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Onward, Christian Soldiers

Author: Sabine Baring-Gould Appears in 1,839 hymnals Topics: The Christian Church First Line: Onward, Christian soldiers! Used With Tune: [Onward, Christian soldiers!]

Author: John Alex Messenger; Martin Luther Meter: 6.6.6.6 D Appears in 65 hymnals Topics: The Means of Grace The Christian Church Lyrics: 1 Flung to the heedless winds Or on the waters cast, The martyrs' ashes will Be gathered be at last; And from that scattered dust, Around us and abroad, Shall spring a plenteous seed Of witnesses for God. 2 Jesus has now received Their latest living breath; Yet vain is Satan's boast Of vict'ry in their death; Still, still, tho' dead, they speak And, triumph-tongued, proclaim To many a wak'ning land The one availing Name. Amen. Used With Tune: JEWETT

The Church's One Foundation

Author: S. J. Stone Appears in 884 hymnals Topics: The Christian Church Used With Tune: [The Church's one foundation]

Jesus, My Lord, How Rich Thy Grace

Author: Philip Doddridge Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 190 hymnals Topics: The Christian Church Inner Missions Lyrics: 1 Jesus, my Lord, how rich Thy grace, Thy bounties how complete! How shall I count the matchless sum, How pay the mighty debt? 2 High on a throne of radiant light, Dost Thou exalted shine: What can my poverty bestow, When all the worlds are Thine? 3 But Thou hast brethren here below, The partners of Thy grace, And wilt confess their humble names Before Thy Father’s face. 4 In them Thou may'st be clothed and fed, And visited and cheered; And in their accents of distress My Savior’s voice is heard. 5 Thy face, with rev'rence and with love, We in Thy poor would see; O let us rather beg our bread Than keep it back from Thee. Amen. Used With Tune: BEATITUDO

Great Is The Lord Our God

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 302 hymnals Topics: The Means of Grace The Christian Church Lyrics: 1 Great is the Lord our God, And let His praise be great; He makes the Church His abode, His most delightful seat. 2 In Zion God is known, A refuge in distress: How bright has His salvation shone Thro' all her palaces! 3 When kings against her joined And saw the Lord was there, In wild confusion of the mind They fled with hasty fear. 4 Oft have our fathers told, Our eyes have often seen How well our God secures the fold Where His own sheep have been. 5 In ev'ry new distress We’ll to His house repair; We'll call to mind His wondrous grace And seek deliverance there. Amen. Used With Tune: DURHAM (DOVER)

Stand up, stand up for Jesus

Author: George Duffield Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 1,836 hymnals Topics: Christian Life The Christian Warfare; The Church Triumph of; Courage; Crown of Life; Schools and Colleges Lyrics: 1 Stand up, stand up for Jesus, Ye soldiers of the cross; Lift high his royal banner, It must not suffer loss: From vict'ry unto vict'ry His army he shall lead, Till ev'ry foe is vanquished And Christ is Lord indeed. 2 Stand up, stand up for Jesus, The trumpet call obey; Forth to the mighty conflict In this his glorious day: Ye that are men now serve him Against unnumbered foes; Let courage rise with danger, And strength to strength oppose. 3 Stand up, stand up for Jesus, Stand in his strength alone; The arm of flesh will fail you, Ye dare not trust your own: Put on the gospel armor, Each piece put on with pray'r; Where duty calls, or danger, Be never wanting there. 4 Stand up, stand up for Jesus, The strife will not be long; This day the noise of battle, The next the victor's song: To him that overcometh A crown of life shall be; He with the King of Glory Shall reign eternally. Amen. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 16:13 Used With Tune: WEBB

I Love Thy Zion, Lord

Author: T. Dwight Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 75 hymnals Topics: The Means of Grace The Christian Church Lyrics: 1 I love Thy Zion, Lord, The house of Thine abode; The Church, O blest Redeemer, saved By Thine own precious blood. 2 I love Thy Church, O God! Her walls before Thee stand Dear as the apple of Thine eye And graven on Thy hand. 3 Should I with scoffers join Her altars to abuse? No! better far my tongue were dumb, My hand its skill should lose. 4 O ne'er may I forget Her welfare nor her woe; Lest ev'ry joy my heart forsake, And ev'ry grief o'er flow. A-men. 5 For her my tears shall fall; For her my prayers ascend; To her my cares and toil be given Till toils and cares shall end. 6 Beyond my highest joy, I prize her heavenly ways, Her sweet communion, solemn vows, Her hymns of love and praise. Amen. Used With Tune: ST. THOMAS

Sie ist mir lieb, die werte Magd

Author: Dr. M. Luther Appears in 7 hymnals Topics: Songs from the Word of God and the Christian Church Lyrics: 1 Sie ist mir lieb die werthe magd, und kann ihr'r nicht vergessen; Lob, Ehr' und Zucht von ihr man sagt, sie hat mein Herz besessen, ich bin ihr hold, und wenn ich sollt groß Unglück han, da liegt nicht an, sie will mich des ergetzen mit ihrer Lieb' und Treu an mir, die sie zu mir will setzen, und thun all' mein Begier. 2 Sie trägt von Gold so rein ein' Cron, da leuchten in zwölf Sterne, ihr Kleid ist wie die Sonne schon, das glänzet hell und ferne, und auf dem Mon ihr' Füße ston; sie ist die Braut, dem Herrn vertraut, und ihr ist weh, und muß gebär'n en schönes Kind, den edlen Sohn, und aller Welt ein'n Herrn, dem sie sit unterthon. 3 Das thut dem alten Drachen Zorn, und will das Kind verschlingen; sein Toben ist doch ganz verlor'n, es kann ihm nicht gelingen; das Kind ist doch gen Himmel hoch genommen hin, und lasset ihn auf Erden fast sehr wüthen: die Mutter muß gar sein allein, doch will sie Gott behüten, und der recht' Vater sein.

Hark! The Church Proclaims Her Honor

Author: Catherine Winkworth; S. Preiswerk Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 17 hymnals Topics: The Means of Grace The Christian Church Lyrics: 1 Hark! the Church proclaims her honor, And her strength is this alone: God hath laid His choice upon her And her work will not disown, And her work will not disown. 2 He His Church has firmly founded, He will guard what He began; We, by sin and foes surrounded, Build her bulwarks as we can, Build her bulwarks as we can. 3 Onward, then, for naught despairing, Calm we follow at His Word, Thus thro' joy and sorrow bearing Faithful witness to our Lord, Faithful witness to our Lord. 4 Though we here must strive with weakness, Though in tears we often bend, What His might began in meekness Shall achieve a glorious end, Shall achieve a glorious end. Amen. Used With Tune: BOST

Fight the good fight with all thy might

Author: John Samuel Bewley Monsell, 1811-1875 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 497 hymnals Topics: The Christian Life Courage, Conflict, and Victory; Hymns for the Young Courage, Conflict, and Victory; The Church The Sacraments - Baptism Used With Tune: PENTECOST