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Trust and Obey
Author: John H. Sammis Meter: 6.6.9 D with refrain Appears in 441 hymnals Topics: Assurance; Baptism; Discipleship; Faith and Hope; Fellowship with Christ; Obedience; Trust First Line: When we walk with the Lord Refrain First Line: Trust and obey, for there's no other way Lyrics: 1 When we walk with the Lord
in the light of His Word,
What a glory He sheds on our way!
While we do His good will,
He abides with us still,
And with all who will trust and obey.
Refrain:
Trust and obey,
For there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus,
But to trust and obey.
2 Not a shadow can rise,
not a cloud in the skies,
But His smile quickly drives it away;
Not a doubt nor a fear,
not a sigh nor a tear
Can abide while we trust and obey. [Refrain]
3 Not a burden we bear,
not a sorrow we share,
But our toil He doth richly repay;
Not a grief nor a loss,
not a frown nor a cross
But is blessed if we trust and obey. [Refrain]
4 But we never can prove
the delights of His love
Until all on the altar we lay;
For the favor He shows,
and the joy He bestows
Are for them who will trust and obey. [Refrain]
5 Then in fellowship sweet
we will sit at His feet,
Or we’ll walk by His side in the way;
What He says we will do,
where He sends we will go -
Never fear, only trust and obey. [Refrain] Used With Tune: TRUST AND OBEY
Trust and Obey
The God of Abraham Praise
Author: Daniel ben Judah; Thomas Olivers Meter: 6.6.8.4 D Appears in 454 hymnals Topics: Church As Covenant People; Consecration and Obedience; God; God Faithfulness of; God Infinity and Eternity of; God Love and Grace of; God Name of; God Power of; God Sovereignty of ; Heaven anticipation of; Pilgrimage and Guidance; Resurrection and Glorification Lyrics: 1 The God of Abraham praise, who reigns enthroned above,
Ancient of everlasting days and God of love.
Jehovah! Great I AM! by earth and heav'n confessed;
I bow and bless the sacred name, forever blest.
2 The God of Abraham praise, at whose supreme command
from earth I rise and seek the joys at his right hand.
I all on earth forsake, its wisdom, fame, and pow'r,
and him my only portion make, my shield and tow'r.
3 He by himself hath sworn, I on his oath depend;
I shall, on eagles' wings upborne, to heav'n ascend.
I shall behold his face, I shall his pow'r adore,
and sing the wonders of his grace forevermore.
4 The goodly land I see, with peace and plenty blest,
a land of sacred liberty and endless rest.
There milk and honey flow, and oil and wine abound,
and trees of life forever grow, with mercy crowned.
5 There dwells the Lord our King, the Lord our Righteousness,
triumphant o'er the world and sin, the Prince of Peace.
On Zion's sacred height his kingdom he maintains,
and glorious with his saints in light forever reigns.
6 The whole triumphant host gives thanks to God on high;
"Hail, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!" they ever cry.
Hail, Abraham's God and mine! I join the heav'nly lays;
all might and majesty are thine, and endless praise.
Scripture: Genesis 22:16-17 Used With Tune: LEONI Text Sources: Based on a Jewish text of Daniel ben Judah
The God of Abraham Praise
Father, I Know That All My Life
Author: Anna L. Waring Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 Appears in 231 hymnals Topics: Cheerfulness; Christian Life; Christian Service; Consecration and Obedience; Contentment; Daily Living; Decrees of God; Faith Living by; Life Sacredness of; Patience Lyrics: 1 Father, I know that all my life
is portioned out for me;
the changes that are sure to come
I do not fear to see:
I ask thee for a present mind,
intent on pleasing thee.
2 I would not have the restless will
that hurries to and fro,
seeking for some great thing to do
or secret thing to know;
I would be treated as a child,
and guided where to go.
3 I ask thee for the daily strength,
to none that ask denied,
a mind to blend with outward life,
while keeping at thy side,
content to fill a little space,
if thou be glorified.
