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To thee O Saviour glory be!

Hymnal: Church Hymn Book #III (1816) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Beginning of Public Worship Lyrics: 1 To thee O Saviour glory be! This is the day of rest-- On which we join to worship thee, Thee, O thou ever bless'd! 2 This is the day the Saviour rose And set us pris'ners free; The day which the Apostles chose, The day of rest to be. 3 On which the christian church should meet To praise our gracious Lord! To worship at his mercy's seat, To hear and learn his word. 4 Lord, here we join thy praise to sing! Lord, here we join to pray-- To worship thee our Lord and King, Our life, the truth, the way. Languages: English

A hymn for the beginning of worship

Hymnal: The Hartford Selection of Hymns #CCXCIV (1802) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Worship Beginning of First Line: Thy presence, gracious God, afford Lyrics: 1 Thy presence, gracious God, afford, Prepare us to receive thy word; Now let thy voice engage our ear, And faith be mixt with what we hear. 2 Distracting thoughts and cares remove, And fix our hearts and hopes above; With food divine may we be fed, And satisfy'd with living bread. 3 To us thy sacred word apply, With sov'reign pow'r and energy; And may we in thy faith and fear, Reduce to practice what we hear. 4 Father,in us thy Son reveal; Teach us to know and do thy will; Thy saving pow'r and love display, And guide us to the realms of day. Languages: English

Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty!

Author: Reginald Heber, 1783 - 1826 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #131 (1958) Meter: Irregular Topics: The Church Worship - The Beginning of Service Lyrics: 1 Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty! Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee; Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty, God in three Persons, blessed Trinity! 2 Holy, holy, holy! all the saints adore thee, Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea, Cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee, Which wert, and art, and evermore shalt be. A-men. 3 Holy, holy, holy!though the darkness hide thee, Though the eye of sinful man thy glory may not see, Only thou art holy; there is none beside thee, Perfect in power, in love, and purity. 4 Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty! All thy works shall praise thy Name, in earth and sky and sea; Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty, God in three Persons, blessèd Trinity! Amen. Languages: English Tune Title: NICAEA

Before Jehovah's aweful throne

Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748; John Wesley, 1703 - 91 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #161 (1958) Topics: The Church Worship - The Beginning of Service Lyrics: 1 Before Jehovah's aweful throne, Ye nations bow with sacred joy: Know that the Lord is God alone, He can create, and he destroy. 2 His sovereign power, without our aid, Made us of clay, and formed us men; And when like wandering sheep we strayed, He brought us to his fold again. 3 We are his people, we his care, Our souls and all our mortal frame: What lasting honors shall we rear, Almighty Maker, to thy Name? 4 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs, High as the heavens our voices raise, And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise. 5 Wide as the world is thy command, Vast as eternity thy love; Firm as a rock thy truth shall stand, When rolling years shall cease to move. Scripture: Psalm 100 Languages: English Tune Title: OLD HUNDREDTH

All people that on earth do dwell

Author: William Kethe, d. 1608? Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #169 (1958) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Church Worship - The Beginning of Service Lyrics: 1 All people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice; Him serve with mirth, his praise forth tell, Come ye before him, and rejoice. 2 Know that the Lord is God indeed; Without our aid he did us make; We are his folk, he doth us feed, And for his sheep he doth us take. A-men. 3 O enter then his gates with praise; Approach with joy his courts unto; Praise, laud, and bless his Name always, For it is seemly so to do. 4 For why? the Lord our God is good: His mercy is for ever sure; His truth at all times firmly stood, And shall from age to age endure. 5 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom heaven and earth adore, From men and from the angel-host Be praise and glory evermore. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 100 Languages: English Tune Title: OLD HUNDREDTH

Lord, with glowing heart I'd praise thee

Author: Francis Scott Key, 1779 - 1843 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #403a (1958) Topics: The Church Worship - The Beginning of Service Lyrics: 1 Lord, with glowing heart I’d praise thee For the bliss thy love bestows, For the pardoning grace that saves me, And the peace that from it flows. Help, O God, my weak endeavor; This dull soul to rapture raise; Thou must light the flame, or never Can my love be warmed to praise. 2 Praise, my soul, the God that sought thee, Wretched wanderer, far astray; Found thee lost, and kindly brought thee From the paths of death away. Praise, with love’s devoutest feeling, Him who saw thy guilt-born fear, And, the light of hope revealing, Bade the blood-stained Cross appear. A-men. 3 Lord, this bosom’s ardent feeling Vainly would my lips express; Low before thy footstool kneeling, Deign thy suppliant’s prayer to bless; Let thy grace, my soul’s chief treasure, Love’s pure flame within me raise; And, since words can never measure, Let my life show forth thy praise. A-men. Amen. Languages: English Tune Title: SANCTUARY

Lord, with glowing heart I'd praise thee

Author: Francis Scott Key, 1779 - 1843 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #403b (1958) Topics: The Church Worship - The Beginning of Service Lyrics: 1 Lord, with glowing heart I’d praise thee For the bliss thy love bestows, For the pardoning grace that saves me, And the peace that from it flows. Help, O God, my weak endeavor; This dull soul to rapture raise; Thou must light the flame, or never Can my love be warmed to praise. 2 Praise, my soul, the God that sought thee, Wretched wanderer, far astray; Found thee lost, and kindly brought thee From the paths of death away. Praise, with love’s devoutest feeling, Him who saw thy guilt-born fear, And, the light of hope revealing, Bade the blood-stained Cross appear. A-men. 3 Lord, this bosom’s ardent feeling Vainly would my lips express; Low before thy footstool kneeling, Deign thy suppliant’s prayer to bless; Let thy grace, my soul’s chief treasure, Love’s pure flame within me raise; And, since words can never measure, Let my life show forth thy praise. Amen. Languages: English Tune Title: RIPLEY

How brightly beams the morning star!

Author: Philipp Nicolai, 1556 - 1608 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #404 (1958) Topics: The Church Worship - The Beginning of Service Languages: English Tune Title: WIE SCHON LEUCHTET

For his mercies aye endure

Author: John Milton, 1608 - 74 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #405 (1958) Topics: The Church Worship - The Beginning of Service First Line: Let us, with a gladsome mind Lyrics: 1 Let us, with a gladsome mind, Praise the Lord, for he is kind: Refrain: For his mercies aye endure, Ever faithful, ever sure. 2 Let us blaze his Name abroad, For of gods he is the God: [Refrain] 3 He, with all-commanding might, Filled the new-made world with light: [Refrain] 4 All things living he doth feed; His full hand supplies their need: [Refrain] 5 He hath, with a piteous eye, Looked upon our misery: [Refrain] 5 Let us then with gladsome mind Praise the Lord, for he is kind: [Refrain] Scripture: Psalm 136 Languages: English Tune Title: MONKLAND

How sweet the Name of Jesus sounds

Author: John Newton, 1725 - 1807 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #406 (1958) Topics: The Church Worship - The Beginning of Service Lyrics: 1 How sweet the Name of Jesus sounds In a believer's ear! It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, And drives away his fear. 2 It makes the wounded spirit whole, And calms the troubled breast; 'Tis manna to the hungry soul, And to the weary rest. A-men. 3 Dear Name! the rock on which I build, My shield and hiding-place; My never-failing treasury filled With boundless stores of grace. 4 Weak is the effort of my heart, And cold my warmest thought; But, when I see thee as thou art, I'll praise thee as I ought. 5 Till then I would thy love proclaim With every fleeting breath; And may the music of thy Name Refresh my soul in death. Amen. Languages: English Tune Title: ST. PETER