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Silent Night! Holy Night!

Author: Joseph Mohr; John F. Young Meter: Irregular Appears in 666 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Silent night! holy night! All is calm, all is bright 'round yon virgin mother and Child, holy infant so tender and mild, sleep in heavenly peace, sleep in heavenly peace. 2 Silent night! holy night! Shepherds quake at the sight, glories stream from heaven afar, heavenly hosts sing Alleluia; Christ the Savior is born, Christ the Savior is born. 3 Silent night! holy night! Son of God, love’s pure light, radiant beams from thy holy face, with the dawn of redeeming grace, Jesus, Lord at thy birth, Jesus, Lord at thy birth. [German:] 1 Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht! Alles schläft, einsam wacht nur das traute hochheilige Paar, holder Knabe mit lockigem Haar, schlaf in himmlischer Ruh, schlaf in himmlischer Ruh! Topics: Christmas Season; Descants Scripture: Luke 2:6-20 Used With Tune: STILLE NACHT

O Love, How Deep, How Broad

Author: Benjamin Webb Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 143 hymnals First Line: O Love, how deep, how broad, how high Lyrics: 1 O Love, how deep, how broad, how high, how passing thought and fantasy: that God, the Son of God, should take our mortal form for mortals' sake. 2 For us baptized, for us he bore his holy fast and hungered sore; for us temptations sharp he knew, for us the tempter overthrew. 3 For us he prayed, for us he taught, for us his daily works he wrought, by words and signs and actions, thus still seeking not himself, but us. 4 For us to evil power betrayed, scourged, mocked, in purple robe arrayed, he bore the shameful cross and death, for us gave up his dying breath. 5 For us he rose from death again; for us he went on high to reign; for us he sent his Spirit here to guide, to comfort, and to cheer. 6 All glory to our Lord and God for love so deep, so high, so broad– the Trinity whom we adore forever and forevermore. Topics: Jesus Christ Baptism; Holy Spirit; Jesus Christ Baptism of; Jesus Christ Earthly Life and Ministry; Jesus Christ Incarnation; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Jesus Christ Son of God; Jesus Christ Suffering; Jesus Christ Temptation Scripture: Mark 14:43 Used With Tune: PUER NOBIS Text Sources: Anonymous Latin hymn, 15th C.

The Lord's My Shepherd, I'll Not Want

Author: William Whittingham Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 608 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The Lord’s my Shepherd, I’ll not want; he makes me down to lie in pastures green; he leadeth me the quiet waters by. 2 My soul he doth restore again; and me to walk doth make within the paths of righteousness, e'en for his own name’s sake. 3 Yea, though I walk in death’s dark vale, yet will I fear no ill; for thou art with me, and thy rod and staff me comfort still. 4 My table thou hast furnished in presence of my foes; my head thou dost with oil anoint, and my cup overflows. 5 Goodness and mercy all my life shall surely follow me; and in God’s house forevermore my dwelling place shall be. Topics: God Sustainer; Assurance; Descants; God Comforter; God Guide; God Shepherd; God Sustainer; Heaven; Psalms Scripture: Psalm 23 Used With Tune: CRIMOND Text Sources: Scottish Psalter, 1650

Morning Has Broken

Author: Eleanor Farjeon Meter: 5.5.5.4 D Appears in 98 hymnals Topics: Passing Days; God Creator; Nature Scripture: Exodus 16:7 Used With Tune: BUNESSAN

Abide with me, Fast Falls the Eventide

Author: Henry F. Lyte Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 1,736 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Abide with me, fast falls the eventide; the darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide! When other helpers fail, and comforts flee, help of the helpless, O abide with me. 2 Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day; earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away; change and decay in all around I see: O thou who changest not, abide with me. 3 I need thy presence every passing hour; what but thy grace can foil the tempter's power? Who, like thyself, my guide and stay can be? Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me. 4 I fear no foe, with thee at hand to bless; ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness. Where is death's sting? Where, grave, thy victory? I triumph still, if thou abide with me. 5 Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes; shine through the gloom and point me to the skies: heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee; in life, in death, O Lord, abide with me. Topics: Eternal Life; Evening; Fears; God Changelessness; God Presence of Scripture: Job 14:1 Used With Tune: EVENTIDE

