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Prayer and Faith of persecuted Saints; or, Imprecatins mixed with Charity

Appears in 20 hymnals First Line: Now plead my Cause, Almighty God Lyrics: 1 Now plead my Cause, Almighty God, With all the Sons of Strife; And fight against the Men of Blood, Who fight against my Life. 2 Draw out thy Spear and stop their Way, Lift thine avenging Rod; But to my Soul in Mercy say, "I am thy Saviour God!" 3 They plant their Snares to catch my Feet, And Nets of Mischief spread; Plunge the Destroyers in the Pit That their own Hands have made. 4 Let Fogs and Darkness hide their Way, And slippery be their Ground; Thy Wrath shall make their Lives a Prey, And all their rage confound. 5 They fly like Chaff before the Wind, Before thine angry Breath; The Angel of the Lord behind Pursues them down to death. 6 They love the Road that leads to Hell; Then let the Rebels die, Whose Malice is implacable Against the Lord on high. 7 But if thou hast a chosen Few Amongst that impious Race, Divide them from the bloody Crew, By thy surprizing Grace. 8 Then will I raise my tuneful Voice, To make thy Wonders known; In their Salvation I'll rejoice, And bless thee for my own. Topics: Afflicted pity to them; Charity mixed with imprecations; Christ his love to enemies; Christ the true David; Enemies prayed for; Love of Christ to sinners; Love to enemies; Persecuted Saints, their Prayer and Faith; Persecutors complained of; Providence in Air, Earth and Sea Scripture: Psalm 35:1-9

No Trust in the Creatures; or, Faith in Divine Grace and Power

Appears in 126 hymnals First Line: My Spirit looks to GOD alone Lyrics: 1 My Spirit looks to GOD alone, My Rock and Refuge is his Throne; In all my Fears, in all my Straits, My Soul on his Salvation waits. 2 Trust him, ye Saints, in all your Ways, Pour out your Hearts before his Face: When Helpers fail, and Foes invade, GOD is our all-sufficient Aid. 3 False are the Men of high Degree, The baser Sort are Vanity; Laid in the Ballance both appear Light as a Puff of empty Air. 4 Make not increasing Gold your Trust, Nor set your Hearts on glittering Dust; Why will you grasp the fleeting Smoke, And not believe what God has spoke? 5 Once has his awful Voice declar'd, Once and again my Ears have heard, "All Pow'r is his eternal Due; "He must be fear'd and trusted too." 6 For sov'reign Pow'r reigns not alone, Grace is a Partner of the Throne; Thy Grace and Justice, mighty Lord, Shall well divide our last Reward. Topics: Faith in Divine grace and power; Gentiles given to Church; Lord's day psalm; Trust in the Creatures vain; Vain Princes Scripture: Psalm 62:5-12

Seeking GOD

Appears in 196 hymnals First Line: My God, permit my Tongue Lyrics: 1 My GOD, permit my Tongue This Joy, to call Thee mine; And let my early Cries prevail To taste thy Love divine. 2 My thirsty fainting Soul Thy Mercy doth implore; Not Travellers in Desert Lands Can pant for Water more. 3 Within thy Churches, Lord, I long to find my Place; Thy Pow'r and Glory to behold, And feel thy quick'ning Grace. 4 For Life without thy Love No Relish can afford; No Joy can be compar'd with this, To serve and please the Lord. 5 To Thee I'll lift my Hands, And praise Thee while I live; Not the rich Dainties of a Feast Such Food and Pleasure give. 6 In wakeful Hours at Night I call my GOD to Mind; I think how wise thy Counsels are, And all thy Dealings kind. 7 Since thou hast been my Help, To thee my Spirit flies, And on thy watchful Providence My chearful Hope relies. 8 The Shadow of thy Wings My Soul in Safety keeps! I follow where my Father leads, And he supports my Steps. Topics: Converse with God; Longing after God; Lord's Day Morning; Love of God better than life; Meditation; Midnight thoughts; Worship absence from it Scripture: Psalm 63

