The phrase "despair" resonates through 20 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
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...How covenant mercy in Jesus prevaileth
O’er ignorance, guilt and despair.
On, on, ye swift messengers, heralds of Jesus,...
How covenant mercy in Jesus prevaileth
O’er ignorance, guilt and despair.
On, on, ye swift messengers, heralds of Jesus,
...O God, My God! why, in this hour
Of anguish and despair,
Hast Thou withdrawn Thy saving power...
O God, My God! why, in this hour
Of anguish and despair,
Hast Thou withdrawn Thy saving power
...That marks the destiny of man,
To glory or despair.
There is a line by us unseen,...
That marks the destiny of man,
To glory or despair.
There is a line by us unseen,
...Dear friends, I have a story to tell,
A story of woe, and despair;
My soul is doomed with demons to dwell—...
Dear friends, I have a story to tell,
A story of woe, and despair;
My soul is doomed with demons to dwell—
...Now empty are the courts of Death
And crushed thy sting, Despair;
And roses bloom in desert tomb...
Now empty are the courts of Death
And crushed thy sting, Despair;
And roses bloom in desert tomb
...start
While nature yielding to despair
Her blasted expectation mourns,...
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While nature yielding to despair
Her blasted expectation mourns,
...While the endless ages roll;
Plunged in dark despair and sadness,
Paths of sin and death I trod;...
While the endless ages roll;
Plunged in dark despair and sadness,
Paths of sin and death I trod;
...A patient strength in pain and care,
An enmity to dark despair.
A tenderness for all that stray,...
A patient strength in pain and care,
An enmity to dark despair.
A tenderness for all that stray,
...This will be dark indeed;
To regions of despair
Our own neglect will sink us down,...
This will be dark indeed;
To regions of despair
Our own neglect will sink us down,
...Who, with a father’s tender care,
Saved me when sinking in despair:
Gave my repentant soul to prove...
Who, with a father’s tender care,
Saved me when sinking in despair:
Gave my repentant soul to prove
...And hopes with which to brighten
The shadows of despair.
Then, when the day is closing,...
And hopes with which to brighten
The shadows of despair.
Then, when the day is closing,
...God’s holy law transgressed,
Speaks nothing but despair;
Burdened with guilt, with grief oppressed,...
God’s holy law transgressed,
Speaks nothing but despair;
Burdened with guilt, with grief oppressed,
...Is the foundation of my hope,
A refuge from despair.
Enhanced as is my guilt,...
Is the foundation of my hope,
A refuge from despair.
Enhanced as is my guilt,
...So happy, so noble, so good;
While others sank down in despair,
Confirmed by His power, you stood....
So happy, so noble, so good;
While others sank down in despair,
Confirmed by His power, you stood.
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Oh, dread on the mountains the shriek of despair,
The foam on the lip, and the eyeballs’ red glare;...
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Oh, dread on the mountains the shriek of despair,
The foam on the lip, and the eyeballs’ red glare;
...Only a song for the Master,
Cheering some one in despair.
Only a song, only a song,...
Only a song for the Master,
Cheering some one in despair.
Only a song, only a song,
...When weight of sin oppresses,
When dark despair distresses,
All through the life that’s mortal,...
When weight of sin oppresses,
When dark despair distresses,
All through the life that’s mortal,
...Just after death—what then?
The lost will go into despair,
Their torment there will then begin;...
Just after death—what then?
The lost will go into despair,
Their torment there will then begin;
...Careless they press the brink
Of infinite despair;
Can I endure to see them sink...
Careless they press the brink
Of infinite despair;
Can I endure to see them sink
...But unbelief perverts the same
To guilt, despair, and death.
Till God diffuse His graces down,...
But unbelief perverts the same
To guilt, despair, and death.
Till God diffuse His graces down,
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