercy broken,Wine of the soul, in mercy shed, Bread of the world, in mercy broken,Wine of the soul, in mercy shed,By Whom the words of life were spoken,And in Whose death our sins are dead. Look on the heart by sorrow broken,Look on the tears by […]

The Lord of Might From Sinai’s Brow

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Lord of Mercy and of Might

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Hosanna to the Living Lord! Hosanna to the living Lord!Hosanna to the Incarnate Word! Hosanna to the living Lord!Hosanna to the Incarnate Word!To Christ, Creator, Saviour, King,Let earth, let heaven, Hosanna sing!Hosanna, Lord! Hosanna in the highest! Hosanna, Lord! Thine angels cry;Hosanna, Lord! Thy saints reply;Above, beneath us, and around,The dead and living swell the […]

By Cool Siloam’s Shady Rill

By Cool Siloam’s Shady Rill By cool Siloam’s shady rillHow fair the lily grows! By cool Siloam’s shady rillHow fair the lily grows!How sweet the breath, beneath the hill,Of Sharon’s dewy rose! Lo! such the child whose early feetThe oaths of peace have trod,Whose secret heart, with influence sweet,Is upward drawn to God. By cool […]

From Greenland’s Icy Mountains

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Epiphany

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Swords for Souls

Swords for Souls Some men have swords with which to fightTo gain their carnal goals. Some men have swords with which to fightTo gain their carnal goals.The mortal body they will smite,But God has swords for souls. Like Mary, among women blessedAnd favored of the Lord,The servants we esteem the bestHave felt God’s piercing sword. […]

Whitsunday

Whitsunday Listen sweet Dove unto my song,And spread thy golden wings in me; Listen sweet Dove unto my song,And spread thy golden wings in me;Hatching my tender heart so long,Till it get wing, and fly away with thee. Where is that fire which once descendedOn thy Apostles? thou didst thenKeep open house, richly attended,Feasting all […]

Vanity

Vanity The fleet astronomer can boreAnd thread the spheres with his quick piercing mind: The fleet astronomer can boreAnd thread the spheres with his quick-piercing mind:He views theirs stations, walks from door to door,Surveys, as if he had designedTo make a purchase there: he sees their dances,And knoweth long before,Both their full-eyed aspects, and secret […]

The World

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The Windows

The Windows Lord, how can man preach thy eternall word?He is a brittle crazie glasse: Lord, how can man preach thy eternall word?He is a brittle crazie glasse:Yet in thy temple thou dost him affordThis glorious and transcendent place,To be a window, through thy grace. But when thou dost anneal in glasse thy storie,Making thy […]

The Thanksgiving

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The Temper II

The Temper II It cannot be. Where is that mighty joy,Which just now took up all my heart? It cannot be. Where is that mighty joy,Which just now took up all my heart?Lord, if thou must needs use thy dart,Save that, and me; or sin for both destroy. The grosser world stand to thy word […]

The Temper

The Temper How should I praise thee, Lord! how should my rhymesGladly engrave thy love in steel, How should I praise thee, Lord! how should my rhymesGladly engrave thy love in steel,If what my soul doth feel sometimesMy soul might ever feel! Although there were some forty heav’ns, or more,Sometimes I peer above them all;Sometimes […]

The Storm

The Storm If as the winds and waters here belowDo fly and flow, If as the winds and waters here belowDo fly and flow,My sighs and tears as busy were above;Sure they would moveAnd much affect thee, as tempestuous timesAmaze poor mortals, and object their crimes. Stars have their storms, ev’n in a high degree,As […]

The Sinner

The Sinner Lord, how I am all ague, when I seekWhat I have treasur’d in my memory! Lord, how I am all ague, when I seekWhat I have treasur’d in my memory!Since, if my soul make even with the week,Each seventh note by right is due to thee.I find there quarries of pil’d vanities,But shreds […]

The Holdfast

The Holdfast I threatened to observe the strict decreeOf my deare God with all my power and might: I threatened to observe the strict decreeOf my dear God with all my power and might:But I was told by one, `It could not be;Yet I might trust in God to be my light.’ `Then will I […]

The Dawning

The Dawning Awake, sad heart, whom sorrow ever drowns ;Take up thine eyes, which feed on earth ; Awake, sad heart, whom sorrow ever drowns ;Take up thine eyes, which feed on earth ;Unfold thy forehead, gathered into frowns ;Thy Saviour comes, and with Him mirth :Awake, awake,And with a thankful heart His comforts take.But […]

Sin’s Round

Sin’s Round Sorry I am, my God, sorry I am,That my offences course it in a ring. Sorry I am, my God, sorry I am,That my offences course it in a ring.My thoughts are working like a busy flame,Until their cockatrice they hatch and bring:And when they once have perfected their draughts,My words take fire […]

Repentance

Repentance Lord, I confess my sin is great;Great is my sin. Oh! gently treat Lord, I confess my sin is great;Great is my sin. Oh! gently treatWith thy quick flow’r, thy momentany bloom;Whose life still pressingIs one undressing,A steady aiming at a tomb. Man’s age is two hours’ work, or three:Each day doth round about […]

Redemption

Redemption Having been tenant long to a rich lord,Not thriving, I resolved to be bold, Having been tenant long to a rich lord,Not thriving, I resolved to be bold,And make a suit unto him, to affordA new small rented lease, and cancel the old.In heaven at his manor I him sought;They told me there that […]

Prayer II

Prayer II Prayer the Church’s banquet, angels’ age,God’s breath in man returning to his birth, Prayer the Church’s banquet, angels’ age,God’s breath in man returning to his birth,The soul in paraphrase, heart in pilgrimage,The Christian plummet sounding heav’n and earth; Engine against th’ Almighty, sinner’s tower,Reversed thunder, Christ-side-piercing spear,The six-days’ world transposing in an hour,A […]

Praise

Praise To write a verse or two is all the praiseThat I can raise: To write a verse or two is all the praiseThat I can raise:Mend my estate in any ways,Thou shalt have more. I go to Church; help me to wings, and IWill thither fly;Or, if I mount unto the sky,I will do […]

The Roaring Lion

The Roaring Lion There’s no utopian path of easeWhere trials won’t be met; There’s no utopian path of easeWhere trials won’t be met;Where I can think the prize to seizeWithout the lion’s threat. The devil walks about to seekFor souls he may devour.He preys on those whose faith is weakAnd takes them in his power. […]

Clasping of Hands

Clasping of Hands Lord, Thou art mine, and I am Thine,If mine I am; and Thine much more Lord, Thou art mine, and I am Thine,If mine I am; and Thine much moreThen I or ought or can be mine.Yet to be Thine doth me restore,So that again I now am mine,And with advantage mine […]

Artillery

Artillery As I one ev’ning sat before my cell,Me thoughts a star did shoot into my lap. As I one ev’ning sat before my cell,Me thoughts a star did shoot into my lap.I rose, and shook my clothes, as knowing well,That from small fires comes oft no small mishap.When suddenly I heard one say,Do as […]

Antiphon

Antiphon Let all the world in ev’ry corner sing‘My God and King.’ Chorus Let all the world in ev’ry corner sing‘My God and King.’ Verse The heav’ns are not too high,His praise may thither fly:The earth is not too low,His praises there may grow. Chorus Let all the world in ev’ry corner sing,‘My God and […]

Affliction IV

Affliction IV Broken in pieces all asunder,Lord, hunt me not, Broken in pieces all asunder,Lord, hunt me not,A thing forgot,Once a poor creature, now a wonder,A wonder tortur’d in the spaceBetwixt this world and that of grace. My thoughts are all a case of knives,Wounding my heartWith scatter’d smart,As wat’ring pots give flowers their lives.Nothing […]

Affliction III

Affliction III My heart did heave, and there came forth, ‘O God’!By that I knew that thou wast in the grief, My heart did heave, and there came forth, ‘O God’!By that I knew that thou wast in the grief,To guide and govern it to my relief,Making a sceptre of the rod:Hadst thou not had […]

Affliction II

Affliction II Kill me not ev’ry day,Thou Lord of life, since thy one death for me Kill me not ev’ry day,Thou Lord of life, since thy one death for meIs more than all my deaths can be,Though I in broken payDie over each hour of Methusalem’s stay. If all men’s tears were letInto one common […]

Affliction

Affliction When thou didst entice to thee my heart,I thought the service brave: When thou didst entice to thee my heart,I thought the service brave:So many joys I writ down for my part,Besides what I might haveOut of my stock of natural delights,Augmented with thy gracious benefits. I looked on thy furniture so fine,And made […]

Aaron

Aaron Holiness on the head,Light and perfection on the breast, Holiness on the head,Light and perfection on the breast,Harmonious bells below, raising the deadTo led them unto life and rest.Thus are true Aarons dressed. Profaneness in my head,Defects and darkness in my breast,A noise of passions ringing me for deadUnto a place where is no […]

A Wreath

A Wreath A wreathed garland of deserved praise,Of praise deserved, unto thee I give, A wreathed garland of deserved praise,Of praise deserved, unto thee I give,I give to thee, who knowest all my wayes,My crooked winding wayes, wherein I live, Wherein I die, not live : for life is straight,Straight as a line, and ever […]

A Dialogue-Anthem

A Dialogue-Anthem Alas, poor Death! Where is thy glory?Where is thy famous force, thy ancient sting? Alas, poor Death! Where is thy glory?Where is thy famous force, thy ancient sting? Alas, poor mortal, void of story!Go spell and read how I have killed thy King. Poor Death! And who was hurt thereby?Thy curse being laid […]

A Dialogue

A Dialogue Sweetest Saviour, if my soulWere but worth the having, Man Sweetest Saviour, if my soulWere but worth the having,Quickly should I then controlAny thought of waving.But when all my care and painsCannot give the name of gainsTo Thy wretch so full of stains,What delight or hope remains? Saviour What, child, is the balance […]

“O That I Had Wings Like A Dove, and Then Would I Flee Away and Be at Rest.”

“O That I Had Wings Like A Dove, and Then Would I Flee Away and Be at Rest.” Oh, had I, my Saviour, the wings of a dove,How soon would I soar to Thy presence above! Oh, had I, my Saviour, the wings of a dove,How soon would I soar to Thy presence above!How soon […]

“It Doth Not Yet Appear What We Shall Be”

“It Doth Not Yet Appear What We Shall Be” Ye lingering hours, wheel swift away,And usher in the joyful day, Ye lingering hours, wheel swift away,And usher in the joyful day,When, rising from a world like this,My soul shall dwell where Jesus is! Too long I’ve waited here below,And spread my wings, and sighed to […]

To Ellen

To Ellen Ah wherefore should the silent tearDown Ellen’s youthful visage stray, Ah wherefore should the silent tearDown Ellen’s youthful visage stray,When such a Hand unseen is nearTo wipe each falling drop away;A hand that bears a balm from high,For every earthly tear and sigh? And wherefore mourn a parent’s doom,When such a Parent from […]

The Heart in Tune

The Heart in Tune Be the heart in tune within,All without runs smooth and even, Be the heart in tune within,All without runs smooth and even,And earth’s objects seem to winSomething of the hues of heaven:Clouds from off our sky are flown;All grows bright around and o’er us;Life acquires a loftier tone,And hope dances light […]

The Prayer Answering God

The Prayer Answering God I stand in a world where there’s nothing my own,Where the lightest event is beyond my control; I stand in a world where there’s nothing my own,Where the lightest event is beyond my control;But to Him that is Ruler supreme and aloneI gladly resign, for I know Him, the whole.How pleasant, […]

Inscription on A Monument

Inscription on A Monument What shall we write on this memorial stone?Thy merits? Thou didst rest on Christ’s alone. What shall we write on this memorial stone?Thy merits? Thou didst rest on Christ’s alone.Our sorrows? Thou woulds chide the selfish tear.Our love? Alas, it needs no record here.Praise to thy God and ours?  His truth […]

“It Is I: Be Not Afraid”

“It Is I: Be Not Afraid” Loud was the wind, and wild the tide;The ship her course delayed: Loud was the wind, and wild the tide;The ship her course delayed:The Lord came to their help, and cried,“Tis I: be not afraid.” Who walks the waves in wondrous guise,By Nature’s laws unstaid?“Tis I,” A well known […]

“Is This Thy Kindness to Thy Friend?”

“Is This Thy Kindness to Thy Friend?” Oh, think, how He, whom thou hast wounded,Hast scourged, and scorned, and spit upon, Oh, think, how He, whom thou hast wounded,Hast scourged, and scorned, and spit upon,Hath paid thy ransom, and compoundedFor thy distresses with his own!How He, whose blood thy sins have spilt,Whose limbs they to […]

The World Renounced

The World Renounced Go, worthless world!  I’ve tried and foundThy hollowness at last: Go, worthless world!  I’ve tried and foundThy hollowness at last:I know thee now an empty sound,And spurn at all thou hast. Thy smiles, thy flatteries, thy deceit,I’ve scanned them o’er and o’er.Go, other hearts to snare and cheat;Thou holdest mine no more. […]

Recollections

Recollections ‘Twas a sweet April morning: I traversed the gladeWhere my light foot in infancy often had played: ‘Twas a sweet April morning: I traversed the gladeWhere my light foot in infancy often had played:Each object recalled to my lingering viewThe hours that there once so delightfully flew. Dear scenes of enchantment, for ever gone […]

New Year’s Morning Hymn

New Year’s Morning Hymn Hail to another year,The year that now begins! Hail to another year,The year that now begins!All hail to Him who led us hereThrough dangers and through sins! Hail to another year!Peace to the year that’s past!May this one at its close appearLess worthless than the last! Hail to another year!Ere round […]

Hope in the Darkness

Hope in the Darkness When all is black, there’s still a lightThat makes the deepest valley bright; When all is black, there’s still a lightThat makes the deepest valley bright;There’s still a purpose to believe,A Rock to which my soul can cleave. When passion reigns, and reason flies,And dark confusion clouds my eyes,Through dim and […]

She Is Gone! She Is Gone!

She Is Gone! She Is Gone! She is gone!   she is gone!  A God of loveHas called her up to His side above; She is gone!   she is gone!  A God of loveHas called her up to His side above;Has gathered the flower in all its prime,And bade it bloom in a brighter clime;Has filled […]

The Sailor’s Meditation, on Watch at Night

The Sailor’s Meditation, on Watch at Night Above me hangs the silent sky;Around me rolls the sea; Above me hangs the silent sky;Around me rolls the sea;The crew is all at rest; and IAm, Lord, alone with Thee! Go where I may, from all remote,Thou Lord art ever near:No secret thought, but Thou canst note;No […]

A Fallen Sister

A Fallen Sister She is not dead she only sleeps:Life in her soul its vigil keeps: “The maid is not dead, but sleepeth.” She is not dead she only sleeps:Life in her soul its vigil keeps:Though dark the cloud, though strong the chain,Speak, Lord, and she shall live again! She is not dead: it cannot […]

The Pilgrim’s Song

The Pilgrim’s Song My rest is in heaven; my rest is not here;Then why should I murmur when trials are near? My rest is in heaven; my rest is not here;Then why should I murmur when trials are near?Be hushed, my dark spirit!  the worst that can comeBut shortens thy journey, and hastens thee home. […]

The Pilgrim’s Progress

The Pilgrim’s Progress Blest is the broken, bleeding heart,For sin constrained to ache! Blest is the broken, bleeding heart,For sin constrained to ache!Soon Heavenly Hands shall bind it up,No more to bleed or break. Blest are the eyes, whose burning tearsO’er past transgressions fall!The Sun of Righteousness shall rise,To dry, or light them all. That […]

Jehovah-Jireh

Jehovah-Jireh When earthly joys glide swift away,When hopes and comforts flee, When earthly joys glide swift away,When hopes and comforts flee,When foes beset, and friends betray,I turn, my God, to Thee! Thy nature, Lord, no change can know;Thy promise still is sure;And ills can ne’er so hopeless growBut Thou canst find a cure. Deliverance comes […]

The Wall-Flower

The Wall-Flower Why loves my flower, so high reclinedUpon these walls of barren gloom, Why loves my flower, so high reclinedUpon these walls of barren gloom,To wast her sweetness on the wind,And far from every eye to bloom?Why joy to twine with golden braidThis ruined rampart’s aged head,Proud to expose her gentle formAnd swing her […]

Psalm cxxxix

Psalm cxxxix Omniscient God, Thine eye divineMy inmost soul can see; Omniscient God, Thine eye divineMy inmost soul can see;And every thought and act of mineIs open, Lord, to Thee! When up I rise, when down I lie,Still Thou art at my side.Where shall I shun Thy awful eye,Or from Thy Spirit hide? If up […]

Jesus Wept

Jesus Wept Did Christ o’er sinners weep?And shall our cheeks be dry? Did Christ o’er sinners weep? And shall our cheeks be dry?Let floods of penitential griefBurst forth from every eye. The Son of God in tearsThe angels wondering see:Hast thou no wonder, O my soul?He shed those tears for thee! He wept that we […]

Winter

Winter The billowy shore is booming loudThe sky is black with storm and cloud, The billowy shore is booming loudThe sky is black with storm and cloud,The fields are bare, the air is chill,And winter reigns from vale to hill. The shortening day, the muffled sky,The wild wind whistling bleakly by,The naked fields, the leafless […]

Aspirations

Aspirations I would not always sailUpon a sunny sea: I would not always sailUpon a sunny sea:The mountain wave, the sounding gale,Have deeper joys for me. Let others love to creepAlong the flowery dell:Be mine upon the craggy steep,Among the storms to dwell. The rock, the mist, the foam,The wonderful, the wildI feel they form […]

Spare My Flower

Spare My Flower O spare my flower, my gentle flower,The slender creature of a day! O spare my flower, my gentle flower,The slender creature of a day!Let it bloom out its little hour,And pass away.Too soon its fleeting charms must lieDecayed, unnoticed, overthrown.O hasten not its destiny,Too like thy own. The breeze will roam this […]

Parted Christians

Parted Christians When reft of the converse of those that they love,The godless may fret and repine: When reft of the converse of those that they love,The godless may fret and repine:‘Tis ours to look up to a Father above,And try to His will to resign.The friends in a Saviour need not be deplored,Wherever their […]

Autumnal Hymn

Autumnal Hymn The leaves around me fallingAre preaching of decay; The leaves around me fallingAre preaching of decay;The hollow winds are calling,“Come, pilgrim, come away!”The day, in night declining,Says, I must too decline,The year its life resigningIts lot foreshadows mine. The light my path surrounding,The loves to which I cling,The hopes within me bounding,The joys […]

“Whither Shall I Fly From Thy Presence?”

“Whither Shall I Fly From Thy Presence?” Where shall I fly?  What dark untrodden pathWill lead a sinner from his Maker’s wrath? Where shall I fly?  What dark untrodden pathWill lead a sinner from his Maker’s wrath?Alas!  where’er I bend my outcast way,His eye can search, His mighty hand hath sway. Is there no island […]

Fly, Ye Hours

Fly, Ye Hours Fly, ye hours, the best, the brightest:Best are they that fleet the lightest! Fly, ye hours, the best, the brightest: Best are they that fleet the lightest!Man, be wise:Thy earthly joysAre poor, compared with those thou slightest. The world we roamIs not our home:We seek a rest that aye remaineth.Through weal or […]

“Return Unto Me, and I Will Return Unto Thee.”

“Return Unto Me, and I Will Return Unto Thee. Wilt Thou return to me, O Lord,If I return to Thee? Wilt Thou return to me, O Lord,If I return to Thee?O Heavenly truth!  O Gracious word!My Hope and Refuge be! Silence from Thy foot I dared to roam.My soul has found no rest,Chastised and contrite, […]

Evening

Evening Sweet evening hour!  sweet evening hour!That calms the air, and shuts the flower; Sweet evening hour!  sweet evening hour!That calms the air, and shuts the flower;That brings the wild bird to her nest,The infant to its mother’s brast. Sweet hour!  that bids the labourer cease;That gives the weary team release,And leads them home, and […]

Morning Thoughts

Morning Thoughts Again, O Lord, I ope my eyes,Thy glorious light to see, Again, O Lord, I ope my eyes,Thy glorious light to see,And share the gifts so largely lentTo thankless man by Thee. And why has God o’er me this nightThe watch so kindly kept?And why have I so safely waked?And why so sweetly […]

“Lo, We Have Left All, and Followed Thee”

“Lo, We Have Left All, and Followed Thee” Jesus, I my cross have taken,All to leave and follow Thee: Jesus, I my cross have taken,All to leave and follow Thee:Destitute, despised, forsaken,Thou from hence my all shalt be.Perish, every fond ambition,All I’ve sought, and hoped, and known;Yet how rich is my condition,God and heaven are […]

The Voice of God

The Voice of God Glory and praise to Jehovah on high!Glory from all, through the earth and the sky! Glory and praise to Jehovah on high!Glory from all, through the earth and the sky!Angles, approach Him in homage and duty;Fall at the feet of your Heavenly King:Saints, to His presence O throng, in the beautyOf […]

Stability

Stability There is a change in all below;Nought sure beneath the sky: There is a change in all below;Nought sure beneath the sky:Suns rise and set, tides ebb and flow,And man but lives to die. Our joys and sorrows, hopes and fears,Still course each other on:A blessing in our path appearsWe grasp, and it is […]

“The Unknown God”

“The Unknown God” The Lord hath builded for Himself;He needs no earthly dome: The Lord hath builded for Himself;He needs no earthly dome:The universe His dwelling is,Eternity His home. Yon glorious sky His temple stands,So lofty, bright, and blue,All lamped with stars, and curtained roundWith clouds of every hue. Earth is His altar: nature thereHer […]

Mary’s Grave

Mary’s Grave Mary, thou art gone to rest;Why should we deplore thee? Mary, thou art gone to rest;Why should we deplore thee?Light the turf lies on thy breast,Soft the winds breathe o’er thee.Here within thy native clayCalmly thou art sleeping,Safer, happier, far than theyWho are o’er thee weeping. Pleasant is thy lowly bed,Close to those […]

The Mother and Her Dying Boy

The Mother and Her Dying Boy My mother, my mother, O let me depart!Your tears and your pleadings are swords to my heart. BoyMy mother, my mother, O let me depart!Your tears and your pleadings are swords to my heart.I hear gentle voices, that chide my delay;I see lovely visions, that woo me away.My prison […]

Elijah’s Interview With God

Elijah’s Interview With God On Horeb’s rock the prophet stood:The Lord before him passed: On Horeb’s rock the prophet stood:The Lord before him passed:A hurricane in angry moodSwept by him strong and fast.The forests fell before its force;The rocks were shivered in its course:God rode not in the blast!‘Twas but the whirlwind of His breath,Announcing […]

The Lull of Eternity

The Lull of Eternity Many a voice has echoed the cry for “a lull in life,”Fainting under the noontide, fainting under the strife. Many a voice has echoed the cry for “a lull in life,”Fainting under the noontide, fainting under the strife.Is it the wisest longing?  is it the truest gain?Is not the Master withholding […]

The Seeing Heart*

The Seeing Heart* Sweet, blind singer over the sea,Tuneful and jubilant: how can it be, Sweet, blind singer over the sea,Tuneful and jubilant: how can it be,That the songs of gladness, which float so far,As if they fell from the evening star,Are the notes of one who may never see“Visible music” of flower and tree,Purple […]

Adoration

Adoration O Master, at Thy feetI bow in rapture sweet; O Master, at Thy feetI bow in rapture sweet;Before me, as in darkening glass,Some glorious outlines pass,Of love, and truth, and holiness, and power;I own them Thine, O Christ, and bless Thee for this hour. O full of truth and grace,Smile of Jehovah’s face,O tenderest […]

A Lull in Life

A Lull in Life Oh, for “a desert place” with only the Master’s smile!Oh for the “coming apart” with only His “rest awhile!” Oh, for “a desert place” with only the Master’s smile!Oh for the “coming apart” with only His “rest awhile!”Many are “coming and going” with busy and restless feet,And the soul is hungering […]

A Birthday-Greeting To My Father

A Birthday-Greeting To My Father ‘Tis fully known to ONE, by us yet dimly seen,The blessing thou HAST BEEN; ‘Tis fully known to ONE, by us yet dimly seen,The blessing thou HAST BEEN;Yet speaks the silent love of many a mourning heartThe blessing that thou ART;While traced on coming years, in faith and hope we […]

Faith and Reason

Faith and Reason Reason unstrings the harp to seeWherein the music dwells; Reason unstrings the harp to seeWherein the music dwells;Faith pours a Hallelujah song,And heavenly rapture swells.While Reason strives to count the dropsThat lave our narrow strand,Faith launches o’er the mighty deep,To seek a better land. One is the foot that slowly treadsWhere darkling […]

My Name*

My Name From childish days I never heardMy own baptismal name; From childish days I never heardMy own baptismal name;Too small, too slight, too full of gleeAught else but “little Fan” to be,The stately “Frances” not in meCould any fitness claim. Now, in the crowded halls of life,May it be mine to bringSome gentle stir […]

Our Gem Wreath

Our Gem Wreath Heard ye the sounds of joyous gleeAnd the notes of merry minstrelsy, Heard ye the sounds of joyous gleeAnd the notes of merry minstrelsy,And the purling of low, sweet words which startFrom the silent depths of a loving heart; And the gushing laugh, and the rippling song,As the summer days sped swift […]

Bonnie Wee Eric

Bonnie Wee Eric Bonnie wee Eric!  I have sat beside the evening fire,And listened to the leaping flame still darting keenly higher, Bonnie wee Eric!  I have sat beside the evening fire,And listened to the leaping flame still darting keenly higher,And all the while a lisping voice and eyes of sunny blueOut-whispered the flame-whisper, and […]

New Year’s Wishes

New Year’s Wishes A pearl-strewn pathway of untold gladness,Flecked by no gloom, by no weary sadness, A pearl-strewn pathway of untold gladness,Flecked by no gloom, by no weary sadness,Such be the year to thee!A crystal rivulet, sunlight flinging,Awakening blossoms, and joyously singingIts own calm melody. A symphony soft, and sweet, and low,Like the gentlest music […]

Traveling Thoughts

Traveling Thoughts A still gray haze around us,Behind, a foreign shore, A still gray haze around us,Behind, a foreign shore,A still gray deep beneath us,And Dover cliffs before.Not one within a hundred milesWhose name I ever heard,None who would care to speak to meA passing friendly word:Yet not a shadow crosseth meOf loneliness or fear;I […]

More Music

More Music Oh for a burst of song,Exultant, deep, and strong, Oh for a burst of song,Exultant, deep, and strong,One gush of music’s billowy might,To bear my soul awayInto the realms of day,From these dim glacier-caves of Life’s cold night! Oh for a sunset strainWafted o’er slumberous main,To enter, spirit-like, my prisoned heart,And there, with […]

How Should They Know Me?

