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Evening

Author: G. W. Doane Appears in 902 hymnals Topics: Close of Service; Close of Worship; Evening; God Omniscience; Close of Worship; Evening; God Omniscience First Line: Softly now the light of day Lyrics: 1 Softly now the light of day Fades upon my sight away; Free from care, from labor free, Lord, I would commune with thee. 2 Thou, whose all-pervading eye Naught escapes without, within, Pardon each infirmity, Open fault, and secret sin. 3 Soon, for me, the light of day Shall for ever pass away; Then, from sin and sorrow free, Take me, Lord, to dwell with thee. 4 Thou who, sinless, yet hast known All of man's infirmity; Then from thine eternal throne, Jesus, look with pitying eye. Used With Tune: SEYMOUR

Joy to the world, the Lord is come!

Author: Isaac Watts (1674-1748) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,942 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship; Christmas; Church Year Advent; Church Year Christmas; Creation; God in majesty; Joy; Kingdom of God; Other Saints and Festivals The Naming of Jesus; The First Sunday of Christmas Year B 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 world, the Saviour 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 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 (COMFORT (Mason))

God of mercy, God of grace

Author: Henry Francis Lyte, 1793-1847 Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 203 hymnals Topics: Adoration and Praise; Dedication of Church Buildgin; God's Love to Us; Healing; Light; Ministry of God's People; Mission/Sending; Our Love to God; People of God; Proclamation: Witness; Providence; Salvation; Thanksgiving; Worship Gathering Lyrics: 1 God of mercy, God of grace, show the brightness of your face; shine upon us, Saviour, shine, fill your church with light divine; and your saving health extend unto earth's remotest end. 2 Let the people praise you, Lord! be by all that live adored; let the nations shout and sing glory to their Saviour king; at your feet their tribute pay, and your holy will obey. 3 Let the people praise you, Lord! earth shall then its fruits afford; God to us his blessing give, we to God devoted live: all below, and all above, one in joy and light and love. Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:4-7 Used With Tune: HEATHLANDS

Eternal Power, whose high abode

Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 227 hymnals Topics: Worship Attributes and Providence of God Lyrics: 1 Eternal Power, whose high abode Becomes the grandeur of a God, Infinite lengths beyond the bounds Where stars revolve their little rounds! 2 Earth, from afar, hath heard thy fame, And worms have learned to lisp thy name; But O! the glories of thy mind Leave all our soaring thoughts behind. 3 God is in heaven, and men below; Be short our tunes, our words be few; A solemn reverence checks our songs, And praise sits silent on our tongues. Used With Tune: AMES

The Day of Resurrection!

Author: John of Damascus; John Mason Neale, 1818-1866 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 540 hymnals Topics: The Church of God The House of Worship Used With Tune: ELLACOMBE

Jesus Shall Reign

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1,853 hymnals Topics: Jesus Christ Praise and Thanksgiving; The Christian Year Advent; Adoration and Praise; Christian Year Epiphany; Church Permanence; Commitment; Freedom; Hope; Jesus Christ Adoration and Praise; Jesus Christ Ascension and Reign; Jesus Christ Kingship, Conqueror; Jesus Christ Love For; Jesus Christ name; Jesus Christ Praise; Jesus Christ Reign; Jesus Christ Youth; Kingdom of God; Morning; Music and Singing; Prisoner(s); Processionals (Opening of Worship); Proclamation; Recessionals; Rest; Testimony; Vision/Dream; Worship; Advent 2 Year A; Advent 3 Year A; Epiphany Year A; Baptism of Jesus Year A; Ascension Year A; Easter 7 Year A; Proper 9 Year A; Reign of Christ Year A; Epiphany Year B; Lent 5 Year B; Easter 7 Year B; Reign of Christ Year B; Epiphany Year C; Epiphany 3 Year C; Epiphany 3 Year C; Ascension Year C; Proper 4 Year C; Proper 6 Year C; Reign of Christ Year C First Line: Jesus shall reign where'er the sun Lyrics: 1 Jesus shall reign where e'er the sun does its successive journeys run; his kingdom stretch from shore to shore, till moons shall wax and wane no more. 2 People and realms of every tongue dwell on his love with sweetest song, and infant voices shall proclaim their early blessings on his name. 3 Blessings abound wheree'er he reigns: and prisoners leap to lose their chains; the weary find eternal rest, and all who suffer want are blest. 4 Let every creature rise and bring peculiar honours to our King, angels descend with songs again, and earth repeat the loud Amen! Used With Tune: DUKE STREET

