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Love divine, all loves excelling
Author: Charles Wesley (1707-1788) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,864 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:14 Lyrics: 1 Love divine, all loves excelling,
joy of heaven, to earth come down,
fix in us thy humble dwelling,
all thy faithful mercies crown.
Jesus, thou art all compassion,
pure, unbounded love thou art;
visit us with thy salvation,
enter every trembling heart.
2 Come, almighty to deliver;
let us all thy life receive;
suddenly return, and never,
never more thy temples leave.
Thee we would be always blessing,
serve thee as thy hosts above,
pray, and praise thee, without ceasing,
glory in thy perfect love.
3 Finish then thy new creation:
pure and spotless let us be;
let us see thy great salvation
perfectly restored in thee,
changed from glory into glory,
till in heaven we take our place,
till we cast our crowns before thee,
lost in wonder, love, and praise.
Topics: Our Response to Christ In Discipleship; God Love of; Heaven; Jesus compassion; Jesus transfiguration; Salvation and Redemption Used With Tune: HYFRYDOL
Love divine, all loves excelling
O God, Our Help in Ages Past
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,241 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:8 Lyrics: 1 O God, our help in ages past,
our hope for years to come,
our shelter from the stormy blast,
and our eternal home!
2 Under the shadow of thy throne
thy saints have dwelt secure;
sufficient is thine arm alone,
and our defense is sure.
3 Before the hills in order stood,
or earth received her frame,
from everlasting thou art God,
to endless years the same.
4 A thousand ages in thy sight
are like an evening gone;
short as the watch that ends the night,
before the rising sun.
5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
bears all its years away,
they fly, forgotten, as a dream
dies at the opening day.
6 O God, our help in ages past,
our hope for years to come,
be thou our guide while life shall last,
and our eternal home!
Topics: God the Father Providence and Care; Anniversaries; God Eternal; Anniversaries; Descants; God Eternal; God Guide; New Year; Psalms; Changing Year Used With Tune: ST. ANNE (Croft)
O God, Our Help in Ages Past
O Christians, Haste
Author: Mary Ann Thomson Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Appears in 459 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:9 First Line: O Christians, haste, your mission high fulfilling Refrain First Line: Publish glad tidings Lyrics:
1 O Christians, haste, your mission high fulfilling,
to tell to all the world that God is light,
that he who made all nations is not willing
one life should perish, lost in shades of night.
Refrain:
Publish glad tidings, tidings of peace,
tidings of Jesus, redemption, and release.
2 Proclaim to every people, tongue, and nation
that God, in whom they live and move, is love;
tell how he stooped to save his lost creation,
and died on earth that we might live in love. Refrain
3 Send heralds forth to bear the message glorious;
give of your wealth to speed them on their way;
pour out your soul for them in prayer victorious,
till God shall bring his kingdom's joyful Day. Refrain
Topics: Deliverance; Preaching; Church and Mission; Deliverance; Missions; Offering; Peace; Preaching; Redemption; Salvation; Witness Used With Tune: TIDINGS
O Christians, Haste
Saints and angels ever praising God
Appears in 542 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:13 First Line: Songs of praise the angels sang Topics: Introductory to Worship
Saints and angels ever praising God
That Day of Wrath, That Dreadful Day
Author: Walter Scott; Thomas de Celano Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 347 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:10 Lyrics: 1 That day of wrath, that dreadful day,
When heav'n and earth shall pass away!
What pow'r shall be the sinner's stay?
How shall he meet that dreadful day?
2 When, shriv'ling like a parched scroll,
The flaming heav'ns together roll;
When louder yet, and yet more dread,
Swells the high trump that wakes the dead.
3 Lord, on that day, that wrathful day,
When man to Judgment wakes from clay,
Be Thou the trembling sinner's Stay,
Tho' heav'n and earth shall pass away.
Amen. Topics: The Last Things Judgment Used With Tune: WINDHAM
That Day of Wrath, That Dreadful Day
Acepta El Perdón De Jesús
Author: V. Mendoza Appears in 10 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:9 First Line: Si tú cansado ya estás de pecar Used With Tune: [Si tú cansado ya estás de pecar]
Acepta El Perdón De Jesús
The Last Great Day
Author: Daniel S. Warner Meter: 8.6.8.5.11.10.10.5 Appears in 8 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:10-12 First Line: The earth shall melt with fervent heat Refrain First Line: Oh, that last great day is coming very soon Lyrics: 1 The earth shall melt with fervent heat,
The heavens pass away,
And all mankind their doom shall meet,
In that last great day.
