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, ...
v.32ffL. M.Backsliding and forgiveness; or, Sin punished and saints saved.Great God, how oft did Isr'el proveBy turns thine anger and ...
The tree of life[COME, Jet us join a joyful tune,To our exalted Lord,Ye saints on high around his throne,And we ...
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 ...
Alas! and did my Savior bleedAnd did my Sovereign die?Would He devote that sacred headFor such a worm as I?RefrainAt ...
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 ...
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, ...
A happy resurrection.No, I'll repine at death no more,But with a cheerful gasp resignTo the cold dungeon of the graveThese ...
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 ...
Comfort derived from ancient providences. "How awful is thy chast'ning rod!" May thy own children say: "The great, the wise, ...
Now I 'm convinced the Lord is kind To men of heart sincere; Yet once my foolish thoughts repined, And ...
Israel's rebellion and punishment. O What a stiff rebellious house Was Jacob's ancient race! False to their own most solemn ...
Will God for ever east us off? His wrath for ever smoke Against the people of' his love, His little ...
The church's prayer under affliction; or, The vineyard of God wasted. Great Shepherd of thine Israel, Who didst between the ...
O Lord, our Lord, how wondrous great Is thine exalted name! The glories of thy heav'nly state Let men and ...
v.1-4,10, paraphrased C. M. Delight in ordinances of worship; or, God present in his churches. My soul, how lovely is ...
God is the refuge of his saints, When storms of sharp distress invade; Ere we can offer our complaints, Behold ...
The pleasure of public worship. How pleasant, how divinely fair, O Lord of hosts, thy dwellings are! With long desire ...
Now plead my cause, Almighty God, With all the sons of strife; And fight against the men of blood, Who ...
The covenant made with Christ; or, The true David. For ever shall my song record The truth and mercy of ...
High in the heav'ns, eternal God, Thy goodness in full glory shines; Thy truth shall break through ev'ry cloud That ...
The faithfulness of God. My never-ceasing songs shall show The mercies of the Lord; And make succeeding ages know How ...
Wrath and mercy from the judgment-seat. With my whole heart I'll raise my song, Thy wonders I'll proclaim; Thou, sovereign ...
v.8-12 C. M. Infirmities and mortality the effect of sin. Lord, if thine eye surveys our faults, And justice grows ...
v.13ff C. M. Breathing after heaven. Return, O God of love, return; Earth is a tiresome place: How long shall ...
v.14-16,22-24 C. M. Christ our strength and righteousness. My Savior, my almighty Friend, When I begin thy praise, Where will ...
v.9-16 C. M. Protection from death, guard of angels, victory and deliverance. Ye sons of men, a feeble race, Exposed ...
v.17-21 C. M. The aged Christian's prayer and song. God of my childhood and my youth, The guide of all ...
v.12ff L. M. The church is the garden of God. Lord, 'tis a pleasant thing to stand In gardens planted ...
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