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The Silence of Faith
Author: Horatius Bonar Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: I cannot master time and space Lyrics: 1 I cannot master time and space,
Nor bid impetuous ages stay;
I cannot alter noon and night,
Nor turn the shadows into day.
I may not span unmeasured skies,
Nor grasp the Pleiads in my hand;
The far and near, the great and small
I see, but cannot understand.
I helpless sit, hemmed in by power
And will superior to my own,
Encompassed round by laws unseen,
Controlled by all, controlling none;
Yet I can lean on Him who guides
The sky, and sea, and faithful tides.
2 I cannot bid the tomb disgorge
The trophies of the tyrant’s power;
I cannot charm the spoiler’s hate,
Nor flush again one pallid flower.
A mortal ’mid the mortal here,
I mourn the silent, sad decay
Of all that makes this world so fair,
But cannot bid one radiance stay.
Fain would I loose the chain of ill
That fetters this sad, tortured earth,
Yet I can but its wrongs and woes
Commit to Him who gave it birth.
And to the Living One I fly
For health and immortality.
3 The current of one human will
Is far too strong for me to stem;
The rushing flood of a thousand wills,
How can I hope to baffle them?
I cannot alter right and wrong,
Nor change the false into the true;
I cannot judge the Judge of all,
His thoughts, His ways, His words review.
He speaks! I hear! O voice supreme,
Beyond all voices sweet, sublime!
He the eternal, wise and true,
And I bemisted child of time.
To Him in foolishness I come,
Before Him reverent and dumb.
4 I see the years like billows break
Upon the passive strand of time,
And as they break, sweep off in turn
Man’s works of every age and clime.
Who, what am I amid the wreck
Of all this beauty, love, and power,
O’er which I weep, but whose decay
I cannot hinder for an hour?
The true is never obsolete,
The never old is never stale;
I guard the gold of ancient mines,
And gather gems, though few and pale;
I call them fair—as fair as when
They dropped from God’s bright Heav’n for men. Used With Tune: [I cannot master time and space] Text Sources: Hymns of the Nativity, and Other Pieces (London: James Nisbet, 1879)
The Silence of Faith
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)
Before The Great Jehovah's Bar
O God of Light
Author: Arthur S. Booth-Clibborn Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: O God of light, O God of love Lyrics: 1. O God of light, O God of love,
Shine on my soul from Heaven above!
Let sin appear in Thy pure ray
As black as on the judgment day;
Let perfect love apply the test,
And all that’s wrong make manifest.
2. O take Thy plummet and Thy line,
Apply them to this heart of mine,
And thus reveal each crooked place,
By contrast with true righteousness!
Let holy truth condemn each sham;
Show what Thou art, and what I am.
3. O smite and spare not, faithful God!
A Father’s hand still holds the rod;
O make my sin-stained conscience smart,
And write Thy law upon my heart
So plainly, that my will shall bow
In full surrender, here and now!
4. Work on in me Thy perfect will,
In me Thy promise, Lord, fulfill;
O make me quick to fight for Thee,
And set my soul in liberty!
My soul can rest in nothing less
Than in a spotless holiness. Used With Tune: SAGINA (Short) Text Sources: Salvation Army's War Cry, April 13, 1895
O God of Light
Lord Jesus Christ, True Man And God
Author: Paul Eber, 1511-1569; Catherine Winkworth Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 25 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lord Jesus Christ, true Man and God,
Who borest anguish, scorn, the rod,
And diedst at last upon the tree,
To bring Thy Father’s grace to me;
I pray Thee through that bitter woe,
Let me, a sinner, mercy know.
2 When comes the hour of failing breath.
And I must wrestle, Lord, with death,
When from my sight all fades away,
And when my tongue no more can say,
And when mine ears no more can hear,
And when my heart is racked with fear;
3 When all my mind is darkened o’er,
And human help can do no more,
Then come, Lord Jesus, come with speed,
And help me in my hour of need,
Lead me from this dark vale beneath,
And shorten then the pangs of death.
4 All evil spirits drive away,
But let Thy Spirit with me stay
Until my soul the body leave;
Then in Thy hands my soul receive,
And let the earth my body keep,
Until the Last Day break its sleep.
5 Joyful my resurrection be,
Thou in the judgment plead for me,
And hide my sins, Lord, from Thy face,
And give me Life of Thy dear grace!
I trust Thee utterly, my Lord,
For Thou hast promised in Thy Word:
6 “In truth I tell you, who receives
My word, and keeps it, and believes,
Shall never fall God’s wrath beneath,
Shall never taste eternal death;
Though here on earth, in time, he die,
He is not therefore lost; for I
7 "Will come, and with a mighty hand
Will break away death’s strongest band.
And lift him hence that he shall be
For ever in My realm with Me,
For ever living there in bliss.
Ah let us not that glory miss!"
8 Dear Lord, forgive us all our guilt,
Help us to wait until Thou wilt
That we depart; and let our faith
Be brave and conquer e’en in death,
Firm resting on Thy sacred Word,
Until we sleep in Thee, our Lord. Used With Tune: SAGINA Text Sources: Lyra Germanica (London and New York: George Newnes and Charles Scribner's Sons, 1855)
Lord Jesus Christ, True Man And God
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
Faith Means We're Sure
Object of All Our Knowledge Here
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1. Object of all our knowledge here,
Our one Desire, and Hope below,
Jesus, the Crucified, draw near,
And with Thy sad disciples go:
Our thoughts and words to Thee are known,
We commune of Thyself alone.
2. How can it be, our reason cries,
That God should leave His throne above?
Is it for man th’Immortal dies?
For man, who tramples on His love?
For man, who nailed Him to the tree?
O Love! O God! He dies for me!
