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My God, How Wonderful Thou Art
Author: Rev. Frederick W. Faber Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 344 hymnals Matching Instances: 11 Lyrics: 1. My God, how wonderful Thou art,
Thy majesty how bright!
How beautiful Thy mercy-seat
In depths of burning light!
2. O how I fear Thee, living God,
With deepest, tend'rest fears;
And worship Thee with trembling hope
And penitential tears.
3. Yet I may love Thee too, O Lord,
Almighty as Thou art;
For Thou hast stooped to ask of me
The love of my poor heart.
4. No earthly father loves like Thee,
No mother half so mild
Bears and forbears, as Thou hast done
With me, Thy sinful child.
5. Father of Jesus, love's Reward!
What rapture will it be,
Prostrate before Thy throne to lie,
And gaze and gaze on Thee.
Topics: Choral Section God's Excellencies Used With Tune: ST. ETHELDREDA
My God, How Wonderful Thou Art
Shepherd divine, our wants relieve
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 159 hymnals Matching Instances: 8 Lyrics: 1 Shepherd divine, our wants relieve
in this our evil day;
to all thy tempted followers give
the power to watch and pray.
2 Long as our fiery trials last,
long as the cross we bear,
O let our souls on thee be cast
in never-ceasing prayer.
3 The Spirit's interceding grace
give us in faith to claim;
to wrestle till we see thy face,
and know thy hidden name.
4 Till thou thy perfect love impart,
till thou thyself bestow,
be this the cry of every heart,
'I will not let thee go.'
5 I will not let thee go, unless
thou tell thy name to me;
with all thy great salvation bless,
and make me all like thee.
6 Then let me on the mountain-top
behold thine open face;
where faith in sight is swallowed up,
and prayer in endless praise. Topics: Transfiguration Scripture: 1 Peter 4:12 Used With Tune: ST ETHELDREDA
Shepherd divine, our wants relieve
Oh, still in accents sweet and strong
Author: S. Longfellow Appears in 124 hymnals Matching Instances: 5 Used With Tune: ST. ETHELDREDA
Oh, still in accents sweet and strong
O Thou, Who by a star didst guide
Author: John Mason Neale Appears in 67 hymnals Matching Instances: 4 Used With Tune: St. Etheldreda
O Thou, Who by a star didst guide
O Thou whose own vast temple stands
Author: William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) Appears in 240 hymnals Matching Instances: 4 Used With Tune: ST. ETHELDREDA
O Thou whose own vast temple stands
O Father, hear my morning prayer
Author: Frances A. Percy Appears in 44 hymnals Matching Instances: 4 Used With Tune: ST. ETHELDREDA
O Father, hear my morning prayer
Behold us, Lord, a little space
Author: John Ellerton, 1826-1893 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 120 hymnals Matching Instances: 3 Topics: The Church The Sanctuary Used With Tune: ST. ETHELREDA
Behold us, Lord, a little space
O for a Heart!
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,162 hymnals Matching Instances: 3 First Line: O for a heart to praise my God! Topics: Prayer and Consecration Used With Tune: ST. ETHELDREDA
O for a Heart!
Lord, teach us how to pray aright
Author: J. Montgomery Appears in 222 hymnals Matching Instances: 3 Used With Tune: [Lord, teach us how to pray aright]
Lord, teach us how to pray aright
Behold the sure Foundation-stone
Author: I. Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 195 hymnals Matching Instances: 2 Lyrics: 1 Behold the sure Foundation-stone
Which God in Zion lays,
To build our heavenly hopes upon,
And His eternal praise.
2 Chosen of God, to sinners dear,
Let saints adore the Name;
They trust their whole salvation here
Nor shall they suffer shame.
3 The foolish builders, scribe and priest,
Reject it with disdain;
Yet on this Rock the Church shall rest,
And envy rage in vain.
