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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
Mysterious Presence, Source of All
For the Beauty of the Earth
Author: Folliott Sandford Pierpoint, 18365-1917 Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 640 hymnals Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Praise and Transcendence Lyrics: 1 For the beauty of the earth,
for the splendor of the skies,
for the love which from our birth
over and around us lies:
Source of all, to thee we raise
this, our hymn of grateful praise.
2 For the joy of ear and eye,
for the heart and mind's delight,
for the mystic harmony
linking sense to sound and sight:
Source of all, to thee we raise
this, our hymn of grateful praise.
3 For the wonder of each hour
of the day and of the night,
hill and vale and tree and flower,
sun and moon and stars of light:
Source of all, to thee we raise
this, our hymn of grateful praise.
4 For the joy of human care,
sister, brother, parent, child,
for the kinship we all share,
for all gentle thoughts and mild:
Source of all, to thee we raise
this, our hymn of grateful praise. Used With Tune: DIX
For the Beauty of the Earth
Be Thou My Vision
Author: Mary E. Byrne, 1880-1391; Eleanor H. Hull, 1860-1935 Meter: 10.10.9.10 Appears in 160 hymnals Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Praise and Transcendence First Line: Be thou my vision, O God of my heart Lyrics: 1 Be thou my vision, O God of my heart;
naught be all else to me, save that thou art.
Thou my best thought, by day or by night,
waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.
2 Be thou my wisdom, and thou my true word;
I ever with thee and thou with me God;
thou my soul’s shelter, thou my high tower.
raise thou me heavenward, O Power of my power.
3 Riches I heed not, nor world's empty praise,
thou my inheritance, now and always;
thou and thou only, first in my heart,
Sov'reign of heaven, my treasure thou art.
Used With Tune: SLANE Text Sources: Ancient Irish
Be Thou My Vision
God of the Earth, the Sky, the Sea
Author: Samuel Longfellow, 1819-1892 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 109 hymnals Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Praise and Transcendence Lyrics: 1 God of the earth, the sky, the sea,
maker of all above, below,
creation lives and moves in you;
your present life through all does flow.
2 Your love is in the sunshine’s glow,
your life is in the quick’ning air;
when lightnings flash and storm-winds blow,
there is your power, your law is there.
3 We feel your calm at evening’s hour,
your grandeur in the march of night;
and when the morning breaks in power,
we hear your word, “Let there be light.”
4 But higher far, and far more clear,
you in our spirit we behold;
your image and yourself are there —
indwelling God, proclaimed of old. Used With Tune: DUKE STREET
God of the Earth, the Sky, the Sea
Holy, Holy, Holy
Author: Reginald Heber, 1738-1826 Meter: 12.12.12.10 irregular Appears in 1,657 hymnals Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Praise and Transcendence First Line: Holy, holy, holy, author of creation! Lyrics: 1 Holy, holy, holy, author of creation!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee;
holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty;
who was, and is, and evermore shall be.
2 Holy, holy, holy, though the darkness hide thee,
hindered by our vanities we have not eyes to see.
Only thou art holy, there is none beside thee,
perfect in power, in love, and purity.
3 Holy, holy, holy, author of creation!
All thy works shall praise thy name in earth and sky and sea;
holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty;
who was, and is, and evermore shall be. Used With Tune: NICAEA
Holy, Holy, Holy
You That Have Spent the Silent Night
Author: George Gascoigne, 1540-1577 Meter: 8.6.8.6 with repeat Appears in 33 hymnals Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Morning Lyrics: 1 You that have spent the silent night
in sleep and quiet rest,
and joy to see the cheerful light
that rises in the east,
that rises in the east,
2 Now lift your hearts, your voices raise,
your morning tribute bring;
all nature join in grateful praise –
rejoice, give thanks, and sing,
rejoice, give thanks, and sing.
Used With Tune: LOBT GOTT, IHR CHRISTEN
You That Have Spent the Silent Night
Ring Out, Wild Bells
Author: Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1809-1892 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 97 hymnals Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Winter First Line: Ring out, wild bells, to the wild, wild sky Lyrics: 1 Ring out, wild bells, to the wild, wild sky,
the flying cloud, the frosty light:
the year is dying in the night;
ring out, wild bells, and let it die.
2 Ring out the old, ring in the new,
ring, happy bells, across the snow:
the year is going, let it go;
ring out the false, ring in the true.
3 Ring out the grief that saps the mind
for those that here we see no more;
ring out the feud of rich and poor;
ring in redress to humankind.
4 Ring out false pride in place and blood,
the civic slander and the spite;
ring in the love of truth and right;
ring in the common love of good.
Used With Tune: GONFALON ROYAL
Ring Out, Wild Bells
Mother of All
Author: Alexander Pope, 1688-1744; Michael G. Young; Michael G. Young Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 30 hymnals Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Meditation and Mystical Songs First Line: Mother of all, in every age Used With Tune: ST. COLUMBA
Mother of All
Though I May Speak with Bravest Fire
Author: Hal Hopson, 1933- Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 28 hymnals Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Praise and Transcendence Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 Used With Tune: GIFT OF LOVE
Though I May Speak with Bravest Fire
Again, as Evening's Shadow Falls
Author: Samuel Longfellow, 1819-1892 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 162 hymnals Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Evening Lyrics: 1 Again, as evening's shadow falls,
we gather in these hallowed walls;
and vesper hymn and vesper prayer
rise mingling on the holy air.
2 May struggling hearts that seek release
here find the rest of God's own peace:
and, strengthened here by hymn and prayer,
lay down the burden and the care.
3 Life's tumult we must meet again;
we cannot at the shrine remain;
but in the spirit's secret cell
may hymn and prayer forever dwell.
Used With Tune: ROCKBRIDGE
Again, as Evening's Shadow Falls
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