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Ye servants of God, your Master proclaim

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 10.10.11.11 Appears in 668 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Ye servants of God, your Master proclaim, and publish abroad his wonderful Name; the Name all-victorious of Jesus extol: his kingdom is glorious; he rules over all. 2 God ruleth on high, almighty to save; and still he is nigh: his presence we have. The great congregation his triumph shall sing, ascribing salvation to Jesus our King. 3 Salvation to God who sits on the throne! Let all cry aloud, and honor the Son. The praises of Jesus the angels proclaim, fall down on their faces, and worship the Lamb. 4 Then let us adore,and give him his right: All glory and power, all wisdom and might, and honor and blessing, with angels above, and thanks never-ceasing and infinite love. Topics: The Church's Mission Used With Tune: PADERBORN

How bright appears the Morning Star

Author: William Mercer, 1811-8173; Philipp Nicolai, 1556-1608 Meter: Irregular Appears in 30 hymnals Lyrics: 1 How bright appears the Morning Star, with mercy beaming from afar; the host of heaven rejoices; O righteous Branch, O Jesse's Rod! Thou Son of Man and Son of God! We, too, will lift our voices: Jesus, Jesus! Holy, holy, yet most lowly, draw thou near us; great Emmanuel, come and hear us. 2 Though circled by the hosts on high, he deigned to cast a pitying eye upon his helpless creature; the whole creation's Head and Lord, by highest seraphim adored, assumed our very nature; Jesus, grant us, through thy merit, to inherit thy salvation; hear, O hear our supplication. 3 Rejoice, ye heavens; thou earth, reply; with praise, ye sinners, fill the sky, for this his Incarnation. Incarnate God, put forth thy power, ride on, ride on, great Conqueror, till all know thy salvation. Amen, amen! Alleluia, alleluia! Praise be given evermore, by earth and heaven. Used With Tune: WIE SCHÖN LEUCHTET

How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord

Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 2,121 hymnals Lyrics: 1 How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, is laid for your faith in his excellent word! What more can he say than to you he hath said, to you that for refuge to Jesus have fled? 2 "Fear not, I am with thee; O be not dismayed! For I am thy God, and will still give thee aid; I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand, upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand. 3 "When through the deep waters I call thee to go, the rivers of woe shall not thee overflow; for I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless, and sanctify to thee thy deepest distress. 4 "When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie, my grace, all sufficient, shall be thy supply; the flame shall not hurt thee; I only design thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine. 5 "The soul that to Jesus hath fled for repose, I will not, I will not desert to its foes; that soul, though all hell shall endeavor to shake, I'll never, no, never, no, never forsake." Topics: The Christian Life Used With Tune: LYONS Text Sources: K. in John Rippon's Selection, 1787, alt.

The Song of Zechariah

Appears in 303 hymnals First Line: Blessed be the Lord God of Israel Lyrics: 1. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he hath visited and redeemed his people; 2. And hath raised up a might salvation for us in the house of his servant David, 3. As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: 4. That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; 5. To perform the mercy promised to our forefathers, and to remember his holy covenant; 6. To perform the oath which he sware to our forefather Abraham, that he would give us, 7. That we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, 8. In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life. 9. And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest, for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; 10. To give knowledge of salvation unto his people for the remission of their sins, 11. Through the tender mercy of our God, whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us; 12. To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, and to guide our feet into the way of peace. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. Topics: Canticles Used With Tune: [Blessed be the Lord God of Israel]

Savior, like a shepherd lead us

Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 1,135 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Savior, like a shepherd lead us; much we need thy tender care; in thy pleasant pastures feed us; for our use thy folds prepare. Blessed Jesus! Blessed Jesus! Thou hast bought us, thine we are. 2 Early let us seek thy favor, early let us learn thy will; do thou, Lord, our only Savior, with thy love our bosoms fill. Blessed Jesus! Blessed Jesus! Thou hast loved us: love us still. Topics: The Christian Life Used With Tune: SICILIAN MARINERS Text Sources: Hymns for the Young, ca. 1830, alt.

