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Arise, my soul, arise

Author: C. Wesley, 1707-1788 Appears in 893 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Arise, my soul, arise, Shake off thy guilty fears; The bleeding sacrifice In my behalf appears; Before the throne my surety stands; My name is written on His hands. 2 He ever lives above, For me to intercede, His all-redeeming love, His precious blood, to plead; His blood atoned for all our race, And sprinkles now the throne of grace. 3 Five bleeding wounds He bears, Received on Calvary; They pour effectual prayers, They strongly speak for me: "Forgive him, O forgive," they cry, "Nor let that ransomed sinner die!" 4 The Father hears Him pray, His dear anointed One; He cannot turn away The presence of His Son: His Spirit answers to the blood, And tells me I am born of God. 5 My God is reconciled, His pardoning voice I hear He owns me for His child, I can no longer fear; With confidence I now draw nigh, And "Father, Abba, Father!" cry. Topics: Blood of Christ; Christ Blood of; Christ Rock of Ages; Christ Sacrifice; Atonement Universality of; Adoption Joy of; Advocate Christ, our; Adoption Spirit of; Assurance Of Adoption; Abba Father; The Godhead The Son; Wounds Of Christ; Witness of the Spirit; Joy Of Adoption; Joy Of Assurance; Spirit Of Adoption ; Spirit Witness of the ; Throne of Grace; Sin Sacrifice for; Sacrifice Of Christ; Reconciliation, through Christ Used With Tune: LENOX

Rock of ages, cleft for me

Author: A. M. Toplady, 1740-1778; Thomas Cotterell, 1779-1823 Appears in 2,959 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Rock of ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee; Let the water and the blood, From Thy wounded side which flowed, Be of sin the double cure, Save from wrath and make me pure. 2 Could my tears for ever flow, Could my zeal no languor know, These for sin could not atone; Thou must save and Thou alone; In my hand no price I bring, Simply to Thy cross I cling. 3 While I draw this fleeting breath, When my eyes shall close in death, When I rise to worlds unknown, And behold Thee on Thy throne, Rock of ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee. Topics: Atonement Through Christ; Christ Cross of; Christ Rock of Ages; The Godhead The Son; Trust, in Christ; Rock Of Ages; Tears Used With Tune: AJALON

One sweetly solemn thought

Author: Phoebe Cary, 1824-1871 Appears in 712 hymnals Lyrics: 1 One sweetly solemn thought Comes to me o'er and o'er I am nearer home today Than I ever have been before. 2 Nearer my Father's house, Where the many mansions be; Nearer the great white throne, Nearer the crystal sea; 3 Nearer the bound of life Where we lay our burdens down; Nearer leaving the cross, Nearer gaining the crown. 4 But lying darkly between, Winding down through the night, Is the deep and unknown stream To be crossed ere we reach the light. 5. Jesu, perfect my trust, Strengthen the grasp of my faith: Let me feel Thee near when I stand On the edge of the shore of death; 6 Feel Thee near when my feet Are slipping over the brink; For it may be I'm nearer home, Nearer now than I think. Amen. Topics: Christ Sun of Righteousness; The Church and the Kingdom of God Evening; Heaven A House ; Heaven Hope of; Heaven Our Home; Home Heaven our; Hope Of Heaven Used With Tune: AMBROSE

When shall Thy love constrain

Author: C. Wesley, 1707-1788 Appears in 100 hymnals Lyrics: 1 When shall Thy love constrain, And force me to Thy breast? When shall my soul return again To her eternal rest? 2 Ah! what avails my strife, My wand'ring to and fro? Thou hast the words of endless life; Ah! whither should I go? 3 Thy condescending grace To me did freely move; It calls me still to seek Thy face, And stoops to ask my love. 4 And can I yet delay My love, my life to give? To tear my soul from earth away, My Jesus to receive? 5 Nay, but I yield, I yield! I can hold out no more; I sink, by dying love compelled, And own Thee conqueror. Topics: Christ Condescension of; Christ Love of; The Church and the Kingdom of God Evangelism; Delay; Love Of Christ; Guilt; Heart Sinful Used With Tune: TRENTHAM

My God and Father, while I stray

Author: Charlotte Elliott (Mrs. Tonna), 1789-1871 Appears in 573 hymnals Lyrics: 1 My God and Father, while I stray Far from my home in life's rough way, O 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 Let 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 that now 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." Topics: The Christian Life The Inner Life; Will Of God; Sickness, bodily ; Resignation; God Will of; Fatherhood, of God Used With Tune: TROYTE'S CHANT

O Love Divine! what hast Thou done!

