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Charles W. Naylor • English
Mark 15:37
Hushed is the wood-bird’s note, silent her song of glee, Shrouded in gloom the sun, shaking is Calvary; Mute are the angel hosts, awed by the sight they see, The mighty Son of God dies for humanity. Behold, He dies, the Savior dies Upon the cross for thee. Pierced are those lovin…
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D. S. Warner • English
Isaiah 12:2
I will trust Thee, O my Father, For Thy love shall never fail; In Thy arms I rest forever, Safe within the second veil. Thee I trust for every blessing, All I need is in Thy will; On Thy promise calmly resting, Thou dost every want fulfill. I will trust Thee, loving Savior, For s…
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Elizabeth Rundle Charles • English
1 Kings 17:12-16
Is thy cruse of comfort failing? Rise and share it with another, And thro' all the years of famine It shall serve thee and thy brother; Love divine will fill thy store-house, Or thy handful still renew; Scanty fare for one will often Make a royal feast for two. For the heart grow…
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Psalm 104:13
See the sparkling water, Flowing now so free, Dancing down the hillside, Winding o’er the lea; Bringing health and vigor To the toiling man, Flashing in the sunlight, Free from poison’s ban. O the crystal water, How we love the sight Of its waving beauty In the sun’s fair light!…
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Mrs. C. L. Shacklock • English
Zechariah 13:1
Oh, come to the bright crystal fountain, Its waters, though priceless, are free; Oh, weary and heavily laden, 'Tis flowing with mercy for thee. Flowing for thee, Flowing for thee, The bright crystal fountain of mercy, so free, Is flowing for thee. Draw near, tho' thy sins are as…
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Isaac Watts • English
Psalm 37
Why should I vex my soul, and fret To see the wicked rise? Or envy sinners waxing great, By violence and lies? As flow'ry grass cut down at noon, Before the ev'ning fades, So shall their glories vanish soon, In everlasting shades. Then let me make the Lord my trust, And practice…
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Christopher Wordsworth (1863) • English
Matthew 14:27
The day is gently sinking to a close, Fainter and yet more faint the sunlight glows; O Brightness of Thy Father's glory, Thou Eternal Light of Light, be with us now; Where Thou art present, darkness cannot be, Midnight is glorious noon, O Lord, with Thee. Our changeful lives are…
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William John Blew • English
Psalm 141:2
The day is past and gone; Great God, we bow to Thee; Again, as shades of night steal on, Unto Thy side we flee. Oh, when shall that day come, Ne’er sinking in the west, That country and that happy home, Where none shall break our rest. Where we, preserved beneath The shelter of T…
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St. Anatolius, of Constantinople (800) • J. M. Neale (1853) • English
Psalm 4:8
The day is past and over; all thanks, O Lord, to thee; I pray thee that sinless the hours of dark may be: O Jesu, keep me in thy sight, and guard me through the coming night. The joys of day are over; I lift my heart to thee, and ask thee that offenceless the hours of dark may be…
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Bartholomaüs Ringwaldt (ca. 1565) • Peter A. Peter • English
Matthew 25:31-46
The day is surely drawing near when Jesus, God's anointed, shall with great majesty appear as judge of all appointed. All mirth and laughter then shall cease when flames on flames will still increase, as Scripture truly teaches. A trumpet loud shall then resound and all the earth…
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Barney Elliott Warren • English
Matthew 7:23
O soul, be afraid, thou shalt reckon with God, And pass ’neath the scourge of His wrathful rod; Thy heart torn with anguish shall hear at the last, “The day of His grace is past.” The day of His grace is past, The day of His grace is past; How sad when He’ll say, “Depart ye for a…
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Charles Wesley • English
Luke 23:30
Lift your heads, ye friends of Jesus, Partners in his patience here; Christ, to all believers precious, Lord of lords shall soon appear. Mark the tokens Of his heavenly kingdom near. Yes, the prize shall soon be given; We his open face shall see; Love, the earnest of our heaven,…
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Charles Wesley • English
Psalm 139:23
And must I be to judgment brought, And answer in that day For every vain and idle thought, And every word I say? Yes, every secret of my heart Shall shortly be made known, And I receive my just desert For all that I have done. How careful, then, ought I to live! With what religio…
