Christian Hymns

Christian Worship Father! At This Altar Bending Father! at this altar bending,Set our hearts from world-thoughts free;Prayer and praise their incense blending,May our rites accepted be:Father, hear us,Gently draw our souls to thee. Deign to smile upon this unionOf a pastor and a flock;Sweet and blest be their communion:May he sacred truths unlock-And this peoplePlant […]

Christian Worship Death Has Been Here, And Borne Away Death has been here, and borne awayA brother from our side:Just in the morning of his day,As young as we he died. We cannot tell who next may fallBeneath thy chastening rod;One must be first, but let us allPrepare to meet our God. May each attend […]

Christian Worship The Upas Tree. There sprang a tree of deadly name:Its poisonous breath, its baleful dewScorched the green earth like lava-flame,And every plant of mercy slew. From clime to clime its branches spreadTheir fearful fruits of sin and woe;The prince of darkness loved its shade,And toiled its fiery seeds to sow. Faith poured her […]

Christian Worship The Virtuous Love Of Country. Parent of all, omnipotent!In heaven and earth below!Through all creation’s vast extentWhose streams of goodness flow: Teach me to know from whence I rose,And unto what designed;No private aims may I propose,That injure human kind. To hear my country’s lawful voiceMay my best thoughts incline;‘Tis reason’s law, ’tis […]

Christian Worship A Prospect Of Heaven. There is a land of pure delight,Where saints immortal reign;Eternal day excludes the night,And pleasures banish pain. There everlasting spring abides,And never-withering flowers:Death, like a narrow sea, dividesThis heavenly land from ours. Sweet fields beyond the swelling floodStand dressed in living green:So to the Jews old Canaan stood,And Jordan […]

Christian Worship The Coming Of Christ In Power. Lord Jesus, come; for hereOur path through wilds is laid!We watch as for the day-spring near,Amid the breaking shade. Lord Jesus, come; for hostsMeet on the battle plain:The patriot mourns, the tyrant boasts,And tears are shed like rain. Lord Jesus, come; for chainsAre still upon the slave;Bind […]

Christian Worship He Is Able To Save Unto The Uttermost. When vexing thoughts within me rise,And, sore dismayed, my spirit dies;Yet he who once vouchsafed to bearThe sick’ning anguish of despair,Shall sweetly soothe, shall gently dry,The throbbing heart, the streaming eye. When, mourning, o’er some stone I bend,Which covers all that was a friend,And from […]

Christian Worship The Weary, Pained, And Guilty, Invited. Come! said Jesus’ sacred voice,Come, and make my paths your choice;I will guide you to your home;Weary pilgrim, hither come! Thou who, houseless, sole, forlorn,Long hast borne the proud world’s scorn,Long hast roamed the barren waste,Weary pilgrim, hither haste! Ye who, tossed on beds of pain,Seek for […]

Christian Worship The Gospel Triumphant. Still in shades of midnight darknessAbject sits the Pagan world;There the banner of salvationNe’er hath been by time unfurled;Nor their idolsFrom their blood-stained altars hurled. Yet the promise stands securely,And Messiah’s reign shall spread;Not in vain his glorious conquest;Not in vain the Saviour bled.Chief immortal!God’s own hand hath crowned thy […]

Christian Worship Christ All And In All. Jesus, thou source of calm repose,All fulness dwells in thee divine;Our strength, to quell the proudest foes;Our light, in deepest gloom to shine;Thou art our fortress, strength, and tower,Our trust and portion, evermore. Jesus, our Comforter thou art;Our rest in toil, our ease in pain;The balm to heal […]