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Amazing Grace

Author: John Newton, 1725-1807 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,421 hymnals First Line: Amazing grace– how sweet the sound Lyrics: 1 Amazing grace— how sweet the sound— that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see. 2 The Lord has promised good to me, his Word my hope secures; he will my shield and portion be as long as life endures. 3 Through many dangers, toils, and snares I have already come; 'tis grace has brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home. 4 When we've been there ten thousand years, bright shining as the sun, we've no less days to sing God's praise than when we'd first begun. Topics: Grace Scripture: Luke 15:11-32 Used With Tune: NEW BRITAIN Text Sources: St. 4: A Collection of Sacred Ballands, Richmond, 1790

The Law of God Is Good and Wise

Author: Matthias Loy, 1828-1915 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 20 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The law of God is good and wise and sets his will before our eyes, shows us the way of righteousness, and dooms to death when we transgress. 2 Its light of holiness imparts the knowledge of our sinful hearts that we may see our lost estate tnd turn from sin before too late. 3 To those who help in Christ have found and would in works of love abound it shows what deeds are his delight and should be done as good and right. 4 But those who scornfully disdain God's law shall then in sin remain; its terror in their ear resounds and keeps their wickedness in bounds. 5 The law is good, but since the fall its holiness condemns us all; it dooms us for our sin to die and has no pow'r to justify. 6 To Jesus we for refuge flee, who from the curse has set us free, and humbly worship at his throne, saved by his grace through faith alone. Topics: Word of God Scripture: Galatians 3:10 Used With Tune: ERHALT UNS, HERR

Jesus, Your Blood and Righteousness

Author: Nicholaus l. von Zinzendorf, 1700-1760; John B. Wesley, 1703-1791 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 499 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Jesus, your blood and righteousness my beauty are, my glorious dress; mid flaming worlds, in these arrayed, with joy shall I lift up my head. 2 Bold shall I stand in that great day; who can a word against me say? Fully absolved through these I am from sin and fear, from guilt and shame. 3 Lord, I believe your precious blood, which at the very throne of God pleads for the captives' liberty, was also shed in love for me. 4 Lord, I believe, were sinners more than sands upon the ocean shore, you have for all a ransom paid, for all a full atonement made. 5 When from the dust of death I rise to claim my mansion in the skies, this then shall be all my only plea: Jesus has lived and died for me. 6 Jesus, be worshiped endlessly! Your boundless mercy has for me, for me and all your hands have made, an everlasting ransom paid. Topics: Justification Scripture: Isaiah 61:10 Used With Tune: ST. CRISPIN

Christ, the Life of All the Living

Author: Ernst C. Homburg, 1605-1681; Catherine Winkworth, 1827-1878 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7.7 Appears in 66 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Christ, the life of all the living, Christ, the death of death, our foe, who, thyself for me once giving to the darkest depths of woe: through thy suff'rings, death, and merit I eternal life inherit. Thousand, thousand thanks shall be, dearest Jesus, unto thee. 2 Thou, ah! Thou hast taken on thee bonds and stripes, a cruel rod; pain and scorn were heaped upon thee, 0 thou sinless Son of God! Thus didst thou my soul deliver from the bonds of sin forever. Thousand, thousand thanks shall be, dearest Jesus, unto thee. 3 Thou hast borne the smiting only that my wounds might all be whole; thou hast suffered, sad and lonely, rest to give my weary soul; yea, the curse of God enduring, blessing unto me securing. Thousand, thousand thanks shall be, dearest Jesus, unto thee. 4 Heartless scoffers did surround thee, treating thee with cruel scorn, and with piercing thorns they crowned thee. All disgrace thou, Lord, hast borne that as thine thou mightest own me and with heav'nly glory crown me. Thousand, thousand thanks shall be, dearest Jesus, unto thee. 5 Thou hast suffered men to bruise thee that from pain I might be free; falsely did thy foes accuse thee: thence I gain security. Comfortless thy soul did languish me to comfort in my anguish. Thousand, thousand thanks shall be, dearest Jesus, unto thee. 6 Thou hast suffered great affliction and hast borne it patiently, even death by crucifixion, fully to atone for me. Thou didst choose to be tormented that my doom should be prevented. Thousand, thousand thanks shall be, dearest Jesus, unto thee. 7 Then, for all that wrought my pardon, for thy sorrows deep and sore, for thine anguish in the garden, I will thank thee evermore, thank thee for thy groaning, sighing, for thy bleeding and thy dying, for that last triumphant cry and shall praise thee, Lord, on high. Topics: Lent Scripture: Isaiah 53:3-12 Used With Tune: JESU, MEINES LEBENS LEBEN Text Sources: Tr. sts. 3,4, 6: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-Book, 1912, alt.

