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When Morning Gilds the Skies

Author: Edward Caswall, 1814-1878 Meter: 6.6.6.6.6.6 Appears in 719 hymnals Topics: Creation and Earth Scripture: Psalm 108:1-3 Used With Tune: LAUDES DOMINI Text Sources: Katholisches Gesangbuch, 1828

All Things Bright and Beautiful

Author: Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818-1895 Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Appears in 356 hymnals Topics: Creation and Earth First Line: Each little flower that opens Scripture: Genesis 1 Used With Tune: ROYAL OAK

Joy to the World!

Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Meter: 8.6.8.6 with repeat Appears in 1,913 hymnals Topics: Biblical Names and Places Israel; Church Year Advent; Church Year Christmas; Disciples / Calling; Earth; Elements of Worship Praise and Adoration; Enthronement Psalms; God as Judge; God as King; God's Reigning; God's Reigning; God's Triumph; God's Wonders; God's Deeds; God's Faithfulness; God's Justice; God's Love; God's People (flock, sheep); God's Power; God's Strength; Hymns of Praise; Jesus Christ Incarnation; Joy; Judgment; Justice; Mercy; Mission; Music and Musicians; Musical Instruments; New Creation; Occasional Services New Year; People of God / Church Witnessing; Rejoicing; Salvation; The Creation; The Incarnation; Truth; Witness; Worship; Year A, B, C, Christmas III, December 24 of 25; Year A, B, C, Easter, Easter vigil; Year A, B, C, Holy Cross, September 14; Year B, Easter, 6th Sunday; Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, November 13-19; Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, November 6-12 First Line: Joy to the world! the Lord is come Lyrics: 1 Joy to the world! the Lord is come: let earth receive her King. Let every heart prepare him room, and heaven and nature sing, and heaven and nature sing, and heaven, and heaven and nature sing. 2 Joy to the earth! the Savior reigns: let all 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 sorrow grow nor thorns infest the ground; he comes to make his blessings flow far as the curse is found, far as the curse is found, far as, far as 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. Scripture: Psalm 98 Used With Tune: ANTIOCH

Now the Green Blade Riseth

Author: J. M. C. Crum Meter: 11.10.10.11 Appears in 64 hymnals Topics: Christ's Gracious Life Resurrection and Exaltation; Sanctifiying and Perfecting Grace Rebirth and the New Creation; New Heaven and a New Earth Death and Eternal Life; Christian Year Easter; Christian Year Ascension; Grief; Jesus Christ; Love First Line: Now the green blade riseth, from the buried grain Refrain First Line: Love is come again, like wheat that springeth green Used With Tune: FRENCH CAROL

Hail to the Lord's Anointed

Author: James Montgomery Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 855 hymnals Topics: Atonement; Biblical Names and Places David; Biblical Names and Places Israel; Biblical Names and Places Jesse; Biblical Names and Places Seba; Biblical Names and Places Sheba; Biblical Names and Places Tarshish; Church Year Advent; Church Year Ascension of the Lord; Church Year Christ the King; Church Year Epiphany; Doxologies; Earth; Elements of Worship Gathering; Elements of Worship Lord's Supper; Elements of Worship Praise and Adoration; Elements of Worship Sending; God as King; God's Armor; God's Glory; God's law; Mission; New Creation; Occasional Services Civic / National Occasions; Peace; Poverty; Royal Psalms; Rulers; Salvation; Social Justice; The Needy; Truth; Year A, Advent, 2nd Sunday; Year A, B, C, Epiphany, Epiphany of our Lord (January 6 or Sunday before Epiphany) Lyrics: 1 Hail to the Lord’s anointed, great David’s greater Son! Hail, in the time appointed, your reign on earth begun! You come to break oppression, to set the captive free, to take away transgression, and rule in equity. 2 You come with rescue speedy to those who suffer wrong, to help the poor and needy, and bid the weak be strong: to give them songs for sighing, their darkness turn to light, whose souls, condemned and dying, are precious in your sight. 3 You shall come down like showers upon the fruitful earth; love, joy, and hope, like flowers, spring in your path to birth. Before you on the mountains shall peace, the herald, go; and righteousness in fountains from hill to valley flow. 4 Kings shall fall down before you, and gold and incense bring; all nations shall adore you, your praise all people sing. To you shall prayer unceasing and daily vows ascend; your kingdom still increasing, a kingdom without end. Scripture: Psalm 72 Used With Tune: ES FLOG EIN KLEINS WALDVÖGELEIN

Great God of every shining constellation

Author: Albert Frederick Bayly (1901-1984) Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 26 hymnals Topics: The Living God Our Response to God - in the stewardship of the earth; Care of Creation; Renewal; Science and Technology Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:49 Used With Tune: HIGHWOOD

