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Great Mover of all hearts

Meter: 8.6.6 D Appears in 15 hymnals

O Lord, how happy should we be

Meter: 8.6.6 D Appears in 135 hymnals

Author: Frances R. Havergal Meter: 8.6.6 D Appears in 156 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Thy life was given for me, Thy blood, O Lord, was shed, That I might ransomed be, And quickened from the dead; Thy life was given for me; What have I given for thee? 2 Long years were spent for me In weariness and woe, That through eternity Thy glory I might know: Long years were spent for me; Have I spent one for thee? 3 Thou, Lord, hast borne for me More than my tongue can tell Of bitt'rest agony, To rescue me from hell; Thou suff'redst all for me; What have I borne for thee? 4 And thou hast brought to me Down from thy home above Salvation full and free, Thy pardon and thy love; Great gifts thou broughtest me; What have I brought to thee? 5 O let my life be given My years for thee be spent; World-fetters all be riven And joy with suff'ring blent: Thou gav'st thyself for me, I give myself to thee. Amen. Topics: Christ Atoning work of; Christ Life, Ministry and Obedience of; Christian Life Thankfulness; Stewardship Scripture: Psalm 116:12 Used With Tune: DEVOTION Text Sources: Church Hymns, 1871, recast

All my heart this night rejoices

Author: Paulus Gerhardt, 1607-76; Catherine Winkworth, 1829-78 Meter: 8.6.6 D Appears in 277 hymnals Topics: The Lord Jesus Christ His Incarnation Used With Tune: BONN

O love divine, how sweet thou art

Meter: 8.6.6 D Appears in 379 hymnals Used With Tune: CORNWALL

O food that weary pilgrims love

Meter: 8.6.6 D Appears in 19 hymnals

Come, see the place where Jesus lay

Meter: 8.6.6 D Appears in 21 hymnals

Lord of the Church, we humbly pray

Meter: 8.6.6 D Appears in 57 hymnals

To him who for our sins was slain

Meter: 8.6.6 D Appears in 56 hymnals

How Happy Are the Little Flock

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.6.6 D Appears in 65 hymnals Lyrics: 1. How happy are the little flock, Who, safe beneath their guardian Rock, In all commotions rest! When war’s and tumult’s waves run high, Removed above the storm they lie, They lodge in Jesus’ breast, They lodge in Jesus’ breast. 2. Such happiness, O Lord, have we, By mercy gathered into Thee, Before the floods descend: And while the bursting clouds come down, We mark the vengeful day begun, And calmly wait the end, And calmly wait the end. 3. The plague, and dearth, and din of war, Our Savior’s swift approach declare, And bid our hearts arise; Earth’s basis shook confirms our hope; Its cities’ fall but lifts us up, To meet Thee in the skies, To meet Thee in the skies. 4. Thy tokens we with joy confess: The war proclaims the Prince of Peace, The earthquake speaks Thy power, The famine all Thy fullness brings, The plague presents Thy healing wings, And nature’s final hour, And nature’s final hour. 5. Whatever ills the world befall, A pledge of endless good we call, A sign of Jesus near; His chariot will not long delay, We hear the rumbling wheels, and pray, Triumphant Lord, appear! Triumphant Lord, appear! 6. Appear with clouds on Zion’s hill, Thy word and mystery to fulfill, Thy confessors to approve, Thy members on Thy throne to place, And stamp Thy name on every face, In glorious, heavenly love! In glorious, heavenly love! Used With Tune: AMERICUS Text Sources: Hymns for the Year 1756

