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Abba, Father, God of love

Appears in 11 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Abba, Father, God of love! Send thy blessing from above; Light and life to all impart; Shine on each believing heart; Kindly comfort all who mourn, Into joy their sorrow turn; 2 Joy which none can take away, Joy which shall for ever stay; All thy kingdom from above, All the happiness of love; Be it to thy servants given, Pardon, holiness, and heaven. 3 Glorious in thy saints appear, Plant thy heavenly kingdom here; Faith and love and joy increase, Temperance and gentleness; Plant in us an humble mind, Patient, pitiful, and kind; 4 Meek and lowly let us be, Full of goodness, full of thee; Make us all in thee complete, Make us all for glory meet, Meet to appear before thy sight, Partners with the saints in light. 5 Let us, in our spirits, prove All the depths of humble love; Let us, in our lives, express All the heights of holiness; To thy church the pattern give, Shew how true believers live. 6 When the glorious race is run, Fought the fight, the battle won; Let us then with joy remove To thy family above; On the wings of angels fly, Shew how true believers die. Topics: At the Establishment of a religious Society Christian Fellowship

Ah wretched souls, who still remain

Appears in 93 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Ah wretched souls, who still remain, Slaves to the world, and slaves to sin! A nobler toil may I sustain, A nobler satisfaction win. 2 May we resolve with all our heart, With all our powers to serve the Lord; Nor from his precepts e'er depart, Whose service is a rich reward. 3 O be his service all our joy, Around let our example shine, Till others love the blest employ, And join in labours so divine. 4 Be this the purpose of our soul, Our solemn, our determin'd choice, To yield to his supreme controul, And in his kind commands rejoice. 5 O may we never faint nor tire, Nor wandering leave his sacred ways; Great God, accept our soul's desire, And give us strength to live thy praise. Topics: Faith, Holiness and moral Virtues

All knowing God, 'tis thine to know

Appears in 69 hymnals Lyrics: 1 All knowing God, 'tis thine to know The springs whence wrong opinions flow; To judge, from principles within, When frailty errs, and when we sin. 2 Who, among men, high Lord of all, Thy servants to his bar may call? Decide of heresy, and shake A brother o'er the flaming lake? 3 Who with another's eye can read? Or worship by another's creed? Revering thy command alone, We humbly seek and use our own. 4 If wrong, forgive; accept, if right; While faithful we obey our light; And, cens'uring none, are zealous still, To follow as to learn thy will. 5 When shall our happy eyes behold Thy people fashion'd in thy mould? And charity our lineage prove Deriv'd from thee, O God of love? Topics: The divine Perfections Religious Inquiry

We bless the Lord, the great, the good

Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: 1 We bless the Lord, the great, the good, Who fills our hearts with joy and food; Who pours his blessings from the skies, And loads our Days with rich supplies. 2 He sends the sun his circuit round, To cheer the fruits, to warm the ground; In plenteous drops of genial rain Revives the grass and swells the grain. 3 His bounteous hand, Great Spring of Good, Provides the whole creation food; He ever gives, yet still has more; His gifts can ne'er decrease his store. 4 We bless the Lord, who reigns above, Whose thoughts are kind, whose name is love; Whose bounty through creation flows, And life and bless on all bestows. 5 O let our souls with joy record The pow'r and goodness of the Lord; How great his works, how kind his ways! Let ev'ry tongue pronounce his praise. Topics: Creation, Preservation, and temporal Blessings The Bounty of God in the Works of Creation

Wait on the Lord, ye heirs of hope

Appears in 33 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Wait on the Lord, ye heirs of hope, And let his word support your souls, Well can He bear your courage up, And all your foes and fears controul. 2 He waits his own well-chosen hour Th' intended mercy to display; And his paternal bowels move While wisdom dictates the delay. 3 With mingled majesty and love, At length he rises from his throne; And while salvation he commands, He makes his people's joy his own. 4 Blest are the humble souls that wait With sweet submission to His will; Harmonious all their passions move, And in the midst of storms are still. 5 Still, till their Father’s well-known voice Wakens their silence into songs; Then earth grows vocal with His praise, And heav'n the grateful shout prolongs. Topics: Confidence and Resignation

