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Joy to the World, the Lord is Come!

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,869 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Joy to the world, the Lord is come! Let earth receive her King; Let ev'ry heart prepare Him room, And heav'n and nature sing, And heav'n and nature sing, And heav'n, and heav'n and nature sing. 2 Joy to the earth, the Saviour reigns! Let men their songs employ; While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains Repeat the sounding joy, Repeat the sounding joy, Repeat, Repeat the sounding joy. 3 No more let sin and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make His blessings flow Where'er the curse is found, Where'er the curse is found, Where'er, where'er the curse is found. 4 He rules the world with truth and grace, And makes the nations prove The glories of His righteousness, And wonders of His love, And wonders of His love And wonders, wonders of His love. Amen. Topics: Church Year Christmas; Christmas Day Scripture: Isaiah 55:12-13 Used With Tune: ANTIOCH

That Day of Wrath, That Dreadful Day

Author: Sir Walter Scott Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 347 hymnals Lyrics: 1 That day of wrath, that dreadful day, When heav'n and earth shall pass away, What pow'r shall be the sinner's stay? How shall he meet that dreadful day? 2 When, shriveling like a parchèd scroll, The flaming heavens together roll; When louder yet, and yet more dread, Swells the high trump that wakes the dead: 3 Lord, on that day, that wrathful day, When man to judgment wakes from clay, Be Thou the trembling sinner's stay, Though heaven and earth shall pass away. Amen. Topics: Last Things Resurrection and Judgment Used With Tune: ST. CROSS Text Sources: Thomas of Celano, 13th Century.

Hail to the Brightness of Zion's Glad Morning!

Author: Thomas Hastings Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 462 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Hail to the brightness of Zion's glad morning! Joy to the lands that in darkness have lain! Hushed be the accents of sorrow and mourning; Zion in triumph begins her glad reign. 2 Hail to the brightness of Zion's glad morning, Long by the prophets of Israel foretold! Hail to the millions from bondage returning! Gentiles and Jews the blest vision behold. 3 Lo, in the desert rich flowers are springing, Streams ever copious are gliding along; Loud from the mountain-tops echoes are ringing, Wastes rise in verdure, and mingle in song. 4 Hark, from all lands, from the isles of the ocean, Praise to Jehovah ascending on high; Fallen the engines of war and commotion, Shouts of salvation are rending the sky. Amen. Topics: Missions Foreign and Home; A Missionary Service; Home Missions; Missions Foreign; Missions To the Jews; Zion, the Church Scripture: Isaiah 60:1-9 Used With Tune: WESLEY

Lead Us, Heavenly Father, Lead Us

Author: James Edmeston Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.4.7 Appears in 358 hymnals First Line: Lead us, heav'nly Father, lead us Lyrics: 1 Lead us, heav'nly Father, lead us O'er the world's tempestuous sea; Guard us, guide us, keep us, feed us, For we have no help but Thee; Yet possessing Ev'ry blessing, If our God our Father be. 2 Saviour, breathe forgiveness o'er us; All our weakness Thou dost know; Thou didst tread this earth before us; Thou didst feel its keenest woe; Lone and dreary, Faint and weary, Through the desert Thou didst go. 3 Spirit of our God, descending, Fill our hearts with heavenly joy, Love, all other love transcending, Pleasure that can never cloy; Thus provided, Pardoned, guided, Nothing can our peace destroy. Amen. Topics: Worship Opening of Service; Names and Office of Christ Savior; God the Father; Prayer of the Holy Spirit Used With Tune: GUIDE ME

I Need Thee, Precious Jesus

Author: Frederick Whitfield; Rev. Ernst Adrian Zetterstrand Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 304 hymnals Lyrics: 1 I need Thee, precious Jesus, For I am full of sin; My soul is dark and guilty, My heart is dead within. I need the cleansing fountain, Where I can always flee, The blood of Christ most precious, The sinner’s perfect plea. 2 I need Thee, blesséd Jesus, For I am very poor; A stranger and a pilgrim, I have no earthly store; I need the love of Jesus To cheer me on my way, To guide my doubting footsteps, To be my strength and stay. 3 I need Thee, blesséd Jesus, I need a friend like Thee, A friend to soothe and pity, A friend to care for me: I need the heart of Jesus To feel each anxious care, To tell my every trouble, And all my sorrows share. 4 I need Thee, blesséd Jesus, I need Thee day by day, To fill me with Thy fullness, To lead me on my way; I need Thy Holy Spirit To teach me what I am, To show me more of Jesus, To point me to the Lamb. Amen. Topics: Way of Salvation Sanctification; Trinity, Fourteenth Sunday; Christ Longing for Used With Tune: O BONA PATRIA

