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Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 751 hymnals Topics: Advent; Advent 4; 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.
Israel's strength and consolation,
Hope of all the earth thou art,
Dear desire of ev'ry nation,
Joy of ev'ry longing heart.
2 Born thy people to deliver,
Born a child, and yet a king;
Born to reign in us forever,
Now thy gracious kingdom bring.
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: JEFFERSON
Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus
Prepare the Way of the Lord
Appears in 22 hymnals First Line: Prepare the way of the Lord, Prepare the way of the Lord
Prepare the Way of the Lord
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Author: Gerard Moultrie Appears in 175 hymnals Topics: Advent First Line: Let all mortal flesh keep sillence Used With Tune: PICARDY Text Sources: Liturgy of St. James
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Author: J. M. Neale Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 513 hymnals Topics: Advent First; Advent Second; Christ Advent First Line: O come, O come, Emmanuel, And ransom captive Israel Refrain First Line: Gaude, gaude, Emmanuel Lyrics: 1 O come, O come, Immanuel,
and ransom captive Israel
that mourns in lonely exile here
until the Son of God appear.
Refrain:
Rejoice! Rejoice! Immanuel
shall come to you, O Israel.
2 O come, O Wisdom from on high,
who ordered all things mightily;
to us the path of knowledge show
and teach us in its ways to go. Refrain
3 O come, O come, great Lord of might,
who to your tribes on Sinai's height
in ancient times did give the law
in cloud and majesty and awe. Refrain
4 O come, O Branch of Jesse's stem,
unto your own and rescue them!
From depths of hell your people save,
and give them victory o'er the grave. Refrain
5 O come, O Key of David, come
and open wide our heavenly home.
Make safe for us the heavenward road
and bar the way to death's abode. Refrain
6 O come, O Bright and Morning Star,
and bring us comfort from afar!
Dispel the shadows of the night
and turn our darkness into light. Refrain
7 O come, O King of nations, bind
in one the hearts of all mankind.
Bid all our sad divisions cease
and be yourself our King of Peace. Refrain
Psalter Hymnal (Gray) Text Sources: Ancient Antiphons (Latin), versified in 18th century; Latin, c. 12th century
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,872 hymnals Topics: Church Year Advent First Line: Love divine, all loves excelling Lyrics: 1 Love divine, all loves excelling,
joy of heaven, to earth come down;
fix in us thy humble dwelling,
all thy faithful mercies crown.
Jesus, thou art all compassion,
pure, unbounded love thou art;
visit us with thy salvation,
enter every trembling heart.
2 Breathe, oh, breathe thy loving Spirit
into every troubled breast;
let us all in thee inherit;
let us find thy promised rest.
Take away the love of sinning;
Alpha and Omega be;
end of faith, as its beginning,
set our hearts at liberty.
3 Come, Almighty to deliver,
let us all thy life receive;
suddenly return, and never,
nevermore thy temples leave.
Thee we would be always blessing,
serve thee with thy hosts above,
pray and praise thee without ceasing,
glory in thy perfect love.
4 Finish, then, thy new creation;
pure and spotless let us be;
let us see thy great salvation
perfectly restored in thee:
changed from glory into glory,
till in heaven we take our place,
till we cast our crowns before thee,
lost in wonder, love and praise. Scripture: Malachi 3:1 Used With Tune: HYFRYDOL
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.7 Appears in 770 hymnals Topics: Advent Second First Line: Lo! He comes with clouds descending, Once for guilty sinners slain Lyrics: 1 Lo he comes in clouds descending,
Once for helpless sinner slain!
Thousand, thousand saints attending
Swell the triumph of his train:
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
All the Angels cry amen.
2 Ev'ry eye shall now behold him,
Rob'd in dreadful majesty,
Those who set at nought and sold Him,
Pierc'd and nail'd gim to the tree.
Deeply wailing, deeply wailing, deeply wailing,
Shall the true Messiah see.