4 In service which thy will appoints
there are no bonds for me;
my secret heart is taught the truth
that makes thy children free;
a life of self-renouncing love
is one of liberty. Scripture: Psalm 90:12 Used With Tune: MORWELLHAM
Father, I Know That All My Life
TRUST AND OBEY
Meter: 6.6.9 D with refrain Appears in 326 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Daniel B. Towner Topics: The Church at Worship Commitment; Faith and Trust; Obedience; Trust Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 12332 11355 43334 Used With Text: Trust and Obey
TRUST AND OBEY
LEONI
Meter: 6.6.8.4 D Appears in 325 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Meyer Lyon Topics: Church As Covenant People; Consecration and Obedience; God; God Faithfulness of; God Infinity and Eternity of; God Love and Grace of; God Name of; God Power of; God Sovereignty of ; Heaven anticipation of; Pilgrimage and Guidance; Resurrection and Glorification Tune Sources: Jewish melody Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 51234 53456 75234 Used With Text: The God of Abraham Praise
LEONI
ST. ANNE
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 813 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William Croft Topics: Anniversaries; Biblical Names and Places Moses; Church Year Ash Wednesday; Church Year Transfiguration; Daily Prayer Morning Prayer; Elements of Worship Confession (Individual); Faith; God Obedience to; God Trust in; God as Refuge; God as Creator; God's Seeing; God's Seeing; God's Sovereignty; God's Sustaining Power; God's Will; God's Word; God's Armor; God's Face; God's Love; God's Power; God's Providence; Grace; Humanity Redeemed by God; Humanity Sustained by God; Joy; Judgment; Labor; Life Stages Death; Life Stages Generations; Life Stages Old Age; Occasional Services Funerals; Occasional Services New Year; Occasional Services Ordination and/or Installation; Pain; People of God / Church Renewal; Suffering; Temptation And Trial; The Creation; Year A, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, November, 13-19; Year A, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, October 23-29; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, October 9-15 Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 53651 17151 5645 Used With Text: O God, Our Help in Ages Past
ST. ANNE
Faith fainting
Hymnal: The Christian's Duty #CCCXVII (1801) Topics: Faith and Obedience First Line: When compass'd with Clouds of Distress Languages: English
Faith fainting
Faith fainting
Hymnal: The Christians Duty, exhibited, in a series of Hymns #CCCXVII (1791) Topics: Faith and Obedience First Line: When compass'd with Clouds of Distress Lyrics: 1 When compass'd with Clouds of Distress,
Just ready all Hope to resign,
I pant for the Light of thy Fame,
And fear it will never be mine:
Dishearten'd with waiting so long,
I sink at thy Feet with my Load,
All-plaintive I pour out my Song,
And stretch forth my Hands unto GOD.
2 Shine, LORD, and my Terror shall cease;
The Blood of Atonement apply;
And lead me to Jesus, for Peace,
The Rock that is higher than I
Speak, Savior, for Sweet is thy voice;
Thy Presence is fair to behold;
Attend to my Sorrows and Cries,
My Groanings that cannot be told.
3 If sometimes I strive as I mourn,
My Hold of thy Promise to keep,
The Billows more fiercely return,"
And plunge me again in the Deep;
While harrass'd and cast from thy Sight,
The Tempter suggests with a roar,
"The LORD has forsaken thee quite;
"Thy GOD will be gracious no more.
4 Yet LORD, if thy Love hath design'd
No Covenant Blessing for me,
Ah, tell me, how is it I find
Some Pleasure in waiting for thee?
Almighty to rescue thou art;
Thy Grace is my only Resource;
If e'er thou art LORD of my Heart,
Thy spirit must take it by Force.
Languages: English
Faith fainting
Every Creature at GOD's Command
Hymnal: The Christians Duty, exhibited, in a series of Hymns #LXX (1791) Topics: Faith and Obedience First Line: Elijah's Example declares Lyrics: 1 Elijah's Example declares,
Whatever Distress may betide,
The Saints may commit all their Cares
To him who will always provide,
When Rain long witheld from the Earth
Occasion'd a Famine of Bread,
The Prophet, secur'd from the Dearth,
By Ravens was constantly fed.
2 More likely to rob than to feed,
Are Ravens who live upon Prey;
But where the LORD's People have need,
His Goodness will find out a Way:
This Instance to those may seem Strange,
Who know not how Faith can prevail;
But sooner all Nature shall change,
Than one of GOD's Promises fail,
3 Nor is it a Singular Case;
The Wonder is often renew'd;
And many may say to GOD's Praise,
By Ravens he sendeth them Food.
Thus Worldlings, tho' Ravens indeed,
Tho' greedy and Selfish their Mind,
If GOD has a Servant to feed,
Against their own Wills can be kind.
4 Thus Satan the Raven unclean,
That croaks in the Ears of the Saints,
O'er-rul'd by a Power unseen,
Administers oft to their Wants;
GOD teaches them how to find Food
From all the Temptations they feel:
This Raven who thirsts for my Blood,
Has help'd me to many a Meal.
5 How safe and how happy are they
Who on the good Shepherd rely!
