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Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,872 hymnals Topics: Advent 2 Year A; Advent 2 Year C 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,
nevermore 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.
Used With Tune: HYFRYDOL
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
O come, O come, Emmanuel
Author: John Mason Neale, 1818-1866 Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain Appears in 513 hymnals Topics: Year A Advent 2 Refrain First Line: Rejoice, rejoice! Lyrics: 1 O come, O come, Emmanuel,
and ransom captive Israel,
that mourns in lonely exile here,
until the Son of God appear.
Refrain:
Rejoice, rejoice!
Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.
2 O come, thou rod of Jesse, free
thine own from Satan's tyranny;
from depths of hell thy people save,
and give them vict'ry o'er the grave. [Refrain]
3 O come, thou dayspring, come and cheer
our spirits by thine advent here;
disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
and death's dark shadows put to flight. [Refrain]
4 O come, thou key of David, come
and open wide our heav'nly home;
make safe the way that leads on high,
and close the path to misery. [Refrain]
5 O come, O come, thou Lord of might,
who to thy tribes on Sinai's height
in ancient times didst give the Law
in cloud and majesty and awe. [Refrain] Scripture: Exodus 19 Used With Tune: VENI EMMANEUL Text Sources: "Great O Antiphons" (12th-13th century)
O come, O come, Emmanuel
On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry
Author: Charles Coffin, 1676-1749; John Chandler, 1818-1876 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 232 hymnals Topics: Year A Advent 2; Year B Advent 2; Year C Advent 2 Lyrics: 1 On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry
announces that the Lord is nigh;
awake, and hearken, for he brings
glad tidings of the King of kings.
2 Then cleansed be ev'ry breath from sin:
make straight the way for God within;
prepare we in our hearts a home,
where such a mighty guest may come.
3 For thou art our salvation, Lord,
our refuge and our great reward;
without thy grace we waste away,
like flowe'rs that wither and decay.
4 To heal the sick stretch out thine hand,
and bid the fallen sinner stand;
shine forth and let thy light restore
earth's own true loveliness once more.
5 All praise, eternal Son, to thee
whose advent doth thy people free,
whom with the Father we adore
and Holy Ghost for evermore.
Scripture: Isaiah 40:7-9 Used With Tune: WINCHESTER NEW
On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry
Lord, thy word abideth
Author: Henry Williams Baker, 1821-1877 Meter: 6.6.6.6 Appears in 204 hymnals Topics: Year B Advent 2 Lyrics: 1 Lord, thy word abideth,
and our footsteps guideth;
who its truth believeth
light and joy receiveth.
2 When our foes are near us,
then thy word doth cheer us,
word of consolation,
message of salvation.
3 When the storms are o'er us,
and dark clouds before us,
then its light directeth,
and our way protecteth.
4 Who can tell the pleasure,
who recount the treasure,
by thy word imparted
to the simple-hearted?
5 Word of mercy, giving
succour to the living;
word of life, supplying
comfort to the dying.
6 O that we, discerning
its most holy learning,
Lord, may love and fear thee,
evermore be near thee. Scripture: 1 Peter 1:25 Used With Tune: RAVENSHAW
Lord, thy word abideth
Angels, from the Realms of Glory
Author: James Montgomery Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 769 hymnals Topics: Advent 2 Year C Refrain First Line: come and worship, come and worship Lyrics: 1 Angels, from the realms of glory,
wing your flight o'er all the earth;
ye, who sang creation's story,
now proclaim Messiah's birth:
come and worship, come and worship,
worship Christ, the new-born King.
2 Shepherds in the field abiding,
watching o'er your flocks by night,
God with us is now residing,
yonder shines the infant Light:
come and worship, come and worship,
worship Christ, the new-born King.
3 Sages, leave your contemplations;
brighter visions beam afar;
seek the great desire of nations;
ye have seen his natal star:
come and worship, come and worship,
worship Christ, the new-born King.
4 Saints before the altar bending,
watching long in hope and fear,
suddenly the Lord, descending,
in his temple shall appear:
come and worship, come and worship,
worship Christ, the new-born King. Used With Tune: REGENT SQUARE
Angels, from the Realms of Glory
O Christ, the Word Incarnate
Author: Willaim Walsham How; R. Gerald Hobbs Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 487 hymnals Topics: Advent 2 Year A Lyrics: 1 O Christ, the Word incarnate,
O wisdom from on high,
O truth unchanged, unchanging,
O light of our dark sky:
we praise you for the radiance
that from the hallowed page,
a lantern to our footsteps,
shines on from age to age.
2 Your people hold this treasure
from you, its source divine,
a light that to all ages
throughout the earth will shine;
it is the chart and compass
that all life's voyage through,
mid mists and rocks and tempest,
still guides, O Christ, to you.
3 O make your church, dear Saviour,
a lamp of purest gold,
to bear before the nations
your true light as of old;
O teach your wandering pilgrims
by this their path to trace,
till, cloud and darkness ended,
they see you face to face. Used With Tune: MUNICH
O Christ, the Word Incarnate
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
Author: Theodore Baker, 1851-1934 Meter: 7.6.7.6.6.7.6 Appears in 102 hymnals Topics: Advent 2, Year A Lyrics: 1 Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming
From tender stem hath sprung!
Of Jesse's lineage coming
As seers of old have sung.
It came, a blossom bright,
Amid the cold of winter,
When half spent was the night.
2 Isaiah 'twas foretold it,
The Rose I have in mind,
With Mary we behold it,
The Virgin Mother kind.
To show God's love aright
She bore to us a Savior,
When half spent was the night.
3 O Flower, whose fragrance tender
With sweetness fills the air,
Dispel in glorious splendor
The darkness ev'rywhere;
True man, yet very God,
From sin and death now save us,
And share our ev'ry load. Scripture: Isaiah 11:1 Used With Tune: ES IST EIN' ROS' ENTSPRUNGEN Text Sources: Speier Gebetbuch, 1599; Tr. st 3.: The Hymnal, 1940
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending
Author: Charles Wesley; John Cennick; Martin Madan Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.7 Appears in 770 hymnals Topics: Advent 2 Year A Lyrics: 1 Lo, he comes with clouds descending,
see the Lamb for sinners slain!
Thousand thousand saints attending
join to sing the glad refrain:
hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!
God appears on earth to reign.
2 Every eye shall now behold you,
robed in awesome majesty;
all who jeered, and mocked, and sold you,
pierced, and nailed you to the tree,
deeply grieving, deeply grieving, deeply grieving,
shall the true Messiah see.
