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Before Jehovah's awful throne
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 966 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Before Jehovah's awesome throne,
All nations, bow with sacred joy:
Know that the Lord is God alone,
He can create, and He destroy.
2 His sovereign power without our aid,
Made us of clay, and formed us men;
And when like wandering sheep we strayed,
He brought us to His fold again.
3 We are His people, we His care,
Our souls and all our mortal frame:
What lasting honors shall we rear,
Almighty Maker, to Thy Name?
4 We'll crowd Thy gates with thankful songs,
High as the heaven our voices raise;
And earth, with her ten thousand tongues,
Shall fill Thy courts with sounding praise.
5 Wide as the world is Thy command,
Vast as eternity Thy Love;
Firm as a rock Thy truth must stand,
When rolling years shall cease to move. Topics: Worship Praise and Thanksgiving Scripture: Psalm 100 Used With Tune: OLD 100TH PSALM
Before Jehovah's awful throne
Give to our God immortal praise!
Author: Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 321 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Give to our God immortal praise!
Mercy and truth are all His ways.
Wonders of grace to God belong:
Repeat His mercies in your song.
2 Give to the Lord of lords renown,
The King of kings with glory crown.
His mercies ever shall endure,
When lords and kings are known no more.
3 He sent His Son with power to save
From guilt and darkness and the grave.
Wonders of grace to God belong:
Repeat His mercies in your song.
4 Through this vain world He guides our feet,
And leads us to His heavenly seat.
His mercies ever shall endure,
When this our world shall be no more. Topics: Sin and Redemption; Septuagesima Sunday; Quinquagesima Sunday; Lent, Second Sunday; Easter Season, Second Sunday; First Sunday after Trinity; Third Sunday after Trinity Scripture: Psalm 136 Used With Tune: MIGDOL
Give to our God immortal praise!
Rejoice, all ye believers
Author: Jane Borthwick; Laurentius Laurenti Meter: 7.6 Appears in 335 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Rejoice, all ye believers,
And let your lights appear!
The evening is advancing,
And darker night is near.
The Bridegroom is arising,
And soon He draweth nigh,
Up! pray and watch, and wrestle--
At midnight comes the cry!
2 The watchers on the mountain
Proclaim the Bridegroom near;
Go meet Him as He cometh,
With hallelujahs clear.
The marriage feast is waiting,
The gates wide-open stand;
Up, up, ye heirs of glory;
The Bridegroom is at hand!
3 Ye saints, who here in patience
Your cross and sufferings bore,
Shall live and reign for ever,
When sorrow is no more.
Around the throne of glory
The Lamb ye shall behold,
In triumph cast before Him
Your diadems of gold!
4 Our Hope and Expectation,
O Jesus, now appear;
Arise, Thou Sun so longed for,
O'er this benighted sphere!
With hearts and hands uplifted,
We plead, O Lord, to see
The day of earth’s redemption,
That brings us unto Thee! Topics: Advent; Advent, First Sunday Used With Tune: ICH DANK' DIE LIEBER HERRE
Rejoice, all ye believers
Holy, holy, holy Lord!
Author: Benjamin Williams Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 127 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Holy, holy, holy Lord!
Be Thy glorious Name adored.
Lord, Thy mercies never fail:
Hail, celestial Goodness, hail!
2 Though unworthy, Lord, Thine ear,
Deign our humble songs to hear.
Purer praise we hope to bring,
When around Thy throne we sing.
3 There no tongue shall silent be;
All shall join in harmony;
That through heaven's capacious round
Praise to Thee may ever sound.
4 Lord, Thy mercies never fail:
Hail, celestial Goodness, hail!
Holy, holy, holy, Lord!
Be Thy glorious Name adored. Topics: Worship Praise and Thanksgiving Used With Tune: WEBER
Holy, holy, holy Lord!
Hark, the glad sound, the Saviour comes
Author: Doddridge Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 820 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Hark, the glad sound, the Saviour comes,
The Saviour promised long!
Let every heart prepare a throne,
And every voice a song.
2 On Him the Spirit, largely poured,
Exerts His sacred fire;
Wisdom and might, and zeal and love,
His holy breast inspire.
3 He comes the prisoners to release,
In Satan's bondage held:
The gates of brass before Him burst,
The iron fetters yield.
4 He comes from thickest films of vice
To clear the mental ray,
And on the eyeballs of the blind
To pour celestial day.
5 He comes, the broken heart to bind,
The bleeding soul to cure,
And with the treasures of His grace
To enrich the humble poor.
6 Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace!
Thy welcome shall proclaim;
And heaven's eternal arches ring
With Thy belovéd Name. Topics: Advent; Advent, First Sunday; Lent, Third Sunday Used With Tune: DIE HELLE SONN IST NUN DAHIN
Hark, the glad sound, the Saviour comes
Come, Thou long-expected Jesus
Author: C. Wesley Meter: 8.7 Appears in 749 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Come, Thou long-expected Jesus,
Born to set Thy people free;
From our fears and sins release us,
Let us find our rest in Thee.
Israel's Strength and Consolation,
Hope of all the earth Thou art;
Dear Desire of every nation,
Joy of every longing heart.
2 Born Thy people to deliver;
Born a Child, and yet a King;
Born to reign in us for ever,
Now Thy gracious kingdom bring.
By Thine own eternal Spirit,
Rule in all our hearts alone;
By thine all-sufficient merit,
Raise us to Thy glorious throne. Topics: Advent; Advent, Fourth Sunday; Sunday after Christmas; Lent, Second Sunday Used With Tune: ST. HILARY
Come, Thou long-expected Jesus
Hark! the herald-angels sing
Author: C. Wesley Appears in 1,329 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Hark! the herald-angels sing,
“Glory to the new-born King;
Peace on earth, and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled!”
