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Thy Word is Like a Garden, Lord
Author: Edwin Hodder Appears in 158 hymnals Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM
Thy Word is Like a Garden, Lord
O sing a song of Bethlehem
Author: Louis Fitzgerald Benson,1855- Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 65 hymnals Topics: Hymns for the Young The Lord Jesus - His Life and Death Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM
O sing a song of Bethlehem
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night
Author: Nahum Tate Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 1,106 hymnals 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.
"Fear not," said he, for mighty dread
Had seized their troubled mind;
"Glad tidings of great joy I bring
To you and all mankind.
2 "To you, in David's town, this day,
Is born of David's line
A Savior, who is Christ the Lord;
And this shall be the sign:
The heav'nly Babe you there shall find
To human view displayed,
All meanly wrapped in swaddling-clothes
And in a manger laid."
3 Thus spake the seraph,--and forthwith
Appeared a shining throng
Of angels, praising God, and thus
Addressed their joyful song:
"All glory be to God on high,
And to the earth be peace;
Good will henceforth from Heav'n to men
Begin and never cease."
Amen. Topics: The Church Year Christmas Scripture: Luke 2:11 Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night
En los postreros días
Author: Joel H. Johnson, 1802-1882 Appears in 1 hymnal Used With Tune: [En los postreros días]
En los postreros días
The Two Advents
Author: George W. Doane Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: He came not with His heav’nly crown, Lyrics:
1 He came not with His heav’nly crown,
His scepter clad with power;
His coming was in feebleness,
The infant of an hour.
A humble manger cradled first
The virgin’s holy birth,
And lowing herds companioned there
The Lord of Heav’n and earth.
2 He came not in His robe of wrath,
With arm outstretched to slay;
But, on the darkling paths of earth,
To pour celestial day,
To guide in peace the wandering feet,
The broken heart to bind;
And bear upon the painful cross
The sins of human kind.
3 And Thou hast borne them, Savior meek!
And therefore unto Thee
In humbleness and gratitude,
Our hearts shall offered be;
And greenly, as the festal bough
That on Thy altar lies,
Our souls, our bodies, all be Thine,
A living sacrifice!
4 Yet once again Thy sign shall be
Upon the heav’ns displayed,
And earth and its inhabitants,
Be terribly afraid;
For not in weakness clad Thou com’st
Our woes, our sins, to bear,
But girt with all Thy Father’s might,
His vengeance to declare.
5 The terrors of that awful day,
Oh! who shall understand?
Or who abide, when Thou in wrath
Shall lift Thy holy hand?
The earth shall quake, the sea shall roar,
The sun in heav’n grow pale,
But Thou hast sworn, and wilt not change,
Thy faithful shall not fail!
6 Then grant us, Savior! so to pass
Our time in trembling here,
That when, upon the clouds of heav’n,
Thy glory shall appear,
Uplifting high our joyful heads,
In triumph we may rise,
And enter, with Thy angel train,
Thy temple in the skies!
Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM Text Sources: Songs by the Way (New York: D. Appleton, 1860)
The Two Advents
Blest be our everlasting Lord
Author: Charles Wesley Appears in 60 hymnals Used With Tune: [Blest be our everlasting Lord]
Blest be our everlasting Lord
Come, let us join our friends above
Author: Charles Wesley Appears in 346 hymnals Used With Tune: SALEM
Come, let us join our friends above
God Is Our Refuge and Our Strength
Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 24 hymnals Lyrics: 1 God is our refuge and our strength,
our ever-present aid,
and therefore though the earth remove,
we will not be afraid;
though hills amidst the seas be cast,
though foaming waters roar,
yea, though the mighty billows shake
the mountains on the shore.
2 A river flows whose streams make glad
the city of our God,
the holy place wherein the Lord
Most High has his abode.
Since God is in the midst of her,
unmoved her walls shall stand,
for God will be her early help,
when trouble is at hand.
3 The nations raged, the kingdoms moved,
but when his voice was heard,
the troubled earth was stilled to peace
before his mighty word.
