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Thou art the Way: by thee alone
Author: George Doane, 1799-1859 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 601 hymnals Lyrics: 1 THOU art the Way: by thee alone
From sin and death we flee;
And they who would the Father seek
Must seek him, Lord, by thee.
2 Thou art the Truth: thy word alone
True wisdom can impart;
Thou only canst inform the mind
And purify the heart.
3 Thou art the Life: the rending tomb
Proclaims thy conquering arm;
And those who put their trust in thee
Nor death nor hell shall harm.
4 Thou art the Way, the Truth, the Life:
Grant us that Way to know,
That Truth to keep, that Life to win,
Whose joys eternal flow. Topics: St. Philip and St. James May 1st Used With Tune: ST JAMES
Thou art the Way: by thee alone
O come to my heart, Lord Jesus
Author: Emily Elliott, 1836-97 Meter: Irregular Appears in 417 hymnals First Line: Thou didst leave thy throne and thy kingly crown 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:
Refrain:
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 in lowly birth didst thou come to earth,
And in great humility: [Refrain]
3 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: [Refrain]
4 When all heaven shall ring, and her choirs shall 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: [Refrain] Used With Tune: MARGARET
O come to my heart, Lord Jesus
Thou whose almighty word
Author: John Marriott, 1780-1825 Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 446 hymnals Lyrics: 1 THOU whose almighty word
Chaos and darkness heard,
And took their flight;
Hear us, we humbly pray,
And where the gospel day
Sheds not its glorious ray
Let there be light.
2 Thou who didst come to bring
On thy redeeming wing
Healing and sight,
Health to the sick in mind,
Sight to the inly blind,
O now to all mankind
Let there be light.
3 Spirit of truth and love,
Life-giving, holy Dove,
Speed forth thy flight;
Move on the water's face,
Bearing the lamp of grace,
And in earth's darkest place
Let there be light.
4 Blessèd and holy Three,
Glorious Trinity,
Wisdom, Love, Might,
Boundless as ocean's tide
Rolling in fullest pride,
Through the world far and wide
Let there be light. Topics: The Christian Year Advent Used With Tune: MOSCOW
Thou whose almighty word
When morning gilds the skies
Author: Edward Caswall, 1814-79 Meter: 6.6.6 D Appears in 700 hymnals Lyrics: 1 WHEN morning gilds the skies,
My heart awaking cries,
May Jesus Christ be praised:
Alike at work and prayer
To Jesus I repair;
May Jesus Christ be praised.
2 *The sacred minster bell
It peals o'er hill and dell,
May Jesus Christ be praised:
O hark to what it sings,
As joyously it rings,
May Jesus Christ be praised.
3 *My tongue shall never tire
Of chanting in the choir,
May Jesus Christ be praised:
The fairest graces spring
In hearts that ever sing,
May Jesus Christ be praised.
4 *When sleep her balm denies,
My silent spirit sighs,
May Jesus Christ be praised:
When evil thoughts molest,
With this I shield my breast,
May Jesus Christ be praised.
5 *Does sadness fill my mind?
A solace here I find,
May Jesus Christ be praised:
Or fades my earthly bliss?
My comfort still is this,
May Jesus Christ be praised.
6 The night becomes as day,
When from the heart we say,
May Jesus Christ be praised:
The powers of darkness fear,
When this sweet chant they hear,
May Jesus Christ be praised.
7 In heaven's eternal bliss
The loveliest strain is this,
May Jesus Christ be praised:
Let air, and sea, and sky
From depth to height reply,
May Jesus Christ be praised.
8 Be this, while life is mine,
My canticle divine,
May Jesus Christ be praised:
Be this the eternal song
Through all the ages on,
May Jesus Christ be praised. Topics: Morning Used With Tune: LAUDES DOMINI Text Sources: German, 19th century
When morning gilds the skies
Spread, O spread, thou mighty word
Author: Jonathan Bahnmaier, 1774-1841; Catherine Winkworth, 1827-78 Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 97 hymnals Lyrics: 1 SPREAD, O spread, thou mighty word,
Spread the kingdom of the Lord,
Wheresoe'er his breath has given
Life to beings meant for heaven.
2 Tell them how the Father's will
Made the world, and makes it still,
How he sent his Son to save,
How Christ conquered o'er the grave.
3 Tell of our Redeemer's love,
Who for ever doth remove
By his holy sacrifice
All the guilt that on us lies.
4 Tell them of the Spirit given
Now to guide us on to heaven,
Strong and holy, just and true,
Working both to will and do.
5 Word of life, most pure and strong,
Lo, for thee the nations long;
Spread, till from its dreary night
All the world awakes to light! Topics: The Church Its Mission and Unity; Ember Days; Ordination Used With Tune: GOTT SEI DANK Text Sources: German
Spread, O spread, thou mighty word
Ride on, ride on in majesty!
Author: Henry Milman, 1791-1868 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 505 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Ride on, ride on in majesty!
Hark, all the tribes hosanna cry,
Thy humble beast pursues his road
With palms and scattered garments strowed.
2 Ride on, ride on in majesty!
In lowly pomp ride on to die:
O Christ, thy triumphs now begin
O’er captive death and conquered sin.
3 Ride on, ride on in majesty!
The wingèd squadrons of the sky
Look down with sad and wondering eyes
To see the approaching sacrifice.
