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O Help Us Lord, Each Hour of Need

Author: Henry H. Milman Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 191 hymnals First Line: O help us, Lord, each hour of need Lyrics: 1. O help us, Lord, each hour of need Thy heavenly succor give; Help us in thought, and word, and deed, Each hour on earth we live. 2. O help us, when our spirits bleed With contrite anguish sore; And when our hearts are cold and dead, O help us, Lord, the more. 3. O help us through the prayer of faith More firmly to believe; For still the more the servant hath, The more shall he receive. 4. If, strangers to Thy fold, we call, Imploring at Thy feet The crumbs that from Thy table fall, ’Tis all we dare entreat. 5. But be it, Lord of mercy, all, So Thou wilt grant but this: The crumbs that from Thy table fall Are light, and life, and bliss. 6. O help us, Jesu, from on high, We know no help but Thee; O help us to so to live and die, As Thine in Heav’n to be. Used With Tune: BEDFORD Text Sources: Hymns Written and Adapted to the Weekly Church Service of the Year, by Reginald Heber (London: J. Murray, 1827)

How wretched was our former state

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 5 hymnals Lyrics: 1 How wretched was our former state, when, slaves to Satan’s sway, with hearts disorder'd and impure, o’erwhelmed in sin we lay! 2 But, O my soul! for ever praise, for ever love his name, who turn'd thee from the fatal paths of folly, sin, and shame. 3 Vain and presumptuous is the trust which in our works we place, salvation from a higher source flows to the human race. 4 ’Tis from the mercy of our God that all our hopes begin; his mercy sav'd our souls from death, and wash'd our souls from sin. 5 His Spirit, through the Saviour shed, its sacred fire imparts, refines our dross, and love divine rekindles in our hearts. 6 Thence rais'd from death, we live anew; and, justify'd by grace, we hope in glory to appear, and see our Father’s face. 7 Let all who hold this faith and hope in holy deeds abound; thus faith approves itself sincere, by active virtue crown'd. Scripture: Titus 3:3-9 Used With Tune: BEDFORD (1st form)

With Songs and Honors Sounding Loud

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 280 hymnals Lyrics: 1. With songs and honors sounding loud, Address the Lord on high; Over the heav’ns He spreads His cloud, And waters veil the sky. 2. He sends His showers of blessing down To cheer the plains below; He makes the grass the mountains crown, And corn in valleys grow. 3. He gives the grazing ox his meat, He hears the raven’s cry; But man, who tastes His finest wheat, Should raise His honors high. 4. His steady counsels change the face Of the declining year; He bids the sun cut short his race, And wintry days appear. 5. His hoary frost, His fleecy snow, Descend and clothe the ground; The liquid streams forbear to flow, In icy fetters bound. 6. When from the dreadful stores on high He pours the rattling hail, The wretch that dares this God defy Shall find his courage fail. 7. He sends His Word, and melts the snow, The fields no longer mourn; He calls the warmer gales to blow, And bids the spring return. 8. The changing wind, the flying cloud, Obey His mighty Word: With songs and honors sounding loud, Praise ye the sovereign Lord. Used With Tune: BEDFORD Text Sources: The Psalms of David, 1719

If Thou impart Thyself to me

Author: C. Wesley Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 41 hymnals Lyrics: 1 If Thou impart Thyself to me, No other good I need: If Thou, the Son, shalt make me free, I shall be free indeed. 2 I know in Thee all fulness dwells, And all for wretched man: Fill every want my spirit feels, And break off every chain! 3 From sin, the guilt, the power, the pain, Thou wilt redeem my soul: Lord, I believe, and not in vain; My faith shall make me whole. 4 I too with Thee shall walk in white, With all Thy saints shall prove What is the length, and breadth, and height, And depth of perfect love. Topics: The Order of Salvation Faith and Justification; Sundays in Lent; Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity Used With Tune: BEDFORD

Father, whate'er of earthly bliss

Author: Anne Steele (1717-1778) Appears in 876 hymnals Used With Tune: BEDFORD

There is a fountain filled with blood

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 2,492 hymnals Lyrics: 1 There is a fountain filled with blood Drawn from Immanuel's veins; And sinners, plunged neath that flood, Lose all their guilty stains. 2 The dying thief rejoiced to see That fountain in his day; And there have I, as vile as he, Washed all my sins away. 3 Dear dying Lamb, Thy precious blood Shall never lose its power, Till all the ransomed church of God Be saved, to sin no more. 4 E'er since, by faith, I saw the stream Thy flowing wounds supply, Redeeming love has been my theme, And shall be till I die. 5 Then in a nobler, sweeter song, I'll sing Thy power to save, When this poor lisping, stammering tongue Lies silent in the grave. Topics: Justification Used With Tune: BEDFORD

Frequent the day of God returns

Author: Simon Browne Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 191 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Frequent the day of God returns, To shed its quickening beams; And yet how slow devotion burns, How languid are its flames! 2 Accept my faint attempts to love; Our frailties, Lord, forgive. We would be like Thy saints above, And praise Thee while we live. 3 Increase, O Lord, our faith and hope, And fit us to ascend Where the assembly ne'er breaks up, The Sabbath ne'er shall end; 4 Where we shall breathe in heavenly air, With heavenly lustre shine; Before the throne of God appear, And feast on Love divine. Topics: Worship Public Worship Used With Tune: BEDFORD

The Head that once was crowned with thorns

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 514 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The Head that once was crowned with thorns Is crowned with glory now; A royal diadem adorns The mighty Victor's brow. 2 The highest place that heaven affords Is His by sovereign right: The King of kings and Lord of lords, And heaven's eternal Light. 3 The joy of all who dwell above, The joy of all below, To whom He manifests His love, And grants His name to know. 4 To them the cross, with all its shame, With all its grace, is given; Their name, an everlasting name, Their joy, the joy of heaven. 5 The cross He bore is life and health, Though shame and death to Him: His people's hope, His people's wealth, Their everlasting theme. Topics: TheChurch Year Ascension; Christ Cross of; Christ King; Christ Victor Used With Tune: BEDFORD

Father of Mercies, in Thy Word

Author: Anne Steele Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 759 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Father of mercies, in Thy Word What endless glory shines! Forever be Thy name adored For these celestial lines. 2 Here may the blind and hungry come And light and food receive; Here shall the lowliest guest have room And taste and see and live. 3 Here springs of consolation rise To cheer the fainting mind, And thirsty souls receive supplies And sweet refreshment find. 4 Here the Redeemer’s welcome voice Spreads heav'nly peace around, And life and everlasting joys Attend the blissful sound. 5 Oh, may these hallowed pages be My ever dear delight; And still new beauties may I see And still increasing light! 6 Divine Instructor, gracious Lord, Be Thou forever near; Teach me to love Thy sacred Word, And view my Savior here. Amen. Topics: The Word Law and Gospel Scripture: Psalm 119:127 Used With Tune: BEDFORD