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Universal praise to GOD

Appears in 118 hymnals First Line: Loud Hallelujahs to the Lord Lyrics: 1 Loud Hallelujahs to the Lord, From distant Worlds where Creatures dwell; Let Heav'n begin the solemn Word, And sound it dreadful down to Hell. 2 The Lord! how absolute he reigns! Let ev'ry Angel bend the Knee; Sing of his Love in heav'nly Strains, And speak how fierce his Terrors be. 3 High on a Throne his Glories dwell, An awful Throne of shining Bliss; Fly through the World, O Sun, and tell How dark thy Beams compar'd to his. 4 Awake ye Tempests, and his Fame In Sounds of dreadful Praise declare; And the sweet Whisper of his Name Fill ev'ry gentler Breeze of Air. 5 Let Clouds, and Winds, and Waves agree To join their Praise with blazing Fire; Let the firm Earth and rolling sea In this eternal song conspire. 6 Ye flow'ry Plains, proclaim his Skill; Vallies lie low before his Eye; And let his Praise from ev'ry Hill Rise tuneful to the neighb'ring Sky. 7 Ye stubborn Oaks, and stately Pines, Bend your high Branches and adore: Praise him, ye Beasts, in diff'rent Strains; The Lamb must bleat, the Lion roar. 8 Birds, ye must make his Praise your Theme, Nature demands a Song from you; While the dumb Fish that cut the Stream Leap up, and mean his Praises too. 9 Mortals, can you refrain your Tongue, When Nature all around you sings? O for a Shout from Old and Young, From humble swains and lofty Kings! 10 Wide as his vast Dominion lies Make the Creator's Name be known; Loud as his Thunder shout his Praise, And sound it lofty as his Throne. 11 Jehovah! 'tis a glorious Word, O may it dwell on ev'ry Tongue! But Saints, who best have known the Lord, Are bound to raise the noblest Song. 12 Speak of the Wonders of that Love Which Gabriel plays on ev'ry Chord: From all below, and all above, Loud Hallelujahs to the Lord. Topics: Creation and Providence; Praise from all creatures; Thunder and storm; Weather Scripture: Psalm 148

Wrath and mercy from the Judgment Seat

Appears in 67 hymnals First Line: With my whole Heart I'll raise my Song Lyrics: First Part: 1 With my whole Heart I'll raise my Song, Thy Wonders I'll proclaim: Thou Sov'reign Judge of Right and Wrong, Wilt put my Foes to Shame. 2 I'll sing thy Majesty and Grace; My God prepares his throne To judge the World in Righteousness, And make his vengeance known. 3 Then shall the Lord a Refuge prove For all the Poor opprest; To save the People of his Love, And give the Weary Rest. 4 The Men that know thy Name, will trust In thy abundant Grace; For thou hast ne'er forsook the Just, Who humbly seek thy face. 5 Sing Praises to the Righteous Lord, Who dwells on Zion's Hill, Who executes his threat'ning Word, And doth his Grace fulfil. Topics: Equity and Wisdom of Providence; God the judge; Judgment and mercy; Judgment seat of God; Justice of Providence; Mercies and judgment; Persecutors deliverance from them; Wrath and Mercy from the Judgment-seat Scripture: Psalm 9

Pleading with GOD under Desertion; or, Hope in Darkness

Appears in 64 hymnals First Line: How long, O Lord! shall I complain Lyrics: 1 How long, O Lord! shall I complain, Like one that seeks his GOD in vain. Canst thou thy Face for ever hide? And I still pray and be deny'd? 2 Shall I for ever be forgot, As one whom thou regardest not? Still shall my Soul thine Absence mourn? And still despair of thy Return? 3 How long shall my poor troubled Breast Be with these anxious Thoughts opprest, And Satan, my malicious Foe, Rejoice to see me sunk so low? 4 Hear, Lord, and grant me quick Relief, Before my Death conclude my Grief; If thou with-hold thy heav'nly Light, I sleep in everlasting Night. 5 How will the Pow'rs of Darkness boast, If but one praying Soul be lost? But I have trusted in thy Grace, And shall again behold thy Face. 6 Whate'er my Foes or Fears suggest, Thou art my Hope, my Joy, my Rest, My Heart shall feel thy Love, and raise My chearful Voice to Songs of Praise. Topics: Complaint of Desertion; Complaint of Temptaion; Deliverance from Temptations; Desertion and Distress of Soul; Hope in darkness; Religion and justice; Satan subdued; Temptations of the devil Scripture: Psalm 13

