HIS name is Jesus Christ the Just,
C.M. Matthew xii. 21.
1 HIS name is Jesus Christ the Just,
My Advocate with God;
In him alone I put my trust
Who bought me with his blood;
A sinner of the Gentiles, I
My pardoning Lord embrace,
And on his only name rely
For all his depths of grace ... read more
HO! every one that thirsts, draw nigh!
L.M. Isaiah lv. 1 - 3.
1 HO! every one that thirsts, draw nigh!
('Tis God invites the fallen race)
Mercy and free salvation buy;
Buy wine, and milk, and gospel grace.
2 Come to the living waters, come!
Sinners, obey your Maker's call;
Return, ... read more
HOLY as thou, O Lord, is none!
L.M. 1 Samuel ii. 2.
1 HOLY as thou, O Lord, is none!
Thy holiness is all thy own;
A drop of that unbounded sea
Is ours, a drop derived from thee.
2 And when thy purity we share,
Thy only glory we declare;
And humbled into nothing own,
Holy and ... read more
HOLY Ghost! my Comforter!
7 7 7. Veni, Sancte Spiritus.
1 HOLY Ghost! my Comforter!
Now from highest heaven appear,
Shed thy gracious radiance here.
2 Come to them who suffer dearth,
With thy gifts of priceless worth,
Lighten all who dwell on earth!
3 Thou the heart' ... read more
HOLY Lamb, who thee confess,
8-7s.
1 HOLY Lamb, who thee confess,
Followers of thy holiness,
Thee they ever keep in view,
Ever ask, "What shall we do?"
Governed by thy only will,
All thy words we would fulfil,
Would in all thy footsteps go,
Walk as Jesus walked below.
2 ... read more
HOLY Lamb, who thee receive,
7s.
1 HOLY Lamb, who thee receive,
Who in thee begin to live,
Day and night they cry to thee,
As thou art, so let us be!
2 Jesu, see my panting breast!
See I pant in thee to rest!
Gladly would I now be clean,
Cleanse me now from every sin.
... read more
HOLY Spirit! pity me,
7s.
1 HOLY Spirit! pity me,
Pierced with grief for grieving thee;
Present, though I mourn apart,
Listen to a wailing heart.
2 Sins unnumbered I confess,
Of exceeding sinfulness,
Sins against thyself alone,
Only to Omniscience known;
3 Deafn ... read more
HOLY, and true, and righteous Lord,
L.M.
1 HOLY, and true, and righteous Lord,
I wait to prove thy perfect will,
Be mindful of thy gracious word,
And stamp me with thy Spirit's seal.
2 Open my faith's interior eye,
Display thy glory from above;
And all I am shall sink and die,
... read more
HOLY, holy, holy Lord,
8-7.
1 HOLY, holy, holy Lord,
God the father, and the Word.
God the Comforter, receive
Blessings more than we can give!
Mixed with those beyond the sky,
Chanters to the Lord most high,
We our hearts and voices raise,
Echoing thy eternal praise.
... read more
HOLY, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty!
1 HOLY, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee,
Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty,
God in Three Persons, blessed Trinity!
2 Holy, holy, holy! all the saints adore thee,
Casting down their golden crowns ... read more
HOW are the Gentiles all on fire!
6-8s. Psalm ii.
1 HOW are the Gentiles all on fire!
Why rage they with vain menacing?
'Gainst God, and his Anointed King"
Earth's haughty potentates conspire;
Break we (say they) their servile bands,
And cast their cords from our free hands.
... read more
HOW beauteous are their feet
S.M. Isaiah lii. 7 - 10.
1 HOW beauteous are their feet
Who stand on Zion's hill;
Who bring salvation in their tongues,
And words of peace reveal!
2 How cheering is their voice,
How sweet the tidings are!
"Zion, behold thy Saviour King;
He re ... read more
HOW blest is he who ne'er consents
C.M. Psalm i.
