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Comfort, Comfort Now My People

Author: Johannes G. Olearius; Catherine Winkworth Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7.8.8 Appears in 127 hymnals Lyrics: 1 "Comfort, comfort now my people; tell of peace!" so says our God. Comfort those who sit in darkness mourning under sorrow's load. To God's people now proclaim that God's pardon waits for them! Tell them that their war is over; God will reign in peace forever! 2 For the herald's voice is crying in the desert far and near, calling all to true repentance, since the Kingdom now is here. Oh, that warning cry obey! Now prepare for God a way! Let the valleys rise to meet him, and the hills bow down to greet him! 3 Straight shall be what long was crooked, and the rougher places plain! Let your hearts be true and humble, as befits his holy reign! For the glory of the Lord now on earth is shed abroad, and all flesh shall see the token that God's word is never broken. Topics: Advent Season; Advent Season; Jesus Christ Reign; Kingdom of God; Pardon; World Peace Scripture: Isaiah 40:1 Used With Tune: GENEVAN 42

By Christ Redeemed

Author: George Rawson; Margaret Clarkson Meter: 8.8.8.4 Appears in 187 hymnals First Line: By Christ redeemed, in Christ restored Lyrics: 1 By Christ redeemed, in Christ restored, we keep the memory adored, and show the death of our dear Lord until he come. 2 His body, broken in our stead, is here in this memorial bread, and so our feeble love is fed until he come. 3 The drops of his dread agony, his Life-blood shed for us we see; the wine shall tell the mystery, until he come. 4 And thus that dark betrayal night with the last advent we unite, by one blest chain of loving rite, until he come. 5 Until the trumpet sound be heard, until the ancient graves be stirred, and with the great commanding word the Lord shall come. 6 [Copyrighted] Topics: Lord’s Supper Scripture: Luke 22:44 Used With Tune: ALMSGIVING

Lord, Our Lord, Your Glorious Name

Meter: 7.7.7.7.4 with refrain Appears in 35 hymnals Refrain First Line: Lord, our Lord, in all the earth Lyrics: 1 Lord, our Lord, your glorious name all your wondrous works proclaim; in the heavens with radiant signs evermore your glory shines. How great your name! [Refrain:] Lord, our Lord, in all the earth, how great your name! Yours the name of matchless worth, excellent in all the earth. How great your name! 2 Infant voices chant your praise, telling of your glorious ways; weakest means work out your will, mighty enemies to still. How great your name! (Refrain) 3 Moon and stars in shining height nightly tell their Maker's might; when I view the heavens afar, then I know how small we are. How great your name! (Refrain) 4 Who are we that we should share in your love and tender care-- raised to an exalted height, crowned with honor in your sight! How great your name! (Refrain) 5 With dominion crowned, we stand o'er the creatures of your hand; all to us subjection yield, in the sea and air and field. How great your name! (Refrain) How great your name! Topics: God Mighty Acts; Adoration of God; God Mighty Acts; God Mystery; God Final Victory; Nature; Psalms Scripture: Psalm 8 Used With Tune: CHATAUQUA Text Sources: The Psalter, 1912; alt.

We Believe in God Almighty

Author: David Mowbray Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.7 Appears in 7 hymnals Lyrics: 1 We believe in God Almighty, maker of the earth and sky; all we see and all that's hidden is his work unceasingly: God our Father's loving kindness, with us till the day we die-- evermore and evermore. 2 We believe in Christ the Savior, Son of God and Son of Man; born of Mary, preaching, healing, crucified, yet risen again: he ascended to the Father, there in glory long to reign-- evermore and evermore. 3 We belive in God the Spirit, present in our lives today; speaking through the prophets' writings, guiding travelers on their way: to our hearts he brings forgiveness, and the hope of endless joy-- evermore and evermore. Topics: Faith, Confession of; Believing Faith; Confession of Faith Scripture: Genesis 1:1 Used With Tune: DIVINUM MYSTERIUM

We Have a Gospel to Proclaim

Author: Edward J. Burns Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 24 hymnals Topics: Church Ministry and Ministers; Evangelism; Missions; Proclamation; Saving Work of Christ Scripture: John 1:9 Used With Tune: MENDON

