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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
Blessed Be Your Name
Author: Matt Redman; Beth Redman Hymnal: Worship and Song #3002 (2011) Meter: Irregular with refrain Topics: Pleasures; Pleasures First Line: Blessed be your name in the land that is plentiful Refrain First Line: Every blessing you pour out I'll turn back to praise Scripture: Job 1:21 Languages: English Tune Title: BLESSED BE YOUR NAME
Blessed Be Your Name
God Leads Us Along
Author: G. A. Young Hymnal: Worship and Song #3031 (2011) Meter: Irregular with refrain Topics: Pleasures; Pleasures First Line: In shady, green pastures, so rich and so sweet Refrain First Line: Some through the waters, some through the flood Lyrics: 1 In shady, green pastures, so rich and so sweet,
God leads his dear children along;
where the water’s cool flow bathes the weary one’s feet,
God leads his dear children along.
Refrain:
Some through the waters, some through the flood,
some through the fire, but all through the blood;
some through great sorrow, but God gives a song,
in the night season and all the day long.
2 Sometimes on the mount where the sun shines so bright,
God leads his dear children along;
sometimes in the valley, in darkest of night,
God leads his dear children along. [Refrain]
3 Though sorrows befall us and evils oppose,
God leads his dear children along;
through grace we can conquer, defeat all our foes,
God leads his dear children along. [Refrain]
Scripture: Psalm 23 Languages: English Tune Title: GOD LEADS US
God Leads Us Along
My Soul forsakes her vain Delight
Hymnal: The Psalms of David #II.X (1766) Topics: Sinful Pleasures forsaken Lyrics: 1 My Soul forsakes her vain Delight,
And bids the World farewel;
Base as the Dirt beneath my Feet,
And mischievous as Hell.
2 No longer will I ask your Love,
Nor seek your Friendship more;
The Happiness that I approve,
Lies not within your Pow'r.
3 There's nothing round this spacious Earth
That suits my large Desire;
To boundless Joy and solid Mirth
My nobler Thoughts aspire.
[4 Where Pleasure rolls its living Flood,
From Sin and Dross refin'd,
Still springing from the Throne of God,
And fit to cheer the Mind.
5 Th' Almighty Ruler of the Sphere,
The Glorious and the Great,
Brings his own All-sufficience there,
To make our Bliss complete.]
6 Had I the Pinions of a Dove,
I'd climb the heav'nly Road;
There sits my Saviour drest in Love,
And there my smiling God. Languages: English
My Soul forsakes her vain Delight
I send the Joys of Earth away
Hymnal: The Psalms of David #II.XI (1766) Topics: Sinful Pleasures forsaken Lyrics: 1 I send the Joys of Earth away,
Away ye Tempters of the Mind,
False as the smooth, deceitful Sea,
And empty as the whistling Wind.
2 Your Streams were floating me along
Down to the Gulf of black Despair,
And whilst I listen'd to your Song,
Your Streams had e'en convey'd me there.
3 Lord, I adore thy matchless Grace,
That warn'd me of that dark Abyss;
That drew me from those treach'rous Seas,
And bid me seek superior Bliss.
4 Now to the shining Realms above,
I stretch my Hands and glance my Eyes;
O for the Pinions of a Dove,
To bear me to the Upper Skies!
5 There, from the Bosom of my God,
Oceans of endless Pleasure roll;
There would I fix my last Abode,
And drown the sorrows of my Soul. Languages: English
I send the Joys of Earth away
The happiness of humble worship
Author: Steele Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #CCCXLIII (1792) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Pleasures of Worship First Line: How lovely, how divinely sweet Lyrics: 1 How lovely, how divinely sweet
O Lord, thy sacred courts appear
Fain would my longing passions meet
The glories of thy presence there.
2 O, blest the men, blest their employ,
Whom thy indulgent favors raise
To dwell in these abodes of joy,
And sing thy never-ceasing praise.
3 Happy the men whom strength divine,
With ardent love and zeal inspires;
Whose steps to thy blest way incline,
With willing hearts and warm desires.
4 One day within thy sacred gate,
Affords more real joy to me,
Than thousands in the tents of state;
The meanest place is bliss with thee.
