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O Prophet Souls of All the Years
Author: Frederick Lucian Hosmer, 1840-1929 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 11 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O prophet souls of all the years,
speak yet to us in love;
your far-off vision, toil, and tears
to their fulfillment move.
2 From tropic clime and zones of frost
they come of every name;
this, this our day of Pentecost,
on us the tongues of flame.
3 One Life together we confess,
one all-in-dwelling Word,
one holy Call to righteousness
within the silence heard:
4 One Law that guides the shining spheres
as on through space they roll,
and speaks in flaming characters
on Sinais of the soul:
5 One Love, unfathomed, measureless,
an ever-flowing sea,
that holds within its vast embrace
time and eternity. Topics: Jewish and Christian Teachings Pentecost; Prophets Used With Tune: BANGOR
O Prophet Souls of All the Years
O Thou, in all thy might so far
Author: Frederick Lucian Hosmer Appears in 88 hymnals Used With Tune: BANGOR
O Thou, in all thy might so far
O for a heart to praise my God
Author: C. Wesley Appears in 1,162 hymnals Used With Tune: BANGOR
O for a heart to praise my God
Why Doth the Lord Stand Off So Far?
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 49 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Why doth the Lord stand off so far?
And why conceal His face,
When great calamities appear,
And times of deep distress?
2. Lord, shall the wicked still deride
Thy justice and Thy power?
Shall they advance their heads in pride,
And still Thy saints devour?
3. They put Thy judgments from their sight,
And then insult the poor;
They boast in their exalted height,
That they shall fall no more.
4. Arise, O God, lift up Thine hand,
Attend our humble cry;
No enemy shall dare to stand
When God ascends on high.
5. Why do the men of malice rage,
And say, with foolish pride,
The God of Heav’n will ne’er engage
To fight on Zion’s side?
6. But Thou forever art our Lord;
And powerful is Thine hand,
As when the heathens felt Thy sword,
And perished from Thy land.
7. Thou wilt prepare our hearts to pray,
And cause Thine ear to hear;
He hearkens what His children say,
And puts the world in fear.
8. Proud tyrants shall no more oppress,
No more despise the just;
And mighty sinners shall confess
They are but earth and dust. Used With Tune: BANGOR Text Sources: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707-1709
Why Doth the Lord Stand Off So Far?
'Forgive our sins as we forgive'
Author: Rosamund Herklots (born 1905) Appears in 67 hymnals Topics: God, Saviour Growing, Teaching, Serving; Pentecost 16 The Neighbour Scripture: Matthew 6:12 Used With Tune: BANGOR
'Forgive our sins as we forgive'
I Know Not How That Bethlehem's Babe
Author: Harry W. Farrington Appears in 44 hymnals Topics: Life and Ministry Used With Tune: BANGOR
I Know Not How That Bethlehem's Babe
Alas, My Aching Heart
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Alas, my aching heart! Lyrics: 1 Alas, my aching heart!
Here the keen torment lies;
It racks my waking hours with smart,
And frights my slumbering eyes.
2 Guilt will be hid no more,
My griefs take vent apace,
The crimes that blot my conscience o’er
Flush crimson in my face.
3 My sorrows like a flood
Impatient of restraint
Into Thy bosom, O my God,
Pour out a long complaint.
4 This impious heart of mine
Could once defy the Lord,
Could rush with violence on to sin
In presence of Thy sword.
5 As often have I stood
A rebel to the skies,
The calls, the tenders of a God,
And mercy’s loudest cries.
6 He offers all His grace,
And all His heaven to me;
Offers! But ’tis to senseless brass
That can nor feel nor see.
7 Jesus the Savior stands
To court me from above,
And looks and spreads His wounded hands,
And shows the prints of love.
8 But I, a stupid fool,
How long have I withstood
The blessings purchased with His soul,
And paid for all in blood?
9 The heav’nly Dove came down
And tendered me His wings,
To mount me upward to a crown
And bright immortal things.
10 Lord, I’m ashamed to say
That I refused Thy Dove,
And sent Thy Spirit grieved away
To His own realms of love.
11 Nor all Thine heav’nly charms,
Nor Thy revenging hand
Could force me to lay down my arms,
And bow to Thy command.
12 Lord, ’tis against Thy face
My sins like arrows rise,
And yet, and yet, O matchless grace
Thy thunder silent lies.
13 O shall I never feel
The meltings of Thy love?
Am I of such hell-hardened steel
That mercy cannot move?
14 Now for one powerful glance
Dear Savior, from Thy face!
This rebel heart no more withstands,
But sinks beneath Thy grace.
15 O’ercome by dying love I fall,
And at Thy cross I lie;
I throw my flesh, my soul, my all,
And weep, and love, and die.
16 Rise, says the Prince of mercy, rise;
With joy and pity in His eyes:
“Rise and behold My wounded veins;
Here flows the blood to wash thy stains.
17 See, My great Father’s reconciled:
He said, and lo, the Father smiled;
The joyful cherubs clapped their wings,
And sounded grace on all their strings. Used With Tune: BANGOR Text Sources: Horae Lyricae, 1706-09, Book 1
Alas, My Aching Heart
O thou whose feet have climbed life's hill
Author: Louis F. Benson Appears in 46 hymnals Used With Tune: BANGOR
O thou whose feet have climbed life's hill
How David, When by Sin Deceived
Author: John Newton Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 4 hymnals Lyrics: 1. How David, when by sin deceived,
From bad to worse went on!
For when the Holy Spirit’s grieved,
Our strength and guard are gone.
2. His eye on Bathsheba once fixed,
With poison filled his soul;
He ventured on adultery next,
And murder crowned the whole.
3. So from a spark of fire at first,
That has not been descried;
A dreadful flame has often burst,
And ravaged far and wide.
4. When sin deceives it hardens too,
For though he vainly fought
To hide his crimes from public view,
Of God he little thought.
5. He neither would, or could repent,
No true compunction felt;
’Till God in mercy Nathan sent,
His stubborn heart to melt.
6. The parable held forth a fact,
Designed his case to show;
But though the picture was exact,
Himself he did not know.
7. Thou art the man, the prophet said,
That word his slumber broke;
And when he owned his sin, and prayed,
The Lord forgiveness spoke.
8. Let those who think they stand, beware,
For David stood before;
Nor let the fallen soul despair,
For mercy can restore. Used With Tune: BANGOR Text Sources: Olney Hymns (London: W. Oliver, 1779), number 29
How David, When by Sin Deceived
Alas! By Nature How Depraved
Author: John Newton Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 18 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Alas! by nature how depraved,
How prone to every ill!
Our lives, to Satan, how enslaved,
How obstinate our will!
2. And can such sinners be restored,
Such rebels reconciled?
Can grace itself the means afford
To make a foe a child?
3. Yes, grace has found the wondrous means
Which shall effectual prove;
To cleanse us from our countless sins,
And teach our hearts to love.
4. Jesus for sinners undertakes,
And died that we may live;
His blood a full atonement makes,
And cries aloud, Forgive.
5. Yet one thing more must grace provide,
To bring us home to God;
Or we shall slight the Lord, who died,
And trample on His blood.
6. The Holy Spirit must reveal
The Savior’s work and worth;
Then the hard heart begins to feel
A new and heavenly birth.
7. Thus bought with blood, and born again,
Redeemed, and saved, by grace
Rebels, in God’s own house obtain
A son’s and daughter’s place. Used With Tune: BANGOR Text Sources: Olney Hymns, (London: W. Oliver, 1779), number 29
Alas! By Nature How Depraved
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