O GREAT mountain, who art thou,
7s & 6s. Zechariah iv. 7.
1 O GREAT mountain, who art thou,
Immense, immovable?
High as heaven aspires thy brow,
Thy foot sinks deep as hell!
Thee, alas, I long have known,
Long have felt thee fixed within;
Still beneath thy weight I groan;
Thou a ... read more
O HEAVENLY King, Look down from above!
1Os & 11s
1 O HEAVENLY King, Look down from above!
Assist us to sing Thy mercy and love:
So sweetly o'erflowing, So plenteous the store,
Thou still art bestowing, And giving us more.
2 O God of our life, We hallow thy name!
Our business and stri ... read more
O JESU, source of calm repose,
6-8s. 2nd. metre.
1 O JESU, source of calm repose,
Thy like nor man nor angel knows,
Fairest among ten thousand fair!
Even those whom death's sad fetters bound,
Whom thickest darkness compassed round.
Find light and life, if thou appear.
2 Effu ... read more
O JESUS my Hope,
5 5 11, 5 5 11.
1 O JESUS my Hope,
For me offered up,
Who with clamour pursued thee to Calvary's top,
The blood thou hast shed,
For me let it plead,
And declare thou hast died in thy murderer's stead.
2 Come then from above,
Its hardness remo ... read more
O JESUS, at thy feet we wait,
C.M.
1 O JESUS, at thy feet we wait,
Till thou shalt bid us rise,
Restored to our unsinning state,
To love's sweet paradise.
2 Saviour from sin, we thee receive,
From all indwelling sin;
Thy blood, we steadfastly believe,
Shall make us through ... read more
O JESUS, full of truth and grace,
L.M. Trust in Christ.
1 O JESUS, full of truth and grace,
O all-atoning Lamb of God,
I wait to see thy glorious face,
I seek redemption through thy blood.
2 Now in thy strength I strive with thee,
My Friend and Advocate with God;
Give me the glo ... read more
O JESUS, let thy dying cry
L.M.
1 O JESUS, let thy dying cry
Pierce to the bottom of my heart,
Its evils cure, its wants supply,
And bid my unbelief depart.
2 Slay the dire root and seed of sin;
Prepare for thee the holiest place;
Then, O essential Love, come in!
And fil ... read more
O JOYFUL sound of gospel grace!
C.M.
1 O JOYFUL sound of gospel grace!
Christ shall in me appear;
I, even I, shall see his face,
I shall be holy here.
2 This heart shall be his constant home;
I hear his Spirit's cry,
"Surely," he saith, "I quickly come,"
He saith, who ca ... read more
O LET the prisoners' mournful cries
L.M.
1 O LET the prisoners' mournful cries
As incense in thy sight appear!
Their humble wailings pierce the skies,
If haply they may feel thee near.
2 The captive exiles make their moans,
From sin impatient to be free:
Call home, call home thy ... read more
O LET us our own works forsake,
L.M.
1 O LET us our own works forsake,
Ourselves, and all we have deny;
Thy condescending counsel take,
And come to thee pure gold to buy!
2 O might we, through thy grace, attain
The faith thou never wilt reprove,
The faith that purges every sta ... read more
O LORD, how good, how great art thou,
C.M. Psalm viii.
1 O LORD, how good, how great art thou,
In heaven and earth the same!
There angels at thy footstool bow,
Here babes thy grace proclaim.
2 When glorious in the nightly sky
Thy moon and stars I see,
O what is man! I wondering cry, ... read more
O LORD, how long shall heathens hold
L.M. Psalm lxxix
1 O LORD, how long shall heathens hold
The heritage that once was thine?
How long shall they invade thy fold,
How long pollute thy holy shrine?
2 Behold the violence, the scorn,
And all the wrongs thy people hear:
Opprest, insul ... read more
O LORD, thy faithful servant save,
8s & 6s. Psalm xvi.
