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“Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord!”

Author: Drummond Appears in 44 hymnals First Line: A Voice from the desert comes awful and shrill Lyrics: A Voice from the desert comes awful and shrill; The Lord is advancing; prepare ye the way! The word of Jehovah he comes to fulfil, And o’er the dark world pour the splendor of day. Bring down the proud mountain, though towering to heaven, And be the low valley exalted on high; The rough path and crooked be made smooth and even, For, Zion! your King, your Redeemer, is nigh. The beams of salvation his progress illume, The lone, dreary wilderness sings of her God; The rose and the myrtle there suddenly bloom, And the olive of peace spreads its branches abroad.

The Prince of Peace

Author: Needham Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 82 hymnals First Line: Behold, the Prince of Peace Lyrics: Behold, the Prince of Peace, The chosen of the Lord, God’s well beloved Son, fulfils The sure prophetic word! No royal pomp adorns This King of Righteousness; Meekness and patience, truth and love, Compose his princely dress. The Spirit of the Lord, In rich abundance shed, On this great prophet gently lights, And rests upon his head. Jesus, the light of men! His doctrine life imparts; O, may we feel its quickening power To warm and glad our hearts! Cheered by its beams, our souls Shall run the heavenly way; The path which Christ has marked and trod Will lead to endless day.

The Church Everlasting

Author: Newton Appears in 1,299 hymnals First Line: Glorious things of thee are spoken Lyrics: Glorious things of thee are spoken, Zion, city of our God! He whose word cannot be broken Formed thee for His own abode. On the Rock of Ages founded, What can shake thy sure repose? With salvation’s walls surrounded, Thou may’st smile at all thy foes. See! the streams of living waters, Springing from eternal love, Well supply thy sons and daughters, And all fear of want remove. Who can faint while such a river Ever flows their thirst to assuage? Love, which, like the Lord, the giver, Never fails from age to age. Round each habitation hovering, See the cloud and fire appear! For a glory and a covering, Showing that the Lord is near: Thus deriving from their banner Light by night and shade by day, Safe they feed upon the manna Which he gives them when they pray.

Christianity

Author: Whittier Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 17 hymnals First Line: O FAIREST-BORN of Love and Light Lyrics: O fairest-born of Love and Light, Yet bending brow and eye severe On all which pains the holy sight, Or wounds the pure and perfect ear,— The generous feeling, pure and warm, Which owns the rights of all divine, The pitying heart, the helping arm, The prompt self-sacrifice, are thine! Beneath thy broad, impartial eye, How fade the lines of caste and birth! How equal in their sufferings lie The groaning multitudes of earth! Still to a stricken brother true, Whatever clime hath nurtured him; As stooped to heal the wounded Jew The worshipper of Gerizim. In holy words which cannot die, In thoughts which angels leaned to know, Christ gave thy message from on high, Thy mission to a world of woe. That voice’s echo hath not died; From the blue lake of Galilee, From Tabor’s lonely mountain-side, It calls a struggling world to thee.

Christian Equality

Author: H. Martineau Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 30 hymnals First Line: All men are equal in their birth Lyrics: All men are equal in their birth, Heirs of the earth and skies; All men are equal, when that earth Fails from their dying eyes. God greets the throngs who pay their vows In courts their hands have made; And hears the worshipper who bows Beneath the plantain shade. ’Tis man alone who difference sees, And speaks of high and low; And worships those, and tramples these, While the same path they go. O, let man hasten to restore To all their rights of love! In power and wealth exult no more, In wisdom lowly move. Ye great! renounce your earth-born pride; Ye low! your shame and fear; Live, as ye worship, side by side; Your brotherhood revere.

Peace

Author: Gaskell Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: How long, O Lord, his brother's blood Lyrics: How long, O Lord, his brother’s blood Shall man in battle spill? How long that mandate be withstood, Which cries, “Thou shalt not kill?” How long shall glory still be found In scenes of cruel strife, Where misery walks, a giant crowned, Crushing the flowers of life? O, hush, great God! the sounds of war, And make Thy children feel That he, with Thee, is noblest far, Who toils for human weal;— And though forgotten, he alone Can be a Christian true Who would his foes as brethren own, And still their good pursue.

