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When along life's thorny road

Author: James G. Deck Hymnal: LHPN1913 #503 (1913) Lyrics: 1 When along life's thorny road, Faints the soul beneath the load, By its cares and sins opprest, Finds on earth no peace or rest; When the wily tempter's near, Filling us with doubt and fear: Jesus, to Thy feet we flee, Jesus, we will look to Thee. 2 thou, our Savior, from the throne Listenest to Thy people's moan; Thou, the living Head, dost share Every pang Thy members bear; Full of tenderness Thou art, Thou wilt heal the broken heart; Full of power Thine arm shall quell All the rage bad might of hell. 3 Mighty to redeem and save, Thou hast overcome the grave; Thou the bars of death hast riven, Opened wide the bars of heaven; Soon in glory thou shalt come, Taking Thy poor pilgrims home; Jesus, then we all shall be, Ever, ever, Lord, with Thee. Topics: The Church Year Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity; The Church Year Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity; Afflcition; Cross and Comfort Tune Title: [When along life's thorny road]

A pilgrim and a stranger

Author: P. Gerhardt Hymnal: LHPN1913 #504 (1913) Lyrics: 1 A pilgrim and a stranger, I journey here below, Far distant is my country, The home to which I go. Here I must toil and travail, Oft weary and oppressed, But there my God shall lead me To everlasting rest. 2 I've met with storms and danger, E'en from my early years, With enemies and conflicts, With fightings and with fears. There's nothing here that tempts me To wish a longer stay, So I must hasten forward, No halting or delay. 3 It is a well-worn pathway-- Many have gone before; Thy holy saints and prophets, The patriarchs of yore. They trod the toilsome journey In patience and in faith; And them I fain would follow, Like them in life and death. 4 Who would share Abraham's blessing, Must Abraham's path pursue. A stranger and a pilgrim, Like him, must journey through. The foes must be encountered, The dangers must be passed; Only a faithful soldier, Receive the crown at last. 5 So I must hasten forwards,-- Thank God, the end will come! This land of my sojourning Is not my destined home. That evermore abideth, Jerusalem above, The everlasting city, The land of light and love. 6 There still my thoughts are dwelling, 'Tis there I long to be; Come, Lord, and call Thy servant To blessedness with Thee! Come, bid my toils be ended, Let all my wanderings cease; Call from the wayside lodging To the sweet home of peace. 7 There I shall dwell for ever, No more a stranger guest, With all Thy blood-bought children In everlasting rest; The pilgrim toils forgotten, The pilgrim conflicts o'er, All earthly griefs behind us, Eternal joys before! Topics: The Church Year Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity; The Church Year Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity; Pilgrimage Tune Title: [A pilgrim and a stranger]

Jesus, still lead on

Author: N. L. von Zinzendorf Hymnal: LHPN1913 #505 (1913) Meter: 5.5.8.8.5.5 Lyrics: 1 Jesus, lead us on Till our rest is won! And although the way be cheerless, We will follow, calm and fearless; Guide us by Thy hand To our fatherland! 2 If the way be drear, If the foe be near, Let not faithless fears o'ertake us, Let not faith and hope forsake us; For through many a woe To our home we go! 3 When we seek relief From a long-felt grief, When temptations come alluring, Make us patient and enduring; Show us that bright shore Where we weep no more! 4 Jesus, still lead on Till our rest be won; Heavenly Leader, still direct us, Still support, console, protect us, Till we safely stand In our fatherland! Topics: The Church Year Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity; The Church Year Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity; Pilgrimage Tune Title: [Jesus, still lead on]

I know of a sleep in Jesus' name

Author: M. B. Landstad Hymnal: LHPN1913 #506 (1913) Lyrics: 1 I know of a sleep in Jesus' name, A rest from all toil and sorrow; Earth folds in her arms my weary frame, And shelters it till the morrow; My soul is at home with God in heaven, Her sorrows are past and over. 2 I know of a peaceful eventide; And when I am faint and weary, At times with the journey sorely tried, Through hours that are long and dreary; Then often I yearn to lay me down, And sink into blissful slumber. 3 I know of a morning bright and fair, When tidings of joy shall wake us, When songs of from on high shall fill the air, And God to His glory take us, When Jesus shall bid us rise from sleep-- How joyous that hour of awaking! 4 O that is a morning dear to me, And oft, o'er the mountains streaming, In spirit its heavenly light I see, As golden the peaks are beaming; Then sing I for joy like birds at dawn That carol in lofty lindens. 5 God's Son to our graves then wends His way, His voice hear all tribes and nations; The portals are rent that guard our clay, And moved are the sea's foundations. He calls out aloud: "Ye dead, come forth!" In glory we rise to meet Him. 6 Now opens the Father's house above, The names of the blest are given: Lord, gather us there; let none we love Be missed in the joys of heaven. Vouchsafe Thou us all a place with Thee; We ask through our dear Redeemer. 7 O Jesus, draw near my dying bed, And take me into Thy keeping, And say when my spirit hence is fled; "This child is not dead, but sleeping." And leave me not, Savior, till I rise, To praise Thee in life eternal. Topics: The Church Year Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity; The Church Year Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity; Resurrection Tune Title: [I know of a sleep in Jesus' name]

