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How Great Thou Art

Author: Stuart K. Hine Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Appears in 140 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 First Line: O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder Refrain First Line: Then sings my soul Lyrics: 1 O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder consider all the works thy hand hath made, I see the stars, I hear the mighty thunder, thy power throughout the universe displayed: Refrain: Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to thee: how great thou art, how great thou art! Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to thee: how great thou art, how great thou art! 2 When through the woods and forest glades I wander, I hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees; when I look down from lofty mountain grandeur and hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze; Refrain 3 But when I think that God, his Son not sparing, sent him to die, I scarce can take it in, that on the cross, my burden gladly bearing, he bled and died to take away my sin; Refrain 4 When Christ shall come, with shout of acclamation, and claim his own, what joy shall fill my heart! Then I shall bow in humble adoration and there proclaim, "My God, how great thou art!" Refrain Topics: Doxologies; Epiphany & Ministry of Christ; Praise & Adoration; Return of Christ; Suffering of Christ; Redemption; Atonement; Creation; Doxologies; Epiphany & Ministry of Christ; Majesty of God; Praise & Adoration; Redemption; Return of Christ; Salvation; Suffering of Christ Used With Tune: O STORE GUD

Rejoice, the Lord Is King

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 743 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 Lyrics: 1 Rejoice, the Lord is King! Your Lord and King adore. Rejoice, give thanks and sing and triumph evermore. Lift up your heart, lift up your voice. Rejoice, again I say, rejoice! 2 His kingdom cannot fail; he rules o'er earth and heaven; the keys of death and hell to Christ the Lord are given. Lift up your heart, lift up your voice. Rejoice, again I say, rejoice! 3 He sits at God's right hand till all his foes submit, bow down at his command, and fall beneath his feet. Lift up your heart, lift up your voice. Rejoice, again I say, rejoice! 4 Rejoice in glorious hope; for Christ, the Judge, shall come to gather all his saints to their eternal home. We soon shall hear the archangel's voice; the trump of God shall sound, rejoice! Topics: Ascension & Reign of Christ; Judge, God/Christ as; King, God/Christ as; Return of Christ; Ascension & Reign of Christ; Assurance; Joy; Judge, God/Christ as; King, God/Christ as; Kingdom; Return of Christ Used With Tune: DARWALL'S 148TH

For ever with the Lord

Author: James Montgomery Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 632 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:17 Lyrics: "For ever with the Lord!" Amen; so let it be; Life from the dead is in that word, 'Tis immortality. Here in the body pent, Absent from Him I roam, Yet nightly pitch my moving tent A day's march nearer home. My Father's house on high, Home of my soul, how near, 232 At times, to faith's foreseeing eye Thy golden gates appear! Ah! then my spirit faints To reach the land I love, The bright inheritance of saints, Jerusalem above. Yet clouds will intervene, And all my prospect flies, Like Noah's dove, I flit between Rough seas and stormy skies. Anon the clouds depart, The winds and waters cease, While sweetly o'er my gladden'd heart, Expands the bow of peace. Beneath its glowing arch, Along the hallow'd ground, I see cherubic armies march, A camp of fire around. I hear at morn and even, At noon and midnight hour, The choral harmonies of heaven, Earth's Babel-tongues o'erpower. Then, then I feel that He, (Remember'd or forgot,) The Lord, is never far from me, Though I perceive Him not. 233 In darkness as in light, Hidden alike from view, I sleep, I wake, as in His sight, Who looks all nature through. All that I am, have been, All that I yet may be, He sees at once, as He hath seen, And shall for ever see. How can I meet His eyes? Mine on the cross I cast, And own my life a Saviour's prize, Mercy from first to last. "For ever with the Lord!" --Father, if 'tis Thy will, The promise of that faithful word, Even here to me fulfil. Be thou at my right hand, Then can I never fail; Uphold Thou me, and I shall stand, Fight, and I must prevail. So when my latest breath Shall rend the veil in twain, By death I shall escape from death, And life eternal gain. 234 Knowing as I am known, How shall I love that word, And oft repeat before the Throne, "For ever with the Lord!" Then, though the soul enjoy Communion high and sweet, While worms this body must destroy, Both shall in glory meet. The trump of final doom Will speak the selfsame word, And Heaven's voice thunder through the tomb, "For ever with the Lord!" The tomb shall echo deep That death-awakening sound; The saints shall hear it in their sleep, And answer from the ground. Then, upward as they fly, That resurrection-word, Shall be their shout of victory, "For ever with the Lord!" That resurrection-word, That shout of victory, Once more,--"For ever with the Lord!" Amen; so let it be! Topics: For ever with the Lord; Heaven the saints' Home

Asleep in Jesus! blesséd sleep!

