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Once More We Come Before Our God
Author: Henry F. Lyte Appears in 182 hymnals Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM
Once More We Come Before Our God
Father, We Come Not As Of Old
Author: John W. Chadwick Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Father, we come not as of old,
Distrustful of Thy law,
Hoping to find Thy seamless robe
Marred by some sudden flaw—
Some rent to let Thy glory through
And make our darkness shine,
If haply thus our souls may know
What power and grace are Thine.
2 Thy seamless robe conceals Thee not
From earnest hearts and true;
The glory of Thy perfectness
Shines all its texture through;
And on its trailing hem we read,
As Thou dost linger near,
The message of a love more deep
Than any depth of fear.
3 And so no more our hearts shall plead
For miracle and sign;
Thy order and Thy faithfulness
Are all in all divine;
These are Thy revelations vast
From earliest days of yore;
These are our confidence and peace;
We cannot wish for more. Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM Text Sources: A Book of Poems by John White Chadwick (Boston: Roberts brothers, 1876
Father, We Come Not As Of Old
Bethlehem
Author: Henry W. Frost Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: O Bethlehem, sweet Bethlehem Lyrics: 1 O Bethlehem, sweet Bethlehem,
To thee my song I sing;
To thee I raise my humble lay,
Thou city of the King.
Above thy courts the angels sang
Their brightest seraph song,
And, faintly echoing their refrain,
I would their praise prolong.
2 I see thy wide and wooded fields,
Thy rocky slopes and hills,
Thy valleys deep, where waters flow,
In sparkling, tuneful rills.
Thy balmy air is rich with scent,
Of olive and of vine,
Thy trees hang low with ripened fruit,
Thy vats o’erflow with wine.
3 Thy shepherd boys, like David, lead
Their flocks with winsome call,
Across thy uplands bright, and through
Deep vales where shadows fall.
Thy dusky men and ruddy maids
Are scattered ’cross the plain—
Where Ruth once followed Boaz’s men—
And harvest golden grain.
4 Thy mothers hush their babes to rest,
With hymns of David’s Lord,
Thy sing how in yon cave He came
To heav’nly love afford;
The scene is fair, and all is joy
About thy well kept walls;
Yea, sorrows never touch thy gates,
Thy hearthstones or thy halls.
5 Beyond is darksome Calvary
And sad Gethsemane;
But shadows flee, bright Bethlehem,
Whene’er they come to thee!
Lo, as I gaze, a vision breaks:
Behold, I see the Child
Lie once again in cave of stone,
All pure and undefiled.
6 The virgin mother bends above,
To watch the face divine,
From which, so fair and beautiful,
Bright rays of glory shine;
And oh, what longings fill my soul,
As I behold my Lord!
I fall and worship at His feet,
My every sin abhorred.
7 And here I pray to be like Him,
A holy infant child,
All meek and gentle, sweet and good,
All pure and undefiled!
And so to thee, O Bethlehem,
My song of love I sing;
All praise to thee, sweet Bethlehem,
Thou city of my king! Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM Text Sources: Pilgrim Songs by Henry W. Frost (New York: Gospel Publishing House, 1908)
Bethlehem
Arise, Sad Heart, Arise In Haste
Author: Thomas T. Lynch Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1 Arise, sad heart, arise in haste,
Come forth, but not to weep;
Come, end thy sorrow at the grave
Where Jesus lay asleep.
Astir He was before the sun:
The stone was rolled away
While darkness yet withheld the dawn—
There are two suns today.
2 His servant, day’s familiar lord,
Shall shine no more in vain;
For He, the everlasting sun,
In flaming power shall reign.
Rise, feeble heart, come quickly forth,
Though weary night was long;
Let sorrow now be very glad,
And weakness very strong.
3 Forget the shudder and the shout,
The noon with terror black,
That darkly-finished work of woe—
The Worker has come back;
Himself His finished work, is here;
Come, greet the holy light
That flows from sorrow-softened eyes
With love eternal bright.