3 Now redemption, long expected
see in pomp appear;
all the saints, by us rejected,
thrill the trumpet sound to hear:
hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!
See the day of God appear!
4 Yea! Amen! Let all adore you,
high on your eternal throne;
crowns and empires fall before you,
claim the kingdom for your own:
O come quickly! O come quickly! O come quickly!
Everlasting Christ, come down. Used With Tune: HELMSLEY
Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
Author: Edith M. G. Reed Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7.7 Appears in 96 hymnals Topics: Advent 2 Year B Lyrics: 1 Infant holy, infant lowly,
for his bed a cattle-stall;
oxen lowing, little knowing
Christ the babe is Lord of all.
Swift are winging angels singing,
noels ringing, tidings bringing:
Christ the babe is Lord for all,
Christ the babe is Lord for all.
2 Flocks were sleeping, shepherds keeping
vigil till the morning new
saw the glory, heard the story,
tidings of a gospel true.
Thus rejoicing, free from sorrow,
praises voicing, greet the morrow:
Christ the babe was born for you,
Christ the babe was born for you. Used With Tune: W ŻŁOBIE LEŻY Text Sources: Polish carol
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
How firm a foundation, you people of God
Author: R. Keen (c.1787) Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 2,157 hymnals Topics: Advent 2 The Word of God in the Old Testament Used With Tune: MONTGOMERY
How firm a foundation, you people of God
From Heaven Above to Earth I Come
Author: Martin Luther; Catherine Winkworth Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 147 hymnals Topics: Advent 2 Year A Used With Tune: VOM HIMMEL HOCH
From Heaven Above to Earth I Come
Thy kingdom come!
Author: Frederick Lucian Hosmer, 1840-1929 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 102 hymnals Topics: Year B Advent 2 First Line: Thy kingdom come! on bended knee 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 in might,
and ev'ry hurt 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. Scripture: Luke 11:2-4 Used With Tune: IRISH
Thy kingdom come!
Christ, whose glory fills the skies
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 476 hymnals Topics: Year C Advent 2 Lyrics: 1 Christ, whose glory fills the skies,
Christ, the true, the only light,
Sun of Righteousness, arise,
triumph o'er the shades of night;
Dayspring from on high, be near;
Daystar, in my heart appear.
2 Dark and cheerless is the morn
unaccompanied by thee;
joyless is the day's return,
till thy mercy's beams I see,
till they inward light impart,
glad my eyes, and warm my heart.
3 Visit then this soul of mine,
pierce the gloom of sin and grief;
fill me, radiancy divine,
scatter all my unbelief;
more and more thyself display,
shining to the perfect day.
Scripture: Isaiah 14:12 Used With Tune: RATISBON
Christ, whose glory fills the skies
Psalm 85: Lord, Let Us See Your Kindness
Author: Scott Soper Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: Advent 2 Year B First Line: I will hear what the Lord proclaims Refrain First Line: Lord, let us see your kindness Scripture: Psalm 85:9-13 Used With Tune: [I will hear what the Lord proclaims]
Psalm 85: Lord, Let Us See Your Kindness
Jesus, where'er thy people meet
Author: William Cowper, 1731-1800 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 516 hymnals Topics: Opening Hymn; Year A Easter 2; Year B Advent 1; Year B Easter 2; Year B Easter 4; Year C Easter 2 Lyrics: 1 Jesus, where'er thy people meet,
there they behold thy mercy-seat;
where'er they seek thee thou art found,
and every place is hallowed ground.
2 For thou, within no walls confined,
inhabitest the humble mind;
such ever bring thee when they come,
and, going, take thee to their home.
3 Dear Shepherd of thy chosen few,
thy former mercies here renew;
here to our waiting hearts proclaim
the sweetness of thy saving name.
4 Here may we prove the pow'r of prayer
to strengthen faith and sweeten care,
to teach our faint desires to rise,
and bring all heaven before our eyes.
5 Lord, we are few, but thou art near;
nor short thine arm, nor deaf thine ear:
O rend the heav'ns, come quickly down,
and make a thousand hearts thine own.
Scripture: Hebrews 9:5 Used With Tune: WAREHAM
Jesus, where'er thy people meet
Jesu, lover of my soul
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788r Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 3,242 hymnals Topics: Protection; Year A Easter 2; Year A Easter 5; Year A Epiphany 4; Year A Proper 21; Year A Proper 4; Year B Lent 1; Year C Advent 1; Year C Proper 10; Year C Proper 21; Year C Proper 7; Years A, B, and C Monday of Holy Week Lyrics: 1 Jesu, lover of my soul,
let me to thy bosom fly,
while the gath'ring waters roll,
while the tempest still is high;
hide me, O my Saviour, hide,
till the storm of life is past;
safe into the haven guide,
O receive my soul at last.
2 Other refuge have I none,
hangs my helpless soul on thee;
leave, ah, leave me not alone,
still support and comfort me.
All my trust on thee is stayed,
all my help from thee I bring;
cover my defenceless head
with the shadow of thy wing.
3 Plenteous grace with thee is found,
grace to cleanse from ev'ry sin;
let the healing streams abound,
make and keep me pure within.
Thou of life the fountain art,
freely let me take of thee,
spring thou up within my heart,
rise to all eternity. Scripture: John 4:14 Used With Tune: HOLLINGSIDE
Jesu, lover of my soul
Comfort, Comfort O My People
Author: Catherine Winkworth; Johannes Olearius Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7.8.8 Appears in 128 hymnals Topics: Year B Advent 2 Lyrics: 1 "Comfort, comfort O my people,
tell of peace," thus says our God;
Comfort those whose hearts are shrouded,
mourning under sorrow’s load.
Speak unto Jerusalem
of the peace that waits for them;
Tell them that their sins I cover,
and their warfare now is over.
2 For the herald’s voice is calling
in the desert far and near,
Bidding us to make repentance
since the realm of God is here.
Oh, that warning cry obey!
Now prepare for God a way;
Let the valleys rise in meeting
and the hills bow down in greeting.
3 Straight shall be what long was crooked,
and the rougher places plain!
Let your hearts be true and humble,
for Messiah's holy reign.
