Hymn 117 (Isaac Watts Poems)
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
v.47ff L. M. Mortality and hope. A funeral psalm. Remember, Lord, our mortal state, How frail our life! how short ...
v.8-12 C. M. Infirmities and mortality the effect of sin. Lord, if thine eye surveys our faults, And justice grows ...
v.16-23 C. M. God our support and comfort. Who will arise and plead my right Against my num'rous foes, While ...
Grace and glory. Th' Almighty reigns exalted high O'er all the earth, o'er all the sky; Though clouds and darkness ...
My God, how many are my fears! How fast my foes increase! Conspiring my eternal death, They break my present ...
Will God for ever east us off? His wrath for ever smoke Against the people of' his love, His little ...
Lord, I will bless thee all my days, Thy praise shall dwell upon my tongue; My soul shall glory in ...
Now plead my cause, Almighty God, With all the sons of strife; And fight against the men of blood, Who ...
High in the heav'ns, eternal God, Thy goodness in full glory shines; Thy truth shall break through ev'ry cloud That ...
v.14-16,22-24 C. M. Christ our strength and righteousness. My Savior, my almighty Friend, When I begin thy praise, Where will ...
The church pleading with God under sore persecutions. Will God for ever cast us off? His wrath for ever smoke ...
v.1-4,10, paraphrased C. M. Delight in ordinances of worship; or, God present in his churches. My soul, how lovely is ...
The pleasure of public worship. How pleasant, how divinely fair, O Lord of hosts, thy dwellings are! With long desire ...
God and his church; or, Grace and glory. Great God, attend, while Zion sings The joy that from thy presence ...
v.9ff L. M. Salvation by Christ. Salvation is for ever nigh The souls that fear and trust the Lord And ...
v.15ff C. M. A blessed gospel. Blest are the souls that hear and know The gospel's joyful sound; Peace shall ...
Death and immediate glory. 2 Cor. 5:1,5-8. There is a house not made with hands, Eternal and on high; And ...
God incomprehensible and sovereign. [Can creatures to perfection find Th' eternal, uncreated Mind? Or can the largest stretch of thought ...
God glorious, and sinners saved. Rom. 1:30; 5:8,9; 1 Pet. 3:22. Father, how wide thy glories shine! How high thy ...
Regeneration. John 1:13; 3:3, etc. Not all the outward forms on earth, Nor rites that God has giv'n, Nor will ...
Family blessings. O happy man, whose soul is filled With zeal and reverent awe! His lips to God their honors ...
Christ dying, rising, interceding, and reigning. Acts 4:24, etc. [Maker and sovereign Lord Of heav'n, and earth, and seas, Thy ...
The last judgment. The Lord, the Sovereign, sends his summons forth, Calls the south nations and awakes the north; From ...
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