Christ's Sufferings and Exaltation

Appears in 114 hymnals First Line: Now let our mournful Songs record Lyrics: 1 Now let our mournful Songs record The dying Sorrows of our Lord, When he complain'd in Tears and Blood, As one forsaken of his GOD. 2 The Jews beheld him thus forlorn, And shake their Heads and laugh in Scorn: "He rescu'd others from the Grave; "Now let him try himself to save. 3 "This is the Man did once pretend "GOD was his Father and his Friend; "If GOD the Blessed lov'd him so, "Why doth he fail to help him now?" 4 Barbarous People! Cruel Priests! How they stood round like savage Beasts; Like Lions gaping to devour, When God had left him in their Pow'r. 5 They wound his Head, his Hands, his Feet, Till Streams of Blood each other meet; By Lot his Garments they divide, And mock the Pangs in which he dy'd. 6 But GOD his Father heard his Cry; Rais'd from the Dead he reigns on high; The Nations learn his Righteousness, And humble Sinners taste his Grace. Topics: Christ his death and resurrection; Christ his sufferings and kingdom; Exaltation of Christ to the Kingdom; Gentiles given to Christ Scripture: Psalm 22

Works of Creation and Providence

Appears in 50 hymnals First Line: Ye holy Souls, in GOD rejoice Lyrics: 1 Ye holy Souls, in GOD rejoice, Your Maker's Praise becomes your Voice, Great is your Theme, your Songs be new: Sing of his Name, his Word, his Ways, His Works of Nature and of Grace, How wise and holy, just and true! 2 Justice and Truth he ever loves! And the whole Earth his Goodness proves, His Word the heav'nly Arches spread; How wide they shine from North to South! And by the Spirit of his mouth Were all the starry Armies made. 3 He gathers the wide-flowing Seas Those wat'ry Treasures know their Place In the vast Store-house of the Deep. He spake, and gave all Nature Birth; And Fires, and Seas, and Heav'n, and Earth, His everlasting Orders keep. 4 Let Mortals tremble and adore A GOD of such resistless Pow'r, Nor dare indulge their feeble Rage; Vain are your Thoughts, and weak your Hands; But his eternal Counsel stands, And rules the World from Age to Age. Topics: Creation and Providence; Creatures no trust in them; Friendship its Blessings; God all-sufficient; God our Defense and Salvation; Grace and providence; Praise for creation and providence; Works and grace Scripture: Psalm 33

The Lord Jehovah reigns

Appears in 164 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The Lord Jehovah reigns, And royal State maintains, His Head with awful Glories crown'd; Array'd in Robes of Light, Begirt with sov'reign Might, And Rays of Majesty around. 2 Upheld by thy Commands, The World securely stands; And Skies and Stars obey thy Word; Thy Throne was fix'd on high Before the Starry Sky; Eternal is thy Kingdom, Lord. 3 In vain the noisy Crowd, Like Billows fierce and loud, Against thine Empire rage and roar; In vain, with angry Spite, The surly Nations fight, And dash like Waves against the Shore. 4 Let Floods and Nations rage, And all their Pow'rs engage; Let swelling Tides assault the Sky; The Terrors of thy Frown Shall beat their Madness down: Thy Throne for ever stands on high. 5 Thy Promises are true, Thy Grace is ever new; There fix'd thy Church shall ne'er remove; Thy Saints with holy Fear, Shall in thy Courts appear, And sing thine everlasting Love. [Repeat the fourth Stanza, to compleat the Tune] Topics: God Eternal and Sovereign, and holy; God his power and majesty; God supreme governor; Jehovah reigns Scripture: Psalm 93

A Psalm for the Master of a Family

Appears in 45 hymnals First Line: Of Justice and of Grace I sing Lyrics: 1 Of Justice and of Grace I sing, And pay my GOD my Vows; Thy Grace and Justice, heav'nly King, Teach me to rule my House. 2 Now to my tent, O GPD, repair, And make thy Servant wise; I'll suffer Nothing near me there That shall offend thine Eyes. 3 The Man that doth his Neighbour Wrong By Falsehood or by Force, The scornful Eye, the sland'rous Tongue I'll thrust 'em from my Doors. 4 I'll seek the faithful and the Just, And will their Help enjoy; These are the Friends that I shall trust, The Servants I'll employ. 5 The Wretch that deals in sly Deceit I'll not endure a Night: The Liar's Tongue I ever hate, And banish from my Sight. 6 I'll purge my Family around, And make the Wicked flee; So shall my House be ever found A Dwelling fit for Thee. Topics: Family government; Magistrates Qualification; Master of a family; Psalm for householders; Psalm for magistrates Scripture: Psalm 101

