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Melancholy assaulting, and Hope prevailing

Appears in 54 hymnals First Line: To God I cry'd with mournful voice Lyrics: 1 To God I cry'd with mournful voice, I sought his gracious ear, In the sad hour, when trouble rose, And fill'd my heart with fear. 2 Sad were my days, and dark my nights, My soul refus'd relief; I thought on God, the just and wise, But thoughts increas'd my grief. 3 Still I complain'd, and still opprest, My heart began to break; My God, thy wrath forbade me rest, And kept mine eyes awake. 4 My overwhelming sorrows grew, 'Till I could speak no more; Then I within myself withdrew, And call'd thy judgments o’er. 5 I call'd back years and ancient times When I beheld thy face; My spirit search'd for secret crimes That might with-hold thy grace. 6 I call'd thy mercies to my mind, Which I enjoy'd before; And will the Lord no more be kind; His face appear no more? 7 Will he forever cast me off? His promise ever fail? Has he forgot his tender love? Shall anger still prevail? 8 But I forbid this hopeless thought, This dark, despairing frame, Rememb’ring what thy hand hath wrought; Thy hand is still the same. 9 I’ll think again of all thy ways, And talk thy wonders o’er, Thy wonders of recov'ring grace, When flesh could hope no more. 10 Grace dwelt with justice on the throne; And men that love thy word, Have in thy sanctuary known The counsels of the Lord. Scripture: Psalm 77

Praise to God; or, Communication with Saints

Appears in 87 hymnals First Line: To God the great, the ever blest Lyrics: 1 To God, the great, the ever blest, Let songs of honour be addrest; His mercy firm forever stands; Give him the thanks his love demands. 2 Who knows the wonders of thy ways? Who shall fulfil thy boundless praise? Blest are the souls that fear thee still, And pay their duty to thy will. 3 Remember what thy mercy did For Jacob's race, thy chosen seed; And with the same salvation bless The meanest suppliant of thy grace. 4 O may I see thy tribes rejoice, And aid their triumphs with my voice! This is my glory, Lord, to be Join'd to thy saints, and near to thee. Scripture: Psalm 106:1-5

Praise for the Gospel

Appears in 93 hymnals First Line: To our Almighty Maker, God Lyrics: 1 To our almighty Maker, God, New honours be address'd; His great salvation shines abroad; And makes the nations blest. 2 To Abrah'm first he spoke the word, And taught his num'rous race; The Gentiles own him sov'reign Lord, And learn to trust his grace. 3 Let the whole earth his love proclaim With all her diff'rent tongues; And spread the honor of his name In melody and songs.

Secret Devotion and Spiritual Mindedness; or, Constant Converse with God

Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Appears in 77 hymnals First Line: To thee, before the dawning light Lyrics: 1 To thee, before the dawning light, My gracious God, I pray; I meditate thy name by night, And keep thy law by day. 2 My spirit faints to see thy grace, Thy promise bears me up; And while salvation long delays, Thy word supports my hope. 3 Seven times a day I lift my hands, And pay my thanks to thee, Thy righteous providence demands Repeated praise from me. 4 When midnight darkness veils the skies, I call thy works to mind; My thoughts in warm devotion rise, And sweet acceptance find. Scripture: Psalm 119:147

God the Refuge of the Afflicted

Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Appears in 21 hymnals First Line: To thee, O Lord, I raise my cries Lyrics: 1 To thee, O Lord, I raise my cries; My fervent prayer in mercy hear; For ruin waits my trembling soul, If thou refuse a gracious ear. 2 When suppliant tow'rd thy holy hill, I left my mournful hands to pray, Afford thy grace, nor drive me still, With impious hypocrites away. 3 To sons of falsehood, that despise The works and wonders of thy reign, Thy vengeance gives the due reward, And sinks their souls to endless pain. 4 But, ever blessed by the Lord, Whose mercy hears my mournful voice, My heart, that trusted in his word, In his salvation shall rejoice. 5 Let ev'ry saint, in sore distress, By faith approach his Saviour God; Then grant, O Lord, thy pard'ning grace, And feed thy church with heav'nly food. Scripture: Psalm 28

