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Farewell! vain world, I'm going home
Meter: 8.8.8.8 D Appears in 12 hymnals Lyrics:
1.
Farewell! vain world, I'm going home,
Where there's no more stormy clouds arising;
My Savior smiles, and bids me come
Where there's no more stormy clouds arising.
2.
Sweet angels beckon me away,
Where there's no more stormy clouds arising;
To sing God's praise in endless day,
Where there's no more stormy clouds arising.
To the land, to the land, to the land I am bound,
Where there's no more stormy clouds arising.
Used With Tune: TRAVELLING PILGRIM
Farewell! vain world, I'm going home
O Day of Peace
Author: Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944 Meter: 8.8.8.8 D Appears in 22 hymnals First Line: O day of peace that dimly shines Lyrics: 1 O day of peace that dimly shines
through all our hopes and prayers and dreams,
guide us to justice, truth, and love,
delivered from our selfish schemes.
May swords of hate fall from our hands,
our hearts from envy find release,
till by God's grace our warring world
shall see Christ's promised reign of peace.
2 Then shall the wolf dwell with the lamb,
ne'er shall the fierce devour the small;
as beasts and cattle calmly graze,
a little child shall lead them all.
Then enemies shall learn to love,
all creatures find their true accord;
the hope of peace shall be fulfilled,
for all the earth shall know the Lord. Topics: Christian Hope; Last Times; Society; Advent Scripture: Isaiah 2:2-5 Used With Tune: JERUSALEM
O Day of Peace
The days and years of time are fled
Author: James Montgomery Meter: 8.8.8.8 D Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics:
The days and years of time are fled,
Sun, moon, and stars have shone their last;
The earth and sea gave up their dead,
Then vanished at the archangel's blast;
All secret things have been reveal'd,
Judgment is pass'd, the sentence seal'd,
And man to all eternity
What he is now henceforth must be.
From Adam to his youngest heir,
Not one escaped the muster-roll,
Each, as if he alone were there,
Stood up, and won or lost his soul;
These from the Judge's presence go
Down into everlasting woe;
Vengeance hath barr'd the gates of hell,
The scenes within no tongue can tell.
But lo! far off the righteous pass
To glory from the King's right hand;
In silence, on the sea of glass,
Heaven's numbers without number stand,
While He who bore the cross lays down
His priestly robe and victor crown;
The mediatorial reign complete,
All things are put beneath His feet.
Then every eye in Him shall see,
(While thrones and powers before Him fall,)
The fulness of the Deity,
Where God Himself is all in all:
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O how eternity will ring
With the first note the ransom'd sing!
While in that strain all voices blend,
Which once begun shall never end.
In that unutterable song,
Shall I employ immortal breath?
Or, with the wicked borne along,
For ever die "the second death?"
Jesus! my life, my light Thou art;
Thy word is in my month, my heart;
Lord, I believe,--my spirit save
From sinking lower than the grave.
Topics: Day of grace after Judgment
The days and years of time are fled
Exalt the Lord, His Praise Proclaim
Meter: 8.8.8.8 D Appears in 9 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Exalt the Lord, his praise proclaim;
all ye his servants, praise his name,
who in the Lord's house ever stand
and humbly serve at his command.
The Lord is good, his praise proclaim;
since it is pleasant, praise his name;
his people for his own he takes
and his peculiar treasure makes.
2 I know the Lord is high in state,
above all gods our Lord is great;
the Lord performs what he decrees,
in heav'n and earth, in depths and seas.
He makes the vapors to ascend
in clouds from earth's remotest end;
the lightnings flash at his command;
he holds the tempest in his hand.
3 Exalt the Lord, his praise proclaim;
all ye his servants, praise his name,
who in the Lord's house ever stand
and humbly serve at his command.
Forever praise and bless his name,
and in the church his praise proclaim;
in Zion is his dwelling place;
praise ye the Lord, show forth his grace. Topics: God His perfections; Church Covenant People; God Praise of; God Sovereignty of ; Ministry Ordinations; Servants of Christ of God; Servants of Christ or God Scripture: Psalm 135:1-7 Used With Tune: CREATION Text Sources: The Psalter, 1912
Exalt the Lord, His Praise Proclaim
O Love of God, How Strong and True
Author: Horatius Bonar Meter: 8.8.8.8 D Appears in 110 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O love of God, how strong and true!
eternal and yet ever new,
uncomprehended and unbought,
beyond all knowledge and all thought!
O love of God, how deep and great,
far deeper than man's deepest hate;
self-fed, self-kindled like the light,
changeless, eternal, infinite.
2 O heav'nly love, how precious still,
in days of weariness and ill,
in nights of pain and helplessness,
to heal, to comfort, and to bless!
O wide-embracing, wondrous love!
We read you in the sky above,
we read you in the earth below,
in seas that swell, and streams that flow.
3 We read you best in him who came
to bear for us the cross of shame;
sent by the Father from on high,
our life to live, our death to die.
We read your pow'r to bless and save,
e'en in the darkness of the grave;
still more in resurrection light
we read the fulness of your might.
4 O love of God, our shield and stay
through all the perils of our way!
Eternal love, in you we rest,
forever safe, forever blest.
