The phrase "fiend" resonates through 20 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
fiend
...Smile at the destroyer’s sword.
They behold the fiend pass by,
Sprinkled by the Lamb of God,...
Smile at the destroyer’s sword.
They behold the fiend pass by,
Sprinkled by the Lamb of God,
...Thy guilty spirit flies
From earth, with kindred fiends to dwell,
Condemned the second death to feel,...
Thy guilty spirit flies
From earth, with kindred fiends to dwell,
Condemned the second death to feel,
...start
Get thee behind us, fiend,
With all thy baffled art!...
start
Get thee behind us, fiend,
With all thy baffled art!
...Low sank the proud wave’s crested head,
For the affrighted storm-fiend fled.
Low sank the proud wave’s crested head,...
Low sank the proud wave’s crested head,
For the affrighted storm-fiend fled.
Low sank the proud wave’s crested head,
...And hot as the desert the blast of his breath,
Who comes with the fiends from the dwellings of death.
The Savior beholds him—the spirits unclean...
And hot as the desert the blast of his breath,
Who comes with the fiends from the dwellings of death.
The Savior beholds him—the spirits unclean
...And hath put the prince of night
With his flock of fiends to flight:
Christus natus hodie....
And hath put the prince of night
With his flock of fiends to flight:
Christus natus hodie.
...Now a bright angel he appears,
And now a hateful fiend.
But why should I of him...
Now a bright angel he appears,
And now a hateful fiend.
But why should I of him
...Nor the unequal contest try;
By promised bliss the fiend decoys—
First he allures, and then destroys....
Nor the unequal contest try;
By promised bliss the fiend decoys—
First he allures, and then destroys.
...Down to the fiery coast,
Amongst abominable fiends,
Herself a frightful ghost....
Down to the fiery coast,
Amongst abominable fiends,
Herself a frightful ghost.
...Through sin the heav’nly form they lost,
And sunk into a fiend!
The sin thou lovest well,...
Through sin the heav’nly form they lost,
And sunk into a fiend!
The sin thou lovest well,
...One-extended field of blood,
Where men, like fiends, each other tear,
In all the hellish rage of war....
One-extended field of blood,
Where men, like fiends, each other tear,
In all the hellish rage of war.
...There guilty spirits sent to dwell
Midst all the flames and fiends of hell.
But lo! Incarnate Love descends;...
There guilty spirits sent to dwell
Midst all the flames and fiends of hell.
But lo! Incarnate Love descends;
...Ours is a kingdom eternal, secure.
Oh, like a fiend in its towering wrath,
On, and destruction alone points the path;...
Ours is a kingdom eternal, secure.
Oh, like a fiend in its towering wrath,
On, and destruction alone points the path;
...Ours is a kingdom eternal, secure.
Oh, like a fiend in its towering wrath,
On, and destruction alone points the path;...
Ours is a kingdom eternal, secure.
Oh, like a fiend in its towering wrath,
On, and destruction alone points the path;
...Whom in His days of flesh pass by?
Did not His Word the fiends expel,
The lepers cleanse, and raise the dead?...
Whom in His days of flesh pass by?
Did not His Word the fiends expel,
The lepers cleanse, and raise the dead?
...He conquered all that did oppose,
With fiend and demon warring,
And bravely battled ’gainst our foes...
He conquered all that did oppose,
With fiend and demon warring,
And bravely battled ’gainst our foes
...Eternity! Where? Oh! Eternity! where?
With redeemed ones in glory? Or fiends in despair?
With one or the other—Eternity! Where?...
Eternity! Where? Oh! Eternity! where?
With redeemed ones in glory? Or fiends in despair?
With one or the other—Eternity! Where?
...Love immortal illumined His face.
And yet never a fiend did fathom
Such depth of derision and shame,...
Love immortal illumined His face.
And yet never a fiend did fathom
Such depth of derision and shame,
...Their hellish arts they try;
Legions of dire malicious fiends,
And spirits enthroned on high....
Their hellish arts they try;
Legions of dire malicious fiends,
And spirits enthroned on high.
...With all the earth-born sons of night,
With all the fiends below.
Hold of Thine arm we take,...
With all the earth-born sons of night,
With all the fiends below.
Hold of Thine arm we take,
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