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Saviour, breathe an evening blessing
Author: J. Edmeston Appears in 853 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Saviour, breathe an evening blessing,
Ere repose our spirits seal;
Sin and want we come confessing;
Thou canst save and Thou canst heal.
2 Though the night be dark and dreary,
Darkness cannot hide from Thee;
Thou art He Who, never weary,
Watchest where Thy people be.
3 Though destruction walk around us,
Though the arrows past us fly,
Angel-guards from Thee surround us;
We are safe, if Thou art nigh.
4 Be Thou nigh, should death o'ertake us;
Jesu then our refuge be,
And in Paradise awake us,
There to rest in peace with Thee.
5 Father, to Thy holy keeping
Humbly we ourselves resign;
Saviour, Who hast slept our sleeping,
Make our slumbers pure as Thine;
6 Blessed Spirit, brooding o'er us,
Chase the darkness of our night,
Till the perfect day before us
Breaks in everlasting light.
Topics: Daily Prayer Evening Used With Tune: VESPER HYMN
Saviour, breathe an evening blessing
Ah, holy Jesus, how hast Thou offended
Author: R. Bridges; J. Heermann Appears in 137 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Ah, holy Jesus, how hast Thou offended,
That man to judge Thee hath in hate pretended?
By foes derided, by Thine own rejected,
O most afflicted.
2 Who was the guilty! Who brought this upon Thee?
Alas, my treason, Jesus, hath undone Thee.
'Twas I, Lord Jesus, I it was denied Thee:
I crucified Thee.
3 Lo, the good Shepherd for the sheep is offered;
The slave hath sinned, and the Son hath suffered;
For man's atonement, while he nothing heedeth,
God intercedeth.
4 For me, kind Jesus, was Thy incarnation,
Thy mortal sorrow, and Thy life's oblation;
Thy death of anguish and Thy bitter passion,
For my salvation.
5 Therefore, kind Jesus, since I cannot pay Thee,
I do adore Thee, and will ever pray Thee,
Think on Thy pity and Thy love unswerving,
Not my deserving. Topics: Lent Holy Week Used With Tune: HERZLIEBSTER
Ah, holy Jesus, how hast Thou offended
Little drops of water
Author: J. A. Carney Appears in 244 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Little drops of water,
Little grains of sand,
Make the mighty ocean,
And the beauteous land.
2 And the little moments,
Humble though they be,
Make the mighty ages
Of eternity.
3 Little deeds of kindness,
Little words of love,
Make our earth an Eden,
Like the heaven above.
4 So our little errors
Lead the soul away
From the paths of virtue
Into sin to stray.
5 Little seeds of mercy,
Sown by youthful hands,
Grow to bless the nations
Far in heathen lands.
6 Little ones in glory
Swell the angels' song:
Make us meet, dear Saviour,
For their holy throng. Topics: Youth and School Life Younger Children Used With Tune: ERNSTEIN
Little drops of water
O happy band of pilgrims
Author: J. M. Neale; St. Joseph of the Studium Appears in 183 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O happy band of pilgrims,
If onward ye will tread
With Jesus as your fellow,
To Jesus as your head!
2 O happy if ye labour
As Jesus did for men!
O happy if ye hunger
As Jesus hungered then!
3 The cross that Jesus carried,
He carried as your due:
The crown that Jesus weareth,
He weareth it for you.
4 The faith by which ye see Him,
The hope in which ye yearn,
The love that through all troubles
To Him alone will turn.
5 The trials that beset you,
The sorrows ye endure.
The manifold temptations
That death alone can cure;
6 What are they but His jewels,
Of right celestial worth?
What are they but the ladder
Set up to heaven on earth?
7 O happy band of pilgrims,
Look upward to the skies,
Where such a light affliction
Shall win so great a prize!
8 To Father, Son, and Spirit,
The God Whom we adore,
Be loftiest praises given,
Now and for evermore. Topics: General Processionals Used With Tune: KNECHT
O happy band of pilgrims
Ride on! ride on in majesty!
Author: H. H. Milman Appears in 506 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Ride on! ride on in majesty!
Hark! all the tribes Hosanna cry!
O Saviour meek, pursue Thy road,
With palms and scattered garments strow'd
Chorus:
Ride on, ride on, ride on, ride on.
Hark! all the tribes, Hosanna cry!
2 Ride on! ride on in majesty!
In lowly pomp ride on to die,
O Christ, Thy triumphs now begin
O'er captive death and conquered sin. [Chorus]
3 Ride on! ride on in majesty!
The angel armies of the sky
Look down with sad and wand'ring eyes
To see th' approaching sacrifice. [Chorus]
4 Ride on! ride on in majesty!
Thy last and fiercest strife is nigh;
The Father on His sapphire throne
Expects His own anointed Son. [Chorus]
5 Ride on! ride on in majesty!
In lowly pomp ride on to die.
Bow Thy meek head to mortal pain,
Then take, O God, Thy pow'r, and reign. [Chorus] Topics: General Processionals Used With Tune: CHRISTUS REX
Ride on! ride on in majesty!
