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Triumphant Sion, lift thy head

Author: P. Doddridge Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 289 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Triumphant Sion, lift thy head From dust, and darkness, and the dead! Though humbled long, awake at length, And gird thee with thy Saviour's strength. 2 Put all thy beauteous garments on, And let thy various charms be known: Decked in the robes of righteousness, The world thy glories shall confess. 3 No more shall foes unclean invade, And fill thy hallowed walls with dread; No more shall hell's insulting host Their victory and thy sorrows boast. 4 God from on high has heard thy prayer; His hand thy ruins shall repair; Nor will thy watchful Monarch cease To guard thee in eternal peace. Amen. Topics: Church Militant Used With Tune: [Triumphant Sion, lift thy head]

New every morning is the love

Author: Rev. J. Keble Meter: Irregular Appears in 362 hymnals First Line: New ev'ry morning is the love Lyrics: 1 New ev'ry morning is the love Our wakening and uprising prove; Through sleep and darkness safely brought, Restor'd to life, and pow'r, and tho't 2 New mercies, each returning day, Hover around us while we pray; New perils past, new sins forgiven, New thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven. 3 If on our daily course our mind Be set to hallow all we find, New treasures still, of countless price, God will provide for sacrifice. 4 Old friends, old scenes, will lovelier be, As more of heaven in each we see; Some softening gleam of love and prayer Shall dawn on every cross and care. 5 The trivial round, the common task, Will furnish all we need to ask; Room to deny ourselves, a road To bring us daily nearer God. 6 Only, O Lord, in Thy dear love, Fit us for perfect rest above; And help us, this and every day, To live more nearly as we pray. Amen. Topics: Daily Prayer Morning Used With Tune: [New ev'ry morning is the love]

While Thee I seek, protecting Power

Author: Helen M. Williams Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 684 hymnals Lyrics: 1 While Thee I seek, protecting Power, Be my vain wishes stilled; And may this consecrated hour With better hopes be filled. 2 Thy love the powers of thought bestowed, To Thee my thoughts would soar: Thy mercy o'er my life hast flowed; That mercy I adore. 3 In each event of life, how clear Thy ruling hand I see; Each blessing to my soul more dear, Because conferred by Thee. 4 In every joy that crowns my days, In every pain I bear, My heart shall find delight in praise, Or seek relief in prayer. 5 When gladness wings my favored hour, Thy love my thoughts shall fill; Resigned, when storms of sorrow lower, My soul shall meet Thy will. 6 My lifted eye, without a tear, The lowering storm shall see; My steadfast heart shall know no fear; That heart will rest on Thee. Amen. Topics: Home and Personal Use; Faith; Submission Used With Tune: [While Thee I seek, protecting Power]

In His temple now behold Him

Author: Rev. H. J. Pye Meter: 8.7 Appears in 52 hymnals Lyrics: 1 In His temple now behold Him; See the long-expected Lord! Ancient prophets had foretold him; God hath now fulfilled His word. Now to praise Him, His redeemèd Shall break forth with one accord. 2 In the arms of her who bore Him, Virgin pure, behold Him lie, While His aged saints adore Him, Ere in perfect faith they die: Alleluia! Alleluia! Lo, the incarnate God most high! 3 Jesus, by Thy Presentation, Thou, Who didst for us endure, Make us see Thy great salvation, Seal us with Thy promise sure; And present us in Thy glory To Thy Father cleansed and pure. 4 Prince and author of salvation, Be Thy boundless love our theme! Jesus, praise to Thee be given By the world Thou didst redeem, With the Father and the Spirit, Lord of majesty supreme! Amen. Topics: Other Feasts and Fasts The Purification Used With Tune: [In His temple now behold Him]

Hail the day that sees Him rise

Author: Rev. Chas. Wesley Appears in 553 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Hail the day that sees Him rise, Alleluia! To his throne above the skies; Alleluia! Christ, the Lamb for sinners given, Alleluia! Enters now the highest heaven. Alleluia! 2 There for Him high triumph waits; Alleluia! Lift your heads, eternal gates; Alleluia! He hath conquered death and sin; Alleluia! Take the King of glory in. Alleluia! 3 Lo! the heaven its Lord receives, Alleluia! Yet he loves the earth He leaves: Alleluia! Though returning to His thrones, Alleluia! Still he calls mankind His own. Alleluia! 4 See! He lifts His hands above; Alleluia! See! He shows the prints of love; Alleluia! Hark! His gracious lips bestow Alleluia! Blessings on His Church below. Alleluia! 5 Still for us He intercedes, Alleluia! His prevailing death He pleads, Alleluia! Near Himself prepares our place, Alleluia! He the first-fruits of our race. Alleluia! 6 Lord, though parted from our sight Alleluia! Far above the starry height, Alleluia! Grant our hearts may thither rise, Alleluia! Seeking Thee above the skies. Alleluia! Amen. Topics: Ascensiontide Used With Tune: [Hail the day that sees Him rise]

