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Lord, Speak to Me

Author: Frances Ridley Havergal Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 459 hymnals First Line: Lord, speak to me, that I may speak Lyrics: 1 Lord, speak to me, that I may speak In living echoes of thy tone; As thou has sought, so let me seek Thy erring children lost and lone. 2 O lead me, Lord, that I may lead The wandering and the wavering feet; O feed me, Lord, that I may feed Thy hungering ones with manna sweet. 3 O teach me, Lord, that I may teach The precious truths thou dost impart; And wing my words, that they may reach The hidden depths of many a heart. Topics: Discipleship; God's voice (or call); Manna; Seeking guidance Used With Tune: CANONBURY Text Sources: Under the Surface, 1874

Great Is Thy Faithfulness

Author: Thomas O. Chisholm Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Appears in 189 hymnals 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 forever wilt be. Refrain: Great is thy faithfulness, Great is thy faithfulness, Morning by morning new mercies I see; All I have needed thy hand hath 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, Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide, Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow, Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside! [Refrain] Topics: Blessing (blessedness); Creation; Faithfulness; Forgiveness; God's Care; God's Presence; Harvest; Hope; Love; Mercy; Morning; Noah; Peace; Sin; Spring; Summer; Thankfulness; Winter Scripture: Lamentations 3:22-23 Used With Tune: GRANDE ES TU FIDELIDAD Text Sources: Songs of Salvation

All Through the Night

Author: Sir Harold Boulton Meter: 8.4.8.4.8.8.8.4 Appears in 15 hymnals First Line: Sleep, my child, and peace attend thee Lyrics: 1 Sleep, my child, and peace attend thee All through the night; Guardian angels God will send thee All through the night. Soft the drowsy hours are creeping, Hill and vale in slumber sleeping, I my loving vigil keeping, All through the night. 2 While the moon her watch is keeping All through the night; While the weary world is sleeping All through the night. Over thy spirit gently stealing, Visions of delight revealing, Breathes a pure and holy feeling, All through the night. 3 Deep the silence round us spreading, All through the night; Dark the path that we are treading, All through the night. Still the coming day discerning, By the hope within us burning, To the dawn our footsteps turning, All through the night. 4 Star of Faith the dark adorning, All through the night; Leads us fearless toward the morning, All through the night. Though our hearts be wrapped in sorrow, From the home of dawn we borrow, Promise of a glad tomorrow, All through the night. Topics: Angels; Children; Comfort; Darkness; Day; Faith; Hope; Lullaby; Morning; Night; Silence; Sorrow Used With Tune: AR HYD Y NOS Text Sources: Verses 3 and 4 anonymous

In the Garden

Author: C. Austin Miles Appears in 264 hymnals First Line: I come to the garden alone Refrain First Line: And he walks with me, and he talks with me Lyrics: 1 I come to the garden alone, While the dew is still on the roses, And the voice I hear, Falling on my ear, The Son of God discloses. Refrain: And he walks with me, and he talks with me, And he tells me I am his own; And the joy we share as we tarry there, None other has ever known. 2 He speaks, and the sound of his voice Is so sweet the birds hush their singing, And the melody That he gave to me, Within my heart is ringing. [Refrain] 3 I'd stay in the garden with him Though the night around me be falling, But he bids me go; Through the voice of woe His voice to me is calling. [Refrain] Topics: Jesus as friend; Joy; Living Christ; Singing (or Song) Scripture: John 20:11-18 Used With Tune: IN THE GARDEN

Lo, the Earth Is Risen Again

Author: Samuel Longfellow Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 32 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lo, the earth is risen again From the winter's bond and pain! Bring we leaf and flower and spray To adorn our holiday. 2 Once again the word comes true, Lo, he maketh all things new. Now the dark cold days are over, Light and gladness are before. 3 How our hearts leap with the spring! How our spirits soar and sing! Light is victor over gloom, Life triumphant o'er the tomb. 4 Change, then, mourning into praise, And, for dirges, anthems raise! All our fears and griefs shall be Lost in immortality. Topics: Darkness; Easter; Eternal Life; Hope; Story of Jesus; Praise; Rebirth; Resurrection; Spring; Winter Used With Tune: MONKLAND