Christ's Sufferings and Zeal

Appears in 32 hymnals First Line: 'Twas for our sake, eternal God Lyrics: 1 'Twas for thy sake eternal God, Thy Son sustain'd that heavy load Of base reproach and sore disgrace, While shame defil'd his sacred face. 2 The Jews his brethren and his kin, Abus'd the man that check'd their sin; While he fulfill'd thy holy laws, They hate him, but without a cause. 3 ["My Father's house," said he, "was made "A place for worship, not for trade." Then scatt'ring all their gold and brass, He scourg'd the merchants from the place.] 4 [Zeal for the temple of his God Consum'd his life, expos'd his blood; Reproaches at thy glory thrown, He felt, and mourn'd them as his own.] 5 [His friends forsook, his follow'rs fled, While foes and arms surround his head; They curse him with a sland'rous tongue, And the false judge maintains the wrong.] 6 His life they load with hateful lies, And charge his lips with blasphemies: They nail him to the shameful tree; There hung the man that dy'd for me. 7 But God beheld, and from his throne Marks out the men that hate his Son; The hand that rais'd him from the dead, Shall pour the veng'ance on their head. Scripture: Psalm 69:7-36

Midnight Thoughts recollected

Appears in 62 hymnals First Line: 'Twas in the watches of the night Lyrics: 1 'Twas in the watches of the night I thought upon thy pow'r, I kept thy lovely face in sight Amidst the darkest hour. 2 My flesh lay resting on my bed, My soul arose on high; "My God, my life, my hope," I said, "Bring thy salvation nigh," 3 My spirit labours up thine hill, And climbs the heav'nly road; But thy right-hand upholds me still, While I pursue my God. 4 Thy mercy stretches o'er my head The shadow of thy wings; My heart rejoices in thy aid, My tongue awakes and sings. 5 But the destroyers of my peace Shall fret and rage in vain; The tempter shall for ever cease, And all my sins be slain. 6 Thy sword shall give my foes to death, And send them down to dwell In the dark caverns of the earth, Or in the deeps of hell. Scripture: Psalm 63:6-10

The Saint's Trial and Safety

Appears in 148 hymnals First Line: Unshaken as the sacred hill Lyrics: 1 Unshaken as the sacred hill, And firm as mountains stand, Firm as a rock the soul shall rest, That trusts th' almighty hand. 2 Not walls nor hills could guard so well Old Salem's happy ground, As those eternal arms of love, That ev'ry saint surround. 3 While tyrants are a smarting scourge To drive them near to God, Divine compassion will assuage The fury of the rod. 4 Deal gently, Lord, with souls sincere, And lead them safely on To the bright gates of Paradise, Where Christ the Lord is gone. 5 But if we trace those crooked ways That the old serpent drew, The wrath that drove him first to hell, Shall smite his follow'rs too. Scripture: Psalm 125

Persecutors punished

Appears in 36 hymnals First Line: Up from my youth, may Isra'l say Lyrics: 1 Up from my youth, may Isra'l say, Have I been nurs'd in tears; My griefs were constant as the day, And tedious as the years. 2 Up from my youth I bore the rage Of all the sons of strife; Oft they assail'd my riper age, But God preserv'd my life. 3 O'er all my frame their cruel dart Its painful wounds impress'd; Hourly they vex'd my fainting heart, Nor let my sorrows rest. 4 The Lord grew angry on his throne, And with impartial eye, Measur'd the mischiefs they had done, Then let his arrows fly. 5 How was their insolence surpris'd, To hear his thunders roll! And all the foes of Zion seiz'd With horror to the soul. 6 Thus shall the men that hate the saints, Be blasted from the sky; Their glory fades, their courage faints, And all their prospects die. 7 [What tho' they flourish tall and fair, They have no root beneath; Their growth shall perish in despair, And lie despis'd in death. 8 So corn that on the house-top stands, No hope of harvest gives; The reaper ne'er shall fill his hands, Nor binder fold the sheaves.] Scripture: Psalm 129

Intemperance punished and pardoned, or, A Psalm for the Glutton and the Drunkard

Appears in 32 hymnals First Line: Vain man on foolish pleasures bent Lyrics: 1 Vain man on foolish pleasures bent, Prepares for his own punishment; What pains, what loathsome maladies, From luxury and lust arise! 2 The drunkard feels his vitals waste: Yet drowns his health to please his taste; 'Till all his active pow'rs are lost, And fainting life draws near the dust. 3 The glutton groans, and loaths to eat, His soul abhors delicious meat; Nature, with heavy loads opprest, Would yield to death to be releas'd. 4 Then how the frighten'd sinners fly To God for help with earnest cry! He hears their groans, prolongs their breath, And saves them from approaching death. 5 No med'cines could effect the cure So quick, so easy, or so sure: The deadly sentence God repeals, He sends his sov'reign word, and heals. 6 O may the sons of men record The wond'rous goodness of the Lord! And let their thankful off'ring prove How they adore their Maker's love. Scripture: Psalm 107