1 O LORD, thy faithful servant save,
Faith in thy name thou know'st I have;
My soul hath called thee mine:
My good cannot to thee extend,
My good did first from thee descend,
And all I have is thine.
2 The Lord himself my po ... read more
O LORD, turn not thy face away
C.M.
1 O LORD, turn not thy face away
From them that lowly lie,
Lamenting sore their sinful life
With tears and bitter cry;
Thy mercy's gates are open wide
To them that mourn their sin;
O shut them not against us, Lord!
But let us enter in.
2 ... read more
O Lord, with vengeance clad
4-6s & 2-8s. Psalm xciv.
1 O Lord, with vengeance clad
Most awful thou art seen!
Yet blessed when most sad
Our chastened souls have been;
For we have hope to rest in joy,
When all thy foes thou shalt destroy.
2 The Lord will not forsake
Nor cas ... read more
O LOVE divine, how sweet thou art!
8s & 6s.
1 O LOVE divine, how sweet thou art!
When shall I find my willing heart
All taken up by thee?
I thirst, I faint, I die to prove
The greatness of redeeming love,
The love of Christ to me!
2 Stronger his love than death or hell;
Its rich ... read more
O LOVE, I languish at thy stay!
6-8s.
1 O LOVE, I languish at thy stay!
I pine for thee with lingering smart;
Weary and faint through long delay,
When wilt thou come into my heart?
From sin and sorrow set me free,
And swallow up my soul in thee?
2 Come, O thou universal Good! ... read more
O MAY thy powerful word
S.M.
1 O MAY thy powerful word
Inspire a feeble worm
To rush into thy kingdom, Lord,
And take it as by storm!
2 O may we all improve
The grace already given,
To seize the crown of perfect love,
And scale the mount of heaven!
... read more
O MIGHT I this moment cease
7s & 6s.
1 O MIGHT I this moment cease
From every work of mine,
Find the perfect holiness,
The righteousness divine!
Let me thy salvation see;
Let me do thy perfect will;
Live in glorious liberty,
And all thy fulness feel.
2 O cut short the wo ... read more
O MY God, what must I do?
8-7s.
1 O MY God, what must I do?
Thou alone the way canst show;
Thou canst save me in this hour,
I have neither will nor power:
God if over all thou art,
Greater than my sinful heart,
All thy power on me be shown,
Take away the heart of stone.
... read more
O MY old, my bosom foe,
7s & 6s.
1 O MY old, my bosom foe,
Rejoice not over me!
Oft-times thou hast laid me low,
And wounded mortally;
Yet thy prey thou couldst not keep;
Jesus, when I lowest fell,
Heard me cry out of the deep,
And brought me up from hell.
2 Foolish ... read more
O RENDER thanks to God above,
L.M. Psalm cvi.
1 O RENDER thanks to God above,
The fountain of eternal love,
Whose mercy firm through ages past
Hath stood, ard shall for ever last.
2 Who can his mighty deeds express,
Not only vast but numberless?
What mortal eloquence can rai ... read more
O SAVIOUR, cast a gracious smile!
8s & 6s.
1 O SAVIOUR, cast a gracious smile!
Our gloomy guilt, and selfish guile,
And shy distrust remove;
The true simplicity impart,
To fashion every passive heart,
And mould it into love.
2 Our naked hearts to thee we raise;
Whate'er obstru ... read more
O SAVIOUR, whom this holy morn
C.M.
1 O SAVIOUR, whom this holy morn
Gave to our world below;
To mortal want and labour born,
And more than mortal woe;
2 Incarnate Word! by every grief,
By each temptation tried,
Who lived to yield our ills relief,
And to redeem us died!
... read more
O SUN of righteousness, arise,
C.M.
1 O SUN of righteousness, arise,
With healing in thy wing!
To my diseased, my fainting soul,
Life and salvation bring.
2 These clouds of pride and sin dispel,
By thy all-piercing beam;
Lighten my eyes with faith, my heart
With holy hope in ... read more
O THAT I could my Lord receive,
C.M.
