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O come let us sing unto the Lord

Appears in 453 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O come let us sing unto the Lord: Let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation. 2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving: And show ourselves glad in him with psalms. 3 For the Lord is a great God: And a great King above all gods. 4 In his hand are the corners of the earth: And the strength of the hill is his also. 5 The sea is his and he made it: And his hands formed the dry land. 6 O come let us worship and fall down: And kneel before the Lord our Maker. 7 For He is our God and we are his people: He is our shepherd and we are his flock. Glory be to the Father: And to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning: is now and ever shall be world without end. Amen. Topics: Approach to God The Majesty of God Scripture: Psalm 95:1-7 Used With Tune: [O come let us sing unto the Lord]

O be joyful in the Lord all ye lands

Appears in 347 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O be joyful in the Lord all you lands: Serve the Lord with gladness and come before his presence with a song. 2 Be sure that the Lord he is God: It is he that hath made us and we are his own we are his people and the sheep of his pasture. 3 O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise: Be thankful unto him and speak good of his Name. 4 For the Lord is gracious his mercy is everlasting: And his truth endureth from generation to generation. Glory be to the Father: And to the Son and to teh Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning: Is now and ever shall be World without end. Amen. Topics: Approach to God The House of God Scripture: Psalm 100 Used With Tune: [O be joyful in the Lord all ye lands] Text Sources: Jubilate Deo

We love the place, O God

Author: William Bullock, 1798-1874; Henry Williams Baker, 1821-77 Meter: 6.6.6.6 Appears in 103 hymnals Lyrics: 1 We love the place, O God, Wherein thine honour dwells; The joy of thine abode All earthly joy excels. 2 It is the house of prayer, Wherein thy servants meet; And thou, O Lord, art there Thy chosen flock to greet. 3 We love the word of life, The word that tells of peace, Of comfort in the strife, And joys that never cease. 4 We love to sing below For mercies freely given; But O we long to know The triumph song of heaven! 5 Lord Jesus, give us grace, On earth to love thee more, In heaven to see thy face, And with they saints adore. Topics: Approach to God The House of God Used With Tune: QUAM DILECTA

Now that the daylight fills the sky

Author: John Mason Neale, 1818-66 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 81 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Now that the daylight fills the sky, We lift our hearts to God on high, That he, in all we do or say, Would keep us free from harm today; 2 Would guard our hearts and tongues from strife, From anger's din would hide our life, From all ill sights would turn our eyes, And close our ears to vanities: 3 Would keep our inmost conscience pure, Our souls from folly would secure, Would bid us check the pride of sense With due and holy abstinence. 4 So we, when this new day is gone And night in turn is drawing on, With conscience by the world unstained, Shall praise his Name for victory gained. Used With Tune: SONG 34 (ANGELS' SONG) Text Sources: Before 8th century

I love the Lord, because my voice

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 24 hymnals Lyrics: 1 I love the Lord, because my voice And prayers he did hear. I, while I live, will call on him, Who bowed to me his ear. 2 The cords of death on every side Encompassed me around; The sorrows of the grave he seized, I grief and trouble found. 3 Upon the Name of God the Lord Then did I call, and say, Deliver thou my soul, O Lord, I do thee humbly pray. 4 God merciful and righteous is, Yea, gracious is our Lord. God saves the meek: I was brought low, He did me help afford. 5 O thou my soul, do thou return Unto thy quiet rest; For largely, lo, the Lord to thee His bounty hath expressed. 6 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom we adore, Be glory, as it was, and is, And shall be evermore. Amen. Topics: Approach to God The House of God Scripture: Psalm 116:1-7 Used With Tune: ST. FLAVIAN

God shall endure for aye; he doth

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: 1 God shall endure for aye; he doth For judgment set his throne In righteousness to judge the world, Justice to give each one. 2 God also will a refuge be For those who are oppressed; A refuge he will be in times Of trouble to distressed. 3 And they who know thy Name, in thee Their confidence will place: For thou hast not forsaken them That truly seek thy face. 4 O sing ye praises to the Lord That dwells in Zion hill; Among all nations of the earth His deeds record ye still. 5 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom we adore, Be glory, as it was, and is, And shall be evermore. Amen. Topics: Approach to God The Majesty of God Scripture: Psalm 9:7-11 Used With Tune: STROUDWATER

The sun is sinking fast

Author: Anonymous; Edward Caswall, 1814-78 Meter: 6.4.6.6 Appears in 158 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The sun is sinking fast, The daylight dies; Let love awake, and pay Her evening sacrifice. 2 As Christ upon the Cross His head inclined, And to His Father's hands His parting soul resigned, 3 So now herself my soul Would wholly give Into His sacred charge In whom all spirits live; 4 Thus would I live: yet now Not I, but he In all his power and love Henceforth alive in me: 5 One sacred Trinity, One Lord Divine; Myself for ever his, And he for ever mine. Topics: Approach to God Evening Used With Tune: ST. COLUMBA Text Sources: 18th century

Within thy tabernacle, Lord

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 23 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Within thy tabernacle, Lord, Who shall abide with thee? And in thy high and holy hill Who shall a dweller be? 2 The man that walketh uprightly, And worketh righteousness, And as he thinketh in his heart, So doth he truth express. 3 Who doth not slander with his tongue, Nor to his friend doth hurt; Nor yet against his neighbour doth Take up an ill report. 4 In whose eyes vile men are despised; But those the Lord that fear He honoureth; and changeth not, Though to his hurt he swear. 5 His coin puts not to usury, Nor take reward will he Against the guiltless. Who doth thus Shall never moved be. 6 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom we adore, Be glory, as it was, and is, And shall be evermore. Amen. Topics: Approach to God The House of God Scripture: Psalm 15 Used With Tune: [Within thy tabernacle, Lord]

O Lord of life, thy quickening voice

Author: George MacDonald, 1824-1905 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 34 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O Lord of life, thy quickening voice Awakes my morning song! In gladsome words I would rejoice That I to thee belong. 2 I see thy light, I feel thy wind, The world, it is thy word; Whatever wakes my heart and mind Thy presence is, my Lord. 3 Therefore I choose my highest part, And turn my face to thee; Therefore I stir my inmost heart To worship fervently. 4 Lord, let me live and will this day— Keep rising from the dead; Lord, make my spirit good and gay— Give me my daily bread. 5 Within my heart speak, Lord, speak on, My heart alive to keep, Till comes the night, and, labour done, In thee I fall asleep. Topics: Approach to God Morning Used With Tune: NATIVITY

Praise waits for thee in Zion, Lord

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 33 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Praise waits for thee in Zion, Lord: To thee vows paid shall be. O thou that hearer art of prayer All flesh shall come to thee. 2 Iniquities, I must confess, Prevail against me do: But as for our transgressions all, Them purge away shalt thou. 3 Blest is the man whom whom thou dost choose, And makest approach to thee, That he within thy court, O Lord, May still a dweller be: 4 We surely shall be satisfied With thy abundant grace, And with the goodness of thy house, Even of thy holy place. 5 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom we adore, Be glory, as it was, and is, And shall be evermore. Amen. Topics: Approach to God The Majesty of God Scripture: Psalm 65:1-4 Used With Tune: ABRIDGE (ST. STEPHEN)