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Good Christians all, rejoice
Author: John Mason Neale (1818-1866) Appears in 220 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Lyrics: 1 Good Christians all, rejoice
with heart and soul and voice!
Listen now to what we say,
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 Christians all, rejoice
with heart and soul and voice!
Hear the news of endless bliss,
Jesus Christ was born for this:
he has opened heaven's door,
and we are blessed for evermore!
Christ was born for this;
Christ was born for this!
3 Good Christians all, rejoice
with heart and soul and voice!
Now you need not fear the grave;
Jesus Christ was born to save:
come at his most gracious call
to find salvation, one and all!
Christ was born to save;
Christ was born to save! Used With Tune: IN DULCI JUBILO Text Sources: Latin and German, 14th century
Good Christians all, rejoice
Love divine, all loves excelling
Author: Charles Wesley (1707-1788) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,864 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship 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.
Jesu, 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 grace 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. Scripture: Malachi 3:1-4 Used With Tune: BLAENWERN
Love divine, all loves excelling
Ride on, ride on in majesty!
Author: Henry Hart Milman (1791-1868) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 505 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Lyrics: 1 Ride on, ride on in majesty!
Hark, all the tribes hosanna cry:
O Saviour meek, pursue thy road
with palms and scattered garments strowed.
2 Ride on, ride on in majesty!
In lowly pomp ride on to die:
O Christ, thy triumphs now begin
o'er captive death and conquered sin.
3 Ride on, ride on in majesty!
The wingèd squadrons of the sky
look down with sad and wondering eyes
to see the approaching sacrifice.
4 Ride on, ride on in majesty!
The last and fiercest strife is nigh:
the Father on his sapphire throne
awaits his own anointed Son.
5 Ride on, ride on in majesty!
In lowly pomp ride on to die;
bow thy meek head to mortal pain,
then take, O God, thy power, and reign. Scripture: Psalm 45:4 Used With Tune: ST DROSTANE
Ride on, ride on in majesty!
Dear Lord and Father of mankind
Author: John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) Meter: 8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 504 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Lyrics: 1 Dear Lord and Father of mankind,
forgive our foolish ways;
re-clothe us in our rightful mind,
in purer lives thy service find,
in deeper reverence praise.
2 In simple trust like theirs who heard,
beside the Syrian sea,
the gracious calling of the Lord,
let us, like them, without a word
rise up and follow thee.
3 O Sabbath rest by Galilee!
O calm of hills above,
where Jesus knelt to share with thee
the silence of eternity,
interpreted by love!
4 Drop thy still dews of quietness,
till all our strivings cease;
take from our souls the strain and stress,
and let our ordered lives confess
the beauty of thy peace.
5 Breathe through the heats of our desire
thy coolness and thy balm;
let sense be dumb, let flesh retire;
speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire,
O still small voice of calm. Scripture: 1 Kings 19:7-18 Used With Tune: REPTON
Dear Lord and Father of mankind
O for a thousand tongues to sing
Author: Charles Wesley (1707-1788) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,736 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Lyrics: 1 O for a thousand tongues, to sing
my dear Redeemer's praise,
the glories of my God and King,
the triumphs of his 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 breaks the power of cancelled sin,
he sets the prisoner free:
his blood can make the foulest clean;
his blood availed for me.
4 He speaks; and, listening to his voice,
new life the dead receive,
the mournful broken hearts rejoice,
the humble poor believe.
5 Hear him, ye deaf; his praise, ye dumb,
your loosened tongues employ;
ye blind, behold your Saviour come;
and leap, ye lame, for joy!
6 My gracious Master and my God,
assist me to proclaim
and spread through all the earth abroad
the honours of thy name. Scripture: Luke 24:47-48 Used With Tune: LYNGHAM
O for a thousand tongues to sing
The King of love my shepherd is
Author: Henry Williams Baker (1821-1877) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 677 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Lyrics: 1 The King of love my shepherd is,
whose goodness faileth never;
I nothing lack if I am his
and he is mine for ever.
2 Where streams of living water flow
my ransomed soul he leadeth,
and where the verdant pastures grow
with food celestial feedeth.
3 Perverse and foolish oft I strayed,
but yet in love he sought me,
and on his shoulder gently laid,
and home rejoicing brought me.
4 In death's dark vale I fear no ill
with thee, dear Lord, beside me;
thy rod and staff my comfort still,
thy cross before to guide me.
5 Thou spread'st a table in my sight;
thy unction grace bestoweth;
and O what transport of delight
from thy pure chalice floweth!
6 And so through all the length of days
thy goodness faileth never:
good Shepherd, may I sing thy praise
within thy house for ever. Scripture: Psalm 23 Used With Tune: ST COLUMBA
The King of love my shepherd is
The Lord's my Shepherd, I'll not want
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 575 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Lyrics: 1 The Lord's my Shepherd, I'll not want;
he makes me down to lie
in pastures green; he leadeth me
the quiet waters by.
