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Hail, thou ever-blessed morn!

Author: Edward Caswall, 1814-1878 Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain Appears in 164 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 9:6 First Line: See, amid the winter's snow Lyrics: 1 See, amid the winter's snow, born for us on earth below, see, the Lamb of God appears, promised from eternal years! Refrain: Hail, thou ever-blessèd morn! Hail, redemption's happy dawn! Sing through all Jerusalem: Christ is born in Bethlehem! 2 Lo, within a manger lies he who built the starry skies, he who, throned in height sublime, sits amid the cherubim! [Refrain] 3 Say, ye holy shepherds, say, what your joyful news today; wherefore have ye left your sheep on the lonely mountain steep? [Refrain] 4 'As we watched at dead of night, lo, we saw a wondrous light; angels, singing "Peace on earth", told us of a Saviour's birth.' [Refrain] 5 Sacred Infant, all divine, what a tender love was thine, thus to come from highest bliss down to such a world as this! [Refrain] Topics: Christmas; Christmas I Year B Used With Tune: HUMILITY (OXFORD)

Comfort, Comfort Now My People

Author: Catherine Winkworth, 1827-1878; Johannes G. Olearius, 1611-1684 Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7.8.8 Appears in 126 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 9:2 First Line: "Comfort, comfort now my people Lyrics: 1 "Comfort, comfort now my people; tell of peace!" so says our God. Comfort those who sit in darkness mourning under sorrow's load. To God's people now proclaim that God's pardon waits for them! Tell them that their war is over; God will reign in peace forever! 2 For the herald's voice is crying in the desert far and near, calling us to true repentance since the Kingdom now is here. Oh, that warning cry obey! Now prepare for God a way! Let the valleys rise to meet him, and the hills bow down to greet him! 3 Straight shall be what long was crooked, and the rougher places plain! Let your hearts be true and humble, as befits his holy reign! For the glory of the Lord now on earth is shed abroad, and all flesh shall see the token that God's word is never broken. Topics: Promise & Hope Used With Tune: GENEVAN 42

Hark! hark!--the notes of joy

Author: Anon. Appears in 95 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 9:6-7 Lyrics: 1 Hark! hark!--the notes of joy Roll o'er the heavenly plains, And seraphs find employ For their sublimest strains; Some new delight in heaven is known; Loud sound the harps around the throne. 2 Hark! hark! the sounds draw nigh, The joyful hosts descend; Jesus forsakes the sky, To earth his footsteps bend: He comes to bless our fallen race; He comes with messages of grace. 3 Bear, bear the tidings round; Let every mortal know What love in God is found, What pity he can show: Ye winds that blow! ye waves that roll! Bear the glad news from pole to pole. 4 Strike, strike the harps again, To great Immanuel's name; Arise, ye sons of men! And all his grace proclaim: Angels and men! wake every string, 'Tis God the Saviour's praise we sing. Topics: Christ Incarnation; The Glad Tidings

Creator of the stars of night

Author: John Mason Neale, 1818-1866 Appears in 91 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 9:1-2 Lyrics: 1 Creator of the stars of night, your people’s everlasting light, O Christ, the Saviour of us all, we pray, oh hear us when we call. 2 To you the labour pain was known that made the whole creation groan, until the time that you would free your own in glorious liberty. 3 Old was the world that drew toward night; you came, but not in splendour bright as monarch, but the humble child of Mary, faithful mother mild. 4 At your great name, Christ Jesus, now all knees must bend; all hearts must bow; all things on earth with one accord join those in heaven your name shall bless. 5 Come in your holy might, we pray; redeem us for eternal day, when all your judgements will be known and power of darkness overthrown. 6 To God the Father, God the Son and God the Spirit, Three-in-One, laud, honour, might and glory be from age to age eternally. Amen. Topics: Church Year Advent; Creation; Freedom / Liberation; Hymns with Doxologies; Jesus Christ Name of; Light Used With Tune: CONDITOR ALME SIDERUM Text Sources: Latin, anonymous, 9th century

I Walk with the King

Author: James Rowe Meter: 11.11.11.11.9.8.10.8 Appears in 85 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 9:6 First Line: In sorrow I wandered, my spirit oppressed Refrain First Line: I walk with the King, hallelujah! Lyrics: 1 In sorrow I wandered, my spirit oppressed, But now I am happy—securely I rest; From morning till evening glad carols I sing, And this is the reason—I walk with the King. Refrain: I walk with the King, hallelujah! I walk with the King, praise His Name! No longer I roam, my soul faces home, I walk and I talk with the King. 2 For years in the fetters of sin I was bound, The world could not help me—no comfort I found; But now like the birds and the sunbeams of spring, I’m free and rejoicing—I walk with the King. [Refrain] 3 O soul near despair in the lowlands of strife, Look up and let Jesus come into your life; The joy of salvation to you He would bring— Come into the sunlight and walk with the King. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [In sorrow I wandered, my spirit oppressed] Text Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/I_Walk_with_the_King); Review and Herald Publishing Association, The Gospel in Song, 1926 (89)

