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Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 7.7.7.7 D with refrain Appears in 1,329 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:19 Lyrics: 1 Hark! the herald angels sing: "Glory to the newborn King: Peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled!" Joyful, all ye nations, rise, Join the triumph of the skies; With angelic hosts proclaim: "Christ is born in Bethlehem!" Refrain: Hark! the herald angels sing, "Glory to the newborn King." 2 Christ, by highest heav'n adored, Christ, the everlasting Lord; Late in time, behold him come, Offspring of a virgin's womb. Veiled in flesh the Godhead see! Hail th'incarnate Deity! Pleased as man with us to dwell: Jesus, our Emmanuel! [Refrain] 3 Hail the heav'n born Prince of Peace! Hail the Sun of Righteousness! Light and life to all he brings, Ris'n with healing in his wings. Mild he lays his glory by, Born that we no more may die, Born to raise us from the earth, Born to give us second birth. [Refrain] Topics: The Liturgical Year Christmas (Days of); The Liturgical Year Mary, the Holy Mother of God Used With Tune: MENDELSSOHN

How Can I Keep from Singing

Author: Robert Lowry, 1826-1899; Doris Plenn Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 144 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17 First Line: My life flows on in endless song Refrain First Line: No storm can shake my inmost calm Lyrics: 1 My life flows on in endless song; Above earth’s lamentation. I hear the real though far-off hymn That hails a new creation. Refrain: No storm can shake my inmost calm While to that rock I’m clinging. Since Love is Lord of heaven and earth, How can I keep from singing? 2 Through all the tumult and the strife, I hear that music ringing; It sounds and echoes in my soul; How can I keep from singing? [Refrain] 3 What though the tempest 'round me roar, I hear the truth it liveth. What though the darkness 'round me close, Songs in the night it giveth. [Refrain] 4 When tyrants tremble, sick with fear, And hear their death knells ringing; When friends rejoice both far and near, How can I keep from singing? [Refrain] 5 The peace of Christ makes fresh my heart, A fountain ever springing. All things are mine since I am his; How can I keep from singing? [Refrain] Topics: Confidence; Courage; Confidence; Courage; Confidence; Courage; Faith; Hope; Music Ministry; Refuge; Retreats; Trust Used With Tune: ENDLESS SONG

Hail, thou once despisèd Jesus!

Author: John Bakewell (1721-1819); Martin Madan (1726-1790) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 625 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 Lyrics: 1 Hail, thou once despisèd Jesus! Hail, thou Galilean King! Thou didst suffer to release us; thou didst free salvation bring. Hail, thou universal Saviour, bearer of our sin and shame! By thy merit we find favour; life is given through thy name. 2 Paschal Lamb by God appointed, all our sins on thee were laid; by almighty love anointed, thou hast full atonement made. All thy people are forgiven through the virtue of thy blood; opened is the gate of heaven; reconciled are we with God. 3 Jesus, hail! Enthroned in glory, there for ever to abide; all the heavenly host adore thee, seated at thy Father's side. There for sinners thou art pleading, there thou dost our place prepare, ever for us interceding, till in glory we appear. Topics: Ascension Day; Atonement; Church Year Ascension; Church Year Christ the King; Forgiveness; Heaven; Jesus Names and images for; Jesus priesthood; The Seventh Sunday of Easter Year C Used With Tune: IN BABILONE

Holy Spirit, ever living

Author: Timothy Rees (1874-1939) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 24 hymnals Topics: The Holy Spirit in the Church Enlivening and Renewing the Church; The Church Celebrates Confirmation; The Church Celebrates Ordination; Church Ministry; Confirmation; Ordination Used With Tune: ABBOT'S LEIGH

Here, O my Lord, I see thee face to face

Author: Horatius N. Bonar (1808-1889) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 315 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:21 Lyrics: 1 Here, O my Lord, I see thee face to face; here would I touch and handle things unseen, here grasp with firmer hand the eternal grace, and all my weariness upon thee lean. 2 Here would I feed upon the bread of God, here drink with thee the royal wine of heaven; here would I lay aside each earthly load, here taste afresh the calm of sin forgiven. 3 Mine is the sin, but thine the righteousness; mine is the guilt, but thine the cleansing blood; here is my robe, my refuge, and my peace — thy blood, thy righteousness, O Lord, my God. 4 I have no help but thine; nor do I need another arm save thine to lean upon; it is enough, my Lord, enough indeed; my strength is in thy might, thy might alone. 5 Too soon we rise; the symbols disappear; the feast, though not the love, is past and gone; the bread and wine remove, but thou art here, nearer than ever, still our shield and sun. 6 Feast after feast thus comes and passes by, yet, passing, points to the glad feast above, giving sweet foretaste of the festal joy, the Lamb's great bridal feast of bliss and love. Topics: Adoration; Atonement; Forgiveness; Future hope; Heaven; Holy Communion; Rest; Sin Used With Tune: MAGDA

He giveth the increase

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 73 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:14 First Line: High on his everlasting throne Topics: Institutions of the Gospel The Ministry

