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Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee

Author: Henry Van Dyke, 1852-1933 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 269 hymnals Topics: Celebration and Praise Lyrics: 1 Joyful, joyful, we adore thee, God of glory, God of love; hearts unfold like flowers before thee, hail thee as the sun above. Melt the clouds of sin and sadness; drive the pain of doubt away; giver of immortal gladness, fill us with the joy of day. 2 All thy works with joy surround thee, earth and heav’n reflect thy rays, stars and planets sing around thee, center of unbroken praise; field and forest, vale and mountain, blossoming meadow, flashing sea, chanting bird and flowing fountain call us to rejoice in thee. 3 Thou art giving and forgiving, ever blessing, ever blest; wellspring of the joy of living, ocean-depth of happy rest. Ever singing march we onward, victors in the midst of strife; joyful music lifts us sunward in the triumph song of life. Used With Tune: HYMN TO JOY

Morning Has Broken

Author: Eleanor Farjeon, 1881-1965 Meter: 5.5.5.4 D Appears in 95 hymnals Topics: Celebration and Praise Lyrics: 1 Morning has broken like the first morning, blackbird has spoken like the first bird. Praise for the singing! Praise for the morning! Praise for them, springing fresh from the Word! 2 Sweet the rain’s new fall sunlit from heaven, like the first dewfall on the first grass. Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden, sprung in completeness where God’s feet pass. 3 Mine is the sunlight! Mine is the morning born of the one light Eden saw play! Praise with elation, praise every morning, God’s recreation of the new day! Used With Tune: BUNESSAN

We Worship Thee, God

Author: Robert Grant, 1779-1838 Meter: 10.10.11.11 Appears in 1,150 hymnals Topics: Celebration and Praise First Line: We worship thee, God, below and above Lyrics: 1 We worship thee, God, below and above, and gratefully sing thy power and thy love. Our shield and defender, the Ancient of Days pavilioned in splendor and girded with praise. 2 We tell of thy might and sing of thy grace, enrobed by the light and crowned by space. Thy zeal for the just the deep thunderclouds form, and dark is thy path on the wings of the storm. 3 The earth with its store of wonders untold, thy power and care has founded from old, established nature's unchanging decree, and round it has cast, like a mantle, the sea. 4 Though children of dust, as feeble as frail, by thy endless trust we fear not to fail. Thy wing with its sheltering touch does us mend, for thou art our maker, redeemer, and friend. Used With Tune: LYONS

Now on Land and Sea Descending

Author: Samuel Longfellow, 1819-1892 Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 119 hymnals Topics: Celebration and Praise Refrain First Line: Jubilate! Jubilate! Lyrics: 1 Now on land and sea descending, brings the night its peace profound; let our vesper hymn be blending with the holy calm around. Jubilate! Jubilate! Jubilate! Amen. Jubilate! Jubilate! Jubilate! Amen. 2 Soon as dies the sunset glory, stars of heav’n shine out above, telling still the ancient story – their Creator’s endless love. Jubilate! Jubilate! Jubilate! Amen. Jubilate! Jubilate! Jubilate! Amen. 3 Now, our wants and burdens leaving, to the Care that cares for all, cease we fearing, cease we grieving; quietly our burdens fall. Jubilate! Jubilate! Jubilate! Amen. Jubilate! Jubilate! Jubilate! Amen. 4 As the darkness deepens o’er us, lo, eternal stars arise; hope and faith and love rise glorious, shining in the Spirit’s skies. Jubilate! Jubilate! Jubilate! Amen. Jubilate! Jubilate! Jubilate! Amen. Used With Tune: VESPER HYMN

Bring, O Morn, Thy Music

Author: William Channing Gannett, 1840-1923 Meter: 12.13.12.10 Appears in 36 hymnals Topics: Celebration and Praise First Line: Bring, O morn, thy music! Night, thy starlit silence! Lyrics: 1 Bring, O morn, thy music! Night, thy starlit silence! Oceans, laugh in rapture to the storm-winds coursing free! Sun and planets chorus, praise to Thee, Most Holy – Who was, and is, and evermore shall be. 2 Life and death, thy creatures, praise thee, mighty Giver! Praise and prayer are rising in thy beast and bird and tree; Lo! they praise and vanish, vanish at thy bidding – Who was, and is, and evermore shall be. 3 Life nor death can part us, O thou Love eternal, Shepherd of the wandering star and souls that wayward flee! Homeward draws the spirit to thy Spirit yearning – Who was, and is, and evermore shall be. Used With Tune: NICAEA

Let the Whole Creation Cry

Author: Stopford Augustus Brooke, 1832-1916 Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 82 hymnals Topics: Celebration and Praise Lyrics: 1 Let the whole creation cry, "Glory be to God on high!" Heaven and earth, awake and sing, to your God your praises bring. Sun and moon, uplift your voice, night and stars, in God rejoice; sunshine, darkness cloud, and storm, rain and snow in praise perform. 2 Chant in honor, ocean fair; earth, soft rushing through the air; birds, with morn and dew elate, sing with joy at heaven's gate. Let the blossoms of the earth join the universal mirth; men and women, young and old, raise the anthem manifold. 3 You to whom the arts belong, add your voices to the song; bards of knowledge and of law, to the glorious circle draw. From the north to southern pole let the mighty chorus roll: "Holy, holy, holy," crry; "Glory be to God on high!" Scripture: Psalm 148 Used With Tune: ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR

