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Give me the wings of faith to rise

Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Appears in 514 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Give me the wings of faith to rise Within the veil, and see The saints above, how great their joys, How bright their glories be. 2 Once they were mourning here below, And wet their couch with tears; They wrestled hard, as we do now, With sins and doubts and fears. 3 I ask them whence their victory came; They, with united breath, Ascribe their conquest to the Lamb, Their triumph to his death. 4 They marked the footsteps that he trod, His zeal inspired their breast, And, following their incarnate God, Possess the promised rest. 5 Our glorious Leader claims our praise For his own pattern given, While the long cloud of witnesses Shows the same path to heaven. Topics: The Church Year Saints' Days - Minor Festivals; The Life in Christ Repentance and Faith; The Life In Christ Life Everlasting Used With Tune: BALLERMA

God himself is present

Author: Frederick William Foster, 1760 - 1835; Gerhard Tersteegen, 1697 - 1769; John Miller, 1756 - 1790 Appears in 120 hymnals Lyrics: 1 God himself is present, Let us now adore him, And with awe appear before him! God is in his temple, All within keep silence, Prostrate lie with deepest reverence. Him alone God we own, Him, our God and Saviour; Praise his Name forever! A-men. 2 God himself is present, Hear the harps resounding; See the crowds the throne surrounding! 'Holy, Holy, Holy,' Hear the hymn ascending, Angels, saints, their voices blending! Bow thine ear To us here: Hear, O Christ, the praises That thy Church now raises. 3 O thou Fount of blessing Purify my spirit, Trusting only in thy merit; Like the holy angels Who behold thy glory, May I ceaselessly adore thee. Let thy will Ever still Rule thy Church terrestrial, As the hosts celestial. Amen. Topics: The Church Worship - The Beginning of Service; The Church Worship - In The Presence Used With Tune: ARNSBERG (WUNDERBARER, KONIG)

Hail, thou once despised Jesus!

Author: John Bakewell, 1721 - 1819 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 625 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Hail, thou once despised Jesus! Hail, thou Galilean King! Thou didst suffer to release us; Thou didst free salvation bring. Hail, thou agonizing Saviour, Bearer of our sin and shame! By thy merits we find favor; Life is given through thy Name. 2 Paschal Lamb, by God appointed, All our sins on thee were laid; By almighty love anointed, Thou hast full atonement made. All thy people are forgiven Through the virtue of thy Blood; Opened is the gate of heaven; Peace is made 'twixt man and God. A-men. 3 Jesus, hail! enthroned in glory, There forever to abide; All the heavenly host adore thee Seated at thy Father's side. There for sinners thou art pleading, There thou dost our place prepare, Ever for us interceding, Till in glory we appear. 4 Worship, honor, power, and blessing Thou art worthy to receive; Loudest praises, without ceasing, Meet it is for us to give. Help, ye bright angelic spirits, All your sweetest, noblest lays; Help to sing our Saviour's merits, Help to chant Immanuel's praise. Amen. Topics: The Church Year Lent; The Church Year Easter Eve; The Church Year Ascension; The Church Worship - In The Presence; The Church Worship - The Lord's Day; The Church Worship - The Beginning of Service; The Church Worship - The Close of Service; The Church Worship - Morning; The Life In Christ Adoration and Praise Used With Tune: SUPPLICATION

If thou but suffer God to guide thee

Author: Catherine Winkworth, 1829-78; Georg Neumark, 1621 - 81 Appears in 179 hymnals Lyrics: 1 If thou but suffer God to guide thee, And hope in him through all thy ways, He'll give thee strength, what e'er betide thee, And bear thee through the evil days; Who trusts in God's unchanging love Builds on the rock that nought can move. 2 What can these anxious cares avail thee, These never-ceasing moans and sighs? What can it help, if thou bewail thee, O'er each dark moment as it flies? Our cross and trials do but press The heavier for our bitterness. 3 Only be still, and await his leisure In cheerful hope, with heart content To take whate'er your Father's pleasure And all discerning love have sent; Nor doubt our inmost wants are known To him who chose us for his own. 4 Sing, pray, and keep his ways unswerving; In all thy labor faithful be, And trust his word; though undeserving, Thou yet shalt find it true for thee: God never will forsake in need The soul that trusts in him indeed. Topics: The Church Year Good Friday; The Life In Christ Conflict and Victory; The Life In Christ Comfort and Rest Used With Tune: NEUMARK (WER NUR DEN LIEBEN GOTT)