Behold, He Cometh

Author: Anonymous Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: Hark! through the waking earth Lyrics: Hark! through the waking earth, Hark! through the echoing sky, Herald of freedom’s birth, There comes a glorious cry. The triple chains that bind Fall from the weary limb, And from the down-crushed mind, As soundeth that high hymn. Unto man’s waiting heart It saith,—“Arise, be strong! Bear thou an earnest part Against all forms of wrong. “Wouldst live in earth as lives The glorious One above? He for thy model gives Himself, and he is Love. “Love in each brother man The God who loveth him; Revere the stamp of heaven, However marred and dim. “Bid fear give place to love; Bid doubt and passion cease; Be every word of hate Forever hushed in peace.” Sound, sound through all the earth! Sound through the echoing sky! Proclaim the world’s new birth; Proclaim the Lord is nigh!

The Liberty of the Sons of God

Author: Montgomery Appears in 25 hymnals First Line: God made all his creatures free Lyrics: God made all his creatures free; Life itself is liberty; God ordained no other bands Than united hearts and hands. Sin the primal charter broke,— Sin, itself earth’s heaviest yoke; Tyranny with sin began, Man o’er brute, and man o’er man. But a better day shall be, Life again be liberty, And the wide world’s only bands Love-knit hearts and love-linked hands. So shall every slavery cease, All God’s children dwell in peace, And the new-born earth record Love, and Love alone, is Lord.

The Prodigal

Author: Anonymous Appears in 102 hymnals First Line: Brother, hast thou wandered far Lyrics: Brother, hast thou wandered far From thy Father’s happy home, With thyself and God at war? Turn thee, brother, homeward come! Hast thou wasted all the powers God for noble uses gave? Squandered life’s most golden hours? Turn thee, brother, God can save! Is a mighty famine now In thy heart and in thy soul? Discontent upon thy brow? Turn thee, God will make thee whole! He can heal thy bitterest wound, He thy gentlest prayer can hear; Seek Him, for He may be found; Call upon Him; He is near.

Turn, Child of Doubt

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Turn, child of doubt, estranged from God! Lyrics: Turn, child of doubt, estranged from God! To error’s joyless waste betrayed; No light will there illume thy road, No friendly voice will give thee aid. O, turn, and leave that cheerless waste! The shade of death,—the maze of woe! There is a path that leads to rest, A fount of life is given below. Thy friend, thy Lord, from heaven revealed, The lost, the erring, to recall, That sacred fountain hath unsealed; With voice of love he speaks to all. He bids the dying wanderer turn, To walk in duty’s way, and live; He speaks to wounded souls that mourn, He speaks,—to heal and to forgive.

Divine Beauty of Christ’s Character

Author: A. C. Coxe Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 208 hymnals First Line: How beauteous were the marks divine Lyrics: How beauteous were the marks divine, That in thy meekness used to shine, That lit thy lonely pathway, trod In wondrous love, O Son of God! O, who like thee,—so calm, so bright, So pure, so made to live in light? O, who like thee did ever go So patient through a world of woe? O, who like thee so humbly bore The scorn, the scoffs, of men before? So meek, forgiving, godlike, high, So glorious in humility? The bending angels stooped to see The lisping infant clasp thy knee, And smile, as in a father’s eye, Upon thy mild divinity. And death, which sets the prisoner free, Was pang and scoff and scorn to thee; Yet love through all thy torture glowed, And mercy with thy life-blood flowed. O, in thy light be mine to go, Illuming all my way of woe; And give me ever on the road To trace thy footsteps, Son of God!

The Life of Jesus

Author: Brettell Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: He lived as none but he has lived Lyrics: He lived as none but he has lived, That wisest Teacher from above; He died as none but he has died,— His every act an act of love. His fervent piety was breathed To the lone waste, the desert hill; And in the haunts of men he sought To do his Heavenly Father’s will. He preached the gospel to the poor, Beside the couch of anguish stood, Consoled the sufferer, healed the sick, And went about still doing good. With sinners he conversed, and gave Peace to the weary, troubled mind; Yet free from stain till life’s last hour, In him his foes no fault could find. Born ’midst the humblest sons of earth, All earth’s temptations he withstood; And yet all human praise renounced, Declaring God alone is good.