Author: Mrs. Mackay Appears in 1,063 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:14 Used With Tune: REST

When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder

Author: James M. Black, 1856-1938 Meter: Irregular Appears in 445 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 First Line: When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound and time shall be no more Lyrics: 1 When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound and time shall be no more, and the morning breaks, eternal, bright and fair; when the saved of earth shall gather over on the other shore, and the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there. Refrain: When the roll is called up yonder, when the roll is called up yonder, when the roll is called up yonder, when the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there. 2 On that bright and cloudless morning when the dead in Christ shall rise, and the glory of his resurrection share; when his chosen ones shall gather to their home beyond the skies, and the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there. [Refrain] 3 Let us labor for the Master from the dawn till setting sun, let us talk of all his wondrous love and care; then when all of life is over, and our work on earth is done, and the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there. [Refrain] Topics: The Way of Salvation The Resurrection and Everlasting Life; Blessed Hope; Resurrection of Believers Used With Tune: ROLL CALL

Be Still, My Soul

Author: Katharina A. von Schlegel; Jane L. Borthwick Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 182 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:17 First Line: Be still, my soul! The Lord is on your side Lyrics: 1 Be still, my soul! the Lord is on your side: bear patiently the cross of grief or pain; leave to your God to order and provide; in every change he faithful will remain. Be still, my soul! Your best, your heavenly Friend thro' thorny ways leads to a joyful end. 2 Be still, my soul! Your God will undertake to guide the future as he has the past; your hope, your confidence let nothing shake; all now mysterious shall be bright at last. Be still, my soul! The waves and winds still know his voice who ruled them while he dwelt below. 3 Be still, my soul! The hour is hastening on when we shall be forever with the Lord, when disappointment, grief and fear are gone, sorrow forgot, love’s purest joys restored. Be still, my soul! When change and tears are past, all safe and blessèd we shall meet at last. Topics: Assurance; Calmness; Confidence; Cross of Believers; God Mystery; God Providence; Heaven Used With Tune: FINLANDIA

Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending

Author: Martin Madan; Charles Wesley Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 770 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:17 Lyrics: 1 Lo, He comes with clouds descending, Once for favored sinners slain; Thousand thousand saints attending Swell the triumph of His train: Alleluia! alleluia! God appears on earth to reign. 2 Every eye shall now behold Him, Robed in dreadful majesty; Those who set at naught and sold Him, Pierced and nailed Him to the tree, Deeply wailing, deeply wailing, Shall the true Messiah see. 3 Now redemption, long expected, See in solemn pomp appear; All His saints, by men rejected, Now shall meet Him in the air: Alleluia! alleluia! See the day of God appear. 4 Yea, Amen! let all adore Thee, High on Thine eternal throne; Savior, take the pow'r and glory, Claim the kingdom for Thine own: O, come quickly, O, come quickly! Everlasting God, come down. Amen. Topics: Ascension and Reign; Christ Advent (second); Christ Reign; Christ Second Coming; Second Coming Used With Tune: REGENT SQUARE Text Sources: Based on John Cennick, 1752

This Joyful Eastertide

Author: George R. Woodward Meter: 6.7.6.7 with refrain Appears in 67 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Refrain First Line: Had Christ, that once was slain Lyrics: 1 This joyful Easter-tide, away with sin and sorrow! My Love, the Crucified, has sprung to life this morrow. Refrain: Had Christ, that once was slain, ne'er burst his three-day prison, our faith had been in vain; but now has Christ arisen, arisen, arisen, arisen! 2 My flesh in hope shall rest, and for a season slumber, till trump from east to west shall wake the dead in number. [Refrain] 3 Death's flood has lost its chill, since Jesus crossed the river; lover of souls, from ill my passing soul deliver. [Refrain] Topics: Deliverance; Resurrection of Believers Used With Tune: VRUCHTEN

Take comfort, Christians, when your friends

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 24 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Lyrics: Take comfort, Christians, when your friends in Jesus fall asleep; Their better being never ends; why then dejected weep? Why inconsolable, as those to whom no hope is giv’n? Death is the messenger of peace, and calls the soul to heav’n. As Jesus died, and rose again victorious from the dead; So his disciples rise, and reign with their triumphant Head. The time draws nigh, when from the clouds Christ shall with shouts descend, And the last trumpet’s awful voice the heav’ns and earth shall rend. Then they who live shall changed be, and they who sleep shall wake; The graves shall yield their ancient charge, and earth’s foundations shake. The saints of God, from death set free, with joy shall mount on high; The heav’nly hosts with praises loud shall meet them in the sky, Together to their Father’s house with joyful hearts they go; And dwell for ever with the Lord, beyond the reach of woe. A few short years of evil past, we reach the happy shore, where death-divided friends at last shall meet, to part no more.

