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Jesus, stand among us

Author: William Pennefather, 1816-73 Meter: 6.5.6.5 Appears in 72 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Jesus, stand among us In thy risen power, Let this time of worship Be a hallowed hour. 2 Breathe the Holy Spirit Into every heart, Bid the fears and sorrows From each soul depart. 3 Thu with quickened footsteps We pursue our way, Watching for the dawning Of eternal day. Topics: Approach to God The House of God Used With Tune: ADSIS, JESU

Praise waits for thee in Zion, Lord

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 33 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Praise waits for thee in Zion, Lord: To thee vows paid shall be. O thou that hearer art of prayer All flesh shall come to thee. 2 Iniquities, I must confess, Prevail against me do: But as for our transgressions all, Them purge away shalt thou. 3 Blest is the man whom whom thou dost choose, And makest approach to thee, That he within thy court, O Lord, May still a dweller be: 4 We surely shall be satisfied With thy abundant grace, And with the goodness of thy house, Even of thy holy place. 5 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom we adore, Be glory, as it was, and is, And shall be evermore. Amen. Topics: Approach to God The Majesty of God Scripture: Psalm 65:1-4 Used With Tune: ABRIDGE (ST. STEPHEN)

Lord Jesus, be thou with us now

Author: Edith Florence Boyle Macalister, 1873-1950 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: Lord Jesus, be thou with us now, As in thy house in prayer we bow; And when we sing, and when we pray, Help us to mean the words we say, Help us to listen to thy word, And keep our thoughts from wandering, Lord. Topics: Approach to God The House of God Used With Tune: SURREY (CAREY'S)

Father most holy, merciful and loving

Author: Alfred Edward Alston, 1862-1927 Meter: 11.11.11.5 Appears in 15 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Father most holy, merciful and loving, Jesus, Redeemer, ever to be worshipped, Life-giving Spirit, Comforter most gracious, God everlasting; 2 Three in a wondrous unity unbroken, One perfect Godhead, love that never faileth, Light of the angels, succour of the needy, Hope of all living; 3 All thy creation serveth its Creator; Thee every creature praiseth without ceasing; We too would sing the psalms of true devotion; Hear, we beseech thee. 4 Lord God Almighty, unto thee be glory, One in Three Persons, over all exalted; Thine, as is meet, be honour, praise, and blessing, Now and for ever. Amen. Topics: Approach to God The Majesty of God Used With Tune: ISTE CONFESSOR Text Sources: C. 10th century

O come let us sing unto the Lord

Appears in 453 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O come let us sing unto the Lord: Let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation. 2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving: And show ourselves glad in him with psalms. 3 For the Lord is a great God: And a great King above all gods. 4 In his hand are the corners of the earth: And the strength of the hill is his also. 5 The sea is his and he made it: And his hands formed the dry land. 6 O come let us worship and fall down: And kneel before the Lord our Maker. 7 For He is our God and we are his people: He is our shepherd and we are his flock. Glory be to the Father: And to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning: is now and ever shall be world without end. Amen. Topics: Approach to God The Majesty of God Scripture: Psalm 95:1-7 Used With Tune: [O come let us sing unto the Lord]

God shall endure for aye; he doth

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: 1 God shall endure for aye; he doth For judgment set his throne In righteousness to judge the world, Justice to give each one. 2 God also will a refuge be For those who are oppressed; A refuge he will be in times Of trouble to distressed. 3 And they who know thy Name, in thee Their confidence will place: For thou hast not forsaken them That truly seek thy face. 4 O sing ye praises to the Lord That dwells in Zion hill; Among all nations of the earth His deeds record ye still. 5 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom we adore, Be glory, as it was, and is, And shall be evermore. Amen. Topics: Approach to God The Majesty of God Scripture: Psalm 9:7-11 Used With Tune: STROUDWATER

Let us with a gladsome mind

Author: John Milton, 1608-74 Meter: 7.7 with refrain Appears in 545 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Let us with a gladsome mind Praise the Lord, for he is kind: Refrain: For his mercies aye endure, Ever faithful, ever sure. 2 Let us blaze his Name abroad, For of gods he is the God: [Refrain] 3 He, with all-commanding might, Filled the new-made world with light: [Refrain] 4 He his chosen race did bless In the wasteful wilderness: [Refrain] 5 All things living he doth feed; His full hand supplies their need: [Refrain] 6 Let us then with gladsome mind Praise the Lord, for he is kind: [Refrain] Topics: Approach to God The Majesty of God Scripture: Psalm 136 Used With Tune: MONKLAND

