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My God, I Know that I Must die

Author: Benjamin Schmolck, 1672-1737 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 18 hymnals Lyrics: 1 My God, I know that I must die: My mortal life is passing hence; On earth I neither hope nor try To find a lasting residence. Then teach me by Thy heavenly grace With joy and peace my death to face. 2 My God, I know not when I die; What is the moment or the hour; How soon the clay may broken lie, How quickly pass away the flower: Then may Thy child preparéd be Through time to meet eternity. 3 My God, I know not how I die; For death has many ways to come, In dark mysterious agony, Or gently as a sleep to some. Just as Thou wilt, if but it be To bring me, blesséd Lord, to Thee! 4 My God, I know not where I die, Where is my grace, beneath what strand; Yet from its gloom I do rely To be delivered by Thy hand. Content, I take what spot is mine, Since all the earth, my Lord, is Thine. 5 My gracious God, when I must die, Oh, bear my happy soul above, With Christ, my Lord, eternally To share Thy glory and Thy love: Then comes it right and well to me, When, where, and how my death shall be. Topics: Death and Resurrection Used With Tune: VATER UNSER IM HIMMELREICH

Show Pity, Lord; O Lord! Forgive

Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 789 hymnals Lyrics: 1 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? 2 Great God, Thy nature hath no bound, So let Thy pardoning love be found. Oh, wash my soul from every sin, And make my guilty conscience clean! 3 My lips with shame my sins confess Against Thy law, against Thy grace: Lord, should Thy judgment grow severe, I am condemned, but Thou art clear. 4 Yet save a trembling sinner, Lord, Whose hope, still hovering round Thy Word, Would light on some sweet promise there, Some sure support against despair. Amen. Topics: Repentance Used With Tune: MIN LJUFVA TRÖST

Come, Holy Spirit, From Above

Author: Martin Luther, 1483-1546; Johan Olaf Wallin, 1779-1839 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 7 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Come, Holy Spirit, from above, And kindle in our hearts thy love; In all our darkness on us shine, And fill us with thy grace divine. 2 The only Comforter Thou art; Oh, come and dwell within each heart; And give us power from above To keep the blessed law of love. 3 Enlighten every darkened heart, And faith and hope to each impart; what else we need thou well dost know, This let Thy love and grace bestow. 4 In thy blest gifts on us outpoured, Thou art the right hand of the Lord; The Word of Truth Thou sendest forth, In tongues of fire to all the earth. 5 Defend us from our wily foe, And upon us Thy peace bestow; Keep us securely all our days In Thy blest covenant of grace. 6 Show us the Father's love and care, And of the Son Thy witness bear; To Both thou showest us the way, Spirit of Both, adored for aye. 7 To God the Father, God the Son For precious gifts be honor done; And for the Spirit's gracious power Be praise and glory evermore. Topics: Pentecost Used With Tune: HERR JESU CHRIST, DICH ZU UNS WEND

Children of the Heavenly King

Author: John Cennick, 1718-1755 Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 1,193 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Children of the heavenly King, As you journey, sweetly sing; Sing your Saviour's worthy praise, Glorious in His works and ways! 2 Ye are traveling home to God, In the way the fathers trod: They are happy now, and ye Soon their happiness shall see. 3 O ye banished seed be glad! Christ your Advocate is made; Us to save, our flesh assumes, Brother to our souls becomes. 4 Shout, ye little flock, and blest; You on Jesus' throne shall rest; There your seat is now prepared: There your kingdom and reward. 5 Lord, submissive make us go, Gladly leaving all below; Only Thou our leader be, And we still will follow Thee. Amen. Topics: Worship Used With Tune: HÄNDEL

I Love to Hear the Story

Author: Emily Huntington Miller, 1833-1913 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 205 hymnals Lyrics: 1 I love to hear the story Which angel voices tell, How once the King of glory Came down on earth to dwell. I am both weak and sinful, But this I surely know, The Lord came down to save me, Because He loved me so. 2 I’m glad my blessed Saviour Was once a child like me, To show how pure and holy His little ones might be; And if I try to follow His footsteps here below, He never will forget me, Because He loves me so. 3 To sing His love and mercy My sweetest songs I’ll raise; And though I cannot see Him, I know He hears my praise; For He has kindly promised That even I may go To sing among His angels, Because He loves me so. Amen. Topics: Christmas Used With Tune: HOS GUD ÄR IDEL GLÄDJE

Father, Who Hast Created All

Author: Albert Knapp, 1798-1864 Appears in 32 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Father, who hast created all In wisest love, we pray, Look on this babe, who at Thy call Is entering on life's way. Bend o'er it now with blessing fraught, And make thou something out of naught. 2 O Son, who diedst for us, behold We bring our child to Thee! Great Shepherd, take it to Thy fold, Thine own for aye to be: Defend it through this earthly strife, And lead it in the path of life. 3 Spirit, who broodest o'er the wave, Descend upon this child; Give endless life, its spirit lave With waters undefiled: Grant it, while yet a babe, to be A child of God, a home for Thee! 4 O God, what Thou command'st is done; We speak, but Thine the might; This child, which scarce hath seen the sun, Oh, pour on it Thy light. In faith and hope, in joy and love, Thou Sun of all below, above! Topics: Baptism Used With Tune: RESIGNATION