O mother dear, Jerusalem

Author: D. Dickson Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 623 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O Mother dear, Jerusalem, When shall I come to Thee? When shall my sorrows have an end? Thy joys when shall I see? 2 O happy harbor of God's saints! O sweet and pleasant soil! In thee no sorrow can be found, Nor grief, nor care, nor toil. 3 No murky cloud o'er shadows thee, Nor gloom, nor darksome night; But every soul shines as the sun; For God Himself give light. 4 O sweet home, Jerusalem, Thy joys when shall I see? The King that sitteth on thy throne In his felicity? 5 Thy gardens and thy goodly walks Continually are green, Where grow such sweet and pleasant flowers As nowhere else are seen. 6 Right through thy streets, with silver sound, The living waters flow, And on the banks, on either side The trees of life doth grow. 7 Those trees for evermore bear fruit, And evermore do spring: There evermore the angels sit And evermore do sing. 8 Jerusalem, my happy home, Would God I were in Thee! Would God my woes were at an end, Thy joys that I might see! Amen. Topics: General; Processional; Church Triumphant Used With Tune: [O mother dear, Jerusalem]

Praise, my soul, the King of heaven

Author: Rev. H. F. Lyte Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.7 Appears in 540 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Praise, my soul, the King of heaven; To His feet thy tribute bring; Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven, Evermore His praises sing; Alleluia! Alleluia! Praise the everlasting King. 2 Praise Him for His grace and favor To our fathers in distress; Praise Him, still the same as ever, Slow to chide, and swift to bless: Alleluia! Alleluia! Glorious in His faithfulness. 3 Father-like He tends and spares us; Well our feeble frame He knows; In His hands He gently bears us, Rescues us from all our foes Alleluia! Alleluia! Widely yet His mercy flows. 4 Angels in the height adore Him! Ye behold Him face to face; Saints triumphant, bow before Him! gathered in from every race; Alleluia! Alleluia! Praise with us the God of grace. Topics: Processional; Adoration; Praise Used With Tune: [Praise, my soul, the King of heaven]

Deus Misereatur

Appears in 337 hymnals First Line: God be merciful unto us and bless us Lyrics: 1 God be merciful unto us and bless us and show us the light of his countenance and be merciful unto us; 2 That thy way may be known upon earth; thy saving health among all nations. 3 Let the people praise thee O God; yea let all the people praise thee. 4 O let the nations rejoice and be glad for thou shalt judge the folk righteously and govern the nations upon the earth. 5 Let the people praise thee O God; yea let all the people praise thee. 6 Then shall the earth bring forth her increase and God, even our own God, shall give us his blessing. 7 God shall bless us and all the ends of the world shall fear him. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 67 Used With Tune: [God be merciful unto us and bless us]

Joy to the world! the Lord is come

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,868 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Joy to the world! the Lord is come: Let earth receive her King; Let ev'ry heart prepare Him room, And heaven and nature sing. 2 Joy to the world! the Savior reigns: Let men their songs employ; While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains, Repeat the sounding joy. 3 No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make His blessings flow Far as the curse is found. 4 He rules the world with truth and grace, And makes the nations prove The glories of His righteousness, And wonders of His love. Amen. Topics: General; Joy Used With Tune: [Joy to the world! the Lord is come]

Come, Christian children, come and raise

Author: Dorothy A. Thrupp Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 60 hymnals First Line: Come, Christian children, come, and raise Lyrics: 1 Come, Christian children, come, and raise Your voice with one accord; Come, sing in joyful songs of praise The glories of your Lord. 2 Sing of the wonders of His love, And loudest praises give To Him Who left His throne above, And died that you might live. 3 Sing of the wonders of His truth, And read in every page The promise made to earliest youth, Fulfilled to latest age. 4 Sing of the wonders of his power, Who with His own right arm Upholds and keeps you hour by hour, And shields from every harm. 5 Sing of the wonders of His grace, Who made and keeps you His, And guides yo to the appointed place At His right hand in bliss. Amen. Topics: For Children Used With Tune: [Come, Christian children, come and raise]