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Lo, he comes with clouds descending
Author: John Cennick, 1718-1755; Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.4.4.7 Appears in 781 hymnals Topics: Hymns for the Church 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!
God appears on earth to reign.
2 Every eye shall now behold him,
robed in dreadful majesty;
those who set at naught and sold him
pierced and nailed him to the tree,
deeply wailing, deeply wailing, deeply wailing,
Shall the true Messiah see.
3 The dear tokens of His passion
still his dazzling body bears,
cause of endless exultation
to his ransomed worshippers;
with what rapture, with what rapture, with what rapture,
Gaze we on those glorious scars!
4 Yea, amen, let all adore thee,
high on thine eternal throne;
Saviour, take the power and glory,
claim the kingdom for thine own:
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thou shalt reign, and thou alone. Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:16 Used With Tune: HELMSLEY
Lo, he comes with clouds descending
Rejoice! Rejoice, believers
Author: Laurentius Laurentii, 1660-1722; Sarah Borthwick Findlater, 1823-1907 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 331 hymnals Topics: Hymns for the Church Year Advent Lyrics: 1 Rejoice! Rejoice, believers,
and let your lights appear!
The evening is advancing,
and darker night is near.
The Bridegroom is arising,
and soon he will draw nigh;
Up, watch in expectation!
At midnight comes the cry.
2 See that your lamps are burning;
replenish them with oil;
look now for your salvation,
the end of earthly toil.
The marriage-feast is waiting,
the gates wide open stand;
rise up, ye heirs of glory,
The Bridegroom is at hand!
3 Our hope and expectation,
O Jesus, now appear;
arise, thou Sun so longed for,
above this darkened sphere!
With hearts and hands uplifted,
We plead, O Lord, to see
the day of earth's redemption,
and ever be with thee! Used With Tune: GREENLAND
Rejoice! Rejoice, believers
The Advent of our King
Author: Charles Coffin, 1676-1759; John Chandler, 1806-1876 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 55 hymnals Topics: Hymns for the Church Year Advent Lyrics: 1 The Advent of our King
our prayers must now employ,
and we must hymns of welcome sing
in strains of holy joy.
2 The Everlasting Son
incarnate deigns to be;
himself a servant's form puts on,
to set his servants free.
3 Daughter of Sion, rise
to meet thy lowly King;
nor let thy faithless heart despise
the peace he comes to bring.
4 As Judge, on clouds of light,
he soon will come again,
and his true members all unite
with him in heaven to reign.
5 Before the dawning day
let sin's dark deeds be gone;
the old man all be put away
the new man all put on.
6 All glory to the Son
who comes to set us free,
with Father, Spirit, ever One,
through all eternity. Scripture: Matthew 21:5 Used With Tune: ST THOMAS (WILLIAMS) Text Sources: Other translators: Editors of 'Hymns Ancient and Modern"
The Advent of our King
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Author: Anonymous; John Mason Neale, 1818-1866 Appears in 516 hymnals Topics: Hymns for the Church Year Advent First Line: O come, O come, 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 Rod of Jesse, free
thine own from Satan's tyranny;
from depths of hell thy people save,
and give them victory o'er the grave. [Refrain]
3 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]
4 O come, thou Key of David, come,
and open wide our heavenly home;
make safe the way that leads on high,
and close the path to misery. [Refrain]
5 O come, O come, thou Lord of Might,
who to thy tribes, on Sinai's height,
in ancient times didst give the law
in cloud and majesty and awe. [Refrain] Used With Tune: VENI EMMANUEL Text Sources: 12th century, Latin; Other translators: Editors of 'Hymns Ancient and Modern"
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
The golden gates are lifted up
Author: Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818-1895 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 132 hymnals Topics: Hymns for the Church Year Ascension Lyrics: 1 The golden gates are lifted up,
the doors are opened wide,
the King of Glory is gone up
unto his Father’s side.
2 And ever on our earthly path
a gleam of glory lies,
a light still breaks behind the cloud
that veils thee from our eyes.
3 Lift up our hearts, lift up our minds,
and let thy grace be given,
that, while we linger yet below,
our treasure be in heaven;
4 that, where thou art at God’s right hand,
our hope, our love may be:
dwell in us now, that we may dwell
for evermore in thee. Used With Tune: ST JAMES
The golden gates are lifted up
Of the Father's love begotten
Author: Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, 348-413; John Mason Neale, 1818-1866; Henry Williams Baker, 1821-1877 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.7 Appears in 220 hymnals Topics: Hymns for the Church Year Christmas Lyrics: 1 Of the Father's love begotten
ere the worlds began to be,
he is Alpha and Omega,
he the source, the ending he,
of the things that are, that have been,
and that future years shall see,
evermore and evermore.
*2 At his word they were created;
he commanded; it was done:
heaven and earth and depths of ocean
in their threefold order one;
all that grows beneath the shining
of the light of moon and sun,
evermore and evermore.
3 O that birth for ever blessed!
When the Virgin, full of grace,
by the Holy Ghost conceiving,
bore the Saviour of our race,
and the Babe, the world's Redeemer,
first revealed his sacred face,
evermore and evermore.
4 O ye heights of heaven, adore him;
angel-hosts, his praises sing;
powers, dominions, bow before him
and extol our God and King;
let no tongue on earth be silent,
every voice in concert ring
evermore and evermore.
5 This is he whom seers and sages
sang of old with one accord;
whom the writings of the Prophets
promised in their faithful word;
now he shines, the long-expected:
let creation praise its Lord,
evermore and evermore.
*6 Hail, thou Judge of souls departed!
