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 If we today sweet peace possess,It soon may be withdrawn;Some change may plunge us in distress,Before tomorrow’s dawn.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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]