1 HOW blest is he who ne'er consents
By ill advice to walk;
Nor stands in sinners' ways, nor sits
Where men profanely talk.
2 But makes the perfect law of God
His study and delight;
Devoutly reads therein by day,
And meditates b ... read more
HOW can a sinner know
S.M.
1 HOW can a sinner know
His sins on earth forgiven?
How can my gracious Saviour show
My name inscribed in heaven?
What we have felt and seen,
With confidence we tell;
And publish to the sons of men
The signs infallible.
2 We who in Christ ... read more
HOW do thy mercies close me round!
8s.
1 HOW do thy mercies close me round!
For ever be thy name adored!
I blush in all things to abound;
The servant is above his Lord!
2 Inured to poverty and pain,
A suffering life my Master led;
The Son of God, the Son of man,
He had not where ... read more
HOW good and pleasant 'tis to see,
6-8s. 2nd. metre.
1 HOW good and pleasant 'tis to see,
When brethren cordially agree,
And kindly think and speak the same!
A family of faith and love,
Combined to seek the things above,
And spread the common Saviour's fame. The God of grace, who a ... read more
HOW happy are the little flock,
8s & 6s.
1 HOW happy are the little flock,
Who, safe beneath their guardian Rock,
In all commotions rest!
When war's and tumult's waves run high,
Removed above the storm they lie,
They lodge in Jesu's breast.
2 Such happiness, O Lord, have we ... read more
HOW happy are they
5 5 9, 5 5 9.
1 HOW happy are they
Who the Saviour obey,
And have laid up their treasure above!
Tongue cannot express
The sweet comfort and peace
Of a soul in its earliest love.
2 That comfort was mine,
When the favour divine
I first found in ... read more
HOW happy are we
5 5 9, 5 5 9.
1 HOW happy are we
Who in Jesus agree
To expect his return from above!
We sit under our Vine,
And delightfully join
In the praise of his excellent love.
2 How pleasant and sweet,
In his name when we meet,
Is his fruit to our spir ... read more
HOW happy is the pilgrim's lot!
8s & 6s.
1 HOW happy is the pilgrim's lot!
How free from every anxious thought,
From worldly hope and fear!
Confined to neither court nor cell,
His soul disdains on earth to dwell,
He only sojourns here.
2 This happiness in part is mine,
Alrea ... read more
HOW happy, gracious Lord! are we
8s & 6s.
1 HOW happy, gracious Lord! are we
Divinely drawn to follow thee,
Whose hours divided are
Betwixt the mount and multitude;
Our day is spent in doing good,
Our night in praise and prayer.
2 With us no melancholy void,
No period lingers ... read more
HOW long wilt thou forget me, Lord?
L.M. Psalm xiii.
1 HOW long wilt thou forget me, Lord?
Wilt thou for ever hide thy face?
Leave me unchanged, and unrestored,
An alien from the life of grace?
2 How long shall l inquire within,
And seek thee in my heart, in vain,
Vexed with the d ... read more
How lovely are thy tents, O Lord!
6-8s. Psalm lxxxiv.
1 How lovely are thy tents, O Lord!
Where'er thou choosest to record
Thy name, or place thy house of prayer,
My soul outflies the angel-choir,
And faints, o'erpowered with strong desire,
To meet thy special presence there.
... read more
HOW pleasant, how divinely fair,
L.M.
1 HOW pleasant, how divinely fair,
O Lord of hosts, thy dwellings are!
With strong desire my spirit faints
To meet the assemblies of thy saints.
2 Blest are the saints that sit on high,
Around thy throne of majesty;
Thy brightest glories sh ... read more
HOW sad our state by nature is!
C.M. Mark ix. 24.
1 HOW sad our state by nature is!
Our sin, how deep it stains!
And Satan binds our captive souls
Fast in his slavish chains.
