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Ring bells, ring, ring, ring!
Author: F. Pratt Green, 1903-2000 Meter: 6.6.6.6.6 with refrain Appears in 17 hymnals Topics: Advent IV Year C First Line: Long ago, prophets knew Lyrics: 1 Long ago, prophets knew
Christ would come, born a Jew,
come to make all things new,
bear his people's burden,
freely love and pardon.
Refrain:
Ring, bells, ring, ring, ring!
sing, choirs, sing, sing, sing!
When he comes,
when he comes,
who will make him welcome?
2 God in time, God in man,
this is God's timeless plan:
he will come, as a man,
born himself of woman,
God divinely human: [Refrain]
3 Mary, hail! Though afraid,
she believed, she obeyed.
In her womb, God is laid:
till the time expected,
nurtured and protected: [Refrain]
4 Journey ends! Where afar
Bethl'em shines, like a star,
stable door stands ajar.
Unborn Son of Mary,
Saviour, do not tarry!
Refrain:
Ring, bells, ring, ring, ring!
sing, choirs, sing, sing, sing!
Jesus comes!
Jesus comes!
We will make him welcome! Scripture: Ephesians 6:5-8 Used With Tune: PERSONENT HODIE
Ring bells, ring, ring, ring!
The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came
Author: Sabine Baring-Gould, 1834-1924 Meter: 10.10.12.10 Appears in 36 hymnals Topics: Advent IV B Lyrics: 1 The angel Gabriel from heaven came,
With wings as drifted snow, his eyes as flame.
"All hail," said he, "O lowly maiden Mary,
Most highly favored lady." Gloria!
2 "How blest among all women you shall be,
Whom ev'ry age will praise continually.
Your Son shall be Emmanuel, by seers foretold,
"Most highly favored lady." Gloria!
3 Then gentle Mary meekly bowed her head.
"To me be as it pleases God," she said.
"My soul shall laud and magnify God's holy name."
Most highly favored lady. Gloria!
4 Of her, Emmanuel, the Christ, was born
In Bethlehem, all on a Christmas morn.
And Christian folk throughout the world will ever say:
"Most highly favored lady." Gloria! Used With Tune: GABRIEL'S MESSAGE
The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came
Where is this stupendous stranger?
Author: Christopher Smart, 1722-1771 Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 12 hymnals Topics: Advent IV Year A; Advent IV Year C Refrain First Line: Lyrics: 1 Where is this stupendous stranger?
prophets, shepherds, kings, advise:
lead me to my Master's manger,
show me where my Saviour lies.
2 O most mighty, O most holy,
far beyond the seraph’s thought!
Art thou then so mean and lowly
as unheeded prophets taught?
3 O the magnitude of meekness,
worth from worth immortal sprung!
O the strength of infant weakness,
if eternal is so young!
4 God all-bounteous, all-creative,
whom no ills from good dissuade,
is incarnate, and a native
of the very world he made. Scripture: Colossians 1:16 Used With Tune: HALTON HOLGATE
Where is this stupendous stranger?
Let all mortal flesh keep silence
Author: Gerard Moultrie Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 180 hymnals Topics: Advent IV The Holy Communion Communion Used With Tune: PICARDY Text Sources: Liturgy of St. James
Let all mortal flesh keep silence
Rejoice, rejoice, believers!
Author: Laurentius Laurenti; Sarah B. Findlater Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 331 hymnals Topics: Advent IV Morning Prayer Closing; Advent IV The Holy Communion Sequence Lyrics: 1 Rejoice, rejoice, believers!
And let your lights appear;
The evening is advancing,
And darker night is near.
The Bridegroom is arising,
And soon he will draw nigh;
Up! watch in expectation!
At midnight comes the cry.
2 See that your lights are burning;
Replenish them with oil;
Look now for your salvation,
The end of sin and toil.
The watchers on the mountain
Proclaim the Bridegroom near,
Go meet him as he cometh,
With alleluias clear.
3 O wise and holy virgins,
Now raise your voices higher,
Until in songs of triumph
Ye meet the angel choir.