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St. John of Damascus (c. 750) • J. M. Neale (1862) • English
Exodus 12
The day of resurrection! Earth, tell it out abroad; the passover of gladness, the passover of God. From death to life eternal, from earth unto the sky, our Christ hath brought us over, with hymns of victory. Our hearts be pure from evil, that we may see aright the Lord in rays et…
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Thomas of Celano (13th cent.) • Sir Walter Scott (1805) • English
Job 21:30
That day of wrath, that dreadful day When heav'n and earth shall pass away! What pow'r shall be the sinner's stay? How shall he meet that dreadful day? When, shriveling like a parched scroll, The flaming heav'ns together roll; When louder yet, and yet more dread, Swells the high…
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Fanny J. Crosby • English
2 Peter 1:19
The Day-Star hath risen, the night clouds have flown; No longer in sadness I wander alone; Its beams in the valley reflected I see; The Day-Star hath risen—it shineth for me. It shineth for me, shineth for me; The Day-Star hath risen, It shineth for me. The Day-Star hath risen, i…
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John Ellerton (1870) • English
2 Samuel 7:13
The day you gave us, Lord, is ended, the darkness falls at your request; to you our morning hymns ascended, your praise shall sanctify our rest. We thank you that your Church, unsleeping while earth rolls onward into light, through all the world her watch is keeping and never res…
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John Mason Neale (1842) • English
Luke 24:29
The day, O Lord, is spent; Abide with us, and rest; Our hearts' desires are fully bent On making Thee our Guest. We have not reached that land, That happy land, as yet, Where holy angels round Thee stand, Whose sun can never set. Our sun is sinking now; Our day is almost o'er; O…
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Laura E. Newell • English
Revelation 21:4
They’re waiting in the land of light, Upon the golden shore, And we shall meet beyond the night The dear ones gone before. Tho’ slowly pass life’s dreary hours, And sable seems the gloom, We’ll greet them there ’mid Eden’s bowers, Where fadeless flowers bloom. The dear ones gone…
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John R. Clements • English
Ephesians 1:21
O, the dearest name of all is Jesus, Sweetest word that mortal tongues can frame, Blessed Jesus, precious Jesus, There is music in the Saviour’s name. ‘Tis the dearest name, ‘Tis the sweetest name, It has pow’r to break the bonds of in. Blessed Jesus, Precious Jesus, Thro’ His na…
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Isaac Watts • English
Genesis 3:19
Why do we mourn departing friends Or shake at death’s alarms? ’Tis but the voice that Jesus sends To call them to His arms. Are we not tending upward, too, As fast as time can move? Nor would we wish the hours more slow To keep us from our Love. Why should we tremble to convey Th…
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Isaac Watts • English
Psalm 16
I set the LORD before my face, He bears my courage up; My heart and tongue their joys express, My flesh shall rest in hope. "My spirit, LORD, You will not leave Where souls departed are; Nor quit my body to the grave, To see corruption there." "You will reveal the path of life, A…
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John Newton • English
Job 14:10
In vain my fancy strives to paint The moment after death, The glories that surround a saint, When yielding up his breath. One gentle sigh his fetters breaks, We scarce can say, "he's gone!" Before the willing spirit takes Its mansions near the throne. Faith strives, but all its e…
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Haqvin Spegel • O. Olsson • English
Matthew 26:26-29
The death of Jesus Christ, our Lord, We celebrate with one accord; It is our comfort in distress, Our heart's sweet joy and happiness. He blotted out with His own blood The judgment that against us stood; He full atonement for us made, And all our debt He fully paid. That this is…
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John Relly • English
John 13:24
Let us our hearts and voices raise, To sound the mighty Saviour's praise, And sing he di'd, and lives again For us, the fallen sons of men. He bare our curse, our debt he paid, When all our woes on him were laid; Our midnight darkness chas'd away, And rais'd us to eternal day. 'T…
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Clara McAlister Brooks • English
Luke 10:2
The Lord of the harvest is calling For laborers true in His field, To gather the sheaves ere they perish, When mercy no more is revealed; We bask in the sunlight of glory, On heavenly manna we’re fed, While souls o’er the ocean, in darkness, Are starving for life-giving bread. Th…
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James Relly • English