Come, We That Love the Lord

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 1,791 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Come, we that love the Lord, and let our joys be known, join in a song with sweet accord, and thus surround the throne. 2 Let those refuse to sing who never knew our God; but children of the heavenly King may speak their joys abroad. 3 The hill of Zion yields a thousand sacred sweets before we reach the heavenly fields, or walk the golden streets. 4 Then let our songs abound, and every tear be dry; we're marching through Emmanuel's ground to fairer worlds on high Topics: Heaven; Jesus Christ King; Joy; Music and Singing; Pilgrimage; Praise of God Scripture: Psalm 1:4 Used With Tune: ST. THOMAS

As Longs the Deer for Cooling Streams

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 321 hymnals Lyrics: 1 As longs the deer for cooling streams in parched and barren ways, so longs my soul, O God, for thee and thy refreshing grace. 2 For thee, my God, the living God, my thirsty soul doth pine: O when shall I behold thy face, thou majesty divine? 3 Why restless, why cast down, my soul? Hope still, and thou shalt sing the praise of him who is thy God, thy health’s eternal spring. 4 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, the God whom we adore, be glory as it was, is now, and shall be evermore. Topics: Anxiety; Aspiration; Spiritual Hunger; Psalms Scripture: Psalm 42:1-7 Used With Tune: BELMONT Text Sources: New Version of the Psalms of David, 1696, alt.

Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,864 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Love divine, all loves excelling, Joy of heaven 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 every trembling heart. 2 Breathe, O breathe thy loving Spirit into every troubled breast; let us all in thee inherit, let us find the promised rest. Take away the love of sinning, Alpha and Omega be; end of faith, as its beginning, set our hearts at liberty. 3 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. 4 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. Topics: Commitment; Holiness of Life; Holy Spirit Sanctifier; Love Christ’s Love fro Us; Christian Maturity; Sanctification; Serenity Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:18 Used With Tune: BEECHER

I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord

Author: Timothy Dwight Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 1,328 hymnals Lyrics: 1 I love thy kingdom, Lord, the house of thine abode, the Church our blessed Redeemer saved with his own precious blood. 2 I love thy Church, O God! Her walls before thee stand, dear as the apple of thine eye, and graven on thy hand. 3 For her my tears shall fall, for her my prayers ascend; to her my cares and toils be given, till toils and cares shall end. 4 Beyond my highest joy I prize her heavenly ways, her sweet communion, solemn vows, her hymns of love and praise. 5 Sure as thy truth shall last, to Zion shall be given the brightest glories earth can yield, and brighter bliss of heaven. Topics: Church Nature; Dedications of Life; Kingdom of God; Worship Scripture: Deuteronomy 32:10 Used With Tune: ST. THOMAS

Lead On, O King Eternal

Author: Ernest W. Shurtleff Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 398 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lead on, O King eternal, the day of march has come; henceforth in fields of conquest your tents shall be our home. Through days of preparation your grace has made us strong, and now, O King eternal, we lift our battle song. 2 Lead on, O King eternal, till sin’s fierce war shall cease, and holiness shall whisper the sweet Amen of peace; for not with swords loud clashing, nor roll of stirring drums; with deeds of love and mercy the heavenly kingdom comes. 3 Lead on, O King eternal, we follow, not with fears; for gladness breaks like morning where'er your face appears; your cross is lifted o'er us; we journey in its light; the crown awaits the conquest: lead on, O God of might. Topics: Conflict, Spirtual; Church Final Victory; Spiritual Conflict; Kingdom of God; Missions; Recessional Hymns Scripture: John 18:36 Used With Tune: LANCASHIRE

I Bind unto Myself Today

Author: St Patrick; Cecil Frances Alexander Appears in 68 hymnals First Line: I bind unto myself today the strong name of the Trinity Topics: God The Trinity; God Strength; Jesus Christ Baptism; Aspiration; God Creator; God Guide; God Majesty; God Strength; God Wisdom; Jesus Christ Ascension; Jesus Christ Baptism of; Jesus Christ Death; Jesus Christ Incarnation; Trinity Scripture: Colossians 1:27

