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Comfort, Comfort Ye My People

Author: Johannes Olearius; Catherine Winkworth Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7.8.8 Appears in 127 hymnals Topics: Christian Year-Advent Lyrics: 1 Comfort, comfort ye my people, speak ye peace, thus saith our God; comfort those who sit in darkness, mourning 'neath their sorrows' load. Speak ye to Jerusalem of the peace that waits for them; tell her that her sins I cover, and her warfare now is over. 2 Hark, the voice of one that crieth in the desert far and near, bidding all to true repentance since the kingdom now is here. O that warning cry obey! Now prepare for God a way; let the valleys rise to meet Him, and the hills bow down to greet Him. 3 Make ye straight what long was crooked, make the rougher places plain; let your hearts be true and humble, as befits His holy reign. For the glory of the Lord now o'er earth is shed abroad; and all flesh shall see the token that His word is never broken. Scripture: Isaiah 40:1-5 Used With Tune: PSALM 42

Come, thou long-expected Jesus

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-88 Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 749 hymnals Topics: The Christian Year Advent Lyrics: 1 Come, thou long-expected Jesus, Born to set thy people free, From our fears and sins release us, Let us find our rest in Thee. 2 Israel's strength and consolation, Hope of all the earth thou art, Dear desire of every nation, Joy of every longing heart. 3 Born thy people to deliver, Born a child and yet a king, Born to reign in us for ever, Now thy gracious kingdom bring. 4 By Thine own eternal Spirit, Rule in all our hearts alone; By thine all-sufficient merit Raise us to thy glorious throne. Used With Tune: CROSS OF JESUS

Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding

Author: E. Caswell Appears in 134 hymnals Topics: The Christian Year Advent Lyrics: 1 Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding; "Christ is nigh," it seems to say; "Cast away the works of darkness, O ye children of the day." 2 Waken'd by the solemn warning, Let the earth bound soul arise; Christ, her Sun, all sloth dispeling, Shines upon the morning skies. 3 Lo! the Lamb, so long expected, Comes with pardon down from heaven; Let us haste, with tears of sorrow, One and all to be forgiven. 4 So when next He comes with glory, Wrapping all the world in fear, May He with His mercy shield us, And with words of love draw near. Used With Tune: MERTON

Thy kingdom come, O God

Author: Lewis Hensley, 1824-1905 Meter: 6.6.6.6 Appears in 129 hymnals Topics: The Christian Year Advent Lyrics: 1 Thy kingdom come, O God, Thy rule, O Christ, begin; Break with thy iron rod The tyrannies of sin. 2 Where is thy reign of peace And purity and love? When shall all hatred cease, As in the realms above? 3 When comes the promised time That war shall be no more, And lust, oppression, crime, Shall flee thy face before? 4 We pray thee Lord, arise, And come in thy great might; Revive our longing eyes, Which languish for thy sight. 5 O'er lands both near and far Thick darkness broodeth yet: Arise, O morning Star, Arise, and never set. Used With Tune: ST CECILIA

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

Author: John Mason Neale; Henry Sloane Coffin Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 511 hymnals Topics: Christian Year: Advent Refrain First Line: Rejoice, rejoice! Emmanuel Lyrics: 1 O come, O come Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel, that mourns in lonely exile here, until the Son of God appear. Refrain: Rejoice, rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel. 2 O come, thou Dayspring, come and cheer our spirits by thine advent here; disperse the gloomy clouds of night, and death's dark shadows put to flight. (Refrain) 3 O come, thou Wisdom from on high, and order all things, far and nigh; to us the path of knowledge of show, and cause us in her ways to go. (Refrain) 4 O come, Desire of nations, bind all peoples in one heart and mind; bid envy, strife and quarrels cease; fill the whole world with heaven's peace. (Refrain) Used With Tune: VENI EMMANUEL Text Sources: Latin hymn (12th century)

