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Come, Let Us Join Our Friends Above
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 345 hymnals Topics: Christian Year All Saints Day Lyrics: 1. Come, let us join our friends above
who have obtained the prize,
and on the eagle wings of love
to joys celestial rise.
Let saints on earth unite to sing
with those to glory gone,
for all the servants of our King
in earth and heaven are one.
2. One family we dwell in him,
one church above, beneath,
though now divided by the stream,
the narrow stream of death;
one army of the living God,
to his command we bow;
part of his host have crossed the flood,
and part are crossing now.
3. Ten thousand to their endless home
this solemn moment fly,
and we are to the margin come,
and we expect to die.
E'en now by faith we join our hands
with those that went before,
and greet the blood-besprinkled bands
on the eternal shore.
4. Our spirits too shall quickly join,
like theirs with glory crowned,
and shout to see our Captain's sign,
to hear his trumpet sound.
O that we now might grasp our Guide!
O that the word were given!
Come, Lord of Hosts, the waves divide,
and land us all in heaven.
Used With Tune: FOREST GREEN
Come, Let Us Join Our Friends Above
All Who Believe and Are Baptized
Author: George Taylor Rygh; Thomas Kingo Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 34 hymnals
All Who Believe and Are Baptized
Faith of Our Fathers
Author: Frederick William Faber Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 830 hymnals Topics: All Saints Day First Line: Faith of our fathers, living still
Faith of Our Fathers
Come, We That Love the Lord
Author: Isaac Watts, 1675-1748; Robert Lowry, 1826-1899 Meter: 6.6.8.8.6.6 with refrain Appears in 1,787 hymnals Topics: All Saints Day Refrain First Line: We're marching to Zion Lyrics: 1. Come, we that love the Lord,
and let our joys be known;
join in a song with sweet accord,
join in a song with sweet accord
and thus surround the throne,
and thus surround the throne.
Refrain:
We're marching to Zion,
beautiful, beautiful Zion;
we're marching upward to Zion,
the beautiful city of God.
2. Let those refuse to sing
who never knew our God,
but children of the heav'nly King,
but children of the heav'nly King
may speak their joys abroad,
may speak their joys abroad.
(Refrain)
3. The hill of Zion yields
a thousand sacred sweets
before we reach the heav'nly fields,
before we reach the heav'nly fields,
or walk the golden streets,
or walk the golden streets.
(Refrain)
4. Then let our songs abound,
and ev'ry tear be dry;
we're marching through Emmanuel's ground,
we're marching through Emmanuel's ground,
to fairer worlds on high,
to fairer worlds on high.
(Refrain)
Scripture: Revelation 21:9-12 Used With Tune: MARCHING TO ZION
Come, We That Love the Lord
Alleluia! Alleluia! Let the Holy Anthem Rise
Author: Edward Caswall Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 30 hymnals
Alleluia! Alleluia! Let the Holy Anthem Rise
O Lord of Life, Wherever They Be
Author: Frederick Lucian Hosmer Meter: 8.8.8 with alleluia Appears in 32 hymnals Refrain First Line: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia Lyrics: 1 O Lord of life, where’er they be,
Safe in Your own eternity,
Now live Your children gloriously.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
2 All souls You call, both here or there,
Do rest within Your sheltering care;
One providence alike they share:
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
3 Your Word is true, Your ways are just;
Above the chanted, “Dust to dust,”
Shall rise our song of grateful trust:
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
4 Happy are they in God who rest,
No more by fear and doubt oppressed,
Living or dying, they are blest:
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
O Lord of Life, Wherever They Be
How bright these glorious spirits shine!
Author: Rev. Isaac Watts; Rev. William Cameron Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 156 hymnals Topics: Saints' Days and Other Holy Days All Saints' Day, Novemer 1 Used With Tune: BALLERMA
How bright these glorious spirits shine!
