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Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,854 hymnals Scripture: Malachi 3:1 Lyrics: 1 Love divine, all loves excelling, joy of heav'n to earth come down; fix in us thy humble dwelling, all thy faithful mercies crown. Jesus, thou art all compassion, pure, unbounded love thou art; visit us with thy salvation, enter ev'ry trembling heart. 2 Come almighty to deliver; let us all thy life receive; suddenly return and never, nevermore thy temples leave. Thee we would be always blessing, serve thee as thy hosts above, pray and praise thee without ceasing, glory in thy perfect love. 3 Finish then thy new creation; pure and spotless let us be; let us see thy great salvation perfectly restored in thee, changed from glory into glory, till in heaven we take our place, till we cast our crowns before thee, lost in wonder, love, and praise! Used With Tune: HYFRYDOL

Angels from the Realms of Glory

Author: James Montgomery Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 761 hymnals Scripture: Malachi 3:1 Refrain First Line: Come and worship, come and worship Lyrics: 1 Angels from the realms of glory, wing your flight o'er all the earth; ye who sang creation's story now proclaim Messiah's birth: Refrain: Come and worship, come and worship, worship Christ, the newborn king. 2 Shepherds, in the field abiding, watching o'er your flocks by night, God with us is now residing; yonder shines the infant light: [Refrain] 3 Sages, leave your contemplations, brighter visions beam afar; seek the great Desire of nations; ye have seen his natal star: [Refrain] 4. Saints, before the altar bending, watching long in hope and fear; suddenly the Lord, descending, in his temple shall appear: (Refrain) Topics: Christ's Gracious Life Birth and Baptism; Christian Year Christmas; Christian Year Epiphany; Christ's Gracious Life Birth and Baptism; Christian Year Christmas; Christian Year Epiphany; Jesus Christ; Opening Hymns; Responses, Antiphonal Used With Tune: REGENT SQUARE

On Jordan's Bank

Author: Charles Coffin, 1676-1749; John Chandler, 1806-1876 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 230 hymnals Scripture: Malachi 3:1 First Line: On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry Lyrics: 1 On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry Announces that the Lord is nigh; Awake and hearken, for he brings Glad tidings of the King of kings. 2 Then cleansed be every life from sin; Make straight the way for God within, And let each heart prepare a home Where such a mighty guest may come. 3 For you are our salvation, Lord, Our refuge, and our great reward; Without your grace we waste away Like flow'rs that wither and decay. 4 To heal the sick stretch out your hand, And bid the fallen sinner stand; Shine forth, and let your light restore Earth's own true loveliness once more. 5 All praise the Son eternally, Whose advent set his people free; Whom with the Father we adore And Spirit blest for evermore. Topics: Seasons and Feasts Advent; Seasons and Feasts Baptism of the Lord Used With Tune: WINCHESTER NEW

Come, Thou long-expected Jesus

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 748 hymnals Scripture: Malachi 3:1 Topics: God: His Attributes, Works and Word The Son - Second Coming Used With Tune: LEIPSIC

How Firm a Foundation

Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 2,121 hymnals Scripture: Malachi 3:1-4 First Line: How firm a foundation, you saints of the Lord Lyrics: 1 How firm a foundation, you saints of the Lord, is laid for your faith in his excellent word! What more can he say than to you he has said, to you who for refuge to Jesus have fled? 2 "Fear not, I am with you; O be not dismayed, for I am your God and will still give you aid; I'll strengthen you, help you, and cause you to stand, upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand. 3 "When through the deep waters I call you to go, the rivers of sorrow shall not overflow; for I will be with you in trouble to bless, and sanctify to you your deepest distress. 4 "When through fiery trials your pathway shall lie, my grace, all-sufficient, shall be your supply. The flame shall not hurt you; I only design your dross to consume and your gold to refine. 5 "The soul that on Jesus still leans for repose, I will not, I will not desert to its foes; that soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake, I'll never, no, never, no never forsake!" Topics: Trust and Guidance; Christ--Protection by; Christian year-All Saints; Deliverance; Trust and Confidence Used With Tune: FOUNDATION Text Sources: J. Rippon's Selection of Hymns (1787), alt.

