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How good, Lord, to be here!
Author: Joseph Armitage Robinson, 1858-1933 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 51 hymnals Topics: Prophetic Witness Lyrics: 1 How good, Lord, to be here!
your glory fills the night;
your face and garments, like the sun,
shine with unborrowed light.
2 How good, Lord, to be here,
your beauty to behold,
where Moses and Elijah stand,
your messengers of old.
3 Fulfiller of the past,
promise of things to be:
we hail your body glorified,
and our redemption see.
4 Before we taste of death,
we see your Kingdom come;
we still would hold the vision bright,
and make this hill our home.
5 How good, Lord, to be here!
yet we may not remain;
but since you bid us leave the mount
come with us to the plain. Scripture: 2 Peter 1:16-18 Used With Tune: CARLISLE
How good, Lord, to be here!
Come, Spirit blest, our hearts inspire
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-88 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 237 hymnals Topics: Prophetic Witness Lyrics: 1 Come, Spirit blest, our hearts inspire,
let us your influence prove.
source of the old prophetic fire,
fountain of life and love.
2 Come, Holy Spirit, moved by you
the prophets wrote and spoke;
unlock the truth, yourself the key,
unseal the sacred book.
3 Expand your wings, celestial dove,
brood o'er our nature's night;
on our disordered spirits move,
and let there now be light.
4 God, through himself, we then shall know,
if you within us shine,
and sound, with all your saints below,
the depths of love divine. Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:4-7 Used With Tune: RICHMOND
Come, Spirit blest, our hearts inspire
Of the Father’s love begotten
Author: Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, 348-c. 413; John Mason Neale, 1818-66; Henry Wiliams Baker, 1827-77 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.7 Appears in 221 hymnals Topics: Prophetic Witness 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 that birth for ever blessèd,
when the virgin full of grace,
by the Spirit's power conceiving,
bore the saviour of our race,
and the babe, the world's redeemer,
first revealed his sacred face
evermore and evermore.
3 This is he whom seers and sages
sang of old with one accord,
whom the voices of the prophets
promised in their faithful word;
now he shines, the long-expected:
let creation praise its Lord
evermore and evermore.
4 In the heights of heaven adore him,
angel hosts his praises sing,
all dominions bow before him
and extol our God and king;
let no tongue on earth be silent,
every voice together sing
evermore and evermore. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:20-23 Used With Tune: CORDE NATUS
Of the Father’s love begotten
We limit not the truth of God
Author: George Rawson, 1807-89 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 24 hymnals Topics: Prophetic Witness Lyrics: 1 We limit not the truth of God
to our poor reach of mind,
to notions of our day and sect,
crude, partial and confined:
no, let a new and better hope
within our hearts be stirred:
the Lord has yet more light and truth
to break forth from his word.
2 Our faithful forebears searching went
the first steps of the way;
this was the dawning, yet to grow
into this perfect day.
And grow it shall, our glorious sun
will brighter rays afford:
the Lord has yet more light and truth
to break forth from his word.
3 O Father, Son, and Spirit, send
us increase from above;
enlarge, expand all living souls
to comprehend your love;
and make us all go on to know,
with nobler powers conferred,
that you have yet more light and truth
to break forth from your word.
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 4:5 Used With Tune: ELLACOMBE (2)
We limit not the truth of God
The people that in darkness walked
Author: John Morison, 1750-98 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 221 hymnals Topics: Prophetic Witness Lyrics: 1 The people that in darkness walked
have seen a glorious light;
the light has shined on them who dwelt
in death's surrounding night.
2 To hail you, Sun of righteousness,
the gathering nations come:
rejoicing as when reapers bear
their harvest treasures home.
3 To us a child of hope is born,
to us a Son is given;
him shall the tribes of earth obey,
and all the hosts of heaven.
4 His name shall be the Prince of Peace,
for evermore adored,
the Wonderful, the Counsellor,
the great and mighty Lord.