How Should They Know Me? There are those who deem they know me well,And smile as I tell them “nay!” There are those who deem they know me well,And smile as I tell them “nay!”Who think they may clearly and carelessly tellEach living drop in my heart’s deep well,And lightly enter its inmost cell;But little […]

On the Last Leaf*

On the Last Leaf* Finished at last!Yet for five years past My book on the dusty shelf hath lain,And I hardly thought that ever again My thoughts would follow the pleasant chimeOf musical measure and ringing rhyme. I remember well when I laid it by,Closed with a sort of requiem sigh.S pring in her beauty […]

Remote Results

Remote Results Where are the countless crystals,So perfect and so bright, Where are the countless crystals,So perfect and so bright,That robed in softest ermineThe winter day and night?Not lost!  for, life to many a foot,They rise again in flower and fruit. Where are the mighty forests,And giant ferns of old,That in primeval silenceStrange leaf and […]

“Master, Say On!”

“Master, Say On!” Master, speak!  Thy servant heareth,Waiting for Thy gracious word, Master, speak!  Thy servant heareth,Waiting for Thy gracious word,Longing for Thy voice that cheereth;Master!  let it now be heard.I am listening, Lord, for Thee;What hast Thou to say to me? Master, speak in love and power:Crown the mercies of the day.In this quiet […]

Everlasting Love

Everlasting Love “God’s everlasting love!  What wouldst thou more?”O true and tender friend, well hast thou spoken. “God’s everlasting love!  What wouldst thou more?” O true and tender friend, well hast thou spoken.My heart was restless, weary, sad, and sore,And longed and listened for some heaven-sent token:And, like a child that knows not why it […]

“Now I See”

“Now I See” “Now I see!”  But not the partingOf the melting earth and sky, “Now I see!”  But not the partingOf the melting earth and sky,Not a vision dread and startling,Forcing one despairing cry.But I see the solemn saying,All have sinned and all must die,Holy precepts disobeying,Guilty all the world must lie.Bending, silenced, to […]

Thy Will Be Done

Thy Will Be Done That one unchanging song of praiseShould from our hearts arise;3That we should know his wondrous ways,Though hidden from the wise;4That we, so sinful and so base,Should know the glory of His grace.5 His will to grant the yearning prayerFor dear ones far away,6That they His grace and love may share,And tread […]

The Right Way

The Right Way Lord, is it still the right way, though I cannot see Thy face,Though I do not feel Thy presence and Thine all-sustaining grace? Lord, is it still the right way, though I cannot see Thy face,Though I do not feel Thy presence and Thine all-sustaining grace?Can even this be leading through the […]

Mary’s Birthday

Mary’s Birthday She is at rest,In God’s own presence blest, She is at rest,In God’s own presence blest,Whom, while with us, this day we loved to greet;Her birthdays o’er,She counts the years no more;Time’s footfall is not heard along the golden street. When we would raiseA hymn of birthday praise,The music of our hearts is […]

Wait Patiently For Him

Wait Patiently For Him God doth not bid thee waitTo disappoint at last; God doth not bid thee waitTo disappoint at last;A golden promise, fair and great,In precept-mould is cast.Soon shall the morning gildThe dark horizon-rim,Thy heart’s desire shall be fulfilled,“Wait patiently for Him.” The weary waiting timesAre but the muffled pealsLow preluding celestial chimes,That […]

God The Provider

God The Provider Who shall tell our untold need,Deeply felt, though scarcely known! Who shall tell our untold need,Deeply felt, though scarcely known!Who the hungering soul can feed,Guard, and guide, but God alone?Blessèd promise!  while we seeEarthly friends must powerless be,Earthly fountains quickly dry:“God” shall all your need supply. He hath said it! so we […]

Thine Eyes Shall See!

Thine Eyes Shall See! Thine eyes shall see!  Yes, thine, who, blind erewhile,Now trembling towards the new found light dost flee, Thine eyes shall see!  Yes, thine, who, blind erewhile,Now trembling towards the new-found light dost flee,Leave doubting, and look up with trustful smileThine eyes shall see! Thine eyes shall see!  Not in some dream […]

“I Did This For Thee! What Hast Thou Done For Me?”

“I Did This For Thee! What Hast Thou Done For Me?” I gave My life for thee,My precious blood I shed, I gave My life for thee,My precious blood I shed,That thou might’st ransomed be,And quickend from the dead.I gave My life for thee;What hast thou given for Me? I spent long years for theeIn […]

Faith’s Question

Faith’s Question Jesus, Master, whom I serve,Though so feebly and so ill, Jesus, Master, whom I serve,Though so feebly and so ill,Strengthen hand and heart and nerveAll Thy bidding to fulfil;Open Thou mine eyes to seeAll the work Thou hast for me. Lord, Thou needest not, I know,Service such as I can bring;Yet I long […]

Christ’s Recall

Christ’s Recall Return!O wanderer from My side! Return!O wanderer from My side!Soon droops each blossom of the darkening wild,Soon melts each meteor which thy steps beguiled,Soon is the cistern dry which thou hast hewn,And thou wilt weep in bitterness full soon.Return!  ere gathering night shall shroud the wayThy footsteps yet may tread, in this accepted […]

Yesterday, To-Day, and Forever

Yesterday, To – Day, and Forever Ah!  the weary cares and fears,Earnest yearnings through the years! Ah!  the weary cares and fears,Earnest yearnings through the years!Is it not a vale of tears? Ah!  the love we gladly greetEver now is incomplete;If the melody be sweet, And the harmony be true,Earlier loss is more in view,Ill […]

No Thorn Without a Rose

No Thorn Without a Rose “There is no rose without a thorn!”Who has not found this true, “There is no rose without a thorn!”Who has not found this true,And known that griefs of gladness bornOur footsteps still pursue! That in the grandest harmonyThe strangest discords rise;The brightest bow we only traceUpon the darkest skies! No […]

Light and Shade

Light and Shade Light! emblem of all good and joy!Shade! emblem of all ill! Light! emblem of all good and joy!Shade! emblem of all ill!And yet in this strange mingled life,We need the shadow still.A lamp with softly shaded light,To soothe and spare the tender sight,Will only throwA brighter glowUpon our books and work below. […]

Silent in Love

Silent in Love Love culminates in bliss when it doth reachA white, unflickering, fear consuming glow; Love culminates in bliss when it doth reachA white, unflickering, fear consuming glow;And, knowing it is known as it doth know,Needs no assuring word or soothing speech. It craves but silent nearness, so to rest,No sound, no movement, love […]

The Song Chalice

The Song Chalice “You bear the chalice.” Is it so, my friend?Have I indeed a chalice of sweet song, “You bear the chalice.” Is it so, my friend?Have I indeed a chalice of sweet song,With underflow of harmony made strongNew calm of strength through throbbing veins to send?I did not form or fill, I do […]

Disappointment

Disappointment Our yet unfinished storyIs tending all to this: Our yet unfinished storyIs tending all to this:To God the greatest glory,To us the greatest bliss. If all things work togetherFor ends so grand and blest,What need to wonder whetherEach in itself is best! If some things were omittedOr altered as we would,The whole might be […]

Our Father

Our Father “Oh, that I loved the FatherWith depth of conscious love, “Oh, that I loved the FatherWith depth of conscious love,As steadfast, bright, and burning,As seraphim above!But how can I be deemingMyself a loving child,When here, and there, and everywhere,My thoughts are wandering wild? “It is my chief desireTo know Him more and more,To […]

Early Faith

Early Faith Whom hear we tell of all the joy whichloving Faith can bring, Whom hear we tell of all the joy whichloving Faith can bring,The ever-widening glories reached on her strongseraph wing?Is it not oftenest they who long have wrestledwith temptation,Or passed through fiery baptisms of mightytribulation? Perhaps, in life’s great tapestry, the darkestscenes […]

An April Burst of Beauty

An April Burst of Beauty An April burst of beauty,And a May like the Mays of old, An April burst of beauty,And a May like the Mays of old,And a glow of summer gladnessWhile June her long days told;And a hush of golden silenceAll through the bright July,Without one peal of thunder,Or a storm-wreath in […]

Coming Summer

Coming Summer What will the summer bring?Sunshine and flowers, What will the summer bring?Sunshine and flowers,Brightness and melody,Golden voiced hours;Rose-gleaming morningsVocal with praise;Crimson-flushed evenings,Nightingale lays. What may the summer bring?Gladness and mirth,Laughter and song,For the children of earth;Smiles for the old man,Joy for the strong,Glee for the little ones,All the day long. What will the […]

Treasure-Trove

Treasure-Trove I played with the whispering rushes,By a river of reverie, I played with the whispering rushes,By a river of reverie,Flowing so quietly onwardInto an unknown sea. And I watched the dreamy current,Till to my feet it brought,Glistening among the pebbles,The pearl of a fair new thought. New!  yet many another,Leaning over the stream,May have […]

The Star Shower

The Star Shower Oh! to raise a mighty shout,And bid the sleepers all come out! Oh! to raise a mighty shout,And bid the sleepers all come out!No dreamer’s fancy, fair and high,Could image forth a grander sky.And oh, for eyes of swifter powerTo follow fast the starry shower!Oh! for a sweep of vision clearTo grasp […]

Sunbeams in the Wood

Sunbeams in the Wood Mark ye not the sunbeams glancingThrough the cool green shade, Mark ye not the sunbeams glancingThrough the cool green shade,On the waving fern-leaves dancing,In the quiet glade? See you how they change and quiverWhere the broad oaks rise,Rippling like a golden riverFrom their fountain skies? On the gray old timber restingLike […]

Misunderstood

Misunderstood “People do not understand me,Their ideas are not like mine; “People do not understand me,Their ideas are not like mine;All advances seem to land me,Still outside their guarded shrine.” So you turn from simple joyance,Losing many a mutual good,Weary with the chill annoyance,So to be misunderstood. Let me try to lift the curtainHiding other […]

Content

Content “What wouldst thou be?’A wavelet just rising from life’s “What wouldst thou be?’A wavelet just rising from life’swide sea.I would I were once again a child,Like a laughing floweret on mountains wild;In the fairy realms of fancy dwelling,The golden moments for sunbeams selling;Ever counting on bright to-morrows,And knowing naught of unspoken sorrows:Such would I […]

One Question, Many Answers

One Question, Many Answers “What wouldst thou be?”The question hath wakened wild thoughts in me, “What wouldst thou be?”The question hath wakened wild thoughts in me,And a thousand responses, like ghosts from their graves,Arise from my soul’s unexplored deep caves,The echoes of every varyng moodOf a wayward spirit all unsubdued;The voices which thrill through my […]

Rest

Rest Made for Thyself, O God!Made for Thy love, Thy service, Thy delight; Made for Thyself, O God! Made for Thy love, Thy service, Thy delight;Made to show forth Thy wisdom, grace, and might;Made for Thy praise, whom veiled archangels land;Oh strange and glorious thought, that we may beA joy to Thee! Yet the heart […]

Auntie’s Lessons

Auntie’s Lessons They said their texts, and their hymnsthey sang They said their texts, and their hymns they sangOn that sunny Sabbath day;And yet there was time ere the church-bell rang,So I bid them trot away,And leave me to rest and read alone,Where the ash-tree’s shade o’er the lawn wasthrown. But oh!  ’twas a cry […]

The Great Teacher

The Great Teacher I love to feel that I am taught,And, as a little child, I love to feel that I am taught,And, as a little child,To note the lessons I have learntIn passing through the wild.For I am sure God teaches me,And His own gracious handEach varying page before me spreads,By love and wisdom […]

Be Not Weary

Be Not Weary Yes!  He knows the way is dreary,Knows the weakness of our frame, Yes!  He knows the way is dreary,Knows the weakness of our frame,Knows that hand and heart are weary;He, “in all points,” felt the same.He is near to help and bless;Be not weary, onward press. Look to Him who once was […]

“A Great Mystery”

“A Great Mystery” There is a hush in earth and sky, The ear is free to list aright There is a hush in earth and sky, The ear is free to list aright In darkness, veiling from the eye The many-colored spells of light. Not heralded by fire and storm, In shadowy outline dimly seen, […]

God’s Message:

God’s Message: To Him That Is Far Off Peace, Peace!To Him That Is Far Off Peace, Peace!To him that is far away.Turn, O wanderer!  why wilt thou die,When the peace is made that shall bring theenigh?Listen, O rebel!  the heralds proclaimThe King’s own peace through a Saviour’sname:Then yield thee to-day. Peace, peace!The word of the […]

I See A Person Bending

I See A Person Bending I see a person bendingBeneath a heavy loadSo many ‘why’s’ and ‘wherefores’Are in that burden stowed.Each day the weight is growingThe back more crooked bentDespairing and despondingThe heart within is rent! But outstretched hands are waitingWithin each laden dayUpon his darkened wayGive up your burden dear oneJust hand it o’er […]

At the Brink of the Day

At the Brink of the Day At the brink of the day, His tender voiceSeemed to whisper unto me,“I need your limbs, your heart, your mindTo heed me faithfully. “Not in the halls of fame, dear child,Nor for the crowd’s applause,But in the home with all its chores;Yes, dear, behind closed doors.” At the brink […]

Tempus Fugit

Tempus Fugit A precious giftA solemn trust A precious giftA solemn trustA duty callAn earnest thrustInto the fieldsOf harvest whiteMy child, time speedsTowards the night. Jenny Daniel

A Year

A Year A year to plan my destinyOr else to find Thy will for me A year to plan my destinyOr else to find Thy will for meA year to voice my every whimOr else to call a world from sinA year to gain the world’s applauseOr else to seek my Master’s causeA year to […]

Another Year

Another Year Another year to grow like HimAnother year to flee from sin Another year to grow like HimAnother year to flee from sinAnother year to walk in whiteAnother year to do what’s rightAnother year to speak with graceAnother year to run the raceAnother year – a boon from TheeTo be a ‘living testimony’ Jenny […]

Is This the Path?

Is This the Path? Dear Lord is this the path that ThouHast planned in Heaven for me? Dear Lord is this the path that ThouHast planned in Heaven for me?So dark, I stop and question oftAhead I cannot see! It seems too high to scale, dear LordAnother way for me!But then I feel ashamed that […]

The New Year

The New Year I timidly step in the darkness aheadLooking back on the year that my Saviour has led I timidly step in the darkness aheadLooking back on the year that my Saviour has ledSo unknown, so untried, doth the new year appearThat I step on the threshold with shrinking and fear My child, I’ll […]

A Year in God’s Eternity

A Year in God’s Eternity A year in God’s eternityOh was it spent in victory A year in God’s eternityOh was it spent in victoryDid I fulfill Thy will for meOrd did I fail and drift from Thee? Ah Lord, I didn’t do my bestSo much undone I failed the testI know my light was […]

Thy Hand . . . This Year

Thy Hand . . . This Year Ah God, how good to see Thy HandIn mercy all the year Ah God, how good to see Thy HandIn mercy all the yearThat led and helped, supportedThrough joy and hope and fear Thy tender, loving mercyO’ershadowed me each dayThy reassuring presenceEach step upon the way. Jenny Daniel

A Babe Is Born

A Babe Is Born A babe was born to pay the price,The awful debt of sin;The holy, sinless Son of GodWho died, thy soul to win. He came to live a blameless life,An offering pure and whole,For only then could God acceptHis payment for thy soul. To think He made this wondrous worldCreator God SupremeAnd […]

A Christmas Poem II

A Christmas Poem II The King of kings, Eternal GodCame to the world He made.He could have come a mighty Prince,But as a babe was laidAmong the straw in manger crudeIn the midst of oxen food! The mother of the holy childWas not of world-wide fame.She was a humble village maidJust ‘Mary’ was her name. […]

Christmas II

Christmas II Sometimes I wonder sadly whyThe people do not care Sometimes I wonder sadly whyThe people do not careThat God Himself was sacrificedOur punishment to bear It seems so strange at Christmas timeWith all the peoples’ funThey don’t remember BethlehemThe Offer of God’s Son It seems as if our ChristmasIs just a festive timeOf […]

A Christmas Poem I

A Christmas Poem I Oh man how can you blithely passThis great “remembrance day”?When God Himself became a manThe greatest price to pay! Your sin, oh man, did merit thisA spotless sacrificeThat on the very “Lamb of God”Shoudl rest your evil vice! Come kneel and worship Him anewThe God who died for theeA babe, the […]

He Was Sent

He Was Sent In the hustle and bustle and throngs of menOn that long ago Christmas Day In the hustle and bustle and throngs of menOn that long ago Christmas DayA mother on donkey, so heavy with childWas slowly winding her way Oh Heaven, ‘Thy Glory’ was sacrificedIn human form He laySo fragile, so tiny, […]

Christmas I

Christmas I The bustle of the Christmas shopsThe music blaring loud The bustle of the Christmas shopsThe music blaring loudI seem to miss the SaviourIn that bright and motley crowd The prattle of the little tonguesOf all they hope to getI find the biggest gift of allNot mentioned – they forget! The happy songs at […]

My Father

My Father When I was just a babyOf course I couldn’t read When I was just a babyOf course I couldn’t readThe alphabet was Greek to meA thing I did not need And yet there was a letterBefore my very eyesThat spoke another languageAnd tried to make me wise That letter was my fatherHis life- […]

Well Done! Good and Faithful Servant

Well Done! Good and Faithful Servant When he had passed through dark JordanWhen he at last saw the Lord When he had passed through dark JordanWhen he at last saw the LordAh with what reverence and wonderHis heart the Master adored Earth’s cares had suddenly vanishedHeart-ache was his never moreWeariness he had forgotten‘Heaven’s bliss’ only […]

Sin Has Sweet Joy

Sin Has Sweet Joy Sin has sweet joy in her clutchesRobbing the soul of her charm Sin has sweet joy in her clutchesRobbing the soul of her charmDraining the life of the pilgrimEver determined to harm. Jenny Daniel

I Haven’t Gone Down

I Haven’t Gone Down I haven’t gone down in the paths of sinNot outwardly obvious my footfall’s been I haven’t gone down in the paths of sinNot outwardly obvious my footfall’s beenBut my soul in secret’s visited thereImagined it all if I but dare I haven’t gone down in the paths of sinBut that’s not […]

Go and Sin No More

Go and Sin No More It was Thy mercy that looked down on herNot to condemn It was Thy mercy that looked down on herNot to condemnThy voice the angry cries did stemAnd shamefully they dropped each stoneThus she did stand amazed alone Thy blood for her could e’en atoneThy Grace could make her fit […]

I Have Neglected Thy Word

I Have Neglected Thy Word I have neglected Thy word of lateJust speedingly reading a verse I have neglected Thy word of lateJust speedingly reading a verseI wonder if that is why my joyHas flown and my moods grow worse I have neglected Thy word of lateAnd know not which way to goFor verses that […]

My Child

My Child My child, I long that you may lookTo Me, alone, as guide My child, I long that you may lookTo Me, alone, as guideI wish you’d in My Ears aloneYour hurts and fears confide My child, ’tis not the world’s acclaimI covet, you may winBut rather that you’d honour MeWith victory over sin […]

Not Caught in the Web of To-day

Not Caught in the Web of To-day Not caught in the web of to-day, dear Lord‘Twill land me with giant ‘Despair’ Not caught in the web of to-day, dear Lord‘Twill land me with giant ‘Despair’But rather with hope eternalFaith in Thy love and care I’ll look above the onslaughtsI’ll focus on Thee aloneSo that with […]

The Tongue and Women

The Tongue and Women As women we are powerfulWithin the walls of home As women we are powerfulWithin the walls of homeFor we within our fragile graspA mighty tool doth own We use it every morningWe wield it through the dayIt never ever leaves usUpon our mundane way A little daughter quiversBeneath it’s crushing blowA […]

Before Jehovah’s Awful Throne

Before Jehovah’s Awful Throne Before Jehovah’s awful throne,Ye nations, bow with sacred joy; Before Jehovah’s awful throne,Ye nations, bow with sacred joy;Know that the Lord is God alone;He can create, and he destroy. His sovereign power, without our aid,Made us of clay, and formed us men;And when like wandering sheep we strayed,He brought us to […]

Come, Sound His Praise Abroad

Come, Sound His Praise Abroad Come, sound his praise abroad,And hymns of glory sing! Come, sound his praise abroad,And hymns of glory sing!Jehovah is the sovereign God,The universal King. He formed the deeps unknown;He gave the seas their bound;The watery worlds are all his own,And all the solid ground. Come, worship at his throne;Come, bow […]

Jehovah Reigns on High

Jehovah Reigns on High Jehovah reigns on highIn peerless majesty; Jehovah reigns on highIn peerless majesty;Boundless power his royal robe,Purest light his garment is;Rules his word the spacious globe,Stablished it in floating seas. Ancient of days! Thy nameAnd essence is I AM;Thou, O Lord, and thou alone,Gav’st whatever is to be;Stood thine everlasting throne,Stands to […]

With Glory Clad, With Strength Arrayed

With Glory Clad, With Strength Arrayed With glory clad, with strength arrayed,The Lord, that o’er all nature reigns, With glory clad, with strength arrayed,The Lord, that o’er all nature reigns,The world’s foundations strongly laid,And the vast fabric still sustains. How sure established is thy throne,Which shall no change or period see!For thou, O Lord, and […]

Sweet Is the Work, My God, My King

Sweet Is the Work, My God, My King Sweet is the work, my God, my King,To praise thy name, give thanks, and sing; Sweet is the work, my God, my King,To praise thy name, give thanks, and sing;To show thy love by morning light,And talk of all thy truth at night. Sweet is the day […]

Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken

Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken Glorious things of thee are spoken,Zion, city of our God! Glorious things of thee are spoken,Zion, city of our God!He, whose word cannot be broken,Formed thee for his own abode.On the Rock of ages founded,What can shake thy sure repose?With salvation’s walls surrounded,Thou may’st smile at all thy foes. […]

How Pleasant, How Divinely Fair

How Pleasant, How Divinely Fair How pleasant, how divinely fair,O Lord of hosts, thy dwellings are! How pleasant, how divinely fair,O Lord of hosts, thy dwellings are!With strong desire my spirit faintsTo meet the assemblies of thy saints. Blest are the saints that sit on high,Around thy throne of majesty;Thy brightest glories shine above,And all […]

Lord of the Worlds Above!

Lord of the Worlds Above! Lord of the worlds above!How pleasant and how fair Lord of the worlds above!How pleasant and how fairThe dwellings of thy love,Thy earthly temples, are!To thine abode My heart aspires,With warm desires To see my God. O happy souls that prayWhere God delights to hear!O happy men that payTheir constant […]

Psalm 84 – How Lovely Are Thy Tents, O Lord!

Psalm 84 – How Lovely Are Thy Tents, O Lord! How lovely are thy tents, O Lord!Where’er thou choosest to record How lovely are thy tents, O Lord!Where’er thou choosest to recordThy name, or place thy house of prayer,My soul outflies the angel-choir,And faints, o’erpowered with strong desire,To meet thy special presence there. Happy the […]

Jesus Shall Reign!

