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O Christ, our true and only Light

Author: Johann Heermann; Catherine Winkworth Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 96 hymnals Topics: Brotherhoods and Men's Guilds; Church Work; Cross Bearing of the Used With Tune: BRESLAU

'Take up thy cross,' the Saviour said

Author: Charles William Everest, 1814-1877 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 297 hymnals Topics: God The Lord Jesus Christ - His Life Among Men; The Church of God The Sacraments - Baptism; The Church of God The Sacraments - The Lord's Supper; The Life in Christ Consecration and Discipleship; The Gospel Call Used With Tune: BRESLAU

Before Jehovah's awful throne

Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748; John Wesley, 1703-1791 Appears in 966 hymnals Used With Tune: BRESLAU (Jena)

Spirit of mercy, truth and love

Appears in 96 hymnals Used With Tune: BRESLAU Text Sources: From Foundling Hospital Collection (1774)

Forth in Thy Name, O Lord, I Go

Author: Charles Wesley Appears in 346 hymnals Used With Tune: BRESLAU

O Thou, who makest souls to shine

Appears in 45 hymnals Used With Tune: BRESLAU

O Jesu, Lord of heav'nly grace

Author: J. Chandler; St. Ambrose Appears in 85 hymnals Used With Tune: [O Jesu, Lord of heav'nly grace]

We sing the praise of him who died

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 192 hymnals Topics: Palm Sunday and Passion Week Used With Tune: BRESLAU

Creator of the stars of night

Author: J. M. Neale Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 91 hymnals Topics: Advent; Saints' Days and Holy Days The Circumcision; Advent I Evening Prayer Closing Used With Tune: BRESLAU Text Sources: Latin, 9th cent.; Hymnal Version, 1940

So let our lips and lives express

Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 491 hymnals Used With Tune: BRESLAU

I thirst, Thou wounded Lamb of God

Author: J. Wesley Appears in 244 hymnals Used With Tune: BRESLAU

Die helle Sonn leucht jetzt herfür

Appears in 19 hymnals Used With Tune: [Die helle Sonn leucht jetzt herfür]

The early sun shines in the skies

Appears in 3 hymnals Used With Tune: [The early sun shines in the skies]

Gdzieź serce, gdzie ojczyna ma

Author: ks. Rudolf Gustaw Gundlach, d. 1922 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Gdzieź serce, gdzie ojczyna ma? Topics: Wiara, milość, nadzieja Śmierec, zmartwychwstanie i życi wieczne Used With Tune: O JESU CHRIST, MEINS LEBENS LICHT

Now let our souls on wings sublime

Author: Thomas Gibbons Appears in 159 hymnals Used With Tune: BRESLAU

O God, in whom we live and move

Author: Samuel Longfellow Appears in 36 hymnals Used With Tune: BRESLAU

Behold, My Soul, Thy Savior King

Author: Arthur T. Russell Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Behold, my soul, thy Savior King! Lyrics: 1 Behold, my soul, thy Savior King! His sufferings thy redemption bring: Attend, my soul, His lonely cry— The voice of blood that rends the sky! 2 Those dying groans shall rend my heart; Those nails to me shall pain impart: My flesh, my will I crucify: With Thee, my Lord, I mourn—I die. 3 In vain all other friends are mine, If Thou on me refuse to shine: Thy love alone can fill my soul, And make my wounded spirit whole. 4 Canst Thou, O Lord, accept my prayer, And still this guilty wanderer spare? Then in Thy name I come to Thee, And to Thy cross for ever flee. 5 Beneath Thy cross in prayer and praise I’ll spend the remnant of my days: Beneath Thy cross my closing eyes Shall rest, till Heaven my sleep surprise. Used With Tune: BRESLAU Text Sources: Psalms and Hymns (Cambridge, England: John Deighton, 1851)

'Behold, the Master passeth by!'

