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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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?” […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]