Jesus Shall Reign! Jesus shall reign where’er the SunDoth his successive journeys run; Jesus shall reign where’er the SunDoth his successive journeys run;His kingdom stretch from shore to shore,Till suns shall rise and set no more. For him shall endless prayer be made,And praises throng to crown his head;His name like sweet perfume shall riseWith […]

Great God, Whose Universal Sway

Great God, Whose Universal Sway Great God, whose universal swayThe known and unknown worlds obey, Great God, whose universal swayThe known and unknown worlds obey,Now give the kingdom to thy Son,Extend his power, exalt his throne. The sceptre well becomes his hands;All heaven submits to his commands;His justice shall avenge the poor,And pride and rage […]

God of My Childhood and My Youth

God of My Childhood and My Youth God of my childhood and my youth,The guide of all my days, God of my childhood and my youth,The guide of all my days,I have declared thy heavenly truth,And told thy wondrous ways. Wilt thou forsake my hoary hairs,And leave my fainting heart?Who shall sustain my sinking yearsIf […]

Psalm 68:18 – Jesus, Jehovah, God

Psalm 68:18 – Jesus, Jehovah, God Jesus, Jehovah, God,Thou art gone up on high, Jesus, Jehovah, God,Thou art gone up on high,Amidst the angelic multitude,Thy chariots through the sky;In majesty supreme,Absolute God confessed,Captive thyself hast taken themWho all mankind oppressed. Thou hast in triumph ledOur enemies and thine,And, more than conqueror, displayedThe omnipotence divine:We see […]

Psalm 65 – A Harvest Thanksgiving

Psalm 65 – A Harvest Thanksgiving Full of providential love,Thou dost thy sons sustain, Full of providential love,Thou dost thy sons sustain,Send thy blessings from aboveIn earth-enriching rain;From thy river in the skiesStreams through airy channels flow,Bid the springing corn arise,And cheer the world below. Kindly do the showers distil,Taught by the art of God,All […]

Great God, Indulge My Humble Claim

Great God, Indulge My Humble Claim Great God, indulge my humble claim,Be thou my hope, my joy, my rest: Great God, indulge my humble claim,Be thou my hope, my joy, my rest:The glories that compose thy nameStand all engaged to make me blessed. Thou great and good, thou just and wise,Thou art my Father and […]

Psalm 57 – My Heart Is Fixed, O God, My Heart

Psalm 57 – My Heart Is Fixed, O God, My Heart My heart is fixed, O God, my heartIs fixed to triumph in thy grace: My heart is fixed, O God, my heartIs fixed to triumph in thy grace:(Awake, my lute, and bear a part)My glory is to sing thy praise,Till all thy nature I […]

A Broken Heart

A Broken Heart A broken heart, my God, my KingIs all the sacrifice I bring; A broken heart, my God, my KingIs all the sacrifice I bring;The God of grace will ne’er despiseA broken heart for sacrifice. O Thou that hear’st when sinners cry,Though all my crimes before thee lie,Behold me not with angry look,But […]

Show Pity, Lord; O Lord, Forgive

Show Pity, Lord; O Lord, Forgive Show pity, Lord; O Lord, forgive;Let a repenting rebel live: Show pity, Lord; O Lord, forgive;Let a repenting rebel live:Are not thy mercies large and free?May not a sinner trust in thee? My lips with shame my sins confessAgainst thy law, against thy grace!Lord, should thy judgment be severe,I […]

Great Is the Lord Our God

Great Is the Lord Our God Great is the Lord our God,And let his praise be great; Great is the Lord our God,And let his praise be great;He makes his churches his abode,His most delightful seat. These temples of his grace,How beautiful they stand!The honours of our native place,And bulwarks of our land. In Zion […]

Psalm 48 – Great Is Our Redeeming Lord

Psalm 48 – Great Is Our Redeeming Lord Great is our redeeming Lord,In power, and truth, and grace Great is our redeeming Lord,In power, and truth, and graceHim, by highest heaven adored,His church on earth doth praise:In the city of our God,In his holy mount below,Publish, spread his name abroad,And all his greatness show. For […]

Psalm 47 – Clap Your Hands, Ye People All

Psalm 47 – Clap Your Hands, Ye People All Clap your hands, ye people all,Praise the God on whom ye call; Clap your hands, ye people all,Praise the God on whom ye call;Lift your voice, and shout his praise,Triumph in his sovereign grace! Glorious is the Lord most High,Terrible in majesty;He his sovereign sway maintains,King […]

God Is the Refuge of His Saints

God Is the Refuge of His Saints God is the refuge of his saints,When storms of sharp distress invade; God is the refuge of his saints,When storms of sharp distress invade;Ere we can offer our complaints,Behold him present with his aid! Let mountains from their seats be hurledDown to the deep, and buried there,Convulsions shake […]

Psalm 45 – My Heart Is Full of Christ, and Longs

Psalm 45 – My Heart Is Full of Christ, and Longs My heart is full of Christ, and longsIts glorious matter to declare! My heart is full of Christ, and longsIts glorious matter to declare!Of him I make my loftier song,I cannot from his praise forbear;My ready tongue makes haste to singThe glories of my […]

High in the Heavens, Eternal God

High in the Heavens, Eternal God High in the heavens, eternal God,Thy goodness in full glory shines; High in the heavens, eternal God,Thy goodness in full glory shines;Thy truth shall break through every cloudThat veils and darkens thy designs. For ever firm thy justice stands,As mountains their foundations keep;Wise are the wonders of thy hands;Thy […]

Happiness Gone

Happiness Gone Happiness gone, sinking pilgrimLow ‘neath the heel of despair Happiness gone, sinking pilgrimLow ‘neath the heel of despairAs you are crying in anguish‘Why must my bruised form lie there?’ Ask yourself now dearest pilgrimIs there a reason indeedThat things have come like an onslaughtLeaving you weak and in need Is it the sin […]

The Tongue

The Tongue There is a little memberWhich is not hard to find There is a little memberWhich is not hard to findIt is a mighty weaponThat cannot be confined It can bring joy and comfortIt soothes both hurt and woeA balm to weary pilgrimsA help against the foe A weaker brother stumblingIs made to turn […]

Builders

Builders Short is the time that God give susTo build as women wise Short is the time that God give susTo build as women wiseNot in the halls of fameBut in the Saviour’s eyes Ah you must be surrenderedYes in your home be trueThat nought deters His purposeHis plan to build through you Proverbs 16:1  […]

Hard Is Your Lot

Hard Is Your Lot Hard is your lot, envy whispers each dayRoses are strewn on the other’s sweet way Hard is your lot, envy whispers each dayRoses are strewn on the other’s sweet wayWhy should ou struggle when they do succeedWhy should they prosper when you are in need Bitterness grows as it spreads its […]

Flirt Not With Wrong

Flirt Not With Wrong Flirt not with wrong, dear child of GodNor treat with sympathy Flirt not with wrong, dear child of GodNor treat with sympathyThe ‘hell bound’ inclinationThat draws a soul from Me Flirt not with wrong, dear child of GodT’will overpower you soonFor nought that spells iniquityMust have a space or room Hate […]

Envy

Envy Envy has entered the life bloodPoisoning all in her wake Envy has entered the life bloodPoisoning all in her wake‘Till there is nought that’s not taintedJoy its existence at stake. Jenny Daniel

Tis He Who’ll Bear Your Burdens

Tis He Who’ll Bear Your Burdens ‘Tis He who’ll bear your burdensAs you walk upon life’s way ‘Tis He who’ll bear your burdensAs you walk upon life’s way‘Tis He who’ll show the pitfallsThat may stagger you some day ‘Tis He whose arms will hold youWhen the lane gets far too rough‘Tis He who’ll stop the […]

The Bearer of Your Burdens

The Bearer of Your Burdens Why has the Lord so burdened meWith loads of pressing care Why has the Lord so burdened meWith loads of pressing careI seem to struggle dailyIn the pit of deep despair My joy is lost ‘m murmuringDear Lord how can it beThat I should be so flounderingSo far from victory? […]

I Know That He’ll Uphold Me

I Know That He’ll Uphold Me It seems my feet have wanderedOn an awesome precipice It seems my feet have wanderedOn an awesome precipiceYet the winding path leads upwardsAnd my footsteps dare not miss There are looming clouds of darknessThere are wailing cries of woeStill the winding path leads upwardsAnd I know I there must […]

The Lord Doth Lighten My Darkness

The Lord Doth Lighten My Darkness The Lord doth lighten my darknessMy loneliness, despair The Lord doth lighten my darknessMy loneliness, despairWhen everything’s against meAnd no-one seems to care The Lord doth lighten my darknessIn deep financial strainI’ll turn to Him for comfortTo meet each pressing claim The Lord doth lighten my darknessWhen sickness takes […]

Vanity of Life

Vanity of Life The evils that beset our pathWho can prevent or cure? The evils that beset our pathWho can prevent or cure?We stand upon the brink of deathWhen most we seem secure. If we today sweet peace possess,It soon may be withdrawn;Some change may plunge us in distress,Before tomorrow’s dawn. Disease and pain invade […]

A Friend That Sticketh Closer Than a Brother

A Friend That Sticketh Closer Than a Brother One there is, above all others,Well deserves the name of friend; One there is, above all others,Well deserves the name of friend;His is love beyond a brother’s,Costly, free, and knows no end:They who once his kindness prove,Find it everlasting love! Which of all our friends to save […]

Dwelling in Mesech

Dwelling in Mesech What a mournful life is mine,Fill with crosses, pains and cares! What a mournful life is mine,Fill with crosses, pains and cares!Every work defiled with sin,Every step beset with snares! If alone I pensive fit,I myself can hardly bear;If I pass along the street,Sin and riot triumph there. Jesus! how my heart […]

What Shall I Render?

What Shall I Render? For mercies, countless as the sands,Which daily I receive For mercies, countless as the sands,Which daily I receiveFrom Jesus, my Redeemer’s hands,My soul what canst thou give? Alas! from such a heart as mine,What can I bring him forth?My best is stained and dyed with sin,My all is nothing worth. Yet […]

When at Thy Footstool, Lord, I Bend

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Gibeon

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Balaam’s Wish

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The True Aaron

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The Golden Calf

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Manna Hoarded

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Manna

Manna Manna to Israel well suppliedThe want of other bread; Manna to Israel well suppliedThe want of other bread;While God is able to provide,His people shall be fed. (Thus though the corn and wine should fail,And creature streams be dry;The prayer of faith will still prevail,For blessings from on high.) Of his kind care how […]

The Bitter Waters

The Bitter Waters Bitter, indeed, the waters are.Which in this desert flow; Bitter, indeed, the waters are.Which in this desert flow;Though to the eye they promise fair,They taste of sin and woe. Of pleasing draughts I once could dream,But now, awake, l find,That sin has poisoned every stream,And left a curse behind. But there’s a […]

Joseph Made Known to His Brethren

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Plenty in a Time of Dearth

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My Name Is Jacob

My Name Is Jacob Nay, I cannot let Thee go,Till a blessing thou bestow; Nay, I cannot let Thee go,Till a blessing thou bestow;Do not turn away thy face,Mine’s an urgent pressing case. Dost thou ask me, who I am?Ah, my LORD, thou know’st my name!Yet the question gives a plea,To support my suit with […]

Jacob’s Ladder

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Esau

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The Lord Will Provide

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Lot in Sodom

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Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty!

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty! Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty!Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee; Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty!Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee;Holy, holy, holy! merciful and mighty!God in three persons, blessed Trinity! Holy, holy, holy! all the saints adore Thee,Casting down […]

Jesus, Great Shepherd of the Sheep

Jesus, Great Shepherd of the Sheep Jesus, great Shepherd of the sheep,To thee for help we fly: Jesus, great Shepherd of the sheep,To thee for help we fly:Thy little flock in safety keep;For O! the wolf is nigh. He comes, of hellish malice full,To scatter, tear, and slay;He seizes every straggling soul,As his own lawful […]

All Praise to Our Redeeming Lord

All Praise to Our Redeeming Lord All praise to our redeeming Lord,Who joins us by his grace, All praise to our redeeming Lord,Who joins us by his grace,And bids us, each to each restored,Together seek his face. He bids us build each other up;And, gathered into one,To our high calling’s glorious hopeWe hand in hand […]

Come, Let Us Ascend

Come, Let Us Ascend Come, let us ascend,My companion and friend, Come, let us ascend,My companion and friend,To a taste of the banquet above;If thy heart be as mine,If for Jesus it pine,Come up into the chariot of love. Who in Jesus confide,We are bold to outrideThe storms of affliction beneath;With the prophet we soarTo […]

Come, All Whoe’er Have Set

Come, All Whoe’er Have Set Come, all whoe’er have setYour faces Zion-ward, Come, all whoe’er have setYour faces Zion-ward,In Jesus let us us meet,And praise our common Lord;In Jesus let us still go on,Till all appear before his throne. Nearer, and nearer still,We to our country come,To that celestial hill,The weary pilgrim’s home,The new Jerusalem […]

The Earth Is the Lord’s

The Earth Is the Lord’s The earth is the Lord’s, And all it contains;The truth of his words For ever remains; The earth is the Lord’s, And all it contains;The truth of his words For ever remains;The saints have a mountain Of blessings in him;His grace is the fountain, His peace is the stream. To […]

Come, Let Us Arise

Come, Let Us Arise Come, let us arise,And press to the skies; Come, let us arise,And press to the skies;The summons obey,My friends, my beloved, and hasten away.The Master of allFor our service doth call,And deigns to approve,With smiles of acceptance, our labour of love. His burden who hear,We alone can declareHow easy his yoke,While […]

Genesis 28:16, 17 – Lo! God Is Here! Let Us Adore

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Isaiah 9:2-5 – The People That in Darkness Lay

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What Shall We Offer Our Good Lord?

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Come Away to the Skies

Come Away to the Skies Come away to the skies,My beloved, arise, Come away to the skies,My beloved, arise,And rejoice in the day thou wast born;On this festival day,Come exulting away,And with singing to Zion return. We have laid up our loveAnd treasure above,Though our bodies continue below;The redeemed of the Lord,We remember his word,And […]

Brethren in Christ, and Well-Beloved

Brethren in Christ, and Well-Beloved Brethren in Christ, and well-beloved,To Jesus and his servants dear, Brethren in Christ, and well-beloved,To Jesus and his servants dear,Enter and show yourselves approved;Enter, and find that God is here. Welcome from earth: lo, the right handOf fellowship to you we give!With open hearts and hands we stand,And you in […]

How Good and Pleasant ‘Tis to See

How Good and Pleasant ‘Tis to See How good and pleasant ’tis to see,When brethren cordially agree, How good and pleasant ’tis to see,When brethren cordially agree,And kindly think and speak the same!A family of faith and love,Combined to seek the things above,And spread the common Saviour’s fame. The God of grace, who all invites,Who […]

How Happy Are We

How Happy Are We How happy are weWho in Jesus agree How happy are weWho in Jesus agreeTo expect his return from above!We sit under our Vine,And delightfully joinIn the praise of his excellent love. How pleasant and sweet,In his name when we meet,Is his fruit to our spiritual taste!We are banqueting hereOn angelical cheer,And […]

Ecclesiastes 4:912 – Two Are Better Far Than One

Ecclesiastes 4: 9-12 – Two Are Better Far Than One Two are better far than oneFor counsel or for fight; Two are better far than oneFor counsel or for fight;How can one be warm alone,Or serve his God aright?Join we then our hearts and hands,Each to love provoke his friend;Run the way of his commands,And […]

See, Jesu, Thy Disciples See

See, Jesu, Thy Disciples See See, Jesu, thy disciples see,The promised blessing give! See, Jesu, thy disciples see,The promised blessing give!Met in thy name, we look to thee,Expecting, to receive. Thee we expect, our faithful Lord,Who in thy name are joined;We wait, according to thy word,Thee in the midst to find. With us thou art […]

Jesu, We Look to Thee

Jesu, We Look to Thee Jesu, we look to thee,Thy promised presence claim! Jesu, we look to thee,Thy promised presence claim!Thou in the midst of us shalt be,Assembled in thy name:Thy name salvation is,Which here we come to prove;Thy name is life, and health, and peace,And everlasting love. Not in the name of prideOr selfishness […]

Appointed by Thee, We Meet in Thy Name

Appointed by Thee, We Meet in Thy Name Appointed by thee, We meet in thy name,And meekly agree To follow the Lamb, Appointed by thee, We meet in thy name,And meekly agree To follow the Lamb,To trace thy example, The world to disdain,And constantly trample On pleasure and pain. Rejoicing, in hope, we humbly go […]

Jesu, to Thee Our Hearts We Lift

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Saviour of Sinful Men

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All Thanks to the Lamb, Who Gives Us to Meet!

All Thanks to the Lamb, Who Gives Us to Meet! All thanks to the Lamb, Who gives us to meet!His love we proclaim, His praises repeat; All thanks to the Lamb, Who gives us to meet!His love we proclaim, His praises repeat;We own him our Jesus, Continually nearTo pardon and bless us, And perfect us […]

Glory Be to God Above

Glory Be to God Above Glory be to God above,God from whom all blessings flow; Glory be to God above,God from whom all blessings flow;Make we mention of his love,Publish we his praise below;Called together by his grace,We are met in Jesu’s name;See with joy each other’s face,Followers of the bleeding Lamb. Let us then […]

Peace Be on This House Bestowed

Peace Be on This House Bestowed Peace be on this house bestowed,Peace on all that here reside! Peace be on this house bestowed,Peace on all that here reside!Let the unknown peace of GodWith the man of peace abide.Let the Spirit now come down;Let the blessing now take place!Son of peace, receive thy crown,Fulness of the […]

And Are We Yet Alive?

And Are We Yet Alive? And are we yet alive,And see each other’s face? And are we yet alive,And see each other’s face?Glory and praise to Jesus giveFor his redeeming grace!Preserved by power divineTo full salvation here,Again in Jesu’s praise we join,And in his sight appear. What troubles have we seen,What conflicts have we past,Fightings […]

Father, Son, and Holy Ghost

Father, Son, and Holy Ghost Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,In solemn power come down! At the Baptism of Adults Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,In solemn power come down!Present with thy heavenly host,Thine ordinance to crown:See a sinful worm of earth!Bless to him the cleansing flood,Plunge him, by a second birth,Into the depths of God. Let […]

But Who Sufficient Is to Lead?

But Who Sufficient Is to Lead? But who sufficient is to leadAnd execute the vast design? But who sufficient is to leadAnd execute the vast design?How can our arduous toil succeed,When earth and hell their forces joinThe meanest instruments to o’erthrowWhich thou hast ever used below? Mountains, alas! on mountains rise,To make our utmost efforts […]

Captain of Our Salvation, Take

Captain of Our Salvation, Take Captain of our salvation, takeThe souls we here present to thee, Captain of our salvation, takeThe souls we here present to thee,And fit for thy great service makeThese heirs of immortality;And let them in thine image rise,And then transplant to Paradise. Unspotted from the world and pure,Preserve them for thy […]

Come, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost

Come, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost Come, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,To whom we for our children cry; Come, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,To whom we for our children cry;The good desired and wanted mostOut of thy richest grace supply;The sacred discipline be given,To train and bring them up for heaven. Answer on them the […]

I and My House Will Serve the Lord

I and My House Will Serve the Lord I and my house will serve the Lord:But first obedient to his word I and my house will serve the Lord:But first obedient to his wordI must myself appear;By actions, words, and tempers show,That I my heavenly Master know,And serve with heart sincere. I must the fair […]

How Shall I Walk My God to Please

How Shall I Walk My God to Please How shall I walk my God to please,And spread content and happiness How shall I walk my God to please,And spread content and happinessO’er all beneath my care?A pattern to my household give,And as a guardian angel live,As Jesu’s messenger? The opposite extremes I see,Remissness and severity,And […]

Master Supreme, I Look to Thee

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For Parents: Father of Lights! Thy Needful Aid

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God Only Wise, Almighty, Good

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Father of All, by Whom We Are

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Job 34:29 – A Nation God Delights to Bless

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Sovereign of All! Whose Will Ordains

Sovereign of All! Whose Will Ordains Sovereign of all! whose will ordainsThe powers on earth that be, Sovereign of all! whose will ordainsThe powers on earth that be,By whom our rightful Monarch reigns,Subject to none but thee: Stir up thy power, appear, appear,And for thy servant fight;Support thy great vicegerent here,And vindicate his right. Lo! […]

Isaiah 33:5,6 – Jesus, From Thy Heavenly Place

Isaiah 33:5,6 – Jesus, From Thy Heavenly Place Jesus, from thy heavenly place,Thy dwelling in the sky, Jesus, from thy heavenly place,Thy dwelling in the sky,Fill our church with righteousness,Our want of faith supply;Faith our strong protection be,And godliness, with all its power,Stablish our posterity,Till time shall be no more. Let the Spirit of grace […]

Lamb of God, Who Bear’st Away

Lamb of God, Who Bear’st Away Lamb of God, who bear’st awayAll the sins of all mankind, Lamb of God, who bear’st awayAll the sins of all mankind,Bow a nation to thy sway;While we may acceptance find,Let us thankfully embraceThe last offers of thy grace. Thou thy messengers hast sent,Joyful tidings to proclaim,Willing we should […]

O Let the Prisoners’ Mournful Cries

O Let the Prisoners’ Mournful Cries O let the prisoners’ mournful criesAs incense in thy sight appear! O let the prisoners’ mournful criesAs incense in thy sight appear!Their humble wailings pierce the skies,If haply they may feel thee near. The captive exiles make their moans,From sin impatient to be free:Call home, call home thy banished […]

Saviour, to Thee We Humbly Cry!

Saviour, to Thee We Humbly Cry! Saviour, to thee we humbly cry!The brethren we have lost restore; Saviour, to thee we humbly cry!The brethren we have lost restore;Recall them by thy pitying eye,Retrieve them from the Tempter’s power;By thy victorious blood cast down,Nor suffer him to take their crown. Beguiled alas! by Satan’s art,We see […]

Isaiah 66:18 – Father of Boundless Grace

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Shepherd of Israel, Hear

Shepherd of Israel, Hear Shepherd of Israel, hearOur supplicating cry; Shepherd of Israel, hearOur supplicating cry;And gather in the souls sincereThat from their brethren fly.Scattered through devious ways,Collect thy feeble flock;And join by thine atoning grace,And hide them in the rock. O wouldst thou end the storm,That keeps us still apart!The thing impossible perform,And make […]

Author of Faith, We Seek Thy Face

Author of Faith, We Seek Thy Author of faith, we seek thy faceFor all who feel thy work begun; Author of faith, we seek thy faceFor all who feel thy work begun;Confirm and strengthen them in grace,And bring thy feeblest children on. Thou seest their wants, thou know’st their names,Be mindful of thy youngest care;Be […]

O Let Us Our Own Works Forsake

O Let Us Our Own Works Forsake O let us our own works forsake,Ourselves, and all we have deny; O let us our own works forsake,Ourselves, and all we have deny;Thy condescending counsel take,And come to thee pure gold to buy! O might we, through thy grace, attainThe faith thou never wilt reprove,The faith that […]

Revelation 3:14-19 – God of Unspotted Purity

Revelation 3:14-19 – God of Unspotted Purity God of unspotted purity,Us and our works canst thou behold! God of unspotted purity,Us and our works canst thou behold!Justly we are abhorred by thee,For we are neither hot nor cold. We call thee Lord, thy faith profess,But do not from our hearts obey;In soft Laodicean easeWe sleep […]

Acts 19:20 – Jesus, the Word Bestow

Acts 19:20 – Jesus, the Word Bestow Jesus, the word bestow,The true immortal seed; Jesus, the word bestow,The true immortal seed;Thy gospel then shall greatly grow,And all our land o’erspread;Through earth extended wideShall mightily prevail,Destroy the works of self and pride,And shake the gates of hell. Its energy exertIn the believing soul;Diffuse thy grace through […]

Isaiah 66:19, 20 – Almighty God of Love

Isaiah 66:19, 20 – Almighty God of Love Almighty God of love,Set up the attracting sign, Almighty God of love,Set up the attracting sign,And summon whom thou dost approveFor messengers divine;From favoured Abraham’s seedThe new apostles choose,In isles and continents to spreadThe dead-reviving news. Them, snatched out of the flame,Through every nation send,The true Messiah […]

Romans 11:15-27 – Father of Faithful Abraham, Hear

Romans 11:15-27 – Father of Faithful Abraham, Hear Father of faithful Abraham, hearOur earnest suit for Abraham’s seed! Father of faithful Abraham, hearOur earnest suit for Abraham’s seed!Justly they claim the softest prayerFrom us, adopted in their stead,Who mercy through their fall obtain,And Christ by their rejection gain. But hast thou finally forsook,For ever cast […]

Messiah, Full of Grace

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Isaiah 11:5, 13 – True and Faithful Witness, Thou

Isaiah 11:5, 13 – True and Faithful Witness, Thou True and faithful Witness, thouIn righteousness hast sworn, True and faithful Witness, thouIn righteousness hast sworn,Every knee to thee shall bow,And every heart shall turn;Girt with equity and might,Arise to administer thy grace,Claim the kingdoms in thy right,And govern all our race. Visit us, bright morning […]

Isaiah 45:22 – Eternal Lord of Earth and Skies

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Messiah, Prince of Peace!

Messiah, Prince of Peace! Messiah, Prince of peace!Where men each other tear, Messiah, Prince of peace!Where men each other tear,Where war is learned, they must confess,Thy kingdom is not there.Who, prompted by thy foe,Delight in human blood,Apollyon is their king, we know,And Satan is their god. But shall he still devourThe souls redeemed by thee?Jesus, […]

Jesu, the Word of Mercy Give

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Numbers 24:17 – O Come, Thou Radiant Morning Star

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Lord Over All, If Thou Hast Made

Lord Over All, If Thou Hast Made Lord over all, if thou hast made,Hast ransomed every soul of man, Lord over all, if thou hast made,Hast ransomed every soul of man,Why is the grace so long delayed?Why unfulfilled the saving plan?The bliss, for Adam’s race designed,When will it reach to all mankind? Art thou the […]

Arm of the Lord, Awake, Awake! The Terrors

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Let God, Who Comforts the Distressed

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Thou, Jesu, Thou My Breast Inspire

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Thy Power and Saving Truth to Show Thy power and saving truth to show,A warfare at thy charge I go, Thy power and saving truth to show,A warfare at thy charge I go,Strong in the Lord, and thy great might;Gladly take up the hallowed cross;And, suffering all things for thy cause,Beneath thy bloody banner fight. […]

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Psalm 63 – O God, My God, My All Thou Art!

Psalm 63 – O God, My God, My All Thou Art! O God, my God, my all thou art!Ere shines the dawn of rising day, O God, my God, my all thou art!Ere shines the dawn of rising day,Thy sovereign light within my heart,Thy all-enlivening power display. For thee my thirsty soul doth pant,While in […]

Jesu, My Truth, My Way

Jesu, My Truth, My Way Jesu, my Truth, my Way,My sure, unerring light, Jesu, my Truth, my Way,My sure, unerring light,On thee my feeble steps I stay,Which thou wilt guide aright. My Wisdom and my guide,My Counsellor thou art;O never let me leave thy side,Or from thy paths depart! I lift my eyes to thee,Thou […]

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Jesus, All-Atoning Lamb Jesus, all-atoning Lamb,Thine, and only thine, I am; Jesus, all-atoning Lamb,Thine, and only thine, I am;Take my body, spirit, soul;Only thou possess the whole. Thou my one thing needful be;Let me ever cleave to thee;Let me choose the better part;Let me give thee all my heart. Fairer than the sons of men,Do […]

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O My Old, My Bosom Foe O my old, my bosom foe,Rejoice not over me! O my old, my bosom foe,Rejoice not over me!Oft-times thou hast laid me low,And wounded mortally;Yet thy prey thou couldst not keep;Jesus, when I lowest fell,Heard me cry out of the deep,And brought me up from hell. Foolish world, thy […]

Omnipotent Lord, My Saviour and King

Omnipotent Lord, My Saviour and King Omnipotent Lord, My Saviour and King,Thy succour afford, Thy righteousness bring; Omnipotent Lord, My Saviour and King,Thy succour afford, Thy righteousness bring;Thy promises bind thee Compassion to have,Now, now let me find thee Almighty to save. Rejoicing, in hope, And patient in grief,To thee I look up For certain […]

Peace, Doubting Heart!

