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How Great Thou Art

Author: Stuart K. Hine Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Appears in 136 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 First Line: O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder Refrain First Line: Then sings my soul Lyrics: 1 O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder consider all the works thy hand hath made, I see the stars, I hear the mighty thunder, thy power throughout the universe displayed: Refrain: Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to thee: how great thou art, how great thou art! Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to thee: how great thou art, how great thou art! 2 When through the woods and forest glades I wander, I hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees; when I look down from lofty mountain grandeur and hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze; Refrain 3 But when I think that God, his Son not sparing, sent him to die, I scarce can take it in, that on the cross, my burden gladly bearing, he bled and died to take away my sin; Refrain 4 When Christ shall come, with shout of acclamation, and claim his own, what joy shall fill my heart! Then I shall bow in humble adoration and there proclaim, "My God, how great thou art!" Refrain Topics: Doxologies; Epiphany & Ministry of Christ; Praise & Adoration; Return of Christ; Suffering of Christ; Redemption; Atonement; Creation; Doxologies; Epiphany & Ministry of Christ; Majesty of God; Praise & Adoration; Redemption; Return of Christ; Salvation; Suffering of Christ Used With Tune: O STORE GUD

Rejoice, the Lord Is King

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 739 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 Lyrics: 1 Rejoice, the Lord is King! Your Lord and King adore. Rejoice, give thanks and sing and triumph evermore. Lift up your heart, lift up your voice. Rejoice, again I say, rejoice! 2 His kingdom cannot fail; he rules o'er earth and heaven; the keys of death and hell to Christ the Lord are given. Lift up your heart, lift up your voice. Rejoice, again I say, rejoice! 3 He sits at God's right hand till all his foes submit, bow down at his command, and fall beneath his feet. Lift up your heart, lift up your voice. Rejoice, again I say, rejoice! 4 Rejoice in glorious hope; for Christ, the Judge, shall come to gather all his saints to their eternal home. We soon shall hear the archangel's voice; the trump of God shall sound, rejoice! Topics: Ascension & Reign of Christ; Judge, God/Christ as; King, God/Christ as; Return of Christ; Ascension & Reign of Christ; Assurance; Joy; Judge, God/Christ as; King, God/Christ as; Kingdom; Return of Christ Used With Tune: DARWALL'S 148TH

For ever with the Lord

Author: James Montgomery Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 631 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:17 Lyrics: "For ever with the Lord!" Amen; so let it be; Life from the dead is in that word, 'Tis immortality. Here in the body pent, Absent from Him I roam, Yet nightly pitch my moving tent A day's march nearer home. My Father's house on high, Home of my soul, how near, 232 At times, to faith's foreseeing eye Thy golden gates appear! Ah! then my spirit faints To reach the land I love, The bright inheritance of saints, Jerusalem above. Yet clouds will intervene, And all my prospect flies, Like Noah's dove, I flit between Rough seas and stormy skies. Anon the clouds depart, The winds and waters cease, While sweetly o'er my gladden'd heart, Expands the bow of peace. Beneath its glowing arch, Along the hallow'd ground, I see cherubic armies march, A camp of fire around. I hear at morn and even, At noon and midnight hour, The choral harmonies of heaven, Earth's Babel-tongues o'erpower. Then, then I feel that He, (Remember'd or forgot,) The Lord, is never far from me, Though I perceive Him not. 233 In darkness as in light, Hidden alike from view, I sleep, I wake, as in His sight, Who looks all nature through. All that I am, have been, All that I yet may be, He sees at once, as He hath seen, And shall for ever see. How can I meet His eyes? Mine on the cross I cast, And own my life a Saviour's prize, Mercy from first to last. "For ever with the Lord!" --Father, if 'tis Thy will, The promise of that faithful word, Even here to me fulfil. Be thou at my right hand, Then can I never fail; Uphold Thou me, and I shall stand, Fight, and I must prevail. So when my latest breath Shall rend the veil in twain, By death I shall escape from death, And life eternal gain. 234 Knowing as I am known, How shall I love that word, And oft repeat before the Throne, "For ever with the Lord!" Then, though the soul enjoy Communion high and sweet, While worms this body must destroy, Both shall in glory meet. The trump of final doom Will speak the selfsame word, And Heaven's voice thunder through the tomb, "For ever with the Lord!" The tomb shall echo deep That death-awakening sound; The saints shall hear it in their sleep, And answer from the ground. Then, upward as they fly, That resurrection-word, Shall be their shout of victory, "For ever with the Lord!" That resurrection-word, That shout of victory, Once more,--"For ever with the Lord!" Amen; so let it be! Topics: For ever with the Lord; Heaven the saints' Home

Asleep in Jesus! blesséd sleep!

