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Good Christian Friends, Rejoice

Author: John M. Neal, 1818-1866 Meter: 7.7.7.7.5.5 Appears in 220 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Good Christian friends, rejoice With heart and soul and voice; O give heed to what we say: Jesus Christ is born today! Ox and ass before him bow, And he is in the manger now. Christ is born today! Christ is born today! 2 Good Christian friends, rejoice, With heart and soul and voice; Now you hear of endless bliss: Jesus Christ was born for this! He has opened heaven's door, And we are blest forevermore. Christ was born for this! Christ was born for this! 3 Good Christian friends, rejoice, With heart and soul and voice; Now you need not fear the grave: Jesus Christ was born to save! Calls you one and calls you all, To gain the everlasting hall. Christ was born to save! Christ was born to save! Topics: Christmas; Christmas Season Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12 Used With Tune: IN DULCI JUBILO Text Sources: Latin and German, 14th C.

Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above

Author: Johann J. Schütz, 1640-1690; Frances E. Cox, 1812-1897 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 194 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Sing praise to God who reigns above, The God of all creation, The God of power, the God of love, The God of our salvation; With healing balm my soul he fills, And every faithless murmur stills: To God all praise and glory. 2 What God’s almighty power has made, His gracious mercy keeping; By morning glow or evening shade His watchful eye ne’er sleeping; Within the kingdom of his might, Lo! all is just and all is right: To God all praise and glory. 3 Then all my gladsome way along, I sing aloud your praises, That all may hear the grateful song My voice unwearied raises; Be joyful in the Lord, my heart, Both soul and body sing your part: To God all praise and glory. 4 Let all who name Christ's holy name, Give God all praise and glory; All you who own his power, proclaim Aloud the wondrous story! Cast each false idol from its throne, The Lord is God, the Lord alone: To God all praise and glory. Topics: Church; God the Father (Creator); Healing; Joy; Majesty and Power; Mercy; Morning; Paschal Mystery; Praise; Providence; Salvation; Song; Thanksgiving Scripture: Deuteronomy 32:3 Used With Tune: MIT FREUDEN ZART

Let Saints on Earth in Concert Sing

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 175 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Let saints below in concert sing With those whose work is done; For all the servants of our King In heav'n 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 by faith we join our hands With those that went before, And greet the everliving bands On the eternal shore. 5 Jesus, be now our constant guide; Then, when the word is given, Bid Jordan's narrow stream divide, And bring us safe to heaven. Topics: All Souls (November 2); Funeral; Communion of Saints; Death; Eternal Life; Heaven Scripture: Joshua 3:14-17 Used With Tune: DUNDEE

Come, Ye Thankful People, Come

Author: Henry Almord, 1810-1871 Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 726 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Come, ye thankful people, come, Raise the song of harvest-home: All is safely gathered in, Ere the winter storms begin; God, our Maker, does provide For our wants to be supplied: Come to God's own temple, come, Raise the song of harvest-home. 2 All the world is God's own field, Fruit unto his praise to yield; Wheat and tares together sown, Unto joy or sorrow grown; First the blade, and then the ear, Then the full corn shall appear: Grant, O harvest Lord, that we Wholesome grain and pure may be. 3 For the Lord our God shall come, And shall take his harvest home; From his field shall in that day All offences purge away, Give his angels charge at last In the fire the tares to cast, But the fruitful ears to store In his garner evermore. 4 Even so, Lord, quickly come To your final harvest home; Gather all your people in, Free from sorrow, free from sin; There, for ever purified, In your presence to abide: Come, with all thine angels, come, Raise the glorious harvest-home. Topics: Ordinary Time 16, Year A; Creation; Gathering; Harvest; Heaven; Judgment; Parables; Petition; Second Coming; Thanksgiving Scripture: Psalm 67:6-7 Used With Tune: ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR

My Country, 'Tis of Thee

Author: Samuel F. Smith, 1808-1895 Appears in 1,944 hymnals Lyrics: 1 My country, ’tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing; Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims’ pride, From ev'ry mountainside Let freedom ring! 2 My native country, thee, Land of the noble, free; Thy name I love; I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills; My heart with rapture thrills, Like that above. 3 Let music swell the breeze, And ring from all the trees, Sweet freedom’s song; Let mortal tongues awake; Let all that breathe partake; Let rocks their silence break, The sound prolong. 4 Our fathers’ God, to Thee, Author of liberty, To Thee we sing; Long may our land be bright With freedom’s holy light; Protect us by thy might, Great God, our King. Topics: Freedom; Nation; Peace Used With Tune: AMERICA