Colonies planted; or, Nations blest and punished: a Psalm for New-England

Appears in 32 hymnals First Line: When God provok'd with daring Crimes Lyrics: 1 When God provok'd with daring Crimes, Scourges the Madness of the Times, He turns their Fields to barren Sand, And dries the Rivers from the Land. 2 His Word can raise the Springs again, And make the wither'd Mountains green, Send show'ry Blessings from the Skies, And Harvests in the Desarts rise. 3 [Where nothing dwelt but Beasts of Prey, Or Men as fierce and wild as they, He bids th' Opprest and Poor repair, And builds them Towns and Cities there. 4 They sow the Fields, and Trees they plant, Whose yearly Fruit supplies their Want; Their Race grows up from fruitful stocks, Their Wealth increases with their Flocks. 5 Thus they are blest; but if they sin, He lets the heathen Nations in; A savage Crew invades their Lands, Their Princes die by barb'rous Hands. 6 Their captive Sons expos'd to Scorn, Wander unpity'd and forlorn; The Country lies unfenc'd, untill'd, And Desolation spreads the Field. 7 Yet if the humbled Nation mourns, Again his dreadful Hand he turns; Again he makes their Cities thrive, And bids the dying Churches live.] 8 The Righteous, with a joyful Sense, Admire the Works of Providence; And Tongues of Atheists shall no more Blaspheme the GOD that Saints adore. 9 How few with pious Care record These wond'rous dealings of the Lord; But wise Observers still shall find The Lord is holy, just, and kind. Topics: Church restored by prayer; Colonies Planted; Creation and Providence; Deliverance from shipwreck; Drunkard and Glutton; Intemperance pardoned; Isreal punished and pardoned; Isreal saved from Egypt, and brought to Canaan; Isreal Travels in the Wilderness; Luxury pardoned; Mariners Psalm; Mercies recorded; Nation blest and punished; New-England Psalm; Providence in Air, Earth and Sea; Providence recorded; Saints conducted to heaven; Saints punished and pardoned; Seaman's Song; Weather Scripture: Psalm 107

The true God our Refuge; or, Idolatry reproved

Appears in 43 hymnals First Line: Not to ourselves, who are but Dust Lyrics: 1 Not to ourselves, who are but Dust, Not to ourselves is Glory due, Eternal GOD, Thou only Just, Thou only Gracious, Wise, and True. 2 Shine forth in all thy dreadful Name; Why should a Heathen's haughty Tongue Insult us, and to raise our Shame, Say, Where's the GOD you've serv'd so long? 3 The GOD we serve maintains his Throne Above the clouds, beyond the Skies, Through all the Earth his Will is done. He knows our Groans, he hears our Cries. 4 But the vain Idols they adore, Are senseless Shapes of Stone and Wood; At best a Mass of glitt'ring Ore, A silver Saint or golden God. 5 [With Eyes and Ears they carve their Head; Deaf are their Ears, their Eyes are blind; In vain are costly Off'rings made, And Vows are scatter'd in the Wind. 6 Their Feet were never made to move, Nor Hands to save when Mortals pray; Mortals that pay them Fear or Love Seem to be blind and deaf as they.] 7 O Isr'el, make the Lord thy Hope, Thy Help, thy Refuge, and thy Rest; The Lord shall build thy Ruins up, And bless the People and the Priest. 8 The Dead no more can speak thy Praise, They dwell in Silence and the Grave; But we shall live to sing thy Grace, And tell the World thy Pow'r to save. Topics: God our Defense and Salvation; Idolatry reproved; November the 5th Scripture: Psalm 115

Imperfection of Nature, and Perfection of Scripture

Appears in 133 hymnals First Line: Let all the Heathen Writers join Lyrics: 1 Let all the Heathen Writers join To form one perfect Book; Great GOD, if once compar'd with thine, How mean their Writings look! 2 Not the most perfect Rules they gave Could shew one Sin forgiv'n, Nor lead a Step beyond the Grave; But thine conduct to Heav'n. 3 I've seen an End to what we call Perfection here below; How short the Pow'rs of Nature fall, And can no further go! 4 Yet Men would fain be just with God By Works their Hands have wrought; But thy Commands, exceeding broad, Extend to ev'ry Thought. 5 In vain we boast Perfection here, While Sin defiles our Frame, And sinks our Virtues down so far, They scarce deserve the Name. 6 Our faith, and Love, and ev'ry Grace, Fall far below thy Word; But perfect Truth and Righteousness Dwell only with the Lord. Topics: Instruction from Scripture; Counsel and Support from God; Delight in Law of God; Nature and Scripture; Scripture Perfections Scripture: Psalm 119:96