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How tedious and tasteless the hours

Author: Newton Appears in 649 hymnals Lyrics: 1 How tedious and tasteless the hours When Jesus no longer I see! Sweet prospects, sweet birds, and sweet flowers Have lost all their sweetness to me: The midsummer sun shines but dim, The fields strive in vain to look gay; But when I am happy in him, December's as pleasant as May. 2 His name yields the richest perfume, And sweeter than music his voice; His presence disperses my gloom, And makes all within me rejoice: I should, were he always thus nigh, Have nothing to wish or to fear; No mortal so happy as I-- My summer would last all the year. 3 Content with beholding his face, My all to his pleasure resigned, No changes of season or place Would make any change in my mind: While blest with a sense of his love, A palace a toy would appear; And prisons would palaces prove, If Jesus would dwell with me there. 4 My Lord, if indeed I am thine, If thou art my sun and my song, Say, why do I languish and pine? And why are my winters so long? Oh, drive these dark clouds from my sky; Thy soul-cheering presence restore; Or take me to thee up on high, Where winter and clouds are no more. Topics: The Christian Life Declension and Renewal; All-Sufficiency of Jesus Scripture: Song of Solomon 1:3

Spirit of faith, come down

Author: C. Wesley Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 157 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Spirit of faith, come down, Reveal the things of God; And make to us the Godhead known, And witness with the blood; 'Tis thine the blood t'apply, And give us eyes to see That he who did for sinners die, Hath surely died for me. 2 No man can truly say That Jesus is the Lord, Unless thou take the veil away, And breathe the living word: Then, only then we feel Our interest in his blood, And cry, with joy unspeakable, Thou art my Lord, my God! 3 Oh, that the world might know The all-atoning Lamb! Spirit of faith, descend and show The virtue of his Name: The grace which all may find, The saving power impart; And testify to all mankind, And speak in every heart. Topics: The Holy Spirit; The Revealing and Witnessing Spirit Scripture: Acts 2

Jesus is our loving Savior

Author: Clark Appears in 15 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Jesus is our loving Saviour, He, our best and constant Friend; In his service life is pleasure, For he loveth to the end. Loving Saviour! Here we at thy footstool bend. 2 Jesus is the children's Saviour! 'Twas for them he shed his blood; Died, that poor and needy sinners Might be reconciled to God. Dying Saviour! Bearing thus our sinful load. 3 Jesus is the children's Saviour! Suffer them, he says, to come; If they seek his face and favor, They shall share his heavenly home. Risen Saviour! Nevermore from thee to roam. 4 Loving, suffering, dying Saviour! Risen, glorious on thy throne, Haste the day when every idol Shall by truth be overthrown, And the kingdoms Of the earth to thee belong. Topics: The Sunday School; The Children's Saviour

Joy to the world, the Lord is come

Author: Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,880 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Joy to the world, the Lord is come, Let earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare him room, And heaven and nature sing. 2 Joy to the earth, the Saviour reigns, Let men their songs employ; While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains, Repeat the sounding joy. 3 No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make his blessings flow Far as the curse is found. 4 He rules the world with truth and grace, And makes the nations prove The glorious of his righteousness and wonders of his love. Topics: Christ Incarnation; The Kingly Advent Scripture: Luke 2:10

Call Jehovah thy salvation

Author: Montgomery Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 216 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Call Jehovah thy salvation, Rest beneath the Almighty's shade; In his secret habitation Dwell, nor ever be dismayed. 2 Since, with firm and pure affection, Thou on God hast set thy love, With the wings of his protection He will shield thee from above. 3 Thou shalt call on him in trouble, He will hearken, he will save; Here, for grief reward thee double, Crown with life beyond the grave. Topics: The Christian Family Changes; Always Protected Scripture: Proverbs 3:5

Here, Savior, we would come

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 26 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Here, Saviour, we would come, In thine appointed way; Obedient to thy high commands, Our solemn vows we pay. 2 Oh, bless this sacred rite, To bring us near to thee; And may we find that as our day Our strength shall also be. Topics: The Christian Church Baptism; Follow Thou Me Text Sources: English Baptist Collection

Deep are the wounds which sin has made

Author: Steele Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 166 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Deep are the wounds which sin has made: Where shall the sinner find a cure? In vain, alas! is nature's aid; The work exceeds all nature's power. 2 There is a great Physician near: Look up, O fainting soul! and live: See, in his heavenly smiles appear Such ease as nature can not give. 3 See, in the Saviour's dying blood Life, health, and bliss abundant flow; 'Tis only this dear, sacred flood Can ease thy pain and heal thy woe. Topics: Provisions of the Gospel Invitations and Promises; The Great Physician Scripture: Jeremiah 8:22

God is a name my soul adores

Author: Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 82 hymnals Lyrics: 1 God is a name my soul adores-- The Almighty Three, the Eternal One; Nature and grace, with all their powers, Confess the Infinite Unknown. 2 Thy voice produced the seas and spheres, Bade the waves roar and planets shine: But nothing like thyself appears Through all these spacious works of thine. 3 Still restless nature dies and grows-- From change to change the creatures run: Thy being no succession knows, And all thy vast designs are one. 4 How shall polluted mortals dare To sing thy glory or thy grace? Beneath thy feet we lie afar, And see but shadows of thy face. 5 Who can behold the blazing light? Who can approach consuming flame? None but thy wisdom knows thy might, None but thy word can speak thy name. Topics: Attributes of God Immutability; Greatness of God

I own my guilt, my sins confess

Author: Crittenden Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 14 hymnals Lyrics: 1 I own my guilt, my sins confess; Can men or devils make them more? Of crimes already numberless, Vain the attempt to swell the score. 2 Were the black list before my sight, While I remember thou hast died, 'Twould only urge my speedier flight To seek salvation at thy side. 3 Low at thy feet I'll cast me down, To thee reveal my guilt and fear; And if thou spurn me from thy throne, I'll be the first who perished there. Topics: The Christian System Repentance and Faith; Acknowledged Guilt

Jesus hath died that I might live

Author: C. Wesley Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 125 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Jesus hath died that I might live, Might live to God alone; In him eternal life receive, And be in spirit one. 2 Saviour, I thank thee for thy grace, The gift unspeakable; And wait, with arms of faith t' embrace, And all thy love to feel. 3 My soul breaks out in strong desire The perfect bliss to prove; My longing heart is all on fire To be dissolved in love. 4 Give me thyself; from every boast-- From every wish set free; Let all I am in thee be lost, But give thyself to me. 5 Thy gifts, alas! can not suffice, Unless thyself be given; Thy presence makes my paradise, And where thou art is heaven. Topics: The Christian System Adoption And Sanctification; Longing to be Dissolved in Love