Awake, my soul, and with the sun

Author: Thomas Ken, 1637-1711 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 892 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Awake, my soul, and with the sun Thy daily stage of duty run; Shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise, To pay thy morning sacrifice. 2 Wake, and lift up thyself, my heart, And with the angels bear thy part, Who all night long unwearied sing High praise to the eternal King. 3 Lord, I my vows to thee renew; Disperse my sins as morning dew; Guard my first springs of thought and will, and with thyself my spirit fill. 4 Direct, control, suggest, this day, All I design, or do, or say, That all my pow3rs, with all their might In thy sole glory may unite. 5 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise him, all creatures here below; Praise him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen. Topics: Approach to God Morning Used With Tune: MORNING HYMN

Before Jehovah's awesome throne

Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748; John Wesley, 1703-91 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 971 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Before Jehovah’s awesome throne, Ye nations, bow with sacred joy; Know that the Lord is God alone; He can create, and he destroy. 2 His sovereign power, without our aid, Made us of clay, and formed us men; And when like wandering sheep we strayed, He brought us to his fold again. 3 We are his people, we his care,— Our souls and all our mortal frame: What lasting honours shall we rear, Almighty Maker, to thy Name? 4 We’ll crowd thy gates with thankful songs, High as the heavens our voices raise; And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise. 5 Wide as the world is thy command, Vast as eternity thy love; Firm as a rock thy truth shall stand, When rolling years shall cease to move. Topics: Approach to God The House of God Scripture: Psalm 100 Used With Tune: [All people that on earth do dwell]

Christ is made the sure foundation

Author: John Mason Neale, 1818-66 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 289 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Christ is made the sure foundation, Christ the head and corner-stone, Chosen of the Lord, and precious, Binding all the Church in one, Holy Zion's help for ever And her confidence alone. 2 To this temple, where we call thee, Come, O Lord of Hosts, today: With thy wonted loving-kindness, Hear thy servants as they pray, And thy fullest benediction Shed within its walls alway. 3 Here vouchsafe to all thy servants What they ask of the to gain, What they gain from thee for ever With the blessed to retain, And hereafter in thy glory Evermore with thee to reign. 4 Laud and honour to the Father, Laud and honour to the Son, Laud and honour to the Spirit, Ever Three and ever One, One in might, and One in glory, While unending ages run. Amen. Topics: Approach to God The House of God Used With Tune: WESTMINSTER ABBEY (BELVILLE) Text Sources: 7th or 8th century

Lord of all being, throned afar

Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1809-94 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 433 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lord of all being, throned afar, Thy glory flames from sun and star; Centre and soul of every sphere, Yet to each loving heart how near! 2 Sun of our life, thy quickening ray Sheds on our path the glow of day; Star of our hope, thy softened light Cheers the long watches of the night. 3 Our midnight is thy smile withdrawn; Our noontide is thy gracious dawn; Our rainbow arch thy mercy's sign; All, save the cloud of sin, are thine. 4 Lord, of all life, below, above, Whose light is truth, whose warmth is love, Before thy ever-blazing throne We ask no lustre of our own. 5 Grant us thy truth to make us free, And kindling hearts that burn for thee; Till all thy living altars claim One holy light, one heavenly flame. Topics: Approach to God The Majesty of God Used With Tune: OMBERSLEY

Praise the Lord! ye heavens, adore him

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 760 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Praise the Lord! ye heavens adore him; Praise him, angels in the height; Sun and moon rejoice before him; Praise him, all ye stars of light. Praise the Lord! for he hath spoken; Worlds his mighty voice obeyed; Laws which never can be broken, For their guidance hath he made. 2 Praise the Lord! for he is glorious; Never shall his promise fail; God hath made his saints victorious, Sin and death shall not prevail. Praise the God of our salvation! Hosts on high, his power proclaim; Heaven, and earth, and all creation, Praise and magnify his Name! Amen. Topics: Approach to God The Majesty of God Scripture: Psalm 148 Used With Tune: AUSTRIAN HYMN Text Sources: Foundling Hospital Hymns c. 1796

Songs of praise the angels sang

Author: James Montgomery, 1771-1854 Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 546 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Songs of praise the angels sang, Heaven with alleluias rang, When creation was begun, When God spake, and it was done. 2 Songs of praise awoke the morn When the Prince of Peace was born; Songs of praise arose, when he Captive led captivity. 3 Heaven and earth must pass away: Songs of praise shall crown that day; God will make new heavens, new earth; Songs of praise shall hail their birth. 4 And shall man alone be dumb, Till that glorious Kingdom come? No! the Church delights to raise Psalms, and hymns, and songs of praise. 5 Saints below, with heart and voice, Still in songs of praise rejoice, Learning here, by faith and love, Songs of praise to sing above. 6 Borne upon their latest breath, Songs of praise shall conquer death; Then, amidst eternal joy, Songs of praise their powers employ. Topics: Approach to God The Majesty of God Used With Tune: LÜBECK