O for a Thousand Tongues
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,736 hymnals Topics: Christ Life and Ministry; Recessionals; liturgical Opening Hymns First Line: O for a thousand tongues to sing My dear Redeemer's praise Lyrics: 1 O for a thousand tongues to sing
my great Redeemer's praise,
the glories of my God and King,
the triumphs of his grace!
2 My gracious Master and my God,
assist me to proclaim,
to spread thro' all the earth abroad
the honors of your name.
3 Jesus! the name that charms our fears,
that bids our sorrows cease,
'tis music in the sinner's ears,
'tis life and health and peace.
4 He breaks the power of cancelled sin,
he sets the prisoner free;
his blood can make the foulest clean;
his blood availed for me.
5 To God all glory, praise, and love
be now and ever given
by saints below and saints above,
the Church in earth and heaven.
Worship & Rejoice, 2003
O for a Thousand Tongues
Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand
Author: Henry Alford Meter: 7.6.8.6 D Appears in 434 hymnals Topics: All Saints' Day Lyrics: 1 Ten thousand times ten thousand
In sparkling raiment bright,
The armies of the ransomed saints
Throng up the steeps of light;
'Tis finished, all is finished,
Their fight with death and sin:
Fling open wide the golden gates,
And let the victors in.
2 What rush of alleluias
Fills all the earth and sky!
What ringing of a thousand harps
Bespeaks the triumph nigh!
O day, for which creation
And all its tribes were made;
O joy, for all its former woes
A thousandfold repaid!
3 O then what raptured greetings
On Canaan's happy shore;
What meeting there of parted friends
Where partings are no more!
Then eyes with joy shall sparkle,
That brimmed with tears of late;
Orphans no longer fatherless,
Nor widows desolate.
4 Bring near Thy great salvation,
Thou Lamb for sinners slain;
Fill up the roll of Thine elect,
Then take Thy power, and reign;
Appear, Desire of nations,
Thine exiles long for home;
Show in the heaven Thy promised sign;
Thou Prince and Saviour, come.
Amen. Scripture: Revelation 5:11-13 Used With Tune: ALFORD
Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand
Who Are These in Bright Array?
Author: James Montgomery Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 377 hymnals Topics: All Saint' Day First Line: Who are these in bright array Lyrics: 1 Who are these in bright array,
This innumerable throng,
Round the altar, night and day,
Hymning one triumphant song?
"Worthy is the Lamb, once slain,
Blessing, honor, glory, pow'r,
Wisdom, riches to obtain,
New dominion ev'ry hour."
2 These through fiery trials trod,
These from great affliction came;
Now, before the throne of God,
Sealed with His almighty Name,
Clad in raiment pure and white,
Victor-palms in every hand,
Through their dear Redeemer's might,
More than conquerors they stand.
3 Hunger, thirst, disease unknown,
On immortal fruits they feed;
Then the Lamb amidst the throne,
Shall to living fountains lead;
Joy and gladness banish sighs;
Perfect love dispels all fears;
And forever from their eyes
God shall wipe away the tears.
Amen. Scripture: Revelation 7:11-17 Used With Tune: ST. GEORGE'S, WINDSOR
Who Are These in Bright Array?
We Walk By Faith
Author: Henry Alford Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 72 hymnals First Line: We walk by faith, and not by sight, No gracious words we hear
We Walk By Faith
Forward Through the Ages
Author: Frederick Lucian Hosmer Meter: 6.5.6.5 D with refrain Appears in 83 hymnals Topics: Christian Year All Saints Day Lyrics: 1. Forward through the ages,
in unbroken line,
move the faithful spirits
at the call divine;
gifts in differing measure,
hearts of one accord,
manifold the service,
one the sure reward.
Refrain:
Forward through the ages,
in unbroken line,
move the faithful spirits
at the call divine.
2. Wider grows the kingdom,
reign of love and light;
for it we must labor,
till our faith is sight.