Tell Me the Story of Jesus

Author: Fanny J. Crosby Meter: 8.7.8.7 D with refrain Appears in 226 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Tell me the story of Jesus, write on my heart every word; tell me the story most precious, sweetest that ever was heard. Tell how the angels in chorus sang as they welcomed his birth, “Glory to God in the highest! Peace and good tidings to earth.” [Refrain:] Tell me the story of Jesus, write on my heart every word; tell me the story most precious, sweetest that ever was heard. 2 Fasting alone in the desert, tell of the days that are past; how for our sins He was tempted, yet was triumphant at last. Tell of the years of his labor, tell of the sorrow he bore, he was despised and afflicted, homeless, rejected and poor. (Refrain) 3 Tell of the cross where they nailed him, writhing in anguish and pain; tell of the grave where they laid him, tell how He liveth again. Love in that story so tender clearer than ever I see; stay, let me weep while you whisper, "Love paid the ransom for me." (Refrain) Topics: Jesus Christ Birth; Jesus Christ Earthly Life and Ministry; Jesus Christ Passion; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Jesus Christ Temptation; Love God’s Love for Us Scripture: Isaiah 53:3 Used With Tune: STORY OF JESUS

Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness

Author: Nicolaus L. von Zinzendorf; John Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 499 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Jesus, thy blood and righteousness my beauty are, my glorious dress; mid flaming worlds, in these arrayed, with joy shall I lift up my head. 2 Bold shall I stand in that great day, cleansed and redeemed, no debt to pay; for by thy cross absolved I am from sin and guilt, from fear and shame. 3 Lord, I believe thy precious blood, which at the mercy seat of God pleads for the captives' liberty, was also shed in love for me. 4 Lord, I believe were sinners more than sands upon the ocean shore, thou hast for all a ransom paid, for all a full atonement made. Topics: Redemption in Christ Christ's Saving Work; Jesus Christ Advocate; Assurance; Confidence; Jesus Christ Advocate; Judgment; Saving Work of Christ Scripture: Isaiah 61:10 Used With Tune: GERMANY

O Little Town of Bethlehem

Author: Phillips Brooks Meter: 8.6.8.6.7.6.8.6 Appears in 848 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by. Yet in thy dark streets shineth the everlasting Light; the hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight. 2 For Christ is born of Mary, and gathered all above, while mortals sleep, the angels keep their watch of wondering love. O morning stars, together proclaim the holy birth, and praises sing to God the King, and peace to men on earth. 3 How silently, how silently the wondrous Gift is given; so God imparts to human hearts the blessings of his heaven! No ear may hear his coming, but in this world of sin, where meek souls will receive him still the dear Christ enters in. 4 O holy Child of Bethlehem, descend to us, we pray; cast out our sin, and enter in; be born in us today. We hear the Christmas angels the great glad tidings tell; O come to us, abide with us, our Lord Emmanuel. Topics: Biblical Persons; Biblical Persons Mary; Biblical Places Bethlehem; Christmas Season Scripture: Job 38:7 Used With Tune: FOREST GREEN

All the Way My Savior Leads Me

Author: Fanny J. Crosby Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 320 hymnals Lyrics: 1 All the way my Savior leads me; what have I to ask beside? Can I doubt His tender mercy, who through life has been my guide? Heavenly peace, divinest comfort, here by faith in him to dwell, for I know, whate’er befall me, Jesus doeth all things well; for I know, whate’er befall me, Jesus doeth all things well. 2 All the way my Savior leads me, cheers each winding path I tread, gives me grace for every trial, feeds me with the living bread; though my weary steps may falter, and my soul athirst may be, gushing from the rock before me, lo! a spring of joy I see; gushing from the rock before me, lo! a spring of joy I see. 3 All the way my Savior leads me; O the fullness of His love! Perfect rest to me is promised in my Father’s house above; when my spirit, clothed immortal, wings its flight to realms of day, this my song through endless ages, "Jesus led me all the way"; this my song through endless ages, "Jesus led me all the way." Topics: Comfort; Guidance; Heaven; Spiritual Thirst Scripture: Psalm 23:3 Used With Tune: ALL THE WAY

