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I Love Your Church, O Lord
Author: Timothy Dwight Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 1,325 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:16 Lyrics:
1 I love your church, O Lord!
Her saints before you stand,
dear as the apple of your eye,
and graven on your hand.
2 Beyond my highest joy
I prize her heavenly ways,
her sweet communion, solemn vows,
her hymns of love and praise.
3 I love your church, O God,
the people you have called,
the church our blest Redeemer saved
with his own precious blood.
Topics: Love Our Love to God; Reformation; Church and Mission; Church; Love Our Love to God; Reformation Used With Tune: ST. THOMAS
I Love Your Church, O Lord
Love to the Saviour
Appears in 687 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:15 First Line: Hark, my soul, it is the Lord Topics: The Christian Life Justification by Faith
Love to the Saviour
In Christ There Is No East or West
Author: John Oxenham Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 331 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:12 Lyrics: 1 In Christ there is no east or west,
In Him no south or north;
But one great fellowship of love
Throughout the whole wide earth.
2 In Christ shall true hearts everywhere
Their high communion find;
His service is the golden cord,
Close-binding humankind.
3 Join hands, disciples of the faith,
Whate'er your race may be.
All children of the living God
Are surely kin to me.
4 In Christ now meet both east and west,
In Him meet south and north;
All Christly souls are one in Him
Throughout the whole wide earth.
Topics: Church Universal Used With Tune: ST. PETER
In Christ There Is No East or West
We Gather Together
Author: Theodore Baker Meter: 12.11.12.11 Appears in 200 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:15 First Line: We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing Lyrics: 1 We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing;
he chastens and hastens his will to make known;
the wicked oppressing now cease from distressing,
sing praises to his name: he forgets not his own.
2 Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining,
ordaining, maintaining his kingdom divine;
so from the beginning the fight we were winning:
thou, Lord, wast at our side, all glory be thine!
3 We all do extol thee, thou leader triumphant,
and pray that thou still our defender wilt be;
let thy congregation escape tribulation:
thy name be ever praised! O Lord, make us free!
Topics: Spiritual Freedom; God Judge; Judgment; National Life; Thanksgiving Day Used With Tune: KREMSER Text Sources: Netherlands folk hymn
We Gather Together
Hymn 39
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 61 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:13 First Line: Now shall my inward joys arise Lyrics:
Now shall my inward joys arise,
And burst into a song;
Almighty love inspires my heart,
And pleasure tunes my tongue.
God on his thirsty Zion hill
Some mercy drops has thrown,
And solemn oaths have bound his love
To shower salvation down.
Why do we then indulge our fears,
Suspicions, and complaints?
Is he a God, and shall his grace
Grow weary of his saints?
Can a kind woman e'er forget
The infant of her womb?
And 'mongst a thousand tender thoughts
Her suckling have no room?
"Yet," saith the Lord, "should nature change,
And mothers monsters prove,
Zion still dwells upon the heart
Of everlasting love.
"Deep on the palms of both my hands
I have engraved her name;
My hands shall raise her ruined walls,
And build her broken frame?"
Hymn 39
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
Author: Henry Van Dyke, 1852-1933 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 268 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:13 First Line: Joyful joyful we adore thee Topics: God In Creation; Providence; Redemption
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
You Are Mine
Author: David Haas, b. 1957 Appears in 17 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:16 First Line: I will come to you in the silence Refrain First Line: Do not be afraid, I am with you Used With Tune: [I will come to you in the silence]
You Are Mine
Mothering God, you gave me birth
Author: Jean Janzen (b. 1933) Meter: 8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 18 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:15 Topics: God in Trinity; God names and imags of Used With Tune: MOTHER JULIAN
Mothering God, you gave me birth
Though the Mountains May Fall
Author: Dan Schutte, b. 1947 Appears in 7 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:15 First Line: Could the Lord ever leave you? Used With Tune: [Could the Lord ever leave you?]
Though the Mountains May Fall
Come, O thou Traveller unknown
Author: Charles Wesley 1707-1788 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 289 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:4 Lyrics: 1 Come, O thou Traveller 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.