Peace, Doubting Heart! Peace, doubting heart! my God’s I am;Who formed me man, forbids my fear; Peace, doubting heart! my God’s I am;Who formed me man, forbids my fear;The Lord hath called me by my name;The Lord protects, for ever near;His blood for me did once atone,And still he loves and guards his own. When […]

O Almighty God of Love

O Almighty God of Love O almighty God of love,Thy holy arm display! O almighty God of love,Thy holy arm display!Send me succour from aboveIn this my evil day;Arm my weakness with thy power,Woman’s seed, appear within!Be my safeguard and my towerAgainst the face of sin. Could I of thy strength take hold,And always feel […]

Equip Me for the War

Equip Me for the War Equip me for the war,And teach my hands to fight, And teach my hands to fight,My simple, upright heart prepare,And guide my words aright;Control my every thought,My whole of sin remove;Let all my works in thee be wrought,Let all be wrought in love. O arm me with the mind,Meek Lamb! […]

Surrounded by a Host of Foes

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In Fellowship, Alone

In Fellowship, Alone In fellowship, alone,To God with faith draw near, In fellowship, alone,To God with faith draw near,Approach his courts, besiege his throneWith all the powers of prayer:Go to his temple, go,Nor from his altar move;Let every house his worship know,And every heart his love. To God your spirits dart,Your souls in words declare,Or […]

But, Above All, Lay Hold

But, Above All, Lay Hold But, above all, lay holdOn faith’s victorious shield; But, above all, lay holdOn faith’s victorious shield;Armed with that adamant and gold,Be sure to win the field:If faith surround your heart,Satan shall be subdued,Repelled his every fiery dart,And quenched with Jesu’s blood. Jesus hath died for you!What can his love withstand?Believe, […]

Soldiers of Christ, Arise

Soldiers of Christ, Arise Soldiers of Christ, arise,And put your armour on, Soldiers of Christ, arise,And put your armour on,Strong in the strength which God suppliesThrough his eternal Son;Strong in the Lord of hosts,And in his mighty power,Who in the strength of Jesus trustsIs more than conqueror. Stand then in his great might,With all his […]

O May Thy Powerful Word

O May Thy Powerful Word O may thy powerful wordInspire a feeble worm O may thy powerful wordInspire a feeble wormTo rush into thy kingdom, Lord,And take it as by storm! O may we all improveThe grace already given,To seize the crown of perfect love,And scale the mount of heaven! Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

O All-Creating God!

O All-Creating God! O all creating God!At whose supreme decree O all creating God!At whose supreme decreeOur body rose, a breathing clod,Our souls sprang forth from thee; For this thou hast designed,And formed us man for this,To know and love thyself, and findIn thee our endless bliss. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

Father, How Wide Thy Glory Shines!

Father, How Wide Thy Glory Shines! Father, how wide thy glory shines!How high thy wonders rise! Father, how wide thy glory shines!How high thy wonders rise!Known through the earth by thousand signsBy thousands through the skies. Those mighty orbs proclaim thy power,Their motions speak thy skill;And on the wings of every hourWe read thy patience […]

A Thousand Oracles Divine

A Thousand Oracles Divine A thousand oracles divineTheir common beams unite, A thousand oracles divineTheir common beams unite,That sinners may with angels joinTo worship God aright;To praise a Trinity adoredBy all the hosts above,And one thrice-holy God and LordThrough endless ages love. Triumphant host! they never ceaseTo laud and magnifyThe Triune God of holiness,Whose glory […]

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord Holy, holy, holy Lord,God the father, and the Word. Holy, holy, holy Lord,God the father, and the Word.God the Comforter, receiveBlessings more than we can give!Mixed with those beyond the sky,Chanters to the Lord most high,We our hearts and voices raise,Echoing thy eternal praise. One, inexplicably Three,Three, in simplest Unity,God, incline […]

Hail! Holy, Holy, Holy Lord!

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Jehovah, God the Father, Bless

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Glory Be to God on High, God Whose Glory

Glory Be to God on High, God Whose Glory Glory be to God on high,God whose glory fills the skies; Glory be to God on high,God whose glory fills the skies;Peace on earth to man forgiven,Man, the well-beloved of heaven. Sovereign Father, heavenly King,Thee we now presume to sing;Glad, thine attributes confess,Glorious all, and numberless. […]

Hail! Father, Son, and Spirit Great

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Father of Me, and All Mankind Father of me, and all mankind,And all the hosts above, Father of me, and all mankind,And all the hosts above,Let every understanding mindUnite to praise thy love; To know thy nature, and thy name,One God in Persons Three;And glorify the great I AM,Through all eternity. Thy kingdom come, with […]

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Great God! To Me the Sight Afford

Great God! To Me the Sight Afford Great God! to me the sight affordTo him of old allowed; Great God! to me the sight affordTo him of old allowed;And let my faith behold its LordDescending in a cloud. In that revealing Spirit come down,Thine attributes proclaim,And to my inmost soul make knownThe glories of thy […]

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Good Thou Art, and Good Thou Dost

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Thou, True and Only God, Lead’st Forth

Thou, True and Only God, Lead’st Forth Thou, true and only God, lead’st forthThe immortal armies of the sky; Thou, true and only God, lead’st forthThe immortal armies of the sky;Thou laugh’st to scorn the gods of earth,Thou thunderest, and amazed they fly. With downcast eye the angelic choirAppear before thy awful face;Trembling they strike […]

O God, Thou Bottomless Abyss!

O God, Thou Bottomless Abyss! O God, thou bottomless abyss!Thee to perfection who can know? O God, thou bottomless abyss!Thee to perfection who can know?O height immense! What words sufficeThy countless attributes to show? Unfathomable depths thou art;O plunge me in thy mercy’s sea!Void of true wisdom is my heart;With love embrace and cover me: […]

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Meet and Right It Is to Praise

Meet and Right It Is to Praise Meet and right it is to praiseGod, the giver of all grace, Meet and right it is to praiseGod, the giver of all grace,God, whose mercies are bestowedOn the evil and the good;He prevents his creatures’ call,Kind and merciful to all;Makes his sun on sinners rise,Showers his blessings […]

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Son of Thy Sire’s Eternal Love Son of thy Sire’s eternal love,Take to thyself thy mighty power, Son of thy Sire’s eternal love,Take to thyself thy mighty power,Let all earth’s sons thy mercy prove,Let all thy bleeding grace adore;The triumphs of thy love display,In every heart reign thou alone,Till all thy foes confess thy sway,And […]

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Father of All! Whose Powerful Voice Father of all! whose powerful voiceCalled forth this universal frame; Father of all! whose powerful voiceCalled forth this universal frame;Whose mercies over all rejoice,Through endless ages still the same;Thou by thy word upholdest all;Thy bounteous love to all is showed,Thou hear’st thy every creature’s call,And fillest every mouth with […]

Let All That Breathe Jehovah Praise

Let All That Breathe Jehovah Praise Let all that breathe Jehovah praise,Almighty, all-creating Lord! Let all that breathe Jehovah praise,Almighty, all-creating Lord!Let earth and heaven his power confess,Brought out of nothing by his word. He spake the word, and it was done,The universe his word obeyed;His Word is his eternal Son,And Christ the whole creation […]

Happy Man Whom God Doth Aid!

Happy Man Whom God Doth Aid! Happy man whom God doth aid!God our souls and bodies made; Happy man whom God doth aid!God our souls and bodies made;God on us, in gracious showers,Blessings every moment pours;Compasses with angel-bands,Bids them bear us in their hands;Parents, friends, ’twas God bestowed,Life, and all, descend from God. He this […]

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Away With Our Fears! The Glad Away with our fears!The glad morning appears Away with our fears!The glad morning appearsWhen an heir of salvation was born!From Jehovah I came,For his glory I am,And to him I with singing return. Thee, Jesus, alone,The fountain I ownOf my life and felicity here;And cheerfully singMy Redeemer and King,Till […]

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God of My Life, to Thee God of my life, to theeMy cheerful soul I raise! God of my life, to theeMy cheerful soul I raise!Thy goodness bade me be,And still prolongs my days;I see my natal hour return,And bless the day that I was born. A clod of living earth,I glorify thy name,From whom […]

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Thou Shepherd of Israel, and Mine Thou Shepherd of Israel, and mine,The joy and desire of my heart, Thou Shepherd of Israel, and mine,The joy and desire of my heart,For closer communion I pine,I long to reside where thou art:The pasture I languish to findThere all, who their Shepherd obey.Are fed, on thy bosom reclined,And […]

How Do Thy Mercies Close Me Round!

How Do Thy Mercies Close Me Round! How do thy mercies close me round!For ever be thy name adored! How do thy mercies close me round!For ever be thy name adored!I blush in all things to abound;The servant is above his Lord! Inured to poverty and pain,A suffering life my Master led;The Son of God, […]

Eternal Wisdom! Thee We Praise

Eternal Wisdom! Thee We Praise Eternal Wisdom! Thee we praise,Thee the creation sings, Eternal Wisdom! Thee we praise,Thee the creation sings,With thy loved name, rocks, hills, and seas,And heaven’s high palace rings. Thy hand, how wide it spreads the sky!How glorious to behold!Tinged with a blue of heavenly dye,And starred with sparkling gold. There thou […]

Praise Ye the Lord! ‘Tis Good to Raise

Praise Ye the Lord! ‘Tis Good to Raise Praise ye the Lord! ’tis good to raiseYour hearts and voices in his praise: Praise ye the Lord! ’tis good to raiseYour hearts and voices in his praise:His nature and his works inviteTo make this duty our delight. He formed the stars, those heavenly flames,He counts their […]

I’ll Praise My Maker While I’ve Breath

I’ll Praise My Maker While I’ve Breath I’ll praise my Maker while I’ve breath,And when my voice is lost in death, I’ll praise my Maker while I’ve breath,And when my voice is lost in death,Praise shall employ my nobler powers;My days of praise shall ne’er be past,While life, and thought, and being last,Or immortality endures. […]

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When Israel out of Egypt Came When Israel out of Egypt came,And left the proud oppressor’s land, When Israel out of Egypt came,And left the proud oppressor’s land,Supported by the great I AM,Safe in the hollow of his hand,The Lord in Israel reigned alone,And Judah was his favourite throne. The sea beheld his power, and […]

How Happy, Gracious Lord!

How Happy, Gracious Lord! How happy, gracious Lord! are weDivinely drawn to follow thee, How happy, gracious Lord! are weDivinely drawn to follow thee,Whose hours divided areBetwixt the mount and multitude;Our day is spent in doing good,Our night in praise and prayer. With us no melancholy void,No period lingers unemployed,Or unimproved, below;Our weariness of life […]

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Meet and Right It Is to Sing Meet and right it is to sing,In every time and place, Meet and right it is to sing,In every time and place,Glory to our heavenly King,The God of truth and grace;Join we then with sweet accord,All in one thanksgiving join,Holy, holy, holy Lord,Eternal praise be thine! Thee the […]

All Glory to God in the Sky

All Glory to God in the Sky All glory to God in the sky,And peace upon earth be restored! All glory to God in the sky,And peace upon earth be restored!O Jesus, exalted on high,Appear our omnipotent Lord!Who, meanly in Bethlehem born,Didst stoop to redeem a lost race,Once more to thy creatures return,And reign in […]

All Thanks Be to God

All Thanks Be to God All thanks be to God,Who scatters abroad, All thanks be to God,Who scatters abroad,Throughout every place,By the least of his servants, his savour of grace!Who the victory gave,The praise let him have,For the work he hath done:All honour and glory to Jesus alone! Our conquering LordHath prospered his word,Hath made […]

See How Great a Flame Aspires

See How Great a Flame Aspires See how great a flame aspires,Kindled by a spark of grace! See how great a flame aspires,Kindled by a spark of grace!Jesu’s love the nations fires,Sets the kingdoms on a blaze;To bring fire on earth he came,Kindled in some hearts it is,O that all might catch the flame,All partake […]

Jesus, to Thee I Now Can Fly

Jesus, to Thee I Now Can Fly Jesus, to thee I now can fly,On whom my help is laid: Jesus, to thee I now can fly,On whom my help is laid:Oppressed by sins, I lift my eye,And see the shadows fade. Believing on my Lord, I findA sure and present aid:On thee alone my constant […]

Infinite, Unexhausted Love!

Infinite, Unexhausted Love! Infinite, unexhausted Love!Jesus and love are one! Infinite, unexhausted Love!Jesus and love are one!If still to me thy bowels move,They are restrained to none. What shall I do my God to love?My loving God to praise?The length, and breadth, and height to proveAnd depth of sovereign grace? Thy sovereign grace to all […]

Glorious Saviour of My Soul

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Talk With Us, Lord, Thyself Reveal

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My God, the Spring of All My Joys

My God, the Spring of All My Joys My God, the spring of all my joys,The life of my delights, My God, the spring of all my joys,The life of my delights,The glory of my brightest days,And comfort of my nights! In darkest shades, if thou appear,My dawning is begun;Thou art my souls bright morning […]

My Brethren Beloved, Your Calling Ye See

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Let All Men Rejoice, By Jesus Restored!

Let All Men Rejoice, By Jesus Restored! Let all men rejoice, By Jesus restored!We lift up our voice, And call him our Lord; Let all men rejoice, By Jesus restored!We lift up our voice, And call him our Lord;His joy is to bless us, And free us from thrall,From all that oppress us He rescues […]

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Thou Hidden Source of Calm Repose Thou hidden source of calm repose,Thou all-sufficient Love Divine, Thou hidden source of calm repose,Thou all-sufficient Love Divine,My help and refuge from my foes,Secure I am, if thou art mine;And lo! from sin, and grief; and shame,I hide me, Jesus, in thy name. Thy mighty name salvation is,And keeps […]

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What Am I, O Thou Glorious God!

What Am I, O Thou Glorious God! What am I, O thou glorious God!And what my father’s house to thee, What am I, O thou glorious God!And what my father’s house to thee,That thou such mercies hast bestowedOn me, the chief of sinners, me!I take the blessing from above,And wonder at thy boundless love. Me […]

My God, I Am Thine

My God, I Am Thine My God, I am thine,What a comfort divine, My God, I am thine,What a comfort divine,What a blessing to know that my Jesus is mine! In the heavenly LambThrice happy I am,And my heart it doth dance at the sound of his name. True pleasures aboundIn the rapturous sound;And whoever hath […]

Jesus, Thou Soul of All Our Joys

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Glory to God, Whose Sovereign Grace

Glory to God, Whose Sovereign Grace Glory to God, whose sovereign graceHath animated senseless stones; Glory to God, whose sovereign graceHath animated senseless stones;Called us to stand before his face,And raised us into Abraham’s sons! The people that in darkness lay,In sin and error’s deadly shade,Have seen a glorious gospel day,In Jesu’s lovely face displayed. […]

Arise, My Soul, Arise! Shake Off

Arise, My Soul, Arise! Shake Off Arise, my soul, arise,Shake off thy guilty fears; Arise, my soul, arise,Shake off thy guilty fears;The bleeding sacrificeIn my behalf appears;Before the throne thy Surety stands;My name is written on his hands. He ever lives above,For me to intercede,His all-redeeming love,His precious blood, to plead:His blood atoned for all […]

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And Can It Be? And can it be, that I should gainAn interest in the Saviour’s blood? And can it be, that I should gainAn interest in the Saviour’s blood?Died he for me, who caused his pain?For me, who him to death pursued?Amazing love! how can it beThat thou, my God, shouldst die for me? […]

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Stanzas on Death II

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Knocking Again My Father, it’s me, knocking hard on your door.You know what I want, ’cause I’ve been here before. My Father, it’s me, knocking hard on your door.You know what I want, ’cause I’ve been here before.I’m asking again, and I don’t plan to cease.Until I am blessed, I won’t leave You in peace. […]

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The Will of God It is the Word of God alone,The written Word, I mean, It is the Word of God alone,The written Word, I mean,By which the will of God is known,For there His ways are seen. The Bible is the way by whichThe Holy Spirit leads,And he will fall into a ditchWho to […]

God Remains the Same

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Walking with God

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Cain and Abel

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Adam

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My Father, My God, I Long for Thy Love

My Father, My God, I Long for Thy Love My Father, my God, I long for thy love,O shed it abroad; Send Christ from above! My Father, my God, I long for thy love,O shed it abroad; Send Christ from above!My heart ever fainting, He only can cheer,And all things are wanting, Till Jesus is […]

O Heavenly King, Look Down From Above!

O Heavenly King, Look Down From Above! O heavenly King, Look down from above!Assist us to sing Thy mercy and love: O heavenly King, Look down from above!Assist us to sing Thy mercy and love:So sweetly o’erflowing, So plenteous the store,Thou still art bestowing, And giving us more. O God of our life, We hallow […]

O What Shall I Do My Saviour to Praise

O What Shall I Do My Saviour to Praise What shall I do My Saviour to praise,So faithful and true, So plenteous in grace, What shall I do My Saviour to praise,So faithful and true, So plenteous in grace,So strong to deliver, So good to redeemThe weakest believer That hangs upon him! How happy the […]

Happy Soul Who Sees the Day

Happy Soul Who Sees the Day Happy soul who sees the day,The glad day of gospel grace! Happy soul who sees the day,The glad day of gospel grace!Thee, my Lord (thou then wilt say)Thee will I for ever praise;Though thy wrath against me burned,Thou dost comfort me again;All thy wrath aside is turned,Thou hast blotted […]

Into Thy Gracious Hands I Fall

Into Thy Gracious Hands I Fall Into thy gracious hands I fall,And with the arms of faith embrace; Into thy gracious hands I fall,And with the arms of faith embrace;O King of glory, hear my call,O raise me, heal me, by thy grace!Now righteous through thy wounds I am;No condemnation now I dread:I taste salvation […]

High Above Every Name

High Above Every Name High above every name,Jesus, the great I AM! High above every name,Jesus, the great I AM!Bows to Jesus every knee,Things in heaven, and earth, and hell;Saints adore him, demons flee,Fiends, and men, and angels feel! He left his throne above,Emptied of all but love:Whom the heavens cannot contain,God, vouchsafed a worm […]

Arise, My Soul, Arise, Thy Saviour’s Sacrifice

Arise, My Soul, Arise, Thy Saviour’s Sacrifice Arise, my soul, arise,Thy Saviour’s sacrifice! Arise, my soul, arise,Thy Saviour’s sacrifice!All the names that love could find,All the forms that love could take,Jesus in himself hath joined,Thee, my soul, his own to make. Equal with God most high,He laid his glory by;He, the eternal God, was born,Man […]

O Filial Deity

O Filial Deity O filial Deity,Accept my new-born cry! O filial Deity,Accept my new-born cry!See the travail of thy soul,Saviour, and be satisfied;Take me now, possess me whole,Who for me, for me, hast died! Of life thou art the tree,My immortality!Feed this tender branch of thine,Ceaseless influence derive;Thou the true, the heavenly Vine;Grafted into thee […]

Romans 10:6-9 – Oft I in My Heart Have Said

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Luke 15:20-24 – Thee, O My God and King

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Jesu, Thy Blood and Righteousness

Jesu, Thy Blood and Righteousness Jesu, thy blood and righteousnessMy beauty are, my glorious dress; Jesu, thy blood and righteousnessMy beauty are, my glorious dress;Midst flaming worlds in these arrayed,With joy shall I lift up my head. Bold shall I stand in thy great day,For who aught to my charge shall lay?Fully absolved through these […]

Now I Have Found the Ground Wherein

Now I Have Found the Ground Wherein Now I have found the ground whereinSure my soul’s anchor may remain, Now I have found the ground whereinSure my soul’s anchor may remain,The wounds of Jesus, for my sinBefore the world’s foundation slain;Whose mercy shall unshaken stay,When heaven and earth are fled away. Father, thine everlasting graceOur […]

Lord, and Is Thine Anger Gone?

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Son of God, If Thy Free Grace

Son of God, If Thy Free Grace Son of God, if thy free graceAgain hath raised me up, Son of God, if thy free graceAgain hath raised me up,Called me still to seek thy face,And given me back my hope;Still thy timely help afford,And all thy loving kindness show:Keep me, keep me, gracious Lord,And never […]

Weary of Wandering From My God

Weary of Wandering From My God Weary of wandering from my God,And now made willing to return, Weary of wandering from my God,And now made willing to return,I hear, and bow me to the rod;For thee, not without hope, I mourn;I have an Advocate above,A Friend before the throne of Love. O Jesus, full of […]

After All That I Have Done

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My God, My God, to Thee I Cry

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Jesu, Shepherd of the Sheep

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I Will Hearken What the Lord

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Thou Man of Griefs, Remember Me

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Saviour, I Now With Shame Confess

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Father, If Thou Must Reprove

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Yes, From This Instant Now, I Will

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Jesus, Thou Know’st My Sinfulness

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O God, Thy Righteousness We Own

O God, Thy Righteousness We Own O God, thy righteousness we own,Judgment is at thy house begun O God, thy righteousness we own,Judgment is at thy house begunWith humble awe thy rod we hear,And guilty in thy sight appear,We cannot in thy judgement stand,But sink beneath thy mighty hand. Our mouth as in the dust […]

God of My Salvation, Hear

God of My Salvation, Hear God of my salvation, hear,And help me to believe! God of my salvation, hear,And help me to believe!Simply do I now draw near,Thy blessing to receive:Full of sin, alas! I am,But to thy wounds for refuge flee;Friend of sinners, spotless Lamb,Thy blood was shed for me. Standing now as newly […]

How Shall a Lost Sinner in Pain

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Jesus, I Believe Thee Near

Jesus, I Believe Thee Near Jesus, I believe thee near,Now my fallen soul restore! Jesus, I believe thee near,Now my fallen soul restore!Now my guilty conscience clear,Give me back my peace and power,Stone to flesh again convert,Write forgiveness on my heart. I believe thy pardoning grace,As at the beginning, free;Open are thy arms to embraceMe, […]

O Unexhausted Grace!

O Unexhausted Grace! O Unexhausted grace!O love unsearchable! O Unexhausted grace!O love unsearchable!I am not gone to my own place,I am not yet in hell!Earth doth not open yet,My soul to swallow up!And hanging o’er the burning pit,I still am forced to hope. I hope at last to findThe kingdom from above,The settled peace, the […]

O God, If Thou Art Love Indeed

O God, If Thou Art Love Indeed O God, if thou art love indeed,Let it once more be proved in me, O God, if thou art love indeed,Let it once more be proved in me,That I thy mercy’s praise may spread,For every child of Adam free;O let me now the gift embrace!O let me now […]

O ‘Tis Enough, My God, My God!

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Jesus, the All-Restoring Word

Jesus, the All-Restoring Word Jesus, the all-restoring Word,My fallen spirit’s hope, Jesus, the all-restoring Word,My fallen spirit’s hope,After thy lovely likeness, Lord,Ah, when shall I wake up? Thou, O my God, thou only artThe Life, the Truth, the Way;Quicken my soul, instruct my heart.My sinking, footsteps stay. Of all thou hast in earth below,In heaven […]

Depth of Mercy! Can There Be?

Depth of Mercy! Can There Be? Depth of mercy! can there beMercy still reserved for me? Depth of mercy! can there beMercy still reserved for me?Can my God his wrath forbear?Me, the chief of sinners, spare?I have long withstood his grace,Long provoked him to his face,Would not hearken to his calls,Grieved him by a thousand […]

Lamb of God, for Sinners Slain

Lamb of God, for Sinners Slain Lamb of God, for sinners slain,To thee I feebly pray; Lamb of God, for sinners slain,To thee I feebly pray;Heal me of my grief and pain,O take my sins away!From this bondage, Lord, release,No longer let me be opprest;Jesus, Master, seal my peace,And take me to thy breast! Wilt […]

Jesu, Take My Sins Away

Jesu, Take My Sins Away Jesu, take my sins away,And make me know thy name! Jesu, take my sins away,And make me know thy name!Thou art now, as yesterdayAnd evermore, the same;Thou my true Bethesda be;I know within thine arms is room,All the world may unto thee,Their House of Mercy, come. Mercy then there is […]

Come Holy Celestial Dove

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Lord, Regard My Earnest Cry

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When, Gracious Lord, When Shall It Be?

When, Gracious Lord, When Shall It Be? When, gracious Lord, when shall it be,That I shall find my all in thee, When, gracious Lord, when shall it be,That I shall find my all in thee,The fulness of thy promise prove,The seal of thine eternal love? A poor blind child I wander here,If haply I may […]

O My Offended God

O My Offended God O my offended God,If now at last I see O my offended God,If now at last I seeThat I have trampled on thy blood,And done despite to thee,If I begin to wakeOut of my deadly sleep,Into thy arms of mercy take,And there for ever keep. No other right have IThan what […]

Stay, Thou Insulted Spirit, Stay

Stay, Thou Insulted Spirit, Stay Stay, thou insulted Spirit, stay,Though I have done thee such despite, Stay, thou insulted Spirit, stay,Though I have done thee such despite,Nor cast the sinner quite away,Nor take thine everlasting flight. Though I have steeled my stubborn heart,And still shook off my guilty fears,And vexed, and urged thee to depart,For […]

O Jesus my Hope

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Lay to Thy Hand, O God of Grace!

