Sermons & Devotionals by Puritan Hymns

A-wake, my soul, stretch every nerve, And press with vi-gor on; A heav'n-ly race de-mands thy zeal, And an im-mor-tal crown, And an im-mor-tal crown. A cloud of wit-nes-ses around Hold thee in full sur-vey; For-get the steps al-read-y trod, And on-ward urge thy way, And on-ward urge thy way. 'Tis Go... Read More

Be Thou my Vi-sion, O Lord of my heart; Nought be all else to me, save that Thou art-- Thou my best thought, by day or by night, Wak-ing or sleep-ing, Thy pres-ence my light. Be Thou my Wis-dom, and Thou my true Word; I ev-er with Thee and Thou with me, Lord; Thou my great Fa-ther, I Thy true son; T... Read More

Be-fore Je-ho-vah's awe-some throne, Ye na-tions, bow with sa-cred joy; Know that the Lord is God a-lone; He can cre-ate, and He des-troy, He can cre-ate, and He des-troy. His sov-ereign pow-er, with-out our aid, Made us of clay, and formed us men; And when like wan-d'ring sheep we strayed, He broug... Read More

Be-gin, my tongue, some heaven-ly theme And speak some bound-less thing: The might-y works or might-ier name Of our e-ter-nal King. Tell of His won-drous faith-ful-ness And sound His power a-broad; Sing the sweet prom-ise of His grace, The love and truth of God. His ve-ry word of grace is strong As ... Read More

Be-hold the glo-ries of the Lamb A-midst His Fa-ther's throne. Pre-pare new hon-ors for His Name, And songs be-fore un-known. Let el-ders wor-ship at His feet, The church a-dore a-round, With vi-als full of o-dors sweet, And harps of sweet-er sound. Those are the pray-ers of the saints, And these th... Read More

Bless, O my soul! the liv-ing God. Call home thy thoughts that rove a-broad. Let all the powers with-in me join In work and wor-ship so di-vine, In work and wor-ship so di-vine. Bless, O my soul! the God of grace. His fa-vors claim thy high-est praise. Why should the won-ders He hath wrought Be lost... Read More

Breathe on me, Breath of God, Fill me with life a-new, That I may love what Thou dost love, And do what Thou wouldst do. Breathe on me, Breath of God, Un-til my heart is pure, Until my will is one with Thine, To do and to en-dure. Breathe on me, Breath of God, Till I am whol-ly Thine, Un-til this ea... Read More

Breth-ren we have met to wor-ship and a-dore the Lord our God; Will you pray with all your pow-er, while we try to preach the Word? All is vain un-less the Spir-it of the Ho-ly One comes down; Breth-ren, pray, and ho-ly man-na will be show-ered all a-round. Breth-ren, see poor sin-ners round you slu... Read More

Bright the vi-sion that de-light-ed Once the sight of Ju-dah's seer; Sweet the count-less tongues u-ni-ted To en-trance the pro-phet's ear. Round the Lord in glo-ry seat-ed Cher-u-bim and ser-a-phim Filled His tem-ple, and re-peat-ed Each to each the alt-ernate hymn: 'Lord, thy glo-ry fills the hea-... Read More

Thou art our God, and we Thy race Elected by Thy Sovereign grace. Not by the works which we have done But by the cross the victory's won. Oh keep this truth within our heart, That from it we may ne'er depart. By nature we depraved did dwell Under Thy curse—deserving hell Sinful, corrupt in every par... Read More

By grace I'm saved, grace free and bound-less; My soul, be-lieve and doubt it not. Why stag-ger at this word of prom-ise? Has Scrip-ture ev-er false-hood taught? No; then this word must true re-main: By grace you too shall heaven ob-tain. By grace! None dare lay claim to mer-it; Our works and con-du... Read More

Christ hath a gar-den walled a-round, A Par-a-dise of fruit-ful ground, Cho-sen by love and fenced by grace From out the world's wide wil-der-ness. Like trees of spice His ser-vants stand, There plant-ed by His might-y hand; By E-den's gra-cious streams, that flow To feed their beau-ty where they gr... Read More

Christ is com-ing! Let cre-a-tion From her groans and tra-vail cease; Let the glo-rious pro-cla-ma-tion Hope re-store and faith in-crease: Christ is com-ing! Christ is com-ing! Come, Thou bless-ed Prince of Peace. Earth can now but tell the sto-ry Of Thy bit-ter cross and pain; She shall yet be-hold... Read More

Christ is made the sure found-a-tion, Christ the head and cor-ner-stone; Cho-sen of the Lord and pre-cious, Bind-ing all the church in one; Ho-ly Zi-on's help for-ev-er, And her con-fi-dence a-lone. All that ded-i-ca-ted ci-ty, Dear-ly loved of God on high, In ex-ult-ant ju-bi-la-tion, Pours per-pet... Read More

Christ, whose glo-ry fills the skies, Christ, the true, the on-ly Light, Sun of Right-eous-ness, a-rise, Tri-umph o'er the shades of night; Day-spring from on high, be near; Day-star, in my heart ap-pear. Dark and cheer-less is the morn Un-ac-com-pa-nied by Thee; Joy-less is the day's re-turn Till T... Read More

Come, Thou Fount of ev-ery bless-ing, Tune my heart to sing thy grace; Streams of mer-cy, nev-er ceas-ing, Call for songs of loud-est praise. Teach me some mel-o-dious son-net, Sung by flam-ing tongues a-bove; Praise the mount! I'm fixed up-on it, Mount of Thy re-deem-ing love. Here I raise my Eb-en... Read More

Come, Christians, join to sing Al-le-lu-ia! A-men! Loud praise to Christ our King; Al-le-lu-ia! A-men! Let all, with heart and voice, Be-fore His throne re-joice; Praise is His gra-cious choice. Al-le-lu-ia! A-men! Come, lift your hearts on high, Al-le-lu-ia! A-men! Let prai-ses fill the sky; Al-le-... Read More

Come, Ho-ly Spi-rit, heaven-ly Dove, With Your life giv-ing powers; Kin-dle a flame of sa-cred love In these cold hearts of ours. In vain we tune our for-mal songs, In vain we strive to rise; Ho-san-nas lan-guish on our tongues, And our de-vo-tion dies. Dear Lord, and shall we ev-er live At this poo... Read More

Come, let us join our cheer-ful songs With an-gels round the throne. Ten thou-sand thou-sand are their tongues, But all their joys are one. "Wor-thy the Lamb that died," they cry, "To be ex-alt-ed thus!" "Wor-thy the Lamb," our lips re-ply, "For He was slain for us!" Je-sus is wor-thy to re-ceive Ho... Read More

Come, let us sing un-to the Lord New songs of praise with sweet ac-cord; For won-ders great by Him are done, His hand and arm have vic-tory won. The great sal-va-tion of our God Is seen through all the earth a-broad; Be-fore the hea-then's won-dering sight He has re-vealed His truth and right. He ca... Read More