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Alas, my God! my sins are great

Author: J. Gross Appears in 21 hymnals Topics: Various Occasions Day of Common Prayer Lyrics: 1 Alas, my God! my sins are great, My conscience doth upbraid me; And now I find that at my strait No man hath power to aid me. 2 And fled I hence, in my despair, In some lone spot to hide me, My griefs would still be with me there, Thy hand still hold and guide me. 3 Nay, Thee I seek;--I merit naught, Yet pity and restore me; Be not Thy wrath, just God, my lot, Thy Son hath suffered for me. 4 If pain and woe must follow sin, Then be my path still rougher; Here spare me not; if heaven I win, On earth I gladly suffer. 5 But curb my heart, forgive my guilt, Make Thou my patience firmer, For they must miss the good Thou wilt, Who at Thy teachings murmur. 6 Then deal with me as seems Thee best, Thy grace will help me bear it, If but at last I see Thy rest, And with my Savior share it. Used With Tune: [Alas, my God! my sins are great]

Lully, lullay, thou little tiny child

Meter: 4.4.6 D with refrain Appears in 28 hymnals Topics: Holy Days and Various Occasions Holy Innocents (December 28) First Line: O sisters, too Lyrics: Burden: Lully, lullay, thou little tiny child, bye-bye, lully lullay. 1. O sisters, too, how may we do for to preserve this day this poor youngling for whom we sing, bye-bye lully lullay? 2. Herod the King, in his raging charged he hath this day his men of might, in his own sight, all young children to slay. 3. That woe is me, poor child, for thee! And every morn and day, for thy parting nor say nor sing bye-bye, lully lullay. [Burden] Lully, lullay, thou little tiny child, bye-bye, lully lullay. Used With Tune: COVENTRY CAROL Text Sources: Coventry carol, 15th cent.

How oft, O Lord, thy face hath shone

Author: William Bright, 1824-1901 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 7 hymnals Topics: Holy Days and Various Occasions Saint Thomas (December 21) Lyrics: 1. How oft, O Lord, thy face hath shone on doubting souls whose wills were true! Thou Christ of Peter and of John, thou art the Christ of Thomas too. 2. He loved thee well, and calmly said, "Come, let us go, and die with him"; yet when thine Easter-news was spread, mid all its light his eyes were dim. 3. His brethren's word he would not take, but craved to touch those hands of thine: when thou didst thine appearance make, he saw, and hailed his Lord Divine. 4. He saw thee risen; at once he rose to full belief's unclouded height; and still through his confession flows to Christian souls thy life and light. 5. O Savior, make thy presence known to all who doubt thy Word and thee; and teach us in that Word alone to find the truth that sets us free. Used With Tune: JACOB

King of the martyrs' noble band

Author: John Webster Grant, b. 1919 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Holy Days and Various Occasions Martyrs Used With Tune: JESU, NOSTRA REDEMPTIO Text Sources: Latin

O God, whom neither time nor space

Author: Horace Smith, 1836-1922 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Holy Days and Various Occasions Holy Name: New Year (January 1) Lyrics: 1. O God, whom neither time nor space can limit, hold, or bind, look down from heaven, thy dwelling-place, with love for humankind. 2. Another year its course has run; thy loving care renew: forgive the ill that we have done, the good we failed to do. 3. In doubt or danger, all our days, be near to guard us still; let all our thoughts and all our ways be governed by thy will. 4. O help us here on earth to live from selfish passions free; to us at last in mercy give eternal life with thee. Used With Tune: LONDON NEW Text Sources: Other authors also

Come sing, ye choirs exultant

Author: Jackson Mason, 1833-1889 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 12 hymnals Topics: Holy Days and Various Occasions Evangelists Lyrics: 1. Come sing, ye choirs exultant, those messengers of God, through whom the living Gospels came sounding all abroad! Whose voice proclaimed salvation that poured upon the night, and drove away the shadows, and filled the world with light. 2. In one harmonious witness the chosen four combine, while each his own commission fulfills in every line; as, in the prophet's vision from out the amber flame in mystic form and image four living creatures came. 3. Foursquare on this foundation the Church of Christ remains, a house to stand unshaken by floods or winds or rains. How blest the habitation of gospel liberty, where with a holy people God dwells in Unity. Used With Tune: ACH GOTT, VOM HIMMELREICHE Text Sources: Latin, 12th Cent.