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Governing Power and Goodness; or, our Grace tried by Affliction

Appears in 50 hymnals First Line: Sing, all ye nations, to the Lord Lyrics: 1 Sing, all ye nations to the Lord, Sing with a joyful noise; With melody of sound record His honours and your joys. 2 Say to the Pow'r that form'd the sky, "How terrible art thou! "Sinners before thy presence fly, "Or at thy feet they bow." 3 [Come see the wonders of our God, How glorious are his ways? In Moses' hand he puts his rod, And clave the frighted seas. 4 He made the ebbing channel dry, While Isr'el pass'd the flood; There did the church begin their joy, And triumph in their God.] 5 He rules by his resistless might: Will rebel-mortals dare Provoke th’ Eternal to the fight, And tempt that dreadful war? 6 Oh bless our God, and never cease; Ye saints, fulfil his praise; He keeps our life, maintains our peace, And guides our doubtful ways. 7 Lord, thou hast prov'd our suff'ring souls, To make our graces shine; So silver bears the burning coals, The metal to refine. 8 Thro' wat'ry deeps and fiery ways We march at thy command, Led to possess the promis'd place By thine unerring hand. Scripture: Psalm 66

The Warning of God to his People; or, Spiritual Blessings and Punishments

Appears in 48 hymnals First Line: Sing to the Lord aloud Lyrics: 1 Sing to the Lord aloud, And make a joyful noise; God is our strength, our Saviour God; Let Isra'l hear his voice. 2 “From idols false and vain, "Preserve my rites divine; "I am the Lord who broke thy chain "Of slav'ry and of sin. 3 "Stretch thy desires abroad, "And I’ll supply them well; "But if ye will refuse your God, "If Isra'l will rebel; 4 "I’ll leave them, saith the Lord, "To their own lusts a prey, "And let them run the dang'rous road, "’Tis their own chosen way. 5 "Yet Oh! that all my saints "Would hearken to my voice! "Soon I would ease their sore complaints, "And bid their hearts rejoice. 6 "While I destroy their foes, "I’ll richly feed my flock, "And they shall taste the stream that flows "From their eternal Rock." Scripture: Psalm 81:1

A Psalm before Prayer

Appears in 145 hymnals First Line: Sing to the Lord Jehovah's name Lyrics: 1 Sing to the Lord Jehovah's name, And in his strength rejoice; When his salvation is our theme, Exalted be our voice. 2 With thanks approach his awful sight, And psalms of honour sing; The Lord's a God of boundless might, The whole creation's King. 3 Let princes hear, let angels know, How mean their natures seem, Those Gods on high and gods below, When once compar'd with him. 4 Earth, with its caverns dark and deep, Lies in his spacious hand; He fix'd the seas what bounds to keep, And where the hills must stand. 5 Come and with humble souls adore, Come, kneel before his face; O may the creatures of his pow'r Be children of his grace! 6 Now is the time he bends his ear, And waits for your request; Come, lest he rouze his wrath and swear, "Ye shall not see my rest." Scripture: Psalm 95

Christ's first and second Coming

Appears in 199 hymnals First Line: Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands Lyrics: 1 Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands, Ye tribes of ev'ry tongue; His new discover'd grace demands A new and nobler song. 2 Say to the nations, Jesus reigns, God's own almighty Son; His pow'r the sinking world sustains, And grace surrounds his throne. 3 Let heav'n proclaim the joyful day, Joy through the earth be seen; Let cities shine in bright array, And fields in cheerful green. 4 The joyous earth, the bending skies His glorious train display; Ye mountains sink, ye vallies rise, Prepare the Lord his way. 5 Behold he comes, he comes to bless The nations as their God; To show the world his righteousness, And send his truth abroad. 6 His voice shall raise the slumb'ring dead, And bid the world draw near; But how the guilty nations dread, To see their judge appear! Scripture: Psalm 96:2

The Wisdom of God in his Works

Appears in 126 hymnals First Line: Songs of immortal praise belong Lyrics: 1 Songs of immortal praise belong To my Almighty God; He has my heart, and he my tongue To spread his name abroad. 2 How great the works his hands has wrought! How glorious in our sight! And men in ev'ry age have sought His wonders with delight. 3 How fair and beauteous nature's frame! How wise the eternal mind! His counsels never change the scheme That his first thoughts design'd. 4 When he redeem'd his chosen sons, He fix'd his cov'nant sure; The orders that his lips pronounce, To endless years endure. 5 Nature and time, and earth and skies, Thy heav'nly skill proclaim; What shall we do to make us wise, But learn to read thy name? 6 To fear thy pow'r, to trust thy grace, Is our divinest skill! And he's the wisest of our race That best obeys thy will. Scripture: Psalm 111