Refrain:
Oh, that last great day is coming very soon,
’Tis the judgment day and the lost shall weep;
’Tis the crowning day, and the saints shall greet,
In that last great day.
2 The trump will sound, the Lord return,
And time no longer be,
The world in judgment flames consume,
In that last great day. [Refrain]
3 So all who make this world their God,
Can here no longer stay;
Their fondest hopes will all have fled,
In that last great day. [Refrain]
4 The quick and dead o’er land and sea
Will leave their mortal clay,
And put on immortality,
In that last great day. [Refrain]
5 The church of God no more shall need
This poor terrestrial home,
For she shall dwell with Christ, her head,
At the great white throne. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [The earth shall melt with fervent heat] Text Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/The_Last_Great_Day); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (356); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (177)
The Last Great Day
It came upon the midnight clear
Author: Edmund Hamilton Sears (1810-1876) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 873 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:13 Lyrics: 1 It came upon the midnight clear,
that glorious song of old,
from angels bending near the earth
to touch their harps of gold:
"Peace on the earth, good will to you
from heaven's all-gracious King!"
The world in solemn stillness lay
to hear the angels sing.
2 Still through the cloven skies they come,
with peaceful wings unfurled:
and still their heavenly music floats
o'er all the weary world;
above its sad and lowly plains
they bend on hovering wing,
and ever o'er its Babel-sounds
the blessèd angels sing.
3 But with the woes of sin and strife
the world has suffered long:
beneath the angels' hymn have rolled
two thousand years of wrong:
and warring humankind hears not
the love-song which they bring:
oh, hush the noise and still the strife
to hear the angels sing.
4 And you, beneath life's crushing load
whose forms are bending low,
who toil along the climbing way
with painful steps and slow,
look now! for glad and golden hours
come swiftly on the wing:
oh, rest beside the weary road,
and hear the angels sing.
5 For lo! the days are hastening on,
by prophet bards foretold,
when, with the ever-rolling years,
still dawns the Age of Gold,
when peace shall over all the earth
its ancient splendours fling,
and all the world give back the song
which now the angels sing. Topics: Life in Christ Christ Incarnate - Christmas and Epiphany; Angels Used With Tune: NOEL
It came upon the midnight clear
Forth in thy name, O Lord, I go
Author: Charles Wesley (1707-1788) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 346 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:12 Lyrics: 1 Forth in thy name, O Lord, I go,
my daily labour to pursue,
thee, only thee, resolved to know
in all I think, or speak, or do.
2 The task thy wisdom hath assigned
oh, let me cheerfully fulfil,
in all my works thy presence find,
and prove thy good and perfect will.
3 Thee may I set at my right hand,
whose eyes mine inmost substance see,
and labour on at thy command,
and offer all my works to thee.
4 Give me to bear thy easy yoke,
and every moment watch and pray,
and still to things eternal look,
and hasten to thy glorious day;
5 For thee delightfully employ
whate'er thy bounteous grace has given,
and run my course with even joy,
and closely walk with thee to heaven. Topics: Our Response to Christ In Discipleship; Joy; Work and Leisure Used With Tune: KILLIBEGS
Forth in thy name, O Lord, I go
Make haste, O man, to live
Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 106 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:11-12 Topics: The Christian Duties; Activity; Life Solemnity; Life Uncertainty
Make haste, O man, to live
O Day of God, Draw Near
Author: R. B. Y. Scott Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 44 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:8-15 Topics: God Judgment of; Justice and Peace; New Creation; Realm of God; Year A Proper 28; Year B Advent 2; Year B Proper 28; Year C Proper 15 Used With Tune: ST. MICHAEL
O Day of God, Draw Near
Dejo El Mundo y Sigo a Cristo
Author: Vicente Mendoza Appears in 20 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:8-17 Refrain First Line: ¡Oh, qué gran misericordia! Used With Tune: [Dejo el mundo y sigo a Cristo]
Dejo El Mundo y Sigo a Cristo
Come, and welcome
Author: Rev. Joseph Hart (1712-1768) Appears in 1,464 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:9 First Line: Come ye sinners, poor and wretched Topics: Accepted Time; Atonement Sufficient; Gospel Invitations of ; Grace Fullness of; Sinners Invited Used With Tune: OLIPHANT
Come, and welcome
Come to Jesus
Author: Anon. Meter: Irregular Appears in 498 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:9 First Line: Come to Jesus, come to Jesus Lyrics: 1 Come to Jesus, come to Jesus,
Come to Jesus just now;
Just now come to Jesus,
Come to Jesus just now.
