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Joy to the world, the Lord will come!

Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 1,901 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Joy to the world, the Lord will come! Let earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare him room, And heaven and nature sing, And heaven and nature sing, And heaven, and heaven and nature sing. 2 Joy to the earth, the Lord will reign! Let men their songs employ; While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains, Repeat the sounding joy. 3 No more let sin and sorrow grow, Nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make his blessings flow Far as the curse is found. 4 Soon will he rule the earth with grace, And make the nations prove The glories of his righteousness, And wonders of his love. Topics: Second Advent Executive Judgment Used With Tune: ANTIOCH

Like shadows gliding o'er the plain

Author: Jane Taylor Appears in 68 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Like shadows gliding o'er the plain, Or clouds that roll successive on, Man's busy generations pass, And while we gaze, their forms are gone. 2 We live, we die: behold the sum Of good or ill on life's fair page; Alike in God's all-seeing eye, The infant's day, the patriarch's age. 3 O Father, in whose mighty hand The boundless years and ages lie, Teach us thy boon of life to prize, And use the moments as they fly. Topics: Death and Resurrection Used With Tune: FEDERAL STREET

Lord, how mysterious are thy ways!

Author: Anne Steele Appears in 76 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lord, how mysterious are thy ways! How blind are we, how mean our praise! Thy steps no mortal eyes explore; 'Tis ours to wonder and adore. 2 I do not ask that I may see What in the future waits for me; Let righteousness attend my days, And thine shall be the humble praise. 3 Are darkness and distress my share? Give me to trust thy guardian care; Enough for me, if love divine At length through every cloud shall shine. 4 Yet this my soul desires to know, Be this my only wish below, That Christ is mine! this great request, Grant, bounteous God, and I am blest. Topics: Worship Attributes and Providence of God Used With Tune: HEBRON

Lord, how secure my conscience was

Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 129 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lord, how secure my conscience was, And felt no inward dread! I was alive without the law, And thought my sins were dead. 2 My hopes of heaven were firm and bright: But since the precept came With a convincing power and light, I find how vile I am. 3 My guilt appeared but small before, Till terribly I saw How perfect, holy, just, and pure, Was thy eternal law. 4 Then felt my soul the heavy load, My sins revived again; I had provoked a dreadful God, And all my hopes were slain. 5 My God, I cry with every breath For some kind power to save, To break the yoke of sin and death, And thus redeem the slave. Topics: Worship Law of God Used With Tune: AVON

Is my name written there

Author: M. A. K. Appears in 417 hymnals First Line: Lord, I care not for riches Lyrics: 1 Lord, I care not for riches, Neither silver nor gold; I would make sure of heaven, I would enter the fold; In the book of thy kingdom, With its pages so fair, Tell me, Jesus, my Saviour, Is my name written there? Chorus: Is my name written there, On the page white and fair? In the book of thy kingdom, Is my name written there? 2 Lord, my sins they are many, Like the sands of the sea, But thy blood, O my Saviour, Is sufficient for me; For thy promise is written In bright letters that glow, "Tho' your sins be as scarlet, I will make them like snow." [Chorus] 3 Oh, that beautiful city, With its mansions of light, With its glorified beings In pure garments of white; Where no evil thing cometh To despoil what is fair, Where the angels are watching, Is my name written there? [Chorus] Topics: Special Department Bible Songs Used With Tune: IS MY NAME WRITTEN THERE?

Lord, I was blind: I could not see

Author: W. T. Matson Appears in 34 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lord, I was blind: I could not see In thy marred visage any grace; But now the beauty of thy face, In radiant vision dawns on me. 2 Lord, I was deaf: I could not hear The thrilling music of thy voice; But now I hear thee and rejoice, And all thy uttered words are dear. 3 Lord, I was dumb: I could not speak The grace and glory of thy name; But now, as touched with living flame, My lips thine eager praises wake. 4 Lord, I was dead: I could not stir My lifeless soul to come to thee; But now, since thou hast quickened me, I rise from sin's dark sepulcher. 5 Lord, thou hast made the blind to see, The deaf to hear, the dumb to speak, The dead to live; and lo, I break The chains of my captivity! Topics: The Sinner Repentance and Acceptance Used With Tune: HAPPY DAY

Lord of the harvest, hear

Author: Charles Wesley Appears in 190 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lord of the harvest, hear Thy needy servants' cry; Answer our faith's effectual prayer, And all our wants supply. 2 On thee we humbly wait; Our wants are in thy view; The harvest, truly, Lord, is great, The laborers are few. 3 Convert and send forth more, To spread thy truth abroad; And let them speak thy word of power, As workers with their God. 4 O let them spread thy name, Their mission fully prove; Thy universal grace proclaim, Thine all redeeming love. Topics: The Church Ministry and Missions Used With Tune: ST. THOMAS

Love divine, all love excelling

Author: Charles Wesley Appears in 1,899 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Love divine, all love excelling, Joy of heaven, to earth come down! Fix in us thy humble dwelling, All thy faithful mercies crown. 2 Jesus, thou art all compassion, Pure, unbounded love thou art; Visit us with thy salvation, Enter every trembling heart. 3 Breathe, O breathe thy loving Spirit Into every troubled breast! Let us all thy grace inherit; Let us find thy promised rest. Topics: Worship Holy Spirit Used With Tune: STOCKWELL

Mid scenes of confusion and creature complaints

Author: David Denham Appears in 495 hymnals Lyrics: 1 'Mid scenes of confusion and creature complaints, How sweet to my soul is communion with saints! To find at the banquet of mercy there's room, And feel in the presence of Jesus at home. Home, home, sweet, sweet home; Prepare me, dear Saviour, for heaven, my home. 2 Sweet bonds that unite all the children of peace! And thrice precious Jesus whose love cannot cease; Though oft from thy presence in sadness I roam, I long to behold thee in glory, at home. 3 I sigh from this body of sin to be free, Which hinders my joy and communion with thee; Though now my temptations like billows may foam, All, all, will be peace, when I'm with thee at home. 4 While here in this valley of conflict I stay, O give me submission and strength as my day! In all my afflictions to thee would I come, Rejoicing in hope of my glorious home. 5 The days of my exile are passing away; The time is approaching when Jesus will say, "Well done, faithful servant, sit down on my throne, And dwell in my presence, forever at home." Topics: Miscellaneous Old Melodies Used With Tune: HOME, SWEET HOME

My faith looks up to thee

Author: Ray Palmer Appears in 2,269 hymnals Lyrics: 1 My faith looks up to thee, Thou Lamb of Calvary, Saviour divine! Now hear me while I pray, Take all my guilt away, O, let me from this day Be wholly thine! 2 May thy rich grace impart Strength to my fainting heart, My zeal inspire; As thou hast died for me, O, may my love to thee, Pure, warm, and changeless be, A living fire! 3 While life's dark maze I tread, And griefs around me spread, Be thou my guide; Bid darkness turn to day, Wipe sorrow's tears away, Nor let me ever stray From thee aside. Topics: The Christian Faith, Hope, and Charity Used With Tune: OLIVET