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The converted Thief

Author: Dr. S. Stennett Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #LXXX (1792) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Scripture Doctrines and Blessings Regeneration First Line: As on the cross the Savior hung Lyrics: 1 As on the cross the Savior hung, And wept, and bled, and dy'd, He pour'd salvation on a wretch That languish'd at his side. 2 His crimes with inward grief and shame, The penitent confess'd; Then turn'd his dying eyes to Christ, And thus his prayer address'd: 3 "Jesus, thou son and heir of heaven, "Thou spotless lamb of God, "I see thee bath'd in sweat and tears, "And welt'ring in thy blood. 4 "Yet quickly, from these scenes of woe "In triumph thou shalt rise, "Burst thro' the gloomy shades of death, "And shine above the skies. 5 "Amid the glories of that world, "Dear Savior, think on me; "And in the vict'ries of thy death, Let me a sharer be." 6 His prayer the dying Jesus hears, And instantly replies, "To-day thy parting soul shall be With me in Paradise." Scripture: Luke 23:42 Languages: English

The Leper healed; or, Sanctification implored

Author: Dr. S. Stennett Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #CII (1792) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Topics: Scripture Doctrines and Blessings Sanctification First Line: Behold the lep'rous jew Lyrics: 1 Behold the lep'rous jew, Oppress'd with pain and grief, Pouring his tears at Jesus' feet, For pity and relief. 2 "O speak the word," he cries, "And heal me of my pain: "Lord, thou art able, if thou wilt, "To make a leper clean." 3 Compassion moves his heart, He speaks the gracious word; The leper feels his strength return, And all his sickness cur'd. 4 To thee, dear Lord, I look, Sick of a worse disease; Sin is my painful malady, And none can give me ease. 5 But thy almighty grace Can heal my lep'rous soul; O bathe me in thy precious blood, And that will make me whole. Scripture: Matthew 8:2-3 Languages: English

The Privileges of the Sons of God

Author: Humphreys Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #XCIV (1792) Topics: Scripture Doctrines and Blessings Adoption First Line: Blessed are the sons of God Lyrics: 1 Blessed are the sons of God, They are bought with Jesu's blood, They are ransom'd from the grave, Life eternal they shall have, With them number'd may we be, Now and thro' eternity! 2 God did leave them to his son, Long before the world begun; They the seal of this receive When on Jesus they believe. With them number'd may we be, Now and thro' eternity! 3 They are justify'd by grace, They enjoy a solid peace; All their sins are wash'd away, They shall stand in God's great day, With them number'd may we be, Now and thro' eternity! 4 They produce the fruits of grace In the works of righteousness! Born of God, they hate all sin, God's pure seed remains within. With them number'd may we be, Now and thro' eternity! 5 They have fellowship with God, Thro' the Mediator's blood; One with God, thro' Jesus one, Glory is in them begun. With them number'd may we be, Now and thro' eternity! 6 Tho' they suffer much on earth, Strangers to the worldlings mirth, Yet they have an inward joy, Pleasures which can never cloy. With them number'd may we be, Now and thro' eternity! 7 They alone are truly blest, Heirs of God, joint heirs with Christ; They with love and peace are fill'd, They are by his xpirit seal'd, With them number'd may we be, Now and thro' eternity! Languages: English

Vital Union to Christ in Regeneration

Author: Dr. Doddridge Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #LXXXI (1792) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Topics: Scripture Doctrines and Blessings Regeneration First Line: Dear Savior, we are thine Lyrics: 1 Dear Savior, we are thine, By everlasting bonds: Our names, our hearts, we would resign, Our souls are in thy hands. 2 To thee we still would cleave With ever-growing zeal; If millions tempt us Christ to leave, O let them ne’er prevail. 3 Thy spirit shall unite Our souls to thee our head: Shall form in us thy image bright, That we thy paths may tread. 4 Death may our souls divide From these abodes of clay; But love shall keep us near thy side Thro' all the gloomy way. 5 Since Christ and we are one, Why should we doubt or fear? If he in heaven hath fix'd his throne, He’ll fix his members there. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:17 Languages: English