America the Beautiful

Author: Katherine L. Bates, 1859-1929 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 505 hymnals First Line: O beautiful for spacious skies Lyrics: 1 O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain; For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed his grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood, From sea to shining sea. 2 O beautiful for pilgrim feet, Whose stern, impassioned stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness! America! America! God mend thine ev'ry flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law. 3 O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife, Who more than self their country loved, And mercy more than life! America! America! May God thy gold refine, Till all success be nobleness And ev'ry gain divine. 4 O beautiful for patriot dream That sees beyond the years Thine alabaster cities gleam, Undimmed by human tears! America! America! God shed his grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea. Topics: Freedom; Nation; Peace Scripture: Psalm 65:5-13 Used With Tune: MATERNA

Communion Rite

Appears in 294 hymnals First Line: Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world Lyrics: Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: grant us peace. Topics: Funeral Mass Used With Tune: [Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world]

New Songs of Celebration

Author: Erik Routley, 1917-1982 Meter: 9.8.9.8 D Appears in 32 hymnals First Line: New songs of celebration render Topics: Celebration; Creation; Gathering; Grace; Joy; Majesty and Power; Peace; Praise; Providence; Salvation; Song Scripture: Psalm 98 Used With Tune: RENDEZ À DIEU

Veni Creator Spiritus

Author: Rabanus Maurus, 776-856 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 77 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Veni Creátor Spíritus, Mentes tuórum vísita: Implesupérna grátia Quae tu creásti péctora. 2 Qui díceris Paráclitus, Altísimi dónum Dei, Fons vivus, ignis, cáritas, Et spiritális únctio. 3 Tu septifórmis múnere, Digitus paténae déxterae, Tu rite promíssum patris, Sermóne ditans gútera. 4 Accénde lumen sénsibus, Infundeamórem córdibus, Infírma nostri córporis Virtúte fírmans pérpeti. 5 Hóstem repéllas lóngius, Pacémque dones prótinus: Ductóre sic te práevio, Vitémus omne nóxium. 6 Per te sciámus da Patrem, Noscámus atque Fílium Teque utriúsque Spíritum Credámus omni témpore. 7 Deo Patri sit glória, Et Fílio, que a mórtuis Surréxit, ac Paráclito, In saeculórum sáecula. Amen. Topics: Pentecost; Pentecost; Confirmation; Petition Scripture: John 14:24-26 Used With Tune: VENI CREATOR SPIRITUS

For the Beauty of the Earth

Author: Folliot S. Pierpont, 1835-1917 Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 631 hymnals Lyrics: 1 For the beauty of the earth, For the glory of the skies, For the love which from our birth Over and around us lies: Lord of all, to you we raise This our hymn of grateful praise. 2 For the beauty of each hour Of the day and of the night, Hill and vale, and tree and flow'r, Sun and moon, and stars of light: Lord of all, to you we raise This our hymn of grateful praise. 3 For the joy of ear and eye, For the heart and mind’s delight, For the mystic harmony Linking sense to sound and sight: Lord of all, to you we raise This our hymn of grateful praise. 4 For the joy of human love, Brother, sister, parent, child, Friends on earth, and friends above; For all gentle thoughts and mild: Lord of all, to you we raise This our hymn of grateful praise. 5 For your church, that evermore Lifts its holy hands above; Off'ring up on every shore Its pure sacrifice of love: Lord of all, to you we raise This our hymn of grateful praise. 6 For yourself, best Gift Divine! To this world so freely giv'n; Word Incarnate, God's design, Peace on earth and joy in heav'n: Lord of all, to you we raise This our hymn of grateful praise. Topics: Art; Beauty; Children's Hymns; Church; Communion of Saints; Creation; Ecology; Family Life; Grace; Jesus Christ; Joy; Life; Love of God for Us; Morning; Peace; Praise; Seasons; Thanksgiving; Time; World Scripture: Psalm 105 Used With Tune: LUCERNA LAUDONIAE