4 What though the gates of hell withstood
Yet must this building rise;
’Tis Thine own work, almighty God,
And wondrous in our eyes. Topics: The Church Foundation and Nature; The Church Foundation and Nature; Church of Christ Used With Tune: [Behold the sure Foundation stone]
Behold the sure Foundation-stone
O for a Faith That Will Not Shrink
Author: William H. Bathurst Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 689 hymnals Matching Instances: 2 Lyrics: 1 O for a faith that will not shrink,
Tho' pressed by every foe,
That will not tremble on the brink
Of any earthly woe;
2 That will not murmur nor complain
Beneath the chastening rod,
But in the hour of grief or pain
Will lean upon its God;
3 A faith that shines more bright and clear
When tempests rage without,
That when in danger knows no fear,
In darkness feels no doubt;
4 That bears unmoved the world’s dread frown,
Nor heeds its scornful smile;
That seas of trouble cannot drown,
Nor Satan’s arts beguile;
5 Lord, give me such a faith as this,
And then whate’er may come,
I’ll taste, e’en here, the hallowed bliss
Of an eternal home.
Amen. Scripture: Hebrews 11 Used With Tune: ST. ETHELDREDA
O for a Faith That Will Not Shrink
Peace be within this sacred place
Author: Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 4 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 Peace be within this sacred place,
And joy a constant guest;
With holy gifts and heavenly grace
Be her attendants blest!
2 My soul shall pray for Zion still,
While life or breath remains;
There my best friends, my kindred dwell,
There God, my Saviour, reigns. Topics: Worship Public Worship Scripture: Psalm 122 Used With Tune: ST. ETHELDREDA
Peace be within this sacred place
Searcher of hearts, before Thy face
Author: Doddridge Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 38 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 Searcher of hearts, before Thy face
I all my soul display,
And, conscious of its innate arts,
Entreat Thy strict survey.
2 If, lurking in its inmost folds,
I any sin conceal,
O let a ray of light divine
The secret guile reveal!
3 If in these fatal fetters bound
A wretched slave I lie:
Smite off my chains, and wake my soul
To light and liberty!
4 To humble penitence and prayer
Be gentle pity given;
Speak ample pardon to my heart,
And seal its claim to heaven. Topics: The Christian Life Wisdom and Self-Knowledge; Eighth Sunday after Trinity; Twenty Third Sunday after Trinity Used With Tune: ST. ETHELDREDA
Searcher of hearts, before Thy face
Fountain of Good, to Own Thy Love
Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 84 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 Fountain of good, to own thy love
our thankful hearts incline;
what can we render, Lord to thee,
when all the worlds are thine?
2 But thou hast needy brethren here,
partakers of thy grace,
whose names thou wilt thyself confess
before the Father's face.
3 And in their accents of distress
thy pleading voice is heard;
in them thou may'st be clothed and fed
and visited and cheered.
4 Thy face with rev'rence and with love
we in thy poor would see;
O may we minister to them,
and in them, Lord, to thee.
Topics: The Christian Life Christian Service; Ministry Ordinations; Poor Scripture: Matthew 25:40 Used With Tune: ST. ETHELDREDA
Fountain of Good, to Own Thy Love
The Lord in Mercy Bless Us Now
Author: John B. Geyer Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 Topics: God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob Scripture: Numbers 6:24 Used With Tune: ST. ETHELDREDA
The Lord in Mercy Bless Us Now
The Lord be with us as we bend
Author: John Ellerton, 1826-1893 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 144 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Topics: The Church The Sanctuary Used With Tune: ST. ETHELREDA
The Lord be with us as we bend
O God unseen, yet ever near
Author: E. Osler Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 134 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 First Line: O God, unseen, yet ever near Lyrics: 1 O God, unseen yet ever near,
Thy presence may we feel;
And thus inspired with holy fear,
Before Thine altar kneel.
2 Here may Thy faithful people know
The blessings of Thy love,
The streams that through the desert flow,
The manna from above.
3 We come, obedient to Thy word,
To feast on heavenly food;
Our meat the Body of the Lord,
Our drink his precious Blood.
4 Thus may we all Thy word obey,
For we, O God, are Thine;
And go rejoicing on our way,
Renewed with strength divine.
Amen. Used With Tune: [O God, unseen yet ever near]
O God unseen, yet ever near
A glory gilds the sacred page
Author: William Cowper Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 381 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 A glory gilds the sacred page,
Majestic like the sun:
It gives a light to every age;
It gives, but borrows none.
2 The Hand that gave it still supplies
The gracious light and heat.