My God, Thy Boundless Love I Praise

Author: Henry Moore, 1732-18-2 Meter: 8.6.6 D Appears in 141 hymnals Lyrics: 1 My God, Thy boundless love I praise; How bright on high its glories blaze; How sweetly bloom below! It streams from Thine eternal throne; Thro’ Heav’n its joys forever run, And all the earth o’erflow. 2 ’Tis love that paints the purple morn, And bids the clouds in air upborne, Their genial drops distill; In every vernal beam it glows, And breathes in every gale that blows, And glides in every rill. 3 It robes in cheerful green the ground, And pours its flowery beauties round, Whose sweets perfume the gale; Its bounties richly spread the plain, The blushing fruit, the golden grain, And smile on every vale. 4 Thus in Thy word I see it shine With grace and glories all divine, To earthly mortals giv’n; While faith, bright cherub, points the way, To realms of everlasting day, And opens all her Heav’n. 5 Then let the love, that makes me blest, With cheerful praise inspire my breast, And ardent gratitude; And all my thoughts and passions tend To Thee, my Father and my friend, My soul’s eternal good. Used With Tune: EL NIÑO

O Righteous, in the Lord Rejoice

Meter: 8.6.6 D Appears in 8 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O righteous, in the Lord rejoice; how pleasant that with joyful voice God's saints his name should praise. With harp and hymn of gladness sing, your gift of sweetest music bring, to him a new song raise. 2 The Lord God from his throne on high looks down with clear and searching eye on all that dwell below. And he that fashioned heart and mind looks ever down on humankind the works of all to know. 3 His eye is on all those who fear; to those who hope, the Lord is near according to his word. Death cannot touch those in his hand, nor trouble conquer in the land; we wait upon the Lord. Topics: Funerals; Creation and Providence; Church; Funerals; Providence Scripture: Psalm 33:4-9 Used With Tune: FRANCES Text Sources: Psalter, 1912, alt.

Come, All You People, Praise Our God

Meter: 8.6.6 D Appears in 10 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Come, all you people, praise our God and tell his glorious works abroad, who holds our souls in life; he never lets our feet be moved and, though our faith he often proved, upholds us in the strife. 2 We come with offerings to his house, and here we pay the solemn vows we uttered in distress; to him our all we dedicate, to him we wholly consecrate the lives his mercies bless. 3 Come, listen, all who fear the Lord, while I with grateful heart record what God has done for me; I cried to him in deep distress, and now his wondrous grace I bless, for he has set me free. Topics: Commitment & Dedication; Opening of Worship; Commitment & Dedication; Freedom; Mercy; Offering; Opening of Worship; Pilgrimage & Conflct Scripture: Psalm 66:8-20 Used With Tune: ADOWA Text Sources: Psalter, 1912

How Good and Pleasant Is the Sight

Meter: 8.6.6 D Appears in 8 hymnals Lyrics: 1 How good and pleasant is the sight when Christians make it their delight to live in blest accord; such love is like anointing oil that consecrates for holy toil the servants of the Lord. 2 Such love in peace and joy distills, as if from heights of Hermon's hills refreshing dew descends. The Lord commands his blessing there, and they that walk in love shall share in life that never ends. Topics: Church and Mission; Church Scripture: Psalm 133 Used With Tune: PRESSLY Text Sources: Psalter, 1912, alt.

The Festal Morn, My God, Is Come

Author: James Merrick Meter: 8.6.6 D Appears in 61 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The festal morn, my God, is come That calls me to Thy hallowed dome, Thy presence to adore; My feet the summons shall attend, With willing steps Thy courts ascend, And tread the sacred floor. 2 And now we greet with raptured eyes, Fair Zion towering to the skies; Within her gates we stand: City of peace! how sweet the sight When all thy sons in love unite, A holy, happy band. 3 Hither from Judah’s utmost end, The Heaven protected tribes ascend, Their offerings hither bring; Here eager to attest their joy, In hymns of praise their tongues employ And hail th’immortal King. 4 May peace forever dwell with thee, O Salem—thus with bended knee, To Jacob’s God we pray; How blest who calls himself thy friend, Success his labors shall attend, And safety guard his way. 5 O may’st thou, free from hostile fear, Never the voice of tumult hear, Nor wasting war deplore; May Plenty nigh thee take her stand, And in thy courts with lavish hand, Distribute all her store. 6 Seat of my friends and brethren, hail! Ne’er shall my tongue, O Zion, fail To bless thy loved abode; Ne’er cease the zeal that in me glows To seek thy good, whose walls enclose The mansion of my God. Used With Tune: BOVEY Text Sources: Poems, 1763

