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 […]
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, […]