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It came upon the midnight clear
Author: Edmund Hamilton Sears (1810-1876) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 870 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:13 Lyrics: 1 It came upon the midnight clear,
that glorious song of old,
from angels bending near the earth
to touch their harps of gold:
"Peace on the earth, good will to you
from heaven's all-gracious King!"
The world in solemn stillness lay
to hear the angels sing.
2 Still through the cloven skies they come,
with peaceful wings unfurled:
and still their heavenly music floats
o'er all the weary world;
above its sad and lowly plains
they bend on hovering wing,
and ever o'er its Babel-sounds
the blessèd angels sing.
3 But with the woes of sin and strife
the world has suffered long:
beneath the angels' hymn have rolled
two thousand years of wrong:
and warring humankind hears not
the love-song which they bring:
oh, hush the noise and still the strife
to hear the angels sing.
4 And you, beneath life's crushing load
whose forms are bending low,
who toil along the climbing way
with painful steps and slow,
look now! for glad and golden hours
come swiftly on the wing:
oh, rest beside the weary road,
and hear the angels sing.
5 For lo! the days are hastening on,
by prophet bards foretold,
when, with the ever-rolling years,
still dawns the Age of Gold,
when peace shall over all the earth
its ancient splendours fling,
and all the world give back the song
which now the angels sing. Topics: Life in Christ Christ Incarnate - Christmas and Epiphany; Angels Used With Tune: NOEL
It came upon the midnight clear
In the bleak midwinter
Author: Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894) Meter: Irregular Appears in 86 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:10 Lyrics: 1 In the bleak midwinter
frosty wind made moan,
earth stood hard as iron,
water like a stone:
snow had fallen,
snow on snow, snow on snow,
in the bleak midwinter,
long ago.
2 Our God, heaven cannot hold him,
nor earth sustain;
heaven and earth shall flee away
when he comes to reign:
in the bleak midwinter
a stable place sufficed
the Lord God Almighty,
Jesus Christ.
3 Enough for him whom cherubim
worship night and day,
a breastful of milk
and a mangerful of hay:
enough for him
whom angels fall down before,
the ox and ass and camel
which adore.
4 Angels and archangels
may have gathered there,
cherubim and seraphim
thronged the air,
but only his mother,
in her maiden bliss,
worshiped the Beloved
with a kiss.
5 What can I give him,
poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd,
I would bring a lamb,
if I were a wise man
I would do my part,
yet what I can I give him,
give my heart.
Topics: Life in Christ Christ Incarnate - Christmas and Epiphany; Angels; Mary; Offering of self Used With Tune: CRANHAM
In the bleak midwinter
I sought the Lord, and afterward I knew
Author: Anonymous Meter: 10.10.10.6 Appears in 89 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:10 Lyrics: 1 I sought the Lord, and afterward I knew
he moved my soul to seek him, seeking me.
It was not I that found, O Saviour true;
no, I was found of thee.
2 Thou didst reach forth thy hand and mine enfold;
I walked and sank not on the storm-vexed sea.
‘Twas not so much that I on thee took hold,
as thou, dear Lord, on me.
3 I find, I walk, I love, but oh, the whole
of love is but my answer, Lord, to thee!
For thou wert long beforehand with my soul;
always thou lovedst me.
Topics: God Love and Grace of; Jesus Christ Union with; Longing for God and Christ; Sacraments and Ordinances Profession of Faith Used With Tune: PEACE
I sought the Lord, and afterward I knew
I'll Tell to All That God Is Love
Author: Alfred H. Ackley Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 25 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:9 Refrain First Line: Till the whole world knows Lyrics: 1 I'll tell to all that God is love;
For the world has never known
The great compassion of His heart
For the wayward and the lone.
Refrain:
Till the whole world knows,
Till the whole world knows,
I will shout and sing of Christ my King,
Till the whole world knows.
2 I'll tell of mercy's boundless tide,
Like the waters of the sea,
That covers every sin of man;
'Tis salvation full and free. (Refrain)
3 I'll tell of grace that keeps the soul,
Of abiding peace within,
Of faith that overcomes the world,
With its tumult and its din. (Refrain)
4 Eternal glory is the goal
That awaits the sons of light;
Eternal darkness, black as death,
For the children of the night. (Refrain) Topics: Christ Cross of Used With Tune: TILL THE WHOLE WORLD KNOWS
I'll Tell to All That God Is Love
I'm Gonna Eat at the Welcome Table
Author: Mary Allen Grissom Meter: Irregular Appears in 13 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:8-13 First Line: I’m gonna eat at the welcome table Lyrics: 1 I’m gonna eat at the welcome table.
I’m gonna eat at the welcome table
some of these days. Hallelujah!
I’m gonna eat at the welcome table.
I’m gonna eat at the welcome table
some of these days.
2 God’s gonna set this world on fire.
God’s gonna set this world on fire
some of these days. Hallelujah!
God’s gonna set this world on fire.
God’s gonna set this world on fire
some of these days.
3 I’m gonna walk and talk with Jesus.
I’m gonna walk and talk with Jesus
some of these days. Hallelujah!
I’m gonna walk and talk with Jesus.
I’m gonna walk and talk with Jesus
some of these days.
4 I’m gonna drink at the crystal fountain.
I’m gonna drink at the crystal fountain
some of these days. Hallelujah!
I’m gonna drink at the crystal fountain.
I’m gonna drink at the crystal fountain
some of these days. Topics: Communion; Eternal Life; Gathering; Heaven; Heritage African American; Jesus Christ Second Coming of; Judgment; Protest; Welcome; Worship Used With Tune: WELCOME TABLE Text Sources: African American spiritual (USA); stanzas 1–3 as recorded by the Florida Normal and Industrial Quartette (USA), 1922; stanza 4 transcr. Mary Allen Grissom (USA), The Negro Sings a New Heaven, 1930
I'm Gonna Eat at the Welcome Table
I Leave All things to God's Direction
Author: Salomo Franck, 1659-1725; August Crull, 1845-1923 Meter: 9.8.9.8.8.8 Appears in 9 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:9 Lyrics: 1 I leave all things to God's direction;
He loves me both in joy and woe.
His will is good, sure His affection;
His tender love is true, I know.
My fortress and my rock is He:
What pleases God, that pleases me.
2 God knows what must be done to save me;
His love for me will never cease.
Upon His hands He did engrave me
With purest gold of loving grace.
His will supreme must ever be:
What pleases God, that pleases me.
3 My God desires the soul's salvation;
My soul He, too, desires to save.
Therefore with Christian resignation
All earthly troubles I will brave.
His will be done eternally:
What pleases God, that pleases me.
4 My God has all things in His keeping;
He is the ever faithful friend.
He gives me laughter after weeping,
And all His ways in blessings end.
His love endures eternally:
What pleases God, that pleases me.
Used With Tune: WER NUR DEN LIEBEN GOTT
I Leave All things to God's Direction
