Jesus Shall Reign!
Jesus Shall Reign! Jesus shall reign where’er the SunDoth his successive journeys run; Jesus shall reign where’er the SunDoth his successive journeys run;His kingdom stretch from shore to shore,Till suns shall rise and set no more. For him shall endless prayer be made,And praises throng to crown his head;His name like sweet perfume shall riseWith […]
Show Pity, Lord; O Lord, Forgive
Show Pity, Lord; O Lord, Forgive Show pity, Lord; O Lord, forgive;Let a repenting rebel live: Show pity, Lord; O Lord, forgive;Let a repenting rebel live:Are not thy mercies large and free?May not a sinner trust in thee? My lips with shame my sins confessAgainst thy law, against thy grace!Lord, should thy judgment be severe,I […]
Christ our Wisdom, Righteousness, Etc., II
Christ our Wisdom, Righteousness, Etc., II How heavy is the nightThat hangs upon our eyes, How heavy is the nightThat hangs upon our eyes,Till Christ with his reviving lightOver our souls arise! Our guilty spirits dreadTo meet the wrath of Heav’n;But, in his righteousness arrayed,We see our sins forgiv’n. Unholy and impureAre all our thoughts […]
Christ Our Wisdom, Righteousness, Etc.
Christ Our Wisdom, Righteousness, Etc. Buried in shadows of the nightWe lie till Christ restores the light; Buried in shadows of the nightWe lie till Christ restores the light;Wisdom descends to heal the blind,And chase the darkness of the mind. Our guilty souls are drowned in tearsTill his atoning blood appears;Then we awake from deep […]
Election Excludes Boasting
Election Excludes Boasting But few among the carnal wise,But few of noble race, But few among the carnal wise,But few of noble race,Obtain the favor of thine eyes,Almighty King of Grace. He takes the men of meanest nameFor sons and heirs of God;And thus he pours abundant shameOn honorable blood. He calls the fool, and […]
Regeneration
Regeneration Not all the outward forms on earth,Nor rites that God has giv’n, Not all the outward forms on earth,Nor rites that God has giv’n,Nor will of man, nor blood, nor birth,Can raise a soul to heav’n. The sovereign will of God aloneCreates us heirs of graceBorn in the image of his Son,A new, peculiar […]
Justification by Faith, Not by Works
Justification by Faith, Not by Works Vain are the hopes the sons of menOn their own works have built; Vain are the hopes the sons of menOn their own works have built;Their hearts by nature all unclean,And all their actions guilt. Let Jew and Gentile stop their mouthsWithout a murm’ring word,And the whole race of […]
Christ, or Wisdom, Obeyed or Resisted
Christ, or Wisdom, Obeyed or Resisted Thus saith the Wisdom of the Lord,“Blest is the man that hears my word, Thus saith the Wisdom of the Lord,“Blest is the man that hears my word,Keeps daily watch before my gates,And at my feet for mercy waits. “The soul that seeks me shall obtainImmortal wealth and heav’nly […]
Christ the Wisdom of God
Christ the Wisdom of God Shall Wisdom cry aloud,And not her speech be heard? Shall Wisdom cry aloud,And not her speech be heard?The voice of God’s eternal Word,Deserves it no regard? “I was his chief delight,His everlasting Son,Before the first of all his works,Creation, was begun. “Before the flying clouds,Before the solid land,Before the fields, […]
The Promises of the Covenant of Grace
The Promises of the Covenant of Grace In vain we lavish out our livesTo gather empty wind; In vain we lavish out our livesTo gather empty wind;The choicest blessings earth can yieldWill starve a hungry mind. Come, and the Lord shall feed our soulsWith more substantial meat,With such as saints in glory love,With such as […]
Salvation, Righteousness, and Strength in Christ
Salvation, Righteousness, and Strength in Christ Jehovah speaks! let Isr’el hear;Let all the earth rejoice and fear, Jehovah speaks! let Isr’el hear;Let all the earth rejoice and fear,While God’s eternal Son proclaimsHis sovereign honors and his names. “I am the last, and I the first,The Savior God, and God the just;There’s none beside pretends to […]
Christ Dwells in Heaven, But Visits on Earth
Christ Dwells in Heaven, But Visits on Earth When strangers stand and hear me tellWhat beauties in my Savior dwell, When strangers stand and hear me tellWhat beauties in my Savior dwell,Where he is gone they fain would know,That they may seek and love him too. My best Beloved keeps his throneOn hills of light, […]
The Church the Garden of Christ
The Church the Garden of Christ We are a garden walled around,Chosen and made peculiar ground; We are a garden walled around,Chosen and made peculiar ground;A little spot enclosed by graceOut of the world’s wide wilderness. Like trees of myrrh and spice we stand,Planted by God the Father’s hand;And all his springs in Zion flow,To […]