O Lord, Be Thou My Helper True

Meter: 8.6.6 D Appears in 7 hymnals Lyrics: 1. O Lord, be Thou my helper true, For just and godly men are few; The faithful who can find? From truth and wisdom men depart, With flattering lips and double heart, They speak their evil mind. 2. The lips that speak, the truth to hide, The tongues of arrogance and pride, That boastful words employ, False speaking tongues that boast their might, That own no law, that know no right, Jehovah will destroy. 3. Because the poor are sore oppressed, Because the needy are distressed, And bitter are their cries, The Lord will be their helper strong; To save them from contempt and wrong Jehovah will arise. 4. Jehovah’s promises are sure, His words are true, His words are pure As silver from the flame. Though base men walk on every side, His saints are safe, whate’er betide, Protected by His name. Used With Tune: COLWYN BAY Text Sources: The Psalter (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: The United Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1912), number 21

Thou Art My God, O God of Grace

Meter: 8.6.6 D Appears in 5 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Thou art my God, O God of grace, And earnestly I seek Thy face, My heart cries out for Thee; My spirit thirsts Thy grace to taste, An exile in this desert waste In which no waters be, In which no waters be. 2. I long as in the times of old Thy power and glory to behold Within Thy holy place; Because Thy tender love I see, More precious far than life to me, My lips shall praise Thy grace, My lips shall praise Thy grace. 3. Thus will I bless Thee while I live, And with uplifted hands will give Praise to Thy holy name; When by Thy bounty well supplied, Then shall my soul be satisfied, My mouth shall praise proclaim, My mouth shall praise proclaim. 4. My lips shall in Thy praise delight When on my bed I rest at night And meditate on Thee; Because Thy hand assistance brings, Beneath the shadow of Thy wings My heart shall joyful be, My heart shall joyful be. Used With Tune: AMERICUS Text Sources: The Psalter (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: The United Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1912), number 164

Let God Arise, and Let His Foes

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 8.6.6 D Appears in 4 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Let God arise, and let His foes Who fiercely Him and His oppose Be scattered far away! Thou, Jesus, on our side appear And bring Thy great salvation near And answer, while we pray. 2. Rebuke their proud tyrannic boast, Who vaunting against Israel’s host Do Israel’s God defy; Thee in Thy people they reproach, And touching us, presume to touch The apple of Thine eye. 3. Who persecute the sons of light, And kick against the pricks, and fight Against their Maker-God, Bow down beneath Thine anger’s weight, Convince them of their lost estate, And show them to Thy blood. 4. No farther let their rage proceed, Arise, and bruise the serpent’s head, Who bruises now Thy heel; Thou know’st Thy feeble followers’ pain, For Thou dost all our griefs sustain, And all our sorrows feel. Used With Tune: AMERICUS Text Sources: The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, by S. T. Kimbrough, Jr., & Oliver A. Beckerlegge (Nashville, Tennessee: Abingdon Press, 1992), pages 312-3