2 He will save you, he will save you
He will save you just now;
Just now he will save you,
He will save you just now.
3 He is able, he is able,
He is able just now;
Just now he is able,
He is able just now.
4 He is willing, he is willing,
He is willing just now;
Just now he is wiling,
He is willing just now.
5 He'll receive you, he'll receive you
He'll receive you just now;
Just now he'll receive you,
He'll receive you just now.
6 He'll forgive you, he'll forgive you,
He'll forgive you just now;
Just now he'll forgive you,
He'll forgive you just now.
7 He'll renew you, He'll renew you,
He'll renew you just now,
Just now he'll renew you,
He'll renew you just now.
8 Don't reject him, don't reject him,
Don't reject him just now;
Just now don't reject him,
Don't reject him just now.
9 Only trust him, only trust him,
Only trust him just now;
Just now only trust him,
Only trust him just now.
10 Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
Hallelujah, Amen!
Amen, Hallelujah!
Hallelujah, Amen! Topics: Spiritual Songs; Come to Jesus
Come to Jesus
'Thy kingdom come!'– on bended knee
Author: Frederick Lucian Hosmer (1840-1929) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 102 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:8-10 Lyrics: 1 'Thy kingdom come!'--on bended knee
the passing ages pray;
and faithful souls have yearned to see
on earth that kingdom's day.
2 But the slow watches of the night
not less to God belong;
and for the everlasting right
the silent stars are strong.
3 And lo, already on the hills
the flags of dawn appear;
gird up your loins, ye prophet souls,
proclaim the day is near:
4 The day in whose clear-shining light
all wrong shall stand revealed,
when justice shall be throned with might,
and every heart be healed:
5 When knowledge, hand in hand with peace,
shall walk the earth abroad,
the day of perfect righteousness,
the promised day of God. Topics: Life in Christ Christ Risen - Coming Again; Christian Year Advent; Justice and Peace; Kingdom of God Used With Tune: IRISH
'Thy kingdom come!'– on bended knee
In the bleak midwinter
Author: Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894) Meter: Irregular Appears in 86 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:10 Lyrics: 1 In the bleak midwinter
frosty wind made moan,
earth stood hard as iron,
water like a stone:
snow had fallen,
snow on snow, snow on snow,
in the bleak midwinter,
long ago.
2 Our God, heaven cannot hold him,
nor earth sustain;
heaven and earth shall flee away
when he comes to reign:
in the bleak midwinter
a stable place sufficed
the Lord God Almighty,
Jesus Christ.
3 Enough for him whom cherubim
worship night and day,
a breastful of milk
and a mangerful of hay:
enough for him
whom angels fall down before,
the ox and ass and camel
which adore.
4 Angels and archangels
may have gathered there,
cherubim and seraphim
thronged the air,
but only his mother,
in her maiden bliss,
worshiped the Beloved
with a kiss.
5 What can I give him,
poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd,
I would bring a lamb,
if I were a wise man
I would do my part,
yet what I can I give him,
give my heart.
Topics: Life in Christ Christ Incarnate - Christmas and Epiphany; Angels; Mary; Offering of self Used With Tune: CRANHAM
In the bleak midwinter
Todas las promesas
Author: R. Kelso Carter; Vicente Mendoza Appears in 25 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:8-14 First Line: Todas las promesas de Señor Jesús Refrain First Line: Grandes, fieles Lyrics: 1 Todas las promesas del Señor Jesús,
son apoyo poderoso de mi fe;
Mientras viva aquí buscando yo su luz,
siempre en sus promesas confiaré.
Coro:
Grandes, fieles,
las promesas que el Señor Jesús ha dado,
Grandes, fieles,
en ellas para siempre confiaré.
2 Todas las promesas para el hombre fiel,
el Señor en sus bondades cumplirá,
Y confiado sé que para siempre en él,
paz eterna mi alma gozará. [Coro]
3 Todas las promesas del Señor serán
gozo y fuerza en nuestra vida terrenal;
Ellas en la dura lid nos sostendrán,
y triunfar podremos sobre el mal. [Coro]
Topics: Biblia; Bible; Confianza; Confidence; Conflicto y Victoria; Conflict and Victory; Promesas de Dios; Promises of God Used With Tune: PROMISES
Todas las promesas
Lord, bring the day to pass
Author: Ian Masson Fraser (b. 1917) Meter: 6.6.12.8.8 Appears in 10 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:13 Lyrics: 1 Lord, bring the day to pass
when forest, rock, and hill,
the beasts, the birds, the grass,
will know your finished will:
when we attain our destiny
and nature lives in harmony.
