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Comfort, Comfort Ye My People

Author: Johannes Olearius; Catherine Winkworth Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7.8.8 Appears in 126 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Comfort, comfort ye My people, Speak ye peace, thus saith our God; Comfort those who sit in darkness, Mourning ’neath their sorrow’s load; Speak ye to Jerusalem Of the peace that waits for them; Tell her that her sins I cover, And her warfare now is over. 2. For the herald’s voice is crying In the desert far and near, Bidding all men to repentance, Since the kingdom now is here. O that warning cry obey! Now prepare for God a way! Let the valleys rise to meet Him, And the hills bow down to greet Him. 3. Yea, her sins our God will pardon, Blotting out each dark misdeed; All that well deserved His anger He will no more see nor heed. She has suffered many a day, Now her griefs have passed away, God will change her pining sadness Into ever springing gladness. 4. Make ye straight what long was crooked, Make the rougher places plain: Let your hearts be true and humble, As befits His holy reign, For the glory of the Lord Now o’er the earth is shed abroad, And all flesh shall see the token That His Word is never broken. Used With Tune: WERDE MUNTER Text Sources: Geistliche Singe-Kunst (Leipzig, Germany: 1671) ; Translatio: Chorale Book for England, 1863

Christian! Seek Not Yet Repose

Author: Charlotte Elliott Meter: 7.7.7.3 Appears in 204 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Christian! seek not yet repose, Hear thy guardian angel say; Thou art in the midst of foes; Watch and pray. 2. Principalities and powers, Mustering their unseen array, Wait for thy unguarded hours; Watch and pray. 3. Gird thy heavenly armor on, Wear it ever night and day; Ambushed lies the evil one; Watch and pray. 4. Hear the victors who o’ercame; Still they mark each warrior’s way; All with one clear voice exclaim, Watch and pray. 5. Hear, above all, hear thy Lord, Him thou lovest to obey; Hide within thy heart His Word, Watch and pray. 6. Watch, as if on that alone Hung the issue of the day; Pray that help may be sent down; Watch and pray. Used With Tune: VIGILATE

Day Is Dying in the West

Author: Mary A. Lathbury Appears in 554 hymnals Refrain First Line: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts! Lyrics: 1. Day is dying in the west; Heav’n is touching earth with rest; Wait and worship while the night Sets the evening lamps alight Through all the sky. Refrain Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts! Heav’n and earth are full of Thee! Heav’n and earth are praising Thee, O Lord most high! 2. Lord of life, beneath the dome Of the universe, Thy home, Gather us who seek Thy face To the fold of Thy embrace, For Thou art nigh. [Refrain] 3. While the deepening shadows fall, Heart of love enfolding all, Through the glory and the grace Of the stars that veil Thy face, Our hearts ascend. [Refrain] 4. When forever from our sight Pass the stars, the day, the night, Lord of angels, on our eyes Let eternal morning rise And shadows end. [Refrain] Used With Tune: CHAUTAUQUA

Far and Near

Author: James Oren Thompson Appears in 195 hymnals First Line: Far and near the fields are teeming Refrain First Line: Lord of harvest, send forth reapers! Lyrics: 1. Far and near the fields are teeming With the waves of ripened grain; Far and near their gold is gleaming O’er the sunny slope and plain. Refrain Lord of harvest, send forth reapers! Hear us, Lord, to Thee we cry; Send them now the sheaves to gather Ere the harvest time pass by. 2. Send them forth with morn’s first beaming, Send them in the noontide’s glare; When the sun’s last rays are gleaming, Bid them gather everywhere. [Refrain] 3. O thou, whom thy Lord is sending, Gather now the sheaves of gold; Heav’nward then at evening wending, Thou shalt come with joy untold. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Far and near the fields are teeming]

Fill Me Now

Author: Elwood Haines Stokes Appears in 277 hymnals First Line: Hover o'er me, Holy Spirit Refrain First Line: Fill me now, fill me now Lyrics: 1. Hover o’er me, Holy Spirit, Bathe my trembling heart and brow; Fill me with Thy hallowed presence, Come, O come and fill me now. Refrain Fill me now, fill me now, Jesus, come and fill me now; Fill me with Thy hallowed presence, Come, O come, and fill me now. 2. Thou canst fill me, gracious Spirit, Though I cannot tell Thee how; But I need Thee, greatly need Thee, Come, O come and fill me now. [Refrain] 3. I am weakness, full of weakness, At Thy sacred feet I bow; Blest, divine, eternal Spirit, Fill with power and fill me now. [Refrain] 4. Cleanse and comfort, bless and save me, Bathe, O bathe my heart and brow; Thou art comforting and saving, Thou art sweetly filling now. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Hover o'er me, Holy Spirit]

