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Another Six Days' Work Is Done

Author: Joseph Stennett; Anonymous Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 449 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Another six days’ work is done Another Sabbath is begun; Return, my soul, enjoy thy rest, Improve the day that God hath blest. 2. Come, praise the Lord, whose love assigns So sweet a rest to weary minds; Provides an antepast of Heaven And gives this day the food of seven. 3. O that our thoughts and thanks may rise As grateful incense to the skies! And draw from Heaven that sweet repose Which none but he who feels it knows. 4. A heavenly calm pervades the breast Is the dear pledge of glorious rest, Which for the Church of God remains, The end of cares, the end of pains. 5. With joy, great God, Thy works we view, In various scenes, both old and new; With praise we think on mercies past, With hope we future pleasure taste. 6. In holy duties let the day, In holy comforts pass away; The Sabbath thus we love to spend, In hope of one which ne’er shall end. Used With Tune: RETREAT Text Sources: From the 14-stanza poem "On the Sabbath in his Works," 1732. The second stanza below is anonymous, and was added in Collection of Hymns Adapted to Public Worship, by John Ash and Caleb Evans (Bristol, England: 1769).

As Oft, with Worn and Weary Feet

Author: James Edmeston Appears in 59 hymnals Lyrics: 1. As oft, with worn and weary feet, We tread earth’s rugged valley o’er, The thought, how comforting and sweet: Christ trod this very path before! Our wants and weaknesses He knows, From life’s first dawning to its close. 2. Does sickness, feebleness or pain Or sorrow in our path appear? The recollection will remain, More deeply did He suffer here: His life, how truly sad and brief, Filled up with suffering and with grief. 3. If Satan tempt our hearts to stray And whisper evil things within, So did he, in the desert way, Assail our Lord with thoughts of sin, When worn and in a feeble hour The tempter came with all his power. 4. Just such as I, this earth He trod, With every human ill but sin; And though indeed the very God, As I am now so He has been. My God, my Savior, look on me, With pity, love and sympathy. Used With Tune: BREMEN (Neumark) Text Sources: Fifty Original Hymns (Northampton, England: 1833), number 4

At the Name of Jesus

Author: Caroline M. Noel Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Appears in 253 hymnals Lyrics: 1. At the name of Jesus, every knee shall bow, Every tongue confess Him King of glory now; ’Tis the Father’s pleasure we should call Him Lord, Who from the beginning was the mighty Word. 2. Mighty and mysterious in the highest height, God from everlasting, very light of light: In the Father’s bosom with the spirit blest, Love, in love eternal, rest, in perfect rest. 3. At His voice creation sprang at once to sight, All the angel faces, all the hosts of light, Thrones and dominations, stars upon their way, All the heavenly orders, in their great array. 4. Humbled for a season, to receive a name From the lips of sinners unto whom He came, Faithfully He bore it, spotless to the last, Brought it back victorious when from death He passed. 5. Bore it up triumphant with its human light, Through all ranks of creatures, to the central height, To the throne of Godhead, to the Father’s breast; Filled it with the glory of that perfect rest. 6. Name Him, brothers, name Him, with love strong as death But with awe and wonder, and with bated breath! He is God the Savior, He is Christ the Lord, Ever to be worshipped, trusted and adored. 7. In your hearts enthrone Him; there let Him subdue All that is not holy, all that is not true; Crown Him as your Captain in temptation’s hour; Let His will enfold you in its light and power. 8. Brothers, this Lord Jesus shall return again, With His Father’s glory, with His angel train; For all wreaths of empire meet upon His brow, And our hearts confess Him King of glory now. Used With Tune: WYE VALLEY Text Sources: The Name of Jesus, and Other Verses for the Sick and Lonely, 1870

Blest Are the Undefiled in Heart

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 83 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Blest are the undefiled in heart, Whose ways are right and clean; Who never from Thy law depart, But fly from every sin. 2. Blest are the men that keep Thy Word, And practice Thy commands; With their whole heart they seek the Lord, And serve thee with their hands. 3. Great is their peace who love Thy law; How firm their souls abide! Nor can a bold temptation draw Their steady feet aside. 4. Then shall my heart have inward joy, And keep my face from shame, When all Thy statutes I obey, And honor all Thy name. 5. But haughty sinners God will hate, The proud shall die accursed; The sons of falsehood and deceit Are trodden to the dust. 6. Vile as the dross the wicked are; And those that leave Thy ways Shall see salvation from afar, But never taste Thy grace. Used With Tune: DOWNS Text Sources: The Psalms of David, 1719