Prophets have proclaimed it,
martyrs testified,
poets sung its glory,
heroes for it died. [Refrain]
3. Not alone we conquer,
not alone we fall;
in each loss or triumph
lose or triumph all.
Bound by God's far purpose
in one living whole,
move we on together
to the shining goal. [Refrain]
Used With Tune: ST. GERTRUDE
Forward Through the Ages
Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones
Author: John Athelstan Laurie Riley Meter: 8.8.4.4.8.8 with refrain Appears in 108 hymnals Topics: Christian Year All Saints Day Refrain First Line: Alleluia Lyrics: 1. Ye watchers and ye holy ones,
bright seraphs, cherubim, and thrones,
raise the glad strain, Alleluia!
Cry out, dominions, princedoms, powers,
virtues, archangels, angels' choirs:
Refrain:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
2. O higher than the cherubim,
more glorious than the seraphim,
lead their praises, Alleluia!
Thou bearer of th' eternal Word,
most gracious, magnify the Lord: (Refrain)
3. Respond, ye souls in endless rest,
ye patriarchs and prophets blest,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Ye holy twelve, ye martyrs strong,
all saints triumphant, raise the song: (Refrain)
4. O friends, in gladness let us sing,
supernal anthems echoing,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
To God the Father, God the Son,
and God the Spirit, Three in One: (Refrain)
Used With Tune: LASST UNS ERFREUEN
Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones
Three in One, and One in Three
Author: Gilbert Rorison, 1821-1869 Meter: 7.7.7.5 Appears in 81 hymnals Topics: Year A All Saints' Day Lyrics: 1 Three in One and One in Three,
ruler of the earth and sea,
hear us while we lift to thee
holy chant and psalm.
2 Light of lights! with morning-shine
lift on us thy light divine;
and let charity benign
breathe on us her balm.
3 Light of lights! when falls the ev'n,
let it close on sin forgiv'n,
fold us in the peace of heav'n;
shed a holy calm.
4 Three in One and One in Three,
dimly here we worship thee;
with the saints hereafter we
hope to hear the palm. Scripture: Revelation 7:9-17 Used With Tune: CAPETOWN
Three in One, and One in Three
Joy Comes with the Dawn
Author: Gordon Light Meter: 4.7.7 with refrain Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Weeping may come
Joy Comes with the Dawn
Songs of praise the angels sang
Author: James Montgomery Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 542 hymnals Topics: Saints' Days and Other Holy Days St. Michael and All Angels, September 29 Used With Tune: CULBACH
Songs of praise the angels sang
Psalm 149 (A Responsorial Setting)
Appears in 459 hymnals Topics: Church Year All Saints' Day; Year C, All Saints' Day, November 1 First Line: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia Scripture: Psalm 149 Used With Tune: [Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia] Text Sources: Evangelical Lutheran Worship (Psalm text)
Psalm 149 (A Responsorial Setting)
Lo! what a cloud of witnesses
Appears in 62 hymnals Topics: Holy Days All Saints Lyrics: 1 Lo! what a cloud of witnesses
Encompass us around!
Men once like us with suff'ring tried,
But now with glory crown'd.
2 Let us, with zeal like theirs inspired,
Strive in the Christian race;
And, freed from every weight of sin,
Their holy footsteps trace.
3 Behold a Witness nobler still,
Who trod affliction's path;
Jesus, the author, finisher,
Rewarder of our faith.
4 He, for the joy before Him set,
And moved by pitying love,
Endured the Cross, despised the shame,
And now He reigns above.
5 Thither, forgetting things behind,
Press we go God's right hand;
There, with the Saviour and His saints,
Triumphantly to stand. Used With Tune: MEAR Text Sources: Scotch Paraphase, 1743, alt.
