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Breathing after Heaven

Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #169a (1787) Topics: Frailty of Man; Frailty of Man First Line: Return, O God of love, return Lyrics: 1 Return, O God of love, return; Earth is a tiresome place: How long shall we thy children mourn Our absence from thy face? 2 Let heaven succeed our painful years, Let sin and sorrow cease, And in proportion to our tears So make our joys increase. 3 Thy wonders to thy servants show, Make thy own work complete; Then shall our souls thy glory know, And own thy love was great. 4 Then shall we shine before thy throne In all thy beauty, Lord; And the poor service we have done Meet a divine reward. Scripture: Psalm 90:13-17 Languages: English

O God, Our Help in Ages Past

Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #170 (1987) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Brevity & Frailty of Life; Brevity & Frailty of Life Lyrics: 1 O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, our shelter from the stormy blast, and our eternal home: 2 Under the shadow of your throne your saints have dwelt secure; sufficient is your arm alone, and our defense is sure. 3 Before the hills in order stood or earth received its frame, from everlasting you are God, to endless years the same. 4 A thousand ages in your sight are like an evening gone, short as the watch that ends the night before the rising sun. 5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, soon bears us all away; we fly forgotten, as a dream dies at the opening day. 6 O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, still be our guard while troubles last, and our eternal home! Scripture: Psalm 90:1-5 Languages: English Tune Title: ST. ANNE (Croft)

It Is Good to Sing Your Praises

Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #171 (1987) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Topics: Brevity & Frailty of Life; Brevity & Frailty of Life Lyrics: 1 It is good to sing your praises and to thank you, O Most High, showing forth your loving-kindness when the morning lights the sky. It is good when night is falling of your faithfulness to tell, while with sweet, melodious praises songs of adoration swell. 2 You have filled my heart with gladness through the works your hands have wrought; you have made my life victorious; great your works and deep your thought. You, O LORD, on high exalted, reign forevermore in might; all your enemies shall perish, sin be banished from your sight. 3 But the good shall live before you, planted in your dwelling place, fruitful trees and ever verdant, nourished by your boundless grace. In his goodness to the righteous God his righteousness displays; God, my rock, my strength and refuge, just and true are all your ways. Scripture: Psalm 92 Languages: English Tune Title: ELLESDIE

O Come, My Soul, Bless Thou the Lord

Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Red) #215 (1934) Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Topics: Brevity And Frailty Of Life First Line: O come, my soul, bless thou the Lord thy Maker Refrain First Line: Bless Him, ye angels, wondrous in might Lyrics: 1 O come, my soul, bless thou the Lord thy Maker, And all within me bless His holy Name; Bless thou the Lord, forget not all His mercies, His pardoning grace and saving love proclaim. Refrain: Bless Him, ye angels, wondrous in might, Bless Him, His servants that in His will delight. 2 Good is the Lord and full of kind compassion, Most slow to anger, plenteous in love; Rich is His grace to all that humbly seek Him, Boundless and endless as the heavens above. [Refrain] 3 His love is like a father's to his children, Tender and kind to all who fear His Name; For well He knows our weakness and our frailty, He knows that we are dust, He knows our frame. [Refrain] 4 We fade and die like flowers that grow in beauty, Like tender grass that soon will disappear; But evermore the love of God is changeless, Still shown to those who look to Him in fear. [Refrain] 5 High in the heavens His throne is fixed forever, His kingdom rules o'er all from pole to pole; Bless ye the Lord through all His wide dominion, Bless His most holy Name, O thou my soul. [Refrain] Scripture: Psalm 103 Languages: English Tune Title: TIDINGS (TUNBRIDGE)