His truths upon the nations rise;
They rise, but never set.
3 Let everlasting thanks be Thine,
For such a bright display
As makes a world of darkness shine
With beams of heavenly day.
4 My soul rejoices to pursue
The steps of Him I love,
Till glory break upon my view
In brighter worlds above.
Amen. Topics: The Word Used With Tune: ST. ETHELDREDA
A glory gilds the sacred page
Beyond the everlasting hills
Author: Ernest Edwin Ryden, b.1886 Appears in 2 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 Beyond the everlasting hills,
Above the starry skies,
My spirit seeks the home of peace,
Where tears shall dim no eyes.
2 No shadows there shall ever fall,
Nor weary night and long;
No silver cords shall broken be
To hush the sound of song. A-men.
3 There shall I find again the love
Of those I cherished here;
And friendship's ties shall holier be,
And bonds of love more dear.
4 There shall I see thee, O my God,
Creator, Saviour, Friend;
And with angelic voices join
In worship without end.
Amen. Topics: The Church Year Holy Week; The Life In Christ Contemplation; The Life In Christ Life Everlasting; Sacraments and Rites Burial of the Dead Used With Tune: ST. ETHELDREDA
Beyond the everlasting hills
Bright Was the Guiding Star That Led
Author: Harriet Auber Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 154 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1. Bright was the guiding star that led,
With mild, benignant ray,
The Gentiles to the lowly shed,
Where the Redeemer lay.
2. But lo! a brighter, clearer, light
Now points to His abode;
It shines, through sin and sorrow’s night,
To guide us to our God.
3. Oh! haste to follow where it leads
The gracious call obey;
Be rugged wilds, or flowery meads,
The Christian’s destined way.
4. Oh! gladly tread the narrow path,
While light and grace are given;
Who meekly follow Christ on earth
Shall reign with Him in Heaven. Used With Tune: ST. ETHELDREDA Text Sources: Spirit of the Psalms, 1829
Bright Was the Guiding Star That Led
Within the Churchyard, Side by Side
Author: Cecil F. Alexander Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 9 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1. Within the churchyard, side by side,
Are many long low graves;
And some have stones set over them,
On some the green grass waves.
2. Full many a little Christian child,
Woman, and man, lies there;
And we pass near them every time
When we go in to prayer.
3. They cannot hear our footsteps come,
They do not see us pass;
They cannot feel the warm bright sun
That shines upon the grass.
4. They do not hear when the great bell
Is ringing overhead;
They cannot rise and come to church
With us, for they are dead.
5. But we believe a day shall come
When all the dead will rise,
When they who sleep down in the grass,
Will ope again their eyes.
6. For Christ our Lord was buried once,
He died and rose again,
He conquered death, He left the grave;
And so will Christian men.
7. So when the friends we love the best
Lie in their churchyard bed,
We must not cry too bitterly
Over the happy dead;
8. Because, for our dear Savior’s sake,
Our sins are all forgiv’n;
And Christians only fall asleep
To wake again in Heav’n. Used With Tune: ST. ETHELDREDA Text Sources: Hymns for Little Children, 1848
Within the Churchyard, Side by Side
Forgive Our Sins as We Forgive
Author: Rosamond E. Herklots, 1905-1987 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 67 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 First Line: "Forgive our sins as we forgive" Topics: Jesus Christ Confidence in; Jesus Christ Teachings of; Elements of Worship Confession Scripture: Matthew 6:12 Used With Tune: ST. ETHELDREDA
Forgive Our Sins as We Forgive
Lord, it belongs not to my care
Author: Richard Baxter Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 258 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 Lord, it belongs not to my care
Whether I die or live;
To love and serve Thee is my share,
And this Thy grace must give.
2 If life be long, I will be glad
The longer to obey;
If short, no laborer is sad,
To end this toilsome day.
3 Christ leads me through no darker rooms
Than He went through before;
And he that to God's kingdom comes
Must enter by this door.
4 Come, Lord, when grace has made me meet
Thy blessed face to see;
For if Thy work on earth be sweet,
What will Thy glory be?
5 Then I shall end my sad complaints,
And weary, sinful days,
And join with the triumphant saints
That sing my Savior's praise.