Lo! what a cloud of witnesses
The Son of God goes forth to war
Author: Reginald Heber Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 837 hymnals Topics: All Saints Day
The Son of God goes forth to war
Make me a channel of your peace
Author: St. Francis of Assisi; Sebastian Temple Meter: Irregular Appears in 40 hymnals Refrain First Line: O Master, grant that I may never seek
Make me a channel of your peace
At the Name of Jesus
Author: Caroline M. Noel Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Appears in 253 hymnals First Line: At the Name of Jesus Every knee shall bow (Noel)
At the Name of Jesus
Lord, Enthroned in Heavenly Splendor
Author: George Hugh Bourne Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.7 Appears in 61 hymnals Topics: liturgical Communion Songs
Lord, Enthroned in Heavenly Splendor
My God, How Wonderful Thou Art
Author: Frederick William Faber Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 344 hymnals Topics: Adoration; God the Father His Majesty and Power; Worship
My God, How Wonderful Thou Art
Tell Out, My Soul
Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 60 hymnals Topics: God Love and Mercy; God Majesty and Power; Scripture Songs; Worship First Line: Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord
Tell Out, My Soul
For all the saints who from their labors rest
Author: Bishop William Walsham How Meter: 10.10.10.4 Appears in 570 hymnals Topics: All Saints' Day Lyrics: 1 For all the saints who from their labors rest,
Who Thee by faith before the world confessed,
Thy Name, O Jesus, be forever blest.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
2 Thou wast their Rock, their Fortress, and their Might;
Thou, Lord, their Captain in the well-fought fight;
Thou, in the darkness drear, their one true Light.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
3 O may Thy soldiers, faithful, true, and bold,
Fight as the saints who nobly fought of old,
And win with them the victor's crown of gold.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
4 O blest communion, fellowship divine!
We feebly struggle, they in glory shine;
Yet all are one in Thee, for all are Thine.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
5 And when the fight is fierce, the warfare long,
Steals on the ear the distant triumph song,
And hearts are brave again, and arms are strong.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
6 From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest coast,
Through gates of pearl streams in the countless host,
Singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Amen. Used With Tune: SINE NOMINE
For all the saints who from their labors rest
Jerusalem, My Happy Home
Author: "F. B. P.", 16th C. Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 622 hymnals Topics: All Saints' Day Lyrics: 1 Jerusalem, my happy home,
when shall I come to thee?
When will my sorrows have an end?
Thy joys, when shall I see?
2 O happy harbor of the saints,
O sweet and pleasant soil!
In thee no sorrow may be found,
no grief, no care, no toil.
3 Thy saints are crowned with glory great;
they see God face to face;
they triumph still, they still rejoice:
most happy is their case.
4 Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
God grant that I may see
thine endless joy, and of the same
partaker ever be!
Scripture: Psalm 122:2 Used With Tune: LAND OF REST Text Sources: Based on Anonymous hymn, 16th century
Jerusalem, My Happy Home
Holy God, We Praise Your Name
Author: Ignaz Franz; Clarence A. Walworth Meter: 7.8.7.8.7.7 Appears in 203 hymnals Topics: All Saints' Day First Line: Holy God we praise your name Lyrics: 1 Holy God, we praise your name;
Lord of all, we bow before you;
all on earth thy scepter claim,
all in heaven above adore you;
infinite your vast domain,
everlasting is your reign.
2 Hark! the loud celestial hymn
angel choirs above are raising,
cherubim and seraphim,
in unceasing chorus praising,
fill the heavens with sweet accord:
holy, holy, holy, Lord.
3 Lo! the apostolic train
join the sacred Name to hallow;
prophets swell the loud refrain,
and the white-robed martyrs follow;
and from morn to set of sun,
through the Church the song goes on.
