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Show Pity, Lord, O Lord, Forgive

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 784 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Show pity, Lord, O Lord, forgive, Let a repenting rebel live: Are not Thy mercies large and free? May not a sinner trust in Thee? 2. My crimes are great, but not surpass The power and glory of Thy grace: Great God, Thy nature hath no bound, So let Thy pardoning love be found. 3. O wash my soul from every sin, And make my guilty conscience clean; Here on my heart the burden lies, And past offenses pain my eyes. 4. My lips with shame my sins confess Against Thy law, against Thy grace: Lord, should Thy judgment grow severe, I am condemned, but Thou art clear. 5. Should sudden vengeance seize my breath, I must pronounce Thee just in death; And if my soul were sent to hell, Thy righteous law approves it well. 6. Yet save a trembling sinner, Lord, Whose hope, still hovering round Thy Word, Would light on some sweet promise there, Some sure support against despair. Used With Tune: ST. CROSS Text Sources: The Psalms of David, 1719

Awake, My Soul, Stretch Every Nerve

Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,052 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve, And press with vigor on; A heavenly race demands thy zeal, And an immortal crown, And an immortal crown. 2. A cloud of witnesses around Hold thee in full survey; Forget the steps already trod, And onward urge thy way, And onward urge thy way. 3. ’Tis God’s all animating voice That calls thee from on high; ’Tis His own hand presents the prize To thine aspiring eye, To thine aspiring eye. 4. Then wake, my soul, stretch every nerve, And press with vigor on, A heavenly race demands thy zeal, And an immortal crown, And an immortal crown. Used With Tune: CHRISTMAS Text Sources: Published posthumously in Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures, by Job Orton (J. Eddowes and J. Cotton, 1755)

Come, My Soul, Thy Suit Prepare

Author: John Newton Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 707 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Come, my soul, thy suit prepare: Jesus loves to answer prayer; He Himself has bid thee pray, Therefore will not say thee nay; Therefore will not say thee nay. 2. Thou art coming to a King, Large petitions with thee bring; For His grace and power are such, None can ever ask too much; None can ever ask too much. 3. With my burden I begin: Lord, remove this load of sin; Let Thy blood, for sinners spilt, Set my conscience free from guilt; Set my conscience free from guilt. 4. Lord, I come to Thee for rest, Take possession of my breast; There Thy blood bought right maintain, And without a rival reign; And without a rival reign. 5. As the image in the glass Answers the beholder’s face; Thus unto my heart appear, Print Thine own resemblance there, Print Thine own resemblance there. 6. While I am a pilgrim here, Let Thy love my spirit cheer; As my Guide, my Guard, my Friend, Lead me to my journey’s end; Lead me to my journey’s end. 7. Show me what I have to do, Every hour my strength renew: Let me live a life of faith, Let me die Thy people’s death; Let me die Thy people’s death. Used With Tune: SAVANNAH Text Sources: Olney Hymns (London: W. Oliver, 1779), number 31

Gather Around the Christmas Tree

Author: John Henry Hopkins, Jr. Appears in 31 hymnals Refrain First Line: Hosanna, hosanna Lyrics: 1. Gather around the Christmas tree! Gather around the Christmas tree! Evergreen have its branches been, It is king of all the woodland scene; For Christ our King is born today! His reign shall never pass away. Refrain Hosanna, hosanna, Hosanna in the highest! 2. Gather around the Christmas tree! Gather around the Christmas tree! Once the pride of the mountainside, Now cut down to grace our Christmastide; For Christ from Heav’n to earth came down, To gain, through death, a nobler crown. [Refrain] 3. Gather around the Christmas tree! Gather around the Christmas tree! Every bough bears a burden now— They are gifts of love for us, we trow; For Christ is born, His love to show, And give good gifts to men below. [Refrain] 4. Farewell to thee, O Christmas tree! Farewell to thee, O Christmas tree! Twelve months o’er, we shall meet once more, Merry welcome singing, as of yore, For Christ now reigns, our Savior dear, And gives us Christmas every year! [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Gather around the Christmas tree] Text Sources: Carols, Hymns and Songs (New York: Church Book Depository, 1863), pages 18-19

God So Loved the World

Author: Frances Jane (Fanny) Crosby Appears in 28 hymnals First Line: God loved the world so tenderly Refrain First Line: For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son Lyrics: 1. God loved the world so tenderly His only Son He gave, That all who on His name believe Its wondrous power will save. Refrain For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, That whosoever believeth in Him Should not perish, should not perish; That whosoever believeth in Him Should not perish, but have everlasting life. 2. Oh, love that only God can feel, And only He can show! Its height and depth, Its length and breadth Nor Heav’n nor earth can know! [Refrain] 3. Why perish, then, ye ransomed ones? Why slight the gracious call? Why turn from Him whose words proclaim Eternal life to all? [Refrain] 4. O Savior, melt these hearts of ours, And teach us to believe That whosoever comes to Thee Shall endless life receive. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [God loved the world so tenderly] Text Sources: On Joyful Wing, by John R. Sweney & William J. Kirkpatrick (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: John J. Hood, 1886)