2 My soul he doth restore again,
and me to walk doth make
within the paths of righteousness,
e'en for his own name's sake.
3 Yea, though I walk through death's dark vale,
yet will I fear none ill;
for thou art with me, and thy rod
and staff me comfort still.
4 My table thou hast furnishèd
in presence of my foes;
my head thou dost with oil anoint,
and my cup overflows.
5 Goodness and mercy all my life
shall surely follow me;
and in God's house for evermore
my dwelling-place shall be. Scripture: Psalm 23 Used With Tune: BROTHER JAMES'S AIR Text Sources: Scottish Psalter, 1650
The Lord's my Shepherd, I'll not want
Now thank we all our God
Author: Catherine Winkworth (1827-1878); Martin Rinkart (1586-1649) Meter: 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6 Appears in 688 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Lyrics: 1 Now thank we all our God
with hearts and hands and voices,
who wondrous things hath done,
in whom his world rejoices;
who from our mother's arms
hath blessed us on our way
with countless gifts of love,
and still is ours today.
2 O may this bounteous God
through all our life be near us,
with ever joyful hearts
and blessed peace to cheer us;
and keep us in his grace,
and guide us when perplexed,
and free us from all ills
in this world and the next.
3 All praise and thanks to God
the Father now be given,
the Son, and him who reigns
with them in highest heaven,
the one eternal God,
whom earth and heaven adore;
for thus it was, is now,
and shall be evermore. Scripture: 1 Chronicles 29:11-14 Used With Tune: GRACIAS
Now thank we all our God
While shepherds watched their flocks by night
Author: Nahum Tate (1652-1715) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,102 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Lyrics: 1 While shepherds watched their flocks by night,
all seated on the ground,
the angel of the Lord came down,
and glory shone around.
2 'Fear not,' said he (for mighty dread
had seized their troubled mind);
'glad tidings of great joy I bring
to you and all mankind.
3 'To you in David's town this day
is born of David's line
a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord;
and this shall be the sign:
4 'the heavenly babe you there shall find
to human view displayed,
all meanly wrapped in swathing bands,
and in a manger laid.'
5 Thus spake the seraph; and forthwith
appeared a shining throng
of angels praising God, who thus
addressed their joyful song:
6 'All glory be to God on high,
and to the earth be peace;
good will henceforth from heaven to men
begin and never cease.' Scripture: Luke 2:1-20 Used With Tune: WINCHESTER OLD
While shepherds watched their flocks by night
Kyrie eleison
Appears in 273 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Lyrics: 1 Kyrie eleison.
Kyrie eleison.
Kyrie eleison.
Kyrie eleison.
2 Christe eleison.
Christe eleison.
Christe eleison.
Christe eleison.
3 Kyrie eleison.
Kyrie eleison.
Kyrie eleison.
Kyrie eleison. Scripture: Psalm 51:1 Used With Tune: [Kyrie eleison] Text Sources: Liturgical text
Kyrie eleison
Lord of all, to thee we raise
Author: Folliott Sandford Pierpoint (1835-1917) Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain Appears in 635 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship First Line: For the beauty of the earth Lyrics: 1 For the beauty of the earth,
for the beauty of the skies,
for the love which from our birth
over and around us lies,
Refrain:
Lord of all, to thee we raise
this our sacrifice of praise.
2 For the beauty of each hour
of the day and of the night,
hill and vale and tree and flower,
sun and moon and stars of light: [Refrain]
3 For the joy of human love,
brother, sister, parent, child,
friends on earth, and friends above,
pleasures pure and undefiled: [Refrain]
4 For each perfect gift of thine,
to our race so freely given,
graces human and divine,
flowers of earth and buds of heaven: [Refrain]
5 For thy church which evermore
lifteth holy hands above,
offering up on every shore
her pure sacrifice of love, [Refrain] Scripture: Psalm 148 Used With Tune: LUCERNA LAUDONIAE
Lord of all, to thee we raise
All things bright and beautiful
Author: Cecil Frances Alexander (1818-1895) Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Appears in 330 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship First Line: Each little flower that opens Lyrics: Refrain:
All things bright and beautiful,
all creatures great and small,
all things wise and wonderful,
the Lord God made them all.
1 Each little flower that opens,
each little bird that sings,
he made their glowing colours,
he made their tiny wings: [Refrain]
2 The purple-headed mountain,
the river running by,
the sunset, and the morning
that brightens up the sky: [Refrain]
3 The cold wind in the winter,
the pleasant summer sun,
the ripe fruits in the garden,
he made them every one: [Refrain]
4 The tall trees in the greenwood,
the meadows where we play,
the rushes by the water
we gather every day: [Refrain]
s He gave us eyes to see them,
and lips that we might tell
how great is God almighty,
who has made all things well: [Refrain] Scripture: Genesis 1 Used With Tune: ALL THINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL
All things bright and beautiful
At the name of Jesus
Author: Caroline Maria Noel (1817-1877) Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Appears in 253 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Lyrics: 1 At the name of Jesus
every knee shall bow,
every 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: Philippians 2:1-13 Used With Tune: CAMBERWELL
At the name of Jesus
When I survey the wondrous cross
Author: Isaac Watts (1674-1748) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1,999 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Lyrics: 1 When I survey the wondrous cross
on which the Prince of glory died,
my richest gain I count but loss,
and pour contempt on all my pride.
