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Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness

Author: Rusty Edwards (1955-) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 19 hymnals Topics: Praise of God Lyrics: 1 Praise the one who break the darkness with a liberating light. Praise the one who frees the prisoners, turning blindness into sight. Praise the one who preached the gospel, healing every dread disease, calming storms and feeding thousands with the very bread of peace. 2 Praise the one who blessed the children with a strong yet gentle word. Praise the one who drove out demons with a piercing two-edged sword. Praise the one who brings cool water to the desert's burning sand. From this well comes living water quenching thirst in every land. 3 Praise the one true love incarnate: Christ who suffered in our place. Jesus died and rose for many that we may know God by grace. Let us sing for joy and gladness, seeing what our God has done. Praise the one redeeming glory; praise the One who makes us one. Scripture: Isaiah 61 Used With Tune: NETTLETON

Come, Let Us Join Our Cheerful Songs

Author: Isaac Watts (1674-1748) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,002 hymnals Topics: Praise of God Lyrics: 1 Come, let us join our cheerful songs with angels round the throne; ten thousand thousand are their tongues, but all their joys are one. 2 "Worthy the Lamb that died," they cry, "to be exalted thus!" "Worthy the Lamb!" our lips reply, "for he was slain for us." 3 Jesus is worthy to receive honour and power divine; and blessings, more than we can give, be, Lord, forever thine! 4 The whole creation joins in one, to bless the sacred name of God that sits upon the throne, and to adore the Lamb! Scripture: Hebrews 1:1-4 Used With Tune: NATIVITY

Ye Holy Angels Bright

Author: Richard Baxter (1615-1691) Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 114 hymnals Topics: Praise of God Lyrics: 1 Ye holy angels bright, who wait at God's right hand, or through the realms of light fly at your Lord's command, assist our song, for else the theme too high doth seem for mortal tongue. 2 Ye blessed souls at rest, who ran this earthly race and now, from sin released, behold the Saviour's face, your praises sound, as in God's sight with sweet delight ye do abound. 3 Ye saints, who toil below, adore your heavenly King, and onward as ye go some joyful anthem sing; in God rejoice, and thus proclaim the holy name with sounding voice. 4 My soul, bear thou thy part, triumph in God above, and with a well-tuned heart sing thou the songs of love! Let all thy days till life shall end, whate'er God send, be filled with praise. Scripture: Psalm 103 Used With Tune: DARWALL'S 148TH

Thee We Adore, Eternal Lord

Author: Thomas Cotterill (1779-1823) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 115 hymnals Topics: Praise of God First Line: Thee we adore, eternal Lord! Lyrics: 1 Thee we adore, eternal Lord! We praise thy name with one accord; thy saints, who here thy goodness see, through all the world do worship thee. 2 To thee aloud all angels cry, the heavens and all the powers on high; thee, holy, holy, holy King, Lord God of hosts, they ever sing. 3 The apostles join the glorious throng, the prophets swell the immortal song, the martyrs' noble army raise eternal anthems to thy praise. 4 From day to day, O Lord, do we highly exalt and honour thee; thy name we worship and adore, world without end, for evermore! 5 Vouchsafe, O Lord, we humbly pray, to keep us safe from sin this day; have mercy, Lord, we trust in thee; Oh, let us ne'er confounded be! Scripture: Psalm 22:22-30 Used With Tune: MENDON Text Sources: You are God (Te Deum, Latin hymn 400?)

My God, How Endless Is Your Love

Author: Isaac Watts (1674-1748) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 614 hymnals Topics: Praise of God First Line: My God, how endless is your love! Lyrics: 1 My God, how endless is your love! Your gifts are every evening new, and morning mercies from above gently distil, like earthly dew. 2 You spread the curtains of the night, great Guardian of my sleeping hours; your sovereign Word restores the light, and quickens all my drowsy powers. 3 I yield my powers to your command; to you I consecrate my days: perpetual blessings from your hand demand perpetual songs of praise. Scripture: Psalm 34 Used With Tune: WAREHAM

Now Thank We All Our God

Author: Martin Rinkart; Catherine Winkworth Meter: 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6 Appears in 693 hymnals Topics: Praise of God Lyrics: 1 Now thank we all our God with heart and hands and voices, who wondrous things has done, in whom his world rejoices; who from our mothers' arms has blessed us on our way with countless gifts of love, and still is ours today. 2 O may this bounteous God through all our life be near us, with ever joyful hearts and blessed peace to cheer us, to keep us in his grace, and guide us when perplexed, and free us from all ills in this world and the next. 3 All praise and thanks to God the Father now be given, the Son and Spirit blest, who reign in highest heaven– the one eternal God, whom earth and heaven adore; for thus it was, is now, and shall be evermore. Scripture: 1 Chronicles 29:13 Used With Tune: NUN DANKET

Morning Has Broken

Author: Eleanor Farjeon (1881-1965) Meter: 5.5.5.4 D Appears in 95 hymnals Topics: Praise of God Scripture: Genesis 1:1-5 Used With Tune: BUNESSAN

Rejoice Today with One Accord

Author: Henry Williams Baker (1821-1877) Meter: 8.7.8.7.6.6.6.6.7 Appears in 60 hymnals Topics: Praise of God Lyrics: 1 Rejoice today with one accord, sing out with exultation; rejoice and praise our mighty Lord, whose arm hath brought salvation. His works of love proclaim the greatness of his name; for he is God alone, who hath his mercy shown: let all his saints adore him! 2 When in distress to him we cried he heard our sad complaining; O trust in him. what'er betide, his love is all-sustaining. Triumphant songs of praise to him our hearts shall raise: now every voice shall say, "O praise our God alway"; let all his saints adore him! Scripture: Joshua 24:1-25 Used With Tune: EIN' FESTE BURG

My Heart Is Firmly Fixed

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 10 hymnals Topics: Praise of God Scripture: Psalm 108 Used With Tune: ST. THOMAS Text Sources: Psalter, 1912; rev. Psalter Hymnal, 1987

Angel-Voices, Ever Singing

Author: Francis Pott (1832-1909) Meter: 8.5.8.5.8.4.3 Appears in 379 hymnals Topics: Praise of God Lyrics: 1 Angel-voices, ever singing, round thy throne of light, angel-harps, forever ringing, rest not day nor night; thousands only live to bless thee and confess thee, Lord of might! 2 Yea, we know that thou rejoicest o'er each work of thine; thou didst ears and hands and voices for thy praise design; artist's craft and music's measure for thy pleasure all combine. 3 In thy house, great God, we offer of thine own to thee; and for thine acceptance proffer, in humility, hearts and minds and hands and voices in our choicest psalmody. 4 Honour, glory, might, and merit thine shall ever be, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, blessed Trinity! Of the best that thou hast given, earth and heaven render thee. Scripture: 1 Chronicles 29:6-20 Used With Tune: ANGEL VOICES