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Infant holy, Infant lowly

Author: Edith M. G. Reed, 1885-1933 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7.7 Appears in 95 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Infant holy, infant lowly, for his bed a cattle stall; oxen lowing, little knowing Christ the babe is Lord of all. Swift are winging angels singing, nowells ringing, tidings bringing: Christ the child is Lord of all. Christ the child is Lord of all. 2 Flocks were sleeping, shepherds keeping vigil till the morning new, saw the glory, heard the story, tidings of a gospel true. Thus rejoicing, free from sorrow, praises voicing greet the morrow: Christ the child was born for you. Christ the child was born for you. Topics: Children and Youth Christmas; Church Year Christmas Scripture: Luke 2:1-14 Used With Tune: POLISH CAROL

Christ, whose glory fills the skies

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 475 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Christ, whose glory fills the skies, Christ, the true, the only Light, Sun of righteousness, arise, triumph o'er the shades of night. Dayspring from on high, be near; Daystar, in my heart appear. 2 Dark and cheerless is the morn unaccompanied by thee; joyless is the day's return, till thy mercy's beams I see, till thy inward light impart, glad my eyes and warm my heart. 3 Visit then, this soul of mine; pierce the gloom of sin and grief; fill me, radiancy divine; scatter all my unbelief; more and more thyself display, shining to the perfect day. Topics: Church Year Epiphany; Jesus Christ Light of the World Scripture: Proverbs 4:18 Used With Tune: HEATHLANDS

Come, ye faithful, raise the strain

Author: John of Damascus, c.696-c.754; John Mason Neale, 1818-1866 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 380 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Come, ye faithful, raise the strain of triumphant gladness; God hath brought forth Israel into joy from sadness, loosed from Pharaoh's bitter yoke Jacob's sons and daughters, led them with unmoistened foot through the Red Sea waters. 2 'Tis the spring of souls today; Christ hath burst his prison, and from three days' sleep in death as a sun hath risen; all the winter of our sins, long and dark, is flying from his light, to whom we give laud and praise undying. 3 Hallelujah! now we cry to our King immortal, who triumphant, burst the bars of the tomb's dark portal; hallelujah! with the Son, God the Father praising; hallelujah! yet again to the Spirit raising. Topics: Church Year Easter; Exodus; Jesus Christ Kingship / Reign; Processionals Scripture: Exodus 14:15-22 Used With Tune: AVE VIRGO VIRGINUM Text Sources: Greek

O Christ, the Word, incarnate

Author: William Walsham How, 1823-1897 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 485 hymnals First Line: O Christ, the Word incarnate Lyrics: 1 O Christ, the Word incarnate, O Wisdom from on high, O Truth unchanged, unchanging, O Light of our dark sky: we praise you for the radiance that from the hallowed page, a lantern to our footsteps, shines on from age to age. 2 Your people hold this treasure from you, its source divine, a light that to all ages throughout the earth will shine; it is the chart and compass that all life's voyage through, 'mid mists and rocks and tempest, still guides, O Christ, to you. 3 Oh make your church, dear Saviour, a lamp of purest gold, to bear before the nations your true light, as of old; oh teach your wandering pilgrims by this their path to trace, till, cloud and darkness ended, they see you face to face. Topics: Church; Jesus Christ Word; Jesus Christ Way, Truth, Life; Jesus Christ Light of the World; Journey / Pilgrimage / Pilgrims; Mission; The Bible Scripture: Psalm 119:105 Used With Tune: CHENIES

Let saints on earth in concert sing

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Appears in 175 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Let saints on earth in concert sing with those whose work is done, for all the servants of our King in heaven and earth are one. 2 One family, we dwell in him, one church, above, beneath, though now divided by the stream, the narrow stream of death. 3 One army of the living God, to his command we bow: part of the host have crossed the flood, and part are crossing now. 4 E'en now to their eternal home there pass some spirits blest, while others to the margin come, waiting their call to rest. 5 Jesu be thou our constant guide; then, when the word is given, bid Jordan's narrow stream divide, and bring us safe to heaven. Topics: Church Family of God; Communion of Saints; Heaven; Servant / Service Scripture: Psalm 48:14 Used With Tune: DUNDEE (FRENCH)