Stand up, and bless the Lord

Author: James Montgomery, 1771-1854 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 401 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Stand up, and bless the Lord, Ye people of his choice; Stand up, and bless the Lord your God With heart and soul and voice. 2 Though high above all praise, Above all blessing high, Who would not fear his holy Name, And laud and magnify? 3 O for the living flame From his own altar brought, To touch our lips, our minds inspire, And wing to heaven our thought! 4 God is our strength and song, And his salvation ours; Then be his love in Christ proclaimed With all our ransomed powers. 5 Stand up, and bless the Lord; The Lord your God adore; Stand up, and bless his glorious Name, Henceforth for evermore. Topics: Approach to God The Majesty of God Used With Tune: CARLISLE

Father, we praise thee, now the night is over

Author: Percy Dearmer, 1867-1936 Meter: 11.11.11.5 Appears in 83 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Father, we praise thee, now the night is over; Active and watchful, stand we all before thee; Singing, we offer prayer and meditation: Thus we adore thee. 2 Monarch of all things, fit us for thy mansions; Banish our weakness, health and wholeness sending; Bring us to heaven, where thy saints united Joy without ending. 3 All-holy Father, Son and equal Spirit, Trinity blessed, send us thy salvation; Thine is the glory, gleaming and resounding Through all creation. Amen. Topics: Approach to God Morning Used With Tune: CHRISTE SANCTORUM Text Sources: 10th century or earlier

This is the day of light

Author: John Ellerton, 1826-93 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 282 hymnals Lyrics: 1 This is the day of light: Let there be light today; O Dayspring, rise upon our night, And chase its gloom away. 2 This is the day of prayer: Let earth to heaven draw near; Lift up our hearts to seek thee there, Come down to meet us here. 5 This is the first of days: Send forth thy quickening breath, And wake dead souls to love and praise, O Vanquisher of death! Topics: Approach to God Morning Used With Tune: ST. MICHAEL (OLD 134TH)

New every morning is the love

Author: John Keble, 1792-1866 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 362 hymnals Lyrics: 1 New every morning is the love Our wakening and uprising prove, Through sleep and darkness safely brought, Restored to life, and power, and thought. 2 New mercies, each returning day, Hover around us while we pray,— New perils past, new sins forgiven, New thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven. 3 If, on our daily course, our mind Be set to hallow all we find, New treasures still, of countless price, God will provide for sacrifice. 4 The trivial round, the common task, Will furnish all we need to ask,— Room to deny ourselves, a road To bring us daily nearer God. 5 Only, O Lord, in thy dear love, Fit us for perfect rest above; And help us, this and every day, To live more nearly as we pray. Topics: Approach to God Morning Used With Tune: MELCOMBE

All people that on earth do dwell

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 727 hymnals Lyrics: 1 All people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice, Him serve with mirth, his praise forth tell, Come ye before him and rejoice. 2 Know that the Lord is God indeed; Without our aid he did us make; We are his folk, he does us feed, And for his sheep he does us take. 3 O enter then his gates with praise, Approach with joy his courts unto: Praise, laud, and bless his Name always, For it is seemly so to do. 4 For why? the Lord our God is good, His mercy is for ever sure; His truth at all times firmly stood, And shall from age to age endure. 5 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom earth and heaven adore, Be glory, as it was of old, Is now, and shall be evermore. Amen. Topics: Approach to God The House of God Scripture: Psalm 100 Used With Tune: [All people that on earth do dwell]

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation

Author: Joachim Neander, 1650-80; Catherine Winkworth, 1827-78 Meter: 14.14.4.7.8 Appears in 391 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation; O my soul, praise him, for he is thy health and salvation; All ye who hear, Now to his temple draw near, Join me in glad adoration. 2 Praise to the Lord, who o'er all things so wondrously reigneth, Shieldeth thee gently from harm, or when fainting sustaineth; Hast thou not seen How thy heart's wishes have been Granted in what he ordaineth? 3 Praise to the Lord, who doth prosper thy work and defend thee; Surely his goodness and mercy here daily attend thee; Ponder anew What the Almighty can do, Who with his love doth befriend thee. 4 Praise to the Lord! O let all that is in me adore him! All that hath life and breath, come now with praises before him! Let the Amen Sound from his people again: Gladly for aye we adore him. Topics: Approach to God The House of God Scripture: Psalm 103 Used With Tune: LOBE DEN HERREN (HAST DU DENN, JESU)