The marriage-feast is waiting,
The gates wide open stand;
Up, up, ye heirs of glory!
The Bridegroom is at hand.
4 Our hope and expectation,
O Jesus, now appear;
Arise, thou Sun so longed for,
O'er this benighted sphere!
With hearts and hands uplifted,
We plead, O Lord, to see
The days of earth's redemption,
And ever be with thee!
Amem. Used With Tune: GREENLAND
Rejoice, rejoice, believers!
Hail to the Lord's Anointed
Author: James Montgomery, 1771-1854 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 853 hymnals Topics: Epiphany; Advent II Year B; Advent II Year C; Baptism of Christ Year B; Epiphany III Year B; Epiphany IV Year C; Proper 24 Year C Lyrics: 1 Hail to the Lord's Anointed,
great David's greater Son!
hail, in the time appointed,
his reign on earth begun!
He comes to break oppression,
to set the captive free,
to take away transgression,
and rule in equity.
2 He comes with succour 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,
were precious in his sight.
3 He shall come down like showers
upon the fruitful earth,
and love, joy, hope, like flowers,
spring in his path to birth:
before him on the mountains
shall peace, the herald, go;
and righteousness in fountains
from hill to valley flow.
4 Arabia's desert-ranger
to him shall bow the knee;
the Ethiopian stranger
his glory come to see;
with offerings of devotion
ships from the isles shall meet,
to pour the wealth of ocean
in tribute at his feet.
5 Kings shall bow down before him,
and gold and incense bring;
all nations shall adore him,
his praise all people sing:
to him shall prayer unceasing
and daily vows ascend;
his kingdom still increasing,
a kingdom without end.
6 O'er every foe victorious,
he on his throne shall rest;
from age to age more glorious,
all-blessing and all-blest:
the tide of time shall never
his covenant remove;
his name shall stand for ever,
his changeless name of love. Scripture: 1 John 4:8 Used With Tune: CRÜGER
Hail to the Lord's Anointed
Savior of the Nations, Come
Author: Martin L. Seltz, 1909-1967; William Reynolds, 1812-1875; St. Ambrose, 340-397; Martin Luther, 1483-1546 Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 47 hymnals Topics: Advent IV A; Advent IV C Used With Tune: NUN KOMM DER HEIDEN HEILAND
Savior of the Nations, Come
Psalm 24: We Long to See Your Face
Author: Kevin Keil Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Advent IV First Line: All the earth is yours, O God Refrain First Line: I O God, this is the people that longs to see your face; II Open wide your gates Scripture: Psalm 24:1-6 Used With Tune: [All the earth is yours, O God]
Psalm 24: We Long to See Your Face
O very God of very God
Author: John Mason Neale Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 50 hymnals Topics: Advent IV Evening Prayer Closing Used With Tune: BANGOR
O very God of very God
And can it be that I should gain
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 299 hymnals Topics: Lent IV Year B; Third Sunday Before Advent Year B Lyrics: 1 And can it be that I should gain
an interest in the Saviour's blood?
Died he for me, who caused his pain?
For me, who him to death pursued?
Amazing love! How can it be
that thou, my God, shouldst die for me?
2 'Tis mystery all: the Immortal dies!
Who can explore his strange design?
In vain the first-born seraph tries
to sound the depths of love divine.
'Tis mercy all! Let earth adore,
let angel minds enquire no more.
3 He left his Father's throne above —
so free, so infinite his grace —
emptied himself of all but love,
and bled for Adam's helpless race.
'Tis mercy all, immense and free;
for, O my God, it found out me!
4 Long my imprisoned spirit lay
fast bound in sin and nature's night;
thine eye diffused a quickening ray;
I woke, the dungeon flamed with light;
my chains fell off, my heart was free,
I rose, went forth, and followed thee.
5 No condemnation now I dread;
Jesus, and all in him, is mine!
Alive in him, my living Head,
and clothed in righteousness divine,
bold I approach the eternal throne,
and claim the crown, through Christ, my own. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:22 Used With Tune: SAGINA
And can it be that I should gain
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