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The morning light is breaking

Author: Samuel Francis Smith, 1808 - 95 Appears in 1,174 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The morning light is breaking, The darkness disappears; The sons of earth are waking To penitential tears; Each breeze that sweeps the ocean Brings tidings from afar Of nations in commotion, Prepared for Zion's war. 2 See heathen nations bending Before the God we love, And thousand hearts ascending In gratitude above; While sinners, now confessing, The gospel call obey, And seek the Saviour's blessing, A nation in a day. 3 Blest river of salvation, Pursue thine onward way; Flow thou to every nation, Nor in thy richness stay; Stay not till all the lowly Triumphant reach their home; Stay not till all the holy Proclaim, 'The Lord is come!' Topics: Church Life and Work The Propagation of the Gospel Used With Tune: WEBB

Christ for the world we sing

Author: Samuel Wolcott, 1813 - 86 Appears in 414 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Christ for the world we sing; The world to Christ we bring With loving zeal; The poor and them that mourn, The faint and overborne, Sin-sick and sorrow-worn, Whom Christ doth heal. 2 Christ for the world we sing; The world to Christ we bring With fervent prayer; The wayward and the lost, By restless passions tossed, Redeemed at countless cost From dark despair. 3 Christ for the world we sing; The world to Christ we bring With one accord; With us the work to share, With us reproach to dare, With us the cross to bear, For Christ our Lord. 4 Christ for the world we sing; The world to Christ we bring With joyful song; The new-born souls, whose days, Reclaimed from error's ways, Inspired with hope and praise, To Christ belong. Topics: The Church Year Easter; Church Life and Work The Propagation of the Gospel Used With Tune: KIRBY BEDON

O God, our help in ages past

Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Appears in 1,254 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Our God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home: 2 Under the shadow of thy throne Thy saints have dwelt secure; Sufficient is thine arm alone, And our defence is sure. A-men. 3 Before the hills in order stood, Or earth received her frame, From everlasting thou art God, To endless years the same. 4 A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone, Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. 5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away; They fly forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day. 6 O God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Be thou our guide while troubles last, And our eternal home! Amen. Topics: The Church The People of God; The Church The House of God; The Life In Christ Pilgrimage; Church Life and Work City, Nation, World; The Church Worship - In The Presence Scripture: Psalm 90 Used With Tune: ST. ANNE

Come, O come, thou quickening Spirit

Author: Edward Traill Horn III, b. 1909; Heinrich Held, d. c1659 Appears in 7 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Come, O come, thou quickening Spirit, God before the dawn of time! Fire our hearts with holy ardor, Blessed Comforter sublime! Let thy radiance fill our night, Turning darkness into light. 2 Only that which thou desirest Be our object; with thy hand Lead our every thought and action That they be but thy command. All our sinfulness erase With the increase of thy grace. A-men. 3 Blessèd Spirit, who renewest All that dwell upon the earth, When the evil one assails us Help us prove our heavenly birth; Arm us with thy mighty sword In the legions of the Lord. 4 Help us keep the faith forever; Let not Satan, death or shame Draw us from thee, or deprive us Of the honor of thy Name. When the foe would lure us hence, Be thou, God, our sure defence. Amen. Topics: The Church Year Pentecost - The Holy Ghost Used With Tune: KOMM, O KOMM, DU GEIST DES LEBENS

Jesus, thy love unbounded

Appears in 7 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Jesus, thy love unbounded, So full, so sweet, so free, Leaves all our thoughts confounded Whene'er we think of thee. For us thou cam'st from heaven, For us didst bleed and die, That, ransomed and forgiven, We might ascend on high. A-men. 2 We know that thou hast bought us, And washed us in thy Blood; We know thy grace hath brought us As kings and priests to God, We know that the blessèd morning, Long looked for, draweth near, When we, at thy returning, In glory shall appear. 3 O let thy love constrain us To give our hearts to thee; Let nothing please or pain us, Apart, O Lord, from thee; Our joy, our one endeavor, Through suffering, conflict, shame, To serve thee, gracious Saviour, And magnify thy Name. Amen. Topics: The Life in Christ Repentance and Faith; The Life In Christ Contemplation; The Life in Christ Aspiration Used With Tune: EVARTS Text Sources: Bosworth's Hymns, 1865

