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Praise the Lord! Ye heavens adore him

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 754 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Praise the Lord! Ye heavens, adore him; praise him, angels, in the height; sun and moon, rejoice before him, praise him, all ye stars and light. Praise the Lord! for he hath spoken; worlds his mighty voice obeyed: laws, which never shall be broken, for their guidance he hath made. 2 Praise the Lord! for he is glorious; never shall his promise fail: God hath made his saints victorious; sin and death shall not prevail. Praise the God of our salvation; hosts on high, his power proclaim; heaven and earth and all creation, laud and magnify his name! Scripture: 1 Chronicles 16:35 Used With Tune: AUSTRIA Text Sources: Foundling Hospital Collection, c. 1796

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation

Author: Joachim Neander, 1650-1680; Catherine Winkworth, 1827-1878 Meter: 14.14.4.7.8 Appears in 385 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation; O my soul, praise him, for he is thy health and salvation: all ye who hear, now to his temple draw near, joining in glad adoration. 2 Praise to the Lord, who o'er all things so wondrously reigneth, shieldeth thee gently from harm, or when fainting sustaineth: hast thou not seen how thy heart's wishes have been granted in what he ordaineth? 3 Praise to the Lord, who doth prosper thy work and defend thee; surely his goodness and mercy shall daily attend thee: ponder anew what the Almighty can do, if to the end he befriend thee. 4 Praise to the Lord! O let all that is in me adore him! All that hath life and breath, come now with praises before him! Let the Amen sound from his people again: gladly for aye we adore him! Topics: Proper 16 Year C Scripture: 3 John 2 Used With Tune: LOBE DEN HERREN (PRAXIS PIETATIS)

Prayer is the soul's sincere desire

Author: James Montgomery, 1771-1854 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 849 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Prayer is the soul's sincere desire, uttered or unexpressed; the motion of a hidden fire that trembles in the breast. 2 Prayer is the simplest form of speech that infant lips can try, prayer the sublimest strains that reach the Majesty on high. 3 Prayer is the Christian's vital breath, the Christian's native air, his watchword at the gates of death: he enters heaven with prayer. 4 Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice, returning from his ways; while angels in their songs rejoice, and cry, 'Behold, he prays! 5 The saints in prayer appear as one, in word and deed and mind; while with the Father and the Son sweet fellowship they find. 6 Nor prayer is made on earth alone: the Holy Spirit pleads, and Jesus on the eternal throne for sinners intercedes. 7 O Thou by whom we come to God, the Life, the Truth, the Way, the path of prayer thyself hast trod: Lord, teach us how to pray! Topics: Proper 12 Year C Scripture: 1 John 1:1-3 Used With Tune: BEATITUDO

Rejoice! the Lord is King

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 742 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Rejoice! The Lord is King, your Lord and King adore; mortals, give thanks and sing, and triumph evermore: Refrain: Lift up your heart, lift up your voice; rejoice, again I say, rejoice. 2 Jesus the Saviour reigns, the God of truth and love; when he had purged our stains, he took his seat above: [Refrain] 3 His kingdom cannot fail; he rules o'er earth and heaven; the keys of death and hell are to our Jesus given: [Refrain] 4 He sits at God's right hand till all his foes submit, and bow to his command, and fall beneath his feet: [Refrain] 5 Rejoice in glorious hope; Jesus the judge shall come, and take his servants up to their eternal home: We soon shall hear the archangel's voice; the trump of God shall sound: rejoice! Topics: Advent III Year C; Ascension Day; Easter VII Year A; Third Sunday Before Advent Year A; Christ the King Year A Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:24-28 Used With Tune: GOPSAL

Rock of ages, cleft for me

Author: A. M. Toplady, 1740-1778 Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 2,907 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Rock of ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in thee; let the water and the blood, from thy riven side which flowed, be of sin the double cure: cleanse me from its guilt and power. 2 Not the labours of my hands can fulfil thy law's demands; could my zeal no respite know, could my tears for ever flow, all for sin could not atone: thou must save, and thou alone. 3 Nothing in my hand I bring, simply to thy cross I cling; naked, come to thee for dress; helpless, look to thee for grace; foul, I to the fountain fly; wash me, Saviour, or I die. 4 While I draw this fleeting breath, when my eyelids close in death, when I soar through tracts unknown, see thee on thy judgement throne; Rock of ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in thee. Topics: Lent III Year C; Proper 4 Year A; Funerals, Commemoration, Remembrance and All Souls Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:10 Used With Tune: PETRA