Take my life, and let it be consecrated

Author: Francis Ridley Havergal, 1836-1879 Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 1,197 hymnals First Line: Take my life and let it be Lyrics: 1 Take my life and let it be consecrated, Lord, to thee; take my moments and my days; let them flow in ceaseless praise. 2 Take my hands and let them move at the impulse of thy love; take my feet and let them be swift and beautiful for thee. 3 Take my voice and let me sing always, only, for my King; take my lips and let them be filled with messages from thee. 4 Take my silver and my gold; not a mite would I withhold; take my intellect, and use every power as thou shalt choose. 5 Take my will and make it thine; it shall be no longer mine; take my heart: it is thine own; it shall be thy royal throne. 6 Take my love; my Lord, I pour at thy feet its treasure store; take myself and I will be ever, only, all for thee. Topics: Jesus Christ Union with; Music / Singing / Song; One Life in Christ Discipleship; Profession of Faith; Stewardship Scripture: Romans 12:1-2 Used With Tune: LÜBECK

Take time to be holy

Author: W. D. Longstaff, 1822-1894 Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 304 hymnals First Line: Take time to be holy; speak oft with thy Lord Lyrics: 1 Take time to be holy; speak oft with thy Lord, abide in him always, and feed on his word. Make friends of God's children; help those who are weak, forgetting in nothing his blessing to seek. 2 Take time to be holy; the world rushes on; spend much time in secret with Jesus alone. By looking to Jesus, like him thou shalt be; thy friends in thy conduct his likeness shall see. 3 Take time to be holy; let him be thy guide, and run not before him, whatever betide. In joy or in sorrow, still follow thy Lord, and, looking to Jesus, still trust in his word. 4 Take time to be holy; be calm in thy soul; each thought and each motive beneath his control. Thus led by his Spirit to fountains of love, thou soon shalt be fitted for service above. Topics: Eternal Life; Growth in Faith; Holy / Holiness; One Life in Christ Discipleship; Prayer / Prayers / Poems Scripture: Psalm 46:10 Used With Tune: TAKE TIME TO BE HOLY

Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine

Author: Fanny J. Crosby, 1820-1915 Appears in 1,056 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! Oh what a foretaste of glory divine! Heir of salvation, purchase of God, born of his Spirit, washed in his blood. Refrain: This is my story; this is my song: praising my Saviour all the day long; this is my story; this is my song: praising my Saviour all the day long. 2 Perfect submission, perfect delight, visions of rapture now burst on my sight; angels descending bring from above echoes of mercy, whispers of love. [Refrain] 3 Perfect submission, all is at rest; I in my Saviour am happy and blest, watching and waiting, looking above, filled with his goodness, lost in his love. [Refrain] Topics: One Life in Christ Faith; Our Hope in God; Praise Scripture: Hebrews 1:14 Used With Tune: ASSURANCE

Christ is made the sure foundation

Author: Anonymous; John Mason Neale, 1818-1866 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 289 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Christ is made the sure foundation, Christ the head and cornerstone, chosen of the Lord, and precious, binding all the church in one, holy Zion's help forever, and her confidence alone. 2 All within that holy city, dearly loved of God on high, in exultant jubilation pour perpetual melody, God the One-in-Three adoring in glad hymns eternally. 3 To this temple, where we call thee, come, O Lord of hosts, today; with thy faithful lovingkindness, hear thy people as they pray, and thy fullest benediction shed within its walls alway. 4 Here bestow on all thy servants what they ask of thee to gain, what they gain from thee forever with the blessed to retain, and hereafter in thy glory evermore with thee to reign. 5 Laud and honour to the Father, laud and honour to the Son, laud and honour to the Spirit, ever Three, and ever One, one in might and one in glory while unending ages run. Topics: Descants and Fauxbourdons; Hymns with Doxologies; Jesus Christ Cornerstone / Foundation; The Church; Trinity; Worship Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:11 Used With Tune: WESTMINSTER ABBEY Text Sources: 7th-8th cent.

The heavens declare your glory, Lord

Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Appears in 592 hymnals First Line: The heavens declare your glory, Lord! Lyrics: 1 The heavens declare your glory, Lord! In every star your wisdom shines, but when our eyes behold your word, we read your name in fairer lines. 2 Sun, moon and stars convey your praise to all the earth, and never stand, so when your truth began its race, it touched and glanced on every land. 3 Nor shall your spreading gospel rest till through the world your truth has run, till Christ has all the nations blest who see the light or feel the sun. 4 Great sun of righteousness, arise and bless the world with heavenly light! Your gospel makes the simple wise; your laws are pure, your judgements right. 5 Your noblest wonders here we view in souls renewed and sins forgiven: Lord, cleanse my sins, my soul renew, and make your word my guide to heaven. Topics: Forgiveness / Pardon; God Wisdom of; God Righteousness of; God Glory of; God Creator and Ruler; Light; Mission; The Bible; Truth Scripture: Psalm 19 Used With Tune: CHURCH TRIUMPHANT