3 Ev'ry island, sea, and mountain,
Heav'n and earth, shall flee away;
All who hate him, must confounded,
Hear the trump proclaim the day;
Come to judgment, come to judgment, come to judgment,
Come to judgment come away.
4 Now redemption long expected,
See, in solemn pomp appear!
All his saints by man rejected,
Now shall meet him in the air!
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
See the day of God appear.
5 Answer thine own bride and Spirit,
Hasten Lord, the gen'ral doom,
The new heav'n and earth t' inherit,
Take thy pining exiles home,
All creation, all creation, all creation,
Travails! groans! and bids thee come.
5 Yea, amen let all adore thee,
High on thine eternal throne!
Saviour, take the pow'r and glory;
Claim the kingdom for thine own.
O come quickly, O come quickly, O come quickly,
Hallelujah! come Lord, come.
Text Sources: The Coll.
Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending
Of the Father's Love Begotten
Author: Aurelius Clemens Prudentius; John Mason Neale; Henry W. Baker Meter: 8.7.87.8.8.7 Appears in 217 hymnals Topics: Christian Year Advent 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 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.
3 Christ, to thee with God the Father, and, O Holy Ghost, to thee,
hymn and chant and high thanksgiving, and unwearied praises be:
honor, glory and dominion,
and eternal victory, evermore and evermore.
Amen.
Used With Tune: DIVINUM MYSTERIUM
Of the Father's Love Begotten
Comfort, Comfort Now My People
Author: Catherine Winkworth, 1827-1878; Johannes Olearius, 1611-1684 Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7.8.8 Appears in 128 hymnals Topics: Advent; Advent 2; Advent Lyrics: 1 “Comfort, comfort now my people;
Tell of peace!” So says our God.
Comfort those who sit in darkness
Mourning under sorrow’s load.
To God's people now proclaim
That God's pardon waits for them!
Tell them that their war is over;
God will reign in peace forever!
2 For the herald’s voice is crying
In the desert far and near,
Calling us to true repentance,
Since the Kingdom now is here.
Oh, that warning cry obey!
Now prepare for God a way!
Let the valleys rise to meet him,
And the hills bow to greet him!
3 Straight shall be what long was crooked,
And the rougher places plain!
Let your hearts be true and humble,
As befits his holy reign!
For the glory of the Lord
Now on earth is shed abroad,
And all flesh shall see the token
That God's word is never broken. Used With Tune: FREU DICH SEHR
Comfort, Comfort Now My People
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Author: Edmund H. Sears Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 880 hymnals Topics: Christian Year Advent Lyrics: 1 It came upon the midnight clear,
That glorious song of old,
From angels bending near the earth,
To touch their harps of gold:
"Peace on the earth, good will to men,
From heaven's all-gracious King":
The world in solemn stillness lay,
To hear the angels sing.
2 Still through the cloven skies they come,
With peaceful wings unfurled,
And still their heavenly music floats
O'er all the weary world:
Above its sad and lowly plains
They bend on hovering wing,
And ever o'er its Babel sounds
The blessed angels sing.
3 And ye, beneath life's crushing load,
Whose forms are bending low,
Who toil along the climbing way
With painful steps and slow,
Look now! for glad and golden hours
Come swiftly on the wing:
O rest beside the weary road,
And hear the angels sing.
4 For lo, the days are hastening on,
By prophet bards foretold,
When with the ever-circling years
Comes round the age of gold;
When peace shall over all the earth
Its ancient splendors fling,
And the whole world give back the song
Which now the angels sing.
Amen. Scripture: Isaiah 9:6 Used With Tune: CAROL
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
The Advent of Our King
Author: Charles Coffin; John Chandler Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 55 hymnals Topics: Advent; 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 O Zion's Daughter, rise
To meet your lowly King,
Nor let a 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 heav'n to reign.
5 Before the dawning Day
Let sin's dark deeds be gone,
The sinful self be put away,
The new self now put on.
6 All glory to the Son,
Who comes to set us free,
With Father, Spirit, ever one
Through all eternity. Used With Tune: ST. THOMAS
The Advent of Our King
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