The Battle of Calvary

Author: Neil Barham Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Great Apollyon, grim and awful Lyrics: 1. Great Apollyon, grim and awful, steeped in gore and stained in blood— Death, with all his fearsome forces, has besieged the Son of God. Satan, clothed with evil armor, darkly gleaming, proud and cold— Merciless, he joins the battle, armed and clad with pow’r untold. 2. Bowed beneath demonic onslaughts, Jesus fights His awesome duel! Pain devours its Holy Victim, searing, savage, raging, cruel! Eager waits the Mouth of Sheol, huge, insatiable, and strong! Maw agape, the Grave yearns after Holy Flesh—but not for long. 3. Writhing under Law’s most fearsome curse, ruined, lost, polluted, wrecked; Languishing in Satan’s prison lie the souls of God’s elect. At the Cross—desire of Hell! —Christ gives up that final Breath: Now, at last, the choicest Captive tastes the mortal sting of Death! 4. Darkness falls; the seething smoke of Hell cloaks the battlefield from view. Down the head of God has fallen: Law and Wrath receive their due! Satan smiles in seeming triumph, reaching out, his Prize to take. Three brief days all Hell rejoices— then the stone begins to shake! 5. Now the night of wrong is ended; now the Grave has lost its Prize! Now the Ris’n One breaks the back of Sin: There! Behold! See how Death dies! Resurrection Light now scatters Satan’s armies from the field. Christ has drawn the fearful sting of Death: Sheol and Abaddon yield! 6. At His Glance the mighty prison built by Law and Sin falls down! Countless in their thousand thousands, all His Ransomed praise His Crown! Heav’n and Hell’s astonished spirits in their joy and rage all stare At the Victor of the Cross who won His greatest Battle there. Used With Tune: BLAENHAFREN

All Glory Be to Thee, Most High

Author: Unknown; Unknown Appears in 103 hymnals Lyrics: 1. All glory be to Thee, Most High, To Thee all adoration; In grace and truth Thou drawest nigh To offer us salvation; Thou showest Thy good will to men, And peace shall reign on earth again; We praise Thy name forever. 2. We praise, we worship Thee, we trust And give Thee thanks forever, O Father, for Thy rule is just And wise, and changes never; Thy hand almighty o’er us reigns, Thou doest what Thy will ordains; ’Tis well for us Thou rulest. 3. O Jesus Christ, our God and Lord, Son of the heavn’ly Father, O Thou who hast our peace restored, The straying sheep dost gather, Thou Lamb of God, to Thee on high Out of depths we sinners cry: Have mercy on us, Jesus! 4. O Holy Spirit, precious gift, Thou Comforter unfailing, From Satan’s snares our souls uplift, And let Thy power, availing, Avert our woes and calm our dread. For us the Savior’s blood was shed; We trust in Thee to save us. Used With Tune: ALLEIN GOTT

Author of Faith, Eternal Word

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 95 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Author of faith, eternal Word, Whose Spirit breathes the active flame; Faith like its finisher and Lord, Today as yesterday the same. 2. To Thee our humble hearts aspire, And ask the gift unspeakable; Increase in us the kindled fire, In us the work of faith fulfill. 3. By faith we know Thee strong to save; Save us, a present Savior Thou! Whate’er we hope, by faith we have Future and past subsisting now. 4. To him that in Thy name believes Eternal life with Thee is given; Into Himself He all receives, Pardon and holiness, and Heaven. 5. The things unknown to feeble sense, Unseen by reason’s glimmering ray, With strong commanding evidence Their heavenly origin display. 6. Faith lends its realizing light, The clouds disperse, the shadows fly; Th’invisible appears in sight, And God is seen by mortal eye. Used With Tune: MAINZER Text Sources: Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1740

Ah! Whither Should I Go?

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 6.6.8.6 D Appears in 193 hymnals First Line: Ah! whither should I go Lyrics: 1. Ah! whither should I go, Burdened and sick and faint? To whom should I my trouble show, And pour out my complaint? My Savior bids me come; Ah! why do I delay? He calls the weary sinner home, And yet from Him I stay. 2. What is it keeps me back, From which I cannot part, Which will not let the Savior take Possession of my heart? Searcher of hearts, in mine Thy trying power display; Into its darkest corners shine, And take the veil away. 3. I now believe in Thee, Compassion reigns alone; According to my faith, to me O let it, Lord, be done! 4. In me is all the bar, Which Thou wouldst fain remove; Remove it, and I shall declare That God is only love. The following verses are commonly omitted: 5. Some cursèd thing unknown Must surely lurk within, Some idol which I will not own, Some secret bosom sin. 6. Jesu, the hindrance show, Which I have feared to see; Yet let me now consent to know What keeps me out of Thee. Used With Tune: LEOMINSTER Text Sources: Hymns on God's Everlasting Love, 1741

Be Known to Us in Breaking Bread

Author: James Montgomery Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 58 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Be known to us in breaking bread, But do not then depart; Savior, abide with us, and spread Thy table in our heart. 2. There eat with us in love divine; Thy body and Thy blood, That living bread, that heavenly wine, Be our immortal food. Used With Tune: ST. AGNES Text Sources: Christian Psalmist, 1825