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.
3 In vain thou strugglest to get free;
I never will unloose my hold.
Art thou the man that died for me?
The secret of thy love unfold:
wrestling, I will not let thee go,
till I thy name, thy nature know.
4 Yield to me now, for I am weak,
but confident in self-despair;
speak to my heart, in blessings speak,
be conquered by my instant prayer.
Speak, or thou never hence shalt move,
and tell me if thy name is Love!
5 '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. Topics: Lent II Year C; Proper 6 Year C; Proper 13 Year A Used With Tune: DAVID'S HARP
Come, O thou Traveller unknown
Before the throne of God above
Author: Charitie L. De Chenez (1841-1923) Appears in 57 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:16 Lyrics: 1 Before the throne of God above
I have a strong, a perfect plea,
a great High Priest, whose name is Love,
who ever lives and pleads for me.
My name is graven on his hands,
my name is written on his heart:
I know that while in heaven he stands
no tongue can bid me thence depart.
2 When Satan tempts me to despair,
and tells me of the guilt within,
upward I look, and see him there
who made an end of all my sin.
Because the sinless Saviour died,
my sinful soul is counted free;
for God the just is satisfied
to look on him and pardon me.
3 Behold him there! the risen Lamb,
my perfect, spotless righteousness,
the great unchangeable I AM,
the King of glory and of grace!
One with himself, I cannot die;
my soul is purchased by his blood;
my life is hid with Christ on high,
with Christ my Saviour and my God. Topics: Christ Risen Reign and Priesthood; Assurance; Salvation and Redemption; Temptation Used With Tune: BEFORE THE THRONE OF GOD ABOVE
Before the throne of God above
"Can a mother forget!"
Author: Anne Steele Appears in 46 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:14 First Line: A mother may forgetful be Lyrics: 1 A mother may forgetful be,
For human love is frail;
But thy Creator's love to thee,
O Zion, cannot fail.
2 No: thy dear name engraven stands,
In characters of love,
On thine almighty Father's hands,
And never shall remove.
3 Before his ever-watchful eye
Thy mournful state appears,
And every groan, and every sigh,
Divine compassion hears.
4 O Zion, learn to doubt no more,
Be every fear suppressed;
Unchanging truth, and love, and power,
Dwell in thy Saviour's breast. Topics: Church Beloved of God; Church Missions of; Church Triumph of; Church Work of Used With Tune: OAKSVILLE
"Can a mother forget!"
Loving Spirit
Author: Shirley Erena Murray, 1931- Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 24 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:5 First Line: Loving Spirit, loving Spirit Lyrics: 1 Loving Spirit, loving Spirit,
you have chosen me to be --
you have drawn me to your wonder,
you have set your sign on me.
2 Like a mother you enfold me,
hold my life within your own,
feed me with your very body,
form me of your flesh and bone.
3 Like a father you protect me,
teach me the discerning eye,
hoist me up upon your shoulder,
let me see the world from high.
4 Friend and lover, in your closeness
I am known and held and blessed:
in your promise is my comfort,
in your presence I may rest.
5 Loving Spirit, loving Spirit,
you have chosen me to be --
you have drawn me to your wonder,
you have set your sign on me. Used With Tune: OMNI DIE
Loving Spirit
Isaiah 49:13-17: Ye heav'ns send forth your song of praise!
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 8 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:13-17 First Line: Ye heav'ns send forth your song of praise! Lyrics:
Ye heav’ns send forth your song of praise!
earth, raise your voice below!
Let hills and mountains join the hymn,
and joy through nature flow.
Behold how gracious is our God!
hear the consoling strains,
In which he cheers our drooping hearts,
and mitigates our pains.
Cease ye, when days of darkness come,
in sad dismay to mourn,
As if the Lord could leave his saints
forsaken or forlorn.
Can the fond mother e’er forget
the infant whom she bore?
And can its plaintive cries be heard,
nor move compassion more?
She may forget: nature may fail
a parent’s heart to move;
But Sion on my heart shall dwell
in everlasting love.