The Church’s Beauty in the Eyes of Christ
The Church’s Beauty in the Eyes of Christ Kind is the speech of Christ our Lord,Affection sounds in every word: Kind is the speech of Christ our Lord,Affection sounds in every word:Lo! thou art fair, my love,” he cries,“Not the young doves have sweeter eyes.” “Sweet are thy lips, thy pleasing voiceSalutes mine ear with […]
The Coronation of Christ, and Espousals of the Church
The Coronation of Christ, and Espousals of the Church Daughters of Zion, come, beholdThe crown of honor and of gold Daughters of Zion, come, beholdThe crown of honor and of goldWhich the glad church, with joys unknown,Placed on the head of Solomon. Jesus, thou everlasting King,Accept the tribute which we bring;Accept the well-deserved renown,And wear […]
The Invitation of the Gospel
The Invitation of the Gospel Let every mortal ear attend,And every heart rejoice; Let every mortal ear attend,And every heart rejoice;The trumpet of the gospel soundsWith an inviting voice. Lo! all ye hungry, starving souls.That feed upon the wind,And vainly strive with earthly toysTo fill an empty mind. Eternal Wisdom has preparedA soul-reviving feast,And bids […]
Christ the King at His Table
Christ the King at His Table Let him embrace my soul, and proveMine interest in his heav’nly love; Let him embrace my soul, and proveMine interest in his heav’nly love;The voice that tells me, “Thou art mine,”Exceeds the blessings of the vine. On thee th’ anointing Spirit came,And spreads the savor of thy name;That oil […]
Adoption
Adoption Behold what wondrous graceThe Father has bestowed Behold what wondrous graceThe Father has bestowedOn sinners of a mortal race,To call them sons of God! ‘Tis no surprising thingThat we should be unknown;The Jewish world knew not their king,God’s everlasting Son. Nor doth it yet appearHow great we must be made;But when we see our […]
Christ Our High Priest and King
Christ Our High Priest and King Now to the Lord, that makes us knowThe wonders of his dying love, Now to the Lord, that makes us knowThe wonders of his dying love,Be humble honors paid below,And strains of nobler praise above. ‘Twas he that cleansed our foulest sins,And washed us in his richest blood;‘Tis he […]
Original Sin
Original Sin Backward with humble shame we lookOn our original; Backward with humble shame we lookOn our original;How is our nature dashed and brokeIn our first father’s fall! To all that’s good averse and blind,But prone to all that’s illWhat dreadful darkness veils our mind!How obstinate our will! Conceived in sin, O wretched state!Before we […]
Electing Grace
Electing Grace Jesus, we bless thy Father’s name;Thy God and ours are both the same; Jesus, we bless thy Father’s name;Thy God and ours are both the same;What heav’nly blessings from his throneFlow down to sinners through his Son! “Christ be my first elect,” he said,Then chose our souls in Christ our head,Before he gave […]
Christ’s Dying, Rising, and Reigning
Christ’s Dying, Rising, and Reigning He dies! the friend of sinners dies!Lo! Salem’s daughters weep around; He dies! the friend of sinners dies!Lo! Salem’s daughters weep around;A solemn darkness veils the skies;A sudden trembling shakes the ground. Come, saints, and drop a tear or twoFor him who groaned beneath your load:He shed a thousand drops […]
Adam, Our Father and Our Head
Adam, Our Father and Our Head Adam, our father and our head,Transgressed, and justice doomed us dead; Adam, our father and our head,Transgressed, and justice doomed us dead;The fiery law speaks all despair:There’s no reprieve nor pardon there. But, O unutterable graceThe Son of God takes Adam’s place;Down to our world the Savior flies,Stretches his […]
Christ’s Suffering and Glory
Christ’s Suffering and Glory Now for a tune of lofty praiseTo great Jehovah’s equal Son! Now for a tune of lofty praiseTo great Jehovah’s equal Son!Awake, my voice, in heav’nly laysTell the loud wonders he hath done. Sing how he left the worlds of light,And the bright robes he wore above;How swift and joyful was […]
The Nativity of Christ
The Nativity of Christ “Shepherds, rejoice! lift up your eyes,And send your fears away; “Shepherds, rejoice! lift up your eyes,And send your fears away;News from the regions of the skies,Salvation’s born to-day. Jesus, the God whom angels fear,Comes down to dwell with you;Today he makes his entrance here,But not as monarchs do. “No gold nor […]
The Atonement of Christ
