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Lord, Speak to Me

Author: Frances Ridley Havergal Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 459 hymnals First Line: Lord, speak to me, that I may speak Lyrics: 1 Lord, speak to me, that I may speak In living echoes of thy tone; As thou has sought, so let me seek Thy erring children lost and lone. 2 O lead me, Lord, that I may lead The wandering and the wavering feet; O feed me, Lord, that I may feed Thy hungering ones with manna sweet. 3 O teach me, Lord, that I may teach The precious truths thou dost impart; And wing my words, that they may reach The hidden depths of many a heart. Topics: Discipleship; God's voice (or call); Manna; Seeking guidance Used With Tune: CANONBURY Text Sources: Under the Surface, 1874

All Through the Night

Author: Sir Harold Boulton Meter: 8.4.8.4.8.8.8.4 Appears in 15 hymnals First Line: Sleep, my child, and peace attend thee Lyrics: 1 Sleep, my child, and peace attend thee All through the night; Guardian angels God will send thee All through the night. Soft the drowsy hours are creeping, Hill and vale in slumber sleeping, I my loving vigil keeping, All through the night. 2 While the moon her watch is keeping All through the night; While the weary world is sleeping All through the night. Over thy spirit gently stealing, Visions of delight revealing, Breathes a pure and holy feeling, All through the night. 3 Deep the silence round us spreading, All through the night; Dark the path that we are treading, All through the night. Still the coming day discerning, By the hope within us burning, To the dawn our footsteps turning, All through the night. 4 Star of Faith the dark adorning, All through the night; Leads us fearless toward the morning, All through the night. Though our hearts be wrapped in sorrow, From the home of dawn we borrow, Promise of a glad tomorrow, All through the night. Topics: Angels; Children; Comfort; Darkness; Day; Faith; Hope; Lullaby; Morning; Night; Silence; Sorrow Used With Tune: AR HYD Y NOS Text Sources: Verses 3 and 4 anonymous

Lo, the Earth Is Risen Again

Author: Samuel Longfellow Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 32 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lo, the earth is risen again From the winter's bond and pain! Bring we leaf and flower and spray To adorn our holiday. 2 Once again the word comes true, Lo, he maketh all things new. Now the dark cold days are over, Light and gladness are before. 3 How our hearts leap with the spring! How our spirits soar and sing! Light is victor over gloom, Life triumphant o'er the tomb. 4 Change, then, mourning into praise, And, for dirges, anthems raise! All our fears and griefs shall be Lost in immortality. Topics: Darkness; Easter; Eternal Life; Hope; Story of Jesus; Praise; Rebirth; Resurrection; Spring; Winter Used With Tune: MONKLAND

Gloria in excelsis Deo

Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain Appears in 248 hymnals First Line: Angels we have heard on high Lyrics: 1 Angels we have heard on high, Sweetly singing over the plains, And the mountains in reply Echoing their joyous strains. Refrain: Gloria in excelsis Deo, Gloria in excelsis Deo. 2 Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your joyous strains prolong? What the gladsome tidings be Which inspire your heavenly song? [Refrain] 3 Come to Bethlehem and see Him whose birth the angels sing: Come, adore on bended knee Christ the Lord, the newborn King. [Refrain] 4 See him in a manger laid Whom the choirs of angels praise: Mary, Joseph, lend your aid, While our hearts in love we raise. [Refrain] Topics: Adoration; Angels; Children; Christmas; Story of Jesus; Joy; Nativity; Singing (or Song) Scripture: Luke 2:8-14 Used With Tune: GLORIA Text Sources: V. 1-3, Crown of Jesus Music II, 1862; V. 4, Carols Old and Carols New, 1916

This Is My Father's World

Author: Maltbie D. Babcock; Barbara Olmsted Meter: 6.6.8.6 D Appears in 321 hymnals Lyrics: 1 This is my Father's (God's glorious) world, And to my listening ears All nature sings, and round me rings The music of the spheres. This is my Father's world, I rest me in the thought Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas His hand the wonders wrought. 2 This is my Father's world, The birds their carols raise, The morning light, the lily white, Declare their Maker's praise. This is my Father's world, He shines in all that's fair; In the rustling grass I hear him pass, He speaks to me everywhere. 3 This is God's glorious world, O let us not forget That all these wonders we can see Reveal God's purpose yet. This earth is ours in trust, To tend and keep it fair, With love for trees and skies and seas And creatures everywhere. Topics: Beauty; Care for the environment; Children; Creation; God's Care; Music; Nature; Quaker author Used With Tune: TERRA BEATA Text Sources: Thoughts for Every-Day Living, 1901

Great Is Thy Faithfulness

Author: Thomas O. Chisholm Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Appears in 189 hymnals First Line: Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father! Lyrics: 1 Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father! There is no shadow of turning with thee; Thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not; As thou hast been thou forever wilt be. Refrain: Great is thy faithfulness, Great is thy faithfulness, Morning by morning new mercies I see; All I have needed thy hand hath provided: Great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me! 2 Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest, Sun, moon, and stars in their courses above Join with all nature in manifold witness To thy great faithfulness, mercy, and love. [Refrain] 3 Pardon for sin, and a peace that endureth, Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide, Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow, Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside! [Refrain] Topics: Blessing (blessedness); Creation; Faithfulness; Forgiveness; God's Care; God's Presence; Harvest; Hope; Love; Mercy; Morning; Noah; Peace; Sin; Spring; Summer; Thankfulness; Winter Scripture: Lamentations 3:22-23 Used With Tune: GRANDE ES TU FIDELIDAD Text Sources: Songs of Salvation

