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Prayer for Infants; or Children, day by day given to God

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 136 hymnals First Line: Great God, now condescend Lyrics: 1 Great God, now condescend To bless our rising race; Soon may their willing spirits bend To thy victorious grace! 2 O! what a vast delight Their happiness to see! Our warmest wishes all unite, to lead their souls to thee. 3 Dear Lord, thy spirit pour Upon our infant seed, O bring the long'd-for happy hour That makes them thine indeed, 4 May they receive thy word, Confess the Savior's name; Then follow their despised Lord, Thro' the baptismal stream. 5 Thus let our favour'd race Surround thy sacred board, There to adore thy sovereign grace, And sing their dying lord. Topics: Worship Family Worship; Family Worship; Infants; Family Religion

Savior the only one

Author: Steele Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 68 hymnals First Line: Jesus, the spring of joys divine Lyrics: 1 Jesus, the spring of joys divine, Whence all my hopes and comforts flow; Jesus, no other name but thine Can save me from eternal woe. 2 In vain would boasting reason find The way to happiness and God; Her weak directions leave the mind Bewilder'd in a dubious road. 3 No other name will heaven approve; Thou art the true, the living way, (Ordain'd by everlasting love,) To the bright realms of endless day. 4 Here let my constant feet abide, Nor from the heavenly path depart; O let thy spirit, gracious guide, Direct our steps, and cheer our heart. 5 Safe lead us thro' this world of night, And bring me to the blissful plains, The regions of unclouded light, Where perfect joy for ever reigns. Topics: Characters and Representations of Christ Savior; Christ The only Savior; Christ Way; Reason, an insufficient guide Scripture: Acts 4:12

Divine Sovereignty; or God's Domion and Decrees

Author: Dr. Watts Appears in 202 hymnals First Line: Keep silence all created things Lyrics: 1 Keep silence all created things, And wait your maker's nod; My soul stands trembling, while she sings The honors of her God. 2 Life, death, and hell, and worlds unknown Hang on his firm decree: He sits on no precarious throne, Nor borrows leave to be. 3 Chain'd to his throne, a volume lies, With all the fates of men, With every angel's form and size, Drawn by th' eternal pen. 4 His providence unfolds the book, And makes his counsels shine; Each opening leaf, and every stroke, Fulfils some deep design. 5 Here, he exalts neglected worms To sceptres and a crown; And there, the following page he turns, And treads the monarch down. 6 Not Gabriel asks the reason why, Nor God, the reason gives; Nor dares the favorite angel pry Between the folded leaves. 7 My God, I would not long to see My fate with curious eyes, What gloomy lines are writ for me, Or what bright scenes may raise. 8 In thy fair book of life and grace, O may I find my name, Recorded in some humble place, Beneath my Lord the lamb! Topics: God; Book of Life; Decrees of God; Dominion of God; Sovereignty of God Text Sources: Dr. Watts's Lyric Poems

My grace is sufficient for thee

Author: Needham Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 39 hymnals First Line: Kind are the words that Jesus speaks Lyrics: 1 Kind are the words that Jesus speaks To cheer the drooping saint; "My grace sufficient is for you, "Tho' nature's powers may faint. 2 "My grace its glories shall display, "And make your griefs remove; "Your weakness shall the triumphs tell "Of boundless power and love." 3 What tho' my griefs are not remov'd, Yet why should I despair? While my kind Savior's arms support, I can the burden bear. 4 Jesus, my Savior, and my Lord, 'Tis good to trust thy name: Thy power, thy faithfulness and love Will ever be the same. 5 Weak as I am, yet thro' thy grace I all things can perform; And, smiling triumph in thy name, Amid the raging storm. Topics: Scripture Invitations and Promises; Promises Of sufficient grace; Strength as our days are

A Welcome to Christian Friends—At Meeting

Author: Newton Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 215 hymnals First Line: Kindred in Christ, for his dear sake Lyrics: 1 Kindred in Christ, for his dear sake, A hearty welcome here receive; May we together now partake The Joys which only he can give. 2 To you and us my grace 'tis given, To know the Saviour's precious name; And shortly we shall meet in Heaven, Our hope, our way, our end, the same. 3 May he, by whose kind care we meet, Send his good spirit from above, Make our communications sweet, And cause our hearts to burn with love! 4 Forgotten be each worldly theme, When christians see each other thus; We only wish to speak of him, Who liv'd and dy'd and reigns for us. 5 We'll talk of all he did and said, And suffer'd for us here below; The path he mark'd for us to tread, And what he's doing for us now. 6 Thus, as the moments pass away, We'll love, and wonder and adore; And hasten on the glorious day When we shall meet to part no more. Topics: Times and Seasons Meeting and Parting; Meeting and parting of friends

