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Sing, my soul, his wondrous love

Author: Anon. Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 122 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Sing, my soul, his wondrous love, who, from yon bright throne above, ever watchful o'er our race, still to us extends his grace. 2 Heaven and earth by him were made; all is by his scepter swayed; what are we that he should show so much love to us below? 3 God, the merciful and good, bought us with the Savior's blood, and, to make salvation sure, guides us by his Spirit pure. 4 Sing, my soul, adore his Name! Let his glory be thy theme: praise him till he calls thee home; trust his love for all to come. Topics: Jesus Christ our Lord Used With Tune: ST. BEES

Let saints on earth in concert sing

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 176 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Let saints on earth in concert sing with those who work is done; for all the servants of our King in heaven and earth are one. 2 One family, we dwell in him, one Church, above, beneath, though now divided by the stream, the narrow stream of death. 3 One army of the living God, to his command we bow; part of the host have crossed the flood, and part are crossing now. 4 E'en now by faith we join our hands with those that went before, and greet the ever-living bands on the eternal shore. 5 Jesus, be thou our constant Guide; then, when the word is given, bid Jordan's narrow stream divide, and bring us safe to heaven. Topics: The Church Used With Tune: DUNDEE

Blest are the pure in heart

Author: John Keble, 1792-1866; William John Hall, 1793-1861 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 403 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Blest are the pure in heart, for they shall see our God; the secret of the Lord is theirs, their soul is Christ's abode. 2 The Lord, who left the heavens our life and peace to bring, to dwell in lowliness with us, our pattern and our King; 3 he to the lowly soul will still himself impart and for his dwelling and his throne will choose the pure in heart. 4 Lord, we thy presence seek; may ours this blessing be; give us a pure and lowly heart, a temple fit for thee. Topics: The Christian Life Used With Tune: FRANCONIA

O say can you see, by the dawn's early light

Author: Francis Scott Key, 1779-1843 Meter: Irregular Appears in 447 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O say can you see, by the dawn's early light, what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, o'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? 2 O thus be it ever, when free men shall stand between their loved homes and the war's desolation! Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation! Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, and this be our motto, "In God is our trust." And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! Topics: National Songs Used With Tune: NATIONAL ANTHEM

Jesu, Jesu, fill us with your love

Author: Thomas Stevenson Colvin, b. 1925 Meter: Irregular Appears in 64 hymnals First Line: Kneels at the feet of his friends Lyrics: Refrain: Jesu, Jesu, fill us with your love, show us how to serve the neighbors we have from you. 1 Kneels at the feet of his friends, silently washes their feet, Master who acts as a slave to them. [Refrain] 2 Neighbors are rich and poor, neighbors are black and white, neighbors are nearby and far away. [Refrain] 3 These are the ones we should serve, these are the ones we should love. All are neighbors to us and you. [Refrain] 4 Loving puts us on our knees, serving as though we are slaves; this is the way we should live with you. [Refrain] Topics: Christian Responsibility Used With Tune: CHEREPONI [JESU, JESU] Text Sources: Ghanaian

Virgin-born, we bow before thee

Author: Reginald Heber, 1783-1826 Meter: 8.8.7.7 D Appears in 34 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Virgin-born, we bow before thee: blessed was the womb that bore thee; Mary, Mother meek and mild, blessed was she in her Child. Blessed was the breast that fed thee; blessed was the hand that led thee; blessed was the parent's eye that watched thy slumbering infancy. 2. Blessed she by all creation, who brought forth the world's salvation, and blessed they, for ever blest, who love thee most and serve thee best. Virgin-born, we bow before thee; blessed was the womb that bore thee; Mary, Mother meek and mild, blessed was she in her Child. Topics: Holy Days and Various Occasions The Presentation (February 2) Used With Tune: PSALM 86

From heaven above to earth I come

Author: Martin Luther, 1483-1546 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 149 hymnals Used With Tune: VON HIMMEL HOCH Text Sources: Lutheran Book of Worship, 1978 (tr.)

Lord Jesus, think on me

Author: Synesius of Cyrene, 375?-414?; Allen William Chatfield, 1808-1896 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 134 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lord Jesus, think on me, and purge away my sin; from harmful passions set me free, and make me pure within. 2 Lord Jesus, think on me, with care and woe oppressed; let me thy loving servant be, and taste thy promised rest. 3 Lord Jesus, think on me, nor let me go astray; through darkness and perplexity point thou the heavenly way. 4 Lord Jesus, think on me, that, when the flood is passed, I may the eternal brightness see, and share thy joy at last. Topics: The Christian Life Used With Tune: SOUTHWELL

The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended

Author: John Ellerton, 1826-1893 Meter: 9.8.9.8 Appears in 294 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended, the darkness falls at thy behest; to thee our morning hymns ascended, thy praise shall sanctify our rest. 2 We thank thee that thy Church, unsleeping while earth rolls onward into light, through all the world her watch is keeping and rests not now by day or night. 3 As o’er each continent and island the dawn leads on another day, the voice of prayer is never silent, nor dies the strain of praise away. 4 So be it, Lord; thy throne shall never, like earth’s proud empires, pass away: thy kingdom stands, and grows forever, till all thy creatures own thy sway. Used With Tune: ST. CLEMENT

Teach me, my God and King

Author: George Herbert, 1593-1633 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 267 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Teach me, my God and King, in all things thee to see, and what I do in anything, to do it as for thee. 2 All may of thee partake; nothing can be so mean, which with this tincture, "for thy sake," will not grow bright and clean. 3 A servant with this clause makes drudgery divine: who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, makes that and the action fine. 4 This is the famous stone that turneth all to gold; for that which God doth touch and own cannot for less be told. Topics: Christian Responsibility Used With Tune: CARLISLE