Text Results

Switch back to the old search page.Advanced Search

Showing 51 - 60 of 295Results Per Page: 10 20 50

Come, Christians, Join to Sing

Author: Christian H. Bateman Meter: 6.6.6.6 D Appears in 126 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Come, Christians, join to sing Alleluia! Amen! loud praise to Christ our King; Alleluia! Amen! Let all, with heart and voice, before His throne rejoice; praise is His gracious choice: Alleluia! Amen! 2 Come, lift your hearts on high; Alleluia! Amen! let praises fill the sky; Alleluia! Amen! He is our Guide and Friend; to us He'll condescend; His love shall never end: Alleluia! Amen! 3 Praise yet our Christ again; Alleluia! Amen! life shall not end the strain; Alleluia! Amen! On heaven's blissful shore His goodness we'll adore, singing forevermore, Alleluia! Amen! Topics: Jesus Christ Resurrection and Exaltation Used With Tune: MADRID

Join All the Glorious Names

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 336 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Join all the glorious names of wisdom, love, and pow'r, that ever mortals knew, that angels ever bore; all are too mean to speak His worth, too mean to set my Savior forth. 2 Great Prophet of my God, my tongue would bless Thy Name; by Thee the joyful news of our salvation came - the joyful news of sins forgiv'n, of hell subdued, and peace with heav'n. 3 Jesus, my great High Priest, offered His blood and died; my guilty conscience seeks no sacrifice beside: His pow'rful blood did once atone, and now it pleads before the throne. 4 My dear Almighty Lord, my Conqueror and King, Thy sceptre and Thy sword, Thy reigning grace I sing; Thine is the pow'r; behold I sit, in willing bonds, beneath Thy feet. 5 Now let my soul arise, and tread the tempter down; my Captain leads me forth to conquest and a crown. A feeble saint shall win the day, though death and hell obstruct the way. Topics: Salvation Used With Tune: CROFT'S 136TH

O Jesus, I Have Promised

Author: John E. Bode Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 622 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O Jesus, I have promised to serve Thee to the end; be Thou forever near me, my Master and my Friend; I shall not fear the battle if Thou art by my side, nor wander from the pathway if Thou wilt be my guide. 2 O let me feel Thee near me, the world is ever near; I see the sights that dazzle, the tempting sounds I hear; my foes are ever near me, around me and within; but, Jesus, draw Thou nearer, and shield my soul from sin. 3 O let me hear Thee speaking in accents clear and still, above the storms of passion, the murmurs of self-will; O speak to reassure me, to hasten or control; O speak, and make me listen, Thou Guardian of my soul. 4 O Jesus, Thou hast promised to all who follow Thee that where Thou art in glory there shall Thy servant be; and, Jesus, I have promised to serve Thee to the end; O give me grace to follow, my Master and my Friend. Topics: Submission and Profession Used With Tune: ANGEL'S STORY

Here, O My Lord, I See Thee Face to Face

Author: Horatius Bonar Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 315 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Here, O my Lord, I see Thee face to face; here would we touch and handle things unseen; here grasp with firmer hand eternal grace and all my weariness upon Thee lean. 2 Here would I feed upon the bread of God, here drink with Thee the royal wine of heav'n; here would I lay aside each earthly load, here taste afresh the calm of sin forgiv'n. 3 This is the hour of banquet and of song; this is the heav'nly table spread for me; here let me feast, and feasting, still prolong the brief, bright hour of fellowship with Thee. 4 Too soon we rise, the symbols disappear; the feast, though not the love, is past and done; gone are the bread and wine, but Thou art here, nearer than ever, still my Shield and Sun. 5 Feast after feast thus comes, and passes by; yet passing, points to the glad feast above; giving sweet foretaste of the festal joy, the Lamb's great bridal feast of bliss and love. Topics: Communion Used With Tune: CONSOLATION

The Church's One Foundation

Author: Samuel J. Stone Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 861 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The church's one Foundation is Jesus Christ her Lord; she is His new creation, by water and the Word; from heav'n He came and sought her to be His holy bride; with His own blood He bought her, and for her life He died. 2 Elect from ev'ry nation, yet one o'er all the earth, her charter of salvation, one Lord, one faith, one birth; one holy Name she blesses, partakes one holy food, and to one hope she presses, with ev'ry grace endued. 3 Tho' with a scornful wonder, men see her sore oppressed, by schisms rent asunder, by heresies distressed, yet saints their watch are keeping, their cry goes up, "How long?" And soon the night of weeping shall be the morn of song. 4 The church shall never perish! Her dear Lord, to defend, to guide, sustain, and cherish, is with her to the end; tho' there be those that hate her, and false sons in her pale, against the foe or traitor she ever shall prevail. 5 'Mid 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. 6 Yet she on earth hath union with God the Three in One, and mystic sweet 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 Church Used With Tune: AURELIA