5 His power increasing still shall spread,
his reign no end shall know:
justice shall guard his throne above
and peace abound below. Scripture: Isaiah 9:2-7 Used With Tune: CREDITON Text Sources: VV. 1-2 revised by compilers
The people that in darkness walked
Lord, Speak to Me, That I May Speak
Author: Frances R. Havergal Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 467 hymnals Topics: Missions; Profession of Faith; Christ as Prophet; God or Christ as Rock; Service; Wandering from God; Witnessing; Christian Work Lyrics: 1 Lord, speak to me that I may speak
In living echoes of Thy tone;
As Thou hast sought, so let me seek
Thy erring children lost and lone.
2 O teach me, Lord, that I may teach
The precious things Thou dost impart;
And wing my words that they may reach
The hidden depths of many a heart.
3 O lead me, Lord, that I may lead
The wandering and the wavering feet;
O feed me, Lord, that I may feed
The hungering ones with manna sweet.
4 O strengthen me that while I stand
Firm on the Rock, and strong in Thee,
I may stretch out a loving hand
To wrestlers with the troubled sea.
5 O use me, Lord, use even me,
Just as Thou wilt, and when, and where;
Until Thy blessed face I see,
Thy rest, Thy joy, Thy glory share. Used With Tune: CANONBURY
Lord, Speak to Me, That I May Speak
Praise to the living God
Author: Max Landsberg, 1845-1928; Newton Mann, 1836-1926; William Channing Gannett, 1840-1923 Meter: 6.6.8.4 D Appears in 65 hymnals Topics: Prophetic Witness Lyrics: 1 Praise to the living God,
all praise be to his name,
who was, and is, and is to be,
and still the same:
the one eternal God
before what now appears,
the First, the Last, beyond all thought
his timeless years!
2 Formless, all lovely forms
declare his loveliness;
holy, no holiness of earth
can his express.
Behold the Lord of all:
creation speaks his praise,
and everywhere above, below,
his will obeys.
3 God's Spirit freely flows,
high surging where it will:
in prophet's word he spoke of old,
is speaking still.
Established is God's law
and changeless it shall stand,
deep written on the human heart,
on sea, on land.
4 God has eternal life
implanted in the soul;
his love shall be our strength and stay
while ages roll.
Praise to the living God,
all praise be to his name,
who was, and is, and is to be,
and still the same! Scripture: Deuteronomy 30:11-14 Used With Tune: LEONI Text Sources: Jewish Yigdal c. 13th cent.
Praise to the living God
How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
Author: John Newton, 1725-1807 Appears in 1,665 hymnals Topics: Comfort / Consolation; God in Christ; Healing / Health; Jesus Christ Friend; Jesus Christ Way, Truth, Life; Jesus Christ Shepherd; Jesus Christ Prophet; Jesus Christ Name of; Jesus Christ Intercessor / High Priest; Rest; Rock; Witness / Martyrs Lyrics: 1 How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
in a believer's ear;
it soothes our sorrows, heals our wounds,
and drives away our fear.
2 It makes the wounded spirit whole,
and calms the troubled breast;
'tis manna to the hungry soul,
and to the weary rest.
3 Dear name! the rock on which I build,
my shield and hiding place,
my never-failing treasury,
filled with boundless stores of grace.
4 Jesus, my shepherd, guardian, friend,
my prophet, priest and king,
my Lord, my life, my way, my end:
accept the praise I bring.
5 How weak the effort of my heart,
how cold my warmest thought,
but when I see thee as thou art
I'll praise thee as I ought.
6 Till then I would thy love proclaim
with every fleeting breath;
and may the music of thy name
refresh my soul in death. Scripture: Mark 6:14 Used With Tune: ST. PETER
How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
Great God, your Spirit, like the wind
Author: Alan Gaunt, 1935- Meter: 8.8.8.8 D Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Prophetic Witness Scripture: Acts 2:1-13 Used With Tune: JERUSALEM
Great God, your Spirit, like the wind
Come, thou long-expected Jesus
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-88 Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 756 hymnals Topics: Prophetic Witness 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.
2 Israel's strength and consolation,
hope of all the earth thou art;
dear desire of every nation,
joy of every longing heart.
3 Born thy people to deliver,
born a child and yet a king,
born to reign in us for ever,
now thy gracious kingdom bring.
4 By thine own eternal Spirit
rule in all our hearts alone;
by thine all-sufficient merit
raise us to thy glorious throne. Scripture: Haggai 2:7 Used With Tune: STUTTGART
Come, thou long-expected Jesus
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