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All Things Bright and Beautiful

Author: Cecil Frances Alexander Appears in 325 hymnals Used With Tune: [All things bright and beautiful]

Praise God! 'tis good and pleasant

Meter: 7.6.7.6 Appears in 8 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Praise God! 'tis good and pleasant, and comely to adore, Jehovah builds up Salem, her outcasts doth restore. 2 He heals the broken-hearted, and makes the wounded live; the starry hosts he numbers, and names to all doth give, 3 Our Lord is great and mighty; his wisdom none can know; the Lord doth raise the lowly and sinners overthrow. 4 O thank and praise Jehovah! Praise hi on harp with mirth, the heaven with clouds who covers, and send his rain on earth. 5 He clothes with grace the mountains, and gives the beasts their food; he hears the crying ravens, and feeds their tender brood. 6 In horse's strength delights not, nor speed of man loves he; the Lord loves all who fear him, and to his mercy flee. 7 O Salem, praise Jehovah, thy God, O Zion, praise; for he thy gates has strengthened, and blessed thy sons with grace. 8 With peace he'll bless thy borders, the finest wheat afford; he send forth his commandment, and swiftly speeds his word. 9 Like wool the snow he giveth, spreads hail o'er all the land, hoar-frost like ashes scatters; who can his cold withstand? 10 Then forth his word he sendeth, he makes his wind to blow; the snow and ice are melted, again the waters flow. 11 He shows his word to Jacob, to Israel's seed alone; his statutes and his judgments the heathen have not known. Praise ye the Lord! Scripture: Psalm 147 Used With Tune: CHRISTUS DER IST MEIN LEBEN (BREMEN)

The Saviour calls; let every ear

Author: Anne Steele Appears in 324 hymnals Used With Tune: COLUMBIA

Another year is dawning

Author: Frances R. Havergal Appears in 179 hymnals Used With Tune: VULPIUS

Ach wär' ich doch schon droben

Author: Ernst Gottlieb Woltersdorf Appears in 36 hymnals Used With Tune: [Ach wär' ich doch schon droben]

My soul there is a country

Author: Henry Vaughan, 1622-95 Meter: 7.6.7.6 Appears in 39 hymnals Lyrics: 1 My soul there is a country Far beyond the stars, Where stands a wingèd sentry All skilful in the wars: 2 There above noise, and danger, Sweet peace sits crowned with smiles, And One born in a manger Commands the beauteous files. 3 He is thy gracious Friend, And O my soul, awake! Did in pure love descend, To die here for thy sake. 4 If thou canst get but thither, There grows the flower of peace, The Rose that cannot wither, Thy fortress and thy ease. 5 Leave then thy foolish ranges, For none can thee secure But one who never changes, Thy God, thy life, thy cure. Used With Tune: CHRISTUS DER IST MEIN LEBEN

Draw us to thee, Lord Jesus

Author: Catherine Winkworth; F. Funcke Appears in 21 hymnals Used With Tune: [Draw us to thee, Lord Jesus]

What Sweet of Life Endureth?

Author: John of Damascus, 675-749; J. Athelstan Riley Meter: 7.6.7.6 Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: What sweet of life endureth Lyrics: 1. What sweet of life endureth Unmixed with bitter pain? ’Midst earthly change and chances What glory doth remain? 2. All is a feeble shadow, A dream that will not stay; Death cometh in a moment, And taketh all away. 3. O Christ, a light transcendent Shines in Thy countenance, And none can tell the sweetness, The beauty of Thy glance. 4. In this may Thy poor servant His joy eternal find; Thou calledst him, O rest him, Thou lover of mankind! Used With Tune: CHRISTUS, DER IST MEIN LEBEN Text Sources: translation in The English Hymnal (London: Oxford University Press, 1906), number 361