2 Forgive our careless use
of water, ore, and soil --
the plenty we abuse
supplied by others' toil:
save us from making self our creed,
turn us towards each other's need.
3 Help us, when we release
creation's secret powers,
to harness them for peace,
our children's peace and ours:
teach us the art of mastering
in servant form, like Christ our King.
4 Creation groans, travails,
futile its present plight,
bound -- till the hour it hails
God's children born of light:
that we may gain our true estate,
come, Lord, new heavens and earth create. Topics: Our Response to God in the stewardship of the earth; Care of Creation; Children; Penitence; Science and Technology Used With Tune: LOVE UNKNOWN
Lord, bring the day to pass
View the present through the promise
Author: Thomas H. Troeger (b. 1945) Meter: 8.5.8.5.8.8.8.5 Appears in 8 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:10-13 Topics: Christ Risen Coming Again; Our Response to Christ In Discipleship; Discipleship Used With Tune: FRANKLIN PARK
View the present through the promise
Without Spot and Blameless
Author: William G. Schell Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.8.8.6 Appears in 4 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:14 First Line: I'll rise at early morning hour Lyrics: 1 I’ll rise at early morning hour,
With first effulgent rays,
While nature’s songsters in the bow’r,
Send up their Maker’s praise;
I’ll bow before my God so dear,
And tarry till my heart shall hear
The Spirit’s witness sweet and clear:
“Without spot and blameless.”
2 While proud in heart, at bright midday,
Can find no time for prayer,
My thoughts shall soar from earth away,
To heaven, bright and fair:
Around the fam’ly altar knelt,
My heart with gratitude will melt,
Till blest assurance shall be felt,
“Without spot and blameless.”
3 And when the pleasant evening air
Is dusky with the night,
My soul shall turn to God in prayer,
In heaven’s golden light;
I’ll linger at the great white throne,
Until the thoughts of God are known,
And He shall claim me for His own,
“Without spot and blameless.”
4 With God’s approval on my soul
My body sinks to rest,
No doubts nor waves of trouble roll
Across my peaceful breast;
And through the night that hand so mild
Protects from storms and billows wild
His helpless, trusting, loving child,
“Without spot and blameless.” Used With Tune: [I'll rise at early morning hour] Text Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Without_Spot_and_Blameless); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (193); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (383)
Without Spot and Blameless
Coming to Christ
Author: Rev. John Newton (1725-1807) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 612 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:9 First Line: Approach, my soul, the mercy seat Topics: Mercy-seat; Penitential; Satan; Sin Confession of; Sinners Prayer of Anxious; Sinners Seeking Used With Tune: ST. JOHN
Coming to Christ
Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness
Author: Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf, 1700-1760; John Wesley, 1703-1791 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 500 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:8-15 Lyrics: 1 Jesus, Thy blood and righteousness
my beauty are, my glorious dress;
'midst flaming worlds, in these arrayed,
with joy shall I lift up my head.
2 Bold shall I stand in thy great day;
for who aught to my charge shall lay?
Fully absolved through these I am
from sin and fear, from guilt and shame.
3 Jesus, be endless praise to thee,
whose boundless mercy hath for me–
for me a full atonement made,
an everlasting ransom paid.
4 O let the dead now hear thy voice;
now bid thy banished ones rejoice;
their beauty this, their glorious dress,
Jesus, thy blood and righteousness.
Topics: Forgiveness; Salvation/Redemption; Jesus Christ Used With Tune: FULDA (WALTON)
Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness
At Christ's Feet
Author: Rev. Samuel Stennet (1727-1795) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 234 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:9 First Line: Prostrate, dear Jesus, at thy feet Topics: Alarm; Humiliation; Penitential; Sin Confession of; Sinners Seeking Used With Tune: ST. LEONARD
At Christ's Feet
Thou Judge of quick and dead
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 191 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:14 Topics: The Christian Life Death, Resurrection and Judgment Used With Tune: SOUTHWELL
Thou Judge of quick and dead
Es ist gewißlich an der zeit
Author: B. Ringwaldt Appears in 116 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:12 Topics: Auferstehung und Weltgericht
Es ist gewißlich an der zeit
Stand, th' Omnipotent decree
Author: C. Wesley Appears in 63 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:10 Lyrics: 1 Stand, th' Omnipotent decree,
Jehovah's will be done!
Nature's end we wait to see,
And hear her final groan.
Let this earth dissolve, and blend
In death the wicked and the just;
Let those pond'rous orbs descend,
And grind us into dust.