Genesis 3:14
Lord! ev'ry knee to thee shall bow, Whether they stood or fell; In heav'n above, or earth below, Or in eternal hell. All shall thy grace or fury prove; Thy kingdom all shall own: Man shall be happy in thy love; Let Satan dread thy frown. Thus ev'ry tongue constrain'd by grace, Or…
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Herschel Lee • English
Isaiah 35
There is joy in desert places, Through the blessed gospel light, That Jesus sheds upon us, From His throne of royal might; And our weary hearts are gladdened, No more sorrow, pain or woes; For He makes our desert life “rejoice, And blossom as the rose.” Rejoice! rejoice! in solit…
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Joel Barlow • English
Psalm 52
Why should the mighty make their boast, And heav'nly grace despise? In their own arm they put their trust, And fill their mouth with lies. But God in vengeance shall destroy, And drive them from his face; No more shall they his church annoy, Nor find on earth a place. But like a…
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John Newton • English
Matthew 14:22
Constrained by their Lord to embark, And venture without him to sea. The season tempestuous and dark, How grieved the disciples must be! But though he remain'd on the shore, He spent the night for them in prayer; They still were as safe as before, And equally under his care. They…
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Barney Elliott Warren • English
Ephesians 1:10
In the awful age of night, When the earth was struck with blight, And the clouds of papal darkness filled the sky; Persecution’s fire and blood, Raging in an angry flood, Failed to crush the church sustained by God on high. We are in the evening of the dispensation day, And the g…
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Isaac Watts • English
Psalm 71:14-16
Sin, like a venomous disease, Infects our vital blood; The only balm is sovereign grace, And the physician, God. Our beauty and our strength are fled, And we draw near to death; But Christ, the Lord, recalls the dead, With His almighty breath. Madness by nature reigns within, The…
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Philip Doddridge • English
Matthew 16:18
The Saviour, when to heaven He rose, In splendid triumph o'er His foes, Scattered His gifts on men below, And wide His royal bounties flow. Hence sprung the Apostles' honoured name; Sacred beyond heroic fame; In lowlier forms before our eyes, Pastors from hence, and teachers rise…
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Isaac Watts • English
Genesis 1:6-28
We praise you, Lord; it’s good to raise our hearts and voices in your praise; your nature and your works invite us make this duty our delight! You formed the stars, those heavenly flames; you count their numbers, call their names; your wisdom’s vast! It knows no bound, a deep whe…
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Isaac Watts • English
Psalm 78
Great God! thy glories shall employ My holy fear, my humble joy; My lips in songs of honor bring Their tribute to th' eternal King. Earth, and the stars, and worlds unknown, Depend precarious on his throne; All nature hangs upon his word, And grace and glory own their Lord. His s…
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Isaac Watts • English
1 Chronicles 29:11-13
The Lord Jehovah reigns, His throne is built on high: The garments He assumes Are light and majesty. His glories shine with beams so bright No mortal eye can bear the sight, No mortal eye can bear the sight.. The thunders of His hand Keep the wide world in awe His wrath and justi…
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James Merrick • English
Psalm 89
My grateful tongue, immortal King, Thy mercy shall for ever sing, My verse to time's remotest day, Thy truth in sacred notes display. O say, what strength shall vie with thine? What name among thy seats divine, Of equal excellence posses'd, Thy sovereignty, great God, contest? Th…
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Isaac Watts • English
Psalm 135:1
Father of glory, to Thy name Immortal praise we give, Who dost an act of grace proclaim And bid us rebels live. Immortal honor to the Son, Who makes Thine anger cease; Our lives He ransomed with His own, And died to make our peace. To Thine almighty Spirit be Immortal glory giv'n…
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Charles Wesley • English
Zechariah 9:12
Prisoners of hope, arise, and see your Lord appear; Lo! on the wings of love He flies, and brings redemption near; Redemption in His blood He calls you to receive: Look unto Me, the pardoning God. Believe, He cries, believe! The reconciling word, we thankfully embrace; Rejoice in…
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Joseph A. Alexander • English
Genesis 6:3
