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O Come, All Ye Faithful
Author: John F. Wade; Frederick Oakeley Meter: Irregular Appears in 730 hymnals Scripture: Hebrews 1:3-7 Refrain First Line: O come, let us adore him Lyrics: 1 O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem!
Come and behold him, born the King of angels;
[Refrain:]
O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord!
2 True God of true God, Light from Light eternal,
lo, he shuns not the virgin's womb;
Son of the Father, begotten, not created; (Refrain)
3 Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation!
O sing, all ye citizens of heaven above:
"Glory to God, all glory in the highest"; (Refrain)
4 Yea, Lord, we greet thee, born this happy morning,
Jesus, to thee be all glory given;
Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing; (Refrain)
Topics: Christmas Season Used With Tune: ADESTE FIDELES Text Sources: Latin hymn
O Come, All Ye Faithful
Venid, fieles todos
Author: John F. Wade; Juan B. Cabrera Appears in 26 hymnals Scripture: Hebrews 1:1-9 Lyrics: 1 Venid, fieles todos, a Belén marchemos:
De gozo triunfantes, henchidos de amor;
Y al Rey de los cielos humilde le veremos:
Coro:
Venid, adoremos, venid, adoremos,
Venid, adoremos a Cristo el Señor.
2 El que es Hijo eterno del eterno Padre,
Y Dios verdadero que al mundo creó,
El seno virgíneo nació de una madre: [Coro]
3 En pobre pesebre yace reclinado.
Al hombre ofreciendo eternal salvación,
El santo Mesías, el Verbo humanado: [Coro]
4 Cantad jubilosas, célicas criaturas;
Resuenen los cielo con vuestra canción:
¡Al Dios bondadoso dad gloria en las alturas! [Coro]
5 Jesús, celebramos tu bendito nombre
Con himnos solemnes de grato loor;
Por siglos eternos adórete el hombre: [Coro]
Topics: Adoración; Worship; Advenimiento; Advent; Cantar Cristiano; Singing; Cristo Sus Nombres; Christ His Names; Devoción; Devotion Used With Tune: ADESTE FIDELES Text Sources: Cantus Diversi, c. 1743
Venid, fieles todos
God is love: let heaven adore him
Author: Timothy Rees, 1874-1939 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 33 hymnals Scripture: Hebrews 1:10 First Line: God is love: let heav'n adore him Lyrics: 1 God is love: let heav'n adore him;
God is love: let earth rejoice;
let creation sing before him,
and exalt him with one voice.
He who laid the earth's foundation,
he who spread the heav'ns above,
he who breathes through all creation,
he is love, eternal Love.
2 God is love: and he enfoldeth
all the world in one embrace;
with unfailing grasp he holdeth
ev'ry child of ev'ry race.
And when human hearts are breaking
under sorrow's iron rod,
then they find that self-same aching
deep within the heart of God.
3 God is love: and though with blindness
sin afflicts the human soul,
God's eternal loving-kindness
guides and heals and makes us whole.
Sin and death and hell shall never
o'er us final triumph gain;
God is love, so love for ever
o'er the universe must reign. Topics: Grace and Providence; Joy, Praise and Thanksgiving; Redemption and Salvation; Suffering and Sorrow; Year B Easter 5; Year C Easter 7; Years A, B, and C Christmas Day Used With Tune: ALLELUIA
God is love: let heaven adore him
Glory be to God on high
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.7.7.6 Appears in 4 hymnals Scripture: Hebrews 1:6 Lyrics: 1 Glory be to God on high,
and peace on earth descend;
God comes down, he bows the sky,
and shows himself our friend!
God the invisible appears,
God the blest, the great I AM,
sojourns in this vale of tears,
and Jesus is his name.
2 Him the angels all adored,
their maker and their king:
tidings of their humbled Lord
they now to mortals bring:
emptied of his majesty,
of his dazzling glories shorn,
being’s source begins to be,
and God himself is born!
3 See the eternal Son of God
a mortal son of man,
dwelling in an earthly clod
whom heaven cannot contain!
Stand amazed ye heavens at this!
See the Lord of earth and skies
humbled to the dust he is,
and in a manger lies!
