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Sweet Hour of Prayer

Author: William W. Walford Meter: 8.8.8.8 D Appears in 1,292 hymnals First Line: Sweet hour of prayer, sweet hour of prayer Lyrics: 1 Sweet hour of prayer, sweet hour of prayer, That calls me from a world of care, And bids me at my Father's throne Make all my wants and wishes known; In seasons of distress and grief My soul has often found relief And oft escaped the tempter's snare By thy return, sweet hour of prayer. 2 Sweet hour of prayer, sweet hour of prayer, Thy wings shall my petition bear To Him whose truth and faithfulness Engage the waiting soul to bless: And since He bids me seek His face, Believe His Word, and trust His grace, I'll cast on Him my every care And wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer. Topics: Walking with God Prayer and Devotion Used With Tune: SWEET HOUR

Shall I for Fear of Feeble Man

Author: Johann Joseph Winckler, 1670-1722; John Wesley, 1703-1791 Appears in 106 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Shall I for fear of feeble man, The Spirit's course in me restrain? Or undismayed in deed and word, Be a true witness of my Lord? Awed by a mortal's frown, shall I Conceal the Word of God most high? How then before Thee shall I dare To stand, or how thine anger bear? 2 Shall I, to soothe the unholy throng, Soften Thy truth, or smooth my tongue, To gain earth's gilded toys, or flee The cross, endured my Lord, by Thee? What then, is he whose scorn I dread, Whose wrath or hate makes me afraid? A man! an heir of death! a slave To sin! a bubble on the wave! 3 Yea, let men rage; since Thou wilt spread Thy shadowing wings around my head; And in all pain Thy tender love Will still my sure refreshment prove. Saviour of men, Thy searching eye Does all my inmost thoughts descry; Doth aught on earth my wishes raise, Or the world's pleasures or its praise. 4 The love of Christ doth me constrain To seek the perishing souls of men; With cries, entreaties, tears to save— To snatch them from a Christ-less grave. For this let men revile my name; No cross I shun, I fear no shame; All hail, reproach; and welcome, pain; Only Thy terrors, Lord, restrain. 5 My life, my blood, I here present, If for Thy truth they may be spent, Fulfil Thy sovereign counsel, Lord; Thy will be done, Thy name adored. Give me Thy strength, O God of power; Then let winds blow, or thunders roar, Thy faithful witness will I be; 'Tis fixed, I can do all through Thee. Topics: Book One: Hymns, Songs, Chorales; Christian Life Witnessing, Speaking of Jesus Scripture: Acts 1:8 Used With Tune: SWEET HOUR

Father of mercies, bow thine ear

Author: Benjamin Beddome Appears in 194 hymnals Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 3:1 Used With Tune: SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER

Before the Throne of God Above

Author: Charitie Bancroft Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 57 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Before the throne of God above I have a strong and perfect plea. A great high priest whose name is Love Who ever lives and pleads for me. My name is graven on His hands, My name is written on His heart. I know that while in Heaven He stands No tongue can bid me thence depart. 2. When Satan tempts me to despair And tells me of the guilt within, Upward I look and see Him there Who made an end of all my sin. Because the sinless Savior died My sinful soul is counted free. For God the just is satisfied To look on Him and pardon me. 3. Behold Him there the risen Lamb, My perfect spotless righteousness, The great unchangeable I AM, The King of glory and of grace, One in Himself I cannot die. My soul is purchased by His blood, My life is hid with Christ on high, With Christ my Savior and my God! Used With Tune: SWEET HOUR

Though Sorrows Rise And Dangers Roll

Author: Reginald Heber, 1783-1826 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 30 hymnals First Line: Though sorrows rise, and dangers roll Lyrics: 1 Though sorrows rise, and dangers roll In waves of darkness o’er my soul, Though friends are false and love decays, And few and evil are my days, Though conscience, fiercest of my foes, Swells with remembered guilt my woes, Yet ev’n in nature’s utmost ill, I love Thee, Lord! I love Thee still! 2 Though Sinai’s curse, in thunder dread, Peals o’er mine unprotected head, And memory points, with busy pain, To grace and mercy given in vain, Till nature, shrinking in the strife, Would fly to hell to ’scape from life, Though every thought has power to kill, I love Thee, Lord! I love Thee still! 3 Oh, by the pangs Thyself has borne, The ruffian’s blow, the tyrant’s scorn; By Sinai’s curse, whose dreadful doom Was buried in Thy guiltless tomb; By these my pangs, whose healing smart, Thy grace hath implanted in my heart; I know, I feel, Thy bounteous will! Thou lovest me Lord! Thou lovest me still! Used With Tune: SWEET HOUR Text Sources: Published posthumously in Hymns Written and Adapted to the Weekly Church Service of the Year (London: J. Murray, 1827)

Great Shepherd of the Church

Author: Wilmer D. Swope; John J. Overholt Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Great Shepherd of the church on earth Topics: Book One: Hymns, Songs, Chorales; The Church Lot Ordinations Scripture: Acts 1:26 Used With Tune: SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER

Would You Behold the Works Of God?

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 64 hymnals First Line: Would you behold the works of God Lyrics: 1 Would you behold the works of God, His wonders in the world abroad, Go with the mariners, and trace The unknown regions of the seas. 2 They leave their native shores behind, And seize the favor of the wind; Till God command, and tempests rise That heave the ocean to the skies. 3 Now to the heav’ns they mount amain, Now sink to dreadful deeps again; What strange affrights young sailors feel, And like a staggering drunkard reel! 4 When land is far, and death is nigh, Lost to all hope, to God they cry: His mercy hears the loud address, And sends salvation in distress. 5 He bids the winds their wrath assuage, The furious waves forget their rage; ’Tis calm, and sailors smile to see The haven where they wished to be. 6 O may the sons of men record The wondrous goodness of the Lord! Let them their private offerings bring And in the church His glory sing. Used With Tune: SWEET HOUR Text Sources: Psalms of David, 1719

When sorrow comes and my heart knows

Author: Eric Schumacher Appears in 1 hymnal Used With Tune: Sweet Hour

O God, Be Merciful to Me (1)

Author: Anonymous Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: O God, be merciful to me Lyrics: 1. O God, be merciful to me, My soul for refuge comes to Thee, Beneath Thy wings I safe will stay, Until these troubles pass away. To God Most High shall rise my prayer, To God who makes my wants His care, From Heav’n He will salvation send, And me from every foe defend. 2. Great foes and fierce my soul alarm, Inflamed with rage and strong to harm, But God, from Heav’n His dwelling place, Will rescue me with truth and grace. Be Thou, O God, exalted high, Yea, far above the starry sky, And let Thy glory be displayed O’er all the earth Thy hands have made. 3. My soul is grieved because my foes With treacherous plans my way enclose; But from the snares that they devise Their own undoing shall arise. My heart is steadfast, O my King, My heart is tuned Thy praise to sing; Awake, my soul, and swell the song, Let vibrant harp the notes prolong. 4. Yea, I will early wake and sing, A thankful hymn to Thee will bring, For unto Heav’n Thy mercies rise, Thy truth is lofty as the skies. Be Thou, O God, exalted high, Yea, far above the starry sky, And let Thy glory be displayed O’er all the earth Thy hands have made. Used With Tune: SWEET HOUR Text Sources: From The Psalter (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: The United Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1912), number 154