Lay to Thy Hand, O God of Grace! Lay to thy hand, O God of grace!O God, the work is worthy thee! Lay to thy hand, O God of grace!O God, the work is worthy thee!See at thy feet of all the raceThe chief, the vilest sinner see;And let me all thy mercy prove,Thine utmost […]

O My God, What Must I Do?

O My God, What Must I Do? O my God, what must I do?Thou alone the way canst show; O my God, what must I do?Thou alone the way canst show;Thou canst save me in this hour,I have neither will nor power:God if over all thou art,Greater than my sinful heart,All thy power on me […]

My Sufferings All to Thee Are Known

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O Disclose Thy Lovely Face!

O Disclose Thy Lovely Face! O disclose thy lovely face!Quicken all my drooping powers; O disclose thy lovely face!Quicken all my drooping powers;Gasps my fainting soul for grace,As a thirsty land for showers;Haste, my Lord, no more delay,Come, my Saviour, come away! Well thou know’st I cannot restTill I fully rest in thee,Till I am […]

Fain Would I Leave the World Below

Fain Would I Leave the World Below Fain would I leave the world below,Of pain and sin the dark abode, Fain would I leave the world below,Of pain and sin the dark abode,Where shadowy joy or solid woeAllures or tears me from my God;Doubtful and insecure of bliss,Since faith alone confirms me his. Till then, […]

I Seem Desirous to Repent

I Seem Desirous to Repent I seem desirous to repent, But cannot without thee I seem desirous to repent, But cannot without theeSoften this hard heart, or lament My own obduracy;Gladly I would thy word believe, My dear Redeemer know,But neither can rejoice, nor grieve, Till thou the power bestow. I would more sensibly distressed, […]

Ah Whither Should I Go

Ah Whither Should I Go Ah whither should I go, Burdened, and sick, and faint? Ah, whither should I go, Burdened, and sick, and faint?To whom should I my troubles show, And pour out my complaint?My Saviour bids me come, Ah! why do I delay?He calls the weary sinner home, And yet from him I […]

Out of the Deep I Cry

Out of the Deep I Cry Out of the deep I cry, Just at the point to die, Out of the deep I cry, Just at the point to die,Hastening to infernal pain, Jesus, Lord, I cry to thee;Help a feeble child of man,Show forth all thy power in me. On thee I ever call, […]

Thou Hidden God, For Whom I Groan

Thou Hidden God, For Whom I Groan Thou hidden God, for whom I groan,Till thou thyself declare, Thou hidden God, for whom I groan,Till thou thyself declare,God inaccessible, unknown,Regard a sinner’s prayer!A sinner weltering in his blood,Unpurged and unforgiven;Far distant from the living GodAs far as hell from heaven. An unregenerate child of man,To thee […]

Why Not Now, My God, My God?

Why Not Now, My God, My God? Why not now, my God, my God!Ready if thou always art, Why not now, my God, my God!Ready if thou always art,Make in me thy mean abode,Take possession of my heart?If thou canst so greatly bow,Friend of sinners, why not now? God of love, in this my dayFor […]

Father of Jesus Christ the Just

Father of Jesus Christ the Just Father of Jesus Christ the Just.My Friend and Advocate with thee, Father of Jesus Christ the Just.My Friend and Advocate with thee,Pity a soul that fain would trustIn him who lived and died for me;But only thou canst make him known,And in my heart reveal thy Son. If, drawn […]

O Love Divine, How Sweet Thou Art!

O Love Divine, How Sweet Thou Art! When shall I find my willing heartO love divine, how sweet thou art! O love divine, how sweet thou art!When shall I find my willing heartAll taken up by thee?I thirst, I faint, I die to proveThe greatness of redeeming love,The love of Christ to me! Stronger his […]

Still Lord, I Languish For Thy Grace

Still Lord, I Languish For Thy Grace Still Lord, I languish for thy grace;Reveal the beauties of thy face, Still Lord, I languish for thy grace;Reveal the beauties of thy face,The middle wall remove;Appear, and banish my complaint,Come, and supply my only want,Fill all my soul with love. O conquer this rebellious will!Willing thou art […]

O Jesus, Let Me Bless Thy Name!

O Jesus, Let Me Bless Thy Name! Jesus, let me bless thy name!All sin, alas! thou know’st I am, Jesus, let me bless thy name!All sin, alas! thou know’st I am,But thou all pity art:Turn into flesh my heart of stone;Such power belongs to thee alone;Turn into flesh my heart. A poor, unloving wretch, to […]

Thee, Jesu, Thee, the Sinner’s Friend

Thee, Jesu, Thee, the Sinner’s Friend Thee, Jesu, thee, the sinner’s friend,I follow on to apprehend, Thee, Jesu, thee, the sinner’s friend,I follow on to apprehend,Renew the glorious strife;Divinely confident and bold,With faith’s strong arm on thee lay hold,Thee my eternal life. Thy heart, I know, thy tender heartDoth in my sorrows feel its part,And […]

Jesu, Lover of My Soul

Jesu, Lover of My Soul Jesu, Lover of my soul,Let me to thy bosom fly, Jesu, Lover of my soul,Let me to thy bosom fly,While the nearer waters roll,While the tempest still is high:Hide me, O my Saviour, hide,Till the storm of life be past!Safe into the haven guide,O receive my soul at last! Other […]

Drooping Soul, Shake off Thy Fears

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Yield to Me Now, For I Am Weak

Yield to Me Now, For I Am Weak Yield to me now, for I am weak,But confident in self-despair; Yield to me now, for I am weak,But confident in self-despair;Speak to my heart, in blessings speak,Be conquered by my instant prayer;Speak, or thou never hence shalt move,And tell me if thy name is Love. ‘Tis […]

Come, O Thou Traveller Unknown

Come, O Thou Traveller Unknown Come, O thou Traveller unknown,Whom still I hold, but cannot see! Come, O thou Traveller unknown,Whom still I hold, but cannot see!My company before is gone,And I am left alone with thee;With thee all night I mean to stay,And wrestle till the break of day. I need not tell thee […]

Jesu! Redeemer! Saviour, Lord

Jesu! Redeemer! Saviour, Lord Jesu! Redeemer! Saviour, Lord,The weary sinner’s friend, Jesu! Redeemer! Saviour, Lord,The weary sinner’s friend,Come to my help, pronounce the word,And bid my troubles end. Deliverance to my soul proclaim,And life, and liberty;Shed forth the virtue of thy name,And Jesus prove to me! Faith to be healed thou know’st I have,For thou […]

O That Thou Wouldst the Heavens Rent

O That Thou Wouldst the Heavens Rent O that thou wouldst the heavens rent,In majesty come down; O that thou wouldst the heavens rent,In majesty come down;Stretch out thine arm omnipotent,And seize me for thine own! Descend, and let thy lightning burnThe stubble of thy foe;My sins o’erturn, o’erturn, o’erturn,And make the mountains flow. Thou […]

When Shall Thy Love Constrain

When Shall Thy Love Constrain When shall thy love constrain,And force me to thy breast? When shall thy love constrain,And force me to thy breast?When shall my soul return againTo her eternal rest? Ah! what avails my strife,My wandering to and fro?Thou hast the words of endless life;Ah! whither should I go? Thy condescending graceTo […]

While Dead in Trespasses I Lie

While Dead in Trespasses I Lie While dead in trespasses I lie,Thy quickening spirit give; While dead in trespasses I lie,Thy quickening spirit give;Call me, thou Son of God, that IMay hear thy voice and live. While, full of anguish and diseaseMy weak distempered soulThy love compassionately sees,O let it make me whole! Cast out […]

Jesu, If Still Thou Art To-day

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Jesu, If Still the Same Thou Art

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Jesu, Whose Glory’s Streaming Rays

Jesu, Whose Glory’s Streaming Rays Jesu, whose glory’s streaming rays,Though duteous to thy high command, Jesu, whose glory’s streaming rays,Though duteous to thy high command,Not seraphs view with open face,But veiled before thy presence stand; How shall weak eyes of flesh, weighed downWith sin, and dim with error’s night,Dare to behold thy awful throne,Or view […]

Jesu, the Sinner’s Friend, to Thee

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Lord, I Despair Myself to Heal

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Thou God Unsearchable, Unknown

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Adam Descended From Above

Adam Descended From Above Adam descended from above,Federal Head of all mankind, Adam descended from above,Federal Head of all mankind,The covenant of redeeming loveIn thee let every sinner find. Its Surety, thou alone hast paidThe debt we to thy Father owed;For the whole world atonement made.And sealed the pardon with thy blood Thee, the paternal […]

With Glorious Clouds Encompassed Round

With Glorious Clouds Encompassed Round With glorious clouds encompassed round,Whom angels dimly see, With glorious clouds encompassed round,Whom angels dimly see,Will the Unsearchable be found,Or God appear to me? Will he forsake his throne above,Himself to worms impart?Answer, thou Man of grief and love,And speak it to my heart! In manifested love explainThy wonderful design;What […]

Wherewith, O God, Shall I Draw Near

Wherewith, O God, Shall I Draw Near Wherewith, O God, shall I draw near,And bow myself before thy face? Wherewith, O God, shall I draw near,And bow myself before thy face?How in thy purer eyes appear?What shall bring to gain thy grace? Will gifts delight the Lord most high?Will multiplied oblations please?Thousands of rams his […]

Too Strong I Was to Conquer Sin

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O That I Could My Lord Receive

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O That I, First of Love Possessed

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Let the Redeemed Give Thanks and Praise

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Expand Thy Wings, Celestial Dove

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God Is in This and Every Place

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Jesu, Friend of Sinners, Hear

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O That I Could Revere

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The Men Who Slight Thy Faithful Word

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Come, O Thou Prophet of the Lord

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Spirit of Faith, Come Down

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Come, O Thou All-Victorious Lord!

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Thou Son of God, Whose Flaming Eyes

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Father of Omnipresent Grace! Father of omnipresent grace!We seem agreed to seek thy face; Father of omnipresent grace!We seem agreed to seek thy face;But every soul assembled hereDoth naked in thy sight appear:Thou know’st who only bows the knee,And who in heart approaches thee. Thy Spirit hath the difference madeBetwixt the living and the dead;Thou […]

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Lift Your Eyes of Faith, and See

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Lo! He Comes With Clouds Descending

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By Faith We Find the Place Above

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Stand the Omnipotent Decree!

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Thou Judge of Quick and Dead

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Hearken to the Solemn Voice

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Again We Lift Our Voice

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Hark! A Voice Divides the Sky

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Man Pleasing

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We Can

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To Taste a Real Revival

To Taste a Real Revival I want a visitationOf manna from above, I want a visitationOf manna from above,Another Great Awakening,A feast of heaven’s love.I want the Spirit’s powerTo move among the saints,To purify our flagging faith,And purge our selfish taints. I want the living watersTo flow from every soul,To bring a great refreshing floodTo […]

The Well of All Wells

The Well of All Wells If I draw from the well of my own shallow heart, Then the blessings are few that I have to impart, If I draw from the well of my own shallow heart, Then the blessings are few that I have to impart, But a fountain is flowing that never runs […]

Thank You

Thank You I thank you, I thank you, My Savior;I thank you for giving me grace. I thank you, I thank you, My Savior;I thank you for giving me grace.I thank you for patience in suffering;And even for pain in its place. I thank you for strength in my weakness;For power in Christ to abide;For […]

Strength

Strength He’ll put strength in me. He whose voice could still the waves,He is still the one who saves,He’ll put strength in me. Though a weak and faltering saint,I am worn and feeling faint,He’ll put strength in me. Though I grovel in the dirt,He won’t touch me for my hurtHe’ll put strength in me. Having […]

Settle My Soul

Settle My Soul No one on earth understands my distress;Nor of my burdens does anyone guess. No one on earth understands my distress;Nor of my burdens does anyone guess.I, for myself, hardly know my own heart;Scarcely can sort my emotions apart. Only my God knows the anguish I feel.He is the one unto whom I […]

Perfect in Grace

Perfect in Grace Perfect in holiness, Perfect in grace, Perfect in holiness, Perfect in grace,Saviour who pities me, Show me thy face.Men may think ill of me, Friends prove untrue to me;Closer I draw to thee, Grant thy embrace. Little I understand How it can be,Perfect in holiness, Lovest thou me?Oft to my shame I’ve […]

Pain

Pain “Man of Sorrows” knows my griefHe can soothe and bring relief, “Man of Sorrows” knows my griefHe can soothe and bring relief,Who himself such pain did bear,That none other can compare. All that sinners put him throughNo one shared and no one knew.I am not thus left alone,All I face to him is known. […]

Blessing, Honour, Thanks, and Praise

Blessing, Honour, Thanks, and Praise Blessing, honour, thanks, and praise,Pay we, gracious God, to thee; Blessing, honour, thanks, and praise,Pay we, gracious God, to thee;Thou, in thine abundant grace,Givest us the victory;True and faithful to thy word,Thou hast glorified thy Son,Jesus Christ, our dying Lord,He for us the fight hath won. Lo! the prisoner is […]

Rejoice for a Brother Deceased

Rejoice for a Brother Deceased Rejoice for a brother deceased,Our loss is his infinite gain; Rejoice for a brother deceased,Our loss is his infinite gain;A soul out of prison released,And freed from its bodily chain;With songs let us follow his flight,And mount with his spirit above,Escaped to the mansions of light,And lodged in the Eden […]

Pass a Few Swiftly-Fleeting Years

Pass a Few Swiftly-Fleeting Years Pass a few swiftly-fleeting years,And all that now in bodies live Pass a few swiftly-fleeting years,And all that now in bodies liveShall quit, like me, the vale of tears,Their righteous sentence to receive. But all, before they hence remove,May mansions for themselves prepareIn that eternal house above;And, O my God, […]

Come, Let Us Anew Our Journey Pursue

Come, Let Us Anew Our Journey Pursue Come, let us anewOur journey pursue, Come, let us anewOur journey pursue,Roll round with the year,And never stand still till the Master appear. His adorable willLet us gladly fulfil,And our talents improve,By the patience of hope, and the labour of love. Our life is a dream;Our time as […]

Shrinking From the Cold Hand of Death

Shrinking From the Cold Hand of Death Shrinking from the cold hand of death,I too shall gather up my feet, Shrinking from the cold hand of death,I too shall gather up my feet,Shall soon resign this fleeting breath,And die, my fathers’ God to meet. Numbered among thy people, IExpect with joy thy face to see;Because […]

And Am I Only Born to Die?

And Am I Only Born to Die? And am I only born to die?And must I suddenly comply And am I only born to die?And must I suddenly complyWith nature’s stern decree?What after death for me remains?Celestial joys, or hellish pains,To all eternity? How then ought I on earth to live,While God prolongs the kind […]

And Am I Born to Die?

And Am I Born to Die? And am I born to die?To lay this body down? And am I born to die?To lay this body down?And must my trembling spirit flyInto a world unknownA land of deepest shade,Unpierced by human thought,The dreary regions of the dead,Where all things are forgot? Soon as from earth I […]

Thee We Adore, Eternal Name!

Thee We Adore, Eternal Name! Thee we adore, eternal name!And humbly own to thee, Thee we adore, eternal name!And humbly own to thee,How feeble is our mortal frame,What dying worms we be! Our wasting lives grow shorter still,As days and months increase;And every beating pulse we tellLeaves but the number less. The year roll round, […]

O God Our Help in Ages Past

O God Our Help in Ages Past O God our help in ages past,Our hope for years to come, O God our help in ages past,Our hope for years to come,Our shelter from the stormy blast,And our eternal home: Under the shadow of thy throne,Still may we dwell secure;Sufficient is thine arm alone,And our defence […]

Ye Neighbours, and Friends of Jesus, Draw Near

Ye Neighbours, and Friends of Jesus, Draw Near Ye neighbours, and friends Of Jesus, draw near:His love condescends by titles so dear Ye neighbours, and friends Of Jesus, draw near:His love condescends by titles so dearTo call and invite you His triumph to prove,And freely delight you In Jesus’s love. The Shepherd who died His […]

Father, Whose Everlasting Love

Father, Whose Everlasting Love Father, whose everlasting loveThy only Son for sinners gave, Father, whose everlasting loveThy only Son for sinners gave,Whose grace to all did freely move,And sent him down the world to save; Help us thy mercy to extol,Immense, unfathomed, unconfined;To praise the Lamb who died for all,The general Saviour of mankind. Thy […]

O God, of Good the Unfathomed Sea!

O God, of Good the Unfathomed Sea! God, of good the unfathomed sea!Who would not give his heart to thee? God, of good the unfathomed sea!Who would not give his heart to thee?Who would not love thee with his might?O Jesu, lover of mankind,Who would not his whole soul and mind,With all his strength, to […]

Jesus! the Name High Over

Jesus! the Name High Over Jesus! the name high overIn hell, or earth, or sky, Jesus! the name high overIn hell, or earth, or sky,Angels and men before it fall,And devils fear and fly. Jesus! the name to sinners dear,The name to sinners given;It scatters all their guilty fear,It turns their hell to heaven. Jesus! […]

Lovers of Pleasure More Than God

Lovers of Pleasure More Than God Lovers of pleasure more than God,For you he suffered pain; Lovers of pleasure more than God,For you he suffered pain;Swearers, for you he spilt his blood;And shall he bleed in vain? Misers, for you his life he paid,Your basest crime he bore:Drunkards, your sins on him were laid,That you […]

Jesus, Thou All-Redeeming Lord

Jesus, Thou All-Redeeming Lord Jesus, thou all-redeeming Lord,Thy blessing we implore, Jesus, thou all-redeeming Lord,Thy blessing we implore,Open the door to preach thy word,The great effectual door. Gather the outcasts in, and saveFrom sin and Satan’s power;And let them now acceptance have,And know their gracious hour. Lover of souls! thou know’st to prizeWhat thou hast […]

Let Earth and Heaven Agree

Let Earth and Heaven Agree Let earth and heaven agree,Angels and men be joined, Let earth and heaven agree,Angels and men be joined,To celebrate with meThe Saviour of mankind;To adore the all-atoning Lamb,And bless the sound of Jesu’s name. Jesus, transporting sound!The joy of earth and heaven;No other help is found,No other name is given,By […]

Would Jesus Have the Sinner Die?

Would Jesus Have the Sinner Die? Would Jesus have the sinner die?Why hangs he then on yonder tree? Would Jesus have the sinner die?Why hangs he then on yonder tree?What means that strange expiring cry?(Sinners, he prays for you and me)“Forgive them, Father, O forgive,They know not that by me they live!” Adam descended from […]

Sinners, Believe the Gospel Word

Sinners, Believe the Gospel Word Sinners, believe the gospel word,Jesus is come your souls to save Sinners, believe the gospel word,Jesus is come your souls to saveJesus is come, your common Lord;Pardon ye all through him may have,May now be saved, whoever will;This man receiveth sinners still. See where the lame, the halt, the blind,The […]

See, Sinners, in the Gospel Glass

See, Sinners, in the Gospel Glass See, sinners, in the gospel glass,The friend and Saviour of mankind! See, sinners, in the gospel glass,The friend and Saviour of mankind!Not one of all the apostate raceBut may in him salvation find!His thoughts, and words, and actions prove,His life and death, that God is love! Behold the Lamb […]

Where Shall My Wondering Soul Begin?

Where Shall My Wondering Soul Begin? Where shall my wondering soul begin?How shall I all to heaven aspire? Where shall my wondering soul begin?How shall I all to heaven aspire?A slave redeemed from death and sin,A brand plucked from eternal fire,How shall I equal triumphs raise,Or sing my great Deliverer’s praise? O how shall I […]

Come, Ye Weary Sinners, Come

Come, Ye Weary Sinners, Come Come, ye weary sinners, come,All who groan beneath your load, Come, ye weary sinners, come,All who groan beneath your load,Jesus calls his wanderers home,Hasten to your pardoning God!Come, ye guilty spirits oppressed,Answer to the Saviour’s call,“Come, and I will give you rest,Come, and I will save you all.” Jesus, full […]

O Love Divine! What Hast Thou Done!

O Love Divine! What Hast Thou Done! Love divine! what hast thou done!The immortal God hath died for me! Love divine! what hast thou done!The immortal God hath died for me!The Father’s co-eternal SonBore all my sins upon the tree;The immortal God for me hath died!My Lord, my Love is crucified. Behold him, all ye […]

Saviour, the World’s and Mine

Saviour, the World’s and Mine Savior, the world’s and mine,Was ever grief like thine! Savior, the world’s and mine,Was ever grief like thine!Thou my pain, my curse hast took,All my sins were laid on thee;Help me, Lord; to thee I look,Draw me, Saviour, after thee. ‘Tis done! my God hath died;My Love is crucified!Break, this […]

Stupendous Love of God Most High!

Stupendous Love of God Most High! Stupendous love of God most high!He comes to meet us from the sky Stupendous love of God most high!He comes to meet us from the skyIn mildest majesty;Full of unutterable grace,He calls the weary burdened race,“Come all for help to me.” Tired with the greatness of my way,From him […]

Saviour, If Thy Precious Love

Saviour, If Thy Precious Love Saviour, if thy precious loveCould be merited by mine, Saviour, if thy precious loveCould be merited by mine,Faith these mountains would remove;Faith would make me ever thine:But when all my care and painsWorth can ne’er create in me,Nought by me thy fulness gains;Vain the hope to purchase thee. Cease, O […]

Extended on a Cursed Tree

Extended on a Cursed Tree Extended on a cursed tree,Besmeared with dust, and sweat, and blood, Extended on a cursed tree,Besmeared with dust, and sweat, and blood,See there, the king of glory see!Sinks and expires the Son of God. Who, who, my Saviour, this hath done?Who could thy sacred body wound?No guilt thy spotless heart […]

Ye Simple Souls That Stray

Ye Simple Souls That Stray Ye simple souls that strayFar from the path of peace, Ye simple souls that strayFar from the path of peace,That lonely, unfrequented wayTo life and happiness,Why will ye folly love,And throng the downward road,And hate the wisdom from above,And mock the sons of God? Madness and miseryYe count our life […]

Weary Souls, That Wander Wide

Weary Souls, That Wander Wide Weary souls, that wander wideFrom the central point of bliss, Weary souls, that wander wideFrom the central point of bliss,Turn to Jesus crucified,Fly to those dear wounds of his:Sink into the purple flood;Rise into the life of God! Find in Christ the way of peace,Peace unspeakable, unknown;By his pain he […]

Rejoice Evermore With Angels Above

Rejoice Evermore With Angels Above Rejoice evermore With angels above,In Jesus’s power, In Jesus’s love: Rejoice evermore With angels above,In Jesus’s power, In Jesus’s love:With glad exultation Your triumph proclaim,Ascribing salvation To God and the Lamb. Thou, Lord, our relief In trouble hast been;Hast saved us from grief, Hast saved us from sin;The power of […]

Maker, Saviour of Mankind

Maker, Saviour of Mankind Maker, Saviour of mankind,Who hast on me bestowed Maker, Saviour of mankind,Who hast on me bestowedAn immortal soul, designedTo be the house of God;Come, and now reside in me,Never, never to remove;Make me just and good, like thee,And full of power and love. Bid me in thy image rise,A saint, a […]

Jesus, From Whom All Blessings Flow

Jesus, From Whom All Blessings Flow Jesus, from whom all blessings flow,Great builder of thy church below, Jesus, from whom all blessings flow,Great builder of thy church below,If now thy Spirit moves my breast,Hear, and fulfil thine own request! The few that truly call thee Lord,And wait thy sanctifying word,And thee their utmost Saviour own,Unite, […]

Happy the Souls That First Believed

Happy the Souls That First Believed Happy the souls that first believed,To Jesus and each other cleaved, Happy the souls that first believed,To Jesus and each other cleaved,Joined by the unction from aboveIn mystic fellowship of love. Meek, simple followers of the Lamb,They lived, and spake, and thought the same;They joyfully conspired to raiseTheir ceaseless […]

Happy the Souls to Jesus Joined

Happy the Souls to Jesus Joined Happy the souls to Jesus joined,And saved by grace alone, Happy the souls to Jesus joined,And saved by grace alone,Walking in all his ways they findTheir heaven on earth begun. The church triumphant in thy love,Their mighty joys we know;They sing the Lamb in hymns above,And we in hymns […]

Happy the Man That Finds the Grace

Happy the Man That Finds the Grace Happy the man that finds the grace,The blessing of God’s chosen race, Happy the man that finds the grace,The blessing of God’s chosen race,The wisdom coming from above,The faith that sweetly works by love. Happy beyond description heWho knows, The Saviour died for me,The gift unspeakable obtains,And heavenly […]

Happy Soul That Free From Harms

Happy Soul That Free From Harms Happy soul that free from harmsRests within his Shepherd’s arms! Happy soul that free from harmsRests within his Shepherd’s arms!Who his quiet shall molest?Who shall violate his rest?Jesus doth his spirit bear,Jesus takes his every care;He who found the wandering sheep,Jesus still delights to keep. O that I might […]

Come, Ye That Love the Lord

Come, Ye That Love the Lord Come, ye that love the Lord,And let your joys be known; Come, ye that love the Lord,And let your joys be known;Join in a song with sweet accord,While ye surround his throne:Let those refuse to singWho never knew our God;But servants of the heavenly KingMay speak their joys abroad. […]

God, the Offended God Most High

God, the Offended God Most High God, the offended God most high,Ambassadors to rebels sends; God, the offended God most high,Ambassadors to rebels sends;His messengers his place supply,And Jesus begs us to be friends. Us, in the stead of Christ, they pray,Us, in the stead of God, intreat,To cast our arms, our sins, away,And find […]

Let the Beasts Their Breath Resign

Let the Beasts Their Breath Resign Let the beasts their breath resign,Strangers to the life divine; Let the beasts their breath resign,Strangers to the life divine;Who their God can never know,Let their spirit downward go.You for higher ends were born,You may all to God return,Dwell with him above the sky;Why will you for ever die? […]

Why Will Ye Die, O House of Israel?

