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Saw you never, in the twilight
Author: Cecil Frances Alexander Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 85 hymnals Lyrics:
Saw you never, in the twilight,
When the sun had left the skies,
Up in heaven the clear stars shining
Through the gloom, like silver eyes?
So of old the wise men, watching,
Saw a little stranger star,
And they knew the King was given,
And they followed it from far.
Heard you never of the story
How they crossed the desert wild,
Journeyed on by plain and mountain
Till they found the holy Child?
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How they opened all their treasure,
Kneeling to that infant King;
Gave the gold and fragrant incense,
Gave the myrrh in offering?
Know ye not that lowly baby
Was the bright and morning Star?
He who came to light the Gentiles,
And the darkened isles afar?
And we, too, may seek his cradle;
There our hearts' best treasures bring;
Love, and faith, and true devotion
For our Savior, God, and King.
Topics: Sundays after Trinity Faith; Epiphany; Carols; Sunday Schools Epiphanytide Used With Tune: THE WISE MEN
Saw you never, in the twilight
Angels sing His triumph as you sang His birth
Author: Phillips Brooks Appears in 71 hymnals First Line: God hath sent His angels to the earth again Lyrics:
God hath sent his angels to the earth again,
Bringing joyful tidings to the sons of men;
They who first, at Christmas, thronged the heavenly way,
Now beside the tomb-door, sit on Easter Day.
Angels sing his triumph, as you sang his birth,
"Christ, the Lord, is risen. Peace, goodwill on earth."
In the dreadful desert, where the Lord was tried,
There the faithful angels gathered at his side;
And when in the garden, grief and pain and care
Bowed him down with anguish, they were with him there.
Yet the Christ they honor is the same Christ still,
Who, in light and darkness, did his Father's will;
And the tomb deserted shineth like the sky,
Since he passed out from it into victory.
God has still His angels, helping, at his word,
All his faithful children, like their faithful Lord;
Soothing them in sorrow, arming them in strife,
Opening wide the tomb-doors, leading into life.
Topics: Easter Day; Processional; Carols; Sunday Schools Carols Used With Tune: VEXILLUM
Angels sing His triumph as you sang His birth
Not by Thy mighty hand
Author: James R. Woodford Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 24 hymnals Lyrics:
Not by thy mighty hand,
Thy wondrous works alone,
But by the marvels of thy word,
Thy glory, Lord, is known.
Forth from the eternal gates,
Thine everlasting home,
To sow the seed of truth below,
Thou didst vouchsafe to come.
And still from age to age,
Thou, gracious Lord, hast been
The Bearer forth of goodly seed
The Sower still unseen.
And thou wilt come again,
And heaven beneath thee bow,
To reap the harvest thou hast sown,
Sower and Reaper thou.
Watch, Lord, thy harvest field
With thine unsleeping eye,
The children of the Kingdom keep
To thy Epiphany;
That when, in thy great day,
The tares shall severed be,
We may be surely gathered in
With all thy saints to thee.
Amen.
Topics: Sundays after Epiphany Used With Tune: POTSDAM
Not by Thy mighty hand
Beneath the cross of Jesus
Author: Elizabeth C. Clephane Meter: 7.6.8.6.8.6.8.6 Appears in 523 hymnals Lyrics:
Beneath the cross of Jesus
I fain would take my stand,
The shadow of a mighty rock
Within a weary land;
A home within the wilderness,
A rest upon the way,
From the burning of the noontide heat,
And the burden of the day.
Upon the cross of Jesus
Mine eyes at times can see
The very dying form of One
Who suffered there for me;
And from my smitten heart with tears
These wonders I confess:
The wonders of redeeming love,
And my own worthlessness.
I take, O cross, thy shadow
For my abiding place;
I ask no other sunshine than
The sunshine of his face;
Content to let the world go by,
To know no gain nor loss,
My sinful self my only shame,
My glory all the cross.
Topics: Holy Week; Visitation; Parochial Missions Used With Tune: CRUCIS UMBRA
Beneath the cross of Jesus
Breathe on me, Breath of God
Author: Edwin Hatch Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 339 hymnals Lyrics:
Breathe on me, Breath of God,
Fill me with life anew,
That I may love what thou dost love,
And do what thou wouldst do.
Breathe on me, Breath of God,
Until my heart is pure,
Until with thee I will one will,
To do or to endure.
Breathe on me, Breath of God,
Till I am wholly thine,
Till all this earthly part of me
Glows with thy fire divine.
Breathe on me, Breath of God,
So shall I never die;
But live with thee the perfect life
Of thine eternity.
Amen.
Topics: Whitsunday; Confirmation Used With Tune: NOVA VITA
Breathe on me, Breath of God
O Lord of hosts! Almighty King!
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 54 hymnals Lyrics:
O Lord of hosts! Almighty King!
Behold the sacrifice we bring:
To every arm thy strength impart;
Thy Spirit shed through every heart.
Wake in our breast the living fires,
The holy faith that warmed our sires:
Thy hand hath made our nation free;
To die for her is serving thee.
Be thou a pillared flame to show
The midnight snare, the silent foe;
And when the battle thunders loud,
Still guide us in its moving cloud.
God of all nations! Sovereign Lord!
