A Collection of Hymns
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81.) CAPTAIN of our salvation, take
6-8s. The same subject.
1 CAPTAIN of our salvation, take
The souls we here present to thee,
And fit for thy great service make
These heirs of immortality;
And let them in thine image rise,
And then transplant to Paradise.
2 Unspotted from the world and pure,
Preserve them for thy glorious cause,
Accustomed daily to endure
The welcome b ...read more
82.) CAST on the fidelity
7s & 6s.
1 CAST on the fidelity
Of my redeeming Lord,
I shall his salvation see,
According to his word:
Credence to his word I give;
My Saviour in distresses past
Will not now his servant leave,
But bring me through at last.
2 Better than my boding fears
To me thou oft hast proved,
Oft observed my silent tears,
And challenged thy bel ...read more
83.) CENTRE of our hopes thou art,
6-7s.
1 CENTRE of our hopes thou art,
End of our enlarged desires;
Stamp thine image on our heart,
Fill us now with heavenly fires;
Cemented by love divine,
Seal our souls for ever thine.
2 All our works in thee be wrought,
Levelled at one common aim;
Every word, and every thought,
Purge in the refining flame:
Lead us through the path ...read more
84.) CHRIST, from whom all blessings flow,
7s.
1 CHRIST, from whom all blessings flow,
Perfecting the saints below,
Hear us, who thy nature share,
Who thy mystic body are.
2 Join us, in one spirit join,
Let us still receive of thine;
Still for more on thee we call;
Thou who fillest all in all.
3 Closer knit to thee, our Head;
Nourish us, O Christ, and feed!
Let us daily gro ...read more
85.) CHRIST, of all my hopes the ground,
7s. Philippians i. 21.
1 CHRIST, of all my hopes the ground,
Christ, the spring of all my joy,
Still in thee may I be found,
Still for thee my powers employ.
2 Let thy love my heart inflame,
Keep thy fear before my sight,
Be thy praise my highest aim,
Be thy smile my chief delight!
3 When affliction clouds my sky,
And the wintry tem ...read more
86.) CHRIST, our Head, gone up on high
7s.
1 CHRIST, our Head, gone up on high
Be thou in thy Spirit nigh:
Advocate with God, give ear
To thine own effectual prayer!
2 One the Father is with thee;
Knit us in like unity;
Make us, O uniting Son,
One, as Thou and He are one!
3 Still, O Lord, (for thine we are)
Still to us his name declare:
Thy revealing Spirit give,
Whom ...read more
87.) CHRIST, the true anointed seer,
8-7s.
1 CHRIST, the true anointed seer,
Messenger from the most High,
Thy prophetic character
To my conscience signify:
Signify thy Father's will;
By that unction from above,
Mysteries of grace reveal,
Teach my heart that God is love.
2 Thou who didst for all atone,
Dost for all incessant pray;
Make thy priestly office known,
Take m ...read more
88.) CHRIST, whose glory fills the skies, That
7s & 6s. Ezekiel xxxiv. 29, 30.
1 CHRIST, whose glory fills the skies,
That famous Plant thou art:
Tree of Life eternal, rise
In every longing heart!
Bid us find the food in thee
For which our deathless spirits pine,
Fed with immortality,
And filled with love divine.
2 Long we have our burden borne,
Our own unfaithfulness,
Object of t ...read more
89.) CHRISTIANS, awake, salute the happy morn
10 10, 10 10, 10 10. Luke ii. 8-17.
1 CHRISTIANS, awake, salute the happy morn
Whereon the Saviour of mankind was born
Rise to adore the mystery of love,
Which hosts of angels chanted from above;
With them the joyful tidings first begun
Of God incarnate and the virgin's son.
2 Then to the watchful shepherds it was told,
Who heard the an ...read more
90.) CLAP your hands, ye people all,
7s. Psalm xlvii.
1 CLAP your hands, ye people all,
Praise the God on whom ye call;
Lift your voice, and shout his praise,
Triumph in his sovereign grace!
