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How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord

Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 2,127 hymnals Lyrics: 1 How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, is laid for your faith in his excellent word! What more can he say than to you he hath said, to you that for refuge to Jesus have fled? 2 "Fear not, I am with thee; O be not dismayed! For I am thy God, and will still give thee aid; I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand, upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand. 3 "When through the deep waters I call thee to go, the rivers of woe shall not thee overflow; for I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless, and sanctify to thee thy deepest distress. 4 "When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie, my grace, all sufficient, shall be thy supply; the flame shall not hurt thee; I only design thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine. 5 "The soul that to Jesus hath fled for repose, I will not, I will not desert to its foes; that soul, though all hell shall endeavor to shake, I'll never, no, never, no, never forsake." Topics: The Christian Life Used With Tune: LYONS Text Sources: K. in John Rippon's Selection, 1787, alt.

Ye servants of God, your Master proclaim

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 10.10.11.11 Appears in 669 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Ye servants of God, your Master proclaim, and publish abroad his wonderful Name; the Name all-victorious of Jesus extol: his kingdom is glorious; he rules over all. 2 God ruleth on high, almighty to save; and still he is nigh: his presence we have. The great congregation his triumph shall sing, ascribing salvation to Jesus our King. 3 Salvation to God who sits on the throne! Let all cry aloud, and honor the Son. The praises of Jesus the angels proclaim, fall down on their faces, and worship the Lamb. 4 Then let us adore,and give him his right: All glory and power, all wisdom and might, and honor and blessing, with angels above, and thanks never-ceasing and infinite love. Topics: The Church's Mission Used With Tune: PADERBORN

Hail to the Lord's Anointed

Author: James Montgomery, 1771-1854 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 843 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Hail to the Lord's Anointed, great David's greater Son! Hail, in the time appointed, his reign on earth begun! He comes to break oppression, to set the captive free; to take away transgression, and rule in equity. 2 He comes with succor speedy to those who suffer wrong, to help the poor and needy, and bid the weak be strong; to give them songs for sighing, their darkness turn to light, whose souls, condemned and dying, were precious in his sight. 3 He shall come down like showers upon the fruitful earth, and love, joy, hope, like flowers, spring in his path to birth; before him on the mountains shall peace, the herald, go; and righteousness in fountains from hill to valley flow. 4 Kings shall bow down before him, and gold and incense bring; all nations shall adore him, his praise all people sing; to him shall prayer unceasing and daily vows ascend; his kingdom still increasing, a kingdom without end. 5 O'er every foe victorious, he on his throne shall rest; from age to age more glorious, all blessing and all blest; the tide of time shall never his covenant remove; his Name shall stand for ever, his changeless Name of Love. Topics: The Kingdom of God Scripture: Psalm 72 Used With Tune: ES FLOG EIN KLEINS WALDVÖGELEIN

Go tell it on the mountain

Author: John W. Work, b. 1901 Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Appears in 108 hymnals First Line: While shepherds kept their watching Lyrics: Refrain: Go tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere; go tell it on the mountain that Jesus Christ is born! 1. While shepherds kept their watching o'er silent flocks by night, behold, throughout the heavens there shone a holy light. [Refrain] 2. The shepherds feared and trembled when lo! above the earth rang out the angel chorus that hailed our Savior's birth. [Refrain] 3. Down in a lowly manger the humble Christ was born, and God sent us salvation that blessed Christmas morn. [Refrain] Used With Tune: GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN Text Sources: Afro-American spiritual, 19th cent.

Now thank we all our God

Author: Martin Rinckart, 1586-1649; Catherine Winkworth, 1827-1878 Meter: 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6 Appears in 688 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Now thank we all our God, with heart, 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, eternal, Triune God, whom earth and heaven adore; for thus it was, is now, and shall be, evermore. Used With Tune: NUN DANKET ALLE GOTT

Christ our God to thee we raise

Author: Folliot Sandford Pierpont, 1835-1917 Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain Appears in 633 hymnals 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: Christ our God, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful 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 ear and eye, for the heart and mind's delight, for the mystic harmony linking sense to sound and sight, [Refrain] 4 For the joy of human love, brother, sister, parent, child, friends on earth, and friends above, for all gentle thoughts and mild, [Refrain] 5 For the Church which evermore lifteth holy hands above, offering up on every shore thy pure sacrifice of love, [Refrain] 6 For each perfect gift of thine to the world so freely given, faith and hope and love divine, peace on earth and joy in heaven. [Refrain] Topics: Praise to God Used With Tune: LUCERNA LAUDONIAE

Thou art the Way, to thee alone

Author: George Washington Doane, 1799-1859 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 601 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Thou art the Way, to thee alone from sin and death we flee; and all who would the Father seek, must seek him, Lord, by thee. 2 Thou art the Truth, thy word alone true wisdom can impart; thou only canst inform the mind and purify the heart. 3 Thou art the Life, the rending tomb proclaims thy conquering arm; and those who put their trust in thee nor death nor hell shall harm. 4 Thou art the Way, the Truth, the Life: grant us that way to know, that truth to keep, that life to win, whose joys eternal flow. Topics: Jesus Christ our Lord Used With Tune: ST. JAMES

Hail, thou once despised Jesus

Author: John Bakewell, 1721-1819; Martin Madan, 1726-1790 Appears in 625 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Hail, thou once despised Jesus! Hail, thou Galilean King! Thou didst suffer to release us; thou didst free salvation bring. Hail, thou universal Savior, bearer of our sin and shame! By thy merit we find favor: life is given through thy Name. 2 Paschal Lamb, by God appointed, all our sins on thee were laid: by almighty love anointed, thou hast full atonement made. All thy people are forgiven through the virtue of thy blood: opened is the gate of heaven, reconciled are we with God. 3 Jesus, hail! enthroned in glory, there for ever to abide; all the heavenly hosts adore thee, seated at thy Father's side. There for sinners thou art pleading: there thou dost our place prepare; ever for us interceding, till in glory we appear. 4 Worship, honor, power, and blessing thou art worthy to receive; highest praises, without ceasing, right it is for us to give. Help, ye bright angelic spirits, all your noblest anthems raise; help to sing our Savior's merits, help to chant Emmanuel's praise! Topics: Jesus Christ our Lord Used With Tune: IN BABILONE

Lord, who throughout these forty days

Author: Claudia Frances Hernaman, 1838-1898 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 86 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Lord, who throughout these forty days for us didst fast and pray, teach us with thee to mourn our sins, and close by thee to stay. 2. As thou with Satan didst contend and didst the victory win, O give us strength in thee to fight, in thee to conquer sin. 3. As thou didst hunger bear and thirst, so teach us, gracious Lord, to die to self, and chiefly live by thy most holy word. 4. And through these days of penitence, and through thy Passiontide, yea, evermore, in life and death, Jesus! with us abide. 5. Abide with us, that so, this life of suffering overpast, an Easter of unending joy we may attain at last! Topics: Lent Used With Tune: ST. FLAVIAN

O beautiful for spacious skies

Author: Katherine Lee Bates, 1859-1929 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 506 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain; for purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed his grace on thee, and crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea. 2 O beautiful for heroes proved in liberating strife, who more than self their country loved, and mercy more than life! America! America! God mend thine every flaw, confirm thy soul in self-control, thy liberty in law. 3 O beautiful for patriot dream that sees beyond the years thine alabaster cities gleam, undimmed by human tears! America! America! God shed his grace on thee, and crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea. Topics: National Songs Used With Tune: MATERNA