The Lord of Hosts is on our side,
our safety to secure;
the God of Jacob is for us
a refuge strong and sure.
4 O come, behold what wondrous works
Jehovah's hand has wrought;
come, see what desolation great
he on the earth has brought.
To utmost ends of all the earth
he causes war to cease;
the weapons of the strong destroyed,
he makes abiding peace.
5 "Be still and know that I am God,
o'er all exalted high;
the subject nations of the earth
my name shall magnify."
The Lord of Hosts is on our side,
our safety to secure,
the God of Jacob is for us
a refuge strong and sure.
Topics: Trust in God; God His Power; Church Beauty and Glory of; Church Covenant People; Church Dedication of; God Omnipotence of; Mystery of God's Ways; Post-Communion Scripture: Psalm 46 Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM (FINK) Text Sources: The Psalter, 1912
God Is Our Refuge and Our Strength
O Hear, All People in the World
Author: Christopher L. Webber Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Affliction; Blessing; Death; Eternal Life; Grace; Healing; Hope; Peoples; Presentation of the Augsburg Confession; Questioning; Wealth; Wisdom; Witness Scripture: Psalm 49 Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM
O Hear, All People in the World
O Lord of light, and love and power
Author: Ella S. Armitage Appears in 33 hymnals Topics: Christ The King; Dedication Self; God Love of; Light; God's power; Purity; Repentance; Service; Youth; Living the Saintly Life Loyalty and Courage Scripture: Philippians 4:10-13 Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM
O Lord of light, and love and power
The glory of the spring, how sweet
Author: Thomas H. Gill Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 76 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The glory of the spring how sweet,
The new-born life how glad;
What joy the happy earth to greet
In new, bright raiment clad.
Divine Redeemer, Thee I bless;
I greet Thy going forth;
I love Thee in the loveliness
Of Thy renewed earth.
2 But O these wonders of Thy grace,
These nobler works of Thine,
These marvels sweeter far to trace,
These new births more divine.
These sinful souls Thou hallowest,
These hearts Thou makest new,
These mournful souls by Thee made blest,
These faithless hearts made true.
3 This new-born glow of faith so strong,
This bloom of love so fair,
This new-born ecstasy of song,
And fragrancy of prayer!
Creator Spirit, work in me
These wonders sweet of Thine,
Divine Redeemer, graciously
Renew this heart of mine. Topics: Prayer For a Clean Heart; Seasons; Spring; God in Nature Used With Tune: SERAPH
The glory of the spring, how sweet
How Vast the Benefits Divine
Author: Augustus M. Toplady; Rev. Dewey Westra Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 26 hymnals Lyrics: 1 How vast the benefits divine
which we in Christ possess!
We are redeemed from sin and shame,
and called to holiness.
'Tis not for works that we have done,
these all to him we owe;
but he of his electing love
salvation doth bestow.
2 To thee, O Lord, alone is due
all glory and renown;
aught to ourselves we dare not take,
or rob thee of thy crown.
Thou wast thyself our Surety
in God's redemption plan;
in thee his grace was given us,
long ere the world began.
3 Safe in the arms of sov'ereign love
we ever shall remain;
nor shall the rage of earth or hell
make thy sure counsel vain.
Not one of all the chosen race
but shall to heav'n attain;
here they will share abounding grace,
and there with Jesus reign. Topics: Blessed Hope; Covenant of Grace; Election; God Sovereignty of ; Salvation by Grace Scripture: Ephesians 1:3-14 Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM (Fink) (SERAPH)
How Vast the Benefits Divine
All Nature's Works His Praise Declare
Author: Henry Ware, the younger Appears in 39 hymnals First Line: All nature's works His praise declare, to Whom they all belong Topics: Worship General Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM
All Nature's Works His Praise Declare
How shall I sing that majesty
Appears in 40 hymnals Used With Tune: SERAPH
How shall I sing that majesty
വൻ കൃപയിൻ മക്കൾ
Author: John H. Holmes; Simon Zachariah Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: വൻ കൃപയിൻ മക്കൾ ഞ-ങ്ങ-ൾ മേൽ Lyrics: 1 വൻ കൃപയിൻ മക്കൾ ഞ-ങ്ങ-ൾ മേൽ,
നിൻ സ്നേ-ഹം ചുറ്റുന്നു.
