Cradle Hymn (Isaac Watts Poems)
Hush, my dear, lie still and slumber; Holy angels guard thy bed; Heavenly blessings without number Gently falling on thy head. Sleep, my babe, ...
Hush, my dear, lie still and slumber; Holy angels guard thy bed; Heavenly blessings without number Gently falling on thy head. Sleep, my babe, ...
The faithfulness of God in the promises.[Begin, my tongue, some heav'nly theme,And speak some boundless thing;The mighty works, or mightier ...
Election sovereign and free.Rom. 9:20-23.Behold the potter and the clay,He forms his vessels as he please:Such is our God, and ...
Prayer heard, saints saved, and oppressors punished.For a humiliation day.Why doth the Lord stand off so far?And why conceal his ...
v.32ffL. M.Backsliding and forgiveness; or, Sin punished and saints saved.Great God, how oft did Isr'el proveBy turns thine anger and ...
Zeal and fortitude.Matt. 5:16.Do I believe what Jesus saith,And think his gospel true?Lord, make me bold to own my faith,And ...
Restoring and preserving grace.[With all my powers of heart and tongueI'll praise my Maker in my song:Angels shall hear the ...
FAR in the Heavens my God retires: My God, the mark of my desires, And hides his lovely face; When he descends within ...
v.6-11L. M.Melancholy thoughts reproved; or, Hope in afflictions.My spirit sinks within me, Lord,But I will call thy name to mind,And ...
v.47ff8,8,8,8,8,8Life, death, and the resurrection.Think, mighty God, on feeble man;How few his hours! how short his span!Short from the cradle ...
Holy resolutions.ver. 93O that thy statutes every hourMight dwell upon my mind!Thence I derive a quick'ning power,And daily peace I ...
Christ's commission.John 3:16,17Come, happy souls, approach your GodWith new melodious songs;Come, tender to almighty graceThe tribute of your tongues.So strange, ...
The wisdom of God in his works.Songs of immortal praise belongTo my almighty God;He has my heart, and he my ...
v.11-22L. M.Religious education; or, Instructions of piety.Children, in years and knowledge young,Your parents' hope, your parents' joy,Attend the counsels of ...
A happy resurrection.No, I'll repine at death no more,But with a cheerful gasp resignTo the cold dungeon of the graveThese ...
v.13-20C. M.Praise to God for hearing prayer.Now shall my solemn vows be paidTo that Almighty Power,That heard the long requests ...
Hope in the covenant; or, God's promise and truth unchangeable.Heb. 6:17-19.How oft have sin and Satan stroveTo rend my soul ...
v.12,14,10,13S. M.Divine instruction.Where shall the man be foundThat fears t' offend his God?That loves the gospel's joyful sound,And trembles at ...
Melancholy assaulting, and hope prevailing. To God I cried with mournful voice, I sought his gracious ear, In the sad ...
v.7ff C. M. The power and majesty of God; or, Reverential worship. With rev'rence let the saints appear, And bow ...
Christ's kingdom and majesty. The God Jehovah reigns! Let all the nations fear; Let sinners tremble at his throne, And ...
Comfort derived from ancient providences. "How awful is thy chast'ning rod!" May thy own children say: "The great, the wise, ...
v.30ff C. M. The covenant of grace unchangeable. "Yet," saith the Lord, "if David's race, The children of my Son, ...
A holy God worshiped with reverence. Exalt the Lord our God, And worship at his feet; His nature is all ...
Providences of God recorded. Let children hear the mighty deeds Which God performed of old, Which in our younger years ...
v.12 C. M. The wisdom and equity of Providence. When the great Judge, supreme and just, Shall once inquire for ...
The man is ever bless'd Who shuns the sinners' ways, Among their councils never stands, Nor takes the scorner's place; ...
God's sovereignty and goodness. O Lord, our heav'nly King, Thy name is all divine; Thy glories round the earth are ...
Man mortal, and God eternal A mournful song at a funeral. Through every age, eternal God, Thou art our rest, ...
My God, how many are my fears! How fast my foes increase! Conspiring my eternal death, They break my present ...
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