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Psalm 19
The law that the Lord has ordained Is perfect, the soul to restore; His truth makes the simple most wise, The truth that is sure evermore. His precepts are righteous and just, Rejoicing the heart and the mind; And all His commandments are pure, Enlightening the eyes of the blind.…
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William Augustus Muhlenberg (1826) • English
Genesis 7:1
O cease, my wand'ring soul, On restless wing to roam; All this wide world, to either pole, Hath not for thee a home. Behold the ark of God! Behold the open door! O haste to gain that dear abode, And rove, my soul, no more. There safe thou shalt abide, There sweet shall be thy res…
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Isaac Watts (1719) • English
Psalm 30:5-9
High in the heavens, eternal God, your goodness in full glory shines: your truth shall break through every cloud that veils and darkens your designs. Forever firm your justice stands, as mountains their foundations keep; wise are the wonders of your hands; your judgments are a mi…
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Isaac Watts • English
Psalms 110-111
Great is the Lord; his works of might Demand our noblest songs: Let his assembled saints unite Their harmony of tongues. Great is the mercy of the Lord; He gives his children food; And, ever mindful of his word, He makes his promise good. His Son, the great Redeemer, came To seal…
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Wm. G. Schell (1893) • English
Luke 10:2
On the borders of eternity The world is standing now, In a moment all the wicked Will be lost in endless woe; Oh, they need some Gospel teacher That they might salvation know; Who will quickly go and warn them? Brother, sister, will you go? Hear them calling for the Gospel, Come…
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Isaac Watts • English
Psalm 14
I’ll speak the honours of my King. His form divinely fair; None of the sons of mortal race May with the Lord compare. Sweet is thy speech, and heavenly grace Upon thy lips is shed; Thy God with blessings infinite Has crowned thy sacred head. Gird on thy sword, victorious Prince,…
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Isaac Watts • English
Psalm 62:5-12
Behold how sinners disagree, The publican and Pharisee! One doth his righteousness proclaim, The other owns his guilt and shame. This man at humble distance stands, And cries for grace with lifted hands That boldly rises near the throne, And talks of duties he has done. The Lord…
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Felicia D. B. Hemans • English
Revelation 14:7
The breaking waves dash’d high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches toss’d; And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o’er, When a band of exiles moor’d their bark On the wild New England shore. Not as the conq’ror come…
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C. R. Blackall • English
Isaiah 26:4
Awhile o’er earth’s mountains we’re roaming, Thro’ valleys adorned with green; Sometimes there are shadows and darkness, But often the golden sheen. Each cloud has a silver-bright lining, The gloom cannot last alway; And soon will come happy tomorrow, Unfolding the perfect day; A…
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Lorraine Nelsen • English
1 Corinthians 4:2
The Pilgrim spirit moveth Across the world this day; Uniting youth in service, To Jesus' holy way. It knows no race nor kindred, No narrow, selfish plan, But only the fulfillment Of what our Lord began. We are fellow Pilgrims In the Master's plan To make of all the nations One br…
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Barney Elliott Warren • English
Psalm 91:2
Walking through life’s dark, shady valley, Walking with Jesus day by day; Crossing the vale through death’s cold alley, He will be with me all the way. Keep me, O Lord, from harm and danger, Trusting Thy grace while here I stay; I am a pilgrim and a stranger, Help me to humbly wa…
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John Wesley • English
Matthew 6:21
How happy is the pilgrim's lot, How free from every anxious thought, From worldly hope and fear! Confined to neither court nor cell, His soul disdains on earth to dwell,-- He only sojourns here. No foot of land do I possess, No cottage in this wilderness; A poor wayfaring man, I…