From Ocean unto Ocean

Author: Robert Murray Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 79 hymnals Lyrics: 1. From ocean unto ocean, our land shall own Thee Lord, And, filled with true devotion, obey Thy sovereign Word: Our prairies and our mountains, the woods and fertile field, Our rivers, lakes and fountains, to Thee shall tribute yield. 2. O Christ, for Thine own glory, and for our country’s weal, We humbly plead before Thee, Thyself in us reveal; And may we know, Lord Jesus, the touch of Thy dear hand; And, healed of our diseases, the tempter’s power withstand. 3. Where error smites with blindness, enslaves and leads astray, Do Thou in lovingkindness proclaim Thy Gospel day, Till all the tribes and races that dwell in this fair land, Adorned with Christian graces, within Thy courts shall stand. 4. Our Savior King, defend us, and guide where we should go; Forth with Thy message send us, Thy love and light to show, Till, fired with true devotion, enkindled by Thy word, From ocean unto ocean our land shall own Thee Lord. Used With Tune: LANCASHIRE

For Thee, O God, Our Constant Praise

Author: Nahum Tate; Nicholas Brady Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 79 hymnals Lyrics: 1. For Thee, O God, our constant praise In Zion waits, Thy chosen seat; Our promised altars we will raise, And there our zealous vows complete. 2. O Thou, who to my humble prayer Didst always bend Thy listening ear, To Thee shall all mankind repair, And at Thy gracious throne appear. 3. Our sins, though numberless, in vain, To stop Thy flowing mercy try; Whilst Thou o’erlook’st the guilty stain, And washest out the crimson dye. 4. Blest is the man, who, near Thee placed, Within Thy sacred dwelling lies! While we, at humbler distance, taste The vast delights Thy temple gives. Used With Tune: DUKE STREET

Gone from My Heart

Appears in 222 hymnals First Line: Gone from my heart the world and all its charms Refrain First Line: I love Him, I love him Lyrics: 1. Gone from my heart the world and all its charms; Now through the blood I’m saved from all alarms; Down at the cross my heart is bending low; The precious blood of Jesus cleanses white as snow. Refrain I love Him, I love him, Because He first loved me, And purchased my salvation On Calv’ry’s tree. 2. Once I was lost, and way down deep in sin; Once was a slave to passions fierce within; Once was afraid to meet an angry God But now I’m cleansed from ev’ry stain through Jesus’ blood. [Refrain] 3. Once I was bound, but now I am set free; Once I was blind, but now the light I see; Once I was dead, but now in Christ I live, To tell the world around the peace that He doth give. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Gone from my heart the world and all its charms] Text Sources: London Hymn Book

Have Mercy, Lord on Me

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 122 hymnals First Line: Have mercy, Lord, on me Lyrics: 1. Have mercy, Lord, on me, As Thou wert ever kind; Let me, oppressed with loads of guilt, Thy wonted mercy find. 2. Wash off my foul offense, And cleanse me from my sin; For I confess my crimes, and see How great my guilt has been. 3. The joy Thy favor gives Let me again obtain, And Thy free Spirit’s firm support My fainting soul sustain. 4. To God the Father, Son, And Spirit glory be, As ’twas, and is, and shall be so To all eternity. Used With Tune: ST. BRIDE Text Sources: A New Version of the Psalms of David by Nahum Tate & Nicholas Brady, 1698

Holy and Reverend Is the Name

Author: John Needham Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 217 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Holy and reverend is the name Of our eternal king: Thrice holy Lord, the angels cry; Thrice holy, let us sing. 2. Heaven’s brightest lamps with Him compared, How mean they look and dim! The fairest angels have their spots, When once compared with Him. 3. Holy is He in all his works, And truth is His delight; But sinners and their wicked ways Shall perish from His sight. 4. The deepest reverence of the mind, Pay, O my soul, to God; Lift with thy hands a holy heart To His sublime abode. 5. With sacred awe pronounce His name, Whom words nor thoughts can reach; A broken heart shall please Him more Than the best forms of speech. 6. Thou holy God! preserve my soul From all pollution free; The pure in heart are Thy delight, And they Thy face shall see. Used With Tune: TWENTY-FOURTH Text Sources: Hymns Devotional and Moral, 1768