Sermons & Devotionals by Puritan Hymns

O God, to us show mer-cy And bless us in Your grace; Cause now to shine up-on us The bright-ness of Your face; That so Your way most ho-ly On earth may soon be known, And un-to ev-ery peo-ple Your sav-ing grace be shown. O God, let all men praise you, Let all the na-tions sing; In ev-ery land let pr... Read More

O God, most ho-ly are your ways, And who like you de-serves my praise? You on-ly do such won-drous things, The whole wide world your glo-ry sings; Your out-stretched arm your peo-ple saved, Though sore dis-tressed and long en-slaved. O God, from you the wa-ters fled, The depths were moved with might... Read More

O God, my Ref-uge, hear my cries Be-hold my flow-ing tears, For earth and hell my hurt de-vise, And tri-umph in my fears. Their rage is lev-eled at my life, My soul with guilt they load, And fill my thoughts with in-ward strife To shake my hope in God. With in-ward pain my heart-strings sound, I gro... Read More

O God, my Strength and For-ti-tude, Of force I must love Thee; Thou art my Cas-tle and De-fence In my nec-es-sity. My God, my Rock, in whom I trust, The work-er of my wealth, My Ref-uge, Buck-ler, and my Shield, The horn of all my health. I, when be-set with pain and grief, Did pray to God for grace... Read More

O Je-ho-vah, hear my words, To my thoughts at-ten-tive be; Hear my cry, my King, my God, I will make my prayer to Thee. With the morn-ing light, O Lord, Thou shalt hear my voice a-rise, And ex-pec-tant I will bring Prayer as morn-ing sac-ri-fice. Thou, Je-ho-vah, art a God Who de-light-est not in si... Read More

O Lord Most High, with all my heart Your won-drous works I will pro-claim; I will be glad and give you thanks And sing the prais-es of your name. The Lord, the ev-er-lasting King, Is seat-ed on His judg-ment throne; The right-eous Judge of all the world Will make His per-fect jus-tice known. Je-ho-v... Read More

O Lord, how shall I meet you, How wel-come you a-right? Your peo-ple long to greet you, My hope, my heart's de-light. O kin-dle, Lord Most Ho-ly, Your lamp with-in my breast To do in spir-it low-ly All that may please you best. Love caused your in-car-na-tion, Love brought you down to me; Your thirs... Read More

O love, how deep, how broad, how high! How pass-ing thought and fan-ta-sy, That God, the Son of God, should take Our mor-tal form for mor-tals' sake! For us bap-tized, for us He bore His ho-ly fast, and hun-gered sore; For us temp-ta-tions sharp He knew, For us the temp-ter o-ver-threw. For us to wi... Read More

O praise the Lord! O thank the Lord! For boun-ti-ful is He; Be-cause His lov-ing-kind-ness lasts To all e-ter-ni-ty. Who can ex-press Je-ho-vah's praise Or tell His deeds of might? O blessed are they who jus-tice keep And ev-er do the right. Re-gard me with the fa-vor, Lord, Which Thou dost bear to ... Read More

O Thou that hearest when sin-ners cry, Though all my crimes be-fore me lie, Be-hold them not with an-gry look, But blot their mem-ory from Thy book. Cre-ate my na-ture pure with-in, And form my soul a-verse to sin; Let Thy good Spir-it ne'er de-part, Nor hide Thy pres-ence from my heart. I can-not l... Read More

One there is, a-bove all oth-ers, Well de-serves the name of Friend; His is love be-yond a bro-ther's, Cost-ly, free, and knows no end. They who once His kind-ness prove Find it ev-er-last-ing love. Which of all our friends, to save us, Could or would have have shed his blood? But our Je-sus died to... Read More

Praise, my soul, the King of hea-ven, To His feet thy tri-bute bring; Ran-somed, healed, re-stored, for-gi-ven, Who like me His praise should sing? Praise Him, Praise Him, Praise Him, Praise Him, Praise the ev-er-last-ing King. Praise, Him for His grace and fa-vor To our fa-thers in dis-tress; Prais... Read More

Praise the Lord: ye heavens a-dore Him; Praise Him, an-gels, in the height; Sun and moon, re-joice be-fore Him; Praise Him all ye stars and light. Praise the Lord, for He hath spo-ken; Worlds His might-y voice o-beyed: Laws which nev-er shall be bro-ken For their guid-ance hath He made. Praise the L... Read More

Praise the Sav-ior, now and ev-er; Praise Him, all be-neath the skies; Pros-trate ly-ing, suf-fering, dy-ing On the cross, a sac-ri-fice. Vic-tory gain-ing, life ob-tain-ing, Now in glo-ry, He doth rise. Man's work fail-eth, Christ's a-vail-eth; He is all our right-eous-ness; He, our Sav-ior, has fo... Read More

Praise to the Lord, the Al-might-y, the King of cre-a-tion! O my soul, praise Him, for He is thy health and sal-va-tion! All ye who hear, Now to His tem-ple draw near; Join me in glad a-do-ra-tion! Praise to the Lord, who o'er all things so won-drous-ly reign-eth, Shel-ters thee un-der His wings, ye... Read More

Re-joice, all ye be-liev-ers, and let your lights ap-pear; The eve-ning is ad-vanc-ing, and dark-er night is near: The bride-groom is a-ris-ing, and soon He draw-eth nigh; Up, pray, and watch, and wres-tle: at mid-night comes the cry. See that your lamps are burn-ing; re-plen-ish them with oil; And ... Read More

Re-joice, the Lord is King! Your Lord and King a-dore! Re-joice, give thanks, and sing, And tri-umph ev-er-more: Lift up your heart, lift up your voice! Re-joice, a-gain I say, re-joice! The Lord, our Sav-ior, reigns, The God of truth and love; When He had purged our stains, He took His seat a-bove:... Read More

Re-joice, ye right-eous, in the Lord, This work be-longs to you: Sing of His Name, His ways, His Word, How ho-ly, just and true! His mer-cy and His right-eous-ness Let heaven and earth pro-claim; His works of na-ture and of grace Re-veal His won-drous Name. His wis-dom and al-might-y Word The heaven... Read More

Rock of A-ges, cleft for me, Let me hide my-self in Thee; Let the wa-ter and the blood, From Thy riv-en side which flowed, Be of sin the dou-ble cure, Cleanse me from its guilt and power. Not the la-bors of my hands Can ful-fil Thy law's de-mands; Could my zeal no res-pite know, Could my tears for-e... Read More

Sav-ior, like a shep-herd lead us, much we need Thy ten-der care; In Thy pleas-ant pas-tures feed us, for our use Thy folds pre-pare: Bless-ed Je-sus, bless-ed Jesus, Thou has bought us, Thine we are; Bless-ed Je-sus, bless-ed Jesus, Thou has bought us, Thine we are. We are Thine; do Thou be-friend ... Read More