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Watchman, Tell Us of the Night
Author: John Bowring Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 863 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 40:9 Lyrics: 1 Watchman, tell us of the night,
what its signs of promise are.
Trav'ler, o'er yon mountain's height
see that glory-beaming star.
Watchman, does its beauteous ray
aught of joy or hope foretell?
Trav'ler, yes, it brings the day,
promised day of Israel.
2 Watchman, tell us of the night,
higher yet that star ascends.
Trav'ler, blessedness and light,
peace and truth its course portends.
Watchman, will its beams alone
gild the spot that gave them birth?
Trav'ler, 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.
Trav'ler, darkness takes its flight;
doubt and terror are withdrawn.
Watchman, let thy wand'rings cease;
hie thee to thy quiet home.
Trav'ler, lo! the Prince of Peace,
lo! the Son of God is come!
Used With Tune: WATCHMAN
Watchman, Tell Us of the Night
The Church's one foundation
Author: Samuel John Stone (1839-1900) Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 858 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 40:8 Lyrics: 1 The Church's one foundation
is Jesus Christ her Lord:
she is his new creation
by water and the word;
from heaven he came and sought her
to be his holy bride;
with his own blood he bought her,
and for her life he died.
2 Called forth from every nation,
yet one o'er all the earth,
her charter of salvation:
one Lord, one faith, one birth.
One holy name she blesses,
and shares one holy food,
as to one hope she presses,
with every grace endued.
3 In toil and tribulation,
and tumult of her war
she waits the consummation
of peace for evermore,
till with the vision glorious
her longing eyes are blest,
and the great Church victorious
shall be the Church at rest.
4 Yet she on earth has union
with God, the Three in one,
and mystical communion
with those whose rest is won.
O happy ones and holy!
Lord, give us grace that we,
like them, the meek and lowly,
on high may dwell with thee. Topics: The Holy Spirit The Church Celebrates - Oneness with the Church in Heaven; Church unity and ecumenism; Communion of Saints Used With Tune: AURELIA
The Church's one foundation
Hark the Glad Sound
Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-51 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 820 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 40:3 First Line: Hark the glad sound! The Savior comes, Lyrics: 1 Hark the glad sound! The Savior comes,
The Savior promised long;
Let ev'ry heart prepare a throne
And ev'ry voice a song.
2 He comes the pris'ners to release,
In Satan's bondage held.
The gates of brass before Him burst,
The iron fetters yield.
3 He comes the broken heart to bind,
The bleeding soul to cure,
And with the treasures of His grace
To enrich the humble poor.
4 Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace,
Thy welcome shall proclaim,
And heav'n's eternal arches ring
With Thy beloved name. Used With Tune: CHESTERFIELD
Hark the Glad Sound
How beauteous are their feet
Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 711 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 40:9 Lyrics: 1 How beauteous are their feet,
who stand on Sion's hill,
who bring salvation on their tongues
and words of peace reveal!
2 How happy are our ears
that hear this happy sound,
which kings and prophets waited for,
and sought, but never found!
3 How blessèd are our eyes
that see this heavenly light,
prophets and kings desired it long,
but died without the sight!
4 The Lord makes bare his arm
through all the earth abroad:
Let every nation now behold
their Saviour and their God. Topics: Saints; Proper 14 Year C Used With Tune: VENICE
How beauteous are their feet
The King of Love My Shepherd Is
Author: Henry Williams Baker, 1821-1877 Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 677 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 40:1-11 Topics: Easter (fourth Sunday); Eucharist; Jesus, the Shepherd; Psalm 23; Trust Used With Tune: DOMINUS REGIT ME
The King of Love My Shepherd Is
By cool Siloam's shady rill
Author: Reginald Heber (1783-1826) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 606 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 40:6-8 Lyrics: 1 By cool Siloam's shady rill
how sweet the lily grows!
How sweet the breath beneath the hill
of Sharon's dewy rose!
2 Lo! such the child whose early feet
the paths of peace have trod,
whose secret heart with influence sweet
is upward drawn to God.
3 By cool Siloam's shady rill
the lily must decay,
the rose that blooms beneath the hill
must shortly fade away;
4 And soon, too soon, the wintry hour
of life's maturer age
will shake the soul with sorrow's power
and stormy passion's rage.
