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Rejoice, All Ye Believers

Author: Laurentius Laurentii; Mrs. Sarah (Borthwick) Findlater Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 332 hymnals Topics: Names and Office of Christ Sun Lyrics: 1 Rejoice, all ye believers, And let your lights appear! The evening is advancing, And darker night is near. The Bridegroom is arising, And soon He draweth nigh. Up, watch, and pray, and wrestle,-- At midnight comes the cry! 2 The watchers on the mountain Proclaim the Bridegroom near; Go meet Him as He cometh, With hallelujahs clear. The marriage feast is waiting, The gates wide open stand; Up, up ye heirs of glory, The Bridegroom is at hand! 3 Ye saints, who here in patience Your cross and sufferings bore, Shall live and reign forever, When sorrow is no more. Around the throne of glory The Lamb ye shall behold, In triumph cast before Him Your diadems of gold! 4 Our Hope and Expectation, O Jesus, now appear; Arise, Thou Sun so longed for, O'er this benighted sphere! With hearts and hands uplifted, We plead, O Lord, to see The day of earth's redemption That brings us unto Thee! Amen. Scripture: Matthew 25:1-13 Used With Tune: HAF TRONES LAMPA FÄRDIG

Come, O Thou Traveller unknown

Author: C. Wesley, 1707-1788 Appears in 294 hymnals Topics: Sun Of Righteousness Lyrics: 1 Come, O Thou Traveller unknown, Whom still I hold, but cannot see! My company before is gone, And I am left alone with Thee; With Thee all night I mean to stay, And wrestle till the break of day. 2 I need not tell Thee who I am, My misery and sin declare; Thyself hast called me by my name, Look on Thy hands, and read it there; But who, I ask Thee, who art Thou? Tell me Thy name, and tell me now. 3 In vain Thou strugglest to get free, I never will unloose my hold! Art Thou the man that died for me? The secret of Thy love unfold; Wrestling, I will not let Thee go, Till I Thy name, Thy nature know. 4 Wilt Thou not yet to me reveal Thy new, unutterable name? Tell me, I still beseech Thee, tell; To know it now resolved I am; Wrestling, I will not let Thee go, Till I Thy name, Thy nature know. 5 'Tis Love! 'tis Love! Thou diest for me! I hear Thy whisper in my heart; The morning breaks, the shadows flee, Pure, universal love Thou art: To me, to all, Thy mercies move, Thy nature and Thy name is Love. Used With Tune: CAREY'S

For all thy saints, O Lord

Author: Richard Mant (1776-1848) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 160 hymnals Topics: All Saints' (Sun)day Year C Lyrics: 1 For all thy saints, O Lord, who strove in thee to live, who followed thee, obeyed, adored, our grateful hymn receive. 2 For all thy saints, O Lord, who strove in thee to die, and found in thee a full reward, accept our thankful cry. 3 Thine earthly members fit to join thy saints above, in one communion ever knit, one fellowship of love. 4 Jesu, thy name we bless, and humbly pray that we may follow them in holiness, who lived and died for thee. 5 All might, all praise, be thine, Father, co-equal Son, and Spirit, bond of love divine, while endless ages run. Scripture: Hebrews 11:32-40 Used With Tune: MOUNT EPHRAIM

Thee Will I Love, My Strength, My Tower

Author: Johann Scheffler Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 166 hymnals Topics: Names and Office of Christ Sun First Line: Thee will I love, my Strength, my Tow'r Lyrics: 1 Thee will I love, my Strength, my Tow'r, Thee will I love, my Joy, my Crown; Thee will I love with all my pow'r, In all Thy works, and Thee alone; Thee will I love, till Thy pure fire Fill all my soul with chaste desire. 2 I thank Thee, uncreated Sun, That Thy bright beams on me have shined; I thank Thee, who hast overthrown My foes, and healed my wounded mind; I thank Thee, whose enlivening voice Bids my freed heart in Thee rejoice. 3 Uphold me in the doubtful race, Nor suffer me again to stray; Strengthen my feet with steady pace Still to press forward in Thy way; That all my powers, with all their might, In Thy sole glory may unite. 4 Thee will I love, my Joy, my Crown; Thee will I love, my Lord, my God; Thee love beneath Thy smile or frown, Beneath Thy scepter or Thy rod. What though my flesh and heart decay? Thee shall I love in endless day. Amen. Used With Tune: PATER OMNIUM