Full in my sight, upon my hands
I have engraved her name:
My hands shall build her ruined walls,
and raise her broken frame.
Isaiah 49:13-17: Ye heav'ns send forth your song of praise!
Zion stands with hills surrounded
Author: Kelly Appears in 397 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:15 Lyrics: 1 Zion stands with hills surrounded--
Zion, kept by power divine;
All her foes shall be confounded,
Though the world in arms combine.
Happy Zion,
What a favored lot is thine!
2 Every human tie may perish;
Friend to friend unfaithful prove;
Mothers cease their own to cherish;
Heaven and earth at last remove;
But no changes
Can attend Jehovah's love.
3 In the furnace God may prove thee,
Thence to bring thee forth more bright,
But can never cease to love thee;
Thou art precious in his sight:
God is with thee--
God, thine everlasting light. Topics: The Christian Church The Sanctuary; God the Defense of Zion
Zion stands with hills surrounded
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
Author: Thomas O. Chisholm, 1866-1960 Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Appears in 185 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:7 First Line: Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father Refrain First Line: Great is thy faithfulness! Lyrics: 1 Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father,
there is no shadow of turning with thee;
thou changest not, thy compassions they fail not;
as thou has been thou forever wilt be.
Refrain:
Great is thy faithfulness!
Great is thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
all I have needed thy hand hath provided--
great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
2 Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest,
sun, moon and stars in their courses above
join with all nature in manifold witness
to thy great faithfulness, mercy and love. [Refrain]
3 Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
thy own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside! [Refrain] Used With Tune: FAITHFULNESS
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
Now let our cheerful eyes survey
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 142 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:16 Topics: The Christian Privileges
Now let our cheerful eyes survey
A little child the Saviour came
Author: William Robertson (1820-1864) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 54 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:15-16 Lyrics: 1 A little child the Saviour came,
the mighty God was still his name,
and angels worshipped as he lay
the seeming infant of a day.
2 He who, a little child, began
to show the world God's loving plan,
proclaims from heaven the message free,
'Let little children come to me.'
3 We bring them, Lord, and with the sign
of sprinkled water name them thine:
their souls with saving grace endow;
baptize them with thy Spirit now.
4 O give thine angels charge, good Lord,
them safely in thy way to guard;
thy blessing on their lives command,
and write their names upon thy hand.
5 O thou, who by an infant's tongue
dost hear thy perfect glory sung,
may these, with all the heavenly host,
praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Topics: The Holy Spirit The Church Celebrates - Holy Baptism; Angels; Children Used With Tune: COMMANDMENTS
A little child the Saviour came
We Are Marching in the Light of God (Siyahamba)
Meter: Irregular Appears in 37 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:1-6 First Line: We are marching in the light of God (Siyahamb' ekukhanyen' kwenkhos') Topics: Epiphany Used With Tune: SIYAHAMBA Text Sources: South African
We Are Marching in the Light of God (Siyahamba)
God is Love, let heaven adore him
Author: Timothy Rees (1874-1939) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 33 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:13 Topics: The Being of God Holy and One; The Church Celebrates Death and Grieving; Children; God Love of; Suffering Used With Tune: ECCE, DEUS
God is Love, let heaven adore him
The Latter Day Glory
Author: Timothy Dwight Appears in 28 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:16 First Line: Lord of all worlds, incline thy bounteous ear Lyrics: 1 Lord of all worlds, incline thy bounteous ear,
Thy children's voice, in tender mercy, hear;
Bear thy blest promise, fixed as hills, in mind,
And shed renewing grace on lost mankind!
2 Let Zion's walls before thee ceaseless stand,
Dear as thine eye, and graven on thy hand;
From earth's far regions Jacob's sons restore,
Oppressed by man, and scourged by thee no more.
3 Then shall mankind no more in darkness mourn,
Then happy nations in a day be born;
From east to west thy glorious name be one,
And one pure worship hail the eternal Son.