We come unto our father's God

Author: Thomas Hornblower Gill, 1819-1906 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 78 hymnals Lyrics: 1 We come unto our fathers' God; Their Rock is our Salvation; The eternal arms, their dear abode, We make our habitation; We bring thee, Lord, the praise they brought, We seek thee as thy saints have sought In every generation. 2 The fire divine their steps that led Still goeth bright before us; The heavenly shield around them spread Is still high holden o'er us; The grace those sinners that subdued, The strength those weaklings that renewed, Doth vanquish, doth restore us. 3 Their joy unto their Lord we bring; Their song to us descendeth; The Spirit who in them did sing To us his music lendeth: His song in them, in us, is one; We raise it high, we send it on,— The song that never endeth. 4 Ye saints to come, take up the strain, The same sweet theme endeavour; Unbroken be the golden chain; Keep on the song for ever; Safe in the same dear dwelling-place, Rich with the same eternal grace, Bless the same boundless Giver. Topics: Approach to God The House of God Used With Tune: LUTHER'S HYMN (NUN FREUT EUCH)

O praise him, O praise him

Author: St. Francis of Assisi, 1182-1226; William Henry Draper, 1855-1933 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8 with refrain Appears in 268 hymnals First Line: All creatures of our God and King Lyrics: 1 All creatures of our God and King, Lift up your voice and with us sing Alleluia, Alleluia! Thou burning sun with golden beam, Thou silver moon with softer gleam: Refrain: O praise him, O praise him, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia! *2 Thou rushing wind that art so strong, Ye clouds that sail in heaven along, O praise him, Alleluia! Thou rising morn in praise rejoice, Ye lights of evening, find a voice: [Refrain] *3 Thou flowing water, pure and clear, Make music for thy Lord to hear, Alleluia, Alleluia! Thou fire so masterful and bright, That givest man both warmth and light: [Refrain] 4 Dear mother earth, who day by day Unfoldest blessings on our way, O praise him, Alleluia! The flowers and fruits that in thee grow, Let them his glory also show: [Refrain] 5 And all ye men of tender heart, Forgiving others, take your part, O sing ye, Alleluia! Ye who long pain and sorrow bear, Praise God and on him cast your care: [Refrain] 6 And thou, most kind and gentle death, Waiting to hush our latest breath, O praise him, Alleluia! Thou leadest home the child of God, And Christ our Lord the way hath trod: [Refrain] 7 Let all things their Creator bless, and worship him in humbleness, O praise him, Alleluia! Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son, And praise the Spirit, Thee in One: [Refrain] Amen. Topics: Approach to God The Majesty of God Used With Tune: LASST UNS ERFREUEN

The Lord is King! lift up thy voice

Author: Josiah Conder, 1789-1855 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 256 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The Lord is King! lift up thy voice, O earth, and all the heavens, rejoice; From world to world the joy shall ring, "The Lord Omnipotent is King!" 2 The Lord is King! who then shall dare Resist his will, distrust his care, Or murmur at his wise decrees, Or doubt his royal promises? 3 The Lord is King! child of the dust, The Judge of all the earth is just; Holy and true are all his ways: Let every creature speak his praise. 4 Come, make your wants, your burdens known; Christ will present them at the throne; For he is at the Father's side, The Man of Love, the Crucified. 5 One Lord, one empire, all secures: He reigns, and life and death are yours. Through earth and heaven one song shall ring, "The Lord Omnipotent is King!" Topics: Approach to God The Majesty of God Used With Tune: CHURCH TRIUMPHANT

O be joyful in the Lord all ye lands

Appears in 347 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O be joyful in the Lord all you lands: Serve the Lord with gladness and come before his presence with a song. 2 Be sure that the Lord he is God: It is he that hath made us and we are his own we are his people and the sheep of his pasture. 3 O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise: Be thankful unto him and speak good of his Name. 4 For the Lord is gracious his mercy is everlasting: And his truth endureth from generation to generation. Glory be to the Father: And to the Son and to teh Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning: Is now and ever shall be World without end. Amen. Topics: Approach to God The House of God Scripture: Psalm 100 Used With Tune: [O be joyful in the Lord all ye lands] Text Sources: Jubilate Deo

Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness

Author: John Samuel Bewley Monsell, 1811-75 Meter: 12.10.12.10 Appears in 146 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness, Bow down before him, his glory proclaim; Gold of obedience and incense of lowliness, Bring, and adore him; the Lord is his Name! 2 Low at his feet lay thy burden of carefulness, High on his heart he will bear it for thee, Comfort thy sorrows, and answer thy prayerfulness, Guiding thy steps as may best for thee be. 3 Fear not to enter his courts, in the slenderness Of the poor wealth thou canst reckon as thine: Truth in its beauty and love in its tenderness, These are the offerings to lay on his shrine. 4 These, though, we bring them in trembling and fearfulness, He will accept for the Name that is dear; Mornings of joy give for evenings of tearfulness, Trust for our trembling, and hope for our fear. 5 Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness, Bow down before him, his glory proclaim; Gold of obedience and incense of lowliness, Bring, and adore him; the Lord is his Name! Topics: Approach to God The Majesty of God Used With Tune: WAS LEBET, WAS SCHWEBET

Immortal, invisible, God only wise

Author: Walter Chalmers Smith, 1824-1908 Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 213 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Immortal, invisible, God only wise, In light inaccessible hid from our eyes, Most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days, Almighty, victorious, thy great Name we praise. 2 Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light, Nor wanting, nor wasting, thou rulest in might; Thy justice like mountains high soaring above Thy clouds, which are fountains of goodness and love. 3 To all, life thou givest— to both great and small; In all life thou livest, the true life of all; We blossom and flourish as leaves on the tree, And wither and perish— but naught changeth thee. 4 Great Father of Glory, pure Father of Light, Thine angels adore thee, all veiling their sight; All laud we would render; O help us to see 'Tis only the splendour of light hideth thee! Topics: Approach to God The Majesty of God Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:17 Used With Tune: ST. DENIO (JOANNA)

O worship the King all-glorious above

Author: Robert Grant, 1779-1838 Meter: 10.10.11.11 Appears in 1,152 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O worship the King all-glorious above, O gratefully sing his power and his love, Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days, Pavilioned in splendour, and girded with praise. 2 O tell of his might, O sing of his grace, Whose robe is the light, whose canopy space. His chariots of wrath the deep thunder-clouds form, And dark is his path on the wings of the storm. 3 The earth with its store of wonders untold, Almighty, thy power hath founded of old, Hath stablished it fast by a changeless decree, And round it hath cast, like a mantle, the sea. 4 Thy bountiful care what tongue can recite? It breathes in the air; it shines in the light; It streams from the hills; it descends to the plain, And sweetly distils in the dew and the rain. 5 Frail children of dust and feeble as frail, In thee do we trust, nor find you to fail; Your mercies, how tender, how firm to the end, Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend! 6 O measureless Might! ineffable Love! While angels delight to hymn thee above, The humbler creation, though feeble their lays, With true adoration shall sing to thy praise. Topics: Approach to God The Majesty of God Scripture: Psalm 104 Used With Tune: HANOVER

We love the place, O God

Author: William Bullock, 1798-1874; Henry Williams Baker, 1821-77 Meter: 6.6.6.6 Appears in 103 hymnals Lyrics: 1 We love the place, O God, Wherein thine honour dwells; The joy of thine abode All earthly joy excels. 2 It is the house of prayer, Wherein thy servants meet; And thou, O Lord, art there Thy chosen flock to greet. 3 We love the word of life, The word that tells of peace, Of comfort in the strife, And joys that never cease. 4 We love to sing below For mercies freely given; But O we long to know The triumph song of heaven! 5 Lord Jesus, give us grace, On earth to love thee more, In heaven to see thy face, And with they saints adore. Topics: Approach to God The House of God Used With Tune: QUAM DILECTA

Now that the daylight fills the sky

Author: John Mason Neale, 1818-66 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 81 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Now that the daylight fills the sky, We lift our hearts to God on high, That he, in all we do or say, Would keep us free from harm today; 2 Would guard our hearts and tongues from strife, From anger's din would hide our life, From all ill sights would turn our eyes, And close our ears to vanities: 3 Would keep our inmost conscience pure, Our souls from folly would secure, Would bid us check the pride of sense With due and holy abstinence. 4 So we, when this new day is gone And night in turn is drawing on, With conscience by the world unstained, Shall praise his Name for victory gained. Used With Tune: SONG 34 (ANGELS' SONG) Text Sources: Before 8th century