2 But hark! a voice of sovereign grace
Sounds from the sacred word;
"Ho, ye despairing sinners, come, ... read more
HOW shall a lost sinner in pain
8s.
1 HOW shall a lost sinner in pain
Recover his forfeited peace?
When brought into bondage again,
What hope of a second release?
Will mercy itself be so kind
To spare such a rebel as me?
And O! can I possibly find
Such plenteous redemption in th ... read more
HOW shall I walk my God to please,
8s & 6s. For the same.
1 HOW shall I walk my God to please,
And spread content and happiness
O'er all beneath my care?
A pattern to my household give,
And as a guardian angel live,
As Jesu's messenger?
2 The opposite extremes I see,
Remissnes ... read more
HOW weak the thoughts, and vain,
2-6s & 4-7s.
1 HOW weak the thoughts, and vain,
Of self-deluding men!
Men who, fixed to earth alone,
Think their houses shall endure,
Fondly call their lands their own,
To their distant heirs secure.
2 How happy then are we,
Who build, O Lord, ... read more
I AND my house will serve the Lord:
8s & 6s. For the same.
1 I AND my house will serve the Lord:
But first obedient to his word
I must myself appear;
By actions, words, and tempers show,
That I my heavenly Master know,
And serve with heart sincere.
2 I must the fair example set;
... read more
I ASK the gift of righteousness,
C.M.
1 I ASK the gift of righteousness,
The sin-subduing power,
Power to believe, and go in peace,
And never grieve thee more.
2 I ask the blood-bought pardon sealed,
The liberty from sin,
The grace infused, the love revealed,
The kingdom fixed ... read more
I KNOW in whom I have believed,
L.M. "I know whom I have believed, and am," &c. 2 Timothy i, 12.
1 I KNOW in whom I have believed,
Who, when this precious faith he gave,
My soul into his hands received,
And bade me trust his power to save:
His Spirit doth my heart assure,
That w ... read more
I KNOW that my Redeemer lives, And
C.M.
1 I KNOW that my Redeemer lives,
And ever prays for me;
A token of his love he gives,
A pledge of liberty.
2 I find him lifting up my head,
He brings salvation near,
His presence makes me free indeed,
And he will soon appear.
3 He will ... read more
I LONG to behold Him arrayed
8s.
1 I LONG to behold Him arrayed
With glory and light from above,
The King in his beauty displayed,
His beauty of holiest love:
I languish and sigh to be there,
Where Jesus hath fixed his abode;
O when shall we meet in the air,
And fly to the mo ... read more
I PRAISE thee, Lord, who o'er my foes
L.M. Psalm xxx.
1 I PRAISE thee, Lord, who o'er my foes
Hast raised my head in triumph high,
Not slow to mark my secret woes,
Not deaf to my desponding cry.
I praise thee, Lord; my heart was faint,
My feet were sinking to the grave,
But thou wast ... read more
I SEEK the kingdom first,
S.M. Matthew vi. 33.
1 I SEEK the kingdom first,
The gracious joy and peace;
Thou know'st I hunger, Lord, and thirst
After thy righteousness;
My chief and sole desire
Thine image to regain,
And then to join the heavenly choir,
And with thine anci ... read more
I SEEM desirous to repent,
C.M. Philippians ii. 13.
1 I SEEM desirous to repent,
But cannot without thee
Soften this hard heart, or lament
My own obduracy;
Gladly I would thy word believe,
My dear Redeemer know,
But neither can rejoice, nor grieve,
Till thou the power besto ... read more
I SEEM desirous to repent,
C.M. Philippians ii. 13.
1 I SEEM desirous to repent,
But cannot without thee
Soften this hard heart, or lament
My own obduracy;
Gladly I would thy word believe,
My dear Redeemer know,
But neither can rejoice, nor grieve,
Till thou the power besto ... read more
I SOON shall hear thy quickening voice,
6-8s. 2nd. metre.
