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Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D 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 ev'ry nation, Joy of ev'ry 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: The Celebration of the Gospel Story Advent; Christian Year Advent (First) Scripture: Isaiah 52:7 Used With Tune: HYFRYDOL

Go Tell It on the Mountain

Author: John W. Work, Jr., 1871-1925 Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Appears in 108 hymnals First Line: While shepherds kept their watching Lyrics: Refrain: Go tell it on the mountain, Over the hills and ev'rywhere, Go tell it on the mountain that Jesus Christ is born. 1 While shepherds kept their watching O'er silent flocks by night, Behold, throughout the heavens There shone a holy light. [Refrain] 2 The shepherds feared and trembled When lo! above the earth, Rang out the angel chorus That hailed the Savior's birth. [Refrain] 3 Down in a lowly manger The humble Christ was born, And God sent us salvation That blessed Christmas morn. [Refrain] Topics: The Celebration of the Gospel Story Christmas; Christian Year Christmas; Spirituals Scripture: Luke 2:6-18 Used With Tune: GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN Text Sources: Negro Spiritual

Joy to the World

Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,857 hymnals First Line: Joy to the world! the Lord is come Lyrics: 1 Joy to the world! the Lord is come: Let earth receive her King; Let ev'ry heart prepare Him room, And heav'n and nature sing, And heav'n and nature sing, And heav'n, and heav'n and nature sing. 2 Joy to the world! the Savior reigns: Let us, our songs employ; While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains; Repeat the sounding joy, Repeat the sounding joy, Repeat, repeat the sounding joy. 3 No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make His blessings flow Far as the curse is found, Far as the curse is found, Far as, far as our curse is found. 4 He rules the world with truth and grace, And makes the nations prove The glories of His righteousness, And wonders of His love, And wonders of His love, And wonders, wonders of His love. Topics: The Celebration of the Gospel Story Christmas; Christian Year Christmas Scripture: Psalm 98:4-9 Used With Tune: ANTIOCH

Away in a Manger

Author: Anonymous; John T. McFarland, 1851-1913 Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 545 hymnals First Line: Away in a manger, no crib for His bed Lyrics: 1 Away in a manger, no crib for His bed, The little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head. The stars in the sky looked down where He lay, The little Lord Jesus, asleep on the hay. 2 The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes, But little Lord Jesus, no crying He makes. I love You, Lord Jesus, look down from the sky, And stay by my cradle till morning is nigh. 3 Be near me, Lord Jesus; I ask You to stay Close by me forever, and love me, I pray. Bless all the dear children in Your tender care, And fit us for heaven to live with You there. Topics: The Celebration of the Gospel Story Christmas; Christian Year Christmas Scripture: Luke 2:7 Used With Tune: MUELLER

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 7.7.7.7 D with refrain Appears in 1,326 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Hark! the herald angels sing, "Glory to the newborn King; Peace on earth, and mercy mild God and sinners reconciled!" Joyful, all you nations, rise, Join the triumph of the skies; With the angelic host proclaim, "Christ is born in Bethlehem!" Refrain: Hark! the herald angels sing, "Glory to the newborn King!" 2 Christ, by highest heav'n adored, Christ the everlasting Lord: Late in time behold Him come, Offspring of the Virgin's womb. Veiled in flesh the Godhead see: Hail the incarnate Deity, Pleased as man with us to dwell, Jesus, our Immanuel. [Refrain] 3 Hail the heav'n-born Prince of Peace! Hail the Sun of Righteousness! Light and life to all He brings, Ris'n with healing in His wings. Mild He lays His glory by, Born that we no more may die, Born to raise us from the earth, Born to give us second birth. [Refrain] Topics: The Celebration of the Gospel Story Christmas; Christian Year Christmas Scripture: Isaiah 9:5 Used With Tune: MENDELSSOHN

It Came upon the Midnight Clear

Author: Edmund H. Sears, 1810-1876 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 870 hymnals Lyrics: 1 It came upon the midnight clear, That glorious song of old, From angels bending near the earth To touch their harps of gold: "Peace on the earth, good will to all From heav'n's all gracious King"; The world in solemn stillness lay, To hear the angels sing. 2 Still through the cloven skies they come, With peaceful wings unfurled, And still their heav'nly music floats O'er all the weary world: Above its sad and lowly plains They bend on hov'ring wing, And ever o'er it Babel sounds The blessed angels sing. 3 Yet with the woes of sin and strife, The world has suffered long; Beneath the heav'nly hymn have rolled Two thousand years of wrong; And waring humankind hears not The tidings which they bring; O hush the noise and cease your strife And hear the angels sing. 4 For, lo, the days are hast'ning on, By prophets seen of old, When with the ever-circling years Shall come the time foretold, When peace shall over all the earth Its ancient splendors fling, And all the world give back the song Which now the angels sing. Topics: The Celebration of the Gospel Story Christmas; Christian Year Christmas Scripture: Luke 2:10-11 Used With Tune: CAROL

Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne

Author: Emily E. S. Elliott, 1836-1897 Meter: Irregular with refrain Appears in 417 hymnals First Line: Thou didst leave Thy throne and Thy kingly crown Refrain First Line: O come to my heart, Lord Jesus Lyrics: 1 Thou didst leave Thy throne and Thy kingly crown When Thou camest to earth for me; But in Bethlehem's home was there found no room For Thy holy nativity. O come to my heart, Lord Jesus! There is room in my heart for Thee. 2 Heaven's arches rang when the angels sang, Proclaiming Thy royal degree; But of lowly birth didst Thou come to earth, And in great humility. O come to my heart, Lord Jesus! There is room in my heart for Thee. 3 The foxes found rest and the birds their nest In the shade of the forest tree; But Thy couch was the sod, O Thou Son of God, In the deserts of Galilee. O come to my heart, Lord Jesus! There is room in my heart for Thee. 4 Thou camest, O Lord, with the living Word That should set Thy people free; But with mocking scorn, and with crown of thorn, They bore Thee to Calvary. O come to my heart, Lord Jesus! There is room in my heart for Thee. 5 When the heavens shall ring, and the angels sing, At Thy coming to victory, Let Thy voice call me home, saying, "Yet there is room, There is room at My side for thee." My heart shall rejoice, Lord Jesus! When Thou comest and callest for me. Topics: The Celebration of the Gospel Story Christmas; Christian Year Christmas Used With Tune: MARGARET

Angels, from the Realms of Glory

Author: James Montgomery, 1771-1854 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 763 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Angels, from the realms of glory, Wing your flight o'er all the earth; You who sang creation's story, Now proclaim Messiah's birth: Come and worship, come and worship, Worship Christ, the newborn King. 2 Shepherds, in the fields abiding, Watching o'er your flocks by night, God with man is now residing, Yonder shines the infant Light: Come and worship, come and worship, Worship Christ, the newborn King. 3 Sages, leave your contemplations, Brighter visions beam afar; Seek the great Desire of nations, You have seen His natal star: Come and worship, come and worship, Worship Christ, the newborn King. 4 Saints before the altar bending, Watching long in hope and fear, Suddenly the Lord, descending, In His temple shall appear: Come and worship, come and worship, Worship Christ, the new-born King. Topics: The Celebration of the Gospel Story Christmas; Christian Year Christmas; Christian Year Epiphany Scripture: Haggai 2:7 Used With Tune: REGENT SQUARE

Brightest and Best

Author: Reginald Heber, 1783-1826 Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 911 hymnals First Line: Brightest and best of the sons of the morning Lyrics: 1 Brightest and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness and lend us Thine aid, Star of the east, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid. 2 Say, shall we yield Him in costly devotion, Odors of Edom and off'rings divine, Gems of the mountain and pearls of the ocean, Myrrh from the forest, or gold from the mine? 3 Vainly we offer each ample oblation, Vainly with gifts would His favor secure; Richer by far is the heart's adoration, Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor. 4 Cold on His cradle the dew-drops are shining, Low lies His head with the beasts of the stall; Angels adore Him in slumber reclining, Maker and Monarch and Savior of all. Topics: The Celebration of the Gospel Story Epiphany; Christian Year Epiphany Scripture: 1 Samuel 15:22 Used With Tune: MORNING STAR

At Calvary

Author: William R. Newell, 1868-1958 Meter: 9.9.13 with refrain Appears in 166 hymnals First Line: Years I spent in vanity and pride Refrain First Line: Mercy there was great and grace was free Lyrics: 1 Years I spent in vanity and pride, Caring not my Lord was crucified, Knowing not it was for me He died on Calvary. Refrain: Mercy there was great and grace was free, Pardon there was multiplied to me, There my burdened soul found liberty– At Calvary. 2 By God's Word at last my sin I learned– Then I trembled at the Law I'd spurned, Till my guilty soul imploring turned to Calvary. [Refrain] 3 Now I've giv'n to Jesus ev'rything, Now I gladly own Him as my King, Now my raptured soul can only sing of Calvary. [Refrain] 4 O the love that drew salvation's plan! O the grace that brought it down to man! O the mighty gulf that God did span at Calvary. [Refrain] Topics: The Celebration of the Gospel Story Good Friday; Calvary; Cross; Death of Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ Redemptive work Scripture: Luke 23:33 Used With Tune: AT CALVARY