വൻ അനുഗ്രഹ-മഴയോ ഞങ്ങൾമേൽ,
എ-പ്പോഴും പെയ്യുന്നു.
ഞങ്ങൾ തൻ പ്രാ-ത്ഥന യാചനകൾ,
നിൻ കാതുകൾ കേ-ൾ-ക്കുന്നു.
നിൻ സ്തുതികൾ ഞങ്ങൾ പാടുമ്പോൾ,
നിൻ തൂ-മുഖം ദർശ്ശിപ്പൂ.
2 പകലിൽ സൂ-ര്യൻ രാ-വിൽ താരം,
നിൻ വേലയെ കാണിപ്പൂ.
പുൽ-ത്തകിടിയും വൻ-തിരമാ-ലകളും,
പ-ച്ചിലയും പൂങ്കുലയും,
വീ-ശുന്ന തെന്നലും കുരുവികളും,
കൊ-ച്ചരുവികളും പാടും,
നിൻ സാന്ത്വനമേകും വാക്കുകളും.
നിൻ വാ-ഗ്ദത്തങ്ങളും,
3 സ്നേ-ഹം വിശ്വാസം കുടികൊള്ളും,
ഭവനേ നീ പാർക്കുന്നു.
എ-പ്പോഴും എല്ലാ ഇടങ്ങളിലും,
നിൻ മുഖം നാം ദർശ്ശിപ്പൂ.
എല്ലാ മനു-ഷ്യരിൻ മുഖങ്ങളിലും,
നിൻ മുഖം ഞാൻ കാണേണം.
പോ-കുന്ന എല്ലാ പാതയിലും,
നാം ന-ന്മയെ തേ-ട-ട്ടെ. Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM
വൻ കൃപയിൻ മക്കൾ
Lift Up Your Heads In Joyful Hope
Author: Martin Madan; Richard W. Adams Appears in 30 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lift up your heads in joyful hope,
Salute the happy morn;
Hear heav’nly power proclaim the hour:
Lo, Jesus Christ is born.
All glory be to God on high,
To Him all praise is due;
The promise sealed, the Lord revealed,
He proves the record true.
2 Let joy around like rivers flow,
Flow on, and still increase,
Spread o’er the earth at Jesus’ birth,
With Heav’n and men at peace.
Rejoice, come see, salvation free
For Adam’s helpless race:
From Heaven’s throne to save His own,
Messiah comes with grace.
3 Then let us join the skies above,
Where shining seraphs sing;
Join angel powers, their Lord is ours,
Our prophet, priest, and king.
The tidings of great joy be spread
To earth’s remotest bound;
With heav’nly host, to every coast
We raise the joyful sound. Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM Text Sources: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns from Various Authors, 10th ed., by Martin Madan (London: Henry Cock, 1783)
Lift Up Your Heads In Joyful Hope
Once More We Come Before Our God
Author: Henry F. Lyte Appears in 182 hymnals Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM
Once More We Come Before Our God
It came upon the midnight clear
Author: E. H. Sears Appears in 878 hymnals Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM
It came upon the midnight clear
Calm on the Listening Ear of Night
Author: Edmund Hamilton Sears Appears in 350 hymnals First Line: Calm on the list'ning ear of night Used With Tune: [Calm on the list'ning ear of night]
Calm on the Listening Ear of Night
My Soul in Silence Waits for God
Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 17 hymnals Lyrics: 1 My soul in silence waits for God,
My Savior He has proved;
He only is my rock and tower;
I never shall be moved.
My honor is secure with God,
My Savior He has proved;
My refuge and my rock of strength
Are found in God alone.