4 Holy Father, Holy Son,
Holy Spirit, Three we name you;
while in essence only one,
undivided God we claim you,
then, adoring, bend the knee,
and confess the mystery. Scripture: Isaiah 6:3 Used With Tune: GROSSER GOTT, WIR LOBEN DICH Text Sources: Based on Te Deum, ca. 4th century
Holy God, We Praise Your Name
O What Their Joy and Their Glory Must Be
Author: Peter Abelard, 1079-1142; John Mason Neale, 1818-1866 Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 137 hymnals Topics: All Saints Day Used With Tune: O QUANTA QUALIA
O What Their Joy and Their Glory Must Be
Wade in the Water
Meter: Irregular Appears in 31 hymnals First Line: See that host all dressed in white Text Sources: African-American spiritual; African American spiritual, c. 1750-1875
Wade in the Water
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,863 hymnals Topics: Adoration; Meditation; Christ Love of; Love God's Love; Righteousness First Line: Love divine, all loves excelling, Joy of heaven, to earth come down
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
For All Thy Saints, O Lord
Author: Richard Mant Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 157 hymnals Topics: All Saint' Day Lyrics: 1 For all Thy saints, O Lord,
Who strove in Thee to live,
Who followed Thee, obeyed, adored,
Our grateful hymns receive.
2 For all Thy saints, O Lord,
Accept our thankful cry;
Who counted Thee their great Reward,
And strove in Thee to die.
3 They all, in life or death,
With Thee, their Lord, in view,
Learned from Thy Holy Spirit's breath
To suffer and to do.
4 For this, Thy name we bless,
And humbly pray that we
May follow them in holiness,
And live and die in Thee.
Amen. Used With Tune: FERGUSON
For All Thy Saints, O Lord
Who Are These, Like Stars Appearing?
Author: Heinrich Theobald Schenk Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7 Appears in 145 hymnals Topics: All Saint' Day First Line: Who are these, like stars appearing Lyrics: 1 Who are these, like stars appearing,
These before God's throne who stand?
Each a golden crown is wearing;
Who are all this glorious band?
Alleluia! hark they sing,
Praising loud their heav'nly King.
2 Who are these of dazzling brightness,
These in God's own truth arrayed,
Clad in robes of purest whiteness,
Robes whose lustre ne'er shall fade,
Ne'er be touched by time's rude hand?
Whence comes all this glorious band?
3 These are they who have contended
For their Saviour's honor long,
Wrestling on till life was ended,
Following not the sinful throng;
These, who well the fight sustained,
Triumph through the Lamb have gained.
4 These are they whose hearts were riven,
Sore with woe and anguish tried,
Who in prayer full oft have striven
With the God they glorified:
Now, their painful conflict o'er,
God has bid them weep no more.
5 These, like priests, have watched and waited,
Offering up to Christ their will.
Soul and body consecrated,
Day and night to serve Him still.
Now in God's most holy place
Blest they stand before His face.
Amen. Used With Tune: ALL SAINTS (OLD)
Who Are These, Like Stars Appearing?
All hail the power of Jesus' name
Author: Rev. Edward Perronet Appears in 3,425 hymnals Topics: Saints' Days and Other Holy Days All Saints' Day, Novemer 1 Used With Tune: MILES LANE
All hail the power of Jesus' name
Jerusalem the golden
Author: St Bernard of Cluny (12th century); John Mason Neale, 1818-1866 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 910 hymnals Topics: Year A All Saints' Day Lyrics: 1 Jerusalem the golden,
with milk and honey blest,
beneath thy contemplation
sink heart and voice oppressed.
I know not, ah, I know not
what joys await us there,
what radiancy of glory,
what bliss beyond compare.
2 They stand, those halls of Zion,
all jubilant with song,
and bright with many angels,
and all the martyr throng;
the prince is ever in them,
the daylight is serene;
the pastures of the blessèd
are decked in glorious sheen.
3 There is the throne of David,
and there, from care released,
the shout of them that triumph,
the song of them that feast;
and they, who with their leader
have fully run the race,
are robed in white for ever
before their Saviour's face.
4 O sweet and blessèd country,
the home of God's elect!
