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Come, Ye Thankful People

Author: Henry Alford, 1810-1871 Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 731 hymnals Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Harvest and Thanksgiving First Line: Come, ye thankful people, come Lyrics: 1 Come, ye thankful people, come, raise a song of harvest home; fruit and crops are gathered in, safe before the storms begin; God, our Maker, will provide for our needs to be supplied; come to God's own temple, come, raise a song of harvest home. 2 All the world is but a field, given for a fruitful yield; wheat and tares together sown, here for joy or sorrow grown; first the blade, and then the ear, then the full corn shall appear; God of harvest, grant that we wholesome grain and pure may be. Used With Tune: ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR

Nearer, My God, to Thee

Author: Sarah Flower Adams, 1805-1848 Meter: 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 2,500 hymnals Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Meditation and Mystical Songs First Line: Nearer, my God to thee Lyrics: 1 Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee! E'en though it be a cross that raiseth me; still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to thee, nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee! 2 Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down, darkness be over me, my rest a stone; yet in my dreams I'd be nearer, my God, to thee, nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee. 3 There let the way appear steps unto heaven; all that thou sendest me in mercy given; angels to beckon me nearer, my God, to thee, nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee. 4 Then, with my waking thoughts bright with thy praise, out of my stony griefs Bethel I'll raise; so by my woes to be nearer, my God, to thee, nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee. 5 Or if, on joyful wing cleaving the sky, sun, moon, and stars forgot, upward I fly, still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to thee, nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee! Used With Tune: BETHANY

Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

Author: Robert Robinson, 1735-1790; Eugene B. Navias, 1928- Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 2,212 hymnals Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder First Line: Come, thou fount of ev'ry blessing Used With Tune: NETTLETON

The Spacious Firmament on High

Author: Joseph Addison, 1672-1719 Meter: 8.8.8.8 D Appears in 790 hymnals Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Lyrics: 1 The spacious firmament on high, with all the blue ethereal sky, and spangled heavens, a shining frame, their great Original proclaim. The unwearied sun from day to day does his Creator's power display, and publishes to every land the work of an almighty hand. 2 Soon as the evening shades prevail, the moon takes up the wondrous tale, and nightly to the listening earth repeats the story of its birth; whilst all the stars that round it burn, and all the planets in their turn, confirm the tidings, as they roll and spread the truth from pole to pole. 3 What though in solemn silence all move round the dark terrestrial ball? What though no real voice nor sound amid their radiant orbs be found? In reason's ear they all rejoice, and utter forth a glorious voice; forever singing as they shine, "The hand that made us is divine." Scripture: Psalm 19:1-6 Used With Tune: CREATION

Now Thank We All Our God

Author: Martin Rinkart, 1586-1649; Catherine Winkworth, 1827-1878 Meter: 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6 Appears in 694 hymnals Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Praise and Transcendence Lyrics: 1 Now thank we all our God with heart and hands and voices, who wondrous things hath done, in whom this world rejoices; who from our parents' arms has blessed us on our way with countless gifts of love, and still is ours today. 2 O may this bounteous God through all our life be near us, with ever joyful hearts and blessed peace to cheer us; the one eternal God, whom earth and heaven adore, for thus it was, is now, and shall be evermore. Used With Tune: NUN DANKET ALLE GOTT

Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee

Author: Henry Van Dyke, 1852-1933 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 269 hymnals Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Praise and Transcendence Lyrics: 1 Joyful, joyful, we adore thee, God of glory, God of love; hearts unfold like flowers before thee, hail thee as the sun above. Melt the clouds of sin and sadness; drive the pain of doubt away; giver of immortal gladness, fill us with the joy of day. 2 All thy works with joy surround thee, earth and heav’n reflect thy rays, stars and planets sing around thee, center of unbroken praise; field and forest, vale and mountain, blossoming meadow, flashing sea, chanting bird and flowing fountain call us to rejoice in thee. 3 Thou art giving and forgiving, ever blessing, ever blest; wellspring of the joy of living, ocean-depth of happy rest. Ever singing march we onward, victors in the midst of strife; joyful music lifts us sunward in the triumph song of life. Used With Tune: HYMN TO JOY

Unto Thy Temple, Lord, We Come

Author: Robert Colyer, 1823-1912 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 30 hymnals Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Praise and Transcendence Lyrics: 1 Unto thy temple, Lord, we come with thankful hearts to worship thee; and pray that this may be our home until we touch eternity: 2 The common home of rich and poor, of bond and free, and great and small; large as thy love forevermore, and warm and bright and good to all. 3 May thy whole truth be spoken here; thy gospel light for ever shine; thy perfect love cast out all fear, and human life become divine. Used With Tune: DUKE STREET

When in Our Music

Author: Fred Pratt Green, 1903- Meter: 10.10.10 with alleluia Appears in 84 hymnals Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Praise and Transcendence First Line: When in our music God is glorified Lyrics: 1 When in our music God is glorified, and adoration leaves no room for pride, it is as though the whole creation cried Alleluia! 2 How often, making music, we have found a new dimension in the world of sound, as worship moved us to a more profound Alleluia! 3 So has the church, in liturgy and song, in faith and love, through centuries of wrong, borne witness to the truth in every tongue, Alleluia! 4 Let every instrument be tuned for praise! Let all rejoice who have a voice to raise! And may God give us faith to sing always Alleluia! Used With Tune: ENGELBERG

All Beautiful the March of Days

Author: Frances Whitmarsh Wile, 1878-1939 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 86 hymnals Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Winter Lyrics: 1 All beautiful the march of days, as seasons come and go; the hand that shaped the rose hath wrought the crystal of the snow; hath sent the hoary frost of heaven, the flowing waters sealed, and laid a silent loveliness on hill and wood and field. 2 O’er white expanses, sparkling clear the radiant morns unfold; the solemn splendors of the night burn brighter through the cold; life mounts in every throbbing vein, love deepens round the hearth, and clearer sounds the angel-hymn, "Good will and peace on earth." 3 O Thou from whose unfathomed law the year in beauty flows, thy self the vision passing by in crystal and in rose. Day unto day doth utter speech, and night to night proclaim, in ever changing words of light the wonder of thy name. Used With Tune: FOREST GREEN

Mysterious Presence, Source of All

Author: Seth Curtis Beach, 1837-1932 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 28 hymnals Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Meditation and Mystical Songs Lyrics: 1 Mysterious Presence, source of all — the world without, the soul within — thou fount of life, O hear our call, and pour thy living waters in. 2 Thou breathest in the rushing wind, thy spirit stirs in leaf and flower; nor wilt thou from the willing mind withhold thy light and love and power. 3 Thy hand unseen to accents clear awoke the psalmist’s trembling lyre, and touched the lips of holy seer with flame from thine own altar fire. 4 That touch divine again impart, still give the prophet’s burning word; and vocal in each waiting heart let living psalms of praise be heard. Used With Tune: WAREHAM