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Hark the glad sound! the Saviour comes

Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 834 hymnals Topics: Advent II Year A; Advent III Year B; Advent IV Year C; Proper 16 Year C; Proper 21 Year C 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. 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. Scripture: Ephesians 1:7 Used With Tune: BRISTOL

Jesus lives! thy terrors now

Author: C. F. Gellert, 1715-1769; Frances Elizabeth Cox, 1812-1897 Meter: 7.8.7.8 with alleluias Appears in 284 hymnals Topics: Easter Day Year B; Easter II Year C; Easter IV Year A; Proper 20 Year A; Second Sunday Before Advent Year A Lyrics: 1 Jesus lives! thy terrors now can, O death, no more appal us; Jesus lives! by this we know thou, O grave, canst not enthral us. Alleluia. 2 Jesus lives! henceforth is death but the gate of life immortal: this shall calm our trembling breath, when we pass its gloomy portal. Alleluia. 3 Jesus lives! for us he died; then, alone to Jesus living, pure in heart may we abide, glory to our Saviour giving. Alleluia. 4 Jesus lives! our hearts know well naught from us his love shall sever; life nor death nor powers of hell tear us from his keeping ever. Alleluia. 5 Jesus lives! to him the throne over all the world is given: may we go where he is gone, rest and reign with him in heaven. Alleluia. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:54-57 Used With Tune: ST. ALBINUS

Come down, O Love divine

Author: Bianco da Siena, d. 1434; R. F. Littledale, 1833-1890 Meter: 6.6.11 D Appears in 115 hymnals Topics: Epiphany II Year C; Third Sunday Before Lent Year C; Pentecost Year B; Proper 6 Year A; Proper 25 Year C Lyrics: 1 Come down, O Love divine, seek thou this soul of mine, and visit it with thine own ardour glowing; O Comforter, draw near, within my heart appear, and kindle it, thy holy flame bestowing. 2 O let it freely burn, till earthly passions turn to dust and ashes in its heat consuming; and let thy glorious light shine ever on my sight, and clothe me round, the while my path illuming. 3 Let holy charity mine outward vesture be, and lowliness become mine inner clothing: true lowliness of heart, which takes the humbler part, and o'er its own shortcomings weeps with loathing. 4 And so the yearning strong, with which the soul will long, shall far outpass the power of human telling; for none can guess its grace, till he become the place wherein the Holy Spirit makes his dwelling. Scripture: 1 Peter 5:5 Used With Tune: DOWN AMPNEY

Amazing grace (how sweet the sound)

Author: John Newton, 1725-1806 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,530 hymnals Topics: Advent IV Year B; Lent IV Year A; Lent IV Year B; Lent IV Year C; Proper 23 Year B Lyrics: 1 Amazing grace (how sweet the sound) that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, was blind, but now I see. 2 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved; how precious did that grace appear the hour I first believed! 3 Through many dangers, toils and snares I have already come: 'tis grace has brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home. 4 The Lord has promised good to me, his word my hope secures; he will my shield and portion be as long as life endures. 5 Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail, and mortal life shall cease: I shall possess, within the veil, a life of joy and peace. 6 The earth shall soon dissolve like snow, the sun forbear to shine; but God, who called me here below, will be forever mine. Scripture: 1 Chronicles 17:16 Used With Tune: AMAZING GRACE

Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness!

Author: Thomas Chisholm, 1866-1960 Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Appears in 198 hymnals Topics: New Year; Epiphany II Year A; Proper 6 Year C; Proper 19 Year A; Proper 21 Year B First Line: Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father Lyrics: 1 Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father, there is no shadow of turning with thee; thou changest not, thy compassions they fail not; as thou hast been thou for ever wilt be: Refrain: Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see; all I have needed thy hand has provided, great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me. 2 Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest, sun, moon and stars in their courses above, join with all nature in manifold witness to thy great faithfulness, mercy and love: [Refrain] 3 Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth, thy own dear presence to cheer and to guide; strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow, blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside! [Refrain] Scripture: Genesis 9:22 Used With Tune: GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS

Christ, whose glory fills the skies

Author: Charles Wesley (1707-1788) Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 485 hymnals Topics: Church Year Trinity; Proper 4 Year B; The Fourth Sunday of Lent Year A; The Second Sunday before Advent Year C; The Sunday next before Lent Years A, B & C 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; Dayspring from on high, be near; Daystar, 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. Scripture: Psalm 19 Used With Tune: RATISBON

Come and worship

Author: James Montgomery (1771-1854) Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.7 Appears in 784 hymnals Topics: Church Year Christmas; Church Year Epiphany; Church year Presentation of Christ in the temple (Candlemas); The Fifth Sunday of Lent Year A; The First Sunday of Christmas Year C First Line: Angels from the realms of glory Lyrics: 1 Angels from the realms of glory, wing your flight o'er all the earth; ye who sang creation's story now proclaim Messiah's birth: Refrain: Come and worship Christ the new-born King, come and worship, worship Christ the new-born King. 2 Shepherds in the field abiding, watching o'er your flocks by night, God with us is now residing; yonder shines the infant Light: [Refrain] 3 Sages, leave your contemplations; brighter visions beam afar; seek the great Desire of Nations; ye have seen his natal star: [Refrain] 4 Though an infant now we view him, he shall fill his Father's throne, gather all the nations to him; every knee shall then bow down: [Refrain] Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12 Used With Tune: IRIS Text Sources: From Iris, 1816 and The Christmas Box, 1825

All hail the power of Jesu's name

Author: Edward Perronet (1726-1792) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 3,539 hymnals Topics: Christ the King (The Sunday next before Advent) Year B; Church Year Ascension; Church Year Christ the King; Proper 15 Year A; Proper 5 Year C Lyrics: 1 All hail the power of Jesu's name; let angels prostrate fall; bring forth the royal diadem to crown him, crown him, crown him, crown him Lord of all. 2 Crown him, ye morning stars of light, who fixed this floating ball; now hail the Strength of Israel's might, and crown him Lord of all. 3 Crown him, ye martyrs of your God, who from his altar call; praise him whose way of pain ye trod, and crown him Lord of all. 4 Ye seed of Israel's chosen race, ye ransomed of the fall, hail him who saves you by his grace, and crown him Lord of all. 5 Sinners, whose love can ne'er forget the wormwood and the gall, go spread your trophies at his feet, and crown him Lord of all. 6 Let every tribe and every tongue to him their hearts enthral, lift high the universal song and crown him Lord of all. Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10 Used With Tune: MILES LANE

Dear Lord and Father of mankind

Author: John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) Meter: 8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 532 hymnals Topics: Church Year Lent; Proper 11 Year B; Proper 14 Year A; Proper 22 Year C; The Third Sunday of Epiphany Year A Lyrics: 1 Dear Lord and Father of mankind, forgive our foolish ways; re-clothe us in our rightful mind, in purer lives thy service find, in deeper reverence praise. 2 In simple trust like theirs who heard, beside the Syrian sea, the gracious calling of the Lord, let us, like them, without a word rise up and follow thee. 3 O Sabbath rest by Galilee! O calm of hills above, where Jesus knelt to share with thee the silence of eternity, interpreted by love! 4 Drop thy still dews of quietness, till all our strivings cease; take from our souls the strain and stress, and let our ordered lives confess the beauty of thy peace. 5 Breathe through the heats of our desire thy coolness and thy balm; let sense be dumb, let flesh retire; speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire, O still small voice of calm. Scripture: 1 Kings 19:7-18 Used With Tune: REPTON

How sweet the name of Jesus sounds

Author: John Newton (1725-1807) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,678 hymnals Topics: Proper 21 Year B; Proper 6 Year C; Proper 9 Year A; The Fourth Sunday of Easter Year B; The Third Sunday of Lent Year C Lyrics: 1 How sweet the name ofJesus 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. 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 Jesus! my Shepherd, Brother, Friend, my Prophet, Priest, and King, my Lord, my Life, my Way, my End, accept the praise I bring. 5 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. 6 Till then I would thy love proclaim with every fleeting breath; and may the music of thy name refresh my soul in death. Scripture: John 1:16 Used With Tune: ST PETER