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Give Me the Wings of Faith

Author: Isaac Watts (1674-1748) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 517 hymnals First Line: Give me the wings of faith to rise Lyrics: 1 Give me the wings of faith to rise within the veil, and see the saints above, how great their joys, how bright their glories be. 2 Once they were mourners here below, and poured out sighs and tears; they wrestled hard, as we do now, with sins and doubts and fears. 3 I ask them whence their victory came; they with united breath ascribe their conquest to the Lamb, their triumph to his death. 4 They marked the footsteps that he trod, his zeal inspired their breast; and, following their incarnate God, possess the promised rest. 5 Our glorious Leader claims our praise, for his own pattern given; while the long cloud of witnesses show the same path to heaven. Topics: Communion of Saints; Heaven; Yearning Scripture: Hebrews 11:29-40, 12:1-2 Used With Tune: WESTMINSTER

My God, how wonderful thou art

Author: Frederick William Faber (1814-1863) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 344 hymnals Lyrics: 1 My God, how wonderful thou art, thy majesty how bright, how beautiful thy mercy-seat in depths of burning light! 2 How dread are thine eternal years, O everlasting Lord, by prostrate spirits day and night incessantly adored! 3 How wonderful, how beautiful, the sight of thee must be, thine endless wisdom, boundless power, and aweful purity! 4 O how I fear thee, living God, with deepest, tenderest fears, and worship thee with trembling hope and penitential tears! 5 Yet I may love thee too, O Lord, almighty as thou art, for thou hast stooped to ask of me the love of my poor heart. 6 No earthly father loves like thee, no mother, e'er so mild, bears and forbears as thou hast done with me, thy sinful child. 7 Father of Jesus, love's reward, what rapture will it be, prostrate before thy throne to lie and gaze and gaze on thee! Topics: Adoration; Devotion; Future hope; God in grace and mercy; God in majesty; Love for God; Penitence; The Third Sunday before Advent Year C; Wisdom Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:5 Used With Tune: WESTMINSTER

Thy home is with the humble, Lord

Author: F. W. Faber Appears in 95 hymnals Topics: The Christian Life Sympathy Used With Tune: WESTMINSTER

Immortal Love, for ever full

Author: John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807-1892 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 306 hymnals Topics: God The Lord Jesus Christ - His Life Among Men; God The Lord Jesus Christ - His Living Presence, Sympathy, and Intercession Used With Tune: WESTMINSTER

Jerusalem, my happy home

Author: F. B. P. Appears in 843 hymnals Used With Tune: WESTMINSTER

Fill thou my life, O Lord, my God

Author: Horatius Bonar Appears in 95 hymnals Used With Tune: WESTMINSTER

O Lord, our fathers oft have told

Appears in 102 hymnals Used With Tune: WESTMINSTER Text Sources: Tate and Brady

With joy we hail the sacred day

Author: Miss H. Auber Appears in 260 hymnals Used With Tune: WESTMINSTER

Lord, in Thy name Thy servants plead

Author: J. Keble Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 67 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lord, in Thy Name Thy servants plead, And Thou hast sworn to hear; Thine is the harvest, Thine the seed, The fresh and fading year. 2 Our hope, when autumn winds blew wild, We trusted, Lord, with Thee: And now that spring has on us smiled, We wait on Thy decree. 3 The former and the latter rain, The summer sun and air, The green ear, and the golden grain, All Thine, are ours by prayer. 4 Thine too by right, and ours by grace, The wondrous growth unseen, The hopes that soothe, the fears that brace, The love that shines serene. 5 So grant the precious things brought forth By sun and moon below, That Thee, in Thy new heavens and earth, We never may forego. Amen. Topics: Rogation Days; Rogation Days; Providence Used With Tune: WESTMINSTER