The Star-Spangled Banner

Author: Francis Scott Key Meter: Irregular Appears in 445 hymnals First Line: O say, can you see Lyrics: 1 O say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, whose broad stripes and bright starst through the perilous fight, o'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? 2 O thus be it ever, when free men shall stand between their loved homes and the war's desolation! Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation! Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, and this be our motto: "In God is our trust!" And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! Topics: God in Society National Life; National Life Scripture: Job 12:23 Used With Tune: STAR-SPANGLED BANNER

There Is a Balm in Gilead

Meter: Irregular Appears in 107 hymnals First Line: Sometimes I feel discouraged Lyrics: [Refrain:] There is a balm in Gilead to make the wounded whole; there is a balm in Gilead to heal the sin-sick soul. 1 Sometimes I feel discouraged, and think my work’s in vain, but then the Holy Spirit revives my soul again. (Refrain) 2 If you cannot preach like Peter, if you cannot pray like Paul, you can tell the love of Jesus, and say "He died for all." (Refrain) 3 Don't ever feel discouraged, for Jesus is your friend; and if you lack for knowledge he'll ne'er refuse to lend. (Refrain) Topics: Discouragement; Inner Healing; Spirituals; Witnessing Scripture: Jeremiah 8:22 Used With Tune: BALM IN GILEAD Text Sources: Afro-American spiritual

Jerusalem the Golden

Author: Bernard of Cluny; John M. Neale Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 913 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Jerusalem the golden, with milk and honey blest, beneath your contemplation sink heart and voice oppressed; I know not, O I know not what joys await me there, what radiancy of glory, what bliss beyond compare! 2 They stand, those halls of Zion, 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 gloriuous sheen. 3 There is the throne of David; and there, from pain released, the shout of those who triumph, the song of those who feast; and they, who with their Leader have conquered in the fight, forever and forever are clad in robes of white. 4 O sweet and blessed country, the home of God's elect! O sweet and blessed country that eager hearts expect! In mercy, Jesus, bring us to that dear land of rest, you are, with God the Father, and Spirit, ever blest. Topics: Church Final Victory; Heaven; Martyrs Scripture: Romans 14:7 Used With Tune: EWING

O Sing a Song of Bethlehem

Author: Louis F. Benson Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 64 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O sing a song of Bethlehem, of shepherds watching there, and of the news that came to them from angels in the air: the light that shone on Bethlehem fills all the world today; of Jesus’ birth and peace on earth the angels sing alway. 2 O sing a song of Nazareth, of sunny days of joy, O sing of fragrant flowers’ breath, and of the sinless Boy: for now the flowers of Nazareth in every heart may grow; now spreads the fame of his dear name on all the winds that blow. 3 O sing a song of Galilee, of lake and woods and hill, of him who walked upon the sea and bade the waves be still: for though, like waves on Galilee, dark seas of trouble roll, when faith has heard the Master’s word, falls peace upon the soul. 4 O sing a song of Calvary, its glory and dismay; of him who hung upon the tree, and took our sins away: for he who died on Calvary is risen from the grave, and Christ, our Lord, by heaven adored, is mighty now to save. Topics: Biblical Places Bethlehem, Nazareth, Galilee; Jesus Christ Birth; Jesus Christ Earthly Life and Ministry; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Jesus Christ Sinlessness; Jesus Christ Suffering Scripture: Micah 5:2 Used With Tune: KINGSFOLD

It Is Well with My Soul

Author: Horatio G. Spafford Meter: 11.8.11.9 with refrain Appears in 481 hymnals First Line: When peace like a river attendeth my way Lyrics: 1 When peace like a river attendeth my way, when sorrows like sea billows roll, whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say, "It is well, it is well with my soul." Refrain: It is well with my soul; it is well, it is well with my soul. 2 Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come, let this blest assurance control: that Christ has regarded my helpless estate, and has shed his own blood for my soul. (Refrain) 3 My sin– O, the bliss of this glorious thought, my sin– not in part but the whole, is nailed to the cross and I bear it no more: Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul! (Refrain) 4 And, Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight, the clouds be rolled back as a scroll, the trump shall resound and the Lord shall descend: "Even so"– it is well with my soul."(Refrain ) Topics: Assurance; Jesus Christ Return (Coming in Glory); Inner Peace; Satan; Serenity; Sorrow; Trials; Witness Scripture: Job 1:21 Used With Tune: VILLE DU HAVRE

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