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Praise to the Holiest in the height
Author: John Henry Newman (1801-1890) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 170 hymnals Scripture: John 18:1-11 Lyrics: 1 Praise to the Holiest in the height,
and in the depth be praise, --
in all his words most wonderful,
most sure in all his ways.
2 O loving wisdom of our God!
when all was sin and shame,
a second Adam to the fight
and to the rescue came.
3 O wisest love! that flesh and blood,
which did in Adam fail,
should strive afresh against the foe,
should strive and should prevail.
4 O generous love! that he who smote
in Man, for man, the foe,
the double agony in Man
for man should undergo;
4 And in the garden secretly,
and on the Cross on high,
should teach his brethren, and inspire
to suffer and to die.
5 Praise to the Holiest in the height,
and in the depth be praise, --
in all his words most wonderful,
most sure in all his ways. Topics: Life in Christ Christ Incarnate - Passion and Death; Christian Year Holy Week; Christian Year Maundy Thursday Used With Tune: GERONTIUS
Praise to the Holiest in the height
Go to Dark Gethsemane
Author: James Montgomery Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 505 hymnals Scripture: John 18:28 Lyrics: 1 Go to dark Gethsemane, you that feel the tempter’s power;
your Redeemer’s conflict see; watch with him one bitter hour;
turn not from his griefs away; learn of Jesus Christ to pray.
2 Follow to the judgment hall; view the Lord of life arraigned.
O the wormwood and the gall! O the pangs his soul sustained!
Shun not suffering, shame, or loss; learn of him to bear the cross.
3 Calvary’s mournful mountain climb; there, adoring at his feet,
mark that miracle of time, God’s own sacrifice complete:
“It is finished!” hear him cry; learn of Jesus Christ to die. Topics: Biblical Places Gethsemane; Consecration; Cross of Believers; Jesus Christ Passion; Jesus Christ Redeemer; Jesus Christ Sacrifice; Jesus Christ Suffering; Maundy Thursday; Prayer; Satan Used With Tune: REDHEAD
Go to Dark Gethsemane
Lead On, O King Eternal
Author: Ernest W. Shurtleff Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 397 hymnals Scripture: John 18:36 Lyrics: 1 Lead on, O King eternal,
the day of march has come;
henceforth in fields of conquest
your tents shall be our home.
Through days of preparation
your grace has made us strong,
and now, O King eternal,
we lift our battle song.
2 Lead on, O King eternal,
till sin’s fierce war shall cease,
and holiness shall whisper
the sweet Amen of peace;
for not with swords loud clashing,
nor roll of stirring drums;
with deeds of love and mercy
the heavenly kingdom comes.
3 Lead on, O King eternal,
we follow, not with fears;
for gladness breaks like morning
where'er your face appears;
your cross is lifted o'er us;
we journey in its light;
the crown awaits the conquest:
lead on, O God of might.
Topics: Conflict, Spirtual; Church Final Victory; Spiritual Conflict; Kingdom of God; Missions; Recessional Hymns Used With Tune: LANCASHIRE
Lead On, O King Eternal
'Tis midnight, and on Olive's brow
Appears in 640 hymnals Scripture: John 18:1-12 Topics: Christ in Gethsemane
'Tis midnight, and on Olive's brow
At the Name of Jesus
Author: Caroline Maria Noel (1817-1877) Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 253 hymnals Scripture: John 18:33-37 First Line: At the Name of Jesus every knee shall bow Lyrics: 1 At the Name of Jesus every knee shall bow,
every tongue confess him King of glory now;
'tis the Father's pleasure we should call him Lord,
who from the beginning was the mighty Word.
2 Humbled for a season to receive a name
from the lips of sinners unto whom he came,
faithfully he bore it spotless to the last,
brought it back victorious when from death he passed;
3 Name him, Christians, name him, with love strong as death,
but with awe and wonder, and with bated breath;
he is God the Saviour, he is Christ the Lord,
ever to be worshipped, trusted, and adored.
5 In your hearts enthrone him; there let him subdue
all that is not holy, all that is not true;
crown him as your Saviour in temptation's hour;
let his will enfold you in its light and power.
5 Christians, this Lord Jesus shall return again,
with his Father's glory, with his angel train;
for all wreaths of empire meet upon his brow,
and our hearts confess him King of Glory now. Topics: Praise of God; Reign of Christ; Name of Jesus; Ascension and Exaltation Used With Tune: KING'S WESTON
At the Name of Jesus
My Song Is Love Unknown
Author: Samuel Crossman (1624?-1683) Meter: 6.6.6.6.4.4.4.4 Appears in 127 hymnals Scripture: John 18, 19 Lyrics: 1 My song is love unknown,
my Savior’s love to me,
love to the loveless shown
that they might lovely be.