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James Montgomery • English
Matthew 6:21
As through this changing world we roam From infancy to age, Heaven is the Christian pilgrim's home, His rest at every stage; Thither his raptured thoughts ascend, Eternal joys to share; There his adoring spirit bends, While here he kneels in prayer. From earth his freed affection…
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Charles Wesley • English
Isaiah 35:10
Leader of faithful souls, and Guide Of all who travel to the sky, Come, and with us, even us, abide, Who would on Thee alone rely; On Thee alone our spirits stay, While held in life's uneven way. Strangers and pilgrims here below, This earth, we know is not our place; But hasten…
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John Cennick (1743) • English
Exodus 14:15
Children of the heavenly King, As we journey let us sing; Sing our Savior’s worthy praise, Glorious in His works and ways, Glorious in His works and ways. We are traveling home to God, In the way our fathers trod; They are happy now, and we Soon their happiness shall see, Soon th…
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Charles Wesley • English
Hebrews 11:13
Come, let us anew Our journey pursue, With vigour arise, And press to our permanent place in the skies: Of heavenly birth, Tho' wand'irng on earth, This is not our place, But strangers and pilgrims ourselves we confess. At Jesus' call, We give up our All; And still we forego, For…
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Isaac Watts • English
Job 14:14
Lord! what a wretched land is this, That yields us no supply! No cheering fruits, no wholesome trees, Nor streams of living joy! But pricking thorns through all the ground, And mortal poisons grow, And all the rivers that are found With dangerous waters flow. Yet the dear path to…
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Isaac Watts • English
Psalm 103
The pity of the Lord, To those that fear his name, Is such as tender parents feel; He knows our feeble frame. He knows we are but dust, Scattered with every breath; His anger, like a rising wind, Can send us swift to death. Our days are like the grass Or like the morning flower,…
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M. B. C. Slade • English
John 14:2
There's a beautiful place for you and for me, We homeless shall be nevermore; For a mansion prepared by Jesus I see, And he is the Way and the Door. Beautiful home! beautiful home! Singing its story I tell, O enter, my soul, no longer to roam, Forever with Jesus to dwell. And I n…
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Charles Wesley • English
Ephesians 2:8
Let the world their virtue boast, And works of righteousness, I, a wretch undone and lost, Am freely saved by grace. Take me, Saviour, as I am, And let me lose my sins in thee. Friend of sinners, spotless Lamb, Thy blood was shed for me. Full of truth and grace thou art, And here…
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Charles Wesley • English
Isaiah 26:3
Jesus, my Lord, attend Thy fallen creature's cry; And show Thyself the sinner's Friend, And set me up on high: From hell's oppressive power, From earth and sin release; And to Thy Father's grace restore, And to Thy perfect peace. Thy Blood and Righteousness I make my only plea; M…
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Isaac Watts (1719) • English
Psalm 84
How pleasant, how divinely fair, O LORD of hosts, your dwellings are! With long desire my spirit faints to see the shining hosts of saints. My flesh would rest in you abode; my weary heart cries out for God: "My God! My King! Why should I stay far from the joys of endless day?" T…
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Charles Wesley • English
Psalm 89:15
O what shall I do my Saviour to praise, So faithful and true, so plenteous in grace, So strong to deliver, so good to redeem The weakest believer that hangs upon him? How happy the man whose heart is set free, The people that can be joyful in thee; Their joy is to walk in the lig…
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John Newton • English
John 3:2-9
Beside the gospel pool, Appointed for the poor, From time to time my helpless soul, Has waited for a cure. But whither can I go? There is no other pool, Where streams of sov’reign virtue flow, To make a sinner whole.
