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Liberality; or, the duty and pleasures of benevolence

Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #CCXLVI (1792) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Graces of the Holy Spirit Liberality First Line: O what stupendous mercy shines Lyrics: 1 O what stupendous mercy shines Around the majesty of heaven! Rebels he deigns to call his sons, Their souls renew'd their sins forgiven. 2 Go, imitate the grace divine, The grace that blazes like a sun; Hold forth your fair, tho' feeble light, Thro' all your lives let mercy run: 3 Upon your bounty's willing wings Swift let the great salvation fly; The hungry feed, the naked clothe, To pain and sickness help apply. 4 Pity the weeping widow's woe, And be her counsellor and stay; Adopt the fatherless, and smooth The useful, happy life his way. 5 Let age with want and weakness bow'd, Your bowels of compassion move; Let e'en your enemies be blest, Their hatred recompens'd with love. 6 When all is done, renounce your deeds, Renounce self-righteousness with scorn; Thus will you glorify your God, And thus the christian name adorn. Languages: English

Love to Christ present or absent

Author: Dr. Watts Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #CCXLIX (1792) Topics: The Graces of the Holy Spirit Love to God First Line: Of all the joys we mortals know Lyrics: 1 Of all the joys we mortals know, Jesus, thy love exceeds the rest; Love, the best blessing here below, The highest rapture of the blest. 2 While we are held in thy embrace, There's not a thought attempts to rove; Each smile upon thy beauteous face, Fixes, and charms, and fires our love. 3 When of thy absence we complain, And long, or weep in all we do, There's a strange pleasure in the pain, And tears have their own sweetness too. 4 When round thy courts by day we rove, Or ask the watchmen of the night For some kind tidings of our love, Thy very name creates delight. 5 Jesus, our God, yet rather come; Our eyes shall dwell upon thy face; 'Tis best to see our Lord at home, And feel the presence of his grace. Languages: English

Faith conquering

Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #CCXXII (1792) Topics: The Graces of the Holy Spirit Faith First Line: The moment a sinner believes Lyrics: 1 The moment a sinner believes, And trusts in his crucify'd God, His pardon at once he receives, Redemption in full thro' his blood; Tho' thousands and thousands of foes Against him in malice unite, Their rage he, thro' Christ, can oppose, Led forth by the spirit to fight. 2 The faith that unites to the lamb, And brings such salvation as this, Is more than mere notion or name; A principle active, and young, That lives under pressure and load; That makes out of weakness more strong, And draws the soul upwards to God. 3 It treads on the world, and on hell, It vanquishes death and despair; And O let us wonder to tell, It overcomes heaven by prayer,— Permits a vile worm of the dust, With God to commune as a friend; To hope his forgiveness as just, And look for his love to the end. 4 It says to the mountains "depart," That stand between God and the soul; It binds up the broken in heart, And makes their sore consciences whole; Bids sins of a crimson-like dye Be spotless as snow, and as white; And raises the sinner on high To dwell with the angels of light. Languages: English

Hope set before us

Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #CCXXX (1792) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Graces of the Holy Spirit Hope First Line: And be it so, that 'till this hour Lyrics: 1 And be it so, that 'till this hour, We never knew what faith has meant, And, slaves to sin and satan's power, Have never felt these hearts relent. 2 What shall we do? shall we lie down, Sink in despair, and groan and die; And, sunk beneath the almighty's frown, Not glance one cheerful hope on high? 3 Forbid it, Savior! to thy grace As sinners, strangers, we wil come; Among thy saints we ask a place, For in thy mercy there is room. 4 Lord, we believe; O chase away The gloomy clouds of unbelief: Lord, we repent! O let thy ray Dissolve our hearts in sacred grief! 5 Now spread the banner of thy love, And let us know that we are thine, Cheer us with blessings from above,— With all the joys of hope divine. Languages: English