Redemption by Christ alone

Author: Steele Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #LXX (1792) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Scripture Doctrines and Blessings Redemption First Line: Enslav'd by sin and bound in chains Lyrics: 1 Enslav'd by sin and bound in chains, Beneath it's dreadful tyrant sway, And doom'd to everlasting pains, We wretched, guilty captives lay. 2 Nor gold nor gems could buy our peace; Nor the whole world's collected store Suffice to purchase our release; A thousand worlds were all too poor. 3 Jesus the Lord, the mighty God, An all-sufficient ransom paid: Invalued price! his precious blood For vile rebellious traitors shed. 4 Jesus the sacrifice became, To rescue guilty souls from hell; The spotless, bleeding, dying Lamb Beneath avenging justice fell. 5 Amazing goodness! love divine! O may our grateful hearts adore The matchless grace, nor yield to sin, Nor wear its cruel fetters more! 6 Dear Savior, let thy love persue The glorious work it has begun, Each secret lurking foe subdue, And let our hearts be thine alone. Scripture: 1 Peter 1:18-19 Languages: English

Pleading the Atonement

Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #LXXVI (1792) Topics: Scripture Doctrines and Blessings Atonement First Line: Father, God, who seest in me Lyrics: 1 Father, God, who seest in me Only sin and Misery, Turn to thy anointed One, Look on thy beloved Son; Him, and then the sinner, see; Look thro' Jesus' wounds on me. 2 Heavenly Father, Lord of all, Hear, and show thou hear'st my call; Bow thine ear, in mercy bow, Smile on me a sinner now: Now the stone to flesh convert; Cast a look, and melt my heart. 3 Lord, I cannot let thee go, Till a blessing thou bestow; Hear my Advocate divine, Lo, to his my suit I join, Join'd with his, it cannot fail; Let me now with thee prevail. 4 Turn from me thy glorious eues To his bloody sacrifice, To the full atonement made, To the utmost ransom paid; And, if mine thro' him thou art, Speak thy mercy to my heart. 5 Jesus, answer from above; Is not all thy nature love? Pity from thine eye let fall; Bless me, whilst on thee I call; Am I thine thou Son of God? Take the purchase of thy blood. 6 Father, see the victim slain, Offer'd up for guilty man; Hear his blood's prevailing cry; Let the bowels then reply: Then thro' him the sinner see; Then, in Jesus, look on me. Scripture: Psalm 84:9 Languages: English

God glorious, and Sinners saved

Author: Dr. Watts Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #CXII (1792) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Scripture Doctrines and Blessings Salvation First Line: Father, how wide thy glory shines Lyrics: 1 Father, how wide thy glory shines! How high thy wonders rise! Known thro' the earth by thousand signs, By thousand thro' the skies. 2 [Part of thy name divinely stands On all thy creatures writ, They shew the labour of thy hands, Or impress of thy feet.] 3 But when we view thy strange design To save rebellious worms, Where vengeance and compassion join, In their divinest forms; 4 Our thoughts are lost in reverend awe; We love and we adore; The first arch-angel never saw So much of God before. 5 Here the whole Deity is known, Nor dares a creature guess Which of the glories brightest shone, The justice or the grace. 6 [When sinners broke the Father's laws, The dying Son atones; O, the dear mysteries of his cross! The triumph of his groans!] 7 Now the full glories of the Lamb Adorn the heavenly plains; Sweet cherubs learn Immanuel's name, And try their choicest strains. 8 O may I bear some humble part In that immortal song! Wonder and joy shall tune my heart, And love command my tongue. Scripture: Isaiah 44:23 Languages: English

Forgiveness! 'tis a joyful sound

Author: Dr. Gibbons Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #LXXXVII (1792) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Scripture Doctrines and Blessings Pardon Lyrics: 1 Forgiveness! 'tis a joyful sound To malefactors doom'd to die; Publish the bliss the world around; Ye seraphs, shout it from the sky! 2 'Tis the rich gift of love divine; 'Tis, full, out-measuring every crime; Unclouded shall its glories shine, And fee no change, by changing time. 3 O'er sins unnumber'd as the sand, And like the mountains for their size, The seas of sovereign grace expand, The seas of sovereign grace arise. 4 For this stupendous love of heaven What grateful honors shall we show? Where much transgression is forgiven Let love in equal ardors glow. 5 By this inspir'd, let all our days With various holiness be crown'd, Let truth and goodness, prayer and praise In all abide, in all abound. Scripture: Luke 7:47 Languages: English