4 We earth's children now rejoice,
the Prince of peace proclaim,
with heaven’s host lift up our voice,
and shout Emmanuel’s name;
knees and hearts to him we bow;
of our flesh, and of our bone,
Jesus is our brother now,
and God is all our own! Topics: General Liturgical Section; Proper 6 Year C Used With Tune: AMSTERDAM
Glory be to God on high
Joy to the world! The Lord is come
Author: Isaac Watts, 1617-1748 Appears in 1,857 hymnals Scripture: Hebrews 1:8-9 Topics: Christmas; Christ The King; Joy; Sin; Christ the Son Birth of Jesus Used With Tune: ANTIOCH
Joy to the world! The Lord is come
Maḣpiya heciya
Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Hebrews 1:6 Topics: Miscellaneous Used With Tune: ASAPH
Maḣpiya heciya
Because the Saviour prayed that we be one
Author: John L. Bell, b. 1949 Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Hebrews 1:6 Topics: Life and Unity in the Church Used With Tune: ATHAIR UILE-CHUMHACHDAICH
Because the Saviour prayed that we be one
Lord of the Church
Author: Edward Osler (1798-1863) Appears in 57 hymnals Scripture: Hebrews 1:7 First Line: Lord of the Church, we humbly pray Topics: Book One: Hymns, Songs, Chorales; The Church The Ministry Used With Tune: BREMEN
Lord of the Church
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Author: Edmund Hamilton Sears Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 870 hymnals Scripture: Hebrews 1:6 Lyrics: 1 It came upon the midnight clear,
that glorious song of old,
from angels bending near the earth,
to touch their harps of gold:
“Peace on the earth, good will to all,
from heaven’s all-gracious King”:
the world in solemn stillness lay,
to hear the angels sing.
2 Still through the cloven skies they come,
with peaceful wings unfurled,
and still their heavenly music floats
o’er all the weary world:
above its sad and lowly plains
they bend on hovering wing,
and ever o’er its Babel sounds
the blessed angels sing.
3 Yet with the woes of sin and strife
the world has suffered long;
beneath the heavenly hymn have rolled
two thousand years of wrong;
and we at war on earth hear not
the tidings that they bring;
O, hush the noise and cease the strife
to hear the angels sing!
4 And you, beneath life’s crushing load,
whose forms are bending low,
who toil along the climbing way
with painful steps and slow,
look now, for glad and golden hours
come swiftly on the wing:
O, rest beside the weary road,
and hear the angels sing.
5 For lo, the days are hastening on,
by prophets seen of old,
when with the ever-circling years
shall come the time foretold,
when peace shall over all the earth
its ancient splendors fling,
and the whole world give back the song
which now the angels sing.
Topics: Christian Year Nativity/Christmas; Christian Year Epiphany; Jesus Christ Birth Used With Tune: CAROL
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Christ, the fair glory of the holy angels
Author: Rabanus Maurus, 776-856; C. S. Phillips, 1883-1949 Meter: 11.11.11.5 Appears in 4 hymnals Scripture: Hebrews 1:6-7 Topics: St. Michael and All Angels Used With Tune: COELITES PLAUDANT
Christ, the fair glory of the holy angels
In the bleak midwinter
Author: Christina Rossetti, 1830-1894 Meter: Irregular Appears in 86 hymnals Scripture: Hebrews 1:6 Lyrics: 1 In the bleak midwinter
frosty wind made moan,
earth stood hard as iron,
water like a stone;
snow had fallen,
snow on snow, snow on snow,
in the bleak midwinter
long ago.
2 Our God, heaven cannot hold him
nor earth sustain;
heaven and earth shall flee away
when he comes to reign:
in the bleak midwinter
a stable-place sufficed
the Lord God Almighty,
Jesus Christ.
3 Enough for him whom cherubim
worship night and day,
a breastful of milk
and a mangerful of hay;
enough for him whom angels
fall down before,
the ox and ass and camel
which adore.
4 Angels and archangels
may have gathered there,
cherubim and seraphim
thronged the air,
but only his mother
in her maiden bliss,
worshiped the Belovèd
with a kiss.
5 What can I give him,
poor as I am?
if I were a shepherd
I would bring a lamb,
if I were a wise man
I would do my part;
yet what I can I give him,
give my heart. Topics: Christmas; Christmas I Year B Used With Tune: CRANHAM
In the bleak midwinter
Join all the glorious names
Author: Isaac Watts (1674-1748) Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 336 hymnals Scripture: Hebrews 1:8 Lyrics: 1 Join all the glorious names
of wisdom, love, and power,
that mortals ever knew,
that angels ever bore:
all are too mean to speak his worth,
too mean to set my Saviour forth.
2 Great Prophet of my God,
my tongue would bless your name;
by you the joyful news
of our salvation came:
the joyful news of sins forgiven,
of hell subdued, and peace with heaven.
3 Jesus, my great High Priest,
offered his blood and died;
my guilty conscience seeks
no sacrifice beside:
his powerful blood did once atone,
and now it pleads before the throne.
4 My dear Almighty Lord,
my Conqueror and my King,
your sceptre and your sword,
your reigning grace, I sing:
yours is the power: behold I sit
in willing service at your feet.