O sweet and blessèd country
that eager hearts expect!
Jesus, in mercy bring us
to that dear land of rest;
who art, with God the Father
and Spirit, ever blest. Scripture: Luke 1:32 Used With Tune: EWING Text Sources: "De Contemptu Mundi"
Jerusalem the golden
Shall We Gather at the River
Author: Robert Lowry, b. 1826-1899 Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 746 hymnals Topics: All Saints Day Refrain First Line: Yes, we'll gather at the river Lyrics: 1 Shall we gather at the river,
where bright angel feet have trod,
with its crystal tide forever
flowing by the throne of God?
Refrain:
Yes, we'll gather at the river,
the beautiful, the beautiful river;
gather with the saints at the river
that flows by the throne of God.
2 On the margin of the river,
washing up its silver spray,
we will walk and worship ever,
all the happy golden day.
(Refrain)
3 Ere we reach the shining river,
lay we ev'ry burden down;
grace our spirits will deliver,
and provide a robe and crown.
(Refrain)
4 Soon we'll reach the shining river,
soon our pilgrimage will cease;
soon our happy hearts will quiver
with the melody of peace.
(Refrain)
Scripture: Ezekiel 47:1-12 Used With Tune: HANSON PLACE
Shall We Gather at the River
교 희 의 참 된 터 는 (The Church's One Foundation)
Author: Samuel J. Stone Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 859 hymnals Topics: Christian Year All Saints Day Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:11 Used With Tune: AURELIA Text Sources: Korean trans. The United Methodist Korean Hymnal Committee
교 희 의 참 된 터 는 (The Church's One Foundation)
Rejoice in God's Saints
Author: Fred Pratt Green Meter: 10.10.11.11 Appears in 19 hymnals Topics: All Saints' Day First Line: Rejoice in God's saints, today and all days Lyrics: 1 Rejoice in God's saints, today and all days;
a world without saints forgets how to praise.
Their faith in acquiring the habit of prayer,
their depth of adoring, Lord, help us to share.
2 Some march with events to turn them God's way;
some need to withdraw, the better to pray;
some carry the gospel through fire and through flood:
our world is their parish: their purpose is God.
3 Rejoice in those saints, unpraised and unknown,
who bear someone's cross, or shoulder their own:
they shame our complaining, our comforts, our cares:
what patience in caring, what courage, is theirs!
4 Rejoice in God's saints, today and all days;
a world without saints forgets how to praise.
in loving, in living, they prove it is true:
the way of self-giving, Lord, leads us to you.
Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 1:10 Used With Tune: HANOVER
Rejoice in God's Saints
En Cristo de su Iglesia
Author: Samuel J. Stone; J. Pablo Simón; Federico J. Pagura Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 9 hymnals Topics: Christian Year All Saints' Day Used With Tune: AURELIA
En Cristo de su Iglesia
What Shall I Render to the LORD
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 18 hymnals Topics: Church Year All Saints' Day Lyrics: 1 What shall I render to the LORD
for all his benefits to me?
How shall my life, by grace restored,
give worthy thanks, O LORD, to thee?
2 Salvation's cup of blessing now
I take and call upon God's name.
Before his saints I pay my vow
and here my gratitude proclaim.
3 His saints the LORD delights to save;
their death is precious in his sight.
He has redeemed me from the grave,
and in his service I delight.
4 With thankful heart I offer now
my gift and call upon God's name.
Before his saints I pay my vow
and here my gratitude proclaim.
5 Within his house, the house of prayer,
I dedicate myself to God.
Let all his saints his grace declare
and join to sound his praise abroad. Scripture: Psalm 116 Used With Tune: ROCKINGHAM Text Sources: Psalter, 1912, alt.
