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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]