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The Day Is Past and Gone

Author: John Leland Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 597 hymnals Lyrics: 1. The day is past and gone, The evening shades appear; O may we all remember well The night of death draws near. 2. We lay our garments by, Upon our beds to rest; So death shall soon disrobe us all Of what is here possessed. 3. Lord, keep us safe this night, Secure from all our fears; May angels guard us while we sleep, Till morning light appears. Used With Tune: GARDEN CITY

My God and Father! While I Stray

Author: Charlotte Elliott Meter: 8.8.8.4 Appears in 572 hymnals Lyrics: 1. My God and Father! while I stray Far from my home in life’s rough way, Oh! teach me from my heart to say, Thy will be done! 2. Though dark my path, and sad my lot, Let me be still, and murmur not, Or breathe the prayer divinely taught, Thy will be done! 3. What though in lonely grief I sigh, For friends beloved, no longer nigh, Submissive still would I reply, Thy will be done! 4. If Thou shouldst call me to resign What most I prize, it ne’er was mine; I only yield Thee what was Thine; Thy will be done! 5. Should pining sickness waste away, My life in premature decay, My Father! still I strive to say, Thy will be done! 6. If but my fainting heart be blest With Thy sweet Spirit for its guest, My God! to Thee I leave the rest— Thy will be done! 7. Renew my will from day to day, Blend it with Thine, and take away All now that makes it hard to say, Thy will be done! 8. Then when on earth I breathe no more The prayer oft mixed with tears before, I’ll sing upon a happier shore, Thy will be done! Used With Tune: HANFORD (Sullivan) Text Sources: The Invalid's Hymn Book, 1834

When Israel, Freed from Pharaoh's Hand

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 49 hymnals Lyrics: 1. When Israel, freed from Pharaoh’s hand Left the proud tyrant and his land, The tribes with cheerful homage own Their king, and Judah was His throne. 2. Across the deep their journey lay; The deep divides to make them way; Jordan beheld their march, and fled With backward current to his head. 3. The mountains shook like frighted sheep, Like lambs the little hillocks leap; Not Sinai on her base could stand, Conscious of sovereign power at hand. 4. What power could make the deep divide? Make Jordan backward roll his tide? Why did ye leap, ye little hills? And whence the fright that Sinai feels? 5. Let every mountain, every flood, Retire and know th’approaching God, The King of Israel: see Him here; Tremble, thou earth, adore and fear. 6. He thunders, and all nature mourns; The rock to standing pools He turns; Flints spring with fountains at His word, And fires and seas confess the Lord. Used With Tune: ERHALT UNS, HERR Text Sources: The Psalms of David, 1719

When Sins And Fears Prevailing Rise

Author: Anne Steele Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 162 hymnals Lyrics: 1 When sins and fears prevailing rise, And fainting hope almost expires; Jesus, to Thee I lift my eyes, To Thee I breathe my soul’s desires. 2 Art Thou not mine, my living Lord? And can my hope, my comfort die, Fixed on Thy everlasting word, That word which built the earth and sky. 3 If my immortal Savior lives, Then my immortal life is sure; His word a firm foundation gives, Here let me build, and rest secure. 4 Here let my faith unshaken dwell, Immovable the promise stands; Nor all the powers of earth or hell, Can e’er dissolve the sacred bands. 5 Here, O my soul, thy trust repose; If Jesus is for ever mine, Not death itself, that last of foes, Shall break a union so divine. Used With Tune: ABENDS Text Sources: Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional, 1760

Almighty God, Who from the Flood

Author: Unknown; John M. Neale Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 6 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Almighty God, who from the flood Didst bring to light a twofold brood; Part in the firmament to fly, And part in ocean’s depths to lie; 2. Appointing fishes in the sea, And fowls in open air to be, That each, by origin the same, Its separate dwelling place might claim: 3. Grant that Thy servants, by the tide Of blood and water purified, No guilty fall from Thee may know, Nor death eternal undergo. 4. Be none submerged in sin’s distress, None lifted up in boastfulness; That contrite hearts be not dismayed, Nor naughty souls in ruin laid. 5. O Father, that we ask be done, Through Jesus Christ Thine only Son; Who, with the Holy Ghost and Thee, Doth live and reign eternally. Used With Tune: ILLSLEY Text Sources: Translation: Hymnal Noted, 1854

When We Are Raised From Deep Distress

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 31 hymnals Lyrics: 1 When we are raised from deep distress, Our God deserves a song; We take the pattern of our praise From Hezekiah’s tongue. 2 The gates of the devouring grave Are opened wide in vain, If He that holds the keys of death Commands them fast again. 3 Pains of the flesh are wont t’abuse Our minds with slavish fears: Our days are past, and we shall lose The remnant of our years. 4 We chatter with a swallow’s voice, Or like a dove we mourn, With bitterness instead of joys, Afflicted and forlorn. 5 Jehovah speaks the healing word, And no disease withstands; See fevers, plagues obey the Lord, And fly at His commands. 6 If half the strings of life should break, He can our frame restore; He casts our sins behind His back, And they are found no more. Used With Tune: EAGLEY Text Sources: Hymns and Spiritual Songs Book 1, 1707, alt.