4 Then shall thy saints exult with joy divine;
Their virtues quicken, and their lives refine;
Heaven o'er the world unfold a brighter day,
And Jesus spread his reign from sea to sea! Topics: Christ Lord of all; Church Missions of; Church Triumph of; Church Work of Used With Tune: SAVANNAH
The Latter Day Glory
Wash, O God, Our Sons and Daughters
Author: Ruth Duck, b. 1947 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 19 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:13-16 Topics: Holy Baptism Used With Tune: BEACH SPRING
Wash, O God, Our Sons and Daughters
Christ the Lord Is Risen Today!
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 7.7.7.7 with alleluia Appears in 1,177 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:13 First Line: "Christ the Lord is risen today!" Lyrics: 1 "Christ the Lord is risen today!" Alleluia!
All creation, join to say: Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia!
Sing, O heavens, and earth reply, Alleluia!
2 Love’s redeeming work is done, Alleluia!
Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia!
Death in vain forbids him rise, Alleluia!
Christ has opened paradise. Alleluia!
3 Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia!
Where, O death, is now your sting? Alleluia!
Jesus died, our souls to save, Alleluia!
Where your victory, O grave? Alleluia!
4 Hail the Lord of earth and heaven! Alleluia!
Praise to you by both be given, Alleluia!
Every knee to you shall bow, Alleluia!
Risen Christ, triumphant now. Alleluia! Topics: Christian Year Easter Vigil; Christian Year Resurrection/Easter; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Christian Year Easter Used With Tune: LLANFAIR
Christ the Lord Is Risen Today!
Arise, My Soul, Arise
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 885 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:16 Lyrics: 1 Arise, my soul, arise,
Shake off thy guilty fears;
The bleeding Sacrifice
In my behalf appears;
Before the throne my Surety stands,
My name is written on His hands.
2 He ever lives above,
For me to intercede;
His all-redeeming love,
His precious blood to plead;
His blood atoned for all our race,
And sprinkles now the throne of grace.
3 Five bleeding wounds He bears,
Received on Calvary;
They pour effectual prayers,
They strongly speak for me:
"Forgive him, O forgive," they cry,
"Nor let that ransomed sinner die!"
4 The Father hears Him pray,
His dear Anointed One;
He cannot turn away
The presence of His Son:
His Spirit answers to the blood,
And tells me I am born of God.
5 My God is reconciled,
His pardoning voice I hear:
He owns me for His child,
I can no longer fear:
With confidence I now draw nigh,
And "Father, Abba Father!" cry.
Amen. Topics: Church Year Ascension; Ascension; Atonement; Blood of Christ; Names and Office of Christ Anointed; Names and Office of Christ Intercessor; Names and Office of Christ Sacrifice; Names and Office of Christ Surety; Sin Forgiveness of Used With Tune: ST. GODRIC
Arise, My Soul, Arise
Praise the Lord, his glories show, Alleluia!
Author: Henry Francis Lyte (1793-1847) Meter: 7.7.7.7 with alleluias Appears in 158 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:13 Lyrics: 1 Praise the Lord, his glories show, Alleluia!
saints within his courts below, Alleluia!
angels round the throne above, Alleluia!
all that see and share his love, Alleluia!
2 Earth to heaven, and heaven to earth, Alleluia!
tell his wonders, sing his worth; Alleluia!
age to age and shore to shore, Alleluia!
praise him, praise him evermore! Alleluia!
3 Praise the Lord, his mercies trace; Alleluia!
praise his providence and grace, Alleluia!
all that he for us has done, Alleluia!
all he sends us through his Son. Alleluia!
4 Strings and voices, hands and hearts, Alleluia!
in the concert, bear your parts; Alleluia!
all that breathe, your Lord adore, Alleluia!
praise him, praise him evermore. Alleluia! Topics: The Living God The Activity of God - God in creation; The Activity of God God in creation; Adoration Of God; God in grace and mercy; Music and Song; Providence Used With Tune: LLANFAIR
Praise the Lord, his glories show, Alleluia!