For God's glory evermore
shall be known o'er all the world;
And all flesh shall see the token
that God's word is never broken. Scripture: Isaiah 40:1-8 Used With Tune: PSALM 42 (FREU DICH SEHR)
Comfort, Comfort O My People
Jesu, priceless treasure
Author: Johann Franck, 1618-1677 Meter: 6.6.5.6.6.5.7.8.6 Appears in 134 hymnals Topics: Faith, Trust and Commitment; Year A Easter 2; Year A Easter 3; Year B Proper 3; Year B Second Sunday Before Advent; Year C Proper 7; Year C Proper 8 Lyrics: 1 Jesu, priceless treasure,
source of purest pleasure,
truest friend to me;
ah, how long I've panted,
and my heart hath fainted,
thirsting, Lord, for thee!
Thine I am, O spotless Lamb,
I will let no other hide thee,
naught I ask beside thee.
2 Hence, all fear and sadness,
for the Lord of gladness,
Jesus, enters in;
they who love the Father,
though the storms may gather,
still have peace within;
yea, whate'er I here must bear,
still in thee lies purest pleasure,
Jesu, priceless treasure. Scripture: 1 Peter 1:19 Used With Tune: JESU, MEINE FREUDE
Jesu, priceless treasure
Lord of our life, and God of our salvation
Author: Philip Pusey, 1799-1855; Matthäus Appelles von Löwenstern, 1594-1648 Meter: 11.11.11.5 Appears in 220 hymnals Topics: Grace and Providence; Lent; Protection; Year A Advent 1; Year A Baptism of Christ; Year A Dedication Festival; Year A Proper 2; Year A Proper 21; Year B Baptism of Christ; Year B Dedication Festival; Year B Epiphany 3; Year B Lent 1; Year B Trinity Sunday; Year C Advent 1; Year C Baptism of Christ; Year C Dedication Festival; Year C Proper 10; Year C Proper 12; Years A, B, and C Ash Wednesday Lyrics: 1 Lord of our life, and God of our salvation,
star of our night, and hope of ev'ry nation,
hear and receive thy Church's supplication,
Lord God almighty.
2 Lord, thou canst help when earthly armor faith,
Lord, thou canst save when deadly sin assaileth;
Christ, o'er thy rock nor death nor hell prevaileth;
grant us thy peace, Lord.
3 Peace in our hearts, our evil thoughts assuaging;
peace in thy church, where people are engaging;
peace, when the world its busy war is waging;
calm all our raging.
4 Grant us thy grace through trial and temptation,
grant us thy truth, thy promise of salvation,
grant us thy peace in every heart and nations,
and in thy heaven. Scripture: Colossians 3:3 Used With Tune: ISTE CONFESSOR Text Sources: Based on the German of Löwenstern
Lord of our life, and God of our salvation
Rejoice, the Lord Is King
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 743 hymnals Topics: The Christian Year Reign of Christ; Adoration and Praise; Assurance; Christian Year Christ the King/Reign of Christ; Heaven(s)/Paradise; Hope; Jesus Christ Ascension and Reign; Jesus Christ Exaltation; Jesus Christ Images of; Jesus Christ Kingship, Conqueror; Jesus Christ Praise; Jesus Christ Reign; Jesus Christ Saviour; Jesus Christ Second Coming; Joy; Judgment; Kingdom of God; Processionals (Opening of Worship); Responses Antiphonal; Saints; Salvation; Second Coming; Thankfulness; Worship; Christmas Day 2 Year A; Easter 6 Year A; Proper 21 Year A; Reign of Christ Year A; Epiphany 4 Year B; Epiphany 8 Year B; Proper 5 Year B; Proper 6 Year B; Proper 12 Year B; Proper 27 Year B; Reign of Christ Year B; Advent 1 Year C; Advent 3 Year C; Epiphany 6 Year C; Easter 2 Year C; Proper 5 Year C; Proper 13 Year C; Reign of Christ Year C; Thanksgiving Year C; Easter Evening Year ABC First Line: Rejoice, the Lord is King! Lyrics: 1 Rejoice, the Lord is King!
Your risen Lord adore!
Rejoice, give thanks and sing
and triumph evermore:
Refrain:
Lift up your heart, lift up your voice;
rejoice; again I say, rejoice!
2 Jesus the Saviour reigns,
the God of truth and love;
when he had purged our sins,
he took his seat above. [Refrain]
3 God's kingdom cannot fail;
Christ rules o'er earth and heaven;
the keys of death and hell
are to our Jesus given. [Refrain]
4 Rejoice in glorious hope,
for Christ, the Judge, shall come
to glorify the saints
for their eternal home:
We then shall hear the archangel's voice;
the trump of God shall sound, rejoice! Used With Tune: DARWALL
Rejoice, the Lord Is King
Hark, a Thrilling Voice Is Sounding!
Author: E. Caswall, 1814-78 Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 136 hymnals Topics: Advent 2 First Line: Hark, a thrilling voice is sounding Lyrics: 1 Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding!
"Christ is nigh," we hear it say.
"Cast away the works of darkness;
O ye children of the day!"
2 Wakened by the solemn warning,
Let the earth-bound soul arise;
All the pow'rs of darkness vanish;
Christ, our Daystar, mounts the skies.
3 Lo, the Lamb, so long-expected,
Comes with pardon down from heav'n.
Let us haste, with tears of sorrow,
One and all, to be forgiv'n.
4 That, when next He comes with glory
And the world is wrapped in fear,
He with shield us with His mercy
And with words of love draw near.
5 Honor, glory, might, dominion
To the Father and the Son
With the everlasting Spirit
While eternal ages run!
Used With Tune: MERTON Text Sources: Latin hymn, c. 6th century
Hark, a Thrilling Voice Is Sounding!
Crown him with many crowns
Author: Matthew Bridges Appears in 803 hymnals Topics: Year A Advent 2 Lyrics: 1 Crown him with many crowns,
the Lamb upon his throne;
hark, how the heav'nly anthem drowns
all music but its own:
awake, my soul, and sing
of him who died for thee,
and hail him as thy matchless King
through all eternity.
2 Crown him the Virgin's Son,
the God incarnate born,
whose arm those crimson trophies won
which now his brow adorn:
Fruit of the mystic Rose,
as of that Rose the Stem;
the Root, whence mercy ever flows,
the Babe of Bethlehem.
3 Crown him the Lord of love;
behold his hands and side,
those wounds, yet visible above
in beauty glorified:
no angel in the sky
can fully bear that sight,
but downward bends his burning eye
at mysteries so bright.