O who am I,
that for my sake
my Lord should take
frail flesh, and die?
2 He came from his blest throne
salvation to bestow,
but all made strange, and none
the longed-for Christ would know;
but O my friend,
my friend indeed,
who at my need
his life did spend.
3 Sometimes they strew his way,
and his sweet praises sing,
resounding all the day
hosannas to their King.
Then “Crucify!”
is all their breath,
and for his death
they thirst and cry.
4 Why, what has my Lord done?
What makes this rage and spite?
He made the lame to run,
he gave the blind their sight.
Sweet injuries!
Yet they at these
themselves displease,
and 'gainst him rise.
5 They rise, and needs will have
my dear Lord made away;
a murderer they save,
the Prince of Life they slay.
Yet cheerful he
to suffering goes,
that he his foes
from thence might free.
6 Here might I stay and sing,
no story so divine;
never was love, dear King,
never was grief like thine!
This is my friend,
in whose sweet praise
I all my days
could gladly spend. Topics: Holy Week (Good Friday) Used With Tune: LOVE UNKNOWN
My Song Is Love Unknown
This is the night, dear friends, the night for weeping
Author: Peter Abelard (1079-1142); Richard Lyman Sturch (b. 1936) Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 7 hymnals Scripture: John 18, 19:1-37 Lyrics: 1 This is the night, dear friends, the night for weeping,
when powers of darkness overcome the day,
the night the faithful mourn the weight of evil
whereby our sins the Son of Man betray.
2 This night the traitor, wolf within the sheepfold,
betrays himself into his victim's will;
the Lamb of God for sacrifice preparing,
sin brings about the cure for sin's own ill.
3 This night Christ institutes his holy supper,
blest food and drink for heart and soul and mind;
this night injustice joins its hand to treason's,
and buys the ransom-price of humankind.
4 This night the Lord by slaves shall be arrested,
he who destroys our slavery to sin;
accused of crime, to criminals be given,
that judgement on the righteous Judge begin.
5 O make us sharers, Saviour, of your Passion,
that we may share your glory that shall be;
let us pass through these three dark nights of sorrow
to Easter's laughter and its liberty. Topics: Life in Christ Christ Incarnate - Passion and Death; Christian Year Maundy Thursday Used With Tune: INTERCESSOR
This is the night, dear friends, the night for weeping
Pray for the church afflicted and oppressed
Author: F. Pratt Green, 1903-2000 Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 7 hymnals Scripture: John 18:1 Lyrics: 1 Pray for the church afflicted and oppressed,
for all who suffer for the gospel's sake,
that Christ may show us how to serve them best
in that one kingdom Satan cannot shake.
But how much more than us they have to give,
who by their dying show us how to live!
2 Pray for Christ's dissidents, who daily wait,
as Jesus waited in the olive grove,
the unjust trial, the pre-determined fate,
the world's contempt for reconciling love.
Shall all they won for us, at such a cost,
be by our negligence or weakness lost?
3 Pray that if times of testing should lay bare
what sort we are, who call ourselves his own,
we may be counted worthy then to wear,
with quiet fortitude, Christ's only crown:
the crown that in his saints he wears again
the crown of thorns that signifies his reign. Topics: Peace and Justice; Maundy Thursday Used With Tune: UNDE ET MEMORES
Pray for the church afflicted and oppressed
When we are tempted to deny your Son
Author: David W. Romig, b. 1965 Meter: 10.10.10.6 Appears in 6 hymnals Scripture: John 18:1-11 Topics: Life in Christ Christ Incarnate - Passion and Death; Doubt; God Will of; Temptation Used With Tune: FAITH
When we are tempted to deny your Son
Shadows Lengthen into Night
Author: Mary Louise Bringle Appears in 4 hymnals Scripture: John 18:2-12 First Line: Sharing Paschal bread and wine Topics: Church Year Maundy Thursday; Daily Prayer Night; Jesus Christ Lamb Used With Tune: TENEBRAE
Shadows Lengthen into Night
Jesus shall reign where'er the sun
Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Appears in 1,801 hymnals Scripture: John 18:33-37 Topics: Jesus Christ: Prophet, Priest and King Used With Tune: TRURO
Jesus shall reign where'er the sun
Come, Thou Long-expected Jesus
Author: Charles Wesley (1707-1788) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 749 hymnals Scripture: John 18:33-37 Lyrics: 1 Come, thou long-expected Jesus,
born to set thy people free;
from our fears and sins release us,
let us find our rest in thee.
