Christian Hymns

Christian Worship The Mourner Comforted. O, weep not for the joys that fadeLike evening lights away,For hopes that, like the stars decayed,Have left thy mortal day;The clouds of sorrow will depart,And brilliant skies be given;For bliss awaits the holy heart,Amid the bowers of heaven. O weep not for the friends that passInto the lonely grave,As […]

Christian Worship Thou Crownest The Year With Goodness. Praise on thee, in Zion’s gates,Daily, O Jehovah! waits;Unto thee, O God! belongGrateful words and holy song. Thou the hope and refuge artOf remotest lands apart,Distant isles and tribes unknown,‘Mid the ocean-waste, and lone. Thou dost visit earth, and rainBlessings on the thirsty plain,From the copious founts […]

Christian Worship God Giveth The Increase. Now, Lord, the heavenly seed is sown,Be it thy servants’ careThy heavenly blessing to bring downBy humble, fervent prayer. In vain we plant without thine aid,And water, too, in vain:Lord of the harvest, God of grace,Send down thy heavenly rain. Then shall our cheerful hearts and tonguesBegin this song […]

Christian Worship The Power Of Faith. Faith adds new charms to earthly bliss,And saves us from its snares;Its aid in every duty brings,And softens all our cares. The wounded conscience knows its powerThe healing balm to give;That balm the saddest heart can cheer,And make the dying live. Wide it unveils celestial worlds,Where deathless pleasures reign,And […]

Christian Worship Whither Shall I Go From Thy Presence? Thou, Lord, by strictest search hast knownMy rising up and lying down;My secret thoughts are known to thee,Known long before conceived by me. O could I so perfidious be,To think of once deserting thee!Where, Lord, could I thy influence shun?Or whither from thy presence run? If […]

Christian Worship Prayer For Mercy In Spiritual Need. Lord, have mercy when we prayStrength to seek a better way;When our wakening thoughts beginFirst to loathe their cherished sin;When our weary spirits fail,And our aching brows are pale;When our tears bedew thy word;Then, O then, have mercy, Lord. Lord, have mercy when we lieOn the restless […]

Christian Worship Glorious Things Spoken Of Zion. Glorious things of thee are spoken,Zion, city of our God!He whose word cannot be brokenFormed thee for his own abode.On the Rock of Ages founded,What can shake thy sure repose?With salvation’s walls surrounded,Thou mayst smile at all thy foes. See! the streams of living waters,Springing from eternal love,Well […]

Christian Worship Christian Fellowship. Blest be the tie that bindsOur hearts in Christian love;The fellowship of kindred mindsIs like to that above. Before our Father’s throneWe pour our ardent prayers;Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one,Our comforts and our cares. We share our mutual woes,Our mutual burdens bear;And often for each other flowsThe sympathizing […]

Christian Worship Parting Hymn. For a season called to part,Let us then ourselves commendTo the gracious eye and heartOf our ever-present Friend. Father, hear our humble prayer!Tender shepherd of thy sheep,Let thy mercy and thy careAll our souls in safety keep. In thy strength may we be strong;Sweeten every cross and pain;Give us, if we […]

Christian Worship The Western Churches. Our pilgrim brethren dwelling far,-O God of truth and love,Light thou their path with thine own star,Bright beaming from above. Wide as their mighty rivers flow,Let thine own truth extend;Where prairies spread and forests grow,O Lord, thy gospel send. Then will a mighty nation ownA union firm and strong;-The sceptre […]