Why Will Ye Die, O House of Israel? Sinners, turn, why will ye die?God, your Maker, asks you why? Sinners, turn, why will ye die?God, your Maker, asks you why?God, who did your being give,Made you with himself to liveHe the fatal cause demands,Asks the work of his own hands,Why, ye thankless creatures, whyWill ye […]

Thou Art Able

Thou Art Able No temptation thee assaileth,But what commonly prevaileth. No temptation thee assaileth,But what commonly prevaileth.Others also patience borrow,Who must face thy self-same sorrow,Who like thee with burdens groan.Even when the Lord’s allowed thee,That the blackest sky becloud thee,Even in the dark confusion,Give no heed to the illusionThat thou sufferest alone. Though of hope […]

Keep me, Lord

Keep me, Lord Keep me, Lord, by your side; my own ways I resign,And I want to abide as a branch in the vine.  Keep me, Lord, by your side; my own ways I resign,And I want to abide as a branch in the vine.With your glory my goal, and your purpose my aim,May the […]

I Know What I Want

I Know What I Want This time when I pray I know just what I want,And nothing You say could my confidence daunt, This time when I pray I know just what I want,And nothing You say could my confidence daunt,For my cup You have promised to fill.My case I now plead, with my mouth […]

I Ask for a Blessing

I Ask for a Blessing I ask you, my God, for a blessing,Though just what your blessing may mean I ask you, my God, for a blessing,Though just what your blessing may meanIs buried in clouds of confusion,And hid in the future, unseen. Just what should be chosen to bless meYou know so much better […]

He’ll Never Leave Me

He’ll Never Leave Me Forsaken of God was his well-beloved Son,Condemned for my sin was the only pure One. Forsaken of God was his well-beloved Son,Condemned for my sin was the only pure One.He suffered alone, died alone on the tree,Love’s eternal object rejected for me. The pain and the anguish I hardly conceive,Affliction so […]

Healing

Healing The wound is sore and open wide,Revealing wrenching pain inside. The wound is sore and open wide,Revealing wrenching pain inside.’Tis so the healing process starts,When God binds up our broken hearts. The hungry are the ones he feeds,He bandages the heart that bleeds.The weary only find his rest,The poor are they who most are […]

The Bonds are Broken

The Bonds are Broken The law of sin and death may reign,Increasing misery and pain, The law of sin and death may reign,Increasing misery and pain,Where blinded men its bonds embrace,But God be praised who offers grace,And frees me from sin’s bitter claw,By issuing a better lawThe law of life and liberty;The law of Christ […]

Free

Free In Christ I have sweet liberty.From condemnation I am free, In Christ I have sweet liberty.From condemnation I am free,From fear of death, and from its sting,From minding every fleshly thing,From fear of man, and pride of life,From worldly sorrow, lust, and strife. I’m free from worry, free from care,Free from the yoke that […]

Death and Life

Death and Life The Father’s love is far too greatTo be to heaven confined.The love He gave a worthy SonExtends to humankind. No man deserves a share in thatWhich God bestows in grace,And pours with all the wealth He ownsOn our rebellious race. My God, could any yearning soulBe turned away by Thee?And could thy […]

Dead in Christ

Dead in Christ Dead in Christ and ris’n again;This the plan of God for men. Dead in Christ and ris’n again;This the plan of God for men.When we die, new life we find,Guilt and pain are left behind. Once he died for you and me,That from sin we’d be set free.Daily we must likewise die,Daily […]

Bubbles

Bubbles Today I watched the bubbles,That floated through the sky. Today I watched the bubbles,That floated through the sky.So gentle and so graceful,Their colors floated by. An infant’s hand had blown them;A darling little boy;So light at heart and cheerful,He found a moment’s joy. So like the world’s brief pleasures,They won’t remain in hand.They linger […]

As Dead

As Dead As over me the world once reigned,And lust and pride their hold maintained, As over me the world once reigned,And lust and pride their hold maintained,Let now the Holy Ghost control,And be director of my soul. Once death, in which I loved to dwell,Would keep me from the living well,So now an equal […]

Light on the Inside

Light on the Inside Though nothing looks the brighter;My path is still the same, Though nothing looks the brighter;My path is still the same,My God, I want to thank YouAnd praise Your holy name. Dark clouds are all around me;No sign of light is here,But in my heart I cherishThe thought that You are near. […]

A Refuge

A Refuge That a refuge we needIs quite certain indeed That a refuge we needIs quite certain indeedIn this age of such sorrow and strife.Every man has his wayHis own pain to allay,And to bury the hurts in his life. There is nowhere to hide,Where my soul would abide,But in Christ, who gives comfort and […]

Once Has God Spoken

Once Has God Spoken Once has God spoken Yeah, twice have I heard, Once has God spoken Yeah, twice have I heard,That His is the power It’s writ in God’s word:Trust not in oppression, Trust not in the sword,For power, all power Belongs to the Lord. Unto Him power, Yea, power belongs,And unto Him mercy, […]

Psalm 149 – Praise God, All His Saints

Psalm 149 – Praise God, All His Saints All ye that love the Lord, rejoice,And let your songs be new; All ye that love the Lord, rejoice,And let your songs be new;Amidst the church with cheerful voiceHis later wonders show. The Jews, the people of his grace,Shall their Redeemer sing;And Gentile nations join the praise,While […]

Psalm 148 Paraphrased – Universal Praise to God

Psalm 148 Paraphrased – Universal Praise to God Loud hallelujahs to the Lord,From distant worlds where creatures dwell;Let heav’n begin the solemn word,And sound it dreadful down to hell. The Lord, how absolute he reigns!Let every angel bend the knee;Sing of his love in heav’nly strains,And speak how fierce his terrors be. High on a […]

Psalm 148 – Praise To God From All Creatures

Psalm 148 – Praise To God From All Creatures Ye tribes of Adam, join With heav’n, and earth, and seas, Ye tribes of Adam, join With heav’n, and earth, and seas,And offer notes divine To your Creator’s praise:Ye holy throng Of angels bright, In worlds of light, Begin the song. Thou sun with dazzling rays, […]

Psalm 147, Part 3 – Summer and Winter

Psalm 147, Part 3 – Summer and Winter O Britain, praise thy mighty God,And make his honors known abroad, O Britain, praise thy mighty God,And make his honors known abroad,He bid the ocean round thee flow;Not bars of brass could guard thee so. Thy children are secure and blest;Thy shores have peace, thy cities rest;He […]

Psalm 147, Part 2 – The Divine Nature, Providence, and Grace

Psalm 147, Part 2 – The Divine Nature, Providence, and Grace Praise ye the Lord; ’tis good to raiseOur hearts and voices in his praise; Praise ye the Lord; ’tis good to raiseOur hearts and voices in his praise;His nature and his works inviteTo make this duty our delight. The Lord builds up Jerusalem,And gathers […]

Psalm 147, Part 1 – The Seasons of the Year

Psalm 147, Part 1 – The Seasons of the Year With songs and honors sounding loud,Address the Lord on high; With songs and honors sounding loud,Address the Lord on high;Over the heav’ns he spreads his cloud,And waters veil the sky. He sends his showers of blessing downTo cheer the plains below;He makes the grass the […]

Psalm 146 – Praise to God For His Goodness and Truth

Psalm 146 – Praise to God For His Goodness and Truth Praise ye the Lord, my heart shall joinIn work so pleasant, so divine; Praise ye the Lord, my heart shall joinIn work so pleasant, so divine;Now, while the flesh is mine abode,And when my soul ascends to God. Praise shall employ my noblest powers,While […]

Psalm 145, Part 4 – Mercy to Sufferers

Psalm 145, Part 4 – Mercy to Sufferers Let every tongue thy goodness speak,Thou sovereign Lord of all; Let every tongue thy goodness speak,Thou sovereign Lord of all;Thy strength’ning hands uphold the weak,And raise the poor that fall. When sorrow bows the spirit down,Or virtue lies distressedBeneath some proud oppressor’s frown,Thou giv’st the mourners rest. […]

Psalm 145, Part 3 – The Goodness of God

Psalm 145, Part 3 – The Goodness of God Sweet is the memory of thy grace,My God, my heav’nly King; Sweet is the memory of thy grace,My God, my heav’nly King;Let age to age thy righteousnessIn sounds of glory sing. God reigns on high, but not confinesHis goodness to the skies;Through the whole earth his […]

Psalm 145, Part 2 – The Greatness of God

Psalm 145, Part 2 – The Greatness of God Long as I live I’ll bless thy name,My King, my God of love; Long as I live I’ll bless thy name,My King, my God of love;My work and joy shall be the sameIn the bright world above. Great is the Lord, his power unknown,And let his […]

Psalm 145, Part 1 – The Greatness of God

Psalm 145, Part 1 – The Greatness of God My God, my King, thy various praiseShall fill the remnant of my days; My God, my King, thy various praiseShall fill the remnant of my days;Thy grace employ my humble tongueTill death and glory raise the song. The wings of every hour shall bearSome thankful tribute […]

Psalm 144, Part 3 – Grace Above Riches

Psalm 144, Part 3 – Grace Above Riches Happy the city where their sons,Like pillars round a palace set, Happy the city where their sons,Like pillars round a palace set,And daughters, bright as polished stones,Give strength and beauty to the state. Happy the country where the sheep,Cattle, and corn, have large increase;Where men securely work […]

Psalm 144, Part 2 – The Vanity of Man and Condescension of God

Psalm 144, Part 2 – The Vanity of Man and Condescension of God Lord, what is man, poor feeble man,Born of the earth at first? Lord, what is man, poor feeble man,Born of the earth at first?His life a shadow, light and vain,Still hasting to the dust. O what is feeble, dying man,Or any of […]

Psalm 144, Part 1 – Assistance and Victory in the Spiritual Warfare

Psalm 144, Part 1 – Assistance and Victory in the Spiritual Warfare For ever blessed be the Lord,My Savior and my shield; For ever blessed be the Lord,My Savior and my shield;He sends his Spirit with his word,To arm me for the field. When sin and hell their force unite,He makes my soul his care,Instructs […]

Psalm 143 – Complaint of Heavy Afflictions in Mind and Body

Psalm 143 – Complaint of Heavy Afflictions in Mind and Body My righteous Judge, my gracious God,Hear when I spread my hands abroad, My righteous Judge, my gracious God,Hear when I spread my hands abroad,And cry for succor from thy throne;O make thy truth and mercy known! Let judgment not against me pass;Behold, thy servant […]

Psalm 142 – God Is the Hope of the Helpless

Psalm 142 – God Is the Hope of the Helpless To God I made my sorrows known,From God I sought relief; To God I made my sorrows known,From God I sought relief;In long complaints before his throneI poured out all my grief. My soul was overwhelmed with woes,My heart began to break;My God, who all […]

Psalm 141 – Watchfulness and Brotherly Reproof

Psalm 141 – Watchfulness and Brotherly Reproof My God, accept my early vows,Like morning incense in thine house; My God, accept my early vows,Like morning incense in thine house;And let my nightly worship riseSweet as the evening sacrifice. Watch o’er my lips, and guard them, Lord,From every rash and heedless word;Nor let my feet incline […]

Psalm 139, Part 3 – Sincerity Professed, and Grace Tried

Psalm 139, Part 3 – Sincerity Professed, and Grace Tried My God, what inward grief I feelWhen impious men transgress thy will! My God, what inward grief I feelWhen impious men transgress thy will!I mourn to hear their lips profaneTake thy tremendous name in vain. Does not my soul detest and hateThe sons of malice […]

Psalm 139, Part 2 – The Wonderful Formation of Man

Psalm 139, Part 2 – The Wonderful Formation of Man ‘Twas from thy hand, my God, I came,A work of such a curious frame ‘Twas from thy hand, my God, I came,A work of such a curious frameIn me thy fearful wonders shine,And each proclaims thy skill divine. Thine eyes did all my limbs survey,Which […]

Psalm 139, Part 1 – The All-Seeing God

Psalm 139, Part 1 – The All-Seeing God Lord, thou hast searched and seen me through,Thine eye commands with piercing view Lord, thou hast searched and seen me through,Thine eye commands with piercing viewMy rising and my resting hours,My heart and flesh with all their powers. My thoughts, before they are my own,Are to my […]

Psalm 136, Abridged – God’s Wonders of Creation, Providence, Redemption, and Salvation

Psalm 136, Abridged – God’s Wonders of Creation, Providence, Redemption, and Salvation Give to our God immortal praise;Mercy and truth are all his ways: Give to our God immortal praise;Mercy and truth are all his ways:Wonders of grace to God belong,Repeat his mercies in your song. Give to the Lord of lords renown,The King of […]

Psalm 136 – God’s Wonders of Creation, Providence, Redemption of Israel, and Salvation of His People

Psalm 136 – God’s Wonders of Creation, Providence, Redemption of Israel, and Salvation of His People Give thanks to God the sovereign Lord;His mercies still endure; Give thanks to God the sovereign Lord;His mercies still endure;And be the King of kings adored;His truth is ever sure. What wonders hath his wisdom done!How mighty is his […]

Psalm 135, Part 2 – The Works of Creation, Providence, Redemption of Israel, and Destruction of Enemies

Psalm 135, Part 2 – The Works of Creation, Providence, Redemption of Israel, and Destruction of Enemies Great is the Lord, exalted highAbove all powers and every throne: Great is the Lord, exalted highAbove all powers and every throne:Whate’er he please, in earth or sea,Or heav’n or hell, his hand hath done. At his command […]

Psalm 135, Part 1 – The Church Is God’s House and Care

Psalm 135, Part 1 – The Church Is God’s House and Care Praise ye the Lord, exalt his name,While in his holy courts ye wait, Praise ye the Lord, exalt his name,While in his holy courts ye wait,Ye saints, that to his house belong,Or stand attending at his gate. Praise ye the Lord, the Lord […]

Psalm 135 – Praise Due to God, Not to Idols

Psalms » Psalm 135 – Praise Due to God, Not to Idols Awake, ye saints; to praise your King,Your sweetest passions raise,Your pious pleasure, while you sing,Increasing with the praise. Great is the Lord, and works unknownAre his divine employ;But still his saints are near his throne,His treasure and his joy. Heav’n, earth, and sea […]

Psalm 134 – Daily and Nightly Devotion

Psalm 134 – Daily and Nightly Devotion Ye that obey th’ immortal King,Attend his holy place; Ye that obey th’ immortal King,Attend his holy place;Bow to the glories of his power,And bless his wondrous grace. Lift up your hands by morning light,And send your souls on high;Raise your admiring thoughts by nightAbove the starry sky. […]

Psalm 133 – Brotherly Love

Psalm 133 – Brotherly Love Lo! what an entertaining sightAre brethren that agree! Lo! what an entertaining sightAre brethren that agree!Brethren, whose cheerful hearts uniteIn bands of piety! When streams of love from Christ the springDescend to every soul,And heav’nly peace, with balmy wing,Shades and bedews the whole; ‘Tis like the oil, divinely sweet,On Aaron’s […]

Psalm 132 – At the Settlement of a Church, Or the Ordination of a Minister

Psalm 132 – At the Settlement of a Church, Or the Ordination of a Minister Where shall we go to seek and findAn habitation for our God, Where shall we go to seek and findAn habitation for our God,A dwelling for th’ Eternal Mind,Among the sons of flesh and blood? The God of Jacob chose […]

Psalm 131 – Humility and Submission

Psalm 131 – Humility and Submission Is there ambition in my heart?.Search, gracious God, and see; Is there ambition in my heart?.Search, gracious God, and see;Or do I act a haughty part?Lord, I appeal to thee. I charge my thoughts, be humble still,And all my carriage mild,Content, my Father, with thy will,And quiet as a […]

Psalm 130 – Pardoning Grace

Psalm 130 – Pardoning Grace Out of the deeps of long distress,The borders of despair, Out of the deeps of long distress,The borders of despair,I sent my cries to seek thy grace,My groans to move thine ear. Great God, should thy severer eye,And thine impartial hand,Mark and revenge iniquity,No mortal flesh could stand. But there […]

Psalm 129 – Persecutors Punished

Psalm 129 – Persecutors Punished Up from my youth, may Isr’el say,Have I been nursed in tears; Up from my youth, may Isr’el say,Have I been nursed in tears;My griefs were constant as the day,And tedious as the years. Up from my youth I bore the rageOf all the sons of strife;Oft they assailed my […]

Psalm 128 – Family Blessings

Psalm 128 – Family Blessings O happy man, whose soul is filledWith zeal and reverent awe! O happy man, whose soul is filledWith zeal and reverent awe!His lips to God their honors yield,His life adorns the law. A careful providence shall standAnd ever guard thy head,Shall on the labors of thy handIts kindly blessings shed. […]

Psalm 127 – The Blessing of God on the Business and Comforts of Life

Psalm 127 – The Blessing of God on the Business and Comforts of Life If God succeed not, all the costAnd pains to build the house are lost; If God succeed not, all the costAnd pains to build the house are lost;If God the city will not keep,The watchful guards as well may sleep. What […]

Psalm 126 – Surprising Deliverance

Psalm 126 – Surprising Deliverance When God restored our captive state,Joy was our song, and grace our theme; When God restored our captive state,Joy was our song, and grace our theme;The grace beyond our hopes so greatThat joy appeared a painted dream. The scoffer owns thy hand, and paysUnwilling honors to thy name;While we with […]

Psalm 125 – The Saint’s Trial and Safety

Psalm 125 – The Saint’s Trial and Safety Unshaken as the sacred hill,And firm as mountains be, Unshaken as the sacred hill,And firm as mountains be,Firm as a rock the soul shall restThat leans, O Lord, on thee. Not walls nor hills could guard so wellOld Salem’s happy ground,As those eternal arms of loveThat every […]

Psalm 124 – A Song For the Fifth of November

Psalm 124 – A Song For the Fifth of November Had not the Lord, may Isr’el say,Had not the Lord maintained our side, Had not the Lord, may Isr’el say,Had not the Lord maintained our side,When men, to make our lives a prey,Rose like the swelling of the tide; The swelling tide had stopped our […]

Psalm 123 – Pleading With Submission

Psalm 123 – Pleading With Submission O thou whose grace and justice reignEnthroned above the skies, O thou whose grace and justice reignEnthroned above the skies,To thee our hearts would tell their pain,To thee we lift our eyes. As servants watch their master’s hand,And fear the angry stroke;Or maids before their mistress stand,And wait a […]

Psalm 122 – Going to Church

Psalm 122 – Going to Church How did my heart rejoice to hearMy friends devoutly say, How did my heart rejoice to hearMy friends devoutly say,“In Zion let us all appear,And keep the solemn day!” I love her gates, I love the road;The church, adorned with grace,Stands like a palace built for God,To show his […]

Psalm 121 – Divine Protection

Psalm 121 – Divine Protection Up to the hills I lift mine eyes,Th’ eternal hills beyond the skies; Up to the hills I lift mine eyes,Th’ eternal hills beyond the skies;Thence all her help my soul derives;There my Almighty refuge lives. He lives; the everlasting God,That built the world, that spread the flood;The heav’ns with […]

Psalm 120 – Complaint of Quarrelsome Neighbors

Psalm 120 – Complaint of Quarrelsome Neighbors Thou God of love, thou ever-blest,Pity my suff’ring state; Thou God of love, thou ever-blest,Pity my suff’ring state;When wilt thou set my soul at restFrom lips that love deceit? Hard lot of mine! my days are castAmong the sons of strife,Whose never-ceasing brawling wasteMy golden hours of life. […]

Psalm 119, Part 9 – Desire of Knowledge

Psalm 119, Part 9 – Desire of Knowledge Thy mercies fill the earth, O Lord;How good thy works appear! Ver. 64,68,18 Thy mercies fill the earth, O Lord;How good thy works appear!Open mine eyes to read thy word,And see thy wonders there. Ver. 73,125 My heart was fashioned by thy hand;My service is thy due:O […]

Psalm 119, Part 8 – The Word of God Is the Saint’s Portion

Psalm 119, Part 8 – The Word of God Is the Saint’s Portion Lord, I have made thy word my choice,My lasting heritage; Lord, I have made thy word my choice,My lasting heritage;There shall my noblest powers rejoice,My warmest thoughts engage. I’ll read the histories of thy love,And keep thy laws in sight,While through the […]

Psalm 119, Part 7 – Imperfection of Nature, and Perfection of Scripture

Psalm 119, Part 7 – Imperfection of Nature, and Perfection of Scripture Let all the heathen writers joinTo form one perfect book; Let all the heathen writers joinTo form one perfect book;Great God! if once compared with thine,How mean their writings look! Not the most perfect rules they gaveCould show one sin forgiv’n,Nor lead a […]

Psalm 119, Part 6 – Holiness and Comfort From the Word

Psalm 119, Part 6 – Holiness and Comfort From the Word Lord, I esteem thy judgments right,And all thy statutes just; Ver. 128 Lord, I esteem thy judgments right,And all thy statutes just;Thence I maintain a constant fightWith every flatt’ring lust. Ver. 97,9 Thy precepts often I survey;I keep thy law in sight,Through all the […]

Psalm 119, Part 5 – Delight in Scripture

Psalm 119, Part 5 – Delight in Scripture O how I love thy holy law!‘Tis daily my delight; Ver. 97 O how I love thy holy law!‘Tis daily my delight;And thence my meditations drawDivine advice by night. Ver. 148 My waking eyes prevent the dayTo meditate thy word;My soul with longing melts awayTo hear thy […]

Psalm 119, Part 4 – Instruction From Scripture

Psalm 119, Part 4 – Instruction From Scripture How shall the young secure their hearts,And guard their lives from sin? Ver. 9 How shall the young secure their hearts,And guard their lives from sin?Thy word the choicest rules impartsTo keep the conscience clean. Ver. 130 When once it enters to the mind,It spreads such light […]

Psalm 119, Part 3 – Professions of Sincerity, Repentance, and Obedience

Psalm 119, Part 3 – Professions of Sincerity, Repentance, and Obedience Thou art my portion, O my God;Soon as I know thy way, Ver. 57,60 Thou art my portion, O my God;Soon as I know thy way,My heart makes haste t’ obey thy word,And suffers no delay. Ver. 30,14 I choose the path of heav’nly […]

Psalm 119, Part 2 – Secret Devotion and Spiritual-Mindedness

Psalm 119, Part 2 – Secret Devotion and Spiritual-Mindedness To thee, before the dawning lightMy gracious God, I pray; Ver. 147,55 To thee, before the dawning lightMy gracious God, I pray;I meditate thy name by night,And keep thy law by day. Ver. 81 My spirit faints to see thy grace,Thy promise bears me up;And while […]

Psalm 119, Part 1 – The Blessedness of Saints, and Misery of Sinners

Psalm 119, Part 1 – The Blessedness of Saints, and Misery of Sinners Blest are the undefiled in heart,Whose ways are right and clean; Ver. 1-3 Blest are the undefiled in heart,Whose ways are right and clean;Who never from thy law depart,But fly from every sin. Blest are the men that keep thy word,And practise […]

Psalm 118, Part 4 – Hosanna; the Lord’s Day

Psalm 118, Part 4 – Hosanna; the Lord’s Day This is the day the Lord hath made,He calls the hours his own; Or, Christ’s Resurrection and Our Salvation This is the day the Lord hath made,He calls the hours his own;Let heav’n rejoice, let earth be glad,And praise surround the throne. Today he rose and […]

Psalm 118, Part 3 – Christ the Foundation of His Church

Psalm 118, Part 3 – Christ the Foundation of His Church Behold the sure foundation-stoneWhich God in Zion lays, Behold the sure foundation-stoneWhich God in Zion lays,To build our heav’nly hopes upon,And his eternal praise. Chosen of God, to sinners dear,And saints adore the name;They trust their whole salvation here,Nor shall they suffer shame. The […]

Psalm 118, Part 2 – Public Praise For Deliverance From Death

Psalm 118, Part 2 – Public Praise For Deliverance From Death Lord, thou hast heard thy servant cryAnd rescued from the grave; Lord, thou hast heard thy servant cryAnd rescued from the grave;Now shall he live; and none can die,If God resolve to save. Thy praise, more constant than before,Shall fill his daily breath;Thy hand, […]

Psalm 118, Part 1 – Deliverance From A Tumult

Psalm 118, Part 1 – Deliverance From A Tumult The Lord appears my helper now,Nor is my faith afraid The Lord appears my helper now,Nor is my faith afraidWhat all the sons of earth can do,Since heav’n affords its aid. ‘Tis safer, Lord, to hope in thee,And have my God my friend,Than trust in men […]

Psalm 118 – An Hosanna for the Lord’s Day

Psalm 118 – An Hosanna for the Lord’s Day See what a living stoneThe builders did refuse; See what a living stoneThe builders did refuse;Yet God hath built his church thereon, In spite of envious Jews. The scribe and angry priestReject thine only Son;Yet on this Rock shall Zion rest,As the chief corner-stone. The work, […]

Psalm 117 – Praise to God From All Nations

Psalm 117 – Praise to God From All Nations O all ye nations, praise the Lord,Each with a diff’rent tongue; O all ye nations, praise the Lord,Each with a diff’rent tongue;In every language learn his word,And let his name be sung. His mercy reigns through every land;Proclaim his grace abroad;For ever firm his truth shall […]

Psalm 116, Part 2 – Vows Made in Trouble Paid in the Church

Psalm 116, Part 2 – Vows Made in Trouble Paid in the Church What shall I render to my GodFor all his kindness shown? What shall I render to my GodFor all his kindness shown?My feet shall visit thine abode,My songs address thy throne. Among the saints that fill thine houseMy off’rings shall be paid;There […]

