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Thee We Adore, Eternal Lord!

Author: Thomas Cotterill Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 115 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Thee we adore, eternal Lord! We praise Thy Name with one accord, Thy saints, who here Thy goodness see, through all the world do worship Thee. 2 To Thee aloud all angels cry, the heav'ns and all the pow'rs on high: Thee, holy, holy, holy King, Lord God of hosts, they ever sing. 3 Th'apostles join the glorious throng; the prophets swell th'immortal song; the martyrs' noble army raise eternal anthems to Thy praise. 4 From day to day, O Lord, do we highly exalt and honor Thee! Thy Name we worship and adore, world without end, for evermore! 5 Vouchsafe, O Lord, we humbly pray, to keep us safe from sin this day; have mercy, Lord, we trust in Thee; O let us ne'er confounded be! Topics: Revelation and Adoration Used With Tune: MENDON Text Sources: Latin, 4th or 5th cent.

Now Thank We All Our God

Author: Martin Rinkart; Catherine Winkworth Meter: 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6 Appears in 691 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Now thank we all our God with heart and hands and voices, who wondrous things has done, in whom His world rejoices; who, from our mothers' arms, has blessed us on our way with countless gifts of love, and still is ours today. 2 O may this bounteous God through all our life be near us, with ever joyful hearts and blessed peace to cheer us; to keep us in His grace, and guide us when perplexed, and free us from all woes in this world and the next. 3 All praise and thanks to God the Father now be given, the Son, and Him who reigns with Them in highest heaven, the one eternal God, whom earth and heav'n adore, for so it was, is now, and shall be evermore. Topics: Revelation and Adoration Used With Tune: NUN DANKET

Great Is Thy Faithfulness

Author: Thomas O. Chisholm Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Appears in 189 hymnals First Line: Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father Lyrics: 1 Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father; there is no shadow of turning with Thee; Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not; as Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be. Refrain: Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see; all I have needed Thy hand hath provided: great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me! 2 Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest; sun, moon, and stars in their courses above join with all nature in manifold witness to Thy great faithfulness, mercy, and love. [Refrain] 3 Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth, Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide; strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow: blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside! [Refrain] Topics: Revelation and Adoration Used With Tune: FAITHFULNESS

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

Author: John M. Neale Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 511 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O come, O come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel, that mourns in lonely exile here, until the Son of God appear. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to Thee, O Israel. 2 O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free Thine own from Satan's tyranny; from depths of hell Thy people save, and give them vict'ry o'er the grave. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to Thee, O Israel. 3 O come, Thou Dayspring, come and cheer our spirits by Thine advent here; disperse the gloomy clouds of night, and death's dark shadows put to flight. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to Thee, O Israel. 4 O come, Thou Key of David, come, and open wide our heav'nly home; make safe the way that leads on high, and close the path to misery. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to Thee, O Israel. Topics: Jesus Christ Advent Used With Tune: VENI EMMANEUL Text Sources: Latin hymn, 12th cent.

Comfort, Comfort Ye My People

Author: Johann Olearius; Catherine Winkworth Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8 Appears in 127 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 Yea, her sins our God will pardon, blotting out each dark misdeed; all that well deserved His anger He no more will see nor heed. She hath suffered many a day, now her griefs have passed away; God will change her pining sadness into ever springing gladness. 3 For Elijah'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. 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 earth is shed abroad, and all flesh shall see the token that His Word is never broken. Topics: Jesus Christ Advent Used With Tune: GENEVAN 42

Lo! He Comes, with Clouds Descending

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.4.4.7 Appears in 770 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lo! He comes, with clouds descending, once for our salvation slain; thousand thousand saints attending swell the triumph of His train. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! God appears on earth to reign. 2 Ev'ry eye shall now behold Him, robed in dreadful majesty; those who set at naught and sold Him, pierced, and nailed Him to the tree, deeply wailing, deeply wailing, deeply wailing, shall the true Messiah see. 3 Ev'ry island, sea, and mountain, heav'n and earth, shall flee away; all who hate Him must, confounded, hear the trump proclaim the day: Come to judgment! Come to judgment! Come to judgment! Come to judgment, come away! 4 Now redemption, long expected, see in solemn pomp appear! And His saints, by men rejected, coming with Him in the air. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! See the day of God appear! 5 Yea, amen! Let all adore Thee, high on Thine eternal throne; Savior, take the pow'r and glory, claim the kingdom for Thine own: O come quickly, O come quickly, O come quickly! Alleluia! Come, Lord, come! Topics: Jesus Christ Advent Used With Tune: HELMSLEY

