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It Is Well with My Soul

Author: Horatio G. Spafford Meter: 11.8.11.9 with refrain Appears in 484 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:16 First Line: When peace like a river attendeth my way Lyrics: 1 When peace like a river attendeth my way, when sorrows like sea billows roll, whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say, "It is well, it is well with my soul." Refrain: It is well with my soul; it is well, it is well with my soul. 2 Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come, let this blest assurance control: that Christ has regarded my helpless estate, and has shed his own blood for my soul. (Refrain) 3 My sin– O, the bliss of this glorious thought, my sin– not in part but the whole, is nailed to the cross and I bear it no more: Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul! (Refrain) 4 And, Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight, the clouds be rolled back as a scroll, the trump shall resound and the Lord shall descend: "Even so"– it is well with my soul."(Refrain ) Topics: Assurance; Jesus Christ Return (Coming in Glory); Inner Peace; Satan; Serenity; Sorrow; Trials; Witness Used With Tune: VILLE DU HAVRE

Great God, What Do I See and Hear!

Author: Anonymous; William B. Collyer; Thomas Cotterill Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 296 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 First Line: Great God, what do I see and hear Lyrics: 1 Great God, what do I see and hear! The end of things created! The Judge of mankind doth appear on clouds of glory seated! The trumpet sounds; the graves restore the dead which they contained before: prepare, my soul, to meet him. 2 The dead in Christ shall first arise, at the last trumpet's sounding, caught up to meet him in the skies, with joy their Lord surrounding; no gloomy fears their souls dismay; his presence sheds eternal day on those prepared to meet him. 3 But sinners, filled with guilty fears, behold his wrath prevailing; for they shall rise, and find their tears and sighs are unavailing: the day of grace is past and gone; trembling they stand before the throne, all unprepared to meet him. 4 Great God, what do I see and hear! The end of things created! The Judge of mankind doth appear on clouds of glory seated! Beneath his cross I view the day when heav'n and earth shall pass away, and thus prepare to meet him. Topics: Watchfulness; Danger of Delay; Resurrection of Believers; Resurrection of All; Jesus Christ His Second Coming and Judgment Used With Tune: LUTHER'S HYMN

Angels from the Realms of Glory

Author: James Montgomery Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 768 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:16 Refrain First Line: Come and worship, come and worship Lyrics: 1 Angels from the realms of glory, wing your flight o'er 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 o'er your flocks by night, God with us 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] 5 Though an infant now we view him he will share his Father's throne, gather all the nations to him; every knee shall then bow down. [Refrain] Topics: Biblical Persons; Biblical Persons Simeon, Anna; Christmas Season Used With Tune: REGENT SQUARE

For all the saints who from their labors rest

Author: W. W. How Meter: 10.10.10.4 Appears in 571 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:16 Topics: The Christian Life Temptation and Conflict Used With Tune: ST. PHILIP

One Day

Author: J. Wilbur Chapman Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Appears in 174 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:16 First Line: One day when heaven was filled with his praises Refrain First Line: Living, he loved me; dying he saved me Lyrics: 1 One day when heaven was filled with his praises, one day when sin was as black as could be, Jesus came forth to be born of a virgin, dwelt among us, my example is he! [Refrain:] Living, he loved me; dying, he saved me; buried, he carried my sins far away; rising, he justified freely forever: one day he’s coming—-O glorious day! 2 One day they led him up Calvary’s mountain, one day they nailed him to die on the tree; suffering anguish, despised and rejected, bearing our sins, my Redeemer is he! (Refrain) 3 One day they left him alone in the garden, one day he rested, from suffering free; angels came down o’er his tomb to keep vigil; hope of the hopeless, my Savior is he! (Refrain) 4 One day the grave could conceal him no longer, one day the stone rolled away from the door; then he arose, over death he had conquered, now is ascended, my Lord evermore! (Refrain) 5 One day the trumpet will sound for his coming, one day the skies with his glories will shine; wonderful day, my belovèd ones bringing; glorious Savior, this Jesus is mine! (Refrain) Topics: Jesus Christ Birth; Jesus Christ Earthly Life and Ministry; Jesus Christ Example; Testimony Used With Tune: CHAPMAN

In That Great Gittin' Up Mornin'