O one with God the Father

Author: William W. How Appears in 64 hymnals Topics: Christ Sun of Righteousness Lyrics: 1 O one with God the Father In majesty and might, The brightness of His glory, Eternal Light of light; O'er this our home of darkness Thy rays are streaming now; The shadows flee before Thee, The world's true Light art Thou. 2 Yet, Lord, we see but darkly:-- O heavenly Light, arise, Dispel these mists that shroud us, And hide Thee from our eyes! We long to track the footprints That Thou Thyself hast trod: We long to see the pathway That leads to Thee, our God. 3 O Jesus, shine around us With radiance of Thy grace; O Jesus, turn upon us The brightness of Thy face. We need no star to guide us, As on our way we press, If Thou Thy light vouchsafest, O Sun of righteousness. Amen. Used With Tune: AURELIA

The Race That Long in Darkness Pined

Author: John Morison Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 221 hymnals Topics: Names and Office of Christ Sun Lyrics: 1 The race that long in darkness pined Have seen a glorious Light; The people dwell in day who dwelt In death’s surrounding night. 2 To hail Thy rising, better Sun, The gath'ring nations come, Joyous as when the reapers bear The harvest treasures home. 3 For Thou our burden hast removed, And quelled the oppressor’s sway, Quick as the slaughtered squadrons fell In Midian’s evil day. 4 To us a Child of Hope is born, To us a Son is given; Him shall the tribes of earth obey, Him all the hosts of heaven. 5 His Name shall be the Prince of Peace, For evermore adored; The Wonderful, the Counsellor, The great and mighty Lord. 6 His power increasing still shall spread, His reign no end shall know: Justice shall guard His throne above, And peace abound below. Amen. Scripture: Isaiah 9:2-7 Used With Tune: ST. LEONARD (SMART)

Come unto Me, ye weary

Author: William Chatterton Dix, 1837- Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 256 hymnals Topics: Christ Sun Used With Tune: VOX JESU

Lo, round the throne, a glorious band

Author: Rowland Hill (1744-1833) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 93 hymnals Topics: All Saints' (Sun)day Year B Lyrics: 1 Lo, round the throne, a glorious band, the saints in countless myriads stand, of every tongue redeemed to God, arrayed in garments washed in blood. 2 Through tribulation great they came; they bore the cross, despised the shame; from all their labours now they rest, in God's eternal glory blest. 3 They see their Saviour face to face, and sing the triumphs of his grace; him day and night they ceaseless praise, to him the loud thanksgiving raise: 4 'Worthy the Lamb, for sinners slain, through endless years to live and reign; thou hast redeemed us by thy blood, and made us kings and priests to God.' 5 O may we tread the sacred road that saints and holy martyrs trod; wage to the end the glorious strife, and win, like them, a crown of life. Scripture: John 1:29 Used With Tune: DEUS TUORUM MILITUM

For all the saints who from their labours rest

Author: William Walsham How (1823-1867) Meter: 10.10.10 wiht alleluias Appears in 583 hymnals Topics: All Saints' (Sun)day Year A; All Saints' (Sun)day Year B; All Saints' (Sun)day Year C Lyrics: 1 For all the saints who from their labours rest, who thee by faith before the world confessed, thy name, O Jesu, be for ever blest. Alleluia. 2 Thou wast their rock, their fortress, and their might; thou, Lord, their Captain in the well-fought fight; thou, in the darkness, still their one true light. Alleluia. 3 O may thy soldiers, faithful, true, and bold, fight as the saints who nobly fought of old, and win, with them, the victor's crown of gold. Alleluia. 4 O bl est communion, fellowship divine! we feebly struggle, they in glory shine; yet all are one in thee, for all are thine. Alleluia. 5 And when the strife is fierce, the warfare long, steals on the ear the distant triumph-song, and hearts are brave again, and arms are strong. Alleluia. 6 The golden evening brightens in the west; soon, soon to faithful warriors comes their rest: sweet is the calm of paradise the blest. Alleluia. 7 But lo, there breaks a yet more glorious day; the saints triumphant rise in bright array: the King of glory passes on his way. Alleluia. 8 From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest coast, through gates of pearl streams in the countless host, singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost Alleluia. Scripture: Psalm 62:2 Used With Tune: SINE NOMINE

Blest are the pure in heart

Author: John Keble (1792-1866) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 403 hymnals Topics: All Saints' (Sun)day Year A 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 men, their pattern and their King; 3 Still to the lowly soul he doth himself impart, and for his dwelling and his throne chooseth the pure in heart. 4 Lord, we thy presence seek; may ours this blessing be; give us a pure and lowly heart, a temple meet for thee. Scripture: Isaiah 57:15 Used With Tune: FRANCONIA