Augustus Toplady

POEM IX. On War Augustus Montague Toplady GREAT God, whom heav’n, and earth, and sea,With all their countless hosts, obey,Upheld by whom the nations stand,And empires fall at thy command: Beneath thy long suspended ireLet vain hostilities* expire;Thy knowledge spread from sea to sea,‘Till every nation bows to thee. Then shew thyself the prince of … Read more

POEM Vlll. He Dwelleth With You, and Shall Be in You From John xiv. 17 SAVIOUR, I thy word believe,My unbelief remove;Now thy quick’ning Spirit give,The unction from above;Shew me, Lord, how good thou art, My soul with all thy fulness fill: Send the witness in my heart The Holy Ghost reveal. Dead in sin … Read more

POEM Vll. In Sickness JESUS, since I with thee am one,Confirm my soul in thee,And still continue to tread down The man of sin in me. Let not the subtle foe prevail In this my feeble hour:Frustrate all the hopes of hell, Redeem from Satan’s pow’r. Arm me, O Lord, from head to foot,With righteousness … Read more

POEM VI. There is Mercy with Thee LORD, should’st thou weigh my righteousness,Or mark what I have done amiss,How should thy servant stand?Tho’ others might, yet surely IMust hide my face, nor dare to cry For mercy at thy hand. But thou art loth thy bolts to shoot; Backward and slow to execute The vengeance … Read more

POEM V. For the Evening GOD of love, whose truth and graceReach unbounded as the skies,Hear thy creature’s feeble praise,Let my ev’ning sacrifice Mount as incense to thy throne, On the merits of thy Son. Me thy Providence has ledThrough another busy day:Over me thy wings were spread, Chasing sin and death away: Thou hast … Read more

Poem IV – For the Morning JESUS, by whose grace I live, From the fear of evil kept,Thou hast lengthen’d my reprieve, Held in being while I slept. With the day my heart renew; Let me wake thy will to do. Since the last revolving dawnScatter’d the nocturnal cloud,O, how many souls have gone,Unprepar’d, to … Read more

POEM III. When Service is ended LORD, let me not thy courts depart,Nor quit thy mercy-seat,Before I feel thee in my heart,And there the Saviour meet. Water the seed in weakness sown, And ever more improve:Make me a garden of thine own; May ev’ry flow’r be love! O send my soul in peace away;For both … Read more

Poem II, At Entering Into the Church FATHER of love, to thee I bendMy heart, and lift mine eyes;O let my pray’r and praise ascend As odours to the skies Thy pard’ning voice I come to hear, To know thee as thou art:Thy ministers can reach the ear,But thou must touch the heart. O stamp … Read more

POEM I Refining Father, make me clean, On me thy costly pearl bestow: Thou art thyself the pearl I prize, The only joy I seek below. Disperse the clouds that damp my soul, And make my heart unfit for thee: Cast me not off, but seal me now Thine own peculiar property. Look on the … Read more