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Our Own Hymn Book: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Public, Social and Private Worship is unavailable, but you can change that!

For years, the congregation at the Metropolitan Tabernacle used two hymnals—one compiled by John Rippon and the other by Isaac Watts. The confusion caused by two hymnals prompted the church to compile this new hymnal during the years of Charles Spurgeon. Our Own Hymn Book reflects the sentiments of the church and Spurgeon’s influence. It contains the texts of hundreds of hymns, plus metrical...

mighty Lord? Why slumbers in its sheath Thy sword? Oh, rouse Thee, for Thine honour’s sake; Arm of the Lord, awake, awake! 3 Behold, what numbers still withstand Thy sovereign rule and just command, Reject Thy grace, Thy threats despise, And hurl defiance at the skies. 4 Haste then, but come not to destroy; Mercy is Thine, Thy crown, Thy joy; Their hatred quell, their pride remove, But melt with grace, subdue with love. 5 Why dost Thou from the conquest stay? Why do Thy chariot wheels delay? Lift