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 ...
The tree of life[COME, Jet us join a joyful tune,To our exalted Lord,Ye saints on high around his throne,And we ...
Restoring and preserving grace.[With all my powers of heart and tongueI'll praise my Maker in my song:Angels shall hear the ...
'Tis the voice of the sluggard; I heard him complain,"You have waked me too soon, I must slumber again."As 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The kingdom of Christ. Great God, whose universal sway The known and unknown worlds obey, Now give the kingdom to ...
The church's prayer under affliction; or, The vineyard of God wasted. Great Shepherd of thine Israel, Who didst between the ...
v.30ff C. M. The covenant of grace unchangeable. "Yet," saith the Lord, "if David's race, The children of my Son, ...
v.1,10ff C. M. Christ's first and second coming. Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands, Ye tribes of every tongue; ...
The heavens declare thy glory, Lord, In every star thy wisdom shines; But when our eyes behold thy word, We ...
Christ's kingdom among the Gentiles. Jesus shall reign where'er the sun Does his successive journeys run; His kingdom stretch from ...
v.1,8-16 S. M. The warnings of God to his people. Sing to the Lord aloud, And make a joyful noise; ...
v.47ff L. M. Mortality and hope. A funeral psalm. Remember, Lord, our mortal state, How frail our life! how short ...
v.1,3,5-7,11 C. M. Christ's incarnation, and the last judgment. Ye islands of the northern sea, Rejoice, the Savior reigns; His ...
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