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Ring, bells, ring, ring, ring!
Author: Fred Pratt Green (1903-2000) Meter: 6.6.6.6.6 with refrain Appears in 17 hymnals Topics: Other Saints and Festivals The Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth 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
Bethlem 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: Isaiah 11 Used With Tune: PERSONENT HODIE
Ring, bells, ring, ring, ring!
When our heads are bowed with woe
Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 167 hymnals Topics: Visitation of the Sick Used With Tune: REDHEAD
When our heads are bowed with woe
My God, my Father, while I stray
Author: Charlotte Elliott Appears in 574 hymnals Topics: Visitation Lyrics:
My God, my Father, while I stray
Far from my home in life's rough way,
O teach me from my heart to say,
Though dark my path, and sad my lot,
Let me be still and murmur not,
Or breathe the prayer divinely taught,
What though in lonely grief I sigh
For friends beloved, no longer nigh,
Submissive still would I reply,
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If thou shoulds't call me to resign
What most I prize, it ne'er was mine:
I only yield thee what is thine;
Let but my fainting heart be blest
With thy good Spirit for its guest,
My God, to thee I leave the rest;
Renew my will from day to day,
Blend it with thine, and take away
All that now makes it hard to say,
Then, when on earth I breathe no more
The prayer oft mixed with tears before,
I'll sing upon a happier shore,
"Thy will be done!"
Amen.
Used With Tune: TROYTE
My God, my Father, while I stray
My Soul Gives Glory to My God
Author: Miriam Therese Winter Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 13 hymnals Topics: Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth; Year A Visitation; Year B Visitation; Year C Visitation Scripture: Luke 1:46-55 Used With Tune: MORNING SONG
My Soul Gives Glory to My God
Brightest and best of the sons of the morning
Author: Bp. R. Heber, 1783-1826 Appears in 921 hymnals Topics: Bethlehem Visit of Magi to Lyrics: 1 Brightest and best of the sons of the morning,
Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid;
Star of the East, the horizon adorning,
Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
2 Cold on HIs cradle the dew-drops are shining;
Low lies His bed with the beasts of the stall;
Angels adore Him, in slumber reclining,
Maker, and Monarch, and Saviour of all.
3 Say, shall we yield Him, in costly devotion,
Odours of Edom, and offerings divine?
Gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean,
Myrrh from the forest, and gold from the mine?
4 Vainly we offer each ample oblation;
Vainly with gifts would His favour secure;
Richer by far is the heart's adoration;
Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor. Used With Tune: MORNING STAR
Brightest and best of the sons of the morning
Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah
Author: William Williams; Peter Williams; John Keble Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,857 hymnals Topics: Visitation Lyrics:
Guide me, O thou great Jehovah,
Pilgrim through this barren land,
I am weak, but thou art mighty;
Hold me with thy powerful hand.
Open now the crystal fountains
Whence the living waters flow;
Let the fiery, cloudy pillar
Lead me all my journey through.
Feed me with the heavenly manna
In this barren wilderness;
Be my sword, and shield, and banner,
Be the Lord my Righteousness.
When I tread the verge of Jordan,
Bid my anxious fears subside;
Death of death, and hell's destruction,
Land me safe on Canaan's side.
Amen.
Used With Tune: AUTUMN
Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah
Rock of ages, cleft for me
Author: Augustus M.Toplady; Thomas Cotterill Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 2,973 hymnals Topics: Visitation Lyrics:
Rock of ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee;
Let the water and the blood
From Thy side, a healing flood,
Be of sin the double cure,
Save from wrath, and make me pure.
Should my tears for ever flow,
Should my zeal no languor know,
All for sin could not atone,
Thou must save, and Thou alone;
In my hand no price I bring,
Simply to Thy cross I cling.
While I draw this fleeting breath,
When mine eyelids close in death,
When I rise to worlds unknown,
And behold thee on thy throne,
Rock of ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee.
Amen.
Used With Tune: TOPLADY
Rock of ages, cleft for me
Nearer, my God, to Thee
Author: Sarah F. Adams Meter: 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 2,553 hymnals Topics: Visitation Lyrics:
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee,
E'en though it be a cross
That raiseth me;
Still all my song would be,
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee.
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 to Thee.
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 to Thee.
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 to Thee.
Or if on joyful wing,
Cleaving the sky,
Sun, moon, and stars forgot,
Upwards I fly,
Still all my song shall be,
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee.
Amen.
Used With Tune: ST. EDMUND
Nearer, my God, to Thee
Peace, perfect peace, in this dark world of sin?
Author: Edward H. Bickersteth Meter: 10.10 Appears in 407 hymnals Topics: Visitation Lyrics:
Peace, perfect peace, in this dark world of sin?
The blood of Jesus whispers peace within.
Peace, perfect peace, by thronging duties pressed?
To do the will of Jesus, this is rest.
Peace, perfect peace, with sorrows surging round?
On Jesus' bosom naught but calm is found.
Peace, perfect peace, with loved ones far away?
In Jesus' keeping we are safe, and they.
Peace, perfect peace, our future all unknown?
Jesus we know, and he is on the throne.
Peace, perfect peace, death shadowing us and ours?
Jesus has vanquished death and all its powers.
It is enough: earth's struggles soon shall cease,
And Jesus call us to heaven's perfect peace.
Used With Tune: FLETCHER
Peace, perfect peace, in this dark world of sin?
For All the Faithful Women
Author: Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr. b. 1923 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 10 hymnals Topics: The Visitation Scripture: Exodus 15:19-21 Used With Tune: KUORTANE (NYLAND)
For All the Faithful Women
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