He Had Not Where to Lay His Head

Author: Anonymous Meter: Irregular Appears in 19 hymnals First Line: Birds have their quiet nest Lyrics: Birds have their quiet nest, Foxes their holes, and man his peaceful bed; All creatures have their rest, But Jesus had not where to lay his head. And yet he came to give The weary and the heavy-laden rest; To bid the sinner live, And soothe our griefs to slumber on his breast. Let the birds seek their nest, Foxes their holes, and man his peaceful bed; Come, Saviour, in my breast Come and repose thine oft rejected head! Come! give me rest, and take The only rest on earth thou lov’st, within A heart that for thy sake Shall purify itself from every sin.

“Let There Be Light.”

Author: Anonymous Appears in 15 hymnals First Line: On earth was darkness spread Lyrics: On earth was darkness spread, One boundless night; “Let there be light,” God said,— And there was light! There hung a deeper gloom O’er quick and dead, But Jesus burst the tomb, And darkness fled. God by His word arrayed Darkness with light; God by His Son displayed Day without night. For thee, O man, arose Creation’s ray; For thee, too, brighter glows Salvation’s day. The beams first poured on earth For mortals shone; The light of later birth Immortals own.

“In Remembrance of Me.”

Author: Montgomery Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 551 hymnals First Line: According to thy gracious word Lyrics: According to thy gracious word, In meek humility, This will I do, my dying Lord, I will remember thee. Thy body, broken for my sake, My bread from heaven shall be; Thy testamental cup I take, And thus remember thee. Gethsemane can I forget? Or there thy conflict see, Thine agony and bloody sweat, And not remember thee? When to the cross I turn mine eyes, And rest on Calvary, O Lamb of God, my sacrifice! I must remember thee;— Remember thee, and all thy pains, And all thy love to me; Yea, while a breath, a pulse, remains, Will I remember thee.

Watching with Jesus

Author: Whittier Meter: Irregular Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: O Thou, who in the garden's shade Lyrics: O Thou, who in the garden’s shade Didst wake thy weary ones again, Who slumbered at that fearful hour, Forgetful of thy pain,— Bend o’er us now, as over them, And set our sleep-bound spirits free, Nor leave us slumbering in the watch Our souls should keep with thee!

Strength from the Cross

Author: F. H. Hedge Meter: Irregular Appears in 21 hymnals First Line: "It is finished!" Man of sorrows! Lyrics: “It is finished!” Man of sorrows! From thy cross our frailty borrows Strength to bear and conquer thus. While extended there we view thee, Mighty Sufferer! draw us to thee; Sufferer victorious! Not in vain for us uplifted, Man of sorrows, wonder-gifted! May that sacred emblem be; Lifted high amid the ages, Guide of heroes, saints, and sages, May it guide us still to thee! Still to thee! whose love unbounded Sorrow’s depths for us has sounded, Perfected by conflicts sore. Honored be thy cross forever; Star, that points our high endeavor Whither thou hast gone before!

Looking unto Jesus

Author: Mrs. Miles Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: It was no path of flowers Lyrics: It was no path of flowers, Which, through this world of ours, Beloved of the Father, thou didst tread; And shall we in dismay Shrink from the narrow way, When clouds and darkness are around it spread? O thou, who art our life, Be with us through the strife; Thy holy head by earth’s fierce storms was bowed; Raise thou our eyes above, To see a Father’s love Beam, like a bow of promise, through the cloud. And, O, if thoughts of gloom Should hover o’er the tomb, That light of love our guiding star shall be; Our spirits shall not dread The shadowy way to tread, Friend, Guardian, Saviour, which doth lead to thee.

