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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 If we today sweet peace possess,It soon may be withdrawn;Some change may plunge us in distress,Before tomorrow’s dawn.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 […]
He Led Them by a Right Way
He Led Them by a Right Way When Israel was from Egypt freed,The LORD, who brought them out, When Israel was from Egypt freed,The LORD, who brought them out,Helped them in every time of need,But led them round about. To enter Canaan soon they hoped,But quickly changed their mind;When the Red Sea their passage stopped,And […]
The Believer’s Safety II
The Believer’s Safety II That man no guard or weapons needs,Whose heart the blood of Jesus knows; That man no guard or weapons needs,Whose heart the blood of Jesus knows;But safe may pass, if duty leads,Through burning sands or mountain snows. Released from guilt he feels no fear,Redemption is his shield and tow’r;He sees his […]
The Believer’s Safety
The Believer’s Safety Incarnate God! the soul that knowsThy name’s mysterious power Incarnate God! the soul that knowsThy name’s mysterious powerShall dwell in undisturbed repose,Nor fear the trying hour. Thy wisdom, faithfulness and love,To feeble helpless worms;A buckler and a refuge prove,From enemies and storms. In vain the fowler spreads his net,To draw them from […]
None Upon Earth I Desire Besides Thee
None Upon Earth I Desire Besides Thee How tedious and tasteless the hours,When Jesus no longer I see; How tedious and tasteless the hours,When Jesus no longer I see;Sweet prospects, sweet birds, and sweet flow’rs,Have lost all their sweetness with me:The mid summer sun shines but dim,The fields strive in vain to look gay;But when […]
Pleading for Mercy
Pleading for Mercy In mercy, not in wrath, rebukeThy feeble worm, my God! In mercy, not in wrath, rebukeThy feeble worm, my God!My spirit dreads thine angry look,And trembles at thy rod. Have mercy, Lord, for I am weak,Regard my heavy groans;O let thy voice of comfort speak,And heal my broken bones! By day my […]
The Change
The Change Savior shine and cheer my soul,Bid my dying hopes revive; Savior shine and cheer my soul,Bid my dying hopes revive;Make my wounded spirit whole,Far away the tempter drive:Speak the word and set me free,Let me live alone to thee. Shall I sigh and pray in vain,Wilt thou still refuse to hear;Wilt thou not […]
Oh That I Were as in Months Past!
Oh That I Were as in Months Past! Sweet was the time when first I feltThe Savior’s pard’ning blood Sweet was the time when first I feltThe Savior’s pard’ning bloodApplied, to cleanse my soul from guilt,And bring me home to God. Soon as the morn the light revealed,His praises tuned my tongue;And when the evening […]
More With Us Than With Them
More With Us Than With Them Alas! Elisha’s servant cried,When he the Syrian army spied, Alas! Elisha’s servant cried,When he the Syrian army spied,But he was soon released from care,In answer to the prophet’s prayer. Straitway he saw, with other eyes,A greater army from the skies;A fiery guard around the hill,Thus are the saints preserved […]
The Borrowed Axe
The Borrowed Axe The prophets sons, in time of old,Though to appearance poor; The prophets sons, in time of old,Though to appearance poor;Were rich without possessing gold,And honored, though obscure. In peace their daily bread they eat,By honest labor earned;While daily at Elisha’s feet,They grace and wisdom learned. The prophet’s presence cheered their toil,They watched […]
Naaman
Naaman Before Elisha’s gateThe Syrian leper stood; Before Elisha’s gateThe Syrian leper stood;But could not brook to wait,He deemed himself too good:He thought the prophet would attend,And not to him a message send. Have I this journey come,And will he not be seen?I were as well at home,Would washing make me clean:Why must I wash […]
Jericho
Jericho Though Jericho pleasantly stood,And looked like a promising soil; Though Jericho pleasantly stood,And looked like a promising soil;The harvest produced little food,To answer the husbandman’s toil.The water some property had,Which poisonous proved to the ground;The springs were corrupted and bad,The streams spread a barrenness round. But soon by the cruse and the salt,Prepared by […]
The Meal and Cruse of Oil
The Meal and Cruse of Oil By the poor widow’s oil and mealElijah was sustained; By the poor widow’s oil and mealElijah was sustained;Though small the stock it lasted well,For God the store maintained. It seemed as if from day to day,They were to eat and die;But still, though in a secret way,He sent a […]
Elijah Fed by Ravens
Elijah Fed by Ravens Elijah’s example declares,Whatever distress may betide; Elijah’s example declares,Whatever distress may betide;The saints may commit all their caresTo him who will surely provide:When rain long withheld from the earthOccasioned a famine of bread;The prophet, secure from the dearth,By ravens was constantly fed. More likely to rob than to feed,Were ravens who […]
Queen of Sheba
Queen of Sheba From Sheba a distant reportOf Solomon’s glory and fame, From Sheba a distant reportOf Solomon’s glory and fame,Invited the queen to his court,But all was outdone when she came;She cried, with a pleasing surprise,When first she before him appeared,“How much, what I see with my eyes,“Surpasses the rumor I heard!” When once […]
Ask What I Shall Give Thee III
Ask What I Shall Give Thee III Behold the throne of grace!The promise calls me near; Behold the throne of grace!The promise calls me near;There Jesus shows a smiling face,And waits to answer prayer. That rich atoning blood,Which sprinkled round I see;Provides for those who come to God,An all prevailing plea. My soul ask what […]
Is This Thy Kindness to Thy Friend?