Rejoicing in hope

Author: Cennick Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #CCXL (1792) Topics: The Graces of the Holy Spirit Joy and Rejoicing First Line: Children of the heavenly king Lyrics: 1 Children of the heavenly king, As we journey, sweetly sing; Sing your savior's worthy praise, Glorious in his works and ways. 2 Ye are travelling home to God, In the way the fathers trod; They are happy now, and ye Soon their happiness shall see. 3 O ye banish'd seed, be glad! Christ our advocate is made; Us to save, our flesh assumes, Brother to our souls becomes. 4 Shout, ye little flock, and blest, You an Jesus' throne shall rest: There your seat is now prepar'd, There your kingdom and reward. 4 Fear not, brethren, joyful stand On the borders of your land; Jesus Christ, your father's son, Bids us undismay'd go on. 5 Lord! submissive make us go, Gladly leaving all below; Only thou our leader be, And we still will follow thee. Scripture: Isaiah 35:10 Languages: English

One thing I know

Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #CCXLIV (1792) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Graces of the Holy Spirit Knowledge First Line: Dear savior, make me wise to see Lyrics: 1 Dear savior, make we wise to see My sin, and guilt, and remedy; 'Tis said, of all thy blood has bought, "They shall of Israel's God be taught." 2 Their plague of heart thy people know; They know thy name and trust thee too; They know the gospel's blissful sound, The paths where endless joys abound. 3 Thy know the father and the son, Theirs is eternal life begun: Unto salvation they are wise, Their grace shall into glory rise. 4 But— ignorance itself am I, Born blind— estrang'd from thee I lie; O Lord, to thee I humbly own I nothing know, as should be known. 5 I scarce know God, or Christ, or sin, My foes without, or plague within; Know not my interest, Lord, in thee, In pardon, peace, or liberty. 6 But help me to declare to-day, If many things I cannot say, "One thing I know," all praise to thee, "Tho' blind I was— yet now I see." Scripture: John 9:25 Languages: English

Hope in darkness

Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #CCXXXI (1792) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Graces of the Holy Spirit Hope First Line: O God, my sun, thy blissful rays Lyrics: 1 O God, my sun, thy blissful rays Irradiate, warm, and guide my heart! How dark, how mournful, are my days, If thy enlivening beams depart! 2 Scarce thro' the shades, a glimpse of day Appears to these desiring eyes! But shall my drooping spirit say, The cheerful morn will never rise? 3 O let me not despairing mourn, Tho' gloomy darkness spreads the sky; My glorious sun will yet return, And night with all its horrors fly. 4 O for the bright, the joyful day, When hope shall in assurance die! So tapers lose their feeble ray, Beneath the sun's refulgent eye. Languages: English

Loves thou me?

Author: Newton Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #CCL (1792) Topics: The Graces of the Holy Spirit Love of Christ 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 savior'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 ways I once abhor'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. Scripture: John 21:16 Languages: English

Hope encouraged by a view of the divine perfections

Author: Steele Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #CCXXXIII (1792) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Graces of the Holy Spirit Hope First Line: Why sinks my weak desponding mind? Lyrics: 1 Why sinks my weak desponding mind? Why heaves my heart the anxious sigh? Can sovereign goodness be unkind? Am I not safe if God is nigh? 2 He holds all nature in his hand: That gracious hand on which I live, Does life, and time, and death command, And has immortal joys to give. 3 'Tis he supports this fainting frame, On him alone my hopes recline; The wondrous glories of his name, How wide they spread! how bright they shine! 4 Infinite wisdom! boundless power! Unchanging faithfulness and love! Here let me trust, while I adore, Nor from my refuge e'er remove. 5 My God, if thou art mine indeed, Then I have all my heart can crave; A present help in times of need, Still kind to hear, and strong to save. 6 Forgive my doubts, O gracious Lord, And ease the sorrows of my breast; Speak to my heart the healing word, That thou art mine—and I am blest. Scripture: 1 Samuel 30:6 Languages: English

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God

Author: D. Turner Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #CCXLVII (1792) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Graces of the Holy Spirit Love to God First Line: Yes, I would love thee, blessed God Lyrics: 1 Yes, I would love thee, blessed God! Paternal goodness marks thy name; Thy praises thro' thy high abode, The heavenly hosts with joy proclaim. 2 Freely thou gav'st thy dearest son, For man to suffer, bleed, and die; And bid'st me as a wretch undone, For all I want on him rely. 3 In him thy reconciled face, With joy unspeakable I see; And feel thy powerful, wondrous grace Draw and unite my soul to thee. 4 Whene'er my foolish wandering heart, Attracted by a creature's power, Would from this blissful center start Lord, fix there to stray no more! Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:5 Languages: English