"wiser" appears in 19 hymns in our collection, reflecting its spiritual significance in worship.
wiser
...May I trust Thy tender care;
Day by day grow wiser, better:
Hear, O Jesus, hear my prayer....
May I trust Thy tender care;
Day by day grow wiser, better:
Hear, O Jesus, hear my prayer.
...O, for their sake, press thou on!
Be this world the wiser, stronger,
For thy life of pain and peace;...
O, for their sake, press thou on!
Be this world the wiser, stronger,
For thy life of pain and peace;
...Who gives the realms of heav’nly day.
The wiser Magi see from far
And follow on His guiding star;...
Who gives the realms of heav’nly day.
The wiser Magi see from far
And follow on His guiding star;
...To all who will wash and be whole;
But it is not wiser for each one to see
This river of life in his soul?...
To all who will wash and be whole;
But it is not wiser for each one to see
This river of life in his soul?
...The lengthening day, the shortening night,
The wiser ministries of love.
We bless Thee for the friends we miss,...
The lengthening day, the shortening night,
The wiser ministries of love.
We bless Thee for the friends we miss,
...To all who will wash and be whole;
But it is not wiser for each one to see
This river of life in his soul?...
To all who will wash and be whole;
But it is not wiser for each one to see
This river of life in his soul?
...And higher every day,
And wiser, blessèd Lord,
In Thy precious, holy Word....
And higher every day,
And wiser, blessèd Lord,
In Thy precious, holy Word.
...Under Thy gracious sway,
Who canst the wisest wiser make
And babes as wise as they....
Under Thy gracious sway,
Who canst the wisest wiser make
And babes as wise as they.
...More I’ll try to do His will,
Growing wiser, stronger, better,
Every duty to fulfill....
More I’ll try to do His will,
Growing wiser, stronger, better,
Every duty to fulfill.
...Invariably the same.
A God, the wiser nations own,
Barbarians too consent;...
Invariably the same.
A God, the wiser nations own,
Barbarians too consent;
...T’improve the hours we have,
That we may act the wiser part,
And live beyond the grave....
T’improve the hours we have,
That we may act the wiser part,
And live beyond the grave.
...Renew the primal awe of youth;
So holier, wiser, may we grow,
As time’s swift currents onward flow....
Renew the primal awe of youth;
So holier, wiser, may we grow,
As time’s swift currents onward flow.
...Cast at the Victor’s feet?
What wiser master builder
E’er wrought at Thine employ...
Cast at the Victor’s feet?
What wiser master builder
E’er wrought at Thine employ
...Calmly piercing evil’s new disguises,
Glad of good surprises, wiser than despair:
Hail and Hosanna, old, aching God!...
Calmly piercing evil’s new disguises,
Glad of good surprises, wiser than despair:
Hail and Hosanna, old, aching God!
...Doting on his golden store?
Sure I am, or should be, wiser,
I am rich, ’tis he is poor:...
Doting on his golden store?
Sure I am, or should be, wiser,
I am rich, ’tis he is poor:
...The sinners we see, who Satan obey,
Much happier we, much wiser than they;
Our master is greater, He makes us His heirs,...
The sinners we see, who Satan obey,
Much happier we, much wiser than they;
Our master is greater, He makes us His heirs,
...Never did the great ensnarer
Spread his spells with wiser skill,
Turning light to darkness, mingling...
Never did the great ensnarer
Spread his spells with wiser skill,
Turning light to darkness, mingling
...For my deliverance care,
Thou, in Thy wiser, stronger love,
Art teaching me to bear—...
For my deliverance care,
Thou, in Thy wiser, stronger love,
Art teaching me to bear—
...That when we think on death we may
Grow wiser by reflection.
Ah! turn on us again Thy face...
That when we think on death we may
Grow wiser by reflection.
Ah! turn on us again Thy face
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