Salvation by grace, from first to last

Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #CXI (1792) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Topics: Scripture Doctrines and Blessings Salvation First Line: Grace, 'tis a charming sound Lyrics: 1 Grace! 'tis a charming sound! Harmonious to the ear! Heaven with the echo shall resound, And all the earth shall hear. 2 Grace first contriv'd the way To save rebellious man, And all the steps that grace display, Which drew the wondrous plan. 3 [Grace first inscrib'd my name In God's eternal book: 'Twas grace that gave me to the Lamb, Who all my sorrows took.] 4 Grace led my roving feet To tread the heavenly road; And new supplies each hour I meet, While pressing on to God. 5 [Grace taught my soul to pray, And made my eyes o'erflow: 'Twas grace which kept me to this day, And will not let me go.] 6 Grace all the work shall crown, Thro' everlasting days; It lays in Heaven the topmost stone; And well deserves the praise. Scripture: Ephesians 2:5 Languages: English

The Pardoning God

Author: President Davies Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #LXXXV (1792) Topics: Scripture Doctrines and Blessings Pardon First Line: Great God of wonders! all thy ways Lyrics: 1 Great God of wonders! all thy ways, Are matchless, godlike, and divine; But the fair glories of thy grace, More godlike and unrival'd shine: Who is a pardoning God like thee? Or who has grace so rich and free? 2 Crimes of such horror to forgive, Such guilty daring worms to spare, This is thy grand prerogative, And none shall in the honor share. Who is a pardoning God like thee? Or who has grace so rich and free? 3 Angels and men, resign your claim, To pity, mercy, love and grace; These glories crown Jehovah's name, With an incomparable blaze. Who is a pardoning God like thee? Or who has grace so rich and free? 4 In wonder lost, with trembling joy, We take the pardon of our God, Pardon, for crimes of deepest dye, A pardon seal'd with Jesu's blood. Who is a pardoning God like thee? Or who has grace so rich and free? 5 O may this strange, this matchless grace, This godlike miracle of love Fill the wide earth with grateful praise, And all the angelic choirs above! Who is a pardoning God like thee? Or who has grace so rich and free? Scripture: Micah 7:18 Languages: English

Efficacious Grace

Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #LXXVII (1792) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Scripture Doctrines and Blessings Regeneration First Line: Hail! mighty Jesus; how divine Lyrics: 1 Hail! mighty Jesus; how divine Is thy victorious sword! The stoutest rebel must resign, At thy commanding word. 2 Deep are the wounds thy arrows give; They pierce the hardest heart: Thy smiles of grace the slain revive, And joy succeeds to smart. 3 Still gird thy sword upon thy thigh, Ride with majestic sway: Go forth, sweet prince, triumphantly And make thy foes obey. 4 And, when thy victories are complete; When all the chosen race Shall round the throne of glory meet, To sing thy conq'ring grace; 5 O may my humble soul be found Among that favour'd band! And I, with them, thy praise will sound Throughout Immanuel's land. Scripture: Psalm 45:3-5 Languages: English

Gratitude for the Atonement

Author: L. H. C. Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #LXXV (1792) Meter: 8.7 Topics: Scripture Doctrines and Blessings Atonement First Line: Hail! thou once despised Jesus Lyrics: 1 Hail! thou once despised Jesus, Hail thou Galilean King! Thou didst suffer to release us; Thou didst fee salvation bring. Hail, thou agonizing Savior, Bearer of our sin and shame! By thy merits we find favor; Life is given through thy name. 2 Paschal Lamb, by God appointed, All our sins on thee were laid: By Almighty love anointed, Thou hast full atonement made: All thy people are forgiven Through the virtue of thy blood: Open'd is the gate of heaven: Peace is made 'twixt man and God. 3 Jesus, hail, enthron'd in glory, There for ever to abide! All the heavenly hosts adore thee, Seated at thy Father's side: There for sinners thou art pleading, There thou dost our place prepare; Ever for us interceding, Till in glory we appear. 4 Worship, honor, power, and blessing, Thou art worthy to receive; Loudest praises, without ceasing, Meet it is for us to give: Help, ye bright angelic spirits! Bring your sweetest, noblest lays; Help to sing our Savior's merits; Help to chant Immanuel's praise. Languages: English

