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Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates!

Author: Georg Weissel; Catherine Winkworth Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 274 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates! Behold, the King of glory waits; the King of kings is drawing near, the Savior of the world is here. 2 A helper just he comes to thee, his chariot is humility, his kingly crown is holiness, his scepter, pity in distress. 3 O blest the land, the city blest, where Christ the Ruler is confessed! O happy hearts and happy homes to whom this King in triumph comes! 4 Fling wide the portals of your heart; make it a temple, set apart from earthly use for heav'n's employ, adorned with prayer and love and joy. 5 Redeemer, come! I open wide my heart to thee; here, Lord, abide! Let me thy inner presence feel; thy grace and love in me reveal. 6 So come, my Sovereign, enter in! Let new and nobler life begin! Thy Holy Spirit, guide us on, until the glorious crown be won. Topics: Jesus Christ His Advent; Christ Kingly Office of; Christ Love and Grace of; Family Worship; The Nation Scripture: Psalm 24 Used With Tune: TRURO

Dare to Be a Daniel!

Author: Philip P. Bliss Meter: 7.5.7.6 with refrain Appears in 137 hymnals First Line: Standing by a purpose true Lyrics: 1 Standing by a purpose true, heeding God's command, honor them, the faithful few! All hail to Daniel's band! Refrain: Dare to be a Daniel! Dare to stand alone! Dare to have a purpose firm! Dare to make it known! 2 Many mighty men are lost, daring not to stand, who for God had been a host by joining Daniel's band. [Refrain] 3 Many giants, great and tall, stalking through the land, headlong to the earth would fall, if met by Daniel's band. [Refrain] 4 Hold the gospel banner high; on to vict'ry grand; Satan and his host defy, and shout for Daniel's band. [Refrain] Topics: The Christian Life Christian Warfare; Conflict With Sin Scripture: Daniel 6:13-16 Used With Tune: DANIEL

All Things Bright and Beautiful

Author: Cecil F. Alexander Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 325 hymnals First Line: Each little flower that opens Lyrics: Refrain: All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful, the Lord God made them all. 1 Each little flow'r that opens, each little bird that sings, he made their glowing colors, he made their tiny wings. [Refrain] 2 The purple-headed mountain, the river running by, the sunset and the morning that brightens up the sky. [Refrain] 3 The cold wind in the winter, the pleasant summer sun, the ripe fruits in the garden, he made them, ev'ry one. [Refrain] 4 The tall trees in the greenwood, the meadows where we play, the flowers by the water we gather ev'ry day. [Refrain] 5 He gave us eyes to see them, and lips that we might tell how great is God Almighty, who has made all things well. [Refrain] Topics: God's Work Creation; God in Nature Scripture: Genesis 1:31 Used With Tune: ROYAL OAK

You Righteous, in the Lord Rejoice

Meter: 8.8.6 D Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: 1 You righteous, in the Lord rejoice; it well becomes the good man's voice to sing Jehovah's praise. With harp and hymn of gladness sing, your gift of sweetest music bring, to him a new song raise. 2 For upright is Jehovah's word; and all the doings of the Lord in faithfulness are wrought. In justice and in judgment right the Lord does ever take delight; with goodness earth is fraught. 3 Jehovah's word the heav'ns has made, and all the host of them arrayed his breath has caused to be. He rolls the waters heap on heap; he stores away the mighty deep in garners of the sea. 4 Let all the earth Jehovah fear, let all that dwell both far and near in awe before him stand; for, lo, he spoke and it was done, and all, with sovereign pow'r begun, stood fast at his command. 5 He makes the nations' counsels vain, the plans the peoples would maintain are thwarted by his hand. Jehovah's counsel stands secure, his purposes of heart endure, forevermore they stand. 6 O truly is the nation blessed whose God, before the world confessed, Jehovah is alone; and blessed the people are whom he has made his heritage to be, and chosen for his own. Topics: God His Power; Church Covenant People; Fear of God; God Incomprehensibility of; God Praise of; God Sovereignty of ; The Nation Scripture: Psalm 33:1-12 Used With Tune: OLD 113TH Text Sources: compiled from several sources; mod.