4 Crown him the Lord of peace,
whose pow'r a sceptre sways
from pole to pole, that wars may cease,
absorbed in prayer and praise:
his reign shall know no end,
and round his piercèd feet
fair flow'rs of paradise extend
their fragrance ever sweet.
5 Crown him the Lord of years,
the Potentate of time,
Creator of the rolling spheres,
ineffably sublime.
All hail, Redeemer, hail!
for thou hast died for me;
thy praise shall never, never fail
throughout eternity. Scripture: Daniel 7:9 Used With Tune: DIADEMATA
Crown him with many crowns
O Love, How Deep
Author: Benjamin Webb Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 139 hymnals Topics: Advent 2 Year B First Line: O Love, how deep, how broad, how high! Lyrics: 1 O Love, how deep, how broad, how high!
It fills the heart with ecstasy,
that God, in Jesus Christ, should take
our mortal form for mortals' sake.
2 God sent no angel to our race
of higher or of lower place,
but wore the robe of human frame,
and freely to this lost world came.
3 For us he was baptized, and bore
a holy fast, and hungered sore;
for us temptations sharply knew;
for us the tempter overthrew.
4 For us he prayed; for us he taught;
for us great daily works were wrought,
by words, and signs, and actions, thus
still seeking not himself, but us.
5 For us to wicked foes betrayed,
scourged, mocked, in purple robe arrayed,
he bore the shameful cross and death;
for us at length gave up his breath.
6 For us he rose from death again,
for us he went on high to reign,
for us he sent his Spirit here
to guide, to strengthen, and to cheer.
7 To God whose boundless love has won
salvation for us through the Son,
to God all praise and glory be
both now and through eternity. Used With Tune: PUER NOBIS NASCITUR Text Sources: Latin, 15th century
O Love, How Deep
In Christ There Is No East or West
Author: John Oxenham Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 332 hymnals Topics: Advent 2 Year C Lyrics: 1 In Christ there is no east or west,
in him no south or north,
but one great family of love
throughout the whole wide earth.
2 In him shall true hearts everywhere
their high communion find;
his service is the golden cord
close binding humankind.
3 Join hands, then, peoples 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 Christ-like souls are one in him
throughout the whole wide earth. Used With Tune: MCKEE
In Christ There Is No East or West
The Lord will come and not be slow
Author: John Milton, 1608-1674 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 98 hymnals Topics: Year B Advent 2 Lyrics: 1 The Lord will come and not be slow,
his footsteps cannot err;
before him righteousness shall go,
his royal harbinger.
2 Truth from the earth, like to a flow'r,
shall bud and blossom free;
and justice, from her heav'nly bow'r,
bless all humanity.
3 The nations all whom thou hast made
shall come, and all shall frame
to bow them low before thee, Lord,
and glorify thy name.
4 For great thou art, and wonders great
by thy strong hand are done:
thou in thy everlasting seat
remainest God alone. Scripture: Psalm 82 Used With Tune: ST STEPHEN
The Lord will come and not be slow
Dear Christ, uplifted from the earth
Author: Brian A. Wren, b. 1936 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 15 hymnals Topics: Year A Advent 2 Scripture: John 12:32-33 Used With Tune: WINCHCOMBE
Dear Christ, uplifted from the earth
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
Author: Thomas O. Chisholm Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Appears in 191 hymnals Topics: Advent 2 Year A First Line: Great is thy faithfulness, God our Creator Refrain First Line: Great is thy faithfulness! Lyrics: 1 Great is thy faithfulness, God our Creator,
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, ever to 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,
thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide,
strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow --
wondrous the portion thy blessings provide. [Refrain] Used With Tune: FAITHFULNESS
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Lorsque les mortels, en silence frémiront)
Author: Gerard Moultrie; G. de Lioncourt Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 175 hymnals Topics: Advent 2 Year C Lyrics: 1 Let all mortal flesh keep silence,
and with awe and reverence stand;
ponder nothing earthly minded,
for with blessing in his hand
Christ our God to us approacheth
our full homage to demand.
2 King of kings, yet born of Mary,
as of old on earth he stood,
Lord of lords, in human vesture,
in the body and the blood,
he will give to all the faithful
his own self for heavenly food.
3 Rank on rank the host of heaven
spreads its vanguard on the way.
as the Light of light descendeth
from the realms of endless day,
that the powers of hell may vanish
as the darkness clears away.
4 At his feet the six-winged seraph;
cherubim with sleepless eye
veil their faces to the presence,
as with ceaseless voice they cry,
Hallelujah, hallelujah,
hallelujah, Lord Most High! Used With Tune: PICARDY Text Sources: Liturgy of St. James
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Lorsque les mortels, en silence frémiront)
Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 751 hymnals Topics: Advent 2 Year A; Advent 2 Year B; Advent 2 Year C 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.
2 Israel's strength and consolation,
hope of all the earth thou art,
dear desire of every nation,
joy of every longing heart.
3 Born thy people to deliver,
born a child and yet a King,
born to reign in us forever,
now thy gracious kingdom bring.
4 By thine own eternal Spirit
rule in all our hearts alone;
by thine all-sufficient merit,
raise us to thy glorious throne.
Used With Tune: STUTTGART
Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus
Thanks to God whose word was spoken
Author: R. T. Brooks (born 1918) Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.7 Appears in 38 hymnals Topics: Advent 2 The Word of God in the Old Testament Lyrics: 1 Thanks to God whose word was spoken
in the deed that made the earth;
his the voice that called a nation,
his the fires that tried its worth.
Refrain:
God has spoken:
praise him for his open word!
2 Thanks to God whose Word incarnate
heights and depths of life did share,
deeds and words and death and rising
grace in human form declare. [Refrain]
3 Thanks to God whose word was written
in the Bible's sacred page,
record of the revelation
showing God to every age. [Refrain]
4 Thanks to God whose word is published
in the tongues of every race;
see its glory undiminished
by the change of time or place. [Refrain]
5 Thanks to God whose word is answered
by the Spirit's voice within;
here we drink of joy unmeasured,
life redeemed from death and sin. [Refrain]
Used With Tune: PORCHESTER
Thanks to God whose word was spoken
Hark, the Glad Sound
Author: Philip Doddridge Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 826 hymnals Topics: Advent 2 Year A First Line: Hark, the glad sound! The Saviour comes 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 He comes, the prisoners to release
in Satan's bondage held;
the gates of brass before him burst,
the iron fetters yield.
3 He comes, the broken heart to bind,
the bleeding soul to cure;
and with the treasures of his grace
to enrich the humble poor.