Made Perfect Through Suffering

Author: Montgomery Appears in 506 hymnals First Line: Go to dark Gethsemane Lyrics: Go to dark Gethsemane, Ye that feel temptation’s power, Your Redeemer’s conflict see, Watch with him one bitter hour; Turn not from his griefs away, Learn of Jesus Christ to pray! Follow to the judgment-hall, View the Lord of life arraigned; O the wormwood and the gall! O the griefs his soul sustained! Shun not suffering, shame, or loss; Learn of him to bear the cross! Calvary’s mournful mountain climb; There, admiring at his feet, Mark that miracle of time, Love’s own sacrifice complete; “It is finished,” hear him cry; Learn of Jesus Christ to die!

Strength Through Christ’s Sufferings

Appears in 81 hymnals First Line: When my love to Christ grows weak Lyrics: When my love to Christ grows weak, When for deeper faith I seek, Then in thought I go to thee, Garden of Gethsemane! There I walk amid the shades, While the lingering twilight fades, See that suffering, friendless One Weeping, praying there alone. When my love for Christ grows weak, When for stronger faith I seek, Hill of Calvary! I go To thy scenes of fear and woe;— There behold his agony, Suffered on the bitter tree; See his anguish, see his faith; Love triumphant still in death. Then to life I turn again, Learning all the worth of pain, Learning all the might that lies In a full self-sacrifice.

Glorying in the Cross

Author: Bowring Appears in 1,519 hymnals First Line: In the cross of Christ we glory, 1 Lyrics: In the cross of Christ we glory, Towering o’er the wrecks of time; All the light of sacred story Gathers round its head sublime. When the woes of life overtake us, Hopes deceive, and fears annoy; Never shall the cross forsake us, Lo! it glows with peace and joy! When the sun of bliss is beaming Light and love upon our way; From the cross the radiance streaming Adds more lustre to the day. Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure, By the cross are sanctified; Peace is there that knows no measure, Joys that through all time abide. In the cross of Christ we glory, Towering o’er the wrecks of time; All the light of sacred story Gathers round its head sublime.

Looking to Jesus

Author: Emily Taylor Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 9 hymnals First Line: If love, the noblest, purest, best Lyrics: If love, the noblest, purest, best, If truth, all other truth above, May claim return from every breast, O, surely Jesus claims our love! There’s not a hope with comfort fraught, Triumphant over death and time, But Jesus mingles in that thought, Forerunner of our course sublime. His image meets us in the hour Of joy, and brightens every smile; We see him, when the tempests lower, Each terror soothe, each grief beguile. We see him in the daily round Of social duty, mild and meek; With him we tread the hallowed ground, Communion with our God to seek. We see his pitying, gentle eye, When lonely want appeals for aid; We hear him in the frequent sigh, That mourns the waste that sin has made. We meet him at the lowly tomb, And weep where Jesus wept before; And there, above the grave’s dark gloom, We see him rise,—and weep no more.

The Divine Example

Author: Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 574 hymnals First Line: My dear Redeemer, and my Lord Lyrics: My dear Redeemer, and my Lord, I read my duty in thy word; But in thy life the law appears Drawn out in living characters. Such was thy truth, and such thy zeal, Such deference to thy Father’s will, Such love, and meekness so divine, I would transcribe, and make them mine. Cold mountains, and the midnight air, Witnessed the fervor of thy prayer; The desert thy temptations knew, Thy conflict, and thy victory too. Be thou my pattern; may I bear More of thy gracious image here; And, by the paths which thou hast trod, Press on to holiness and God.

Christ Who Strengtheneth Me

Author: Gaskell Appears in 11 hymnals First Line: When arise the thoughts of sin Lyrics: When arise the thoughts of sin, When the world our hearts would win, When, to selfish pleasure given, Droops the love that blooms for heaven; Lord, we would remember thee,— Thou wilt our Redeemer be. When, with footsteps faint and slow, Duty’s upward path we go; When, by toils and hardship pressed, Round we turn to look for rest; Lord, we would remember thee, Thou our Guide and Strength wilt be. When the way grows dark and drear, When, beset by doubt and fear, We can see no beam of light Struggling through the thickening night; Lord, we would remember thee, Thou our Comforter wilt be.