2 Israel's strength and consolation,
hope of all the earth thou art;
dear desire of every nation,
joy of every longing heart.
3 Born thy people to deliver;
born a child and yet a King,
born to reign in us forever,
now thy gracious kingdom bring.
4 By thine own eternal Spirit
rule in all our hearts alone;
by thine all-sufficient merit,
raise us to thy glorious throne. Topics: Advent; Kingdom Used With Tune: STUTTGART
Come, Thou Long-expected Jesus
The Head That Once Was Crowned
Author: Thomas Kelly, 1769-1855 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 511 hymnals Scripture: John 18:33-37 First Line: The head that once was crowned with thorns Topics: Easter (season); Sunday of the Passion; Christian Life; Ascension and Exaltation Used With Tune: ST. MAGNUS
The Head That Once Was Crowned
What Wondrous Love
Meter: 12.9.12.12.9 Appears in 252 hymnals Scripture: John 18:40 First Line: What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul Lyrics: 1 What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul!
What wondrous love is this, O my soul!
What wondrous love is this that caused the Lord of bliss
to bear the dreadful curse for my soul, for my soul,
to bear the dreadful curse for my soul?
2 When I was sinking down, sinking down, sinking down,
when I was sinking down, sinking down;
when I was sinking down beneath God's righteous frown,
Christ laid aside his crown for my soul, for my soul,
Christ laid aside his crown for my soul.
3 To God and to the Lamb I will sing, I will sing,
to God and to the Lamb I will sing;
to God and to the Lamb, who is the great I AM
while millions join the theme, I will sing, I will sing,
while millions join the theme, I will sing.
4 And when from death I'm free, I'll sing on, I'll sing on,
and when from death I'm free, I'll sing on;
and when from death I'm free, I'll sing and joyful be,
and through eternity I'll sing on, I'll sing on,
and through eternity I'll sing on.
Topics: Cross of Christ; Epiphany & Ministry of Christ; Love God's Love to Us; Suffering of Christ; Songs for Children Hymns; Lent; Assurance; Atonement; Cross of Christ; Epiphany & Ministry of Christ; Eternal Life; Love God's Love to Us; New Creation; Suffering of Christ Used With Tune: WONDROUS LOVE Text Sources: S. Mead's A General Selection, 1811
What Wondrous Love
O Love, how deep, how broad, how high!
Author: Benjamin Webb (1819-1885) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 139 hymnals Scripture: John 18, 19:1-37 Lyrics: 1 O Love, how deep, how broad, how high!
Surpassing thought and fantasy
that God, the Son of God, should take
our mortal form for mortals' sake.
2 For us baptized, for us he bore
his holy fast, and hungered sore;
for us temptations sharp he knew;
for us the tempter overthrew.
3 For us he prayed, for us he taught,
for us the lost with love he sought,
by words, and signs, and actions, he
brought health and hope to set us free.
4 For us to wicked men betrayed,
scourged, mocked, in crown of thorns arrayed,
he bore the shameful cross and death;
for us at length gave up his breath.
5 For us he rose from death again,
for us he went on high to reign,
for us he sent his Spirit here
to guide, to strengthen, and to cheer.
6 To him whose boundless love has won
salvation for us through his Son,
to God the Father, glory be
both now and through eternity. Topics: Christian Year Lent; Creed Used With Tune: EISENACH (LEIPZIG) Text Sources: Latin, 15th century
O Love, how deep, how broad, how high!
O Sing a Song of Bethlehem
Author: Louis F. Benson Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 64 hymnals Scripture: John 18:37 Lyrics: 1 O sing a song of Bethlehem, of shepherds watching there,
and of the news that came to them from angels in the air:
the light that shone on Bethlehem fills all the world today;
of Jesus’ birth and peace on earth the angels sing alway.
2 O sing a song of Nazareth, of sunny days of joy,
O sing of fragrant flowers’ breath, and of the sinless Boy:
for now the flowers of Nazareth in every heart may grow;
now spreads the fame of his dear name on all the winds that blow.
3 O sing a song of Galilee, of lake and woods and hill,
of him who walked upon the sea and bade the waves be still:
for though, like waves on Galilee, dark seas of trouble roll,
when faith has heard the Master’s word, falls peace upon the soul.
4 O sing a song of Calvary, its glory and dismay;
of him who hung upon the tree, and took our sins away:
for he who died on Calvary is risen from the grave,
and Christ, our Lord, by heaven adored, is mighty now to save.
