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'Lift up your hearts!' We lift them, Lord, to thee

Author: Henry Montagu Butler, 1833-1918 Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 71 hymnals Lyrics: 1 'Lift up your hearts!' We lift them, Lord, to thee; Here at thy feet none other may we see: 'Lift up your hearts!' E'en so, with one accord, we lift them up, we lift them to the Lord. 2 Above the level of the former years, The mire of sin, the slough of guilty fears, The mist of doubt, the blight of love's decay, O Lord of Light, lift all our hearts to-day! 3 Above the swamps of subterfuge and shame, The deeds, the thoughts, that honour may not name, The halting tongue that dares not tell the whole, O Lord of Truth, lift every Christian soul! 4 Lift every gift that thou thyself hast given: Low lies the best till lifted up to heaven: Low lie the bounding heart, the teeming brain, Till, sent from God, they mount to God again. 5 Then, as the trumpet-call, in after years, 'Lift up your hearts!' rings pealing in our ears, Still shall those hearts respond, with full accord, 'We lift them up, we lift them to the Lord!' Used With Tune: ALL SOULS

How shall I sing that majesty

Author: John Mason, c. 1645-1694 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 42 hymnals Lyrics: 1 How shall I sing that majesty Which angels do admire? Let dust in dust and silence lie; Sing, sing, ye heavenly choir. Thousands of thousands stand around Thy throne, O God most high; Ten thousand times ten thousand sound Thy praise; but who am I? 2 Thy brightness unto them appears, Whilst I thy footsteps trace; A sound of God comes to my ears, But they behold thy face. They sing because thou art their Sun; Lord, send a beam on me; For where heaven is but once begun There alleluyas be. 3 Enlighten with faith’s light my heart, Inflame it with love’s fire; Then shall I sing and bear a part With that celestial choir. I shall, I fear, be dark and cold, With all my fire and light; Yet when thou dost accept their gold, Lord, treasure up my mite. 4 How great a being, Lord, is thine, Which doth all beings keep! Thy knowledge is the only line To sound so vast a deep. Thou art a sea without a shore, A sun without a sphere; Thy time is now and evermore, Thy place is everywhere. Topics: Trinity Sunday Used With Tune: THIRD MODE MELODY

God is Love: let heav'n adore him

Author: Timothy Rees, 1874-1939 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 34 hymnals Lyrics: 1 God is Love: let heav'n adore him; God is Love: let earth rejoice; Let creation sing before him, And exalt him with one voice. He who laid the earth's foundation, He who spread the heav'ns above, He who breathes through all creation, He is Love, eternal Love. 2 God is Love: and he enfoldeth All the world in one embrace; With unfailing grasp he holdeth Every child of every race. And when human hearts are breaking Under sorrow's iron rod, Then they find that selfsame aching Deep within the heart of God. 3 God is Love: and though With blindness Sin afflicts the souls of men, God's eternal loving-kindness Holds and guides them even then. Sin and death and hell shall never o'er us final triumph gain; God is Love, so Love for ever O'er the universe must reign. Used With Tune: DOME ALLEY

Come rejoicing

Appears in 7 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Come rejoicing, Faithful men, with rapture singing Alleluya! 2 Monarchs' Monarch, From a holy maiden springing, Mighty wonder! 3 Angel of the Counsel here, Sun from star he doth appear, Born of maiden: 4 He a sun who knows no night, She a star whose paler light Fadeth never. 5 As a star its kindred ray, Mary doth her Child display, Like in nature; 6 Still undimmed the star shines on, And the maiden bears a Son, Pure as ever. 7 Lebanon his cedar tall To the hyssop on the wall Lowly bendeth; 8 From the highest, him we name Word of God, to human frame Now descendeth. 9 Yet the synagogue denied What Esaias had descried: Blindness fell upon the guide. 10 If her prophets speak in vain, Let her heed a gentile strain, And, from mystic Sybil, gain Light and leading. 11 No longer then delay, Hear what the Scriptures say, Why be cast away A race forlorn? 12 Turn and this Child behold, That very Son, of old In God's writ foretold, A maid hath borne. Topics: Christmas Sequence Used With Tune: LAETABUNDUS Text Sources: 11th century or earlier

Hail, Easter bright, in glory dight!

Author: G. R. Woodward, 1848-1934 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: The Christian Year Eastertide Used With Tune: SOUTHWOLD Text Sources: Daniel's Thesaurus Hymnologicus, c. 1530

Glory to thee, who safe hast kept

Author: Thomas Ken, 1637-1711 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 13 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Glory to thee, who safe hast kept And hast refreshed me whilst I slept; Grant, Lord, when I from death shall wake I may of endless light partake. 2 Wake, and lift up thyself, my heart, And with the angels bear thy part, Who all night long unwearied sing High praise to the eternal King. 3 Lord, I my vows to thee renew; Scatter my sins as morning dew; Guard my first springs of thought and will, And with thyself my spirit fill. 4 Direct, control, suggest, this day All I design, or do, or say; That all my powers, with all their might, In thy sole glory may unite. 5 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow, Praise him all creatures here below, Praise him above, y heavenly host, Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen. Topics: Times and Seasons Morning Used With Tune: ST BENET

Beyond all mortal praise

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926 Meter: 6.6.6.6.4.4.4.4 Appears in 4 hymnals Used With Tune: MARLBOROUGH GATE

Glory in the highest

Author: Christopher Idle, b. 1938 Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Appears in 9 hymnals Used With Tune: CUDDESDON Text Sources: Gloria in excelsis

The Sursum Corda

Appears in 35 hymnals First Line: The Lord be with you Lyrics: The Lord be with you. And also with you. Or: The Lord is here. His Spirit is with us. Lift up your hearts. We lift them to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give him thanks and praise. Topics: The Order for Holy Communion Rite A Used With Tune: [The Lord be with you]

Now in holy celebration

Author: Laurence Housman, 1865-1959 Appears in 6 hymnals Topics: The Visitation May 31st; Office Hymn; The Christian Year Festivals and Other Holy Days: Proper Used With Tune: URBS BEATA Text Sources: Latin, 15th century