The King Shall Come

Author: John Brownlie Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 101 hymnals First Line: The King shall come when morning dawns Lyrics: 1 The King shall come when morning dawns and light triumphant breaks; when beauty gilds the eastern hills and life to joy awakes. 2 Not as of old, a little child, to bear, and fight, and die, but crowned with glory like the sun that lights the morning sky. 3 The King shall come when morning dawns and earth's dark night is past; O haste the rising of that morn, the day that e'er shall last. 4 Then let the endless bliss begin, by weary saints foretold, when right shall triumph over wrong, and truth shall be extolled. 5 The King shall come when morning dawns and light and beauty brings. Hail, Christ the Lord! Your people pray, come quickly, King of kings! Topics: Heaven; Jesus Christ Exaltation; Jesus Christ King; Jesus Christ Return (Coming in Glory); Jesus Christ Final Victory Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 2:8 Used With Tune: MORNING SONG Text Sources: Ancient Greek hymn

Amens, Dresden

Appears in 1,055 hymnals First Line: Amen, Amen Lyrics: Amen, Amen. Used With Tune: Amens, Dresden

On Jordan's Stormy Banks I Stand

Author: Samuel Stennett Meter: 8.6.8.6 with refrain Appears in 1,423 hymnals Refrain First Line: I am bound for the promised land Lyrics: 1 On Jordan's stormy banks I stand, and cast a wishful eye to Canaan's fair and happy land, where my possessions lie. [Refrain:] I am bound for the promised land, I am bound for the promised land; O who will come and go with me? I am bound for the promised land. 2 O'er all those wide extended plains shines one eternal day; there God the Son forever reigns, and scatters night away. (Refrain) 3 No chilling winds or poisonous breath can reach that healthful shore; sickness and sorrow, pain and death, are felt and feared no more. (Refrain) 4 When I shall reach that happy place, I'll be forever blest, for I shall see my Father's face and in his bosom rest. (Refrain) Topics: The Christian Life Death and Eternal Life; Eternal Life; Pilgrimage Scripture: Joshua 32:5 Used With Tune: PROMISED LAND

The Works of the Lord Are Created

Author: Christopher Idle Meter: 12.11.12.11 Appears in 9 hymnals First Line: The works of the Lord are created in wisdom Lyrics: 1 The works of the Lord are created in wisdom! We view the earth's wonders and call him to mind; we hear what he says in the world we discover, and God show his glory in all that we find. 2 Not even the angels have ever been granted to tell the full story of nature and grace; but open to God is all human perception, the mysteries of time and the secrets of space. 3 The sun every morning lights up all creation, the moon marks the rhythm of months in their turn; the glittering stars are arrayed in his honor, adorning the years as they ceaselessly burn. 4 The wind is his breath and the clouds are his signal, the rain and the snow are the robes of his choice; the storm and the lightning, his watchmen and heralds, the crash of the thunder, the sound of his voice. 5 The song is unfinished; how shall we complete it, and where find the skill to perfect all God's praise? At work in all places, he cares for all peoples-- how great is the Lord to the end of all days! Topics: God in Creation God's Work in Nature; God Goodness; God Transcendence; God Wisdom; Nature Scripture: Psalm 19:1-6 Used With Tune: KREMSER Text Sources: Based on Ecclesiasticus 42, 43

Take Time to Be Holy

Author: William D. Longstaff Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Appears in 335 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Take time to be holy, speak oft with thy Lord; abide in him always, and feed on his Word. Make friends of God's children; help those who are weak, forgetting in nothing his blessing to seek. 2 Take time to be holy, the world rushes on; spend much time in secret with Jesus alone; by looking to Jesus, like him thou shalt be; thy friends in thy conduct his likeness shall see. 3 Take time to be holy, let him be thy guide, and run not before him, whatever betide; in joy or in sorrow still follow thy Lord, and, looking to Jesus, still trust in his Word. 4 Take time to be holy, be calm in thy soul, each thought and each motive beneath his control; thus led by his Spirit to fountains of love, thou soon shalt be fitted for service above. Topics: Calmness; Following God/Christ; Holiness of Life; Prayer; Submission; Word of God Scripture: Matthew 6:6 Used With Tune: HOLINESS