Prayer and Hope

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 163 hymnals First Line: Soon as I heard my father say Lyrics: 1 Soon as I heard my father say, "Ye children, seek my grace," My heart reply'd without delay, "I'll seek my Father's face." 2 Let not thy face be hid from me, Nor frown my soul away; God of my life, I fly to thee In a distressing day. 3 Should friends and kindred near and dear Leave me to want or die, My God would make my life his care, And all my need supply. 4 My fainting flesh had dye'd with grief, Had not my soul believ'd, To see thy grace provide relief, Nor was my hope deceiv'd. 5 Wait on the Lord, ye trembling saints, And keep your courage up; He'll raise your spirit when it faints, And far exceed your hope. Scripture: Psalm 27:8-9

The Mystery of Providence unfolded

Appears in 68 hymnals First Line: Sure there's a righteous God Lyrics: 1 Sure there's a righteous God, Nor is religion vain; Tho' men of vice may boast aloud, And men of grace complain. 2 I saw the wicked rise, And felt my heart repine, While haughty fools with scornful eyes, In robes of honour shine. [3 Pamper'd with wonton ease, Their flesh looks full and fair, Their wealth rolls in like flowing seas, And grows without their care. 4 Free from the plagues and pains That pious souls endure, Thro' all their life oppression reigns, And racks the humble poor. 5 Their impious tongues blaspheme The everlasting God: Their malice blasts the good man's name, And spreads their lies abroad. 6 But I with flowing tears Indulg'd my doubts to rise; "Is there a God that sees or hears "The things below the skies?" 7 The tumult of my thought Held me in hard suspense, 'Till to thy house my feet were brought To learn thy justice thence. 8 Thy word with light and pow'r Did my mistake amend; I view'd the sinners' life before, But here I learnt their end. 9 On what a slipp'ry steep The thoughtless wretches go; And Oh! that dreadful fiery deep That waits their fall below! 10 Lord, at thy feet I bow, My thoughts no more repine: I call my God my portion now, And all my pow'rs are thine. Scripture: Psalm 73

The Gooodness of God

Appears in 234 hymnals First Line: Sweet is the mem'ry of thy grace Lyrics: 1 Sweet is the mem'ry of thy grace, My God, my heav'nly King: Let age to age thy righteousness In sounds of glory sing. 2 God reigns on high, but ne'er confines His goodness to the skies; Through the whole earth his bounty shines, And ev'ry want supplies. 3 With longing eyes thy creatures wait On thee for daily food, Thy lib'ral hand provides their meat, And fills their mouths with good. 4 How kind are thy compassions, Lord! How slow thine anger moves! But soon he sends his pard'ning word To cheer the souls he loves. 5 Creatures with all their endless race, Thy pow'r and praise proclaim; But saints that taste thy richer grace, Delight to bless thy name.

A Psalm for the Lord's Day

Appears in 785 hymnals First Line: Sweet is the work, my God, my King Lyrics: 1 Sweet is the work, my God, my King, To praise thy name, give thanks and sing, To show thy love by morning light, And talk of all thy truth at night. 2 Sweet is the day of sacred rest, No mortal care shall seize my breast, O may my heart in tune be found, Like David's harp of solemn sound! 3 My heart shall triumph in my Lord, And bless his works, and bless his word, Thy works of grace how bright they shine! How deep thy counsels! how divine! 4 Fools never raise their thoughts so high; Like brutes they live, like brutes they die; Like grass they flourish, 'till thy breath Blasts them in everlasting death. 5 But I shall share a glorious part When grace hath well refin'd my heart, And fresh supplies of joy are shed Like holy oil to cheer my head. 6 Sin (my worst enemy before) Shall vex my eyes and ears no more: My inward foes shall all be slain, Nor Satan break my peace again. 7 Then shall I see and hear and know All I desir'd, or wish'd below; And ev'ry pow'r find sweet employ In that eternal world of joy. Scripture: Psalm 92

The Vanity of Man as Mortal

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 258 hymnals First Line: Teach me the measure of my days Lyrics: 1 Teach me the measure of my days, Thou maker of my frame; I would survey life's narrow space, And learn how frail I am. 2 A span is all that we can boast, An inch or two of time: Man is but vanity and dust In all his flow'r and prime. 3 See the vain race of mortals move Like shadows o'er the plain; They rage and strive, desire and love, But all the noise is vain. 4 Some walk in honour's gaudy show, Some dig for golden ore, They toil for heirs, they know not who, And strait are seen no more. 5 What should I wish or wait for then From creatures, earth and dust? They make our expectations vain, And disappoint our trust. 6 Now I forbid my carnal hope, My fond desires recal; I give my mortal interest up, And make my God my all.