Putting your faith to work
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
I’m embarking on a new project today, one that I hope I will see through to completion. In my library I have a number of hymnals, some more current than others, as well as a handful of books with the hymns of specific hymnwriters, but none for one of my favorite writers, Augustus Toplady. I … Read more
David’s Psalm of Thanksgiving. From 1 Chronicles 16:8-36 (and many Psalms) Give thanks to the LORD; call on his name; proclaim his deeds among the peoples. Sing to him; sing praise to him; tell about all his wondrous works! Boast in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice. Seek … Read more
A hymn on prayer, with no author listed, published in the Psalmist. A great reminder on when, where, how, and for whom we are to pray. Go when the morning shinethGo when the noon is bright,Go when the eve declineth,Go in the hush of night;Go with pure mind and feeling,Fling earthly thought away,And, in thy … Read more