Topics: Biblical Places Bethlehem, Nazareth, Galilee; Jesus Christ Birth; Jesus Christ Earthly Life and Ministry; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Jesus Christ Sinlessness; Jesus Christ Suffering Used With Tune: KINGSFOLD
O Sing a Song of Bethlehem
Alone Thou Goest Forth, O Lord
Author: Peter Abélard; F. Bland Tucker Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 25 hymnals Scripture: John 18:12-13 Topics: Jesus Christ Passion and Cross Used With Tune: BANGOR
Alone Thou Goest Forth, O Lord
You, Lord, Are Both Lamb and Shepherd
Author: Sylvia G. Dunstan, 1955-1993 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 25 hymnals Scripture: John 18:33-37 Topics: Adoration; God, maternal images; Jesus, the Lamb; Jesus, the Shepherd Used With Tune: CHRISTUS PARADOX
You, Lord, Are Both Lamb and Shepherd
By All Your Saints Still Striving
Author: Horatio Nelson, 1823-1913; Jerry D. Godwin, b. 1944 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 20 hymnals Scripture: John 18:16-17 Topics: Birth of John the Baptist (June 24 - Vigil and Day); All Saints (November 1); Martyrs; Funeral; Christian Life; Comfort; Courage; Discipleship; Eternal Life; Faith; Heaven; Jesus Christ; Praise; Rest; Saints; Service; Song; Strength Used With Tune: ST. THEODULPH
By All Your Saints Still Striving
By Gracious Powers
Author: Dietrich Bonhoeffer; Fred Pratt Green Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 17 hymnals Scripture: John 18:11 First Line: By gracious powers so wonderfully sheltered Lyrics: 1 By gracious powers so wonderfully sheltered,
and confidently waiting, come what may,
we know that God is with us night and morning
and never fails to greet us each new day.
2 Yet is this heart by its old foe tormented,
still evil days bring burdens hard to bear;
O give our frightened souls the sure salvation
for which, O Lord, you taught us to prepare.
3 And when this cup you give is filled to brimming
with bitter suffering, hard to understand,
we take it thankfully and without trembling,
out of so good and so beloved a hand.
4 Yet when again in this same world you give us
the joy we had, the brightness of your sun,
we shall remember all the days we lived through,
and our whole life shall then be yours alone.
Topics: Assurance; Comfort; Joy; Living and Dying in Christ; Salvation; Temptation Used With Tune: INTERCESSOR
By Gracious Powers
O mein Jesu, dessen wunden
Author: J. J. Rambach, 1693-1735 Appears in 8 hymnals Scripture: John 18:3-13 Topics: Passionslieder Gefangennehmung
O mein Jesu, dessen wunden
We do not hope to ease our minds
Author: Marnie Barrell (b. 1952) Appears in 6 hymnals Scripture: John 18:33-40 Topics: Our Response to Christ In Discipleship; Good Friday; Christ Incarnate Passion and Death; Christian Year Good Friday; Human Dignity; Social Concern Used With Tune: MARY MORISON
We do not hope to ease our minds
O Christ, What Can It Mean for Us
Author: Delores Dufner, OSB, b.1939 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 6 hymnals Scripture: John 18:33-37 Topics: Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord; Christ the King; Cross; Humility; Justice; Love of God for Us; New Life; Paschal Mystery; Praise; Reign of God, Kingdom; Sacrifice; Saving Blood of Christ; Service; Worship and Adoration Used With Tune: KINGSFOLD
O Christ, What Can It Mean for Us
Holy God, holy and mighty, holy and immortal
Meter: Irregular Appears in 5 hymnals Scripture: John 18:28 Lyrics: Choir or Cantor:
Holy God, holy and mighty, holy and immortal,
have mercy upon us.
Congregation:
Holy God, holy and mighty, holy and immortal,
have mercy upon us.
Choir or Cantor:
O my people, what have I done to thee?
or wherein have I wearied thee? Answer me.
I brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt,
and led thee to a land exceeding good:
and thou hast prepared a cross for thy Saviour.
Congregation:
Holy God, holy and mighty, holy and immortal,
have mercy upon us.
Choir or Cantor:
Before thee I opened the sea:
and with a spear thou hast opened my side.
I went before thee in a pillar of cloud:
and thou hast brought me to the judgment hall of Pilate.
Congregation:
Holy God, holy and mighty, holy and immortal,
have mercy upon us.