Hail, thou King of them that live!
On the Father's throne exalted
none in might with thee may strive;
who at last in judgement coming
sinners from thy face shalt drive,
evermore and evermore.
7 Now let old and young men's voices
join with boys' thy name to sing,
matrons, virgins, little maidens
in glad voices answering;
let their guileless songs re-echo,
and the heart its praises bring,
evermore and evermore.
8 Christ, to thee, with God the Father,
and, O Holy Ghost, to thee,
hymn and chant and high thanksgiving
and unwearied praises be,
honour, glory, and dominion,
and eternal victory,
evermore and evermore. Used With Tune: DIVINUM MYSTERIUM (Triple)
Of the Father's love begotten
See the Conqueror mounts in triumph
Author: Christopher Wordsworth, 1807-1885 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 202 hymnals Topics: Hymns for the Church Year Ascension Lyrics: 1 See the Conqueror mounts in triumph,
see the King in royal state
riding on the clouds his chariot
to his heavenly palace gate;
hark! The choir of angel voices
joyful alleluias sing,
and the portals high are lifted
to receive their heavenly king.
2 Who is this that comes in glory,
with the trump of jubilee?
Lord of battles, God of armies,
he has gained the victory;
he who on the cross did suffer,
he who from the grave arose,
he has vanquished sin and Satan,
he by death has spoiled his foes.
3 While he lifts his hands in blessing,
he is parted from his friends;
while their eager eyes behold him,
he upon the clouds ascends;
he who walked with God, and pleased him,
preaching truth and doom to come,
he, our Enoch, is translated
to his everlasting home.
4 Now our heavenly Aaron enters,
with his blood, within the veil;
Joshua now is come to Canaan,
and the kings before him quail;
now he plants the tribes of Israel
in their promised resting-place;
now our great Elijah offers
double portion of his grace.
5 He has raised our human nature
on the clouds to God's right hand;
there we sit in heavenly places,
there with him in glory stand:
Jesus reigns, adored by angels;
Man with God is on the throne;
mighty Lord, in thine ascension
we by faith behold our own.
6 Glory be to God the Father;
glory be to God the Son,
dying, risen, ascending for us,
who the heavenly realm has won;
glory to the Holy Spirit:
to One God in Persons Three
glory both in earth and heaven,
glory, endless glory be. Used With Tune: REX GLORIAE
See the Conqueror mounts in triumph
Sun of my soul, thou Saviour dear
Author: John Keble, 1792-1866 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1,478 hymnals Topics: Hymns for the Church Year Evening Lyrics: 1 Sun of my soul, thou Saviour dear,
it is not night if thou be near;
O may no earth-born cloud arise
to hide thee from thy servant's eyes.
2 When the soft dews of kindly sleep
my weary eyelids gently steep,
be my last thought, how sweet to rest
for ever on my Saviour's breast.
3 Abide with me from morn till eve,
for without thee I cannot live;
abide with me when night is nigh,
for without thee I dare not die.
4 If some poor wandering child of thine
have spurned today the voice divine,
now, Lord, the gracious work begin;
let him no more lie down in sin.
5 Watch by the sick; enrich the poor
with blessings from thy boundless store;
be every mourner's sleep tonight
like infant's slumbers, pure and light.
6 Come near and bless us when we wake,
ere through the world our way we take;
till in the ocean of thy love
we lose ourselves in heaven above. Used With Tune: HURSLEY
Sun of my soul, thou Saviour dear
O come, let us adore him
Author: Anonymous; Frederick Oakley, 1802-1880 Meter: Irregular Appears in 759 hymnals Topics: Hymns for the Church Year Christmas First Line: O come, all ye faithful Lyrics: 1 O come, all ye faithful,
joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;
come and behold him,
born the King of angels:
Refrain:
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him,
Christ, the Lord.
2 God of God, Light of Light,
lo, he abhors not the virgin's womb;
very God, begotten, not created; [Refrain]
3 Sing, choirs of angels,
sing in exultation, sing, all ye citizens of heaven above;
'Glory to God in the highest:'[Refrain]
4 Yea, Lord, we greet thee,
born this happy morning; Jesu, to thee be glory given;
word of the Father now in flesh appearing: [Refrain] Used With Tune: ADESTE FIDELES Text Sources: 18th century, Latin
O come, let us adore him
Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, born is the King of Israel
Author: Anonymous Meter: Irregular with refrain Appears in 417 hymnals Topics: Hymns for the Church Year Christmas First Line: The first Nowell the angel did say Lyrics: 1 The first Nowell the angel did say
was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay;
in fields as they lay, keeping their sheep,
on a cold winter’s night that was so deep.
Refrain:
Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell,
born is the King of Israel.
2 They lookèd up and saw a star
shining in the east beyond them far;
and to the earth it gave great light,
and so it continued both day and night. [Refrain]
3 And by the light of that same star
three Wise Men came from country far;
to seek for a king was their intent,
and to follow the star wherever it went. [Refrain]
4 This star drew nigh to the northwest,
o’er Bethlehem it took its rest;
and there it did both stop and stay,
right over the place where Jesus lay. [Refrain]
5 Then entered in those Wise Men three,
full reverently upon their knee,
and offered there, in his presence,
gold, and myrrh, and frankincense. [Refrain]
6 Then let us all with one accord
sing praise to our heavenly Lord;
that hath made heaven and earth of nought,
and with his blood our life hath bought. [Refrain] Used With Tune: THE FIRST NOWELL Text Sources: 18th-century English carol
Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, born is the King of Israel
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