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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

Father of mercies, God of love

Appears in 81 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Father of mercies, God of love, My father and my God, I'll sing the honours of thy name, And spread thy praise abroad. 2 My soul, in pleasing wonder lost, Thy various love surveys; Where shall my grateful lips begin, Or where conclude thy praise? 3 In every period of my life, Thy thoughts of love appear; Thy mercies gild the transient scene, And crown each passing year. 4 In all these mercies may my soul A father's bounty see; Nor let the gifts thy grace bestows Estrange my heart from thee. 5 Teach me, in time of deep distress, To own thy hand, my God; And in submissive silence hear The lessons of thy rod. 6 In every varying mortal state, Each bright, each gloomy scene, Give me a meek and humble mind, Still equal and serene. 7 Then will I close my eyes in death Without one anxious fear; For death itself is life, O God, If thou art with me there. Topics: Confidence and Resignation Trust in God through all the Changes of Life

Great God! the heav'ns well-order'd frame

Appears in 79 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Great God! the heav'n's well-order'd frame Declares the glories of thy name; There thy rich works of wonder shine: A thousand starry beauties there, A thousand radiant marks appear, Of boundless pow'r, and skill divine. 2 From night to day from day to night, The dawning and the dying light, Lectures of heav'nly wisdom read; With silent eloquence they raise Our thoughts to our Creator's praise, And neither sound nor language need. 3 Yet their divine instructions run Far as the journeys of the sun; All nature joins to shew thy praise: Thus God in every creature shines; Fair is the book of nature's lines, Which shews thy wisdom and thy grace. Topics: Creation, Preservation, and temporal Blessings God known by his Works

Great God, this sacred day of thine

Appears in 115 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Great God, this sacred day of thine Demands the souls' collected powers! May we employ in work divine, These solemn, these devoted hours! O may our souls adoring own The grace which calls us to thy throne! 2 The word of life dispens'd to day, Invites us to a heavenly feast; May every ear the call obey, Be every heart a humble guest! Let all draw near, and tasting prove The sweetness of thy boundless love. 3 Thy truth's most pow'rful aid impart; O may thy word, with life divine, Engage the ear, and warm the heart! Then shall the day indeed be thine; Then shall our souls adoring own The grace which calls us to thy throne. Topics: Adoration For the Lord's Day

Great God, to thee, the mighty King

Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Great God, to thee, the mighty King, Whose sovereign rule the world obeys, With reverent hearts thy people bring The tribute of their humble praise. 2 The earth's great sceptre fills thy hand; And, high enthron'd in majesty, Thou givest thence to every land The laws of truth and equity. 3 Unerring justice, Lord, is thine; And every nation shall confess, That thy decrees are all divine, And all thy ways are righteousness. 4 In judgment wise, thou wilt bestow To eery soul its due reward; Unceasing joy the good shall know, And live forever with their Lord. 5 But they who tread the sinner's path, And dare thy righteous laws disown, Shall meet with due returns from thee, And reap the fruit which they have sown. Topics: The divine Perfections The Justice of God

Great Lord of earth, and seas and skies!

Appears in 27 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Great Lord of earth, and seas and skies! Thy wealth the needy world supplies; On thee alone the whole depends, Thy care to ev'ry part extends. 2 To thee perpetual thanks we owe, For all our comforts here below; Our daily bread thy bounty gives, And ev'ry rising want relieves. 3 The wastes of life thy pow'r repairs, Thy mercy stills tempestuous cares, And safe beneath thy guardian arm We live secur'd from ev'ry harm. 4 To thee we cheerful homage bring, In grateful hymns thy praises sing, Direct to thee our waiting eyes, And humbly look for fresh supplies. 5 We still our indigent and poor, Indebted much, yet lacking more; On thee we ever will depend, The rich, the sure, the faithful friend. 6 And, should thy measures seem severe, Calmly may we thy chast'ning bear, Without complaint to thee submit, Th' unerring Judge of what is fit. Topics: Confidence and Resignation Dependence and Resignation

Great Ruler of the earth and skies

Appears in 93 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Great Ruler of the earth and skies! A word of thy almighty breath Can sink the world, or bid it rise; Thy smile is life, thy frown is death. 2 When angry nations rush to arms, And rage and noise, and tumult, reign, And war resounds its dire alarms, And slaughter spreads the hostile plain; 3 Thy sov'reign eye looks calmly down, And marks their course, and bounds their pow'r; Thy word the angry nations own, And noise and war are heard no more. 4 Then peace returns with balmy wing, (Sweet peace! with her what blessings fled!) Glad plenty laughs, the vallies sing, Reviving commerce lifts her head. 5 Thou good, and wise, and righteous Lord! All move subservient to thy will; And peace and war await thy word, And thy sublime decrees fulfil. 6 To thee we pay our grateful songs, Thy kind protection still implore: O may our hearts, and lives, and tongues, Confess thy goodness, and adore! Topics: Public Thanksgiving for national Blessings Thanksgiving for Peace

Hail the God of our salvation

Appears in 15 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Hail the God of our salvation Triumph in redeeming love; Let us with glad exultation Imitate the blest above. 2 Light of those whose dreary dwelling Border'd on the shades of death, He hath by his grace revealing, Scatter'd all the clouds beneath. 3 Father thou art all compassion, Pure unbounded love thou art; Hail the God of our salvation, Praise him ev'ry thankful heart. 4 Joyfully on earth adore him, Till in heaven we take our place, There enrapture'd, fall before him, Lost in wonder, love and praise. Topics: The Gospel Dispensation Praise to the God of our Salvation