Text Results

Switch back to the old search page.Advanced Search

Showing 271 - 280 of 588Results Per Page: 10 20 50

Watchfulness and Prayer

Author: Steele Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 247 hymnals First Line: Alas, what hourly dangers rise! Lyrics: 1 Alas, what hourly dangers rise! What snares beset my way! To Heaven O let me lift my eyes, And hourly watch and pray. 2 How oft my mournful thoughts complain, And melt in flowing tears! My weak resistance, ah, how vain! How strong my foes and fears! 3 O gracious God, in whom I live, My feeble efforts aid, Help me to watch, and pray, and strive, Tho' trembling and afraid. 4 Increase my faith, increase my hope, When foes and fears prevail; And bear my fainting spirit up, Or soon my strength will fail. 5 Whene'er temptations fright my heart, Or lure my feet aside, My God, thy powerful aid impart, My guardian and my guide. 6 O keep me in thy heavenly way, And bid the tempter flee; And let me never, never stray From happiness and thee. Topics: The Christian; Christian Watching and praying Scripture: Matthew 26:41

Gravity and decency

Author: Dr. Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 44 hymnals First Line: Behold the sons, the heirs of God Lyrics: 1 Behold the sons, the heirs of God, So dearly bought with Jesus' blood! Are they not born to heavenly joys, And shall they stoop to earthly toys? 2 Can laughter feed th' immortal mind? Were spirits of celestial kind Made for a jest, for sport and play, To wear out time and waste the day? 3 Doth vain discourse, or empty mirth, Well suit the honors of their birth? Shall they be fond of gay attire, Which children love, and fools admire? 4 What if we wear the richest vest, Peacocks and flies are better drest; This flesh with all its gaudy forms, Must drop to dust, and feed the worms. 5 Lord, raise our hearts and passions higher; Touch our vain souls with sacred fire; Then, with a heaven-directed eye, We'll pass these glittering trifles by. 6 We'll look on all the toys below With such disdain as angels do; And wait the call that bids us rise To mansions promis'd in the skies. Topics: Gravity and decency Text Sources: Dr. Watt's Sermons

Weary Soul invited to Rest

Author: Steele Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 301 hymnals First Line: Come, weary souls with sins distrest Lyrics: 1 Come, weary souls with sin distrest, Come, and accept the promis'd rest; The Saviour's gracious call obey, And cast your gloomy fears away. 2 Oppress'd with guilt, a painful load; O come, and spread your woes abroad; Divine compassion, mighty love Will all the painful load remove. 3 Here mercy's boundless ocean flows, To cleanse your guilt, and heal your woes; Pardon, and life, and endless peace; How rich the gift— how free the grace! 4 Lord, we accept with thankful heart, The hopes thy gracious words impart; We come with trembling, yet rejoice, And bless the kind, inviting voice. 5 Dear Saviour, let thy powerful love Confirm our faith, our fears remove; And sweetly influence every breast, And guide us to eternal rest. Topics: Scripture Invitations and Promises; Encouragement and invitation; Weary and burdened invited to rest Scripture: Matthew 11:28

Come and welcome to Jesus Christ

Author: Toplady Appears in 1,481 hymnals First Line: Come, ye sinners, poor and wretched Lyrics: 1 Come, ye sinners, poor and wretched Weak and wounded, sick and sore; Jesus ready stands to save you, Full of pity, join'd with power: He is able, He is willing. Doubt no more! 2 Come, ye thirsty, come, and welcome; God's free bounty glorify: True belief, and true repentance, Every grace that brings you nigh— Without money, Come to Jesus Christ, and buy. 3 Let not conscience make you linger, Nor of fitness fondly dream; All the fitness he requireth, Is to feel your need of him: This he gives you; 'Tis the Spirit's rising beam. 4 Come, ye weary, heavy laden, Lost and ruin'd by the fall! If you tarry till you're better, You will never come at all; Not the righteous, Sinners Jesus came to call. 5 View him prostrate in the garden; On the ground your Maker lies! On the bloody tree behold him; Hear him cry, before he dies, "It is FINISHED:" Sinner, will not this suffice? 6 Lo, th' incarnate God, ascended, Pleads the merit of his blood; Venture on him, venture wholly, Let no other trust intrude; None but Jesus Can do helpless sinners good. 6 Saints and angels, join'd in concert, Sing the praises of the Lamb: While the blissful seats of Heaven, Sweetly echo with his mame; Hallelujah! Sinners, here, may sing the same. Topics: Scripture Invitations and Promises; Christ Savior able and willing; Come and welcome to Jesus Christ; Encouragement and invitation

The Law and Gospel; or, Christ a Refuge

Author: Dr. Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 27 hymnals First Line: Curst be the man, for ever curst Lyrics: 1 "Curst be the man, for ever curst, "That doth one wilful sin commit: "Death and damnation for the first, "Without relief, and infinite." 2 Thus Sinai roars; and round the earth Thunder, and fire, and vengeance flings But, Jesus, thy dear gasping breath, And Calvary say gentler things; 3 "Pardon, and grace, and boundless love, "Streaming along a Savior's blood, "And life, and joys, and crowns above, "Ordain'd by a dear bleeding God." 4 Hark, how he prays, (the charming sound Dwells on his dying lips) FORGIVE; And every groan and gaping wound Cries, "Father, let the rebels live." 5 Go, you that rest upon the law, And toil, and seek salvation there, Look to the flame that Moses saw, And shrink, and tremble, and despair. 6 But I'll retire beneath the cross, Savior, at thy dear feet I lie; And the keen sword that Justice draws, Flaming and red, shall pass me by. Topics: Scripture The Law; Flying to the Cross of Christ; Law and Gospel; Christ a Refuge Text Sources: Dr. Watts's Lyric Poems