2 My enemies my ruin seek,
They plot with fraud and guile;
Deceitful, they pretend to bless,
But inwardly revile.
My soul, in silence wait for God;
He is my help approved,
He only is my rock and tower,
And I shall not be moved.
3 My honor is secure with God,
My Savior He is known;
My refuge and my rock of strength
Are found in God alone.
On Him, ye people, evermore
Rely with confidence;
Before Him pour ye out your heart,
For God is our defense.
4 For surely men are helpers vain,
The high and the abased;
Yea, lighter than a breath are thy
When in the balance placed.
Trust not in harsh oppression's power
Nor in unrighteous gain;
If wealth increase, yet on your gold
Ye set your hearts in vain.
5 For God has spoken o'er and o'er,
And unto me has shown,
That saving power and lasting strength
Belong to Him alone.
Yea, lovingkindness evermore
Belongs to Thee, O Lord;
And Thou according to his work
Dost every man reward.
Topics: Covetousness; Dependence upon God or Christ; God our Helper; Justice of God; God or Christ as Rock; Vanity Of Riches; Waiting upon God Scripture: Psalm 62 Used With Tune: SERAPH
My Soul in Silence Waits for God
Cantad, cantad, mortales
Author: Desconocido Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 6 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Cantad, cantad, mortales,
Que Cristo ya nació;
Y por salvar las almas,
Humilde se endarnó;
Por su bondad tan pura,
Él en la cruz murió;
Ya libres Él os hizo,
De ruina Él os sacó.
2 Cantad, cantad, mortales,
Que Cristo redimió.
De par en par las puertas
Del cielo Él os abrió.
La plenitud de gloria,
Cantad, que os legó;
Dad gracias al Mesías:
De ruina Él os sacó. Topics: El Año Cristiano Navidad; Servicio Cristiano; Christian Year Christmas; Christian Service Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM
Cantad, cantad, mortales
O Thou, Who by a Star Didst Guide
Author: John Mason Neale Appears in 67 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O Thou, who by a star didst guide
The wise men on their way,
Until it came and stood beside
The place where Jesus lay:
Although by stars Thou dost not lead
Thy servants now below,
Thy Holy Spirit, when they need,
Will show them how to go.
2 As yet we know Thee but in part,
But still we trust Thy Word,
That blessed are the pure in heart,
For they shall see the Lord.
O Saviour, give us then Thy grace
To make us pure in heart,
That we may see Thee face to face,
Hereafter as Thou art.
Amen. Topics: Church Year Epiphany; Epiphany; Holy Spirit; Purity Of Heart Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12 Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM (NEW)
O Thou, Who by a Star Didst Guide
O Praise the LORD, His Deeds Make Known
Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Covenant of Grace; Election; Israel; Praise; Providence Scripture: Psalm 105 Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM (Fink) (SERAPH) Text Sources: OPC/URCNA 2016
O Praise the LORD, His Deeds Make Known
O God, Whose Love Is Over All
Author: John H. Holmes Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 24 hymnals Lyrics: 1. O God, whose love is over all
The children of Thy grace,
Whose rich and tender blessings fall
On every age and place,
Hear Thou the songs and prayers we raise
In eager joy to Thee,
And teach us, as we sound Thy praise,
In all things Thee to see.
2. To see Thee in the sun by day
And in the stars by night,
In waving grass and ocean spray
And leaves and flowers bright;
To hear Thy voice, like spoken word,
In every breeze that blows,
In every song of every bird,
And every brook that flows.
3. To see Thee in each quiet home
Where faith and love abide,
In school and church, where all may come
To seek Thee side by side;
To see Thee in each human life,
Each struggling human heart,
Each path by which, in eager strife,
Men seek the better part. Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM
O God, Whose Love Is Over All
Lord, who at Cana's wedding feast
Author: Adelaide Thrupp; Godfrey Thring, 1823-1903 Appears in 40 hymnals Topics: The Church; The Family; Home; Joy; Marriage; The Kingdom of God on Earth Home, Marriage, Parents Scripture: Ephesians 5:25-29 Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM
Lord, who at Cana's wedding feast
The Hidden Years At Nazareth
Author: Allen E. Cross Appears in 13 hymnals First Line: The hidden years at Nazareth! Lyrics: 1 The hidden years at Nazareth!