5 Now let my soul arise,
and tread the tempter down:
my Captain leads me forth
to conquest and a crown:
a feeble saint shall win the day,
though death and hell obstruct the way. Topics: Life in Christ Christ Risen - Reign and Priesthood; Jesus Names and images for Used With Tune: CROFT'S 136th
Join all the glorious names
Lift High the Cross
Author: George W. Kitchin, 1827-1912; Michael R. Newbolt, 1874-1956 Meter: 10.10 with refrain Appears in 5 hymnals Scripture: Hebrews 1:6-9 First Line: Led on their way by this triumphant sign Refrain First Line: Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim Lyrics: Refrain:
Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim
till all the world adore his sacred name.
1 Led on their way by this triumphant sign,
The hosts of God in conquering ranks combine. [Refrain]
2 Each newborn soldier of the Crucified
Bears on the brow the seal of him who died. [Refrain
3 O Lord, once lifted on the glorious tree,
as thou hast promised, draw the world to thee. [Refrain]
4 So shall our song of triumph ever be:
Praise to the Crucified for victory! [Refrain] Topics: Cross; Discipleship; Holy Name; Paschal Mystery; Salvation; Sunday, the Lord's Day; Rites of the Church Baptism; Rites of the Church Confirmation; Rites of the Church Holy Orders; The Liturgical Year Palm Sunday of teh Passion of the Lord; The Liturgical Year Friday of the Passion of the Lord (Good Friday); The Liturgical Year Easter (Sundays and Weekdays); The Liturgical Year Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe; The Liturgical Year The Exaltation of the Holy Cross (September 14) Used With Tune: CRUCIFER
Lift High the Cross
Lift High the Cross
Author: George W. Kitchin, 1827-1912; Michael R. Newbolt, 1874-1956 Meter: 10.10 with refrain Appears in 95 hymnals Scripture: Hebrews 1:6-9 First Line: Come, Christians follow where our captain trod Refrain First Line: Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim Lyrics: Refrain:
Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim
till all the world adore his sacred name.
1 Come, Christians, follow where our captain trod,
Our King victorious, Christ, the Son of God. [Refrain]
2 Led on their way by this triumphant sign,
The hosts of God in conquering ranks combine. [Refrain]
3 Each newborn servant of the Crucified
Bears on the brow the seal of him who died. [Refrain]
4 O Lord, once lifted on the glorious tree,
As thou hast promised, draw the world to thee. [Refrain]
5 So shall our song of triumph ever be:
Praise to the Crucified for victory! [Refrain] Topics: Cross; Discipleship; Holy Name; Paschal Mystery; Rites of the Church Baptism; Rites of the Church Confirmation; Rites of the Church Holy Orders; Rites of the Church Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults: Signing of the Senses; Salvation; Sunday, the Lord's Day; The Liturgical Year Easter (Sundays and Weekdays); The Liturgical Year Friday of the Passion of the Lord (Good Friday); The Liturgical Year Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe; The Liturgical Year Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord; The Liturgical Year The Exaltation of the Holy Cross (September 14) Used With Tune: CRUCIFER
Lift High the Cross
Hail to the Lord's anointed
Author: James Montgomery (1771-1854) Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 843 hymnals Scripture: Hebrews 1:1-12 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 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 fall 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:
that name to us is Love. Topics: Adoration; Advent; Covenant; Epiphany (feast); Kingdom Used With Tune: CRÜGER
Hail to the Lord's anointed
Schönster Herr Jesu (Beautiful Savior)
Author: Heinrich A. H. von Fallersleben Meter: 5.6.7.5.5.8 irregular Appears in 47 hymnals Scripture: Hebrews 1:1-8 Lyrics: 1 Schönster Herr Jesu,
Herrscher aller Enden,
Gottes und Marien Sohn!
Dich will ich lieben,
dich will ich ehren,
du meiner Seelen Freud und Kron.
2 Schön sind die Wälder,
schöner sind die Felder
in der schönen Frühlingszeit.
Jesus ist schöner,
Jesus ist reiner,
der unser traurig Herz erfreut.
3 Schön leucht die Sonne,
schöner leucht der Monde
und die Sternlein allzumal;
Jesus leucht schöner,
Jesus leucht reiner
als alle Eng’l im Himmelssaal.
1 Beautiful Savior,
ruler of all nature,
O thou of God and Mary’s son,
thee will I cherish,
thee will I honor,
thou, my soul’s glory, joy, and crown.
2 Fair are the meadows,
fairer still the woodlands,
robed in the blooming garb of spring.
Jesus is fairer,
Jesus is purer,
who makes the woeful heart to sing.
3 Fair is the sunshine,
fairer still the moonlight,
and all the twinkling starry host.
