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Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound!

Appears in 343 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound! My ears attend the cry! "Ye living men, come view the ground "Where ye must shortly lie. 2 "Princes, this clay must be your bed, "In spite of all your pow'rs; "The tall, the wise, the rev'rend head Must lie as low as ours." 3 Great God! is this our certain doom? And are we still secure? Still walking downwards to our tomb, And yet prepare no more? 4 Then teach us, Lord, th' uncertain sum Of our short days to mind; That to true wisdom all our hearts May ever be inclin'd. Topics: Blessings temporal and spiritual A Funeral Thought

Be thou exalted, O my God

Appears in 79 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Be thou exalted, O my God, Above the heav'ns where angels dwell; Thy pow'r on earth be known abroad, And land to land thy wonders tell. 2 My heart is fix'd; my tongue shall raise Immortal honours to thy name; Awake, my tongue, to sound his praise — My tongue, the glory of my frame. 3 In thee, my God, are all the springs Of boundless love, and grace unknown; All the rich blessings Nature brings Are gifts descending from thy throne. 4 High o'er the earth thy goodness reigns, and reaches to the utmost sky; Thy truth to endless years remains, When lower worlds dissolve and die. 5 Be thou exalted, O my God, Above the heav'ns, where angels dwell; Thy pow'r on earth be known abroad, And land to land thy wonders tell. Topics: Blessings temporal and spiritual The Goodness of God

Before Jehovah's awful throne

Appears in 977 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Before Jehovah's awful throne, Ye nations, bow, with sacred joy; Know that the Lord is God alone; He can create, and he destroy. 2 His sov'reign pow'r without our aid, Made us of clay, and form'd us men; And when like wand'ring sheep we stray'd, He brought us to his fold again. 3 Wide as the world is thy command; Vast as eternity thy love! Firm as a rock thy truth shall stand, When rolling years shall cease to move. 4 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs, High as the heav'ns our voices raise, And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise. Topics: The divine Perfections Devotion

Behold the morning sun

Appears in 318 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Behold, the morning sun Begins his glorious way; His beams thro' all the nations run, And life and light convey. 2 But where the gospel comes, It spreads diviner light; It calls dead sinners from their tombs, And gives the blind their sight. 3 How perfect is thy word, And all thy judgments just, Forever sure thy promise, Lord, Which we securely trust. 4 My gracious God, how plain Are thy directions giv'n! Oh, may I never read in vain, But find the path to heav'n. 5 While with our heart and tongue We spread thy praise abroad, Accept the worship and the song, Our Father and our God! Topics: The Gospel Dispensation The Blessings of the Gospel

Behold the path which mortals tread

Appears in 46 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Behold the path which mortals tread Down to the regions of the dead! Nor will the fleeting moments stay, Nor can we measure back our way. 2 From vital air, from cheerful light, To the cold grave's perpetual night; From scenes of duty, means of grace, Must I to God's tribunal pass. 3 Awake, my soul! thy way prepare, And lose in this each mortal care; With steady feet that path be trod, Which, thro' the grave, conducts to God. 4 Then shall I smile secure from fear, Tho' death should blast the rising year; And joy to meet the blissful shore, From whence I shall return no more. Topics: Life, Death, and a future State It is appointed unto all Men once to die

Behold where, breathing love divine

Appears in 50 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Behold where, breathing love divine, Our dying Master stands! His weeping followers, gathering round, Receive his last commands. 2 From that mild Teacher's parting lips What tender accents fell! The gentle precept which he gave Became its Author well. 3 Blest is the man, whose soft'ning heart Feels all another's pain; To whom the supplicating eye Was never rais'd in vain: 4 Whose breast expands with generous warmth, A stranger's woe to feel; And bleeds in pity o'er the wound He wants the power to heal. 5 To gentle offices of love His feet are never slow; He views, thro' mercy's melting eye, A brother in a foe. 6 To him protection shall be shewn, And mercy from above Descend on those who thus fulfil The perfect law of love. Topics: Faith, Holiness and moral Virtues Love to Mankind recommended by Christ

Blest are the humble souls, who see

Appears in 219 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Bless'd are the humble souls, who see Their emptiness and poverty; Treasures of grace to them are given, And crowns of joy laid up in heaven. 2 Bless'd are the men of broken heart, Who mourn for sin with inward smart; From heaven the streams of mercy flow, An healing balm for all their wo. 3 Bless'd are the men who thirst for grace, Hunger and long for righteousness; They shall be well supply'd and fed With living streams and living bread. 4 Bless'd are the men of peaceful life, Who quench the coals of growing strife; They shall be call'd the heirs of bliss, The sons of God, the God of peace. 5 Bless'd are the men whose bowels move And melt with sympathy and love; From God, their Lord, shall they obtain Like sympathy and love again. 6 Bless'd are the pure, whose hearts are clean From the defiling powers of sin; With endless pleasure shall they see A God of spotless purity. 7 Bless'd are the men who now partake Of shame and pain, for Jesus' sake; Their souls, exulting in the Lord, Shall share at last a just reward. Topics: Faith, Holiness and moral Virtues The Beatitudes

Bless'd be the everlasting God

Appears in 190 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Bless'd be the everlasting God, The Father of our Lord! Be his abounding mercy prais'd, His majesty ador'd! 2 When from the dead he rais'd his son, And call'd him to the sky, He gave our souls a lively hope, That they should never die. 3 What tho' thy uncontroul'd decree Command us back to dust? Yet, as the Lord our Saviour rose, So all his followers must. 4 There's an inheritance divine Reserv'd against that day; 'Tis uncorrupted, undefil'd, And cannot fade away. 5 We by the pow'r, O God, are kept, Till the salvation come; We walk by faith, as strangers here, 'Till thou shalt call us home. Topics: The Gospel Dispensation Christ's Resurrection a Pledge of ours

Can laughter feed the immortal mind

Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: 1 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? 2 Doth vain discourse, or empty mirth, Well suit the honours of their birth? Shall they be fond of gay attire, Which children love, and fools admire? 3 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. 4 Lord, raise our hearts and passions higher; Touch all our souls with sacred fire; Then, with a heaven-directed eye, We'll pass these glittering trifles by. 5 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: Faith, Holiness and moral Virtues Gravity and Decency

Father of men, who can complain

Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Father of men, who can complain Under thy mild and equal reign? Who does a weight of duty share More than his aids and pow'r can bear? 2 With diff'ring climes and diff'ring lands, With fruitful plains and barren sands, Thy hand hath form'd this earthly round, And set each nation in its bound. 3 With like variety thy ray Here sheds a full, there fainter day, While all are in their measure show'd The way to happiness and God. 4 O the unbounding grace which brought To us the words by Jesus taught! So blest and with such hopes inspir'd, How much is giv'n, how much requir'd! Topics: The Gospel Dispensation The Equity of Divine Dispensations