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There is an hour of hallowed peace

Author: William Bingham Tappan Appears in 145 hymnals Topics: Christian Life and Hope The Consummation: Hope of Resurrection and Future Life Lyrics: 1 There is an hour of hallowed peace, For those with care oppress'd, When sighs and sorr'wing tears shall cease, And all be hushed to rest: 2 ‘Tis then the soul is freed from fears, And doubts here here annoy: Then they that oft have sown in tears Shall reap again in joy. 3 There is a home of sweet repose, Where storms assail no more; The stream of endless pleasure flows On that celestial shore: 4 There purity with love appears, And bliss without alloy; Then they that oft had sown in tears Shall reap again in joy. Used With Tune: SILOAM

Return, O wanderer, return

Author: William Bingo Collyer Appears in 536 hymnals Topics: Christian Life and Hope The Walk of Godliness: Call to Grace and Admonition to Holiness Lyrics: 1 Return, O wanderer, return, And seek an injured Father’s face; Those warm desires that in thee burn, Were kindled by reclaiming grace. 2 Return, O wanderer, return, And seek a Father’s melting heart; His pitying eyes thy grief discern, His hand can heal thy inward smart. 3 Return, O wanderer, return, Thy Savior bids thy spirit live; Go to His bleeding feet, and learn How freely Jesus can forgive. 4 Return, O wanderer, return, And wipe away the falling tear: ’Tis God who says, "No longer mourn," ’Tis mercy’s voice invites thee near. Used With Tune: MISSIONARY CHANT

When we cannot see our way

Author: Thomas Kelly Appears in 40 hymnals Topics: Christian Life and Hope The Walk of Godliness: Cross and Consolation; Christian Life and Hope The Walk of Godliness: Cross and Consolation Lyrics: 1 When we cannot see our way, Let us trust, and still obey; He who bids us forward go, Cannot fail the way to show. 2 Though the sea be deep and wide, Though a passage be denied; Fearless let us still proceed, Since the Lord vouchsafes to lead. 3 Though it seems the gloom of night, Though we see no ray of light: Since the Lord Himself is there, ‘Tis not meet that we should fear. 4 Night with Him is never night, Where He is, there all is light; When He calls us, why delay? They are happy who obey. 5 Be it ours then while we’re here, Him to follow without fear! Where He calls us, there to go, What He bids us, that to do. Used With Tune: WEBER

So fades the lovely, blooming flow'r

Author: Anna Steele Appears in 137 hymnals Topics: Christian Life and Hope The Consummation: Death and Burial; Christian Life and Hope The Consummation: Death and Burial Lyrics: 1 So fades the lovely, blooming flow'r; Frail, smiling solace of an hour; So soon our transient comforts fly, And pleasure only blooms to die. 2 Is there no kind, no healing art To soothe the anguish of the heart? Spirit of grace, be ever nigh; Thy comforts are not made to die. 3 Let gentle patience smile on pain, Till dying hope revives again; Hope wipes the tear from sorrow's eye, And faith points upward to the sky. Used With Tune: ZEPHYR

Jesus, my Lord, how rich Thy grace!

Author: Rev. Philip Doddridge Appears in 190 hymnals Topics: Christian Life and Hope The Walk of Godliness: Christian Resolve and Holiness; Christian Life and Hope The Walk of Godliness: Christian Resolve and Holiness Lyrics: 1 Jesus, my Lord, how rich Thy grace! Thy bounties how complete! How shall I count the matchless sum, How pay the mighty debt? 2 High on a throne of radiant light Dost Thou exalted shine: What can my poverty bestow, When all the worlds are Thine? 3 But Thou hast brethren here below, The partners of Thy grace, And wilt confess their humble names Before Thy Father’s face. 4 In them Thou may'st be clothed and fed, And visited and cheered; And in their accents of distress My Savior’s voice is heard. 5 Thy face, with rev'rence and with love, We in Thy poor would see; O rather let me beg my bread, Than keep it back from Thee. Used With Tune: EAGLEY