2 Joyful, all ye nations, rise,
Join the triumph of the skies;
Universal nature say,
Christ the Lord is born to-day!
3 Christ, by highest heaven adored,
Christ, the everlasting Lord:
Late in time behold Him come,
Offspring of the virgin’s womb!
4 Veiled in flesh, the Godhead see,
Hail the incarnate Deity!
Pleased as Man with men to appear,
Jesus, our Emmanuel here!
5 Hail, the heavenly Prince of Peace,
Hail, the Sun of Righteousness!
Light and life to all He brings,
Risen with healing in His wings.
6 Mild He lays His glory by,
Born that man no more may die;
Born to raise us from the earth;
Born to give them second birth.
7 Come, Desire of nations, come,
Fix in us Thy humble home;
O, to all Thyself impart,
Formed in each believing heart!
Topics: Christmas; Christmas Day Used With Tune: MONKLAND
Hark! the herald-angels sing
Come hither, ye faithful, triumphantly sing
Author: Edward Caswall Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 159 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Come hither, ye faithful, triumphantly sing:
Come see in the manger the angels' dread King!
To Bethlehem hasten, with joyful accord;
O come ye, come hither, to worship the Lord!
2 True Son of the Father, He comes from the skies:
To be born of a Virgin He doth not despise:
To Bethlehem hasten, with joyful accord;
O come ye, come hither, to worship the Lord!
3 Hark, hark to the angels, all singing in heaven,
"To God in the highest all glory be given!"
To Bethlehem hasten with joyful accord;
O come ye, come hither, to worship the Lord!
4 To Thee, then, O Jesus, this day of Thy birth,
Be glory and honor through heaven and earth.
True Godhead incarnate, omnipotent Word!
O come, let us hasten to worship the Lord! Topics: Christmas; Christmas Day Used With Tune: ADESTE FIDELES
Come hither, ye faithful, triumphantly sing
Songs of praise the angels sang
Author: James Montgomery Appears in 542 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Songs of praise the angels sang,
Heaven with halleluias rang,
When Jehovah's work begun,
When He spake, and it was done.
2 Songs of praise awoke the morn,
When the Prince of Peace was born;
Songs of praise arose, when He
Captive led captivity.
3 Heaven and earth must pass away;
Songs of praise shall crown that day;
God will make new heavens and earth;
Songs of praise shall hail their birth.
4 And shall man alone be dumb,
Till that glorious kingdom come?
No;--the Church delights to raise
Psalms, and hymns, and songs of praise.
5 Saints below, with heart and voice,
Still in songs of praise rejoice;
Learning here, by faith and love,
Songs of praise to sing above.
6 Borne upon their latest breath,
Songs of praise shall conquer death;
Then, amidst eternal joy,
Songs of praise their powers employ. Topics: Worship Praise and Thanksgiving; Christmas Day Used With Tune: MONKLAND
Songs of praise the angels sang
Good news from heaven the angels bring
Author: Miss Winkworth; Arthur Tozer Russell; Martin Luther Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 41 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Good news from heaven the angels bring,
Glad tidings to the earth they sing:
To us this day a Child is given,
To crown us with the joy of heaven.
2 This is the Christ, our God and Lord,
Who in all need shall aid afford;
He will Himself our Saviour be,
From all our sins to set us free.
3 To us that blessedness He brings,
Which from the Father's bounty springs:
That in the heavenly realm we may
With Him enjoy eternal day.
4 All hail, Thou noble Guest, this morn,
Whose love did not the sinner scorn:
In my distress Thou comest to me;
What thanks shall I return to Thee?
5 Were earth a thousand times as fair,
Beset with gold and jewels rare,
She yet were far too poor to be
A narrow cradle, Lord, for Thee.
6 Ah, dearest Jesus, holy Child,
Make Thee a bed, soft, undefiled,
Within my heart, that it may be
A quiet chamber kept for Thee.
7 Praise God upon His heavenly throne,
Who gave to us His only Son:
For this His hosts, on joyful wing,
A blest New Year of mercy sing. Topics: Christmas; Christmas Day Used With Tune: VOM HIMMEL HOCH DA KOMM ICH HER
Good news from heaven the angels bring
Behold the sure Foundation Stone
Author: Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 195 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Behold the sure Foundation Stone
Which God in Zion lays,
To build our heavenly hopes upon,
And His eternal praise.
2 Chosen of God, to sinners dear,
And saints adore the Name;
They trust their whole salvation here,
Nor shall they suffer shame.
3 The foolish builders, scribe and priest,
Reject it with disdain;
Yet on this Rock the church shall rest,
And envy rage in vain.
4 What though the gates of hell withstood,
Yet must this Building rise:
'Tis Thine own work, almighty God,
And wondrous in our eyes. Topics: The Church; The Church Her Foundation and Nature Scripture: Psalm 118 Used With Tune: ST. ETHELDREDA
Behold the sure Foundation Stone
Jesus shall reign where'er the sun
Author: Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1,801 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Jesus shall reign where'er the sun
Does his successive journeys run;
His kingdom stretch from shore to shore,
Till moons shall wax and wane no more.
2 For Him shall endless prayer be made,
And endless praises crown His head;
His Name, like sweet perfume, shall rise
With every morning sacrifice.
3 People and realms of every tongue
Dwell on His Love with sweetest song;
And infant voices shall proclaim
Their early blessings on His Name.
