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Come, Ye Thankful People, Come

Author: H. Alford, 1810-71 Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 731 hymnals First Line: Come, ye thankful people come Lyrics: 1 Come, ye thankful people, come; Raise the song of harvest home. All be safely gathered in Ere the winter storms begin. God, our Maker, doth provide For our wants to be supplied. Come to God's own temple, come; Raise the song of harvest home. 2 All the world is God's own field, Fruit unto His praise to yield; Wheat and tares together sown, Unto joy or sorrow grown. First the blade and then the ear, Then the full corn shall appear. Lord of harvest, grant that we Wholesome grain and pure may be. 3 For the Lord, our God, shall come And shall take His harvest home, From His field shall in that day All offences purge away, Give His angels charge at last In the fire the tares to cast, But the fruitful ears to store In His garner evermore. 4 Even so, Lord, quickly come To Thy final harvest home; Gather Thou Thy people in, Free from sorrow, free from sin, There, forever purified, In Thy garner to abide. Come with all Thine angels, come; Raise the glorious harvest home. Topics: Trinity 14 Used With Tune: ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR

Bread of the World

Author: R. Heber, 1783-1826; F. B. Tucker, 1895-1984 Meter: 9.8.9.8 D Appears in 340 hymnals First Line: Bread of the world, in mercy broken Scripture: John 15:1-9 Used With Tune: RENDEZ À DIEU Text Sources: Didache, c. 200

Angels We Have Heard on High

Author: J. Chadwick, 1813-82 Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain Appears in 249 hymnals Refrain First Line: Gloria in excelsis Deo Lyrics: 1 Angels we have heard on high, Sweetly singing o'er the plains, And the mountains in reply Echoing their joyous strains. Gloria in excelsis Deo; Gloria in excelsis Deo. 2 Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your joyous strains prolong? What the gladsome tidings be Which inspire your heav'nly song? What glad tidings did you hear? Gloria in excelsis Deo; Gloria in excelsis Deo. 3 Come to Bethlehem and see Him whose birth the angels sing; Come, adore on bended knee Christ the Lord, the new-born king. Gloria in excelsis Deo; Gloria in excelsis Deo. 4 See, within a manger laid, Jesus, Lord of heav'n and earth, Lend your voices, lend your aid To proclaim the Savior's birth! Gloria in excelsis Deo; Gloria in excelsis Deo. Topics: Nativity of our Lord Used With Tune: GLORIA

The Law Commands and Makes Us Know

Author: I. Watts, 1674-1748 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 54 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The Law commands and makes us know What duties to our God we owe; But 'tis the gospel must reveal Where lies our strength to do His will. 2 The Law discovers guilt and sin And shows how vile our hearts have been; The gospel only can express Forgiving love and cleansing grace. 3 What curses doth the Law denounce Against the man that fails but once! But in the gospel Christ appears, Pard'ning the guilt of num'rous years. 4 My soul, no more attempt to draw Thy life and comfort from the Law. Fly to the hope the Gospel gives; The man that trusts the promise lives. Topics: Law and Gospel; Trinity 18 Used With Tune: OLD HUNDREDTH

Come, Thou Almighty King

Author: Unknown Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 1,799 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Come, Thou Almighty King; Help us Thy name to sing; Help us to praise. Father all glorious, O'er all victorious, Come and reign over us, Ancient of days. 2 Jesus, our Lord, descend; From all our foes defend, Nor let us fall; Let Thine almighty aid Our sure defense be made: Our souls on Thee be stayed; Lord, hear our call. 3 Come, thou Incarnate Word; Gird on Thy mighty sword; Our pray'r attend. Come and Thy people bless, And give Thy Word success; Spirit of Holiness, On us descend. 4 Come, holy Comforter, Thy sacred witness bear In this glad hour. Thou who almighty art, Now rule in ev'ry heart, And ne'er from us depart, Spirit of pow'r. 5 To the great One in Three Eternal praises be, Hence evermore! His sov'reign majesty May we in glory see, And to eternity Love and adore. Topics: Invocation Used With Tune: ITALIAN HYMN

The Lord's My Shepherd, I'll Not Want

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 581 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The Lord's my Shepherd, I'll not want; He makes me down to lie In pastures green; He leadeth me The quiet waters by. 2 My soul He doth restore again And me to walk doth make Within the paths of righteousness, E'en for His own name's sake. 3 Yea, tho' I walk in death's dark vale, Yet will I fear no ill; For Thou art with me, and Thy rod And staff me comfort still. 4 My table Thou hast furnished In presence of my foes; My head Thou dost with oil anoint, And my cup overflows. 5 Goodness and mercy, all my life, Shall surely follow me, And in God's house forevermore My dwelling place shall be. Topics: Jesus, Our Good Shepherd; Easter 3 Scripture: Psalm 23 Used With Tune: BELMONT Text Sources: The Psalms of David in Meeter, Edinburgh, 1650