6 My knowledge of that life is small;
The eye of faith is dim;
But 'tis enough that Christ knows all,
And I shall be with Him. Topics: The Church Year Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity; The Church Year Twenty-third Sunday after Trinity Used With Tune: [Lord, it belongs not to my care]
Lord, it belongs not to my care
Those Who Are Holy
Author: Christopher L. Webber Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 First Line: Those who are holy, loved of God Topics: Family of God; Love for each other; Sanctification/Holiness Scripture: Colossians 3:12-17 Used With Tune: ST ETHELDREDA
Those Who Are Holy
Church of the ever-living God
Author: Horatius Bonar Appears in 44 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: ST. ETHELDREDA
Church of the ever-living God
Let All Adore The Immortal King
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 Let all adore the immortal King,
Maker of Heaven and earth;
Angels and men, rejoice and sing,
At our Immanuel’s birth.
2 A son is born, a child is given,
That mortals, born again,
May in the new-made earth and Heaven,
With God for ever reign.
3 Father, Thy heavenly voice I own,
Thy gracious majesty:
Thro’ Jesus Thy belovèd Son,
Thou art well pleased with me!
4 But our whole race to Christ unite
And by Thy Spirit joined,
Thou wilt eternally delight
In all Thy ransomed kind.
5 Salvation from our sins we found,
Thro’ Jesu’s grace forgiven;
And Jesu’s grace doth more abound,
And makes us meet for Heaven.
6 The hallowing virtue of Thy name,
Our spotless souls shall prove;
And to the utmost saved, proclaim
Our Lord’s almighty love. Used With Tune: ST. ETHELDREDA Text Sources: Hymns for the Nativity of Our Lord (London: William Strahan, 1745)
Let All Adore The Immortal King
O there's a better world on high
Appears in 11 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: ST. ETHELDREDA
O there's a better world on high
God will I bless all times; his praise
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 8 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 God will I bless all times; his praise
my mouth shall still express.
2 My soul shall boast in God: the meek
shall hear with joyfulness.
3 Extol the Lord with me, let us
his name together praise;
4 I sought the Lord, he heard, and did
above all fears me raise.
5 They looked to him and lightened were:
their faces were not shamed;
6 this poor man cried, God heard, and him
from all distress redeemed.
7 The angel of the Lord encamps,
and round encompasseth
all those about that do him fear,
and them delivereth.
8 O taste and see that God is good:
who trusts in him is blessed.
9 Fear God his saints: none that him fear
shall be with want oppressed.
10 The lions young may hungry be,
and they may lack their food:
but they that truly seek the Lord
shall not lack any good.
11 O children, hither do ye come,
and unto me give ear;
I shall you teach to understand
how ye the Lord should fear.
12 What man is he that life desires,
to see good would live long?
13 Thy lips refrain from speaking guile,
and from ill words thy tongue.
14 Depart from ill, do good, seek peace,
pursue it earnestly.
15 God’s eyes are on the just; his ears
are open to their cry.
16 The face of God is set against
those that do wickedly,
that he may quite out from the earth
cut off their memory.
17 The righteous cry unto the Lord,
he unto them gives ear;
and they out of their troubles all
by him delivered are.
18 The Lord is ever nigh to them
in heart that broken be;
those who in spirit contrite are
he saveth graciously.
19 The troubles that afflict the just
in number many be;
but yet at length out of them all
the Lord doth set him free.
20 He carefully his bones doth keep,
whatever may befall;
that not so much as one of them
can broken be at all.
21 Ill shall the wicked slay; condemned
shall be who hate the just.
22 The Lord redeems his servants’ souls;
none perish that him trust. Scripture: Psalm 34 Used With Tune: ST ETHELREDA
God will I bless all times; his praise
Praise ye the Lord: who serve the Lord
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 7 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 Praise ye the Lord: who serve the Lord,
O praise, the Lord’s name praise.
2 The Lord's name, blessed let it be
from this time forth always.
3 From rising sun to where he sets,
the Lord’s name to be praised.
4 'Bove nations all the Lord is high,
’bove heavens his glory raised.
5 Unto the Lord our God that dwells
on high, who can compare?
6 Himself that humbleth things to see
in heaven and earth that are.