Jesus shines brighter,
Jesus shines purer
than all the angels heav’n can boast. Topics: Creation Beauty of; Jesus Christ Images and Names of; Reign of Christ Used With Tune: CRUSADERS’ HYMN Text Sources: stanzas 1, 3 Gesangbuch (present-day Germany), 1677; stanza 2 Heinrich A. H. von Fallersleben (Germany), Schlesische Volkslieder 1842; trans. anon., Church Chorals and Choir Studies (USA), 1850, alt.
Schönster Herr Jesu (Beautiful Savior)
Rejoice, the Lord Is King
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 742 hymnals Scripture: Hebrews 1 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
Rejoice, the Lord Is King
Ye Holy Angels Bright
Author: Richard Baxter (1615-1691) Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 114 hymnals Scripture: Hebrews 1:1-12 Lyrics: 1 Ye holy angels bright,
who wait at God's right hand,
or through the realms of light
fly at your Lord's command,
assist our song,
for else the theme
too high doth seem
for mortal tongue.
2 Ye blessed souls at rest,
who ran this earthly race
and now, from sin released,
behold the Saviour's face,
your praises sound,
as in God's sight
with sweet delight
ye do abound.
3 Ye saints, who toil below,
adore your heavenly King,
and onward as ye go
some joyful anthem sing;
in God rejoice,
and thus proclaim
the holy name
with sounding voice.
4 My soul, bear thou thy part,
triumph in God above,
and with a well-tuned heart
sing thou the songs of love!
Let all thy days
till life shall end,
whate'er God send,
be filled with praise. Topics: Angels; Communion of Saints; Funeral; Michael, the Archangel; Praise of God Used With Tune: DARWALL'S 148TH
Ye Holy Angels Bright
Crown him with many crowns
Author: Matthew Bridges, 1800-1894 Appears in 798 hymnals Scripture: Hebrews 1:8 Lyrics: 1 Crown him with many crowns,
the Lamb upon his throne;
hark, how the heavenly anthem drowns
all music but its own!
Awake, my soul, and sing
of him who died for thee,
and hail him as thy matchless king
through all eternity.
2 Crown him the Virgin's Son,
the God incarnate born,
whose arm those crimson trophies won
which now his brow adorn:
Fruit of the mystic Rose,
as of that Rose the Stem;
the Root whence mercy ever flows,
the Babe of Bethlehem.
3 Crown him the Lord of love;
behold his hands and side,
those wounds yet visible above
in beauty glorified:
no angel in the sky
can fully bear that sight,
but downward bends his burning eye
at mysteries so bright.
4 Crown him the Lord of peace,
whose power a sceptre sways
from pole to pole, that wars may cease,
and all be prayer and praise:
his reign shall know no end,
and round his piercèd feet
fair flowers of paradise extend
their fragrance ever sweet.
5 Crown him the Lord of years,
the Potentate of time,
creator of the rolling spheres,
ineffably sublime:
all hail, Redeemer, hail!
for thou hast died for me;
thy praise shall never, never fail
throughout eternity. Topics: Ascension Day; Easter VII Year B; Easter VII Year C; Proper 21 Year A; Christ the King Year A; Christ the King Year C Used With Tune: DIADEMATA
Crown him with many crowns
Of Eternal Love Begotten
Author: Aurelius Clemens Prudentius (348-413?); John Mason Neale (1818-1866) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.7 Appears in 214 hymnals Scripture: Hebrews 1:1-12 Lyrics: 1 Of eternal love begotten,
ere the worlds began to be,
he is Alpha and Omega,
he the source, the ending he,
of the things that are, that have been,
and that future years shall see,
evermore and evermore.
2 At his Word the worlds were framed.
He commanded, it was done:
heaven and earth and depths of ocean,
in their threefold order one;
all that grows beneath the shining,
of the moon and burning sun,
evermore and evermore.
3 O that birth for ever blessed,
when the virgin, full of grace,
by the Holy Ghost conceiving,
bare the Saviour of our race,
and the babe, the world's redeemer,
first revealed his sacred face,
evermore and evermore.
4 This is he whom seers in old time
chanted of with one accord,
whom the voices of the prophets
promised in their faithful word;
now he shines, the long-expected;
let creation praise its Lord,
evermore and evermore.
5 O ye heights of heaven adore him;
angel hosts, his praises sing;
all dominions bow before him,
and extol our God and king;
let no tongue on earth be silent,
every voice in concert ring,
evermore and evermore.
6 Christ, to thee, with God the Father,
and, O Holy Ghost, to thee,
hymn and chant and high thanksgiving,
and unwearied praises be,
honour, glory, and dominion,
and eternal victory,
evermore and evermore. Topics: Christmas; Mary; Epiphany Used With Tune: DIVINUM MYSTERIUM
Of Eternal Love Begotten
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