He'll give them Out Strength for their Day,
Their Wants he Will surely supply,
He Ravens and Lions can tame;
All Creatures obey his Command:
Then let me rejoice in his Name,
And leave all my Cares in his Hand.
Scripture: 1 Kings 17:1 Languages: English
Every Creature at GOD's Command
William Croft
1678 - 1727 Topics: Anniversaries; Biblical Names and Places Moses; Church Year Ash Wednesday; Church Year Transfiguration; Daily Prayer Morning Prayer; Elements of Worship Confession (Individual); Faith; God Obedience to; God Trust in; God as Refuge; God as Creator; God's Seeing; God's Seeing; God's Sovereignty; God's Sustaining Power; God's Will; God's Word; God's Armor; God's Face; God's Love; God's Power; God's Providence; Grace; Humanity Redeemed by God; Humanity Sustained by God; Joy; Judgment; Labor; Life Stages Death; Life Stages Generations; Life Stages Old Age; Occasional Services Funerals; Occasional Services New Year; Occasional Services Ordination and/or Installation; Pain; People of God / Church Renewal; Suffering; Temptation And Trial; The Creation; Year A, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, November, 13-19; Year A, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, October 23-29; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, October 9-15 Composer of "ST. ANNE" in Psalms for All Seasons William Croft, Mus. Doc. was born in the year 1677 and received his musical education in the Chapel Royal, under Dr. Blow. In 1700 he was admitted a Gentleman Extraordinary of the Chapel Boyd; and in 1707, upon the decease of Jeremiah Clarke, he was appointed joint organist with his mentor, Dr. Blow. In 1709 he was elected organist of Westminster Abbey. This amiable man and excellent musician died in 1727, in the fiftieth year of his age. A very large number of Dr. Croft's compositions remain still in manuscript.
Cathedral chants of the XVI, XVII & XVIII centuries, ed. by Edward F. Rimbault, London: D. Almaine & Co., 1844
William Croft
Isaac Watts
1674 - 1748 Person Name: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Topics: Anniversaries; Biblical Names and Places Moses; Church Year Ash Wednesday; Church Year Transfiguration; Daily Prayer Morning Prayer; Elements of Worship Confession (Individual); Faith; God Obedience to; God Trust in; God as Refuge; God as Creator; God's Seeing; God's Seeing; God's Sovereignty; God's Sustaining Power; God's Will; God's Word; God's Armor; God's Face; God's Love; God's Power; God's Providence; Grace; Humanity Redeemed by God; Humanity Sustained by God; Joy; Judgment; Labor; Life Stages Death; Life Stages Generations; Life Stages Old Age; Occasional Services Funerals; Occasional Services New Year; Occasional Services Ordination and/or Installation; Pain; People of God / Church Renewal; Suffering; Temptation And Trial; The Creation; Year A, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, November, 13-19; Year A, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, October 23-29; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, October 9-15 Author of "O God, Our Help in Ages Past" in Psalms for All Seasons Isaac Watts was the son of a schoolmaster, and was born in Southampton, July 17, 1674. He is said to have shown remarkable precocity in childhood, beginning the study of Latin, in his fourth year, and writing respectable verses at the age of seven. At the age of sixteen, he went to London to study in the Academy of the Rev. Thomas Rowe, an Independent minister. In 1698, he became assistant minister of the Independent Church, Berry St., London. In 1702, he became pastor. In 1712, he accepted an invitation to visit Sir Thomas Abney, at his residence of Abney Park, and at Sir Thomas' pressing request, made it his home for the remainder of his life. It was a residence most favourable for his health, and for the prosecution of his literary labours. He did not retire from ministerial duties, but preached as often as his delicate health would permit.
The number of Watts' publications is very large. His collected works, first published in 1720, embrace sermons, treatises, poems and hymns. His "Horae Lyricae" was published in December, 1705. His "Hymns" appeared in July, 1707. The first hymn he is said to have composed for religious worship, is "Behold the glories of the Lamb," written at the age of twenty. It is as a writer of psalms and hymns that he is everywhere known. Some of his hymns were written to be sung after his sermons, giving expression to the meaning of the text upon which he had preached. Montgomery calls Watts "the greatest name among hymn-writers," and the honour can hardly be disputed. His published hymns number more than eight hundred.
Watts died November 25, 1748, and was buried at Bunhill Fields. A monumental statue was erected in Southampton, his native place, and there is also a monument to his memory in the South Choir of Westminster Abbey. "Happy," says the great contemporary champion of Anglican orthodoxy, "will be that reader whose mind is disposed, by his verses or his prose, to imitate him in all but his non-conformity, to copy his benevolence to men, and his reverence to God." ("Memorials of Westminster Abbey," p. 325.)
--Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872.
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Watts, Isaac, D.D. The father of Dr. Watts was a respected Nonconformist, and at the birth of the child, and during its infancy, twice suffered imprisonment for his religious convictions. In his later years he kept a flourishing boarding school at Southampton. Isaac, the eldest of his nine children, was born in that town July 17, 1674. His taste for verse showed itself in early childhood. He was taught Greek, Latin, and Hebrew by Mr. Pinhorn, rector of All Saints, and headmaster of the Grammar School, in Southampton. The splendid promise of the boy induced a physician of the town and other friends to offer him an education at one of the Universities for eventual ordination in the Church of England: but this he refused; and entered a Nonconformist Academy at Stoke Newington in 1690, under the care of Mr. Thomas Rowe, the pastor of the Independent congregation at Girdlers' Hall. Of this congregation he became a member in 1693.
Leaving the Academy at the age of twenty, he spent two years at home; and it was then that the bulk of the Hymns and Spiritual Songs (published 1707-9) were written, and sung from manuscripts in the Southampton Chapel. The hymn "Behold the glories of the Lamb" is said to have been the first he composed, and written as an attempt to raise the standard of praise. In answer to requests, others succeeded. The hymn "There is a land of pure delight" is said to have been suggested by the view across Southampton Water. The next six years of Watts's life were again spent at Stoke Newington, in the post of tutor to the son of an eminent Puritan, Sir John Hartopp; and to the intense study of these years must be traced the accumulation of the theological and philosophical materials which he published subsequently, and also the life-long enfeeblement of his constitution.
Watts preached his first sermon when he was twenty-four years old. In the next three years he preached frequently; and in 1702 was ordained pastor of the eminent Independent congregation in Mark Lane, over which Caryl and Dr. John Owen had presided, and which numbered Mrs. Bendish, Cromwell's granddaughter, Charles Fleetwood, Charles Desborough, Sir John Hartopp, Lady Haversham, and other distinguished Independents among its members. In this year he removed to the house of Mr. Hollis in the Minories. His health began to fail in the following year, and Mr. Samuel Price was appointed as his assistant in the ministry. In 1712 a fever shattered his constitution, and Mr. Price was then appointed co-pastor of the congregation which had in the meantime removed to a new chapel in Bury Street. It was at this period that he became the guest of Sir Thomas Abney, under whose roof, and after his death (1722) that of his widow, he remained for the rest of his suffering life; residing for the longer portion of these thirty-six years principally at the beautiful country seat of Theobalds in Herts, and for the last thirteen years at Stoke Newington. His degree of D.D. was bestowed on him in 1728, unsolicited, by the University of Edinburgh. His infirmities increased on him up to the peaceful close of his sufferings, Nov. 25, 1748. He was buried in the Puritan restingplace at Bunhill Fields, but a monument was erected to him in Westminster Abbey.
His learning and piety, gentleness and largeness of heart have earned him the title of the Melanchthon of his day. Among his friends, churchmen like Bishop Gibson are ranked with Nonconformists such as Doddridge. His theological as well as philosophical fame was considerable. His Speculations on the Human Nature of the Logos, as a contribution to the great controversy on the Holy Trinity, brought on him a charge of Arian opinions. His work on The Improvement of the Mind, published in 1741, is eulogised by Johnson. His Logic was still a valued textbook at Oxford within living memory. The World to Come, published in 1745, was once a favourite devotional work, parts of it being translated into several languages. His Catechisms, Scripture History (1732), as well as The Divine and Moral Songs (1715), were the most popular text-books for religious education fifty years ago. The Hymns and Spiritual Songs were published in 1707-9, though written earlier. The Horae Lyricae, which contains hymns interspersed among the poems, appeared in 1706-9. Some hymns were also appended at the close of the several Sermons preached in London, published in 1721-24. The Psalms were published in 1719. The earliest life of Watts is that by his friend Dr. Gibbons. Johnson has included him in his Lives of the Poets; and Southey has echoed Johnson's warm eulogy. The most interesting modern life is Isaac Watts: his Life and Writings, by E. Paxton Hood. [Rev. H. Leigh Bennett, M.A.]
A large mass of Dr. Watts's hymns and paraphrases of the Psalms have no personal history beyond the date of their publication. These we have grouped together here and shall preface the list with the books from which they are taken.