Lord, bring the day to pass

Author: Ian Masson Fraser (b. 1917) Meter: 6.6.12.8.8 Appears in 10 hymnals Topics: Our Response to God in the stewardship of the earth; Care of Creation; Children; Penitence; Science and Technology Lyrics: 1 Lord, bring the day to pass when forest, rock, and hill, the beasts, the birds, the grass, will know your finished will: when we attain our destiny and nature lives in harmony. 2 Forgive our careless use of water, ore, and soil -- the plenty we abuse supplied by others' toil: save us from making self our creed, turn us towards each other's need. 3 Help us, when we release creation's secret powers, to harness them for peace, our children's peace and ours: teach us the art of mastering in servant form, like Christ our King. 4 Creation groans, travails, futile its present plight, bound -- till the hour it hails God's children born of light: that we may gain our true estate, come, Lord, new heavens and earth create. Scripture: 1 John 4:17 Used With Tune: LOVE UNKNOWN

Sing to the LORD, Sing His Praise

Meter: 11.10.11.9 Appears in 12 hymnals Topics: Church Year Advent; Disciples / Calling; Earth; Elements of Worship Call to Worship; Elements of Worship Praise and Adoration; Enthronement Psalms; God as Judge; God as King; God's Reigning; God's Sovereignty; God's Wonders; God's Deeds; God's Glory; God's Justice; God's Majesty; God's Name; God's Power; God's Strength; Grace; Hymns of Praise; Idols and Idolatry; Joy; Judgment; Mission; Music and Musicians; New Creation; Occasional Services Civic / National Occasions; Offering of Sacrifice; People of God / Church Citizens of Heaven; People of God / Church Witnessing; Rejoicing; Temple; Ten Commandments 2nd Commandment (do not make graven emages); The Creation; Truth; Witness; Year A, B, C, Christmas I, December 24 or 25; Year A, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, October 16-22; Year C, Ordinary Time after Epiphany, 9th Sunday; Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, May 29-June 4 (if after Trinity Sunday) First Line: Sing to the LORD, sing his praise all ye peoples Lyrics: 1 Sing to the LORD, sing his praise, all you peoples; new be your song as new honors you pay. Sing of his majesty, praise him forever, show his salvation from day to day. 2 Tell of his wondrous works, tell of his glory till through the nations his name is revered. Praise and exalt him, for he is almighty; God over all, let the LORD be feared. 3 Vain are the idols and gods of the nations; God made the heavens, and his glory they tell. Splendor and majesty shine out before him; glory and strength in his temple dwell. 4 Give unto God Most High glory and honor; come with your offerings and humbly draw near. Worship the Lord in all beauty and splendor; tremble before him with godly fear. 5 Say to the nations, "The Lord reigns forever." Earth is established as he did decree. Righteous and just is the King of the nations, judging the peoples with equity. 6 Let heaven and earth be glad; oceans, be joyful; forest and field, exultation express. For God is coming, the judge of the nations, coming to judge in his righteousness. Scripture: Psalm 96 Used With Tune: WESLEY Text Sources: Psalter, 1912, alt.

Rejoice, You Righteous, in the Lord

Author: Michael Morgan Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: Church Year All Saints' Day; Church Year Trinity Sunday; Daily Prayer Night Prayer; Earth; Elements of Worship Sending; Endurance; God Trust in; God as Shield; God as Spirit; God as Creator; God's Seeing; God's Sovereignty; God's Word; God's Armor; God's Faithfulness; God's Justice; God's Love; God's Name; God's Providence; Hope; Hymns of Praise; Jesus Christ Way, Truth, and Life; Joy; Justice; Love; Mercy; Musical Instruments; Patience; The Creation; Trust; Year A, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, June 5-11 (if after Trinity Sunday); Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, August 7-13 Scripture: Psalm 33 Used With Tune: ELLACOMBE

God Reigns! Earth Rejoices!

Author: Michael Morgan Meter: 11.11.10.11 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Biblical Names and Places Judah; Biblical Names and Places Zion; Church Year Advent; Church Year All Saints' Day; Church Year Ascension of the Lord; Church Year Christ the King; Church Year Christmas; Church Year Trinity Sunday; Darkness; Earth; Elements of Worship Praise and Adoration; Endurance; Enemies; Enthronement Psalms; God Light from; God as King; God's Reigning; God's Sovereignty; God's Deeds; God's Faithfulness; God's Glory; God's Judgments; God's Justice; God's Love; God's Majesty; God's Name; God's Strength; Gratitude; Hymns of Praise; Idols and Idolatry; Joy; Judgment; Mission; New Creation; People of God / Church Suffering; People of God / Church Witnessing; Rejoicing; Ten Commandments 2nd Commandment (do not make graven emages); Truth; Witness; Worship; Year A, B, C, Christmas II, December 24 or 25; Year C, Easter, 7th Sunday First Line: God reigns! Earth rejoices! Oceans shout God's might! Scripture: Psalm 97 Used With Tune: NOËL NOUVELET