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There Is a Gate That Stands Ajar
Author: Lydia Baxter Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 208 hymnals Refrain First Line: O depth of mercy! can it be Lyrics: 1 There is a gate that stands ajar,
And through its portals gleaming,
A radiance from the cross afar,
The Saviour’s love revealing.
Refrain:
O depth of mercy! Can it be,
That gate was left ajar for me?
For me, for me?
Was left ajar for me?
2 That gate ajar stands free for all
Who seek through it salvation;
The rich and poor, the great and small,
Of ev'ry tribe and nation. [Refrain]
3 Press onward, then, though foes may frown,
While mercy’s gate is open;
Accept the cross and win the crown,
Love’s everlasting token. [Refrain]
4 Beyond the river’s brink we’ll lay
The cross that here is given,
And bear the crown of life away,
And love Him more in heaven. [Refrain]
Amen. Topics: Last Things Heaven Used With Tune: GATES AJAR
There Is a Gate That Stands Ajar
O Thou, Who by a Star Didst Guide
Author: John Mason Neale Appears in 67 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O Thou, who by a star didst guide
The wise men on their way,
Until it came and stood beside
The place where Jesus lay:
Although by stars Thou dost not lead
Thy servants now below,
Thy Holy Spirit, when they need,
Will show them how to go.
2 As yet we know Thee but in part,
But still we trust Thy Word,
That blessed are the pure in heart,
For they shall see the Lord.
O Saviour, give us then Thy grace
To make us pure in heart,
That we may see Thee face to face,
Hereafter as Thou art.
Amen. Topics: Church Year Epiphany; Epiphany; Holy Spirit; Purity Of Heart Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12 Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM (NEW)
O Thou, Who by a Star Didst Guide
O Paradise! O Paradise!
Author: Frederick William Faber Meter: 8.6.8.6.6.6.6.6 Appears in 458 hymnals Refrain First Line: Where loyal hearts and true Stand ever in the light Lyrics: 1 O Paradise! O Paradise!
Who doth not crave for rest?
Who would not seek the happy land
Where they that loved are blest:
Refrain:
Where loyal hearts and true
Stand ever in the light,
All rapture thro' and thro'
In God's most holy sight?
2 O Paradise! O Paradise!
The world is growing old;
Who would not be at rest and free
Where love is never cold? [Refrain]
3 O Paradise! O Paradise!
We long to sin no more;
We long to be as pure on earth
As on thy spotless shore. [Refrain]
4 O Paradise! O Paradise!
We shall not wait for long;
E'en now the loving ear may catch
Faint fragments of thy song. [Refrain]
5 Lord Jesus, King of Paradise,
O keep us in Thy love,
And guide us to that happy land
Of perfect rest above. [Refrain]
Amen. Topics: Children's Hymns; Trinity, Twenty-fourth Sunday; Heaven Yearning for Used With Tune: PARADISE
O Paradise! O Paradise!
To God the Father, Son
Author: John Wesley Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 61 hymnals Lyrics: To God the Father, Son,
And Spirit, One in Three,
Be glory, as it was, is now,
And shall forever be.
Amen. Topics: Doxologies; Doxologies Used With Tune: ST. THOMAS
To God the Father, Son
O Jesus, Shall It Ever Be
Author: Joseph Grigg Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1,277 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O Jesus, shall it ever be,
A mortal man ashamed of Thee?
Ashamed of Thee whom angels praise,
Whose glories shine through endless days?
2 Ashamed of Jesus! sooner far
Let evening blush to own a star;
He sheds the beams of light divine
O'er this benighted soul of mine.
3 Ashamed of Jesus! just as soon
Let midnight be ashamed of noon;
'Tis midnight with my soul till He,
Bright Morning Star, bid darkness flee.
4 Ashamed of Jesus! that dear Friend
On whom my hopes of heaven depend!
No; when I blush, be this my shame,
That I no more revere His Name.
5 Soon shall He come with power to bless
All who do here His Name confess;
And then may this my glory be,
That He is not ashamed of me!
Amen. Topics: Church Year Sundays after Easter; Sixth Sunday after Easter; Christ Second Advent of; Christ Work of; Names and Office of Christ Friend; Names and Office of Christ Morning Star; Names and Office of Christ Substitute; Confessing Christ; Forgiveness Assurance of; Prayer of Christ Used With Tune: BROOKFIELD
O Jesus, Shall It Ever Be
We Give Thee But Thine Own
Author: William Walsham How Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 488 hymnals Lyrics: 1 We give Thee but Thine own,
Whate'er the gift may be;
All that we have is Thine alone,
A trust, O Lord, from Thee.
2 May we Thy bounties thus
As stewards true receive,
And gladly, as Thou blessest us,
To Thee our first-fruits give.
3 Our hearts are bruised and dead,
And homes are bare and cold,
And lambs for whom the Shepherd bled
Are straying from the fold.
4 To comfort and to bless,
To find a balm for woe,
To tend the lone and fatherless,
Is angels' work below.