What Shall I Render to the LORD
O Holy City, Seen of John
Author: Walter Russell Bowie Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 Appears in 89 hymnals
O Holy City, Seen of John
Give Thanks for Life
Author: Shirley Erena Murray Meter: 10.10.10.4.4 Appears in 13 hymnals First Line: Give thanks for life, the measure of our days
Give Thanks for Life
Hark! the sound of holy voices
Author: Christopher Wordsworth, 1807-1885 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 236 hymnals Topics: Year A All Saints' Day; Year A All Saints' Day Lyrics: 1 Hark! the sound of holy voices,
chanting at the crystal sea:
Alleluia, alleluia,
alleluia, Lord, to thee:
multitude, which none can number,
like the stars in glory stands,
clothed in white apparel, holding
palms of vict'ry in their hands.
2 Patriarch and holy prophet,
who prepared the way of Christ,
king, apostle, saint, confessor,
martyr and evangelist,
saintly maiden, godly matron,
widows who have watched in prayer,
joined in holy concert, singing
to the Lord of all, are there.
3 They have come from tribulation,
and have washed their robes in blood,
washed them in the blood of Jesus;
tried they were, and firm they stood;
gladly, Lord, with thee they suffered;
gladly, Lord, with thee they died,
and by death to life immortal
they were born and glorified.
4 Now they reign in heav'nly glory,
now they walk in golden light,
now they drink, as from a river,
holy bliss and infinite;
love and peace they taste for ever,
and all truth and knowledge see
in the beatific vision
of the blessèd Trinity.
5 God of God, the one-begotten,
Light of Light, Emmanuel,
in whose body joined together
all the saints for ever dwell;
pour upon us of thy fullness,
that we may for evermore
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
truly worship and adore. Scripture: Matthew 1:23 Used With Tune: DEERHURST
Hark! the sound of holy voices
For All Thy Saints in Warfare
Author: Horatio Bolton Nelson, 1823-1913 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 96 hymnals Topics: All Saints Day First Line: From all Thy saints in warfare Used With Tune: AURELIA
For All Thy Saints in Warfare
They whose course on earth is o'er
Author: Rev. John M. Neale Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 20 hymnals Topics: Saints' Days and Other Holy Days All Saints' Day, Novemer 1 Used With Tune: WEBER
They whose course on earth is o'er
The Head That Once Was Crowned with Thorns
Author: Thomas Kelly Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 511 hymnals Topics: All Saints' Day Lyrics: 1 The Head that once was crowned with thorns
Is crowned with glory now;
A royal diadem adorns
The mighty Victor's brow.
2 The highest place that heaven affords
Is His, is His by right,
The King of Kings, and Lord of Lords,
And heaven's eternal Light:
3 The Joy of all who dwell above,
The Joy of all below
To whom He manifests His love,
And grants His name to know.
4 To them the cross, with all its shame,
With all its grace, is given;
Their name an everlasting name,
Their joy the joy of heaven.
5 They suffer with their Lord below,
They reign with Him above;
Their profit and their joy to know
The wonder of His love.
Amen. Scripture: Mark 15:17-18 Used With Tune: ST. MAGNUS
The Head That Once Was Crowned with Thorns
Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone?
Author: Unknown Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,195 hymnals Topics: All Saint' Day First Line: Must Jesus bear the cross alone Lyrics: 1 Must Jesus bear the cross alone,
And all the world go free?
No, there's a cross for ev'ry one,
And there's a cross for me.
2 How happy are the saints above,
Who once went sorrowing here!
But now they taste unmingled love,
And joy without a tear.
3 The consecrated cross I'll bear,
Till death shall set me free;
And then go home, my crown to wear,
For there's a crown for me.
Amen. Used With Tune: MAITLAND
Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone?
We come unto our fathers' God
Author: Thomas H. Gill Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 78 hymnals Topics: All Saints' Day Lyrics: 1 We come unto our fathers' God,
Their Rock is our salvation;
Th' eternal arms, their dear abode,
We make our habitation.