Following After Jesus

Author: Gaskell Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: In vain we thus recall to mind Lyrics: In vain we thus recall to mind The cross our Master bore, Unless a holier strength we find, And love his spirit more. May we, like him, though thanked with ill; Insulted, and withstood, In hope and patience labor still To do our brethren good. Like him may we, unmurmuring, go Our heaven-appointed way, And learn, ’midst gathering storms of woe, “God’s will be done!” to say.

Christ Present in the Spirit

Author: Whittier Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: O, What though our feet may not tread where Christ trod Lyrics: O, What though our feet may not tread where Christ trod, Nor our ears hear the dashing of Galilee’s flood, Nor our eyes see the cross that he bowed him to bear, Nor our knees press Gethsemane’s garden of prayer! Yet, Loved of the Father! thy spirit is near To the meek and the lowly and penitent here; And the voice of thy love is the same, even now, As at Bethany’s tomb, or on Olivet’s brow. O, the Outward has gone, but in glory and power The Spirit surviveth the things of an hour; Unchanged, undecaying, its Pentecost flame On the heart’s secret altar is burning, the same.

“I Pray Not for These Alone.”

Author: Emily Taylor Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 9 hymnals First Line: "O, Not for these alone I pray," Lyrics: “O, Not for these alone I pray,” The dying Saviour said; Though on his breast that moment lay The loved disciple’s head; Though to his eye that moment sprung The kind, the pitying tear For those that eager round him hung, His words of love to hear. No, not for them alone he prayed;— For all of mortal race, Whene’er their fervent prayer is made, Where’er their dwelling-place. Sweet is the thought, when here we meet, His feast of love to share; And, ’mid the toils of life, how sweet The memory of his prayer!

Parting Hymn

Author: Anonymous Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: Through thee as we together came Lyrics: Through thee as we together came, In singleness of heart, And met, O Jesus! in thy name, So in thy name we part. Nearer to thee our spirits lead, And still thy love bestow, Till thou hast made us free indeed, And spotless, here below. When to the right or left we stray, Leave us not comfortless, But guide our feet into the way Of everlasting peace.

Benediction

Appears in 12 hymnals First Line: The peace which God bestows Lyrics: The peace which God bestows Through him who died and rose, The peace the Father giveth through the Son, Be known in every mind, The broken heart to bind, And bless each traveller as he journeys on. Ye who have known to weep, Where your beloved sleep; Ye who have raised the deep, the bitter cry— God’s blessing be as balm, The fevered heart to calm, And wondrous peace the troubled mind supply. Ere daily strifes begin The war without, within, The God of love, with spirit and with power, Now on each bended head His deepest blessing shed, And keep us all through every troubled hour.

The Heralds of the Cross

Author: Gaskell Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 7 hymnals First Line: Forth went the heralds of the cross Lyrics: Forth went the heralds of the cross, No dangers made them pause; They counted all the world but loss, For their great Master’s cause. Through looks of fire, and words of scorn, Serene their path they trod; And to the dreary dungeon borne, Sang praises unto God. Friends dropped the hand they clasped before, Love changed to cruel hate; And home to them was home no more; Yet mourned they not their fate. In all his dark and dread array, Death rose upon their sight; But calmly still they kept their way, And shrank not from the fight. They knew to whom their trust was given, They could not doubt His word; Before them beamed the light of heaven, The presence of their Lord. O, may a faith as true be ours, And shed as pure a light Of peace across the darkest hours, And make the last one bright!

The Preachers of the Word

Author: Johns Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Thanks to God for those who came Lyrics: Thanks to God for those who came In the Saviour’s glorious name; Who upon the green earth trod But to teach the truth of God. For the great Apostles, first, Who from life’s endearments burst, Going from the Cross, and then Leading to the Cross again: For the next, who meekly poured Willing blood to serve the Lord; Fearless bore the racks of pain, Felon’s death, or captive’s chain; And for all, from shore to shore, Who the blessed tidings bore; All who wrought for liberty When ’twas treason to be free. Ye, who now, in better days, Live to spread your Maker’s praise, Shedding, each man’s home around, Light that consecrates the ground; Teachers of the word of light, Go forth in your Master’s might! Speed your embassy where’er Life has grief, or death has fear!