The Day of Judgment

Author: Newton Appears in 342 hymnals First Line: Day of judgment, day of wonders Lyrics: 1 Day of judgment, day of wonders! Hark the trumpet's awful sound, Louder than a thousand thunders, Shakes the vast creation round! How the summons Will the sinner's heart confound! 2 See the judge our nature wearing, Cloth'd in majesty divine! You who long for his appearing, Then shall say, "This God is mine!" Gracious savior, Own me on that day for thine! 3 At his call, the dead awaken, Rise to life from earth and sea; All the powers of nature, shaken By his looks, prepare to flee: Careless sinner, What will then become of thee? 4 Horrors past imagination, Will surprise your trembling heart, When you hear your condemnation, "Hence, accursed wretch, depart! "Thou with satan, "And his angels, have thy part!" 5 But to those who have confessed, Lov'd and serv'd the Lord, below; He will say, "come near, ye blessed, "See the kingdom I bestow: "You for ever "Shall my Love and glory know." 6 Under sorrows and Reproaches, May this thought our courage raise! Swiftly God's great day approaches, Sighs shall then be chang'd to praise: May we triumph When the World is in a a blaze. Topics: The Day of Judgment

At a choice of deacons

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 23 hymnals First Line: Fair Sion's King, we suppliant bow Lyrics: 1 Fair Sion's King, we suppliant bow, And hail the grace thy church enjoys; Her holiest deacons are thy own, With all the gifts thy love employs. 2 Up to thy throne, we lift our eyes For blessings to attend our choice, Of such whose generous, prudent zeal Shall make thy favor'd ways rejoice. 3 Happy in Jesus their own Lord, May this his sacred table spread, The table of their pastor fill, And fill the holy poor with bread! 4 [When pastor, saints, and poor they serve, May their own hearts with grace be crown'd! While patience, sympathy, and joy Adorn, and thro' their lives abound.] 5 By purest love to Christ, and truth, O may they win a good degree Of boldness in the christian faith, And meet the smile of thine and thee! 6 And when the work to them assign'd— The work of love is fully done, Call them from serving tables here, To sit around thy glorious throne. Topics: The Church; Church Choosing deacons; At a choice of Deacons Scripture: 1 Timothy 3:8-13

Complaint and Hope under great Pain

Author: Dr. Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 41 hymnals First Line: Lord, I am paine'; but I resign Lyrics: 1 Lord, I am pain'd; but I resign My body to thy will; 'Tis grace, 'tis wisdom all divine, Appoints the pains I feel. 2 Dark are thy ways of providence, While they who love thee groan; Thy reasons lies conceal'd from sense, Mysterious and unknown. 3 Yet nature may have leave to speak, And plead before her God, Lest the o'erburthen'd heart should break Beneath thine heavy rod. 4 These mournful groans and flowing tears, Give my poor spirit ease; While every groan my father hears, And every tear he sees. 5 [How shall I glorify my God In bonds of grief confin'd? Damp'd is my vigor, while this clod Hands heavy on my mind.] 6 Is not some smiling hour at hand With peace upon its wings? Give it, O God, thy swift command, With all the joys it brings. Topics: Times and Seasons Sickness; Complaint and hop in sickness

The whole world no compensation for the loss of one soul

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 20 hymnals First Line: Lord, shall we part with gold for dross Lyrics: 1 Lord, shall we part with gold for dross, With solid good for show? Out live our bliss, and mourn our loss In everlasting woe? 2 Let us not lose the living God, For one short dream of joy: With fond embraces cling to a clod, And fling all heaven away. 3 Vain world, thy weak attempts forbear, We all thy charms defy; And rate our precious souls to dear For all thy wealth to buy. Topics: The World; The worth of the Soul; Vanity of earthly things; World no compensation of the loss of one soul Scripture: Mark 8:36

The presence of God worth dying for; or the Death of Moses

Author: Dr. Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 50 hymnals First Line: Lord, 'tis an infinite delight Lyrics: 1 Lord, 'tis an infinite delight To see thy lovely face, To dwell whole ages in thy sight, And feel thy vital rays. 2 This Gabriel knows; and sings thy name With raptures on his tongue; Moses the saint enjoys the same, And heaven repeats the song. 3 While the bright nation sounds thy praise From each eternal hill, Sweet odours of exhaling grace The happy region fill. 4 Thy love, a sea without a shore, Spreads life and joy abroad; O 'tis a heaven worth dying for, To see a smiling God. 5 Sweet was the journey to the sky And wondrous prophet try'd; "Climb up the mount," says God, "and die," The prophet climb'd and died. 6 Softly his fainting head he lay Upon his maker's breast; His maker kiss'd his soul away, And laid his flesh to rest. 7 Shew me thy face, and I'll away From all inferior things; Speak, Lord, and here I quit my clay, And stretch my airy wings. Topics: Death; Death Of Moses; Presence of God worth dying for Scripture: Deuteronomy 32:49-50 Text Sources: Dr. Watts's Lyric