The phrase "decline" resonates through 20 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
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...At Zion scoff, and Zion’s king;
When zeal declines, and love grows cold,
Is this a day for me to sing?...
At Zion scoff, and Zion’s king;
When zeal declines, and love grows cold,
Is this a day for me to sing?
...start
The sun declines; o’er land and sea creeps on the night;
The twinkling stars come one by one to shed their light;...
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The sun declines; o’er land and sea creeps on the night;
The twinkling stars come one by one to shed their light;
...Let the last on earth take place,
Never, never to decline;
Founded in perpetual grace,...
Let the last on earth take place,
Never, never to decline;
Founded in perpetual grace,
...And tempt my soul to snares and sin,
Yet Thy commands I ne’er decline.
They hate me, Lord, without a cause,...
And tempt my soul to snares and sin,
Yet Thy commands I ne’er decline.
They hate me, Lord, without a cause,
...Where golden glories ever shine,
Beyond the thought of day’s decline.
Beyond the sunset’s radiant glow,...
Where golden glories ever shine,
Beyond the thought of day’s decline.
Beyond the sunset’s radiant glow,
...See we in the realm of story
Nations flourish and decline?
In their fall, as in their glory,...
See we in the realm of story
Nations flourish and decline?
In their fall, as in their glory,
...See we in the realm of story
Nations flourish and decline?
In their fall, as in their glory,...
See we in the realm of story
Nations flourish and decline?
In their fall, as in their glory,
...Whose flashes of glory
Will never decline.
Over the river,...
Whose flashes of glory
Will never decline.
Over the river,
...Then let us go forth to the work yet to do,
With zeal that shall never decline,
Be strong in the Lord, and the promise believe,...
Then let us go forth to the work yet to do,
With zeal that shall never decline,
Be strong in the Lord, and the promise believe,
...Now is the time, accepted time,
Jesus is calling, don’t decline;
Tell Him your weakness, all avow,...
Now is the time, accepted time,
Jesus is calling, don’t decline;
Tell Him your weakness, all avow,
...Before my journey is complete
My vigor fails, my years decline;
My God, O spare me, I entreat;...
Before my journey is complete
My vigor fails, my years decline;
My God, O spare me, I entreat;
...Your Savior died to gain for you
The gift you now decline.
Each moment as it passes by,...
Your Savior died to gain for you
The gift you now decline.
Each moment as it passes by,
...Have you thought what it means to be lost?
For the joys that decline,
Do you Heaven resign?...
Have you thought what it means to be lost?
For the joys that decline,
Do you Heaven resign?
...Translated to that happier sphere.
Thus star by star declines,
Till all are passed away,...
Translated to that happier sphere.
Thus star by star declines,
Till all are passed away,
...Though in vain the olive labors,
And the fruitful fields decline:
I will rejoice in the Lord, my Redeemer,...
Though in vain the olive labors,
And the fruitful fields decline:
I will rejoice in the Lord, my Redeemer,
...Death is but a bright transition,
From a world where joys decline,
To the realm of life eternal,...
Death is but a bright transition,
From a world where joys decline,
To the realm of life eternal,
...How soon alas, they’re gone!
Life’s gayest scenes decline in haste,
Just like the setting sun....
How soon alas, they’re gone!
Life’s gayest scenes decline in haste,
Just like the setting sun.
...That I from Thee no more may stray,
No more from Thee decline.
Before the cross of Him who died,...
That I from Thee no more may stray,
No more from Thee decline.
Before the cross of Him who died,
...Pale, pale grows that dear brow,
In death that drooping head declines;
His parched lip moves and now...
Pale, pale grows that dear brow,
In death that drooping head declines;
His parched lip moves and now
...Beautiful sea, O beautiful sea,
Thy glory shall never decline;
Over thy waves that silently flow...
Beautiful sea, O beautiful sea,
Thy glory shall never decline;
Over thy waves that silently flow
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