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Jesu, the very thought of thee

Author: Edward Caswall (1814-1878) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,021 hymnals Matching Instances: 299 Lyrics: 1 Jesu, the very thought of thee with sweetness fills the breast; but sweeter far thy face to see, and in thy presence rest. 2 No voice can sing, nor heart can frame, nor can the memory find a sweeter sound than Jesu's name, the Saviour of mankind. 3 O hope of every contrite heart, O joy of all the meek, to those who ask how kind thou art, how good to those who seek! 4 But what to those who find? Ah, this nor tongue nor pen can show; the love of Jesus, what it is none but his loved ones know. 5 Jesu, our only joy be thou, as thou our prize wilt be; in thee be all our glory now, and through eternity. Topics: Adoration; Devotion; Future hope; Jesus Name; Rest Scripture: Ephesians 3:17-19 Used With Tune: ST AGNES (Dykes) Text Sources: Based on Jesu, dulcis memoria, (Latin, c. 12th century)

Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,217 hymnals Matching Instances: 71 Lyrics: 1 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, with all your quickening powers; kindle a flame of sacred love in these cold hearts of ours. 2 Hosannas languish on our tongues, and our devotion dies. Waken our souls to joyful songs; let pure devotion rise. 3 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, with all your enlivening ways; come, shed abroad the Savior’s love, and teach our hearts to praise. Topics: God Present in the Holy Spirit Power and Work; Love; Holy Spirit; Worship Used With Tune: ST. AGNES

Shepherd of souls, refresh and bless

Author: Anonymous; James Montgomery Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 97 hymnals Matching Instances: 29 Topics: Church Revival of; Communion at the Lord's Table; Sacraments Lord's Supper Used With Tune: ST. AGNES

Happy the home when God is there

Author: Henry Ware, the Younger, 1794-1843 Appears in 82 hymnals Matching Instances: 27 Topics: Children; The Family; Home; Parents; Inner Peace; Prayer; The Kingdom of God on Earth Home, Marriage, Parents Used With Tune: ST. AGNES

Calm on the Listening Ear of Night

Author: Edmund H. Sears Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 349 hymnals Matching Instances: 18 Lyrics: 1. Calm on the listening ear of night Come heaven’s melodious strains, Where wild Judea stretches forth Her silver mantled plains. Celestial choirs from courts above Shed sacred glories there, And angels, with their sparkling lyres, Make music on the air. 2. The answering hills of Palestine Send back the glad reply; And greet, from all their holy heights, The Day-Spring from on high. O’er the blue depths of Galilee There comes a holier calm, And Sharon waves, in solemn praise, Her silent groves of palm. 3. Glory to God! the lofty strain The realm of ether fills; How sweeps the song of solemn joy O’er Judah’s sacred hills! Glory to God! the sounding skies Loud with their anthems ring, Peace to the earth; good will to men, From heaven’s eternal King! 4. Light on thy hills, Jerusalem! The Savior now is born, And bright on Bethlehem’s joyous plains Breaks the first Christmas morn. And brightly on Moriah’s brow Crowned with her temple spires, Which first proclaim the newborn light, Clothed with its orient fires. 5. This day shall Christian tongues be mute, And Christian hearts be cold? Oh, catch the anthem that from Heaven O’er Judah’s mountains rolled. When burst upon that listening night The high and solemn lay: Glory to God, on earth be peace, Salvation comes today! Used With Tune: ST. AGNES