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City of God, how broad and far
Author: Samuel Johnson, 1822-1882 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 166 hymnals Lyrics: 1 City of God, how broad and far
outspread thy walls sublime!
The true thy chartered freemen are
of every age and clime:
2 One holy church, one army strong,
one steadfast, high intent;
one working band, one harvest-song,
one King omnipotent.
3 How purely hath thy speech come down
from man's primaeval youth!
How grandly hath thine empire grown
of freedom, love, and truth!
4 How gleam thy watch-fires through the night
with never-fainting ray!
How rise thy towers, serene and bright,
to meet the dawning day!
5 In vain the surge's angry shock,
in vain the drifting sands:
unharmed upon the eternal Rock
the eternal city stands. Topics: Proper 4 Year A; Proper 24 Year A; The City Scripture: Ephesians 4:4-6 Used With Tune: RICHMOND
City of God, how broad and far
Come, let us join our cheerful songs
Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,000 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Come, let us join our cheerful songs
with angels round the throne;
ten thousand thousand are their tongues,
but all their joys are one.
2 'Worthy the Lamb that died,' they cry,
'to be exalted thus';
'Worthy the Lamb,' our lips reply,
'for he was slain for us.'
3 Jesus is worthy to receive
honour and power divine;
and blessings, more than we can give,
be, Lord, for ever thine.
4 Let all that dwell above the sky,
and air, and earth, and seas,
conspire to lift thy glories high,
and speak thine endless praise.
5 The whole creation joins in one
to bless the sacred name
of him that sits upon the throne,
and to adore the Lamb. Topics: Epiphany II Year B; St. Michael and All Angels Scripture: Psalm 81:1 Used With Tune: NATIVITY
Come, let us join our cheerful songs
Come, thou fount of every blessing
Author: Robert Robinson, 1735-1790 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 2,205 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Come, thou fount of every blessing,
tune my heart to sing thy grace;
streams of mercy never ceasing
call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious measure
sung by flaming tongues above;
O the vast, the boundless treasure
of my Lord's unchanging love!
2 Here I find my greatest treasure:
hither by thy help I've come,
and I hope, by thy good pleasure,
safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
wandering from the fold of God;
he, to rescue me from danger,
interposed his precious blood.
3 O to grace how great a debtor
daily I'm constrained to be!
Let that grace, Lord, like a fetter,
bind my wandering heart to thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
prone to leave the God I love;
take my heart, O take and seal it,
seal it from thy courts above! Topics: Proper 10 Year B Scripture: 1 Peter 1:19 Used With Tune: NETTLETON
Come, thou fount of every blessing
Come, ye faithful, raise the anthem
Author: J. Hupton, 1762-1849; J. M. Neale, 1818-1866 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 77 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Come, ye faithful, raise the anthem,
cleave the skies with shouts of praise;
sing to him who found the ransom,
Ancient of eternal Days,
God of God, the Word incarnate,
whom the heaven of heaven obeys.
2 Ere he raised the lofty mountains,
formed the seas, or built the sky,
love eternal, free, and boundless,
moved the Lord of life to die,
fore-ordained the Prince of princes
for the throne of Calvary.
3 There, for us and our redemption,
see him all his life-blood pour!
There he wins our full salvation,
dies that we may die no more;
then, arising, lives for ever,
reigning where he was before.
4 High on yon celestial mountains
stands his sapphire throne, all bright,
midst unending alleluias
bursting from the sons of light;
Zion's people tell his praises,
victor after hard-won fight.
*5 Bring your harps, and bring your incense,
sweep the string and pour the lay;
let the earth proclaim his wonders,
King of that celestial day;
he the Lamb once slain is worthy,
who was dead, and lives for ay.
6 Laud and honour to the Father,
laud and honour to the Son,
laud and honour to the Spirit,
ever Three and ever One,
consubstantial, co-eternal,
while unending ages run. Topics: Proper 10 Year B; Second Sunday Before Advent Year B Scripture: 1 Peter 1:20 Used With Tune: NEANDER
Come, ye faithful, raise the anthem
Dear Lord and Father of mankind
Author: John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807-1892 Meter: 8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 504 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Dear Lord and Father of mankind,
forgive our foolish ways;
re-clothe us in our rightful mind,
in purer lives thy service find,
in deeper reverence praise.
2 In simple trust like theirs who heard,
beside the Syrian sea,
the gracious calling of the Lord,
let us, like them, without a word
rise up and follow thee.
*3 O Sabbath rest by Galilee!
O calm of hills above,
where Jesus knelt to share with thee
the silence of eternity,
interpreted by love!
4 Drop thy still dews of quietness,
till all our strivings cease;
take from our souls the strain and stress,
and let our ordered lives confess
the beauty of thy peace.