How deep and still they seem,
Like rivers flowing in the dark,
Or waters in a dream!
Like waters under Syrian stars
Reflecting lights above,
Repeating in their silent depths
The wonder of God’s love.
2 The hidden years at Nazareth!
How deep and true they lie,
As open to the smile of God
As to the Syrian sky!
As open to the heart of man
As to the genial sun,
With dreams of vast adventuring,
And deeds of kindness done!
3 The hidden years at Nazareth!
How radiant they rise,
With life and death in balance laid
Before a Lad’s clear eyes!
O soul of youth, forever choose,
Forgetting fate or fear,
To live for truth or die with God,
Who stands beside thee here! Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM
The Hidden Years At Nazareth
Bethlehem
Author: Henry W. Frost Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: O Bethlehem, sweet Bethlehem Lyrics: 1 O Bethlehem, sweet Bethlehem,
To thee my song I sing;
To thee I raise my humble lay,
Thou city of the King.
Above thy courts the angels sang
Their brightest seraph song,
And, faintly echoing their refrain,
I would their praise prolong.
2 I see thy wide and wooded fields,
Thy rocky slopes and hills,
Thy valleys deep, where waters flow,
In sparkling, tuneful rills.
Thy balmy air is rich with scent,
Of olive and of vine,
Thy trees hang low with ripened fruit,
Thy vats o’erflow with wine.
3 Thy shepherd boys, like David, lead
Their flocks with winsome call,
Across thy uplands bright, and through
Deep vales where shadows fall.
Thy dusky men and ruddy maids
Are scattered ’cross the plain—
Where Ruth once followed Boaz’s men—
And harvest golden grain.
4 Thy mothers hush their babes to rest,
With hymns of David’s Lord,
Thy sing how in yon cave He came
To heav’nly love afford;
The scene is fair, and all is joy
About thy well kept walls;
Yea, sorrows never touch thy gates,
Thy hearthstones or thy halls.
5 Beyond is darksome Calvary
And sad Gethsemane;
But shadows flee, bright Bethlehem,
Whene’er they come to thee!
Lo, as I gaze, a vision breaks:
Behold, I see the Child
Lie once again in cave of stone,
All pure and undefiled.
6 The virgin mother bends above,
To watch the face divine,
From which, so fair and beautiful,
Bright rays of glory shine;
And oh, what longings fill my soul,
As I behold my Lord!
I fall and worship at His feet,
My every sin abhorred.
7 And here I pray to be like Him,
A holy infant child,
All meek and gentle, sweet and good,
All pure and undefiled!
And so to thee, O Bethlehem,
My song of love I sing;
All praise to thee, sweet Bethlehem,
Thou city of my king! Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM Text Sources: Pilgrim Songs by Henry W. Frost (New York: Gospel Publishing House, 1908)
Bethlehem
Behold, bless ye the Lord, all ye
Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 5 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Behold, bless ye the Lord, all ye
that his attendants are,
who in Jehovah’s temple be,
and praise him nightly there.
2 Your hands within the holy place
lift up, and bless his name.
3 From Zion hill the Lord thee bless,
who heaven and earth did frame. Scripture: Psalm 134 Used With Tune: EVANGEL
Behold, bless ye the Lord, all ye
God Has Ordained
Author: Margaret Horst (b. 1947) Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: God has ordained that women who Topics: Book One: Hymns, Songs, Chorales; Ordinances Womens' Veiling Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:3 Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM NEW
God Has Ordained
Ihr Schnitter in der Ernte
Appears in 6 hymnals Used With Tune: [Ihr Schnitter in der Ernte]
Ihr Schnitter in der Ernte
O blessed day of motherhood!