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Charles Wesley • English
Titus 3:5
God of my salvation, hear, And help me to believe; Simply do I now draw near, Thy blessing to receive: Full of guilt alas! I am, But to Thy wounds for refuge flee: Friend of sinners, spotless Lamb, Thy blood was shed for me. Nothing have I, Lord, to pay, Nor can Thy grace procure…
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H. G. Jackson • English
Psalm 107:30
We are on the ocean sailing, Toss’d on life’s tumultuous waves, Night and darkness all around us, While the tempest fiercely raves. Soon the storms will all be over, All our dark forebodings cease;— Home at last, we’ll soon cast anchor Safe within the Port of Peace. In the lurid…
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Fanny J. Crosby • English
Ephesians 2:14
Where, O where is yon vessel going, See her now on the waters blue; All her sails in the breeze are floating, Hear the song of her gallant crew. Haste on board, ‘tis the Captain calling; We are waiting, we are waiting; Precious souls we are bearing onward, Joyful to the port of p…
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Isaac Watts • English
Psalm 89
With rev'rence let the saints appear, And bow before the Lord; His high commands with rev'rence hear, And tremble at his word, And tremble at his word. Sing, all ye ransomed of the Lord, Your great Deliv'rer sing; Ye pilgrims now for Zion bound, Be joyful in your King, Be joyful…
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Daniel Turner • English
Psalm 32:6
Faith adds new charms to earthly bliss And saves me from its snares; Its aid, in every duty, brings, And softens all my cares. The wounded conscience knows its power The healing balm to give; That balm the saddest heart can cheer; And make the dying live. Wide it unvails celestia…
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F. A. Graves • English
Romans 11:29
When Abraham and Sarah had promised them a son, They were surprised and knew not what to say; But they knew what God had promised He was able to perform: And the power of God is just the same today. The pow’r of God is just the same today, It doesn’t matter what the people say; W…
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Charles Wesley • English
Exodus 32:10
O wond'rous power of faithful prayer! What tongue can tell th' almighty grace? God's hands or bound or open are, As Moses or Elijah prays; Let Moses in the spirit groan, And God cries out! "Let me alone!" "Let me alone, that all my wrath "May rise the wicked to consume, "While ju…
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Psalm 33
O righteous, in the Lord rejoice; how pleasant that with joyful voice God's saints his name should praise. With harp and hymn of gladness sing, your gift of sweetest music bring, to him a new song raise. Let all the earth the Lord God fear; let all who dwell both far and near in…
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Psalm 78:4-7
The praises of the Lord our God, and his almighty strength, the wondrous works that he hath done, we will show forth at length. His testimony and his law in Israel he did place, and charged our forebears it to show to their succeeding race; That so the race which was to come migh…
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Psalm 89:5-18
The praises of thy wonders, Lord, the heavens shall express; and in the congregation of saints thy faithfulness. Thou hast an arm that's full of pow'r; thy hand is great in might; and thy right hand exceedingly exalted is in height. Justice and judgment of thy throne are made the…
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William McDonald • English
John 12:32
The cross! that blood-stain’d cross! The hallowed cross I see! Reminding me of precious blood That once was shed for me. O the blood! the precious blood! That Jesus shed for me, Upon the cross in crimson flood, Just now by faith I see. A thousand fountains spring Up from the thro…
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Frank Pollock • English
1 Peter 1:19
The precious blood of Christ! The Lamb of God once slain; Doth cleanse the soul from all its guilt, Removing ev’ry stain. The blood, the precious blood, Be this my only plea; The blood, the precious blood, The Saviour shed for me. The precious blood of Christ! Thro’ faith it just…
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Barney Elliott Warren • English
Psalm 126:6
We are sowing every moment, Seeds that yield much good, or bad; And each one is surely growing, Cheering souls or making sad; Let us sow good seeds for Jesus, In the hearts of fallen men, Many happy souls will bless us, And a crown of glory gain. Let the heart with anguish riven…
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Barney Elliott Warren • English
2 Corinthians 4:6
Praise the Lord, there’s sunlight in my happy soul today, Brighter than the glorious noon; Christ, the Light, is shining in my heart and on the way, I shall rise to glory soon. Oh, the precious sunlight, Oh, the precious sunlight, Shining as the morning in my soul; Let its crysta…
