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Select Hymns of
Horatius Bonar (1808-1889)
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- BLESSING AND HONOR AND GLORY AND POWER
- "They will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory." Luke 21:27
- Blessing and honor and glory and power,
- Wisdom and riches and strength evermore
- Give ye to Him Who our battle hath won
- Whose are the kingdom, the crown, and the throne.
- Into the heav'n of the heav'ns hath He gone,
- Sitteth He now in the joy of the throne,
- Weareth He now of the kingdom the crown,
- Singeth He now the new song with His own.
- Soundeth the heaven of the heavens with His Name;
- Ringeth the earth with His glory and fame;
- Ocean and mountain, stream, forest, and flower
- Echo His praises and tell of His power.
- Past are the darkness, the storm, and the war,
- Come is the radiance, that sparkles afar,
- Breaketh the gleam of the day without end,
- Riseth the Sun that shall never descend.
- Ever ascendeth the song and the joy;
- Ever descendeth the love from on high;
- Blessing and honor and glory and praise,
- This is the theme of the hymns that we raise.
- Life of all life, and true Light of all light,
- Star of the dawning unchangingly bright,
- Sun of the Salem whose light is the Lamb,
- Theme of the ever new, ever glad psalm !
- Give we the glory and praise to the Lamb;
- Take we the robe and the harp and the palm;
- Sing we the song of the Lamb that was slain,
- Dying in weakness, but rising to reign.
- Horatius Bonar, 1866
- GLORY BE TO THE GOD THE FATHER
- "To Him be the glory forever!" Romans 11:36
- Glory be to God the Father,
- Glory be to God the Son,
- Glory be to God the Spirit,
- Great Jehovah, Three in One!
- Glory, glory, glory, glory,
- While eternal ages run!
- Glory be to Him Who loved us,
- Washed us from each spot and stain!
- Glory be to Him Who bought us,
- Made us kings with Him to reign!
- Glory, glory, glory, glory,
- To the Lamb that once was slain!
- Glory to the King of angels,
- Glory to the church's King,
- Glory to the King of nations!
- Heaven and earth, your praises bring;
- Glory, glory, glory, glory,
- To the King of glory bring!
- "Glory, blessing, praise eternal!"
- Thus the choir of angels sings;
- "Honor, riches, power, dominion!"
- Thus its praise creation brings;
- Glory, glory, glory, glory,
- Glory to the King of kings!
- Horatius Bonar, 1866
- GO, LABOR ON: SPEND, AND BE SPENT
- "As long as it is day, we must do the work of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work." Jn 9:4
- Go, labor on: spend, and be spent,
- Thy joy to do the Father's will:
- It is the way the Master went;
- Should not the servant tread it still?
- Go, labor on! `tis not for naught
- Thine earthly loss is heavenly gain;
- Men heed thee, love thee, praise thee not;
- The Master praises: what are men?
- Go, labor on! enough, while here,
- If He shall praise thee, if He deign
- The willing heart to mark and cheer:
- No toil for Him shall be in vain.
- Go, labor on while it is day:
- The world's dark night is hastening on;
- Speed, speed thy work, cast sloth away;
- It is not thus that souls are won.
- Toil on, faint not, keep watch and pray,
- Be wise the erring soul to win;
- Go forth into the world's highway,
- Compel the wanderer to come in.
- Toil on, and in thy toil rejoice!
- For toil comes rest, for exile home;
- Soon shalt thou hear the Bridegroom's voice,
- The midnight peal, "Behold, I come!"
- Horatius Bonar, 1843
- HE HAS COME, THE CHRIST OF GOD
- "Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given." Isaiah 9:6
- He has come, the Christ of God:
- Left for us His glad abode;
- Stooping from His throne of bliss
- To this darksome wilderness.
- He has come, the Prince of Peace:
- Come to bid our sorrows cease;
- Come to scatter with His light
- All the shadows of our night.
- He, the mighty King, has come,
- Making this poor earth His home:
- Come to bear our sin's sad load,
- Son of David, Son of God.
- He has come, Whose Name of grace
- Speaks deliverance to our race:
- Left for us His glad abode,
- Son of Mary, Son of God.
- Unto us a Child is born:
- Ne'er has earth beheld a morn
- Among all the morns of time,
- Half so glorious in its prime.
- Unto us a Son is given:
- He has come from God's own heaven,
- Bringing with Him from above
- Holy peace and holy love.
- Horatius Bonar, 1857
- HERE, O MY LORD, I SEE THEE
- "Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!" Revelation 19:9
- Here, O my Lord, I see Thee face to face;
- Here would I touch and handle things unseen;
- Here grasp with firmer hand eternal grace,
- And all my weariness upon Thee lean.
- This is the hour of banquet and of song;
- This is the heavenly table spread for me;
- Here let me feast, and feasting, still prolong
- The hallowed hour of fellowship with Thee.
- Here would I feed upon the bread of God,
- Here drink with Thee the royal wine of heaven;
- Here would I lay aside each earthly load,
- Here taste afresh the calm of sin forgiven.
- I have no help but thine; nor do I need
- Another arm save thine to lean upon;
- It is enough, my Lord, enough indeed;
- My strength is in thy might, thy might alone.
- Mine is the sin, but thine the righteousness:
- Mine is the guilt, but thine the cleansing
- Here is my robe, my refuge, and my peace;
- Thy Blood, thy righteousness, O Lord my God!
- Too soon we rise; the symbols disappear;
- The feast, though not the love, is past and gone.
- The bread and wine remove; but Thou art here,
- Nearer than ever, still my shield and sun.
- Feast after feast thus comes and passes by;
- Yet, passing, points to the glad feast above,
- Giving sweet foretaste of the festal joy,
- The Lamb's great bridal feast of bliss and love.
- Horatius Bonar, 1855
- I HEARD THE VOICE OF JESUS SAY
- "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28-30
- I heard the voice of Jesus say, "Come unto Me and rest;
- Lay down, thou weary one, lay down Thy head upon My breast."
- I came to Jesus as I was, weary and worn and sad;
- I found in Him a resting place, and He has made me glad.
- I heard the voice of Jesus say, "Behold, I freely give
- The living water; thirsty one, stoop down, and drink, and live."
- I came to Jesus, and I drank of that life giving stream;
- My thirst was quenched, my soul revived, and now I live in Him.
- I heard the voice of Jesus say, "I am this dark world's light;
- Look unto Me, thy morn shall rise, and all thy day be bright."
- I looked to Jesus, and I found in Him my star, my sun;
- And in that light of life I'll walk, till traveling days are done.
- Horatius Bonar, 1846.
- I LAY MY SINS ON JESUS
- "The punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His wounds we are healed." Isaiah 53:5
- I lay my sins on Jesus, the spotless Lamb of God;
- He bears them all, and frees us from the accursed load;
- I bring my guilt to Jesus, to wash my crimson stains
- White in His blood most precious, till not a stain remains.
- I lay my wants on Jesus; all fullness dwells in Him;
- He heals all my diseases, He doth my soul redeem:
- I lay my griefs on Jesus, my burdens and my cares;
- He from them all releases, He all my sorrows shares.
- I long to be like Jesus, strong, loving, lowly, mild;
- I long to be like Jesus, the Father's holy Child:
- I long to be with Jesus, amid the heavenly throng,
- To sing with saints His praises, to learn the angels' song.
- Horatius Bonar; 1843