In heavenly love abiding

Author: Anna Laetitia Waring, 1820 - 1910 Appears in 566 hymnals Lyrics: 1 In heavenly love abiding, No change my heart shall fear; And safe is such confiding, For nothing changes here: The storm may roar without me, My heart may low be laid, But God is round about me, And can I be dismayed? 2 Wherever he may guide me, No want shall turn me back; My Shepherd is beside me, And nothing can I lack. His wisdom ever waketh, His sight is never dim, He knows the way he taketh, And I will walk with him. 3 Green pastures are before me, Which yet I have not seen; Bright skies will soon be o'er me, Where darkest clouds have been. My hope I cannot measure, The path to life is free; My Saviour has my treasure, And he will walk with me. Topics: The Life In Christ Comfort and Rest Used With Tune: NYLAND

It came upon the midnight clear

Author: Edmund Hamilton Sears, 1810 - 76 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 men, From heaven'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 heavenly music floats O'er all the weary world; Above its sad and lowly plains They bend on hovering wing, And ever o'er its Babel sounds The blessed angels sing. 3 Yet with the woes of sin and strife The world hath suffered long; Beneath the angel-strain have rolled Two thousand years of wrong; And man, at war with man, hears not The love song which they bring: O hush the noise, ye men of strife, And hear the angels sing. 4 And ye, beneath life's crushing load, Whose forms are bending low, Who toil along the climbing way With painful steps and slow: Look now! for glad and golden hours Come swiftly on the wing; O rest beside the weary road, And hear the angels sing. 5 For lo! the days are hastening on, By prophet-bards foretold, When, with the ever-circling years, Shall come the Age of Gold; When peace shall over all the earth Its heavenly splendors fling, And all the world give back the song Which now the angels sing. Topics: The Church Year Christmas Used With Tune: CAROL

Make me a captive, Lord

Author: George Matheson, 1842 - 1906 Appears in 120 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Make me a captive, Lord, And then I shall be free; Force me to render up my sword, And I shall conqueror be. I sink in life's alarms When by myself I stand; Imprison me within thine arms, And strong shall be my hand. 2 My heart is weak and poor Until it master find; It has no spring of action sure, It varies with the wind. It cannot freely move Till Thou hast wrought its chain; Enslave it with thy matchless love, And deathless it shall reign. A-men. 3 My power is faint and low Till I have learned to serve; It wants the needed fire to glow, It wants the breeze to nerve; It cannot drive the world Until itself be driven; Its flag can only be unfurled When Thou shalt breathe from heaven. 4 My will is not my own Till thou hast made it thine; If it would reach a monarch's throne It must its crown resign; It only stands unbent Amid the clashing strife, When on thy bosom it has leant And found in thee its life. Amen. Topics: The Life In Christ The Inner Life; The Life In Christ Consecration Used With Tune: LEOMINSTER

More love to thee, O Christ

Author: Elizabeth Prentiss, 1818 - 78 Appears in 818 hymnals Lyrics: 1 More love to thee, O Christ, More love to thee! Hear thou the prayer I make On bended knee; This is my earnest plea, More love, O Christ, to thee, More love to thee, More love to thee. 2 Once earthly joy I craved, Sought peace and rest; Now thee alone I seek, Give what is best: This all my prayer shall be, More love, O Christ, to thee, More love to thee, More love to thee. A-men. 3 Then shall my latest breath Whisper thy praise; This be the parting cry My heart shall raise; This still its prayer shall be, More love, O Christ, to thee, More love to thee, More love to thee. Amen. Topics: Confirmation; The Life In Christ Consecration; The Life in Christ Aspiration Used With Tune: MORE LOVE TO THEE

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow

Author: Thomas Ken, 1637 - 1711 Appears in 1,225 hymnals Lyrics: Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise him, all creatures here below; Praise him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen. Topics: The Church Worship - The Close of Service; Doxologies Used With Tune: OLD HUNDREDTH

O day of rest and gladness

Author: Christopher Wordsworth, 1807-85 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 813 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O day of rest and gladness, O day of joy and light, O balm of care and sadness, Most beautiful, most bright! On thee the high and lowly, Before the eternal throne, Sing, 'Holy, holy, holy,' To the great Three in One. 2 On thee, at the creation, The light first had its birth; On thee, for our salvation, Christ rose from depths of earth; On thee our Lord victorious The Spirit sent from heaven; And thus on thee most glorious A triple light was given. A-men. 3 Today on weary nations The heavenly manna falls; To holy convocations The silver trumpet calls, Where Gospel light is glowing With pure and radiant beams, And living water flowing With soul-refreshing streams. 5 New graces ever gaining From this our day of rest, We reach the rest remaining To spirits of the blest. To Holy Ghost be praises, To Father, and to Son; The Church her voice upraises To thee, blest Three in One. Amen. Topics: The Church Year Easter; The Church Worship - The Lord's Day Used With Tune: KOMM, SEELE