In thy dread Name we draw the sword,
We lift the starry flag on high
That fills with light our stormy sky.
From treason's rent, from murder's stain,
Guard thou its folds till peace shall reign,
Till fort and field, till shore and sea,
Join our loud anthem, praise to thee!
Amen.
Topics: National Days Used With Tune: NEW YORK
O Lord of hosts! Almighty King!
My heart is resting, O my God
Author: Anna L. Waring Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 95 hymnals Lyrics:
My heart is resting, O my God,
I will give thanks and sing;
My heart is at the secret source
Of every precious thing.
Now the frail vessel Thou hast made,
No hand but Thine shall fill;
The waters of the earth have failed,
And I am thirsty still.
I thirst for springs of heavenly life,
And here all day they rise;
I seek the treasure of Thy love,
And close at hand it lies.
And a new song is in my mouth,
To long-loved music set;
Glory to Thee for all the grace
I have not tasted yet.
I have a heritage of joy,
That yet I must not see;
The hand that bled to make it mine
Is keeping it for me.
There is a certainty of love
That sets my heart at rest;
A calm assurance for today,
That to be poor is best;
A prayer, reposing on his truth,
Who hath made all things mine,
That draws my captive will to him,
And makes it one with thine.
Amen.
Topics: Sundays after Trinity; Sundays after Trinity Faith Used With Tune: ST. NATHANIEL
My heart is resting, O my God
God the Father, God the Son
Author: Thomas B. Pollock Meter: 7.7.7.6 Appears in 22 hymnals Lyrics: 1 God the Father, God the Son,
God the Spirit, Three in One,
Hear us from Thy heavenly throne:
Spare us, Holy Trinity.
2 Father, hear Thy children's call:
Humbly at Thy feet we fall,
Prodigals, confessing all:
We beseech Thee, hear us.
3 Christ, beneath Thy cross, we blame
All our life of sin and shame;
Penitent we breathe thy Name:
We beseech Thee, hear us.
4 Holy Spirit, grieved and tried,
Oft forgotten and defied,
Now we mourn our stubborn pride:
We beseech Thee, hear us.
5 Love, that caused us first to be,
Love, that bled upon the tree,
Love, that draws us lovingly:
We beseech Thee, hear us.
6 We Thy call have disobeyed,
Into paths of sin have strayed,
And repentance have delayed:
We beseech Thee, hear us.
7 Sick, we come to Thee for cure,
Guilty seek Thy mercy sure,
Evil, long to be made pure:
We beseech Thee, hear us.
8 Blind, we pray that we may see,
Bound, we pray to be made free,
Stained, we pray for sanctity:
We beseech Thee, hear us.
9 Thou Who hear'st each contrite sigh,
Bidding sinful souls draw nigh,
Willing not that one should die:
We beseech Thee, hear us.
Amen.
Topics: Ash Wednesday and Lent Used With Tune: TURPIN'S LITANY
God the Father, God the Son
Father in heaven, Who lovest all
Author: Rudyard Kipling Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 81 hymnals Lyrics:
Father in heaven, who lovest all,
O help thy children when they call;
That they may build from age to age
An undefilèd heritage.
Teach us to bear the yoke in youth,
With steadfastness and careful truth;
That, in our time, thy grace may give
The truth whereby the nations live.
Teach us to rule ourselves alway,
Controlled and cleanly night and day;
That we may bring, if need arise,
No maimed or worthless sacrifice.
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Teach us to look in all our ends
On thee for Judge and not our friends;
That we, with thee, may walk uncowed
By fear or favour of the crowd.
Teach us the strength that cannot seek,
By deed or thought, to hurt the weak;
That, under thee, we may possess
Man's strength to comfort man's distress.
Teach us delight in simple things,
And mirth that has no bitter springs;
Forgiveness free of evil done,
And love to all men 'neath the sun.
Amen.
(Land of our birth, our faith, our pride,
For whose dear sake our fathers died;
O Motherland, we pledge to thee
Head, heart, and hand through the years to be.)
Topics: School Life; Sunday Schools Sunday Morning; Sunday Schools General Use Used With Tune: PIXHAM
Father in heaven, Who lovest all
Like silver lamps in a distant shrine
Author: William C. Dix Meter: Irregular Appears in 43 hymnals Lyrics:
Like silver lamps in a distant shrine,
The stars are sparkling bright;
The bells of the city of God ring out,
For the Son of Mary is born tonight.
The gloom is past,
And the morn at last
Is coming with orient light.
No earthly songs are half so sweet
As those which are filling the skies,
And never a palace shone half so fair
As the manger-bed where our Savior lies;
No night in the year
Is half so dear
As this which has ended our sighs.
The stars of heaven still shine as at first
They gleamed on this wonderful night;
The bells of the city of God peal out,
And the angels' song still rings in the height,
And love still turns
Where the Godhead burns,
Hid in flesh from fleshly sight.
Faith sees no longer the stable floor,
The pavement of sapphire is there,
The clear light of heaven streams out to the world,
And the angels of God are crowding the air,
And heaven and earth,
Through the spotless birth,
Are at peace on this night so fair.
Topics: Christmas; Carols; Sunday Schools Carols Used With Tune: THE MANGER THRONE
Like silver lamps in a distant shrine
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