I love the Lord, because my voice

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 24 hymnals Lyrics: 1 I love the Lord, because my voice And prayers he did hear. I, while I live, will call on him, Who bowed to me his ear. 2 The cords of death on every side Encompassed me around; The sorrows of the grave he seized, I grief and trouble found. 3 Upon the Name of God the Lord Then did I call, and say, Deliver thou my soul, O Lord, I do thee humbly pray. 4 God merciful and righteous is, Yea, gracious is our Lord. God saves the meek: I was brought low, He did me help afford. 5 O thou my soul, do thou return Unto thy quiet rest; For largely, lo, the Lord to thee His bounty hath expressed. 6 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom we adore, Be glory, as it was, and is, And shall be evermore. Amen. Topics: Approach to God The House of God Scripture: Psalm 116:1-7 Used With Tune: ST. FLAVIAN

Within thy tabernacle, Lord

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 23 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Within thy tabernacle, Lord, Who shall abide with thee? And in thy high and holy hill Who shall a dweller be? 2 The man that walketh uprightly, And worketh righteousness, And as he thinketh in his heart, So doth he truth express. 3 Who doth not slander with his tongue, Nor to his friend doth hurt; Nor yet against his neighbour doth Take up an ill report. 4 In whose eyes vile men are despised; But those the Lord that fear He honoureth; and changeth not, Though to his hurt he swear. 5 His coin puts not to usury, Nor take reward will he Against the guiltless. Who doth thus Shall never moved be. 6 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom we adore, Be glory, as it was, and is, And shall be evermore. Amen. Topics: Approach to God The House of God Scripture: Psalm 15 Used With Tune: [Within thy tabernacle, Lord]

The sun is sinking fast

Author: Anonymous; Edward Caswall, 1814-78 Meter: 6.4.6.6 Appears in 158 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The sun is sinking fast, The daylight dies; Let love awake, and pay Her evening sacrifice. 2 As Christ upon the Cross His head inclined, And to His Father's hands His parting soul resigned, 3 So now herself my soul Would wholly give Into His sacred charge In whom all spirits live; 4 Thus would I live: yet now Not I, but he In all his power and love Henceforth alive in me: 5 One sacred Trinity, One Lord Divine; Myself for ever his, And he for ever mine. Topics: Approach to God Evening Used With Tune: ST. COLUMBA Text Sources: 18th century

O Lord of life, thy quickening voice

Author: George MacDonald, 1824-1905 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 34 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O Lord of life, thy quickening voice Awakes my morning song! In gladsome words I would rejoice That I to thee belong. 2 I see thy light, I feel thy wind, The world, it is thy word; Whatever wakes my heart and mind Thy presence is, my Lord. 3 Therefore I choose my highest part, And turn my face to thee; Therefore I stir my inmost heart To worship fervently. 4 Lord, let me live and will this day— Keep rising from the dead; Lord, make my spirit good and gay— Give me my daily bread. 5 Within my heart speak, Lord, speak on, My heart alive to keep, Till comes the night, and, labour done, In thee I fall asleep. Topics: Approach to God Morning Used With Tune: NATIVITY

To render thanks unto the Lord

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 30 hymnals Lyrics: 1 To render thanks unto the Lord It is a comely thing; And to thy Name, O thou most High, Due praise aloud to sing. 2 Thy loving-kindness to show forth When shines the morning light; And to declare your faithfulness With pleasure every night, 3 Upon a ten-stringed instrument, And on the psaltery, Upon the harp with solemn sound And grave sweet melody. 4 For thou, Lord, by thy mighty works Hast made my heart right glad; And I will triumph in the works Which by thine hands were made. 5 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom we dore, Be glory, as it was, and is, And shall be evermore. Amen. Topics: Approach to God The Majesty of God Scripture: Psalm 92:1-4 Used With Tune: ST. FULBERT

Thy mercy, Lord, is in the heavens

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 22 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Thy mercy, Lord, is in the heavens; Thy truth doth reach the clouds: Thy justice is like mountains great; Thy judgments deep as floods: 2 Lord, thou preservest man and beast. How precious is thy grace! Therefore in shadow of thy wings Men’s sons their trust shall place. 3 They with the fatness of thy house Shall be well satisfied; From rivers of thy pleasures thou Wilt drink to them provide. 4 Because of life the fountain pure Remains alone with thee; And in that purest light of thine We clearly light shall see. 5 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom we adore, Be glory, as it was, and is, And shall be evermore. Amen. Topics: Approach to God The House of God Scripture: Psalm 36:5-9 Used With Tune: LONDON NEW

God is our refuge and our strength

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 51 hymnals Lyrics: 1 God is our refuge and our strength, In straits a present aid; Therefore, although the earth remove, We will not be afraid: 2 Though hills amidst the seas be cast; Though waters roaring make, And troubled be; yea, though the hills By swelling seas do shake. 3 A river is, whose streams make glad The city of our God; The holy place, wherein the Lord Most high hath his abode. 4 God in the midst of her doth dwell; Nothing shall her remove; God unto her an helper will, And that right early, prove. 5 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom we adore, Be glory, as it was, and is, And shall be evermore. Amen. Topics: Approach to God The Majesty of God Scripture: Psalm 46:1-5 Used With Tune: STROUDWATER

