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Time and Eternity; or, longing after unseen Pleasures
Author: Steele Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #DXLVI (1792) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Unseen pleasures longed for First Line: How long shall earth's alluring toys Lyrics: 1 How long shall earth's alluring toys
Detain our hearts and eyes,
Regardless of immortal joys,
And strangers to the skies?
2 These transient scenes will soon decay,
They fade upon the sight;
And quickly will their brightest day
Be lost in endless night.
3 Their brightest day, alas, how vain!
With conscious sighs we own;
While clouds of sorrow, care and pain
O'ershade the smiling noon.
4 O could our thoughts and wishes fly,
Above these gloomy shades,
To those bright worlds beyond the sky
Which sorrow ne'er invades.
5 There joys unseen by mortal eyes,
Or reason's feeble ray,
In ever blooming prospects rise,
Unconscious of decay.
6 Lord, send a beam of light divine,
To guide our upward aim!
With one reviving touch of thine,
Our languid hearts inflame.
7 Then shall, on faith's sublimest wing
Our ardent wishes rise
To those bright scenes, where pleasures spring
Immortal in the skies. Languages: English
Time and Eternity; or, longing after unseen Pleasures
If life's pleasures charm thee, give them not thy heart
Hymnal: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected, for the Use of Christians. (5th ed.) #B290 (1838) Meter: 11.8.7 Topics: If life's pleasures charm thee Languages: English
If life's pleasures charm thee, give them not thy heart
The pleasures of social Worship
Author: Dr. S. Stennett Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #CCCXLI (1792) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Topics: Pleasures of Worship First Line: How charming is the place Lyrics: 1 How charming is the place
Where my Redeemer God,
Unveils the beauties of his face,
And sheds his love abroad!
2 Not the fair palaces
To which the great resort
Are once to be compar'd with this,
Where Jesus holds his court.
3 Here on the mercy-seat,
With radiant glory crown'd,
Our joyful eyes behold him sit,
And smile on all around.
4 To him their prayers and cries
Each humble soul presents;
He listens to their broken sighs,
And grants them all their wants.
5 To them his sovereign will
He graciously imparts:
And in return accepts with smiles,
The tribute of their hearts.
6 Give me, O Lord, a place
Within thy blest abode,
Among the children of thy grace,
The servants of my God. Languages: English
The pleasures of social Worship
How various and how new
Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #361 (1828) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Topics: The pleasures of Conversion Lyrics: 1 How various and how new
Are thy compassions, Lord!
Each morning shall thy mercies shew,
Each night thy love record.
2 Thy goodness, like the sun,
Dawn'd on our early days,
Err infant reason had begun
To form our lips to praise.
3 Each object we beheld
Gave pleasure to our eyes;
And nature all our senses held
In bands of sweet surprise.
4 But pleasures more refin'd
Awaited that blest day,
When light arose upon our mind
To chase our sins away.
5 How various and how new
Are thy compassions, Lord!
Eternity thy truth shall shew,
And all thy love record.
How various and how new
"Keep us safe"
Author: Thomas Kelly Hymnal: Laudes Domini #96 (1890) Topics: Pleasures; Pleasures First Line: God of our salvation! hear us Lyrics: 1 God of our salvation! hear us;
Bless, oh, bless us, ere we go;
When we join the world, be near us,
Lest we cold and careless grow.
Saviour! keep us;
Keep us safe from every foe.
2 As our steps are drawing nearer
To our everlasting home,
May our view of heaven grow clearer,
Hope more bright of joys to come;
And, when dying,
May thy presence cheer the gloom. Languages: English
"Keep us safe"
Deut. 30:19
Author: James Montgomery Hymnal: Laudes Domini #224 (1890) Topics: Pleasures; Pleasures First Line: Oh, where shall rest be found Lyrics: 1 Oh, where shall rest be found
Rest for the weary soul?
'Twere vain the ocean's depths to sound,
Or pierce to either pole.
2 The world can never give
The bliss for which we sigh:
'Tis not the whole of life to live,
Nor all of death to die.
3 Beyond this vale of tears
There is a life above,
Unmeasured by the flight of years;
And all that life is love.
4 There is a death whose pang
Outlasts the fleeting breath:
Oh, what eternal horrors hang
Around the second death!
5 Lord God of truth and grace!
Teach us that death to shun;
Lest we be banished from thy face,
And evermore undone. Languages: English Tune Title: SHAWMUT
Deut. 30:19
Probation
Author: Charles Wesley Hymnal: Laudes Domini #229 (1890) Topics: Pleasures; Pleasures First Line: A charge to keep I have Lyrics: 1 A charge to keep I have,
A God to glorify,
A never-dying soul to save,
And fit it for the sky.
2 To serve the present age,
My calling to fulfill;
Oh, may it all my powers engage
To do my Master's will.
3 Arm me with jealous care,
As in thy sight to live;
And oh, thy servant, Lord, prepare
A strict account to give.
4 Help me to watch and pray,
And on thyself rely,
Assured, if I my trust betray,
I shall for ever die. Languages: English Tune Title: IOWA
Probation
One Thing needful
Author: Philip Doddridge Hymnal: Laudes Domini #278 (1890) Topics: Pleasures; Pleasures First Line: Why will ye waste on trifling cares Lyrics: 1 Why will ye waste on trifling cares
That life which God's compassion spares?
While, in the various range of thought,
The one thing needful is forgot?
2 Shall God invite you from above?
Shall Jesus urge his dying love?
Shall troubled conscience give you pain?
And all these pleas unite in vain?
3 Not so your eyes will always view
Those objects which you now pursue;
Not so will heaven and hell appear,
When death's decisive hour is near.
4 Almighty God! thy grace impart;
Fix deep conviction on each heart:
Nor let us waste on trifling cares
That life which thy compassion spares. Languages: English
One Thing needful
O happy soul that lives on high!
Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #369 (1828) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: The pleasures of a pure conscience Lyrics: 1 O happy soul that lives on high!
While men lie grov'ling here,
His hopes are fix'd above the sky,
And faith forbids his fear.
2 His conscience knows no secret stings;
While grace and joy combine
To form a life, whose holy springs
Are hidden and divine.
3 He waits in secret on his God,
His God in secret sees,
Let earth be all in arms abroad,
He dwells in heav'nly peace.
4 His pleasures rise from things unseen,
Beyond this world and time,
Where neither eyes nor ears have been,
Nor thoughts of mortals climb.
5 He looks to heav'n's eternal hill,
To meet that glorious day,
When Christ his promise shall fulfil
And call his soul away.
O happy soul that lives on high!
The better portion
Author: Robert Seagrave Hymnal: Laudes Domini #566 (1890) Topics: Pleasures; Pleasures First Line: Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings Lyrics: 1 Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings,
Thy better portion trace;
Rise from transitory things
Toward heaven, thy native place:
Sun and moon and stars decay;
Time shall soon this earth remove;
Rise, my soul, and haste away
To seats prepared above.
2 Rivers to the ocean run,
Nor stay in all their course;
Fire ascending seeks the sun;
Both speed them to their source:
So a soul that's born of God,
Pants to view his glorious face;
Upward tends to his abode,
To rest in his embrace.
3 Cease, ye pilgrims, cease to mourn,
Press onward to the prize;
Soon our Saviour will return
Triumphant in the skies:
Yet a season, and you know
Happy entrance will be given,
All our sorrows left below,
And earth exchanged for heaven. Languages: English Tune Title: AMSTERDAM
The better portion
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