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Jesus, I Thee Adore

Author: Henry Collins Appears in 220 hymnals First Line: Jesus, my Lord, my God, my All Refrain First Line: Jesus, my Lord, I Thee adore Used With Tune: SAGINA

And Can It Be That I Should Gain?

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 297 hymnals First Line: And can it be that I should gain Lyrics: 1. And can it be that I should gain An interest in the Savior’s blood? Died He for me, who caused His pain— For me, who Him to death pursued? Amazing love! How can it be, That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me? Amazing love! How can it be, That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me? 2. ’Tis mystery all: th’Immortal dies: Who can explore His strange design? In vain the firstborn seraph tries To sound the depths of love divine. ’Tis mercy all! Let earth adore, Let angel minds inquire no more. ’Tis mercy all! Let earth adore; Let angel minds inquire no more. 3. He left His Father’s throne above So free, so infinite His grace— Emptied Himself of all but love, And bled for Adam’s helpless race: ’Tis mercy all, immense and free, For O my God, it found out me! ’Tis mercy all, immense and free, For O my God, it found out me! 4. Long my imprisoned spirit lay, Fast bound in sin and nature’s night; Thine eye diffused a quickening ray— I woke, the dungeon flamed with light; My chains fell off, my heart was free, I rose, went forth, and followed Thee. My chains fell off, my heart was free, I rose, went forth, and followed Thee. 5. Still the small inward voice I hear, That whispers all my sins forgiven; Still the atoning blood is near, That quenched the wrath of hostile Heaven. I feel the life His wounds impart; I feel the Savior in my heart. I feel the life His wounds impart; I feel the Savior in my heart. 6. No condemnation now I dread; Jesus, and all in Him, is mine; Alive in Him, my living Head, And clothed in righteousness divine, Bold I approach th’eternal throne, And claim the crown, through Christ my own. Bold I approach th’eternal throne, And claim the crown, through Christ my own. Used With Tune: SAGINA Text Sources: Psalms and Hymns, 1738

Behold the Servant of the Lord

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 51 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Behold the servant of the Lord! I wait Thy guiding eye to feel, To hear and keep Thy every word, To prove and do Thy perfect will, Joyful from my own works to cease, Glad to fulfill all righteousness. 2. Me if Thy grace vouchsafe to use, Meanest of all Thy creatures, me, The deed, the time, the manner choose, Let all my fruit be found of Thee; Let all my works in Thee be wrought, By Thee to full perfection brought. 3. My every weak, though good design, O’errule, or change, as seems Thee meet; Jesus, let all my work be Thine! Thy work, O Lord, is all complete, And pleasing in Thy Father’s sight; Thou only hast done all things right. 4. Here then to Thee Thy own I leave; Mold as Thou wilt Thy passive clay; But let me all Thy stamp receive, But let me all Thy words obey, Serve with a single heart and eye, And to Thy glory live and die. Used With Tune: SAGINA Text Sources: Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1749

The Book – Let All Bow Down And Read

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: The book—let all bow down and read Lyrics: 1 The book—let all bow down and read— The book of God to sinners given, The birth of Abraham’s blessed Seed, Of David’s Son, sent down from Heaven! Stupendous mystery divine, Gospel to ages past unknown! Heathens and Jews through Jesus join, And God and man in Christ are one. 2 Father of Jesus Christ, our Lord, Our Father through His birth Thou art; Thy Spirit testifies the Word Made flesh, to every faithful heart; In us Thy new-born Son reveal, Thy Son from all eternity, And give Him still on earth to dwell, By faith conceived and formed in me. Used With Tune: SAGINA Text Sources: The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley Vol. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1868)

What Are These Wounds, So Deep, So Wide?

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: What are these wounds, so deep, so wide Lyrics: "What are these wounds, so deep, so wide, That in Thy sacred hands appear?" "By My own nation crucified, By My own friends I suffer here: My household foes, who bear My name, Have nailed Me to this shameful tree; And every day I wounded am, Thou poor, backsliding soul—by thee!" Used With Tune: SAGINA Text Sources: Short Hymns on Select Passages of Holy Scripture (Bristol, England: E. Farley, 1762)

Ancient Of Days! The Years Roll On

Author: Thomas Holme Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1 Ancient of Days! The years roll on Obedient to Thy sole decree; And when their destined work is done, Merge in the past eternity. Thousand of years have sped their way, Since poised by Thine almighty hand; Sun, moon, and stars, in bright array, Have wheeled in spheres at Thy command. 2 Firm as the heavenly hosts appear, The lines which future things portray, Converge in one predestined year, When Heaven and earth shall pass away. Whate’er that consummation be, Oh, let me, Lord, Thy mercy prove In worlds upheaved, from danger free, Within the covert of Thy love! 3 Ancient of Days! ’Tis Thine to say— Man vainly tries to scan th’unknown— How distant or how near the day, When we must stand before Thy throne. Through each new year vouchsafed to me, Be this my being’s aim and end, Thine here to live, in Heaven with Thee A blessed eternity to spend. Used With Tune: SAGINA Text Sources: Hymns and Sacred Poetry (Christian Book Society, 1861)

