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Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella

Author: Anonymous Meter: Irregular Appears in 12 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Bring a torch, Jeanette, Isabella Bring a torch, to the cradle run! It is Jesus, good folk of the village; Christ is born and Mary's calling: Ah! ah! beautiful is the mother! Ah! ah! beautiful is her Son! 2 It is wrong when the Child is sleeping, It is wrong to talk so loud; Silence, all as you gather around, Lest your noise should waken Jesus; Hush! hush! see how fast he slumbers; Hush! hush! see how fast he sleeps! 3 Softly to the little stable, Softly for a moment come; Look and see how charming is Jesus; How he is white, his cheeks are rosy! Hush! hush! see how the Child is sleeping; Hush! hush! see how he smiles in dream. Topics: Christmas Used With Tune: UN FLAMBEAU

Magnificat

Appears in 244 hymnals First Line: My soul doth magnify thy Lord Lyrics: 1 My soul doth magnify thy Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. 2 For he hath regarded the lowliness of his handmaiden. 3 For behold from hencefoth all generations shall call me blessed. 4 For he that is mighty hath magnified me; and holy is his Name. 5 And his mercy is on them that fear him throughout all generations. 6 He hath showed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. 7 He hath put down the mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble and meek. 8 He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away. 9 He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel; as he promised to our forefathers Abraham and his seed forever. Glory to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Used With Tune: [My soul doth magnify thy Lord]

Through the Night Thy Spirit Kept

Author: W. Canton Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 15 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Through the night thy spirit kept Watch beside me while I slept; Now the dark has passed away, Thank thee, Lord, for this new day. 2 North and south and east and west May thy holy name be blest; Everywhere beneath the sun, As in heav'n, thy will be done. 3 Give me food that I may live; Every naughtiness forgive; Keep all evil things away From thy children thro' this day. Amen. Topics: Morning Used With Tune: BOYCE

We Are But Minutes

Author: Anonymous Meter: 8.8.9.9 irregular Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: We are but minutes, little things Lyrics: 1 We are but minutes - little things Each one furnished with sixty wings, With which we fly on our unseen track, And not a minute ever comes back. 2 We are but minutes - yet each one bears A little burden of joys and cares, Patiently take the minutes of pain, The worst of minutes cannot remain. 3 We are but minutes - when we bring A few of the drops from pleasure's spring, Taste their sweetness while we stay, It takes but a minute to fly away. 4 We are but minutes - use us well, For how we are used we must one day tell; who uses us has hours to use, Who loses minutes whole years must lose. Topics: Conduct Used With Tune: ALLA TRINITA

Venite Exultemus Deo

Appears in 453 hymnals First Line: O come let us sing unto the Lord Lyrics: 1 O come let us sing unto the Lord; let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation. 2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; and show ourselves glad in him with psalms. 3 For the Lord is a great God; and a great King above all gods. 4 In his hand are all the corners of the earth; and the strength of the hills is his also. 5 The sea is his and he made it; and his hands prepared the dry land. 6 O come let us worship and fall down; and kneel before the Lord our Maker. 7 For he is the Lord our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. 8 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; let the whole earth stand in awe of him. 9 For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth and with righteousness to judge the world, and the peoples with his truth. Glory be to the Father and to the Son; and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end Amen. Used With Tune: [O come let us sing unto the Lord]

Saw You Never in the Twilight

Author: Cecil Frances Alexander Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 85 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Saw you never, in the twilight, When the sun had left the skies, Up in heav'n the clear stars shining Thro' the gloom, like silver eyes? So of old the wise men, watching, Saw a little stranger star, And they knew the King was given, And they follow'd it from far. 2 Heard you never of the story How they crossed the desert wild, Journeyed on by plain and mountain, Till they found the holy Child? How they opened all their treasure, Kneeling to that infant King; Gave the gold and fragrant incense, Gave the myrrh in offering? 3 Know ye not that lowly baby Was the bright and morning Star? He who came to light the Gentiles, And the darken'd isles afar? And we, too, may seek his cradle; There our hearts' best treasures bring; Love, and faith, and true devotion For our Saviour, God, and King. Amen. Topics: Epiphany Used With Tune: THE WISE MEN

Hearts Like Doors Will Open With Ease

Author: Anonymous Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: Hearts like doors will open with ease To very, very little keys; And don't forget that two are these "I thank you, Sir," and "If you please." Topics: Conduct Used With Tune: LARGHETTO

Our Father Made the Lovely Earth

Author: Harry Webb Farrington Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: God In the World Used With Tune: PATMOS

To God Who Makes All Lovely Things

Author: J. M. C. Crum Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: 1 To God who makes all lovely things How happy must our praises be! Each day a new surprise he brings, To make us glad is world to see. 2 How plentiful must be the mines From which he gives his gold away; In March he gives us celandines, he gives buttercups in May. 3 He grows the wheat and never stops; There's none can count the blades of green; And up among the elm-tree tops As many thousand leaves are seen. 4 And when the wheat is bound in sheaves He sends his wind among the trees, And down come all the merry leaves In yellow-twinkling companies. 5 On winter nights his quiet flakes Come falling, falling all the night, And when the world next morning wakes It finds itself all shining white. 6 He makes the sea that shines afar With waves that dance unceasingly; And every single little star That twinkles in the evening sky. 7 He made the people that I meet, The many people great and small In home and school, and down the street, And he made me to love them all. Used With Tune: DANIEL

For My Home And Friends I Thank Thee

Author: Unknown Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 9 hymnals Lyrics: 1 For my home and friends I thank thee, For my father, mother dear, For the hills, the trees, the flowers, And the s,y all bright and clear. 2 Those I love thou wilt watch over, Tho' they may be far away, For thou lovest little children, And wilt hear the words they say. Amen. Topics: Thanksgiving Used With Tune: HYMN OF THANKS