Lord God, by whom all change is wrought

Meter: 8.6.6 D Appears in 16 hymnals

Hosanna! Music is divine

Meter: 8.6.6 D Appears in 2 hymnals

Great God! Our voice To Thee We Raise

Author: Anonymous Meter: 8.6.6 D Appears in 17 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Great God! our voice to Thee we raise Tune Thou our lips and hearts with praise, Thy goodness to adore: Our life, our health, and every friend, From Thee arise—on Thee depend, Kind Father of the poor. 2 Stretch o’er our heads Thy guardian wings, Secure the weak, O King of kings! Our shield and refuge be: Thy Spirit, Lord, conduct our youth, Thro’ Christ, the life, the way, the truth, That we may come to Thee! 3 While friends their generous aid afford, Accept the kind intention, Lord, And crown it with Thy love; Then joy shall tune our humble songs, Till we shall join immortal tongues In nobler praise above. 4 Lord, let this work of love Be crowned with full success! Let thousands, yet unborn, Thy sacred name here bless! To Thee, O Lord, all praise to Thee We’ll raise throughout eternity. Used With Tune: ALPHA

When He Cometh!

Author: Mary P. Beegle Meter: 8.6.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Rejoice! ye saints, the time draws near Lyrics: 1 Rejoice! ye saints, the time draws near, When the Messiah shall appear; The wilderness shall bloom! Jerusalem break forth in song, Zion the joyful notes prolong; Thy Jubilee is come! 2 Rejoice! the day begins to dawn, That ushers in the glorious morn, That peace on earth shall bring; And truth shall sit on every hill, And blessings flow from every rill, And all the isles shall sing. 3 O Zion, hail the glorious day, When sin and sorrow flee away, When all thy foes are slain; And peace shall reach from shore to shore, And nations shall learn war no more, The Prince of Peace shall reign! 4 Come quickly! Blessèd Lord, appear! "Let angels tell Thy coming near," And strike the tuneful lyre. Safe in the Savior’s love we’ll stand "With harps all trembling in our hand," To join the glorious choir. 5 Hail! glorious morn—auspicious day! The lamb shall with the leopard play, And by his side lie down; Open with joy, ye pearly gates, For lo! the throne of David waits, For David’s royal Son! Used With Tune: AMERICUS Text Sources: Ocean Spray (Ocean Grove: New Jersey: 1876)

Jesu, Who From Thy Father's Throne

Author: John Austin, 1613-1669 Meter: 8.6.6 D Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Jesu, who from Thy Father’s throne Lyrics: 1 Jesu, who from Thy Father’s throne, Didst to this vale of tears come down, In our poor nature dressed; O may the charms of that sweet love Draw up our souls to Thee above, And fix them there to rest. 2 Jesu, whose high and humble birth, In Heav’n the angels, and on earth, The faithful shepherds sing: O may our hymns, which here run low, Shoot up aloft, and fruitful grow, In that eternal spring. 3 Jesu, to whom three kings from far, Led to Thy cradle by a star, Brought gifts to Thee their king: O guide us by Thy light that we May find Thy face, and unto Thee Ourselves for tribute bring. 4 Jesu, who thus began our bliss, Thus carried on our happiness, To Thee all praise be paid: O may the great mysterious Three For ever live, and ever be, Adored, beloved, obeyed. Used With Tune: JODHPUR

I Am A Little Child, 'Tis True

Author: Randall H. Ballantyne Meter: 8.6.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: I am a little child, ’tis true Lyrics: 1 I am a little child, ’tis true, Yet something surely I may do To make the Savior known; In love He has redeemed my soul, He found me sick, He made me whole, And sealed me for His own. 2 And can I see the heathen die, And use no means to bring them nigh, Nor Gospel message send? Can I enjoy my Father’s smile, And never think that, all the while, They have no Savior friend? 3 Ah no! this would not be like Him Who died all nations to redeem; And who has bid us pray, That all may know the love of God, And all be washed in Jesus’ blood, Which takes their sins away. 4 And though I’ve little to bestow, Yet given willingly, I know The little I can send, Will be as pleasing in His sight, As was the poor old widow’s mite, Which Jesus did commend. 5 Then let me never think or say, That I’m too young a child to pray, Or give for Jesus’ sake: If done from love to Him alone, The feeblest effort He will own, And all the glory take. Used With Tune: EL NIÑO Text Sources: Pasture for Lambs (Edinburgh: John Johnstone, 1849)