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It came upon the midnight clear
Author: Edmund Hamilton Sears Appears in 870 hymnals Matching Instances: 46 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, goodwill to men,
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 And ye, beneath life's crushing load,
Whose forms are bending low,
Who toil along a dreary 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.
4 For lo, the days are hastening on,
By prophets seen of old,
When with the ever-circling years
Shall come the time foretold,
When the new heaven and earth shall own
The Prince of Peace their King,
And the whole world send back the song
Which now the angels sing.
Amen. Topics: The Church Year Christmas Used With Tune: NOEL
It came upon the midnight clear
While shepherds watched their flocks by night
Author: Nahum Tate Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 1,099 hymnals Matching Instances: 16 Lyrics: 1 While shepherds watched their flocks by night,
All seated on the ground;
The angel of the Lord came down,
And glory shone around.
"Fear not," said he,--for mighty dread
Had seized their troubled mind,--
"Glad tidings of great joy I bring,
To you and all mankind.
2 "To you, in David's town this day,
Is born of David's line
The Saviour, who is Christ, the Lord,
And this shall be the sign:--
The heavenly babe you there shall find
To human view displayed,
All simply wrapped in swathing bands,
And in a manger laid."
5 Thus spoke the seraph--and forthwith
Appeared a shining throng
Of angels, praising God, who thus
Addressed their joyful song:--
"All glory be to God on high,
And to the earth be peace;
Good-will will henceforth from heaven to men
Begin, and never cease!"
Amen. Topics: Angels; Christ First Advent; Christ Humiliation of; Christ Savior; Christ Son of David; Christmas Used With Tune: NOEL
While shepherds watched their flocks by night
A Thousand Years Have Come and Gone
Author: Thomas Lynch Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 32 hymnals Matching Instances: 14 Lyrics: 1. A thousand years have come and gone,
and near a thousand more,
Since happier light from Heaven shone
than ever shone before:
And in the hearts of old and young
a joy most joyful stirred.
That sent such news from tongue to tongue
as ears had never heard.
2. Then angels on their starry way
felt bliss unfelt before,
For news that men should be as they
to darkened earth they bore;
So toiling men and spirits bright
a first communion had,
And in meek mercy’s rising light
were each exceeding glad.
3. And we are glad, and we will sing,
as in the days of yore;
Come all, and hearts made ready bring,
to welcome back once more
The day when first on wintry earth
a summer change began,
And, dawning in a lowly birth
uprose the Light of man.
4. For trouble such as men must bear
from childhood to fourscore,
He shared with us, that we might share
His joy forevermore;
And twice a thousand years of grief
of conflict, and of sin,
May tell how large the harvest sheaf
His patient love shall win. Used With Tune: NOEL Text Sources: The Rivulet; a Contribution to Sacred Song, 1868
A Thousand Years Have Come and Gone
I Will Extol Thee, O My God
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 18 hymnals Matching Instances: 10 First Line: I will extol Thee, O my God, And praise Thee Topics: The Kingdom Scripture: Psalm 145 Used With Tune: GERARD Text Sources: Psalter
I Will Extol Thee, O My God
Calm on the Listening Ear of Night
Appears in 349 hymnals Matching Instances: 7 First Line: Calm on the list'ning ear of night Used With Tune: [Calm on the list'ning ear of night]
Calm on the Listening Ear of Night
God is Our Refuge and Our Strength
Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 22 hymnals Matching Instances: 5 Topics: Fearlessness; Jerusalem; Protection, Divine; Reformation Day; Refuge, God, Christ, Our; War and peace; Omnipotence, God'S; Helper, God Our Scripture: Psalm 46 Used With Tune: GERARD
God is Our Refuge and Our Strength
O God, Thy Power is Wonderful
Author: F. W. Faber Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 38 hymnals Matching Instances: 5 Lyrics: 1 O God, Thy power is wonderful,
Thy glory passing bright;
Thy wisdom, with its deep on deep,
A rapture to the sight.
I see Thee in th’eternal years
In glory all alone,
Ere round Thine uncreated fires
Created light had shone.
2 I see Thee walk in Eden’s shade,
I see Thee all through time;
Thy patience and compassion seem
New attributes sublime.
I see Thee when the doom is o’er,
And outworn time is done,
Still, still incomprehensible,
O God, yet not alone.
3 Angelic spirits, countless souls,
Of Thee have drunk their fill;
And to eternity will drink
Thy joy and glory still.
O little heart of mine! shall pain
Or sorrow make thee moan,
When all this God is all for thee,
A Father all thine own? Topics: God Power of Used With Tune: NOEL
O God, Thy Power is Wonderful
O God in Whom All Life Begins
Author: Carl P. Daw, Jr., 1944- Appears in 6 hymnals Matching Instances: 5 Lyrics: 1 O God in whom all life begins,
who births the seed to fruit,
bestow your blessing on our lives;
here let your love find root.
