Before Jehovah’s Awful Throne
Before Jehovah’s Awful Throne Before Jehovah’s awful throne,Ye nations, bow with sacred joy; Before Jehovah’s awful throne,Ye nations, bow with sacred joy;Know that the Lord is God alone;He can create, and he destroy. His sovereign power, without our aid,Made us of clay, and formed us men;And when like wandering sheep we strayed,He brought us to […]
With Glory Clad, With Strength Arrayed
With Glory Clad, With Strength Arrayed With glory clad, with strength arrayed,The Lord, that o’er all nature reigns, With glory clad, with strength arrayed,The Lord, that o’er all nature reigns,The world’s foundations strongly laid,And the vast fabric still sustains. How sure established is thy throne,Which shall no change or period see!For thou, O Lord, and […]
Great God, Whose Universal Sway
Great God, Whose Universal Sway Great God, whose universal swayThe known and unknown worlds obey, Great God, whose universal swayThe known and unknown worlds obey,Now give the kingdom to thy Son,Extend his power, exalt his throne. The sceptre well becomes his hands;All heaven submits to his commands;His justice shall avenge the poor,And pride and rage […]
High in the Heavens, Eternal God
High in the Heavens, Eternal God High in the heavens, eternal God,Thy goodness in full glory shines; High in the heavens, eternal God,Thy goodness in full glory shines;Thy truth shall break through every cloudThat veils and darkens thy designs. For ever firm thy justice stands,As mountains their foundations keep;Wise are the wonders of thy hands;Thy […]
Eternal Power, Whose High Abode
Eternal Power, Whose High Abode Eternal Power, whose high abodeBecomes the grandeur of a God, Eternal Power, whose high abodeBecomes the grandeur of a God,Infinite lengths beyond the boundsWhere stars revolve their little rounds! Thee while the first archangel sings,He hides his face behind his wings,And ranks of shining thrones aroundFall worshipping, and spread the […]
Father, How Wide Thy Glory Shines!
Father, How Wide Thy Glory Shines! Father, how wide thy glory shines!How high thy wonders rise! Father, how wide thy glory shines!How high thy wonders rise!Known through the earth by thousand signsBy thousands through the skies. Those mighty orbs proclaim thy power,Their motions speak thy skill;And on the wings of every hourWe read thy patience […]
O God Our Help in Ages Past
O God Our Help in Ages Past O God our help in ages past,Our hope for years to come, O God our help in ages past,Our hope for years to come,Our shelter from the stormy blast,And our eternal home: Under the shadow of thy throne,Still may we dwell secure;Sufficient is thine arm alone,And our defence […]
Stones Made Children of Abraham
Stones Made Children of Abraham Vain are the hopes that rebels placeUpon their birth and blood,Descended from a pious race;Their fathers now with God. He from the caves of earth and hellCan take the hardest stones,And fill the house of Abram wellWith new-created sons. Such wondrous power doth he possessWho formed our mortal frame,Who called […]
Youth and Judgment II
Youth and Judgment II Lo! the young tribes of Adam rise,And through all nature roveFulfil the wishes of their eyes,And taste the joys they love. They give a loose to wild desires;But let the sinners knowThe strict account that God requiresOf all the works they do. The Judge prepares his throne on high,The frighted earth […]
Youth and Judgment
Youth and Judgment Ye sons of Adam, vain and young,Indulge your eyes, indulge your tongue,Taste the delights your souls desire,And give a loose to all your fire; Pursue the pleasures you design,And cheer your hearts with songs and wine;Enjoy the day of mirth, but knowThere is a day of judgment too. God from on high […]
God Holy, Just, and Sovereign
God Holy, Just, and Sovereign How should the sons of Adam’s raceBe pure before their God?If he contend in righteousness,We fall beneath his rod. To vindicate my words and thoughtsI’ll make no more pretence;Not one of all my thousand faultsCan bear a just defence. Strong is his arm, his heart is wise;What vain presumer’s dareAgainst […]
God Far Above Creatures