Is This Thy Kindness to Thy Friend? Poor, weak, and worthless though I am,I have a rich almighty friend; Poor, weak, and worthless though I am,I have a rich almighty friend;Jesus, the Savior, is his name,He freely loves, and without end. He ransomed me from hell with blood,And by his pow’r my foes controlled;He found […]
David’s Fall
David’s Fall How David, when by sin deceived,From bad to worse went on! How David, when by sin deceived,From bad to worse went on!For when the Holy Spirit’s grieved,Our strength and guard are gone. His eye on Bathsheba once fixed,With poison filled his soul;He ventured on adult’ry next,And murder crowned the whole. So from a […]
Saul’s Armor
Saul’s Armor When first my soul enlistedMy Savior’s foes to fight; When first my soul enlistedMy Savior’s foes to fight;Mistaken friends insistedI was not armed aright:So Saul advised DavidHe certainly would fail;Nor could his life be savedWithout a coat of mail. But David, though he yieldedTo put the armor on,Soon found he could not wield […]
The Kine Unguided Went
The Kine Unguided Went The kine unguided wentBy the directest road; The kine unguided wentBy the directest road;When the Philistines homeward sentThe ark of Israel’s God. Lowing they passed along,And left their calves shut up;They felt an instinct for their young,But would not turn or stop. Shall brutes, devoid of thought,Their Maker’s will obey;And we, […]
Dagon Before the Ark
Dagon Before the Ark When first to make my heart his own,The Lord revealed his mighty grace; When first to make my heart his own,The Lord revealed his mighty grace;Self reigned, like Dagon, on the throne,But could not long maintain its place. It fell, and owned the pow’r divine,(Grace can with ease the vict’ry gain)But […]
When Hannah Pressed With Grief
When Hannah Pressed With Grief When Hannah pressed with grief,Poured forth her soul in prayer; When Hannah pressed with grief,Poured forth her soul in prayer;She quickly found relief,And left her burden there:Like her, in every trying case,Let us approach the throne of grace. When she began to pray,Her heart was pained and sad;But ere she […]
Sampson’s Lion
Sampson’s Lion The lion that on Sampson roared,And thirsted for his blood; The lion that on Sampson roared,And thirsted for his blood;With honey afterwards was stored,And furnished him with food. Believers, as they pace along,With many lions meet;But gather sweetness from the strong,And from the eater, meat. The lions rage and roar in vain,For Jesus […]
Gibeon
Gibeon When Joshua, by GOD’s command,Invaded Canaan’s guilty land; When Joshua, by GOD’s command,Invaded Canaan’s guilty land;Gibeon, unlike the nations round,Submission made and mercy found. Their stubborn neighbors who enraged,United war against them waged,By Joshua soon were overthrown,For Gibeon’s cause was now his own. He, from whose arm they ruin feared,Their leader and ally appearedAn […]
Balaam’s Wish
Balaam’s Wish How blest the righteous areWhen they resign their breath! How blest the righteous areWhen they resign their breath!No wonder Balaam wished to shareIn such a happy death. “Oh! let me die, said he,The death the righteous do;When life is ended let me beFound with the faithful few.” The force of truth how great!When […]
The True Aaron
The True Aaron See Aaron, God’s anointed priest,Within the veil appear; See Aaron, God’s anointed priest,Within the veil appear;In robes of mystic meaning dressed,Presenting Israel’s prayer. The plate of gold which crowns his brows,His holiness describes;His breast displays, in shining rows,The names of all the tribes. With the atoning blood he stands,Before the mercy seat;And […]
The Golden Calf
The Golden Calf When Israel heard the fiery law,From Sinai’s top proclaimed; When Israel heard the fiery law,From Sinai’s top proclaimed;Their hearts seemed full of holy awe,Their stubborn spirits tamed. Yet, as forgetting all they knew,Ere forty days were past;With blazing Sinai still in view,A molten calf they cast. Yea, Aaron, God’s anointed priest,Who on […]
Manna Hoarded
