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My God, how endless is Thy love!

Author: Rev. Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 615 hymnals Lyrics: 1 My God, how endless is Thy love! Thy gifts are every evening new; And morning mercies from above Gently distil like earthly dew. 2 Thou spread'st the curtains of the night, Great Guardian of my sleeping hours; Thy sovereign word restores the light, And quickens all my waking powers. 3 I yield my powers to Thy command; To Thee I consecrate my days; Perpetual blessings from Thy hand Demand perpetual songs of praise. Amen. Topics: God the Father His Love and Fatherhood; Consecration; God Love and Fatherhood, His; Processionals; Service Used With Tune: CANONBURY

Praise, O praise our God and King

Author: John Milton; Rev. Henry Williams Baker (1821-1877) Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 142 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Praise, O praise our God and King; Hymns of adoration sing; For His mercies still endure, Ever faithful, ever sure. 2 Praise Him that He made the sun Day by day his course to run; For His mercies still endure, Ever faithful, ever sure. 3 Praise Him that He gave the rain To mature the swelling grain; For His mercies still endure, Ever faithful, ever sure. 4 He hath bid the fruitful field Crops of precious increase yield; For His mercies still endure, Ever faithful, ever sure. 5 Glory to our bounteous King! Glory let creation sing, Glory to the Father, Son, And blest Spirit, Three in One! Amen. Topics: Special Seasons and Services Thanksgiving and Harvest; Harvest and Thanksgiving; Thanksgiving Scripture: Psalm 136 Used With Tune: MONKLAND

Praise the Lord, His glories show

Author: Rev. Henry Francis Lyte (1793-1847) Meter: 7.7.7.7 with alleluias Appears in 159 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Praise the Lord, His glories show, Alleluia! Saints within His courts below, Alleluia! Angels round His throne above, Alleluia! All that see and share His love. Alleluia! 2 Earth to heaven, and heaven to earth, Alleluia! Tell His wonders, sing His worth, Alleluia! Age to age and shore to shore, Alleluia! Praise Him, praise Him evermore! Alleluia! 3 Praise the Lord, His mercies trace, Alleluia! Praise His providence and grace, Alleluia! All that He for man hath done, Alleluia! All He sends us through His Son. Alleluia! Amen. Topics: Adoration; God Eternity and Power, His; Opening of Service; Praise; Processionals; Worship Adoration Scripture: Psalm 150 Used With Tune: LLANFAIR

Rise, crowned with light, imperial Salem, rise!

Author: Alexander Pope Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 219 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Rise, crowned with light, imperial Salem, rise! Exalt thy towering head and lift thine eyes! See heaven its sparkling portals wide display, And break upon thee in a flood of day! 2 See a long race thy spacious courts adorn: See future sons, and daughters yet unborn, In crowding ranks on every side arise Demanding life, impatient for the skies. 3 The seas shall waste, the skies in smoke decay, Rocks fall to dust, and mountains melt away; But fixed His Word, His saving power remains; Thy realm shall last, thine own Messiah reigns! Amen. Topics: The Church and the Sacraments Christian Fellowship; Dedication Services Of a Church; Saints, Communion of Used With Tune: RUSSIAN HYMN

The strife is o'er, the battle done

Author: Rev. Francis Pott Meter: 8.8.8.4 with alleluias Appears in 508 hymnals Lyrics: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! 1 The strife is o'er, the battle done; The victory of life is won; The song of triumph has begun. Alleluia! 2 The powers of death have done their worst, But Christ their legions hath dispersed: Let shouts of holy joy outburst. Alleluia! 3 The three sad days have quickly sped; He rises glorious from the dead: All glory to our risen Head! Alleluia! 4 He closed the yawning gates of hell; The bars from heaven's high portals fell: Let hymns of praise His triumphs tell. Alleluia! 5 Lord, by the stripes which wounded Thee, From death's dread sting Thy servants free, That we may live and sing to Thee. Alleluia! Amen. Topics: Jesus Christ the Lord His Resurrection; Christ Resurrection, His; Easter; Resurrection, The Used With Tune: PALESTRINA