Come, let us sing to the Lord

Appears in 453 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Come let us sing to the Lord; let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation. 2. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving and raise a loud shout to him with psalms. [Antiphon] 3. For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. 4. In his hand are the caverns of the earth, and the heights of the hills are his also. 5. The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands have molded the dry land. [Antiphon] 6. Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee, and kneel before the Lord our Maker. 7. For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. Oh, that today you would hearken to his voice! [Antiphon] 8. Harden not your hearts as your forebears did in the wilderness, at Meribah, and on that day at Massah, when they tempted me. 9. They put me to the test, though they had seen my works. [Antiphon] 10. Forty years long I detested that generation and said, "This people are wayward in their hearts; they do not know my ways." 11. So I swore in my wrath, "They shall not enter into my rest." [Antiphon] Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. [Antiphon] Topics: The Daily Office Daily Morning Prayer II Used With Tune: [Come, let us sing to the Lord]

Stand up, stand up, for Jesus

Author: George Duffield, Jr., 1818-1888 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 1,782 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Stand up, stand up, for Jesus, ye soldiers of the cross; lift high his royal banner, it must not suffer loss: from victory unto victory his army shall he lead, till every foe is vanquished and Christ is Lord indeed. 2 Stand up, stand up, for Jesus; the trumpet call obey; forth to the mighty conflict in this his glorious day: ye that are his now serve him against unnumbered foes; let courage rise with danger, and strength to strength oppose. 3 Stand up, stand up, for Jesus; stand in his strength alone; the arm of flesh will fail you, ye dare not trust your own: put on the Gospel armor, and watching unto prayer, when duty calls, or danger, be never wanting there. 4 Stand up, stand up, for Jesus: the strife will not be long: this day, the noise of battle; the next, the victor's song. To valiant hearts triumphant, a crown of life shall be; they with the King of glory shall reign eternally. Topics: Christian Vocation and Pilgrimage Used With Tune: MORNING LIGHT

Rock of ages, cleft for me

Author: Augustus Montague Toplady, 1740-1778 Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 2,895 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Rock of ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in thee; let the water and the blood from thy wounded side which flowed, be of sin the double cure, cleanse me from its guilt and power. 2 Should my tears for ever flow, should my zeal no languor know, all for sin could not atone: thou must save, and thou alone; in my hand no price I bring, simply to thy cross I cling. 3 While I draw this fleeting breath, when mine eyelids close in death, when I rise to worlds unknown and behold thee on thy throne, Rock of ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in thee. Topics: The Christian Life Used With Tune: TOPLADY

Guide me, O thou great Jehovah

Author: William Williams, 1717-1791; Peter Williams, 1722-1796 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.7 Appears in 1,817 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Guide me, O thou great Jehovah, pilgrim through this barren land; I am weak, but thou art mighty; hold me with thy powerful hand; bread of heaven, bread of heaven, feed me now and evermore, feed me now and evermore. 2 Open now the crystal fountain, whence the healing stream doth flow; let the fire and cloudy pillar lead me all my journey through; strong deliverer, strong deliverer. be thou still my strength and shield, be thou still my strength and shield. 3 When I tread the verge of Jordan, bid my anxious fears subside; death of death, and hell's destruction, land me safe on Canaan's side; songs of praises, songs of praises, I will ever give to thee, I will ever give to thee. Topics: The Christian Life Used With Tune: CWM RHONDDA

It came upon the midnight clear

Author: Edmund H. Sears, 1810-1876 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 867 hymnals Lyrics: 1. It came upon the midnight clear, that glorious song of old, from angels bending near the earth to touch their harps of gold: "Peace on the earth, good will to men, from heaven's all-gracious King." The world in solemn stillness lay, to hear the angels sing. 2. Still through the cloven skies they come with peaceful wings unfurled, and still their heavenly music floats o'er all the weary world; above its sad and lowly plains they bend on hovering wing, and ever o'er its Babel-sounds the blessed angels sing. 3. Yet with the woes of sin and strife the world has suffered long; beneath the heavenly hymn have rolled two thousand years of wrong; and warring humankind hears not the tidings which they bring; O hush the noise and cease your strife and hear the angels sing! 4. For lo! the days are hastening on, by prophets seen of old, when with the ever-circling years shall come the time foretold, when peace shall over all the earth its ancient splendors fling, and the whole world give back the song which now the angels sing. Used With Tune: NOEL