Author: C. Wesley, 1707-1788 Appears in 153 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O Love Divine! what hast Thou done! The incarnate God hath died for me! The Father's co-eternal Son Bore all my sins upon the tree: The incarnate God for me hath died; My Lord, my Love, is crucified. 2 Behold Him, all ye that pass by, The bleeding Prince of Life and Peace! Come, sinners, see your Saviour die, And say, was ever grief like His! Come, feel with me His blood applied; My Lord, my Love, is crucified. 3 Is crucified for me and you, To bring us rebels back to God; Believer, believe the record true; Ye all are bought with Jesus' blood; Pardon for all flows from His side; My Lord, my Love, is crucified. 4 Then let us sit beneath His cross, And gladly catch the healing stream; All things for Him account but loss, And give up all our hearts to Him; Of nothing think or speak beside My Lord, my Love is crucified. Topics: Christ Love of; Christ Prince of Peace; The Godhead The Son; Love Of Christ; Love Divine; Prince of Peace; Substitute, Christ our Used With Tune: ST. CHRYSOSTOM

O Holy Father, who in tender love

Author: Bp. E. H. Bickersteth, 1825-1906 Appears in 7 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O Holy Father, who in tender love Didst give Thine only Son for us to die, The while He pleads at Thy right hand above, We in One Spirit now with faith draw nigh, And, as we eat this Bread and drink this Wine, Plead His once offered Sacrifice Divine. 2 We are not worthy to be called Thy sons, Nor gather up the fragments of Thy feast; Yet look on us, Thy sorrowing contrite ones, On us in Him our Advocate and Priest, Whose robe is fringed with mercy's golden bells, Whose breastplate fathomless compassion tells. 3 O hear us, For Thou always hearest Him; Behold us sprinkled with His precious blood; And from between the shadowing cherubim Shine forth, and grant us in this heavenly food Foretastes of coming glory, and meanwhile A Father's blessing and a Father's smile. 4 Nor only, Father, in Thy presence here Low at Thy footstool for ourselves we pray, But for the loved ones to our hearts most near At home or toiling in far lands away; O guard them, guide them, comfort and befriend, And keep them Thine unfaltering to the end. 5 And, Father, ere we leave Thy mercy-throne, Bound by these sacred pledges, yet most free, We give our hearts, and not our hearts alone, But all we are and all we have to thee; Glad free-will offerings all our pilgrim days, Hereafter an eternity of praise. Topics: Advent Second Coming of Christ; Advocate Christ, our; Communion Of Saints; Compassion, Divine; The Church and the Kingdom of God Ordinances; God Compassion of ; Lord's Supper; Sprinkled Blood; Sacrifice For sin; Sacrifice Of Christ Used With Tune: UNDE ET MEMORES

O brother man! Fold to thy heart thy brother

Author: J. G. Whittier, 1807-1892 Appears in 152 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O brother man! Fold to thy heart thy brother, Where pity dwells, the peace of God is there; To worship rightly is to love each other, Each smile a hymn, each kindly deed a prayer. 2 For he whom Jesus loved hath truly spoken: The holier worship which He deigns to bless Restores the lost, and binds the spirit broken, And feeds the widow and the fatherless! 3 Follow with rev'rent steps the great example Of Him whose holy work was "doing good;" So shall the wide earth seem our Father's temple, Each loving life a psalm of gratitude. Topics: Prayer For the People; Prayer For the People; Brotherhood Universal; The Church and the Kingdom of God Social Service; Universal Brotherhood Used With Tune: CARMAN

Let everlasting glories crown

Author: Dr. Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Appears in 142 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Let everlasting glories crown Thy head, my Saviour and my Lord; Thy hands have brought salvation down, And writ the blessing in Thy Word. 2 In vain our trembling conscience seeks Some solid ground to rest upon; With long despair our spirit breaks, Till we apply to Thee alone. 3 How well Thy blessed truths agree! How wise and holy Thy commands! Thy promises, how firm they be! How firm our hope and comfort stands! 4 Should all the forms that men devise Assault my faith with treacherous art, I'd call them vanity and lies, And bind Thy Gospel to my heart. Topics: Scriptures Power of ; Scriptures Power of ; Scriptures Inspired; The Godhead Holy Scripture; Joy In Scriptures; Scriptures Joy in ; God Promises; Gospel Excellency of; Inspiration Of Scriptures; Promises of God Used With Tune: MENDON

Saviour, while my heart is tender

Author: J. Burton, Jr. 1803-1877 Appears in 126 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Saviour, while my heart is tender, I would yield that heart to Thee; All my powers to Thee surrender, Thine, and only Thine, to be. 2 Take me now, Lord Jesus, take me, Let my youthful heart be Thine; Thy devoted servant make me, Fill my soul with love divine. 3 Send me, Lord, where Thou wilt send me, Only do Thou guide my way; May Thy grace through life attend me, Gladly then shall I obey. 4 Let me do Thy will or hear it, I will know no will but Thine; Shouldst Thou take my life, or spare it, I that life to Thee resign. 5 May this solemn dedication Never once forgotten lie; Let it know no revocation, Published and confirmed on high. 6 Thine I am, O Lord, for ever, To Thy service set apart; Suffer me to leave Thee never, Seal Thine image on my heart. Topics: Dedication Of Youth; Dedication Of Youth; Children Consecrated to Christ; For the Young; Consecration Of Youth; Consecration To God; Youthful Consecration ; Piety, early Used With Tune: ST. OSWALD