The phrase "Grief" resonates through 20 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
Grief
...With angels in His train;
The griefs and wrongs of earth shall end,
When He begins His reign....
With angels in His train;
The griefs and wrongs of earth shall end,
When He begins His reign.
...Thy human woes, Thy human fears,
And cry, Was ever grief like Thine,
Or debt of sin so vast as mine?...
Thy human woes, Thy human fears,
And cry, Was ever grief like Thine,
Or debt of sin so vast as mine?
...I am not able to look up to Thee;
Lord, I repent; accept my tears and grief:
But Thou hast taken all my sins away,...
I am not able to look up to Thee;
Lord, I repent; accept my tears and grief:
But Thou hast taken all my sins away,
...My sorrow Thou dost know;
My heart is pressed with care and grief,
To Thee, dear Lord, I go....
My sorrow Thou dost know;
My heart is pressed with care and grief,
To Thee, dear Lord, I go.
...And to the chastened, let Thy might
Hallow this grief!
And Thou, that, when the starry sky...
And to the chastened, let Thy might
Hallow this grief!
And Thou, that, when the starry sky
...For work itself is love.
There is no grief in Heaven;
For life is one glad day;...
For work itself is love.
There is no grief in Heaven;
For life is one glad day;
...My blessèd Lord was crucified,
The day was dark, and grief was wide,
For hope was crushed and all seemed vain,...
My blessèd Lord was crucified,
The day was dark, and grief was wide,
For hope was crushed and all seemed vain,
...When in manger rude He lay,
Now once more cast grief away,
Glory in the highest!...
When in manger rude He lay,
Now once more cast grief away,
Glory in the highest!
...And give a glimmering light;
Successive clouds of grief prevail,
Transforming day to night....
And give a glimmering light;
Successive clouds of grief prevail,
Transforming day to night.
...start
When sorrow and grief o’erwhelm you,
Bending you low with woe,...
start
When sorrow and grief o’erwhelm you,
Bending you low with woe,
...Till He return, I bow,
By heaviest grief oppressed:
My days of happiness are gone,...
Till He return, I bow,
By heaviest grief oppressed:
My days of happiness are gone,
...With thy heart He’s well acquainted,
Knows its trials, griefs and fears;
Knows its yearnings, knows its longings,...
With thy heart He’s well acquainted,
Knows its trials, griefs and fears;
Knows its yearnings, knows its longings,
...Follow to Gethsemane.
Lo! what wondrous grief His soul is rending!
Wondrous grief endured for thee....
Follow to Gethsemane.
Lo! what wondrous grief His soul is rending!
Wondrous grief endured for thee.
...Mystery of love and woe;
On Thy grief and sore amaze,
Savior, I would fix my gaze!...
Mystery of love and woe;
On Thy grief and sore amaze,
Savior, I would fix my gaze!
...To keep the crown in view,
And in the griefs and toil and strife
Be ever strong and true....
To keep the crown in view,
And in the griefs and toil and strife
Be ever strong and true.
...When the dark clouds hide all the blue sky
Let not your griefs one moment confound you;
All your heart needs the Lord will supply....
When the dark clouds hide all the blue sky
Let not your griefs one moment confound you;
All your heart needs the Lord will supply.
...Behold a man of woe!
Grief was His close companion here,
Through all His life below....
Behold a man of woe!
Grief was His close companion here,
Through all His life below.
...With all they called their own?
Their joys and griefs, and hopes and cares,
And wealth and honor gone....
With all they called their own?
Their joys and griefs, and hopes and cares,
And wealth and honor gone.
...He sought me when I wandered lone
In my dark sin and grief and woe.
O matchless grace, that He should deign,...
He sought me when I wandered lone
In my dark sin and grief and woe.
O matchless grace, that He should deign,
...Secure I am, if Thou art mine;
From sin and grief, from guilt and shame,
I hide me, Jesus, in Thy name....
Secure I am, if Thou art mine;
From sin and grief, from guilt and shame,
I hide me, Jesus, in Thy name.
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