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Now Thank we all our God

Author: Miss C. Winkworth; M. Rinkart Appears in 699 hymnals Topics: Church Festivals Thanksgiving Lyrics: 1 Now thank we all our God, With heart and hands and voices, Who wondrous things hath done, In whom His world rejoices; Who from our mother's arms Has blessed us on our way With countless gifts of love, And still is ours today. 2 O may this bounteous God, Through all our life be near us, With ever joyful hearts, And blessed peace to cheer us; And keep us in His grace, And guide us when perplexed, And free us from all ills, In this world and the next. 3 All praise and thanks to God The Father now be given, The Son and Him who reigns With them in highest heaven; The one eternal God, Whom earth and heaven adore; For thus it was, is now, And shall be evermore! Used With Tune: NU TAKKER ALLE GUD

Once More the Liberal Year Laughs Out

Author: John G. Whittier Appears in 32 hymnals Topics: Church Festivals Thanksgiving First Line: Once more the lib'ral year laughs out Lyrics: 1 Once more the lib'ral year laughs out O'er richer stores than gems or gold; Once more, with harvest-song and shout, Is nature's bloodless triumph told. 2 O favors ev'ry year made new! O blessings with the sunshine sent! The bounty overruns our due, The fullness shames our discontent. 3 We shut our eyes, the flow'rs bloom on; We murmur, but the corn ears fill; We choose the shadow, but the sun That casts it, shines behind us still. 4 Now let these altars, wreath'd with flow'rs And piled with fruits, awake again Thanksgiving for the golden hours, The early and the latter rain. Used With Tune: WALTHAM

Great is the Lord our God

Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 302 hymnals Topics: Church Beauty and Glory of; Church Communion of Saints; Church Foundation of; Church Love for; Church nature of; Church Security of; Love to the Church; Reformation Festival Lyrics: 1 Great is the Lord our God, And let His praise be great; He makes the Church His own abode, His most delightful seat, His most delightful seat. 2 In Zion God is known, A refuge in distress; How bright has His salvation shone Through all her palaces! Through 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, 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, Where His own sheep have been. 5 In every new distress We'll to His house repair; We'll call to mind His wondrous grace, And seek deliverance there, And seek deliverance there. Amen. Used With Tune: LUTHER

Blessed city, heavenly Salem

Author: John Mason Neale, 1818 - 66 Appears in 77 hymnals Topics: The Church Year Saints' Days - Minor Festivals Lyrics: 1 Blessed city, heavenly Salem, Vision dear of peace and love, Who, of living stones upbuilded, Art the joy of heaven above, And, with angel cohorts circled, As a bride to earth dost move! 2 From celestial realms descending, Bridal glory round her shed, To his presence, decked with jewels, By her Lord shall she be led: All her streets, and all her bulwarks, Of pure gold are fashioned. A-men. 3 Bright with pearls her portals glitter, They are open evermore; And, by virtue of his merits, Thither faithful souls may soar Who for Christ's dear Name in this world Pain and tribulation bore. 4 Many a blow and biting sculpture Fashioned well those stones elect, In their places now compacted By the heavenly architect, Who therewith hath willed for ever That his palace should be decked. 5 Laud and honor to the Father; Laud and honor to the Son; Laud and honor to the Spirit; Ever Three and ever One: Consubstantial, co-eternal, While unending ages run. Amen. Used With Tune: TANTUM ERGO (DULCE CARMEN) Text Sources: Latin hymn, cir. IX cent.

In his temple now behold him

Author: Henry John Pye, 1825 - 1903 Appears in 52 hymnals Topics: The Church Year Saints' Days - Minor Festivals Lyrics: 1 In his temple now behold him, See the long-expected Lord; Ancient prophets had foretold him, God has now fulfilled his word. Now to praise him, his redeemed Shall break forth with one accord. 2 In the arms of her who bore him, Virgin pure, behold him lie, While his aged saints adore him, Ere in perfect faith they die. Alleluia! Alleluia! Lo, the incarnate God Most High! A-men. 3 Jesus, by thy Presentation, Thou who didst for us endure, Make us see thy great salvation, Seal us with thy promise sure; And present us, in thy glory, To thy Father, cleansed and pure. Amen. Used With Tune: MANNHEIM

Alas! and Did my Savior Bleed?

Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 2,364 hymnals Topics: Church Festivals Passion and Easter First Line: Alas! and did my Savior bleed Lyrics: 1 Alas! and did my Savior bleed, And did my Sov'reign die, Would He devote that sacred head For sinners such as I? 2 Was it for crimes that I had done He groaned upon the tree? Amazing pity, grace unknown, And love beyond degree. 3 Well might the sun in darkness hide, And shut His glories in, When God, the mighty Maker, died For man, the creature's sin. 4 Thus might I hide my blushing face While His dear cross appears, Dissolve my heart in thankfulness, And melt my eyes to tears. 5 But drops of grief can ne'er repay The debt of love I owe; Here, Lord, I give myself away, 'Tis all that I can do. Used With Tune: MARTYRDOM

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 2,046 hymnals Topics: Church Festivals Passion and Easter Lyrics: 1 When I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prince of Glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride. 2 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast Save in the death of Christ, my God: All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to His blood. 3 See, from His head, His hands, His feet, Sorrow and love flow mingled down! Did e'er such love and sorrow meet, Or thorns compose so rich a crown? 4 Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a tribute far too small; Love so amazing, so divine, Demands my soul, my life, my all. Used With Tune: HAMBURG

O wondrous type, O vision fair

Author: John Mason Neale, 1818-66 Appears in 103 hymnals Topics: The Church Year Saints' Days - Minor Festivals Lyrics: 1 O wondrous type, O vision fair Of glory that the Church shall share, Which Christ upon the mountain shows, Where brighter than the sun he glows! 2 With shining face and bright array, Christ deigns to manifest today What glory shall be theirs above, Who joy in God with perfect love. A-men. 3 And faithful hearts are raised on high By this great vision's mystery, For which in joyful strains we raise The voice of prayer, the hymn of praise. 4 O Father, with the eternal Son And Holy Spirit ever One, Vouchsafe to bring us by thy grace To see thy glory face to face. Amen. Used With Tune: CONDITOR ALME SIDERUM Text Sources: Latin hymn, XV cent.

Jerusalem the golden

Author: Bernard of Cluny, XII cent.; John Mason Neale, 1818 - 66 Appears in 922 hymnals Topics: The Church Year Saints' Days - Minor Festivals Lyrics: 1 Jerusalem the golden, With milk and honey blest, Beneath thy contemplation Sink heart and voice oppressed; I know not, O I know not What joys await us there, What radiancy of glory, What bliss beyond compare. 2 They stand, those halls of Sion, All jubilant with song, And bright with many an angel, And all the martyr throng; The Prince is ever in them, The daylight is serene; The pastures of the blessed Are decked in glorious sheen. A-men. 3 There is the throne of David, And there, from care released, The song of them that triumph, The shout of them that feast; And they, who with their Leader Have conquered in the fight, For ever and for ever Are clad in robes of white. 4 O sweet and blesséd country, The home of God's elect! O sweet and blesséd country That eager hearts expect! Jesus, in mercy bring us To that dear land of rest, Who art, with God the Father, And Spirit, ever blest. Amen. Used With Tune: EWING

Father, Let me Dedicate

Author: L. Tuttiett,1825-97 Appears in 84 hymnals Topics: Church Festivals New Year Lyrics: 1 Father, let me dedicate All this year to Thee, In whatever worldly state Thou wilt have me be. Not from sorrow, pain, or care, Freedom dare I claim; This alone shall be my prayer: Glorify Thy name. 2 Can a child presume to choose Where or how to live? Can a Father’s love refuse All the best to give? More Thou givest ev'ry day Than the best can claim; Nor withholdest aught that may Glorify Thy name. 3 If in mercy Thou wilt spare Joys that yet are mine; If on life, serene and fair, Brighter rays may shine, Let my glad heart, while it sings, Thee in all proclaim; And whate’er the future brings, Glorify Thy name. 4 If Thou callest to the cross, And its shadow come, Turning all my gain to loss, Shrouding heart and home: Let me think how Thy dear Son To His glory came, And in deepest woe pray on, "Glorify Thy name." Used With Tune: DEDICATIO ANNI