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We Worship Thee, God

Author: Robert Grant, 1779-1838 Meter: 10.10.11.11 Appears in 1,138 hymnals Topics: Celebration and Praise First Line: We worship thee, God, below and above Lyrics: 1 We worship thee, God, below and above, and gratefully sing thy power and thy love. Our shield and defender, the Ancient of Days pavilioned in splendor and girded with praise. 2 We tell of thy might and sing of thy grace, enrobed by the light and crowned by space. Thy zeal for the just the deep thunderclouds form, and dark is thy path on the wings of the storm. 3 The earth with its store of wonders untold, thy power and care has founded from old, established nature's unchanging decree, and round it has cast, like a mantle, the sea. 4 Though children of dust, as feeble as frail, by thy endless trust we fear not to fail. Thy wing with its sheltering touch does us mend, for thou art our maker, redeemer, and friend. Used With Tune: LYONS

Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee

Author: Henry Van Dyke, 1852-1933 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 266 hymnals Topics: Celebration and Praise Lyrics: 1 Joyful, joyful, we adore thee, God of glory, God of love; hearts unfold like flowers before thee, hail thee as the sun above. Melt the clouds of sin and sadness; drive the pain of doubt away; giver of immortal gladness, fill us with the joy of day. 2 All thy works with joy surround thee, earth and heav’n reflect thy rays, stars and planets sing around thee, center of unbroken praise; field and forest, vale and mountain, blossoming meadow, flashing sea, chanting bird and flowing fountain call us to rejoice in thee. 3 Thou art giving and forgiving, ever blessing, ever blest; wellspring of the joy of living, ocean-depth of happy rest. Ever singing march we onward, victors in the midst of strife; joyful music lifts us sunward in the triumph song of life. Used With Tune: HYMN TO JOY

Praise Be to God, the Almighty

Author: Joachim Neander, 1650-1680; Catherine Winkworth, 1827-1878 Meter: 14.14.4.7.8 Appears in 383 hymnals Topics: Celebration and Praise First Line: Praise be to God, the Almighty, who rules all creation! Lyrics: 1 Praise be to God, the Almighty, who rules all creation! O my soul, praise the Love who is our health and salvation. Join the great throng, wake harp and psaltery and song, sound forth your glad adoration. 2 Praise be to God, who is o'er all things wondrously reigning, who, as on eagle wings, lifts us, so gently sustaining. Have you not seen, all that is needful has been sent by God's gracious ordaining? 3 Praise be to God, who will prosper your work and defend you; surely God's goodness and mercy here daily attend you. Ponder anew what the Almighty can do, who with great love does befriend you. 4 Praise be to God! O forget not God's manifold graces; all that has life and breath one song of gratitude raises. Let the Amen sound from the people again; gladly forever sing praises. Used With Tune: LOBE DEN HERREN

Morning Has Broken

Author: Eleanor Farjeon, 1881-1965 Meter: 5.5.5.4 D Appears in 93 hymnals Topics: Celebration and Praise Lyrics: 1 Morning has broken like the first morning, blackbird has spoken like the first bird. Praise for the singing! Praise for the morning! Praise for them, springing fresh from the Word! 2 Sweet the rain’s new fall sunlit from heaven, like the first dewfall on the first grass. Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden, sprung in completeness where God’s feet pass. 3 Mine is the sunlight! Mine is the morning born of the one light Eden saw play! Praise with elation, praise every morning, God’s recreation of the new day! Used With Tune: BUNESSAN

For the Beauty of the Earth

Author: Folliott Sandford Pierpoint, 18365-1917 Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 630 hymnals Topics: Celebration and Praise Lyrics: 1 For the beauty of the earth, for the splendor of the skies, for the love which from our birth over and around us lies: Source of all, to thee we raise this, our hymn of grateful praise. 2 For the joy of ear and eye, for the heart and mind's delight, for the mystic harmony linking sense to sound and sight: Source of all, to thee we raise this, our hymn of grateful praise. 3 For the wonder of each hour of the day and of the night, hill and vale and tree and flower, sun and moon and stars of light: Source of all, to thee we raise this, our hymn of grateful praise. 4 For the joy of human care, sister, brother, parent, child, for the kinship we all share, for all gentle thoughts and mild: Source of all, to thee we raise this, our hymn of grateful praise. Used With Tune: DIX