O Jesu Christe wahreslicht
Author: J. Heermann, 1585-1647 Appears in 88 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:6 Topics: Gebetlieder
O Jesu Christe wahreslicht
Jesus, Remember Me
Appears in 57 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:8-23 Topics: Meditation; Sunday of the Passion; Jesus Christ Used With Tune: JESUS, REMEMBER ME
Jesus, Remember Me
Hills of the north, rejoice
Author: Charles Ernest Oakley, 1832-1865 Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 53 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:13 Topics: The Promised Christ: Advent Used With Tune: LITTLE CORNARD Text Sources: Editors of English Praise also authors
Hills of the north, rejoice
Jesus ist kommen, grund ewiger freude!
Author: Freylinghausen Appears in 26 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:6 Topics: Advent
Jesus ist kommen, grund ewiger freude!
God of day and God of darkness
Author: Marty Haugen (b. 1950) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 12 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:15-16 Topics: The Living God Our Response to God - in the morning and evening; God names and imags of Used With Tune: JOEL
God of day and God of darkness
Womb of Life and Source of Being
Author: Ruth C. Duck (1947-) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 10 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:8-23 Topics: Eucharist; God, maternal images; Jesus, the Priest; Praise of God; Trinity Used With Tune: LADUE CHAPEL
Womb of Life and Source of Being
In Christ There Is No East or West
Author: Michael A. Perry Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 7 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:12 Lyrics: 1 In Christ there is no east or west,
in him no pride of birth;
the chosen family God has blessed
now spans the whole wide earth.
2 For God in Christ has made us one
from every land and race;
he reconciled us through his Son
and met us with his grace.
3 It is by grace we are assured
that we belong to him;
the love we share in Christ our Lord,
the Spirit works within.
4 So, brothers, sisters, praise his name
who died to set us free
from sin, division, hate, and shame,
from spite and enmity.
5 In Christ there is no east or west
he breaks all barriers down;
by Christ redeemed, by Christ possessed,
in Christ we live as one.
Topics: Election; Church and Mission; Church; Election; Grace; Holy Spirit; Missions; Nation Used With Tune: MC KEE Text Sources: John Oxenham, 1905, after a line by
In Christ There Is No East or West
Lord, When I Came into This Life
Author: Fred Kaan Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 6 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:1-3 Lyrics: 1 Lord, when I came into this life
you called me by my name;
today I come, commit myself,
responding to your claim.
2 Within the circle of the faith,
as member of your cast,
I take my place with all the saints
of future, present, past.
3 In all the tensions of my life,
between my faith and doubt,
let your great Spirit give me hope,
sustain me, lead me out.
4 So help me in my unbelief
and let my life be true:
feet firmly planted on the earth,
my sights set high on you.
Topics: Commitment; Community in Christ; Dedication; Dedication and Stewardship; Gift of the Holy Spirit; Hope; Ordination/Installation; Stewardship Used With Tune: LAND OF REST
Lord, When I Came into This Life
Jauchzet, ihr himmel, Jehovah hat alles vollendet!
Author: E. G. Woltersdorf, 1725-1761 Appears in 4 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:13 Topics: Weihnacht
Jauchzet, ihr himmel, Jehovah hat alles vollendet!
"Fear Not"
Author: George Keith Appears in 2,131 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:14 First Line: How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord! Lyrics: 1 How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord!
Is laid for your faith in his excellent word!
What more can he say, than to you he hath said,--
To you, who for refuge to Jesus have fled?
2 "Fear not, I am with thee, oh, be not dismayed,
For I am thy God, I will still give thee aid;
I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand,
Upheld by my gracious, omnipotent hand.
3 "When through the deep waters I call thee to go,
The rivers of sorrow shall not overflow;
For I will be with thee thy trouble to bless,
And sanctify, to thee thy deepest distress.
4 "When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie,
My grace, all-sufficient, shall be thy supply;
The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design
Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine.
5 "Ev'n down to old age all my people shall prove
My sovereign, eternal, unchangeable love;
And then, when gray hairs shall their temples adorn,
Like lambs they shall still in my bosom be borne.