Author: Mrs. Mackay Appears in 1,056 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:14 Used With Tune: REST

When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder

Author: James M. Black, 1856-1938 Meter: Irregular Appears in 435 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 First Line: When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound and time shall be no more Lyrics: 1 When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound and time shall be no more, and the morning breaks, eternal, bright and fair; when the saved of earth shall gather over on the other shore, and the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there. Refrain: When the roll is called up yonder, when the roll is called up yonder, when the roll is called up yonder, when the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there. 2 On that bright and cloudless morning when the dead in Christ shall rise, and the glory of his resurrection share; when his chosen ones shall gather to their home beyond the skies, and the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there. [Refrain] 3 Let us labor for the Master from the dawn till setting sun, let us talk of all his wondrous love and care; then when all of life is over, and our work on earth is done, and the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there. [Refrain] Topics: The Way of Salvation The Resurrection and Everlasting Life; Blessed Hope; Resurrection of Believers Used With Tune: ROLL CALL

Be Still, My Soul

Author: Katharina A. von Schlegel; Jane L. Borthwick Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 177 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:17 First Line: Be still, my soul! The Lord is on your side Lyrics: 1 Be still, my soul! the Lord is on your side: bear patiently the cross of grief or pain; leave to your God to order and provide; in every change he faithful will remain. Be still, my soul! Your best, your heavenly Friend thro' thorny ways leads to a joyful end. 2 Be still, my soul! Your God will undertake to guide the future as he has the past; your hope, your confidence let nothing shake; all now mysterious shall be bright at last. Be still, my soul! The waves and winds still know his voice who ruled them while he dwelt below. 3 Be still, my soul! The hour is hastening on when we shall be forever with the Lord, when disappointment, grief and fear are gone, sorrow forgot, love’s purest joys restored. Be still, my soul! When change and tears are past, all safe and blessèd we shall meet at last. Topics: Assurance; Calmness; Confidence; Cross of Believers; God Mystery; God Providence; Heaven Used With Tune: FINLANDIA

Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending

Author: Martin Madan; Charles Wesley Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 768 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:17 Lyrics: 1 Lo, He comes with clouds descending, Once for favored sinners slain; Thousand thousand saints attending Swell the triumph of His train: Alleluia! alleluia! God appears on earth to reign. 2 Every eye shall now behold Him, Robed in dreadful majesty; Those who set at naught and sold Him, Pierced and nailed Him to the tree, Deeply wailing, deeply wailing, Shall the true Messiah see. 3 Now redemption, long expected, See in solemn pomp appear; All His saints, by men rejected, Now shall meet Him in the air: Alleluia! alleluia! See the day of God appear. 4 Yea, Amen! let all adore Thee, High on Thine eternal throne; Savior, take the pow'r and glory, Claim the kingdom for Thine own: O, come quickly, O, come quickly! Everlasting God, come down. Amen. Topics: Ascension and Reign; Christ Advent (second); Christ Reign; Christ Second Coming; Second Coming Used With Tune: REGENT SQUARE Text Sources: Based on John Cennick, 1752

This Joyful Eastertide

Author: George R. Woodward Meter: 6.7.6.7 with refrain Appears in 67 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Refrain First Line: Had Christ, that once was slain Lyrics: 1 This joyful Easter-tide, away with sin and sorrow! My Love, the Crucified, has sprung to life this morrow. Refrain: Had Christ, that once was slain, ne'er burst his three-day prison, our faith had been in vain; but now has Christ arisen, arisen, arisen, arisen! 2 My flesh in hope shall rest, and for a season slumber, till trump from east to west shall wake the dead in number. [Refrain] 3 Death's flood has lost its chill, since Jesus crossed the river; lover of souls, from ill my passing soul deliver. [Refrain] Topics: Deliverance; Resurrection of Believers Used With Tune: VRUCHTEN

Take comfort, Christians, when your friends

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 24 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Lyrics: Take comfort, Christians, when your friends in Jesus fall asleep; Their better being never ends; why then dejected weep? Why inconsolable, as those to whom no hope is giv’n? Death is the messenger of peace, and calls the soul to heav’n. As Jesus died, and rose again victorious from the dead; So his disciples rise, and reign with their triumphant Head. The time draws nigh, when from the clouds Christ shall with shouts descend, And the last trumpet’s awful voice the heav’ns and earth shall rend. Then they who live shall changed be, and they who sleep shall wake; The graves shall yield their ancient charge, and earth’s foundations shake. The saints of God, from death set free, with joy shall mount on high; The heav’nly hosts with praises loud shall meet them in the sky, Together to their Father’s house with joyful hearts they go; And dwell for ever with the Lord, beyond the reach of woe. A few short years of evil past, we reach the happy shore, where death-divided friends at last shall meet, to part no more.

My Faith Looks Up to Thee

Author: Ray Palmer Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 2,203 hymnals Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:17 Lyrics: 1 My faith looks up to thee, thou Lamb of Calvary, Savior divine! Now hear me while I pray, take all my guilt away. O let me from this day be wholly thine! 2 May thy rich grace impart strength to my fainting heart, my zeal inspire. As thou hast died for me, O may my love to thee pure, warm, and changeless be, a living fire! 3 While life's dark maze I tread and griefs around me spread, be thou my guide. Bid darkness turn to day, wipe sorrow's tears away, nor let me ever stray from thee aside. 4 When life's swift race is run, death's cold work almost done, be near to me. Blest Savior, then in love fear and distrust remove. O bear me safe above, redeemed and free! Topics: Biblical Names & Places Calvary; Funerals; Love Our Love to God; Confession and Forgiveness; Biblical Names & Places Calvary; Confession of Sin; Forgiveness; Funerals; Lamb of God; Pilgrimage & Conflct; Prayer Used With Tune: OLIVET