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O be joyful in the Lord all ye lands

Appears in 359 hymnals Topics: Approach to God The House of God 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. Scripture: Psalm 100 Used With Tune: [O be joyful in the Lord all ye lands] Text Sources: Jubilate Deo

Immortal, invisible, God only wise

Author: Walter Chalmers Smith, 1824-1908 Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 216 hymnals Topics: Approach to God The Majesty of God Lyrics: 1 Immortal, invisible, God only wise, In light inaccessible hid from our eyes, Most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days, Almighty, victorious, thy great Name we praise. 2 Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light, Nor wanting, nor wasting, thou rulest in might; Thy justice like mountains high soaring above Thy clouds, which are fountains of goodness and love. 3 To all, life thou givest— to both great and small; In all life thou livest, the true life of all; We blossom and flourish as leaves on the tree, And wither and perish— but naught changeth thee. 4 Great Father of Glory, pure Father of Light, Thine angels adore thee, all veiling their sight; All laud we would render; O help us to see 'Tis only the splendour of light hideth thee! Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:17 Used With Tune: ST. DENIO (JOANNA)

Lord of all being, throned afar

Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1809-94 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 437 hymnals Topics: Approach to God The Majesty of God Lyrics: 1 Lord of all being, throned afar, Thy glory flames from sun and star; Centre and soul of every sphere, Yet to each loving heart how near! 2 Sun of our life, thy quickening ray Sheds on our path the glow of day; Star of our hope, thy softened light Cheers the long watches of the night. 3 Our midnight is thy smile withdrawn; Our noontide is thy gracious dawn; Our rainbow arch thy mercy's sign; All, save the cloud of sin, are thine. 4 Lord, of all life, below, above, Whose light is truth, whose warmth is love, Before thy ever-blazing throne We ask no lustre of our own. 5 Grant us thy truth to make us free, And kindling hearts that burn for thee; Till all thy living altars claim One holy light, one heavenly flame. Used With Tune: OMBERSLEY

Father, we praise thee, now the night is over

Author: Percy Dearmer, 1867-1936 Meter: 11.11.11.5 Appears in 86 hymnals Topics: Approach to God Morning Lyrics: 1 Father, we praise thee, now the night is over; Active and watchful, stand we all before thee; Singing, we offer prayer and meditation: Thus we adore thee. 2 Monarch of all things, fit us for thy mansions; Banish our weakness, health and wholeness sending; Bring us to heaven, where thy saints united Joy without ending. 3 All-holy Father, Son and equal Spirit, Trinity blessed, send us thy salvation; Thine is the glory, gleaming and resounding Through all creation. Amen. Used With Tune: CHRISTE SANCTORUM Text Sources: 10th century or earlier

The Lord's my light and saving health

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 19 hymnals Topics: Approach to God The Majesty of God Lyrics: 1 The Lord’s my light and saving health, Who shall make me dismayed? My life’s strength is the Lord, of whom Then shall I be afraid? 2 Against me though an host encamp, My heart yet fearless is: Though war against me rise, I will Be confident in this. 3 One thing I of the Lord desired, And will seek to obtain, That all days of my life I may Within God’s house remain; 4 That I the beauty of the Lord behold may and admire, And that I in his holy place May reverently enquire. 5 For he in his pavilion shall Me hide in evil days; In secret of his tent me hide, And on a rock me raise. 6 Wait on the Lord, and be thou strong, and he shall strength afford Unto thine heart; yea, do thou wait, I say, upon the Lord. 7 To Father,Son, and Holy Ghost, To God whom we adore, Be glory, as it was and is, And shall be evermore. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 27:1 Used With Tune: FARRANT

Lord, thee my God, I'll early seek

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 28 hymnals Topics: Approach to God Morning Lyrics: 1 Lord, thee my God, I’ll early seek: My soul doth thirst for thee; My flesh longs in a dry parched land, Wherein no waters be. 2 That I thy power may behold, And brightness of thy face, As I have seen thee heretofore Within thy holy place. 3 Since better is thy love than life, My lips thee praise shall give. I in thy Name will lift my hands, And bless thee while I live. 4 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom we adore, Be glory, as it was, and is, And shall be evermore. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 63:1-4 Used With Tune: SONG 67 (ST. MATTHIAS)

O send thy light forth and thy truth

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 35 hymnals Topics: Approach to God The House of God Lyrics: 1 O send thy light forth and thy truth; Let them be guides to me, And bring me to thine holy hill, Even where thy dwellings be. 2 Then will I to God's altar go, To God my chiefest joy: Yea, God, my God, thy Name to praise My harp I will employ. 3 Why art thou then cast down, my soul? What should discourage thee? And why with vexing thoughts art thou Disquieted in me? 4 Still trust in God; for him to praise Good cause I yet shall have: He of my countenance is the health, My God that doth me save. 5 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom we adore, Be glory, as it was, and is, And shall be evermore. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 43:3-5 Used With Tune: MARTYRS

Most glorious Lord of life, that on this day

Author: Edmund Spenser, c. 1552-99 Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 24 hymnals Topics: Approach to God Morning Lyrics: 1 Most glorious Lord of life, that on this day Didst make thy triumph over death and sin, And having harrowed hell, didst bring away Captivity thence captive, us to win: 2 This joyous day, dear Lord, with joy begin, And grant that we, for whom thou diddest die, Being with thy dear blood clean washed from sin, May live for ever in felicity: 3 And that thy love we, weighing worthily, May likewise love thee for the same again; And for thy sake, that all like dear didst buy, With love may one another entertain. 4 So let us love, dear Love, like as we ought, Love is the lesson which the Lord us taught. Used With Tune: DUNOON

This is the day of light

Author: John Ellerton, 1826-93 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 284 hymnals Topics: Approach to God Morning Lyrics: 1 This is the day of light: Let there be light today; O Dayspring, rise upon our night, And chase its gloom away. 2 This is the day of prayer: Let earth to heaven draw near; Lift up our hearts to seek thee there, Come down to meet us here. 5 This is the first of days: Send forth thy quickening breath, And wake dead souls to love and praise, O Vanquisher of death! Used With Tune: ST. MICHAEL (OLD 134TH)

Father most holy, merciful and loving

Author: Alfred Edward Alston, 1862-1927 Meter: 11.11.11.5 Appears in 15 hymnals Topics: Approach to God The Majesty of God Lyrics: 1 Father most holy, merciful and loving, Jesus, Redeemer, ever to be worshipped, Life-giving Spirit, Comforter most gracious, God everlasting; 2 Three in a wondrous unity unbroken, One perfect Godhead, love that never faileth, Light of the angels, succour of the needy, Hope of all living; 3 All thy creation serveth its Creator; Thee every creature praiseth without ceasing; We too would sing the psalms of true devotion; Hear, we beseech thee. 4 Lord God Almighty, unto thee be glory, One in Three Persons, over all exalted; Thine, as is meet, be honour, praise, and blessing, Now and for ever. Amen. Used With Tune: ISTE CONFESSOR Text Sources: C. 10th century