At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing

Author: Robert Campbell, 1814-1868 Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 186 hymnals Topics: Easter Vigil ; Easter Season Resurrection; Body and Blood of Christ; Sacred Heart of Jesus; Christian Initiation Sacraments; Baptism Sacraments; Eucharist Sacraments; Celebration; Communion; Feast; Jesus Christ; Lamb of God; Love of God for Us; Music; New Life; Paschal Mystery; Praise; Salvation; Saving Blood of Christ; Song; Sunday; Victory over Sin and Death; Worship and Adoration Lyrics: 1 At the Lamb's high feast we sing Praise to our victorious King, Who has washed us in the tide Flowing from his pierced side. Praise we him, whose love divine Gives his sacred Blood for wine, Gives his Body for the feast: Christ the victim, Christ the priest. 2 Where the Paschal blood is poured, Death's dread angel sheathes his sword; Israel's hosts triumphant go Through the wave that drowns the foe. Praise we Christ, whose blood was shed, Paschal victim, Paschal bread; With sincerity and love Eat we manna from above. 3 Mighty victim from on high, Hell's fierce pow'rs beneath you lie; You have conquered in the fight, You have brought us life and light. Now no more can death appall, Now no more the grave enthrall; You have opened paradise, And in you your saints shall rise. 4 Easter triumph, Easter joy, This alone can sin destroy; From sin's pow'r, Lord, set us free, Newborn souls in you to be. Father, who the crown shall give, Savior, by whose death we live, Spirit, guide through all our days: Three in One, your name we praise. Scripture: Exodus 15 Used With Tune: SALZBURG Text Sources: Ad regias agni dapes; Latin, 4th C.

Holy, Holy, Holy

Author: Reginald Heber, 1738-1826 Appears in 1,638 hymnals Topics: Celebration and Praise First Line: Holy, holy, holy, author of creation! Lyrics: 1 Holy, holy, holy, author of creation! Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee; holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty; who was, and is, and evermore shall be. 2 Holy, holy, holy, though the darkness hide thee, hindered by our vanities we have not eyes to see. Only thou art holy, there is none beside thee, perfect in power, in love, and purity. 3 Holy, holy, holy, author of creation! All thy works shall praise thy name in earth and sky and sea; holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty; who was, and is, and evermore shall be. Used With Tune: NICAEA

When in Our Music

Author: Fred Pratt Green, 1903- Meter: 10.10.10 with alleluia Appears in 84 hymnals Topics: Celebration and Praise First Line: When in our music God is glorified Lyrics: 1 When in our music God is glorified, and adoration leaves no room for pride, it is as though the whole creation cried Alleluia! 2 How often, making music, we have found a new dimension in the world of sound, as worship moved us to a more profound Alleluia! 3 So has the church, in liturgy and song, in faith and love, through centuries of wrong, borne witness to the truth in every tongue, Alleluia! 4 Let every instrument be tuned for praise! Let all rejoice who have a voice to raise! And may God give us faith to sing always Alleluia! Used With Tune: ENGELBERG

Let the Whole Creation Cry

Author: Stopford Augustus Brooke, 1832-1916 Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 80 hymnals Topics: Celebration and Praise Lyrics: 1 Let the whole creation cry, "Glory be to God on high!" Heaven and earth, awake and sing, to your God your praises bring. Sun and moon, uplift your voice, night and stars, in God rejoice; sunshine, darkness cloud, and storm, rain and snow in praise perform. 2 Chant in honor, ocean fair; earth, soft rushing through the air; birds, with morn and dew elate, sing with joy at heaven's gate. Let the blossoms of the earth join the universal mirth; men and women, young and old, raise the anthem manifold. 3 You to whom the arts belong, add your voices to the song; bards of knowledge and of law, to the glorious circle draw. From the north to southern pole let the mighty chorus roll: "Holy, holy, holy," crry; "Glory be to God on high!" Scripture: Psalm 148 Used With Tune: ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR

Bring, O Morn, Thy Music

Author: William Channing Gannett, 1840-1923 Meter: 12.13.12.10 Appears in 36 hymnals Topics: Celebration and Praise First Line: Bring, O morn, thy music! Night, thy starlit silence! Lyrics: 1 Bring, O morn, thy music! Night, thy starlit silence! Oceans, laugh in rapture to the storm-winds coursing free! Sun and planets chorus, praise to Thee, Most Holy – Who was, and is, and evermore shall be. 2 Life and death, thy creatures, praise thee, mighty Giver! Praise and prayer are rising in thy beast and bird and tree; Lo! they praise and vanish, vanish at thy bidding – Who was, and is, and evermore shall be. 3 Life nor death can part us, O thou Love eternal, Shepherd of the wandering star and souls that wayward flee! Homeward draws the spirit to thy Spirit yearning – Who was, and is, and evermore shall be. Used With Tune: NICAEA