Author: Ernest F. McGregor, 1879- Appears in 19 hymnals Topics: Brotherhood; The Family; Home; Mother, Motherhood; The Kingdom of God on Earth Home, Marriage, Parents Scripture: John 19:25-27 Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM
O blessed day of motherhood!
We are the children of a King
Author: G. R. Prynne Appears in 1 hymnal Used With Tune: [We are the children of a King]
We are the children of a King
Salgamos, Fieles, a Anunciar
Author: G. V. de Rodríguez Appears in 4 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 6:8 Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM
Salgamos, Fieles, a Anunciar
How precious is the book divine
Author: Rev. John Fawcett (1739-1817) Appears in 640 hymnals Topics: The Holy Scriptures Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM
How precious is the book divine
The March of Days
Author: Frances Whitmarsh Wile Appears in 86 hymnals First Line: All beautiful the march of days Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM
The March of Days
Señor, Tu Libro Es Cual Vergel
Author: Edwin Hodder; J. Pablo Simón Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Las Sagradas Escrituras Used With Tune: GABRIEL
Señor, Tu Libro Es Cual Vergel
O Master Workman of the race
Author: Jay T. Stocking Appears in 108 hymnals Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM (Seraph)
O Master Workman of the race
Der Herr bricht ein um Mitternacht
Appears in 31 hymnals Used With Tune: [Der Herr bricht ein um Mitternacht]
Der Herr bricht ein um Mitternacht
The summer days are come again
Author: Rev. S. Longfellow Appears in 73 hymnals Topics: Flower Service and Children's Day Used With Tune: GABRIEL
The summer days are come again
God Is Our Refuge and Our Strength
Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Church; Church As Covenant People; God Omnipotence of; God As Refuge; Mystery of God's Ways; Post-Communion; Reformation Day; Trust and Assurance Scripture: Psalm 46 Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM (Fink) (SERAPH) Text Sources: OPC/URCNA 2016
God Is Our Refuge and Our Strength
The Needy Poor
Author: J. W. Hey Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: O Christian, if the needy poor Lyrics: 1 O Christian, if the needy poor
Have e'er unheeded been,
Beware, lest at thy closed door
The Saviour stood unseen!
Let heart and house be open thrown,
Thy gifts with others share;
Let holy charity be shown
To all who need thy care.
2 Then, while thy glance abroad is cast,
The Lord is by thy side;
For thro' the open door He passed,
When they were not denied.
And ere thy kindly heart could guess
Who entered by the door,
His gracious hands were raised to bless
Thy basket and thy store.
3 And He shall bless thee all life's day,
With His almighty love;
And crown thee in eternity
That waits the just above,
Where soon the pearly gates of light
His hand shall open throw
To all who now with Him unite
In ministry below. Topics: Living His Life Giving Used With Tune: GABRIEL
The Needy Poor
All Grace and Peace to You from Him
Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Blessing/Parting; Return of Christ Scripture: Revelation 1:4-8 Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM Text Sources: Singing the New Testament Committee (adapt.)
All Grace and Peace to You from Him
Our Father! Thy Dear Name Doth Show
Author: Charles H. Richards Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 15 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Our Father! Thy dear Name doth show
The greatness of thy love;
All are thy children here below
As in thy heaven above.
One family on earth are we
Throughout its widest span:
O help us everywhere to see
The brotherhood of man.
2 Alike we share thy tender care;
We trust one heav'nly Friend;
Before one mercy-seat in prayer
In confidence we bend;
Alike we hear thy loving call;
One heav'nly vision scan,
One Lord, one faith, one hope for all,
The brotherhood of man.
3 Bring in, we pray, the glorious day
When battle cries are stilled;
When bitter strife is swept away
And hearts with love are filled.
O help us banish pride and wrong,
Which since the world began
Have marred its peace; help us make strong
The brotherhood of man.
