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O love of God, how strong and true
Author: Horatius Bonar, 1808-89 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 110 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 33:5-22 Lyrics: 1 O love of God, how strong and true,
eternal and yet ever new,
uncomprehended and unbought,
beyond all knowledge and all thought!
2 O wide-embracing, wondrous love,
We read you in the sky above,
we read you in the earth below,
in seas that swell and streams that flow.
3 We read you best in him who came
to bear for us the cross of shame,
sent by the Father from on high,
our life to live, our death to die.
4 We read your power to bless and save
ev'n in the darkness of the grave;
still more in resurrection light
we read the fullness of your might.
5 O love of God, our shield and stay
through all the perils of our way;
eternal love, in you we rest,
for ever safe, for ever blest.
Topics: Confidence; Creation; Faith; Forgiveness; Grace; Mystery of God's Love; Pilgrimage; Providence; Revelation Used With Tune: BOW BRICKHILL
O love of God, how strong and true
O God of Truth, Whose Living Word
Author: Thomas Hughes Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 75 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 33:6 Lyrics: 1 O God of truth, whose living word
upholds whate'er hath breath,
look down on thy creation, Lord,
enslaved by sin and death.
2 Set up thy standard, Lord, that we
who claim a heav'nly birth,
may march with thee to smite the lies
That vex thy groaning earth.
3 We fight for truth? we fight for God?
Poor slaves of lies and sin!
They who would fight for thee on earth
must first be pure within.
4 Then, God of truth, for whom we long,
thou who wilt hear our prayer,
do thine own battle in our hearts,
and slay the falsehood there.
5 Yea, come: then tried as in the fire,
from ev'ry lie set free,
thy perfect truth shall dwell in us,
and we shall live in thee.
Topics: Warfare, Spiritual; Hymns with Descants; Who Pardons All Your Iniquities Used With Tune: MARTYRS
O God of Truth, Whose Living Word
Before You, Lord, We Bow
Author: Francis Scott Key, 1779-1843 Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 73 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 33:8-22 Lyrics: 1 Before you, Lord, we bow,
our God who reigns above
and rules the world below
in boundless pow'r and love.
Our thanks we bring in joy and praise
our hearts we raise to you, our King!
2 The nation you have blessed
may well your love declare,
from foes and fears at rest,
protected by your care.
For this bright day, for this fair land—
gifts of your hand— our thanks we pay.
3 May ev'ry mountain height,
each vale and forest green,
shine in your Word's pure light
and its rich fruits be seen!
May ev'ry tongue be tuned to praise
and join to raise a grateful song.
4 Earth, hear your maker's voice;
your great Redeemer own;
believe, obey, rejoice,
and worship him alone.
Cast down your pride, your sin deplore,
and bow before the Crucified.
5 And when in pow'r he comes,
oh, may our native land
from all its rending tombs
send forth a glorious band,
a countless throng, with joy to sing
to heav'n's high King, salvation's song! Topics: Nation Used With Tune: DARWALL'S 148TH
Before You, Lord, We Bow
God, Who Touches Earth With Beauty
Author: Mary Suzanne Edgar, 1889-1973 Meter: 8.5.8.5 with repeat Appears in 68 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 33:6-22 Topics: Holy Spirit; Occasional Services Dedication of Holy Living Used With Tune: LUDINGTON
God, Who Touches Earth With Beauty
When strangers stand and hear me tell
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 67 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 33 Lyrics:
When strangers stand and hear me tell
What beauties in my Savior dwell,
Where he is gone they fain would know,
That they may seek and love him too.
My best Beloved keeps his throne
On hills of light, in worlds unknown;
But he descends and shows his face
In the young gardens of his grace.
[In vineyards planted by his hand,
Where fruitful trees in order stand;
He feeds among the spicy beds,
Where lilies show their spotless heads.
He has engrossed my warmest love,
No earthly charms my soul can move:
I have a mansion in his heart,
Nor death nor hell shall make us part.]
[He takes my soul ere I'm aware,
And shows me where his glories are;
No chariot of Amminadib
The heav'nly rapture can describe.
O may my spirit daily rise
On wings of faith above the skies,
Till death shall make my last remove,
To dwell for ever with my Love.]
Topics: God our defence and salvation; God all-sufficient; Works and grace; Creation and Providence; Creatures no trust in them; Creatures vain, and God all-sufficient; God his creation and providence; Grace and providence; Praise for creation and providence; Providence and creation; Providence in air, earth, and sea
When strangers stand and hear me tell
We are a garden wall'd around
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 55 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 33 Lyrics:
We are a garden walled around,
Chosen and made peculiar ground;
A little spot enclosed by grace
Out of the world's wide wilderness.
