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I heard the bells on Christmas day

Author: Henry W. Longfellow Appears in 115 hymnals Used With Tune: CANONBURY

The House of God

Appears in 15 hymnals First Line: 'Twas like a dream, when by the Lord Scripture: Psalm 126 Used With Tune: ['Twas like a dream, when by the Lord]

Author: Fred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 13 hymnals First Line: How blest are they who trust in Christ Lyrics: 1 How blest are they who trust in Christ when we and those we love must part: we yield them up, for go they must, but do not lose them from our heart. 2 In ripened age, their harvest reaped, or gone from us in youth or prime, in Christ they have eternal life, released from all the bonds of time. 3 In Christ, who tasted death for us, we rise above our natural grief, and witness to a stricken world the strength and splendor of belief. Scripture: Hebrews 2:9 Used With Tune: CANONBURY

O Bow Thine Ear, Eternal One

Author: John Pierpont Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 90 hymnals First Line: O bow Thine ear, eternal One! Lyrics: 1 O bow Thine ear, eternal One! On Thee our heart adoring calls; To Thee the followers of Thy Son Have raised and now devote these walls. 2 Here let Thy holy days be kept; And be this place―to worship given― Like that bright spot where Jacob slept, The house of God, the gate of Heaven. 3 Here may Thine honor dwell; and here As incense, let Thy children’s prayer, From contrite hearts and lips sincere, Rise on the still and holy air. 4 Here be Thy praise devoutly sung; Here let Thy truth beam forth to save, As when, of old, Thy Spirit hung On wings of light o’er Jordan’s wave. 5 And when the lips, that with Thy name Are vocal now, to dust shall turn, On others may devotion’s flame Be kindled here, and purely burn. Used With Tune: CANONBURY Text Sources: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Social and Private Worship (Boston: John B. Russell, 1823)

The Angels' Song

Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Glory to God, the angels said Used With Tune: [Glory to God, the angels said]

O sweetly breathe the lyres above

Author: Ray Palmer Appears in 69 hymnals Topics: Love and Gratitude; Name of Jesus Used With Tune: CANONBURY

Diverse in Culture, Nation, Race

Author: Ruth Duck Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 12 hymnals Topics: The Church as Community Identity; Church; Justice; Ministry Used With Tune: CANONBURY