Herr Jesu! der du selbst

Author: E. L. Fischer, 1695-1773 Appears in 23 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:19-20 Topics: Die Kirche des Herrn Ordination und Einführung der Prediger

Herr! ich bin dein Eigenthum

Author: B. Münter, 1735-1795 Appears in 23 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:10 Topics: Auferstehung und Weltgericht

Herr, stärke mich, dein leiden zu bedenken

Author: C. F. Gellert, 1715-1769 Appears in 17 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:15 Topics: Passionslieder

Herr! mit gerührtem herzen

Appears in 12 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:15 Topics: Passionslieder Gegen des Todes Jesu

Heaven is my home

Author: Thomas Rawson Taylor (1807-1836) Appears in 626 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:1-2 First Line: I'm but a stranger here Topics: Heaven Home; Pilgrims Song of; Pilgrimage Used With Tune: ST. EDMUND

Hallelujah! What a Savior!

Author: Philip P. Bliss, 1838-1876 Meter: 7.7.7.8 Appears in 329 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:21 First Line: "Man of Sorrows" what a name Lyrics: 1 "Man of Sorrows," what a name for the Son of God, who came ruined sinners to reclaim! Hallelujah! what a Savior! 2 Bearing shame and scoffing rude, in my place condemned he stood; sealed my pardon with his blood: Hallelujah! what a Savior! 3 Guilty, vile, and helpless, we; spotless Lamb of God was he; full atonement, can it be? Hallelujah! what a Savior! 4 Lifted up was he to die, “It is finished,” was his cry; now in heaven exalted high: Hallelujah! what a Savior! 5 When he comes, our glorious King, all his ransomed home to bring, then anew this song we’ll sing: Hallelujah! what a Savior! Used With Tune: HALLELUJAH! WHAT A SAVIOR

Hymn 110

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 210 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:1 First Line: There is a house not made with hands Lyrics: There is a house not made with hands, Eternal and on high; And here my spirit waiting stands, Till God shall bid it fly. Shortly this prison of my clay Must be dissolved and fall; Then, O my soul! with joy obey Thy heav'nly Father's call. 'Tis he, by his almighty grace, That forms thee fit for heav'n; And, as an earnest of the place, Has his own Spirit giv'n. We walk by faith of joys to come, Faith lives upon his word; But while the body is our home, We're absent from the Lord. 'Tis pleasant to believe thy grace, But we had rather see; We would be absent from the flesh, And present, Lord, with thee.

How heavy is the night

Author: Watts Appears in 140 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:21 Topics: Atonement Necessary; Heart Deceitfulness of; Lost State of Man; Regeneration Necessary; Way of Salvation

How Great Thou Art (Cuán grande es él)

Author: Stuart K. Hine, 1899-1989; Arturo W. Hotton Rives, 1909-1959 Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Appears in 138 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:19-21 First Line: O Lord, my God, when I in awesome wonder (Señor, mi Dios, al contemplar los cielos) Refrain First Line: Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to thee (Mi corazón entona esta canción) Lyrics: 1 O Lord, my God, when I in awesome wonder Consider all the works thy hands hath made; I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder, Thy pow'r 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 take me home, what joy shall fill my heart! Then I shall bow in humble adoration And there proclaim, "My God, how great thou art!" [Refrain] --- 1 Señor, mi Dios, al contemplar los cielos, el firmamento y las estrellas mil; al oír tu voz en los potentes truenos y ver brillar al sol en su cenit; Estribillo: Mi corazón entona la canción: ¡Cuán grande es él! ¡Cuán grande es él! Mi corazón entona la canción: ¡Cuán grande es él! ¡Cuán grande es él! 2 Al recorrer los montes y los valles y ver las bellas flores al pasar; al escuchar el canto de las aves y el murmurar del claro manantial; [Estribillo] 3 Cuando recuerdo del amor divino que desde el cielo al salvador envió, aquel Jesús que por salvarme vino y en una cruz sufrió por mi y murió; [Estribillo] 4 Cuando el Señor me llame a su presencia, al dulce hogar, al cielo de esplendor, le adoraré cantando la grandeza de su poder y su infinito amor: [Estribillo] Topics: Alabanza; Praise; Creation; Creación; Dios Grandeza de; God Greatness of Used With Tune: HOW GREAT THOU ART

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Jesus, the Light of the World)

Author: Charles Wesley; George D. Elderkin Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain Appears in 56 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:19 First Line: Hark! the herald angels sing Refrain First Line: We'll walk in the light, beautiful light Lyrics: 1 Hark! the herald angels sing. Jesus, the light of the world. Glory to the newborn King, Jesus, the light of the world. Refrain: We’ll walk in the light, beautiful light. Come where the dewdrops of mercy shine bright. O, shine all around us by day and by night. Jesus, the light of the world. 2 Joyful all you nations, rise. Jesus, the light of the world. Join the triumph of the skies. Jesus, the light of the world. [Refrain] 3 Christ by highest heaven adored; Jesus, the light of the world. Christ, the everlasting Lord; Jesus, the light of the world. [Refrain] 4 Hail, the heaven-born Prince of Peace! Jesus, the light of the world. Hail, the Sun of righteousness! Jesus, the light of the world. [Refrain] Topics: Christian Year Nativity/Christmas; Christian Year Epiphany; Jesus Christ Birth Used With Tune: WE’LL WALK IN THE LIGHT