Guardian of Pure Hearts

Author: Johan Olof Wallin, 1779-1839; Last verse by Jesper Svedberg, 1653-1735 Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7.8.8 Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: Guardian of pure hearts, and Hearer Lyrics: 1 Guardian of pure hearts, and Hearer, Lord, of every faithful prayer, In Thy courts one day is dearer, Than a thousand days elsewhere. Worn with earth's unrest, how sweet In Thy temple fair to meet! There to sing away each sorrow That from life and toil we borrow! 2 With the righteous oft it fareth Here, as if his deeds were ill; Blight fair virtue's flowers impaireth, Weeds of vice do flourish still; Joy and fortune haste away, Friends with friends--how short their stay! Rachel still her children mourneth, And her soul from comfort turneth. 3 But when here devoutly soareth High the temple-anthem sweet, Grief grows calm, no plaint outpoureth-- Hearts with holy rapture beat: Free from earthly clouds the soul Presses toward a higher goal, Takes from hope the comfort given, Speaks e'en now the tongue of heaven. 4 O my soul, thy wing ascending, Yet on Salem's mount shall rest; There where cherub-harps are blending With the singing of the blest; Let thy note of praise and prayer To thy God precede thee there, While e'en yet a care-worn mortal, Still without Thy Father's portal. 5 Days are dawning, days are flying! Hold thou fast the Word of God: "Lamp unto my feet", still crying "Light unto my dreary road!" Joy thou in that Holy Word Which of old on earth was heard, For man's peace and comfort given, Only guide from earth to heaven. 6 Let us, Christians, here that wander, As our fathers in their day, Piously together ponder, Gladly sing and meekly pray; Be the children's voices raised To the God their fathers praised. Let Thy bounty failing never Be on us and all forever. 7 Bless us, Father, and protect us, Be our souls' sure hiding-place, Let Thy wisdom still direct us, Light our darkness with Thy grace! Let Thy countenance on us shine, Fill us all with peace divine. Praise the Father, Son, and Spirit, Praise Him all that life inherit. Topics: Worship Used With Tune: WERDE MUNTER, MEIN GEMÜTHE

Lord, we Confess our Numerous Faults

Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 119 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lord, we confess our numerous faults, How great our guilt has been: Foolish and vain were all our thoughts, And all our lives were sin. 2 But, O my soul, forever praise, Forever love His name, Who turns thy feet from dangerous ways Of folly, sin, and shame. 3 ’Tis not by works of righteousness Which our own hands have done; But we are saved by sovereign grace Abounding through His Son. 4 ’Tis from the mercy of our God That all our hopes begin; ’Tis by the water and the blood Our souls are washed from sin. 5 ’Tis through the purchase of His death Who hung upon the tree, The Spirit is sent down to breathe On such dry bones as we. 6 Raised from the dead we live anew; And justified by grace, We shall appear in glory too, And see our Father’s face. Amen. Topics: Repentance Used With Tune: SIONSTONER, NO. 295

Come, Holy Spirit, God and Lord!

Author: Martin Luther, 1483-1546 Appears in 70 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Come, Holy Spirit, God and Lord! Be all Thy graces now outpoured On the believer’s mind and soul, To strengthen, save and make us whole. Lord, by the brightness of Thy light, Thou in the faith dost men unite Of every land and every tongue: This to Thy praise, O Lord, be sung. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! 2 Thou strong Defense, Thou holy Light Teach us to know our God aright, And call Him Father from the heart: The Word of life and truth impart: That we may love not doctrines strange, Nor e'er to other teachers range, But Jesus for our Master own, And put our trust in Him alone. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! 3 Thou sacred Ardor, Comfort sweet, Help us to wait with ready feet And willing heart, at Thy command, Nor trial fright us from Thy band. Lord, make us ready with Thy powers; Strengthen the flesh in weaker hours, That as good warriors we may force Through life and death to Thee our course. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Topics: Pentecost Used With Tune: KOMM, HEILIGER GEIST, HERRE GOTT

Our Times are in Thy Hand

Author: William Freeman Lloyd, 1791-1853 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 303 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Our times are in Thy hand. O God, we wish them there; Our life, our friends, our souls we leave Entirely to Thy care. 2 Our times are in Thy hand; Whatever they may be, Pleasing or painful, dark or bright, As best may seem to Thee. 3 Our times are in Thy hand; Why should I doubt or fear? A Father's hand will never cause His child a needless tear. 4 Our times are in Thy hand, Jesus, the Crucified, The hand our cruel sins have pierced, Is now our guard and guide. 5 Our times are in Thy hand: We'll always trust on Thee, Till we have left the weary land, And all Thy glory see. Amen. Topics: New Year Used With Tune: GLEZEN