Good is the Lord, and Full of Kind Compassion

Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Red) #216 (1934) Meter: 11.10.11.10 D Topics: Brevity And Frailty Of Life First Line: Good is the Lord and full of kind compassion Lyrics: 1 Good is the Lord and full of kind compassion, Most slow to anger, plenteous in love; Rich is His grace to all that humbly seek Him, Boundless and endless as the heavens above. His love is like a father's to his children, Tender and kind to all who fear His Name; For well He knows our weakness and our frailty, He knows that we are dust, He knows our frame. 2 We fade and die like flowers that grow in beauty, Like tender grass that soon will disappear; But evermore the love of God is changeless, Still shown to those who look to Him in fear. High in the heavens His throne is fixed forever, His kingdom rules o'er all from pole to pole; Bless ye the Lord through all His wide dominion, Bless His most holy Name, O thou my soul. Scripture: Psalm 103 Languages: English Tune Title: LONDONDERRY

The Tender Love a Father Has

Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Red) #217 (1934) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Brevity And Frailty Of Life Lyrics: 1 The tender love a father has For all his children dear, Such love the Lord bestows on them Who worship Him in fear. 2 The Lord remembers we are dust, And all our frailty knows; Man’s days are like the tender grass, And as the flower he grows. 3 The flower is withered by the wind That smites with blighting breath; So man is quickly swept away Before the blast of death. 4 Unchanging is the love of God, From age to age the same, Displayed to all who do His will And reverence His name. 5 Those who His gracious covenant keep The Lord will ever bless; Their children’s children shall rejoice To see His righteousness. Scripture: Psalm 103 Languages: English Tune Title: AVONDALE

Assistance and Victory in the spiritual Warfare

Hymnal: Doctor Watts's imitation of the Psalms of David, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (3rd ed.) #253 (1786) Topics: Frailty of Man; Frailty of Man First Line: Forever blessed be the Lord Lyrics: 1 Forever blessed be the Lord, My Saviour and my shield; He sends his spirit with his word, To arm me for the field. 2 When sin and hell their force unite, He makes my soul his care, Instructs me to the heavenly fight, And guards me through the war. 3 A friend and helper so divine My fainting hopes shall raise; He makes the glorious victory mine, And his shall be the praise. Scripture: Psalm 144:1-2 Languages: English

Assistance and Victory in the spiritual Warfare

Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #253 (1790) Topics: Frailty of Man; Frailty of Man First Line: Forever blessed be the Lord Lyrics: 1 Forever blessed be the Lord, My Saviour and my shield; He sends his spirit with his word, To arm me for the field. 2 When sin and hell their force unite, He makes my soul his care, Instructs me to the heavenly fight, And guards me through the war. 3 A friend and helper so divine My fainting hopes shall raise; He makes the glorious victory mine, And his shall be the praise. Scripture: Psalm 144:1-2 Languages: English

The Vanity of Man, and Condescention of God

Hymnal: Doctor Watts's imitation of the Psalms of David, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (3rd ed.) #254a (1786) Topics: Frailty of Man; Frailty of Man First Line: Lord, what is man, poor feeble man Lyrics: 1 Lord, what is man, poor feeble man, Born of the earth at first? His life a shadow, light and vain, Still hasting to the dust. 2 Oh what is feeble dying man, Of all his sinful race, That God should make it his concern To visit him with grace? 4 That God who darts his lightnings down, Who shakes the worlds above, And terrors wait his awful frown, How wondrous is his love? Scripture: Psalm 144:3-6 Languages: English

Grace above Riches; or, the happy Nation

Hymnal: Doctor Watts's imitation of the Psalms of David, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (3rd ed.) #254b (1786) Topics: Frailty of Man; Frailty of Man First Line: Happy the city, where their sons Lyrics: 1 Happy the city, where their sons Like pillars round a palace set, And daughters, bright as polish'd stones, Give strength and beauty to the state. 2 Happy the land in culture dress'd, Whose flocks and corn have large increase; Where men securely work or rest, Nor sons of plunder break the peace. 3 Happy the nation thus endow'd, But more divinely blest are those On whom the all-sufficient God Himself with all his grace bestows. Scripture: Psalm 144:12-15 Languages: English