Author: Bishop W. Walsham How; Bishop Thomas Ken Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 53 hymnals Topics: Saints' Days and Other Holy Days Saint Matthew the Apostle, September 21 Used With Tune: BRESLAU

Murder Of The Innocents

Author: Thomas B. Murray Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: The songs of praise were scarcely done Lyrics: 1 The songs of praise were scarcely done, Which magnified the Father’s love In sending forth His only Son, A perfect offering from above; 2 When He, the Lamb, unblemished, bright, Snatched from the tyrant’s hands in time, Amidst the silence of the night, Sought refuge in a foreign clime. 3 For murder’s threatening shadow fell On Bethl’hem, and the coasts around; And scenes too sad for tongue to tell, Were acted on that holy ground. 4 A voice was heard of those that mourn, A piteous plaint, a clamor wild; The infant from its mother torn, The mother wailing for her child. 5 ’Twas heard in Ramah long before, When Rachel, bending o’er the dead, Bemoaned her children now no more, Refusing to be comforted. 6 O dark and lamentable day, That saw fulfilled the prophet’s word, The lamb-like victims dragged away, And slaughtered by the tyrant’s sword. 7 Yet they were blest; that shining band First in the martyrs’ army stood; Fair spring flowers, nipped by Herod’s hand, Torn from the stem, baptized in blood. 8 Then, mothers, cease your mourning tones; Resign in faith what God hath giv’n; And count your parted little ones His jewels treasured up in Heav’n. Used With Tune: BRESLAU Text Sources: Lays of Christmas (London: Francis & John Rivington, 1847)

Lord, save thy world: in bitter need

Author: Albert Frederick Bayly, 1901-1984 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 8 hymnals Topics: General Hymns Church/Fellowship/Mission Used With Tune: BRESLAU

O Jezu, Twa najdroższa krew

Author: bp. Johann Oearius Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1 O Jezu, Twa najdroższa krew, co przejednała Boży gniew, orzeźwia, koi serce me, oczyszcza z wszystkich grzechów je. 2 Ta krew to strojna szata ma; Twa świętość i zasługa Twa przed Bogiem jest poręką mi i nieba mi otwiera drzwi. 3 Tyś, Jezu Chryste, Boży Syn, pociechą, wybawieniem z win, z życia Twego zdrój, Twa krew to nowy we mnie życia siew. 4 Gdy trwożyć będą duszę ma śmierć, piekło, diabeł mocą swą, swym Słowem, Jezu, trwogę kój; Twa krew to łaski dła mnie zdrój. Topics: Rok kościelny Czas pasyjny Used With Tune: O JESU CHRIST, MEINS LEBENS LICHT

Erinnre dich, mein Geist, erfreut des hohen Tags der Herrlichkeit

Author: Chr. F. Gellert Appears in 40 hymnals Used With Tune: [Erinnre dich, mein Geist, erfreut des hohen Tags der Herrlichkeit]

O grant us light, that we may know

Author: L. Tuttiett Appears in 74 hymnals Topics: The Christian Life Light Used With Tune: BRESLAU

Come, Gracious Spirit, Heavenly Dove

Author: Simon Browne, 1680-1732 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 602 hymnals First Line: Come, gracious Spirit, heav'nly dove Lyrics: 1 Come, gracious Spirit, heav'nly dove, with light and comfort from above. Come, be our guardian, be our guide; o'er ev'ry thought and step preside. 2 The light of truth to us display and make us know and choose your way; plant holy fear in ev'ry heart, that we from God may ne'er depart. 3 Lead us to Christ, the living way, nor let us from his pastures stray. Lead us to holiness, the road that we must take to dwell with God. 4 Lead us to heav'n, that we may share fullness of joy forever there; lead us to our eternal rest, to be with God forever blest. Topics: Affirmation of Baptism; Pentecost, Holy Spirit; Affirmation of Baptism; Pentecost, Holy Spirit; Trust, Guidance Used With Tune: HERR JESU CHRIST, MEINS

Before the throne of God above

Author: Charitie L. de Chenez (1841-1923) Appears in 57 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Before the throne of God above I have a strong, a perfect plea; a great high priest, whose name is Love, who ever lives and pleads for me. 2 My name is written on his hands, my name is hidden in his heart; I know that while in heaven he stands no tongue can force me to depart. 3 When Satan tempts me to despair and tells me of the guilt within, upward I look, and see him there who made an end of all my sin. 4 Because the sinless Saviour died, my sinful soul is counted free; for God the just is satisfied to look on him and pardon me. 5 Behold him there! the risen Lamb, my perfect, spotless Righteousness, the great unchangeable I AM, the King of glory and of grace! 6 One with my Lord, I cannot die: my soul is purchased by his blood, my life is safe with Christ on high, with Christ my saviour and my God. Topics: God's Church Hope and Confidence; Pentecost 21 The Christian Hope Used With Tune: BRESLAU