Immanuel

Author: Sarah Slinn Appears in 82 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 9:6 First Line: God with us! oh, glorious name! Lyrics: 1 God with us! oh, glorious name! Let it shine in endless fame; God and man in Christ unite; Oh, mysterious depth and height! God with us! the eternal Son Took our soul, our flesh, and bone; Now, ye saints, his grace admire, Swell the song with holy fire. 2 God with us! but tainted not With the first transgressor's blot; Yet did he our sins sustain, Bear the guilt, the curse, the pain. God with us! oh, wondrous grace! Let us see him face to face; That we may Immanuel sing, As we ought, our God and King! Topics: Advent of Christ At Birth; Christ Advent at Birth; Christ Divinity of; Christ Humanity of; Christ Incarnation of; Christ Immanuel; Christ Life on the Earth

He's a Wonderful Savior to Me

Author: Virgil P. Brock Meter: 11.9.11.9 with refrain Appears in 73 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 9:6 First Line: I was lost in sin, but Jesus rescued me Refrain First Line: For He’s a wonderful Savior to me Lyrics: 1 I was lost in sin, but Jesus rescued me, He’s a wonderful Savior to me; I was bound by fear, but Jesus set me free, He’s a wonderful Savior to me. Refrain: For He’s a wonderful Savior to me, He’s a wonderful Savior to me; I was lost in sin, but Jesus took me in: He’s a wonderful Savior to me. 2 He’s a Friend so true, so patient and so kind, He’s a wonderful Savior to me; Everything I need in Him I always find, He’s a wonderful Savior to me. [Refrain] 3 He is always near to comfort and to cheer, He’s a wonderful Savior to me; He forgives my sins, He dries my every tear, He’s a wonderful Savior to me. [Refrain] 4 Dearer grows the love of Jesus day by day, He’s a wonderful Savior to me. Sweeter is His grace while pressing on my way, He’s a wonderful Savior to me. [Refrain] Topics: Jesus/Savior Used With Tune: [I was lost in sin, but Jesus rescued me] Text Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Hes_a_Wonderful_Savior_to_Me); Anonymous/Unknown, The Blue Book (140)

Here I Am, Lord

Author: Daniel L. Schutte, 1947- Appears in 63 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 9:2 First Line: I, the Lord of sea and sky Used With Tune: [I, the Lord of sea and sky]

Peace Be to This Congregation

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 59 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 9:1-7 Lyrics: 1 Peace be to this congregation, peace to ev'ry soul therein, peace, which flows from Christ's salvation, peace, the seal of cancelled sin, peace that speaks its heavenly Giver, peace, to earthly minds unknown, peace divine that lasts forever here erect its glorious throne. 3 Jesus, Prince of peace, be near us; fix in all our hearts your home; with your gracious presence cheer us; let your sacred kingdom come; raise to heav'n our expectation, give our favored souls to prove glorious and complete salvation, in the realms of bliss above. Topics: Worship; Christ--Presence of; Peace, inner; Worship Used With Tune: CASSEL

Since the Fullness of His Love Came In

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt Meter: 8.7.8.9.10.9.8.7.10.9.8.9 Appears in 54 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 9:2 First Line: Once my way was dark and dreary Refrain First Line: I can never tell how much I love Him Lyrics: 1 Once my way was dark and dreary, For my heart was full of sin, But the sky is bright and cheery, Since the fullness of His love came in. Refrain: I can never tell how much I love Him, I can never tell His love for me, For it passeth human measure, Like a deep, unfathomed sea; ’Tis redeeming love in Christ my Savior, In my soul the heav’nly joys begin; And I live for Jesus only, Since the fullness of His love came in. 2 There is grace for all the lowly, Grace to keep the trusting soul: Pow’r to cleanse and make me holy, Jesus shall my yielded life control. [Refrain] 3 Let me spread abroad the story, Other souls to Jesus win; For the cross is now my glory, Since the fullness of His love came in. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Once my way was dark and dreary] Text Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Since_the_Fullness_of_His_Love_Came_In); Review and Herald Publishing Association, The Gospel in Song, 1926 (180)