5 O thou whose infant feet were found
within thy Father's shrine,
whose years, with changeless virtue crowned,
were all alike divine.
6 Dependent on thy bounteous breath
we seek thy grace alone,
through every stage of life, and death,
to keep us still thine own. Topics: The Holy Spirit The Church Celebrates - Family, Friendship, and Marriage; Funerals general; Stages of Life Used With Tune: BELMONT
By cool Siloam's shady rill
On the mountain's top appearing
Author: Kelly Appears in 595 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 40:9 Lyrics: 1 On the mountain's top appearing,
Lo, the sacred herald stands,
Welcome news to Zion bearing,
Zion, long in hostile lands:
Mourning captive,
God himself shall loose thy bands.
2 Lo, thy Sun is risen in glory,
God himself appears thy friend;
All thy foes shall flee before thee,
Here their boasted triumphs end:
Great deliverance
Zion's King vouchsafes to send.
3 Enemies no more shall trouble,
All thy warfare now is past;
For thy shame thou shalt have double,
Days of peace are come at last:
All thy conflicts
End in everlasting rest. Topics: The Christian Life Declension and Renewal; The Sacred Herald
On the mountain's top appearing
Shepherd
Author: Addison Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 552 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 40:11 First Line: The Lord my pasture shall prepare Lyrics: 1 The Lord my pasture shall prepare,
And feed me with a shepherd's care;
His presence shall my wants supply,
And guard me with a watchful eye;
My noon day walks he shall attend,
And all my midnight hours defend.
2 When in the sultry glebe I faint,
Or on the thirsty mountain pant,
To fertile vales, and dewy meads,
My weary, wand'ring steps he leads
Where peaceful rivers, soft and slow,
Amid the verdant landscape flow.
3 Tho' in the paths of death I tread,
With gloomy horrors overspread,
My stedfast heart shall fear no ill,
For thou, O Lord, art with me still;
Thy friendly crook shall give me aid,
And guide me thro' the dreadful shade.
3 Tho' in a bare and rugged way,
Thro' devious lonely wilds I stray,
Thy bounty shall my pains beguile;
The barren wilderness shall smile,
With sudden greens and herbage crown'd,
And streams shall murmur all around.
Topics: Attributes, Characters, Names, and Offices of Christ, from the New Testament
Shepherd
Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven
Author: Henry F. Lyte, 1793-1847 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 539 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 40:11 Lyrics: 1 Praise, my soul, the King of heaven,
to his feet your tribute bring;
ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,
evermore his praises sing.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise the everlasting King!
2 Praise him for his grace and favor
to all people in distress.
Praise him, still the same forever,
slow to chide and swift to bless.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Glorious in his faithfulness!
3 Fatherlike, he tends and spares us;
all our hopes and fears he knows.
In his hands he gently bears us,
rescues us from all our foes.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Widely as his mercy flows!
4 Angels, help us to adore him,
you behold him face to face.
Sun and moon, bow down before him;
all who dwell in time and space.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise with us the God of grace! Topics: Jesus Christ Majesty Used With Tune: LAUDA ANIMA
Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 509 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 40:1-8 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 thee, O Israel.
2 O come, Thou Wisdom from on high,
Who ord'rest all things mightily;
To us the path of knowledge show
And teach us in her ways to go. (Refrain)
3 O come, O come, Thou Lord of might,
Who to Thy tribes on Sinai's height
In ancient times didst give the law
In cloud and majesty and awe. (Refrain)
4 O come, Thou Rod of Jesse's stem;
From every foe deliver them
That trust thy mighty pow'r to save,
And give them vict'ry o'er the grave. (Refrain)
5 O come, thou Key of David, come,
And open wide our heav'nly home;
Make safe the way that leads on high,
And close the path to misery. (Refrain)
6 O come, Thou Dayspring, come and cheer
Our spirits by Thine advent here;
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death's dark shadows put to flight. (Refrain)
7 O come, Desire of nations, bind
All peoples in one heart and mind;
Bid Thou our sad divisions cease;
And be Thyself our King of Peace. (Refrain)
Topics: Rejoice; Advent 4 Used With Tune: VENI EMMANUEL Text Sources: Medieval Latin antiphons; Tr. composite
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
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