4 Blessings abound where'er He reigns;
The prisoner leaps to lose his chains;
The weary find eternal rest,
And all the sons of want are blest.
5 Where He displays His healing power,
Death and the curse are known no more;
In Him the tribes of Adam boast
More blessings than their father lost.
6 Let every creature rise and bring
Peculiar honors to our King;
Angels descend with songs again,
And earth repeat the loud Amen. Topics: The Church Missions Scripture: Psalm 72 Used With Tune: OTTERBOURNE
Jesus shall reign where'er the sun
From all that dwell below the skies
Author: Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1,278 hymnals Lyrics: 1 From all that dwell below the skies
Let the Creator's praise arise;
Let the Redeemer's Name be sung
Through every land, by every tongue.
2 Eternal are Thy mercies, Lord,
Eternal truth attends Thy Word.
Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,
Till suns shall rise and set no more. Topics: The Church The Future; Fifth Sunday after Trinity Scripture: Psalm 117 Used With Tune: WELLS
From all that dwell below the skies
O Lord, turn not Thy face from me
Author: John Mardley Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 43 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O Lord, turn not Thy face from me,
Who lie in woful state,
Lamenting all my sinful life
Before Thy mercy-gate:
2 A gate which opens wide to those
That do lament their sin:
Shut not that gate against me, Lord;
But let me enter in.
3 And call me not to strict account
How I have sojourned here;
For then my guilty conscience knows
How vile I shall appear.
4 So come I to Thy mercy-gate,
Where mercy doth abound,
Imploring pardon for my sin,
To heal my deadly wound.
5 O Lord, I need not to repeat
The comfort I would have:
Thou know'st, O Lord, before I ask,
The blessing I do crave.
6 Mercy, good Lord, mercy, I ask,
This is the total sum;
For mercy, Lord, is all my suit;
Lord, let Thy mercy come! Topics: The Order of Salvation Repentance; Quinquagesima Sunday; Sundays in Lent; Third Sunday after Trinity; Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity Used With Tune: FARRANT
O Lord, turn not Thy face from me
O for a Faith that will not shrink
Author: William Hiley Bathurst Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 691 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O for a Faith that will not shrink,
Though prest by many a foe;
That will not tremble on the brink
Of poverty or woe;
2 That will not murmur nor complain
Beneath the chastening rod:
But in the hour of grief or pain
Can lean upon its God.
3 A Faith that shines more bright and clear
When tempests rage without;
That when in danger knows no fear,
In darkness feels no doubt:
4 That bears unmoved the world's dread frown,
Nor heeds its scornful smile;
That sin's wild ocean cannot drown,
Nor Satan's arts beguile:
5 A Faith that keeps the narrow way
Till life's last hour is fled,
And with a pure and heavenly ray
Lights up a dying bed.
6 Lord, give us such a Faith as this,
And then whate'er may come,
We'll taste e'en here the hallowed bliss
Of an eternal home. Topics: The Christian Life Trust; Epiphany, Fourth Sunday; Twenty First Sunday after Trinity Used With Tune: ABRIDGE
O for a Faith that will not shrink
Long have I sat beneath the sound
Author: Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 162 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Long have I sat beneath the sound
Of thy salvation, Lord;
But still how weak my faith is found,
And knowledge of Thy Word!
2 My Hope, my Portion, and my God,
How little art Thou known
By all the judgments of Thy rod,
And blessings of Thy throne!
3 How cold and feeble is my love
How negligent my fear!
How low my hope of joys above!
How few affections there!
4 Great God, Thy sovereign power impart
To give Thy Word success;
Write Thy salvation in my heart,
And make me learn Thy grace.
5 Show my forgetful feet the way
That leads to joys on high;
There knowledge grows without decay,
And love shall never die. Topics: Worship; Worship Public Worship; Sexagesima Sunday Used With Tune: ABRIDGE
Long have I sat beneath the sound
A great and mighty wonder
Author: Anatolius; John Mason Neale Meter: 7.6 Appears in 107 hymnals Lyrics: 1 A great and mighty wonder
Our Christmas Festal brings
On earth, a lowly Infant,
Behold the King of kings!
2 The Word is made incarnate,
Descending from on high;
And cherubim sing anthems
To shepherds, from the sky.
3 And we with them triumphant,
Repeat the hymn again:
"To God on high be glory,
And peace on earth to men!"
4 Since all He comes to ransom,
By all be He adored,
The Infant born in Bethlehem,
The Saviour and the Lord!
5 All idol forms shall perish,
And error shall decay,
And Christ shall wield His sceptre,
Our Lord and God for aye.
Topics: Christmas; Christmas Day; Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity Used With Tune: THEOPHANIA
A great and mighty wonder
When Thou, my righteous Judge, shalt come
Author: Selina, Countess of Huntingdon Appears in 439 hymnals Lyrics: 1 When Thou, my righteous Judge, shalt come
To fetch Thy ransomed people home,
Shall I among them stand?
Shall such a worthless worm as I,
So sinful and unfit to die,
Be found at Thy right hand?
2 Blest Saviour, grant it by They grace;
Be Thou my soul's sure Hiding-place,
In this my gracious day:
Thy pardoning voice O let me hear,
To still my unbelieving fear,
Nor let me fall away!
3 Among Thy saints let me be found,
Whene'er the archangel's trump shall sound,
To see Thy smiling face;
Then loudest of the crowd I'll sing,
While heaven's resounding mansions ring
The riches of Thy grace. Topics: Death and Eternity Judgment; Advent, Second Sunday; Twenty Sixth Sunday after Trinity; Twenty Seventh Sunday after Trinity Used With Tune: ACH! WAS SOLL ICH SÜNDER MACHEN
When Thou, my righteous Judge, shalt come
Hark! a voice divides the sky
Author: C. Wesley Appears in 77 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Hark! A voice divides the sky;
Happy are the faithful dead,
In the Lord who sweetly die;
They from all their toils are freed.