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Charles Wesley (1742) • English
Psalm 69
O that my load of sin were gone! O that I could at last submit At Jesus’ feet to lay it down, To lay my soul at Jesus’ feet! Rest for my soul I long to find: Saviour of all, if mine Thou art, Give me Thy meek and lowly mind, And stamp Thine image on my heart. Break off the yoke o…
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Mrs. C. L. Shacklock • English
Titus 2:11
Rapture my bosom is swelling, Grace, all sufficient and free, Gift, every blessing excelling, Jesus has offered to me. Gift of a merciful Father, Grace, all-sufficient and free, Seal of the final redemption, Jesus has offered to me. Op'ning the portals of heaven, Giving from sin…
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Paul Henkel • English
Psalm 146
The Priests and Levites sent to John, They ask'd of him to know: Art thou the great Messiah come? The pow'r on earth to show. Art thou Elias, tell us plain, What office dost thou bear? We must report to those again: Those who have sent us here. The Jews supposed John to be Their…
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Charles Wesley • English
Malachi 3:17
Christ, from whom all blessings flow, perfecting the saints below, hear us, who your nature share, who your mystic body are. Join us, in one spirit join, grant us still your help divine; still for more on you we call, you, O Christ, fill all in all. Move, and animate, and guide:…
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Anonymous • English
Revelation 1:5
The Prince of glory, God’s own son, Descended from the skies, Where praises to his Father’s name In endless measure rise. To save a lost and sinful race, In Satan’s fetters bound, For this he made the wondrous choice, To him all praise resound. He came from heaven’s glory bright,…
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Charles Wesley (1766) • English
Mark 4:30-32
The principle of grace divine, Sown in this earthly heart of mine, Is humble joy and heav'nly peace, And true, implanted righteousness: Though scarce discernible the grain, It does the tree of life contain The purity of saints above, And all the pow'rs of perfect love. Lord, when…
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Charles Wesley • English
Acts 16:23
Thou hidden God, for whom I groan, Till thou thyself declare: God inaccessible, unknown, Regard a sinner's prayer. A sinner weltering in his blood, Unpurg'd and unforgiven; Far distant from the living God, As far as hell from heaven. An unregen'rate child of man, To thee for fait…
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Joseph Humphreys (1743) • English
Ruth 1:16
Blessed are the sons of God, they are bought with Christ's own blood; they are ransomed from the grave, life eternal they shall have: With them numbered may we be, here and in eternity. They are justified by grace, they enjoy the Savior's peace; all their sins are washed away, th…
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Ellen M. H. Gates • English
Luke 15:18
Come home! come home! You are weary at heart, For the way has been dark, And so lonely and wild. O prodigal child! Come home! oh, come home! Come home! Come, oh come home! Come home! come home! For we watch and we wait, And we stand at the gate, While the shadows are piled. O pro…
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W. F. Cosner • English
Luke 15:18
The Savior invites you, poor wanderer, come, The Father is waiting to welcome you home; Now cease from your wand’ring, so lonely and wild, Return to your Father, O prodigal child. O come, trembling mourner, oh, come, and be blest, Here lay down your burden that you may find rest.…
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P. P. Bliss • English
Ezekiel 36:24-28
Far, far away from my loving father, I had been wand’ring, wayward, wild, fearing only lest his anger overtake his sinful child. I will arise and go to Jesus, he will embrace me in his arms. In the arms of my dear Savior, oh, there are ten thousand charms. Fain had I fed on the h…
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John Newton • English
Luke 15:18
Afflictions though they seem severe, In mercy oft are sent, They stopp’d the prodigal’s career, And caus’d him to repent. I’ll die no more for bread, he cried, Nor starve in foreign lands; My father’s house has large supplies, And bounteous are his hands. What have I gained by si…
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Benjamin Beddome (1769) • English
Luke 15:32
The mighty God will not despise The contrite heart for sacrifice; The deep fetch'd sigh, the secret groan Rises accepted to the throne. He meets, with tokens of his grace, The trembling lip, the blushing face; His bowels yearn, when sinners pray, And mercy bears their sins away.…
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Joseph C. Fisher (1885) • English
Luke 15:18
Oh, how weary and sad is my aching heart today, As I languish alone to die! Let me go, let me go to my home far away, For which my poor soul doth sigh. I am coming, Father, coming, And I know Thou wilt soothe the pain; And my poor, throbbing heart with joy shall sing, When the wa…