2 Rests secure the righteous man;
At his Redeemer's beck,
Sure t' emerge and rise again,
And mount above the wreck;
Lo! the heavenly spirit towers
Like flames o'er nature's funeral pyre;
Triumphs in immortal powers,
And claps his wings of fire.
3 Nothing that the just to lose
By worlds on worlds destroyed;
Far beneath his feet he views,
With smiles, the flaming void;
Sees this universe renewed--
The grand millennial reign begun;
Shouts, with all the sons of God,
Around the eternal throne.
4 Resting in this glorious hope,
To be at last restored,
Yield we now our bodies up
To earthquake, plague, or sword;
Listening for the call divine,
The latest trumpet of the seven,
Soon our soul and form shall join,
And both fly up to heaven. Topics: Resurrection and Judgment; Security of the Righteous
Stand, th' Omnipotent decree
Ring Out the Old, Ring In the New
Author: Alfred Tennyson Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 53 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:13 Lyrics: 1 Ring out the old, ring in the new;
Ring, happy bells, across the snow;
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
2 Ring out a slowly dying cause,
And ancient forms of party strife;
Ring in the nobler modes of life,
With sweeter manners, purer laws.
3 Ring out old shapes of foul disease;
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the thousand wars of old;
Ring in the thousand years of peace.
4 Ring in the valiant man and free,
The larger heart, the kindlier hand;
Ring out the darkness of the land;
Ring in the Christ that is to be.
Amen. Topics: New Year, The Used With Tune: DEUS TUORUM MILITUM
Ring Out the Old, Ring In the New
Was kann ich doch für dank
Author: D. Denicke, 1603-1680; J. Heermann Appears in 47 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:9 Topics: Gottes Wesen Gnade und Langmuth
Was kann ich doch für dank
All Who Love and Serve Your City
Author: Erik Routley, 1917-1982 Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 33 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:9 Lyrics: 1 All who love and serve your city,
all who bear its daily stress,
all who cry for peace and justice,
all who curse and all who bless:
2 In your day of wealth and plenty,
wasted work and wasted play,
call to mind the word of Jesus,
"You must work while it is day."
3 For all days are days of judgment,
and the Lord is waiting still,
drawing near to all who spurn him,
offering peace from Calvary's hill.
4 Risen Lord, shall yet the city
be the city of despair?
Come today, our judge, our glory.
Be its name, "The Lord is there!"
Topics: Labor & Leisure Used With Tune: CHARLESTOWN
All Who Love and Serve Your City
Getreuer Gott! wie viel geduld
Author: J. Chr. Zimmermann, 1702-1783 Appears in 16 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:9 Topics: Gottes Wesen Gnade und Langmuth
Getreuer Gott! wie viel geduld
Lo! in the last of days behold
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:3-14 Lyrics:
Lo! in the last of days behold
a faithless race arise;
Their lawless lust their only rule;
and thus the scoffer cries;
Where is the promise, deemed so true,
that spoke the Saviour near?
E’er since our fathers slept in dust,
no change has reached our ear.
Years rolled on years successive glide,
since first the world began,
And on the tide of time still floats,
secure, the bark of man.
148
Thus speaks the scoffer; but his words
conceal the truth he knows,
That from the waters’ dark abyss
the earth at first arose.
But when the sons of men began
with one consent to stray,
At Heav’n’s command a deluge swept
the godless race away.
A diff’rent fate is now prepared
for Nature’s trembling frame;
Soon shall her orbs be all enwrapt
in one devouring flame.
Reserved are sinners for the hour
when to the gulf below,
Armed with the hand of sov’reign pow’r,
the judge consigns his foe.
Though now, ye just! the time appears
protracted, dark, unknown,
An hour, a day, a thousand years,
to heav’n’s great Lord are one.
Still all may share his sov’reign grace,
in ev’ry change secure;
The meek, the suppliant contrite race,
shall find his mercy sure.
The contrite race he counts his friends
forbids the suppliant’s fall;
Condemns reluctant, but extends
the hope of grace to all.
Yet as the night-wrapped thief who lurks
to seize th’ expected prize,
Thus steals the hour when Christ shall come,
and thunder rend the skies.
Then at the loud, the solemn peal,
the heav’ns shall burst away;
The elements shall melt in flame,
at Nature’s final day.
Since all this frame of things must end,
as Heav’n has so decreed,
How wise our inmost thoughts to guard,
and watch o’er ev’ry deed;
Expecting calm th’ appointed hour,
when, Nature’s conflict o’er,
A new and better world shall rise,
where sin is known no more.