God Far Above Creatures Shall the vile race of flesh and bloodContend with their Creator God?Shall mortal worms presume to beMore holy, wise, or just than he? Behold, he puts his trust in noneOf all the spirits round his throne:Their natures, when compared with his,Are neither holy, just, nor wise. But how much meaner things […]
Triumph Over Death
Triumph Over Death Great God, I own thy sentence just,And nature must decay;I yield my body to the dust,To dwell with fellow clay. Yet faith may triumph o’er the grave,And trample on the tombsMy Jesus, my Redeemer, lives;My God, my Savior, comes. The mighty Conqueror shall appearHigh on a royal seat,And death, the last of […]
Babylon Fallen
Babylon Fallen In Gabriel’s hand a mighty stoneLies, a fair type of Babylon:“Prophets, rejoice, and all ye saints,God shall avenge your long complaints.” He said, and dreadful as he stood,He sunk the millstone in the flood:“Thus terribly shall Babel fall,Thus, and no more be found at all.” Rev. 18:20,21 Isaac Watts
God’s Condescension to Human Affairs
God’s Condescension to Human Affairs Up to the Lord, that reigns on high,And views the nations from afar,Let everlasting praises fly,And tell how large his bounties are. He that can shake the worlds he made,Or with his word, or with his rod,His goodness, how amazing great!And what a condescending God! God, that must stoop to […]
The Last Judgment
The Last Judgment See where the great incarnate GodFills a majestic throne;While from the skies his awful voiceBears the last judgment down. “I am the first, and I the last,Through endless years the same;I AM is my memorial still,And my eternal name. “Such favors as a God can giveMy royal grace bestows:Ye thirsty souls, come […]
Hell
Hell With holy fear and humble song,The dreadful God our souls adore;Rev’rence and awe become the tongueThat speaks the terrors of his power. Far in the deep where darkness dwells,The land of horror and despair,Justice has built a dismal hell,And laid her stores of vengeance there. Eternal plagues, and heavy chains,Tormenting racks, and fiery coals,And […]
Divine Wrath and Mercy
Divine Wrath and Mercy Adore and tremble, for our GodIs a consuming fire!His jealous eyes his wrath inflame,And raise his vengeance higher. Almighty vengeance, how it burns!How bright his fury glows!Vast magazines of plagues and stormsLie treasured for his foes. Those heaps of wrath, by slow degrees,Are forced into a flame;But kindled, oh! how fierce […]
The Business and Blessedness of Glorified Saints
The Business and Blessedness of Glorified Saints “What happy men, or angels, these,That all their robes are spotless white?Whence did this glorious troop arriveAt the pure realms of heav’nly light?” From torturing racks, and burning fires,And seas of their own blood, they came;But nobler blood has washed their robes,Flowing from Christ the dying Lamb. Now […]
Condescending Grace
Condescending Grace When the Eternal bows the skiesTo visit earthly things,With scorn divine he turns his eyesFrom towers of haughty kings. He bids his aweful chariot rollFar downward from the skies,To visit every humble soulWith pleasure in his eyes. Why should the Lord that reigns aboveDisdain so lofty kings?Say, Lord, and why such looks of […]
The Rich Sinner Dying
The Rich Sinner Dying In vain the wealthy mortals toil,And heap their shining dust in vain,Look down and scorn the humble poor,And boast their lofty hills of gain. Their golden cordials cannot easeTheir pained hearts or aching heads,Nor fright nor bribe approaching deathFrom glitt’ring roofs and downy beds. The ling’ring, the unwilling soulThe dismal summons […]
Absent From the Body, and Present With the Lord
Absent From the Body, and Present With the Lord Absent from flesh! O blissful thought!What unknown joys this moment brings!Freed from the mischiefs sin has brought,From pains, and fears, and all their springs. Absent from flesh! illustrious day!Surprising scene! triumphant strokeThat rends the prison of my clay;And I can feel my fetters broke. Absent from […]
The Sight of God and Christ in Heaven
The Sight of God and Christ in Heaven Descend from heav’n, immortal Dove,Stoop down and take us on thy wings,And mount and bear us far aboveThe reach of these inferior things: Beyond, beyond this lower sky,Up where eternal ages roll;Where solid pleasures never die,And fruits immortal feast the soul. O for a sight, a pleasing […]
