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O Little Flock, Fear Not the Foe

Author: J. M. Altenburg, 1584-1640; C. Winkworth, 1827-78 Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 106 hymnals Lyrics: 1 0 little flock, fear not the foe Who madly seeks your overthrow; Dread not his rage and pow'r. What though your courage sometimes faints, His seeming triumph o'er God's saints Lasts but a little hour. 2 Be of good cheer; your cause belongs To Him who can avenge your wrongs; Leave it to Him, our Lord. Though hidden yet from mortal eyes, His Gideon shall for you arise, Uphold you and His Word. 3 As true as God's own Word is true, Not earth nor hell with all their crew Against us shall prevail. A jest and byword are they grown; God is with us, we are His own; Our vict'ry cannot fail. 4 Amen, Lord Jesus, grant our prayer; Great Captain, now Thine arm make bare, Fight for us once again! So shall Thy saints and martyrs raise A mighty chorus to Thy praise, World without end. Amen. Topics: Cross and Comfort; Easter 4 Used With Tune: KOMMT HER ZU MIR

In House and Home

Author: M. B. Landstad, 1802-80; O. T. (Sanden) Arneson, 1853-1917 Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: In house and home where man and wife Lyrics: 1 In house and home where man and wife Together lead a godly life, By deeds their faith confessing! There many a happy day is spent; There Jesus gladly will consent To tarry with His blessing. 2 If thou hast given Him thine heart, The place of honor set apart For Him each night and morrow, Then He the storms of life will calm, Will bring for ev'ry wound a balm, And change to joy thy sorrow. 3 And if thy home be dark and drear, The cruse be empty, hunger near, All hope within thee dying; Despair not in thy sore distress, Lo, Christ is there the bread to bless, The fragments multiplying. 4 O Lord, we come before Thy face; In ev'ry home bestow Thy grace On children, father, mother. Relieve their wants, their burdens ease, Let them together dwell in peace And love to one another! Topics: Marriage and Family; Epiphany 2 Scripture: Psalm 128 Used With Tune: KOMMT HER ZU MIR

Do Not Despair, O Little Flock

Author: Johann M. Altenburg, 1584-1630 Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Community in Christ; Community in Christ; Trust, Guidance Used With Tune: KOMMT HER ZU MIR Text Sources: Tr. hymnal version, 1978

Be not dismayed, thou little flock

Author: J. M. Altenburg Appears in 16 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Be not dismayed, thou little flock, Although the foe's fierce battle-shock, Loud on all sides, assail thee; Though o'er thy fall they laugh secure, Their triumph cannot long endure: Let not thy courage fail thee. 2 Thy cause is God's; go at His call, And to His hand commit thy all; Fear thou no ill impending: His Gideon shall arise for thee, God's word and people manfully, In God's own time defending. 3 Our hope is sure in Jesus' might; Against themselves the godless fight, Themselves, not us, distressing; Shame and contempt their lot shall be; God is with us, with Him are we, To us belongs His blessing. Topics: The Church It's Strength and Permanence ; The Church Its Strength and Permanence; Church of Christ; Trust in God Used With Tune: [Be not dismayed, thou little flock]

I Do Not Come Because My Soul

Author: Frank B. St. John Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 9 hymnals Lyrics: 1. I do not come because my soul Is free from sin and pure and whole And worthy of Thy grace; I do not speak to Thee because I’ve ever justly kept Thy laws And dare to meet Thy face. 2. I know that sin and guilt combine To reign o’er every thought of mine And turn from good to ill; I know that, when I try to be Upright and just and true to Thee, I am a sinner still. 3. I know that often when I strive To keep a spark of love alive For Thee, the powers within Leap up in unsubmissive might And oft benumb my sense of right And pull me back to sin. 4. I know that, though in doing good I spend my life, I never could Atone for all I’ve done; But though my sins are black as night, I dare to come before Thy sight Because I trust Thy Son. 5. In Him alone my trust I place, Come boldly to Thy throne of grace, And there commune with Thee. Salvation sure, O Lord, is mine, And, all unworthy, I am Thine, For Jesus died for me. Used With Tune: KOMMT HER ZU MIR

How pleasant is it

Author: Wilhelm Knepper; Ora W. Garber Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: How pleasant is it and how good Used With Tune: KOMMT HER ZU MIR Text Sources: Geistriches Gesang-Buch, 1720; European Origins of the Brethren, 1958, alt.