Jerusalem the Golden

Author: Bernard de Morlaix Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 914 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Jerusalem the golden, With milk and honey blest, Beneath thy contemplation Sink heart and voice opprest: I know not, O I know not, What joys await us there! What radiancy of glory, What light beyond compare! 2 And when I fain would sing them, My spirit fails and faints, And vainly would it image The assembly of the saints, They stand, those hall of Zion, Conjubilant with song, And bright with many an angel, And all the martyr throng: 3 There is the throne of David; And there, from care released, The song of them that triumph, The shout of them that feast; And they who, with their Leader, Have conquered in the fight, Forever and forever Are clad in robes of white! Amen. Topics: Last Things Heaven; Names and Office of Christ Leader Used With Tune: EWING

A Great and Mighty Wonder

Author: Anatolius Meter: 7.6.7.6 Appears in 115 hymnals Lyrics: 1 A great and might wonder Our Christmas festal brings; On earth, a lowly Infant, Behold the King of kings! 2 The Word is made incarnate, Descending from on high; And Cherubim sing anthems To shepherds, from the sky. 3 And we, with them triumphant, Repeat the hymn again: "To God on high be glory, And peace on earth, to men!" 4 Since all He comes to ransom, By all be He adored, The Infant born in Bethlehem, The Saviour and the Lord! 5 All idol forms shall perish, And error shall decay, And Christ shall wield His scepter, Our Lord and God for aye. Amen. Topics: Church Year Advent; Christmas Day Used With Tune: KOCHER

O Bread of Life from Heaven

Author: Philip Schaff Meter: 7.7.6.7.7.8 Appears in 43 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O Bread of life from heaven, To weary pilgrims given, O Manna from above: The souls that hunger feed Thou, The hearts that seek Thee lead Thou, With Thy most sweet and tender love. 2 O Fount of grace redeeming, O River ever streaming From Jesus' holy side: Come Thou, Thyself bestowing On thirsting souls, and flowing Till all their wants are satisfied. 3 Jesus, this feast receiving, Thy word of truth believing, We Thee unseen adore: Grant, when our race is ended, That we, to heaven ascended, May see Thy glory evermore. Amen. Topics: Church Year Trinity Season; Lent, Fourth Sunday; Trinty, Second Sunday; Names and Office of Christ Bread; Names and Office of Christ Manna; Lord's Supper Used With Tune: O WELT, ICH MUSS DICH LASSEN Text Sources: Anonymous, Latin, 1661.

For the Beauty of the Earth

Author: Folliott Sandford Pierpoint Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 640 hymnals Lyrics: 1 For the beauty of the earth, For the beauty of the skies, For the love which from our birth Over and around us lies: Christ our God, to Thee we raise This our sacrifice of 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, Christ our God, to Thee we raise This our sacrifice of 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, Christ our God, to Thee we raise This our sacrifice of praise. 4 For Thyself, best Gift divine! To our race so freely given, For that great, great love of Thine, Peace on earth and joy in heaven, Christ our God, to Thee we raise This our sacrifice of praise. Amen. Topics: Worship Prayer and Praise; A Day of Thanksgiving or a Harvest Festival; Names and Office of Christ God; Creator and Creation; Thanksgiving Used With Tune: GOD OF HOSTS

Founded on Thee, Our Only Lord

Author: Samuel Francis Smith Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 31 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Founded on Thee, our only Lord, On Thee, the everlasting Rock, The Church shall stand, as stands Thy Word, Nor fear the storm, nor dread the shock. 2 For Thee our waiting spirits yearn, For Thee this house of praise we rear; To Thee with longing hearts we turn: Come, fix Thy glorious presence here. 3 Come, with Thy Spirit and Thy power, The Conqueror, once the Crucified; Our God, our Strength, our King, our Tower, Here plant Thy throne, and here abide. 4 Accept the work our hands have wrought; Accept, O God, this earthly shrine; Be Thou our Rock, our Life, our Thought, And we, as living temples, Thine. Amen. Topics: The Church Dedication; Church, Dedications; Church, Corner-stone laying; Laying of Corner-Stone Used With Tune: MENDON