HYMNBLOG

Text: Isaac Watts (1674-1748) Tune: Lowell Mason (1792-1872) Isaac Watts 1 The heav'ns declare Thy glory, LORD; in every star Thy wisdom shines; but when our eyes behold Thy word, we read Thy name in fairer lines. 2 The rolling sun, the changing light, and nights and days Thy pow'r confess; but the blest volume Thou hast writ reveals Thy justice and Thy grace. 3 Sun, moon, and stars convey Thy praise round the whole earth, and never st

Text: Charles Wesley (-1707-788) Tune: Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Jesus in the synagogue. James Tisso 1 Forth in thy name, O Lord, I go, my daily labor to pursue; Thee, only Thee, resolved to know in all I think or speak or do. 2 The task Thy wisdom hath assigned, O let me cheerfully fulfill; in all my works Thy presence find, and prove thy good and perfect will. 3 Thee may I set at my right hand, whose eyes mine in-most substance see, and labor on at Thy co

Text: Charles Wesley (1707-1788). Tune: Abridge Isaac Smith (ca/ 1770) Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard” by Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich (1712–1774) 1 O for a heart to praise my God, a heart from sin set free, a heart that always feels Thy bloodso freely shed for me. 2 A heart resigned, submissive, meek, my great Redeemer's throne, where only Christ is heard to speak, where Jesus reigns alone. 3 A humble, lowly, contrite heart, believing, true, and clean, which nei

Text: Thomas Ken (1637-1711) Tune: Thomas Tallis (ca. 1508-1585) Thomas Ken 1. All praise to thee, my God, this night, For all the blessings of the light; Keep me, O keep me, King of kings, Beneath thine own almighty wings. 2. Forgive me, Lord, for thy dear Son, The ills that I this day have done; That with the world, myself, and thee, I, ere I sleep, at peace may be. 3. O may my soul on thee repose, And with sweet sleep mine eyelids close; Sleep that may me more vig'rous mak