In Christ There Is No East or West

Author: John Oxenham Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 331 hymnals Lyrics: 1 In Christ there is no East or West, In him no South or North; But one great fellowship of love Throughout the whole wide earth. 2 In him shall true hearts everywhere Their high communion find; His service is the golden cord Close binding all mankind. 3 Join hands disciples of the faith, Whate'er your race may be; All children of the living God Are surely kin to me. 4 In Christ now meet both East and West, In him meet South and North: One joyous, human family Throughout the whole wide earth. Topics: Communion; Equality; Human Family; Living Christ; Love; Peace; Service Scripture: Galatians 3:28 Used With Tune: ST. PETER

Day Is Dying in the West

Author: Mary A. Lathbury Meter: 7.7.7.4 with refrain Appears in 560 hymnals Refrain First Line: Holy, holy, holy Lord God of Hosts Lyrics: 1 Day is dying in the west; Heaven is touching earth with rest; Wait and worship while the night Sets her evening lamps alight Through all the sky. Refrain: Holy, holy, holy Lord God of Hosts! Heaven and earth are full of thee! Heaven and earth are praising thee, O Lord most high! 2 Lord of life, beneath the dome of the universe, thy home, Gather us who seek thy face To the fold of thy embrace, For thou art nigh. [Refrain] Topics: Creation; Evening; Night; Praise Scripture: Isaiah 6:3 Used With Tune: CHAUTAQUA

Angels, From the Realms of Glory

Author: James Montgomery Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 768 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Angels, from the realms of glory, Wing your flight over all the earth; Ye who sang creation's story, Now proclaim Messiah's birth: Refrain: Come and worship, Come and worship, Worship Christ, the newborn King. 2 Shepherds, in the fields abiding, Watching over your flocks by night, God with man is now residing, Yonder shines the infant light; [Refrain] 3 Sages, leave your contemplations, Brighter visions beam afar; Seek the great Desire of nations, Ye have seen his natal star: [Refrain] 4 Saints before the altar bending, Watching long in hope and fear, Suddenly the Lord, descending, In his temple shall appear: [Refrain] Topics: Angels; Christmas; Epiphany; Story of Jesus; Light; Nativity Scripture: Luke 2:8-14 Used With Tune: REGENT SQUARE

Open My Eyes, That I May See

Author: Clara H. Scott; S. D. Athans Appears in 242 hymnals First Line: Open my eyes, that I may see (Abre mis ojos a la luz) Lyrics: English: 1 Open my eyes, that I may see Glimpses of truth thou hast for me; Place in my hands the wonderful key That shall unclasp, and set me free. Refrain: Silently now I wait for thee, Ready, my God, thy will to see; Open my eyes, illumine me, Spirit divine! 2 Open my ears, that I may hear Voices of truth thou senders clear; And while the wave notes fall on my ear, Everything false will disappear. Refrain: Silently now I wait for thee, Ready, my God, thy will to see; Open my ears, illumine me, Spirit divine! 3 Open my mouth, and let me bear Gladly the warm truth everywhere; Open my heart, and let me prepare Love with thy children thus to share. Refrain: Silently now I wait for thee, Ready, my God, thy will to see; Open my heart, illumine me, Spirit divine! 4 Open my mind, that I may read More of thy love in word and deed; What shall I fear while yet thou dost lead? Only the light from thee I plead. Refrain: Silently now I wait for thee, Ready, my God, thy will to see; Open my mind, illumine me, Spirit divine! Spanish: 1 Abre mis ojos a la luz, Tu rostro quiero ver, Jesús; Pon en mi corazón tu bondad, Y dame pas y santidad, Refrain: Humildemente acudo a ti. Porque tu tierna voz olí; Mi guía sé, Espíritu Consolador. 2 Abremi oido a tu verdad, Yo quiero oir con claridad; Ballas palabras de dulce a mor, ¡Oh mi bendito Salvador! Refrain: Consagro a ti mi frágil ser, Tu voluntad yo quiero hacer. Ven a mi ser, Espíritu Consolador. 3 Abre mis labios para hablar, Y a todo el mundo proclamar Que tú viniste a rescatar Al más perdido pecador. Refrain: La mies es mucha, ¡oh, Señor! Obreros faltan de valor; Heme aquí, Espíritu Consolador. 4 Abre mi mente para ver Más de tu amor y gran poder; Dame tu gracia para triunfar, Y hazme en la lucha vencedor. Refrain: Sé tú mi escondedero fiel, Y aumenta mi valor y fe; Mi mano ten, Espíritu Consolador. Topics: Freedom; God's Love; God's voice (or call); Light; Love; Seeking guidance; Silence; Spanish; Spirit of God; Truth Scripture: Psalm 119:18 Used With Tune: SCOTT Text Sources: Best Hymns, No. 2, 1895