2 Them the Spirit hath declared
Blest, unutterably blest;
Jesus is their great Reward,
Jesus is their endless Rest.
3 Followed by their works, they go
Where their Head had gone before;
Reconciled by grace below,
Grace hath opened mercy’s door.
4 Justified through faith alone,
Here they knew their sins forgiven:
Here they laid their burden down,
Hallowed and made meet for heaven.
5 When from flesh the spirit freed
Hastens homeward to return,
Mortals cry, "A man is dead!"
Angels sing, "A child is born!"
Topics: Death and Eternity Burial Scripture: Revelation 14:13 Used With Tune: CULBACH
Hark! a voice divides the sky
My God, and is Thy table spread?
Author: Doddridge 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 all its sweetness 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 Why are its blessings all in vain
Before unwilling hearts displayed?
Was not for us the Victim slain?
Are we forbid the children's Bread?
4 O let Thy table honored be,
And furnished well with joyful guests;
And may each soul salvation see,
That here its sacred pledges tastes.
5 Let crowds approach, with hearts prepared;
With warm desire let all attend;
Nor, when we leave our Father's board,
The pleasure or the profit end. Topics: The Means of Grace The Lord's Supper; Twentieth Sunday after Trinity Used With Tune: CANNONS
My God, and is Thy table spread?
The precious seed of weeping
Author: Miss Winkworth; Charles John Spitta Meter: 7.6 Appears in 10 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The precious seed of weeping
To-day we sow once more,
The form of one now sleeping,
Whose pilgrimage is o'er.
Ah, death but safely lands him
Where we too would attain;
Our Father's voice demands him,
And death to him is gain.
2 He has what we are wanting,
He sees what we believe;
The sins on earth so haunting
Have there no power to grieve;
Safe in His Saviour's keeping
Who sent him calm release;
'Tis only we are weeping,
He dwells in perfect peace.
3 The crown of life he weareth.
He bears the shining palm,
The "Holy, holy," shareth,
And joins the angels' psalm;
But we poor pilgrims wander
Still through this land of woe,
Till we shall meet him yonder,
And all his joy shall know. Topics: Death and Eternity Burial; Easter Eve Used With Tune: O HAUPT VOLL BLUT Y. WUNDEN
The precious seed of weeping
Come, said Jesus' sacred voice
Author: Anna Letitia Barbauld Appears in 507 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Come, said Jesus' sacred voice,
Come, and make my paths your choice:
I will guide you to your home;
Weary pilgrim, hither come!
2 Sinner, come! for here is found
Balm that flows for every wound;
Peace that ever shall endure;
Rest eternal, sacred, sure. Topics: The Order of Salvation Calling; Septuagesima Sunday; Second Sunday after Trinity; Twentieth Sunday after Trinity Used With Tune: ST. COLUMBA
Come, said Jesus' sacred voice
Long as I live, I'll bless Thy Name
Author: Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 167 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Long as I live, I'll bless Thy Name,
God of eternal love!
My work and joy shall be the same,
In the bright world above.
2 Great is the Lord, His power unknown,
And let His praise be great;
I'll sing the honors of Thy throne,
Thy works of grace repeat.
3 Fathers to sons shall teach Thy Name,
And children learn Thy ways;
Ages to come Thy truth proclaim,
And nations sound Thy praise.
4 Thy glorious deeds of ancient date
Shall through the world be known:
Thine arm of power, Thy heavenly state,
With public splendor shown.
5 The world is managed by Thy hands,
Thy saints are ruled by love;
And Thine eternal kingdom stands,
Though rocks and hills remove. Topics: Worship Praise and Thanksgiving Used With Tune: HARRINGTON
Long as I live, I'll bless Thy Name
I was a wandering sheep
Author: Horatius Bonar Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 498 hymnals Lyrics: 1 I was a wandering sheep,
I did not love the fold;
I did not love my Shepherd's voice,
I would not be controlled.
I was a wayward child,
I did not love my home;
I did not love my Father's voice,
I loved afar to roam.
2 The Shepherd sought His sheep,
The Father sought His child;
They followed me o'er vale and hill,
O'er deserts waste and wild:
They found me nigh to death,
Famished, and faint, and lone;
They bound me with the bands of love,
They saved the wandering one.
3 Jesus my Shepherd is;
'Twas He that loved my soul,
'Twas He that washed me in His Blood,
'Twas He that made me whole.
'Twas He that sought the lost,
That found the wandering sheep;
'Twas He that brought me to the fold,
'Tis He that still doth keep.
4 I was a wandering sheep,
I would not be controlled;
But now I love my Shepherd's voice,
I love, I love the fold!
I was a wayward child,
I once preferred to roam;
But now I love my Father's voice,
I love, I love His home. Topics: Sin and Redemption; Septuagesima Sunday; Quinquagesima Sunday; Lent, Second Sunday; Easter Season, Thrid Sunday; Third Sunday after Trinity Used With Tune: THESSALONICA
I was a wandering sheep
Maker of earth, to Thee alone
Author: John Mason Neale Appears in 9 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Maker of earth, to Thee alone
Eternal rest belongs;
And heavenly choirs around Thy throne
Pour forth their endless songs.
2 But we--ah, holy now no more!
Are doomed to toil and pain;
Yet exiles on an alien shore
May sing their country’s strain.
