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Jesus, where'er Thy people meet

Author: William Cowper Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 519 hymnals Topics: Responses Opening Responses: Introits Lyrics: 1 Jesus, where'er Thy people meet, There they behold Thy mercy seat; Where'er they seek Thee, Thou art found, And every place is hallowed ground. 2 Here may we prove the power of prayer To strengthen faith and sweeten care; To teach our faint desires to rise, And bring all heaven before our eyes. Amen. Used With Tune: SIMEON

Open the Eyes of My Heart

Author: Paul Baloche, 1962- Appears in 24 hymnals Topics: Opening of Worship First Line: Open the eyes of my heart, Lord Scripture: Ephesians 1:18 Used With Tune: [Open the eyes of my heart, Lord]

Praise the Lord! You Heavens, Adore Him

Author: Anonymous; Edward Osler Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 784 hymnals Topics: Service for the Lord's Day Opening of Worship First Line: Praise the Lord, you heavens, adore him Lyrics: 1 Praise the Lord! you heavens, adore him; Praise him, angels in the height; Sun and moon, rejoice before him, Praise him, all you stars of light. Praise the Lord, for he has spoken; Worlds his mighty voice obeyed: Laws which never shall be broken For their guidance he has made. 2 Praise the Lord! for he is glorious; Never shall his promise fail: God has made his saints victorious; Sin and death shall not prevail. Praise the God of our salvation; Hosts on high, his power proclaim; Heaven and earth and all creation, Laud and magnify his name. 3 Worship, honor, glory, blessing, Lord, we offer as our gift. Young and old, your praise expressing, Our glad songs to you we lift. All the saints in heaven adore you; We would join their glad acclaim; As your angels serve before you, So on earth we praise your name. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 148 Used With Tune: AN DIE FREUDE

We Have Come to Join in Worship

Author: Ken Bible; George Atkins Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: Opening of Worship First Line: We have come to join in worship Used With Tune: HOLY MANNA

O Splendour of God's Glory Bright

Author: Ambrose of Milan Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 51 hymnals Topics: The Church at Worship Opening and Morning Hymns; liturgical Opening Hymns; Opening Hymns Lyrics: 1 O Splendour of God's glory bright, from light eternal bringing light, O light of life, light's living spring, true day, all days illumining: 2 come, Holy Sun of heavenly love, pour down your radiance from above, and to our inward hearts convey the Holy Spirit's cloudless ray. 3 O joyful be the passing day with thoughts as clear as morning's ray, with faith like noontide shining bright, our souls unshadowed by the night. 4 O Christ, with each returning morn your image to our hearts is born; O may we ever see anew our Saviour and our God in you! Used With Tune: PUER NOBIS NASCITUR Text Sources: Trans. composite, Rejoice in the Lord, 1985

Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 485 hymnals Topics: Service for the Lord's Day Opening of Worship Lyrics: 1 Christ, whose glory fills the skies, Christ, the true, the only light, Sun of righteousness, arise, Triumph o'er the shades of night; Day-spring from on high, be near; Day-star, in my heart appear. 2 Dark and cheerless is the morn Unaccompanied by thee; Joyless is the day's return Till thy mercy's beams I see, Till they inward light impart, Glad my eyes and warm my heart. 3 Visit, then, this soul of mine; Pierce the gloom of sin and grief; Fill me, Radiancy divine; Scatter all my unbelief; More and more thyself display, Shining to the perfect day. Amen. Scripture: Luke 1:78-79 Used With Tune: RATISBON

The Lord Is In His Holy Temple

Appears in 118 hymnals Topics: Opening Hymns Lyrics: The Lord is in His holy temple: Let all the earth keep silence before Him: Keep silence, keep silence, Keep silence before Him. Scripture: Habakkuk 2:20 Used With Tune: HIERON

Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty

Author: Benjamin Schmolck; Catherine Winkworth, 1827-1878 Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7 Appears in 151 hymnals Topics: Opening of Worship Lyrics: 1 Open now thy gates of beauty, Zion, let me enter there, Where my soul in joyful duty Waits for Him who answers prayer: O how blessed is this place, Filled with solace, light, and grace! 2 Gracious God, I come before Thee, Come Thou also down to me; Where we find Thee and adore Thee, There a heaven on earth must be: To my heart O enter Thou, Let it be Thy temple now. 3 Speak, O Lord, and I will hear Thee, Let Thy will be done indeed; May I undisturbed draw near Thee While Thou dost Thy people feed. Here of life the fountain flows, Here is balm for all our woes. Amen. Used With Tune: UNSER HERRSCHER (NEANDER)

Again We Meet

Author: Lucy Whitmore Appears in 131 hymnals Topics: Hymns for Worship Opening Hymns; Hymns for Worship Opening Hymns First Line: Father, again in Jesus' name we meet Lyrics: 1 Father, again in Jesus' name we meet, And bow in penitence beneath Thy feet; Again to Thee our grateful voices raise, To sue for mercy, and to sing Thy praise. 2 O we would bless Thee for Thy ceaseless care, And all Thy love from day to day declare! Is not our life with hourly mercies crowned? Does not Thine arm encircle us around? 3 Alas! unworthy of Thy boundless love, Too oft with careless feet from Thee we rove; But now encouraged by Thy voice, we come, Returning sinners, to a Father's home. Amen. 4 O by that name in which all fullness dwells, O by that love which ev'ry love excels, O by that blood so freely shed for sin, Open blest Mercy's gate, and take us in. Amen. Used With Tune: PAX DEI

Tell Out, My Soul

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 64 hymnals Topics: Opening of Worship First Line: Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord Lyrics: 1 Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord! Unnumbered blessings give my spirit voice; tender to me the promise of his word; in God my Savior shall my heart rejoice. 2 Tell out, my soul, the greatness of his name! Make known his might, the deeds his arm has done; his mercy sure, from age to age the same; his holy name the Lord, the Mighty One. 3 Tell out, my soul, the greatness of his might! Powers and dominions lay their glory by. Proud hearts and stubborn wills are put to flight, the hungry fed, the humble lifted high. 4 Tell out, my soul, the glories of his word! Firm is his promise, and his mercy sure. Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord to children's children and forevermore! Scripture: Luke 1:46-55 Used With Tune: WOODLANDS