Lo! in the last of days behold
Sing to the world of Christ our sovereign Lord
Author: Patrick Lee (1930-2004) Meter: 10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:10-13 Topics: Christian Year Ascension; Jesus Names and images for; Jesus reign Used With Tune: SING TO THE WORLD (UNIVERSA LAUS)
Sing to the world of Christ our sovereign Lord
Pass me Not
Author: Fanny J. Crosby, 1820-1915 Meter: 8.5.8.5 with refrain Appears in 911 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:9 First Line: Pass me not, O gentle Savior Refrain First Line: Savior, Savior, hear my humble cry Topics: Trust Used With Tune: PASS ME NOT
Pass me Not
God's Welcome
Author: Frederick W. Faber Appears in 900 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:9 First Line: There's a wideness in God's mercy Lyrics: 1 There's a wideness in God's mercy,
Like the wideness of the sea;
There's a kindness in his justice,
Which is more than liberty.
There is welcome for the sinner,
And more graces for the good;
There is mercy with the Saviour;
There is healing in his blood.
2 There is no place where earth's sorrows
Are more felt than up in heaven;
There is no place where earth's failings
Have such kindly judgment given.
There is plentiful redemption
In the blood that has been shed;
There is joy for all the members
In the sorrows of the Head.
3 For the love of God is broader
Than the measure of man's mind;
And the heart of the Eternal
Is most wonderfully kind.
If our love were but more simple,
We should take him at his word;
And our lives would be all sunshine
In the sweetness of our Lord. Topics: Access to God; God: The Father Used With Tune: ERIE
God's Welcome
Sweet By and By
Author: Sanford F. Bennett Appears in 661 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:12 First Line: There's a land that is fairer than day Refrain First Line: In the sweet by and by Lyrics: 1 There's a land that is fairer than day,
And by faith we can see it afar,
For the Father waits over the way
To prepare us a dwelling place there.
Chorus:
In the sweet by and by,
We shall meet on that beautiful shore;
In the sweet by and by,
We shall meet on that beautiful shore.
2 We shall sing on that beautiful shore
The melodious songs of the blest;
And our spirits shall sorrow no more--
Not a sigh for the blessing of rest. (Chorus)
3 To our bountiful Father above
We will offer the tribute of praise,
For the glorious gift of His love,
And the blessings that hallow our days. (Chorus)
4 We shall rest on that beautiful shore,
In the joys of the saved we shall share;
All our pilgrimage toil will be o'er,
And the conqueror's crown we shall wear.
In the sweet, etc.
5 We shall meet, we shall sing, we shall reign,
In the land where the saved never die;
We shall rest free from sorrow and pain,
Safe at home in the sweet by and by.
In the sweet, etc.
Used With Tune: [There's a land that is fairer than day]
Sweet By and By
While with ceaseless course the sun
Author: John Newton Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 588 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:11-12 Topics: Special Occasions New Year and Anniversaries Used With Tune: BENEVENTO
While with ceaseless course the sun
Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven
Author: Henry F. Lyte, 1793-1847 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 539 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:9 Lyrics: 1 Praise, my soul, the King of heaven,
to his feet your tribute bring;
ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,
evermore his praises sing.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise the everlasting King!
2 Praise him for his grace and favor
to all people in distress.
Praise him, still the same forever,
slow to chide and swift to bless.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Glorious in his faithfulness!
3 Fatherlike, he tends and spares us;
all our hopes and fears he knows.
In his hands he gently bears us,
rescues us from all our foes.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Widely as his mercy flows!
4 Angels, help us to adore him,
you behold him face to face.
Sun and moon, bow down before him;
all who dwell in time and space.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise with us the God of grace! Topics: Jesus Christ Majesty Used With Tune: LAUDA ANIMA
Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven
Standing on the Promises
Author: R. Kelso Carter Appears in 455 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:9 First Line: Standing on the promises of Christ my King Topics: Promises Used With Tune: [Standing on the promises of Christ my King]
Standing on the Promises
"Herein is Love"
Author: Frederick W. Faber Appears in 344 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:9 First Line: My God, how wonderful thou art Lyrics: 1 My God, how wonderful thou art,
Thy majesty how bright!
How glorious is thy mercy-seat,
In depths of burning light!
2 How dread are thine eternal years,
O everlasting Lord!
By prostrate spirits day and night
Incessantly adored.
3 Oh, how I fear the, living God,
With deepest, tenderest fears,
And worship thee with trembling hope,
And penitential tears.
4 Yet I may love thee too, O Lord,
Almighty as thou art,
For thou hast stooped to ask of me
The love of my poor heart.
