Lord of the Worlds Above!

Lord of the Worlds Above! Lord of the worlds above!How pleasant and how fair Lord of the worlds above!How pleasant and how fairThe dwellings of thy love,Thy earthly temples, are!To thine abode My heart aspires,With warm desires To see my God. O happy souls that prayWhere God delights to hear!O happy men that payTheir constant […]

My Shepherd Will Supply My Need

My Shepherd Will Supply My Need My Shepherd will supply my need,Jehovah is his name; My Shepherd will supply my need,Jehovah is his name;In pastures fresh he makes me feed,Beside the living stream. He brings my wandering spirit back,When I forsake his ways;And leads me, for his mercy’s sake,In paths of truth and grace. When […]

Afflictions and Death Under Providence

Afflictions and Death Under Providence Not from the dust affliction grows,Nor troubles rise by chance; Not from the dust affliction grows,Nor troubles rise by chance;Yet we are born to cares and woes;A sad inheritance! As sparks break out from burning coals,And still are upwards borneSo grief is rooted in our souls,And man grows up to […]

The Strength of Christ’s Love

The Strength of Christ’s Love Who is this fair one in distress,That travels from the wilderness? Who is this fair one in distress,That travels from the wilderness?And pressed with sorrows and with sins,On her beloved Lord she leans. This is the spouse of Christ our God,Bought with the treasure of his blood;And her request and […]

Christ Found in the Street, and Brought to the Church

Christ Found in the Street, and Brought to the Church Often I seek my Lord by night,Jesus, my Love, my soul’s delight; Often I seek my Lord by night,Jesus, my Love, my soul’s delight;With warm desire and restless thoughtI seek him oft, but find him not. Then I arise and search the street,Till I my […]

The Banquet of Love

The Banquet of Love Behold the Rose of Sharon here,The Lily which the valleys bear; Behold the Rose of Sharon here,The Lily which the valleys bear;Behold the Tree of Life, that givesRefreshing fruit and healing leaves. Amongst the thorns so lilies shine;Amongst wild gourds the noble vine;So in mine eyes my Savior proves,Amidst a thousand […]

Death of Kindred Improved

Death of Kindred Improved Must friends and kindred droop and die,And helpers be withdrawn? Must friends and kindred droop and die,And helpers be withdrawn?While sorrow with a weeping eyeCounts up our comforts gone? Be thou our comfort, mighty God!Our helper and our friend;Nor leave us in this dangerous road,Till all our trials end. O may […]

The Privileges of the Living Above the Dead

The Privileges of the Living Above the Dead Awake, my zeal; awake, my love,To serve my Savior here below, Awake, my zeal; awake, my love,To serve my Savior here below,In works which perfect saints aboveAnd holy angels cannot do. Awake, my charity, to feedThe hungry soul, and clothe the poor;In heav’n are found no sons […]

Salvation in the Cross

Salvation in the Cross Here at thy cross, my dying God,I lay my soul beneath thy love, Here at thy cross, my dying God,I lay my soul beneath thy love,Beneath the droppings of thy blood,Jesus, nor shall it e’er remove. Not all that tyrants think or say,With rage and lightning in their eyes,Nor hell shall […]

Love to God

Love to God Happy the heart where graces reign,Where love inspires the breast; Happy the heart where graces reign,Where love inspires the breast;Love is the brightest of the train,And strengthens all the rest. Knowledge, alas! ’tis all in vain,And all in vain our fear;Our stubborn sins will fight and reign,If love be absent there. ‘Tis […]

Strength From Heaven

Strength From Heaven Whence do our mournful thoughts arise?And where’s our courage fled? Whence do our mournful thoughts arise?And where’s our courage fled?Have restless sin and raging hellStruck all our comforts dead? Have we forgot th’ almighty nameThat formed the earth and sea?And can an all-creating armGrow weary or decay? Treasures of everlasting mightIn our […]

Assurance of Heaven

Assurance of Heaven Death may dissolve my body now,And bear my spirit home; Death may dissolve my body now,And bear my spirit home;Why do my minutes move so slow,Nor my salvation come? With heav’nly weapons I have foughtThe battles of the Lord;Finished my course, and kept the faith,And wait the sure reward. God has laid […]

Victory Over Death

Victory Over Death O for an overcoming faithTo cheer my dying hours; O for an overcoming faithTo cheer my dying hours;To triumph o’er the monster Death,And all his frightful powers! Joyful with all the strength I haveMy quiv’ring lips should sing-Where is thy boasted vict’ry, Grave?And where the monster’s sting? If sin be pardoned, I’m […]

The Enjoyment of Christ

The Enjoyment of Christ Lord, what a heav’n of saving graceShines through the beauties of thy face, Lord, what a heav’n of saving graceShines through the beauties of thy face,And lights our passions to a flame!Lord, how we love thy charming name! When I can say, “My God is mine,”When I can feel thy glories […]

The Triumph of Faith

The Triumph of Faith Who shall the Lord’s elect condemn?‘Tis God that justifies their souls; Or, Christ’s Unchangeable LoveWho shall the Lord’s elect condemn?‘Tis God that justifies their souls;And mercy, like a mighty stream,O’er all their sins divinely rolls. Who shall adjudge the saints to hell?‘Tis Christ that suffered in their stead;And, the salvation to […]

Faith of Things Unseen

Faith of Things Unseen Faith is the brightest evidenceOf things beyond our sight, Faith is the brightest evidenceOf things beyond our sight,Breaks through the clouds of flesh and sense,And dwells in heav’nly light. It sets times past in present view,Brings distant prospects home,Of things a thousand years ago,Or thousand years to come. By faith we […]

The Value of Christ and His Righteousness

The Value of Christ and His Righteousness No more, my God, I boast no moreOf all the duties I have done; No more, my God, I boast no moreOf all the duties I have done;I quit the hopes I held before,To trust the merits of thy Son. Now, for the love I bear his name,What […]

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