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Pride and Death; or, The Vanity of Life and Riches
Appears in 44 hymnals Topics: Life and Riches their Vanity; Riches Their Vanity; Life and Riches their Vanity; Riches Their Vanity First Line: Why doth the man of riches grow Lyrics: 1 Why doth the man of riches grow
To insolence and pride,
To see his wealth and honours flow
With every rising tide.
2 [Why doth he treat the poor with scorn,
Made of the self-same clay,
And boast as though his flesh was born
Of better dust than they?]
3 Not all his treasures can procure
His soul a short reprieve,
Redeem from death one guilty hour,
Or make his brother live.
4 Eternal life can ne'er be sold,
The ransom is too high;
Justice will ne'er be brib'd with gold,
That man may never die.
5 He sees the brutish and the wise,
The timorous and the brave,
Quit their possessions, close their eyes,
And hasten to the grave.
6 Yet 'tis his inward thought and pride,
"My house shall ever stand;
"And that my name may long abide,
"I'll give it to my land."
7 Vain are his thoughts, his hopes are lost,
How soon his memory dies!
His name is written in the dust,
Where his own body lies.
Pause.
8 This is the folly of their way
And yet their sons as vain
Approve the words their fathers say,
And act their works again.
9 Men void of wisdom and of grace,
Tho' honour raise them high,
Live like the beast, a thoughtless race,
And like the beast they die.
10 [Laid in the grave like silly sheep,
Death triumphs o'er them there,
Till the last trumpet breaks their sleep,
And wakes them in despair.] Scripture: Psalm 49:6-14
Pride and Death; or, The Vanity of Life and Riches
Vanity of the world
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: World Vanity of First Line: Wealth is a blessing only lent Lyrics: 1 Wealth is a blessing only lent,
To be repaid by deeds of love;
God gives his bounties to be spent,
To hoard them will his anger move.
2 The world's esteem is but a bribe;
To buy its peace we sell our own,
Enslav'd by an applauding tribe,
Who hate us while they make us known.
3 The joy that vain amusements give,
To him who thoughtless sports and sings,
Is like the honey of a hive,
When guarded by a thousand stings.
4 'Tis thus the world rewards the fools
Thank live upon her treach'rous smiles;
She leads them, blindfold by here rules,
And ruins all whom she beguiles.
5 'Tis thus that thousands hasten down
From pleasure, into endless woe;
And with a long despairing groan,
Blaspheme their Maker as they go.
6 Warn'd by their woes, may we be wise,
Delighting in a Saviour's charms;
Then God will take us to the skies,
Embrac'd in everlasting arms.
Vanity of the world
O God! our help in ages past
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,239 hymnals Topics: The Vanity of Human Life; Vanity and brevity of life Scripture: Psalm 19:1-5
O God! our help in ages past
The Vanity of Man as mortal
Appears in 257 hymnals Topics: Vanity of Man as mortal First Line: Teach me the Measure of my Days Lyrics: 1 Teach me the Measure of my Days,
Thou Maker of my Frame;
I would survey Life's narrow Space,
And learn how frail I am.
2 A Span is all that we can boast,
An Inch or two of Time;
Man is but Vanity and Dust
In all his Flow'r and Prime.
3 See the vain Race of Mortals move
Like Shadows o'er the Plain;
They rage and strive, desire and love,
But all the Noise is vain.
4 Some walk in Honour's gaudy Show,
Some dig for golden Ore,
They toil for Heirs they know not who,
And strait are seen no more.
5 What should I wish or wait for then
From Creatures, Earth and Dust?
They make our Expectations vain,
And disappoint our Trust.
6 Now I forbid my carnal Hope,
My fond Desires recal;
I give my mortal Int'rest up,
And make my GOD my All. Scripture: Psalm 39:4-7
The Vanity of Man as mortal
The Vanity of Man, and Condescention of God
Appears in 76 hymnals Topics: Man his vanity as mortal; Vanity of man as mortal; Man his vanity as mortal; Vanity of man as mortal First Line: Lord, what is man, poor feeble man Lyrics: 1 Lord, what is man, poor feeble man,
Born of the earth at first?
His life a shadow, light and vain,
Still hasting to the dust.
2 Oh what is feeble dying man,
Of all his sinful race,
That God should make it his concern
To visit him with grace?
4 That God who darts his lightnings down,
Who shakes the worlds above,
And terrors wait his awful frown,
How wondrous is his love? Scripture: Psalm 144:3-6
The Vanity of Man, and Condescention of God
Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 18 hymnals Topics: The danger and vanity of the world
Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu
Vanity of earthly enjoyments
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 243 hymnals Topics: Vanity of earth First Line: How vain are all things here below! Scripture: Ecclesiastes 1:2
Vanity of earthly enjoyments
God infinite and eternal
Author: Isaac Watts (1674-1748) Appears in 321 hymnals Topics: Life Vanity of First Line: Great God, how infinite art thou Scripture: Psalm 90 Used With Tune: BRADFORD
God infinite and eternal
What are possessions, fame, and power
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 12 hymnals Topics: The Vanity of earthly Things Lyrics: 1 What are possessions, fame, and power
The boasted splendour of the great?
What gold, which dazzled eyes adore,
And seek with endless toils and sweat?
2 Express their charms, declare their use,
That we their merits may descry,
Tell us what good they can produce,
Or what important wants supply.
3 If, wounded with the sense of sin,
To them for pardon we should pray,
Will they restore our peace within,
And wash our guilty stains away?
4 Can they celestial life inspire,
Nature with power divine renew,
With pure and sacred transports fire
Our bosom, and our lust subdue?
5 When with the pangs of death we strive,
And yield all comforts here for lost,
Will they support us, will they give
Kind succour, when we need it most?
6 When at th' Almighty's awful bar
To hear our final doom we stand,
Can they incline the Judge to spare,
Or wrest the vengeance from his hand?
7 Can they protect us from despair,
From the dark reign of death and hell,
Crown us with bliss, and throne us where
The just, in joys immortal, dwell?
8 Sinners, your idols we despise,
If these reliefs they cannot grant;
Why should we such delusions prize,
And pine in everlasting want?
What are possessions, fame, and power
Vanity of the world
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 27 hymnals Topics: World Vanity of First Line: In vain the giddy world inquires Lyrics: 1 In vain the giddy world inquires,
Forgetful of their God,
"Who will supply our vast desire,
"Or shew us any good?"
2 Thro' the wide circuit of the earth
Their eager wishes rove,
In chace of honor, wealth, and mirth,
The phantoms of their love.
3 But oft these shadowy joys elude
Their most intense pursuit;
Or if they seize the fancied good,
There's poison in the fruit.
4 Lord, from this world call off my love,
Set my affections right:
Bid me aspire to joys above,
And walk no more by sight.
5 O let the glories of thy face
Upon my bosom shine:
Assur'd of thy forgiving grace,
My joys will be divine. Scripture: Psalm 4:6
Vanity of the world
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