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Sing Hallelujah, Praise the Lord!

Author: John Swertner Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.8.8.6 Appears in 77 hymnals First Line: Sing hallelujah, praise the Lord! Lyrics: 1 Sing hallelujah, praise the Lord! Sing with a cheerful voice; Exalt our God with one accord, And in His Name rejoice. Ne'er cease to sing, O ransomed host, Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost, Until in realms of endless light Your praises shall unite. 2 There we for all eternity Shall join th'angelic praise; And songs in perfect harmony To God, our Savior, raise. He has redeemed us by His blood, And made us kings and priests to God; For us, for us the Lamb was slain! Praise ye the Lord! Amen. Topics: Praise the Lord; Adoration and Praise God Our Father; Adoration and Praise Jesus Our Savior Used With Tune: BECHLER

Come let us all unite and sing

Author: Howard Kingsbury Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.8.8.6 Appears in 115 hymnals Topics: Hymns for the Young Praise to the Father Used With Tune: O SO BRIGHT

Says Jesus, 'Come and gather round'

Author: Leith Fisher (b. 1941) Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.8.8.6 Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: Life in Christ Christ Incarnate - Public Ministry; Children; Discipleship; Gathering; God Love of; Jesus Teaching; Stages of Life Scripture: Luke 18:15-17 Used With Tune: UNE JEUNE PUCELLE

O Rock Of Ages

Author: Horace L. Hastings Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.8.8.6 Appears in 19 hymnals First Line: My soul at last a rest hath found Refrain First Line: O Rock of Ages cleft for me Lyrics: 1 My soul at last a rest hath found, A rest that will not fail; A sure and certain anchorage ground In Christ within the veil. Refrain: O Rock of Ages cleft for me, In Thee my soul securely hide; My tower of strength, I fly to Thee, And safely there abide. 2 I’ll hide me in this refuge strong, From every stormy blast; And sit and sing until the waves Of wrath are overpast. [Refrain] 3 Ye comfortless and tempest tossed, By sins and woes oppressed; Ye tempted, troubled, ruined, lost, Come find in Christ your rest. [Refrain] 4 Ye thirsty, from this smitten Rock Life’s crystal waters spring; There hide from every stormy shock And rest, and drink, and sing. [Refrain] Used With Tune: TARTU Text Sources: Winnowed Songs for Sunday Schools, by Ira D. Sankey (Chicago, Illinois: Biglow & Main, 1890), number 56.

Come to Thy temple here on earth

Author: Paul Gerhardt; Catherine Winkworth Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.8.8.6 Appears in 5 hymnals Lyrics: Come to Thy temple here on earth, Be Thou my spirit's guest, Who givest us of mortal birth A second birth more blest; Spirit beloved, Thou mighty Lord, Who with the Father and the Son Reignest upon an equal throne, Art equally adored! Oh enter, let me feel and know Thy mighty power within, That can alone our help bestow, And rescue us from sin. Oh cleanse my soul and make it white, That I with heart unstained and true, May daily render service due, And honour Thee aright. I was a wild unfruitful vine Which Thou shouldst prune and train; Death pierced through all this life of min, But Thou my foe hast slain. Thy holy baptism is his grave, He perishes beneath the flood Of His most precious death and blood, Who died our life to save. Thou art the Spirit who dost teach To pray aright, for all Our prayers are heard if Thou beseech, Thy songs have sweetest fall. They soar on tireless wings to heaven, They fail not from before God's throne, Till all His goodness we have known By whom all help is given. Thou art the Spirit of all joy, Sadness Thou lovest not; Thy comfort beaming from on high, Lights up the darkest lot. Ah yes, how many a time of old Thy voice hath rapt my soul away, To yon bright halls of endless day, And oped the gates of gold! Thou art the Spirit of all love, The Friend of all kindly life, Thou wouldst not that our hearts should prove The pangs of wrath and strife. Thou hatest hatred's withering reign, In souls that discord maketh dark Dost Thou rekindle love's bright spark, And make them one again. On Thee is all this world upstaid, And in Thy hands doth rest; And Thou canst wayward hearts persuade To turn as seems Thee best: Oh therefore give Thy love and peace, That they may join in strongest bands Long parted foes, and through our lands These sad divisions cease. Thou art the true, the only Source Whence concord comes to men; Oh that Thy power might have free course And bring us peace again! Oh hear, and stem this mighty flood That o'er us death and sorrow spreads; Alas! each day afresh it sheds Like water human blood. And let our nation learn to know What, and how deep, our sin; Nay, let God's judgments come, if so A fire be lit within The hearts that loved themselves to please; In bitter shame now let them burn, And loving Thee, repentant spurn Their selfish worldly ease. Grace for the contrite heart abounds, Joy to the sad is given; To serve God's truth will heal our wounds, And bring us help from heaven; Lord, for Thine honour's sake, make known Thy power, convert the wicked now, And teach the hard to weep, for Thou Canst soften steel and stone! Arise and make an end of all Our heartache, and our pain; Thy wandering flock at last recall And grant them joy again; To peace and wealth the land restore, Wasted with fire or plague or sword; Come to Thy ruined churches, Lord, And bid them bloom once more! The rulers of our land defend, Our sovereign's throne uphold; That he and we may prosper, send True wisdom to the old; With piety the young men bless, And through the nation shed abroad True virtue and the fear of God, A nation's happiness. Fill every heart with holy zeal To keep the faith unstained; Let house and land Thy blessing feel, Whence all true wealth is gained. Him who resists Thy inward powers, The Evil Spirit, make Thou flee; Whate'er delights Thy heart, would he Fain root from out of ours. Give strong and cheerful hearts to stand Undaunted in the wars That Satan's fierce and mighty band Is waging with Thy cause. Help us to fight as warriors brave, That we may conquer in the field, And not one Christian man may yield His soul to sin a slave. Order according to Thy mind Our life from day to day, And when this life must be resigned, And death has seized his prey, When all our days have fleeted by, Help us to die with fearless spirit, And let us after death inherit Eternal life on high.

