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I bow my forehead to the dust

Author: John Greenleaf Whittier Appears in 76 hymnals Used With Tune: AMESBURY

You That Have Spent the Silent Night

Author: George Gascoigne, 1525-1777 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 33 hymnals Lyrics: 1. You that have spent the silent night In sleep and quiet rest, And joy to see the cheerful light That riseth in the east, Now clear your voice, now cheer your heart, Come, help me now to sing; Each willing wight, come bear a part, To praise the heavenly King. 2. And you whom care in prison keeps Or sickness doth suppress, Or secret sorrow breaks your sleeps Or dolours to distress: Yet bear a part in humble wise, Yea, think it good accord, And full and fitting sacrifice Each soul to praise the Lord. 3. Unto His joys for to attain God grant us all His grace, And send us after worldly pain In Heav’n to have a place; Where we may still enjoy that light Which never shall decay: Lord, for Thy mercy lend us might To see that joyful day. Used With Tune: AMESBURY

My heart is resting, O my God

Author: Anna L. Waring, 1820-1910 Appears in 96 hymnals Topics: Communion with Christ; Contentment; Heart Surrender of; Oneness with Christ; Rest Used With Tune: AMESBURY

When Pharaoh Dared to Vex the Saints

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 11 hymnals Lyrics: 1. When Pharaoh dared to vex the saints, And thus provoked their God, Moses was sent at their complaints, Armed with his dreadful rod. He called for darkness; darkness came Like an o’erwhelming flood; He turned each lake and every stream To lakes and streams of blood. 2. He gave the sign, and noisome flies Through the whole country spread; And frogs in croaking armies rise About the monarch’s bed. Through fields, and towns, and palaces, The tenfold vengeance flew; Locusts in swarms devoured their trees, And hail their cattle slew. 3. Then by an angel’s midnight stroke The flower of Egypt died; The strength of every house was broke, Their glory and their pride. Now let the world forbear its rage, Nor put the church in fear; Israel must live through every age, And be th’Almighty’s care. Used With Tune: AMESBURY Text Sources: The Psalms of David, 1719

My Savior, on the Word of Truth

Author: Anna L. Waring Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 17 hymnals Lyrics: 1. My Savior, on the word of truth In earnest hope I live; I ask for all the precious things Thy boundless love can give. I look for many a lesser light About my path to shine; But chiefly long to walk with Thee, And only trust in Thine. 2. In holy expectation held, Thy strength my heart shall stay, For Thy right hand will never let My trust be cast away. Yea, Thou hast kept me near Thy feet, In many a deadly strife, By the stronghold of hope in Thee, The hope of endless life. 3. Thou knowest that I am not blest As Thou wouldst have me be, Till all the peace and joy of faith Possess my soul in Thee And still I seek ’mid many fears, With yearnings unexpressed, The comforts of Thy strengthening love, Thy soothing, settling rest. 4. It is not as Thou wilt with me, Till, humbled in the dust; I know no place in all my heart Wherein to put my trust. Until I find, O Lord, in Thee, The Lowly and the Meek, That fullness which Thy own redeemed Go nowhere else to seek. 5. Then, O my Savior, on my soul, Cast down, but not dismayed, Still be Thy chastening, healing hand In tender, mercy laid. And while I wait for all Thy joys, My yearning heart to fill, Teach me to walk and work with Thee, And at Thy feet sit still. Used With Tune: AMESBURY Text Sources: Hymns and Meditations, 1850

Eternal God, Whose Power Upholds

Author: Henry Hallam Tweedy, 1868-1953 Appears in 54 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Eternal God, whose power upholds Both flower and flaming star, To whom there is no here nor there, No time, no near nor far, No alien race, no foreign shore, No child unsought, unknown, O send us forth, Thy prophets true, To make all lands Thine own! 2. O God of love, whose Spirit wakes In every human breast, Whom love, and love alone can know, In whom all hearts find rest, Help us to spread Thy gracious reign Till greed and hate shall cease, And kindness dwell in human hearts, And all the earth find peace! 3. O God of truth, whom science seeks And reverent souls adore, Who lightest every earnest mind Of every clime and shore, Dispel the gloom of error’s night, Of ignorance and fear, Until true wisdom from above Shall make life’s pathway clear! 4. O God of beauty, oft revealed In dreams of human art, In speech that flows to melody, In holiness of heart, Teach us to ban all ugliness That blinds our eyes to Thee, Till all shall know the loveliness Of lives made fair and free. 5. O God of righteousness and grace, Seen in the Christ, Thy Son, Whose life and death reveal Thy face, By whom Thy will was done. Inspire Thy heralds of good news To live Thy life divine, Till Christ has formed in all mankind And every land is Thine! Used With Tune: AMESBURY

Veil, Lord, Mine Eyes till She Be Past

Author: George Wither, 1588-1667 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Veil, Lord, mine eyes till she be past, When folly tempts my sight; Keep Thou my palate and my taste From gluttonous delight. Stop Thou mine ear from sirens’ songs, My tongue from lies restrain; Withhold my hands from doing wrongs, My feet from courses vain. 2. Teach, likewise, every other sense To act an honest part, But chiefly settle innocence And pureness in my heart; So naught without me or within, Shall work an ill effect, By tempting me to act a sin, Or virtues to neglect. Used With Tune: AMESBURY

O Master Workman of the race

Author: Jay T. Stocking Appears in 110 hymnals Used With Tune: AMESBURY

Good Is the Lord, the Heav'nly King

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 106 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Good is the Lord, the heav’nly King, Who makes the earth His care; Visits the pastures every spring, And bids the grass appear. The clouds, like rivers, raised on high Pour out at Thy command Their watery blessings from the sky, To cheer the thirsty land. 2. The softened ridges of the field Permit the corn to spring; The valleys rich provision yield, And the poor laborers sing. The little hills, on every side, Rejoice at falling showers; The meadows, dressed in all their pride, Perfume the air with flowers. 3. The barren clods, refreshed with rain, Promise a joyful crop; The parching grounds look green again, And raise the reaper’s hope. The various months Thy goodness crowns; How bounteous Thy ways! The bleating flocks spread o’er the downs, And shepherds shout Thy praise. Used With Tune: AMESBURY Text Sources: The Psalms of David, 1719