The phrase "frail" resonates through 20 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
frail
...Still leave to Him the morrow.
O lily frail, O lily frail,
How soon thy glory waneth!...
Still leave to Him the morrow.
O lily frail, O lily frail,
How soon thy glory waneth!
...start
Frail youth are on a slippery path,
[originally, Frail youth are in a slippery path]...
start
Frail youth are on a slippery path,
[originally, Frail youth are in a slippery path]
...And the measure of my days, what it is,
That I may know how frail I am,
How frail I am....
And the measure of my days, what it is,
That I may know how frail I am,
How frail I am.
...Teach me the measure of my days,
Teach me to know how frail I am,
And spend the remnant in Thy praise....
Teach me the measure of my days,
Teach me to know how frail I am,
And spend the remnant in Thy praise.
...And sweetly distills in the dew and the rain.
Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail,
In Thee do we trust, nor find Thee to fail;...
And sweetly distills in the dew and the rain.
Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail,
In Thee do we trust, nor find Thee to fail;
...That Thy care upholds us yet.
Blind are we, and weak, and frail;
Be Thine aid forever near;...
That Thy care upholds us yet.
Blind are we, and weak, and frail;
Be Thine aid forever near;
...Our age to seventy years is set;
How short the time! how frail the state!
And if to eighty we arrive,...
Our age to seventy years is set;
How short the time! how frail the state!
And if to eighty we arrive,
...And to my thoughtful spirit show
How weak I am and frail.
To Thy eternal thought...
And to my thoughtful spirit show
How weak I am and frail.
To Thy eternal thought
...For I shall see Him as He is!
Some sweet day this body frail,
In a moment’s space,...
For I shall see Him as He is!
Some sweet day this body frail,
In a moment’s space,
...start
Our frail bark is on the ocean,
By the tempest wildly tossed;...
start
Our frail bark is on the ocean,
By the tempest wildly tossed;
...And hail this glorious dawn,
For God comes down, frail man to crown:
The Lord of Life is born!...
And hail this glorious dawn,
For God comes down, frail man to crown:
The Lord of Life is born!
...No bells from the harbor they hear;
Their frail, shattered bark, still is drifting afar,
Speed on, with a message of cheer....
No bells from the harbor they hear;
Their frail, shattered bark, still is drifting afar,
Speed on, with a message of cheer.
...For one sweet hour shut in with Thee.
Thou knowest, Lord, how frail we are,
How prone to wander from Thy side;...
For one sweet hour shut in with Thee.
Thou knowest, Lord, how frail we are,
How prone to wander from Thy side;
...Short is time, e’en at the longest,
Man’s frail life is shorter still;
All his days are full of sorrow,...
Short is time, e’en at the longest,
Man’s frail life is shorter still;
All his days are full of sorrow,
...In this poor polluted heart:
I am a frail sinful man!
All my nature cries, Depart!...
In this poor polluted heart:
I am a frail sinful man!
All my nature cries, Depart!
...May our waking thoughts be pure;
Pure because these frail clay vessels
Rested in Thine arms secure....
May our waking thoughts be pure;
Pure because these frail clay vessels
Rested in Thine arms secure.
...Eternal King! I fear Thy name;
Teach me to know how frail I am;
And when my soul must hence remove,...
Eternal King! I fear Thy name;
Teach me to know how frail I am;
And when my soul must hence remove,
...Still let me ever watch and pray,
And feel that I am frail;
That if the tempter cross my way,...
Still let me ever watch and pray,
And feel that I am frail;
That if the tempter cross my way,
...May our waking thoughts be pure;
Pure because these frail clay vessels
Rested in Thine arms secure....
May our waking thoughts be pure;
Pure because these frail clay vessels
Rested in Thine arms secure.
...For all Thy truth we bless Thee;
Our human vows are frail,
But through the strife of ages...
For all Thy truth we bless Thee;
Our human vows are frail,
But through the strife of ages
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