2 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast
save in the cross of Christ my God;
all the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to his blood.
3 See from his head, his hands, his feet,
sorrow and love flow mingled down;
did e'er such love and sorrow meet,
or thorns compose so rich a crown!
4 His dying crimson, like a robe,
spreads o'er his body on the tree:
then am I dead to all the globe,
and all the globe is dead to me.
5 Were the whole realm of nature mine,
that were a present far too small;
love so amazing, so divine,
demands my soul, my life, my all. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:28-30 Used With Tune: SUTHERAN
When I survey the wondrous cross
Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness!
Author: Thomas O. Chisholm (1866-1960) Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Appears in 185 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship First Line: Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father 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 hast been thou for ever 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 spring-time 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,
blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside! [Refrain] Scripture: Genesis 8:22 Used With Tune: FAITHFULNESS
Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness!
Let us, with a gladsome mind
Author: John Milton, the elder (c. 1563-1647) Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 545 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Lyrics: 1 Let us, with a gladsome mind,
praise the Lord, for he is kind:
For his mercies ay endure,
ever faithful, ever sure.
2 Let us blaze his name abroad,
for of gods he is the God:
For his mercies ay endure,
ever faithful, ever sure.
3 He with all-commanding might
filled the new-made world with light:
For his mercies ay endure,
ever faithful, ever sure.
4 He the golden-tressèd sun
caused all day his course to run:
For his mercies ay endure,
ever faithful, ever sure.
5 And the hornèd moon at night
'mid her spangled sisters bright:
For his mercies ay endure,
ever faithful, ever sure.
6 All things living he doth feed,
his full hand supplies their need:
For his mercies ay endure,
ever faithful, ever sure.
7 Let us, with a gladsome mind,
praise the Lord, for he is kind:
For his mercies ay endure,
ever faithful, ever sure. Scripture: Psalm 136 Used With Tune: MONKLAND
Let us, with a gladsome mind
No storm can shake my inmost calm
Author: Robert Lowry (1826-1899); Doris Plenn (fl. 1956) Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 144 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship First Line: My life flows on in endless song Lyrics: 1 My life flows on in endless song
above earth's lamentation:
I catch the sweet, though far-off hymn
that sings a new creation.
Refrain:
No storm can shake my inmost calm
while to that Rock I'm clinging;
since love is Lord of heaven and earth,
how can I keep from singing?
2 Through all the tumult and the strife
I hear that music ringing;
it finds an echo in my soul;
how can I keep from singing? [Refrain]
3 What though my joys and comforts die?
The Lord my Saviour liveth!
What though the darkness round me close?
Songs in the night he giveth. [Refrain]
4 The peace of Christ makes fresh my heart,
a fountain ever springing.
All things are mine since I am his!
How can I keep from singing? [Refrain] Scripture: Job 35:10 Used With Tune: HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING Text Sources: After an early Quaker song
No storm can shake my inmost calm
Praise, my soul, the King of heaven
Author: Henry Francis Lyte (1793-1847) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 539 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Lyrics: 1 Praise, my soul, the King of heaven,
to his feet thy tribute bring;
ransomed healed, restored, forgiven,
who like me his praise should sing?
Alleluia, alleluia,
praise the everlasting King.
2 Praise him for his grace and favour
to our fathers in distress;
praise him still the same for ever,
slow to chide and swift to bless:
Alleluia, alleluia,
glorious in his faithfulness.
3 Father-like, he tends and spares us,
well our feeble frame he knows;
in his hands he gently bears us,
rescues us from all our foes:
Alleluia, alleluia,
widely as his mercy flows.
4 Frail as summer's flower we flourish;
blows the wind and it is gone;
but, while mortals rise and perish,
God endures unchanging on:
Alleluia, alleluia,
praise the high eternal One.
5 Angels, help us to adore him;
ye behold him face to face;
sun and moon bow down before him,
dwellers all in time and space:
Alleluia, alleluia,
praise with us the God of grace. Scripture: Psalm 103 Used With Tune: PRAISE MY SOUL
Praise, my soul, the King of heaven
God, that madest earth and heaven
Author: Reginald Heber (1783-1826); Richard Whateley (1787 - 1863) Meter: 8.4.8.4.8.8.8.4 Appears in 474 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Lyrics: 1 God, that madest earth and heaven,
darkness and light;
who the day for toil hast given,
for rest the night;
may thine angel-guards defend us,
slumber sweet thy mercy send us,
holy dreams and hopes attend us,
this livelong night.
