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Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones

Author: J. Athelstan L. Riley (1858-1945) Meter: 8.8.8.8 with alleluias Appears in 108 hymnals Topics: Praise of God Lyrics: 1 Ye watchers and ye holy ones, bright seraphs, cherubim, and thrones, raise the glad strain, alleluia! Cry out, dominions, princedoms, powers, virtues, archangels, angels' choirs: alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! 2 O higher than the cherubim, more glorious than the seraphim, lead their praises, alleluia! Thou bearer of the eternal Word, most gracious, magnify the Lord, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! 3 Respond, ye souls in endless rest, ye patriarchs and prophets blest, alleluia, alleluia! Ye holy twelve, ye martyrs strong, all saints triumphant, raise the song: alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! 4 O friends, in gladness let us sing supernal anthems echoing: alleluia, alleluia! To God the Father, God the Son, and God the Spirit, Three-in-One, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! Scripture: Deuteronomy 33:1-4 Used With Tune: LASST UNS ERFREUEN

This Is the Day the Lord Hath Made

Author: Isaac Watts (1674-1748) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 591 hymnals Topics: Praise of God Lyrics: 1 This is the day the Lord hath made, its hours to God are known; let heaven rejoice, let earth be glad, and praise surround the throne. 2 Today Christ rose and left the dead, and Satan's empire fell; today the saints his triumph spread, and all his wonders tell. 3 Hosanna to the anointed King, to David's holy Son! Help us, O Lord; descend and bring salvation from thy throne. 4 Hosanna in the highest strains the church on earth can raise; the highest heavens in which he reigns shall give him nobler praise. Scripture: Psalm 96 Used With Tune: IRISH

Day Is Dying in the West

Author: Mary A. Lathbury Appears in 558 hymnals Topics: Praise of God Refrain First Line: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts! Lyrics: 1 Day is dying in the west, Heav'n is touching earth with rest; Wait and worship while the night Sets her evening lamps alight Through all the sky. Refrain: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts! Heav'n and earth are full of Thee! Heav'n and earth are praising Thee, O Lord Most High! 2 Lord of life, beneath the dome Of the universe, Thy home, Gather us, who seek Thy face, To the fold of Thy embrace, For Thou art nigh. (Refrain) 3 While the deep'ning shadows fall, Heart of Love, enfolding all, Through the glory and the grace Of the stars that veil Thy face, Our hearts ascend. (Refrain) 4 When forever from our sight Pass the stars, the day, the night, Lord of angels, on our eyes Let eternal morning rise, And shadows end. (Refrain) Amen. Used With Tune: [Day is dying in the west]

Amazing Grace

Author: Josephine S. (Konwenne) Day (1905-); John Newton (1725-1807); James Settee (1910-); Benjamin T. Arreak (1947-) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,430 hymnals Topics: Praise of God First Line: Amazing grace! how sweet the sound Lyrics: 1 Amazing grace! How sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found: was blind, but now I see. 2 'Twas grace first taught my heart to fear and grace my fears relieved; how precious did that grace appear the hour I first believed! 3 The Lord has promised good to me, his word my hope secures; he will my shield and portion be as long as life endures. 4 Through many dangers, toils, and snares, I have already come; 'tis grace that brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home. 5 When we've been there ten thousand years bright shining as the sun, we've no less days to sing God's praise than when we'd first begun. Mohawk: 1 Ioh ne ra a kwat ra o ten raht Ne se wa ah gsia tah kwen Wa ka a tsia a tah ton ha tie es kwe Ses ha tsia a tah tsen rion. 2 Ra o ten en raht ne wa kro ri Iah te se e wak te rons Ne se a ka at ka toh ra o ten en raht Oni son tah keh tah kwe. 3 Eso te e wa ka to hets ton Tsi non ni i iot te ron, Ra oh o ten en raht se wak ne ren en shon Ra on ten raht wa ka wi. 4 No nen tho o non ien te wa we Tsi non te e tsios we te, Ten tsi i te e wa ri wa a kwa a se En tsi te wa sen na ien. Ojibway: 1 Kihcishawencikewin Kaapimaaci' ikoyaan Ninkakippiinkwenaapan hsa Nookom itahsh niwaap 2 Ninkiihsekis imaa nte 'ink Oshawencikewin tahsh Ninkii 'oncipisaa' nentam Ehtepweyentamaan. Scripture: Exodus 19:1-8 Used With Tune: NEW BRITAIN Text Sources: Ojibway translation Voices United, 1996; St. 5, A Collection of Sacred Ballads, Richmond, 1790