The Atonement of Christ How is our nature spoiled by sin!Yet nature ne’er hath found How is our nature spoiled by sin!Yet nature ne’er hath foundThe way to make the conscience clean,Or heal the painful wound. In vain we seek for peace with GodBy methods of our own:Jesus, there’s nothing but thy bloodCan bring us […]
Christ’s Humiliation, Exaltation, and Triumph
Christ’s Humiliation, Exaltation, and Triumph The mighty frame of glorious grace,That brightest monument of praise The mighty frame of glorious grace,That brightest monument of praiseThat e’er the God of love designed,Employs and fills my lab’ring mind. Begin, my soul, the heav’nly song,A burden for an angel’s tongue:When Gabriel sounds these awful things,He tunes and summons […]
Faith the Way of Salvation
Faith the Way of Salvation Not by the laws of innocenceCan Adam’s sons arrive at heav’n; Not by the laws of innocenceCan Adam’s sons arrive at heav’n;New works can give us no pretenceTo have our ancient sins forgiv’n. Not the best deeds that we have doneCan make a wounded conscience whole;Faith is the grace, and […]
None Excluded From Hope
None Excluded From Hope Jesus, thy blessings are not few,Nor is thy gospel weak; Jesus, thy blessings are not few,Nor is thy gospel weak;Thy grace can melt the stubborn Jew,And bow th’ aspiring Greek. Wide as the reach of Satan’s rageDoth thy salvation flow;‘Tis not confined to sex or age,The lofty or the low. While […]
The Gospel the Power of God to Salvation
The Gospel the Power of God to Salvation What shall the dying sinner doThat seeks relief for all his woe? What shall the dying sinner doThat seeks relief for all his woe?Where shall the guilty conscience findEase for the torment of the mind? How shall we get our crimes forgiv’n?Or form our natures fit for […]
Hope of Heaven by the Resurrection of Christ
Hope of Heaven by the Resurrection of Christ Blest be the everlasting God,The Father of our Lord; Blest be the everlasting God,The Father of our Lord;Be his abounding mercy praised,His majesty adored. When from the dead he raised his Son,And called him to the sky,He gave our souls a lively hopeThat they should never die. […]
A Vision of the Lamb
A Vision of the Lamb All mortal vanities, begone,Nor tempt my eyes, nor tire my ears; All mortal vanities, begone,Nor tempt my eyes, nor tire my ears;Behold, amidst th’ eternal throne,A vision of the Lamb appears. Glory his fleecy robe adorns,Marked with the bloody death he bore;Seven are his eyes, and seven his horns,To speak […]
A Hopeful Youth Falling Short of Heaven
A Hopeful Youth Falling Short of Heaven Must all the charms of nature, then,So hopeless to salvation prove?Can hell demand, can heav’n condemn,The man whom Jesus deigns to love? The man who sought the ways of truth,Paid friends and neighbors all their due;A modest, sober, lovely youth,And thought he wanted nothing new. But mark the […]
Christ the Eternal Life
Christ the Eternal Life Jesus, our Savior and our God,Arrayed in majesty and blood, Jesus, our Savior and our God,Arrayed in majesty and blood,Thou art our life; our souls in theePossess a full felicity. All our immortal hopes are laidIn thee, our surety and our head;Thy cross, thy cradle, and thy throne,Are big with glories […]
Spiritual Apparel
Spiritual Apparel Awake, my heart; arise, my tongue,Prepare a tuneful voice; Awake, my heart; arise, my tongue,Prepare a tuneful voice;In God, the life of all my joys,Aloud will I rejoice. ‘Tis he adorned my naked soul,And made salvation mine;Upon a poor polluted wormHe makes his graces shine. And lest the shadow of a spotShould on […]
The Deity and Humanity of Christ
The Deity and Humanity of Christ Ere the blue heav’ns were stretched abroad,From everlasting was the Word: Ere the blue heav’ns were stretched abroad,From everlasting was the Word:With God he was; the Word was God,And must divinely be adored. By his own power were all things made;By him supported all things stand;He is the whole […]
The Song of Simeon
The Song of Simeon Lord, at thy temple we appear,As happy Simeon came, Or, Death Made DesirableLord, at thy temple we appear,As happy Simeon came,And hope to meet our Savior here;O make our joys the same! With what divine and vast delightThe good old man was filled,When fondly in his withered armsHe clasped the holy […]
Custom in Sin
Custom in Sin Let the wild leopards of the woodPut off the spots that nature gives, Let the wild leopards of the woodPut off the spots that nature gives,Then may the wicked turn to God,And change their tempers and their lives. As well might Ethiopian slavesWash out the darkness of their skin,The deed as well […]
Hosannah to Christ