The Lord will come and not be slow

Author: John Milton (1608-1674) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 101 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The Lord will come and not be slow, His footsteps cannot err; Before Him righteousness shall go, His royal harbinger. 2 Truth from the earth, like to a flower, Shall bud and blossom then; And justice, from her heavenly bower, Look down on mortal men. 3 Rise, God, judge Thou the earth in might, This wicked earth redress; For Thou art He who shall by right The nations all possess. 4 For great Thou art, and wonders great By Thy strong hand are done: Thou in Thy everlasting seat Remainest God alone. Amen. Topics: Jesus Christ the Lord His Coming in Glory; Christ Second Coming, His; Coming in Glory Scripture: Psalm 82 Used With Tune: ST. MAGNUS

Majestic sweetness sits enthroned

Author: Rev. Samuel Stennett Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 919 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Majestic sweetness sits enthroned Upon the Saviour's brow; His head with radiant glories crowned, His lips with grace o'erflow, His lips with grace o'erflow. 2 No mortal can with Him compare Among the sons of men; Fairer is He than all the fair That fill the heavenly train, That fill the heavenly train. 3 To Him I owe my life and breath, And all the joys I have; He makes me triumph over death, And saves me from the grave, And saves me from the grave. 4 To heaven, the place of His abode, He brings my weary feet; Shows me the glories of my God, And makes my joys complete, And makes my joys complete. 5 Since from His bounty I receive Such proofs of love divine, Had I a thousand hearts to give, Lord, they should all be Thine, Lord, they should all be Thine. Amen. Topics: Jesus Christ the Lord Praise to Christ the Lord; Adoration; Christ Beauty of; Christ Exaltation of; Christ Praise to Christ; Christ Sympathy of; Consecration; Dedication of Life; Love and Communion Used With Tune: ORTONVILLE

Thou Life within my life, than self more near

Author: Eliza Scudder Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 34 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Thou life within my life, than self more near, Thou veiled Presence infinitely clear, From all illusive shows of sense I flee, To find my center and my rest in Thee. 2 Below all depths Thy saving mercy lies, Through thickest gloom I see Thy light arise, Above the highest heaven Thou art not found More surely than within this earthly round. 3 Take part with me against those doubts that rise And seek to throne Thee far in distant skies; Take part with me against this self that dares Assume the burden of these sins and cares. 4 How shall I call Thee who art always here? How shall I praise Thee who art still most dear? What may I give Thee save what Thou hast given, And whom but Thee have I in earth or heaven? Amen. Topics: The Life In Christ The Inner Life; Inner Life, The Used With Tune: FFIGYSBREN

Lead us, O Father, in the paths of peace

Author: William Henry Burleigh Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 157 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lead us, O Father, in the paths of peace: Without Thy guiding hand we go astray, And doubts appall, and sorrows still increase; Lead us through Christ, the true and living Way. 2 Lead us, O Father, in the paths of truth: Unhelped by Thee, in error's maze we grope, While passion stains and folly dims our youth, And age comes on uncheered by faith or hope. 3 Lead us, O Father, in the paths of right: Blindly we stumble when we walk alone, Involved in shadows of a darkening night; Only with Thee we journey safely on. 4 Lead us, O Father, to Thy heavenly rest, However rough and steep the pathway be, Through joy or sorrow, as Thou deemest best, Until our lives are perfected in Thee. Amen. Topics: The Life in Christ Aspiration; God Guidance, His; God Love and Fatherhood, His; Peace, Spiritual; Rest; Trust and Confidence; Truth Used With Tune: ELLINGHAM

O Son of God, our Captain of salvation

Author: Rev. John Ellerton (1826-1893) Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 31 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O Son of God, our Captain of salvation, Thyself by suffering schooled to human grief, We bless Thee for Thy sons of consolation, Who follow in the steps of Thee their Chief; 2 Those whom Thy Spirit's dread vocation severs To lead the vanguard of Thy conquering host; Whose toilsome years are spent in brave endeavors To bear Thy saving Name from coast to coast; 3 And all true helpers, patient, kind, and skillful, Who shed Thy light across our darkened earth, Counsel the doubting, and restrain the willful, Soothe the sick bed, and share the children's mirth. 4 Thus, Lord, Thy blessed saints in memory keeping, Still be Thy Church's watchword, "Comfort ye," Till in our Father's house shall end all weeping, And every want be satisfied in Thee. Amen. Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth Missions; Christ Captain, Our; Installations Pastor; Missions; School and College; Teachers Used With Tune: DONNE SECOURS