All That I Am I Owe to Thee

Author: Anonymous Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 9 hymnals Lyrics: 1. All that I am I owe to Thee, Thy wisdom, Lord, has fashioned me; I give my Maker thankful praise, Whose wondrous works my soul amaze. 2. Ere into being I was brought, Thine eye did see, and in Thy thought My life in all its perfect plan Was ordered ere my days began. 3. Thy thoughts, O God, how manifold, More precious unto me than gold! I muse on their infinity, Awaking I am still with Thee. 4. The wicked Thou shalt surely slay, From me let sinners turn away; They speak against the name divine, I count God’s enemies as mine. 5. Search me, O God, my heart discern, Try me, my inmost thought to learn; And lead me, if in sin I stray, To choose the everlasting way. Used With Tune: FEDERAL STREET Text Sources: The Psalter (Pittsburgh: The United Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1912)

Whate'er It Be

Author: Elta M. Lewis Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 18 hymnals First Line: I take my portion from Thy hand Refrain First Line: Whate'er it be! whate'er it be! Lyrics: 1. I take my portion from Thy hand, And do not seek to understand; For I am blind, while Thou dost see, Thy will is mine, whate’er it be. Refrain Whate’er it be! whate’er it be! I do not fear, whate’er it be; Thy love divine sustaineth me, Thy will is mine, whate’er it be. 2. When darkness doth Thy face obscure, And many sorrows I endure, I think of Christ’s Gethsemane; Thy will is mine, whate’er it be. [Refrain] 3. When tender joys to me are known, I render thanks to Thee alone; I know my cup is filled by Thee; Thy will is mine, whate’er it be. [Refrain] 4. Thus calmly do I face my lot, Accept it, Lord, and doubt Thee not; Lo! all things work for good to me; Thy will is mine, whate’er it be. [Refrain] Used With Tune: KANSAS CITY Text Sources: Our Praise in Song, by William Kirkpatrick & John R. Sweney (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: John J. Hood, 1893)

I Am Coming

Author: Helen R. Young Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 16 hymnals First Line: Sad and weary, lone and dreary Refrain First Line: I am coming, I am coming Lyrics: 1 Sad and weary, lone and dreary, Lord, I would Thy call obey; Thee believing, Christ receiving, I would come to Thee today. Refrain: I am coming, I am coming, Coming, Savior, to be blessed; I am coming, I am coming, Coming, Lord, to Thee for rest. 2 Thou, the holy, meek and lowly, Jesus, unto Thee I come; Keep me ever, let me never From Thy blessèd keeping roam. [Refrain] 3 Here abiding, in Thee hiding, Seeks my weary soul to rest; Till the dawning of the morning, When I wake amongst the blessed. [Refrain] 4 Be Thou near me, keep and cheer me, Thro’ life’s dark and stormy way; Turn my sadness into gladness, Turn my darkness into day. [Refrain] Used With Tune: MATAGORDA Text Sources: Gospel Hymns No. 4 by Ira D. Sankey, James McGranahan and George C. Stebbins (New York: John Church/Biglow & Main, 1881)

Day by Day

Author: Karolina W. Sandell-Berg; Andrew L. Skoog, 1856-1934 Appears in 54 hymnals First Line: Day by day, and with each passing moment Lyrics: 1. Day by day, and with each passing moment, Strength I find, to meet my trials here; Trusting in my Father’s wise bestowment, I’ve no cause for worry or for fear. He whose heart is kind beyond all measure Gives unto each day what He deems best— Lovingly, its part of pain and pleasure, Mingling toil with peace and rest. 2. Every day, the Lord Himself is near me With a special mercy for each hour; All my cares He fain would bear, and cheer me, He whose name is Counselor and Power; The protection of His child and treasure Is a charge that on Himself He laid; As thy days, thy strength shall be in measure, This the pledge to me He made. 3. Help me then, in every tribulation So to trust Thy promises, O Lord, That I lose not faith’s sweet consolation Offered me within Thy holy Word. Help me, Lord, when toil and trouble meeting, E’er to take, as from a father’s hand, One by one, the days, the moments fleeting, Till I reach the promised land. Used With Tune: BLOTT EN DAG