Why This Doleful Wail?

Author: Emma F. R. Campbell Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.8.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Why this doleful wail of sadness Lyrics: 1 Why this doleful wail of sadness, Every year, every year? Undertoning all our gladness, Every year, every year? Why at fleeting years so fretful, Of the dead past so regretful, Of the living now forgetful, Every year, every year? 2 Is not God in wisdom guiding Every year, every year? Though to us His purpose hiding, Every year, every year? Joy there is for every sorrow, For each night a bright tomorrow, From the past fresh strength we borrow, Every year, every year! 3 Faith and hope are growing stronger, Every year, every year. As the trodden way grows longer, Every year, every year. Left behind the paths most dreary, Passed the doubts that vex and weary, Brighter gleams the sunshine cheery, Every year, every year! 4 Fewer cares and lighter burdens, Every year, every year. Brighter hopes and truer guerdons, Every year, every year. Earthly joys may fade forever, Earthly ties to friends may sever, One there is more dear than ever, Every year, every year! 5 And the Father’s house is dearer, Every year, every year. And our lost ones coming nearer, Every year, every year. Less is there below to charm us, Less in growing old to harm us, Less do unknown days alarm us Every year, every year! 6 Let us cease then our repining, Every year, every year. And believe the Love o’ershining, Every year, every year. Nights behind us now forgetting, Onward press without regretting, To the morn that knows no setting, Blest New Year! Blest New Year! Used With Tune: BETTER WORLD Text Sources: The Hymn "Jesus of Nazareth Passeth By": Its History and Other Verses (New York: M. E. Munson, 1909)

O Lord, with Wondrous Mystery

Author: Michael Gannon Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.8.8.6 Appears in 8 hymnals Topics: Eucharist Used With Tune: ANDRIESSEN

Easter Hymn

Author: Janet Wootton, 1952- Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.8.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: At break of day three women came Lyrics: 1 At break of day three women came To find where Christ was laid. With myrrh prepared to anoint His corpse, They wept and mourned the dead. But now the stone is rolled away, They worship in the light of day, Then run to take the good news back And share their holy joy. 2 O Mary, see your Son again, In resurrection joy. Shine, shine Jerusalem, for Christ Is risen in majesty. Lift up your eyes, look round and see, With radiant faces strong and free, Your children come to find their home For all eternity. 3 Come celebrate the death of death! Come share eternal life! Come leap and praise the living God Who opens Paradise! For dawn is come all shining bright, The foretaste of salvation's might To break the tomb, burst through the gloom, And flood the world with light. Topics: Easter; Eternal Life; Funeral; Jesus Christ; Resurrection Scripture: Mark 16:6-7 Used With Tune: STOURBRIDGE Text Sources: Greek, 3rd C.

Let Me Die

Author: Janette Palmiter Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.8.8.6 Appears in 32 hymnals First Line: O God, my heart doth long for Thee Lyrics: 1 O God, my heart doth long for Thee: Let me die, let me die. Now set my soul at liberty: Let me die, let me die. To all the trifling things of earth, They’re now to me of little worth; My Savior calls, I’m going forth: Let me die, let me die. 2 Thy slaying power in me display, Let me die, let me die. I must be dead from day to day, Let me die, let me die. Unto the world and its applause, To all the customs, fashions, laws, Of those who hate the humbling cross, Let me die, let me die. 3 My friends may say, "I’ll ruined be," Let me die, let me die. But all I leave, and follow Thee, Let me die, let me die. Their arguments will never weigh, Nor stand the trying judgment day; Help me to cast them all away, Let me die, let me die. 4 Oh, must I die to scoffs and jeers, Let me die, let me die. I must be freed from slavish fears, Let me die, let me die. So dead that no desire shall rise To pass for good, or great, or wise, In any but my Savior’s eyes! Let me die, let me die. 5 If Christ would live and reign in me, I must die, I must die. Like Him I crucified must be, I must die, I must die. Lord, drive the nails, nor heed the groans, My flesh may writhe, and make its moans, But in this way and this alone, I must die, I must die. 6 Begin at once to drive the nails, I must die, I must die. Oh, suffer not my heart to fail, I must die, I must die. O Christ, I look to Thee for power To help me to endure the hour When, crucified by sovereign power, I shall die, I shall die. 7 When I am dead, then, Lord, to Thee I shall live, I shall live! My time, my strength, my all to Thee, Will I give, will I give. Oh, may the Son now make me free! Here, Lord, I give my all to Thee, For time and for eternity, I will live, I will live. Used With Tune: TERNOPIL Text Sources: Spiritual Songs and Hymns for Pilgrims (New Church Ed.) by Benjamin Titus Roberts (Rochester, NY: B. T. Roberts, 1879)

His Yoke Is Easy

Author: D. S. Warner Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.8.8.6 Appears in 31 hymnals First Line: I've found my Lord and He is mine Refrain First Line: His yoke is easy, His burden is light Used With Tune: [I've found my Lord, and He is mine]