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"Day is dying"

Author: Mary A. Lathbury Appears in 582 hymnals Topics: Close of Service First Line: Day is dying in the West Refrain First Line: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts! Lyrics: 1 Day is dying in the West; Heaven is touching earth with rest: Wait and worship while the night Sets her evening lamps alight Through all the sky. Chorus: 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. [Chorus] Used With Tune: EVENING PRAISE

For the mercies of the day

Appears in 54 hymnals Topics: Public Worship Closing of Service

He careth

Author: Philip Doddridge Appears in 671 hymnals Topics: Close of Service First Line: How gentle God's commands! Lyrics: 1 How gentle God's commands! How kind his precepts are! Come, cast your burdens on the Lord, And trust his constant care. 2 Beneath his watchful eye His saints securely dwell; That hand which bears creation up Shall guard his children well. 3 Why should this anxious load Press down your weary mind? Haste to your heavenly Father's throne, And sweet refreshment find. 4 His goodness stands approved, Unchanged from day to day: I'll drop my burden at his feet, And bear a song away. Used With Tune: DENNIS

Come, let us join our cheerful songs

Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Appears in 1,013 hymnals Topics: The Church Worship - The Close of Service Lyrics: 1 Come, let us join our cheerful songs With angels round the throne; Ten thousand thousand are their tongues, But all their joys are one. 2 'Worthy the Lamb that died,' they cry, 'To be exalted thus;' 'Worthy the Lamb,' our lips reply, 'For he was slain for us.' 3 Jesus is worthy to receive Honor and power divine; And blessings, more than we can give, Be, Lord, for ever thine. 4 Let all creation join in one To bless the sacred Name Of him that sits upon the throne, And to adore the Lamb. Used With Tune: NUN DANKET ALL UND BRINGET EHR

Hail, thou once despised Jesus!

Author: John Bakewell, 1721 - 1819 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 631 hymnals Topics: The Church Worship - The Close of Service Lyrics: 1 Hail, thou once despised Jesus! Hail, thou Galilean King! Thou didst suffer to release us; Thou didst free salvation bring. Hail, thou agonizing Saviour, Bearer of our sin and shame! By thy merits we find favor; Life is given through thy Name. 2 Paschal Lamb, by God appointed, All our sins on thee were laid; By almighty love anointed, Thou hast full atonement made. All thy people are forgiven Through the virtue of thy Blood; Opened is the gate of heaven; Peace is made 'twixt man and God. A-men. 3 Jesus, hail! enthroned in glory, There forever to abide; All the heavenly host adore thee Seated at thy Father's side. There for sinners thou art pleading, There thou dost our place prepare, Ever for us interceding, Till in glory we appear. 4 Worship, honor, power, and blessing Thou art worthy to receive; Loudest praises, without ceasing, Meet it is for us to give. Help, ye bright angelic spirits, All your sweetest, noblest lays; Help to sing our Saviour's merits, Help to chant Immanuel's praise. Amen. Used With Tune: SUPPLICATION

Rejoice, rejoice!

Author: Edward Hayes Plumptre, 1821 - 91 Appears in 438 hymnals Topics: The Church Worship - The Close of Service First Line: Rejoice, ye pure in heart Lyrics: 1 Rejoice, ye pure in heart, Rejoice, give thanks, and sing; Your festal banner wave on high, The Cross of Christ your King. Refrain: Rejoice, rejoice! Rejoice, give thanks, and sing! 2 Bright youth and snow-crowned age, Strong men and maidens meek, Raise high your free exalting song; God's wondrous praises speak. [Refrain] 3 With all the angel choirs, With all the saints on earth, Pour out the strains of joy and bliss, True rapture, noblest mirth. [Refrain] 4 With voice as full and strong As ocean's surging praise, Send forth the hymns our fathers loved, The psalms of ancient days. [Refrain] 5 Still lift your standard high, Still march in firm array, As warriors through the darkness toil Till dawns the golden day. [Refrain] 6 At last the march shall end, The wearied ones shall rest, The pilgrims find their Father's house, Jerusalem the blest. [Refrain] 7 Then on, ye pure in heart, Rejoice, give thanks, and sing; Your festal banner wave on high, The Cross of Christ your King. [Refrain] Used With Tune: MARION

The Lord Bless You and Keep You

Meter: Irregular Appears in 177 hymnals Topics: Closing of Service Hymns and Songs Lyrics: The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord lift His countenance upon you, and give you peace, and give you peace; The Lord make His face to shine upon you, and be gracious, and be gracious The Lord be gracious, gracious unto you. Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen. Scripture: Numbers 6:24-26 Used With Tune: BENEDICTION

Father, bless thy word to all

Author: Thomas Kelly, 1769-1855 Appears in 32 hymnals Topics: Adoration and Praise Close of Service Lyrics: 1 Father, bless thy word to all; Quick and powerful let it prove. Oh, may sinners hear thy call— Let thy people grow in love; Let thy people grown in love. 2 Thine own gracious message bless; Follow it with power divine; Give the gospel great success— Thine the work the glory thine; Thine the work, the glory thine. 3 Father, bid the world rejoice; Send, O send thy truth abroad; Let the nations hear thy voice— Hear it and return to God; Hear it and return to God. Amen. Scripture: Philippians 1:9 Used With Tune: HENDON

God Be in My Head

Meter: 12.10.10.10.11 Appears in 73 hymnals Topics: Intercession; Prayer Hymns of; Service Music Closing Sentences First Line: God be in my head, and in my understanding Text Sources: Book of Hours, 1514

Father of Love and Power

Author: George L. Rawson Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 59 hymnals Topics: Public Worship Closing of Service First Line: Father of love and pow'r Scripture: Psalm 128:5 Used With Tune: KIRBY BEDON