1 I SOON shall hear thy quickening voice,
Shall always pray, give thanks, rejoice;
(This is thy will and faithful word)
My Spirit meek, my will resigned,
Lowly as thine shall be my mind,
The servant shall be as his Lord.
2 Alre ... read more
I THIRST, thou wounded Lamb of God,
L.M.
1 I THIRST, thou wounded Lamb of God,
To wash me in thy cleansing blood,
To dwell within thy wounds; then pain
Is sweet, and life or death is gain.
2 Take my poor heart, and let it be
For ever closed to all but thee!
Seal thou my breast, an ... read more
I WANT a principle within
C.M.
1 I WANT a principle within
Of jealous, godly fear,
A sensibility of sin,
A pain to feel it near;
I want the first approach to feel
Of pride, or fond desire,
To catch the wandering of my will,
And quench the kindling fire.
2 That I from t ... read more
I WANT the Spirit of power within,
6-8s.
1 I WANT the Spirit of power within,
Of love, and of a healthful mind;
Of power, to conquer inbred sin,
Of love, to thee and all mankind,
Of health, that pain and death defies,
Most vigorous when the body dies.
2 When shall I hear the inwa ... read more
I WILL hearken what the Lord
7s & 6s.
1 I WILL hearken what the Lord
Will say concerning me:
Hast thou not a gracious word
For one who waits on thee?
Speak it to my soul, that I
May in thee have peace and power,
Never from my Saviour fly,
And never grieve thee more.
2 How ... read more
IF our God had not befriended,
8 7, 8 7, 4 7. Psalm cxxiv.
1 IF our God had not befriended,
Now may grateful Israel say,
If the Lord had not defended,
When with foes we stood at bay,
Madly raging,
Deeming our sad lives their prey:
2 Then the tide of vengeful slaughters
O'er ... read more
IN all my vast concerns with thee,
C.M. Psalm cxxxix.
1 IN all my vast concerns with thee,
In vain my soul would try
To shun thy presence, Lord, or flee
The notice of thine eye.
2 Thy all-surrounding sight surveys
My rising and my rest,
My public walks, my private ways,
The secr ... read more
IN deep distress, to God
S.M. Psalm cxlii.
1 IN deep distress, to God
I poured my care and grief;
To him I raised my mournful cry,
And sought from him relief.
2 I looked, but found no friend
To aid me in distress;
All refuge failed, and none vouchsafed
To pity or redre ... read more
IN fellowship, alone,
S.M. THIRD PART
1 IN fellowship, alone,
To God with faith draw near,
Approach his courts, besiege his throne
With all the powers of prayer:
Go to his temple, go,
Nor from his altar move;
Let every house his worship know,
And every heart his love. ... read more
IN the bonds of death he lay,
6-7s. irregular.
1 IN the bonds of death he lay,
Who for our offence was slain,
But the Lord is risen to-day,
Christ hath brought us life again;
Wherefore let us all rejoice,
Singing loud with cheerful voice
Hallelujah!
2 Jesus Christ, God's o ... read more
IN time of tribulation
7 6,7 6,7 6. Psalm lxxvii.
1 IN time of tribulation
Hear, Lord, my feeble cries;
With humble supplication
To thee my spirit flies;
My heart with grief is breaking,
Scarce can my voice complain;
Mine eyes with tears kept waking,
Still watch and wee ... read more
IN vain we build, unless the Lord
C.M. Psalm cxxvii.
1 IN vain we build, unless the Lord
The fabric still sustain;
Unless the Lord the city keep,
The watchman wakes in vain.
In vain we rise before the day,
And late to rest repair,
Allow no respite to our toil,
And eat the bread of ... read more
INFINITE God, to thee we raise
6-8s. "Te Deum laudamus."
1 INFINITE God, to thee we raise
Our hearts in solemn songs of praise,
By all thy works on earth adored,
We worship thee, the common Lord;
The everlasting Father own,
And bow our souls before thy throne.
2 Thee all th ... read more
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