Bring forth in us the Spirit’s gifts
of patience, joy, and peace;
deliver us from numbing fear,
and grant our faith increase.
2 Unite in mutual ministry
our minds and hands and hearts
that we may have the grace to seek
the power your peace imparts.
So let our varied gifts combine
to glorify your name
that in all things by word and deed
we may your love proclaim.
3 Through tears and laughter, grief and joy,
enlarge our trust and care;
so bind us in community
that we may risk and dare.
Be with us when we gather here
to worship, sing, and pray,
then send us forth in power and faith
to live the words we say. Topics: Praise to God Used With Tune: NOEL
O God in Whom All Life Begins
The glory of the spring, how sweet
Author: Thomas H. Gill Appears in 76 hymnals Matching Instances: 3 Topics: God, the Father The Seasons - Spring Used With Tune: NOEL
The glory of the spring, how sweet
If Human Kindness Meets Return
Author: Gerard T. Noel Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 232 hymnals Matching Instances: 2 Lyrics: 1. If human kindness meets return,
And owns the grateful tie;
If tender thoughts within us burn
To feel a friend is nigh;
O shall not warmer accents tell
The gratitude we owe
To Him who died, our fears to quell,
Our more than orphan’s woe!
2. While yet His anguished soul surveyed
Those pangs he would not flee,
What love His latest words displayed,
Meet and remember Me!
Remember Thee! Thy death, Thy shame
Our sinful hearts to share!
O memory, leave no other name
But His recorded there. Used With Tune: NOEL Text Sources: A Selection of Psalms and Hymns (London: J. Hatchard, 1810)
If Human Kindness Meets Return
O Christ, our Saviour, who must reign
Author: F. Bland Tucker (b. 1895) Appears in 2 hymnals Matching Instances: 2 Topics: General Used With Tune: NOEL
O Christ, our Saviour, who must reign
Let folly praise that fancy loves
Author: Robert Southwell, 1560-1595 Appears in 7 hymnals Matching Instances: 2 Used With Tune: NOEL
Let folly praise that fancy loves
يا ساريا لا يهتدي
Author: انيس الخوري المقدسي Appears in 2 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 يا سارياً لا يهتدي
في عالم الآثامْ
أنظر الى نجم بدا
يُضيء في الظلامْ
من بيتِ لحمٍ نورُهُ
قد لاح للأنامْ
يهديهِمُ وسطَ الدّجى
الى حِمى السلامْ
2 يا مذوداً نلنا به
أشهى منى الحياهْ
يا مهدَ ميلاد العلي
ومُجتَلى سناهْ
يا منهلاً منه جرتْ
محبة الالهْ
أنت الرَّواءُ المُرتجَى
لكل ذي أوامْ
3 في حِطة المهد لنا
جلالُه يبدو
في فقره كلُّ الغنى
في بؤسه المجدُ
يا أيها النجمُ الذي
ضاء به الخلدُ
أشرِق بأنوار الرجا
في ظلمة الأيامْ Used With Tune: NOEL
يا ساريا لا يهتدي
O Lord, by Grace Delivered
Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 25 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 O Lord, by grace delivered,
I now with songs extol;
my foes you have not suffered
to glory o'er my fall.
O Lord, my God, I sought you,
and you did heal and save;
you, Lord, from death did ransom
and keep me from the grave.
2 His holy name remember;
you saints, Jehovah praise;
his anger lasts a moment,
his favor all our days;
for sorrow, like a pilgrim,
may tarry for a night,
but joy the heart will gladden
when dawns the morning light.
3 In prosp'rous days I boasted;
unmoved I shall remain;
for, Lord, by your good favor
my cause you did maintain;
I soon was sorely troubled,
for you did hide your face;
I cried to you, Jehovah,
I sought Jehovah's grace.
4 What profit if I perish,
if life you do not spare?
Shall dust repeat your praises,
shall it your truth declare?
O Lord, on me have mercy,
and my petition hear;
that you may be my helper,
in mercy, Lord, appear.
5 My grief is turned to gladness,
to you my thanks I raise,
who have removed my sorrow
and girded me with praise;
and now, no longer silent,
my heart your praise will sing;
O Lord, my God, forever
my thanks to you I bring.
Topics: The Christian Life God's Refreshing Grace; God Faithfulness of Scripture: Psalm 30 Used With Tune: NOEL Text Sources: The Psalter, 1912; alt. 1990, mod.
O Lord, by Grace Delivered
When Jesus left His Father's throne
Author: James Montgomery Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 128 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics:
When Jesus left his Father's throne,
He chose an humble birth;
Like us, unhonoured and unknown,
He came to dwell on earth.