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Paul Henkel • English
Psalm 103
The promise made to Abraham, And unto all his promis'd race; It was complete when Jesus came, And seal'd the covenant of Grace. That which was long before determin'd, That all the law should be fulfill'd-- This was to Abraham confirm'd, The promise ratified and seal'd. What e'er…
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Isaac Watts • English
Romans 6:3
The promise of my Father's love Shall stand for ever good: He said, and gave his soul to death, And seal'd the grace with blood. To this dear cov'nant of thy word I set my worthless name; I seal th'engagement to my Lord, And make my humble claim. Thy light, and strength, and pard…
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John Henry Sammis • English
Isaiah 55:7
We all like sheep have gone astray, We’ve turned us each to His own way; In sinful thought and word and deed! And on God’s Lamb our guilt was laid. Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return unto the Lord, And He will abundantly pardo…
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Charles Wesley • English
John 14:16
Father, glorify Thy Son; Answer His prevailing prayer; Send that Intercessor down, Send that other Comforter, Whom believingly we claim, Whom we ask in Jesus’ name. Wilt Thou not the promise seal, True and gracious as Thou art, Send the Comforter to dwell Every moment in our hear…
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Charles Wesley • English
Matthew 18:20
See, Jesus, Thy disciples see, The promised blessing give! Met in Thy name, we look to Thee, Expecting to receive. Thee we expect, our faithful Lord, Who in Thy name are joined; We wait, according to Thy word, Thee in the midst to find. With us Thou art assembled here, But O Thys…
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Fanny J. Crosby • English
Matthew 28:19
The promised day is dawning, With slow and steady light; God’s holy word is spreading O’er climes of darkest night; Yet, from those distant regions, We hear the plaintive cry For Bible truths, so teach them From sin and death to fly. Our mission fields progressing, With grateful…
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Anne Steele • English
Isaiah 33:17
Far from these scenes of night, Unbounded glories rise, And realms of joy and pure delight Unknown to mortal eyes. Fair land! could mortal eyes But half its charms explore, How would our spirits long to rise, And dwell on earth no more! No cloud those regions know, Realms ever br…
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Charles Wesley • English
Psalm 23:5-6
God of all power, and truth, and grace, which shall from age to age endure, whose word, when heaven and earth shall pass, remains and stands for ever sure; That I thy mercy may proclaim, that all mankind thy truth may see, hallow thy great and glorious name, and perfect holiness…
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Charles Wesley • English
Genesis 32:26
Prisoners of hope! be strong, be bold; Cast off your doubts, disdain to fear! The day which prophets have foretold, And saints have longed for, draweth near: Our God shall in His kingdom come; Prepare your hearts to make Him room! O ye of fearful hearts, be strong! Your downcast…
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Isaac Watts • English
Isaiah 55:1-2
In vain we lavish out our lives To gather empty wind; The choicest blessings earth can yield Will starve a hungry mind. Come, and the Lord shall feed our souls With more substantial meat, With such as saints in glory love, With such as angels eat. Our God will every want supply,…
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Lanta Wilson Smith • English
2 Peter 1:4
I was wand’ring in a wilderness of deep despair and sin, And my feet were growing weary of the road; But my sorrow, doubt, and care Fled when Jesus met me there, And I learned to trust the promises of God. I believe the promises of God, I can trust his never failing Word; When ea…
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Charles Wesley • English
Romans 8:18
And let this feeble body fail, And let it faint or die; My soul shall quit the mournful vale And soar to worlds on high: Shall join the disembodied saints And find its long-sought rest, That only bliss for which it pants, In my Redeemer's breast. In hope of that immortal crown I…
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Isaac Watts • English
Psalm 73
Lord, what a thoughtless wretch was I, To mourn, and murmur, and repine To see the wicked placed on high, In pride and robes of honor shine! But, oh, their end, their dreadful end! Thy sanctuary taught me so; On slipp'ry rocks I see them stand, And fiery billows roll below. Their…
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Psalm 37
The steps of those whom He approves Are ordered by the Lord; And though they fall, held by His hand, They yet shall be restored. I have not seen, tho' since my youth Full many years have fled, The saint forsaken, nor behold His children begging bread. The children of the merciful…