What various hindrances we meet

Author: William Cowper (1731-1800) Appears in 524 hymnals Used With Tune: BRESLAU

Again, as evening's shadow falls

Author: Samuel Longfellow Appears in 162 hymnals Used With Tune: BRESLAU

O thou to whose all searching sight

Author: Count N. L. von Zinzendorf, 1700-1760; Rev. John Wesley, 1703-91 Appears in 391 hymnals Topics: Longing for Christ; Prayer and Aspiration Used With Tune: BRESLAU

When I survey the wondrous cross

Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 1,999 hymnals Used With Tune: BRESLAU

Behold, There Comes An Hour Unknown

Author: Horace L. Hastings Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 4 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Behold, there comes an hour unknown, When high upon His burning throne, The Lord, who died for sinful men, To judge the world shall come again. 2 Obedient to His high command, From every nation, tribe and land, The gathered sons of Adam meet Around that awful judgment seat. 3 Behold the Judge! that brow of flame Once wore the thorns and bore the shame; His blood a Roman cross once dyed— That Judge for me was crucified. 4 The voice of blasphemy is dumb, The sinner’s day of fear has come! The traitor’s kiss, the scorner’s sneer Are known no more: the Judge is here. 5 Ah, see the myriad throngs divide! To right and left they turn aside— What wailing bursts from every heart Which hears the awful word, "Depart!" 6 But lo! a fair immortal throng Breaks forth in strains of endless song, To hear the words, "Ye blessed come! Receive your kingdom and your home." 7 Oh, sinner, you that Judge must meet, And face that awful judgment seat; Repent, and give Him now your heart Ere you shall hear His word, "Depart." Used With Tune: BRESLAU

The royal banners forward go

Author: Venantius Fortunatus, c. 530-609; John Mason Neale, 1818-66 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 134 hymnals Topics: The Lord Jesus Christ His Sufferings and Death Used With Tune: BRESLAU

Father! beneath Thy sheltering wing

Author: W. H. Burleigh Appears in 26 hymnals Topics: The Christian Life Trust Used With Tune: BRESLAU

Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep

Author: Margaret Mackay Appears in 1,060 hymnals Topics: The Christian Hope Asleep in Jesus Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:14 Used With Tune: BRESLAU

Fight the good fight with all thy might

Author: John Samuel Bewley Monsell (1811-1875) Appears in 484 hymnals Used With Tune: JENA (BRESLAU)

Lord Jesus, Though But Two Or Three

Author: M. Loy Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 10 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lord Jesus, though but two or three In Thy dear name assembled be, Thou wilt among them show Thy face And bless them with Thy saving grace. 2 In Thy dear Name again we meet And worship humbly at Thy feet; Thou wilt Thy gracious word fulfill And cheer us with Thy presence still. 3 O Thou from Whom all blessings flow, Thy peace and comfort now bestow; Abide with us till life is o'er And make us Thine forevermore. Topics: Opening of Worship Used With Tune: BRESLAU

The heathen perish day by day

Author: J. Montgomery Appears in 35 hymnals Used With Tune: BRESLAU

'Tis winter now; the fallen snow

Author: Rev. Samuel Longfellow Appears in 64 hymnals Used With Tune: BRESLAU

Unveil thy bosom, faithful tomb

Author: The Rev. I. Watts, D.D. Appears in 342 hymnals Used With Tune: BRESLAU

Bless Thou the Gifts

Author: Samuel Longfellow, 1819-1892 Appears in 53 hymnals First Line: Bless thou the gifts our hands have brought Topics: Offertory Used With Tune: BRESLAU

We Bid Thee Welcome in the Name

Author: James Montgomery Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 135 hymnals Lyrics: 1 We bid thee welcome in the name Of Jesus, our exalted Head. Come as a servant,- so He came, And we receive thee in His stead. 2 Come as a shepherd; guard and keep This fold from hell and world and sin; Nourish the lambs and feed the sheep; The wounded heal, the lost bring in. 3 Come as a teacher sent from God, Charged His whole counsel to declare. Lift o’er our ranks the prophet’s rod While we uphold thy hands with prayer. 4 Come as a messenger of peace, Filled with the Spirit, fired with love. Live to behold our large increase And die to meet us all above. Amen. Topics: The Church Ministry Scripture: 1 Corinthians 4:1-2 Used With Tune: HERR JESU CHRIST, MEIN'S