1 O THAT I could my Lord receive,
Who did the world redeem,
Who gave his life, that I might live
A life concealed in him!
2 O that I could the blessing prove,
My heart's extreme desire,
Live happy in my Saviour's love,
And in his arms ex ... read more
O THAT I could repent! With
S.M.
1 O THAT I could repent!
With all my idols part,
And to thy gracious eye present
A humble, contrite heart;
A heart with grief opprest
For having grieved my God,
A troubled heart that cannot rest,
Till sprinkled with thy blood.
2 Jesus, on ... read more
O THAT I could revere
S.M.
1 O THAT I could revere
My much-offended God!
O that I could but stand in fear
Of thy afflicting rod!
If mercy cannot draw,
Thou by thy threatenings move,
And keep an abject soul in awe,
That will not yield to love.
2 Show me the naked sw ... read more
O THAT I could, in every place,
8s & 6s. Psalm xvii. 8.
1 O THAT I could, in every place,
By faith behold Jehovah's face,
My strict observer see,
Present my heart and reins to try;
And feel the influence of his eye
For ever fixed on me!
2 Discerning thee, my Saviour, stand
M ... read more
O THAT I, first of love possessed,
8s & 6s.
1 O THAT I, first of love possessed,
With my Redeemer's presence blessed,
Might his salvation see!
Before thou dost my soul require,
Allow me, Lord, my heart's desire,
And show thyself to me.
2 Appear my sanctuary from sin,
Open thin ... read more
O THAT my load of sin were gone
L.M. Matthew xi. 28
1 O THAT my load of sin were gone
O that I could at last submit
At Jesu's feet to lay it down,
To lay my soul at Jesu's feet!.
2 When shall mine eyes behold the Lamb,
The God of my salvation see?
Weary, O Lord, thou know's ... read more
O THAT thou wouldst the heavens rent,
C.M.
1 O THAT thou wouldst the heavens rent,
In majesty come down;
Stretch out thine arm omnipotent,
And seize me for thine own!
2 Descend, and let thy lightning burn
The stubble of thy foe;
My sins o'erturn, o'erturn, o'erturn,
And make the ... read more
O THAT thou wouldst the heavens rent,
C.M.
1 O THAT thou wouldst the heavens rent,
In majesty come down;
Stretch out thine arm omnipotent,
And seize me for thine own!
2 Descend, and let thy lightning burn
The stubble of thy foe;
My sins o'erturn, o'erturn, o'erturn,
And make the ... read more
O THOU eternal Victim, slain
6-8s. Hebrews ix. 25.
1 O THOU eternal Victim, slain
A sacrifice for guilty man,
By the eternal Spirit made
An offering in the sinner's stead;
Our everlasting Priest art thou,
And plead'st thy death for sinners now.
2 Thy offering still contin ... read more
O THOU God who hearest prayer,
8-7s.
1 O THOU God who hearest prayer,
All shall come to thee that live:
Sins too great for us to bear
Thou wilt pity and forgive.
Great, O God, thy saving grace,
Wonderful thy truth is found:
Hope of earth's extremest race,
Hope of ocean's utmo ... read more
O THOU that hangedst on the tree,
L.M. Psalm lxxix. 11.
1 O THOU that hangedst on the tree,
Our curse and sufferings to remove,
Pity the souls that look to thee,
And save us by thy dying love.
2 We have no outward righteousness,
No merits or good works, to plead;
We only can be ... read more
O THOU to whose all-searching sight
L.M.
1 O THOU to whose all-searching sight
The darkness shineth as the light,
Search, prove my heart; it pants for thee;
O burst these bonds, and set it free!
2 Wash out its stains, refine its dross,
Nail my affections to the cross;
Hallow each ... read more
O THOU who hast our sorrows borne,
8s & 6s.
1 O THOU who hast our sorrows borne,
Help us to look on thee and mourn,
On thee whom we have slain,
Have pierced a thousand thousand times,
And by reiterated crimes
Renewed thy mortal pain.
