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Lord, Teach Us How to Pray Aright

Author: James Montgomery Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 225 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lord, teach us how to pray aright with reverence and with fear; though weak and sinful in your sight, we may, we must draw near. 2 We perish if we cease from prayer; O grant us power to pray; and when to meet you we prepare, Lord, meet us by the way. 3 O God of love, before your face we come with contrite heart to ask from you these gifts of grace-- truth in the inward part: 4 Faith in the only sacrifice that can for sin atone; to found our hopes, to fix our eyes, on Christ, and Christ alone: 5 Patience to watch, and weep and wait, whatever you may send; courage that will not hesitate to trust you to the end. 6 Give these, and then your will be done; thus, strengthened with all might, we through your Spirit and your Son, shall pray, and pray aright. Topics: Saving Faith; Prayer Scripture: Genesis 18:27 Used With Tune: RICHMOND

Hymn for Christmas

Author: Croswell Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 15 hymnals First Line: Now gird your patient loins again Lyrics: Now gird your patient loins again, Your wasting torches trim! The chief of all the sons of men, Shall we not welcome him? Fill all his courts with sacred songs, And from the temple wall Wave garlands o’er the joyful throngs That crowd his festival! And still more freshly in the mind Store up the hopes sublime Which then were born for all mankind, So blessed was the time; And, underneath these hallowed eaves, A Saviour will be born In every heart that him receives, On his triumphal morn.

Do not I love thee, O my Lord?

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 321 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Do not I love thee, O my Lord? Behold my heart and see: And turn each cursed idol out, That dares to rival thee. 2. Do not I love thee, O my soul? Then let me nothing love; Dead be my heart to every joy, When Jesus cannot move. 3. Is not thy name melodious still To my attentive ear? Doth not each pulse with pleasure bound My Savior's voice to hear? 4. Hast thou a lamb in all thy flock I would disdain to feed? Hast thou a foe, before whose face I fear thy cause to plead? 5. Would not mine ardent spirit vie With angels round the throne, To execute thy sacred will, And make thy glory known? 6. Would not my heart pour forth its blood In honor of thy name, And challenge the cold hand of death To damp the immortal flame? 7. Thou knowest I love thee, dearest Lord, But O, I long to soar Far from the sphere of mortal joys, And learn to love thee more! Used With Tune: DETROIT Text Sources: Baptist Harmony, p. 139

Jesus, the life, the truth, the way

Author: C. Wesley Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 62 hymnals Used With Tune: HENRY

Great Sovereign of the Universe

Author: W. D. Jeffcoat, 1929- Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Great Sov'reign of the universe Used With Tune: [Great Sov'reign of the universe]

Laden with Guilt, and Full of Fears

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 192 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Laden with guilt, and full of fears, I fly to Thee, my Lord, And not a glimpse of hope appears But in Thy written Word. 2. The volume of my Father’s grace Does all my griefs assuage; Here I behold my Savior’s face Almost in every page. 3. This is the field where hidden lies The pearl of price unknown; That merchant is divinely wise Who makes the pearl his own. 4. Here consecrated water flows To quench my thirst of sin; Here the fair tree of knowledge grows, Nor danger dwells therein. 5. This is the Judge that ends the strife Where wit and reason fail, My guide to everlasting life Through all this gloomy vale. 6. O may Thy counsels, mighty God, My roving feet command; Nor I forsake the happy road That leads to Thy right hand. Used With Tune: ST. SAVIOUR (Baker) Text Sources: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707-1709

Through Sorrow's Night And Danger's Path

Author: Henry K. White, 1785-1806 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 188 hymnals First Line: Through sorrow’s night and danger’s path Lyrics: 1 Through sorrow’s night and danger’s path, Amid the deepening gloom, We soldiers of an injured king Are marching to the tomb. 2 There, when the turmoil is no more, And all our powers decay, Our cold remains in solitude Shall sleep the years away. 3 Our labors done, securely laid In this our last retreat, Unheeded o’er our silent dust The storms of life shall beat. 4 Yet not thus lifeless, thus inane, The vital spark shall lie, For o’er life’s wreck that spark shall rise To seek its kindred sky. 5 These ashes too, this little dust, Our Father’s care shall keep, Till the last angel rise, and break The long and dreary sleep. 6 Then love’s soft dew o’er every eye Shall shed its mildest rays, And dust, long silent, loud will burst With shouts of endless praise. Used With Tune: FAITH

Blest Is the Man Who Shuns the Place

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 102 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Blest is the man who shuns the place Where sinners love to meet; Who fears to tread their wicked ways, And hates the scoffer’s seat. 2. But in the statutes of the Lord Has placed his chief delight; By day he reads or hears the Word, And meditates by night. 3. He, like a plant of generous kind, By living waters set, Safe from the storms and blasting wind, Enjoys a peaceful state. 4. Green as the leaf, and ever fair, Shall his profession shine; While fruits of holiness appear Like clusters on the vine. 5. Not so the impious and unjust; What vain designs they form! Their hopes are blown away like dust, Or chaff before the storm. 6. Sinners in judgment shall not stand Amongst the sons of grace, When Christ, the Judge, at His right hand Appoints His saints a place. 7. His eye beholds the path they tread, His heart approves it well; But crooked ways of sinners lead Down to the gates of hell. Used With Tune: BEATI IMMACULATI Text Sources: The Psalms of David, 1719

A Mind at Perfect Peace

Author: Catesby Paget Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 34 hymnals First Line: A mind at perfect peace with God Lyrics: 1. A mind at perfect peace with God, Oh! what a word is this! A sinner reconciled through blood; This, this indeed is peace! 2. By nature and by practice far, How very far from God! Yet now by grace brought nigh to Him, Through faith in Jesus’ blood. 3. So near, so very near to God, I cannot nearer be; Yet in the person of His Son I am as near as He. 4. So dear, so very dear to God, More dear I cannot be; The love where with He loves the Son: Such is His love to me! 5. Why should I ever careful be, Since such as God is mine? He watches o’er me night and day, And tells me Mine is thine. Used With Tune: EVAN

Speak Gently

Author: George W. Hangford Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 124 hymnals First Line: Speak gently! it is better far Lyrics: 1 Speak gently! it is better far To rule by love than fear; Speak gently! let not harsh words mar The good we might do here. 2 Speak gently! Love doth whisper low The vows that true hearts bind; And gently friendship’s accents flow; Affection’s voice is kind. 3 Speak gently to the little child; Its love be sure to gain. Teach it in accents soft and mild; It may not long remain. 4 Speak gently to the young, for they Will have enough to bear; Pass through this world as best they may, ’Tis full of anxious care. 5 Speak gently to the agèd one, Grieve not the care-worn heart; The sands of life are nearly run; Let such in peace depart. 6 Speak gently, kindly to the poor; Let no harsh tone be heard; They have enough they must endure, Without an unkind word. 7 Speak gently to the erring; know They must have toiled in vain; Perchance unkindness made them so; Oh! win them back again. 8 Speak gently: He who gave His life To bend man’s stubborn will, When elements were fierce in strife, Said to them, "Peace, be still!" 9Speak gently: ’tis a little thing Dropped in the heart’s deep well; The good, the joy which it may bring, Eternity shall tell. Used With Tune: SAWLEY Text Sources: Sharpe's London Magazine, Vol. V, p. 256, 1847-48