There is a time—we know not when, a point—we know not where, That marks the destiny of men to glory or despair; There is a line, by us unseen, that crosses ev’ry path, The hidden boundary between God’s patience and His wrath. Oh, come today, do not delay, too late it soon will be…
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Victoria Stewart • English
Matthew 7:13
I heard a voice that said, “Arise! And to the Saviour go; He longs to welcome thy return, He waits His love to show.” I came a weary, trembling soul, With all my guilt and sin; I knocked at mercy’s door, and cried, “Dear Saviour, let me in!” I knocked at mercy’s door, and cried,…
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Aaron W. Orwig • English
Proverbs 23:31
The drink I'll use will not be wine, However sparkling it may be; For, in it lurks the adder's sting, Although its fangs I may not see. From alcoholic poison free, My drink shall pure cold water be; The crystal stream that floweth by, Shall quench my thirst when I am dry. The dri…
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Paul Gerhardt • Robert Bridges • English
Genesis 1:1-2:4
The duteous day now closeth; each flow'r and tree reposeth, shade creeps o’er wild and wood; let us, as night is falling, on God our Maker calling, give thanks to Him, the Giver good. Now all the heav'nly splendor breaks forth in starlight tender from myriad worlds unknown; and m…
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Paul Henkel • English
Psalm 19
The duty first on us enjoin'd, That is to love the Lord: With all our hearts, and all our mind, And all we can afford. The next command is full as great, To love our neighbours too-- Of like importance, and of weight, As all the scriptures shew. If we love God with all our heart;…
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Alexander Pope • English
1 Corinthians 15:55-57
Vital spark of heavenly flame, Quit, oh, quit this mortal frame! Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying! Oh, the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, Let me languish into life! Hark! they whisper--angels say, Sister spirit, come away! What is this absorbs…
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Anne Steele • English
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
See, Lord, thy willing subjects bow, Adoring low before thy throne; Accept our humble, cheerful vow, Thou art our Sovereign, thou alone. Beneath thy soul-reviving ray, Even cold afflictions wintry gloom Shall brighten into vernal day, And hopes and joys immortal bloom. Smile on o…
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Charles Wesley • English
Titus 2:14
O that I could my Lord receive, Who did the world redeem! Who gave his life, that I might live A life conceal'd in him. O that I could the blessing prove, My heart's extreme desire: Live happy in my Saviour's love, And in his arms expire! Mercy I ask to seal my peace, That, kept…
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Psalm 24
The earth and the fullness with which it is stored, The world and its dwellers belong to the Lord; For He on the seas its foundations has laid, And firm on the waters its pillars has stayed, And firm on the waters its pillars has stayed. What man shall the hill of Jehovah ascend,…
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Psalm 24
The earth belongs unto the Lord, and all that it contains; The world that is inhabited, and all that there remains. For the foundätions thereof he on the seas did lay, And he hath it establishèd upon the floods to stay. Who is the man that shall ascend into the hill of God? Or wh…
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John Keble • English
Psalm 24
The earth is all the Lord's, it's fulness all is his; The world and all who dwell therein his own possession is. For its foundation He upon the seas hath laid; And it on the unstable floods hath firm established. But who Jehovah's hill shall happily ascend? And in his place of sa…
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Psalm 24
The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein; For he hath founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the floods. Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands and a pur…
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Psalm 24
The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that | dwell there- | in; For he hath founded it upon the seas, And es- | tablished it up- | on the | floods. Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? And who shall stand in his | holy place? He that hath cl…
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Psalm 24
The earth Jehovah's is, With all the store of it, The habitable world is his, And they thereon that sit, For its foundation He on the seas hath laid: And it the water floods upon Most solidly hath stayed. Jehovah's hill on high, Who shall ascent into? Within his place of sanctity…
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James Montgomery • English
Job 38:7