2 Guard us waking, guard us sleeping,
and, when we die,
may we in thy mighty keeping
all peaceful lie:
when the last dread call shall wake us,
do not thou our God forsake us,
but to reign in glory take us
with thee on high. Scripture: Genesis 1:1-5 Used With Tune: AR HYD Y NOS
God, that madest earth and heaven
Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
Author: Isaac Watts (1674-1748) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,860 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship 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 Saviour 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 He rules the world 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. Scripture: Psalm 98 Used With Tune: ANTIOCH (COMFORT (Mason))
Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
There is a green hill far away
Author: Cecil Frances Alexander (1818-1895) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 695 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Lyrics: 1 There is a green hill far away,
without a city wall,
where the dear Lord was crucified,
who died to save us all.
2 We may not know, we cannot tell,
what pains he had to bear,
but we believe it was for us
he hung and suffered there.
3 He died that we might be forgiven,
he died to make us good,
that we might go at last to heaven,
saved by his precious blood.
4 There was no other good enough
to pay the price of sin;
he only could unlock the gate
of heaven, and let us in.
5 O dearly, dearly has he loved,
and we must love him too,
and trust in his redeeming blood,
and try his works to do. Scripture: Hebrews 13:12-13 Used With Tune: HORSLEY
There is a green hill far away
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
Appears in 459 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Lyrics: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
I am the first and the last says the Lord and the living one :
I was dead and behold I am alive for evermore. Scripture: Psalm 150:1 Used With Tune: [Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia] Text Sources: Common Worship: Times and Seasons, 2006
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God to thee
Author: Stuart K. Hine (1899-1989) Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Appears in 138 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship First Line: O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder Scripture: Psalm 8 Used With Tune: HOW GREAT THOU ART
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God to thee
Guide me, O thou great Redeemer
Author: William Williams (1717-1791); Peter Williams (1727-1796) Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.7 Appears in 1,824 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Lyrics: 1 Guide me, O thou great Redeemer,
pilgrim through this barren land;
I am weak, but thou art mighty;
hold me with thy powerful hand:
Bread of heaven,
feed me now and evermore.
2 Open now the crystal fountain
whence the healing stream doth flow;
let the fiery cloudy pillar
lead me all my journey through:
strong deliverer,
be thou still my strength and shield.
3 When I tread the verge of Jordan,
bid my anxious fears subside;
death of death, and hell's destruction,
land me safe on Canaan's side:
songs and praises
I will ever give to thee. Scripture: Exodus 16:1-4 Used With Tune: CWM RHONDDA
Guide me, O thou great Redeemer
O Jesus, I have promised
Author: John Ernest Bode (1816-1874) Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 622 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Lyrics: 1 O Jesus, I have promised
to serve thee to the end;
be thou for ever near me,
my Master and my Friend:
I shall not fear the battle
if thou art by my side,
nor wander from the pathway
if thou wilt be my guide.
2 O let me feel thee near me:
the world is ever near;
I see the sights that dazzle,
the tempting sounds I hear;
my foes are ever near me,
around me and within;
but, Jesus, draw thou nearer,
and shield my soul from sin.
3 O let me hear thee speaking
in accents clear and still
above the storms of passion,
the murmurs of self-will;
O speak to reassure me,
to hasten or control;
O speak, and make me listen,
thou guardian of my soul.
4 O Jesus, thou hast promised
to all who follow thee,
that where thou art in glory
there shall thy servant be;
and, Jesus, I have promised
to serve thee to the end:
O give me grace to follow,
my Master and my Friend.
5 O let me see thy foot-marks,
and in them plant mine own;
my hope to follow duly
is in thy strength alone:
O guide me, call me, draw me,
uphold me to the end;
and then in heaven receive me,
my Saviour and my Friend. Scripture: Mark 1:14-20 Used With Tune: WOLVERCOTE
O Jesus, I have promised
Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!
Author: Fanny Crosby, (Frances Jane van Alstyne) (1820-1915) Meter: 11.11.11.11 with refrain Appears in 224 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship First Line: To God be the glory, great things he has done! Lyrics: 1 To God be the glory, great things he has done!
So loved he the world that he gave us his Son,
who yielded his life an atonement for sin
and opened the life-gate that all may go in.
Refrain:
Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!
Let the earth hear his voice!
Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!
Let the people rejoice!
O come to the Father, through Jesus the Son,
and give him the glory! Great things he has done!
2 O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood!
To every believer the promise of God!
The vilest offender who truly believes,
that moment from Jesus forgiveness receives. [Refrain]
3 Great things he has taught us, great things he has done,
and great our rejoicing through Jesus the Son;
but purer and higher and greater will be
our wonder, our rapture, when Jesus we see. [Refrain] Scripture: Isaiah 12:2-6 Used With Tune: TO GOD BE THE GLORY
Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Author: John Mason Neale (1818-1866) Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain Appears in 509 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship First Line: O come, O come, Emmanuel 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 victory 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 heavenly 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 EMMANUEL Text Sources: Translated from Latin Advent Antiphons
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Meter: Irregular Appears in 220 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Lyrics: 1 Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble;
were you there when they crucified my Lord?
