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Let me go, the day is breaking
Author: James Montgomery Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8 Appears in 31 hymnals First Line: Let me go, the day is breaking, Dear companions, let me go
Let me go, the day is breaking
Comfort, Comfort, O My People
Author: Johann G. Olearius, 1611-1684; Catherine Winkworth, 1827-1878 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8 Appears in 128 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Comfort, comfort, O my people,
Speak of peace, now says our God;
Comfort those who sit in darkness,
Mourning 'neath their sorrow's load.
Speak unto Jerusalem
Of the peace that waits for them;
Tell of all the sins I cover,
And that warfare now is over.
2 Hark, the voice of one who's crying
In the desert far and near,
Bidding all to full repentance
Since the kingdom now is here.
O that warning cry obey!
Now prepare for God a way;
Let the valleys rise to meet him
And the hills bow down to greet him.
3 O make straight what long was crooked,
Make the rougher places plain;
Let your hearts be true and humble,
As befits his holy reign.
For the glory of the Lord
Now o'er earth is shed abroad;
And all flesh shall see the token
That his word is never broken. Topics: The Liturgical Year Advent (Sundays and Weekdays); The Liturgical Year The Nativity of St. John the Baptist (June 24) Scripture: Isaiah 40:1-8 Used With Tune: GENEVA 42
Comfort, Comfort, O My People
Once In Royal David's City
Author: Mrs. C. F. Alexander Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8 Appears in 417 hymnals First Line: Once in royal David's city Lyrics: 1. Once in royal David's city
Stood a lowly cattle shed,
Where a mother laid her Baby
In a manger for His bed.
Mary was that mother mild,
Jesus Christ her little Child.
2. He came down to earth from heaven
Who is God and Lord of all,
And His shelter was a stable,
And His cradle was a stall:
With the poor, the mean, and lowly,
Lived on earth our Savior holy.
3. Not in that poor lowly stable,
With the oxen standing by,
We shall see Him, but in heaven,
Set at God's right hand on high;
When like stars His children crowned
All in white shall wait around. Topics: Songs For Children Jesus' Birth Used With Tune: IRBY
Once In Royal David's City
Watchman from the height beholding
Author: John Brownlie Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics:
Watchman from the height beholding,
Look towards the eastern sky;
Is the light of heaven unfolding?
Comes the shining angel nigh,
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Telling to our lost creation
Christ hath risen for our salvation?
Yea, He came to earth to save us;
As a lamb the Christ was slain;
For our Passover He gave us
His own flesh in direst pain;
On a Cross of anguish dying,
Very God, our need supplying.
Watchman, from the height beholding,
Comes the angel through the gloom,
Ere the morning light unfolding
Fills the darkness of the tomb?
Comes the angel through our sadness,
Waking souls of men to gladness?
See! the gates of hades shaken;
Burst asunder is the prison;
Souls of men from bondage taken,
Praise the Lord from death arisen;
Praise the Resurrection morning,
All our life with hope adorning.
Watchman from the height beholding
Come, Follow Me, the Savior Spoke
Author: Johann Scheffler, 1624-77; Charles W. Schaeffer, 1813-96 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8 Appears in 27 hymnals Lyrics: 1 "Come, follow me," the Savior spoke,
"All in my way abiding.
Deny yourselves; the world forsake;
Obey my call and guiding.
Oh, bear the cross, whate'er betide;
Take my example for your guide.
2 "I am the light; I light the way,
A godly life displaying.
I bid you walk as in the day;
I keep your feet from straying.
I am the way, and well I show
How you should journey here below.
3 "My heart abounds in lowliness,
My soul with love is glowing,
And gracious words my lips express,
With meekness overflowing.
My heart, my mind, my strength, my all
To God I yield; on him I call.
4 "I teach you how to shun and flee
What harms your souls' salvation,
Your hearts from ev'ry guile to free,
From sin and its temptation.
I am the refuge of the soul
And lead you to your heav'nly goal."
5 Then let us follow Christ our Lord
And take the cross appointed
And, firmly clinging to his Word,
In suff'ring be undaunted.
For those who bear the battle's strain
The crown of heav'nly life obtain. Topics: Commitment; Commitment Used With Tune: MACHS MIT MIR, GOTT
Come, Follow Me, the Savior Spoke
From Afar, Across The Waters
Author: A. F. Rohr Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1 From afar, across the waters,
Where Atlantic's billows roar,
Lashed by hurricanes to fury
On the sands of Afric's shore,
Sweeps the cry of Macedonia:
Come and help us, come and help us.
2 From across the wide Pacific,
From the heart of Asia vast--
Asia, cradle of the nations,
Like a stirring bugle blast
Bursts the cry of Macedonia:
Come and help us, come and help us.