Heralds of Christ

Author: Laura Scherer Copenhaver, 1868-1940 Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 50 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:20 First Line: Heralds of Christ, who bear the King's commands Topics: Book One: Hymns, Songs, Chorales; Commission Spreading the Gospel Used With Tune: HERALDS OF CHRIST

He hath borne our Griefs

Author: Rev. Augustus Montague Toplady (1740-1778) Appears in 42 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:19 First Line: Surely Christ thy griefs hath borne Topics: Atonement Completed; Christ Atonement of; Christ Man of Sorrows; Christ Passion of; Imputation; Sinners Directed

Heaven Came Down and Glory Filled My Soul

Author: John W. Peterson Appears in 34 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17 First Line: O what a wonderful, wonderful day Topics: Choir; Choir Used With Tune: [O what a wonderful, wonderful day]

How Deep the Father's Love for Us

Author: Stuart Townend, b. 1963 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 28 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:21 Topics: Redeemer Used With Tune: TOWNEND

Hymn 23 Part 1

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 13 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:8 First Line: Absent from flesh! O blissful thought! Lyrics: Absent from flesh! O blissful thought! What unknown joys this moment brings! Freed from the mischiefs sin has brought, From pains, and fears, and all their springs. Absent from flesh! illustrious day! Surprising scene! triumphant stroke That rends the prison of my clay; And I can feel my fetters broke. Absent from flesh! then rise, my soul, Where feet nor wings could never climb, Beyond the heav'ns, where planets roll, Measuring the cares and joys of time. I go where God and glory shine, His presence makes eternal day: My all that's mortal I resign, For angels wait and point my way.

Healing River of the Spirit

Author: Ruth Duck, b. 1947 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 9 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 Topics: Lenten Season; Christian Initiation/Baptism; Penance; Grace; Guidance; Healing; Holy Spirit; New Life; Peace; Petition/Prayer; Presence of God; Seeking; Social Concern; Water Used With Tune: BEACH SPRING

Here on the threshold of a new beginning

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith Meter: 11.10.11.10 D Appears in 5 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 Topics: Times and Seasons; Covenant, Commitment and Dedication; Life and Unity in the Church Used With Tune: ADVENIT

How happy, Lord, are we

Author: C. Wesley Meter: 6.6.7.7.7.7 Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:1 Topics: The Christian Life - The Hope of Heaven The abiding home

Hope of Abraham and Sarah

Author: Ruth Duck Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17 Topics: Response; Discernment; Hope; Interfaith; Justice; Learning; Peace; Remembrance Day Used With Tune: CAELAN

His Robes for Mine

Author: Chris Anderson, b. 1971 Meter: 10.10.10.10 with refrain Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:21 First Line: His robes for mine: O wonderful exchange! Refrain First Line: I cling to Christ, and marvel at the cost Topics: Justification Used With Tune: AUSTINBURG

He That Believeth

Author: B. B. Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:21 First Line: God made Him to be sin for us Who knew no sin Refrain First Line: He that believeth in Me hath eternal life Used With Tune: [God made Him to be sin for us Who knew no sin]

How Shall We Thank You

Author: Jan Augusta; Jaroslav J. Vajda Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 First Line: How shall we thank you, Christ, our Lord Topics: Lent; Christ--Atonement; Christ--Sacrifice of; Christ--Substitute, our; Christian year--Lent Used With Tune: BEATUS VIR

His Love Shall Be My Anchor

Author: E. E. Hewitt Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:14 First Line: Sometimes on stormy waters Refrain First Line: His love shall never fail me Lyrics: 1 Sometimes on stormy waters, The ship of life will ride, And fight its progress onward, Against the wind and tide; But Jesus is my Captain, However fierce the gale; His love shall be my anchor, ‘Twill never, never fail. Refrain: His love shall never fail me, No, never, never fail me, The precious love of Jesus, Will never, never fail. 2 Tho’ other helpers leave me, This Friend shall constant be; His blessed Word assures me, He’ll always stay with me; Whatever clouds roll over, Whatever foes assail, The precious love of Jesus, Shall never, never fail. [Refrain] 3 ‘Mid shifting lights and shadows, I still pursue my way, Unto the peaceful Haven, Of everlasting Day; Against all opposition, His power shall prevail; The precious love of Jesus, Shall never, never fail. [Refrain] Topics: Faith Used With Tune: [Sometimes on stormy waters]

Hetseto Ho'eva Naamehne

Author: Rodolphe Petter Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:7 First Line: Hetsetȯ ho'eva naamehne Used With Tune: [Hetsetȯ ho'eva naamehne] Text Sources: Gesangbuch Mit Noten, Berne, Indiana, 1890

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