Not all the outward forms on earth,Nor rites that God has giv’n,Nor will of man, nor blood, nor birth,Can raise a soul to heav’n.The sovereign will of God aloneCreates us heirs of graceBorn in the image of his Son,A new, peculiar race.The Spirit, like some heav’nly wind,Blows on the sons of flesh,New-models all the carnal…
In thine own ways, O God of love,We wait the visits of thy grace,Our soul’s desire is to thy name,And the remembrance of thy face.My thoughts are searching, Lord, for thee‘Mongst the black shades of lonesome night;My earnest cries salute the skiesBefore the dawn restore the light.Look, how rebellious men derideThe tender patience of my…
Where your Redeemer stays;Kind Intercessor, there he sits,And loves, and pleads, and prays.‘Twas well, my soul, he died for thee,And shed his vital blood;Appeased stern justice on the tree,And then arose to God.Petitions now, and praise may rise,And saints their off’rings bring;The Priest, with his own sacrifice,Presents them to the King.[Let papists trust what names…
An hosanna for the Lord’s day; or, A new song of salvation by Christ.See what a living stoneThe builders did refuse;Yet God hath built his church thereon,In spite of envious Jews.The scribe and angry priestReject thine only Son;Yet on this Rock shall Zion rest,As the chief corner-stone.The work, O Lord, is thine,And wondrous in our…
Whence do our mournful thoughts arise?And where’s our courage fled?Have restless sin and raging hellStruck all our comforts dead?Have we forgot th’ almighty nameThat formed the earth and sea?And can an all-creating armGrow weary or decay?Treasures of everlasting mightIn our Jehovah dwell;He gives the conquest to the weakAnd treads their foes to hell.Mere mortal power…
O that the Lord would guide my waysTo keep his statutes still!O that my God would grant me graceTo know and do his will!ver. 29O send thy Spirit down to writeThy law upon my heart!Nor let my tongue indulge deceit,Nor act the liar’s part.ver. 37,36From vanity turn off my eyes;Let no corrupt design,Nor covetous desires,…
Sing of his name, his ways, his word,How holy, just, and true.His mercy and his righteousnessLet heav’n and earth proclaim;His works of nature and of graceReveal his wondrous name.His wisdom and almighty wordThe heav’nly arches spread,And by the Spirit of the LordTheir shining hosts were made.He bid the liquid waters flowTo their appointed deep;The flowing…
[Lord, we confess our num’rous faults,How great our guilt has been!Foolish and vain were all our thoughts,And all our lives were sin.But, O my soul! for ever praise,For ever love his name,Who turns thy feet from dangerous waysOf folly, sin, and shame.][‘Tis not by works of righteousnessWhich our own hands have done;But we are saved…
Shall we go on to sinBecause thy grace abounds;Or crucify the Lord again,And open all his wounds?Forbid it, mighty God!Nor let it e’er be said,That we whose sins are crucifiedShould raise them from the dead.We will be slaves no more,Since Christ has made us free;Has nailed our tyrants to his cross,And bought our liberty.
Courage in death, and hope of the resurrection.When God is nigh, my faith is strong;His arm is my almighty prop:Be glad, my heart; rejoice, my tongue;My dying flesh shall rest in hope.Though in the dust I lay my head,Yet, gracious God, thou wilt not leaveMy soul for ever with the dead,Nor lose thy children in…