(l) Horae Lyricae. Poems chiefly of the Lyric kind. In Three Books Sacred: i.To Devotion and Piety; ii. To Virtue, Honour, and Friendship; iii. To the Memory of the Dead. By I. Watts, 1706. Second edition, 1709. (2) Hymns and Spiritual Songs. In Three Books: i. Collected from the Scriptures; ii. Composed on Divine Subjects; iii. Prepared for the Lord's Supper. By I. Watts, 1707. This contained in Bk i. 78 hymns; Bk. ii. 110; Bk. iii. 22, and 12 doxologies. In the 2nd edition published in 1709, Bk. i. was increased to 150; Bk. ii. to 170; Bk. iii. to 25 and 15 doxologies. (3) Divine and Moral Songs for the Use of Children. By I. Watts, London, 1715. (4) The Psalms of David Imitated in the Language of the New Testament, And apply'd to the Christian State and Worship. By I. Watts. London: Printed by J. Clark, at the Bible and Crown in the Poultry, &c, 1719. (5) Sermons with hymns appended thereto, vol. i., 1721; ii., 1723; iii. 1727. In the 5th ed. of the Sermons the three volumes, in duodecimo, were reduced to two, in octavo. (6) Reliquiae Juveniles: Miscellaneous Thoughts in Prose and Verse, on Natural, Moral, and Divine Subjects; Written chiefly in Younger Years. By I. Watts, D.D., London, 1734. (7) Remnants of Time. London, 1736.
454 Hymns and Versions of the Psalms, in addition to the centos are all in common use at the present time.
--Excerpts from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Watts, I. , p. 1241, ii. Nearly 100 hymns, additional to those already annotated, are given in some minor hymn-books.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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Watts, I. , p. 1236, i. At the time of the publication of this Dictionary in 1892, every copy of the 1707 edition of Watts's Hymns and Spiritual Songs was supposed to have perished, and all notes thereon were based upon references which were found in magazines and old collections of hymns and versions of the Psalms. Recently three copies have been recovered, and by a careful examination of one of these we have been able to give some of the results in the revision of pp. 1-1597, and the rest we now subjoin.
i. Hymns in the 1709 ed. of Hymns and Spiritual Songs which previously appeared in the 1707 edition of the same book, but are not so noted in the 1st ed. of this Dictionary:—
On pp. 1237, L-1239, ii., Nos. 18, 33, 42, 43, 47, 48, 60, 56, 58, 59, 63, 75, 82, 83, 84, 85, 93, 96, 99, 102, 104, 105, 113, 115, 116, 123, 124, 134, 137, 139, 146, 147, 148, 149, 162, 166, 174, 180, 181, 182, 188, 190, 192, 193, 194, 195, 197, 200, 202.
ii. Versions of the Psalms in his Psalms of David, 1719, which previously appeared in his Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707:—
On pp. 1239, U.-1241, i., Nos. 241, 288, 304, 313, 314, 317, 410, 441.
iii. Additional not noted in the revision:—
1. My soul, how lovely is the place; p. 1240, ii. 332. This version of Ps. lxiv. first appeared in the 1707 edition of Hymns & Spiritual Songs, as "Ye saints, how lovely is the place."
2. Shine, mighty God, on Britain shine; p. 1055, ii. In the 1707 edition of Hymns & Spiritual Songs, Bk. i., No. 35, and again in his Psalms of David, 1719.
3. Sing to the Lord with [cheerful] joyful voice, p. 1059, ii. This version of Ps. c. is No. 43 in the Hymns & Spiritual Songs, 1707, Bk. i., from which it passed into the Ps. of David, 1719.
A careful collation of the earliest editions of Watts's Horae Lyricae shows that Nos. 1, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, p. 1237, i., are in the 1706 ed., and that the rest were added in 1709. Of the remaining hymns, Nos. 91 appeared in his Sermons, vol. ii., 1723, and No. 196 in Sermons, vol. i., 1721. No. 199 was added after Watts's death. It must be noted also that the original title of what is usually known as Divine and Moral Songs was Divine Songs only.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
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D. B. Towner
1850 - 1919 Person Name: Daniel B. Towner Topics: The Church at Worship Commitment; Faith and Trust; Obedience; Trust Composer of "TRUST AND OBEY" in Celebrating Grace Hymnal Used pseudonyms Robert Beverly, T. R. Bowden
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Towner, Daniel B. (Rome, Pennsylvania, 1850--1919). Attended grade school in Rome, Penn. when P.P. Bliss was teacher. Later majored in music, joined D.L. Moody, and in 1893 became head of the music department at Moody Bible Institute. Author of more than 2,000 songs.
--Paul Milburn, DNAH Archives
D. B. Towner