4 Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace,
your welcome shall proclaim;
and heaven's eternal arches ring
with your beloved name. Used With Tune: RICHMOND
Hark, the Glad Sound
Of the Parent's Heart Begotten
Author: Marcus Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, 348-413 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.7 Appears in 217 hymnals Topics: Adoration and Praise Jesus Christ; Advent; Jesus Christ Advent; Jesus Christ Divinity; Year A Christmas 2; Year B Advent 3; Year B Christmas 2; Year B Reign of Christ; Year C Christmas 2; Year C Proper 11 Scripture: Colossians 1:15-17 Used With Tune: DIVINUM MYSTERIUM Text Sources: The New Century Hymnal, 1993, trans.
Of the Parent's Heart Begotten
Jesus shall reign
Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1,805 hymnals Topics: Year A Advent 2 First Line: Jesus shall reign where'er the sun Lyrics: 1 Jesus shall reign where'er the sun
does his successive journeys run;
his kingdom stretch from shore to shore,
till moons shall wax and wane no more.
2 People and realms of ev'ry tongue
dwell on his love with sweetest song,
and infant voices shall proclaim
their early blessings on his name.
3 Blessings abound where'er he reigns:
the pris'ners leap to lose their chains;
the weary find eternal rest,
and all the humble poor are blest.
4 To him shall endless prayer be made,
and praises throng to crown his head;
his name like incense shall arise
with ev'ry morning sacrifice.
5 Let ev'ry creature rise and bring
peculiar honours to our King;
angels descend with songs again,
and earth repeat the loud amen. Scripture: Psalm 8:2 Used With Tune: TRURO
Jesus shall reign
Hail to the Lord’s anointed
Author: J. Montgomery (1771-1854) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 850 hymnals Topics: God, Saviour Returning and Triumphant; Advent 1 The Advent Hope; Christmas 2 The Wise Men; Pentecost 21 The Christian Hope Lyrics: 1 Hail to the Lord's anointed,
great David’s greater son!
Hail, in the time appointed
his reign on earth begun!
He comes to break oppression,
to set the captive free,
to take away transgression
and rule in equity.
2 He comes with rescue speedy
to those who suffer wrong;
to help the poor and needy
and bid the weak be strong:
to give them songs for sighing,
their darkness turn to light,
whose souls, condemned and dying,
are precious in his sight.
3 He shall come down like showers
upon the fruitful earth;
and love, joy, and hope, like flowers
spring in his path to birth:
before him on the mountains
shall peace, the herald, go;
and righteousness in fountains
from hill to valley flow.
4 Kings shall bow down before him
and gold and incense bring;
all nations shall adore him,
his praise all people sing:
to him shall prayer unceasing
and daily vows ascend;
his kingdom still increasing,
a kingdom without end.
5 In all the world victorious,
he on his throne shall rest;
from age to age more glorious,
all-blessing and all-blessed:
the tide of time shall never
his covenant remove;
his name shall stand for ever,
his changeless name of love. Scripture: Psalm 72 Used With Tune: CRÜGER
Hail to the Lord’s anointed
How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
Author: J. Newton (1725-1807) Appears in 1,634 hymnals Topics: Advent 4 The Annunciation; Christ the Friend of Sinners; Christ the Healer; God, Saviour Praised and Worshipped; Lent 2, The King and the Kingdom Conflict; Palm Sunday The Way of the Cross; Pentecost 2 The People of God; Pentecost 3 The Church's Confidence in Christ; The Ascension of Christ Lyrics: 1 How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
in a believer's ear!
it soothes our sorrows, heals our wounds,
and drives away our fear.
2 It makes the wounded spirit whole,
and calms the troubled breast;
it satisfies the hungry soul,
and gives the weary rest.
3 Dear name, the rock on which I build,
my shield and hiding-place;
my never-failing treasury, filled
with boundless stores of grace!
4 Jesus, my shepherd, guardian, friend,
my prophet, priest and king,
my Lord, my life, my way, my end —
accept the praise I bring.
5 Weak is the effort of my heart,
and cold my warmest thought;
but when I see you as you are,
I'll praise you as I ought.
6 Till then I would your love proclaim
with every fleeting breath;
and may the music of your name
refresh my soul in death. Used With Tune: ST. PETER
How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
At the name of Jesus
Author: Caroline Maria Noel, 1817-1877 Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Appears in 256 hymnals Topics: Year A Christ the King; Year A Easter 7; Year A Proper 21; Year B Lent 2; Year B Palm Sunday: Liturgy of the Passion; Year B Second Sunday Before Lent; Year C Christ the King; Year C Fourth Sunday Before Advent; Year C Palm Sunday: Liturgy of the Passion; Year C Proper 11; Years A, B, and C Ascension Day; Years A, B, and C Christmas 2; Years A, B, and C Christmas Day; Ascensiontide; Ascensiontide; Evangelism; Evangelism; Joy, Praise and Thanksgiving; Joy, Praise and Thanksgiving; Redemption and Salvation; Redemption and Salvation Lyrics: 1 At the name of Jesus
ev'ry knee shall bow,
ev'ry tongue confess him
King of glory now:
'tis the Father's pleasure
we should call him Lord,
who, from the beginning,
was the mighty Word.
2 At his voice creation
sprang at once to sight,
all the angel faces,
all the hosts of light,
thrones and dominations,
stars upon their way,
all the heavenly orders,
in their great array.
3 Humbled for a season,
to receive a name
from the lips of sinners
unto whom he came,
faithfully he bore it
spotless to the last,
brought it back victorious,
when from death he passed:
4 Bore it up triumphant
with its human light,
through all ranks of creatures,
to the central height,
to the throne of Godhead,
to the Father's breast;
filled it with the glory,
of that perfect rest.
5 Name him, Christians, name him,
with love strong as death,
but with awe and wonder
and with bated breath:
he is God the Saviour,
he is Christ the Lord,
ever to be worshipped,
trusted, and adored.
6 In your hearts enthrone him;
there let him subdue
all that is not holy,
all that is not true:
crown him as your Captain
in temptation's hour;
let his will enfold you
in its light and power.
7 Surely, this Lord Jesus
shall return again,
with his Father's glory,
with his angel train;
for all wreaths of empire
meet upon his brow,
and our hearts confess him
King of glory now. Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 1:7 Used With Tune: EVELYNS
At the name of Jesus
O happy day
Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1,718 hymnals Topics: Confirmation; Faith, Trust and Commitment; Grace and Providence; Joy, Praise and Thanksgiving; Year A Epiphany 2; Year A Epiphany 3; Year B Third Sunday Before Advent; Year C Proper 1 First Line: O happy day! that fixed my choice Lyrics: 1 O happy day! that fixed my choice
on thee, my Saviour and my God!