2 Vouchsafe us eyes of faith to see
The man t ... read more
O THOU who hast redeemed of old,
8s & 6s.
1 O THOU who hast redeemed of old,
And bidd'st me of thy strength lay hold,
And be at peace with thee,
Help me thy benefits to own,
And hear me tell what thou hast done,
O dying Lamb, for me!
2 Out of myself for help I go,
Thy only lo ... read more
O THOU who, when I did complain,
C.M. Psalm cxvi.
1 O THOU who, when I did complain,
Didst all my griefs remove,
O Saviour, do not now disdain
My humble praise and love.
2 Since thou a pitying ear didst give,
And hear me when I prayed,
I'll call upon thee while I live,
And ne ... read more
O THOU whom fain my soul would love!
6-8s.
1 O THOU whom fain my soul would love!
Whom I would gladly die to know;
This veil of unbelief remove,
And show me, all thy goodness show;
Jesus, thyself in me reveal,
Tell me thy name, thy nature tell.
2 Hast thou been with me, Lord, so lo ... read more
O THOU, our Husband, Brother, Friend,
L.M.
1 O THOU, our Husband, Brother, Friend,
Behold a cloud of incense rise!
The prayers of saints to heaven ascend,
Grateful, accepted sacrifice.
2 Regard our prayers for Zion's peace;
Shed in our hearts thy love abroad;
Thy gifts abundantly i ... read more
O THOU, whom once they flocked to hear,
L.M.
1 O THOU, whom once they flocked to hear,
Thy words to hear, thy power to feel;
Suffer the sinners to draw near,
And graciously receive us still.
2 They that be whole, thyself hast said,
No need of a physician have;
But I am sick, and want ... read more
O THOU, whose offering on the tree
L.M. Hebrews x. 1.
1 O THOU, whose offering on the tree
The legal offerings all foreshowed,
Borrowed their whole effect from thee,
And drew their virtue from thy blood:
2 The blood of goats and bullocks slain
Could never for one sin atone:
To pu ... read more
O UNEXHAUSTED grace!
S.M.
1 O UNEXHAUSTED grace!
O love unsearchable!
I am not gone to my own place,
I am not yet in hell!
Earth doth not open yet,
My soul to swallow up!
And hanging o'er the burning pit,
I still am forced to hope.
2 I hope at last to find
The k ... read more
O WORSHIP the King, All glorious above;
10s & 11s. Psalm civ.
1 O WORSHIP the King, All glorious above;
O gratefully sing His power and his love:
Our shield and defender, The Ancient of days,
Pavilioned in splendour, And girded with praise.
2 O tell of his might, O sing of his grace,
W ... read more
O 'TIS enough, my God, my God!
6-8s.
1 O 'TIS enough, my God, my God!
Here let me give my wanderings o'er;
No longer trample on thy blood,
And grieve thy gentleness no more;
No more thy lingering anger move,
Or sin against thy light and love.
2 O Lord, if mercy is with thee ... read more
OF old, O God, thine own right hand
L.M. Psalm lxxx.
1 OF old, O God, thine own right hand
A pleasant vine did plant and train;
Above the hills, o er all the land,
It sought the sun, and drank the rain.
2 Its boughs like goodly cedars spread,
Forth to the river went the root;
Pere ... read more
OFT I in my heart have said,
7s & 6s. Romans x. 6 - 9.
1 OFT I in my heart have said,
Who shall ascend on high,
Mount to Christ, my glorious Head,
And bring him from the sky?
Borne on contemplation's wing,
Surely I shall find him there,
Where the angels praise their King,
An ... read more
OMNIPOTENT Lord, My Saviour and King,
10s & 11s.
1 OMNIPOTENT Lord, My Saviour and King,
Thy succour afford, Thy righteousness bring;
Thy promises bind thee Compassion to have,
Now, now let me find thee Almighty to save.
2 Rejoicing, in hope, And patient in grief,
To thee I look up F ... read more
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