A Prayer-Hearing God, and the Gentiles called

Appears in 64 hymnals First Line: Praise waits in Sion, Lord, for thee Lyrics: 1 Praise waits in Sion, Lord, for thee; There shall our Vows be paid: Thou hast an Ear when Sinners pray; All Flesh shall seek thine Aid. 2 Lord, our Iniquities prevail, But pard'ning Grace is thine; And thou wilt grant us Pow'r and Skill To conquer every Sin. 3 Bless'd are the Men whom thou wilt chuse To bring them near thy Face, Give them a Dwelling in thine House, To feast upon thy Grace. 4 In answ'ring what thy Church requests Thy Truth and Terror shine, And Works of dreadful Righteousness Fulfil thy kind Design. 5 Thus shall the wond'ring Nations see The Lord is good and just; And distant Islands fly to thee, And make thy Name their Trust. 6 They dread thy glitt'ring Tokens, Lord, When Signs in Heav'n appear; But they shall learn thy holy Word, And love as well as fear. Topics: Blessings of the country; Christ His ascension; God his Being, Attributes and Providence; God of nature and grace; Praise and prayer public; Praise for rain; Prayer heard; Providence in Air, Earth and Sea; Psalm for husbandmen; Rain from heaven; Seasons of the year; Spring of the Year; Weather; Worship public Scripture: Psalm 65

The Providence of GOD in Air, Earth and Sea; or, The Blessing of Rain

Appears in 137 hymnals First Line: 'Tis by thy Strength the Mountains stand Lyrics: 1 'Tis by thy Strength the Mountains stand, GOD of eternal Pow'r; The Sea grows calm at thy Command, And Tempests cease to roar. 2 Thy Morning-Light and Ev'ning Shade Successive Comforts bring; Thy plenteous Fruits make Harvest glad, Thy Flow'rs adorn the Spring. 3 Seasons and Times, and Moons and Hours, Heav'n, Earth, and Air are thine; When Clouds distil in fruitful Show'rs, The Author is divine. 4 Those wand'ring Cisterns in the Sky, Borne by the Winds around With watry Treasures well supply The Furrows of the Ground. 5 The thirsty Ridges drink their Fill, And Ranks of Corn appear; Thy Ways abound with Blessings still, Thy Goodness crowns the Year. Topics: Blessings of the country; Christ His ascension; God his Being, Attributes and Providence; God of nature and grace; Praise and prayer public; Praise for rain; Prayer heard; Providence in Air, Earth and Sea; Psalm for husbandmen; Rain from heaven; Seasons of the year; Spring of the Year; Weather; Worship public Scripture: Psalm 65

Mortailty and Hope; A Funeral Psalm

Appears in 73 hymnals First Line: Remember, Lord, our mortal State Lyrics: 1 Remember, Lord, our mortal State, How frail our Life, how short the Date! Where is the Man that draws his Breath Safe from Disease, secure from Death? 2 Lord, while we see whole Nations die, Our Flesh and Sense repine and cry, "Must Death for ever rage and reign! "Or hast thou made Mankind in vain?" 3 Where is thy Promise to the Just? Are not thy Servants turn'd to Dust? But Faith forbids these mournful Sighs, And sees the sleeping Dust arise. 4 That glorious Hour, that dreadful Day, Wipes the Reproach of Saints away, And clears the Honour of thy Word: Awake our Souls, and bless the Lord. Topics: Afflicted without Rejection; Angels all subject to Christ; Christ covenant made with him; Christ God and man; Christ his mediatorial kingdom; Christ the true David; Covenant of Grace unchangeable; Fear in the Worship of God; Frailty of Man; Funeral psalm; Glorification and Grace promised; God Faithfulness; God his power and majesty; God mercy and truth; God Unchangeable; Gospel joyful sound; Life and Riches short and feeble; Man his vanity as mortal; Mortality and hope; Old age and resurrection; Providence in Air, Earth and Sea; Psalm for a funeral; Resurrection and death of Christ; Vanity of Man as mortal; Worship with reverence Scripture: Psalm 89:47-52

Christ's first and second Coming

Appears in 199 hymnals First Line: Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands Lyrics: 1 Sing to the Lord, ye distant Lands, Ye Tribes of ev'ry Tongue; His new-discovered Grace demands A new and nobler Song. 2 Say to the Nations, JESUS reigns, GOD's own Almighty Son; His Pow'r the sinking World sustains, And Grace surrounds his Throne. 3 Let Heav'n proclaim the joyful Day, Joy through the Earth be seen; Let Cities shine in bright Array, And Fields in chearful Green. 4 Let an unusual Joy surprize The Islands of the Sea: Ye Mountains sink, ye Vallies rise, Prepare the Lord his Way. 5 Behold he comes, he comes to bless The Nations as their GOD; To shew the World his Righteousness, And send his Truth abroad. 6 But when his Voice shall raise the Dead, And bid the World draw near, How will the guilty Nations dread To see their Judge appear? Topics: Christ First and second Coming, or his Incarnation, Kingdom and Judgment; Conversion of Jews and Gentiles; Gentiles owning the true God; God his power and majesty; Incarnation Scripture: Psalm 96:1

