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High on the bending willows hung

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 88 hymnals Lyrics: 1 High on the bending willows hung, Israel, still sleeps the tuneful string? Still mute remains the sullen tongue, And Sion's song delays to sing? 2 Awake! thy loudest raptures raise; Let harp and voice unite their strains; Thy promised King His sceptre sways; Behold, thy own Messiah reigns. 3 By foreign streams no longer roam, And weeping, think on Jordan's flood; In every clime behold a home, In every temple see thy God. 4 No taunting foes the song require; No strangers mock thy captive chain: Thy friends provoke the silent lyre, And brethren ask the holy strain. 5 Then why, on bending willows hung, Israel, still sleeps the tuneful string? Why mute remains the sullen tongue, And Sion's song delays to sing? Topics: Missions and Charities

I think when I read that sweet story of old

Meter: Irregular Appears in 864 hymnals Lyrics: 1 I think when I read that sweet story of old, When Jesus was here among men, How He call'd little children as lambs to His fold, I should like to have been with them then. 2 I wish that His hands had been placed on my head, That His arms had been thrown around me, And that I might have seen His kind look when He said, "Let the little ones come unto me." 3 Yet still to His footstool in prayer I may go, And ask for a share in His love; And if I thus earnestly seek Him below, I shall see Him and hear Him above, 4 In that beautiful place He has gone to prepare For all who are wash'd and forgiven; And many dear children shall be with Him there, "For of such is the kingdom of heaven." 5 But thousands and thousands who wander and fall, Never heard of that Heavenly Home; I wish they could know there is room for them all, And that Jesus has bid them to come. Topics: Offices of the Church Catechism

My God! the covenant of Thy love

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 142 hymnals Lyrics: 1 My God! the covenant of Thy love Abides for ever sure; And in its matchless grace I feed My happiness secure. 2 Since Thou, the everlasting God, My Father art become, Jesus, my Guardian and my Friend, And heaven my final home,-- 3 I welcome all Thy sovereign will, For all that will is love; And when I know not what Thou dost, I wait the light above. 4 Thy cov'nant in the darkest gloom Shall heavenly rays impart, Which, when my eyelids close in death, Shall warm my chilling heart. Topics: The Sacraments Baptism of Adults

My grateful soul shall bless the Lord

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 7 hymnals Lyrics: 1 My grateful soul shall bless the Lord, Whose precepts give me light; And private counsel still afford In sorrow's dismal night. 2 Therefore my heart all grief defies, My glory does rejoice; My flesh shall rest, in hope to rise, Waked by His powerful voice. 3 Thou, Lord, when I resign my breath, My soul from hell shalt free; Nor let Thy Holy One in death The least corruption see. 4 Thou shalt the paths of life display Which to Thy presence lead; Where pleasures dwell without allay, And joys that never fade. Amen. Topics: Easter Even

My opening eyes with rapture see

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 140 hymnals Lyrics: 1 My opening eyes with rapture see The dawn of Thy returning day; My thoughts, O God, ascend to Thee, While thus my early vows I pay. 2 I yield my heart to Thee alone, Nor would receive another guest; Eternal King! erect Thy throne, And reign sole monarch in my breast. 3 O bid this trifling world retire, And drive each carnal thought away; Nor let me feel one vain desire, One sinful thought, through all the day. 4 Then, to Thy courts when I repair, My soul shall rise on joyful wing, The wonders of Thy love declare, And join the strains which angels sing. Topics: The Lord's Day and Public Worship

My soul, inspired with sacred love

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 58 hymnals Lyrics: 1 My soul, inspired with sacred love, God's holy Name for ever bless; Of all His favours mindful prove, And still Thy grateful thanks express. 2 'Tis He that all thy sins forgives, And after sickness makes thee sound; From danger He thy life retrieves, By Him with grace and mercy crown'd. 3 The Lord abounds with tender love And unexampled acts of grace; His waken'd wrath doth slowly move, His willing mercy flies apace. 4 God will not always harshly chide, But with His anger quickly part; And loves His punishment to guide More by His love than our desert. 5 As far as 'tis from east to west, So far has he our sins removed; Who, with a father's tender breast, Has such as fear Him always loved. Topics: Miscellaneous

Now from the altar of our hearts

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 245 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Now from the altar of our hearts Let flames of love arise; Assist us, Lord, to offer up Our evening sacrifice. 2 Minutes and mercies multiplied Have made up all this day; Minutes came quick, but mercies were More fleet and free than they. 3 New time, new favours, and new joys Do a new song require; Till we shall praise Thee as we would, Accept our hearts' desire.

Now may He Who from the dead

Appears in 185 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Now may He Who from the dead, Brought the Shepherd of the sheep, Jesus Christ, our King and Head, All our souls in safety keep! 2 May He teach us to fulfil What is pleasing in His sight; Perfect us in all His will, And preserve us day and night. 3 To that dear Redeemer's praise, Who the covenant sealed with blood, Let our hearts and voices raise Loud thanksgivings to our God! Topics: The Lord's Day and Public Worship

O God of truth, O Lord of might

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 27 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O God of truth, O Lord of might, Who, ordering time and change aright, Sendest the early morning ray, Kindling the glow of perfect day; 2 Extinguish thou each sinful fire, And banish every ill desire: And, keeping all the body whole, Shed forth Thy peace upon the soul. 3 O Father, that we ask be done, Through Jesus Christ, Thine only Son; Who, with the Holy ghost and thee, Shall live and reign eternally. Topics: The Seven Hours Sixth Hour

O why should Israel's sons, once bless'd

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 18 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O why should Israel's sons, once bless'd, Still roam the scorning world around: Disown'd of heaven, by man oppress'd, Outcasts from Zion's hallow'd ground? 2 O God of Israel, view their race; Back to Thy fold the wanderers bring, Teach them to seek Thy slighted grace, To hail in Christ their promised King. 3 The veil of darkness rend in twain, Which hides their Shiloh's glorious light; The sever'd olive-branch again To its own parent stock unite. 4 Haste, glorious day, expected long, When Jew and Greek one prayer shall raise, With eager feet one temple throng, One God with grateful rapture praise. Topics: Missions and Charities