3 From the lands on India's ocean,
Breeders of the hot simoon,
Mothering their dying millions,
Tolling like the bells of doom,
Rolls the cry of Macedonia:
Come and help us, come and help us.
4 From the sea-engirdled islands
On the east and on the west,
With the bread of life unnourished,
By the truth of God unblest,
Breaks the cry of Macedonia:
Come and help us, come and help us.
5 From the realms which rest ashiver
Far along the polar deeps,
Where the frightful, frozen horror
Watch in awful silence keeps,
Falls the cry of Macedonia:
Come and help us, come and help us.
6 Northward, southward, eastward, westward,
Mournful as a funeral wail,
Shouting, shrieking, sobbing, sighing,
On the breeze and on the gale,
Rides the cry of Macedonia:
Come and help us, come and help us.
Topics: Missions Used With Tune: LOST AND FOUND
From Afar, Across The Waters
Though we long, in sin-wrought blindness
Author: F.T. Palgrave Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8 Appears in 5 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Though we long, in sin-wrought blindness,
From Thy gracious paths have strayed,
Cold to Thee and all Thy kindness,
Wilful, reckless, or afraid;
Through dim clouds that gather round us
Thou hast sought, and Thou hast found us.
2 Oft from Thee we veil our faces
Children-like, to cheat thine eyes;
Sin, and hope to hide the traces!
From ourselves ourselves disguise;
'Neath the webs enwoven round us,
Thy soul-piercing glance has found us.
3 Sudden, 'midst our idle hours,
O'er our sin thy thunders roll,
Death his signal waves before us,
Night and terror take the soul;
Till through double darkness round us,
Looks a star,--and Tho hast found us.
4 O most Merciful, most Holy,
Light Thy wanderers on their way;
Keep us ever thine, thine wholly,
Suffer us no more to stray!
Cloud and storm oft gather round us;
We were lost, but Thou hast found us.
Topics: The Church Year Third Sunday after Trinity; The Church Year Third Sunday after Trinity; Conversion; Repentance Used With Tune: [Though we long, in sin-wrought blindness]
Though we long, in sin-wrought blindness
Blessed Were the Eyes That Truly
Author: N. F. S. Grundtvig Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8 Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Blessed were the eyes that truly
Here on earth beheld the Lord,
Happy were the ears that duly
Listen'd to His precious word
Who reveal'd the wondrous story
Of God’s mercy, truth, and glory.
2 Kings and prophets long with yearning
Pray'd to see His day appear,
Angels with desire were burning
To behold the golden year,
When God’s light and grace should quicken
All that sin and death hath stricken.
3 He who, light and life revealing,
By His Spirit stills our want,
He who broken hearts is healing
By His cup and at the font,
Jesus, Fount of joy incessant,
Is with light and life now present.
4 Tho' the world can not perceive Him,
He is near to yearning hearts,
And to all who here believe HIm
His blest word sweet grace imparts,
Making bright the gloomy spaces,
Paradise of desert places.
5 Eyes in deepest darkness blinded
May now see His glory bright,
Hearts, perverse and carnal minded,
May obtain His Spirit’s light
When contrite and sorely yearning
They in faith to Him are turning.
6 Blessed are the eyes that truly
Here on earth behold the Lord,
Happy are the ears that duly
Listen to His blessed word.
When His words our spirit nourish
Shall His kingdom in us flourish.
Topics: Spiritual Songs Jesus Christ Used With Tune: [Blessed were the eyes that truly]
Blessed Were the Eyes That Truly
Thou Camest Down from Heaven on High
Author: Anna Hoppe Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8 Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Thou camest down from heav'n on high Lyrics: 1 Thou camest down from heav'n on high,
O Son of God the Father,
For this lost world to bleed and die,
Thy straying sheep to gather,
The works of Satan to destroy,
To turn our sorrow into joy.
2 In Thee the blind receive their sight,
The lame with joy are leaping,
The sorrowful find pure delight,
The weary peaceful sleeping;
Thou givest speech unto the dumb,
And vibrant life to senses numb.
3 Thou Who hast broken Satan's power,
Be Thou our Strength, dear Jesus!
Uphold us in the evil hour,
And from his might release us!
His kingdom is a stronghold still,
And legions hearken to his will.
4 But O, before Thy Word, dear Lord,
The prince of darkness trembles!
He quails before that two-edged Sword
When Thine armed host assembles!
O mighty Word, how great thy power!
Thou art our refuge, shield, and tower.
Amen. Topics: Church Year Lent; Advent, Third Sunday; Quinquagesima; Lent, Third Sunday; Christ Work of; Names and Office of Christ Shepherd; Satan, Conflict with Christ and Christians; Word of God Sword Scripture: Matthew 11:2-10 Used With Tune: MACHS MIT MIR, GOTT, NACH DEINER GÜD
Thou Camest Down from Heaven on High
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