Lord Jesus Christ, my life, my light

Author: M. Behm Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 34 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lord Jesus Christ, my life, my light, My strength by day, my trust by night, On earth I’m but a passing guest, And sorely with my sins oppressed. 2 Far off I see my fatherland, Where through Thy grace I hope to stand. But ere I reach that paradise, A weary way before me lies. 3 My heart sinks at the journey’s length, My wasted flesh has little strength, Only my soul still cries in me, Lord, fetch me home, take me to Thee! 4 O let Thy sufferings give me power To meet the last and darkest hour; Thy cross the staff whereon I lean, My couch the grave where thou hast been. 5 Since Thou hast died, the pure, the just, I take my homeward way in trust, The gates of heaven, Lord, open wide, When here I may no more abide. 6 And when the last great day is come, And Thou, our Judge, shalt speak the doom, Let me with joy behold the light, And set me then upon Thy right. 7 Renew this wasted flesh of mine, That like the sun it there may shine, Among the angels pure and bright, Yea, like Thyself in glorious light. 8 Ah, then I’ll have my heart’s desire, When singing with the angels’ choir, Among the ransomed of Thy grace, For ever I behold Thy face! Topics: The Last Things Preparation for Death; The Last Things Preparation for Death Used With Tune: [Lord Jesus Christ, my life, my light]

Jesus, Thy blood and Righteousness

Author: John Wesley; Nicolaus L. Zinzendorf Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 499 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Jesus, Thy blood and Righteousness My beauty are, my glorious dress; Midst flaming worlds, in these arrayed, With joy shall I lift up my head. 2 When from the dust of death I rise To take my mansion in the skies, E'en then shall be my only plea-- "Jesus hath lived, hath died for me." 3 Bold shall I stand in Thy great day, For who aught to my charge shall lay? Fully, through Thee, absolved I am From sin and fear, from guilt and shame. 4 This spotless robe the same appears When ruined nature sinks in years; Age cannot change its constant hue, Thy blood preserves it ever new. 5 And when the dead shall hear Thy voice, Thy banished children shall rejoice; Their beauty this, their glorious dress, Jesus, the Lord our Righteousness. Amen. Topics: Assurance; Christ Blood of; Christ Our Surety; Confession of Faith; Faith Assurance of; Faith Fruition of; Faith Justification by; Salvation By faith Used With Tune: CHRISTI BLUT

God calling yet; shall I not hear?

Author: Sarah Borthwick Findlater, 1823 - 1907; Gerhard Tersteegen, 1697 - 1769 Appears in 422 hymnals Lyrics: 1 God calling yet; shall I not hear? Earth's pleasures shall I still hold dear? Shall life's swift passing years all fly, And still my soul in slumber lie? 2 God calling yet; shall I not rise? Can I his loving voice despise, And basely his kind care repay? He calls me still; can I delay? 3 God calling yet; and shall he knock, And I my heart the closer lock? He still is waiting to receive, And shall I dare his Spirit grieve? 4 Ah, yield him all; in him confide; Where but with him doth peace abide? Break loose, let earthly bonds be riven, And let the spirit rise to heaven. 5 God calling yet; I cannot stay; My heart I yield without delay; Vain world, farewell! from thee I part; The voice of God hath reached my heart. Topics: The Life in Christ Repentance and Faith Used With Tune: BRESLAU

When Satan Saw His Rebel Host

Author: Benjamin Beddome, 1717-1795 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: 1 When Satan saw his rebel host, His cause, and Heav’n for ever lost, Malice and wrath his mind possessed, And fury burned within his breast. 2 He knew how vain th’ attempts to rise, With impious rage against the skies; But bent on ill, another way He turns his arms, and wins the day. 3 ‘Twas in a dark unguarded hour, That our first parents felt his power; Soft innocence and virtue fell An easy prey to death and hell. 4 Ye sons of God, the tempter fly, Nor the unequal contest try; By promised bliss the fiend decoys— First he allures, and then destroys. Used With Tune: BRESLAU Text Sources: Hymns Adapted to Public Worship (London: Burton & Briggs, 1818)

God of all power, and truth, and grace

Author: Charles Wesley 1707-88 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 71 hymnals Used With Tune: O JESU CHRIST, MEINS LEBENS LICHT