6 "The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose,
I will not--I will not desert to his foes;
That soul--though all hell should endeavor to shake,
I'll never--no never--no never forsake!" Topics: Ark of God; Christians Encouragements; Comfort; Courage; Covenant Divine Used With Tune: PORTUGUESE HYMN
"Fear Not"
Jesus Shall Reign Where'er the Sun
Author: Isaac Watts (1674-1748) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1,801 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:1-7 Lyrics: 1 Jesus shall reign where e'er the sun
doth its successive journeys run;
his kingdom stretch from shore to shore,
till moons shall wax and wane no more.
2 People and realms of every tongue
dwell on his love with sweetest song;
and infant voices shall proclaim
their early blessings on his name.
3 Blessings abound where e'er he reigns:
the prisoners leap to lose their chains,
the weary find eternal rest,
and all who suffer want are blest.
4 Let every creature rise and bring
peculiar honours to our King;
angels descend with songs again,
and earth repeat the loud Amen. Topics: Gathering of the Community; Kingdom; Mission; Offertory; Praise of God; Reign of Christ Used With Tune: DUKE STREET
Jesus Shall Reign Where'er the Sun
My Jesus, I Love Thee
Appears in 1,084 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:2 Topics: Heaven; Love Used With Tune: [My Jesus, I love Thee]
My Jesus, I Love Thee
Hark the Glad Sound! The Saviour Comes
Author: Philip Doddridge (1702-1751) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 820 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:8-23 Lyrics: 1 Hark the glad sound! The Saviour comes,
the Saviour promised long:
let every heart prepare a throne,
and every voice a song.
2 Christ comes, the prisoners to release
in Satan's bondage held;
the gates of brass before him burst;
the iron fetters yield.
3 Christ comes, the broken heart to bind,
the bleeding soul to cure,
and from the treasuries of grace
to bless the humble poor.
4 Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace,
thy welcome shall proclaim;
and heaven's eternal arches ring
with thy beloved name. Topics: Advent; Epiphany (season) Used With Tune: BRISTOL
Hark the Glad Sound! The Saviour Comes
Consolation of Israel
Author: Hart Meter: Irregular Appears in 749 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:13 First Line: Come, thou long expected Jesus Lyrics: 1 Come, thou long expected Jesus,
Born to set thy people free;
From our Fears and Sins release us,
Let us find our rest in thee;
Israel's strength and consolation,
Hope of all the saints thou art;
Dear desire of ev'ry nation,
Joy of every longing heart.
2 Born thy people to deliver,
Born a child, and yet a king;
Born to rain in us for ever,
Now thy gracious kingdom bring:
By thine own eternal spirit,
Rule in all our hearts alone;
By thine all-sufficient merit,
Raise us to thy glorious throne.
Consolation of Israel
God bless our native land
Author: John S. Dwight, 1813-1893; Charles T. Brooks, 1813-1883; Siegfried A. Mahlmann, 1771-1826 Appears in 666 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:25 Topics: Patriotism; The Kingdom of God on Earth The Nation, Peace Used With Tune: AMERICA
God bless our native land
The wanderer recalled
Author: William B. Collyer Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 536 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:15 First Line: Return, O wanderer, return Topics: Christ Compassion of; Christ Saviour; God Father; Pardon Offered; Penitence Penitence; Sinners Exhorted; Sinners Invited; Wanderer Invited; Wanderer Restored
The wanderer recalled
God, Whose Almighty Word
Author: John Marriott, 1780-1825 Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 446 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:1-7 Topics: Healing; Jesus Christ, Light; Light; Mission; Trinity; Trust Used With Tune: MOSCOW
God, Whose Almighty Word
O'er those gloomy hills of darkness
Meter: Irregular Appears in 410 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:22 Lyrics: 1 O'er those gloomy hills of darkness
Look, my soul, be still, and gaze,
All the promises do travail
With a glorious day of grace;
Blessed Jubilee,
Let thy glorious morning dawn.
2 Let the Indian, let the negro,
Let the rude Barbaian see,
That divine and glorious conquest
Once obtain'd on Calvary;
Let the gospel
Soon resound from pole to pole.