The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended

Author: John Ellerton (1826-1893) Meter: 9.8.9.8 Appears in 309 hymnals Topics: Church Universal; Church Worship; Evening; Kingdom of God; Praise; Funerals and The Departed Lyrics: 1 The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended, the darkness falls at thy behest; to thee our morning hymns ascended, thy praise shall sanctify our rest. 2 We thank thee that thy Church unsleeping, while earth rolls onward into light, through all the world her watch is keeping, and rests not now by day or night. 3 As o'er each continent and island the dawn leads on another day, the voice of prayer is never silent, nor dies the strain of praise away. 4 The sun that bids us rest is waking our brethren 'neath the western sky, and hour by hour fresh lips are making thy wondrous doings heard on high. 5 So be it, Lord: thy throne shall never, like earth's proud empires, pass away; thy kingdom stands, and grows for ever, till all thy creatures own thy sway. Scripture: Daniel 2:44 Used With Tune: ST CLEMENT

Safely Through Another Week

Author: John Newton Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 1,044 hymnals Topics: Peace and Rest; Reconciliation With God; Worship; House of God ; Opening Of The Service; The Gospel; The Lord's Day Used With Tune: DIX

Angel voices ever singing

Author: Francis Pott, 1832-1909 Appears in 384 hymnals Topics: The Church Worship - The Day's Work; The Church The House of God Lyrics: 1 Angel voices ever singing Round thy throne of light, Angel harps, for ever ringing, Rest not day nor night; Thousands only live to bless thee, And confess thee Lord of might! 2 Thou, who art beyond the farthest Mortal eye can scan, Can it be that thou regardest Songs of sinful man? Can we know that thou art near us, And wilt hear us? Yea, we can! 3 Yea, we know that thou rejoicest O'er each work of thine; Thou didst ears and hands and voices For thy praise combine; Craftsman's art and music's measure For thy pleasure Didst design. A-men. 4 Here, great God, today we offer Of thine own to thee; And for thine acceptance proffer, All unworthily, Hearts and minds and hands and voices In our choicest Melody. 5 Honor, glory, might and merit Thine shall ever be, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Blessèd Trinity! Of the best that thou hast given Earth and heaven Render thee. Amen. Used With Tune: ANGEL VOICES

How sweet the name of Jesus sounds

Author: J. Newton (1725-1807) Appears in 1,711 hymnals Topics: Advent 4 The Annunciation; Christ the Friend of Sinners; Christ the Healer; God, Saviour Praised and Worshipped; Lent 2, The King and the Kingdom Conflict; Palm Sunday The Way of the Cross; Pentecost 2 The People of God; Pentecost 3 The Church's Confidence in Christ; The Ascension of Christ Lyrics: 1 How sweet the name of Jesus sounds in a believer's ear! it soothes our sorrows, heals our wounds, and drives away our fear. 2 It makes the wounded spirit whole, and calms the troubled breast; it satisfies the hungry soul, and gives the weary rest. 3 Dear name, the rock on which I build, my shield and hiding-place; my never-failing treasury, filled with boundless stores of grace! 4 Jesus, my shepherd, guardian, friend, my prophet, priest and king, my Lord, my life, my way, my end — accept the praise I bring. 5 Weak is the effort of my heart, and cold my warmest thought; but when I see you as you are, I'll praise you as I ought. 6 Till then I would your love proclaim with every fleeting breath; and may the music of your name refresh my soul in death. Used With Tune: ST. PETER