Thou Little Flock, Be Not Afraid

Author: M. Loy; Joh. Mich. Altenburg Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 6 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Thou little flock, be not afraid, Tho' foes against thee stand arrayed, All ready to destroy thee; Although thy ruin they prepare And fill thee oft with anxious care, They shall not long annoy thee. 2 Thy cause is God's; this comfort thee; May His, not thine, the vengeance be; Let Him perform His pleasure; The needful help thou shalt obtain; Thee and His Word He will sustain Thro' Christ, His own dear Treasure. 3 As God is God, and true His Word, Fierce Satan and his hellish herd, The world and all their powers Shall reap but shame beneath His rod: God is with us, and we with God: The vict'ry must be ours. Topics: The Means of Grace The Christian Church Used With Tune: LITTLE FLOCK

Come hither! saith our blessed Lord

Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: I. Come hither! saith our blessed Lord: Come all to me with one Accord, Ye heavy laden Creatures Come hither, all ye weary Souls; I'll give you Rest from all your Toils; And mould anew your Natures. II. My Yoke is sweet, my Burthen light; Who'll take it up shall 'scape the Weight Of lasting condemnation; I will assist him with my Strength, To conquer Sin, and gain at Length The Prize of his Salvation. III. My active and my passive Zeal Was to perform my Father's Will, And set a bright Example, To guide your Thoughts and Actions by; If this is fix'd before your Eye, Your Heart shall be my Temple. IV. The world whould chuse the Bliss I shew, Was it not charg'd to bid Adieu To its own will and Pleasure: Alas! there is no other Path But a true meed and humble Faith That leads to endless Treasure. V. What Creature on this Earthly Ball Was ever found, since ADAM'S Fall, Without its rueful Story. Who'll here not bear for JESUS' Sake, Hereafter endless Shame shall take, And strip of all his Glory. VI. To Day the man looks bright and gay; Anon falls sick and faints away; Or Death cuts short his Flower. Just as a Lilly blooms and dies, So quick away the World still flies With all its Fame and Power. VII. The Worldling dreads the Name of Death; And startled by a dying Breath He makes a quick Submission. He tires himself with Trifles here, Th'immortal Soul's his meanest Care, Whilst in a hail Condition. VIII. But when he feels, he cannot live, He fancies, that a Lord forgive Will purchase his Salvation: But, ah! the long rejected Grace May no more shine upon his Face, May no more have Compassion. IX. What doth the Miser's Store avail? Or what the Young Man's Strength? Both fail, When Death's to give the Trial: Hast thou at Hand the richest Store, All Earthly Wit, all earthly Pow'r, Death would take no Denial. X. No Respite Learning can obtain; All worldly Grandeur is in vain, To thwart the fatal Sentence: Who will not seek his Saviour's Face In the bright Days of offer'd Grace, Must die without Repentance. XI. But ye, dear Foll'wers of the Lamb, That suffer here in JESUS Name, Your Cross shall end in Glory: Keep close to God's revealed Will, And still keep up a Christian Zeal, To flight what's transitory. XII. Return ye Good for evil Deeds; Your Innocence at last succeeds, In Spite of Worldly Crosses: Give God the Vengeance of your Cause; Observe your Saviour's Gospel-Laws, He will retrieve your Losses. XIII. Were you to live in constant Ease, And live as long as you should please, Your Faith wou'd soon be wasting; But Crosses keep, like wholesome Salt, The Flesh from Falling and Revolt, And Ruin everlasting. XIV. Think not the Cross a bitter Pill; Reflect what Reprobates must feel In their despairing Station, Where Soul and Body must endure Pains past Expression and past Cure, Without the least Cessation. XV. But you, that make a better Choice, Shall share your great Redeemer's Joys When this your Warfare's over; No Mortal Tongue can e'er express, With what Rewards the God of Grace Will crown his faithful Lover. XVI. And what our great and gracious Lord Has promis'd in his holy Word, And seal'd with his own Spirit, He will perform and safely bring Our Souls where Saints and Angels sing Of his eternal Merit. Topics: Mystery of the Cross Used With Tune: [Come hither! saith our blessed Lord]

Fear not, thou faithful Christian flock

Author: Robert Bridges, 1844 - 1930; Johann Michael Altenburg, 1584 - 1630 Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 7 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Fear not, thou faithful Christian flock; God is thy shelter and thy rock: Fear not for thy salvation. Though fierce the foe and dark the night, The Lord of hosts shall be thy might, Christ thine illumination. 2 Arise, arise, the foe defy! Call on the Name of God most high, That he with might endue you. And Christ, your everlasting Priest, In all your conflicts shall assist, From strength to strength renew you. Topics: The Church The People of God; The Life In Christ Conflict and Victory Used With Tune: KOMMT HER ZU MIR

Thou Hast, O God, The Work Begun

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: Thou hast, O God, the work begun, Brought forth Thy Servant, and Thy Son, The branch from Jesse’s root: But bring Him forth again in me, And let the Branch become a tree, And fill the world with fruit. Used With Tune: ̄Å HERRE JESUS Text Sources: Short Hymns, Vol. II (Bristol, England: E. Farley, 1762)