Hosanna; the Lord's Day; or, Christ's Resurrection and our Salvation

Appears in 595 hymnals First Line: This is the Day the Lord hath made Lyrics: 1 This is the Day the Lord hath made, He calls the Hours his own; Let Heav'n rejoice, let Earth be glad, And Praise surround the Throne. 2 To-day he rose and left the Dead, And Satan's Empire fell; To-day the Saints his Triumph spread, And all his Wonders tell. 3 Hosanna to th' anointed King, To David's holy Son; Help us, O Lord; descend and bring Salvation from thy Throne. 4 Blest be the Lord, who comes to Men With Messages of Grace; Who comes in GOD his Father's Name To save our sinful Race. 5 Hosanna in the highest Strains The Church on Earth can raise; The Highest Heav'ns, in which he reigns, Shall give him nobler Praise. Topics: Christ his resurrection on the Lord's day; Christ the church's foundation; Church built on Jesus Christ; Deliverance from a Tumult; Deliverance from death; Hosanna for the Lord's day; Lord's day psalm; Praise for eminent Deliverance; Public Thanks for private Mercies Scripture: Psalm 118:24-26

A Hosanna for the Lord's-Day; or, a new Song of Salvation by Christ

Appears in 137 hymnals First Line: See what a living Stone Lyrics: 1 See what a living Stone The Builders did refuse; Yet GOD hath built his Church thereon, In Spite of envious Jews. 2 The Scribe and angry Priest Reject thine only Son; Yet on this Rock shall Sion rest, As the chief Corner-Stone. 3 The Work, O Lord, is Thine, And wond'rous in our Eyes: This Day declares it all divine, This Day did Jesus rise. 4 This is the glorious Day That our Redeemer made; Let us rejoice, and sing and pray, Let all the Church be glad. 5 Hosanna to the King Of David's Royal Blood; Bless Him, ye Saints, He comes to bring Salvation from your GOD. 6 We bless thine holy Word, Which all this Grace displays; And offer on thine Altar, Lord, Our Sacrifice of Praise. Topics: Christ his resurrection on the Lord's day; Christ the church's foundation; Church built on Jesus Christ; Deliverance from a Tumult; Deliverance from death; Hosanna for the Lord's day; Lord's day psalm; Praise for eminent Deliverance; Public Thanks for private Mercies Scripture: Psalm 118:22-27

Mercy to Sufferers; or, GOD hearing Prayer

Appears in 214 hymnals First Line: Let ev'ry Tongue thy Goodness speak Lyrics: 1 Let ev'ry Tongue thy Goodness speak, Thou sov'reign Lord of all; Thy strength'ning Hands uphold the Weak, And raise the Poor that fall. 2 When Sorrow bows the Spirit down, Or Virtue lies distrest Beneath some proud Oppressor's Frown, Thou giv'st the Mourners Rest. 3 The Lord supports our tott'ring Days, And guides our giddy Youth; Holy and just are all his Ways, And all his Words are Truth. 4 He knows the Pain his Servants feel, He hears his Children cry, And their best Wishes to fulfil, His Grace is ever nigh. 5 His Mercy never shall remove From Men of Heart sincere; He saves the Souls whose humble Love Is join'd with holy Fear. 6 [His stubborn Foes his Sword shall slay, And pierce their Hearts with Pain But none that serve the Lord shall say, "They sought his Aid in vain."] 7 [My Lips shall dwell upon his Praise, And spread his Fame abroad; Let all the Sons of Adam raise The Honours of their GOD.] Topics: Afflicted and tempted, supported; Attributes of God; Compassion of God; Faithfulness Of God; God goodness and mercy; God great and good; God His perfections; God kind to his people; God mercy and truth; God worthy of all praise; Persecutions of God; Truth, Grace and Protection Scripture: Psalm 145:14