Thanks for all Saints

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 157 hymnals First Line: For all Thy saints, O God Lyrics: For all Thy saints, O God, Who strove in Christ to live, Who followed him, obeyed, adored, Our grateful hymn receive. For all Thy saints, O God, Accept our thankful cry, Who counted Christ their great reward, And yearned for him to die. They all, in life and death, With him, their Lord, in view, Learned from Thy holy spirit’s breath To suffer and to do. For this Thy name we bless, And humbly pray that we May follow them in holiness, And live and die in Thee.

The Word of God

Author: Anonymous Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 25 hymnals First Line: God of the prophets' power! Lyrics: God of the prophets’ power! God of the gospel’s sound! Move glorious on,—send out Thy voice To all the nations round. With hearts and lips unfeigned, We bless Thee for Thy word; We praise Thee for the joyful news Of our ascended Lord. O, may we treasure well The counsels that we hear, Till righteousness and solemn joy In all our hearts appear. Water the sacred seed, And give it large increase; May neither fowls, nor rocks, nor thorns, Prevent the fruits of peace. And though we sow in tears, Our souls at last shall come, And gather in our sheaves with joy, At heaven’s great harvest-home.

The Gospel

Author: Doddridge Appears in 105 hymnals First Line: Mark the soft falling snow Lyrics: Mark the soft falling snow And the diffusive rain! To heaven, from whence it fell, It turns not back again; Till, watering earth Through every pore, It calls forth all Her secret store. Arrayed in beauteous green, The hills and valleys shine, And man and beast are fed By providence divine: The harvest bows Its golden ears, The copious seed Of future years. “So,” saith the God of grace, “My gospel shall descend, Almighty to effect The purpose I intend; Millions of souls Shall feel its power, And bear it down To millions more.”

Christianity

Author: Moore Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 12 hymnals First Line: Behold the sun, how bright Lyrics: Behold the sun, how bright From yonder east he springs, As if the soul of life and light Were breathing from his wings. So bright the gospel broke Upon the souls of men; So fresh the dreaming world awoke In truth’s full radiance then. Before yon sun arose, Stars clustered through the sky; But, O, how dim, how pale, were those, To his one burning eye! So truth lent many a ray, To bless the Pagan’s night; But, Lord, how faint, how cold, were they, To Thy one glorious light!

Thy Kingdom Come!

Author: Emily Taylor Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: "Thy kingdom come!" The heathen lands Lyrics: “Thy kingdom come!” The heathen lands, In error sunk, Thy presence crave; And victims bound by tyrant hands Implore Thee, Father, come and save! “Thy kingdom come!” Each troubled mind In doubt and darkness calls for Thee; For Thou hast eyes to give the blind, And strength to set the captive free. Thy reign of peace and love begin! Too oft the Christian’s sacred name Is stained by wrath and shamed by sin; O, come, assert the gospel’s claim! O, never in that righteous cause Our hearts be slow, our voices dumb; Upon the glorious theme we pause, And fervent pray, “Thy kingdom come!”

Thy Kingdom Come!

Author: Gaskell Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 13 hymnals First Line: O God! the darkness roll away Lyrics: O God! the darkness roll away Which clouds the human soul, And let the bright, the perfect day, Speed onward to its goal. Let every hateful passion die, Which makes of brethren foes; And war no longer raise its cry, To mar the world’s repose. Let faith, and hope, and charity, Go forth through all the earth; And man, in heavenly bearing, be True to his heavenly birth. Yea, let Thy glorious kingdom come Of holiness and love, And make this world a portal meet For Thy bright courts above.

The Coming of Christ in Power

Author: H. Martineau Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 46 hymnals First Line: Lord Jesus, come! for here Lyrics: Lord Jesus, come! for here Our path through wilds is laid; We watch, as for the dayspring near, Amid the breaking shade. Lord Jesus, come! for hosts Meet on the battle-plain; Our holiest hopes seem vainest boasts, And tears are shed like rain. Lord Jesus, come! the slave Still bears his heavy chains; Their daily bread the hungry crave, While teem the fruitful plains. Hark! herald voices near Lead on thy happier day; Come, Lord, and our hosannas hear! We wait to strew thy way. Come, as in days of old, With words of grace and power; Gather us all within thy fold, And let us stray no more!