All Praise to God Who Reigns Above

Author: Johann Jacob Schütz, 1640-1690 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 194 hymnals Lyrics: 1 All praise to God who reigns above, the God of all creation, the God of wonders, pow'r, and love, the God of our salvation! With healing balm my soul he fills, the God who ev'ry sorrow stills: To God all praise and glory! 2 What God's almighty pow'r has made, in mercy he is keeping; by morning glow or evening shade his eye is never sleeping. Within the kingdom of his might, all things are just and and good and right: To God all praise and glory! 3 I cried to him in time of need: Lord God, O hear my calling! For death he gave me life indeed and kept my feet from falling. For this my thanks shall endless be; O thank him, thank our God with me: To God all praise and glory! 4 The Lord will not forsake his flock, his chosen generation; he is their refuge and their rock, their peace and their salvation. As with a mother's tender hand he leads his own, his chosen band: To God all praise and glory! 5 All who confess Christ's holy name, to God give praise and glory! Let all who know his pow'r proclaim aloud the wondrous story! All idols under foot be trod— The Lord is God! The Lord is God! To God all praise and glory! Topics: Praise and Adoration Scripture: Psalm 116:8-9 Used With Tune: LOBT GOTT DEN HERREN, IHR HEIDEN ALL Text Sources: Tr. composite

Of the Father's Love Begotten

Author: Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, 348-c. 413; John Mason Neale, 1818-1866; Henry W. Baker, 1821-1877 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 214 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Of the Father's love begotten ere the worlds began to be, he is Alpha and Omega, he the source, the ending he, of the things that are, that have been, and that future years shall see evermore and evermore. 2 Oh, that birth forever blessed when the virgin, full of grace, by the Holy Ghost conceiving, bore the Savior of our race, and the babe, the world's Redeemer, first revealed his sacred face evermore and evermore. 3 This is he whom seers and sages sang of old with one accord, whom the voices of the prophets promised in their faithful word. Now he shines, the long-expected; let creation praise its Lord evermore and evermore. 4 Let the heights of heav'n adore him, angel hosts his praises sing, pow'rs, dominions bow before him and extol our God and King. Let no tongue on earth be silent, ev'ry voice in concert ring evermore and evermore. 5 Christ, to thee, with God the Father, and, O Holy Ghost, to thee hymn and chant and high thanksgiving and unending praises be, honor, glory, and dominion and eternal victory evermore and evermore. Topics: Christmas Scripture: Acts 13:32-33 Used With Tune: DIVINUM MYSTERIUM

Go, Tell It on the Mountain

Author: John W. Work, II, 1873-1925 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 our 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: Christmas Scripture: Luke 2:7-20 Used With Tune: GO, TELL IT Text Sources: African-American spiritual (refrain)

The People Who in Darkness Walked

Author: John Morison, 1749-1798 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 216 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The people who in darkness walked have seen a glorious light; the heav'nly dawn broke forth on those who dwelt in death and night, who dwelt in death and night. 2 To us a child of hope is born, to us a son is giv'n, and on his shoulders ever rests all pow'r in earth and heav'n, all pow'r in earth and heav'n. 3 His name shall be the Prince of Peace, the Everlasting Lord, the Wonderful, the Counselor, the God by all adored, the God by all adored. 4 His righteous government and pow'r shall over all extend; on judgment and on justice based, his reign shall have no end, his reign shall have no end. 5 Lord Jesus, reign in us, we pray, and make us yours alone, for you are with the Father and the Spirit ever one, the Spirit ever one. Topics: Epiphany Scripture: Isaiah 9:2 Used With Tune: LOBT GOTT, IHR CHRISTEN

Savior, When in Dust to You

Author: Robert Grant, 1779-1838 Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 443 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Savior, when in dust to you low we bow in homage due, when, repentant, to the skies scarce we lift our weeping eyes, O, by all your pains and woe suffered once for us below, bending from your throne on high, hear our penitential cry! 2 By your helpless infant years, by your life of want and tears, by your days of deep distress in the savage wilderness, by the dread, mysterious hour of th'insulting tempter's pow'r, turn, O turn a fav'ring eye, hear our penitential cry! 3 By your hour of dire despair, by your agony of prayer, by the cross, the nail, the thorn, piercing spear, and torturing scorn, by the gloom that veiled the skies o'er the dreadful sacrifice, listen to our humble sigh, hear our penitential cry! 4 By your deep expiring groan, by the sad sepulchral stone, by the vault whose dark abode held in vain the rising God, O, from earth to heav'n restored, mighty, re-ascended Lord, bending from your throne on high, hear our penitential cry! Topics: Lent Scripture: Psalm 130:1-2 Used With Tune: ABERYSTWYTH

For the Fruits of His Creation

Author: Fred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 Meter: 8.4.8.4.8.8.8.4 Appears in 70 hymnals Lyrics: 1 For the fruit of his creation, thanks be to God. For his gifts to ev’ry nation, thanks be to God. For the plowing, sowing, reaping, silent growth while we are sleeping, future needs in earth’s safekeeping, thanks be to God. 2 In the just reward of labor, God’s will is done. In the help we give our neighbor, God’s will is done. In our worldwide task of caring for the hungry and despairing, in the harvests we are sharing, God’s will is done. 3 For the harvests of the Spirit, thanks be to God. For the good we all inherit, thanks be to God. For the wonders that astound us, for the truths that still confound us, most of all, that love has found us, thanks be to God. Topics: Creation and Preservation Scripture: Genesis 8:22 Used With Tune: AR HYD Y NOS