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Before Jehovah's awful throne

Appears in 976 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Before Jehovah's awful throne, Ye nations, bow with sacred joy: Know that the Lord is God alone; He can create and he destroy. 2 His sov'reign pow'r without our aid Made us of clay, and form'd us men: And when like wand'ring sheep we stray'd, He brought us to his fold again. 3 We are his people, we his care, Our souls, and all our mortal frame; What lasting honours shall we rear; Almighty Maker, to thy name? 4 We'll croud thy gates with thankful songs, High as the heav'n, our voices raise; And earth with her ten thousand tongues Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise. 4 Wide as the world is thy command Vast as eternity thy love; Firm as a rock thy truth must stand, When rolling years shall cease to move! Scripture: Psalm 100

For the Distress of War

Appears in 24 hymnals First Line: Behold, O God, what cruel foes Lyrics: 1 Behold, O God, what cruel foes, Thy peaceful heritage invade; Thy holy temple stands defil'd, In dust thy sacred walls are laid. , 2 Wide o'er the vallies drench'd in blood, Thy people fall'n in death remain; The fowls of heav'n their flesh devour, And savage beasts divide the slain. 3 Th' insulting foes, with impious rage, Reproach thy children to their face; "Where is your God of boasted pow'r, "And where the promise of his grace." 4 Deep from the prison's horrid glooms, Oh hear the mournful captives sigh, And let thy sov'reign pow'r reprieve, The trembling souls condemn'd to die. 5 Let those, who dar'd insult thy reign; Return dismay'd with endless shame, While heathens, who thy grace despise, Shall from thy veng'ance learn thy name. 6 So shall thy children, freed from death, Eternal songs of honour raise, And ev'ry future age shall tell, Thy sov'reign pow'r and pard'ning grace. Scripture: Psalm 79

The Book of Nature and Scripture

Appears in 144 hymnals First Line: Behold the lofty sky Lyrics: 1 Behold the lofty sky, Declares its maker God, And all the starry works on high Proclaim his pow'r abroad. 2 The darkness and the light Still keep their course the same; While night to day and day to night Divinely teach his name. 3 In ev'ry diff'rent land Their gen'ral voice is known; They show the wonders of his hand, And orders of his throne. 4 Ye Christian lands, rejoice: Here he reveals his word; We are not left to nature’s voice To bid us know the Lord. 5 His statutes and commands Are set before our eyes, He puts his gospel in our hands, Where our salvation lies. 6 His laws are just and pure, His truth without deceit; His promises for ever sure, And his rewards are great. 7 Not honey to the taste Affords so much delight; Nor gold that has the furnace pass'd So much allures the sight. 8 While of thy works I sing, Thy glory to proclaim, Accept the praise, my God, my King, In my Redeemer’s name. Scripture: Psalm 19

Love to Enemies; or, the Love of Christ to Sinners typified in David

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 52 hymnals First Line: Behold the love, the gen'rous love Lyrics: 1 Behold the love, the gen'rous love, That holy David shows; Behold his kind compassion move For his afflicted foes. 2 When they are sick, his soul complains, And seems to feel the smart; The spirit of the gospel reigns, And melts his pious heart. 3 How did his flowing tears condole As for a brother dead! And fasting mortify'd his soul, While for their life he pray'd. 4 They groan'd, and curst him on their bed, Yet still he pleads and mourns; And double blessings on his head The righteous God returns. 5 O glorious type of heav'nly grace! Thus Christ the Lord appears; While sinners curse, the Saviour prays, And pities them with tears. 6 He, the true David, Isra'l’s king, Bless'd and belov'd of God, To save us rebels dead in sin Paid his own dearest blood. Scripture: Psalm 35:12-14

God's Word most excellent; or, Sincerity and Watchfulness (For a Lord's Day Morning

Appears in 318 hymnals First Line: Behold the morning sun Lyrics: 1 Behold the morning sun Begins his glorious way: His beams through all the nations run, And life and light convey. 2 But where the gospel comes, It spreads diviner light, It calls dead sinners from their tombs, And gives the blind their sight. 3 How perfect is thy word! And all thy judgements just, For ever sure thy promise, Lord, And men securely trust. 4 My gracious God, how plain Are thy directions giv'n! O may I never read in vain, But find the path to heav'n! Pause. 5 I heard thy word with love, And I would fain obey: Send thy good spirit from above To guide me lest I stray. 6 O who can ever find The errors of his ways? Yet with a bold presumptuous mind I would not dare transgress. 7 Warn me of ev'ry sin, Forgive my secret faults, And cleanse this guilty soul of mine, Whose crimes exceed my thoughts. 8 While, with my heart and tongue I spread thy praise abroad; Accept the worship and the song, My Saviour and my God. Scripture: Psalm 19