Faith Means We're Sure

Author: Susan H. Peterson Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Faith means we're sure of what we hope to get Lyrics: 1. Faith means we’re sure of what we hope to get; We’re certain of the things that we do not see. By faith we know that God made the world; What’s here now was not made from what was seen. Abel by faith offered God a better sacrifice; And Enoch, too, by faith died not, but from this life did rise. Though they are gone, they speak this word: That without faith, none can please the Lord. 2. It was by faith that Noah built the ark, When warned by God of things that were yet to pass. Since he had faith, God did spare his life, And made him an heir of His righteousness. Abraham, too, when God said to leave his home behind, Obeyed and went, though he knew not the land he was to find. Though they are gone, they speak this word: That without faith, none can please the Lord. 3. It was by faith that Abr’ham had a son, Then offered him to God as a sacrifice. Faith upheld Moses in Egypt’s land, And faith let a lamb pay the firstborn’s price. By faith the people passed through the sea as on dry land, And faith was why the walls of Jericho just could not stand. Though they are gone, they speak this word: That without faith, none can please the Lord. 4. All these still lived by faith until they died, Receiving not the things that had been made known. They only saw them as from afar; They knew that their country was not their own. God therefore was not ashamed to be named as their Lord; For they believed that He was real and would their faith reward. Oh, give me faith to trust Your Word, That by my life I may please You, Lord. Used With Tune: SAGINA

How Shall the Young Direct Their Way?

Author: Anonymous Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 26 hymnals Lyrics: 1. How shall the young direct their way? What light shall be their perfect guide? Thy Word, O Lord, will safely lead, If in its wisdom they confide. Sincerely I have sought Thee, Lord, O let me not from Thee depart; To know Thy will and keep from sin Thy Word I cherish in my heart. 2. O blessèd Lord, teach me Thy law, Thy righteous judgments I declare; Thy testimonies make me glad, For they are wealth beyond compare. Upon Thy precepts and Thy ways My heart will meditate with awe; Thy Word shall be my chief delight, And I will not forget Thy law. Used With Tune: SAGINA Text Sources: The Psalter (Pittsburgh: The United Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1912)

Modern Christianity

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: How vainly do the heathen strive Lyrics: 1. How vainly do the heathen strive To falsify our Master’s word, Who teach us that we may godly live Yet never suffer for our Lord; In ancient times the fact allow, But say, the world is Christian now. 2. Christian the world of drunkards is, The world of whoremongers and thieves, The slaves of foul and fair excess; Whoe’er the Christian rite receives, Led from the font at Satan’s will, Haters of Christ, and Christians still. 3. The devilish, and the sensual crowd, Who as brute beasts their lusts obey, Lovers of pleasure more than God, Who dance, and curse, and fight and play, Monsters of vice, our nature’s shame, All hell assumes the Christian name. 4. Yet still when Antichrist prevails, And Satan sits in Moses’ chair, The Gospel truths are idle tales, No cross, no Holy Ghost is there, The heathen world will Christian seem, And bid us take the rule from them. 5. The temple of the Lord are we, (The synagogue of Satan cry) We need not persecuted be Or cruelly ourselves deny: Come see, ye fools, who sigh and grieve, How much at ease we Christians live. 6. We are the men—of wealth and state, Of pomp, and fashionable ease, Honor, and power, and pleasure wait The silken sons of downy peace; And lo! we glide secure and even Down a broad flowery way—to Heaven. 7. While house to house, and field to field, And living we to living join The gazing crowd obeisance yield And praise the slick and smooth Divine Who saves them all the madman’s care, The drudgery of faith, and prayer. 8. No fanciful enthusiasts we To look for inspiration here, To dream from sin to be set free Or hope to feel the Spirit near, Or know our sins on earth forgiven, Or madly give up all for Heaven! Used With Tune: SAGINA (Short) Text Sources: The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, by S. T. Kimbrough, Jr., & Oliver A. Beckerlegge (Nashville, Tennessee: Abingdon Press, 1992), pages 198-9

Before The Great Jehovah's Bar

Author: Rowland Hill, 1744-1833 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 13 hymnals First Line: Before the great Jehovah’s bar Lyrics: 1 Before the great Jehovah’s bar Soon must assembled worlds appear, And every word, and deed, and thought Shall into judgment then be brought. Then all shall hear their righteous doom Of wrath, or endless joys to come; And each receive his just reward Of bliss or vengeance from the Lord. 2 Dear Lord, it was Thine highest joy, To save where sin did once destroy; While thundering vengeance rolls above, We trust in Thy redeeming love. Hail! God of unexampled grace, All Heav’n shall sound Thine endless praise; High glories to the dying Lamb, Who death, by His own death, o’ercame. Used With Tune: SAGINA Text Sources: Collection of Psalms and Hymns 7th ed. by Rowland Hill (London: Theodore Page, 1810)