Choir or Cantor:
I fed thee with manna in the desert:
and thou hast beaten me with blows and stripes.
I made thee to drink the water of salvation from the rock:
and thou hast made me to drink gall and vinegar.
Congregation:
Holy God, holy and mighty, holy and immortal,
have mercy upon us.
Choir or Cantor:
I gave thee a royal sceptre:
and thou hast given my head a crown of thorns.
I lifted thee up with great power:
and thou hast hung me upon the gibbet of the cross.
Congregation:
Holy God, holy and mighty, holy and immortal,
have mercy upon us. Topics: Christ Incarnate Passion and Death; Christian Year Good Friday Used With Tune: TRISAGION AND REPROACHES Text Sources: Trisagion (Early Church); The Reproaches (Gallican Church)
Holy God, holy and mighty, holy and immortal
Blest by the sun, the olive tree
Author: Richard Rutt, b. 1925 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 5 hymnals Scripture: John 18:1 Used With Tune: RUSHFORD Text Sources: Early Latin hymn
Blest by the sun, the olive tree
Ride on, ride on, the time is right
Author: John L. Bell (b. 1949); Graham Maule (b. 1958) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 4 hymnals Scripture: John 18:37-38 Topics: Life in Christ Christ Incarnate - Passion and Death; Christian Year Palm (Passion) Sunday Used With Tune: RIDE ON
Ride on, ride on, the time is right
All is ready for the Feast!
Author: Frederick Pratt Green (1903-2000) Meter: 7.7.7 Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: John 18:3 Lyrics: 1 All is ready for the Feast!
Every Jew is wondering how
God will liberate them now.
2 Pilate, fearful of revolt
he, at all costs, must avert,
puts the Legion on alert.
3 Listen! Galilean crowds
hail the Man from Nazareth,
Jesus, riding to his death.
4 What authority he wields!
With a whip of cords he clears
temple courts of profiteers!
5 Watched by priests and pharisees,
all he says and all he does
fans the hatred of his foes.
6 Now he gathers those he loves
in a room where bread and wine
turn to sacrament and sign.
7 In that dark betrayal night,
moved by hope, or fear or greed,
Judas sets about his deed.
8 Jesus in the olive grove,
waiting for a traitor's kiss,
rises free from bitterness.
9 As he wakes his comrades up
torches flicker in the glen,
shadows turn to marching men.
10 In that dawn of blows and lies
Church and State conspire to kill,
hang three rebels on a hill.
11 Innocent and guilty drown
in a flood of blood and sweat,
how much darker can it get?
12 How much darker must it be
for a God to see and care
that men perish in despair?
13 It is God himself who dies!
God in man shall set us free,
God as Man - and only he.
14 Let him claim us as his own,
we will serve as best we can
such a God and such a Man!
Final verse:
15 What does our salvation cost?
Jesus, we shall never know
all you gave and all we owe. Topics: Christ Incarnate Passion and Death; Christian Year Holy Week Used With Tune: HEILIGER GEIST
All is ready for the Feast!
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
Author: Isaac Watts (1674-1748) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1,996 hymnals Scripture: John 18, 19 Lyrics: 1 When I survey the wondrous cross
on which the Prince of glory died,
my richest gain I count but loss,
and pour contempt on all my pride.
2 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
save in the cross of Christ, my God;
all the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to his blood.
3 See, from his head, his hands, his feet,
sorrow and love flow mingled down;
did e’er such love and sorrow meet,
or thorns compose so rich a crown?
4 Were the whole realm of nature mine,
that were an offering far too small;
love so amazing, so divine,
demands my soul, my life, my all. Topics: Discipleship; Holy Week (Good Friday); Praise of God; Sunday of the Passion Used With Tune: ROCKINGHAM
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say
Author: Horatius Bonar, 1808-1889 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 1,226 hymnals Scripture: John 18:33-37 Topics: Jesus Christ, Light; Light; Salvation/Redemption; Water; Trust Used With Tune: KINGSFOLD
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say
Rejoice the Lord is King!
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 742 hymnals Scripture: John 18:33-37 Topics: Jesus Christ: Prophet, Priest and King Used With Tune: GOPSAL
Rejoice the Lord is King!
Hail, thou once despisèd Jesus!
Author: John Bakewell, 1721-1819; Martin Madan, 1726-1790 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 625 hymnals Scripture: John 18:37 Lyrics: 1 Hail, thou once despisèd Jesus!
Hail, thou Galilean King!
Thou didst suffer to release us;
thou didst free salvation bring.
Hail, thou universal Saviour,
bearer of our sin and shame!