4 Ride on, ride on in majesty!
Thy last and fiercest strife is nigh;
The Father on his sapphire throne
Awaits his own anointed Son.
5 Ride on, ride on in majesty!
In lowly pomp ride on to die;
Bow thy meek head to mortal pain,
Then take, O God, thy power, and reign. Topics: Palm Sunday; Introit Used With Tune: WINCHESTER NEW
Ride on, ride on in majesty!
Faithful Cross! above all other
Author: Venantius Fortunatus, 530-609; Percy Dearmer, 1867-1936; J. M. Neale, 1818-66 Appears in 59 hymnals First Line: Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle Lyrics: Faithful Cross! above all other,
One and only noble Tree!
None in foliage, none in blossom,
None in fruit thy peer may be
Sweetest wood and sweetest iron,
Sweetest weight is hung on thee.
1 Sing, my tongue, how glorious battle,
Sing the ending of the fray,
O'er the Cross, the victor's trophy,
Sound the loud triumphant lay:
Tell how Christ, the world's Redeemer,
As a Victim won the day.
2 God in pity saw man fallen,
Shamed and sunk in misery,
When he fell on death by tasting
Fruit of the forbidden tree:
Then another tree was chosen
Which the world from death should free.
3 Therefore when the appointed fullness
Of the holy time was come,
He was sent who maketh all things
Forth from God's eternal home:
Thus he came to earth, incarnate,
Offspring of a maiden's womb.
4 Thirty years among us dwelling,
Now at length his hour fulfilled,
Born for this, he meets his Passion,
For that this he freely willed,
On the Cross the Lamb is lifted,
Where his life-blood shall be spilled.
5 Bend thy boughs, O Tree of Glory,
Thy too rigid sinews bend;
For awhile the ancient rigour
That thy birth bestowed, suspend,
And the King of heavenly beauty
On thy bosom gently tend.
6 Thou alone wast counted worthy
This world's Ransom to sustain,
That a shipwrecked race might ever
Thus a port of refuge gain,
With the sacred blood anointed
From the Lamb for sinners slain.
7 He endured the nails, the spitting,
Vinegar and spear and reed;
From that holy Body pierced
Blood and water forth proceed:
Earth and stars and sky and ocean
By that flood from stain are freed.
8 To the Trinity be glory,
To the Father and the Son,
With the co-eternal Spirit,
Ever Three and ever One,
One in love and one in splendour,
While unending ages run. Amen.
Topics: Good Friday Used With Tune: PICARDY
Faithful Cross! above all other
King of glory, King of peace
Author: George Herbert, 1593-1632 Meter: 7.4.7.4 D Appears in 59 hymnals Lyrics: 1 King of glory, King of peace,
I will love thee;
And that love may never cease,
I will move thee.
Thou hast granted my request,
Thou hast heard me;
Thou didst note my working breast,
Thou hast spared me.
2 Wherefore with my utmost art
I will sing thee,
And the cream of all my heart
I will bring thee.
Though my sins against me cried,
Thou didst clear me;
And alone, when they replied,
Thou didst hear me.
3 Seven whole days, not one in seven,
I will praise thee;
In my heart, though not in heaven,
I can raise thee.
Small it is, in this poor sort
To enrol thee:
E'en eternity's too short
To extol thee. Used With Tune: GWALCHMAI
King of glory, King of peace
O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness!
Author: J. S. B. Monsell, 1811-75 Meter: 13.10.13.10 Appears in 145 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness!
Bow down before him, his glory proclaim;
With gold of obedience, and incense of lowliness,
Kneel and adore him, the Lord is his name!
2 Low at his feet lay thy burden of carefulness,
High on his heart he will bear it for thee,
Comfort thy sorrows, and answer thy prayerfulness,
Guiding thy steps as may best for thee be.
3 Fear not to enter His courts in the slenderness
Of the poor wealth thou wouldst reckon as thine:
Truth in its beauty, and love in its tenderness,
These are the offerings to lay on his shrine.
4 These, though we bring them in trembling and fearfulness,
He will accept for the name that is dear;
Mornings of joy give for evenings of tearfulness,
Trust for our trembling and hope for our fear.
5 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness!
Bow down before him, his glory proclaim;
With gold of obedience, and incense of lowliness,
Kneel and adore him, the Lord is his name! Topics: The Christian Year Epiphany Used With Tune: WAS LEBET
O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness!
The advent of our God
Author: Charles Coffin, 1676-1749; H. Putman, 1861-1935 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 9 hymnals Lyrics: 1 THE advent of our God
With eager prayers we greet,
And singing haste upon the road
His glorious gift to meet.
2 The everlasting Son
Scorns not the Virgin's womb;
That we from bondage may be won
He bears a bondsman's doom.
3 Daughter of Sion, rise
To meet thy lowly King;
Let not thy stubborn heart despise
The peace he comes to bring.
4 On clouds of dazzling light,
As judge he comes again,
His scattered people to unite,
With him in heaven to reign.
5 Let evil flee away,
Ere that great hour shall dawn,
Let this old Adam day by day
The new Man all put on.
6 Praise to the incarnate Son,
Who comes to set us free,
With Father and with Spirit One,
To all eternity. Amen. Used With Tune: ST THOMAS
The advent of our God
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