5 The captive to release,
The lost to God to bring,
To teach the way of life and peace,--
It is a Christlike thing.
6 And we believe Thy Word,
Though dim our faith may be;
Whate'er for Thine we do, O Lord,
We do it unto Thee.
Amen.
Topics: Church Year Trinity Season; Trinity, Ninth Sunday; Inner Missions; Christian Conduct and Service; Missions Inner Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46 Used With Tune: TRENTHAM
We Give Thee But Thine Own
My Dear Redeemer, and My Lord
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 574 hymnals First Line: My dear Redeemer and my Lord Lyrics: 1 My dear Redeemer and my Lord,
I read my duty in Thy Word;
But in Thy life the law appears,
Drawn out in living characters.
2 Such was Thy truth, and such Thy zeal,
Such def'rence to Thy Father's will,
Such love, and meekness so divine,
I would transcribe and make them mine.
3 Cold mountains and the midnight air
Witnessed the fervor of Thy prayer;
The desert Thy temptations knew,
Thy conflict and Thy victory too.
4 Be Thou my Pattern; make me bear
More of Thy gracious image here:
Then God the Judge shall own my name
Among the followers of the Lamb.
Amen. Topics: Church Year Trinity Season; Trinity, Seventeenth Sunday; Following Christ; Prayer of Christ; Sanctification Scripture: Matthew 14:23 Used With Tune: WENN WIR IN HÖCHSTEN NÖTHEN SEIN
My Dear Redeemer, and My Lord
Wake, Awake, for Night Is Flying
Author: Philipp Nicolai Meter: 8.9.8.8.9.8.6.6.4.8.8 Appears in 217 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Wake, awake, for night is flying:
The watchmen on the heights are crying,
Awake, Jerusalem, arise!
Midnight's solemn hour is tolling,
His chariot wheels are nearer rolling;
He comes; prepare, yet virgins wise!
Rise up with willing feet,
Go forth, the Bridegroom meet:
Alleluia!
Bear through the night your well trimmed light,
Speed forth to join the marriage rite.
2 Zion hears the watchmen singing,
And all her heart with joy is springing,
She wakes, she rises from her gloom;
Forth her Bridegroom comes, all-glorious,
The strong in grace, in truth victorious;
Her Star is risen, her Light is come!
All hail, Thou precious One!
Lord Jesus, God's dear Son!
Alleluia!
The joyful call we answer all,
And follow to the nuptial hall.
3 Lamb of God, the heavens adore Thee,
And men and angels sing before Thee,
With harp and cymbal's clearest tone.
By the pearly gates in wonder
We stand, and swell the voice of thunder,
That echoes round Thy dazzling throne.
To mortal eyes and ears
What glory now appears!
Alleluia!
We raise the song, we swell the throng,
To praise Thee ages all along.
Amen. Topics: Church Year Trinity Season; Advent, Second Sunday; Trinity, Twenty-seventh Sunday; Names and Office of Christ Bridegroom; Names and Office of Christ Lamb; Names and Office of Christ Light; Names and Office of Christ Star Scripture: Matthew 25:1-13 Used With Tune: WACHET AUF
Wake, Awake, for Night Is Flying
In His Temple Now Behold Him
Author: Henry John Pye Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 52 hymnals Lyrics: 1 In His temple now behold Him,
See the long-expected Lord;
Ancient prophets had foretold Him,
God has now fulfilled His Word.
Now to praise Him, His redeemed
Shall break forth with one accord.
2 In the arms of her who bore Him,
Virgin pure, behold Him lie,
While His agèd saints adore Him,
Ere in perfect faith they die.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Lo, the incarnate God Most High!
3 Jesus, by Thy presentation,
Thou Who didst for us endure,
Make us see Thy great salvation,
Seal us with Thy promise sure;
And present us in Thy glory
To Thy Father, cleansed and pure.
Amen. Topics: Church Year Minor Festivals; Sunday after Christmas; The Day of the Presentation of Christ (Candlemas) Used With Tune: REGENT SQUARE
In His Temple Now Behold Him
Faith of Our Fathers, Living Still
Author: Frederick William Faber Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 838 hymnals First Line: Faith of our fathers! living still Lyrics: 1 Faith of our fathers! living still
In spite of dungeon, fire, and sword,
O how our hearts beat high with joy
Whene'er we hear that glorious word:
Faith of our fathers, holy faith!
We will be true to thee till death.
2 Our fathers, chained in prisons dark,
Were still in heart and conscience free;
How sweet would be their children's faith,
If they, like them, could die for thee!
Faith of our fathers, holy faith!
We will be true to thee till death.
3 Faith of our fathers! we will love
Both friend and foe in all our strife:
And preach thee, too, as love knows how,
By kindly words and virtuous life:
Faith of our fathers, holy faith!
We will be true to thee till death.
Amen. Topics: Church Year Minor Festivals; Reformation Day Used With Tune: ST. CATHERINE
Faith of Our Fathers, Living Still
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