O come, and let us to the Lord

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 9 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O come, and let us to the Lord In songs our voices raise, With joyful noise let us the Rock Of our salvation praise. 2 Let us before his presence come With praise and thankful voice; Let us sing psalms to him with grace, And make a joyful noise. 3 The Lord's a great God and great King, Above all gods he is. Depths of the earth are in his hand, The strength of hills is his. 4 To him the spacious sea belongs, For he the same did make; The dry land also from his hands Its form at first did take. 5 O come and let us worship him, Let us bow down withal, And on our knees before the Lord Our Maker let us fall. 6 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom we adore, Be glory, as it was, and is, And shall be evermore. Amen. Topics: Approach to God The Majesty of God Scripture: Psalm 95:1-6 Used With Tune: IRISH

Lord, thee my God, I'll early seek

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 28 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lord, thee my God, I’ll early seek: My soul doth thirst for thee; My flesh longs in a dry parched land, Wherein no waters be. 2 That I thy power may behold, And brightness of thy face, As I have seen thee heretofore Within thy holy place. 3 Since better is thy love than life, My lips thee praise shall give. I in thy Name will lift my hands, And bless thee while I live. 4 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom we adore, Be glory, as it was, and is, And shall be evermore. Amen. Topics: Approach to God Morning Scripture: Psalm 63:1-4 Used With Tune: SONG 67 (ST. MATTHIAS)

The Lord's my light and saving health

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 19 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The Lord’s my light and saving health, Who shall make me dismayed? My life’s strength is the Lord, of whom Then shall I be afraid? 2 Against me though an host encamp, My heart yet fearless is: Though war against me rise, I will Be confident in this. 3 One thing I of the Lord desired, And will seek to obtain, That all days of my life I may Within God’s house remain; 4 That I the beauty of the Lord behold may and admire, And that I in his holy place May reverently enquire. 5 For he in his pavilion shall Me hide in evil days; In secret of his tent me hide, And on a rock me raise. 6 Wait on the Lord, and be thou strong, and he shall strength afford Unto thine heart; yea, do thou wait, I say, upon the Lord. 7 To Father,Son, and Holy Ghost, To God whom we adore, Be glory, as it was and is, And shall be evermore. Amen. Topics: Approach to God The Majesty of God Scripture: Psalm 27:1 Used With Tune: FARRANT

O send thy light forth and thy truth

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 35 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O send thy light forth and thy truth; Let them be guides to me, And bring me to thine holy hill, Even where thy dwellings be. 2 Then will I to God's altar go, To God my chiefest joy: Yea, God, my God, thy Name to praise My harp I will employ. 3 Why art thou then cast down, my soul? What should discourage thee? And why with vexing thoughts art thou Disquieted in me? 4 Still trust in God; for him to praise Good cause I yet shall have: He of my countenance is the health, My God that doth me save. 5 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom we adore, Be glory, as it was, and is, And shall be evermore. Amen. Topics: Approach to God The House of God Scripture: Psalm 43:3-5 Used With Tune: MARTYRS

How lovely is thy dwelling-place

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 53 hymnals Lyrics: 1 How lovely is thy dwelling-place, O Lord of hosts, to me! The tabernacles of thy grace How pleasant, Lord, they be! 2 My thirsty soul longs vehemently, Yea faints, thy courts to see: My very heart and flesh cry out, O living God, for thee. 3 Behold, the sparrow findeth out An house wherein to rest; The swallow also for herself Hath purchased a nest; 4 Even thine own altars, where she safe Her young ones forth may bring, O thou almighty Lord of hosts, Who art my God and King. 5 Blest are they in thy house that dwell, They ever give thee praise. Blest is the man whose strength thou art, In whose heart are thy ways. 6 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom we adore, Be glory, as it was, and is, And shall be evermore. Amen. Topics: Approach to God The House of God Scripture: Psalm 84:1-5 Used With Tune: HARINGTON (RETIREMENT)

Ye righteous, in the Lord rejoice

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 17 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Ye righteous, in the Lord rejoice; It comely is and right, That upright men, with thankful voice Should praise the Lord of might. 2 Praise God with harp, and unto him Sing with the psaltery; Upon a ten-stringed instrument Make ye sweet melody. 3 A new song to him sing, and play With loud noise skilfully; For right is God's word, all his works Are done in verity. 4 To judgment and to righteousness A love he beareth still; The loving-kindness of the Lord The earth throughout doth fill. 5 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom we adore Be glory, as it was, and is, And shall be evermore. Amen. Topics: Approach to God The Majesty of God Scripture: Psalm 33:1-5 Used With Tune: BRISTOL

Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates

Author: Georg Weissel, 1590-1635; Catherine Winkworth, 1827-78 Meter: 8.4.8.4.8.8.4 Appears in 275 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates, Alleluia! Behold the King of glory waits; Alleluia! The King of kings is drawing near, The Saviour of the world is here. Alleluia! 2 O blest the land, the city blest, Alleluia! Where Christ the ruler is confessed. Alleluia! O happy hearts and happy homes To whom this King in triumph comes. Alleluia! 3 Redeemer, come! with us abide, Alleluia! My heart to the we open wide, Alleluia! Thy presence with us let us feel, Thy grace and love in me reveal. Alleluia! Topics: Approach to God The House of God Used With Tune: LOWER MARLWOOD

The morning bright, with rosy light

Author: Thomas Osmond Summers, 1812-82 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 151 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The morning bright, with rosy light, Has waked me from my sleep; Father, I own, thy love alone Thy little one doth keep. 2 All through the day, I humbly pray, Be Thou my Guard and Guide; My sins forgive, and let me live, Blest Jesus, near thy side. 3 O make thy rest within my breast, Great Spirit of all grace; Make me like thee, then shall I be Prepared to see thy face. Topics: Approach to God Morning Used With Tune: CHERRY TREE

S.M.

Author: John Henry Newman, 1801-90 Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: Light of the anxious heart Lyrics: 1 Light of the anxious heart, Jesus, thou dost appear, To bid the gloom of guilt depart, And shed thy sweetness here. 2 Joyous is he with whom, God's Word, thou dost abide, Sweet Light in our eternal home, To fleshly sense denied. 3 Brightness of God above, Unfathomable grace, Thy presence be a fount of love Within thy chosen place. Topics: Approach to God The House of God Used With Tune: RUTHERGLEN Text Sources: C. 1200

Only on God do thou, my soul

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Only on God do thou, my soul, Still patiently attend; My expectation and my hope On him alone depend. 2 He only my salvation is, And my strong rock is he; He only is my sure defence: I shall not moved be. 3 In God my glory placed is, And my salvation sure; In God the rock is of my strength, My refuge most secure. 4 Ye people, place your confidence In him continually: Before him pour ye out your heart; God is our refuge high. 5 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom we adore, Be glory, as it was, and is, And shall be evermore. Amen. Topics: Approach to God The Majesty of God Scripture: Psalm 62:5-8 Used With Tune: HOWARD

O sing a new song to the Lord

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 21 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O sing a new song to the Lord: Sing all the earth to God. To God sing, bless his Name, show still His saving health abroad. 2 Great honour is before his face, And majesty divine; Strength is within his holy place, And there doth beauty shine. 3 Do ye ascribe unto the Lord, Of people every tribe, Glory do ye unto the Lord, And mighty power ascribe. 4 Give ye the glory to the Lord That to his Name is due; Come ye into his courts, and bring An offering with you. 5 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom we adore, Be glory, as it was, and is, And shall be evermore. Amen. Topics: Approach to God The Majesty of God Scripture: Psalm 96:1-2 Used With Tune: SOUTHWARK

Most glorious Lord of life, that on this day

Author: Edmund Spenser, c. 1552-99 Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 20 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Most glorious Lord of life, that on this day Didst make thy triumph over death and sin, And having harrowed hell, didst bring away Captivity thence captive, us to win: 2 This joyous day, dear Lord, with joy begin, And grant that we, for whom thou diddest die, Being with thy dear blood clean washed from sin, May live for ever in felicity: 3 And that thy love we, weighing worthily, May likewise love thee for the same again; And for thy sake, that all like dear didst buy, With love may one another entertain. 4 So let us love, dear Love, like as we ought, Love is the lesson which the Lord us taught. Topics: Approach to God Morning Used With Tune: DUNOON

This is God's holy house

Author: Louise M. Ogelvee Meter: 6.6.6.6 Appears in 12 hymnals Lyrics: This is God's holy house And he is here today; He hears each song of praise, And listens while we pray. Topics: Approach to God The House of God Used With Tune: MAINZ (MARIA JUNG UND ZART)

Serve the Lord with joy and gladness

Author: Mary Elizabeth Huey Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Approach to God The House of God Scripture: Psalm 100:2 Used With Tune: SHIPSTON

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