4 Rise, happy heart, arise in haste,
And into Eden come;
New paradise is planted now,
And He, its beauty’s sum;
Its tree of life, its light of life,
Its stream of life is here;
Come, hallow many happy songs
With one last happy tear. Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM Text Sources: The Rivulet (3rd ed, enl.) (London: Longmans, Green, Readyer & Dyer, 1868)
Arise, Sad Heart, Arise In Haste
O Hear, All People in the World
Author: Christopher L. Webber Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Affliction; Blessing; Death; Eternal Life; Grace; Healing; Hope; Peoples; Presentation of the Augsburg Confession; Questioning; Wealth; Wisdom; Witness Scripture: Psalm 49 Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM
O Hear, All People in the World
The summer days are come again
Author: Rev. S. Longfellow Appears in 73 hymnals Topics: Flower Service and Children's Day Used With Tune: GABRIEL
The summer days are come again
Cantad, cantad, mortales
Author: Desconocido Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 6 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Cantad, cantad, mortales,
Que Cristo ya nació;
Y por salvar las almas,
Humilde se endarnó;
Por su bondad tan pura,
Él en la cruz murió;
Ya libres Él os hizo,
De ruina Él os sacó.
2 Cantad, cantad, mortales,
Que Cristo redimió.
De par en par las puertas
Del cielo Él os abrió.
La plenitud de gloria,
Cantad, que os legó;
Dad gracias al Mesías:
De ruina Él os sacó. Topics: El Año Cristiano Navidad; Servicio Cristiano; Christian Year Christmas; Christian Service Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM
Cantad, cantad, mortales
Christ for the World
Author: C. G. Clark Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Christ for the world, the world for Christ Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM
Christ for the World
My Soul in Silence Waits for God
Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 16 hymnals Lyrics: 1 My soul in silence waits for God,
My Savior He has proved;
He only is my rock and tower;
I never shall be moved.
My honor is secure with God,
My Savior He has proved;
My refuge and my rock of strength
Are found in God alone.
2 My enemies my ruin seek,
They plot with fraud and guile;
Deceitful, they pretend to bless,
But inwardly revile.
My soul, in silence wait for God;
He is my help approved,
He only is my rock and tower,
And I shall not be moved.
3 My honor is secure with God,
My Savior He is known;
My refuge and my rock of strength
Are found in God alone.
On Him, ye people, evermore
Rely with confidence;
Before Him pour ye out your heart,
For God is our defense.
4 For surely men are helpers vain,
The high and the abased;
Yea, lighter than a breath are thy
When in the balance placed.
Trust not in harsh oppression's power
Nor in unrighteous gain;
If wealth increase, yet on your gold
Ye set your hearts in vain.
5 For God has spoken o'er and o'er,
And unto me has shown,
That saving power and lasting strength
Belong to Him alone.
Yea, lovingkindness evermore
Belongs to Thee, O Lord;
And Thou according to his work
Dost every man reward.
Topics: Covetousness; Dependence upon God or Christ; God our Helper; Justice of God; God or Christ as Rock; Vanity Of Riches; Waiting upon God Scripture: Psalm 62 Used With Tune: SERAPH
My Soul in Silence Waits for God
The Hidden Years At Nazareth
Author: Allen E. Cross Appears in 13 hymnals First Line: The hidden years at Nazareth! Lyrics: 1 The hidden years at Nazareth!
How deep and still they seem,
Like rivers flowing in the dark,
Or waters in a dream!
Like waters under Syrian stars
Reflecting lights above,
Repeating in their silent depths
The wonder of God’s love.
2 The hidden years at Nazareth!
How deep and true they lie,
As open to the smile of God
As to the Syrian sky!
As open to the heart of man
As to the genial sun,
With dreams of vast adventuring,
And deeds of kindness done!
3 The hidden years at Nazareth!
How radiant they rise,
With life and death in balance laid
Before a Lad’s clear eyes!
O soul of youth, forever choose,
Forgetting fate or fear,
To live for truth or die with God,
Who stands beside thee here! Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM
The Hidden Years At Nazareth
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