The First Noel

Meter: Irregular Appears in 405 hymnals First Line: The first noel the angels did say Lyrics: 1 The first noel the angels did say was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay, in fields where they lay keeping their sheep on a cold winter's night that was so deep. Noel, noel, noel, noel! Born is the King of Israel! 2 They looked up and saw a star shining in the east beyond them far; and to the earth it gave great light, and so it continued both day and night. Noel, noel, noel, noel! Born is the King of Israel! 3 And by the light of that same star, three wise men came from country far; to seek for a king was their intent, and to follow the star wherever it went. Noel, noel, noel, noel! Born is the King of Israel! 4 This star drew nigh to the northwest, over Bethlehem it took its rest; and there it did both stop and stay right over the place where Jesus lay. Noel, noel, noel, noel! Born is the King of Israel! 5 Then entered in those wise men three, full rev'rently upon their knee, and offered there in His presence their gold, and myrrh, and frankincense. Noel, noel, noel, noel! Born is the King of Israel! Topics: Jesus Christ Incarnation Used With Tune: THE FIRST NOWELL Text Sources: Traditional English carol

Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

Author: Theodore Baker; Harriet Spaeth; John Mattes Meter: 7.6.7.6.6.7.6 Appears in 102 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lo, how a rose e'er blooming from tender stem hath sprung, of Jesse's lineage coming, as men of old have sung. It came, a flower bright, amid the cold of winter, when half spent was the night. 2 Isaiah 'twas foretold it, the rose I have in mind, with Mary we behold it, the virgin mother kind. To show God's love aright she bore to men a Savior, when half spent was the night. 3 The shepherds heard the story, proclaimed by angels bright, how Christ, the Lord of glory, was born on earth this night. To Bethlehem they sped and in the manger found Him, as angel heralds said. 4 This flow'r, whose fragrance tender with sweetness fills the air, dispels with glorious splendor the darkness ev'rywhere. True man, yet very God; from sin and death He saves us and lightens ev'ry load. 5 O Savior, child of Mary, who felt our human woe; O Savior, King of glory, who dost our weakness know, bring us at last, we pray, to the bright courts of heaven and to Thy endless day. Topics: Jesus Christ Incarnation Used With Tune: ES SIT EIN ROS' Text Sources: German carol, 15th cent.

See Amid the Winter's Snow

Author: Edward Caswall Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain Appears in 164 hymnals Refrain First Line: Hail! Thou ever-blessed morn! Lyrics: 1 See, amid the winter's snow, born for us on earth below, see the tender Lamb appears, promised from eternal years. Refrain: Hail! Thou ever-blessed morn! Hail, redemption's happy dawn! Sing through all Jerusalem, "Christ is born in Bethlehem." 2 Lo, within a manger lies He who built the starry skies; He, who throned in height sublime, sits amid the cherubim! [Refrain] 3 Say, ye holy shepherds, say, what your joyful news today; wherefore have ye left your sheep on the lonely mountain steep? [Refrain] 4 "As we watched at dead of night, lo, we saw a wondrous light; angels singing 'Peace on earth' told us of the Savior's birth." [Refrain] 5 Sacred Infant, all divine, what a tender love was Thine; thus to come from highest bliss down to such a world as this! [Refrain] 6 Teach, O teach us, Holy Child, by Thy face so meek and mild, teach us to resemble Thee in Thy sweet humility! [Refrain] Topics: Jesus Christ Incarnation Used With Tune: HUMILITY

The Head That Once Was Crowned with Thorns

Author: Thomas Kelly Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 513 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The head that once was crowned with thorns is crowned with glory now; a royal diadem adorns the mighty Victor's brow. 2 The highest place that heav'n affords is His, is His by right, the King of kings and Lord of lords, and heav'n's eternal Light. 3 The joy of all who dwell above, the joy of all below, to whom He manifests His love, and grants His name to know. 4 To them the cross with all its shame, with all its grace, is giv'n, their name, an everlasting name, their joy, the joy of heav'n. 5 They suffer with their Lord below, they reign with Him above, their profit and their joy to know the myst'ry of His love. 6 The cross He bore is life and health, though shame and death to Him: His people's Hope, His people's Wealth, their everlasting Theme! Topics: Jesus Christ Resurrection and Exaltation Used With Tune: ST. MAGNUS