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My Times are in Thy Hand

Author: Anna Laetitia Waring (1820— ) Appears in 231 hymnals Topics: God Decrees of First Line: Father, I know that all my life Scripture: Psalm 31:15 Used With Tune: ST. BEDE

Author: Ray Palmer Appears in 59 hymnals Topics: Decrees Spiritual First Line: Lord, my weak thought in vain would climb Lyrics: 1 Lord, my weak thought in vain would climb To search the starry vault profound; In vain would wing her flight sublime, To find creation's outmost bound. 2 But weaker yet that thought must prove To search thy great eternal plan,-- Thy sovereign counsels, born of love Long ages ere the world began. 3 When my dim reason would demand Why that, or this, thou dost ordain, By some vast deep I seem to stand, Whose secrets I must ask in vain. 4 When doubts disturb my troubled breast, And all is dark as night to me, Here, as on solid rock, I rest; That so it seemeth good to thee. 5 Be this my joy, that evermore Thou rulest all things at thy will: Thy sovereign wisdom I adore, And calmly, sweetly, trust thee still. Scripture: Genesis 18:25 Used With Tune: LOUVAN

Whate'er my God ordains is right

Author: Samuel Rodigast; Catherine Winkworth, 1829-1878 Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.4.8.8 Appears in 74 hymnals Topics: Decrees of God Lyrics: 1 Whate'er my God ordains is right: Holy his will abideth; I will be still whate'er he doth; And follow where he guideth: He is my God: Though dark my road, He holds me that I shall not fall: Wherefore to him I leave it all. 2 Whate'er my God ordains is right: He never will deceive me; He leads me by the proper path; I know he will not leave me: I take, content, What he hath sent; His hand can turn my griefs away, And patiently I wait his day. 3 Whate'er my God ordains is right: Though now this cup, in drinking, May bitter seem to my faint heart, I take it, all unshrinking: My God is true; Each morn anew Sweet comfort yet shall fill my heart, And pain and sorrow shall depart. 4 Whate'er my God ordains is right: Here shall my stand be taken; Though sorrow, need, or death be mine, Yet am I not forsaken; My Father's care Is round me there; He holds me that I shall not fall: And so to him I leave it all. Amen. Used With Tune: WAS GOTT TUT

Eternity

Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 321 hymnals Topics: Decrees; Decrees First Line: Great God! how infinite art thou! Lyrics: 1 Great God! how infinite art thou! What worthless worms are we! Let the whole race of creatures bow, And pay their praise to thee. 2 Thy throne eternal ages stood, Ere seas or stars were made; Thou art the ever-living God, Were all the nations dead. 3 Eternally, with all its years, Stands present in thy view; To thee there's nothing old appears Great God! there's nothing new. 4 Our lives through various scenes are drawn, And vexed with trifling cares; While thine eternal thought moves on Thine undisturbed affairs. 5 Great God! how infinite art thou! What worthless worms are we! Let the whole race of creatures bow, And pay their praise to thee. Used With Tune: DUNDEE

Providence

Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 202 hymnals Topics: Decrees; Decrees First Line: Keep silence, all created things! Lyrics: 1 Keep silence, all created things! And wait your Maker's nod; My soul stands trembling, while she sings The honors of her God. 2 Life, death, and hell, and worlds unknown, Hang on his firm decree; He sits on no precarious throne, Nor borrows leave to be. 3 His providence unfolds the book, And makes his counsels shine; Each opening leaf, and every stroke, Fulfills some deep design. 4 My God! I would not long to see My fate with curious eyes What gloomy lines are writ for me, Or what bright scenes may rise. 5 In thy fair book of life and grace, Oh, may I find my name Recorded in some humble place, Beneath my Lord, the Lamb. Used With Tune: ST. ANN'S

Atonement made

Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 89 hymnals Topics: Decrees Spiritual First Line: Now to the power of God supreme Lyrics: 1 Now to the power of God supreme Be everlasting honors given; He saves from hell,--we bless his name,-- He guides our wandering feet to heaven. 2 'Twas his own purpose that began To rescue rebels doomed to die: He gave us grace in Christ, his Son, Before he spread the starry sky. 3 Jesus, the Lord, appears at last, And makes his Father's counsels known; Declares the great transactions past, And brings immortal blessings down. 4 He dies; and in that dreadful night Doth all the powers of hell destroy; Rising, he brings our heaven to light, And takes possession of the joy. Scripture: Matthew 28:6 Used With Tune: ROTHWELL

Wherefore Do the Nations Rage

Meter: 7.7.7.7 D with refrain Appears in 12 hymnals Topics: Decrees of God Lyrics: 1 Wherefore do the nations rage And the people vainly dream That in triumph they can wage War against the King supreme? Christ His Son a scoff they make, And the rulers plotting say: Their dominion let us break, Let us cast their yoke away, Their dominion let us break, Let us cast their yoke away. 2 But the Lord will scorn them all, Calm He sits enthroned on high; Soon His wrath will on them fall, Sore displeased He will reply: Yet according to My will I have set My King to reign, And on Zion's holy hill My Anointed I maintain, And on Zion's holy hill My Anointed I maintain. 3 This His word shall be made known, This Jehovah's firm decree: Thou art My beloved Son, Yea, I have begotten Thee. All the earth at Thy request I will give Thee for Thy own; Then Thy might shall be confessed And Thy foes be overthrown, Then Thy might shall be confessed And Thy foes be overthrown. 4 Therefore, kings, be wise, give ear; Hearken, judges of the earth; Learn to serve the Lord with fear, Mingle trembling with your mirth. Kiss the Son, lest o'er your way His consuming wrath should break; But supremely blest are they Who in Christ their refuge take, But supremely blest are they Who in Christ their refuge take. Scripture: Psalm 2 Used With Tune: MENDELSSOHN

The Mysteries of Providence

Author: William Cowper (1731-1800) Appears in 1,129 hymnals Topics: God Decrees of First Line: God moves in a mysterious way Scripture: Psalm 97:2 Used With Tune: BYEFIELD

Like a River Glorious

Author: Frances R. Havergal Meter: 6.5.6.5 D with refrain Appears in 153 hymnals Topics: Decrees of God Refrain First Line: Stayed upon Jehovah Lyrics: 1 Like a river glorious is God's perfect peace, over all victorious in its bright increase; perfect, yet it floweth fuller ev'ry day, perfect, yet it groweth deeper all the way. Refrain: Stayed upon Jehovah, hearts are fully blest, finding, as he promised, perfect peace and rest. 2 Hidden in the hollow of his blessed hand, never foe can follow, never traitor stand; not a surge of worry, not a shade of care, not a blast of hurry, touch the spirit there. [Refrain] 3 Ev'ry joy or trial falleth from above, traced upon our dial by the Sun of Love. We may trust him fully all for us to do; they who trust him wholly find him wholly true. [Refrain] Scripture: Isaiah 26:3 Used With Tune: WYE VALLEY