3 Kingdoms wide that sit in darkness,
Grant them, Lord, the glorious light,
And from eastern coast to western,
May the morning chase the night;
And redemption,
Freely purchas'd, win the day.
4 May the glorious day approaching,
Thine eternal love proclaim,
And the everlasting gospel,
Spread abroad thy holy name,
O'er the borders
Of the great Immanuel's land.
5 Mighty Saviour, spread thy gospel,
Win and conquer, never cease,
May thy lasting wide dominions
Multiply and still increase;
Sway thy sceptre,
Saviour, all the world around. Topics: Kingdom and Church of Christ Missionary Hymn; Prayer for the spread of the gospel
O'er those gloomy hills of darkness
I Will Sing of My Redeemer
Author: Philip Paul Bliss (1838-1876) Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 321 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:26 Refrain First Line: Sing, O sing of my Redeemer! Topics: Book Four: Occasional Selections, Gospel Songs and Hymns; Christian Commission Edification, Encouragement, Testimony Used With Tune: MY REDEEMER
I Will Sing of My Redeemer
Rise, crowned with light, imperial Salem, rise!
Author: Alexander Pope (1688-1744) Appears in 219 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:18-22 Topics: Missions Used With Tune: MOSCOW
Rise, crowned with light, imperial Salem, rise!
The covenant
Author: William Cowper Appears in 200 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:14 First Line: Hear what God the Lord hath spoken Lyrics: 1 Hear what God the Lord hath spoken:
O my people, faint and few,
Comfortless, afflicted, broken,
Fair abodes I build for you;
Scenes of heartfelt tribulation
Shall no more perplex your ways;
You shall name your walls "Salvation,"
And your gates shall all be "Praise."
2 There, like streams that feed the garden,
Pleasures without end shall flow;
For the Lord, your faith rewarding,
All his bounty shall bestow.
Still in undisturbed possession
Peace and righteousness shall reign;
Never shall you feel oppression,
Hear the voice of war again.
3 Ye, no more your suns descending,
Waning moon no more shall see,
But, your griefs for ever ending,
Find eternal noon in me.
God shall rise, and shining o'er you,
Change to day the gloom of night;
He, the Lord, shall be your Glory,
God, your everlasting Light. Topics: Church Beloved of God; Church Institutions of; Communion of Saints At Lord's Table Used With Tune: FORMOSA
The covenant
Once to Every Man and Nation
Author: James Russell Lowell, 1819-1891 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 193 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:1-7 Topics: Justice; Martyrs; Nation and City; Peace Used With Tune: EBENEZER Text Sources: Adapt. W. Garret Horder, Hymns, Supplement to Existing Collections , 1894
Once to Every Man and Nation
Like a River Glorious
Author: Frances R. Havergal, 1836-1879 Meter: 6.5.6.5 D with refrain Appears in 153 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:16 Refrain First Line: Stayed upon Jehovah Lyrics: 1 Like a river glorious
is God's perfect peace,
over all victorious
in its bright increase:
perfect, yet it floweth
fuller every day,
perfect, yet it groweth
deeper all the way.
Refrain:
Stayed upon Jehovah,
hearts are fully blest,
finding, as he promised,
perfect peace and rest.
2 Hidden in the hollow
of his blessed hand,
never foe can follow,
never traitor stand;
not a surge of worry,
not a shade of care,
not a blast of hurry
touch the spirit there. [Refrain]
3 Every joy or trial
falleth from above,
traced upon the dial
by the Sun of Love;
we may trust him fully
all for us to do;
those who trust him wholly
find him wholly true. [Refrain] Topics: Promise & Hope Used With Tune: WYE VALLEY
Like a River Glorious
Afflicted Saint, to Christ Draw Near
Author: John Fawcett, 1740-1817; Constance Dever, b. 1960 Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain Appears in 152 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 49:13 Refrain First Line: So, sing with joy, afflicted one Topics: Church Militant Used With Tune: AFFLICTED SAINT
Afflicted Saint, to Christ Draw Near
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