Amen. Topics: World Friendship Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM
Our Father! Thy Dear Name Doth Show
The golden gates are lifted up
Author: Mrs. C. F. Alexander Appears in 131 hymnals Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM
The golden gates are lifted up
The LORD's My Light
Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: The LORD's my light and saving help Topics: Adversaries; Assurance; Church As the Lord's House; Light; Protection Scripture: Psalm 27 Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM (Fink) (SERAPH) Text Sources: OPC/URCNA 2016
The LORD's My Light
How Bright These Glorious Spirits Shine!
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 156 hymnals First Line: How bright these glorious spirits shine Lyrics: 1 How bright these glorious spirits shine!
Whence all their white array?
How came they to the blissful seats
of everlasting day?
Lo! these are they from suff'rings great
who came to realms of light!
and in the blood of Christ have washed
those robes which shine so bright.
2 Now, with triumphal palms, they stand
before the throne on high,
and serve the God they love, amidst
the glories of the sky.
His presence fills each heart with joy,
tunes ev'ry mouth to sing:
by day, by night, the sacred courts
with glad hosannas ring.
3 Hunger and thirst are felt no more,
nor suns with scorching ray;
God is their sun, whose cheering beams
diffuse eternal day.
The Lamb which dwells amidst the throne
shall o'er them still preside,
feed them with nourishment divine,
and all their footsteps guide.
4 'Mong pastures green he'll lead his flock
where living streams appear;
and God the Lord from ev'ry eye
shall wipe off ev'ry tear.
To him who sits upon the throne,
the God whom we adore,
and to the Lamb that once was slain,
be glory evermore!
Topics: The Way of Salvation The Resurrection and Everlasting Life; Christ Lamb of God; Christ Shepherd; Heaven Redeemed in Scripture: Revelation 7:13-17 Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM (FINK) Text Sources: Scottish Paraphrases, 1781
How Bright These Glorious Spirits Shine!
Christ for the World
Author: C. G. Clark Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Christ for the world, the world for Christ Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM
Christ for the World
The Aged Saint and His God
Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: But I in thee with confidence Topics: Adoration; Afflictions Many and sore; Afflictions Purpose of; Children instructed; Christ Glorying in; Christ Righteousness of; Christians Christ the Life of; Christians Evangelists; Faith Blessedness of; Faith Confession of; Faith Confidence of; God Adored and Exalted; God Attributes of; God Righteous; Gospel Fullness of; Gospel Gracious Fruit of; Gospel Preaching of; Grace Growth in; Hope in God; Old Age; Perseverance; Praise To God; Prayer Pleas in; The Redeemed; Revival; Salvation Thanksgiving for; Steadfastness; Trust in God Expressed Scripture: Psalm 71:11-21 Used With Tune: [But I in thee with confidence]
The Aged Saint and His God
We limit not the truth of God
Author: George Rawson Appears in 24 hymnals Used With Tune: ROBINSON
We limit not the truth of God
Behold a Sower! from Afar
Author: Washington Gladden, 1836-1918 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 30 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Behold a Sower! from afar
He goeth forth with might;
The rolling years His furrows are,
His seed, the growing light;
For all the just His Word is sown,
It springeth up alway;
The tender blade is hope’s young dawn,
The harvest, love’s new day.
2 O Lord of life, to Thee we lift
Our hearts in praise for those,
Thy prophets, who have shown Thy gift
Of grace that ever grows,
Of truth that spreads from shore to shore,
Of wisdom’s widening ray,
Of light that shineth more and more
Unto Thy perfect day.
3 Shine forth, O Light, that we may see,
With hearts all unafraid,
The meaning and the mystery
Of things that Thou hast made;
Shine forth, and touch the darkling past
Beneath Thy beam grow bright;
Shine forth, and touch the future vast
With Thine untroubled light.
4 Light up Thy Word; the fettered page
From killing bondage free:
Light up our way; lead forth this age
In love’s large liberty.
O Light of light! within us dwell,
Through us Thy radiance pour,
That word and life Thy truths may tell,
And praise Thee evermore.
AMEN.
Topics: The Holy Scripture Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM
Behold a Sower! from Afar
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