My Faith Looks Up to Thee

Author: Ray Palmer Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 2,216 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:17 Lyrics: 1 My faith looks up to thee, thou Lamb of Calvary, Savior divine! Now hear me while I pray, take all my guilt away. O let me from this day be wholly thine! 2 May thy rich grace impart strength to my fainting heart, my zeal inspire. As thou hast died for me, O may my love to thee pure, warm, and changeless be, a living fire! 3 While life's dark maze I tread and griefs around me spread, be thou my guide. Bid darkness turn to day, wipe sorrow's tears away, nor let me ever stray from thee aside. 4 When life's swift race is run, death's cold work almost done, be near to me. Blest Savior, then in love fear and distrust remove. O bear me safe above, redeemed and free! Topics: Biblical Names & Places Calvary; Funerals; Love Our Love to God; Confession and Forgiveness; Biblical Names & Places Calvary; Confession of Sin; Forgiveness; Funerals; Lamb of God; Pilgrimage & Conflct; Prayer Used With Tune: OLIVET

It Is Well with My Soul

Author: Horatio G. Spafford Meter: 11.8.11.9 with refrain Appears in 484 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:16 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 Used With Tune: VILLE DU HAVRE

Great God, What Do I See and Hear!

Author: Anonymous; William B. Collyer; Thomas Cotterill Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 296 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 First Line: Great God, what do I see and hear Lyrics: 1 Great God, what do I see and hear! The end of things created! The Judge of mankind doth appear on clouds of glory seated! The trumpet sounds; the graves restore the dead which they contained before: prepare, my soul, to meet him. 2 The dead in Christ shall first arise, at the last trumpet's sounding, caught up to meet him in the skies, with joy their Lord surrounding; no gloomy fears their souls dismay; his presence sheds eternal day on those prepared to meet him. 3 But sinners, filled with guilty fears, behold his wrath prevailing; for they shall rise, and find their tears and sighs are unavailing: the day of grace is past and gone; trembling they stand before the throne, all unprepared to meet him. 4 Great God, what do I see and hear! The end of things created! The Judge of mankind doth appear on clouds of glory seated! Beneath his cross I view the day when heav'n and earth shall pass away, and thus prepare to meet him. Topics: Watchfulness; Danger of Delay; Resurrection of Believers; Resurrection of All; Jesus Christ His Second Coming and Judgment Used With Tune: LUTHER'S HYMN

Angels from the Realms of Glory

Author: James Montgomery Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 768 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:16 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 fields 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] 5 Though an infant now we view him he will share his Father's throne, gather all the nations to him; every knee shall then bow down. [Refrain] Topics: Biblical Persons; Biblical Persons Simeon, Anna; Christmas Season Used With Tune: REGENT SQUARE

For all the saints who from their labors rest

Author: W. W. How Meter: 10.10.10.4 Appears in 571 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:16 Topics: The Christian Life Temptation and Conflict Used With Tune: ST. PHILIP

One Day

Author: J. Wilbur Chapman Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Appears in 174 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:16 First Line: One day when heaven was filled with his praises Refrain First Line: Living, he loved me; dying he saved me Lyrics: 1 One day when heaven was filled with his praises, one day when sin was as black as could be, Jesus came forth to be born of a virgin, dwelt among us, my example is he! [Refrain:] Living, he loved me; dying, he saved me; buried, he carried my sins far away; rising, he justified freely forever: one day he’s coming—-O glorious day! 2 One day they led him up Calvary’s mountain, one day they nailed him to die on the tree; suffering anguish, despised and rejected, bearing our sins, my Redeemer is he! (Refrain) 3 One day they left him alone in the garden, one day he rested, from suffering free; angels came down o’er his tomb to keep vigil; hope of the hopeless, my Savior is he! (Refrain) 4 One day the grave could conceal him no longer, one day the stone rolled away from the door; then he arose, over death he had conquered, now is ascended, my Lord evermore! (Refrain) 5 One day the trumpet will sound for his coming, one day the skies with his glories will shine; wonderful day, my belovèd ones bringing; glorious Savior, this Jesus is mine! (Refrain) Topics: Jesus Christ Birth; Jesus Christ Earthly Life and Ministry; Jesus Christ Example; Testimony Used With Tune: CHAPMAN

In That Great Gittin' Up Mornin'