3 Father, whose promise binds Thee still
To heal the suppliant throng,
Grant us to mourn the deeds of ill
That banish us so long!
4 And while we mourn, in faith to rest
Upon Thy Love and care;
Till Thou restore us, with the blest,
The song of heaven to share!
Topics: Worship General Petitions; Advent, Third Sunday; Sexagesima Sunday Used With Tune: BELMONT
Maker of earth, to Thee alone
Gracious Spirit, Dove divine!
Author: John Stocker Appears in 483 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Gracious Spirit, Dove Divine!
Let Thy light within me shine;
All my guilty fears remove,
Fill me with Thy heavenly love.
2 Speak Thy pardoning grace to me,
Set the burdened sinner free;
Lead me to the Lamb of God,
Wash me in His precious blood.
3 Life and peace to me impart;
Seal salvation on my heart;
Breathe Thyself into my breast,
Earnest of immortal rest.
4 Let me never from Thee stray,
Keep me in the narrow way:
Fill my soul with joy divine,
Keep me, Lord, for ever Thine. Topics: The Holy Spirit; Sexagesima Sunday; Sunday after Ascension; Whit-Sunday Used With Tune: DYKES
Gracious Spirit, Dove divine!
Dread Jehovah, God of nations
Author: Thomas Cotterill Meter: 8.7 Appears in 146 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Dread Jehovah, God of nations,
From Thy temple in the skies,
Hear Thy people's supplications,
Now for their deliverance rise!
2 Lo, with deep contrition turning,
Humbly at Thy feet we bend;
Hear us, fasting, praying, mourning,
Hear us, spare us, and defend.
3 Though our sins, our hearts confounding,
Long and loud for vengeance call,
Thou hast mercy more abounding,
Jesus' Blood can cleanse them all.
4 Let that Love veil our transgression,
Let that Blood our guilt efface:
Save Thy people from oppression,
Save from spoil Thy holy place. Topics: National; Fast-Day; Lent, Fifth Sunday Used With Tune: O MEIN JESU, ICH MUZ STERBEN
Dread Jehovah, God of nations
Father of heaven! whose Love profound
Author: John Cooper Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 240 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Father of heaven! whose Love profound
A ransom for our souls hath found,
Before Thy throne we sinners bend:
To us Thy pardoning Love extend.
2 Almighty Son! incarnate Word!
Our Prophet, Priest, Redeemer, Lord!
Before Thy throne we sinners bend:
To us Thy saving grace extend.
3 Eternal Spirit! by whose breath
The soul is raised from sin and death,
Before Thy throne we sinners bend:
To us Thy quickening power extend.
4 Jehovah! Father, Spirit, Son!
Mysterious Godhead! Three in One!
Before Thy throne we sinners bend:
Grace, pardon, life, to us extend. Topics: Trinity; Trinity Sunday; First Sunday after Trinity Used With Tune: ROSEDALE
Father of heaven! whose Love profound
Jesus, Brightness of the Father
Author: Edward Caswall; Rabanus Maurus, d. 856 Meter: 8.7.7 Appears in 17 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Jesus, Brightness of the Father,
Life and Strength of all who live!
In the presence of the angels,
Glory to Thy name we give:
And Thy wondrous praise rehearse,
Singing in harmonious verse.
2 Blessed Lord, by their protection,
Shelter us from harm this day:
Keep us pure in flesh and spirit;
Save us from the enemy:
And vouchsafe us, by Thy grace,
In Thy paradise a place.
3 Glory to the almighty Father,
Let our voices now repeat;
Glory to the great Redeemer;
Glory to the Paraclete;
Three in one and One in Three,
Throughout all eternity. Topics: The Ministry of Angels; Easter Sunday Used With Tune: IRBY
Jesus, Brightness of the Father
Hail! holy, holy, holy Lord
Author: C. Wesley Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 71 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Hail! holy, holy, holy Lord,
Whom One in Three we know;
By all thy heavenly hosts adored,
By all Thy Church below.
2 One undivided Trinity
With triumph we proclaim;
Thy universe if full of Thee,
And speaks Thy glorious Name.
3 Thee, holy Father, we confess:
Thee, holy Son, adore;
And Thee, the Holy Ghost, we bless,
And worship evermore.
4 Hail! holy, holy, holy Lord,
Our heavenly song shall be;
Supreme, essential One, adored
In co-eternal Three! Topics: Trinity; Trinity Sunday Used With Tune: LANESBORO'
Hail! holy, holy, holy Lord
Jesus, my Strength, my Hope
Author: C. Wesley Appears in 385 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Jesus, my Strength, my Hope,
On Thee I cast my care;
With humble confidence look up,
And know Thou hear’st my prayer.
Give me on Thee to wait,
Till I can all things do;
On Thee, almighty to create,
Almighty to renew.
2 I want a godly fear,
A quick discerning eye,
That looks to Thee when sin is near,
And sees the tempter fly:
A spirit still prepared,
And armed with jealous care,
For ever standing on its guard,
And watching unto prayer.
3 I want a true regard,
A single, steady aim,
Unmoved by threatening or reward,
To Thee and Thy great Name;
A zealous, just concern
For Thine immortal praise;
A pure desire that all may learn
And glorify Thy grace.
4 I rest upon Thy Word;
Thy promise is for me:
My succor and salvation, Lord,
Shall surely come from Thee.