5 God is a sun; our brightest day
From his reviving presence flows;
God is a shield, thro' all the way,
To guard us from surrounding foes.
6 He pours his kindest blessings down,
Profusely down on souls sincere;
And grace shall guide, and glory crown
The happy favorites of his care.
7 O Lord of hosts, thou God of grace,
How blest, divinely blest, is he,
Who trusts thy love and seeks thy face,
And fixes all his hopes on thee! Scripture: Psalm 84 Languages: English
The happiness of humble worship
Zeal for the house of God, and delight in worship
Author: Marrick Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #CCCXLVI (1792) Topics: Pleasures of Worship First Line: The joyful morn, my God, is come Lyrics: 1 The joyful morn, my God, is come
That calls me to thy honor'd dome
Thy presence to adore;
My feet the summons shall attend,
With willing steps thy courts ascend,
And tread the hallow'd floor.
2 Hither from Judah's utmost end,
The heaven-protected tribes ascend;
Their off'rings hither bring:
Here, eager to attest their joy,
In hymns of praise their tongues employ,
And hail th' immortal king.
3 Be peace implor'd by each on thee,
O Sion, while with bended knee,
To Jacob's God we pray:
How blest who calls himself thy friend!
Success his lobor shall attend,
And safety guard his way.
4 O may'st thou, free from hostile fear,
Nor the loud voice of tumult hear,
Nor war's wild waste deplore;
May plenty nigh thee take her stand,
And in thy courts, with lavish hand,
Distribute all her store.
5 Seat of my friends and brethren, hail!
How can my tongue, O Sion, fail
To bless thy lov'd abode?
How cease the zeal that in me glows,
Thy good to seek, whose walls inclose
The mansions of my God? Scripture: Psalm 122 Languages: English
Zeal for the house of God, and delight in worship
Delight in God's house and confidence in him
Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #CCCXLIV (1792) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Pleasures of Worship First Line: Thou, Lord, my safety, thou my Light Lyrics: 1 Thou, Lord, my safety, thou my light,
What danger shall my soul affright?
Strength of my life! what arm shall dare
To hurt whom thou hast own'd thy care?
2 One wish, with holy transport warm,
My heart has form'd, and yet shall form;
One gift I ask; that to my end
Fair Sion's dome I may attend;
3 There joyful find a sure abode,
And view the beauty of my God;
For he within his hallow'd shrine
My secret refuge shall assign.
4 When thou with condescending grace,
Hast bid me seek thy shining face,
My heart reply'd to thy kind word,
Thee will I seek, all-gracious Lord.
5 Should every earthly friend depart,
And nature leave a parent's heart;
My God, on whom my hopes depend,
Will be my father and my friend.
6 Ye humble souls, in every strait
On God with sacred courage wait;
His hand shall life and strength afford,
O ever wait upon the Lord.
Scripture: Psalm 27 Languages: English
Delight in God's house and confidence in him
True Wisdom
Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #CCXCI (1792) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Pleasures of religion First Line: Happy the man who finds the grace Lyrics: 1 Happy the man who finds the grace,
The blessing of God’s chosen race;
The wisdom coming from above,
The faith that sweetly works by love!
2 Happy beyond description, he,
Who knows "the Savior dy'd for me,"
The gift unspeakable obtains,
And heavenly understanding gains.
3 Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
And all her flowry paths are peace;
Wisdom to silver we prefer:
And gold is dross comapr'd with her.
4 He finds, who wisdom apprehends,
A life begun that never ends;
The tree of life divine she is,
Set in the midst of paradise.
5 Happy the man who wisdom gains.
In whose obedient heart she reigns;
He owns, and will forever own.
Wisdom, and Christ, and heaven are one. Scripture: Proverbs 3:13-18 Languages: English
True Wisdom
How sweet to bless the Lord
Hymnal: Hymns for Christian Devotion #30 (1871) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Topics: Pleasures of Spiritual Worship Languages: English
How sweet to bless the Lord
Life in Christ
Hymnal: Church Psalmist #125 (1845) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Pleasures First Line: When sins and fears prevailing rise Languages: English
Life in Christ
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