By thy merit we find favour;
life is given through thy name.
2 Paschal Lamb by God appointed,
all our sins on thee were laid;
by almighty love anointed,
thou hast full atonement made.
All thy people are forgiven
through the virtue of thy blood;
opened is the gate of heaven;
reconciled are we with God.
3 Jesus, hail! Enthroned in glory,
there for ever to abide;
all the heavenly host adore thee,
seated at thy Father's side.
There for sinners thou art pleading,
there thou dost our place prepare,
ever for us interceding,
till in glory we appear. Topics: Ascension; Easter VII Year B Used With Tune: IN BABILONE
Hail, thou once despisèd Jesus!
Ride On, Ride On in Majesty
Author: Henry Hart Milman (1791-1868) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 505 hymnals Scripture: John 18, 19 First Line: Ride on, ride on in majesty! Lyrics: 1 Ride on, ride on in majesty!
Hark! all the tribes "Hosanna" cry;
O Saviour meek, pursue thy road
with palms and scattered garments strowed.
2 Ride on, ride on in majesty!
In lowly pomp ride on to die;
O Christ, thy triumphs now begin
o'er captive death and conquered sin.
3 Ride on, ride on in majesty!
The angel-squadrons of the sky
look down with sad and wondering eyes
to see the approaching sacrifice.
4 Ride on, ride on in majesty!
Thy last and fiercest strife is nigh;
the Father on his sapphire throne
awaits his own anointed Son.
5 Ride on, ride on in majesty!
In lowly pomp ride on to die;
bow thy meek head to mortal pain,
then take, O God, thy power, and reign. Topics: Sunday of the Passion; Palm Sunday Used With Tune: WINCHESTER NEW
Ride On, Ride On in Majesty
Thou didst leave Thy throne
Author: Emily E. S. Elliott Meter: Irregular Appears in 417 hymnals Scripture: John 18:36 Topics: God: His Attributes, Works and Word The Son - Life and Example Used With Tune: MARGARET
Thou didst leave Thy throne
In the Garden
Author: C. Austin Miles, 1868-1946 Meter: 8.9.10.7 with refrain Appears in 260 hymnals Scripture: John 18:1 First Line: I come to the garden alone Refrain First Line: And He walks with me, and He talks with me Lyrics: 1 I come to the garden alone,
While the dew is still on the roses;
And the voice I hear, falling on my ear,
The Son of God discloses.
Refrain:
And He walks with me, and He talks with me,
And He tells me I am His own,
And the joy we share as we tarry there,
None other has ever known.
2 He speaks, and the sound of His voice
Is so sweet the birds hush their singing;
And the melody that He gave to me
Within my heart is ringing. [Refrain]
3 I'd stay in the garden with Him
Though the night around me be falling;
But He bids me go– through the voice of woe,
His voice to me is calling. [Refrain] Topics: The Gospel in the Christian Life Healing and Comfort; Joy; Inner Peace; Prayer Used With Tune: GARDEN
In the Garden
O Jesus, King Most Wonderful
Author: Bernard of Clairvaux, 1090-1153; E. Caswall, 1814-78 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 247 hymnals Scripture: John 18:33-37 Lyrics: 1 O Jesus, King most wonderful,
Thou Conqueror renowned,
Thou Sweetness most ineffable,
In whom all joys are found!
2 When once Thou visitest the heart,
The truth begins to shine,
Then earthly vanities depart,
Then kindles love divine.
3 O Jesus, Light of all below,
Thou Fount of life and fire,
Surpassing all the joys we know,
All that we can desire.
4 May ev'ry heart confess Thy name
And ever Thee adore
And, seeking Thee, itself inflame
To seek Thee more and more!
5 Thee may our tongues forever bless,
Thee may we love alone,
And ever in our lives express
The image of Thine own!
Topics: Jesus, Our King Used With Tune: ST. AGNES
O Jesus, King Most Wonderful
Good Christian Men, Rejoice
Author: John Mason Neal Appears in 220 hymnals Scripture: John 18:37 Topics: Advent; Christ; Jesus Christ; Son of God; The Lord Jesus Christ Birth Used With Tune: IN DULCI JUBILO Text Sources: Medieval Latin Carol, 14th Century
Good Christian Men, Rejoice
Were You There
Meter: Irregular Appears in 218 hymnals Scripture: John 18, 19 First Line: Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Lyrics: 1 Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble:
were you there when they crucified my Lord?
2. Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble:
were you there when they nailed him to the tree?
3. Were you there when they pierced him in the side?
Were you there when they pierced him in the side?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble:
were you there when they pierced him in the side?