7 He lifts the helpless from the dust,
the poor from low estate;
8 That he may him with the princes set;
his people's princes great.
9 The barren woman house to keep
he maketh, and to be
of sons a mother full of joy.
Praise to the Lord give ye. Scripture: Psalm 113 Used With Tune: ST ETHELREDA
Praise ye the Lord: who serve the Lord
Thy hands have made and fashioned me
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 7 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: JOD THE TENTH PART
73 Thy hands have made and fashioned me;
teach me thy laws, O Lord.
74 They who thee fear see me with joy,
for I trust in thy word.
75 That righteous are thy judgments, Lord,
I know, and do confess;
and that thou hast afflicted me
in truth and faithfulness.
76 O let thy kindness merciful,
I pray thee, comfort me,
as to thy servant promised was
in faithfulness by thee.
77 And let thy tender mercies come
to me, that I may live;
because thy holy laws to me
sweet delectation give.
78 O let the proud ashamed be,
for they without a cause
with me have falsely dealt; but I
will muse upon thy laws.
79 Let such as fear thee, and have known
thy statutes, turn to me.
80 In thy laws let my heart be sound,
that shamed I may not be. Scripture: Psalm 119:73-80 Used With Tune: ST ETHELREDA
Thy hands have made and fashioned me
The highest and the holiest place
Appears in 38 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Topics: Saint's Days St. Matthias Used With Tune: ST. ETHELDREDA
The highest and the holiest place
Dear Lord, who once upon the lake
Author: Theodore C. Pease Appears in 8 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: ST. ETHELDREDA
Dear Lord, who once upon the lake
O Love! O Life! our faith and sight
Author: John Greenleaf Whittier Appears in 51 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: ST. ETHELDREDA
O Love! O Life! our faith and sight
If human kindness meets return
Author: G. T. Noel Appears in 232 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: ST. ETHELDREDA
If human kindness meets return
Now from the altar of our hearts
Author: Rev. J. Mason Appears in 244 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: [Now from the altar of our hearts]
Now from the altar of our hearts
O Lord, turn not Thy face away
Appears in 51 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: S. ETHELREDA
O Lord, turn not Thy face away
Where love and loving-kindness dwell
Author: Anonymous; Geoffrey Preston, 1936-1977 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 3 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 Where love and loving-kindness dwell,
there God will ever be:
One Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
in perfect charity.
2 Brought here together into one
by Christ our shepherd-king,
now let us in his love rejoice,
and of his goodness sing.
3 Here too let God, the living God,
both loved and honoured be;
and let us each the other love
with true sincerity.
4 Brought here together by Christ's love,
let no ill-will divide,
nor quarrels break the unity
of those for whom he died.
5 Let envy, jealousy and strife
and all contention cease,
for in our midst serves Christ the Lord,
our sacrament of peace.
6 Together may we with the saints
thy face in glory see,
and ever in thy kingdom feast,
O Christ our God, with thee.
Topics: General Hymns Church/Fellowship/Mission Used With Tune: ST ETHELDREDA Text Sources: Latin liturgy of Maundy Thursday
Where love and loving-kindness dwell
God of My Mercy and My Praise
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 71 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 God of my mercy and my praise,
Thy glory is my song;
tho' sinners speak against Thy grace
with a blaspheming tongue.
2 O GOD, my Lord, for Thy Name's sake
in mercy deal with me;
because Thy kindness is so great,
from trouble set me free.
3 O Thou who art my LORD and God,
Thy gracious help extend,
and for Thy lovingkindness' sake
O save me and defend.
4 My voice shall greatly bless the LORD
and sing His worthy praise,
and I amid the multitude
my thankful song will raise.
5 The LORD be praised, for ever near
the helpless poor He stands,
protecting them with wondrous pow'r
from their oppressors' hands.
Topics: Supplication Scripture: Psalm 109 Used With Tune: ST. ETHELDREDA Text Sources: St. 2-5: The Psalter, 1912
God of My Mercy and My Praise
O Thou, Who through this holy week
Appears in 55 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: ST. ETHELDREDA
O Thou, Who through this holy week
This day the Lord's disciples met
Appears in 2 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: ST. ETHELDREDA
This day the Lord's disciples met