We will exalt you, God and King,
and we will ever praise your name;
we will extol you ev'ry day,
and evermore your praise proclaim.
Topics: God His Love and Grace; Christ Substitute; God Incomprehensibility of; God Infinity of; God in Nature; Preparatory Service; Union with Christ Scripture: Ephesians 3:17-19 Used With Tune: JERUSALEM (PARRY)
O Love of God, How Strong and True
Lord, Speak to Me That I May Speak
Author: Frances R. Havergal Meter: 8.8.8.8 D Appears in 455 hymnals First Line: Lord speak to me, that I may speak Refrain First Line: O use me, Lord, use even me Lyrics: 1 Lord, speak to me that I may speak
in living echoes of your tone;
ss you have sought, so let me seek
your erring children lost and lone.
Refrain:
O use me, Lord, use even me,
just as you will, and when, and where;
until your blessed face I see,
your rest, your joy, your glory share.
2 O teach me, Lord, that I may teach
the precious things you do impart;
and wing my words that they may reach
the hidden depths of many a heart. [Refrain]
3 O fill me with your fullness, Lord,
until my very heart o'erflow
in kindling thought and glowing word
your love to tell, your praise to show. [Refrain]
Topics: The Christian Life Obedience; Christian Education; Christian Service Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:2 Used With Tune: FORT LAUDERDALE
Lord, Speak to Me That I May Speak
He Leadeth Me: O Blessed Thought!
Author: Joseph H. Gilmore Meter: 8.8.8.8 D Appears in 1,272 hymnals Lyrics: 1 He leadeth me: O blessed thought!
O words with heav'nly comfort fraught!
Whate'er I do, where'er I be,
still 'tis God's hand that leadeth me.
Refrain:
He leadeth me, he leadeth me;
by his own hand he leadeth me:
his faithful foll'wer I would be,
for by his hand he leadeth me.
2 Sometimes 'mid scenes of deepest gloom,
sometimes where Eden's bowers bloom,
by waters calm, o'er troubled sea,
still 'tis his hand that leadeth me. [Refrain]
3 Lord, I would clasp thy hand in mine,
nor ever murmur nor repine;
content, whatever lot I see,
since 'tis my God that leadeth me. [Refrain]
4 And when my task on earth is done,
when, by thy grace, the vict'ry's won,
e'en death's cold wave I will not flee,
since God through Jordan leadeth me. [Refrain]
Topics: Death Trusting God in; God Abiding Presence; Patience of Christians Scripture: Psalm 73:23-24 Used With Tune: HE LEADETH ME
He Leadeth Me: O Blessed Thought!
The spacious firmament on high
Author: Joseph Addison Meter: 8.8.8.8 D Appears in 787 hymnals Lyrics:
The spacious firmament on high,
With all the blue ethereal sky,
And spangled heavens, a shining frame,
Their great Original proclaim.
The unwearied sun from day to day
Does his Creator's power display,
And publishes to every land
The work of an almighty Hand.
Soon as the evening shades prevail,
The moon takes up the wondrous tale,
And nightly to the listening earth
Repeats the story of her birth;
Whilst all the stars that round her burn,
And all the planets in their turn,
Confirm the tidings as they roll,
And spread the truth from pole to pole.
What though in solemn silence all
Move round this dark terrestrial ball;
What though no real voice nor sound
Amidst their radiant orbs be found;
In reason's ear they all rejoice,
And utter forth a glorious voice;
For ever singing, as they shine,
"The Hand that made us is divine."
Topics: Sundays after Trinity Praise and Adoration; Holy Communion Introits Scripture: Psalm 19 Used With Tune: ADDISON'S
The spacious firmament on high
Lord, it is good for us to be
Author: Arthur P. Stanley Meter: 8.8.8.8 D Appears in 66 hymnals Lyrics:
Lord, it is good for us to be
High on the mountain here with thee;
Where stand revealed to mortal gaze
Those glorious saints of other days;
Who once received on Horeb's height
Th'eternal laws of truth and right;
Or caught the still small whisper, higher
Than storm, than earthquake, or than fire.
Lord, it is good for us to be
Entranced, enwrapt, alone with thee;
And watch thy glistering raiment glow
Whiter than Hermon's whitest snow,
The human lineaments that shine
Irradiant with a light divine:
Till we too change from grace to grace,
Gazing on that transfigured face.
Lord, it is good for us to be
Here on the holy mount with thee;
When darkling in the depths of night,
When dazzled with excess of light,
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We bow before the heavenly voice
That bids bewildered souls rejoice,
Though love wax cold, and faith be dim,
"This is my Son; O hear ye him!"
Amen.
Topics: Holy Days The Transfiguration Used With Tune: ST. CASIMER
Lord, it is good for us to be
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Author: John Brownlie Meter: 8.8.8.8 D Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Thy Birth upon our world hath given Lyrics:
Thy Birth upon our world hath given,
O Christ, the truth from highest heaven;
And they who served the stars of night,
Are taught to own a truer Light.
Led by the stars' ethereal sheen,
The Sun of Righteousness is seen;
And night that in their bosom dwells,
The Dayspring from on high dispels.
Text Sources: Horologion, p. 252
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