Finished Redemption

Author: Jonathan Evans Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #LXXI (1792) Topics: Scripture Doctrines and Blessings Redemption First Line: Hark! the voice of love and mercy Lyrics: 1 Hark! the voice of love and mercy Sounds aloud from Calvary! See! it rends the rocks asunder, Shakes the earth, and veil's the sky! "It is finish'd!" Hear the dying Savior cry! 2 It is finish'd! O what pleasure Do these charming words afford! Heavenly Blessings without measure, Flow to us from Christ the Lord. It is finish'd! Saints, the dying words record. 3 Finish'd, all the types and shadows Of the ceremonial law! Finish'd, all that God hath promis'd; Death and hell no more shall awe, It is finish'd! Saints, from hence your comfort draw. 4 [Happy souls, approach the table, Taste the soul-reviving food; Nothing half so sweet and pleasant As the Savior's flesh and blood. Ir is finish'd! Christ has borne the heavy load.] 5 Tune your harps anew, ye seraphs, Join to sing the pleasing theme; All on earth, and all in Heaven, Join to praise Immanuel's name! Hallelujah! Glory to the bleeding Lamb! Languages: English

Everlasting Love and electing Grace

Author: Toplady Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #LXII (1792) Topics: Scripture Doctrines and Blessings God's Everlasting Love First Line: How happy are we Lyrics: 1 How happy are we Our election who see, And venture, O Lord, for salvation on thee! In Jesus approv'd, Eternally lov'd, Upheld by thy power we cannot be mov'd. 2 'Tis sweet to recline On the bosom divine, And experience the comforts peculiar to thine; While, born from above, And upheld by thy love With singing and triumph to Zion we move. 3 Our seeking thy face, Was all of thy grace; Thy mercy demands and shall have all the praise. No sinner can be Beforehand with thee, Thy grace is preventing, almighty and free. 4 Our Savior and friend His love shall extend, It knew no beginning, and never shall end. Whom once he receives is spirit ne'er leaves, Nor ever repents of the grace that he gives. 5 This proof we would give, That thee we receive, Thou art precious alone to the souls that believe. Be precious to us! All beside is as dross, Compar'd with thy love and the blood of thy Cross. Part the second: 6 Yet, one thing we want More holiness grant! For more of thy mind, and thine image we pant; Thine image impress On thy favorite race, O fashion and polish thy vessels of grace. 7 Thy workmanship we More fully would be, Lord, stretch out thy hand and conform us to thee; While outward we move To Canaan above, Come fill us with holiness, fill us with love. 8 Vouchsafe us to know More of thee below Thus fit us for heaven, and glory bestow Our harps shall be tun'd, The Lamb shall be crown'd; Salvation to Jesus thro' heaven shall resound. Languages: English

Pardoning Love

Author: Steele Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #LXXXVI (1792) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Scripture Doctrines and Blessings Pardon First Line: How oft, alas, this wretched heart Lyrics: 1 How oft, alas, this wretched heart Has wander'd from the Lord! How oft my roving thoughts depart Forgetful of his word! 2 Yet sovereign mercy calls, "return:" Dear Lord, and may I come! My vile ingratitude I mourn; O take the wanderer home. 3 And canst thou, wilt thou yet forgive, And bid my crimes remove? And shall a pardon'd rebel live To speak thy wondrous love! 4 Almighty grace, thy healing power How glorious, how divine! That can to life and bliss restore So vile a heart as mine. 5 Thy pardoning love, so free, so sweet, Dear Savior, I adore; Oh, keep me at thy sacred feet, And let me rove no more. Scripture: Jeremiah 3:22 Languages: English

Distinguishing Grace

Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #CX (1792) Topics: Scripture Doctrines and Blessings Salvation First Line: In songs of sublime adoration and praise Lyrics: 1 In songs of sublime adoration and praise, Ye pilgrims for Sion who press, Break forth, and extol the great ancient of days, His rich and distinguishing grace. 2 His love from eternity fix'd upon you, Broke forth and discover'd its flame, And now with the cords of his kindness he draws, And brings us to love his great name. 3 O had he not pitied the state you were in, Your bosoms his love had ne'er felt, You all would have liv'd, would have dy'd too in sin And sunk with the load of our guilt. 4 What was there in man that could merit esteem, Or give the Creator delight? 'Twas "even so, Father," you ever must sing, "Because it seem'd good in thy sight." 5 'Twas all of thy grace we were bro't to obey While others were suffer'd to go, The road which by nature we chose as our way, Which leads to the regions of woe. 6 Then give all the glory to his holy name; To him all the glory belongs; Be yours the high joys still to sound forth his fame, And crown him in each of your songs. Scripture: Jeremiah 31:3 Languages: English

