"helpless" appears in 20 hymns in our collection, reflecting its spiritual significance in worship.
helpless
...Fierce and wild the storm is raging
Round a helpless bark,
On to doom ’tis swiftly driving,...
Fierce and wild the storm is raging
Round a helpless bark,
On to doom ’tis swiftly driving,
...Those arms were round our childhood’s ways,
A guard through helpless years to be;
O leave not our maturer days!...
Those arms were round our childhood’s ways,
A guard through helpless years to be;
O leave not our maturer days!
...With craft he lurks and waits to catch
The helpless and the innocent.
A lion crouching for his prey,...
With craft he lurks and waits to catch
The helpless and the innocent.
A lion crouching for his prey,
...We view the terrors of Thy sword,
O whither shall the helpless fly?
To whom but Thee direct their cry?...
We view the terrors of Thy sword,
O whither shall the helpless fly?
To whom but Thee direct their cry?
...In age and feebleness extreme,
Who shall a helpless worm redeem?
Jesus, my only hope Thou art,...
In age and feebleness extreme,
Who shall a helpless worm redeem?
Jesus, my only hope Thou art,
...In from the places of sin.
Some are so young and so helpless,
Some are so hungry and cold;...
In from the places of sin.
Some are so young and so helpless,
Some are so hungry and cold;
...Trust Thee with my soul;
Guilty, lost, and helpless,
Thou canst make me whole....
Trust Thee with my soul;
Guilty, lost, and helpless,
Thou canst make me whole.
...Behold Him in a manger laid:
A helpless little one;
For whom Judea’s mothers prayed;...
Behold Him in a manger laid:
A helpless little one;
For whom Judea’s mothers prayed;
...To light and life the soul has ris’n once more;
Blessèd be Thou, who, through the helpless hours,
Hast kept in deepest peace her slumbering powers....
To light and life the soul has ris’n once more;
Blessèd be Thou, who, through the helpless hours,
Hast kept in deepest peace her slumbering powers.
...Love as the Master loved you;
Be to the helpless a helper indeed,
Unto your mission be true....
Love as the Master loved you;
Be to the helpless a helper indeed,
Unto your mission be true.
...Out in the desert they wander,
Hungry and helpless and cold;
Off to the rescue He hastens,...
Out in the desert they wander,
Hungry and helpless and cold;
Off to the rescue He hastens,
...And Thy salvation see.
Such helpless babes Thou didst embrace,
While dwelling here below;...
And Thy salvation see.
Such helpless babes Thou didst embrace,
While dwelling here below;
...After a length of years the prayer
In the most helpless case returns,
The peaceful word at last comes down,...
After a length of years the prayer
In the most helpless case returns,
The peaceful word at last comes down,
...O gentle Shepherd! still behold
Thy helpless charge in me;
And take a wanderer to Thy fold...
O gentle Shepherd! still behold
Thy helpless charge in me;
And take a wanderer to Thy fold
...’Twas when the almighty Heir of all
Came forth, a helpless child,
Amid the darkness of a stall,...
’Twas when the almighty Heir of all
Came forth, a helpless child,
Amid the darkness of a stall,
...Come and help, or we die!
Lost and helpless and desponding,
Wrapped in error’s night they lie;...
Come and help, or we die!
Lost and helpless and desponding,
Wrapped in error’s night they lie;
...Trusting Jesus, that is all.
Poor and helpless soul was I,
Sinful and afraid to die;...
Trusting Jesus, that is all.
Poor and helpless soul was I,
Sinful and afraid to die;
...We’ll give, at His behest,
To raise the poor and helpless,
Till all have Christ confessed....
We’ll give, at His behest,
To raise the poor and helpless,
Till all have Christ confessed.
...With God they’re marching on.
Let the sobs of helpless children
Crushed by crimes the law allows,...
With God they’re marching on.
Let the sobs of helpless children
Crushed by crimes the law allows,
...Out in the desert He heard its cry,
Sick and helpless and ready to die;
Sick and helpless and ready to die....
Out in the desert He heard its cry,
Sick and helpless and ready to die;
Sick and helpless and ready to die.
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