The Bridegroom Soon Will Call Us

Author: J. Walther, 1496-1570; M. Loy, 1828-1915 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 21 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The Bridegroom soon will call us: Come, all ye wedding-guests! May not His voice appal us While slumber binds our breasts! May all our lamps be burning And oil be found in store That we, with Him returning, May open find the door! 2 There shall we see delighted Our dear Redeemer's face, Who leads our souls benighted To glory by His grace. The patriarchs shall meet us, The prophets' holy band, Apostles, martyrs, greet us In that celestial land. 3 They will not blush to own us As brothers, sisters dear; Love ever will be shown us When we with them appear. We all shall come before Him Who for us man became, As Lord and God adore Him, And ever bless His name. 4 Our Father, rich in blessing, Will give us crowns of gold And, to His bosom pressing, Impart a bliss untold, Will welcome with embraces Of never-ending love, And deck us with His graces In blissful realms above. 5 In yonder home shall never Be silent music's voice; With hearts and lips forever We shall in God rejoice. The angels shall adore Him, All saints shall sing His praise And bring with joy before Him Their sweetest heav'nly lays. 6 In mansions fair and spacious Will God the feast prepare And, ever kind and gracious, Bid us its riches share. There bliss that knows no measure From springs of love shall flow, And never-changing pleasure His bounty will bestow. 7 Thus God shall from all evil Forever make us free, From sin and from the devil, From all adversity, From sickness, pain, and sadness, From troubles, cares, and fears, And grant us heav'nly gladness And wipe away our tears. Topics: Watchfulness; Advent 2 Scripture: 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 Used With Tune: ACH GOTT VON HIMMELREICHE

God, We Praise You

Author: C. M. Idle, b. 1938 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 30 hymnals First Line: God, we praise You! God, we bless You Lyrics: 1 God, we praise You! God, we bless You! God, we name You sovereign Lord! Mighty King whom angels worship, Father, by Your church adored: All creation shows Your glory, Heav'n and earth draw near Your throne, Singing "Holy, holy, holy, Lord of hosts, and God alone!" 2 True apostles, faithful prophets, Saints who set their world ablaze, Martyrs, once unknown, unheeded, Join one growing song of praise, while Your church on earth confesses One majestic Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, God, our hope eternally. 3 Jesus Christ, the king of glory, Everlasting Son of God; Humble was Your Virgin Mother, Hard the lonely path You trod: By Your cross is sin defeated, Hell confronted face to face, Heaven opened to believers, Sinners justified by grace. 4 Christ, at God's right hand victorious, You will judge the world You made; Lord, in mercy help Your servants For whose freedom You have paid: Raise us up from dust to glory, Guard us from all sin today. King enthroned above all praises, Save Your people, God, we pray. Topics: Te Deum Used With Tune: NETTLETON

By Grace I'm Saved

Author: C. L Scheidt, 1709-61 Meter: 9.8.9.8.8.8 Appears in 24 hymnals First Line: By grace I'm saved, grace free and boundless Lyrics: 1 By grace I'm saved, grace free and boundless; My soul, believe and doubt it not. Why stagger at this word of promise? Hath Scripture ever falsehood taught? Nay; then this word must true remain; By grace thou, too, shalt heav'n obtain. 2 By grace! None dare lay claim to merit; Our works and conduct have no worth. God in His love sent our Redeemer, Christ Jesus, to this sinful earth; His death did for our sins atone, And we are saved by grace alone. 3 By grace! O mark this word of promise When thou art by thy sins opprest, When Satan plagues thy troubled conscience, And when thy heart is seeking rest. What reason cannot comprehend God by His grace to thee doth send. 4 By grace God's Son, our only Savior, Came down to earth to bear our sin. Was it because of thine own merit That Jesus died thy soul to win? Nay, it was grace, and grace alone, That brought Him from His heav'nly throne. 5 By grace! This ground of faith is certain; So long as God is true, it stands. What saints have penned by inspiration, What in His Word our God commands, What our whole faith must rest upon, Is Grace alone, grace in His Son. 6 By grace! But think not, thou who livest Securely on in godless ways, That thou--though all are called--recevest The promised rest that wakes our praise. No one will find in heav'n a place Who loves to sin and scorns God's grace. 7 By grace! They who have heard this sentence Must bid hypocrisy farewell; For only after true repentance The soul what grace imports can tell: To sin God's grace a trifle seems, To faith it bright with glory beams. 8 By grace to timid hearts that tremble, In tribulation's furnace tried-- By grace, despite all fear and trouble, The Father's heart is open wide. Where could I help and strength secure If grace were not my anchor sure? 9 By grace! On this I'll rest when dying; In Jesus' promise I rejoice; For though I know my heart's condition, I also know my Savior's voice. My heart is glad, all grief has flown Since I am saved by grace alone. 10 By grace! Sin, death, and Satan hearken! I bear my flag of faith in hand And pass--for doubts my joy can't darken-- The Red Sea to the Promised Land. I cling to what my Savior taught And trust it, whether felt or not. Topics: Justified by Grace; Septuagesima Scripture: Ephesians 2:4-9 Used With Tune: O DASS ICH TAUSEND ZUNGEN HÄTTE Text Sources: Tr. composite

This Is the Feast

Author: J. W. Arthur, 1922-80 Meter: Irregular with refrain Appears in 44 hymnals First Line: Worthy is Christ, the Lamb who was slain Refrain First Line: This is the feast of victory for our God Topics: Resurrection Scripture: Isaiah 25:6-9 Used With Tune: FESTIVAL CANTICLE