Meter: 14.14.12.12 with refrain Appears in 6 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:16 First Line: There's a better day a comin' fare ye well, fare ye well Refrain First Line: In that great gittin' up mornin' fare ye well, fare ye well Lyrics: Refrain: In that great gittin' up mornin', fare ye well, fare ye well, In that great gittin' up mornin', fare ye well, fare ye well. In that great gittin' up mornin', fare ye well, fare ye well. Oh, in that great gittin' up mornin', fare ye well, fare ye well. 1 There's a better day a comin' fare ye well, fare ye well. There's a better day a comin', fare ye well, fare ye well. When I see king Jesus, fare ye well, fare ye well. When I see king Jesus, fare ye well, fare ye well. [Refrain] 2 There'll be no more dyin', fare ye well, fare ye well. There'll be no more dyin', fare ye well, fare ye well. There'll be no more cryin', fare ye well, fare ye well' There'll be no more cryin', fare ye well, fare ye well. [Refrain] 3 Oh, saint's will be a risin', fare ye well, fare ye well. Oh, saint's will be a risin', fare ye well, fare ye well. There'll be no more strivin', fare ye well, fare ye well. There'll be no more strivin', fare ye well, fare ye well. [Refrain] Topics: Everlasting Life; Resurrection Used With Tune: FARE YE WELL Text Sources: Negro Spiritual

My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less

Author: Edward Mote, 1797-1894 Appears in 1,096 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Refrain First Line: On Christ, the solid rock, I stand Lyrics: 1 My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness; I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus' name. Refrain: On Christ, the solid rock, I stand; all other ground is sinking sand, all other ground is sinking sand. 2 When darkness veils his lovely face, I rest on his unchanging grace; in every high and stormy gale, my anchor holds within the veil. [Refrain] 3 His oath, his covenant, his blood support me in the whelming flood; when all around my soul gives way, he then is all my hope and stay. [Refrain] 4 When he shall come with trumpet sound, O may I then in him be found, dressed in his righteousness alone, faultless to stand before the throne. [Refrain] Topics: Darkness; Eternal Life; Hope; Jesus Christ Blood of; Jesus Christ Second Coming; Jesus Christ Solid Rock; Testimony/Witness; Trust in God; Unity and Fellowship; Elements of Worship Profession of Faith Used With Tune: SOLID ROCK

I Know Whom I Have Believed

Author: Daniel W. Whittle Meter: 8.6.8.6 with refrain Appears in 284 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:17 First Line: I know not why god's wondrous grace Refrain First Line: But "I know whom I have believed Lyrics: 1 I know not why God's wondrous grace to me he hath made known, nor why, unworthy, Christ in love redeemed me for his own. [Refrain:] But "I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I've committed unto him against that day." 2 I know not how this saving faith to me he did impart, nor how believing in his Word wrought peace within my heart. (Refrain) 3 I know not how the Spirit moves, convincing us of sin, revealing Jesus through the Word, creating faith in him. (Refrain) 4 I know not when my Lord may come, at night or noonday fair, nor if I'll walk the vale with him, or "meet him in the air." (Refrain) Topics: Grace Of God; Assurance; Saving Faith; Grace of God; Saving Work of Christ; Testimony Used With Tune: EL NATHAN

Thou Art Coming, O My Savior

Author: Frances R. Havergal Meter: 8.7.8.8.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 117 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Lyrics: 1 Thou art coming, O my Savior, thou art coming, O my King, in thy beauty all resplendent, in thy glory all transcendent; well may we rejoice and sing: coming! in the op'ning east herald brightness slowly swells: coming! O my glorious Priest, hear we not thy golden bells? 2 Thou art coming, thou art coming: we shall meet thee on thy way, we shall see thee, we shall know thee, we shall bless thee, we shall show thee all our hearts could never say: what an anthem that will be, ringing out our love to thee, pouring out our rapture sweet at thine own all-glorious feet. 3 O the joy to see thee reigning, thee, my own beloved Lord! Ev'ry tongue thy name confessing, worship, honor, glory, blessing brought to thee with glad accord; thee, my Master and my Friend, vindicated and enthroned; unto earth's remotest end glorified, adored, and owned. Topics: Christ Exaltation of; Christ Kingly Office of; Heaven Redeemed in; Resurrection of Believers; Jesus Christ His Second Coming and Judgment Used With Tune: BEVERLEY

Come, You Thankful People, Come

Author: Henry Alford Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 731 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:16 Lyrics: 1 Come, you thankful people, come, raise the song of harvest home; all is safely gathered in ere the winter storms begin; God, our Maker, does provide for our needs to be supplied; come, with all his people come, raise the song of harvest home. 2 All the world is God's own field, fruit unto his praise to yield; wheat and weeds together sown, unto joy or sorrow grown: first the blade and then the ear, then the full corn shall appear; Lord of harvest, grant that we wholesome grain and pure may be. 3 For the Lord our God shall come and shall take his harvest home; he himself in that great day all offense shall take away, give his angels charge at last in the fire the weeds to cast, but the fruitful ears to store in his garner evermore. 4 Even so, Lord, quickly come to your final harvest home; gather all your people in, free from sorrow, free from sin there, forever purified, in your presence to abide; come, with all your angels come, raise the glorious harvest home. Topics: Jesus Christ Second Coming; Occasional Services Thanksgiving/Harvest Used With Tune: ST. GEORGE’S WINDSOR

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