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Holy Father, cheer our way

Author: Rev. R. H. Robinson Meter: 7.7.7.5 Appears in 116 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Holy Father, cheer our way With Thy love's perpetual ray: Grant us ev'ry closing day Light at evening-time. 2 Holy Saviour, calm our fears When earth's brightness disappears: Grant us in our later years Light at evening-time. 3 Holy Spirit, be Thou nigh When in mortal pains we lie: Grant us as we come to die, Light at evening-time. 4 Holy, blessèd Trinity, Darkness is not dark to Thee: Those Thou keepest always see Light at evening-time. Amen. Topics: Daily Prayer Evening Used With Tune: [Holy Father, cheer our way]

Jesus, high in glory

Author: J. Erskine Clark Meter: 6.5 Appears in 187 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Jesus, high in glory, Lend a listening ear; When we bow before Thee, Children's praises hear. 2 Though Thou art so holy, Heaven's almighty King, Thou wilt stoop to listen, When Thy praise we sing. 3 We are little children, Weak and apt to stray; Saviour, guide and keep us In the heavenly way. 4 Save us, Lord, from sinning; Watch us day by day; Help us now to love Thee; Take our sins away. 5 Then, when Thou dost call us To our heavenly home, We shall gladly answer, Saviour, Lord, we come. Amen. Topics: For Children Used With Tune: [Jesus, high in glory]

Jesus lives! thy terrors now

Author: Miss Cox; C. F. Gellert Meter: 7.8 Appears in 278 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Jesus lives! thy terrors now Can no longer, death, appall us: Jesus lives! by this we know Thou, O grave, canst not enthrall us. Alleluia! 2 Jesus lives! henceforth is death But the gate of life immortal; This shall calm our trembling breath, When we pass its gloomy portal. Alleluia! 3 Jesus lives! for us He died; Then, alone to Jesus living, Pure in heart may we abide, Glory to our Saviour giving. Alleluia! 4 Jesus lives! our hearts know well Naught from us His love shall sever; Life, nor death, nor powers of hell Tear us from His keeping ever. Alleluia! 5 Jesus lives! to Him the throne Over all the world is given: May we go where He has gone, Rest and reign with Him in heaven. Alleluia! Amen. Topics: Eastertide; Burial of the Dead Used With Tune: [Jesus lives! thy terrors now]

Joy to the world! the Lord is come

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,863 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Joy to the world! the Lord is come: Let earth receive her King; Let ev'ry heart prepare Him room, And heaven and nature sing. 2 Joy to the world! the Savior reigns: Let men their songs employ; While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains, Repeat the sounding joy. 3 No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make His blessings flow Far as the curse is found. 4 He rules the world with truth and grace, And makes the nations prove The glories of His righteousness, And wonders of His love. Amen. Topics: General; Joy Used With Tune: [Joy to the world! the Lord is come]

Lord, it belongs not to my care

Author: Richard Baxter Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 258 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lord, it belongs not to my care Whether I die or live; To love and serve Thee is my share, And this Thy grace must give. 2 If life be long, oh, make me glad The longer to obey; If short, no laborer is sad To end his toilsome day. 3 Christ leads me through no darker rooms Than He went through before; And he that to God's kingdom comes Must enter by this door. 4 Come, Lord, when grace has made me meet Thy blessed face to see; For if Thy work on earth be sweet, What will Thy glory be? 5 Then I shall end my sad complaints And weary, sinful days, And join with the triumphant saints Who sing my Saviour's praise. 6 My knowledge of that life is small, The eye of faith is dim; But 'tis enough that Christ knows all, And I shall be with Him. Amen. Topics: Home and Personal Use Used With Tune: [Lord, it belongs not to my care]