O Light, Whose beams illumine all
Author: E. H. Plumptre Appears in 56 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O Light, Whose beams illumine all
From twilight dawn to perfect day,
Shine Thou before the shadows fall,
That lead our wandering feet astray;
At morn and eve Thy radiance pour,
That youth may love and ago adore.
2 O Way, through Whom our souls draw near
To yon eternal home of peace,
Where perfect love shall cast out fear,
And earth's vain toil and wandering cease;
In strength or weakness may we see
Our heavenward path, O Lord, through Thee.
3 O Truth, before Whose shrine we bow,
Thou priceless pearl for all who seek,
To Thee our earliest strength we vow;
Thy love will bless the pure and meek;
When dreams or mists beguile our sight,
Turn Thou our darkness into light.
4 O Life, the well that ever flows
To slake the thirst of those that faint,
Thy power to bless, what seraph knows?
Thy joy supreme, what words can paint?
In earth's last hour of fleeting breath
Be Thou our conqueror over death.
5 O Light, O Way, O Truth, O Life,
O Jesus, born mankind to save,
Give Thou Thy peace in deadliest strife;
Shed Thou Thy calm on stormiest wave;
Be Thou our hope, our joy, our dread,
Lord of the living and the dead.
Topics: General Used With Tune: ST. MATTHIAS
O Light, Whose beams illumine all
To the Name of our salvation
Author: J. M. Neale Appears in 119 hymnals Lyrics: 1 To the Name of our salvation,
Laud and honour let us pay,
Which for many a generation
Hid in God's foreknowledge lay;
But with holy exultation
We may sing aloud today.
2 Jesus is the Name we treasure;
Name beyond what words can tell;
Name of gladness, Name of pleasure,
Ear and heart delighting well;
Name of sweetness, passing measure,
Saving us from sin and hell.
3 'Tis the Name for adoration,
Name for songs of victory,
Name for holy meditation
In this vale of misery,
Name for joyful veneration
By the citizens on high.
4 'Tis the Name that whoso preacheth
Speaks like music to the ear;
Who in prayer this Name beseecheth
Sweetest comfort findeth near;
Who its perfect wisdom reacheth,
Heavenly joy possesseth here.
5 Therefore we in love adoring,
This most blessed Name revere;
Holy Jesus, Thee imploring
So to write it in us here,
That hereafter, heavenward soaring,
We may sing with angels there. Topics: General Used With Tune: ORIEL
To the Name of our salvation
Come, my soul, thy suit prepare
Author: J. Newton Appears in 710 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Come, my soul, thy suit prepare;
Jesus loves to answer prayer;
He Himself has bid thee pray,
Therefore will not say thee, Nay.
2 Thou art coming to a King:
Large petitions with thee bring;
For His grace and power are such,
None can ever ask too much.
3 With my burden I begin:
Lord, remove this load of sin;
Let Thy blood, for sinners spilt,
Set my conscience free from guilt.
4 Lord, I come to Thee for rest;
Take possession of my breast;
There Thy blood-bought right maintain,
And without a rival reign.
5 While I am a pilgrim here,
Let Thy love my spirit cheer;
As my Guide, my Guard, my Friend,
Lead me to my journey's end.
6 Show me what I have to do;
Every hour my strength renew;
Let me live a life of faith;
Let me die Thy people's death. Topics: General Used With Tune: BRASTED
Come, my soul, thy suit prepare
Come ye faithful, raise the strain
Author: J. M. Neale Appears in 380 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Come ye faithful, raise the strain
Of triumphant gladness;
God hath brought His Israel
Into joy from sadness;
Loosed from Pharaoh's bitter yoke
Jacob's sons and daughters;
Led them with unmoistened foot
Through the Red Sea waters.
2 'Tis the spring of souls to-day;
Christ hath burst His prison,
And from three days' sleep in death
As a sun hath risen;
All the winter of our sins,
Long and dark, is flying
From His light, to Whom we give
Laud and praise undying.
3 Now the Queen of seasons bright
With the day of splendour,
With the royal feast of feasts,
Comes its joy to render;
Comes to glad Jerusalem,
Who with true affection
Welcomes in unwearied strains
Jesus' resurrection.
4 Neither might the gates of death,
Nor the tomb's dark portal,
Nor the watchers, nor the seal,
Hold Thee as a mortal:
But to-day amidst Thine own
Thou didst stand, bestowing
That Thy peace which evermore
Passeth human knowing. Topics: Lent Eastertide Used With Tune: ST. KEVIN
Come ye faithful, raise the strain
Come, we that love the Lord
Author: I. Watts Appears in 1,798 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Come, we that love the Lord,
And let our joys be known;
Join in a song with sweet accord,
And thus surround the throne.
2 Let those refuse to sing
That never knew our God;
But children of the heavenly King
May speak their joys abroad.
3 The men of grace have found
Glory begun below;
Celestial fruits on earthly ground
From faith and hope may grow.
4 The hill of Zion yields
A thousand sacred sweets,
Before we reach the heavenly fields,
Or walk the golden streets.
5 Then let our songs abound,
And every tear be dry;
We're marching through Emmanuel's ground
To fairer worlds on high. Topics: General Used With Tune: ST. THOMAS
Come, we that love the Lord
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