2 Glorious is the Lord most High,
Terrible in majesty;
He his sovereign sway maintains,
King o'er all the earth he reigns.
3 Jesus is gone up on high,
Takes his seat above the sky ...read more
91.) COME away to the skies,
5 5 9, 5 5 9.
1 COME away to the skies,
My beloved, arise,
And rejoice in the day thou wast born;
On this festival day,
Come exulting away,
And with singing to Zion return.
2 We have laid up our love
And treasure above,
Though our bodies continue below;
The redeemed of the Lord,
We remember his word,
And with singing to Paradise go. ...read more
92.) COME holy celestial Dove,
8s.
1 COME holy celestial Dove,
To visit a sorrowful breast,
My burden of guilt to remove,
And bring me assurance and rest!
Thou only hast power to relieve
A sinner o'erwhelmed with his load,
The sense of acceptance to give,
And sprinkle his heart with the blood.
2 With me if of old thou hast strove,
And strangely withheld from my sin ...read more
93.) COME on, my partners in distress,
8s & 6s.
1 COME on, my partners in distress,
My comrades through the wilderness,
Who still your bodies feel;
Awhile forget your griefs and fears,
And look beyond this vale of tears,
To that celestial hill.
2 Beyond the bounds of time and space,
Look forward to that heavenly place,
The saints' secure abode:
On faith's strong eagle-pin ...read more
94.) COME, all whoe'er have set
4-6s & 2-8s.
1 COME, all whoe'er have set
Your faces Zion-ward,
In Jesus let us us meet,
And praise our common Lord;
In Jesus let us still go on,
Till all appear before his throne.
2 Nearer, and nearer still,
We to our country come,
To that celestial hill,
The weary pilgrim's home,
The new Jerusalem above,
The seat of everlasting l ...read more
95.) COME, and let us sweetly join
8-7s.
1 COME, and let us sweetly join
Christ to praise in hymns divine!
Give we all, with one accord,
Glory to our common Lord;
Hands, and hearts, and voices raise;
Sing as in the ancient days;
Antedate the joys above,
Celebrate the feast of love.
2 Strive we, in affection strive;
Let the purer flame revive,
Such as in the martyrs glo ...read more
96.) COME, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Honor
L.M. At the Baptism of Adults.
1 COME, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Honour the means ordained by thee!
Make good our apostolic boast,
And own thy glorious ministry.
2 We now thy promised presence claim,
Sent to disciple all mankind,
Sent to baptize into thy name;
We now thy promised presence find.
3 Father! in these reveal thy Son:
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97.) COME, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, One
C.M. Numbers vi. 24 - 26.
1 COME, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
One God in Persons Three,
Bring back the heavenly blessing, lost
By all mankind and me.
2 Thy favour, and thy nature too,
To me, to all restore;
Forgive, and after God renew,
And keep us evermore.
3 Eternal Sun of righteousness,
Display thy beams divine,
And cause the g ...read more
98.) COME, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, To
6-8s. A Prayer for Children.
1 COME, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
To whom we for our children cry;
The good desired and wanted most
Out of thy richest grace supply;
The sacred discipline be given,
To train and bring them up for heaven.
2 Answer on them the end of all
Our cares, and pains, and studies here;
On them, recovered from their ...read more
99.) COME, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Whom
6-8s.
1 COME, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Whom one all-perfect God we own,
Restorer of thine image lost,
Thy various offices make known;
Display, our fallen souls to raise,
Thy whole economy of grace.
2 Jehovah in Three Persons, come,
And draw, and sprinkle us, and seal
Poor, guilty, dying worms, in whom
Thou dost eternal life reveal; ...read more
100.) COME, Holy Ghost, all quickening fire!
6-8s. 2nd. metre.
1 COME, Holy Ghost, all quickening fire!
Come, and my hallowed heart inspire,
Sprinkled with the atoning blood;
Now to my soul thyself reveal,
Thy mighty working let me feel,
And know that I am born of God.
2 Thy witness with my spirit bear,
That God, my God, inhabits there;
Thou, with the Father, and the Son,
Eternal ...read more