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Society hymns, original and selected on evangelical and experimental subjects
Publication Date: 1790 Publisher: Printed and sold by Manning & Loring Publication Place: Boston Editors: Manning and loring
Society hymns, original and selected on evangelical and experimental subjects
The good Physician
Appears in 326 hymnals First Line: How lost was my condition Lyrics: 1 How lost was my condition,
Till Jesus made me whole!
There is but one Physician
Can cure a sin-sick soul!
At death's dark door he found me,
And snatch'd me from the grave,
To tell to all around me,
His wondrous power to save.
2 The worst of all diseases
Is light, compar'd with sin;
On ev'ry part it seizes,
But rages most within.
'Tis palsy, plague, and fever,
And madness, all combin'd;
And none but a believer
The least relief can find.
3 From men great skill professing,
I thought a cure to gain;
But this prov'd more distressing,
And added to my pain.
Some said that nothing ail'd me,
Some gave me up for lost;
Thus ev'ry refuge fail'd me,
And all my hopes were cross'd.
4 At length this great Physician,
(How matchless is his grace!)
Accepted my petition,
And undertook my case:
First gave me sight to view him,
For sin my eyes had seal'd;
Then bid me look unto him;
I look'd, and I was heal'd.
5 A dying, risen Jesus,
Seen by the eye of faith;
From every danger frees us,
And saves the soul from death.
Come then to this Physician,
His help he'll freely give;
He makes no hard condition,
'Tis only look, and live.
The good Physician
Lovest Thou Me?
Appears in 278 hymnals First Line: 'Tis a point I long to know Lyrics: 1 'Tis a point I long to know,
Oft it causes anxious thought,
Do I love the Lord, or no;
Am I his, or am I not?
2 If I love, why am I thus?
Why this dull and lifeless frame?
Hardly, sure, can they be worse,
Who have never heard his name.
3 [Could my heart so hard remain,
Prayer a task and burden prove,
Every trifle give me pain,
If I knew a Saviour's love?
4 When I turn my eyes within,
All is dark, and vain, and wild,
Fill'd with unbelief and sin,
Can I deem myself a child?]
5 If I pray, or hear, or read,
Sin is mix'd with all I do;
You who love the Lord indeed,
Tell me, is it thus with you?
6 Yet I mourn my stubborn will,
Find my sin a grief and thrall;
Should I grieve at what I feel,
If I did not love at all?
7 [Could I joy his saints to meet,
Choose the way I once abhorr'd;
Find, at times, the promise sweet
If I did not love the Lord?
8 Lord, decide the doubtful case!
Thou who art the people's sun;
Since upon thy work of grace,
If it be indeed begun.
9 Let me love thee more and more,
If I love at all, I pray;
If I have not lov'd before,
Help me to begin to-day.
Lovest Thou Me?
Prayer answered by Crosses
Appears in 135 hymnals First Line: I ask'd the Lord that I might grow Lyrics: 1 I ask'd the Lord that I might grow
In faith, and love, and every grace;
Might more of his salvation know,
And seek more earnestly his face.
2 'Twas he who taught me thus to pray,
And he, I trust, has answer'd prayer;
But it has been in such a way
As almost drove me to despair.
3 I hoped that in some favour'd hour
At once he'd answer my request;
And, by his love's constraining power,
Subdue my sins, and give me rest.
4 Instead of this, he made me feel
The hidden evils of my heart,
And let the angry powers of hell
Assault my soul in every part.
5 Yea, more, with his own hand he seem'd
Intent to aggravate my woe;
Cross'd all the fair designs I schem'd,
Blasted my gourds, and laid me low.
6 "Lord, why is this?" I trembling cry'd,
"Wilt thou pursue thy worm to death?"
"'Tis in this way," the Lord reply'd,
"I answer prayer for grace and faith.
7 "These inward trials I employ
"From self, and pride, to set thee free,
"And break thy schemes of earthly joy,
"That thou may'st seek thy all in me."
Prayer answered by Crosses
A Mercy-Seat
Hymnal: SHOS1790 #I (1790) First Line: Near to thy mercy-seat, O God Lyrics: 1 Near to thy mercy-seat, O God,
With conscious guilt I come:
No sacrifice but Jesus' blood
Can for such guilt atone.
2 Nor am I safe with such a plea,
Thought Jesus bled and dy'd;
My broken heart must healed be,
My conscience purify'd.
3 Then may I venture near thy throne,
When mercy points the way;
Then, offer incense not my own,
And humbly dare to pray.
4 How did my soul, in seasons past,
Enjoy thy gracious smiles!
So sweet thy word, so lov'd thy courts,
So hateful Satan's wiles.
5 But darkness, doubts, and ceaseless grief
Possess my weary heart:
When wilt thou come to my relief,
And bid my foes depart?
6 I cannot bear to wander thus,
And still thine absence mourn;
Assist thy humble penitent
To make a quick return.
7 Into thy blessed arms I fly;
Dear Jesus, bid me come;
My spirit sees no other rest,
My soul no other home. Languages: English
A Mercy-Seat
The Church's Request
Hymnal: SHOS1790 #II (1790) First Line: The little flock, on Zion's hill Lyrics: 1 The little flock, on Zion's hill,
In happy union blest,
Implore their great Redeemer, still
To grant them one request.
2 Distinguish'd mercy found a place,
And let the flock to rest:
Head of thy church, we seek thy face,
To grant us one request.
3 Thy sovereign favours, freely giv'n,
Our hearts have deep imprest;
Still hear our pray'r, indulgent Heav'n,
And grant us one request.
4 While some are gather'd to the fold,
By mercy's high behest,
Do thou our infant state behold,
And grant us one request.
5 With thoughtless souls, and anxious mind
Thy courts are daily prest;
That each a portion here may find,
O grant us this request.
6 A faithful pastor, Lord, prepare;
'Twas Jesus' great bequest;
For this we raise our ceaseless prayer:
O grant this one request.
7 Then shall our grateful hearts adore
Thine interposing love;
This gift bestow'd, we'll grieve no more,
But wait the joys above.
Languages: English
The Church's Request
Return of Joy
Hymnal: SHOS1790 #III (1790) First Line: When darkness long has veil'd my mind Lyrics: 1 When darkness long has veil'd my mind,
And smiling day once more appears;
Then, my Redeemer, then I find
The folly of my doubts and fears.
2 I chide my unbelieving heart;
And blush that I should ever be
Thus prone to act so base a part,
Or harbor one hard thought of thee.
3 O let me then at length be taught
(What I am still so slow to learn;)
That God is love, and changes not,
Nor knows the shadow of a turn.
4 Sweet truth, and easy to repeat;
But when my faith is sharply tried
I find myself a learner yet,
Unskilful, weak, and apt to slide.
5 But, O my Lord, one look from thee
Subdues the disobedient will;
Drives doubt and discontent away,
And thy rebellious worm is still.
6 Thou art as ready to forgive
As I am ready to repine;
Thou, therefore, all the praise receive;
Be shame, and self-abhorrence, mine. Languages: English
Return of Joy
Manning and Loring
Person Name: Manning and loring Publisher of "" in Society hymns, original and selected on evangelical and experimental subjects
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