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Silent Prayer

Author: Anonymous Hymnal: BHPPD866 #101 (1866) Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: Sweet is the prayer whose holy stream Lyrics: Sweet is the prayer whose holy stream In earnest pleading flows; Devotion dwells upon the theme, And warm and warmer glows. Faith grasps the blessing she desires, Hope points the upward gaze; And love, untrembling love, inspires The eloquence of praise. But sweeter far the still, small voice, Heard by no human ear, When God hath made the heart rejoice, And dried the bitter tear. Nor accents flow, nor words ascend; All utterance faileth there; But listening spirits comprehend, And God accepts the prayer. Languages: English

Advent

Author: Bowring Hymnal: BHPPD866 #102 (1866) First Line: Watchman! tell us of the night Lyrics: Watchman! tell us of the night, What its signs of promise are; Traveller! o’er yon mountain’s height, See that glory-beaming star! Watchman! does its beauteous ray Aught of hope or joy foretell? Traveller! yes; it brings the day, Promised day of Israel! Watchman! tell us of the night, Higher yet the star ascends; Traveller! blessedness and light, Peace and truth, its course portends. Watchman! will its beams alone Gild the spot that gave them birth? Traveller! ages are its own; See, it bursts o’er all the earth. Watchman! tell us of the night, For the morning seems to dawn; Traveller! darkness takes its flight; Doubt and terror are withdrawn. Watchman! let thy wanderings cease; Hie thee to thy quiet home; Traveller! lo! the Prince of Peace, Lo! the Son of God, is come. Languages: English

“Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord!”

Author: Drummond Hymnal: BHPPD866 #103 (1866) First Line: A Voice from the desert comes awful and shrill Lyrics: A Voice from the desert comes awful and shrill; The Lord is advancing; prepare ye the way! The word of Jehovah he comes to fulfil, And o’er the dark world pour the splendor of day. Bring down the proud mountain, though towering to heaven, And be the low valley exalted on high; The rough path and crooked be made smooth and even, For, Zion! your King, your Redeemer, is nigh. The beams of salvation his progress illume, The lone, dreary wilderness sings of her God; The rose and the myrtle there suddenly bloom, And the olive of peace spreads its branches abroad. Languages: English

The Dayspring From on High

Author: Gaskell Hymnal: BHPPD866 #104 (1866) First Line: Darkness o'er the world was brooding Lyrics: Darkness o’er the world was brooding Sadder than Egyptian gloom; Souls by myriads lay in slumber Deep as of the sealed tomb. Earth had lost the links which bound it To the throne of light above; Yet an eye was watching o’er it, And that eye was full of love. Like a glorious beam of morning, Straight a ray pierced through the cloud, Spirits mightily awakening From their dark and heavy shroud. Still that ray shines on and brightens, Chasing mist and gloom away; Happy they on whom it gathers With its full and perfect day! Languages: English

The Nativity

Author: Patrick Hymnal: BHPPD866 #105 (1866) Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: While shepherds watched their flocks by night Lyrics: While shepherds watched their flocks by night, All seated on the ground, The angel of the Lord came down, And glory shone around. “Fear not,” said he,—for mighty dread Had seized their troubled mind,— “Glad tidings of great joy I bring To you and all mankind. “To you, in David’s town, this day Is born, of David’s line, The Saviour, who is Christ the Lord; And this shall be the sign: “The heavenly babe you there shall find To human view displayed, All meanly wrapped in swathing bands, And in a manger laid.” Thus spake the seraph, and forthwith Appeared a shining throng Of angels, praising God, who thus Address their joyful song: “All glory be to God on high, And to the earth be peace! Good-will henceforth, from heaven to men, Begin and never cease!” Languages: English

The Birth-Song of Christ

Author: E. H. Sears Hymnal: BHPPD866 #106 (1866) Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: Calm on the listening ear of night Lyrics: Calm on the listening ear of night Come heaven’s melodious strains, Where wild Judea stretches far Her silver-mantled plains! Celestial choirs from courts above Shed sacred glories there; And angels, with their sparkling lyres, Make music on the air. The answering hills of Palestine Send back the glad reply; And greet, from all their holy heights, The dayspring from on high. O’er the blue depths of Galilee There comes a holier calm, And Sharon waves, in solemn praise, Her silent groves of palm. “Glory to God!” the sounding skies Loud with their anthems ring, “Peace to the earth, good-will to men From heaven’s Eternal King!” Light on thy hills, Jerusalem! The Saviour now is born! And bright on Bethlehem’s joyous plains Breaks the first Christmas morn. Languages: English

Hymn for Christmas

Author: Mrs. Hemans Hymnal: BHPPD866 #107 (1866) Meter: Irregular First Line: O Lovely Voices of the sky Lyrics: O Lovely Voices of the sky, Which hymned the Saviour’s birth, Are ye not singing still on high, Ye that sang, “Peace on earth”? To us yet speak the strains, Wherewith, in time gone by, Ye blessed the Syrian swains,— O Voices of the sky! O clear and shining Light, whose beams, That hour, heaven’s glory shed Around the palms, and o’er the streams, And on the shepherds’ head! Be near, through life and death, As in that holiest night Of hope, and joy, and faith; O clear and shining Light! O Star which led to Him whose love Brought down man’s ransom free! Where art thou?—’midst the host above May we still gaze on thee? In heaven thou art not set, Thy rays earth may not dim; Send them to guide us yet, O Star which led to Him! Languages: English

Epiphany

Author: Heber Hymnal: BHPPD866 #108 (1866) First Line: Brightest and best of the sons of the morning Lyrics: Brightest and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid! Star of the East, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid! Say, shall we yield him, in costly devotion, Odors of Edom, and offerings divine? Gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean, Myrrh from the forest, or gold from the mine? Vainly we offer each costly oblation; Vainly with gifts would his favor secure: Richer by far is the heart’s adoration; Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor. Brightest and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid! Star of the East, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid. Languages: English

Mission of Christ

Author: Doddridge Hymnal: BHPPD866 #109 (1866) Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: Hark! the glad sound! the Saviour comes Lyrics: Hark! the glad sound! the Saviour comes, The Saviour promised long; Let every heart prepare a home, And every voice a song. On him the Spirit, largely poured, Abides with holy fire; Wisdom and might, and zeal and love, His sacred breast inspire. He comes the prisoners to release, In wretched bondage held; The gates of brass before him burst, The iron fetters yield. He comes, the broken heart to bind, The bleeding soul to cure, And, with the treasures of his grace, Enrich the humble poor. Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace! Thy welcome shall proclaim; And heaven’s eternal arches ring With thy beloved name. Languages: English

Christ’s Coming

Author: Watts Hymnal: BHPPD866 #110 (1866) Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: Joy to the world! the Lord is come! Lyrics: Joy to the world! the Lord is come! Let earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare him room, And heaven and nature sing. Joy to the earth! the Saviour reigns! Let men their songs employ; While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains Repeat the sounding joy. No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make his blessings flow As far as sin is found. He rules the world with truth and grace, And makes the nations prove The glories of his righteousness, And wonders of his love. Languages: English