Spirit divine, attend our prayers

Author: Andrew Reed (1787-1862) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 390 hymnals Scripture: Malachi 3:3-4 Lyrics: 1 Spirit divine, attend our prayers, and make this house your home; descend with all your gracious powers; come now, great Spirit, come! 2 Come as the fire: and purge our hearts like sacrificial flame; let our whole life an offering be to our Redeemer's name. 3 Come as the dove: and spread your wings, the wings of peaceful love; and let your Church on earth become blest as the Church above. 4 Come as the wind, with rushing sound and Pentecostal grace, that all of woman born may see the glory of your face. 5 Spirit divine, attend our prayers; and make this world your home; descend with all your gracious powers; come now, great Spirit, come! Topics: The Holy Spirit The Coming of the Spirit; Our Response to God in the worship of God's house; Christian Year Pentecost; Church Worship; Holy Spirit name and images for Used With Tune: MARTYRS

Come Down, O Love Divine!

Author: Richard F. Littledale Meter: 6.6.11.6.6.11 Appears in 109 hymnals Scripture: Malachi 3:2-3 First Line: Come down, O Love divine Lyrics: 1 Come down, O love divine! Seek out this soul of mine and visit it with your own ardor glowing: O Comforter, draw near, within my heart appear, and kindle it, your holy flame bestowing. 2 O let it freely burn, till earthly passions turn to dust and ashes in its heat consuming; and let your glorious light shine ever on my sight, and make my pathway clear, by your illuming. 3 Let holy charity my outward vesture be, and lowliness become my inner clothing; true lowliness of heart which takes the humbler part, and for its own shortcomings weeps with loathing. 4 And so the yearning strong with which the soul will long shall far surpass the power of human telling; for none can guess its grace till we become the place in which the Holy Spirit makes his dwelling. Topics: Holy Spirit Comforter; Holy Spirit Indweller; Aspiration; Confession; Holy Spirit Comforter; Holy Spirit Images of; Holy Spirit Images of; Holy Spirit Indweller; Humility; Love Our Love of Others Used With Tune: DOWN AMPNEY Text Sources: After Bianco da Siena, 15th C.; rev. Hymns for Today's Church, 1982

Refiner's Fire

Author: Brian Doerksen, 20th c. Appears in 10 hymnals Scripture: Malachi 3:3 First Line: Purify my heart, let me be as gold and precious silver Used With Tune: [Purify my heart]

Restore, O Lord, the honour of your name!

Author: Graham Kendrick (b. 1950); Chris Rolinson (b. 1958) Meter: Irregular Appears in 9 hymnals Scripture: Malachi 3:2-3 Topics: Life in Christ Christ Risen - Reign and Priesthood; Purity Of Heart; Renewal Used With Tune: RESTORE, O LORD

Joy to the World

Author: Isaac Watts (1674-1748) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 1,854 hymnals Scripture: Malachi 3:1-4 First Line: Joy to the world! The Lord is come Lyrics: 1 Joy to the world! The Lord is come: let earth receive the King; let every heart prepare him room, and heaven and nature sing, and heaven and nature sing, and heaven, and heaven and nature sing. 2 Joy to the world! The Saviour reigns: let us glad songs employ, while fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains repeat the sounding joy, repeat the sounding joy, repeat, repeat the sounding joy. 3 No more let wrongs and sorrows grow, nor thorns infest the ground; he comes to make his blessings flow far as our sin is found, far as our sin is found, far as, far as our sin is found. 4 He rules the world with truth and grace, and makes the nations prove the glories of his righteousness and wonders of his love, and wonders of his love, and wonders, wonders of his love. Topics: Christmas; Reign of Christ; Epiphany Used With Tune: ANTIOCH