Christ the Foundation of the Church

Appears in 197 hymnals First Line: Behold the sure foundation Stone Lyrics: 1 Behold the sure foundation Stone Which God in Sion lays, To build our heav'nly hopes upon, And his eternal praise. 2 Chosen of God, to sinners dear, And saints adore the name, They trust their whole salvation here, Nor shall they suffer shame. 3 The foolish builders, scribe and priest, Reject it with disdain; Yet on this Rock the church shall rest, And envy rage in vain. 4 What tho' the gates of hell withstood, Yet must this building rise: 'Tis thy own work, Almighty God, And wond'rous in our eyes. Scripture: Psalm 118:22-23

Blessing God for his Goodness to Soul and Body

Appears in 302 hymnals First Line: Bless, O my soul, the living God Lyrics: 1 Bless, O my soul, the living God, Call home thy thoughts that rove abroad, Let all the powers within me join In work and worship so divine! 2 Bless, O my soul, the God of grace! His favours claim thy highest praise; Why should the wonders he hath wrought Be lost in silence and forgot? 3 'Tis he, my soul, that sent his Son To die for crimes, which thou hast done; He owns the ransom, and forgives The hourly follies of our lives. 4 The vices of the mind he heals, And cures the pains that nature feels; Redeems the soul from hell, and saves Our wasting life from threat'ning graves. 5 Our youth decay'd, his power repairs; His mercy crowns our growing years: He fills our store with ev'ry good, And feeds our souls with heav'nly food. 6 He sees th' oppressor and the opprest, And often gives the suff'rers rest; But will his justice more display In the last great rewarding day. 7 [His power he shew'd by Moses' hands, And gave to Isra'l his commands; But sent his truth and mercy down To all the nations by his Son.] 8 Let the whole earth his power confess, Let the whole earth adore his grace; The Gentile with the Jew shall join In work and worship so divine. Scripture: Psalm 103:1-7

A Blessed Gospel

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 201 hymnals First Line: Blest are the souls who hear and know Lyrics: 1 Blest are the souls who hear and know The gospel's joyful sound! Peace shall attend the path they go, And light there steps surround. 2 Their joy shall bear their spirits up Thro' their Redeemer's name; His righteousness exalts their hope, And fills their foes with shame. 3 The Lord our glory and defence, Strength and salvation gives; Isra'l, thy king for ever reigns, Thy God for ever lives. Scripture: Psalm 89:15-18

Repentance and free Pardon; or, Justification and Sanctification

Appears in 103 hymnals First Line: Blest is the man, for ever blest Lyrics: 1 Blest is the man, for ever blest, Whose guilt is pardon'd by his God, Whose sins with sorrow are confess'd, And cover'd with his Saviour's blood. 2 Before his judgment seat the Lord No more permits his crimes to rise; He pleads no merit of reward, And not on works but grace relies. 3 From guile his heart and lips are free, His humble joy, his holy fear, With deep repentance well agree, And join to prove his faith sincere. 4 How glorious is that righteousness That hides and cancels all his sins? While a bright evidence of grace Through all his life appears and shines. Scripture: Psalm 32

Charity to the Poor; or, Pity to the Afflicted

Appears in 86 hymnals First Line: Blest is the man, whose breast can move Lyrics: 1 Blest is the man, whose breast can move, And melt with pity to the poor, Whose soul, by sympathizing love, Feels what his fellow saints endure. 2 His heart contrives for their relief More good than his own hands can do; He, in the time of gen'ral grief Shall find the Lord hath mercy too. 3 His soul shall live secure on earth With secret blessings on his head, When drought, and pestilence, and dearth, Around him multiply their dead. 4 Or if he languish on his couch, God will pronounce his sins forgiv'n, Will save him with a healing touch, Or take his willing soul to heav'n. Scripture: Psalm 41:1-3