But let me still abide,
Nor from my hope remove,
Till Thou my patient spirit guide
Into Thy perfect Love. Topics: Easter Season, Sixth Sunday; Sixty Sunday after Trinity Used With Tune: GÖTTINGEN
Jesus, my Strength, my Hope
O Christ, our true and only Light
Author: John Heermann; Miss Winkworth Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 96 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O Christ, our true and only Light,
Illumine those who sit in night;
Let those afar now hear Thy voice,
And in Thy fold with us rejoice.
2 Fill with the radiance of Thy grace
The souls now lost in error's maze,
And all, O Lord, whose secret minds,
Some dark delusion hurts and blinds.
3 And all who else have strayed from Thee,
O gently seek! Thy healing be
To every wounded conscience given,
And let them also share Thy heaven.
4 O make the deaf to hear Thy Word,
And teach the dumb to speak, dear Lord,
Who dare not yet the faith avow,
Though secretly they hold it now.
5 Shine on the darkened and the cold,
Recall the wanderers to Thy fold,
Unite those now who walk apart,
Confirm the weak and doubting heart.
6 So they with us may evermore
Such grace with wondering thanks adore,
And endless praise to Thee be given,
By all Thy Church in earth and heaven. Topics: Epiphany; Epiphany, Second Sunday; Epiphany, Sixth Sunday; Third Sunday after Trinity; Tenth Sunday after Trinity Used With Tune: HERR JESU CHRIST, MEIN'S LEBENS LICHT
O Christ, our true and only Light
And must this body die
Author: Watts Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 376 hymnals Lyrics: 1 And must this body die?
This mortal frame decay?
And must these active limbs of mine
Lie mouldering in the clay?
2 God my Redeemer lives,
And often from the skies,
Looks down and watches all my dust,
Till He shall bid it rise.
3 Arrayed in glorious grace
Shall these vile bodies shine,
And every shape, and every face,
Look heavenly and divine.
4 These lively hopes we owe
To Jesus' dying Love:
We would adore His grace below,
And sing His power above.
5 Dear Lord, accept the praise
Of these our humble songs,
Till tunes of nobler sound we raise
With our immortal tongues. Topics: Death and Eternity Resurrection; Easter Sunday; Twenty Fourth Sunday after Trinity Used With Tune: MOCCAS
And must this body die
What shall I render to my God
Author: John Mason Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 16 hymnals Lyrics: 1 What shall I render to my God
For all His gifts to me?
Sing, heaven and earth, rejoice and praise
His glorious majesty.
2 O let me praise Thee whilst I live,
And praise Thee when I die,
and praise Thee when I rise again,
And to eternity.
3 Mysterious depths of endless love
Our admiration raise:
My God, Thy Name exalted is
Far above all our praise. Topics: Worship Praise and Thanksgiving; Passion Week; Seventh Sunday after Trinity Used With Tune: REDHEAD, 29
What shall I render to my God
If Thou impart Thyself to me
Author: C. Wesley Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 41 hymnals Lyrics: 1 If Thou impart Thyself to me,
No other good I need:
If Thou, the Son, shalt make me free,
I shall be free indeed.
2 I know in Thee all fulness dwells,
And all for wretched man:
Fill every want my spirit feels,
And break off every chain!
3 From sin, the guilt, the power, the pain,
Thou wilt redeem my soul:
Lord, I believe, and not in vain;
My faith shall make me whole.
4 I too with Thee shall walk in white,
With all Thy saints shall prove
What is the length, and breadth, and height,
And depth of perfect love. Topics: The Order of Salvation Faith and Justification; Sundays in Lent; Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity Used With Tune: BEDFORD
If Thou impart Thyself to me
Lord, in Thy kingdom there shall be
Author: Joseph Anstice Appears in 12 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lord, in Thy kingdom there shall be
No aliens from each other,
But even as he loves himself
Each saint shall love his brother.
2 When in Thy courts below we meet
To mourn our sinful living,
And with united hearts repeat
Confession,creed, thanksgiving:
3 Make us to hear in each sweet word
Thy Holy Spirit calling
To oneness with Thy Church and Thee,
That heavenly bond forestalling.
4 One Baptism and one faith have we,
One Spirit sent to win us,
One Lord, one Father, and one God,
Above, and through, and in us.
5 Never, by schism, or by sin,
May we that union sever,
Till all, to perfect stature grown,
Are one with Thee for ever.
Topics: The Church The Communion of Saints; Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity Used With Tune: ANSTICE
Lord, in Thy kingdom there shall be
Jesus, I know, hath died for me
Author: John Andrew Rothe; John Wesley Appears in 33 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Jesus, I know, hath died for me;
Here is my hope, my joy, my rest;
Hither, when hell assails, I flee,
I look into my Saviour's breast:
Away, sad doubt and anxious fear!
Mercy is all that's written there.
2 Though waves and storms go o'er my head,
Though strength, and health, and friends be gone;
Though joys be withered all and dead,
Though every comfort be withdrawn;
On this my steadfast soul relies,
Father, Thy mercy never dies.
3 Fixed on this ground will I remain,
Though my heart fail and strength decay;
This anchor shall my soul sustain,
When earth's foundations melt away.
Mercy's full power I then shall prove,
Loved with an everlasting Love. Topics: The Order of Salvation Faith and Justification; Sundays in Lent; Lent, First Sunday; Lent, Second Sunday; Lent, Fifth Sunday; Passion Week Used With Tune: ST. MATTHIAS
Jesus, I know, hath died for me
Be it my only wisdom here
Author: C. Wesley Appears in 155 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Be it my only wisdom here
To serve the Lord with filial fear,
With loving gratitude!
Knowledge divine may I display,
By shunning every evil way,
And walking in the good.
2 O may I still from sin depart!
A wise and understanding heart,
Jesus, to me be given!