2 Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble;
were you there when they nailed him to the tree?
3 Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?
Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble;
were you there when they laid him in the tomb? Scripture: Luke 23:33-44 Used With Tune: WERE YOU THERE Text Sources: American folk hymn
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Jesus Christ is risen today, Alleluia
Meter: 7.7.7.7 with alleluias Appears in 491 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Lyrics: 1 Jesus Christ is risen today, Alleluia,
our triumphant holy day, Alleluia,
who did once, upon the cross, Alleluia,
suffer to redeem our loss. Alleluia.
2 Hymns of praise then let us sing Alleluia,
unto Christ, our heavenly King, Alleluia,
who endured the cross and grave, Alleluia,
sinners to redeem and save. Alleluia.
3 But the pains that he endured Alleluia,
our salvation have procured; Alleluia,
now above the sky he's King, Alleluia,
where the angels ever sing Alleluia. Scripture: Isaiah 53:11-12 Used With Tune: EASTER HYMN Text Sources: Lyra Davidica, 1708 and others
Jesus Christ is risen today, Alleluia
Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son
Author: Edmond Budry (1854-1932); Richard Birch Hoyle (1875-1939) Meter: 10.11.11.11 with refrain Appears in 110 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Lyrics: 1 Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son,
endless is the victory thou o'er death hast won;
angels in bright raiment rolled the stone away,
kept the folded grave-clothes where thy body lay.
Refrain:
Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son,
endless is the victory thou o'er death hast won.
2 Lo, Jesus meets us, risen from the tomb;
lovingly he greets us, scatters fear and gloom;
let the church with gladness hymns of triumph sing,
for her Lord now liveth, death hath lost its sting: [Refrain]
3 No more we doubt thee, glorious Prince of Life;
life is naught without thee: aid us in our strife;
make us more than conquerors through thy deathless love;
bring us safe through Jordan to thy home above: [Refrain] Scripture: John 20:3-9 Used With Tune: MACCABAEUS
Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son
Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me
Author: Daniel Iverson (1890-1977) Appears in 100 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Scripture: Ephesians 5:18 Used With Tune: [Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me]
Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me
Holy, holy, holy Lord
Appears in 226 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Scripture: Isaiah 6:3 Used With Tune: LAND OF REST Text Sources: Liturgical text
Holy, holy, holy Lord
Morning has broken, like the first morning
Author: Eleanor Farjeon (1881-1965) Meter: 10.9.10.9 Appears in 94 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Scripture: Genesis 1:1-5 Used With Tune: BUNESSAN
Morning has broken, like the first morning
God save our gracious Queen
Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 219 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Lyrics: 1 God save our gracious Queen,
long live our noble Queen,
God save the Queen.
Send her victorious,
happy and glorious,
long to reign over us:
God save the Queen.
2 Thy choicest gifts in store
on her be pleased to pour,
long may she reign.
May she defend our laws,
and ever give us cause
to sing with heart and voice,
God save the Queen. Scripture: 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Used With Tune: NATIONAL ANTHEM Text Sources: Author Unknown (c. 1745)
God save our gracious Queen
Amazing grace (how sweet the sound)
Author: John Newton (1725-1807) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,424 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship 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 that 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 has brought me safe thus far,
and grace will lead me home.
4 The Lord has promised good to me,
his word my hope secures;
he will my shield and portion be
as long as life endures.
5 Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
and mortal life shall cease:
I shall possess, within the veil,
a life of joy and peace.
6 The earth shall soon dissolve like snow,
the sun forbear to shine;
but God, who called me here below,
will be forever mine. Scripture: Mark 10:46-52 Used With Tune: AMAZING GRACE
Amazing grace (how sweet the sound)
Eternal Father, strong to save
Author: William Whiting (1825-1878) Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 426 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Lyrics: 1 Eternal Father, strong to save,
whose arm doth bind the restless wave,
who bidd'st the mighty ocean deep
its own appointed limits keep:
O hear us when we cry to thee
for those in peril on the sea.
2 O Saviour whose almighty word
the winds and waves submissive heard,
who walkedst on the foaming deep,
and calm amid its rage didst sleep:
O hear us when we cry to thee
for those in peril on the sea.
3 O sacred Spirit, who didst brood
upon the chaos dark and rude,
who bad'st its angry tumult cease,
and gavest light and life and peace:
O hear us when we cry to thee
for those in peril on the sea.
4 O Trinity of love and power,
our brethren shield in danger's hour;
from rock and tempest, fire and foe,
protect them whereso' er they go:
and ever let there rise to thee
glad hymns of praise from land and sea. Scripture: Genesis 1:1-10 Used With Tune: MELITA
Eternal Father, strong to save
O tidings of comfort and joy
Meter: Irregular Appears in 121 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship First Line: God rest you merry, gentlemen Lyrics: 1 God rest you merry, gentlemen,
let nothing you dismay!
for Jesus Christ our Saviour
was born on Christmas Day,
to save us all from Satan's power
when we had gone astray:
Refrain:
O tidings of comfort and joy,
comfort and joy;
O tidings of comfort and joy!
