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Jesus, thine all-victorious love

Author: Charles Wesley Appears in 211 hymnals Topics: The Christian Unfaithfulness Lamented Lyrics: 1 Jesus, thine all-victorious love Shed in my heart abroad: Then shall my feet no longer rove, Nor leave the heavenly road. 2 O, that in me the sacred fire Might now begin to glow; Burn up the dross of base desire, And make the mountains flow. 3 O, that it now from heaven might fall, And all my sins consume: Come, Holy Ghost, for thee I call; Spirit of burning, come. 4 Refining fire, go through my heart; Illuminate my soul; Scatter thy life through every part And sanctify the whole. Used With Tune: BEMERTON

O thou whose mercy hears

Author: Anne Steele Appears in 361 hymnals Topics: The Christian Unfaithfulness Lamented Lyrics: 1 O thou whose mercy hears Contrition's humble sigh, Whose hand indulgent wipes the tears From Sorrow's weeping eye; 2 See, at thy throne of grace, A wretched wanderer mourn: Hast thou not bid me seek thy face? Hast thou not said, "Return"? 3 Shall guilty fears prevail To drive me from thy feet? O let not this last refuge fail, This only safe retreat. 4 Absent from thee, my Light, Without one cheering ray, Through dangers, fears, and gloomy night, How desolate my way! 5 On this benighted heart With beams of mercy shine, And let thy voice again impart A taste of joy divine. Used With Tune: MORNINGTON

Shepherd of souls, with pitying eye

Appears in 50 hymnals Topics: Unfaithfulness Lamented Used With Tune: SESSIONS

How oft this wretched, sinful heart

Author: Anne Steele Appears in 316 hymnals Topics: The Christian Unfaithfulness Lamented Lyrics: 1 How oft this wretched, sinful heart Has wandered from the Lord! How oft my roving thoughts depart, Forgetful of his word! 2 Yet mercy calls me now, "Return;" Saviour, to thee I come; My vile ingratitude I mourn; O take the wandered home! 3 Thy love, so full, so free, so sweet, Blest Saviour, I adore; O keep me at thy sacred feet, And let me rove no more. Used With Tune: BEMERTON

Lord! when we bend before thy throne

Author: Joseph D. Carlyle Appears in 326 hymnals Topics: The Christian Unfaithfulness Lamented Lyrics: 1 Lord! when we bend before thy throne, And our confessions pour, O, may we feel the sins we own, And hate what we deplore. 2 Our contrite spirits pitying see; True penitence impart; And let a healing ray from thee Beam hope on every heart. 3 When we disclose our wants in prayer, May we our wills resign; Nor let a thought our bosom share Which is not wholly thine. 4 Let faith each meek petition fill, And waft it to the skies; And teach our hearts 'tis goodness still That grants it or denies. Used With Tune: BEMERTON

Return, my roving heart, return

Author: Philip Doddridge Appears in 184 hymnals Topics: The Christian Unfaithfulness Lamented Lyrics: 1 Return, my roving heart, return, And life's vain shadows chase no more; Seek out some solitude to mourn, And thy forsaken God implore. 2 O thou great God! whose piercing eye Distinctly marks each deep retreat, In these sequestered hours draw nigh, And let me here thy presence meet. 3 Through all the windings of my heart, My search let heavenly wisdom guide; And still its beams unerring dart, Till all be known and purified. 4 Then let the visits of thy love My inmost soul be made to share, Till every grace combine to prove That God has fixed his dwelling there. Used With Tune: WELTON

My Song Is Love Unknown

Author: Samuel Crossman Meter: 6.6.6.6.4.4.4.4 Appears in 127 hymnals Topics: Lament Lyrics: 1 My song is love unknown, my Savior's love to me, love to the loveless shown that they might lovely be. O who am I that for my sake my Lord should take frail flesh, and die? 2 He came from heaven’s throne salvation to bestow; the world that was his own would not its Savior know. But O my Friend, my Friend indeed, who at my need his life did spend! 3 Sometimes we strew his way, and his sweet praises sing, resounding all the day hosannas to our King. Then "Crucify!" is all our breath, and for his death we thirst and cry. 4 Unheeding, we will have our dear Lord made away, a murderer to save, the prince of life to slay. Yet steadfast he to suffering goes, that he his foes from thence might free. 5 Here might I stay and sing, no story so divine: never was love, dear King, never was grief like thine. This is my Friend, in whose sweet praise I all my days could gladly spend. Scripture: Lamentations 1:12 Used With Tune: LOVE UNKNOWN

As pants the hart

Appears in 321 hymnals Topics: Lament First Line: As pants the hart for cooling streams Lyrics: 1 As pants the hart for cooling streams when heated in the chase, so longs my soul, O God, for thee and thy refreshing grace. 2 For thee, my God, the living God, my thirsty soul doth pine: oh when shall I behold thy face, thou majesty divine? 3 Why restless, why cast down, my soul? Trust God, who will employ sure aid for thee, and change these sighs to thankful hymns of joy. 4 God of my strength, how long shall I, like one forgotten, mourn, forlorn, forsaken and exposed to my oppressor's scorn? 5 Why restless, why cast down, my soul? Hope still, and thou shalt sing praise to thy God, the living God, thy health's eternal spring. Scripture: Psalm 42:1-2 Used With Tune: MARTYRDOM Text Sources: Paraphrase, Tate and Brady's New Version, 1696, alt.

O, for a closer walk with God!

Author: Wm. Cowper Appears in 1,368 hymnals Topics: The Christian Unfaithfulness Lamented Lyrics: 1 O, for a closer walk with God! A calm and heavenly frame, A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb. 2 Return, O holy Dove! return, Sweet Messenger of rest; I hate the sins that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast. 3 What peaceful hours I once enjoyed! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill. 4 The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol be, Help me to tear it from thy throne, And worship only thee. 5 So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame; So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb. Used With Tune: MANOAH

Ah, Holy Jesus, How Hast Thou Offended

Author: Johann Heermann, 1585-1647; Robert S. Bridges, 1844-1930 Meter: 11.11.11.5 Appears in 135 hymnals Topics: Laments Scripture: Isaiah 53 Used With Tune: HERZLIEBSTER JESU