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Christmas Bells

Author: Henry W. Longfellow Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 118 hymnals Topics: Church Militant & Trumphant First Line: I heard the bells on Christmas day Lyrics: 1 I heard the bells on Christmas day Their old familiar carols play, And wild and sweet the words repeat Of peace of earth, good will to men. 2 I thought how, as the day had come, The belfries of all Christendom Had rolled along th'unbroken song Of peace on earth, good will to men. 3 And in despair I bowed my head: "There is no peace on earth," I said, "For hate is strong, and mocks the song Of peace on earth, good will to men." 4 Then pealed the bells more loud and deep: "God is not dead, nor doth He sleep; The wrong shall fail, the right prevail, With peace on earth, good will to men." 5 Till, ringing, singing on its way, The world revolved from night to day A voice, a chime, a chant sublime, Of peace on earth, good will to men. Baptist Hymnal, 1991

Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken

Author: John Newton Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,310 hymnals Topics: Church Fellowship and Unity; Church Her Fellowship and Unity

Christ is made the sure foundation

Appears in 294 hymnals Topics: The Church Church Buildings Lyrics: 1 Christ is made the sure foundation, Christ the head and cornerstone, Chosen of the Lord, and precious, Binding all the Church in one; Holy Zion's help for ever, And her confidence alone. 2 All that dedicated city, Dearly loved of God on high, In exultant jubilation Pours perpetual melody; God the one in Three adoring In glad hymns eternally. 3 To this temple, where we call Thee, Come, O Lord of hosts today: With Thy tender loving-kindness Hear Thy people as they pray; And Thy fullest benediction Shed within its walls alway. 4 Here vouchsafe to all Thy servants What they ask of Thee to gain, What they gain from Thee for ever With the blessed to retain, And hereafter in Thy glory Evermore with Thee to reign. 5 Laud and honor to the Father, Laud and honor to the Son, Laud and honor to the Spirit, Ever Three and ever One; One in might, and One in glory, While unending ages run. Used With Tune: [Christ is made the sure foundation] Text Sources: Latin, 6th or 7th Century

Rock of Ages, cleft for me

Author: Augustus Montague Toplady, 1740-1778 Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 2,972 hymnals Topics: The Church of God | The Sacraments - Baptism; The Church of God | The Sacraments - The Lord's Supper Used With Tune: TOPLADY

There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood

Author: William Cowper, 1731-1800 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 2,534 hymnals Topics: The Church Year The Season of Lent Used With Tune: CLEANSING FOUNTAIN

In Christ there is no east or west

Author: John Oxenham, 1852 - 1941 Appears in 339 hymnals Topics: The Church Year Epiphany; The Church The People of God; Church Life and Work City, Nation, World Used With Tune: ST. PETER

Through the night of doubt and sorrow

Author: Sabine Baring-Gould, 1834 - 1924; Bernhardt Severin Ingemann, 1789 - 1862 Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 325 hymnals Topics: The Church Year Septuagesima to Lent; The Church The People of God Lyrics: 1. Through the night of doubt and sorrow Onward goes the pilgrim band, Singing songs of expectation, Marching to the promised land. 2. Clear before us through the darkness Gleams and burns the guiding light; Brother clasps the hand of brother, Stepping fearless through the night. 3. One the light of God’s own presence O’er his ransomed people shed, Chasing far the gloom and terror, Brightening all the path we tread: 4. One the object of our journey, One the faith which never tires, One the earnest looking forward, One the hope our God inspires; 5. One the strain that lips of thousands Lift as from the heart of one; One the conflict, one the peril, One the march in God begun: 6. One the gladness of rejoicing On the far eternal shore, Where the one Almighty Father Reigns in love for evermore. 4 Onward, therefore, pilgrim brothers, Onward with the Cross our aid! Bear its shame and fight its battle, Till we rest beneath its shade; 8. Soon shall come the great awakening, Soon the rending of the tomb; Then the scattering of all shadows, And the end of toil and gloom. Used With Tune: MARCHING

For All the Saints Who from Their Labors Rest

Author: William Walsham How Meter: 10.10.10.4 Appears in 583 hymnals Topics: Church, The Church Triumphant Lyrics: 1 For all the saints who from their labors rest, Who Thee by faith before the world confessed, Thy name, O Jesus, be forever blest. Alleluia! Alleluia! 2 Thou wast their Rock, their Fortress, and their Might; Thou, Lord, their Captain in the well-fought fight; Thou, in the darkness drear, their one true Light. Alleluia! Alleluia! 3 O may Thy soldiers, faithful, true, and bold, Fight as the saints who nobly fought of old, And win with them the victor's crown of gold. Alleluia! Alleluia! 4 O blest communion, fellowship divine! We feebly struggle, they in glory shine; Yet all are one in Thee, for all are Thine. Alleluia! Alleluia! 5 And when the fight is fierce, the warfare long, Steals on the ear the distant triumph song, And hearts are brave again, and arms are strong. Alleluia! Alleluia! 6 From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest coast, Through gates of pearl streams in the countless host, Singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Alleluia! Alleluia! Amen. Scripture: Proverbs 4:18 Used With Tune: SARUM

Christ Is Our Cornerstone

Author: John Chandler, 1806-76 Meter: 6.6.6.6.4.4.4.4 Appears in 188 hymnals Topics: Church Anniversary; Church Building; The Church Lyrics: 1 Christ is our cornerstone, On him alone we build; With his true saints alone The courts of heav'n are filled. On his great love Our hopes we place Of present grace And joys above. 2 Oh, then, with hymns of praise These hallowed courts shall ring; Our voices we will raise The Three in One to sing And thus proclaim In joyful song, Both loud and long, That glorious name. 3 Here, gracious God, do now And evermore draw near; Accept each faithful vow, And ev'ry suppliant hear. In copious show'r On all who pray Each holy day Your blessing pour. 4 Here may we gain from heav'n The grace which we implore, And may that grace, once giv'n, Be with us evermore Until that day When all the blest To endless rest Are called away. Used With Tune: DARWALL'S 148th Text Sources: Author unknown, Latin, c. 700

All People That on Earth Do Dwell

Author: William Kethe Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 738 hymnals Topics: Church As Covenant People; Church As the Lord's House Lyrics: 1 All people that on earth do dwell, sing to the LORD with cheerful voice. Serve him with joy, his praises tell, come now before him and rejoice! 2 Know that the LORD is God indeed; he formed us all without our aid. We are the flock he surely feeds, the sheep who by his hand were made. 3 O enter then his gates with joy, within his courts his praise proclaim! Let thankful songs your tongues employ. O bless and magnify his name! 4 Because the LORD our God is good, his mercy is forever sure. His faithfulness at all times stood and shall from age to age endure. Used With Tune: GENEVAN 134 (OLD HUNDREDTH)