We bring Thee, Lord, the praise they brought,
We seek Thee as Thy saints have sought
In every generation.
2 Their joy unto their Lord we bring,
Their song to us descendeth;
The Spirit who in them did sing
To us His music lendeth:
His song in them, in us, is one;
We raise it high, we send it on—
The song that never endeth.
3 Ye saints to come, take up the strain,
The same sweet theme endeavor;
Unbroken be the golden chain!
Keep on the song forever!
Safe in the same dear dwelling place,
Rich with the same eternal grace,
Bless the same boundless Giver.
Amen. Used With Tune: NUN FREUT EUCH
We come unto our fathers' God
Such Perfect Love My Shepherd Shows
Author: Henry Williams Baker Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 677 hymnals Topics: Church Year All Saints' Day Lyrics: 1 Such perfect love my Shepherd shows,
whose goodness fails me never,
whose hand all things I need bestows
and watches me forever.
2 Where streams of living water flow,
my loving Shepherd leads me,
and where the verdant pastures grow
with food from heaven feeds me.
3 When vain and foolish I have strayed,
you, faithful Shepherd, sought me,
and on your shoulder gently laid,
then home, rejoicing, brought me.
4 I do not fear death's shadowed vale
when you are here beside me;
your rod and staff and strength prevail
to comfort and to guide me.
5 You spread a table in my sight,
your gifts of grace bestowing;
and from your chalice I delight
to taste your mercy flowing.
6 And so through all the length of days
your goodness fails me never;
Good Shepherd, may I sing your praise
within your house forever. Scripture: Psalm 23 Used With Tune: DOMINUS REGIT ME
Such Perfect Love My Shepherd Shows
At the Lamb's high feast we sing
Author: Rpbert Campbell, 1814-1868 Appears in 186 hymnals Topics: Year A All Saints' Day Lyrics: 1 At the Lamb's high feast we sing
praise to our victorious King,
who hath washed us in the tide
flowing from his piercèd side;
praise we him, whose love divine
gives his sacred blood for wine,
gives his body for the feast,
Christ the victim, Christ the priest.
2 Where the paschal blood is poured,
death's dark angel sheathes his sword;
Israel's hosts triumphant go
through the wave that drowns the foe.
Praise we Christ, whose blood was shed,
paschal victim, paschal bread;
with sincerity and love
eat we manna from above.
3 Mighty victim from above,
conqu'ring by the pow'r of love;
thou hast triumphed in the fight,
thou hast brought us life and light.
Now no more can death appal,
now no more the grave enthral:
thou hast opened paradise,
and in thee thy saints shall rise.
4 Easter triumph, Easter joy,
nothing now can this destroy;
from sin's pow'r do thou set free
souls new-born, O Lord, in thee.
Hymns of glory and of praise,
risen Lord, to thee we raise;
holy Father, praise to thee,
with the Spirit, ever be. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:7-8 Used With Tune: SALZBURG Text Sources: 7th century
At the Lamb's high feast we sing
Ye servants of God
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 10.10.11.11 Appears in 669 hymnals Topics: Year A All Saints' Day First Line: Ye servants of God, your Master proclaim Lyrics: 1 Ye servants of God, your Master proclaim,
and publish abroad his wonderful name;
the name all victorious of Jesus extol:
his kingdom is glorious, and rules over all.
2 God ruleth on high, almighty to save;
and still he is nigh: his presence we have:
the great congregation his triumph shall sing,
ascribing salvation to Jesus our King.
3 Salvation to God who sits on the throne!
let all cry aloud, and honour the Son.
The praises of Jesus the angels proclaim,
fall down on their faces, and worship the Lamb.
4 Then let us adore, and give him his right:
all glory and pow'r, all wisdom and might,
all honour and blessing, with angels above,
and thanks never-ceasing, and infinite love.
Scripture: Revelation 5:11-14 Used With Tune: PADERBORN
Ye servants of God
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