4. Were you there when the sun refused to shine?
Were you there when the sun refused to shine?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble:
were you there when the sun refused to shine? Topics: Holy Week (Good Friday) Used With Tune: WERE YOU THERE Text Sources: African-American spiritual
Were You There
Come to the Place of Grief and Shame
Author: F. W. Faber Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 216 hymnals Scripture: John 18:2 Lyrics: 1 Come to the place of grief and shame;
come to the stricken Savior's side.
Alone, rejected, wounded, scorned,
Jesus our Lord is crucified!
2 O break, O break, hard heart of mine!
Thy weak self-love and guilty pride
his Pilate and his Judas were:
Jesus our Lord is crucified!
3 A broken heart, a fount of tears,
ask, and they will not be denied.
A broken heart love's cradle is:
Jesus our Lord is crucified!
4 O love of God! O pow'r of sin!
In this dread act your strength is tried,
and victory remains with love:
Jesus our Lord is crucified. Topics: Biblical Characters Judas; Biblical Characters Pilate; Jesus Christ Passion and Cross Used With Tune: ST. CROSS Text Sources: Compilers (stanza 1)
Come to the Place of Grief and Shame
Alleluia! Sing to Jesus
Author: William Chatterton Dix, 1837-1898 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 215 hymnals Scripture: John 18:33-37 Topics: Holy Communion Used With Tune: HYFRYDOL
Alleluia! Sing to Jesus
Once to Every Man and Nation
Author: James Russell Lowell Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 192 hymnals Scripture: John 18:37-38 Lyrics: 1 Once to every man and nation
Comes the moment to decide,
In the strife of truth with falsehood,
For the good or evil side;
Some great cause, some new decision,
Offering each the bloom or blight,
And the choice goes by forever
Twixt that darkness and that light.
2 By the light of burning martyrs,
Jesus' bleeding feet I track,
Toiling up new Calvaries ever
With the cross that turns not back;
New occasions teach new duties,
Time makes ancient good uncouth;
They must upward still and onward,
Who would keep abreast of truth.
3 Tho' the cause of evil prosper,
Yet 'tis truth alone is strong;
Tho' her portion be the scaffold,
And upon the throne be wrong,
Yet that scaffold sways the future,
And, behind the dim unknown,
Standeth God within the shadow
Keeping watch above His own.
Amen. Used With Tune: TON-Y-BOTEL
Once to Every Man and Nation
At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing
Appears in 186 hymnals Scripture: John 18 First Line: [At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing] Text Sources: Unknown 6th Century - Cyberhymnal (http://www.hymntime.com/tch/, 1996)
At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing
Let earth and heaven agree
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 183 hymnals Scripture: John 18:33-37 Topics: Jesus Christ the Saviour: Lord of All Used With Tune: MILLENNIUM
Let earth and heaven agree
Ah, Holy Jesus
Author: Robert Bridges; Johann Heermann Meter: 11.11.11.5 Appears in 135 hymnals Scripture: John 18:15-17 First Line: Ah, holy Jesus, how have you offended Lyrics: 1 Ah, holy Jesus,
how have you offended,
that mortal judgment
has on you descended?
By foes derided,
by your own rejected,
O most afflicted!
2 Who was the guilty?
Who brought this upon you?
It is my treason,
Lord, that has slain you.
And I, dear Jesus,
I it was denied you;
I crucified you.
3 For me, kind Jesus,
was your incarnation,
your mortal sorrow,
and your life's oblation,
Your death of anguish
and your bitter passion,
for my salvation.
4 Therefore, kind Jesus,
since I cannot pay you,
I do adore you
and will ever pray you,
Think on your pity
and your love unswerving,
not my deserving.
Topics: Confession of Sin; Good Friday; Holy Week; Year A Good Friday; Year A Holy Saturday; Year B Good Friday; Year B Holy Saturday; Year C Good Friday; Year C Holy Saturday Used With Tune: HERZLIEBSTER JESU
Ah, Holy Jesus
The Royal Banners Forward Go
Author: Venantius Fortunatus (540?-600?); John Mason Neale (1818-1866); Percy Dearmer (1867-1936) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 134 hymnals Scripture: John 18:33-37 Lyrics: 1 The royal banners forward go;
the cross shines forth in mystic glow;
where he, the Life, did flesh endure,
and by that death did life procure.
2 There while he hung, his sacred side
by soldier's spear was opened wide
to cleanse us in the precious flood
of water mingled with his blood.