Psalm 116, Part 1 – Recovery from Sickness

Psalm 116, Part 1 – Recovery from Sickness I love the Lord; he heard my cries,And pitied every groan; I love the Lord; he heard my cries,And pitied every groan;Long as I live, when troubles rise,I’ll hasten to his throne. I love the Lord; he bowed his ear,And chased my griefs away;O let my heart […]

Psalm 115 – The True God Our Refuge

Psalm 115 – The True God Our Refuge Not to ourselves, who are but dust,Not to ourselves is glory due, Not to ourselves, who are but dust,Not to ourselves is glory due,Eternal God, thou only just,Thou only gracious, wise, and true. Shine forth in all thy dreadful name;Why should a heathen’s haughty tongueInsult us, and, […]

Psalm 114 – Miracles Attending Israel’s Journey

Psalm 114 – Miracles Attending Israel’s Journey When Isr’el, freed from Pharaoh’s hand,Left the proud tyrant and his land, When Isr’el, freed from Pharaoh’s hand,Left the proud tyrant and his land,The tribes with cheerful homage ownTheir King, and Judah was his throne. Across the deep their journey lay;The deep divides to make them way;Jordan beheld […]

Psalm 113 – The Majesty and Condescension of God

Psalm 113 – The Majesty and Condescension of God Ye that delight to serve the Lord,The honors of his name record, Ye that delight to serve the Lord,The honors of his name record,His sacred name for ever bless;Where’er the circling sun displaysHis rising beams, or setting rays,Let lands and seas his power confess. Not time, […]

Psalm 112 – The Blessings of the Liberal Man

Psalm 112 – The Blessings of the Liberal Man That man is blest who stands in aweOf God, and loves his sacred law: That man is blest who stands in aweOf God, and loves his sacred law:His seed on earth shall be renowned;His house the seat of wealth shall be,An inexhausted treasury,And with successive honors […]

Psalm 111 – The Perfections of God

Psalm 111 – The Perfections of God Great is the Lord; his works of mightDemand our noblest songs: Great is the Lord; his works of mightDemand our noblest songs:Let his assembled saints uniteTheir harmony of tongues. Great is the mercy of the Lord;He gives his children food;And, ever mindful of his word,He makes his promise […]

Psalm 110, Part 2 – Christ Exalted, and Multitudes Converted

Psalm 110, Part 2 – Christ Exalted, and Multitudes Converted Thus the eternal Father spakeTo Christ the Son: “Ascend and sit Thus the eternal Father spakeTo Christ the Son: “Ascend and sitAt my right hand, till I shall makeThy foes submissive at thy feet. “From Zion shall thy word proceed;Thy word, the sceptre in thy […]

Psalm 110, Part 1 – Christ’s Kingdom and Priesthood

Psalm 110, Part 1 – Christ’s Kingdom and Priesthood Jesus, our Lord, ascend thy throne,And near the Father sit; Jesus, our Lord, ascend thy throne,And near the Father sit;In Zion shall thy power be known,And make thy foes submit. What wonders shall thy gospel do!Thy converts shall surpassThe num’rous drops of morning dew,And own thy […]

Psalm 109 – Love to Enemies From the Example of Christ

Psalm 109 – Love to Enemies From the Example of Christ God of my mercy and my praise,Thy glory is my song, God of my mercy and my praise,Thy glory is my song,Though sinners speak against thy graceWith a blaspheming tongue. When in the form of mortal manThy Son on earth was found,With cruel slanders, […]

Psalm 107, Part 4 – Deliverance From Storms and Shipwreck

Psalm 107, Part 4 – Deliverance From Storms and Shipwreck Would you behold the works of God,His wonders in the world abroad, Would you behold the works of God,His wonders in the world abroad,Go with the mariners, and traceThe unknown regions of the seas. They leave their native shores behind,And seize the favor of the […]

Psalm 107, Part 3 – Intemperance Punished and Pardoned

Psalm 107, Part 3 – Intemperance Punished and Pardoned Vain man, on foolish pleasures bent,Prepares for his own punishment; Vain man, on foolish pleasures bent,Prepares for his own punishment;What pains, what loathsome maladies,From luxury and lust arise! The drunkard feels his vitals waste,Yet drowns his health to please his taste;Till all his active powers are […]

Psalm 107, Part 2 – Correction for Sin, and Release by Prayer

Psalm 107, Part 2 – Correction for Sin, and Release by Prayer From age to age exalt his name;God and his grace are still the same; From age to age exalt his name;God and his grace are still the same;He fills the hungry soul with food,And feeds the poor with every good. But if their […]

Psalm 107, Part 1 – Israel Led to Canaan, and Christians to Heaven

Psalm 107, Part 1 – Israel Led to Canaan, and Christians to Heaven Give thanks to God; he reigns above;Kind are his thoughts, his name is Love; Give thanks to God; he reigns above;Kind are his thoughts, his name is Love;His mercy ages past have known,And ages long to come shall own. Let the redeemed […]

Psalm 107, Last Part – Colonies Planted

Psalm 107, Last Part – Colonies Planted When God, provoked with daring crimes,Scourges the madness of the times, When God, provoked with daring crimes,Scourges the madness of the times,He turns their fields to barren sand,And dries the rivers from the land. His word can raise the springs again,And make the withered mountains green;Send showery blessings […]

Psalm 106, Part 2 – Israel Punished and Pardoned

Psalm 106, Part 2 – Israel Punished and Pardoned God of eternal love,How fickle are our ways! God of eternal love,How fickle are our ways!And yet how oft did Isr’el proveThy constancy of grace! They saw thy wonders wrought,And then thy praise they sung;But soon thy works of power forgot,And murmured with their tongue. Now […]

Psalm 106, Part 1 – Praise to God

Psalm 106, Part 1 – Praise to God To God, the great, the ever-blest,Let songs of honor be addressed; To God, the great, the ever-blest,Let songs of honor be addressed;His mercy firm for ever standsGive him the thanks his love demands. Who knows the wonders of thy ways?Who shall fulfil thy boundless praise?Blest are the […]

Psalm 105, Abridged – God’s Conduct of Israel, and the Plagues of Egypt

Psalm 105, Abridged – God’s Conduct of Israel, and the Plagues of Egypt Give thanks to God, invoke his name,And tell the world his grace; Give thanks to God, invoke his name,And tell the world his grace;Sound through the earth his deeds of fame,That all may seek his face. His cov’nant, which he kept in […]

Psalm 104 – The Glory of God in Creation and Providence

Psalm 104 – The Glory of God in Creation and Providence My soul, thy great Creator praise:When clothed in his celestial rays, My soul, thy great Creator praise:When clothed in his celestial rays,He in full majesty appears,And, like a robe, his glory wears. The heav’ns are for his curtains spread,The unfathomed deep he makes his […]

Psalm 103, Part 3 – God’s Universal Dominion

Psalm 103, Part 3 – God’s Universal Dominion The Lord, the sovereign King,Hath fixed his throne on high; The Lord, the sovereign King,Hath fixed his throne on high;O’er all the heav’nly world he rules,And all beneath the sky. Ye angels, great in might,And swift to do his will,Bless ye the Lord, whose voice ye hear,Whose […]

Psalm 103, Part 2 – God’s Gentle Chastisement

Psalm 103, Part 2 – God’s Gentle Chastisement The Lord, how wondrous are his ways!How firm his truth! how large his grace! The Lord, how wondrous are his ways!How firm his truth! how large his grace!He takes his mercy for his throne,And thence he makes his glories known. Not half so high his power hath […]

Psalm 103, Part 1 – Blessing God for His Goodness to Soul and Body

Psalm 103, Part 1 – Blessing God for His Goodness to Soul and Body Bless, O my soul, the living God,Call home thy thoughts that rove abroad;Let all the powers within me joinIn work and worship so divine. Bless, O my soul, the God of grace;His favors claim thy highest praise:Why should the wonders he […]

Psalm 102, Part 3 – Man’s Mortality, and Christ’s Eternity

Psalm 102, Part 3 – Man’s Mortality, and Christ’s Eternity It is the Lord our Savior’s handWeakens our strength amidst the race;Disease and death at his commandArrest us, and cut short our days. Spare us, O Lord, aloud we pray,Nor let our sun go down at noon;Thy years are one eternal day,And must thy children […]

Psalm 102, Part 2 – Prayer Heard, and Zion Restored

Psalm 102, Part 2 – Prayer Heard, and Zion Restored Let Zion and her sons rejoice,Behold the promised hour;Her God hath heard her mourning voice,And comes t’ exalt his power. Her dust and ruins that remainAre precious in our eyes;Those ruins shall be built again,And all that dust shall rise. The Lord will raise JerusalemAnd […]

Psalm 102, Part 1 – A Prayer of the Afflicted

Psalm 102, Part 1 – A Prayer of the Afflicted Hear me, O God, nor hide thy face;But answer, lest I die; Hear me, O God, nor hide thy face;But answer, lest I die;Hast thou not built a throne of graceTo hear when sinners cry? My days are wasted like the smokeDissolving in the air;My […]

Psalm 101 – The Magistrate’s Psalm

Psalm 101 – The Magistrate’s Psalm Mercy and judgment are my song;And since they both to thee belong, Mercy and judgment are my song;And since they both to thee belong,My gracious God, my righteous King,To thee my songs and vows I bring. If I am raised to bear the sword,I’ll take my counsels from thy […]

Psalm 100 – “Enter Into His Gates With Thanksgiving”

Psalm 100 – “Enter Into His Gates With Thanksgiving” Ye nations round the earth, rejoiceBefore the Lord, your sovereign King; Ye nations round the earth, rejoiceBefore the Lord, your sovereign King;Serve him with cheerful heart and voice,With all your tongues his glory sing. The Lord is God; ’tis he aloneDoth life, and breath, and being […]

Psalm 150 – A Song of Praise

Psalm 150 – A Song of Praise In God’s own house pronounce his praise,His grace he there reveals; In God’s own house pronounce his praise,His grace he there reveals;To heav’n your joy and wonder raise,For there his glory dwells. Let all your sacred passions move,While you rehearse his deeds;But the great work of saving loveYour […]

Who Would True Valour See

Who Would True Valour See Who would true Valour seeLet him come hither; Who would true Valour seeLet him come hither;Who would true Valour seeLet him come hither;One here will Constant be,Come Wind, come Weather.There’s no Discouragement,Shall make him once Relent,His first avow’d Intent,To be a Pilgrim. Who so beset him round,With dismal Storys,Do but […]

Upon Time and Eternity

Upon Time and Eternity Eternity is like unto a Ring.Time, like to Measure, doth it self extend; Eternity is like unto a Ring.Time, like to Measure, doth it self extend;Measure commences, is a finite thing.The Ring has no beginning, middle, end. John Bunyan

Upon the Begger

Upon the Begger He wants, he asks, he pleads his poverty,They within doors do him an alms deny. He wants, he asks, he pleads his poverty,They within doors do him an alms deny.He doth repeat and aggravate his grief,But they repulse him, give him no relief. He begs, they say, Begone; he will not hear,But […]

Upon the Whipping of the Top

Upon the Whipping of the Top Tis with the whip the boy sets up the top,The whip makes it run round upon its toe; Tis with the whip the boy sets up the top,The whip makes it run round upon its toe;The whip makes it hither and thither hop:‘Tis with the whip the top is […]

Upon the Vine Tree

Upon the Vine Tree What is the vine, more than another tree?Nay most, than it, more tall, more comely be. What is the vine, more than another tree?Nay most, than it, more tall, more comely be.What workman thence will take a beam or pin,To make ought which may be delighted in?Its excellency in its fruit […]

Upon the Thief

Upon the Thief The thief, when he doth steal, thinks he doth gain;Yet then the greatest loss he doth sustain. The thief, when he doth steal, thinks he doth gain;Yet then the greatest loss he doth sustain. Come, thief, tell me thy gains, but do not falter.When summ’d, what comes it to more than the […]

Upon the Swallow

Upon the Swallow This pretty bird, O! how she flies and sings,But could she do so if she had not wings? This pretty bird, O! how she flies and sings,But could she do so if she had not wings?Her wings bespeak my faith, her songs my peace;When I believe and sing my doubtings cease. John […]

Upon the Sun’s Reflection upon the Clouds in a Fair Morning

Upon the Sun’s Reflection upon the Clouds in a Fair Morning Look yonder, ah! methinks mine eyes do seeClouds edged with silver, as fine garments be; Look yonder, ah! methinks mine eyes do seeClouds edged with silver, as fine garments be;They look as if they saw that golden faceThat makes black clouds most beautiful with […]

Upon the Skilfull Player of an Instrument

Upon the Skilfull Player of an Instrument He that can play well on an instrument,Will take the ear, and captivate the mind He that can play well on an instrument,Will take the ear, and captivate the mindWith mirth or sadness; for that it is bentThereto, as music in it place doth find. But if one […]

Upon the Sight of a Pound of Candles Falling to the Ground

Upon the Sight of a Pound of Candles Falling to the Ground But be the candles down, and scattered too,Some lying here, some there? What shall we do? But be the candles down, and scattered too,Some lying here, some there? What shall we do?Hold, light the candle there that stands on high, It you may […]

Upon the Sacraments

Upon the Sacraments Two sacraments I do believe there be,Baptism and the Supper of the Lord; Two sacraments I do believe there be,Baptism and the Supper of the Lord;Both mysteries divine, which do to me,By God’s appointment, benefit afford.But shall they be my God, or shall I haveOf them so foul and impious a thought,To […]

Upon the Pismire

Upon the Pismire Must we unto the pismire go to school,To learn of her in summer to provide Must we unto the pismire go to school,To learn of her in summer to provideFor winter next ensuing. Man’s a fool,Or silly ants would not be made his guide. But, sluggard, is it not a shame for […]

Upon the Lord’s Prayer

Upon the Lord’s Prayer Our Father which in heaven art,Thy name be always hallowed; Our Father which in heaven art,Thy name be always hallowed;Thy kingdom come, thy will be done;Thy heavenly path be followed By us on earth as ’tis with thee,We humbly pray;And let our bread us given be,From day to day. Forgive our […]

Upon the Lark and the Fowler

Upon the Lark and the Fowler Thou simple bird, what makes thou here to play?Look, there’s the fowler, pr’ythee come away. Thou simple bird, what makes thou here to play?Look, there’s the fowler, pr’ythee come away.Do’st not behold the net? Look there, ’tis spread,Venture a little further, thou art dead. Is there not room enough […]

Upon the Flint in the Water

Upon the Flint in the Water This flint, time out of mind, has there abode,Where crystal streams make their continual road. This flint, time out of mind, has there abode,Where crystal streams make their continual road.Yet it abides a flint as much as ’twereBefore it touched the water, or came there Its hard obdurateness is […]

Upon the Fish in the Water

Upon the Fish in the Water The water is the fish’s element;Take her from thence, none can her death prevent; The water is the fish’s element;Take her from thence, none can her death prevent;And some have said, who have transgressors been,As good not be, as to be kept from sin. 2. The water is the […]

Upon the Disobedient Child

Upon the Disobedient Child Children become, while little, our delights!When they grow bigger, they begin to fright’s. Children become, while little, our delights!When they grow bigger, they begin to fright’s.Their sinful nature prompts them to rebel,And to delight in paths that lead to hell. Their parents’ love and care they overlook,As if relation had them […]

Upon the Bee

Upon the Bee The bee goes out, and honey home doth bring,And some who seek that honey find a sting. The bee goes out, and honey home doth bring,And some who seek that honey find a sting.Now would’st thou have the honey, and be freeFrom stinging, in the first place kill the bee. Comparison. This […]

Upon the Barren Fig-Tree in God’s Vineyard

Upon the Barren Fig-Tree in God’s Vineyard What, barren here! in this so good a soil?The sight of this doth make God’s heart recoil What, barren here! in this so good a soil?The sight of this doth make God’s heart recoilFrom giving thee his blessing; barren tree,Bear fruit, or else thine end will cursed be! […]

Upon Over-Much Niceness

Upon Over-Much Niceness Tis much to see how over nice some areAbout the body and household affair, Tis much to see how over nice some areAbout the body and household affair,While what’s of worth they slightly pass it by,Not doing, or doing it slovenly. Their house must be well furnished, be in print,Meanwhile their soul […]

Upon Fire

Upon Fire Who falls into the fire shall burn with heat;While those remote scorn from it to retreat. Who falls into the fire shall burn with heat;While those remote scorn from it to retreat.Yea, while those in it, cry out, O! I burn,Some farther off those cries to laughter turn. Comparison. While some tormented are […]

Upon Apparel

Upon Apparel God gave us Cloaths to hide our Nakedness,And we by them, do it expose to View. God gave us Cloaths to hide our Nakedness,And we by them, do it expose to View.Our Pride, and unclean Minds, to an excess,By our Apparel we to others shew. John Bunyan

Upon a Snail

Upon a Snail She goes but softly, but she goeth sure,She stumbles not, as stronger creatures do. She goes but softly, but she goeth sure,She stumbles not, as stronger creatures do.Her journey’s shorter, so she may endureBetter than they which do much farther go. She makes no noise, but stilly seizeth onThe flower or herb […]

Upon a Sheet of White Paper

Upon a Sheet of White Paper This subject is unto the foulest pen,Or fairest handled by the sons of men. This subject is unto the foulest pen,Or fairest handled by the sons of men. ‘Twill also show what is upon it writ,Be it wisely, or nonsense for want of wit, Each blot and blur it […]

Upon a Penny Loaf

Upon a Penny Loaf Thy price one penny is in time of plenty,In famine doubled, ’tis from one to twenty. Thy price one penny is in time of plenty,In famine doubled, ’tis from one to twenty.Yea, no man knows what price on thee to setWhen there is but one penny loaf to get. Comparison. This […]

Upon a Lowering of Morning

Upon a Lowering of Morning Well, with the day I see the clouds appear,And mix the light with darkness everywhere; Well, with the day I see the clouds appear,And mix the light with darkness everywhere;This threatening is, to travellers that goLong journeys, slabby rain they’ll have, or snow. Else, while I gaze, the sun doth […]

Upon a Looking Glass

Upon a Looking Glass In this see thou thy beauty, hast thou any,Or thy defects, should they be few or many. In this see thou thy beauty, hast thou any,Or thy defects, should they be few or many. Thou may’st, too, here thy spots and freckles see,Hast thou but eyes, and what their numbers be. […]

The Spirit of Prayer

The Spirit of Prayer Wouldst thou have that good, that blessed mind,That is so much to heavenly things inclin’d Wouldst thou have that good, that blessed mind,That is so much to heavenly things inclin’d That it aloft will soar, and always beContemplating on blest eternity. That mind that never thinks itself at rest,But when it […]

The Sinner and the Spider

The Sinner and the Spider I am a man, and in God’s image made,I have a soul shall neither die nor fade, Sinner. What black, what ugly crawling thing art thou? Spider. I am a spider——————- Sinner. A spider, ay, also a filthy creature. Spider. Not filthy as thyself in name or feature.My name entailed […]

The Operation of Faith

The Operation of Faith The word of faith unto me pardon brings,Shows me the ground and reason whence it springs: The word of faith unto me pardon brings,Shows me the ground and reason whence it springs: To wit, free grace, which moved God to giveHis Son to die and bleed, that I might live This […]

The Necessity of a New Heart

The Necessity of a New Heart Now wouldst thou have a heart that tender is,A heart that forward is to close with bliss; Now wouldst thou have a heart that tender is,A heart that forward is to close with bliss; A heart that will impressions freely takeOf the new covenant, and that will make The […]

The Fowls Flying in the Air

The Fowls Flying in the Air Methinks I see a sight most excellent,All sorts of birds fly in the firmament: Methinks I see a sight most excellent,All sorts of birds fly in the firmament: Some great, some small, all of a divers kind,Mine eye affecting, pleasant to my mind. Look how they tumble in the […]

On the Rising of the Sun

On the Rising of the Sun Look, look, brave Sol doth peep up from beneath,Shows us his golden face, doth on us breathe; Look, look, brave Sol doth peep up from beneath,Shows us his golden face, doth on us breathe; brave He also doth compass us round with glories,Whilst he ascends up to his highest […]

On the Cackling of a Hen

On the Cackling of a Hen The hen, so soon as she an egg doth lay,(Spreads the fame of her doing what she may.) The hen, so soon as she an egg doth lay,(Spreads the fame of her doing what she may.)About the yard she cackling now doth go,To tell what ’twas she at her […]

On Promising Fruitfulness of a Tree

On Promising Fruitfulness of a Tree A comely sight indeed it is to seeA world of blossoms on an apple-tree: A comely sight indeed it is to seeA world of blossoms on an apple-tree:Yet far more comely would this tree appear,If all its dainty blooms young apples were. But how much more might one upon […]

Of Uprightness and Sincerity

Of Uprightness and Sincerity Wouldst thou be very upright and sincere?Wouldst thou be that within thou dost appear, Wouldst thou be very upright and sincere?Wouldst thou be that within thou dost appear, Or seem to be in outward exerciseBefore the most devout, and godly wise? Yea, art thou thus when no eye doth thee seeBut […]

Of the Rose Bush

Of the Rose Bush This homely bush doth to mine eyes exposeA very fair, yea, comely ruddy rose. This homely bush doth to mine eyes exposeA very fair, yea, comely ruddy rose.This rose doth also bow its head to me,Saying, Come, pluck me, I thy rose will be; Yet offer I to gather rose or […]

Of The Mole in the Ground

Of The Mole in the Ground The mole’s a creature very smooth and slick,She digs i’ th’ dirt, but ’twill not on her stick; The mole’s a creature very smooth and slick,She digs i’ th’ dirt, but ’twill not on her stick;So’s he who counts this world his greatest gains,Yet nothing gets but’s labour for […]

Of the Love of Christ

Of the Love of Christ The love of Christ, poor I! may touch upon;But ’tis unsearchable. O! there is none The love of Christ, poor I! may touch upon;But ’tis unsearchable. O! there is noneIts large dimensions can comprehendShould they dilate thereon world without end. When we had sinned, in his zeal he swore,That he […]

Of the Going Down of the Sun

Of the Going Down of the Sun What, hast thou run thy race, art going down?Thou seemest angry, why dost on us frown? What, hast thou run thy race, art going down?Thou seemest angry, why dost on us frown? Yea, wrap thy head with clouds and hide thy face,As threatening to withdraw from us thy […]

Of the Fly at the Candle

Of the Fly at the Candle What ails this fly thus desperately to enterA combat with the candle? Will she venture What ails this fly thus desperately to enterA combat with the candle? Will she ventureTo clash at light? Away, thou silly fly;Thus doing thou wilt burn thy wings and die. But ’tis a folly […]

Of The Boy and Butterfly

Of The Boy and Butterfly Behold, how eager this our little boyIs for a butterfly, as if all joy, Behold, how eager this our little boyIs for a butterfly, as if all joy,All profits, honours, yea, and lasting pleasures,Were wrapped up in her, or the richest treasuresFound in her would be bundled up together,When all […]

Of Moses and His Wife

Of Moses and His Wife This Moses was a fair and comely man,His wife a swarthy Ethiopian; This Moses was a fair and comely man,His wife a swarthy Ethiopian;Nor did his milk-white bosom change her sin.She came out thence as black as she went in. Now Moses was a type of Moses’ law,His wife likewise […]

Of Man by Nature

Of Man by Nature From God he’s a backslider,Of ways he loves the wider; From God he’s a backslider,Of ways he loves the wider;With wickedness a sider,More venom than a spider.In sin he’s a considerer,A make-bate and divider;Blind reason is his guider,The devil is his rider. John Bunyan

Of Love to God

Of Love to God When I do this begin to apprehend,My heart, my soul, and mind, begins to bend When I do this begin to apprehend,My heart, my soul, and mind, begins to bend To God-ward, and sincerely for to loveHis son, his ways, his people, and to move With brokenness of spirit after himWho […]

Of Judgment

Of Judgment As ’tis appointed men should die,So judgment is the next As ’tis appointed men should die,So judgment is the nextThat meets them most assuredly;For so saith holy text. Wherefore of judgment I shall nowInform you what I may,That you may see what ’tis, and how‘Twill be with men that day. This world it […]

Of Holiness of Life

Of Holiness of Life Now, then, if holiness thou wouldst obtain,And wouldst a tender Christian man remain, Now, then, if holiness thou wouldst obtain,And wouldst a tender Christian man remain, Keep faith in action, let that righteousnessThat Christ fulfilled always have express And clear distinction in thy heart, from allThat men by Scripture, or besides, […]

Of Hell and the Estate of Those Who Perish

Of Hell and the Estate of Those Who Perish Thus, having show’d you what I seeOf heaven, I now will tell Thus, having show’d you what I seeOf heaven, I now will tellYou also, after search, what beThe damned wights of hell. And O, that they who read my linesWould ponder soberly,And lay to heart […]

Of Heaven

Of Heaven Heaven is a place, also a state,It doth all things excel, Heaven is a place, also a state,It doth all things excel,No man can fully it relate,Nor of its glory tell. God made it for his residence,To sit on as a throne,Which shows to us the excellenceWhereby it may be known. Doubtless the […]

Of Godly Fear

Of Godly Fear Us godly fear delightful unto thee,That fear that God himself delights to see Us godly fear delightful unto thee,That fear that God himself delights to see Bear sway in them that love him? then he willThy godly mind in this request fulfil. By giving thee a fear that tremble shall,At every trip […]

Of Death

Of Death  Death, as a king rampant and stoutThe world he dare engage; Death, as a king rampant and stoutThe world he dare engage;He conquers all, yea, and doth routThe great, strong, wise, and sage. No king so great, nor prince so strong,But death can make to yield,Yea, bind and lay them all along,And make […]

Of Child with Bird at the Bush

Of Child with Bird at the Bush My little bird, how canst thou sitAnd sing amidst so many thorns? My little bird, how canst thou sitAnd sing amidst so many thorns?Let me a hold upon thee get,My love with honour thee adorns. Thou art at present little worth,Five farthings none will give for thee,But pr’ythee, […]

Meditations upon an Egg

Meditations upon an Egg The egg’s no chick by falling from the hen;Nor man a Christian, till he’s born again. 1. The egg’s no chick by falling from the hen;Nor man a Christian, till he’s born again.The egg’s at first contained in the shell;Men, afore grace, in sins and darkness dwell. The egg, when laid, […]

Meditations upon a Candle

Meditations upon a Candle Man’s like a candle in a candlestick,Made up of tallow and a little wick; Man’s like a candle in a candlestick,Made up of tallow and a little wick;And as the candle when it is not lighted,So is he who is in his sins benighted. Nor can a man his soul with […]

Meditation upon the Day Before the Sun Rising

Meditation upon the Day Before the Sun Rising But all this while, where’s he whose golden raysDrives night away and beautifies our days? But all this while, where’s he whose golden raysDrives night away and beautifies our days? Where’s he whose goodly face doth warm and heal,And show us what the darksome nights conceal? Where’s […]

Blessed Be God, Our God

Blessed Be God, Our God Blessed be God, our God,Who freely His beloved Son up gaveHis enemies to reconcile and save:Blessed be God, our God. He spared not His Son:‘Tis this that bids the hard thought disappear,‘Tis this that silences each rising fear,He spared not His Son. Who shall condemn us now?Since Christ has died, […]

Praise for Creation and Providence

Praise for Creation and Providence I sing the mighty power of God,that made the mountains rise,That spread the flowing seas abroad,and built the lofty skies.I sing the wisdom that ordainedthe sun to rule the day;The moon shines full at God’s command,and all the stars obey. I sing the goodness of the Lord,who filled the earth […]

Stones Made Children of Abraham

Stones Made Children of Abraham Vain are the hopes that rebels placeUpon their birth and blood,Descended from a pious race;Their fathers now with God. He from the caves of earth and hellCan take the hardest stones,And fill the house of Abram wellWith new-created sons. Such wondrous power doth he possessWho formed our mortal frame,Who called […]

Christ our Wisdom, Righteousness, Etc., II

Christ our Wisdom, Righteousness, Etc., II How heavy is the nightThat hangs upon our eyes, How heavy is the nightThat hangs upon our eyes,Till Christ with his reviving lightOver our souls arise! Our guilty spirits dreadTo meet the wrath of Heav’n;But, in his righteousness arrayed,We see our sins forgiv’n. Unholy and impureAre all our thoughts […]

Christ Our Wisdom, Righteousness, Etc.