Well may this glowing heart rejoice,
and tell its raptures all abroad.
2 'Tis done, the work of grace is done!
I am my Lord's, and he is mine!
He drew me, and I followed on,
glad to confess the voice divine.
3 Now rest, my long-divided heart,
fixed on this blissful centre, rest;
not ever from thy Lord depart,
with him of every goo possessed.
4 High heav'n, that heard the solemn vow,
that vow renewed shall daily hear;
till in life's latest hour I bow,
and bless in death a bond so dear. Scripture: John 1:37 Used With Tune: FESTUS
O happy day
When in the Night I Meditate
Appears in 15 hymnals Topics: Church Year Advent; Church Year Easter; Comfort and Encouragement; Daily Prayer Night Prayer; Darkness; Disciples / Calling; Discipleship; Elements of Worship Baptism; Elements of Worship Lord's Supper; Eternal Life; Fear; God Light from; God as Refuge; God as Guide; God's Presence; God's Way; Hope; Life Stages Death; Longing for God; Salvation; Trust; Year A, B, C, Easter, Easter vigil; Year A, Easter, 2nd Sunday; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, November 13-19; Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, June 26-July 2 First Line: When in the night I meditate Lyrics: 1 When in the night I meditate
on mercies multiplied,
my grateful heart inspires my tongue
to bless the LORD, my guide.
2 Forever in my thought the LORD
before my face shall stand;
secure, unmoved, I shall remain,
with God at my right hand.
3 My inmost being thrills with joy
and gladness fills my breast;
because on him my trust is stayed,
my flesh in hope shall rest.
4 I know that I shall not be left
forgotten in the grave,
and from corruption, thou, O LORD,
thy holy one will save.
5 The path of life thou showest me;
of joy a boundless store
is ever found at thy right hand,
and pleasures evermore. Scripture: Psalm 16 Used With Tune: MAITLAND Text Sources: Psalter, 1912
When in the Night I Meditate
O Day of God, Draw Near
Author: R. B. Y. Scott Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 44 hymnals Topics: Year B Advent 2 Scripture: 2 Peter 3:8-15 Used With Tune: ST. MICHAEL
O Day of God, Draw Near
O God, our help in ages past
Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,248 hymnals Topics: Year B Advent 2 Lyrics: 1 Our God, our help in ages past,
our hope for years to come,
our shelter from the stormy blast,
and our eternal home.
2 Beneath the shadow of thy throne,
thy saints have dwelt secure;
sufficient is thine arm alone,
and our defence 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,
will bear us all away;
we fade and vanish, as a dream
dies at the op'ning day.
6 Our God, our help in ages past,
our hope for years to come,
be thou our guard while troubles last,
and our eternal home. Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:7-8 Used With Tune: ST ANNE
O God, our help in ages past
We have a gospel to proclaim
Author: Edward Joseph Burns, b. 1938 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 24 hymnals Topics: Evangelism; The Witnessing Community; Year A Easter 2; Year A Fourth Sunday Before Advent; Year B Proper 1; Year B Second Sunday Before Lent; Year C Easter 3; Year C Proper 22; Year C Proper 4; Years A, B, and C Christmas 2; Years A, B, and C Christmas Day Scripture: Acts 2:24 Used With Tune: FULDA
We have a gospel to proclaim
The God of Abraham praise
Author: Thomas Olivers, 1725-1799 Meter: 6.6.8.4 D Appears in 455 hymnals Topics: Faith, Trust and Commitment; Grace and Providence; Joy, Praise and Thanksgiving; The Pilgrim Community; Year A Easter 2; Year A Proper 17; Year A Proper 8; Year A Trinity Sunday; Year B Christ the King; Year B Lent 2; Year B Proper 1; Year B Second Sunday Before Advent; Year C Epiphany 4; Year C Proper 8; Years A, B, and C Ascension Day Lyrics: 1 The God of Abraham praise
who reigns enthroned above,
Ancient of everlasting Days,
and God of love:
Jehovah, great I AM,
by earth and heav'n confessed;
we bow and bless the sacred name,
for ever blest.
2 The God of Abraham praise,
at whose supreme command
from earth we rise, and seek the joys
at his right hand:
we all on earth forsake,
its wisdom, fame and pow'r;
and him our only portion make,
our shield and tow'r.
3 The God of Abraham praise,
whose all-sufficient grace
shall guide us all our happy days,
in all our ways:
he is our faithful friend;
he is our gracious God;
and he will save us to the end,
through Jesus' blood.
4 He by himself has sworn -
we on his oath depend -
we shall, on eagles' wings upborne,
to heav'n ascend:
we shall behold his face,
we shall his pow'r adore,
and sing the wonders of his grace
for evermore.
5 The whole triumphant host
give thanks to God on high;
'Hail, Father, Son and Holy Ghost!'
they ever cry:
Hail, Abraham's God and ours!
We join the heav'nly throng,
and celebrate with all our pow'rs
in endless song.
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:12 Used With Tune: LEONI Text Sources: Hebrew "Yigdal"
The God of Abraham praise
Be thou my vision
Author: Mary Byrne, 1880-1931; Eleanor Hull, 1860-1935 Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 160 hymnals Topics: Confirmation; New Year and Anniversaries; Year A Easter 2; Year A Proper 2; Year B Proper 16; Year B Second Sunday Before Advent; Year C Proper 8 First Line: Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart Lyrics: 1 Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart,
naught be all else to me save that thou art;
thou my best thought in the day and the night,
waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.
2 Be thou my wisdom, be thou my true word,
I ever with thee and thou with me Lord;
thou my great Father, and I thy true heir;
thou in me dwelling, and I in thy care.
3 Be thou my breastplate, my sword for the fight,
be thou my armour, and be thou my might,
thou my soul's shelter, and thou my strong tow'r,
raise thou me heav'nward, O Pow'r of my pow'r.
4 Riches I need not, nor all the world's praise,
thou mine inheritance through all my days;
thou, and thou only, the first in my heart,
high King of heaven, my treasure thou art!