Let There Be Light

Author: Marriott Appears in 446 hymnals First Line: Thou, whose almighty word Lyrics: Thou, whose almighty word Chaos and darkness heard, And took their flight! Hear us, we humbly pray, And where the gospel day Sheds not its glorious ray, Let there be light! Thou, who didst come to bring, On Thy redeeming wing, Healing and sight! Health to the sick in mind, Light to the inly blind, O, now to all mankind Let there be light! Descend Thou from above, Spirit of truth and love, Speed on Thy flight! Move o’er the waters’ face, Spirit of hope and grace, And in earth’s darkest place Let there be light! Blessed and glorious three, Thrice holy trinity, Wisdom, love, might! Boundless as ocean’s tide, Rolling in fullest pride, Through the world, far and wide, Let there be light!

The Latter Day

Author: Moore Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: Who shall behold the glorious day Lyrics: Who shall behold the glorious day, When, throned on Zion’s brow, The Lord shall rend the veil away Which hides the nations now! When earth no more beneath the fear Of His rebuke shall lie; When pain shall cease, and every tear Be wiped from every eye. Then shall the world no longer mourn Beneath oppression’s chain; The days of splendor shall return, And all be new again. The fount of life shall then be quaffed In peace by all who come, And every wind that blows shall waft Some long-lost exile home.

Christ’s Kingdom

Author: Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1,802 hymnals First Line: Jesus shall reign where'er the sun Lyrics: Jesus shall reign where’er the sun Does his successive journeys run; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more. For him shall endless prayer be made, And praises throng to crown his head; His name, like sweet perfume, shall rise With every morning sacrifice. People, and realms, of every tongue, Dwell on his love with sweetest song; And infant voices shall proclaim Their early blessings on his name. Blessings abound where’er he reigns; The prisoner leaps to loose his chains; The weary find eternal rest, And all the sons of want are blest. Let every creature rise and bring Peculiar honors to our King; Angels descend with songs again, And earth repeat the loud amen!

Triumph of the Gospel

Author: Ashworth Appears in 20 hymnals First Line: Pour, blessed gospel, glorious news for man! Lyrics: Pour, blessed gospel, glorious news for man! Thy stream of life o’er springless deserts roll: Thy bond of peace the mighty earth can span, And make one brotherhood from pole to pole. On, piercing gospel, on! of every heart, In every latitude, thou own’st the key: From their dull slumbers savage souls shall start, With all their treasures first unlocked by thee! Tread, kingly gospel, through the nations tread! With all the noblest virtues in thy train: Be all to thy blest freedom captive led; And Christ, the true emancipator, reign! Spread, giant gospel, spread thy growing wings! Gather thy scattered ones from every land: Call home the wanderers to the King of kings: Proclaim them all thine own;—’tis His command!

Hymn of the Church Triumphant

Author: Anonymous Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 289 hymnals First Line: Triumphant Zion! lift thy head Lyrics: Triumphant Zion! lift thy head From dust, and darkness, and the dead; Though humbled long, awake at length And gird thee with thy Saviour’s strength! Put all thy beauteous garments on, And let thine excellence be known; Decked in the robes of righteousness, Thy glories shall the world confess. No more shall foes unclean invade, And fill thy hallowed walls with dread; No more shall sin’s insulting host Their victory and thy sorrows boast. Thy God on high has heard thy prayer, His hand thy ruin shall repair; Nor will thy watchful Monarch cease To guard thee in eternal peace.

Acquaint Thee with God

Author: Anonymous Appears in 34 hymnals First Line: Acquaint thee, O spirit, acquaint thee with God Lyrics: Acquaint thee, O spirit, acquaint thee with God, And joy, like the sunshine, shall beam on thy road; And peace, like the dew, shall descend round thy head, And sleep, like an angel, shall visit thy bed. Acquaint thee, O spirit, acquaint thee with God, And he shall be with thee when fears are abroad; Thy safeguard in danger that threatens thy path, Thy joy in the valley and shadow of death.