Delay not, delay not, O sinner, draw near

Author: Thomas Hastings, Mus. Doc. Appears in 361 hymnals Topics: Christian Life and Hope The Walk of Godliness: Call to Grace and Admonition to Holiness; Christian Life and Hope The Walk of Godliness: Call to Grace and Admonition to Holiness Lyrics: 1 Delay not, delay not, O sinner, draw near, The waters of life are now flowing for thee: No price is demanded, the Savior is here; Redemption is purchased, salvation is free. 2 Delay not, delay not, why longer abuse The love and compassion of Jesus, thy God? A fountain is opened; how canst thou refuse To wash and be cleansed in His pardoning blood? 3 Delay not, delay not, the Spirit of grace, Long grieved and resisted, may take His sad flight, And leave thee in darkness to finish thy race, To sink in the vale of eternity's night. Used With Tune: LYONS

The Spirit in our hearts

Author: Henry U. Underdonk Appears in 427 hymnals Topics: Christian Life and Hope The Walk of Godliness: Call to Grace and Admonition to Holiness; Christian Life and Hope The Walk of Godliness: Call to Grace and Admonition to Holiness Lyrics: 1 The Spirit in our hearts Is whisp'ring, "Sinner, come!" The Bride, the Church of Christ, proclaims To all His children, "Come!" 2 Let him that heareth say To all about him, "Come!" Let him that thirsts for righteousness, To Christ the fountain come. 3 Yes, whosoever will, O let him freely come, And freely drink the stream of life, 'Tis Jesus bids him come. 4 Lo! Jesus, who invites, Declares, "I quickly come:" Lord, even so; we wait Thine hour: O blest Redeemer, come. Used With Tune: LABAN

O Lord, my God, I cry to Thee

Author: Nicolaus Selnecker; Catherine Winkworth Appears in 20 hymnals Topics: Christian Life and Hope The Consummation: Contemplation of Death; Christian Life and Hope The Consummation: Contemplation of Death Lyrics: 1 0 Lord, my God, I cry to Thee, In my distress Thou helpest me; To Thee myself I all commend, O swiftly now Thine angel send, To guide me home and cheer my heart, Since Thou dost call me to depart. 2 0 Jesus Christ, Thou Lamb of God, Once slain to take away our load, Now let Thy cross, Thine agony, Avail to save and solace me, Thy death to open heav'n, and there Bid me the joy of angels share. 3 0 Holy Spirit, at the end, Sweet Comforter, be Thou my Friend; When death and hell assail me sore, Leave me, O leave me nevermore, But bear me safely through the strife, As Thou hast promised, into life. Used With Tune: ST. CATHERINE

Come to Calv'ry's holy mountain,

Author: James Montgomery Appears in 204 hymnals Topics: Christian Life and Hope The Walk of Godliness: Call to Grace and Admonition to Holiness; Christian Life and Hope The Walk of Godliness: Call to Grace and Admonition to Holiness Lyrics: 1 Come to Calv'ry's holy mountain, Sinners ruined by the fall: Here a pure and healing fountain Flows to you, to me, to all, In a full perpetual tide, Opened when our Savior died. 2 Come, in sorrow and contrition, Wounded, impotent and blind; Here the guilty free remission, Here the troubled peace may find; Health this fountain will restore; He that drinks shall thirst no more. 3 He that drinks shall live forever; 'Tis a soul-renewing flood; God is faithful; God will never Break the covenant of His blood, Signed when our Redeemer died, Sealed when He was glorified. Used With Tune: KÖNIGSBERG (Gott des Himmels und der Erden)

Father of all our mercies, Thou

Author: James Montgomery Appears in 28 hymnals Topics: Christian Life and Hope The Walk of Godliness: Christian Resolve and Holiness; Christian Life and Hope The Walk of Godliness: Christian Resolve and Holiness Lyrics: 1 Father of all our mercies, Thou In whom we move and live, Hear us in heav'n, Thy dwelling, now, And answer and forgive. 2 When harassed by ten thousand foes, Our helplessness we feel, O give the weary soul repose, The wounded spirit heal. 3 When dire temptations gather round, And threaten or allure, By storm or calm, in Thee be found A refuge strong and sure. 4 From day to day, O may we grow In faith, in hope, and love, And walk in holiness below To holiness above. Used With Tune: NAOMI