Soldiers of Christ, arise

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 895 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Soldiers of Christ, arise, and put your armour on, strong in the strength which God supplies, through his eternal Son; 2 Strong in the Lord of Hosts, and in his mighty power: who in the strength of Jesus trusts is more than conqueror. 3 Stand then in his great might, with all his strength endued; and take, to arm you for the fight, the panoply of God. 4 From strength to strength go on, wrestle and fight and pray; tread all the powers of darkness down, and win the well-fought day; 5 that, having all things done, and all your conflicts past, ye may o'ercome, through Christ alone, and stand entire at last. Topics: Second Sunday Before Advent Year A; Lent Scripture: 1 Samuel 30:6 Used With Tune: ST ETHELWALD

Stand up, and bless the Lord

Author: James Montgomery, 1771-1854 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 398 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Stand up, and bless the Lord, ye people of his choice; stand up, and bless the Lord your God with heart and soul and voice. 2 Though high above all praise, above all blessing high, who would not fear his holy name, and laud and magnify? 3 O for the living flame from his own altar brought, to touch our lips, our mind inspire, and wing to heaven our thought. 4 God is our strength and song, and his salvation ours; then be his love in Christ proclaimed with all our ransomed powers. 5 Stand up, and bless the Lord, the Lord your God adore; stand up, and bless his glorious name henceforth for evermore. Scripture: 1 Peter 2:9 Used With Tune: CARLISLE

Take my life, and let it be

Author: Frances Ridley Havergal, 1836-1879 Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 1,204 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Take my life, and let it be consecrated, Lord, to thee; take my moments and my days, let them flow in ceaseless praise. 2 Take my hands, and let them move at the impulse of thy love; take my feet, and let them be swift and beautiful for thee. 3 Take my voice, and let me sing always, only, for my King; take my lips, and let them be filled with messages from thee. 4 Take my silver and my gold; not a mite would I withhold; take my intellect, and use every power as thou shalt choose. 5 Take my will, and make it thine: it shall be no longer mine; take my heart: it is thine own; it shall be thy royal throne. 6 Take my love; my Lord, I pour at thy feet its treasure-store; take myself, and I will be ever, only, all for thee. Topics: Fourth Sunday Before Lent Year A; Lent III Year B; Proper 8 Year A; Proper 20 Year A; Third Sunday Before Advent Year B; Baptism and Confirmation Scripture: Acts 4:34-37 Used With Tune: ST BEES

Take up thy cross, the Saviour said

Author: C. W. Everest, 1814-1877 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 297 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Take up thy cross, the Saviour said, if thou wouldst my disciple be; deny thyself, the world forsake, and humbly follow after me. 2 Take up thy cross: let not its weight fill thy weak spirit with alarm; his strength shall bear thy spirit up, and brace thy heart, and nerve thine arm. 3 Take up thy cross, nor heed the shame, nor let thy foolish pride rebel: thy Lord for thee the cross endured, to save thy soul from death and hell. 4 Take up thy cross then in his strength, and calmly every danger brave; 'twill guide thee to a better home, and lead to victory o'er the grave. 5 Take up thy cross, and follow Christ, nor think till death to lay it down; for only they who bear the cross may hope to wear the glorious crown. 6 To thee, great Lord, the One in Three, all praise for evermore ascend: O grant us in our home to see the heavenly life that knows no end. Topics: Proper 7 Year A; Lent; Passiontide and Holy Week Scripture: Luke 9:23 Used With Tune: BRESLAU

Teach me, my God and King

Author: George Herbert, 1593-1633 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 263 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Teach me, my God and King, in all things thee to see; and what I do in anything to do it as for thee. 2 A man that looks on glass, on it may stay his eye; or, if he pleaseth, through it pass, and then the heaven espy. 3 All may of thee partake; nothing can be so mean which, with this tincture, For thy sake, will not grow bright and clean. 4 A servant with this clause makes drudgery divine; who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, makes that and the action fine. 5 This is the famous stone that turneth all to gold; for that which God doth touch and own cannot for less be told. Topics: Proper 20 Year B Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:31 Used With Tune: SANDYS