Throughout these Lenten days and nights

Author: James Gertmenian, 1947- Appears in 5 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Throughout these Lenten days and nights we turn to walk the inward way, where, meeting Christ, our guide and light, we live in hope till Easter day. 2 The pilgrim Christ, the Lamb of God, who found in weakness greater power, embraces us, though lost and flawed, and leads us to his rising hour. 3 We bear the silence, cross and pain of human burdens, human strife, while sisters, brothers help sustain our courage till the feast of life. 4 And though the road is hard and steep, the Spirit ever calls us on through Calvary’s dying, dark and deep, until we see the coming dawn. 5 So let us choose the path of one who wore, for us, the crown of thorn, and slept in death, that we might wake to life on Resurrection Morn! 6 Rejoice, O sons and daughters! Sing and shout hosannas! Raise the strain! For Christ, whose death Good Friday brings, on Easter day will live again! Topics: Church Year Lent; Feast / Food; Jesus Christ Lamb of God; Journey / Pilgrimage / Pilgrims; Suffering Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:9 Used With Tune: BRESLAU

Lord of all being, throned afar

Author: Dr. O. W. Holmes, 1809-1894 Appears in 431 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Lord of all being, throned afar, Thy glory flames from sun and star; Centre and soul of every sphere, Yet to each loving heart how near. 2. Sun of our life, Thy quickening ray Sheds on our path the glow of day; Star of our hope, Thy softened light Cheers the long watches of the night. 3. Our midnight is Thy smile withdrawn; Our noontide is Thy gracious dawn; Our rainbow arch, Thy mercy's sign; All, save the clouds of sin, are Thine. 4. Lord of all life, below, above, Whose light is truth, whose warmth is love, Before Thy ever-blazing throne We ask no lustre of our own. 5. Grant us Thy truth to make us free, And kindling hearts that burn for Thee, Till all Thy living altars claim One holy light, one heavenly flame. Topics: God Light, our; Light God our; God Light, our; Light God our; The Godhead The Father Used With Tune: BRESLAU

Renew Me, O Eternal Light

Author: August Crull, 1846-1923; Johann F. Ruopp, 1672-1708 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 18 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Renew me, O eternal Light, And let my heart and soul be bright, Illumined with the light of grace That issues from your holy face. 2 Remove the pow'r of sin from me And cleanse all my impurity, That I may have the strength and will Temptations of the flesh to still. 3 Create in me a new heart, Lord, That gladly I obey your Word. Let what you will be my desire, And with new life my soul inspire. 4 Grant that I only you may love And seek those things which are above, Till I behold you face to face, O Light eternal, through your grace. Topics: Commitment Used With Tune: HERR JESU CHRIST, MEINS

Jesus, and shall it ever be

Author: Joseph Grigg; Benjamin Francis Appears in 1,275 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Jesus, and shall it ever be, A mortal man, ashamed of Thee? Ashamed of Thee, Whom angels praise, Whose glories shine through endless days? 2 Ashamed of Jesus! sooner far Let evening blush to own a star; He sheds the beams of light divine O’er this benighted soul of mine. 3 Ashamed of Jesus! just as soon Let midnight be ashamed of noon: ’Tis midnight with my soul, till He, Bright Morning Star, bid darkness flee. 4 Ashamed of Jesus! that dear Friend On whom my hopes of heaven depend! No; when I blush, be this my shame, That I no more revere His Name. 5 Ashamed of Jesus! yes, I may When I’ve no guilt to wash away. No tear to wipe, no good to crave, No fears to quell, no soul to save. 6 Till then--nor is the boasting vain-- Till then I boast a Saviour slain! And O, may this my glory be, That Christ is not ashamed of me. Amen. Topics: The Church Year Lent Used With Tune: BRESLAU

Help, Savior! help in fear and need

Author: Rev. Emanuel Cronenwett, D. D.; Nicolaus Selnecker Appears in 13 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Help, Savior! help in fear and need, Have mercy, to my prayers give heed! I know Thou lov'st me still as Thine, Though 'gainst me the world and hell combine. 2 I trust in Thee, whom I adore; If I have Thee, what need I more? And, O Lord Jesus, Thou art mine: And blest am I that I am Thine! 3 This sweet assurance bids my heart Abide Thy time, till clouds shall part; To Thee I'll trust me wholly then, And cry: Lord, help me! Yea, Amen. Topics: Christian Life and Hope The Walk of Godliness: Cross and Consolation; Christian Life and Hope The Walk of Godliness: Cross and Consolation Used With Tune: BRESLAU (Herr Jesu Christ, mein's Leben's Licht)

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