5 High King of heaven, when battle is done,
grant heaven's joy to me, O bright heav'n's sun;
Christ of my own heart, whatever befall,
still be thou my vision, O Ruler of all. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:25-27 Used With Tune: SLANE Text Sources: Irish (c. 8th century)
Be thou my vision
Jerusalem the golden
Author: St Bernard of Cluny (12th century); John Mason Neale, 1818-1866 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 915 hymnals Topics: All Saints; Funerals; The Communion of Saints; Year A All Saints' Day; Year A Easter 2; Year B Second Sunday Before Advent; Year C Easter 4; Year C Proper 8 Lyrics: 1 Jerusalem the golden,
with milk and honey blest,
beneath thy contemplation
sink heart and voice oppressed.
I know not, ah, I know not
what joys await us there,
what radiancy of glory,
what bliss beyond compare.
2 They stand, those halls of Zion,
all jubilant with song,
and bright with many angels,
and all the martyr throng;
the prince is ever in them,
the daylight is serene;
the pastures of the blessèd
are decked in glorious sheen.
3 There is the throne of David,
and there, from care released,
the shout of them that triumph,
the song of them that feast;
and they, who with their leader
have fully run the race,
are robed in white for ever
before their Saviour's face.
4 O sweet and blessèd country,
the home of God's elect!
O sweet and blessèd country
that eager hearts expect!
Jesus, in mercy bring us
to that dear land of rest;
who art, with God the Father
and Spirit, ever blest. Scripture: Luke 1:32 Used With Tune: EWING Text Sources: "De Contemptu Mundi"
Jerusalem the golden
Joy to the World
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 with repeat Appears in 1,873 hymnals Topics: The Christian Year Christmas; Christian Year Christmas; Jesus Christ Birth and Infancy; Jesus Christ Kingship, Conqueror; Jesus Christ Reign; Jesus Christ Saviour; Joy; Kingdom of God; Opening Hymns; Salvation; Christmas Eve Year A; Christmas Day 1 Year A; Christmas Day 2 Year A; Christmas 1 Year A; Christmas 1 Year A; Christmas 2 Year A; Christmas Eve Year B; Christmas Day 1 Year B; Christmas Day 2 Year B; Christmas 1 Year B; Christmas 2 Year B; Easter 5 Year B; Advent 3 Year C; Advent 4 Year C; Christmas Eve Year C; Christmas Day 1 Year C; Christmas Day 2 Year C First Line: Joy to the world! the Lord is come Lyrics: 1 Joy to the world! the Lord is come:
let earth receive her King!
Let every heart prepare him room,
and heaven and nature sing,
and heaven and nature sing,
and heaven, and heaven and nature sing.
2 Joy to the world! the Savior reigns:
let all their songs employ,
while fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains,
repeat the sounding joy,
repeat the sounding joy,
repeat, repeat the sounding joy.
3 No more let sins and sorrows grow,
nor thorns infest the ground:
he comes to make his blessings flow
far as the curse is found,
far as the curse is found,
far as, far as the curse is found.
4 He rules the earth with truth and grace,
and makes the nations prove
the glories of his righteousness
and wonders of his love,
and wonders of his love,
and wonders, wonders of his love. Used With Tune: ANTIOCH
Joy to the World
O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,748 hymnals Topics: Jesus Christ Praise and Thanksgiving; Adoration and Praise; Christian Year Holy Name Day; Church Mission; Comfort/Consolation; Creation; God Creator; God Glory; God Grace; God Power/Might; Healing; Heaven(s)/Paradise; Jesus Christ Adoration and Praise; Jesus Christ Blood; Jesus Christ name; Jesus Christ Physician; Jesus Christ Praise; Jesus Christ Saviour; Jesus Christ Signs and Wonders; Joy; Love; Music and Singing; Nation; Nature; Petition; Processionals (Opening of Worship); Redemption; Saints; Salvation; Service Music Gathering, Call to Worship, Greeting; Sin; Wholeness; Witness; Worship; Zeal; Advent 3 Year A; Advent 4 Year A; Epiphany 2 Year A; Epiphany 5 Year A; Epiphany 6 Year A; Lent 4 Year A; Lent 5 Year A; Proper 13 Year A; Proper 15 Year A; Proper 21 Year A; Proper 24 Year A; Advent 3 Year B; Christmas 2 Year B; Epiphany 4 Year B; Epiphany 6 Year B; Epiphany 7 Year B; Easter 3 Year B; Easter 4 Year B; Easter 7 Year B; Proper 8 Year B; Proper 18 Year B; Proper 25 Year B; Proper 26 Year B; Thanksgiving Year B; Advent 3 Year C; Epiphany 3 Year C; Epiphany 9 Year C; Easter 2 Year C; Easter 3 Year C; Proper 4 Year C; Proper 5 Year C; Proper 10 Year C; Proper 23 Year C; Proper 27 Year C; Proper 28 Year C; Reign of Christ Year C Lyrics: 1 O for a thousand tongues to sing
my great Redeemer's praise,
the glories of my God and king,
the triumphs of God's grace.
2 Jesus! the name that charms our fears,
that bids our sorrows cease;
'tis music in the sinner's ears,
'tis life and health and peace.
3 He speaks, and listening to his voice,
new life the dead receive,
the mournful broken hearts rejoice,
the humble poor believe.
4 Hear him, you deaf, you voiceless ones,
your tongues again employ;
you blind, behold your Saviour comes,
and leap, you lame, for joy!
5 My gracious Master and my God,
assist me to proclaim,
to spread through all the earth abroad
the honours of your name. Used With Tune: AZMON
O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing
O Come, All Ye Faithful
Author: Frederick Oakeley; John Francis Wade; Claude Rozier Meter: Irregular Appears in 744 hymnals Topics: The Christian Year Christmas; Angels; Biblical Characters Shepherds; Choruses and Refrains; Christian Year Christmas; Jesus Christ Birth and Infancy; Jesus Christ Divinity; Jesus Christ Incarnation; Jesus Christ Lord of Life; Music and Singing; Processionals (Opening of Worship); Responses Antiphonal; Service Music Gathering, Call to Worship, Greeting; Advent 4 Year A; Christmas Day 2 Year A; Advent 4 Year B; Christmas Eve Year B; Christmas Day 1 Year B; Advent 1 Year C; Christmas Eve Year C; Christmas Day 2 Year C First Line: O come, all ye faithful (Adeste fideles) (Peuple fidèle) Refrain First Line: O come, let us adore him (Venite adoramus) (En lui viens reconnaître) Lyrics: 1 O come, all ye faithful,
joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;
come and behold him, born the King of angels:
[Refrain:]
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord.