Come, Ye Thankful People, Come

Author: Henry Alford Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 727 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Come, ye thankful people, come; raise the song of harvest home. All is safely gathered in ere the winter storms begin. God, our Maker, doth provide for our wants to be supplied; come to God's own temple, come, raise the song of harvest home. 2 All the world is God's own field, fruit unto His praise to yield, wheat and tares together sown, unto joy or sorrow grown. First the blade, and then the ear, then the full corn shall appear, Lord of harvest, grant that we wholesome grain and pure may be. 3 For the Lord our God shall come and shall take His harvest home; from His field shall in that day all offenses purge away, give His angels charge at last in the fire the tares to cast, but the fruitful ears to store in His garner evermore. 4 Even so, Lord, quickly come to Thy final harvest home; gather Thou Thy people in, free from sorrow, free from sin, there forever purified, in Thy presence to abide. Come, with all Thine angels, come, raise the glorious harvest home. Topics: Commission Used With Tune: ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR

Go, Labor On

Author: Horatius Bonar Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 440 hymnals First Line: Go, labor on; spend, and be spent Lyrics: 1 Go, labor on; spend, and be spent, thy joy to do the Father's will; it is the way the Master went; should not the servant tread it still? 2 Go, labor on; 'tis not for naught; thine earthly loss is heav'nly gain; men heed thee, love thee, praise thee not; the Master praises--what are men? 3 Go labor on; enough while here if He shall praise thee, if He deign thy willing heart to mark and cheer; no toil for Him shall be in vain. 4 Go, labor on while it is day: the world's dark night is hast'ning on. Speed, speed thy work, cast sloth away; It is not thus that souls are won. 5 Toil on, faint not, keep watch and pray; be wise the erring soul to win; go forth into the world's highway, compel the wand'rer to come in. 6 Toil on, and in thy toil rejoice; for toil comes rest, for exile home; soon shalt thou hear the Bridegroom's voice, the midnight peal, "Behold, I come." Topics: Commission Used With Tune: SONG 34

Thou Hidden Love of God

Author: Gerhard Tersteegen; John Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 265 hymnals First Line: Thou hidden Love of God, whose height Lyrics: 1 Thou hidden Love of God, whose height, whose depth unfathomed, no man knows, I see from far Thy beauteous light, and inly sigh for Thy repose; my heart is pained, nor can it be at rest till it finds rest in Thee. 2 'Tis mercy all that Thou hast brought my mind to seek its peace in Thee; yet while I seek, but find Thee not, no peace my wand'ring soul shall see. O when shall all my wand'rings end, and all my steps to Thee-ward tend? 3 Is there a thing beneath the sun that strives with Thee my heart to share? Ah! tear it thence, and reign alone, the Lord of ev'ry motion there; then shall my heart from earth be free, when it has found repose in Thee. 4 O hide this self from me, that I no more, but Christ in me, may live; my vile affections crucify, nor let one darling lust survive; in all things nothing may I see, nothing desire, or seek, but Thee. 5 O Love, Thy sov'reign aid impart to save me from low-thoughted care; chase this self-will from all my heart, from all its hidden mazes there; make me Thy duteous child, that I may ceaseless "Abba, Father," cry. 6 Each moment draw from earth away my heart, that lowly waits Thy call; speak to my inmost soul, and say "I am Thy Love, Thy God, Thy all." To feel Thy pow'r, to hear Thy voice, to taste Thy love, be all my choice! Topics: Comfort, Death, and Glory Used With Tune: VATER UNSER

Give to the Winds Thy Fears

Author: Paul Gerhardt; John Wesley Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 518 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Give to the winds thy fears, hope and be undismayed; God hears thy sighs and counts thy tears; God shall lift up thy head. 2 Through waves and clouds and storms, He gently clears the way; wait thou His time, so shall this night soon end in joyous day. 3 Still heavy is thy heart, still sink thy spirits down? Cast off the weight, let fear depart, and ev'ry care be gone. 4 What though thou rulest not, yet heav'n, and earth, and hell proclaim, God sitteth on the throne, and ruleth all things well. 5 Leave to His sov'reign sway to choose and to command, so shalt thou wond'ring own His way, how wise, how strong His hand! 6 Far, far above thy thought His counsel shall appear, when fully He the work hath wrought, that caused thy needless fear. 7 Thou seest our weakness, Lord, our hearts are known to Thee; O lift Thou up the sinking heart, confirm the feeble knee. 8 Let us in life, in death, Thy steadfast truth declare, and publish with our latest breath Thy love and guardian care. Topics: Comfort, Death, and Glory Used With Tune: ST. BRIDE

Like a River Glorious

Author: Frances R. Havergal Meter: 6.5.6.5 D with refrain Appears in 153 hymnals Refrain First Line: Stayed upon Jehovah Lyrics: 1 Like a river glorious is God’s perfect peace, over all victorious in its bright increase; perfect, yet it floweth fuller ev'ry day; perfect, yet it groweth deeper all the way. Refrain: Stayed upon Jehovah, hearts are fully blest; finding, as He promised, perfect peace and rest. 2 Hidden in the hollow of His blessed hand, never foe can follow, never traitor stand; not a surge of worry, not a shade of care, not a blast of hurry touch the spirit there. [Refrain] 3 Ev'ry joy or trial falleth from above, traced upon our dial by the Sun of Love; we may trust Him fully all for us to do; they who trust Him wholly find Him wholly true. [Refrain] Topics: Comfort, Death, and Glory Used With Tune: WYE VALLEY