Hosannah to Christ Hosannah to the royal SonOf David’s ancient line! Hosannah to the royal SonOf David’s ancient line!His natures two, his person one,Mysterious and divine. The root of David here, we find,And offspring is the same:Eternity and time are joinedIn our Immanuel’s name. Blest he that comes to wretched menWith peaceful news from heav’n!Hosannah’s […]
An Unconverted State
An Unconverted State Great King of glory and of grace,We own, with humble shame, Great King of glory and of grace,We own, with humble shame,How vile is our degen’rate race,And our first father’s name. From Adam flows our tainted blood,The poison reigns within;Makes us averse to all that’s good,And willing slaves to sin. Daily we […]
Few Saved
Few Saved Broad is the road that leads to death,And thousands walk together there; Broad is the road that leads to death,ACAnd thousands walk together there;But wisdom shows a narrower path,With here and there a traveller. “Deny thyself, and take thy cross,”Is the Redeemer’s great command;Nature must count her gold but dross,If she would gain […]
Christ Our Passover
Christ Our Passover Lo, the destroying angel fliesTo Pharaoh’s stubborn land; Lo, the destroying angel fliesTo Pharaoh’s stubborn land;The pride and flower of Egypt diesBy his vindictive hand. He passed the tents of Jacob o’er,Nor poured the wrath divine;He saw the blood on every door,And blessed the peaceful sign. Thus the appointed Lamb must bleed,To […]
Self-Righteousness Insufficient
Self-Righteousness Insufficient “Where are the mourners,” saith the Lord,“That wait and tremble at my word, “Where are the mourners,” saith the Lord,“That wait and tremble at my word,That walk in darkness all the day?Come, make my name your trust and stay. “No works nor duties of your ownCan for the smallest sin atoneThe robes that […]
The Distemper, Folly, and Madness of Sin
The Distemper, Folly, and Madness of Sin Sin, like a venomous disease,Infects our vital blood; Sin, like a venomous disease,Infects our vital blood;The only balm is sovereign grace,And the physician, God. Our beauty and our strength are fled,And we draw near to death;But Christ the Lord recalls the deadWith his almighty breath. Madness by nature […]
The Offices of Christ, II
The Offices of Christ, II Join all the glorious namesOf wisdom, love, and power, Join all the glorious namesOf wisdom, love, and power,That ever mortals knew,That angels ever bore:All are too mean to speak his worth,Too mean to set my Savior forth. But O what gentle terms,What condescending ways,Doth our Redeemer useTo teach his heav’nly […]
The Offices of Christ
The Offices of Christ Join all the names of love and powerThat ever men or angels bore, Join all the names of love and powerThat ever men or angels bore,All are too mean to speak his worth,Or set lmmannel’s glory forth. But O what condescending waysHe takes to teach his heav’nly graceMy eyes with joy […]
The Names and Titles of Christ II
The Names and Titles of Christ II With cheerful voice I singThe titles of my Lord, With cheerful voice I singThe titles of my Lord,And borrow all the namesOf honor from his word:Nature and art can ne’er supplySufficient forms of majesty. In Jesus we beholdHis Father’s glorious face,Shining for ever bright,With mild and lovely raysTh’ […]
The Names and Titles of Christ
The Names and Titles of Christ ‘Tis from the treasures of his wordI borrow titles for my Lord; ‘Tis from the treasures of his wordI borrow titles for my Lord;Nor art nor nature can supplySufficient forms of majesty. Bright image of the Father’s face,Shining with undiminished rays;Th’ eternal God’s eternal Son,The heir and partner of […]
Characters of Christ
Characters of Christ Go, worship at Immanuel’s feet,See in his face what wonders meet! Go, worship at Immanuel’s feet,See in his face what wonders meet!Earth is too narrow to expressHis worth, his glory, or his grace. The whole creation can affordBut some faint shadows of my Lord;Nature, to make his beauties known,Must mingle colors not […]
Christ and Aaron
Christ and Aaron Jesus, in thee our eyes beholdA thousand glories more, Jesus, in thee our eyes beholdA thousand glories more,Than the rich gems and polished goldThe sons of Aaron wore. They first their own burnt-offerings brought,To purge themselves from sin;Thy life was pure without a spot,And all thy nature clean. Fresh blood as constant […]
The Humiliation and Exaltation of Christ
The Humiliation and Exaltation of Christ Who has believed thy word,Or thy salvation known? Who has believed thy word,Or thy salvation known?Reveal thine arm, Almighty Lord,And glorify thy Son. The Jews esteemed him hereToo mean for their belief;Sorrows his chief acquaintance were,And his companion, grief. They turned their eyes away,And treated him with scorn;But ’twas […]
