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Triumph, Ye Heavens!

Author: Gerhard Tersteegen Meter: 14.14.4.7.8 Appears in 6 hymnals Topics: Incarnation of Christ First Line: Triumph, ye heavens! rejoice ye with high adoration! Lyrics: 1 Triumph, ye heavens! rejoice ye with high adoration! Sing to the Lord, to the Saviour, in glad exultation! Angels give ear! God unto men draweth near, Bringing to lost ones salvation. 2 God in man’s nature! O mystery past comprehending! Now is the temple thrown wide and the incense ascending! Christ is the way! We who were once far away, Now at His footstool are bending. 3 Hast Thou, O Holy One, deigned of my need to be thinking? Chosen me, called me, the waters of life to be drinking? Shall not my mind Fullness of blessing here find, Deep in humility sinking? 4 Faithful Immanuel! let me Thy glories be telling; Ever, my Saviour, be Thou in mine inmost heart dwelling. With me abide; Teach me to stay at Thy side, Where the love-fountain is welling. Amen. Used With Tune: LOBE DEN HERREN

Angels We Have Heard on High (Les anges dans nos campagnes_

Author: James Chadwick Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain Appears in 266 hymnals Topics: The Christian Year Christmas; Adoration and Praise; Angels; Biblical Characters Joseph; Biblical Characters Mary, Mother of Jesus; Biblical Characters Shepherds; Biblical Places Bethlehem; Christian Year Christmas; Glory; God Glory; Humility; Jesus Christ Birth and Infancy; Jesus Christ Incarnation; Jesus Christ Kingship, Conqueror; Responses Antiphonal; Christmas Eve Year A; Christmas Eve Year B; Christmas Day 1 Year C First Line: Les anges dans nos campagnes (Angels we have heard on high) Refrain First Line: Gloria in excelsis Deo Lyrics: 1 Les anges dans nos campagnes ont entonné l'hymne des cieux; et l'écho de nos montagnes redit ce chant mélodieux. [Refrain:] Gloria, in excelsis Deo! Gloria, in excelsis Deo! 2 Bergers, pour qui cette fête? Quel est l'objet de tous ces chants? Quel vainqueur, quelle conquête mérite ces cris triomphants? [Refrain] 3 Ils annoncent la naissance du libérateur d'Israël, et pleins de reconnaissance chantent en ce jour solennel. [Refrain] 1 Angels we have heard on high sweetly singing o'er the plains, and the mountains in reply, echoing their joyous strains. [Refrain:] Gloria in excelsis Deo! Gloria in excelsis Deo! 2 Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your joyous strains prolong? What the gladsome tidings be which inspire your heavenly song? [Refrain] 3 Come to Bethlehem and see Christ whose birth the angels sing; come, adore on bended knee Christ, the Lord, the newborn King. [Refrain] 4 See him in a manger laid, whom the choirs of angels praise; Mary, Joseph, lend your aid, while our hearts in love we raise. [Refrain] Used With Tune: GLORIA Text Sources: French trad.

Lo! what a cloud of witnesses

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 62 hymnals Topics: Christ Incarnation of Used With Tune: ST. FLAVIAN Text Sources: Scottish Paraphrases, 1745, alt.

O Word of God Incarnate

Author: William W. How Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 490 hymnals Topics: The Book of the Church : Holy Scripture; Gratitude; Jesus Christ Incarnation; Light; Service Music Prayer for Illumination; Service Music Scripture Acclamations Lyrics: 1. O Word of God incarnate, O Wisdom from on high, O Truth unchanged, unchanging, O Light of our dark sky: we praise you for the radiance that from the hallowed page, a lantern to our footsteps, shines on from age to age. 2. The church from you, our Savior, received the gift divine, and still that light is lifted o'er all the earth to shine. It is the sacred vessel where gems of truth are stored; it is the heaven-drawn picture of Christ, the living Word. 3. The Scripture is a banner before God's host unfurled; it is a shining beacon above the darkling world. It is the chart and compass that o'er life's surging tide, mid mists and rocks and quicksands, to you, O Christ, will guide. 4. O make your church, dear Savior, a lamp of purest gold, to bear before the nations your true light as of old. O teach your wandering pilgrims by this their path to trace, till, clouds and darkness ended, they see you face to face. Used With Tune: MUNICH

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel

Author: John Mason Neale (1818-1866) Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain Appears in 516 hymnals Topics: Life in Christ Christ Incarnate - Promise of the Messiah First Line: O come, O come, Emmanuel Lyrics: 1 O come, O come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel, that mourns in lonely exile here until the Son of God appear. [Refrain:] Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel. 2 O come, O come, thou Lord of might, who to thy tribes, on Sinai’s height, in ancient times didst give the law in cloud and majesty and awe: [Refrain] 3 O come, thou Rod of Jesse, free thine own from Satan's tyranny; from depths of hell thy people save, and give them victory o'er the grave: [Refrain] 4 O come, thou Key of David, come, and open wide our heavenly home; make safe the way that leads on high, and close the path to misery: [Refrain] 5 O come, thou Dayspring, come and cheer our spirits by thine advent here; disperse the gloomy clouds of night, and death’s dark shadows put to flight: [Refrain] Scripture: Exodus 19:18-20 Used With Tune: VENI EMMANUEL Text Sources: 18th century, based on the ancient Advent Antiphons

