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Stand Up and Bless the Lord

Author: James Montgomery Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 395 hymnals Scripture: Nehemiah 9:5 Lyrics: 1 Stand up and bless the Lord, Ye people of God's choice; Stand up and bless the Lord your God With heart and soul and voice. 2 Though high above all praise, Above all blessing high, Who would not fear God's holy name, And laud and magnify? 3 O for the living flame From God's own altar brought, To touch our lips, our minds inspire, And wing to heaven our thought! 4 God is our strength and song, Now is salvation ours; Then be God's love in Christ proclaimed With all our ransomed powers. 5 Stand up and bless the Lord; The Lord your God adore; Stand up and bless God's glorious name; Henceforth forevermore. Topics: Morning and Opening Hymns Used With Tune: CARLISLE

Guide me, O thou great Jehovah

Author: William Williams (1717-1791); Peter Williams (1722-1796) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.7 Appears in 1,819 hymnals Scripture: Nehemiah 9:19-21 Lyrics: 1 Guide me, O thou great Jehovah, pilgrim through this barren land; I am weak, but thou art mighty; hold me with thy powerful hand: Bread of heaven, Bread of heaven, feed me till my want is o'er. 2 Open now the crystal fountain whence the healing stream doth flow; let the fire and cloudy pillar lead me all my journey through: strong Deliverer, strong Deliverer, be thou still my strength and shield. 3 When I tread the verge of Jordan, bid my anxious fears subside! Death of death, and hell's destruction, land me safe on Canaan's side! Songs of praises, songs of praises, I will ever give to thee. Topics: The Activity of God God in human experience; The Church Celebrates Death and Grieving; Death and Bereavement; Heaven; Jesus Names and images for; Pilgrimage; Providence Used With Tune: CWM RHONDDA

All Things Bright and Beautiful

Author: Cecil F. Alexander Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Appears in 328 hymnals Scripture: Nehemiah 9:6 First Line: Each little flower that opens Lyrics: Refrain: All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful the Lord God made them all. Each little flower that opens, each little bird that sings he made their glowing colors, he made their tiny wings. Refrain 2 The purple-headed mountain, the river running by, the sunset, and the morning that brightens up the sky. Refrain 3 The cold wind in the winter, the pleasant summer sun, the ripe fruits in the garden he made them every one. Refrain 4 He gave us eyes to see them, and lips that we might tell how great is God Almighty, who has made all things well. Refrain Topics: Songs for Children Hymns; Creation and Providence; Creation Used With Tune: ROYAL OAK

Let All Things Now Living

Author: Katherine K. Davis, 1892-1980 Meter: 12.11.12.11 D Appears in 55 hymnals Scripture: Nehemiah 9:19 First Line: Let all things now living a song of thanksgiving Topics: Adoration Used With Tune: ASH GROVE

Glorious things of thee are spoken

Author: John Newton Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,290 hymnals Scripture: Nehemiah 9:15 Topics: The Church Unity and Defence Used With Tune: AUSTRIA

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty

Author: Catherine Winkworth; Joachim Neander Meter: 14.14.4.7.8 Appears in 383 hymnals Scripture: Nehemiah 9:6 First Line: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation! Lyrics: 1 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty the King of creation! O my soul, praise Him, for He is thy Health and Salvation~ Join the full throng; Wake, harp and psalter and song; South forth in glad adoration! 2 Praise to the Lord, who o'er all things so wondrously reigneth, Who, as on wings of an eagle, uplifteth, sustaineth Hast thou not seen How thy desires all have been Granted in what He ordaineth? 3 Praise to the Lord, who hath fearfully, wondrously, made thee; Health hath vouchsafed and, when heedlessly falling, hath stayed thee. What need or grief Ever hath failed of relief?-- Wings of His mercy did shade thee. 4 Praise to the Lord, who doth prosper thy work and defend thee, Who from the heavens the streams of His mercy doth send thee. Ponder anew What the almighty can do, Who with His love doth befriend thee. 5 Praise to the Lord! Oh, let all that is in me adore Him! All that hath life and breath, come now with praises before Him! Let the Amen Sound from His people again; Gladly for aye we adore Him. Amen. Topics: Adoration Worship and Praise Used With Tune: LOBE DEN HERREN, DEN

Praise the Lord! You Heav'ns, Adore Him

Author: Edward Osler Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 749 hymnals Scripture: Nehemiah 9:6 Lyrics: 1 Praise the Lord! You heav'ns, adore him, praise him, angels in the height; sun and moon, rejoice before him; praise him, all you stars and light. Praise the Lord! for he has spoken; worlds his mighty voice obeyed; laws which never shall be broken for their guidance he has made. 2 Praise the Lord! For he is glorious; never shall his promise fail; God has made his saints victorious; sin and death shall not prevail. Praise the God of our salvation; hosts on high, his pow'r proclaim; heav'n and earth and all creation, praise and glorify his name. 3 Worship, honor, glory, blessing, Lord, we offer as our gift; young and old, your praise expressing, our glad songs to you we lift. All the saints in heav'n adore you; we would join their glad acclaim; as your angels serve before you, so on earth we praise your name. Topics: Father and Creator; Adoration and Praise; God; God--Majesty and greatness of; Service music--Offering responses Used With Tune: HYFRYDOL Text Sources: St. 1, 2 "Foundling Hospital Collection" (c. 1796)

Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 1,861 hymnals Scripture: Nehemiah 9:5-25 Topics: Christian Life; Love; Marriage; Salvation/Redemption Used With Tune: LOVE DIVINE

O God, Beneath Thy Guiding Hand

Author: Leonard Bacon Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 282 hymnals Scripture: Nehemiah 9:19-20 Lyrics: 1 O God, beneath Thy guiding hand Our exiled fathers crossed the sea; And when they trod the wintry strand, With prayer and psalm they worshiped Thee. 2 Thou heardest, well pleased, the song, the prayer: Thy blessing came; and still its power Shall onward, through all ages, bear The memory of that holy hour. 3 Laws, freedom, truth, and faith in God Came with those exiles o'er the waves; And, where their pilgrim feet have trod, The God they trusted guards their graves. 4 And here Thy name, O God of love, Their children's children shall adore, Till these eternal hills remove, And spring adorns the earth no more. Amen. Topics: Heritage; Nation, The; Thanksgiving Used With Tune: DUKE STREET

The Lord Bless You and Keep You

Meter: Irregular Appears in 162 hymnals Scripture: Nehemiah 9:17 Lyrics: The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord lift his countenance upon you, and give you peace, and give you peace. The Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious, and be gracious; the Lord be gracious, gracious unto you. Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen. Topics: Benedictions; Musical Responses Benediction Used With Tune: BENEDICTION