And let me through thy Spirit know
To glorify my God below,
And find my way to heaven. Topics: The Christian Life Wisdom and Self-Knowledge Used With Tune: PURLEIGH
Be it my only wisdom here
Shepherd of tender youth
Author: Clement of Alexandria Meter: 6.4 Appears in 278 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Shepherd of tender youth,
Guiding in love and truth
Through devious ways;
Christ, our triumphant King,
We come Thy Name to sing,
And here our children bring,
To join Thy praise.
2 Thou art our holy Lord,
The all-subduing Word,
Healer of strife:
Thou didst Thyself abase,
That from sin's deep disgrace
Thou mightest save our race,
And give us life.
3 O wisdom's great High Priest!
Thou hast prepared the feast
Of holy love;
And in our mortal pain
None calls on Thee in vain:
Help Thou dost not disdain,
Help from above.
4 Ever be near our side,
Our Shepherd and our Guide,
Our staff and song:
Jesus, Thou Christ of God,
By Thine enduring Word,
Lead us where Thou hast trod;
Make our faith strong.
5 So now, and till we die,
Sound we Thy praises high,
And joyful sing:
Let all the holy throng
Who to Thy Church belong,
Unite to swell the song
To Christ our King! Topics: Children; Epiphany, First Sunday Used With Tune: STOBEL Text Sources: Hunter's Select Melodies, 1861, a.
Shepherd of tender youth
Father, in whom we live
Author: C. Wesley Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 101 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Father, in whom we live,
In whom we are and move,
The glory, power, and praise receive
Of Thy creating Love.
2 Incarnate Deity,
Let all the ransomed race
Render in thanks their lives to Thee
For Thy redeeming grace.
3 Spirit of Holiness,
Let all Thy saints adore
Thy sacred energy, and bless
Thine heart-renewing power.
4 Eternal triune Lord,
Let all the hosts above,
Let all the sons of men, record,
And dwell upon Thy Love. Topics: Trinity; Trinity Sunday Used With Tune: VENICE
Father, in whom we live
Father, how wide Thy glory shines!
Author: Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 311 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Father, how wide Thy glory shines!
How high thy wonders rise!
Known through the earth by thousand signs,
By thousands through the skies.
2 Those mighty orbs proclaim Thy power,
Their motions speak Thy skill;
And on the wings of every hour
We read Thy patience still.
3 But when we view Thy grand design
To save rebellious worms,
Where justice and compassion join
In their divinest forms;
4 Our thoughts are lost in reverent awe:
We love and we adore;
Thy first archangel never saw
So much of God before.
5 Then sinners break the Father's laws,
The dying Son atones;
Oh, the dear mysteries of His Cross!
The triumph of His groans! Topics: Sin and Redemption; Epiphany, Fifth Sunday; Septuagesima Sunday; Quinquagesima Sunday; Lent, Second Sunday; Third Sunday after Trinity Used With Tune: ABRIDGE
Father, how wide Thy glory shines!
Hail to the Lord's Anointed
Author: James Montgomery Meter: 7.6 Appears in 843 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Hail to the Lord's Anointed,
Great David's greater Son!
Hail, in the time appointed,
His reign on earth begun!
He comes to break oppression,
To set the captive free;
To take away transgression,
And rule in equity.
2 He comes with succor speedy
To those who suffer wrong;
To help the poor and needy,
And bid the weak be strong;
To give them songs for sighing;
Their darkness turn to light,
Whose souls, condemned and dying,
Were precious in His sight.
3 He shall come down like showers
Upon the fruitful earth;
And love, joy, hope, like flowers,
Spring in His path to birth.
Before Him, on the mountains,
Shall peace, the herald, go;
And righteousness, in fountains,
From hill to valley flow.
4 For Him shall prayer unceasing
And daily vows ascend;
His kingdom still increasing,
A kingdom without end.
The tide of time shall never
His covenant remove;
His Name shall stand forever;
That Name to us is Love. Topics: Advent; Advent, Third Sunday; Lent, Third Sunday Scripture: Psalm 72 Used With Tune: AURELIA
Hail to the Lord's Anointed
How wondrous and great Thy Works, God of praise!
Author: Henry Ustic Onderdonk Meter: 10.11 Appears in 75 hymnals Lyrics: 1 How wondrous and great Thy Works, God of praise!
How just, King of saints, and true are Thy ways!
O who shall not fear Thee, and honor Thy Name?
Thou only art holy, Thou only supreme!
2 To nations long dark Thy light shall be shown:
Their worship and vows shall come to Thy throne.
Thy truth and Thy judgments shall spread all abroad,
Till earth's every people confess Thee their God. Topics: The Church The Future Scripture: Revelation 15:3-4 Used With Tune: HANOVER
How wondrous and great Thy Works, God of praise!
A glory gilds the sacred page
Author: William Cowper Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 381 hymnals Lyrics: 1 A glory gilds the sacred page,
Majestic like the sun;
It gives a light to every age,
It gives, but borrows none.
2 The Hand that gave it still supplies
His gracious light and heat.
His truths upon the nations rise;
They rise, but never set.
3 Let everlasting thanks be Thine,
For such a bright display
As makes a world of darkness shine
With beams of heavenly day.
4 My soul rejoices to pursue
The steps of Him I love,
Till glory break upon my view
In brighter worlds above. Topics: The Means of Grace The Word of God; Epiphany, Sixth Sunday; Sexagesima Sunday Used With Tune: WESTMINSTER
A glory gilds the sacred page
A charge to keep I have
Author: C. Wesley Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 1,353 hymnals Lyrics: 1 A charge to keep I have,
A God to glorify;
A never-dying soul to save,
And fit it for the sky.