Eternal Ruler of the ceaseless round

Author: John White Chadwick, 1840 - 1904 Appears in 125 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Eternal Ruler of the ceaseless round Of circling planets singing on their way, Guide of the nations from the night profound Into the glory of the perfect day: Rule in our hearts, that we may ever be Guided and strengthened and upheld by thee. 2 We are of thee, the children of thy love, The brothers of thy well-beloved Son; Descend, O Holy Spirit, like a dove, Into our hearts, that we may be as one; As one with thee, to whom we ever tend, As one with him, our brother and our friend. A-men. 3 We would be one in hatred of all wrong, One in our love of all things sweet and fair, One with the joy that breaketh into song, One with the grief that trembleth into prayer, One in the power that makes the children free To follow truth, and thus to follow thee. 4 O clothe us with thy heavenly armor, Lord, Thy trusty shield, thy sword of love divine; Our inspiration be thy constant word, We ask no victories that are not thine; Give or withhold, let pain or pleasure be, Enough to know that we are serving thee. Amen. Topics: Church Life and Work City, Nation, World Used With Tune: SONG 1

Faith of our fathers, holy faith

Author: Frederick William Faber, 1814 - 63 Appears in 848 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: Refrain: 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, And blest would be their children's fate, If they, like them, should die for thee: [Refrain] 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: [Refrain] Topics: The Life in Christ Repentance and Faith; The Life In Christ Conflict and Victory; The Life In Christ Consecration Used With Tune: ST. CATHERINE

For thee, O dear, dear country

Author: John Mason Neale, 1818 - 66; Bernard of Cluny, XII cent. Appears in 273 hymnals Lyrics: 1 For thee, O dear, dear country, Mine eyes their vigils keep; For very love, beholding Thy happy name, they weep; 2 The mention of thy glory Is unction to the breast, And medicine in sickness, And love, and life, and rest. 3 O one, O only mansion, O Paradise of joy! Where tears are ever banished, And smiles have no alloy; 4 The Cross is all thy splendor, The Crucified thy praise; His laud and benediction Thy ransomed people raise. A-men. 5 Thou hast no shore, fair ocean; Thou hast no time, bright day; Dear fountain of refreshment To pilgrims far away! 6 Upon the Rock of Ages They raise thy holy tower; Thine is the victor's laurel, And thine the golden dower. 7 O sweet and blessèd country, The home of God's elect; O sweet and blessèd country, That eager hearts expect! 8 Jesus, in mercy bring us, To that dear land of rest, Who art, with God the Father And Spirit, ever blest. Amen. Topics: The Life In Christ Life Everlasting; The Life In Christ Pilgrimage Used With Tune: HOMELAND

For ever with the Lord!

Author: James Montgomery, 1771 - 1854 Appears in 632 hymnals Lyrics: 1 For ever with the Lord! Amen, so let it be; Life from the dead is in that word, 'Tis immortality. 2 Here in the body pent, Absent from him I roam, Yet nightly pitch my moving tent A day's march nearer home. 3 My Father's house on high, Home of my soul, how near At times to faith's foreseeing eye Thy golden gates appear! 4 Ah, then my spirit faints To reach the land I love, The bright inheritance of saints, Jerusalem above! 5 For ever with the Lord! Father, if 'tis thy will, The promise of that faithful word E'en here to me fulfill. 6 Be thou at my right hand, Then can I never fail; Uphold thou me, and I shall stand; Fight, and I must prevail. 7 So when my latest breath Shall rend the veil in twain, By death I shall escape from death, And life eternal gain. 8 Knowing as I am known, How shall I love that word, And oft repeat before the throne, 'For ever with the Lord!' Topics: The Life in Christ Aspiration; The Life In Christ Pilgrimage; The Life In Christ Life Everlasting Used With Tune: CARLISLE

Hark, the glad sound! the Saviour comes

Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-51 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 830 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Hark, the glad sound! the Saviour comes, The Saviour promised long; Let every heart prepare a throne, And every voice a song. 2 He comes, the prisoners to release In Satan's bondage held; The gates of brass before him burst, The iron fetters yield. A-men. 3 He comes, the broken heart to bind, The bleeding soul to cure, And with the treasures of his grace To enrich the humble poor. 4 Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace, Thy welcome shall proclaim; And heaven's eternal arches ring With thy belovèd Name. Amen. Topics: The Church Year Advent Used With Tune: DIE HELLE SONNE