God moves in a mysterious way

Author: William Cowper Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,131 hymnals Topics: The Praise of God In his works Used With Tune: LONDON NEW

We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing

Author: Theodore Baker; Anonymous Meter: 12.11.12.11 Appears in 201 hymnals Topics: The Praise of God In his works Used With Tune: KREMSER

Ye Boundless Realms of Joy

Author: Nahum Tate (1652-1715); Nicholas Brady (1659-1726) Meter: 6.6.6.6.4.4.4.4 Appears in 160 hymnals Topics: Praise of God Lyrics: 1 Ye boundless realms of joy, exalt your Maker's fame, his praise your song employ above the starry frame; your voices raise, ye cherubim and seraphim, to sing his praise. 2 Thou moon, that rulest the night, and sun, that guidest the day, ye glittering stars of light, to him your homage pay. His praise declare, ye heavens above, and clouds that move in liquid air. 3 Let them adore the Lord, and praise his holy name, by whose almighty Word they all from nothing came; and all shall last from changes free; his firm decree stands ever fast. 4 United zeal be shown his wondrous fame to raise, whose glorious name alone deserves our endless praise; earth's utmost ends his power obey; his glorious sway the sky transcends. Scripture: Psalm 148 Used With Tune: CROFT'S 136TH

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

Author: Isaac Watts (1674-1748) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 2,000 hymnals Topics: Praise of God Lyrics: 1 When I survey the wondrous cross on which the Prince of glory died, my richest gain I count but loss, and pour contempt on all my pride. 2 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, save in the cross of Christ, my God; all the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood. 3 See, from his head, his hands, his feet, sorrow and love flow mingled down; did e’er such love and sorrow meet, or thorns compose so rich a crown? 4 Were the whole realm of nature mine, that were an offering far too small; love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all. Scripture: Numbers 21:4-9 Used With Tune: ROCKINGHAM

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

Author: Gerard Moultrie (1829-1885) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 172 hymnals Topics: Praise of God Lyrics: 1 Let all mortal flesh keep silence, and with fear and trembling stand; ponder nothing earthly-minded, for with blessing in his hand Christ our God to us approacheth, our full homage to demand. 2 King of kings, yet born of Mary, as of old on earth he stood, Lord of lords, in human vesture, in the body and the blood, he will give to all the faithful his own self for heavenly food. 3 Rank on rank the host of heaven spreads its vanguard on the way, as the Light of light descendeth from the realms of endless day, that the powers of hell may vanish as the darkness clears away. 4 At his feet the six-winged seraph, cherubim with sleepless eye veil their faces to the presence, as with ceaseless voice they cry, "Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, Lord most high!" Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-8 Used With Tune: PICARDY Text Sources: The Liturgy of St. James

Alleluia! Sing to Jesus

Author: William Chatterton Dix (1837-1898) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 214 hymnals Topics: Praise of God Lyrics: 1 Alleluia! Sing to Jesus! His the sceptre, his the throne; alleluia! his the triumph, his the victory alone. Hark! The songs of peaceful Zion thunder like a mighty flood; Jesus, out of every nation, hath redeemed us by his blood. 2 Alleluia! Not as orphans are we left in sorrow now; alleluia! he is near us, faith believes, nor questions how. Though the cloud from sight received him, when the forty days were o'er, shall our hearts forget his promise, "I am with you evermore"? 3 Alleluia! Bread of Heaven, thou on earth our food, our stay: alleluia! here the sinful flee to thee from day to day; Intercessor, Friend of sinners, earth's Redeemer, plead for me, where the songs of all the sinless sweep across the crystal sea. 4 Alleluia! King eternal, thee the Lord of lords we own: Alleluia! born of Mary, earth thy footstool, heaven thy throne. Thou within the veil hast entered, robed in flesh, our great high priest: thou on earth both priest and victim in the eucharistic feast. 5 Alleluia! Sing to Jesus! His the sceptre, his the throne; alleluia! his the triumph, his the victory alone. Hark! The songs of peaceful Zion thunder like a mighty flood; Jesus, out of every nation, hath redeemed us by his blood. Scripture: Psalm 68 Used With Tune: HYFRYDOL