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J. Battees • English
1 John 1:7
Come ye that love the Lord indeed, Who are from sin and bondage free'd, Submit to all the ways of God, And walk that narrow happy road. Great tribulation you shall meet, But soon shall walk the golden street; Tho' hell may rage and vent her spite, Yet Christ will save his heart's…
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Psalm 46
God will our strength and refuge prove, In all distress a present aid, And, though the trembling earth remove, We will not fear nor be dismayed. Our trust in god shall still abide tho' hills be shaken from their seat, And though the ocean's swelling tide Against the trembling mou…
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Paul Henkel • English
Psalm 51
The Publican and the Pharisee, Described by our Lord! They differ in a great degree, In sentiment and word. They both went to the house of pray'r, The house for pray'r design'd; Express'd what their desires were, As they bore on their mind. The Pharisee, one of that class, Who ju…
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Isaac Watts • English
Psalm 78
When Isra'l sinn'd the Lord reprov'd, And fill'd their hearts with dread; Yet he forgave the men he lov'd, And sent them heav’nly bread. He fed them with a lib'ral hand, And made his treasures known; He gave the mid-night clouds command To pour provision down. The manna like a mo…
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Charles Wesley • English
Matthew 5:8
Saviour, on me the grace bestow, That with thy children I may know My sins on earth forgiven; Give me to prove the kingdom mine, And taste, in holiness divine, The happiness of heaven! Me with that restless thirst inspire, That sacred, infinite desire, And feast my hungry heart:…
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Emma Pitt • English
Revelation 22:17
There’s a beautiful river of water so pure, That flows thro’ the city of God; And oft in my visions its light have I seen, And longed for that happy abode. The water of life—so pure water of life, Freely flowing for you and for me! Will you come, sinner, come? Oh, stay not away,…
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Edward Henry Bickersteth (1872) • English
Isaiah 40:28-29
Come ye yourselves apart and rest awhile, Weary, I know it, of the press and throng; Wipe from your brow the sweat and dust of toil, And in my quiet strength again be strong. Come ye aside from all the world holds dear, For converse which the world has never known, Alone with me…
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Psalm 146
The souls who long in darkness pined Have seen a glorious light; The people dwell in day who dwelt In death's surrounding night. To hail your rise, the better Son! The gath’ring nations come, Joyous, as when the reapers bear The harvest treasures home. To us a child of hope is bo…
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Godfrey Thring (1864) • English
Job 7:16
The radiant morn hath passed away, and spent too soon her golden store; the shadows of departing day creep on once more. Our life is but an autumn sun, its glorious noon how quickly past! Lead us, O Christ, thou living Way, safe home at last. O by thy soul-inspiring grace uplift…
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Nikolaus Herman • English
Psalm 91:9-16
The radiant sun shines in the skies, With joy from sleep we now arise. All praise to God, who through this night Hath kept us from the devil's might. Lord Jesus Christ, guide us this day, Keep sin and shame far from our way. Thy guardian angels to us send And let them to our want…
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William Gadsby • English
Isaiah 35:10
The ransom'd of the Lord Shall unto Zion come; A faithful, loving God Will surely bring them home; He gave his life a ransom-price And Zion shall in him rejoice. The promise of the Lord Shall stand for ever good, And Zion shall record The wonders of his love. Redemption’s gloriou…
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Mary D. James • English
Isaiah 35:10
They are coming with songs, The victorious throng, Lo! up to Mount Zion they come; With joy they are crowned, Oh, what blessings abound In the way to their glorious home. They are coming, coming, The ransomed of the Lord, And Jesus, His banner o’er them spreads; They are coming,…
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Elizabeth Mills • English
Colossians 1:12
We speak of the realms of the blest, That country so bright and so fair, And oft are its glories confessed; But what must it be to be there! To be there, to be there! O what must it be to be there! We speak of its peace and its love, The robes which the glorified wear, The songs…
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Rowland Hill • English
Matthew 16:13
Lo, round the throne, a glorious band, the saints in countless myriads stand, of every tongue redeemed to God, arrayed in garments washed in blood. Through tribulation great they came; they bore the cross, despised the shame; from all their labours now they rest, in God's eternal…
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