5 No earthly father loves like thee,
No mother half so mild
Bears and forbears, as thou hast done
With me, thy sinful child.
6 My God, how wonderful thou art,
Thou everlasting Friend!
On thee I stay my trusting heart,
Till faith in vision end. Topics: God: The Father Used With Tune: CORINTH
"Herein is Love"
This Is My Father’s World
Author: Maltbie D. Babcock Meter: 6.6.8.6 D Appears in 318 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:13 First Line: This is my Father's world Lyrics: 1 This is my Father's world,
and to my listening ears
all nature sings, and round me rings
the music of the spheres.
This is my Father's world;
I rest me in the thought
of rocks and trees, of skies and seas,
his hand the wonders wrought.
2 This is my Father's world.
O, let me ne'er forget
that though the wrong seems oft so strong,
God is the ruler yet.
This is my Father's world.
The battle is not done:
Jesus who died shall be satisfied,
and earth and heaven be one.
Topics: Assurance; Creation; Hope; Morning; A New Heaven and a New Earth Used With Tune: TERRA BEATA
This Is My Father’s World
Come, O thou traveler unknown
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Appears in 289 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:8 Lyrics: 1 Come, O thou traveler unknown,
whom still I hold, but cannot see!
My company before is gone,
and I am left alone with thee.
With thee all night I mean to stay,
and wrestle till the break of day.
With thee all night I mean to stay,
and wrestle till the break of day.
2 I need not tell thee who I am,
my misery or sin declare;
thyself hast called me by my name,
look on thy hands and read it there.
But who, I ask thee, who art thou?
Tell me thy name, and tell me now.
But who, I ask thee, who art thou?
Tell me thy name, and tell me now.
3 Yield to me now for I am weak,
but confident in self-despair!
Speak to my heart, in blessing speak;
be conquered by my instant prayer.
Speak, or thou never hence shalt move,
and tell me if thy name is Love.
Speak, or thou never hence shalt move,
and tell me if thy name is Love.
4 'Tis Love!'tis Love! thou diedst for me,
I hear thy whisper in my heart.
The morning breaks, the shadows flee;
pure, universal love thou art.
To me, to all, thy mercies move;
thy nature and thy name is Love.
To me, to all, thy mercies move;
thy nature and thy name is Love. Topics: God Mercy of; God Love and Grace of; One Life in Christ Love; Prayer / Prayers / Poems; Salvation; Sin / Sinner; Struggle Used With Tune: CANDLER
Come, O thou traveler unknown
Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates
Author: Georg Weissel; Catherine Winkworth Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 273 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:11-12 Lyrics: 1 Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates;
behold the King of glory waits;
the King of kings is drawing near;
the Savior of the world is here.
2 Fling wide the portals of your heart;
make it a temple, set apart
from earthly use for heaven’s employ,
adorned with prayer and love and joy.
3 Redeemer, come! I open wide
my heart to thee; here, Lord, abide.
Let me thy inner presence feel;
thy grace and love in me reveal.
Topics: Invitation; Jesus Christ Advent; Living in Christ Used With Tune: TRURO
Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates
Brief life is here our portion
Author: Bernard of Cluny; J. M. Neale Meter: 7.6.7.6 Appears in 245 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:13 Topics: The Christian Life The Life Everlasting Used With Tune: ST. ALPHEGE
Brief life is here our portion
Goodness--Ps. 145
Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 234 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:9 First Line: Sweet is the memory of thy grace Lyrics: 1 Sweet is the memory of thy grace,
My God, my heavenly King;
Let age to age thy righteousness
In sounds of glory sing.
2 God reigns on high; but ne'er confines
His goodness to the skies:
Through the whole earth his bounty shines
And every want supplies.
3 With longing eyes thy creatures wait
On thee for daily food;
Thy liberal hand provides their meat,
And fills their mouth with good.
4 How kind are thy compassions, Lord!
How slow thine anger moves!
But soon he sends his pardoning word
To cheer the souls he loves. Topics: God: The Father Used With Tune: NOEL
Goodness--Ps. 145
How helpless fallen nature lies
Author: Steele Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 231 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:13 Lyrics: 1 How helpless fallen nature lies,
Unconscious of her load!
The heart unchanged can never rise
To happiness and God.
2 Can aught beneath a power divine
A stubborn will subdue?
'Tis thine, eternal Spirit, thine
To form the heart anew.
3 'Tis thine the passions to recall,
And bid them upward rise;
To make the scales of error fall
From reason's darkened eyes;--
4 To chase the shades of death away,
And bid the sinner live:
A beam of heaven, a vital ray,
'Tis thine alone to give.