My God, and is Thy table spread

Author: P. Doddridge Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 217 hymnals Lyrics: 1 My God, and is Thy table spread? And does Thy cup with love o'erflow? Thither be all Thy children led, And let them Thy sweet mercies know. 2 Hail! sacred feast, which Jesus makes, Rich banquet of His flesh and blood! Thrice happy he who here partakes That sacred stream, that heavenly food. 3 Oh, let Thy table honored be, And furnished well with joyful guests; And may each soul salvation see That here its sacred pledges tastes. 4 Drawn by Thy quickening grace, O Lord, In countless numbers let them come; And gather from their Father's board The bread that lives beyond the tomb. 5 Nor let Thy spreading gospel rest, Till through the world Thy truth has run; Till with this bread all men be blest, Who see the light or feel the sun. Amen. Used With Tune: [My God, and is Thy table spread]

My God, accept my heart this day

Author: Matthew Bridges Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 260 hymnals Lyrics: 1 My God, accept my heart this day, And make it always Thine, That I from Thee no more may stray, No more from Thee decline. 2 Before the Cross of Him Who died, Behold, I prostrate fall; Let every sin be crucified, And Christ be all in all. 3 Anoint me with Thy heavenly grace, And seal me for Thine own; That I may see Thy glorious face, And worship near Thy throne. 4 Let every thought, and work, and word, To Thee be ever given; Then life shall be Thy service, Lord, And death the gate of heaven! Amen. Topics: Parochial Missions; Consecration Used With Tune: [My God, accept my heart this day]

New every morning is the love

Author: Rev. J. Keble Meter: Irregular Appears in 361 hymnals First Line: New ev'ry morning is the love Lyrics: 1 New ev'ry morning is the love Our wakening and uprising prove; Through sleep and darkness safely brought, Restor'd to life, and pow'r, and tho't 2 New mercies, each returning day, Hover around us while we pray; New perils past, new sins forgiven, New thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven. 3 If on our daily course our mind Be set to hallow all we find, New treasures still, of countless price, God will provide for sacrifice. 4 Old friends, old scenes, will lovelier be, As more of heaven in each we see; Some softening gleam of love and prayer Shall dawn on every cross and care. 5 The trivial round, the common task, Will furnish all we need to ask; Room to deny ourselves, a road To bring us daily nearer God. 6 Only, O Lord, in Thy dear love, Fit us for perfect rest above; And help us, this and every day, To live more nearly as we pray. Amen. Topics: Daily Prayer Morning Used With Tune: [New ev'ry morning is the love]

Now thank we all our God

Author: Miss Winkworth; Martin Rinkart Meter: Irregular Appears in 688 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Now thank we all our God, With heart and hands and voices! Who wondrous things hath done, In Whom His world rejoices; Who from our mother's arms Hath blessed us on our way With countless gifts of love; And still is ours today. 2 Oh, may this bounteous God Through all our life be near us! With ever joyful hearts And blessed peace to cheer us; And keep us in His grace, And guide us when perplexed, And free us from all ills In this world and the next. Amen. Used With Tune: [Now thank we all our God]

O happy band of pilgrims

Author: Rev. J. M. Neale; St. Joseph Meter: 7.6 Appears in 183 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O happy band of pilgrims, If onward ye will tread With Jesus as your Fellow To Jesus as your Head! 2 Oh, happy, if ye labor As Jesus did for men! Oh, happy, if ye hunger As Jesus hungered then! 3 The cross that Jesus carried He carried as your due: The crown that Jesus weareth He weareth it for you. 4 The faith by which ye see Him, The hope in which ye yearn, The love that through all troubles To Him alone will turn; 5 The trials that beset you, The sorrows ye endure, The manifold temptations That death alone can cure; 6 What are they, but His jewels Of right celestial worth? What are they but the ladder, Set up to heaven on earth? 7 O happy band of pilgrims, Look upward to the skies, Where such a light affliction Shall win so great a prize! Amen. Topics: Processional; Lay Helpers; Associations or Guilds; Perseverance; Work Used With Tune: [O happy band of pilgrims]