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Let us with a gladsome mind

Author: John Milton, 1608-74 Meter: 7.7 with refrain Appears in 552 hymnals Topics: Approach to God The Majesty of God Lyrics: 1 Let us with a gladsome mind Praise the Lord, for he is kind: Refrain: For his mercies aye endure, Ever faithful, ever sure. 2 Let us blaze his Name abroad, For of gods he is the God: [Refrain] 3 He, with all-commanding might, Filled the new-made world with light: [Refrain] 4 He his chosen race did bless In the wasteful wilderness: [Refrain] 5 All things living he doth feed; His full hand supplies their need: [Refrain] 6 Let us then with gladsome mind Praise the Lord, for he is kind: [Refrain] Scripture: Psalm 136 Used With Tune: MONKLAND

Awake, my soul, and with the sun

Author: Thomas Ken, 1637-1711 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 900 hymnals Topics: Approach to God Morning Lyrics: 1 Awake, my soul, and with the sun Thy daily stage of duty run; Shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise, To pay thy morning sacrifice. 2 Wake, and lift up thyself, my heart, And with the angels bear thy part, Who all night long unwearied sing High praise to the eternal King. 3 Lord, I my vows to thee renew; Disperse my sins as morning dew; Guard my first springs of thought and will, and with thyself my spirit fill. 4 Direct, control, suggest, this day, All I design, or do, or say, That all my pow3rs, with all their might In thy sole glory may unite. 5 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise him, all creatures here below; Praise him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen. Used With Tune: MORNING HYMN

Praise the Lord! ye heavens, adore him

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 777 hymnals Topics: Approach to God The Majesty of God Lyrics: 1 Praise the Lord! ye heavens adore him; Praise him, angels in the height; Sun and moon rejoice before him; Praise him, all ye stars of light. Praise the Lord! for he hath spoken; Worlds his mighty voice obeyed; Laws which never can be broken, For their guidance hath he made. 2 Praise the Lord! for he is glorious; Never shall his promise fail; God hath made his saints victorious, Sin and death shall not prevail. Praise the God of our salvation! Hosts on high, his power proclaim; Heaven, and earth, and all creation, Praise and magnify his Name! Amen. Scripture: Psalm 148 Used With Tune: AUSTRIAN HYMN Text Sources: Foundling Hospital Hymns c. 1796

Stand up, and bless the Lord

Author: James Montgomery, 1771-1854 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 402 hymnals Topics: Approach to God The Majesty of God Lyrics: 1 Stand up, and bless the Lord, Ye people of his choice; Stand up, and bless the Lord your God With heart and soul and voice. 2 Though high above all praise, Above all blessing high, Who would not fear his holy Name, And laud and magnify? 3 O for the living flame From his own altar brought, To touch our lips, our minds inspire, And wing to heaven our thought! 4 God is our strength and song, And his salvation ours; Then be his love in Christ proclaimed With all our ransomed powers. 5 Stand up, and bless the Lord; The Lord your God adore; Stand up, and bless his glorious Name, Henceforth for evermore. Used With Tune: CARLISLE

O come let us sing unto the Lord

Appears in 464 hymnals Topics: Approach to God The Majesty of God Lyrics: 1 O come let us sing unto the Lord: Let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation. 2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving: And show ourselves glad in him with psalms. 3 For the Lord is a great God: And a great King above all gods. 4 In his hand are the corners of the earth: And the strength of the hill is his also. 5 The sea is his and he made it: And his hands formed the dry land. 6 O come let us worship and fall down: And kneel before the Lord our Maker. 7 For He is our God and we are his people: He is our shepherd and we are his flock. 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 95:1-7 Used With Tune: [O come let us sing unto the Lord]

Lord Jesus, be thou with us now

Author: Edith Florence Boyle Macalister, 1873-1950 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Approach to God The House of God Lyrics: Lord Jesus, be thou with us now, As in thy house in prayer we bow; And when we sing, and when we pray, Help us to mean the words we say, Help us to listen to thy word, And keep our thoughts from wandering, Lord. Used With Tune: SURREY (CAREY'S)

New every morning is the love

Author: John Keble, 1792-1866 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 367 hymnals Topics: Approach to God Morning Lyrics: 1 New every morning is the love Our wakening and uprising prove, Through sleep and darkness safely brought, Restored to life, and power, and thought. 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 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. 5 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. Used With Tune: MELCOMBE

Before Jehovah's awesome throne

Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748; John Wesley, 1703-91 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 975 hymnals Topics: Approach to God The House of God Lyrics: 1 Before Jehovah’s awesome throne, Ye nations, bow with sacred joy; Know that the Lord is God alone; He can create, and he destroy. 2 His sovereign power, without our aid, Made us of clay, and formed us men; And when like wandering sheep we strayed, He brought us to his fold again. 3 We are his people, we his care,— Our souls and all our mortal frame: What lasting honours shall we rear, Almighty Maker, to thy Name? 4 We’ll crowd thy gates with thankful songs, High as the heavens our voices raise; And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise. 5 Wide as the world is thy command, Vast as eternity thy love; Firm as a rock thy truth shall stand, When rolling years shall cease to move. Scripture: Psalm 100 Used With Tune: [All people that on earth do dwell]

O Lord of life, thy quickening voice

Author: George MacDonald, 1824-1905 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 34 hymnals Topics: Approach to God Morning Lyrics: 1 O Lord of life, thy quickening voice Awakes my morning song! In gladsome words I would rejoice That I to thee belong. 2 I see thy light, I feel thy wind, The world, it is thy word; Whatever wakes my heart and mind Thy presence is, my Lord. 3 Therefore I choose my highest part, And turn my face to thee; Therefore I stir my inmost heart To worship fervently. 4 Lord, let me live and will this day— Keep rising from the dead; Lord, make my spirit good and gay— Give me my daily bread. 5 Within my heart speak, Lord, speak on, My heart alive to keep, Till comes the night, and, labour done, In thee I fall asleep. Used With Tune: NATIVITY

Thy mercy, Lord, is in the heavens

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 22 hymnals Topics: Approach to God The House of God Lyrics: 1 Thy mercy, Lord, is in the heavens; Thy truth doth reach the clouds: Thy justice is like mountains great; Thy judgments deep as floods: 2 Lord, thou preservest man and beast. How precious is thy grace! Therefore in shadow of thy wings Men’s sons their trust shall place. 3 They with the fatness of thy house Shall be well satisfied; From rivers of thy pleasures thou Wilt drink to them provide. 4 Because of life the fountain pure Remains alone with thee; And in that purest light of thine We clearly light shall see. 5 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom we adore, Be glory, as it was, and is, And shall be evermore. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 36:5-9 Used With Tune: LONDON NEW