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Hail to the Brightness of Zion's Glad Morning!

Author: Thomas Hastings Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 467 hymnals Topics: The Church The Church of Christ 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 mild 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 See, from all lands, from the isles of the ocean, praise to Jehovah ascending on high; fall'n are the engines of war and commotion, shouts of salvation are rending the sky. Scripture: Isaiah 60:1-3 Used With Tune: WESLEY

Zion Stands by Hills Surrounded

Author: Thomas Kelly Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.7 D Appears in 410 hymnals Topics: The Church The Church of Christ Lyrics: 1 Zion stands by hills surrounded, Zion, kept by pow'r divine; all her foes shall be confounded, though the world in arms combine. Happy Zion, what a favored lot is thine! Happy Zion, what a favored lot is thine! 2 Ev'ry human tie may perish; friend to friend unfaithful prove; mothers cease their own to cherish; heav'n and earth at last remove; but no changes can attend Jehovah's love, but no changes can attend Jehovah's love. 3 In the furnace God may prove thee, thence to bring thee forth more bright, but can never cease to love thee; thou art precious in his sight. God is with thee - God, thine everlasting light, God is with thee - God, thine everlasting light. Scripture: Psalm 125:2 Used With Tune: ZION

Jesus, with thy church abide

Author: Thomas Benson Pollock Meter: 7.7.7.6 Appears in 105 hymnals Topics: The Church The Church of Christ Lyrics: 1 Jesus, with thy church abide, Be her Saviour, Lord, and Guide, While on earth her faith is tried: We beseech thee, hear us. 2 Keep her life and doctrine pure; Grant her patience to endure, Trusting in thy promise sure: We beseech thee, hear us. 3 May she one in doctrine be, One in truth and charity, Winning all to faith in thee: We beseech thee, hear us. 4 May she guide the poor and blind Seek the lost until she find, And the brokenhearted bind: We beseech thee, hear us. 5 Save her love from growing cold, Make her watchmen strong and bold, Fence her round, thy peaceful fold: We beseech thee, hear us. 6 May her lamp of truth be bright, Bid her bear aloft its light Through the realms of heathen night: We beseech thee, hear us. 7 Arm her soldiers with the cross, Brave to suffer toil or loss, Counting earthly gain but dross: We beseech thee, hear us. 8 May she holy triumphs win, Overthrow the hosts of sin, Gather all the nations in: We beseech thee, hear us. Amen. Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 3:15 Used With Tune: GOWER'S LITANY Text Sources: Alt. in Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1875

Children of the heavenly King

Author: John Cennick, 1718-1755 Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 1,193 hymnals Topics: The Church of Christ Communion of Saints; The Church of Christ Covenant People Used With Tune: INNOCENTS

The God of Abraham praise

Author: Thomas Olivers, 1725-1799 Meter: 6.6.8.4 D Appears in 459 hymnals Topics: The Church of Christ Covenant People Used With Tune: LEONI Text Sources: Yigdal (based on)

The day Thou gavest, Lord, is ended

Author: John Ellerton, 1826-1893 Meter: 9.8.9.8 Appears in 294 hymnals Topics: The Church of Christ Permanence of; The Church of Christ Triumph of; The Church of Christ Universality of Used With Tune: ST. CLEMENT

How sweet and awful is the place

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 266 hymnals Topics: The Church The Church of Christ Lyrics: 1 How sweet and awful is the place With Christ within the doors, While everlasting love displays The choicest of her stores. 2 While all our hearts and all our songs Join to admire the feast, Each of us cry, with thankful tongues, "Lord, why was I a guest? 3 "Why was I made to hear thy voice, And enter while there's room, When thousands make a wretched choice, And rather starve than come?" 4 'Twas the same love that spread the feast That sweetly drew us in; Else we had still refused to taste, And perished in our sin. 5 Pity the nations, O our God, Constrain the earth to come; Send thy victorious Word abroad, And bring the strangers home. 6 We long to see thy churches full, That all the chosen race May, with one voice and heart and soul, Sing thy redeeming grace. Amen. Scripture: Luke 14:14-24 Used With Tune: ST. COLUMBA