Resignation? or God our portion

Author: Beddome Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 123 hymnals First Line: My times of sorrow and of joy Lyrics: 1 My times of sorrow and of joy, Great God, are in thy hand; My choicest comforts come from thee And go at thy command. 2 If thou shouldst take them all away, Yet would I not repine; Before they were possess'd by me, They were entirely thine. 3 Now would I drop a murmuring word, Tho' the whole world were gone, But seek enduring happiness In thee, and thee alone. 4 What is the world with all its store? 'Tis but a bitter-sweet; When I attempt to pluck the rose, A piercing thorn I meet. 5 Here perfect bliss can ne'er be found, The honey's mixt with gall; Midst changing scenes and dying friends, Be thou my all in all. Topics: Graces of the Spirit Resignation; Contentment; God A portion; God a Portion; Submission to the will of God

Hope in darkness

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 36 hymnals First Line: O God, my sun, thy blissful rays Lyrics: 1 O God, my sun, thy blissful rays Irradiate, warm, and guide my heart! How dark, how mournful, are my days, If thy enlivening beams depart! 2 Scarce thro' the shades, a glimpse of day Appears to these desiring eyes! But shall my drooping spirit say, The cheerful morn will never rise? 3 O let me not despairing mourn, Tho' gloomy darkness spreads the sky; My glorious sun will yet return, And night with all its horrors fly. 4 O for the bright, the joyful day, When hope shall in assurance die! So tapers lose their feeble ray, Beneath the sun's refulgent eye. Topics: The Graces of the Holy Spirit Hope; Hope in Darkness; Hope in Darkness

Eternal and unchangeable Love

Author: L. H. C. Appears in 25 hymnals First Line: O my distrustful heart Lyrics: 1 O, my distrustful heart How small thy faith appears! But greater, Lord, thou art, Than all my doubts and fears. Did Jesus once upon me shine? Then Jesus is forever mine. 2 Unchangeable his will, Tho' dark may be my frame; His loving heart is still Eternally the same: My soul thro' many changes goes; His love no variation knows. 3 Thou, Lord, wilt carry on, And perfectly perform The work thou hast begun In me a sinful worm; Midst all my fears, and sin and woe, Thy Spirit will not let me go. 4 The bowels of thy grace At first did freely move: I still shall see thy face, And feel that God is love! Myself into thine arms I cast; Lord, save, O save my soul at last. Topics: Scripture Doctrines and Blessings God's Everlasting Love; Love of God, eternal and unchangeable Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:12

The completing of the spiritual Temple

Appears in 19 hymnals First Line: Sing to the Lord above Lyrics: 1 Sing to the Lord above, Who deigns on earth to raise A temple of his love, A monument to praise: Ye saints around, thro' all its frame, Harmonious sound the builder's name. 2 Beneath his eye and care The edifice shall rise Majestic strong and fair, And shine above the skies: There shall he place the polish'd stone Ordain'd the work of grace to crown. Topics: The Church Associations or General Meetings of Churches and Ministers; Associations of Christians and churches Spiritual temple completed; The spiritual temple completed Scripture: Zechariah 4:7

Zeal for the house of God, and delight in worship

Author: Marrick Appears in 25 hymnals First Line: The joyful morn, my God, is come Lyrics: 1 The joyful morn, my God, is come That calls me to thy honor'd dome Thy presence to adore; My feet the summons shall attend, With willing steps thy courts ascend, And tread the hallow'd floor. 2 Hither from Judah's utmost end, The heaven-protected tribes ascend; Their off'rings hither bring: Here, eager to attest their joy, In hymns of praise their tongues employ, And hail th' immortal king. 3 Be peace implor'd by each on thee, O Sion, while with bended knee, To Jacob's God we pray: How blest who calls himself thy friend! Success his lobor shall attend, And safety guard his way. 4 O may'st thou, free from hostile fear, Nor the loud voice of tumult hear, Nor war's wild waste deplore; May plenty nigh thee take her stand, And in thy courts, with lavish hand, Distribute all her store. 5 Seat of my friends and brethren, hail! How can my tongue, O Sion, fail To bless thy lov'd abode? How cease the zeal that in me glows, Thy good to seek, whose walls inclose The mansions of my God? Topics: Worship The Lord's Day; Delight in God In worship; Public Religion; Pleasures of Worship; Zeal for the house of God Scripture: Psalm 122