Free Salvation

Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #CVIII (1792) Topics: Scripture Doctrines and Blessings Salvation First Line: Jesus is our great salvation Lyrics: 1 Jesus is our great salvation' Worthy of our best esteem! He has sav'd his favorite nation; Join to sing aloud to him: He has sav'd us, Christ alone could us redeem. 2 When involv'd in sin and ruin, And no helper there was found; Jesus our distress was viewing: Grace did more than sin abound: He has call'd us, With salvation in the sound. 3 Save us from a mere profession, Save us from hypocrisy; Give us, Lord, the sweet possession Of thy righteousness and thee: Best of favors, None compar'd with this can be. 4 Let us never, Lord, forget thee! Make us walk as pilgrims here: We will give thee all the glory, Of the love that brought us near; Bid us praise thee, And rejoice with holy fear. 5 Free election, known by calling, Is a privilege divine: Saints are kept from final falling, All the glory, Lord, be thine. All the glory, All the glory, Lord, is thine. Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:9 Languages: English

Perseverance desired

Author: Dr. S. Stennett Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #CVI (1792) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Scripture Doctrines and Blessings Perseverance First Line: Jesus, my Savior and my God Lyrics: 1 Jesus, my Savior and my God, Thou hast redeem'd me with thy blood; By ties both natural and divine, I am, and ever will be thine. 2 But ah! should my inconstant heart, Ere I'm aware, from thee depart, What dire reproach would fall on me, For such ingratitude to thee! 3 The thought I dread, the crime I hate, The guilt, the shame, I deprecate: And yet so mighty are my foes I dare not trust my warmest vows. 4 Pity my frailty, dearest Lord, Grace in the needful hour afford; O steel this tim'rous heart of mine With fortitude and love divine. 5 So shall I triumph o'er my fears, And gather joys from all my tears; So shall I to the world proclaim The honors of the Christian name. Languages: English

Imputed Righteousness

Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #LXXXIV (1792) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Scripture Doctrines and Blessings Justification First Line: Jesus, thy blood and righteousness Lyrics: 1 Jesus, thy blood and righteousness My beauty are, my glorious dress; Midst flaming worlds, in these array'd, With Joy shall I lift up my head. 2 When from the dust of death I rise To take my mansion in the skies, E'en then shall this be all my plea "Jesus hath liv'd and dy'd for me." 3 Bold shall I stand in thy great day, For who aught to my charge shall lay? While thro' thy blood absolv'd I am, From sins' tremendous curse and shame. 4 Thus Abraham the friend of God, Thus all the armies bought with blood, Savior of sinners thee proclaim, Sinners, of whom the chief I am. 5 This spotless robe the same appears When ruin'd nature sinks in years: No age can change its glorious hue, The robe of Christ is ever new. 6 O! let the dead now hear thy voice, Bid, Lord, thy banish'd ones rejoice, Their beauty this, their glorious dress, Jesus, the Lord our righteousness. Scripture: Jeremiah 23:6 Languages: English

Adoption

Author: Cruttenden Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #XCI (1792) Topics: Scripture Doctrines and Blessings Adoption First Line: Let others boast their ancient line Lyrics: 1 Let others boast their ancient line In long succession great; In the proud list let heroes shine, And monarchs swell the state; Descended from the King of Kings, Each saint a nobler title sings. 2 Pronounce me, gracious God, thy son, Own me an heir divine; I'll pity princes on the throne, When I can call thee mine; Scepters and crowns unenvied rise, And lose their lustre in mine eyes. 3 Content, obscure I pass my days, To all I meet unknown, And wait till thou thy child shalt raise, And seat menear thy throne. No name, no honors here I crave, Well pleas'd with those beyond the grave. 4 Jesus, my elder brother, lives, With him I too shall reign; Nor sin, nor death, while he survives, Shall make the promise vain. In him my title stands secure, And shall, while endless years endure. 5 When he, in robes divinely bright, Shall once again appear, Thou, too my soul, shalt shine in light, And his full image bear. Enough!—I wait th' appointed day, Bless'd Savior, haste, and come away! Scripture: 1 John 3:1-3 Languages: English

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