Before the Lord We Bow

Author: Francis S. Key Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 73 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Before the Lord we bow, the God who reigns above, And rules the world below, boundless in power and love. Our thanks we bring in joy and praise, our hearts we raise To Heaven’s high King. 2. The nation Thou hast blest may well Thy love declare, From foes and fears at rest, protected by Thy care. For this fair land, for this bright day, our thanks we pay, Gifts of Thy hand. 3. May every mountain height, each vale and forest green, Shine in Thy Word’s pure light, and its rich fruits be seen! May every tongue be tuned to praise, and join to raise A grateful song. 4. Earth, hear thy Maker’s voice, thy great Redeemer own; Believe, obey, rejoice, and worship Him alone. Cast down thy pride, thy sin deplore and bow before The Crucified. 5. And when in power He comes, O may our native land, From all its rending tombs, send forth a glorious band. A countless throng, ever to sing to Heaven’s high King Salvation’s song. Used With Tune: DARWALL'S 148TH

Blessed Jesus, Here We Stand

Author: Benjamin Schmolck; Catherine Winkworth Meter: 7.8.7.8.8.8 Appears in 70 hymnals First Line: Blessed Jesus! here we stand Lyrics: 1. Blessed Jesus! here we stand, Met to do as Thou hast spoken; And this child, at Thy command, Now we bring to Thee, in token That to Christ it here is given; For of such shall be his heaven. 2. Yes! Thy warning voice is plain, And we fain would keep it duly: He who is not born again, Heart and life renewing truly, Born of water and the Spirit, Will God’s kingdom ne’er inherit. 3. Make it, Head, Thy member now; Shepherd, take Thy lamb and feed it; Prince of Peace, its peace be Thou; Way of Life, to Heaven, O lead it: Vine, this branch may nothing sever, Grafted firm in Thee for ever. 4. Now upon Thy heart it lies, What our hearts so dearly treasure; Heavenward lead our burdened sighs, Pour Thy blessing without measure; Write the name we now have given, Write it in the book of Heaven. Used With Tune: LIEBSTER JESU Text Sources: Heilige Flammen, 1709; Translation in Lyra Germanica, second series, 1858, p. 86

Come, O Thou Traveler Unknown

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 289 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Come, O thou traveler unknown, Whom still I hold, but cannot see! My company before is gone, And I am left alone with Thee; With Thee all night I mean to stay, And wrestle till the break of day. 2. I need not tell Thee who I am, My misery and sin declare; Thyself hast called me by my name, Look on Thy hands, and read it there; But who, I ask Thee, who art Thou? Tell me Thy name, and tell me now. 3. In vain Thou strugglest to get free, I never will unloose my hold! Art Thou the man that died for me? The secret of Thy love unfold; Wrestling, I will not let Thee go, Till I Thy name, Thy nature know. 4. Wilt Thou not yet to me reveal Thy new, unutterable name? Tell me, I still beseech Thee, tell; To know it now resolved I am; Wrestling, I will not let Thee go, Till I Thy name, Thy nature know. 5. ’Tis all in vain to hold Thy tongue Or touch the hollow of my thigh; Though every sinew be unstrung, Out of my arms Thou shalt not fly; Wrestling I will not let Thee go Till I Thy name, Thy nature know. 6. What though my shrinking flesh complain, And murmur to contend so long? I rise superior to my pain, When I am weak, then I am strong And when my all of strength shall fail, I shall with the God-man prevail. 7. My strength is gone, my nature dies, I sink beneath Thy weighty hand, Faint to revive, and fall to rise; I fall, and yet by faith I stand; I stand and will not let Thee go Till I Thy name, Thy nature know. 8. Yield to me now, for I am weak, But confident in self-despair; Speak to my heart, in blessings speak, Be conquered by my instant prayer; Speak, or Thou never hence shalt move, And tell me if Thy name is Love. 9. ’Tis Love! ’tis Love! Thou diedst for me! I hear Thy whisper in my heart; The morning breaks, the shadows flee, Pure, universal love Thou art; To me, to all, Thy bowels move; Thy nature and Thy name is Love. 10. My prayer hath power with God; the grace Unspeakable I now receive; Through faith I see Thee face to face, I see Thee face to face, and live! In vain I have not wept and strove; Thy nature and Thy name is Love. 11. I know Thee, Savior, who Thou art. Jesus, the feeble sinner’s friend; Nor wilt Thou with the night depart. But stay and love me to the end, Thy mercies never shall remove; Thy nature and Thy name is Love. 12. The Sun of righteousness on me Hath rose with healing in His wings, Withered my nature’s strength; from Thee My soul its life and succor brings; My help is all laid up above; Thy nature and Thy name is Love. 13. Contented now upon my thigh I halt, till life’s short journey end; All helplessness, all weakness I On Thee alone for strength depend; Nor have I power from Thee to move: Thy nature, and Thy name is Love. 14. Lame as I am, I take the prey, Hell, earth, and sin, with ease o’ercome; I leap for joy, pursue my way, And as a bounding hart fly home, Through all eternity to prove Thy nature and Thy name is Love. Used With Tune: ST. PETERSBURG Text Sources: Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1742