2 From God our heavenly Father
a holy angel came;
the shepherds saw the glory
and heard the voice proclaim
that Christ was born in Bethlehem —
and Jesus is his name: [Refrain]
3 'Fear not,' then said the angel,
'let nothing cause you fright;
to you is born a Saviour
in David's town tonight,
to free all those who trust in him
from Satan's power and might:' [Refrain]
4 The shepherds at these tidings
rejoiced in heart and mind,
and on the darkened hillside
they left their flocks behind,
and went to Bethlehem straightway
this holy Child to find: [Refrain]
5 And when to Bethlehem they came,
where Christ the infant lay,
they found him in a manger
where oxen fed on hay;
and there beside her new-born child
his mother knelt to pray: [Refrain]
6 Now to the Lord sing praises,
all people in this place;
with Christian love and fellowship
each other now embrace,
and let this Christmas festival
all bitterness displace: [Refrain] Scripture: Luke 2:1-20 Used With Tune: GOD REST YOU MERRY Text Sources: Traditional, possibly 18th-century adapted by Jubilate Hymns
O tidings of comfort and joy
It came upon the midnight clear
Author: Edmund Hamilton Sears (1810-1876) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 873 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship 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:
'Through all the earth, goodwill and peace
from heaven's all-gracious king!'
The world in solemn stillness lay
to hear the angels sing.
2 With sorrow brought by sin and strife
the world has suffered long
and, since the angels sang, have passed
two thousand years of wrong:
the nations, still at war, hear not
the love-song which they bring:
O hush the noise and cease the strife,
to hear the angels sing!
3 And those whose journey now is hard,
whose hope is burning low,
who tread the rocky path of life
with painful steps and slow:
O listen to the news of love
which makes the heavens ring!
O rest beside the weary road
and hear the angels sing!
4 And still the days are hastening on —
by prophets seen of old —
towards the fulness of the time
when comes the age foretold:
then earth and heaven renewed shall see
the prince of peace, their king;
and all the world repeat the song
which now the angels sing. Scripture: Psalm 46:8-10 Used With Tune: NOEL
It came upon the midnight clear
Once in royal David's city
Author: Cecil Frances Alexander (1818-1895) Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7 Appears in 408 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Lyrics: 1 Once in royal David's city
stood a lowly cattle shed,
where a mother laid her baby
in a manger for his bed:
Mary was that mother mild,
Jesus Christ her little child.
2 He came down to earth from heaven
who is God and Lord of all,
and his shelter was a stable,
and his cradle was a stall;
with the poor and mean and lowly
lived on earth our Saviour holy.
3 And through all his wondrous childhood
he would honour and obey,
love and watch the lowly maiden,
in whose gentle arms he lay:
Christian children all must be
mild, obedient, good as he.
4 For he is our childhood's pattern,
day by day like us he grew,
he was little, weak, and helpless,
tears and smiles like us he knew;
and he feeleth for our sadness,
and he shareth in our gladness.
5 And our eyes at last shall see him,
through his own redeeming love,
for that child so dear and gentle
is our Lord in heaven above;
and he leads his children on
to the place where he is gone.
6 Not in that poor lowly stable,
with the oxen standing by,
we shall see him; but in heaven,
set at God's right hand on high;
where like stars his children crowned
all in white shall wait around. Scripture: Daniel 12:3 Used With Tune: IRBY
Once in royal David's city
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed
Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 547 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Lyrics: 1 Away in a manger, no crib for a bed,
the little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head;
the stars in the bright sky looked down where he lay,
the little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay.
2 The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes,
but little Lord Jesus no crying he makes.
I love thee, Lord Jesus! Look down from the sky,
and stay by my side until morning is nigh.
3 Be near me, Lord Jesus; I ask thee to stay
close by me for ever, and love me, I pray.
Bless all the dear children in thy tender care,
and fit us for heaven, to live with thee there. Scripture: Mark 10:16 Used With Tune: CRADLE SONG Text Sources: Author Unknown Little children's book, Philadelphia, 1885
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed
O star of wonder, star of night
Author: Edward John Hopkins (1818-1901) Meter: 8.8.8.6 with refrain Appears in 313 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship First Line: We three kings of Orient are Lyrics: 1 We three kings of Orient are,
bearing gifts we traverse afar
field and fountain, moor and mountain,
following yonder star:
Refrain:
O star of wonder, star of night,
star with royal beauty bright,
westward leading, still proceeding,
guide us to thy perfect light.
