"hearth" appears in 19 hymns in our collection, reflecting its spiritual significance in worship.
hearth
...In God confiding, the Lord is guiding
Your hearth and home, your hearth and home.
It is a comfort to look and pray...
In God confiding, the Lord is guiding
Your hearth and home, your hearth and home.
It is a comfort to look and pray
...And darkness fast is creeping
O’er byre, hearth, and hall;
But thou, my soul, ere slumber,...
And darkness fast is creeping
O’er byre, hearth, and hall;
But thou, my soul, ere slumber,
...Right and left along the way,
At the home hearth, by the sick couch,
Here and there, where’er we stray?...
Right and left along the way,
At the home hearth, by the sick couch,
Here and there, where’er we stray?
...Has swept over the world.
Every hearth is aflame,
And the beautiful sing...
Has swept over the world.
Every hearth is aflame,
And the beautiful sing
...Life mounts in every throbbing vein,
Love deepens round the hearth,
And clearer sounds the angel hymn,...
Life mounts in every throbbing vein,
Love deepens round the hearth,
And clearer sounds the angel hymn,
...Thy soothing voice is heard;
As round the farmer’s peaceful hearth
Is read Thy holy Word....
Thy soothing voice is heard;
As round the farmer’s peaceful hearth
Is read Thy holy Word.
...A king of David’s race,
With peace to every hearth and home,
And men in every place;...
A king of David’s race,
With peace to every hearth and home,
And men in every place;
...To whom the power is given
Of every hearth to make a home
Of every home a heaven....
To whom the power is given
Of every hearth to make a home
Of every home a heaven.
...But for more power to love until they glow
Like hearths of comfort, eager to restore Thee,
Hidden in human wretchedness and woe....
But for more power to love until they glow
Like hearths of comfort, eager to restore Thee,
Hidden in human wretchedness and woe.
...Whose streets and alleys teem with myriad men!
In many a hearth her grateful fires
A sacred incense raise,...
Whose streets and alleys teem with myriad men!
In many a hearth her grateful fires
A sacred incense raise,
...Lands where Islam’s sway
Darkly broods o’er home and hearth,
Cast their bonds away;...
Lands where Islam’s sway
Darkly broods o’er home and hearth,
Cast their bonds away;
...Whose streets and alleys teem with myriad men!
In many a hearth her grateful fires
A sacred incense raise,...
Whose streets and alleys teem with myriad men!
In many a hearth her grateful fires
A sacred incense raise,
...Life’s common looks and tones,
In fellowship in hearth and board
With my belovèd ones;...
Life’s common looks and tones,
In fellowship in hearth and board
With my belovèd ones;
...O foes, be friends, forget your smart!
O cold hearth, glow; laugh, lonely place!
O’erflow, O earth, with every grace;...
O foes, be friends, forget your smart!
O cold hearth, glow; laugh, lonely place!
O’erflow, O earth, with every grace;
...Whose names these records bear;
Who round the hearth-stone used to close
After the evening prayer,...
Whose names these records bear;
Who round the hearth-stone used to close
After the evening prayer,
...Fall soft o’er the grave of our dead;
But when the home-group of our hearth-stone
Shall kneel at the calm hour of prayer,...
Fall soft o’er the grave of our dead;
But when the home-group of our hearth-stone
Shall kneel at the calm hour of prayer,
...Fire not of wrath nor judgment nor terror,
‘Twas love I met there, warmed on the hearth.
I could approach Him, and He embraced me,...
Fire not of wrath nor judgment nor terror,
‘Twas love I met there, warmed on the hearth.
I could approach Him, and He embraced me,
...Your Lord is listening: peace, be still.
Christ watches by a Christian’s hearth,
Be silent, vain deluding mirth,...
Your Lord is listening: peace, be still.
Christ watches by a Christian’s hearth,
Be silent, vain deluding mirth,
...For sake of charity?
Is there not, by so many hearths,
One little nook for me?...
For sake of charity?
Is there not, by so many hearths,
One little nook for me?
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