When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder

Author: James M. Black, 1856-1938 Meter: Irregular Appears in 445 hymnals First Line: When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound and time shall be no more Lyrics: 1 When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound and time shall be no more, and the morning breaks, eternal, bright and fair; when the saved of earth shall gather over on the other shore, and the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there. Refrain: When the roll is called up yonder, when the roll is called up yonder, when the roll is called up yonder, when the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there. 2 On that bright and cloudless morning when the dead in Christ shall rise, and the glory of his resurrection share; when his chosen ones shall gather to their home beyond the skies, and the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there. [Refrain] 3 Let us labor for the Master from the dawn till setting sun, let us talk of all his wondrous love and care; then when all of life is over, and our work on earth is done, and the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there. [Refrain] Topics: The Way of Salvation The Resurrection and Everlasting Life; Blessed Hope; Resurrection of Believers Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Used With Tune: ROLL CALL

Sometimes a Light Surprises

Author: William Cowper Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 407 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Sometimes a light surprises the Christian while he sings; it is the Lord, who rises with healing in his wings: when comforts are declining, he grants the soul again a season of clear shining, to cheer it after rain. 2 In holy contemplation we sweetly then pursue the theme of God's salvation, and find it ever new; set free from present sorrow, we cheerfully can say, "Let the unknown tomorrow bring with it what it may." 3 It can bring with it nothing but he will bear us through; who gives the lilies clothing will clothe his people too: beneath the spreading heavens no creature but is fed; and he who feeds the ravens will give his children bread. 4 Though vine nor fig tree neither their wonted fruit shall bear, though all the field should wither, nor flocks nor herds be there; yet God the same abiding, his praise shall tune my voice, for, while in him confiding, I cannot but rejoice. Topics: Trust in God; The Christian Life God's Refreshing Grace; Opening and Closing of the Year; Peace and Joy; Tribulation and Suffering Prayer in Scripture: Habakkuk 3:17-18 Used With Tune: BENTLEY

Spirit of the Living God

Author: Daniel Iverson Meter: Irregular Appears in 104 hymnals Topics: Service Music Prayers; Holy Spirit Descent of Scripture: Ephesians 3:19 Used With Tune: IVERSON

A Few More Years Shall Roll

Author: Horatius Bonar Meter: 6.6.8.6 D Appears in 382 hymnals Refrain First Line: O wash me in thy precious blood Lyrics: 1 A few more years shall roll, a few more seasons come, and we shall be with those that rest asleep within the tomb: then, O my Lord, prepare my soul for that great day; Refrain: O wash me in thy precious blood, and take my sins away. 2 A few more storms shall beat on this wild rocky shore, and we shall be where tempests cease, and surges swell no more: then, O my Lord, prepare my soul for that calm day; [Refrain] 3 A few more Sabbaths here shall cheer us on our way, and we shall reach the endless rest, th'eternal Sabbath day: then, O my Lord, prepare my soul for that sweet day; [Refrain] 4 'Tis but a little while, and he shall come again who died that we might live, who lives that we with him may reign: then, O my Lord, prepare my soul for that glad day; [Refrain] Topics: The Way of Salvation The Resurrection and Everlasting Life; Forgiveness of Sins; Life Brevity of; Opening and Closing of the Year Scripture: Psalm 102:11 Used With Tune: LEOMINSTER

My God, How Wonderful Thou Art

Author: Frederick W. Faber Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 344 hymnals Lyrics: 1 My God, how wonderful thou art, thy majesty how bright! How beautiful thy mercy seat, in depths of burning light! 2 Wondrous are thine eternal years, O everlasting Lord, by holy angels day and night unceasingly adored! 3 O how I fear thee, living God, with deepest, tend'rest fears, and worship thee with trembling hope, and penitential tears. 4 Yet I may love thee too, O Lord, almighty as thou art; for thou hast stooped to ask of me the love of my poor heart. 5 No earthly father loves like thee, no mother half so mild bears and forbears, as thou hast done with me, thy sinful child. 6 How wonderful, how beautiful, the sight of thee will be, thine endless wisdom, boundless pow'r, and awesome purity! Topics: God Majesty of; God His Being; Beauty of Christ of God; Fear of God; God Eternity of ; God Immutability of; God Incomprehensibility of; God Love and Grace of; Heaven Worship in ; Reverence Scripture: Psalm 113 Used With Tune: ST. ETHELDREDA

O Quickly Come, Dread Judge of All

Author: Lawrence Tuttiett Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 82 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O quickly come, dread Judge of all; for, awful though thine advent be, all shadows from the truth will fall, and falsehood die, in sight of thee: O quickly come, for doubt and fear like clouds dissolve when thou art near. 2 O quickly come, great King of all; reign all around us and within; let sin no more our souls enthrall, let pain and sorrow die with sin: O quickly come, for thou alone canst make thy scattered people one. 3 O quickly come, true Life of all, for death is mighty all around; on ev'ry home his shadows fall, on ev'ry heart his mark is found: O quickly come, for grief and pain can never cloud thy glorious reign. 4 O quickly come, sure Light of all, for gloomy night broods o'er our way; and weakly souls begin to fall with weary watching for the day: O quickly come, for round thy throne no eye is blind, no night is known. Topics: Blessed Hope; Christ Kingly Office of; Death Conquered; Unity of Believers; Jesus Christ His Second Coming and Judgment Scripture: Revelation 22:12 Used With Tune: MELITA