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 […]

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

O Thou, Whom Neither Time nor Space O Thou, whom neither time nor spaceCan circle in, unseen, unknown, O Thou, whom neither time nor spaceCan circle in, unseen, unknown,Nor faith in boldest flight can trace,Save through thy Spirit and thy Son; And Thou, that from thy bright abode,To us in mortal weakness shown,Didst graft the […]

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

Incarnate Word Incarnate Word, who, wont to dwellIn lowly shape and cottage cell, Incarnate Word, who, wont to dwellIn lowly shape and cottage cell,Didst not refuse a guest to beAt Cana’s poor festivity: O, when our soul from care is free,Then, Saviour, may we think on Thee,And seated at the festal board,In Fancy’s eye behold […]

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

Abashed Be All the Boast of Age Abashed be all the boast of age,Be hoary learning dumb, Abashed be all the boast of age,Be hoary learning dumb,Expounded of the mystic page,Behold an infant come. O Wisdom, whose unfading powerBeside the Eternal stood,To frame, in nature’s earliest hour,The land, the sky, the flood; Yet didst not […]

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

O Thou, Who Gav’st Thy Servant Grace O Thou, who gav’st Thy servant graceOn Thee the living Rock to rest, O Thou, who gav’st Thy servant graceOn Thee the living Rock to rest,To look on Thine unveiled face,And lean on Thy protecting breast. Grant us, O King of mercy, stillTo feel Thy presence from above,And […]

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

From Foes That Would the Land Devour From foes that would the land devour,From guilty pride and lust of power, From foes that would the land devour,From guilty pride and lust of power,From wild sedition’s lawless hour,From yoke of slavery, From blinded zeal by faction led,From giddy change by fancy bred,From poisonous error’s serpent headGood […]

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

The Lord of Might From Sinai’s Brow The Lord of might from Sinai’s browGave forth his voice of thunder; The Lord of might from Sinai’s browGave forth his voice of thunder;And Israel lay on earth below,Outstretch’d, in fear and wonder:Beneath his feet was pitchy night,And at his left hand and his rightThe rocks were rent […]

Lord of Mercy and of Might

Lord of Mercy and of Might Lord of mercy and of might,of mankind the life and light, Lord of mercy and of might,of mankind the life and light,Maker, Teacher, infinite;Jesus, hear and save! Who, when sin’s primeval doomgave creation to the tomb,didst not scorn a Virgin’s womb,Jesus, hear and save! Strong Creator, Savior mild,humbled to […]

Hosanna to the Living Lord!

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

From Greenland’s Icy Mountains From Greenland’s icy mountains,From India’s coral strand, From Greenland’s icy mountains,From India’s coral strand,Where Afric’s sunny fountainsRoll down their golden sand,From many an ancient river,From many a palmy plain,They call us to deliverTheir land from error’s chain. What though the spicy breezesBlow soft o’er Ceylon’s isle;Though every prospect pleases,And only man […]

Epiphany

Epiphany Brightest and best of the sons of the morning!Dawn on our darkness and lend us Thine aid! Brightest and best of the sons of the morning!Dawn on our darkness and lend us Thine aid!Star of the East, the horizon adorning,Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid. Cold on His cradle the dew drops are […]

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 […]

Oh Saviour, Whom This Holy Morn

Oh Saviour, Whom This Holy Morn Oh Saviour, whom this holy mornGave to our world below; Oh Saviour, whom this holy mornGave to our world below;To mortal want and labour born,And more than mortal woe! Incarnate Word! by every grief,By each temptation tried,Who lived to yield our ills relief,And to redeem us died! If gaily […]

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 […]