Comfort, Comfort Ye My People

Author: Johannes Olearius; Catherine Winkworth Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7.8.8 Appears in 126 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Comfort, comfort ye My people, Speak ye peace, thus saith our God; Comfort those who sit in darkness, Mourning ’neath their sorrow’s load; Speak ye to Jerusalem Of the peace that waits for them; Tell her that her sins I cover, And her warfare now is over. 2. For the herald’s voice is crying In the desert far and near, Bidding all men to repentance, Since the kingdom now is here. O that warning cry obey! Now prepare for God a way! Let the valleys rise to meet Him, And the hills bow down to greet Him. 3. Yea, her sins our God will pardon, Blotting out each dark misdeed; All that well deserved His anger He will no more see nor heed. She has suffered many a day, Now her griefs have passed away, God will change her pining sadness Into ever springing gladness. 4. Make ye straight what long was crooked, Make the rougher places plain: Let your hearts be true and humble, As befits His holy reign, For the glory of the Lord Now o’er the earth is shed abroad, And all flesh shall see the token That His Word is never broken. Used With Tune: WERDE MUNTER Text Sources: Geistliche Singe-Kunst (Leipzig, Germany: 1671) ; Translatio: Chorale Book for England, 1863

Christian! Seek Not Yet Repose

Author: Charlotte Elliott Meter: 7.7.7.3 Appears in 204 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Christian! seek not yet repose, Hear thy guardian angel say; Thou art in the midst of foes; Watch and pray. 2. Principalities and powers, Mustering their unseen array, Wait for thy unguarded hours; Watch and pray. 3. Gird thy heavenly armor on, Wear it ever night and day; Ambushed lies the evil one; Watch and pray. 4. Hear the victors who o’ercame; Still they mark each warrior’s way; All with one clear voice exclaim, Watch and pray. 5. Hear, above all, hear thy Lord, Him thou lovest to obey; Hide within thy heart His Word, Watch and pray. 6. Watch, as if on that alone Hung the issue of the day; Pray that help may be sent down; Watch and pray. Used With Tune: VIGILATE

Day Is Dying in the West

Author: Mary A. Lathbury Appears in 554 hymnals Refrain First Line: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts! Lyrics: 1. Day is dying in the west; Heav’n is touching earth with rest; Wait and worship while the night Sets the evening lamps alight Through all the sky. Refrain Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts! Heav’n and earth are full of Thee! Heav’n and earth are praising Thee, O Lord most high! 2. Lord of life, beneath the dome Of the universe, Thy home, Gather us who seek Thy face To the fold of Thy embrace, For Thou art nigh. [Refrain] 3. While the deepening shadows fall, Heart of love enfolding all, Through the glory and the grace Of the stars that veil Thy face, Our hearts ascend. [Refrain] 4. When forever from our sight Pass the stars, the day, the night, Lord of angels, on our eyes Let eternal morning rise And shadows end. [Refrain] Used With Tune: CHAUTAUQUA