Salvation by Grace in Christ
Salvation by Grace in Christ Now to the power of God supremeBe everlasting honors giv’n; Now to the power of God supremeBe everlasting honors giv’n;He saves from hell, (we bless his name,)He calls our wand’ring feet to heav’n. Not for our duties or deserts,But of his own abounding grace,He works salvation in our hearts,And forms […]
The Repenting Prodigal
The Repenting Prodigal Behold the wretch whose lust and wineHad wasted his estate, Behold the wretch whose lust and wineHad wasted his estate,He begs a share among the swine,To taste the husks they eat! “I die with hunger here,” he cries,“I starve in foreign lands;My father’s house has large suppliesAnd bounteous are his hands. “I’ll […]
Free Grace in Revealing Christ
Free Grace in Revealing Christ Jesus, the man of constant grief,A mourner all his days; Jesus, the man of constant grief,A mourner all his days;His spirit once rejoiced aloud,And tuned his joy to praise: “Father, I thank thy wondrous love,That hath revealed thy SonTo men unlearned, and to babesHas made thy gospel known. “The mysteries […]
The Different Success of the Gospel
The Different Success of the Gospel Christ and his cross is all our theme;The myst’ries that we speak Christ and his cross is all our theme;The myst’ries that we speakAre scandal in the Jew’s esteem,And folly to the Greek. But souls enlightened from aboveWith joy receive the word;They see what wisdom, power, and loveShine in […]
Election Sovereign and Free
Election Sovereign and Free Behold the potter and the clay,He forms his vessels as he please: Behold the potter and the clay,He forms his vessels as he please:Such is our God, and such are we,The subjects of his high decrees. Doth not the workman’s power extendO’er all the mass, which part to chooseAnd mold it […]
Conviction of Sin by the Law
Conviction of Sin by the Law Lord, how secure my conscience was,And felt no inward dread! Lord, how secure my conscience was,And felt no inward dread!I was alive without the law,And thought my sins were dead. My hopes of heav’n were firm and bright,But since the precept cameWith a convincing power and light,I find how […]
The Brazen Serpent
The Brazen Serpent So did the Hebrew prophet raiseThe brazen serpent high, Or, Looking to JesusSo did the Hebrew prophet raiseThe brazen serpent high,The wounded felt immediate ease,The camp forbore to die. “Look upward in the dying hour,And live,” the prophet cries;But Christ performs a nobler cure,When Faith lifts up her eyes. High on the […]
Salvation by Grace
Salvation by Grace Lord, we confess our num’rous faults,How great our guilt has been! Lord, we confess our num’rous faults,How great our guilt has been!Foolish and vain were all our thoughts,And all our lives were sin. But, O my soul! for ever praise,For ever love his name,Who turns thy feet from dangerous waysOf folly, sin, […]
The Fall and Recovery of Man
The Fall and Recovery of Man Deceived by subtle snares of hell,Adam, our head, our father, fell; Deceived by subtle snares of hell,Adam, our head, our father, fell;When Satan, in the serpent hid,Proposed the fruit that God forbid. Death was the threat’ning: death beganTo take possession of the manHis unborn race received the wound,And heavy […]
Dead to Sin by the Cross of Christ
Dead to Sin by the Cross of Christ Shall we go on to sinBecause thy grace abounds; Shall we go on to sinBecause thy grace abounds;Or crucify the Lord again,And open all his wounds? Forbid it, mighty God!Nor let it e’er be said,That we whose sins are crucifiedShould raise them from the dead. We will […]
Joy in Heaven for a Repenting Sinner
Joy in Heaven for a Repenting Sinner Who can describe the joys that riseThrough all the courts of Paradise, Who can describe the joys that riseThrough all the courts of Paradise,To see a prodigal return,To see an heir of glory born? With joy the Father doth approveThe fruit of His eternal love;The Son with joy […]
Believe and be Saved
Believe and be Saved Not to condemn the sons of men,Did Christ, the Son of God, appear; Not to condemn the sons of men,Did Christ, the Son of God, appear;No weapons in his hands are seen,No flaming sword nor thunder there. Such was the pity of our God,He loved the race of man so well,He […]
The Glories of the Lamb
The Glories of the Lamb Behold the glories of the LambAmidst his Father’s throne; Behold the glories of the LambAmidst his Father’s throne;Prepare new honors for his name,And songs before unknown. Let elders worship at his feet,The church adore around,With vials full of odors sweet,And harps of sweeter sound. Those are the prayers of the […]