Almighty Spirit, now behold A world by sin destroyed: Creating Spirit, as of old, Move on the formless void, Move on the formless void. Give Thou the Word: that healing sound Shall quell the deadly strife; And earth again, like Eden crowned, Bring forth the tree of life, Bring fo…
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John Mason Neale • English
Matthew 9:37
The earth, O Lord, is one wide field of all thy chosen seed; the crop prepared its fruit to yield; the labourers are few indeed. We therefore come before thee now with fasting, and with prayer, beseeching of thy love that thou wouldst send more labourers there. Not for our land a…
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Psalm 24
The earth, and all that dwell therein, With all its wealth untold, Belongs to God, who founded it Upon the seas of old. O who shall stand before the Lord On Zion’s holy hill? The clean of hand, the pure of heart, The just who do God's will. O everlasting doors, give way, Lift up…
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Isaiah G. Martin (1905) • English
Isaiah 60:11
I will meet you in the morning, Just inside the Eastern Gate; Then be ready, faithful pilgrim, Lest with you it be too late. I will meet you, I will meet you Just inside the Eastern Gate over there; I will meet you, I will meet you, I will meet you in the morning over there. If y…
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W. W. Whitney • English
Revelation 2:7
We shall meet in the Eden above, In that beautiful land of the blest; All our trials and pains will be o’er, When we enter that mansion of rest. In the beautiful, beautiful Eden above, In the beautiful, beautiful Eden above, All our trials and pains will be o’er, When we enter th…
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Isaac Watts • English
Acts 2:1
Great was the day, the joy was great, When the divine disciples met; While on their heads the Spirit came, And sat like tongues of cloven flame. What gifts, what miracles he gave! And pow'r to kill, and pow'r to save! Furnish'd their tongues with wondrous words, Instead of shield…
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Philip Doddridge • English
Proverbs 7:17
Ye hearts with youthful vigor warm, In smiling crowds draw near; And turn from every mortal charm, A Saviour's voice to hear. He, Lord of all the worlds on high, Stoops to converse with you, And lays His radiant glories by, Your friendship to pursue. "The souls that longs to see…
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E. D. Elliott • English
Ephesians 1:3
I have tried to count His blessings, and I fail to understand Why the Lord should so richly reward; Could I count the stars of heaven, add to them earth’s grains of sand, Still His blessings are more, praise the Lord! And the end is not yet, praise the Lord, And the end is not ye…
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Charles Wesley • English
Job 21:13
Thou God of glorious majesty, To thee, against myself, to thee, A worm of earth, I cry; An half-awaken'd child of man, An heir of endless bliss or pain, A sinner born to die! Lo! on a narrow neck of land, ’Twixt two unbounded seas I stand, Secure, insensible; A point of time, a m…
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Charles Wesley • English
Hebrews 9:27
And am I only born to die? And must I suddenly comply With nature’s stern decree? What after death for me remains? Celestial joys, or hellish pains, To all eternity. How then ought I on earth to live, While God prolongs the kind reprieve, And props the house of clay; My sole conc…
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Charles Wesley (1763) • English
Zechariah 13:1
O Thou who wouldst not have One wretched sinner die, Who diedst Thyself, my soul to save From endless misery! Teach me my course to run, While yet I sojourn here, That when Thou comest on Thy throne I may with joy appear. Thou art Thyself the Way, Thyself in me reveal; So shall I…
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Isaac Watts • English
Psalm 77
Why should this earth delight us so? Why should we fix our eyes On these low grounds where sorrows grow, And every pleasure dies ? While time his sharpest teeth prepares, Our comforts to devour, There is a land above the stars, And joys above his power. Nature shall be dissolv'd…
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Anonymous • English
Deuteronomy 30:19
Great God, what do I see and hear! The end of things created! The Judge of mankind doth appear on clouds of glory seated! The trumpet sounds; the graves restore the dead which they contained before: prepare, my soul, to meet him. The dead in Christ shall first arise, at the last…
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Psalm 22
All earth to Him shall homage bring, the LORD of lords, and the King of kings. The ends of all the earth shall hear and turn unto the LORD in fear; all kindreds of the earth shall own and worship Him as God alone. For His the kingdom, His of right, He rules the nations by His mig…
