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How beautiful upon the mountains

Appears in 4 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 52:7-10 Lyrics: How beautiful upon the mountains, How beautiful upon the mountains, How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace, that publisheth peace, that bringeth good tidings, good tidings of good. that publisheth salvation, that saith unto Sion, thy God reigneth, thy God reigneth. Break forth into joy, sing together, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem; for the Lord comforted His people, He hath redeemed Jerusalem. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! praise ye the Lord. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! praise ye the Lord. Topics: Psalms and Canticles Used With Tune: [How beautiful upon the mountains]

By Grace We Have Been Saved

Author: Frederick Whitfield; Rusty Edwards Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 52:7 First Line: By grace we have been saved through faith Refrain First Line: Oh, how I love Jesus! Topics: Faith; Jesus Christ Grace; Sin; Elements of Worship Forgiviness and Grace Used With Tune: OH, HOW I LOVE JESUS

How firm a foundation

Author: Richard Keen Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 2,121 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 52:7-10 First Line: How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord Lyrics: 1 How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, is laid for your faith in his excellent word; what more can he say than to you he hath said, you who unto Jesus for refuge have fled? 2 Fear not, he is with thee, O be not dismayed; for he is thy God, and will still give thee aid; he'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand, upheld by his righteous, omnipotent hand. 3 In every condition, in sickness, in health, in poverty's vale, or abounding in wealth; at home and abroad, on the land, on the sea, as thy days may demand shall thy strength ever be. 4 When through the deep waters he calls thee to go, the rivers of grief shall not thee overflow; for he will be with thee in trouble to bless, and sanctify to thee thy deepest distress. 5 When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie, his grace, all-sufficient shall be thy supply; the flame shall not hurt thee, his only design thy dross to consume and thy gold to refine. 6 The soul that on Jesus has leaned for repose, he will not, he cannot, desert to its foes; that soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake, he never will leave, he will never forsake. Topics: Grace and Providence; Suffering and Sorrow; Year A Baptism of Christ; Year A Proper 21; Years A, B, and C Monday of Holy Week Used With Tune: MONTGOMERY

My Country, 'Tis of Thee

Author: Samuel F. Smith, 1808-1895 Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 1,943 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 52:7 Lyrics: 1 My country,' tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing: land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrims' pride, from every mountainside let freedom ring! 2 My native country, thee, land of the noble free, thy name I love; I love thy rocks and rills, thy woods and templed hills; my heart with rapture thrills like that above. 3 Let music swell the breeze, and ring from all the trees sweet freedom's song; let mortal tongues awake, let all that breathe partake; let rocks their silence break, the sound prolong. 4 Our fathers' God, to thee, Author of liberty, to thee we sing: long may our land be bright with freedom's holy light; protect us by thy might, great God, our King! Used With Tune: AMERICA

Blow ye the trumpet, blow!

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 947 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 52:7 Used With Tune: LENOX

Watchman, Tell Us of the Night

Author: John Bowring Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 861 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 52:8 Lyrics: 1 Watchman, tell us of the night, what its signs of promise are. Traveler, what a wondrous sight: see that glory-beaming star. Watchman, does its beauteous ray news of joy or hope foretell? Traveler, yes; it brings the day, promised day of Israel. 2 Watchman, tell us of the night; higher yet that star ascends. Traveler, blessedness and light, peace and truth its course portends. Watchman, will its beams alone gild the spot that gave them birth? Traveler, ages are its own; see, it bursts o’er all the earth. 3 Watchman, tell us of the night, for the morning seems to dawn. Traveler, shadows take their flight; doubt and terror are withdrawn. Watchman, you may go your way; hasten to your quiet home. Traveler, we rejoice today, for Emmanuel has come! Topics: Jesus Christ Advent Used With Tune: ABERYSTWYTH

Hail to the Lord's Anointed

Author: James Montgomery, 1771-1854 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D with refrain Appears in 842 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 52:7 Topics: The Promised Christ: Advent; The Revealed Christ: Epiphany, Presentation and Baptism Used With Tune: CRÜGER (HERRNHUT)

Crown Him with Many Crowns

Author: Matthew Bridges (1800-1894); Godfrey Thring (1823-1903) Meter: 6.6.8.6 D Appears in 793 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 52:7-10 Lyrics: 1 Crown him with many crowns, the Lamb upon his throne: hark, how the heavenly anthem drowns all music but its own! Awake, my soul, and sing of him who died for thee, and hail him as thy matchless King through all eternity. 2 Crown him the Lord of life, who triumphed o'er the grave, and rose victorious in the strife for those he came to save. His glories now we sing who died and rose on high, who died eternal life to bring, and lives that death may die. 3 Crown him the Lord of peace, whose power a sceptre sways from pole to pole, that wars may cease, absorbed in prayer and praise. His reign shall know no end; and round his pierced feet fair flowers of paradise extend their fragrance ever sweet. 4 Crown him the Lord of love; behold his hands and side, rich wounds yet visible above in beauty glorified. All hail, Redeemer, hail! for thou hast died for me; thy praise shall never, never fail throughout eternity. Topics: Jesus, the Lamb; Praise of God; Reign of Christ; Ascension and Exaltation Used With Tune: DIADEMATA

Battle Hymn of the Republic

Author: Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910 Meter: 15.15.15.6 ith refrain Appears in 551 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 52:7 First Line: Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord Refrain First Line: Glory, glory, hallelujah! Lyrics: 1 Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord; he is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; he hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword; his truth is marching on. Refrain: Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah! Glory, glory, hallelujah! His truth is marching on. 2 I have seen him in the watchfires of a hundred circling camps, they have builded him an altar in the evening dews and damps; I can read his righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps; his day is marching on. [Refrain] 3 He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; he is sifting out the hearts of all before his judgment seat. O be swift, my soul, to answer him; be jubilant, my feet! Our God is marching on. [Refrain] 4 In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, with a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me; as he died to make us holy, let us die to make all free, while God is marching on. [Refrain] Used With Tune: BATTLE HYMN

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

Author: John Mason Neale, 1818-1866 Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain Appears in 509 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 52:10 Refrain First Line: Rejoice! Rejoice! Lyrics: 1 O come, O come, Emmanuel, And ransom captive Israel, That mourns in lonely exile here Until the Son of God appear. Refrain: Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to you, O Israel. 2 O come, O Wisdom from on high, Who order all things mightily; To us the path of knowledge show, And teach us in your ways to go. [Refrain] 3 O come, O come, great Lord of might, Who to your tribes on Sinai's height In ancient times once gave the Law, In cloud, and majesty, and awe. [Refrain] 4 O come, O Rod of Jesse's stem, From ev'ry foe deliver them That trust your mighty pow'r to save, And give them vict'ry o'er the grave. [Refrain] 5 O come, O Key of David, come, And open wide our heav'n home; Make safe the way that leads on high, And close the path to misery. [Refrain] 6 O come, O Dayspring from on high, And cheer us by your drawing nigh; Disperse the gloomy clouds of night, And death's dark shadow put to flight. [Refrain] 7 O come, Desire of nations, bind In one the hearts of humankind; O bid our sad divisions cease, And be for us our king of peace. [Refrain] Topics: Advent; Covenant/Law; Wisdom Used With Tune: VENI, VENI EMMANUEL Text Sources: Latin 9th C.