Like trees of myrrh and spice we stand,
Planted by God the Father's hand;
And all his springs in Zion flow,
To make the young plantation grow.
Awake, O, heav'nly wind! and come,
Blow on this garden of perfume;
Spirit divine! descend and breathe
A gracious gale on plants beneath.
Make our best spices flow abroad,
To entertain our Savior God
And faith, and love, and joy appear,
And every grace be active here.
[Let my Beloved come and taste
His pleasant fruits at his own feast:
"I come, my spouse, I come!" he cries,
With love and pleasure in his eyes.
Our Lord into his garden comes,
Well pleased to smell our poor perfumes,
And calls us to a feast divine,
Sweeter than honey, milk, or wine.
"Eat of the tree of life, my friends,
The blessings that my Father sends;
Your taste shall all my dainties prove,
And drink abundance of my love:"
Jesus, we will frequent thy board,
And sing the bounties of our Lord;
But the rich food on which we live
Demands more praise than tongues can give.]
Topics: God our defence and salvation; God all-sufficient; Works and grace; Creation and Providence; Creatures no trust in them; Creatures vain, and God all-sufficient; God his creation and providence; Grace and providence; Praise for creation and providence; Providence and creation; Providence in air, earth, and sea
We are a garden wall'd around
The God of nature and of grace
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 52 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 33:5 Topics: The Divine Perfections
The God of nature and of grace
Lead Me, Lord, Lead Me in Thy Righteousness
Author: Samuel Sebastian Wesley, 1810-1876; George F. Strickling, 1896-1984 Meter: Irregular Appears in 51 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 33:1-3 Lyrics: 1 Lead me, Lord, lead me in thy righteousness;
make thy way plain before my face.
For it is thou, Lord, thou, Lord, only,
that makest me dwell in safety.
2 Teach me, Lord, teach me truly how to live,
that I may come to know thee,
and in thy presence serve thee with gladness,
and sing songs of praise to thy glory.
Topics: Christian Life; Pilgrimage and Guidance; Supplications Used With Tune: LEAD ME, LORD
Lead Me, Lord, Lead Me in Thy Righteousness
The wondering world enquires to know
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 47 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 33 Lyrics:
The wond'ring world inquires to know
Why I should love my Jesus so:
What are his charms," say they, "above
The objects of a mortal love?"
Yes! my Beloved, to my sight
Shows a sweet mixture, red and white:
All human beauties, all divine,
In my Beloved meet and shine.
White is his soul, from blemish free;
Red with the blood he shed for me;
The fairest of ten thousand fairs;
A sun amongst ten thousand stars.
[His head the finest gold excels;
There wisdom in perfection dwells,
And glory like a crown adorns
Those temples once beset with thorns.
Compassions in his heart are found,
Hard by the signals of his wound:
His sacred side no more shall bear
The cruel scourge, the piercing spear.]
[His hands are fairer to behold
Than diamonds set in rings of gold;
Those heav'nly hands, that on the tree
Were nailed, and torn, and bled for me!
Though once he bowed his feeble knees,
Loaded with sins and agonies,
Now on the throne of his command
His legs like marble pillars stand.]
[His eyes are majesty and love,
The eagle tempered with the dove;
No more shall trickling sorrows roll
Through those dear windows of his soul.
His mouth, that poured out long complaints,
Now smiles and cheers his fainting saints
His countenance more graceful is
Than Lebanon with all its trees.]
All over glorious is my Lord
Must be beloved, and yet adored;
His worth if all the nations knew,
Sure the whole earth would love him too.
Topics: God our defence and salvation; God all-sufficient; Works and grace; Creation and Providence; Creatures no trust in them; Creatures vain, and God all-sufficient; God his creation and providence; Grace and providence; Praise for creation and providence; Providence and creation; Providence in air, earth, and sea
The wondering world enquires to know
O Lord, hear my prayer (The Lord is my song)
Author: Taizé Community (France) Meter: 5.5.6 D Appears in 46 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 33:3-4 First Line: O Lord, hear my prayer Topics: Choruses and Meditative Songs; Hope; Prayer / Prayers / Poems; Worship Used With Tune: O LORD, HEAR MY PRAYER
O Lord, hear my prayer (The Lord is my song)
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