2 God of God,
light of light,
lo, he abhors not the virgin's womb,
very God, begotten, not created: [Refrain]
3 Sing, choirs of angels,
sing in exultation,
sing, all ye citizens of heaven above;
Glory to God in the highest: [Refrain]
4 See, how the shepherds
summoned to his cradle,
leaving their flocks, draw nigh with lowly fear;
we too will thither bend our joyful footsteps; [Refrain]
5 Yea, Lord, we greet thee,
born this happy morning;
Jesus, to thee be all glory given;
word of the Father, now in flesh appearing: [Refrain]
1 Adeste, fideles, laeti triumphantes,
venite, venite, in Bethlehem.
natum vidéte, regem angelorum:
[Refrain:]
venite adoremus,
venite adoremus,
venite adoremus Dominum.
2 Deum de Deo, lumen de lumine,
parturit virgo mater,
Deum verum, genitum non factum. [Refrain]
3 Cantet nunc hymnos chorus angelorum,
cantet nunc aula caelestium:
gloria in excelsis Deo! [Refrain]
4 En grege relicto, -- humiles ad cunas
vocati pastores approperant;
et nos ovanti gradu festinemus. [Refrain]
5 Ergo qui natus die hodierna
Jesu, tibi sit gloria:
Patris aeterni verbum caro factum. [Refrain]
1 Peuple fidèle, le Seigneur t'appelle
c'est fête sur terre, le Christ est né.
Viens à la crèche, voir le Roi du monde.
[Refrain:]
En lui viens reconnaître,
en lui viens reconnaître,
en lui viens reconnaître,
ton Dieu, ton Sauveur!
2 Verbe, Lumière et splendeur du Père,
il naît d'une mère, petit enfant,
Dieu véritable, le Seigneur fait homme: [Refrain]
3 Peuple, acclame, avec tous les anges
le Maître des hommes qui vient chez nous.
Dieu qui se donne à tous ceux qu'il aime! [Refrain]
4 Peuple fidèle, en ce jour de fête,
proclame la gloire de ton Seigneur.
Dieu se fait homme, vois donc comme il t'aime: [Refrain]
Used With Tune: ADESTE FIDELES
O Come, All Ye Faithful
Forth in thy name, O Lord, I go
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 346 hymnals Topics: Faith, Trust and Commitment; Final Hymn; Year A Proper 9; Year B Proper 2; Year C Advent 1 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
O 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 my 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 ev'ery 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 hath giv'n,
and run my course with even joy,
and closely walk with thee to heav'n. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:24 Used With Tune: SONG 34 (ANGELS' SONG)
Forth in thy name, O Lord, I go
Good Christian Friends, Rejoice
Author: John Mason Neale Meter: Irregular Appears in 220 hymnals Topics: The Christian Year Christmas; Calling and Response; Christian Year Christmas; Good News, Gospel; Jesus Christ Birth and Infancy; Joy; Peace (Inner, Calmness, Serenity; Salvation; Advent 4 Year A; Christmas 1 Year A; Proper 23 Year B; Advent 3 Year C; Christmas 2 Year C; Epiphany 5 Year C Lyrics: 1. Good Christian friends, rejoice
with heart and soul and voice!
Give ye heed to what we say:
News! News!
Jesus Christ is born today.
Ox and ass before him bow,
and he is in the manger now.
Christ is born today!
Christ is born today!
2 Good Christian friends, rejoice
with heart and soul and voice!
Now ye hear of endless bliss:
Joy! Joy!
Jesus Christ was born for this!
He hath opened heaven's door,
and we are blest for evermore.
Christ was born for this!
Christ was born for this!
3 Good Christian friends, rejoice
with heart and soul and voice!
Now ye need not fear the grave:
Peace! Peace!
Jesus Christ was born to save!
Calls you one and calls you all
to gain his everlasting hall.
Christ was born to save!
Christ was born to save! Used With Tune: IN DULCI JUBILO Text Sources: Latin, 14th-century
Good Christian Friends, Rejoice
Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound
Author: John Newton, 1725-1807; Jacques de Réland; Josephine S. (Konwenne) Day; Wing-Hee Heyward Wong; Chirstopher Cheung; Megumi Hara; Haruo Harold Aihara Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,445 hymnals Topics: God Nature of God; Aging; Assurance; Comfort/Consolation; Conversion; Courage; Eternal Life; Faith Journey; God Faithfulness; God Mercy; God Nature; God Presence; God Promises and Covenant; Grace; Guidance; Healing; Heaven(s)/Paradise; Holy Spirit Gifts; Hope; Life; Light; Mercy; Pilgrimage and Conflict; Praise; Redemption; Salvation; Suffering; Trials; Trust; Victory; Vision/Dream; Christmas 2 Year A; Epiphany 9 Year A; Lent 1 Year A; Lent 3 Year A; Lent 4 Year A; Proper 4 Year A; Proper 6 Year A; Proper 9 Year A; Proper 15 Year A; Proper 26 Year A; Thanksgiving Year A; Advent 4 Year B; Christmas 2 Year B; Epiphany 6 Year B; Epiphany 8 Year B; Lent 1 Year B; Lent 4 Year B; Lent 4 Year B; Proper 9 Year B; Proper 10 Year B; Proper 18 Year B; Proper 25 Year B; Advent 3 Year C; Epiphany 5 Year C; Lent 3 Year C; Trinity Sunday Year C; Trinity Sunday Year C; Proper 14 Year C; Proper 19 Year C; Ash Wednesday Year ABC Lyrics: 1 Amazing grace, How sweet the sound
that saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,
was blind, but now I see.
2 'Twas grace first taught my heart to fear
and grace my fears relieved;
how precious did that grace appear
the hour I first believed!
3 Through many dangers, toils, and snares,
I have already come;
'tis grace that brought me safe thus far,
and grace will lead me home.
4 The Lord has promised good to me,
this word my hope secures;
God will my shield and portion be
as long as life endures.
5 When we've been there ten thousand years
bright shining as the sun,
we've no less days to sing God's praise
than when we'd first begun. Used With Tune: AMAZING GRACE (NEW BRITAIN) Text Sources: V. 5 anon. from A Collection of Sacred Ballads, 1790; Cree, Ojibway, and Inuktitut translators unknown; Ethnic Ministries Council, The United Church of Canada also helped with Japanese transliteration, 1995
Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound
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