Christ Our Wisdom, Righteousness, Etc. Buried in shadows of the nightWe lie till Christ restores the light; Buried in shadows of the nightWe lie till Christ restores the light;Wisdom descends to heal the blind,And chase the darkness of the mind. Our guilty souls are drowned in tearsTill his atoning blood appears;Then we awake from deep […]

Election Excludes Boasting

Election Excludes Boasting But few among the carnal wise,But few of noble race, But few among the carnal wise,But few of noble race,Obtain the favor of thine eyes,Almighty King of Grace. He takes the men of meanest nameFor sons and heirs of God;And thus he pours abundant shameOn honorable blood. He calls the fool, and […]

Regeneration

Regeneration Not all the outward forms on earth,Nor rites that God has giv’n, Not all the outward forms on earth,Nor rites that God has giv’n,Nor will of man, nor blood, nor birth,Can raise a soul to heav’n. The sovereign will of God aloneCreates us heirs of graceBorn in the image of his Son,A new, peculiar […]

Justification by Faith, Not by Works

Justification by Faith, Not by Works Vain are the hopes the sons of menOn their own works have built; Vain are the hopes the sons of menOn their own works have built;Their hearts by nature all unclean,And all their actions guilt. Let Jew and Gentile stop their mouthsWithout a murm’ring word,And the whole race of […]

Christ, or Wisdom, Obeyed or Resisted

Christ, or Wisdom, Obeyed or Resisted Thus saith the Wisdom of the Lord,“Blest is the man that hears my word, Thus saith the Wisdom of the Lord,“Blest is the man that hears my word,Keeps daily watch before my gates,And at my feet for mercy waits. “The soul that seeks me shall obtainImmortal wealth and heav’nly […]

Christ the Wisdom of God

Christ the Wisdom of God Shall Wisdom cry aloud,And not her speech be heard? Shall Wisdom cry aloud,And not her speech be heard?The voice of God’s eternal Word,Deserves it no regard? “I was his chief delight,His everlasting Son,Before the first of all his works,Creation, was begun. “Before the flying clouds,Before the solid land,Before the fields, […]

Advice to Youth

Advice to Youth Now in the heat of youthful bloodRemember your Creator God: Now in the heat of youthful bloodRemember your Creator God:Behold, the months come hast’ning on,When you shall say, “My joys are gone!” Behold, the aged sinner goes,Laden with guilt and heavy woes,Down to the regions of the dead,With endless curses on his […]

Youth and Judgment II

Youth and Judgment II Lo! the young tribes of Adam rise,And through all nature roveFulfil the wishes of their eyes,And taste the joys they love. They give a loose to wild desires;But let the sinners knowThe strict account that God requiresOf all the works they do. The Judge prepares his throne on high,The frighted earth […]

The Promises of the Covenant of Grace

The Promises of the Covenant of Grace In vain we lavish out our livesTo gather empty wind; In vain we lavish out our livesTo gather empty wind;The choicest blessings earth can yieldWill starve a hungry mind. Come, and the Lord shall feed our soulsWith more substantial meat,With such as saints in glory love,With such as […]

Youth and Judgment

Youth and Judgment Ye sons of Adam, vain and young,Indulge your eyes, indulge your tongue,Taste the delights your souls desire,And give a loose to all your fire; Pursue the pleasures you design,And cheer your hearts with songs and wine;Enjoy the day of mirth, but knowThere is a day of judgment too. God from on high […]

Life the Day of Grace and Hope

Life the Day of Grace and Hope Life is the time to serve the Lord,The time t’ insure the great reward; Life is the time to serve the Lord,The time t’ insure the great reward;And while the lamp holds out to burn,The vilest sinner may return. Life is the hour that God has giv’nTo ‘scape […]

God Dwells With the Humble and Penitent

God Dwells With the Humble and Penitent Thus saith the high and lofty One:“I sit upon my holy throne;My name is God, I dwell on high,Dwell in my own eternity. “But I descend to worlds below,On earth I have a mansion too;The humble spirit and contriteIs an abode of my delight. “The humble soul my […]

God Holy, Just, and Sovereign

God Holy, Just, and Sovereign How should the sons of Adam’s raceBe pure before their God?If he contend in righteousness,We fall beneath his rod. To vindicate my words and thoughtsI’ll make no more pretence;Not one of all my thousand faultsCan bear a just defence. Strong is his arm, his heart is wise;What vain presumer’s dareAgainst […]

Salvation, Righteousness, and Strength in Christ

Salvation, Righteousness, and Strength in Christ Jehovah speaks! let Isr’el hear;Let all the earth rejoice and fear, Jehovah speaks! let Isr’el hear;Let all the earth rejoice and fear,While God’s eternal Son proclaimsHis sovereign honors and his names. “I am the last, and I the first,The Savior God, and God the just;There’s none beside pretends to […]

Afflictions and Death Under Providence

Afflictions and Death Under Providence Not from the dust affliction grows,Nor troubles rise by chance; Not from the dust affliction grows,Nor troubles rise by chance;Yet we are born to cares and woes;A sad inheritance! As sparks break out from burning coals,And still are upwards borneSo grief is rooted in our souls,And man grows up to […]

God Far Above Creatures

God Far Above Creatures Shall the vile race of flesh and bloodContend with their Creator God?Shall mortal worms presume to beMore holy, wise, or just than he? Behold, he puts his trust in noneOf all the spirits round his throne:Their natures, when compared with his,Are neither holy, just, nor wise. But how much meaner things […]

A Song for Morning or Evening

A Song for Morning or Evening God, how endless is thy love!Thy gifts are every evening new;And morning mercies from aboveGently distill like early dew. Thou spread’st the curtains of the night,Great guardian of my sleeping hours;Thy sovereign word restores the light,And quickens all my drowsy powers. I yield my powers to thy command,To thee […]

An Evening Hymn

An Evening Hymn Thus far the Lord has led me on,Thus far his power prolongs my days; Thus far the Lord has led me on,Thus far his power prolongs my days;And every evening shall make knownSome fresh memorial of his grace. Much of my time has run to waste,And I perhaps am near my home;But […]

A Morning Hymn

A Morning Hymn God of the morning! at whose voiceThe cheerful sun makes haste to rise, God of the morning! at whose voiceThe cheerful sun makes haste to rise,And like a giant doth rejoiceTo run his journey through the skies. From the fair chambers of the eastThe circuit of his race begins,And, without weariness or […]

The Strength of Christ’s Love

The Strength of Christ’s Love Who is this fair one in distress,That travels from the wilderness? Who is this fair one in distress,That travels from the wilderness?And pressed with sorrows and with sins,On her beloved Lord she leans. This is the spouse of Christ our God,Bought with the treasure of his blood;And her request and […]

Christ Dwells in Heaven, But Visits on Earth

Christ Dwells in Heaven, But Visits on Earth When strangers stand and hear me tellWhat beauties in my Savior dwell, When strangers stand and hear me tellWhat beauties in my Savior dwell,Where he is gone they fain would know,That they may seek and love him too. My best Beloved keeps his throneOn hills of light, […]

The Church the Garden of Christ

The Church the Garden of Christ We are a garden walled around,Chosen and made peculiar ground; We are a garden walled around,Chosen and made peculiar ground;A little spot enclosed by graceOut of the world’s wide wilderness. Like trees of myrrh and spice we stand,Planted by God the Father’s hand;And all his springs in Zion flow,To […]

The Church’s Beauty in the Eyes of Christ

The Church’s Beauty in the Eyes of Christ Kind is the speech of Christ our Lord,Affection sounds in every word: Kind is the speech of Christ our Lord,Affection sounds in every word:Lo! thou art fair, my love,” he cries,“Not the young doves have sweeter eyes.” “Sweet are thy lips, thy pleasing voiceSalutes mine ear with […]

The Coronation of Christ, and Espousals of the Church

The Coronation of Christ, and Espousals of the Church Daughters of Zion, come, beholdThe crown of honor and of gold Daughters of Zion, come, beholdThe crown of honor and of goldWhich the glad church, with joys unknown,Placed on the head of Solomon. Jesus, thou everlasting King,Accept the tribute which we bring;Accept the well-deserved renown,And wear […]

Christ Found in the Street, and Brought to the Church

Christ Found in the Street, and Brought to the Church Often I seek my Lord by night,Jesus, my Love, my soul’s delight; Often I seek my Lord by night,Jesus, my Love, my soul’s delight;With warm desire and restless thoughtI seek him oft, but find him not. Then I arise and search the street,Till I my […]

Christ Inviting, and the Church Answering the Invitation

Christ Inviting, and the Church Answering the Invitation Hark! the Redeemer from on highSweetly invites his fav’rites nigh;From caves of darkness and of doubt,He gently speaks, and calls us out. “My dove, who hidest in the rock,Thine heart almost with sorrow broke,Lift up thy face, forget thy fear,And let thy voice delight mine ear. “Thy […]

The Invitation of the Gospel

The Invitation of the Gospel Let every mortal ear attend,And every heart rejoice; Let every mortal ear attend,And every heart rejoice;The trumpet of the gospel soundsWith an inviting voice. Lo! all ye hungry, starving souls.That feed upon the wind,And vainly strive with earthly toysTo fill an empty mind. Eternal Wisdom has preparedA soul-reviving feast,And bids […]

The Banquet of Love

The Banquet of Love Behold the Rose of Sharon here,The Lily which the valleys bear; Behold the Rose of Sharon here,The Lily which the valleys bear;Behold the Tree of Life, that givesRefreshing fruit and healing leaves. Amongst the thorns so lilies shine;Amongst wild gourds the noble vine;So in mine eyes my Savior proves,Amidst a thousand […]

Seeking the Pastures of Christ the Shephered

Seeking the Pastures of Christ the Shephered Thou whom my soul admires aboveAll earthly joy and earthly love,Tell me, dear Shepherd, let me know,Where doth thy sweetest pasture grow? Where is the shadow of that rock,That from the sun defends thy flock?Fain would I feed among thy sheep,Among them rest, among them sleep. Why should […]

Christ the King at His Table

Christ the King at His Table Let him embrace my soul, and proveMine interest in his heav’nly love; Let him embrace my soul, and proveMine interest in his heav’nly love;The voice that tells me, “Thou art mine,”Exceeds the blessings of the vine. On thee th’ anointing Spirit came,And spreads the savor of thy name;That oil […]

Adoption

Adoption Behold what wondrous graceThe Father has bestowed Behold what wondrous graceThe Father has bestowedOn sinners of a mortal race,To call them sons of God! ‘Tis no surprising thingThat we should be unknown;The Jewish world knew not their king,God’s everlasting Son. Nor doth it yet appearHow great we must be made;But when we see our […]

Christ’s Humiliation and Exaltation

Christ’s Humiliation and Exaltation What equal honors shall we bringTo thee, O Lord our God, the Lamb,When all the notes that angels singAre far inferior to thy name? Worthy is he that once was slain,The Prince of Peace that groaned and died;Worthy to rise, and live, and reignAt his Almighty Father’s side. Power and dominion […]

Christ Jesus, the Lamb of God, Worshipped by All the Creation

Christ Jesus, the Lamb of God, Worshipped by All the Creation Come, let us join our cheerful songsWith angels round the throne;Ten thousand thousand are their tongues,But all their joys are one. “Worthy the Lamb that died,” they cry,“To be exalted thus:”“Worthy the Lamb,” our lips reply,“For he was slain for us.” Jesus is worthy […]

Christ Our High Priest and King

Christ Our High Priest and King Now to the Lord, that makes us knowThe wonders of his dying love, Now to the Lord, that makes us knowThe wonders of his dying love,Be humble honors paid below,And strains of nobler praise above. ‘Twas he that cleansed our foulest sins,And washed us in his richest blood;‘Tis he […]

Triumph Over Death

Triumph Over Death Great God, I own thy sentence just,And nature must decay;I yield my body to the dust,To dwell with fellow clay. Yet faith may triumph o’er the grave,And trample on the tombsMy Jesus, my Redeemer, lives;My God, my Savior, comes. The mighty Conqueror shall appearHigh on a royal seat,And death, the last of […]

The Virgin Mary’s Song

The Virgin Mary’s Song Our souls shall magnify the Lord,In God the Savior we rejoice: Our souls shall magnify the Lord,In God the Savior we rejoice:While we repeat the Virgin’s song,May the same Spirit tune our voice! The Highest saw her low estate,And mighty things his hand hath done:His overshadowing power and graceMakes her the […]

Babylon Fallen

Babylon Fallen In Gabriel’s hand a mighty stoneLies, a fair type of Babylon:“Prophets, rejoice, and all ye saints,God shall avenge your long complaints.” He said, and dreadful as he stood,He sunk the millstone in the flood:“Thus terribly shall Babel fall,Thus, and no more be found at all.” Rev. 18:20,21 Isaac Watts

The Devil Vanquished

The Devil Vanquished Let mortal tongues attempt to singThe wars of heav’n, when Michael stoodChief general of th’ Eternal King,And fought the battles of our God. Against the dragon and his hostThe armies of the Lord prevail:In vain they rage, in vain they boast,Their courage sinks, their weapons fail. Down to the earth was Satan […]

Original Sin

Original Sin Backward with humble shame we lookOn our original; Backward with humble shame we lookOn our original;How is our nature dashed and brokeIn our first father’s fall! To all that’s good averse and blind,But prone to all that’s illWhat dreadful darkness veils our mind!How obstinate our will! Conceived in sin, O wretched state!Before we […]

The Song of Moses and the Lamb

The Song of Moses and the Lamb We sing the glories of thy love,We sound thy dreadful name;The Christian church unites the songsOf Moses and the Lamb. Great God! how wondrous are thy worksOf vengeance and of grace!Thou King of saints, Almighty Lord,How just and true thy ways! Who dares refuse to fear thy name,Or […]

Wisdom

Wisdom Experience instructs, but it gives no relief,For knowledge brings sorrow, and wisdom is grief, Experience instructs, but it gives no relief,For knowledge brings sorrow, and wisdom is grief,And yet by the preacher of wisdom we’re toldTo seek it as silver and prize it as gold. It’s better to hear a rebuke from the wiseThan […]

Hezekiah’s Song

Hezekiah’s Song When we are raised from deep distress,Our God deserves a song;We take the pattern of our praiseFrom Hezekiah’s tongue. The gates of the devouring graveAre opened wide in vain,If he that holds the keys of deathCommands them fast again. Pains of the flesh are wont t’ abuseOur minds with slavish fears:“Our days are […]

Electing Grace

Electing Grace Jesus, we bless thy Father’s name;Thy God and ours are both the same; Jesus, we bless thy Father’s name;Thy God and ours are both the same;What heav’nly blessings from his throneFlow down to sinners through his Son! “Christ be my first elect,” he said,Then chose our souls in Christ our head,Before he gave […]

The Holy Scriptures

The Holy Scriptures God, who in various methods toldHis mind and will to saints of old, God, who in various methods toldHis mind and will to saints of old,Sent down his Son, with truth and grace,To teach us in these latter days. Our nation reads the written word,That book of life, that sure record:The bright […]

Questions

Questions Will they who look to the Lord for breadBe given only a stone instead? Will they who look to the Lord for breadBe given only a stone instead?Will they who praise and exalt His nameWith shining faces be put to shame? Will those who trust in a carnal planMore blessing have than the humble […]

Baptism

Baptism ‘Twas the commission of our Lord,“Go teach the nations, and baptize:” ‘Twas the commission of our Lord,“Go teach the nations, and baptize:”The nations have received the wordSince he ascended to the skies. He sits upon th’ eternal hills,With grace and pardon in his hands;And sends his cov’nant with the seals,To bless the distant British […]

The Song of Zacharias

The Song of Zacharias Now be the God of Isr’el blessed,Who makes his truth appear; Now be the God of Isr’el blessed,Who makes his truth appear;His mighty hand fulfils his word,And all the oaths he sware. Now he bedews old David’s rootWith blessings from the skies;He makes the Branch of Promise grow,The promised Horn arise. […]

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

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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

Thank God Thank God, you gave us constant loveThrough all our ups and downs Thank God, you gave us constant loveThrough all our ups and downsWe knew a loving heart was thereBeneath each warning frown! Thank God, you didn’t compromiseAnd lead us all astrayBut kept us to the narrow pathYes, to God’s will and way […]

Daddy

Daddy Oh Daddy, you have always beenA pillar strong on which to lean Oh Daddy, you have always beenA pillar strong on which to leanWhich did not bend within the stormBut stood upright since I was born In life God knew that I would needA father true in word and deedIn you He had to […]

The Day Is Born

The Day Is Born The birds’ sweet songDisturbs the hush of morn The birds’ sweet song Disturbs the hush of mornAnother year has flown The day is bornHow sweet to know He waitsAnd at the break Of each new dayHis Loving Hand Holds out the way. Jenny Daniel

Oh, Innumerable the Masses

Oh, Innumerable the Masses Oh, innumerable the massesPeople everywhere Oh, innumerable the massesPeople everywhereFull of burdens, full of stressesLoaded down by care Men are passing on unheededTo a lost eternityNought to stop them, nought to warn themOf their hopeless destiny! Thou, O child of God, commissionedIn this world to shine–a lightIn this world to be […]

Too Late

Too Late Wide doth the door of God’s mercyBeckon–oh enter within Wide doth the door of God’s mercyBeckon–oh enter withinHigh was the price paid on Calv’ryTo conquer and cover all sin God Mighty King Heaven’s GloryLife-giving, Hope-Filling LordMercy and truth met each otherMan fallen man He restored. Still at thy heart, man, He standethKnocking–Oh bid […]

One Look

One Look Oh child of God, thy steps, thy dressShould God’s allegiance claim Oh child of God, thy steps, thy dressShould God’s allegiance claimOne look should tell the mocking worldThat thou dos’t bare His Name Oh child don’t linger nearer whenThou senseth sin and wrongDon’t walk towards the darkness‘Tis light where you belong One look […]

Fleeing – God Is Watching

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If Christ Is My Life

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They Did Not Turn

They Did Not Turn How many times in humble prayerWith calamities sore hard pressed How many times in humble prayerWith calamities sore hard pressedOur nation called on Almighty GodIn mercy, supply and bless Surely He’ll answer speedilyJust humble yourself todayMy child, My word commands youTo TURN as well as pray. Jenny Daniel

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The Crown

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I Need Thee Lord

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But Your Iniquities

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Condemned

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The March of Faith

The March of Faith The march of faith doth rhythmically move onDown ages dark and turbulent it’s gone The march of faith doth rhythmically move onDown ages dark and turbulent it’s goneAnd now in worldly times so wild and freeThe remnant still are faithful, God, to Thee My little footstep in that glorious marchDoth echo […]

Thy Precious Word

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Regret

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I Will Not

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Another Time

Another Time Don’t bother dear, I’ll heed to you another timeJust run and play some other day Don’t bother dear, I’ll heed to you another timeJust run and play some other dayI’ll read and laugh and teach you how to praytoo much to-day “Too much!” Each day with laden careFilling the moments everywhereOf childhood secrets, […]

Mother

Mother Oh mother, what a friend you’ve beenThroughout my growing years Oh mother, what a friend you’ve beenThroughout my growing yearsA guide, support, protectorThrough laughter, joy, and tears Just knowing through the thick and thinThat you were always thereTo give advice, to warn, to teachTo laugh away each care I often thank my FatherThat I […]

My Mother

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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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Tis a Battle

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He Knoweth Best

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Humble Thyself to Walk With God

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Perfect Love

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My Thorn

My Thorn  My thorn–oh will it ever go?Lingering, hurting, trying so My thorn–oh will it ever go?Lingering, hurting, trying so“Remove the thorn” I cry to TheeI cannot live in victory My helpmeet on the daily pathDoth mock and tease and hurt and laugh“How can I be a test’monyUnless he too doth follow Thee?” My children […]

His Loving Care

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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

I Do Not Know the Answer I do not know the answerPerplexed I turn to Thee I do not know the answerPerplexed I turn to TheeA maelstrom of conflictingsNo hope to struggle free! I fling myself upon TheeI cling with waning strengthI will not be abandonedNothing my grip shall wrench A weaned child with her […]

Just to be Faithful

Just to be Faithful Just to be faithful ‘tis all I ask Just to be faithful ‘tis all I askNot an impossible grievous task Just to be faithful ’tis all I ask throughout the dayJust to be following all of the way That little word that I asked you to sayWill spring into harvest some far distant day That little visit you […]

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

I Bring My Sins to Thee I bring my sins to Thee,The sins I cannot count, I bring my sins to Thee,The sins I cannot count,That all may cleansed beIn Thy once opened Fount;I bring them Saviour, all to Thee;The burden is too great for me. I bring my griefs to Thee,The grief I cannot […]

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?

What Could Your Redeemer Do? What could your Redeemer doMore than he hath done for you? What could your Redeemer doMore than he hath done for you?To procure your peace with God,Could he more than shed his blood?After all his waste of love,All his drawings from above,Why will you your Lord deny?Why will you resolve […]

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

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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

I Praised the Earth I praised the earth, in beauty seenWith garlands gay of various green; I praised the earth, in beauty seenWith garlands gay of various green; I praised the sea, whose ample fieldShone glorious as a silver shield; And earth and ocean seem’d to say,“Our beauties are but for a day!” I praised […]

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 […]

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

The Face of My Saviour In the heat of affliction,When bowed down with care, In the heat of affliction,When bowed down with care,In my troubles and worries,I pour out my prayer.Thus I cast on my SaviourMy burden of grief,And I find in His presenceThe sweetest relief Oh, the face of my SaviourIs shining and bright,And […]

Faith Is for Failures

Faith Is for Failures Faith is for failures and all who are weak.The strong have no need of the help that I seek. Faith is for failures and all who are weak.The strong have no need of the help that I seek.The well have no need of a Healer like mine;The righteous, no need of […]

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

At the Close of the Year Let hearts and tongues unite,And loud thanksgivings raise: Let hearts and tongues unite,And loud thanksgivings raise:‘Tis duty, mingled with delight,To sing the Saviour’s praise. To him we owe our breath,He took us from the womb,Which else had shut us up in death,And prov’d an early tomb. When on the […]

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

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He’s There

He’s There He’s there within the darkest stormHe’s there when you are tired and worn He’s there within the darkest stormHe’s there when you are tired and wornHe’s there to take your loads from youHe’s there to give you strength anew He does not take your cares awayHe wants to bear them day by daySo […]

An Open Letter Read of All Men!

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His Steadfast Love

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A Partial Offering

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Against Scoffing and Calling Names

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Against Quarreling and Fighting

Against Quarreling and Fighting Let dogs delight to bark and bite,For God hath made them so: Let dogs delight to bark and bite,For God hath made them so:Let bears and lions growl and fight,For ’tis their nature, too. But, children, you should never letSuch angry passions rise:Your little hands were never madeTo tear each other’s […]

Against Lying

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Against Idleness and Mischief

Against Idleness and Mischief How doth the little busy BeeImprove each shining Hour, How doth the little busy BeeImprove each shining Hour,And gather Honey all the dayFrom every opening Flower! How skilfully she builds her Cell!How neat she spreads the Wax!And labours hard to store it wellWith the sweet Food she makes. In Works of […]

Against Evil Company

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

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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

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Death

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‘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

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Thy Faithfulness, Lord, Each Moment We Find

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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 […]