'Wake, awake! for night is flying'

Author: Catherine Winkworth (1827-1878); Philipp Nicolai (1556-1608) Appears in 216 hymnals Topics: Christ Incarnate Promise of the Messiah Lyrics: 1 'Wake, awake! for night is flying', the watchmen on the heights are crying. 'Awake, Jerusalem, at last!' Midnight hears the welcome voices, and at the thrilling cry rejoices: 'Come forth, you virgins, night is past! The Bridegroom comes; awake, your lamps with gladness take, Alleluia! and for his marriage feast prepare, for ye must go and meet him there.' 2 Zion hears the watchmen singing, and all her heart with joy is springing; she wakes, she rises from her gloom; for the Lord comes down all-glorious, the strong in grace, in truth victorious; her Star is risen, her Light is come! Now come, O blessèd One, God's own belovèd Son, Alleluia! We follow to the festal hall to sup with you, the Lord of all. 3 All the heavens and earth adore you, and saints and angels sing before you, with harp and cymbal's clearest tone; Zion's gates of pearl before us resound as angels sing in chorus and lead us to your dazzling throne. No mortal eye nor ear can comprehend or bear such great glory; but we rejoice and sing the song, Alleluia! through ages long. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 2:9 Used With Tune: WACHET AUF

When I survey the wondrous cross

Author: Isaac Watts (1674-1748) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 2,043 hymnals Topics: Life in Christ Christ Incarnate - Passion and Death; Jesus cross; Offering of self Lyrics: 1 When I survey the wondrous cross where the young 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 death 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: Galatians 6:14 Used With Tune: ROCKINGHAM (COMMUNION)

When in our music God is glorified

Author: Frederick Pratt Green (1903-2000) Meter: 10.10.10 with alleluia Appears in 86 hymnals Topics: Our Response to God in the worship of God's house; Christ Incarnate Passion and Death; Lent; Christian Year Maundy Thursday; Praise Lyrics: 1 When in our music God is glorified, and adoration leaves no room for pride, it is as though the whole creation cried, Alleluia! 2 How often, making music, we have found a new dimension in the world of sound, as worship moved us to a more profound Alleluia! 3 So has the Church, in liturgy and song, in faith and love, through centuries of wrong, borne witness to the truth in every tongue: Alleluia! 4 And did not Jesus sing a psalm that night when utmost evil strove against the Light? Then let us sing, for whom he won the fight, Alleluia! 5 Let every instrument be tuned for praise! Let all rejoice who have a voice to raise! And may God give us faith to sing always Alleluia! Scripture: 1 Chronicles 16:42 Used With Tune: MAYFLOWER

Sing of God Made Manifest

Author: Carl P. Daw Jr. Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 9 hymnals Topics: Christian Year Nativity/Christmas; Christian Year Epiphany; Christian Year Baptism of Jesus; Christian Year Transfiguration; Incarnation; Jesus Christ Birth Lyrics: 1 Sing of God made manifest in a child robust and blest, to whose home in Bethlehem where a star had guided them, magi came and gifts unbound, signs mysterious and profound: myrrh and frankincense and gold grave and God and king foretold. 2 Sing of God made manifest when at Jordan John confessed, “I should be baptized by you, but your bidding I will do.” Then from heaven a double sign – dove-like Spirit, voice divine – hailed the true Anointed One: “This is my beloved Son.” 3 Sing of God made manifest when Christ came as wedding guest and at Cana gave a sign, turning water into wine; further still was love revealed as he taught, forgave, and healed, bringing light and life to all who would listen to God’s call. 4 Sing of God made manifest on the cloud-capped mountain’s crest, where the law and prophets waned so that Christ alone remained: glimpse of glory, pledge of grace, given as Jesus set his face towards the waiting cross and grave, sign of hope that God would save. Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12 Used With Tune: SALZBURG

Ave María

Meter: Irregular Appears in 28 hymnals Topics: Mary, Mother of God; Annunciation of the Lord March 25th; Blessed Virgin Mary; Grâce; Incarnation; Jesus Christ; Petition, Prayer First Line: Ave María, grátia plena Lyrics: Ave Maria, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum, benedícta tu in muliéribus, et benedíctus fructus ventris tui, Jesus. Sancta María, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatóribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen. Scripture: Luke 1:26-37 Used With Tune: AVE MARIA Text Sources: Hail, Mary, full of grace; Latin, 13th C.