Let All Mortal Fesh Keep Silence

Author: Gerard Moultrie Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 175 hymnals Topics: Christian Year: Advent First Line: Let all mortal flesh keep silence Lyrics: 1 Let all mortal flesh keep silence, and with fear and trembling stand; ponder nothing earthly-minded, for with blessing in his hand, Christ our God to earth descendeth, our full homage to demand. 2 Truly God, yet born of Mary, as of old on earth he stood, word of God, in human vesture, in the body and the blood, Christ will give to all the faithful his own self for heavenly food. 3 Rank on rank the host of heaven spreads its vanguard on the way, as the Light of light descendeth from the realms of endless day, that the powers of hell may vanish as the darkness clears away. 4 At his feet the six-winged seraph; cherubim with sleepless eye, veil their faces to the Presence, as with ceaseless voice they cry, "Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, God most high!" Used With Tune: PICARDY Text Sources: Liturgy of St. James (fourth century)

Hail to the Lord's Anointed

Author: James Montgomery Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 846 hymnals Topics: Christian Year: Advent Lyrics: 1 Hail to the Lord's Anointed, great David's greater Son! Hail, in the time appointed, his reign on earth begun! He comes to break oppression, to set the captive free, to take away transgressions, and rule in equity. 2 He comes with justice speedy to those who suffer wrong, to help the poor and needy, and bid the weak be strong, to give them songs for sighing, their darkness turn to light, whose souls, condemned and dying, are precious in his sight. 3 He shall come down like showers upon the fruitful earth; love, joy, and hope, like flowers, spring in his path to birth. Before him, on the mountains, shall peace, the herald, go, and righteousness, in fountains, from hill to valley flow. 5 To him shall prayer unceasing and daily vows ascend, his kingdom still increasing, a kingdom without end. The tide of time shall never his covenant remove. His name shall stand for ever; that name to us is Love. Scripture: Psalm 72 Used With Tune: SHEFFIELD

Hark! the glad sound! the Saviour comes

Author: P. Doddridge Appears in 823 hymnals Topics: The Christian Year Advent Lyrics: 1 Hark! the glad sound! the Saviour comes, The Saviour promised long: Let ev'ry heart prepare a throne, And ev'ry voice a song. 2 He comes, the prisoners to release, In Satan's bondage held: The gates of brass before Him burst, The iron fetters yield. 3 He comes, from thickest films of vice To clear the mental ray, And on the eyes oppressed with night To pour celestial day. 4 He comes, the broken heart to bind, The bleeding soul to cure; And with the treasure of His grace To enrich the humble poor. 5 Our glad Hosannas, Prince of Peace, Thy welcome shall proclaim: And heaven's eternal arches ring With Thy beloved Name. Used With Tune: BRISTOL

Lo! He comes with clouds descending

Author: J. Cennick; C. Wesley; M. Madan Appears in 770 hymnals Topics: The Christian Year Advent Lyrics: 1 Lo! He comes with clouds descending, Once for favoured sinners slain; Thousand thousand saints attending Swell the triumph of His train; Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Christ appears on earth again. 2 Every eye shall now behold Him Robed in dreadful majesty; Those who set at nought and sold Him, Pierced and nailed Him to the tree, Deeply wailing, Shall the true Messiah see. 3 Those dear tokens of His Passion Still His dazzling body bears, Cause of endless exultation To His ransomed worshippers: With what rapture Gaze we on those glorious scars! 4 Now redemption, long expected, See in solemn pomp appear; All His saints, by man rejected, Now shall meet Him in the air: Alleluia! See the day of God appear. 5 Yea, amen, let all adore Thee, High on Thine eternal throne; Saviour, take the power and glory, Claim the kingdom for Thine own: Alleluia! Thou shalt reign, and Thou alone. Used With Tune: HELMSLEY

'Thy kingdom come!'– on bended knee

Author: Frederick Lucian Hosmer (1840-1929) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 102 hymnals Topics: Christian Year Advent Lyrics: 1 'Thy kingdom come!'--on bended knee the passing ages pray; and faithful souls have yearned to see on earth that kingdom's day. 2 But the slow watches of the night not less to God belong; and for the everlasting right the silent stars are strong. 3 And lo, already on the hills the flags of dawn appear; gird up your loins, ye prophet souls, proclaim the day is near: 4 The day in whose clear-shining light all wrong shall stand revealed, when justice shall be throned with might, and every heart be healed: 5 When knowledge, hand in hand with peace, shall walk the earth abroad, the day of perfect righteousness, the promised day of God. Scripture: 2 Peter 1:19 Used With Tune: IRISH