To God, the mighty Lord

Appears in 52 hymnals Lyrics: 1 To God the mighty Lord, Your joyful thanks repeat: To him due praise afford, As good as he is great. For God does prove Our constant friend, His boundless love Shall never end. 2 To him whose wond'rous pow'r All other gods obey, Whom earthly kings adore, This grateful homage pay. For God does prove Our constant friend, His boundless love Shall never end. 3 By his Almighty hand Amazing works are wrought; The heav'ns by his command Were to perfection brought. For God does prove Our constant friend, His boundless love Shall never end. 4 He does the food supply, On which all creatures live: To God who reigns on high Eternal praises give. For God will prove Our constant friend, His boundless love Shall never end. Topics: Psalms of Thanksgiving Scripture: Psalm 136 Text Sources: Tate and Brady's New Version

Lo God is here! let us adore

Appears in 291 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lo God is here! let us adore, And humbly bow before his face, Let all within us feel his power, Let all within us seek his grace; Who knows his power, his grace who prove, Serve him with awe, with reverence love. 2 Being of beings, may our praise Thy courts with grateful fragrance fill, Still may we stand before thy face, Still hear and do thy sovereign will; To thee may all our thoughts arise An acceptable sacrifice. 3 In thee we move, all things of thee Are full, thou source and life of all, Thou vast unfathomable sea, On thee the God of love we call, Thou art the God, thou art the Lord, Be thou by all thy works ador'd. Topics: Adoration Humble Adoration

Lord, when our raptur'd thought surveys

Appears in 139 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lord, when our raptur'd thought surveys Creation's beauties o'er, All nature joins to teach thy praise, And bid our souls adore. 2 The living tribes of countless forms, In earth, and sea, and air, The meanest flies, the smallest worms Almighty pow'r declare. 3 Thy wisdom, power, and goodness, Lord, In all thy works appear; And, O! let man thy praise record, Man, thy distinguish'd care! 4 From thee the breath of life he drew; That breath thy pow'r maintains; Thy tender mercy, ever new, His brittle frame sustains. 5 Yet nobler favors claim his praise; Of reason's light possess'd; By revelation's brightest rays, Still more divinely bless'd. 6 Thy providence, his constant guard, When threat'ning woes impend; Or will th' impending dangers ward, Or timely succours lend. 7 On us that providence has shone, With gentle, smiling rays: O, may our lips and lives make known Thy goodness and thy praise! Topics: Blessings temporal and spiritual Thanks for Mercies, temporal and spiritual

Thy people, Lord, have ever found

Appears in 13 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Thy people, Lord, have ever found 'Tis good to bear thy rod; Afflictions make us learn thy law, And live upon our God. 2 This is the comfort we enjoy; When new distress begins, We read thy word, we run thy way, And hate our former sins. 3 Thy judgment, Lord, are always right, Though they may seem severe; The sharpest sufferings we endure Flow from thy faithful care. 4 Before we knew thy chastening rod, Our feet were apt to stray; Now may we learn to keep thy word, Nor wander from thy way. Topics: Confidence and Resignation Submission under Affliction

The Lord of glory reigns; he reigns on high

Appears in 42 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The Lord of glory reigns; he reigns on high; His robes of state are strength and majesty: This wide creation rose at his command, Built by his word and 'stablish'd by his hand: Long stood his throne, e'er he began creation, And his own Godhead is the firm foundation. 2 God is th' eternal King: Thy foes in vain Raise their rebellion to confound thy reign; In vain the storms, in vain the floods arise, And roar, and toss their waves against the skies; Foaming at heav'n, they rage with wild commotion, But heav'n's high arches scorn the swelling ocean. 3 Ye tempests, rage no more! ye floods, be still! And the mad world submissive to his will! Built on his truth, his church must ever stand; Firm are his promises, and strong his hand: See his own sons, when they appear before him, Bow at his footstool, and with fear adore him! Topics: The divine Perfections The Greatness and Majesty of God