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Ye boundless realms of joy

Meter: 6.6.6.6.4.4.4.4 Appears in 160 hymnals Topics: Praise and Thanksgiving Scripture: Psalm 148 Used With Tune: CROFT'S 136TH Text Sources: Tate and Brady, 1696.

Author: Isaac Watts (1674-1748) Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 336 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Join all the glorious names of wisdom, love, and power, that mortals ever knew, that angels ever bore: all are too mean to speak his worth, too mean to set my Saviour forth. 2 Great Prophet of my God, my tongue would bless your name; by you the joyful news of our salvation came: the joyful news of sins forgiven, of hell subdued, and peace with heaven. 3 Jesus, my great High Priest, offered his blood and died; my guilty conscience seeks no sacrifice beside; his powerful blood did once atone, and now it pleads before the throne. 4 My dear Almighty Lord, my Conqueror and my King, your sceptre and your sword, your reigning grace, I sing: yours is the power: behold I sit in willing service at your feet. 5 Now let my soul arise, and tread the tempter down: my Captain leads me forth to conquest and a crown: a feeble saint shall win the day, though death and hell obstruct the way. Topics: Life in Christ Christ Risen - Reign and Priesthood; Jesus Names and images for Scripture: 1 John 2:1 Used With Tune: CROFT'S 136th

The year of jubilee has come

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Appears in 948 hymnals First Line: Blow ye the trumpet, blow Used With Tune: Croft's 136th (Bodmin)

Ye holy angels bright

Author: John Hampden Gurney, 1802 - 62; Richard Baxter, 1615 - 91 Appears in 114 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Ye holy angels bright, Who wait at God's right hand, Or through the realms of light Fly at your Lord's command: Assist our song, Or else the theme Too high doth seem For mortal tongue. 2 Ye blessed souls at rest, Who ran this earthly race, And now, from sin released, Behold the Saviour's face, His praises sound, As in his sight With sweet delight Ye do abound. 3 Ye saints, who toil below, Adore your heavenly King, And onward as ye go Some joyful anthem sing; Take what he gives And praise him still, Through good or ill, Who ever lives! 4 My soul, bear thou thy part, Triumph in God above, And with a well-tuned heart Sing thou the songs of love; Let all thy days Till life shall end, Whate'er he send, Be filled with praise. Topics: The Church Year Saints' Days - Minor Festivals; The Church Worship - The Lord's Day; The Church Worship - The Beginning of Service; The Church Worship - The Close of Service; The Church Worship - Morning; The Life In Christ Adoration and Praise; The Life In Christ Commemoration Used With Tune: CROFT'S 136TH

Christ Is Our Cornerstone

Author: John Chandler Appears in 186 hymnals First Line: Christ is our Corner-stone Topics: Christ Chief Corner Stone Used With Tune: CROFTS

The glory of the Lord

Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 23 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 19 Used With Tune: CROFT'S 136th Text Sources: United Presbyterian Book of Psalms, 1871, alt.

Welcome, delightful morn

Author: Hayward Appears in 471 hymnals Used With Tune: CROFT'S 148TH

Arise, O God, and Shine

Author: William Hurn, 1754-1829 Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 50 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Arise, O God, and shine In all thy saving might, And prosper each design To spread thy glorious light; Let healing streams of mercy flow That all the earth thy truth may know. 2. Bring distant nations near To sing thy glorious praise; Let every people hear And learn thy holy ways. Reign, mighty God, assert thy cause, And govern by thy righteous laws. 3. To God, the only wise, The one immortal king, Let hallelujahs rise From every living thing; Let all that breathe, on every coast, Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Used With Tune: CROFT'S 136TH