5 Renew these wretched hearts of ours;
Oh, give us life divine!
Then shall our passions and our powers,
Almighty Lord, be thine.
Topics: The Christian System Human Depravity; Need of Spiritual Renovation
How helpless fallen nature lies
Time is winging us away
Author: John Burton, 1773-1822 Appears in 231 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:11-13 Topics: Heaven Home; Life Brevity of; Pilgrimage
Time is winging us away
Dear Shepherd of your people, hear
Author: John Newton, 1725-1807 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 213 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:8-13 Lyrics: 1 Dear Shepherd of your people, hear,
your presence now display;
as you have given a place for prayer,
so give us hearts to pray.
2 Within these walls let holy peace
and love and concord dwell;
here give the troubled conscience ease,
the wounded spirit heal.
3 May we in faith receive your word,
in faith present our prayers;
and in the presence of our Lord
unburden all our cares.
4 The hearing ear, the seeing eye,
the humble mind bestow;
and shine upon us from on high,
to make our graces grow. Topics: Absolution; Anxiety; Faith; Fellowship in the Church; Healing; Humility; Invocation; Ministry of God's People; Nurturing God's People; Penitence; People of God; Prayer; Worship Gathering Used With Tune: MENDIP
Dear Shepherd of your people, hear
Hosanna to the Living Lord
Author: Reginald Heber, 1783-1826 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 198 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:10-14 First Line: Hosanna to the living Lord! Lyrics: 1 Hosanna to the living Lord!
Hosanna to th'incarnate Word!
To Christ, Creator, Savior, King,
let earth, let heav'n hosanna sing.
2 "Hosanna, Lord!" your angels cry;
"Hosanna, Lord!" your saints reply.
Throughout the earth, around your throne,
your people sing in sweetest tone.
3 O Savior, with protecting care
abide in this your house of prayer,
Where we your parting promise claim,
assembled in your sacred name.
4 O Spirit, all our sins forgive,
and come within our hearts to live.
Our souls shall be your temple pure
and you will make our faith endure.
5 So, on that last and dreadful day,
when earth and heav'n shall melt away,
your flock, redeemed from sinful stain,
shall swell the sound of praise again. Topics: Opening of Service Used With Tune: ST. CHAD
Hosanna to the Living Lord
Come, Lord, and Tarry Not
Author: Horatius Bonar Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 155 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:8-9 Lyrics: 1 Come, Lord, and tarry not;
Bring the long-looked-for day;
O why these years of waiting here,
These ages of delay?
2 Come, for Thy saints still wait;
Daily ascends their sigh:
The Spirit and the Bride say, "Come":
Dost Thou not hear the cry?
3 Come, for creation groans,
Impatient of Thy stay,
Worn out with these long years of ill,
These ages of delay.
4 Come, and make all things new;
Build up this ruined earth;
Restore our faded Paradise,
Creation's second birth.
5 Come, and begin Thy reign
Of everlasting peace;
Come, take the Kingdom to Thyself,
Great King of Righteousness.
Amen. Topics: Christ Second Coming; Christ King; Jesus Christ His Coming in Glory Used With Tune: ST. BRIDE
Come, Lord, and Tarry Not
Lord, I Want to Be a Christian
Meter: Irregular Appears in 150 hymnals Scripture: 2 Peter 3:11-14 First Line: Lord, I want to be a Christian, in my heart, in my heart Lyrics: 1 Lord, I want to be a Christian
in my heart, in my heart;
Lord, I want to be a Christian in my heart.
In my heart, (In my heart,) in my heart (in my heart,)
Lord, I want to be a Christian in my heart.
2 Lord, I want to be more loving
in my heart, in my heart;
Lord, I want to be more loving in my heart.
In my heart, (In my heart,) in my heart (in my heart,)
Lord, I want to be more loving in my heart.
3 Lord, I want to be more holy
in my heart, in my heart;
Lord, I want to be more holy in my heart.
In my heart, (In my heart,) in my heart (in my heart,)
Lord, I want to be more holy in my heart.
4 Lord, I want to be like Jesus
in my heart, in my heart;
Lord, I want to be like Jesus in my heart.
In my heart, (In my heart,) in my heart (in my heart,)
Lord, I want to be like Jesus in my heart. Topics: Christian Life; Discipleship and Mission; Faith; Love for Others Used With Tune: I WANT TO BE A CHRISTIAN Text Sources: African American spiritual
Lord, I Want to Be a Christian
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