Thou Must Be Born Again

Author: Johns Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 10 hymnals First Line: Thou must be born again! Lyrics: Thou must be born again! Such was the solemn word To him who came, not all in vain, By night to seek his Lord. Thou must be born again! But not the birth of clay; The immortal seed must thence obtain Deliverance into day. Thou, in thy inmost mind, Must own the same control; The same regenerating wind Must move and guide thy soul. Thou canst not choose but trace The steps the Master trod, If once thou feel his truth and grace, A conscious child of God. The mortal’s birth is past; The immortal’s birth must be; Seek well and thou shalt find at last That blest nativity.

A Penitential Hymn

Author: John Taylor Appears in 189 hymnals First Line: God of mercy! God of love! Lyrics: God of mercy! God of love! Hear our sad, repentant songs; Listen to Thy suppliant ones, Thou, to whom all grace belongs! Deep regret for follies past, Talents wasted, time misspent; Hearts debased by worldly cares, Thankless for the blessings lent;— Foolish fears and fond desires, Vain regrets for things as vain; Lips too seldom taught to praise, Oft to murmur and complain;— These, and every secret fault, Filled with grief and shame, we own; Humbled at Thy feet we bow, Seeking strength from Thee alone. God of mercy! God of love! Hear our sad, repentant songs; O, restore Thy suppliant ones, Thou to whom all grace belongs!

The Broken Shield

Author: Anonymous Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: O, Send me not away! for I would drink Lyrics: O, send me not away! for I would drink, Even I, the weakest, at the fount of life; Chide not my steps, that venture near the brink, Weary and fainting from the deadly strife. Went I not forth undaunted and alone, Strong in the majesty of human might? Lo! I return, all wounded and forlorn, My dream of glory lost in shades of night. Was I not girded for the battle-field? Bore I not helm of pride and glittering sword? Behold the fragments of my broken shield, And lend to me Thy heavenly armor, Lord!

The Penitent Son

Author: Furness Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 12 hymnals First Line: O, Richly, Father, have I been Lyrics: O, richly, Father, have I been Blest evermore by Thee! And morning, noon, and night Thou hast Preserved me tenderly. And yet the love which Thou shouldst claim To idols I have given; Too oft have bound to earth the hopes That know no home but heaven. Unworthy to be called Thy son, I come with shame to Thee, Father!—O, more than Father, Thou Hast always been to me! Help me to break the heavy chains The world has round me thrown, And know the glorious liberty Of an obedient son. That I may henceforth heed whate’er Thy voice within me saith, Fix deeply in my heart of hearts A principle of faith,— Faith that, like armor to my soul, Shall keep all evil out, More mighty than an angel host, Encamping round about.

Lord, Have Mercy

Author: Milman Appears in 27 hymnals First Line: Lord, have mercy when we pray Lyrics: Lord, have mercy when we pray Strength to seek a better way; When our wakening thoughts begin First to loathe their cherished sin; When our weary spirits fail, And our aching brows are pale; Then Thy strengthening grace afford; Then, O, then, have mercy, Lord! Lord, have mercy when we know First how vain this world below; When its darker thoughts oppress, Doubts perplex, and fears distress; When the earliest gleam is given Of the bright but distant heaven; Then Thy strengthening grace afford; Then, O, then, have mercy, Lord!

I Will Arise and Go unto My Father

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 42 hymnals First Line: To Thine eternal arms, O God Lyrics: To Thine eternal arms, O God, Take us, Thine erring children, in; From dangerous paths too boldly trod, From wandering thoughts and dreams of sin. Those arms were round our childish ways, A guard through helpless years to be; O leave not our maturer days, We still are helpless without Thee! We trusted hope and pride and strength: Our strength proved false, our pride was vain, Our dreams have faded all at length,— We come to Thee, O Lord, again! A guide to trembling steps yet be! Give us of Thine eternal powers! So shall our paths all lead to Thee, And life smile on like childhood’s hours.

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