Heavenward still our pathway tends

Author: B. Schmolk Hymnal: LHPN1913 #507 (1913) Meter: 7.8.7.8.7.7 Lyrics: 1 Heavenward still our pathway tends, Here on earth we are but strangers; Till our road in Canaan ends, Safely passed this wild of dangers, Pilgrims we, a scattered band, Seek above our fatherland. 2 Heavenward still, my soul, ascend! Thou art one of heaven's creations; Earth can ne'er give aim or end Fit to fill thy aspirations; And a heaven-enlightened mind Evermore its source to find. 3 Heavenward still! God's volume blest, Thus, throughout its sacred pages, calls on me, and speaks its rest, Rest with Him through endless ages; While my heart that call attends, Still to heaven my path ascends. 4 Heavenward still my thoughts arise, When His festal board invites me; Then my spirit upward flied, Foretaste then of heaven delight me: When on earth this food hath ceased, Comes the Lamb's own marriage-feast. 5 Heavenward still my spirit wends, That fair land by faith exploring; Heavenward still my heart ascends, Sun and moon and stars out-soaring: Their faint rays in vain would try With the light of heaven to vie. 5 Heavenward still, when life shall close, Death to my true home shall guide me: Then, triumphant o'er my woes, Lasting bliss shall God provide me; Christ Himself the way has led; Joyful in His steps I tread. 6 Still then heavenward! heavenward still! That shall be my watchword ever! Joys of heaven my heart shall fill, Chasing joys that filled it never; Heavenward still my thoughts shall run, Till the gate of heaven is won. Topics: The Church Year Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity; The Church Year Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity; Pilgrimage Tune Title: [Heavenward still our pathway tends]

Wake, awake, for night is flying

Author: Philipp Nicolai Hymnal: LHPN1913 #508 (1913) Meter: 8.9.8.8.9.8.6.6.4.4.4.8 Lyrics: 1 Wake, awake, for night is flying: The watchmen on the heights are crying, Awake, Jerusalem, arise! Midnight's solemn hour is tolling, His chariot wheels are nearer rolling; He comes; prepare, ye virgins wise. Rise up; with willing feet Go forth, the Bridegroom meet; Hallelujah! Bear through the night your well-trimmed light. Speed forth to join the marriage rite. 2 Zion hears the watchmen singing, Her heart with deep delight is springing, At once she wakes, she hastens glorious, In grace arrayed, by truth victorious; Her grief is joy, her night is day: All hail, incarnate Lord, Our crown, and our reward! Hallelujah! We hast alone, in pomp of song, And gladsome join the marriage throng. 3 Hear Thy praise, O Lord, ascending From tongues of men and angels, blending With harp and lute and psaltery. By Thy pearly gates in wonder We stand, and swell the voice of thunder, In bursts of choral melody: No vision ever brought, No ear hath ever caught, Such bliss and joy: We raise the song, we swell the throng, To praise Thee ages all along. Topics: The Church Year Twenty-fifth Sunday after Trinity; The Church Year Twenty-fifth Sunday after Trinity; Second Coming of Christ; Watchfulness Tune Title: [Wake, awake, for night is flying]