2 Born a king on Bethlehem plain,
gold I bring to crown him again,
king for ever, ceasing never
over us all to reign: [Refrain]
3 Frankincense to offer have I,
incense owns a deity nigh;
prayer and praising, all men raising,
worship him, God most high: [Refrain]
4 Myrrh is mine, its bitter perfume
breathes a life of gathering gloom;
sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying,
sealed in the stone-cold tomb: [Refrain]
5 Glorious now behold him arise,
king and God and sacrifice.
Heaven sings: 'Alleluia';
'Alleluia,' the earth replies: [Refrain] Scripture: Isaiah 60:1-6 Used With Tune: THREE KINGS OF ORIENT
O star of wonder, star of night
Come, ye thankful people, come
Author: Henry Alford (1810-1871) Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 727 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Lyrics: 1 Come, ye thankful people, come,
raise the song of harvest-home:
all be safely gathered in,
ere the winter storms begin;
God, our Maker, doth provide
for our wants to be supplied;
come to God's own temple, come;
raise the song of harvest-home!
2 All the world is God's own field,
fruit unto his praise to yield;
wheat and tares together sown,
unto joy or sorrow grown;
first the blade and then the ear,
then the full corn shall appear:
grant, O harvest Lord, that we
wholesome grain and pure may be.
3 For the Lord our God shall come,
and shall take his harvest home;
from his field shall purge away
all that doth offend, that day;
give his angels charge at last
in the fire the tares to cast,
but the fruitful ears to store
in his garner evermore.
4 Then, thou Church Triumphant, come,
raise the song of harvest-home;
all be safely gathered in,
free from sorrow, free from sin,
there for ever purified
in God's garner to abide:
come, ten thousand angels, come,
raise the glorious harvest-home! Scripture: Exodus 23:16 Used With Tune: ST GEORGE'S WINDSOR
Come, ye thankful people, come
Hark, the herald angels sing
Author: Charles Wesley (1707-1788) Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7.7.7 with refrain Appears in 1,329 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship First Line: Hark! the herald angels sing Lyrics: 1 Hark! the herald angels sing
glory to the new-born King,
peace on earth and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled.
Joyful, all ye nations rise,
join the triumph of the skies;
with the angelic host proclaim,
'Christ is born in Bethlehem.'
Refrain:
Hark, the herald angels sing
glory to the new-born King.
2 Christ, by highest heaven adored,
Christ, the everlasting Lord,
late in time behold him come,
offspring of a Virgin's womb!
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see:
Hail, the incarnate Deity,
pleased as man with man to dwell,
Jesus, our Emmanuel. [Refrain]
3 Hail, the heaven-born Prince of Peace!
Hail, the Sun of Righteousness!
Light and life to all he brings,
risen with healing in his wings.
Mild he lays his glory by,
born that man no more may die,
born to raise the sons of earth,
born to give them second birth. [Refrain] Scripture: Malachi 4:2 Used With Tune: MENDELSSOHN
Hark, the herald angels sing
O little town of Bethlehem
Author: Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 846 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Lyrics: 1 O little town of Bethlehem,
how still we see thee lie!
above thy deep and dreamless sleep
the silent stars go by:
yet in thy dark streets shineth
the everlasting Light;
the hopes and fears of all the years
are met in thee tonight.
2 O morning stars, together
proclaim the holy birth,
and praises sing to God the King,
and peace to men on earth.
For Christ is born of Mary;
and, gathered all above,
while mortals sleep, the angels keep
their watch of wondering love.
3 How silently, how silently,
the wondrous gift is given!
so God imparts to human hearts
the blessings of his heaven.
No ear may hear his coming;
but in this world of sin,
where meek souls will receive him, still
the dear Christ enters in.
4 O holy Child of Bethlehem,
descend to us, we pray;
cast out our sin, and enter in:
be born in us today.
We hear the Christmas angels
the great glad tidings tell:
O come to us, abide with us,
our Lord Emmanuel. Scripture: Micah 5:2 Used With Tune: FOREST GREEN
O little town of Bethlehem
Hail, thou ever-blessèd morn!
Author: Edward Caswall (1814-1878) Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain Appears in 164 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship First Line: See, amid the winter's snow Lyrics: 1 See, amid the winter's snow,
born for us on earth below,
see, the Lamb of God appears,
promised from eternal years!
Refrain:
Hail, thou ever-blessed morn!
Hail, redemption's happy dawn!
Sing through all Jerusalem:
Christ is born in Bethlehem!
2 Lo, within a manger lies
he who built the starry skies,
he who, throned in height sublime,
sits amid the cherubim! [Refrain]
3 Say, ye holy shepherds, say,
what your joyful news today;
wherefore have ye left your sheep
on the lonely mountain steep? [Refrain]
4 'As we watched at dead of night,
lo, we saw a wondrous light;
angels, singing "Peace on earth,"
told us of a Saviour's birth.' [Refrain]
5 Sacred Infant, all divine,
what a tender love was thine,
thus to come from highest bliss
down to such a world as this! [Refrain] Scripture: Micah 5:2 Used With Tune: HUMILITY (OXFORD)
Hail, thou ever-blessèd morn!