2 To serve the present age,
My calling to fulfil;
O may it all my powers engage
To do my Master's will!
3 Arm me with jealous care,
As in Thy sight to live;
And O, Thy servant, Lord, prepare,
A strict account to give!
4 Help me to watch and pray,
And on Thyself rely,
Assured, if I my trust betray,
I shall for ever die. Topics: The Christian Life Watchfulness and Fidelity; Advent, First Sunday; Epiphany, First Sunday; First Sunday after Trinity; Ninth Sunday after Trinity; Twenty Seventh Sunday after Trinity Used With Tune: SHIRLAND
A charge to keep I have
Come, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish
Author: Thomas Moore Meter: 11.10 Appears in 1,056 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Come, you disconsolate, where'er yelanguish;
Come to the mercy-seat, fervently kneel;
Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish;--
Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.
2 Joy of the desolate, light of the straying,
Hope, when all others die, fadeless and pure!
Here speaks the Comforter, tenderly saying,
Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot cure.
3 Here see the Bread of Life; see waters flowing
Forth from the throne of God, pure from above;
Come to the feast of love; come, ever knowing
Earth has no sorrow but Heaven can remove. Topics: The Cross and Comfort; The Cross and Comfort In Outward Suffering; Epiphany, Third Sunday; Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity Used With Tune: WEBBE
Come, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish
Nearer, my God, to Thee
Author: Sarah Flower Adams Meter: 6.4 Appears in 2,492 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee!
E'en though it be a cross
That raiseth me;
Still all my song shall be,
Nearer, my God, to Thee;
Nearer to Thee!
2 Though, like the wanderer,
The sun gone down,
Darkness be over me,
My rest a stone,
Yet in my dreams I'd be
Nearer, my God, to Thee;
Nearer to Thee!
3 There let my way appear
Steps unto heaven;
All that Thou sendest me
In mercy given;
Angels to beckon me
Nearer, my God, to Thee;
Nearer to Thee!
4 Then, with my waking thoughts
Bright with Thy praise,
Out of my stony griefs
Bethel I'll raise;
So by my woes to be
Nearer, my God, to Thee;
Nearer to Thee!
5 Or if on joyful wing
Cleaving the sky,
Sun, moon, and stars forgot,
Upwards I fly;
Still all my song shall be,
Nearer, my God, to Thee;
Nearer to Thee!
Topics: Private Devotion; Easter Season, Fourth Sunday; Twenty Third Sunday after Trinity Used With Tune: HORBURY
Nearer, my God, to Thee
Jesus, Thy wandering sheep behold!
Author: C. Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 69 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Jesus, Thy wandering sheep behold!
See, Lord, with tender pity see
Poor souls that cannot find the fold,
Till sought and gathered in by Thee.
2 Lost are they now, and scattered wide,
In pain, and weariness, and want:
With no kind Shepherd near to guide
The sick and spiritless and faint.
3 Thou, only Thou, the kind and good,
The great redeeming Shepherd art;
Collect Thy flock, and give them food,
And pastors after Thine own heart.
4 A double portion from above
Of Thine all-quickening grace impart;
Shed forth Thy universal love,
In every faithful pastor's heart. Topics: The Church The Ministry; Easter Season, Thrid Sunday Used With Tune: BONN
Jesus, Thy wandering sheep behold!
Jerusalem, my happy home
Author: Francis Baker Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 841 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Jerusalem, my happy home,
Name ever dear to me!
When shall my labors have an end
In joy, and peace, and thee?
2 When shall these eyes thy heaven-built walls
And pearly gates behold?
Thy bulwarks with salvation strong,
And streets of shining gold?
3 O when, thou city of my God,
Shall I thy courts ascend,
Where evermore the angels sing,
Where sabbaths have no end?
4 There happier bowers than Eden's bloom,
Nor sin nor sorrow know:
Blest seats! through rude and stormy scenes
I onward press to you.
5 Why should I shrink from pain and woe,
Or feel at death dismay?
I've Canaan's goodly land in view,
And realms of endless day.
6 Apostles, martyrs, prophets there
Around my Saviour stand;
And soon my friends in Christ below
Will join the glorious band.
7 Jerusalem, my happy home!
My soul still pants for thee;
then shall my labors have an end,
When I thy joys shall see. Topics: Death and Eternity Heaven; Easter Season, Fourth Sunday Used With Tune: MACFARREN Text Sources: Composite translation, 1801, a.
Jerusalem, my happy home
Jesus, Sun of Righteousness
Author: Jane Borthwick; Christian Knorr von Rosenroth Appears in 74 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Jesus, Sun of Righteousness,
Brightest beam of love divine,
With the early morning rays
Do Thou on our darkness shine,
And dispel with purest light
All our long and gloomy night!
2 Like the sun's reviving ray,
May Thy Love with tender glow,
All our coldness melt away,
Warm and cheer us forth to go,
Gladly serve Thee and obey
All our life's short earthly day!
3 Thou our only Hope and Guide!
Never leave us, nor forsake:
In Thy light may we abide
Till the endless morning break;
Moving to to Zion's hill,
Onward, upward, homeward still!
4 Lead us all our days and years
In Thy straight and narrow way,
Lead us through the vale of tears
To the land of perfect day,
Where Thy people, fully blest,
Near Thy throne for ever rest. Topics: Worship The Lord's Day; Advent, First Sunday; Epiphany, Sixth Sunday; Second Sunday after Trinity Used With Tune: MORGENGLANZ DER EWIGKEIT
Jesus, Sun of Righteousness
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