3 Fulfilled is all his words foretold;
then spread the banners, and unfold
love's crowning power, that all may see
he reigns and triumphs from the tree.
4 O tree of grace, the conquering sign,
which dost in royal purple shine,
gone is thy shame; for, lo, each bough
proclaims the prince of glory now.
5 For once thy favoured branches bore
the wealth that did the world restore,
the priceless treasure, freely spent
to pay for our enfranchisement.
6 Father of all, life's source and spring,
may every soul thy praises sing;
may those obey the rule of heaven,
for whom the perfect life was given. Topics: Holy Week (Good Friday) Used With Tune: VEXILLA REGIS
The Royal Banners Forward Go
Just a Closer Walk with Thee
Author: Anonymous Meter: Irregular Appears in 113 hymnals Scripture: John 18:25-27 First Line: I am weak, but thou art strong Lyrics: 1 I am weak, but thou art strong;
Jesus, keep me from all wrong;
I’ll be satisfied as long
as I walk, let me walk close to thee.
Refrain:
Just a closer walk with thee,
grant it, Jesus, is my plea,
daily walking close to thee:
let it be, dear Lord, let it be.
2 Through this world of toil and snares,
if I falter, Lord, who cares?
Who with me my burden shares?
None but thee, dear Lord, none but thee. [Refrain]
3 When my feeble life is o’er,
time for me will be no more;
guide me gently, safely o’er
to thy kingdom shore, to thy shore. [Refrain] Topics: Conflict Spiritual Used With Tune: CLOSER WALK
Just a Closer Walk with Thee
Ye that Pass By, Behold the Man
Appears in 104 hymnals Scripture: John 18 First Line: [Ye that Pass By, Behold the Man] Text Sources: Cyberhymnal (http://www.hymntime.com/tch/, 1996)
Ye that Pass By, Behold the Man
O Sacred Head, Surrounded
Author: Henry Williams Baker (1821-1877); Arnulf of Louvain (1200?-1250?); Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676); James Waddell Alexander (1804-1853) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 88 hymnals Scripture: John 18, 19 Lyrics: 1 O sacred head surrounded
by crown of piercing thorn;
O royal head so wounded,
reviled, and put to scorn:
death's shadows rise before you,
the glow of life decays,
yet angel hosts adore you
and tremble as they gaze!
2 Your youthfulness and vigour
are spent, your strength is gone,
and in your tortured figure
I see death drawing on:
what agony of dying,
what love, to sinners free!
My Lord, all grace supplying,
O turn your face on me!
3 Your sinless soul's oppression
was all for sinners' gain;
mine, mine was the transgression,
but yours the deadly pain:
I bow my head, my Saviour,
for I deserve your place;
O grant to me your favour,
and heal me by your grace.
4 What language shall I borrow
to thank you, dearest Friend,
for this your dying sorrow,
your mercy without end?
Lord, make me yours for ever:
your servant let me be;
and may I never, never
betray your love for me. Topics: Holy Week (Good Friday) Used With Tune: PASSION CHORALE Text Sources: rev. Hymns for Today's Church, 1982
O Sacred Head, Surrounded
There's a Garden (The Beautiful Garden of Prayer)
Author: Eleanor Allen Schroll Appears in 88 hymnals Scripture: John 18:1 First Line: There's a garden where Jesus is waiting Topics: Prayer Exhortation Used With Tune: [There's a garden where Jesus is waiting]
There's a Garden (The Beautiful Garden of Prayer)
When my love for Christ grows weak
Author: John Reynell Wreford, 1800-1881 Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 78 hymnals Scripture: John 18:1 Topics: Jesus Christ the Suffering Servant: The Passion and The Cross Used With Tune: SONG 13
When my love for Christ grows weak
'Tis finished! The Messiah Dies
Author: Charles Wesley (1707-1788) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 67 hymnals Scripture: John 18, 19 Lyrics: 1 'Tis finished! the Messiah dies,
cut off for sins, but not his own.
Accomplished is the sacrifice,
the great redeeming work is done.
2 The veil is rent; in Christ alone
the living way to heaven is seen.
The middle wall is broken down,
and all the world may enter in.
3 'Tis finished! All my guilt and pain,
I want no sacrifice beside;
for me, for me the Lamb is slain;
'tis finished! I am justified.
4 The reign of sin and death is o'er,
and all may live from sin set free;
Satan hath lost his mortal power;
'tis swallowed up in victory. Topics: Holy Week (Good Friday) Used With Tune: BABYLON'S STREAMS
'Tis finished! The Messiah Dies
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