Praise Be to God, the Almighty

Author: Joachim Neander, 1650-1680; Catherine Winkworth, 1827-1878 Meter: 14.14.4.7.8 Appears in 389 hymnals Topics: Celebration and Praise First Line: Praise be to God, the Almighty, who rules all creation! Lyrics: 1 Praise be to God, the Almighty, who rules all creation! O my soul, praise the Love who is our health and salvation. Join the great throng, wake harp and psaltery and song, sound forth your glad adoration. 2 Praise be to God, who is o'er all things wondrously reigning, who, as on eagle wings, lifts us, so gently sustaining. Have you not seen, all that is needful has been sent by God's gracious ordaining? 3 Praise be to God, who will prosper your work and defend you; surely God's goodness and mercy here daily attend you. Ponder anew what the Almighty can do, who with great love does befriend you. 4 Praise be to God! O forget not God's manifold graces; all that has life and breath one song of gratitude raises. Let the Amen sound from the people again; gladly forever sing praises. Used With Tune: LOBE DEN HERREN

For the Beauty of the Earth

Author: Folliott Sandford Pierpoint, 18365-1917 Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 640 hymnals Topics: Celebration and Praise Lyrics: 1 For the beauty of the earth, for the splendor of the skies, for the love which from our birth over and around us lies: Source of all, to thee we raise this, our hymn of grateful praise. 2 For the joy of ear and eye, for the heart and mind's delight, for the mystic harmony linking sense to sound and sight: Source of all, to thee we raise this, our hymn of grateful praise. 3 For the wonder of each hour of the day and of the night, hill and vale and tree and flower, sun and moon and stars of light: Source of all, to thee we raise this, our hymn of grateful praise. 4 For the joy of human care, sister, brother, parent, child, for the kinship we all share, for all gentle thoughts and mild: Source of all, to thee we raise this, our hymn of grateful praise. Used With Tune: DIX

When in Our Music

Author: Fred Pratt Green, 1903- Meter: 10.10.10 with alleluia Appears in 84 hymnals Topics: Celebration and Praise First Line: When in our music God is glorified Lyrics: 1 When in our music God is glorified, and adoration leaves no room for pride, it is as though the whole creation cried Alleluia! 2 How often, making music, we have found a new dimension in the world of sound, as worship moved us to a more profound Alleluia! 3 So has the church, in liturgy and song, in faith and love, through centuries of wrong, borne witness to the truth in every tongue, Alleluia! 4 Let every instrument be tuned for praise! Let all rejoice who have a voice to raise! And may God give us faith to sing always Alleluia! Used With Tune: ENGELBERG

The Obligations of Grace

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 11 hymnals Topics: Access to God; Afflictions Benefits of; Afflictions Deliverance from; Afflictions From God; Afflictions Purpose of; Aspirations For Church Priveleges; Christ Worshiped; Christians Christ the Life of; Christians Duties of; Christians Evangelists; Christians Saved by Grace; Consecration and Dedication; Faith Blessedness of; Godly Fear Described; Glory of God In Providence; God Our Guardian; God Hearer of Prayer; God Works of; Gospel Invitations of ; Gospel Preaching of; Grace Growth in; Grace Sustaining; Heart Claimed of God; Mercy of God Celebrated; Nations Owe Allegiance to Christ; Praise By Saints; Praise Calls to; Praise For Spiritual Blessings; Prayer Answers to; Prayer Sincerity in; Preservation; The Righteous Troubles of; Royalty of Christ Providential; Sin Hindrance to Communion with God; Vows; Worship Call to ; Worship Grace Needed for First Line: O all ye peoples, bless our God Lyrics: 1 O all ye peoples, bless our God, Aloud proclaim His praise, Who safely holds our soul in life And steadfast makes our ways. Thou, Lord, hast proved and tested us As silver tried by fire Thy hand has made our burden great And thwarted our desire 2 Thro' pain and trouble Thou hast led, And humbled all our pride; But, in the end, to liberty And wealth Thy hand did guide. Here in Thy house I give to Thee The life that Thou dost bless, And pay the solemn vows I made When I was in distress. 3 Come, ye that fear the Lord, and hear What He has done for me; My cry for help is turned to praise, For He has set me free. If in my heart I sin regard, My prayer He will not hear; But truly God has heard my voice, My prayer has reached His ear. 4 O let the Lord, our gracious God, Forever blessed be, Who has not turned my prayer from Him, Nor yet His grace from me. O all ye peoples, bless our God, Aloud proclaim His praise, Who safely holds our soul in life, And steadfast makes our ways. Scripture: Psalm 66 Used With Tune: ANCYRA