5 Breathe through the heats of our desire
thy coolness and thy balm;
let sense be dumb, let flesh retire;
speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire,
O still small voice of calm. Topics: Epiphany III Year A; Fifth Sunday Before Lent Year C; Ash Wednesday; Proper 7 Year C; Proper 21 Year B; Lent Scripture: 1 Kings 19:11-12 Used With Tune: REPTON
Dear Lord and Father of mankind
Eternal Father, strong to save
Author: William Whiting, 1825-1878 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 426 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Eternal Father, strong to save,
whose arm hath bound the restless wave,
who bidd'st the mighty ocean deep
its own appointed limits keep:
O hear us when we cry to thee
for those in peril on the sea.
2 O Christ, whose voice the waters heard
and hushed their raging at thy word,
who walkedst on the foaming deep,
and calm amid its rage didst sleep:
O hear us when we cry to thee
for those in peril on the sea.
3 O Holy Spirit, who didst brood
upon the waters dark and rude,
who bid their angry tumult cease,
and give, for wild confusion, peace:
O hear us when we cry to thee
for those in peril on the sea.
4 O Trinity of love and power,
our brethren shield in danger's hour;
from rock and tempest, fire and foe,
protect them wheresoe'er they go:
thus evermore shall rise to thee
glad hymns of praise from land and sea. Topics: Proper 7 Year B; Proper 12 Year B Scripture: 1 Kings 19:11-12 Used With Tune: MELITA
Eternal Father, strong to save
Father in whom we live
Author: Charles Wesley 1707-1788 Appears in 101 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Father in whom we live,
in whom we are and move,
the glory, power, and praise receive
of thy creating love.
Let all the angel throng
give thanks to God on high,
while earth repeats the joyful song,
and echoes to the sky.
2 Incarnate Deity,
let all the ransomed race
render in thanks their lives to thee
for thy redeeming grace.
The grace to sinners showed
ye heavenly choirs proclaim,
and cry: 'Salvation to our God,
salvation to the Lamb!'
3 Spirit of holiness,
let all thy saints adore
thy sacred energy, and bless
thine heart-renewing power.
Not angel tongues can tell
thy love's ecstatic height,
the glorious joy unspeakable,
the beatific sight.
4 Eternal triune Lord!
Let all the hosts above,
let all the sons of men, record
and dwell upon thy love.
When heaven and earth are fled
before thy glorious face,
sing all the saints thy love hath made
thine everlasting praise.
Topics: Trinity Sunday Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1 Used With Tune: DIADEMATA
Father in whom we live
Father of heaven, whose love profound
Author: Edward Cooper, 1770-1833 Appears in 240 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Father of heaven, whose love profound
a ransom for our souls hath found,
before thy throne we sinners bend,
to us thy pardoning love extend.
2 Almighty Son, incarnate Word,
our Prophet, Priest, Redeemer, Lord,
before thy throne we sinners bend,
to us thy saving grace extend.
3 Eternal Spirit, by whose breath
the soul is raised from sin and death,
before thy throne we sinners bend,
to us thy quickening power extend.
4 Thrice Holy! Father, Spirit, Son;
mysterious Godhead, Three in One,
before thy throne we sinners bend,
grace, pardon, life to us extend. Topics: Lent I Year C; Trinity Sunday; Proper 12 Year C Scripture: 1 Timothy 2:6 Used With Tune: RIVAULX
Father of heaven, whose love profound
Fill thou my life, O Lord my God
Author: Horatius Bonar, 1808-1889 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 95 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Fill thou my life, O Lord my God,
in every part with praise,
that my whole being may proclaim
thy being and thy ways.
2 Not for the lip of praise alone,
nor e'en the praising heart
I ask, but for a life made up
of praise in every part:
3 Praise in the common things of life,
its goings out and in;
praise in each duty and each deed,
however small and mean.
4 Fill every part of me with praise:
let all my being speak
of thee and of thy love, O Lord,
poor though I be and weak.
*5 So shalt thou, Lord, receive from me
the praise and glory due;
and so shall I begin on earth
the song for ever new.
*6 So shall each fear, each fret, each care,
be turnèd into song;
and every winding of the way
the echo shall prolong.
7 So shall no part of day or night
unblest or common be,
but all my life, in every step,
be fellowship with thee. Topics: Fourth Sunday Before Lent Year A; Proper 16 Year C; Proper 26 Year B; Baptism and Confirmation Used With Tune: RICHMOND
Fill thou my life, O Lord my God
Forth in the peace of Christ we go
Author: James Quinn, b. 1919 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 26 hymnals Topics: Third Sunday Before Advent Year C Scripture: 1 Peter 2:9 Used With Tune: DUKE STREET
Forth in the peace of Christ we go
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