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Philip Doddridge • English
Hebrews 4:9
Thine earthly sabbaths, Lord, we love; But there's a nobler rest above; Thy servants to that rest aspire With ardent hope and strong desire. No more fatigue, no more distress, Nor sin, nor death shall reach the place; No groans shall mingle with the songs That dwell upon immortal…
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Isaac Watts • English
Psalm 90:1-2
JEHOVAH reigns; he dwells in light, Girded with majesty and might: The world, created by his hands, Still on its first foundation stands. But, ere this spacious world was made, Or had its first foundations laid, Thy throne eternal ages stood-- Thyself, the ever-living God. Like f…
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St. Ambrose • J. M. Neale • English
Matthew 5:1-12
Th'eternal gifts of Christ the King, th'apostles' glory, let us sing; and all, with hearts of gladness, raise due hymns of thankful love and praise. Theirs is the steadfast faith of saints, and hope that never yields nor faints, and love of Christ in perfect glow that lays the pr…
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Stephen Greenleaf Bulfinch • English
Exodus 20:10-11
Hail to the Sabbath day, The day divinely given, When men to God their homage pay, And earth draws near to heaven. Lord, in this sacred hour, Within Thy courts we bend, And bless Thy love, and own Thy power, Our Father and our Friend. But Thou art not alone In courts by mortals t…
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John Peacock • English
Psalm 102:15-16
What grace and love divine, Did Jesus manifest! Oh! may the pure celestial flame Inspire his foll'wers breast! Tho' in the form of God, With glory bright array'd: That glory, which he wore above, For us aside he laid. Himself he humbled low, And took our mortal frame: The Prince…
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Anne Steele (1760) • English
Psalm 90
Lord, thou hast been thy children's God, All-powerful, wise and good, and just, In every age their safe abode, Their hope, their refuge, and their trust, Before thy word gave nature birth, Or spread the starry heavens abroad, Or formed the varied face of earth, From everlasting t…
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Psalm 96
O sing a new song to the Lord, Sing all the earth to God; In daily praises bless His Name And tell His grace abroad. Among the nations far and wide His glory celebrate; To all the peoples of the earth His wondrous works relate. The Lord is great above all gods, Let glad hosannas…
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Harlan D. Sorrell • English
Isaiah 11:10
The evening is glorious, oh, hear the glad song Of saints all victorious o’er sin and the wrong! They’ve risen in triumph to reign in this life, Above sect confusion, all darkness and strife. The evening is glorious, hallelujah to God! We’re sanctified wholly through faith in the…
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D. S. Warner (1885) • English
Zechariah 14:7
Brighter days are sweetly dawning, O the glory looms in sight! For the cloudy day is waning, And the evening shall be light. O what golden glory streaming! Purer light is coming fast; Now in Christ we’ve found a freedom Which eternally shall last. Misty fogs, so long concealing A…
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William Hunter • English
Proverbs 29:25
We are joyously voyaging over the main, Bound for the evergreen shore, Whose inhabitants never of sickness complain, And never see death any more. Then let the hurricane roar, It will the sooner be o'er; We will weather the blast, and we'll land at last, Safe on the evergreen sho…
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John Relly • English
Psalm 117:1-2
Let all the nations of the earth Sing of the great Redeemer's birth! That once despised man: O how immense the mystery; The Father of eternity Contracted to a span. The fallen sons of men he took, As members written in his book, And did our state assume, That we with him, from si…
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Fanny J. Crosby • English
Genesis 49:26
Oh, the music rolling onward, Through the boundless regions bright, Where the King in all His beauty Is the glory and the light! Where the sunshine of His presence Every wave of sorrow stills, And the bells of joy are ringing On the everlasting hills. Oh, the music rolling onward…
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Josiah Conder • English
John 1:1
Thou art the everlasting Word, The Father’s only Son; God manifestly seen and heard, And Heav’n’s belovèd one: Worthy, O Lamb of God, art Thou That every knee to Thee should bow. In Thee most perfectly expressed The Father’s glories shine; Of the full deity possessed, Eternally d…
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