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Salvation doth to God belong

Author: Philip Doddridge Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 30 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons Thanksgiving and Harvest Home Lyrics: 1 Salvation doth to God belong, His power and grace shall be our song; From Him alone all mercies flow, His arm alone subdues the foe. 2 Then praise this God, who bows His ear Propitious to His people's prayer; And though deliverance He may stay, Yet answers still in His own day. 3 O may this goodness lead our land, Still saved by thine Almighty hand, The tribute of its love to bring To Thee, our Saviour and our King.

Break, new-born year, on glad eyes break

Author: Thomas H. Gill Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 41 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services The New Year Lyrics: 1 Break, new-born year, on glad eyes break, Melodious voices move: On, rolling time! Thou canst not make The Father cease to love. 2 The parted year had winged feet; The Saviour still doth stay: The new year comes; but, Spirit sweet, Thou goest not away. 3 Our hearts in tears may oft run o'er; But, Lord, Thy smile still beams: Our sins are swelling evermore, But pardoning grace still streams. 4 Lord, from this year more service win, More glory, more delight: O make it hours less sad with sin, Its days with Thee more bright! Amen. Used With Tune: NOX PRAECESSIT

We Gather Together

Author: Theodore Baker Meter: 12.11.12.11 Appears in 205 hymnals Topics: Special Times and Seasons Thanksgiving First Line: We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing Lyrics: 1 We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing; He chastens and hastens His will to make known; The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing: Sing praises to His name; He forgets not His own. 2 Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining, Ordaining, maintaining His kingdom divine; So from the beginning the fight we were winning: Thou, Lord, wast at our side-- all glory be Thine! 3 We all do extol Thee, Thou Leader triumphant, And pray that Thou still our Defender wilt be. Let Thy congregation escape tribulation: Thy name be ever praised; O Lord, make us free! Used With Tune: KREMSER Text Sources: Netherlands Folk hymn

Now praise we great and famous men

Author: Rev. William G. Tarrant (1853-1928) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 30 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services Memorial Days Lyrics: 1 Now praise we great and famous men, The fathers named in story; And praise the Lord who now as then Reveals in man His glory. 2 Praise we the wise and brave and strong, Who graced their generation; Who helped the right, and fought the wrong, And made our folk a nation. 3 Praise we the great of heart and mind, The singers sweetly gifted, Whose music like a mighty wind The souls of men uplifted. 4 Praise we the peaceful men of skill Who builded homes of beauty, And, rich in art, made richer still The brotherhood of duty. 5 So praise we great and famous men, The fathers, named in story; And praise the Lord who now as then Reveals in man His glory. Amen. Used With Tune: ACH GOTT UND HERR

O Thou, whose hand has brought us

Author: Rev. Frederick William Goadby Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 23 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services Laying of a Corner Stone Lyrics: 1 O Thou, whose hand hath brought us Unto this joyful day, Accept our glad thanksgiving, And listen as we pray; And may our preparation For this day’s service be With one accord to offer Ourselves, O Lord, to Thee. 2 For this Thy house we praise Thee, Reared at Thine own command, For every generous bosom, And every willing hand; And now within Thy temple Thy glory let us see, For all its strength and beauty Are nothing without Thee. 3 And oft as here we gather, And hearts in worship blend, May truth reveal its power, And fervent prayers ascend; Here may the busy toiler Rise to the things above; The young, the old, be strengthened, And all men learn Thy love. Amen. Used With Tune: DAY OF REST

God Bless Our Native Land

Meter: 6.4.6.4 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons National Festivals First Line: Wakaŋtaŋka waṡte, Uŋkitamakapi Scripture: Psalm 33:12 Used With Tune: AMERICA Text Sources: From "Goodrich & Gilmore Hymnal" by permission of E. P. Dutton & Co.

Thy Mercies

Author: Joseph Addison Appears in 1,012 hymnals Topics: Special Occasions The Seasons First Line: When all thy mercies, O my God! Lyrics: 1 When all thy mercies, O my God! My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view, I'm lost in wonder, love, and praise. 2 Unnumbered comforts to my soul Thy tender care bestowed, Before my infant heart discerned From whom those blessings flowed. 3 Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes these gifts with joy. 4 O, how can words with equal warmth The gratitude declare That glows within my raptured heart? But thou canst read it there. 5 Through all eternity, to thee A joyful song I'll raise: But O, eternity's too short To utter all thy praise! Used With Tune: GENEVA

When in Our Music God Is Glorified

Author: Fred Pratt Green Meter: 10.10.10 with refrain Appears in 86 hymnals Topics: The Church at Worship Special Days, Seasons, Occasions: Praise of God through Music Lyrics: 1 When, in our music, God is glorified, and adoration leaves no room for pride, it is as though the whole creation cried Hallelujah! 2 How often, making music, we have found a new dimension in the world of sound, as worship moved us to a more profound Hallelujah! 3 So has the church in liturgy and song, in faith and love, through centuries of wrong, borne witness to the truth in every tongue, Hallelujah! 4 And did not Jesus sing a psalm that night when utmost evil strove against the light? Then let us sing, for whom he won the fight: Hallelujah! 5 Let every instrument be tuned for praise! Let all rejoice who have a voice to raise! And may God give us faith to sing always Hallelujah! Used With Tune: ENGELBERG

Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow

Author: Thomas Ken Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1,304 hymnals Topics: The Church at Worship Special Days, Seasons, Occasions: Offering Lyrics: Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise God, all creatures high and low; give thanks to God in love made known: Creator, Word, and Spirit, One. Gloire à Dieu, notre Créateur; gloire à Christ, notre Rédempteur; gloire à l'Esprit Consolateur! Louange et gloire à Dieu, Sauveur. Chinese: pu tian zhi dia wan guo wan min, qi sheng zan mei fu zi sheng ling, san wei yi ti, tong rong tong zun, wan you zhi yuan, wan fu zhi ben. Cree: Kain nom mau tooqk Puh tum owh woz Kain nom moo waim uh keeng ab yaiqk Kain nom moo wuh koung kagh tay laiqk Kaiu nom Way gweez mint wauk W'jih joqk! Mohawk: Ron wa sen naiens ne Niio ron wa sen naiens ne non kwe, ron wa sen naiens neh ne ken ron wa sen naiens ro ni ha. Korean: Man-bok-úi kún-won ha-na-nim on paek-sóng ch'an-song tú-ri-go chó ch'ón-sa-yó ch'an-song-ha-se ch'an sang sóng-bu sóng-ja sóng-nyóng Japanese: A-me-tsu-chi ko-zo-ri-te ka-shi-ko-mi ta-ta-e-yo, mi-me-gu-mi a-fu-ru-ru chi-chi-mi-ko mi-ta-ma-o. Spanish: A la Divina Trinidad, todos unido alabad, con alegria, y gratitud, su amor y gracia celebrad. Used With Tune: OLD 100th

For All the Saints

Author: William Walsham How Appears in 583 hymnals Topics: Seasons and Special Occasions First Line: For all the saints, who from their labors rest Used With Tune: SARUM