Jesus Christ, my sure defense

Author: Anon. Hymnal: LHPN1913 #509 (1913) Meter: 7.8.7.8.7.7 Lyrics: 1 Jesus Christ, my sure defense And my Savior, ever liveth; Knowing this; my confidence Rests upon the hope it giveth, Though the night of death be fraught Still with many an anxious thought. 2 Jesus, my Redeemer, lives! I, too, unto life shall waken: He will have me where He is; Shall my courage then be shaken? Shall I fear? Or can the Head Rise and leave its members dead? 3 Nay, too closely am I bound Unto Him by hope for ever; Faith's strong hand the rock hath found, Grasped it, and will leave it never; Not the ban of death can part From its Lord the trusting heart. 4 I shall see God with these eyes, Shall behold my blessed Savior; I, the selfsame, shall arise, In my flesh see god forever; Then shall wholly disappear Frailties that oppress me here. 5 What now sickens, mourns, and sighs, Christ with Him in glory bringeth: Earthly is the seed and dies, Heavenly from the grave it springeth. Glorified we then shall rise To our mansion in the skies. 6 Savior, draw away our heart Now from pleasures base and hollow, Let us there with Thee have part, Here on earth Thy footsteps follow. Fix our hearts beyond the skies, Whither we ourselves would rise. Topics: The Church Year Twenty-fifth Sunday after Trinity; The Church Year Twenty-fifth Sunday after Trinity; Hope; Resurrection Tune Title: [Jesus Christ, my sure defense]

O'er the distant mountains breaking

Author: J.S.B. Monsell Hymnal: LHPN1913 #510 (1913) Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.7 Lyrics: 1 O’er the distant mountains breaking, Comes the reddening dawn of day; Rise, my soul, from sleep awaking, Rise, and sing, and watch, and pray; ’Tis thy Savior, On His bright returning way. 2 O Thou Long-expected, weary Waits my anxious soul for Thee, Life is dark, and earth is dreary, When Thy light I do not see; O my Savior, When wilt Thou return to me? 3 Nearer is my soul’s salvation, Spent the night, the day at hand; Keep me, in my lowly station, Watching for Thee, till I stand, O my Savior, In Thy bright, Thy promised land. 4 With my lamp well trimmed and burning, Swift to hear and slow to roam, Watching for Thy glad returning To restore me to my home. Come, my Savior, Thou hast promised, quickly come. Topics: The Church Year Twenty-fifth Sunday after Trinity; The Church Year Twenty-fifth Sunday after Trinity; Second Coming of Christ; Watchfulness Tune Title: [O'er the distant mountains breaking]

Soon will the heavenly Bridegroom come

Author: J. Walther Hymnal: LHPN1913 #511 (1913) Lyrics: 1 Soon will the heavenly Bridegroom come; Ye wedding-guests, draw near,And slumber not in sin when He, The Son of God, is here. With lamps alight and oil in store, let every guest advance, Nor shrink ashamed in trembling awe From His bright countenance. 2 Come, let us haste to meet our Lord, And hail Him with delight, Who saved us by His precious blood And sorrows infinite: Beside Him all the patriarchs old And holy prophets stand, The glorious apostolic choir, The noble martyr-band. 3 As brethren dear they welcome us, And lead us to the throne, Where angels bow their veiléd heads Before the Three in One, Where we, with all the saints of Christ, A white-robed multitude, Shall praise the ascended Lord, who deigns To wear our flesh and blood. 4 His gracious hand will ope for us The gates of paradise, And spread the glories of His heaven Before our dazzled eyes: Our lot will be for aye to share His reign of peace above, And drink with unexhausted joy The river of His love. Topics: The Church Year Twenty-fifth Sunday after Trinity; The Church Year Twenty-fifth Sunday after Trinity; Second Coming of Christ Tune Title: [Soon will the heavenly Bridegroom come]

Behold, the Bridegroom cometh in the middle of the night

Author: Anon. Hymnal: LHPN1913 #512 (1913) Lyrics: 1 Behold the Bridegroom cometh in the middle of the night, And blest is he whose loins are girt, whose lamp is burning bright; But woe to that dull servant, whom the Master shall surprise With lamp untrimmed, unburning and with slumber in his eyes. 2 Do thou, my soul, beware, beware lest thou in sleep sink down, Lest thou be given o’er to death, and lose the golden crown; But see that thou be sober, with a watchful eye, and thus Cry, "Holy, holy, holy God, have mercy upon us!" 3 That day, the day of fear, shall come; my soul, slack not thy toil, But light thy lamp, and feed it well, and make it bright with oil; Who knowest not how soon may sound the cry at eventide, "Behold the Bridegroom comes! Arise! He come to meet the Bride!" 4 Beware, my soul! take thou good heed lest thou in slumber lie, And, like the five, remain without, and knock, and vainly cry; But watch, and bear thy lamp undimmed, and Christ shall gird thee on His own bright wedding robe of light,--the glory of the Son. Topics: The Church Year Twenty-fifth Sunday after Trinity; The Church Year Twenty-fifth Sunday after Trinity; Watchfulness Tune Title: [Behold the Bridegroom cometh in the middle of the night]