Meter: 14.14.12.12 with refrain Appears in 6 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:16 First Line: There's a better day a comin' fare ye well, fare ye well Refrain First Line: In that great gittin' up mornin' fare ye well, fare ye well Lyrics: Refrain: In that great gittin' up mornin', fare ye well, fare ye well, In that great gittin' up mornin', fare ye well, fare ye well. In that great gittin' up mornin', fare ye well, fare ye well. Oh, in that great gittin' up mornin', fare ye well, fare ye well. 1 There's a better day a comin' fare ye well, fare ye well. There's a better day a comin', fare ye well, fare ye well. When I see king Jesus, fare ye well, fare ye well. When I see king Jesus, fare ye well, fare ye well. [Refrain] 2 There'll be no more dyin', fare ye well, fare ye well. There'll be no more dyin', fare ye well, fare ye well. There'll be no more cryin', fare ye well, fare ye well' There'll be no more cryin', fare ye well, fare ye well. [Refrain] 3 Oh, saint's will be a risin', fare ye well, fare ye well. Oh, saint's will be a risin', fare ye well, fare ye well. There'll be no more strivin', fare ye well, fare ye well. There'll be no more strivin', fare ye well, fare ye well. [Refrain] Topics: Everlasting Life; Resurrection Used With Tune: FARE YE WELL Text Sources: Negro Spiritual

My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less

Author: Edward Mote, 1797-1894 Appears in 1,096 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Refrain First Line: On Christ, the solid rock, I stand Lyrics: 1 My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness; I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus' name. Refrain: On Christ, the solid rock, I stand; all other ground is sinking sand, all other ground is sinking sand. 2 When darkness veils his lovely face, I rest on his unchanging grace; in every high and stormy gale, my anchor holds within the veil. [Refrain] 3 His oath, his covenant, his blood support me in the whelming flood; when all around my soul gives way, he then is all my hope and stay. [Refrain] 4 When he shall come with trumpet sound, O may I then in him be found, dressed in his righteousness alone, faultless to stand before the throne. [Refrain] Topics: Darkness; Eternal Life; Hope; Jesus Christ Blood of; Jesus Christ Second Coming; Jesus Christ Solid Rock; Testimony/Witness; Trust in God; Unity and Fellowship; Elements of Worship Profession of Faith Used With Tune: SOLID ROCK

I Know Whom I Have Believed

Author: Daniel W. Whittle Meter: 8.6.8.6 with refrain Appears in 284 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:17 First Line: I know not why god's wondrous grace Refrain First Line: But "I know whom I have believed Lyrics: 1 I know not why God's wondrous grace to me he hath made known, nor why, unworthy, Christ in love redeemed me for his own. [Refrain:] But "I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I've committed unto him against that day." 2 I know not how this saving faith to me he did impart, nor how believing in his Word wrought peace within my heart. (Refrain) 3 I know not how the Spirit moves, convincing us of sin, revealing Jesus through the Word, creating faith in him. (Refrain) 4 I know not when my Lord may come, at night or noonday fair, nor if I'll walk the vale with him, or "meet him in the air." (Refrain) Topics: Grace Of God; Assurance; Saving Faith; Grace of God; Saving Work of Christ; Testimony Used With Tune: EL NATHAN

Thou Art Coming, O My Savior

Author: Frances R. Havergal Meter: 8.7.8.8.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 117 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Lyrics: 1 Thou art coming, O my Savior, thou art coming, O my King, in thy beauty all resplendent, in thy glory all transcendent; well may we rejoice and sing: coming! in the op'ning east herald brightness slowly swells: coming! O my glorious Priest, hear we not thy golden bells? 2 Thou art coming, thou art coming: we shall meet thee on thy way, we shall see thee, we shall know thee, we shall bless thee, we shall show thee all our hearts could never say: what an anthem that will be, ringing out our love to thee, pouring out our rapture sweet at thine own all-glorious feet. 3 O the joy to see thee reigning, thee, my own beloved Lord! Ev'ry tongue thy name confessing, worship, honor, glory, blessing brought to thee with glad accord; thee, my Master and my Friend, vindicated and enthroned; unto earth's remotest end glorified, adored, and owned. Topics: Christ Exaltation of; Christ Kingly Office of; Heaven Redeemed in; Resurrection of Believers; Jesus Christ His Second Coming and Judgment Used With Tune: BEVERLEY

Come, You Thankful People, Come

Author: Henry Alford Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 731 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:16 Lyrics: 1 Come, you thankful people, come, raise the song of harvest home; all is safely gathered in ere the winter storms begin; God, our Maker, does provide for our needs to be supplied; come, with all his people come, raise the song of harvest home. 2 All the world is God's own field, fruit unto his praise to yield; wheat and weeds together sown, unto joy or sorrow grown: first the blade and then the ear, then the full corn shall appear; Lord of harvest, grant that we wholesome grain and pure may be. 3 For the Lord our God shall come and shall take his harvest home; he himself in that great day all offense shall take away, give his angels charge at last in the fire the weeds to cast, but the fruitful ears to store in his garner evermore. 4 Even so, Lord, quickly come to your final harvest home; gather all your people in, free from sorrow, free from sin there, forever purified, in your presence to abide; come, with all your angels come, raise the glorious harvest home. Topics: Jesus Christ Second Coming; Occasional Services Thanksgiving/Harvest Used With Tune: ST. GEORGE’S WINDSOR