This Is My Father's World

Author: Maltbie D. Babcock; Barbara Olmsted Meter: 6.6.8.6 D Appears in 321 hymnals Lyrics: 1 This is my Father's (God's glorious) world, And to my listening ears All nature sings, and round me rings The music of the spheres. This is my Father's world, I rest me in the thought Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas His hand the wonders wrought. 2 This is my Father's world, The birds their carols raise, The morning light, the lily white, Declare their Maker's praise. This is my Father's world, He shines in all that's fair; In the rustling grass I hear him pass, He speaks to me everywhere. 3 This is God's glorious world, O let us not forget That all these wonders we can see Reveal God's purpose yet. This earth is ours in trust, To tend and keep it fair, With love for trees and skies and seas And creatures everywhere. Topics: Beauty; Care for the environment; Children; Creation; God's Care; Music; Nature; Quaker author Used With Tune: TERRA BEATA Text Sources: Thoughts for Every-Day Living, 1901

Gloria in excelsis Deo

Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain Appears in 249 hymnals First Line: Angels we have heard on high Lyrics: 1 Angels we have heard on high, Sweetly singing over the plains, And the mountains in reply Echoing their joyous strains. Refrain: Gloria in excelsis Deo, Gloria in excelsis Deo. 2 Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your joyous strains prolong? What the gladsome tidings be Which inspire your heavenly song? [Refrain] 3 Come to Bethlehem and see Him whose birth the angels sing: Come, adore on bended knee Christ the Lord, the newborn King. [Refrain] 4 See him in a manger laid Whom the choirs of angels praise: Mary, Joseph, lend your aid, While our hearts in love we raise. [Refrain] Topics: Adoration; Angels; Children; Christmas; Story of Jesus; Joy; Nativity; Singing (or Song) Scripture: Luke 2:8-14 Used With Tune: GLORIA Text Sources: V. 1-3, Crown of Jesus Music II, 1862; V. 4, Carols Old and Carols New, 1916

Day Is Dying in the West

Author: Mary A. Lathbury Meter: 7.7.7.4 with refrain Appears in 561 hymnals Refrain First Line: Holy, holy, holy Lord God of Hosts Lyrics: 1 Day is dying in the west; Heaven is touching earth with rest; Wait and worship while the night Sets her evening lamps alight Through all the sky. Refrain: Holy, holy, holy Lord God of Hosts! Heaven and earth are full of thee! Heaven and earth are praising thee, O Lord most high! 2 Lord of life, beneath the dome of the universe, thy home, Gather us who seek thy face To the fold of thy embrace, For thou art nigh. [Refrain] Topics: Creation; Evening; Night; Praise Scripture: Isaiah 6:3 Used With Tune: CHAUTAQUA

There's a Wideness in God's Mercy

Author: Frederick William Faber Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 902 hymnals Lyrics: 1 There's a wideness in God's mercy, Like the wideness of the sea; There's a kindness in God's justice, Which is more than liberty. 2 There is no place where earth's sorrows Are more felt than up in heaven; There is no place where earth's failings Have such kindly judgment given. 3 For the love of God is broader Than the measures of the mind; And the heart of the Eternal Is most wonderfully kind. 4 If our love were but more simple, We should take heed of God's word; And our lives would be all sunshine In the sweetness of our Lord. Topics: God's Care; Hope; Justice; Kindness; Love; Mercy; Sorrow; Trust Used With Tune: WELLESLEY Text Sources: Oratory Hymns, 1854

From All That Dwell Below The Skies

Author: Isaac Watts ; Thomas Ken Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1,282 hymnals Lyrics: 1 From all that dwell below the skies Let songs of hope and faith arise; Let peace, good-will on earth be sung Through every land by every tongue. 2 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow, Praise God all creatures here below, O give God praise ye heavens above, Revealed in grace and truth and love. Topics: Creation; Faith; Good will; Hope; Love; Peace; Praise; Singing (or Song); Truth Used With Tune: OLD HUNDREDTH