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Hail to the Brightness of Zion's Glad Morning!

Author: Thomas Hastings Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 463 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

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

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

Joy to the World, the Lord is Come!

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,873 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

Come, Ye Disconsolate, Where'er Ye Languish

Author: Thomas Moore; Thomas Hastings Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 1,059 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Come, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish; Come to the mercy-seat, fervently kneel; Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heav'n cannot heal. 2 Joy of the desolate, light of the straying, Hope of the penitent, fadeless and pure! Here speaks the Comforter, tenderly saying, "Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot cure." 3 Here see the Bread of Life; see waters flowing Forth from the throne of God, pure from above; Come to the feast of love; come, ever knowing Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot cure. Amen. Topics: Way of Salvation Sanctification; Fourth Sunday after Easter; Names and Office of Christ Bread; Comfort; Comforter; Lord's Supper Lord's Supper Used With Tune: CONSOLATION

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.

Hasten, Lord, the Glorious Time

Author: Harriet Auber Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 299 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Hasten, Lord, the glorious time, When beneath Messiah's sway Ev'ry nation, ev'ry clime, Shall the gospel call obey. 2 Mightiest kings His pow'r shall own, Heathen tribes His Name adore; Satan and his host, o'erthrown, Bound in chains, shall hurt no more. 3 Then shall wars and tumults cease, Then be banished grief and pain; Righteousness and joy and peace, Undisturbed shall ever reign. 4 Bless we, then, our gracious Lord; Ever praise His glorious Name; All His mighty acts record, All His wondrous love proclaim. Amen. Topics: Missions Foreign; A Missionary Service Scripture: Psalm 46:9-10 Used With Tune: WEBER (SEYMOUR)

Come, Thou Almighty King

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 1,800 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Come, Thou almighty King; Help us Thy Name to sing, Help us to praise! Father all-glorious, O'er all victorious, Come and reign over us, Ancient of days. 2 Jesus, our Lord, descend; From all our foes defend, Nor let us fall; Let Thine almighty aid Our sure defense be made, Our souls on Thee be stayed; Lord, hear our call! 3 Come, Thou incarnate Word, Gird on Thy mighty sword, Our prayer attend: Come, and Thy people bless, And give Thy Word success; Spirit of holiness, On us descend. 4 Come, holy Comforter, Thy sacred witness bear In this glad hour: Thou who almighty art Now rule in every heart, And ne'er from us depart, Spirit of power! 5 To the great One in Three Eternal praises be, Hence, evermore! His sovereign majesty May we in glory see, And to eternity Love and adore. Amen. Topics: Church Year Trinity; Trinity Sunday; Doxologies; Names and Office of Christ Word; Comforter; God the Father; Holy Spirit; Triune God; Worship Used With Tune: ITALIAN HYMN

Calm on the Listening Ear of Night

Author: Edmund Hamilton Sears Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 350 hymnals First Line: Calm on the list'ning ear of night Lyrics: 1 Calm on the list'ning ear of night Come heav'n's melodious strains, Where wild Judea stretches forth Her silver-mantled plains; Celestial choirs from courts above Shed sacred glories there; And angels, with their sparkling lyres, Make music on the air. 2 The answ'ring hills of Palestine Send back the glad reply, And greet from all their holy heights The Day-spring from on high: O'er the blue depths of Galilee There comes a holier calm; And Sharon waves in solemn praise Her silent groves of palm. 3 "Glory to God!" the lofty strain The realm of ether fills; How sweeps the song of solemn joy O'er Judah's sacred hills! "Glory to God!" the sounding skies Loud with their anthems ring: "Peace on the earth; good will to men," From heaven's eternal King. 4 This day shall Christian tongues be mute, And Christian hearts be cold? O catch the anthem that from heaven O'er Judah's mountains rolled, When burst upon that listening night The high and solemn lay, "Glory to God; on earth be peace": Salvation comes to-day. Amen. Topics: Church Year Christmas; Christmas Day; Names and Office of Christ Dayspring Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM (NEW)

From All Thy Saints in Warfare

Author: Horatio Nelson Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 116 hymnals Lyrics: 1 From all Thy saints in warfare, For all Thy saints at rest, To Thee, O blessed Jesus, All praises be addressed; Thou, Lord, didst win the battle, That they might conqu'rors be; Their crowns of living glory Are lit with rays from Thee. 2 Praise for the first of martyrs, Who saw Thee ready stand To aid in midst of torments, To plead at God's right hand. Share we with him, if summoned By death our Lord to own, On earth the faithful witness, In heav'n the martyr crown. 3 Apostles, prophets, martyrs, And all the sacred throng, Who wear the spotless raiment, Who raise the ceaseless song, For these, passed on before us, Saviour, we Thee adore, And, walking in their footsteps, Would serve Thee more and more. 4 Then praise we God the Father, And praise we God the Son, And God the Holy Spirit, Eternal Three in One; Till all the ransomed number Fall down before the throne, And honor, power, and glory Ascribe to God alone. Amen. Topics: Church Year St. Stephen's day; St. Stephen's Day; All Saint' Day; Doxologies Scripture: Acts 7:55-60 Used With Tune: EWING