Sermons & Devotionals by Puritan Hymns

Joy-ful, joy-ful, we a-dore Thee, God of glo-ry, Lord of love; Hearts un-fold like flowers be-fore Thee, Open-ing to the sun a-bove. Melt the clouds of sin and sad-ness, Drive the dark of doubt a-way; Giv-er of im-mor-tal glad-ness, Fill us with the light of day. All Thy works with joy sur-round The... Read More

Judge me, God of my sal-va-tion, Plead my cause, for Thee I trust: Hear my ear-nest sup-pli-ca-tion, Save me from my foes un-just. O my soul, why art thou grie-ving? What dis-qui-ets and dis-mays? Hope in God; His help re-ceiv-ing, I shall yet my Sav-ior praise. For my strength, my God, Thou art: ..... Read More

Judge me, O Lord, and prove my ways, And try my reins, and try my heart; My faith up-on Thy prom-ise stays, Nor from Thy law my feet de-part. I hate to walk, I hate to sit With men of van-i-ty and lies; The scof-fer and the hyp-o-crite Are the ab-hor-rence of mine eyes. A-mongst Thy saints will I ap... Read More

Lead on, O King e-ter-nal, The day of march has come; Hence-forth in fields of con-quest Thy tents shall be our home. Through days of prep-a-ra-tion Thy grace has made us strong, And now, O King e-ter-nal, We lift our bat-tle song. Lead on, O King e-ter-nal, Till sin's fierce war shall cease, And ho... Read More

1) Let God a-rise in all His might, And put the troops of hell to flight, As smoke that sought to cloud the skies Be-fore the ris-ing temp-est flies. He comes ar-rayed in burn-ing flames; Just-ice and ven-geance are His names: Be-hold His faint-ing foes ex-pire Like melt-ing wax be-fore the fire. 2)... Read More

Let us love and sing and won-der, Let us praise the Sav-ior's name! He has hushed the law's loud thun-der, He has quenched Mount Si-nai's flame: He has washed us with His blood, He has brought us nigh to God. Let us love the Lord who bought us, Pit-ied us when en-e-mies, Called us by His grace, and ... Read More

Let us love and sing and won-der, Let us praise the Sav-ior's name! He has hushed the law's loud thun-der, He has quenched Mount Si-nai's flame: He has washed us with His blood, He has brought us nigh to God. Let us love the Lord who bought us, Pit-ied us when en-e-mies, Called us by His grace, and ... Read More

Lord of the worlds a-bove, How plea-sant and how fair The dwel-lings of Thy love, Thine earth-ly tem-ples are! To Thine a-bode, My heart a-spires with warm de-sires To see my God. O hap-py souls that pray Where God ap-points to hear! O hap-py men that pay Their con-stant ser-vice there! They praise ... Read More

Lord, I am Thine; but Thou wilt prove My faith, my pa-tience, and my love: When men of spite a-gainst me join, They are the sword, the hand is Thine. Their hope and por-tion lies be-low; 'Tis all the hap-pi-ness they know, 'Tis all they seek; they take their shares, And leave the rest a-mong their h... Read More

Lord, I can suf-fer Thy re-bukes, When Thou with kind-ness dost chas-tise; But Thy fierce wrath I can-not bear, O let it not a-gainst me rise! Pi-ty my lan-guish-ing es-tate, And ease the sor-rows that I feel; The wounds Thy hea-vy hand hath made, O let Thy gen-tler touch-es heal! See how I pass my ... Read More

Lord, I will bless Thee all my days, Thy praise shall dwell up-on my tongue; My soul shall glo-ry in Thy grace, While saints re-joice to hear the song. Come mag-ni-fy the Lord with me, Come let us all ex-alt His name; I sought th' e-ter-nal God, and He Has not ex-posed my hope to shame. I told Him a... Read More

Lord, in the morn-ing Thou shalt hear My voice as-cend-ing high; To Thee will I di-rect my prayer, To Thee lift up mine eye; Up to the hills where Christ is gone To plead for all His saints, Pre-sent-ing at His Fa-ther's throne Our songs and our com-plaints. Thou art a God be-fore whose sight The wi... Read More

Lord, my weak thought in vain would climb To search the star-ry vault pro-found; In vain would wing her flight sub-lime To find cre-a-tion's ut-most bound. But weak-er yet that thought must prove To search Thy great e-ter-nal plan, Thy sov-ereign coun-sels, born of love Long a-ges ere the world be-g... Read More

Lord, Thou has searched me, and dost know Wher-e'er I rest, wher-e-er I go; Thou know-est all that I have planned, And all my ways are in Thy hand. My words from Thee I can-not hide; I feel Thy power on ev-ery side; O won-drous know-ledge, awe-some might Un-fath-omed depth, un-mea-sured height! Wher... Read More

Lost was I and help-less, dam-na-tion de-served, Yet in my proud mind, thought 'twould nev-er be served. No cares for my God, no con-cerns for my pride, My sin I would keep -- knew no rea-son to hide! But God, rich in mer-cy and grace all di-vine, Had cho-sen to save me, de-spite my de-signs. He sai... Read More

Ma-jes-tic sweet-ness sits en-throned up-on the Sav-ior's brow; His head with rad-iant glo-ries crowned, His lips with grace o'er-flow. No mor-tal can with Him com-pare, a-mong the sons of men; Fair-er is He than all the fair that fill the heaven-ly train. He saw me plunged in deep dis-tress, He fle... Read More

Migh-ty God, while an-gels bless you, May a mor-tal sing your name? Lord of men as well as an-gels, You are ev-ery crea-ture's theme. Al-le-lu-ia! Al-le-lu-ia! Al-le-lu-ia! A-men. Lord of ev-ery land and na-tion, An-cient of e-ter-nal days, Sound-ed through the wide cre-a-tion Be your just and law-f... Read More

Mine eyes and my de-sire Are ev-er to the Lord; I love to plead His prom-is-es, And rest up-on His Word. When shall the sov-ereign grace Of my for-giv-ing God Re-store me from those dan-gerous ways My wan-dering feet have trod? The tu-mult of my thoughts Doth but en-large my woe; My spir-it lan-guis... Read More

My God how ma-ny are my fears! How fast my foes in-crease! Con-spi-ring my e-ter-nal death, They break my pre-sent peace. The ly-ing temp-ter would per-suade There's no re-lief in heaven; And all my swell-ing sins ap-pear Too big to be for-given. But Thou, my glo-ry and my strength, Shalt on the tem... Read More

My God, how won-der-ful Thou art, Thy maj-es-ty how bright! How beau-ti-ful Thy mer-cy seat, In depths of burn-ing light! Won-drous are Thine e-ter-nal years, O ev-er-last-ing Lord, By ho-ly an-gels day and night Un-ceas-ing-ly a-dored! O how I fear Thee, liv-ing God, With deep-est, tenderest fears,... Read More