Christian Hymns

Christian Worship True Zeal. Zeal is that pure and heavenly flameThe fire of love supplies;Whilst that which often bears the name,Is self but in disguise. True zeal is merciful and mild,Can pity and forbear;The false is headstrong, fierce and wild,And breathes revenge and war. While zeal for truth the Christian warms,He knows the worth of […]

Christian Worship Foretaste Of Heaven. What must it be to dwell above,At God’s right hand, where Jesus reigns,Since the sweet earnest of his loveO’erwhelms us on these earthly plains!No heart can think, no tongue explain,What bliss it is with Christ to reign. When sin no more obstructs our sight,When sorrow pains our hearts no more,How […]

Christian Worship On Laying The Corner-stone Of A Church. This stone to thee in faith we lay,-We build the temple, Lord, to thee,Thine eye be open night and day,To guard this house from error free. Here, when thy people seek thy face,And dying sinners pray to live,Hear thou, in heaven thy dwelling-place,And when thou hearest, […]

Christian Worship Hidden Life Of The Christian. O happy soul that lives on high,While men lie grovelling here!His hopes are fixed above the sky,And faith forbids his fear. His conscience knows no secret stings,While grace and joy combineTo form a life whose holy springsAre hidden and divine. He waits in secret on his God;His God […]

Christian Worship The Delight Of Worship. Glad was my heart to hearMy old companions sayCome, in the house of God appear,For ’tis a holy day. Our willing feet shall standWithin thy temple-door;While young and old in many a bandShall throng the sacred floor. Within these walls be peaceAnd harmony be found:Zion, in all thy palaces,Prosperity […]

Christian Worship For Divine Guidance. O God, thy grace impart!Revive my fainting heart;My zeal inspire;Reveal thyself to me,And may my love to theePure, warm, and changeless be,-A living fire. While life’s dark maze I tread,And griefs around me spread,Be thou my guide;Bid darkness turn to day,Wipe sorrow’s tears away,Nor let me ever strayFrom thee aside. […]

Christian Worship No Loud Avenging Voice No loud avenging voiceProclaimed Messiah’s birth;The Son of God came down to teachHumility on earth,And by his sufferings to effaceThe errors of a sinful race. Not on a purple throne,With gold and jewels crowned,But in the meanest dwelling placeThe precious babe was found:Yet star-directed sages came,And kneeling, glorified his […]

Christian Worship Seeking Refuge. Forth from the dark and stormy sky,Lord, to thine altar’s shade we fly;Forth from the world, its hope and fear,Father, we seek thy shelter here:Weary and weak, thy grace we pray;Turn not, O Lord, thy guests away. Long have we roamed in want and pain;Long have we sought thy rest in […]

Christian Worship The Widow’s Prayer. Though faint and sick, and worn awayWith poverty and woe,My widowed feet are doomed to stray‘Mid thorny paths below. Be thou, O Lord, my Father still,My confidence and guide:I know that perfect is thy will,Whate’er that will decide. I know the soul that trusts in theeThou never wilt forsake;And though […]

Christian Worship Self-knowledge, And Abstraction From Earth. My God, permit me not to beA stranger to myself and thee:Amidst a thousand thoughts I rove,Forgetful of my highest love. Why should my passions mix with earth,And thus debase my heavenly birth?Why should I cleave to things below,And let my God, my Saviour go? Call me away […]