Nowell, nowell, nowell, nowell
Author: Michael Arnold Perry (1942-1996) Meter: Irregular Appears in 401 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship First Line: The first Nowell the angel did say Lyrics: 1 The first Nowell the angel did say
was to Bethlehem's shepherds in fields as they lay;
in fields where they lay keeping their sheep
on a cold winter's night that was so deep:
Refrain:
Nowell, nowell, nowell, nowell,
born is the King of Israel!
2 Then wise men from a country far
looked up and saw a guiding star;
they travelled on by night and day
to reach the place where Jesus lay: [Refrain]
3 At Bethlehem they entered in,
on bended knee they worshipped him;
they offered there in his presence
their gold and myrrh and frankincense: [Refrain]
4 Then let us all with one accord
sing praises to our heavenly Lord;
for Christ has our salvation wrought
and with his blood our life has bought: [Refrain] Scripture: Matthew 2:1-11 Used With Tune: THE FIRST NOWELL Text Sources: West-country carol, possibly 18th century
Nowell, nowell, nowell, nowell
For the healing of the nations
Author: Fred Kaan (1929-2009) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 58 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Lyrics: 1 For the healing of the nations,
Lord, we pray with one accord,
for a just and equal sharing
of the things that earth affords.
To a life of love in action
help us rise and pledge our word.
2 Lead us forward into freedom,
from despair your world release,
that, redeemed from war and hatred,
all may come and go in peace.
Show us how through care and goodness
fear will die and hope increase.
3 All that kills abundant living,
let it from the earth be banned:
pride of status, race or schooling,
dogmas that obscure your plan.
In our common quest for justice
may we hallow life's brief span.
4 You, Creator-God, have written
your great name on humankind;
for our growing in your likeness
bring the life of Christ to mind;
that by our response and service
earth its destiny may find. Scripture: Isaiah 2:1-5 Used With Tune: ALLELUIA DULCE CARMEN
For the healing of the nations
Who would true valour see
Author: John Bunyan (1628-1688) Meter: 6.5.6.5.6.6.6.5 Appears in 151 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Lyrics: 1 Who would true valour see,
let him come hither;
one here will constant be,
come wind, come weather;
there's no discouragement
shall make him once relent
his first avowed intent
to be a pilgrim.
2 Whoso beset him round
with dismal stories,
do but themselves confound,
his strength the more is.
No lion can him fright:
he'll with a giant fight,
but he will have the right
to be a pilgrim.
3 Hobgoblin nor foul fiend
can daunt his spirit;
he knows he at the end
shall life inherit.
Then, fancies, fly away;
he'll not fear what men say;
he'll labour night and day
to be a pilgrim. Scripture: 1 Samuel 17 Used With Tune: MONK'S GATE
Who would true valour see
All good gifts around us
Author: Matthias Claudius (1740-1815); Jane Montgomery Campbell (1817-1878) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D with refrain Appears in 454 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship First Line: We plough the fields, and scatter Lyrics: 1 We plough the fields, and scatter
the good seed on the land,
but it is fed and watered
by God's almighty hand:
he sends the snow in winter,
the warmth to swell the grain,
the breezes, and the sunshine,
and soft, refreshing rain.
Refrain:
All good gifts around us
are sent from heaven above;
then thank the Lord, O thank the Lord,
for all his love.
2 He only is the maker
of all things near and far;
he paints the wayside flower,
he lights the evening star;
the winds and waves obey him,
by him the birds are fed;
much more to us, his children,
he gives our daily bread. [Refrain]
3 We thank thee then, O Father,
for all things bright and good,
the seed-time and the harvest,
our life, our health, our food.
Accept the gifts we offer
for all thy love imparts,
and, what thou most desirest,
our humble, thankful hearts. [Refrain] Scripture: 1 Chronicles 29:13-14 Used With Tune: WIR PFLÜGEN
All good gifts around us
I heard the voice of Jesus say
Author: Horatius N. Bonar (1808-1889) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 1,228 hymnals Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Lyrics: 1 I heard the voice of Jesus say,
'Come unto me and rest;
lay down, thou weary one, lay down
thy head upon my breast':
I came to Jesus as I was,
weary and worn and sad;
I found in him a resting-place,
and he has made me glad.
2 I heard the voice of Jesus say,
'Behold, I freely give
the living water, thirsty one;
stoop down and drink and live':
I came to Jesus, and I drank
of that life-giving stream;
my thirst was quenched, my soul revived,
and now I live in him.
3 I heard the voice of Jesus say,
'I am this dark world's light;
look unto me, thy morn shall rise,
and all thy day be bright':
I looked to Jesus, and I found
in him my star, my sun;
and in that light of life I'll walk
till travelling days are done. Scripture: Matthew 11:25-30 Used With Tune: KINGSFOLD
I heard the voice of Jesus say
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