With God Is Terrible Majesty
With God Is Terrible Majesty Terrible God, that reign’st on high,How awful is thy thund’ring hand!Thy fiery bolts, how fierce they fly!Nor can all earth or hell withstand. This the old rebel angels knew,And Satan fell beneath thy frown;Thine arrows struck the traitor through,And weighty vengeance sunk him down. This Sodom felt, and feels it […]
A Vision of the Kingdom of Christ Among Men
A Vision of the Kingdom of Christ Among Men Lo! what a glorious sight appearsTo our believing eyes!The earth and sea are passed away,And the old rolling skies. From the third heav’n, where God resides,That holy, happy place,The new Jerusalem comes down,Adorned with shining grace. Attending angels shout for joy,And the bright armies sing-“Mortals, behold […]
Blessed Are the Dead That Die in the Lord
Blessed Are the Dead That Die in the Lord Hear what the voice from heav’n proclaims,For all the pious dead;Sweet is the savor of their names,And soft their sleeping bed. They die in Jesus, and are blest;How kind their slumbers are!From suff’rings and from sins released,And freed from every snare. Far from this world of […]
God Incomprehensible and Sovereign
God Incomprehensible and Sovereign Can creatures to perfection findTh’ eternal, uncreated Mind?Or can the largest stretch of thoughtMeasure and search his nature out? ‘Tis high as heav’n, ’tis deep as hellAnd what can mortals know or tell?His glory spreads beyond the sky,And all the shining worlds on high. But man, vain man, would fain be […]
The Divine Perfections III
The Divine Perfections III Jehovah reigns, his throne is high,His robes are light and majesty;His glory shines with beams so bright,No mortal can sustain the sight. His terrors keep the world in awe;His justice guards his holy law;His love reveals a smiling face;His truth and promise seal the grace. Through all his works his wisdom […]
The Divine Perfections, II
The Divine Perfections, II Great God! thy glories shall employMy holy fear, my humble joy;My lips in songs of honor bringTheir tribute to th’ eternal King. Earth, and the stars, and worlds unknown,Depend precarious on his throne;All nature hangs upon his word,And grace and glory own their Lord. His sovereign power what mortal knows?If be […]
The Divine Perfections
The Divine Perfections How shall I praise th’ eternal God,That infinite Unknown?Who can ascend his high abode,Or venture near his throne? The great Invisible! he dwellsConcealed in dazzling light;But his all-searching eye revealsThe secrets of the night. Those watchful eyes that never sleepSurvey the world aroundHis wisdom is a boundless deepWhere all our thoughts are […]
The End of the World
The End of the World Why should this earth delight us so?Why should we fix our eyesOn these low grounds where sorrows grow,And every pleasure dies ? While time his sharpest teeth preparesOur comforts to devour,There is a land above the stars,And joys above his power. Nature shall be dissolved and die,The sun must end […]
Sinai and Zion
Sinai and Zion Not to the terrors of the Lord,The tempest, fire, and smoke;Not to the thunder of that wordWhich God on Sinai spoke; But we are come to Zion’s hill,The city of our God,Where milder words declare his will,And spread his love abroad. Behold th’ innumerable hostOf angels clothed in light!Behold the spirits of […]
Death and Immediate Glory
Death and Immediate Glory There is a house not made with hands,Eternal and on high;And here my spirit waiting stands,Till God shall bid it fly. Shortly this prison of my clayMust be dissolved and fall;Then, O my soul! with joy obeyThy heav’nly Father’s call. ‘Tis he, by his almighty grace,That forms thee fit for heav’n;And, […]
Heaven Invisible and Holy
Heaven Invisible and Holy Nor eye hath seen, nor ear hath heard,Nor sense nor reason known,What joys the Father hath preparedFor those that love the Son. But the good Spirit of the LordReveals a heav’n to come;The beams of glory in his wordAllure and guide us home. Pure are the joys above the sky,And all […]