Manna Hoarded The manna favored Israel’s meat,Was gathered day by day; The manna favored Israel’s meat,Was gathered day by day;When all the host was served, the heatMelted the rest away. In vain to hoard it up they tried,Against tomorrow came;It then bred worms and putrefied,And proved their sin and shame. ’Twas daily bread and would […]
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
Joseph Made Known to His Brethren When Joseph his brethren beheld,Afflicted and trembling with fear; When Joseph his brethren beheld,Afflicted and trembling with fear;His heart with compassion was filled,From weeping he could not forbear.Awhile his behavior was rough,To bring their past sin to their mind;But when they were humbled enough,He hasted to show himself kind. […]
Plenty in a Time of Dearth
Plenty in a Time of Dearth My soul once had its plenteous years,And throve, with peace and comfort filled, My soul once had its plenteous years,And throve, with peace and comfort filled,Like the fat kine and ripened ears,Which Pharaoh in his dream beheld. With pleasing frames and grace received,With means and ordinances fed;How happy for […]
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
Jacob’s Ladder If the Lord our leader be,We may follow without fear; If the Lord our leader be,We may follow without fear;East or West, by land or sea,Home, with him, is everywhere;When from Esau Jacob fled,Though his pillow was a stone,And the ground his humble bed,Yet he was not left alone. Kings are often waking […]
Esau
Esau Poor Esau repented too lateThat once he his birth right despised; Poor Esau repented too lateThat once he his birth right despised;And sold, for a morsel of meat,What could not too highly be prized:How great was his anguish when told,The blessing he sought to obtain,Was gone with the birth right he sold,And none could […]
The Lord Will Provide
The Lord Will Provide Though troubles assailAnd dangers affright, Though troubles assailAnd dangers affright,Though friends should all failAnd foes all unite;Yet one thing secures us,Whatever betide,The scripture assures us,The Lord will provide. The birds without barnOr storehouse are fed,From them let us learnTo trust for our bread:His saints, what is fitting,Shall ne’er he denied,So long […]
Lot in Sodom
Lot in Sodom How hurtful was the choice of Lot,Who took up his abode How hurtful was the choice of Lot,Who took up his abode(Because it was a fruitful spot)With them who feared not God! A pris’ner he was quickly made,Bereaved of all his store;And, but for Abraham’s timely aid,He had returned no more. Yet […]
Walking with God
Walking with God By faith in Christ I walk with God,With Heav’n, my journey’s end, in view; By faith in Christ I walk with God,With Heav’n, my journey’s end, in view;Supported by His staff and rod,My road is safe and pleasant too. I travel through a desert wideWhere many round me blindly stray;But He vouchsafes […]
Cain and Abel
Cain and Abel When Adam fell he quickly lostGod’s image, which he once possessed: When Adam fell he quickly lostGod’s image, which he once possessed:See All our nature since could boastIn Cain, his first born Son, expressed! The sacrifice the Lord ordainedIn type of the Redeemer’s blood,Self–righteous reas’ning Cain disdained,And thought his own first fruits […]
Adam
Adam On man, in his own image made,How much did GOD bestow? On man, in his own image made,How much did GOD bestow?The whole creation homage paid,And owned him LORD, below! He dwelt in Eden’s garden, storedWith sweets for every sense;And there with his descending LORDHe walked in confidence. But O! by sin how quickly […]
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 […]
Ebenezer
Ebenezer The Lord, our salvation and light,The guide of our strength and our days, The Lord, our salvation and light,The guide of our strength and our days,Has brought us together to-night,A new Ebenezer to raise:The year we have now passed through,His goodness with blessings has crown’d,Each morning his mercies were new;Then let our thanksgivings abound. […]
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 […]