3. Why then, if Thou for me hast died,
Dost Thou not yet Thyself impart?
We hoped to feel Thy blood applied,
To find Thee risen in our heart,
Redeemed from all iniquity,
Saved, to the utmost saved, thro’ Thee.
4. Have we not then believed in vain,
By Christ unsanctified, unfreed?
In us He is not ris’n again,
We know not but He still is dead,
No life, no righteousness we have,
Our hopes seem buried in His grave.
5. Ah! Lord, if Thou indeed art ours,
If Thou for us hast burst the tomb,
Visit us with Thy quickening powers,
Come to Thy mournful followers, come,
Thyself to Thy weak members join,
And fill us with the life divine.
6. Thee, the great Prophet sent from God,
Mighty in deed and word we own;
Thou hast on some the grace bestowed,
Thy rising in their hearts made known;
They publish Thee to life restored,
Attesting they have seen the Lord.
7. Alas for us, whose eyes are held!
Why cannot we our Savior see?
With us Thou art yet still concealed:
O might we hear one word from Thee!
Speak, and to our unbelief reprove,
Our baseness to mistrust Thy love.
8. Fools as we are, and slow of heart,
So backward to believe the Word!
The Prophets’ only aim Thou art:
They sang the sufferings of their Lord,
Thy life for ours a ransom given,
Thy rising to ensure our Heaven.
9. Ought not our Lord the death to die,
And then the glorious life to live?
To stoop; and then to go up on high?
The pain, and then the joy receive?
His blood, the purchase price lay down,
Endure the cross, and claim the crown?
10. Ought not the members all to pass
The way their Head had passed before?
Thro’ sufferings perfected He was,
The garment dipped in blood He wore,
That we with Him might die, and rise
And bear His nature to the skies! Used With Tune: SAGINA (Short) Text Sources: Hymns for Our Lord's Resurrection (London: William Strahan, 1746), number 5
Object of All Our Knowledge Here
Than Tongue can Tell
Author: J. E. Hall Meter: 8.8.8.8 D Appears in 20 hymnals First Line: The love that Jesus had for me Refrain First Line: His love is more than tongue can tell! Topics: The Gospel Used With Tune: SAGINA
Than Tongue can Tell
Thus The Great Lord Of Earth And Sea
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 20 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Thus the great Lord of earth and sea
Spake to His Son, and thus He swore:
"Eternal shall Thy priesthood be,
And change from hand to hand no more.
2 "Aaron and all his sons must die,
But everlasting life is Thine,
To save forever those that fly
For refuge from the wrath divine.
3 "By Me Melchizedek was made
On earth a king and priest at once;
And Thou, My heav’nly priest, shall plead,
And Thou, My king, shall rule My sons."
4 Jesus the Priest ascends His throne,
While counsels of eternal peace,
Between the Father and the Son,
Proceed with honor and success.
5 Thro’ the whole earth His reign shall spread,
And crush the powers that dare rebel;
Then shall He judge the rising dead,
And send the guilty world to hell.
6 Though while He treads His glorious way,
He drinks the cup of tears and blood,
The sufferings of that dreadful day
Shall but advance Him near to God. Used With Tune: SAGINA Text Sources: The Psalms of David, 1719
Thus The Great Lord Of Earth And Sea
Come, Holy Ghost, All-Quickening Fire
Appears in 36 hymnals First Line: Come, Holy ghost, all-quick'ning fire Used With Tune: [Come, Holy ghost, all-quick'ning fire]
Come, Holy Ghost, All-Quickening Fire
Not Till The Freezing Blast Is Still
Author: John Keble Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1 Not till the freezing blast is still,
Till freely leaps the sparkling rill,
And gales sweep soft from summer skies,
As o’er a sleeping infant’s eyes
A mother’s kiss; ere calls like these,
No sunny gleam awakes the trees,
Nor dare the tender flowerets show
Their bosoms to th’ uncertain glow.
2 Why then, in sad and wintry time,
Her heav’ns all dark with doubt and crime,
Why lifts the Church her drooping head,
As though her evil hour were fled?
Is she less wise than leaves of spring,
Or birds that cower with folded wing?
What sees she in this lowering sky
To tempt her meditative eye?
3 She has a charm, a word of fire,
A pledge of love that cannot tire;
By tempests, earthquakes, and by wars,
By rushing waves and falling stars,
By every sign her Lord foretold,
She sees the world is waxing old,
And through that last and direst storm
Descries by faith her Savior’s form.
4 Not surer does each tender gem,
Set in the fig tree’s polished stem,
Foreshow the summer season bland,
Than these dread signs Thy mighty hand:
But, oh! frail hearts, and spirits dark!
The season’s flight unwarned we mark,
But miss the Judge behind the door,
For all the light of sacred lore:
5 Yet is He there; beneath our eaves
Each sound His wakeful ear receives:
Hush, idle words, and thoughts of ill,
Your Lord is listening: peace, be still.
Christ watches by a Christian’s hearth,
Be silent, "vain deluding mirth,"
Till in thine altered voice be known
Somewhat of resignation’s tone.
6 But chiefly ye should lift your gaze
Above the world’s uncertain haze,
And look with calm unwavering eye
On the bright fields beyond the sky,
Ye, who your Lord’s commission bear,
His way of mercy to prepare:
Angels He calls ye: be your strife
To lead on earth an angel’s life.
7 Think not of rest; though dreams be sweet,
Start up, and ply your heav’nward feet.
Is not God’s oath upon your head,
Ne’er to sink back on slothful bed,
Never again your loins untie,
Nor let your torches waste and die,
Till, when the shadows thickest fall,
Ye hear your Master’s midnight call? Used With Tune: SAGINA Text Sources: The Christian Year, 1827
Not Till The Freezing Blast Is Still
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