The phrase "Spare" resonates through 20 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
Spare
...The sinners who Thy judgments dare,
Spare the remnant, Lord, in love
Thy praying people spare....
The sinners who Thy judgments dare,
Spare the remnant, Lord, in love
Thy praying people spare.
...Into Thy kind protection take;
Spare the guilty nation, Lord,
For Thy own mercy’s sake....
Into Thy kind protection take;
Spare the guilty nation, Lord,
For Thy own mercy’s sake.
...Defy December’s tempests frore,
Oh! spare one garment from your store
To clothe the poor at Christmas....
Defy December’s tempests frore,
Oh! spare one garment from your store
To clothe the poor at Christmas.
...Who lengthens out our trial here,
And spares us yet another year.
Barren and withered trees,...
Who lengthens out our trial here,
And spares us yet another year.
Barren and withered trees,
...Of this our guilty land.
But spare, oh Lord, in mercy spare
The herbage of the field;...
Of this our guilty land.
But spare, oh Lord, in mercy spare
The herbage of the field;
...Justice. Cut it down, cut it down,
Spare not the fruitless tree!
It spreads a harmful shade around,...
Justice. Cut it down, cut it down,
Spare not the fruitless tree!
It spreads a harmful shade around,
...May have Thy peace, and own Thy power,
But spare our weakness, spare!
Give us Thy grace, Thy faith, Thy love,...
May have Thy peace, and own Thy power,
But spare our weakness, spare!
Give us Thy grace, Thy faith, Thy love,
...How happy it for us had been,
From such a duty spared.
But oh, the love of Christ,...
How happy it for us had been,
From such a duty spared.
But oh, the love of Christ,
...To our forsaken God we turn;
O spare our guilty country, spare
The Church which Thou hast planted there....
To our forsaken God we turn;
O spare our guilty country, spare
The Church which Thou hast planted there.
...Why will ye waste on trifling cares
That life which God’s compassion spares;
While, in the various range of thought...
Why will ye waste on trifling cares
That life which God’s compassion spares;
While, in the various range of thought
...Enter thine eternal home;
Asking not if we can spare
This dear soul it summons there....
Enter thine eternal home;
Asking not if we can spare
This dear soul it summons there.
...By His protection and His guard
We are yet spared to live.
Whilst many of our fellow-men,...
By His protection and His guard
We are yet spared to live.
Whilst many of our fellow-men,
...What will He not bestow?
He spared not His Son!
’Tis this that silences each rising fear,...
What will He not bestow?
He spared not His Son!
’Tis this that silences each rising fear,
...Scarce look up for shame I dare.
Lord, Thy guilty suppliant spare.
Thou didst heal the sinner’s grief,...
Scarce look up for shame I dare.
Lord, Thy guilty suppliant spare.
Thou didst heal the sinner’s grief,
...Thy dreadful power display:
Yet mercy spares this guilty land,
And yet we live to pray....
Thy dreadful power display:
Yet mercy spares this guilty land,
And yet we live to pray.
...Ignite a holy flame;
Refine the land that Thou has spared,
And magnify Thy name....
Ignite a holy flame;
Refine the land that Thou has spared,
And magnify Thy name.
...Thine indignation we deserve;
But spare, O Father, spare.
The creatures of Thy hand...
Thine indignation we deserve;
But spare, O Father, spare.
The creatures of Thy hand
...From the judgments of Thy hand,
Spare Thy people, spare our land.
From rebellion, war and death;...
From the judgments of Thy hand,
Spare Thy people, spare our land.
From rebellion, war and death;
...Who weep before Thee in our shame;
We have no hope but Thee; O spare,
Lord, spare us from th’undying flame;...
Who weep before Thee in our shame;
We have no hope but Thee; O spare,
Lord, spare us from th’undying flame;
...O remember Thou art love!
Spare! O spare a guilty world!
Stay Thy flaming wrath awhile,...
O remember Thou art love!
Spare! O spare a guilty world!
Stay Thy flaming wrath awhile,
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