Like him may we be found below
In wisdom's path of peace;
Like him in grace and knowledge grow,
As years and strength increase.
Sweet were his words and kind his look,
When mothers round him pressed;
Their infants in his arms he took,
And on his bosom blessed.
Safe from the world's alluring harms,
Beneath his watchful eye,
Thus in the circle of his arms
May we for ever lie.
When Jesus into Salem rode,
The children sang around;
For joy they plucked the palms and strowed
Their garments on the ground.
Hosanna our glad voices raise,
Hosanna to our King!
Should we forget our Savior's praise,
The stones themselves would sing.
Topics: Catechism; Sunday Schools General Use; Sunday Schools Palm Sunday Used With Tune: NOEL
When Jesus left His Father's throne
From Noon of Joy to Night of Doubt
Author: John Campbell Shairp Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics:
1 From noon of joy to night of doubt
our feelings come and go;
our best estate is toss'd about
in ceaseless ebb and flow;
no mood of feeling, form of thought,
is constant for a day,
but thou, O Lord, thou changest not;
the same thou art alway.
2 I grasp thy strength, make it my own,
my heart with peace is bless'd;
I lose my hold, and then comes down
darkness and cold unrest.
Let me no more my comfort draw
from my frail grasp of thee;
in this alone rejoice with awe,
thy mighty grasp of me.
3 Thy purpose of eternal good
let me but surely know;
on this I'll lean, let changing mood
and feeling come and go;
glad when thy sunshine fills my soul,
not sad when clouds o'ercast,
since thou within thy sure control
of love dost hold me fast.
Topics: Doubt; God Eternity and Power Used With Tune: NOEL
From Noon of Joy to Night of Doubt
I Know Not Where the Road Will Lead
Author: Evelyn Atwater Cummins Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 8 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 I know not where the road will lead
I follow day by day,
or where it ends: I only know
I walk the King's highway.
I know not if the way is long,
and no one else can say;
but rough or smooth, up hill or down,
I walk the King's highway.
2 And some I love have reached the end,
but some with me may stay,
their faith and hope still guiding me:
I walk the King's highway.
The way is truth, the way is love,
for light and strength I pray,
and through the years of life, to God
I walk the King's highway.
3 The countless hosts lead on before,
I must not fear nor stray;
with them, the pilgrims of the faith,
I walk the King's highway.
Through light and dark the road leads on
till dawns the endless day,
when I shall know why in this life
I walk the King's highway. Topics: All Saints' Day; Eternal Life; Heritage; Pilgrimage; Walking with God Scripture: Numbers 20:17 Used With Tune: NOEL
I Know Not Where the Road Will Lead
Praise God for John, evangelist
Author: F. Samuel Janzow, b. 1913 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 Topics: Holy Days and Various Occasions Saint John (December 27) Used With Tune: NOEL
Praise God for John, evangelist
For Ages Women Hoped and Prayed
Author: Jane Parker Huber, 1926- Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 4 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Scripture: John 1:14 Used With Tune: NOEL
For Ages Women Hoped and Prayed
We may not climb the heavenly steeps
Author: John Greenleaf Whittier Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 262 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: NOEL
We may not climb the heavenly steeps
You Tell Me That the Lord Is Risen
Author: Rob Johns Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 Topics: The Christian Year Easter; Biblical Characters Thomas; Christian Year Easter; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Proper 6 Year A; Proper 15 Year A; Easter 2 Year C Used With Tune: NOËL
You Tell Me That the Lord Is Risen
Today We All Are Called to Be Disciples
Author: H. Kenn Carmichael Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 4 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 First Line: Today we all are called to be Topics: The Church at Worship Profession of Faith, Ordination, Commissioning, Installation; Calling and Response; Commissioning; Confirmation; Discipleship and Service; God Call; Ordination; Peace (World); Stewardship; Proper 16 Year A; Proper 13 Year C Used With Tune: NOËL
Today We All Are Called to Be Disciples
The world, dear Lord, is very large
Author: Calvin W. Laufer Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 4 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Topics: Brotherhood and Service World Peace Used With Tune: NOEL
The world, dear Lord, is very large
Psalm 46
Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 First Line: The God of Jacob is for us a refuge strong and save Topics: Assurance; Change; Christian Year Reformation Day; Confidence; Conflict and Struggle; Courage; Empowerment; Funerals and Memorial Services; God Creator; God Eternity and Power; God Guardian/Help; God Images; God Kingdom, Majesty, Realm; God Power/Might; God Presence; God Protection; God Reign; God Sovereignty; God Strength and Refuge; God Truth; Heritage; Holy Spirit Gifts; Jesus Christ Lord of Life; Jesus Christ name; Jesus Christ Strength and Refuge; Kingdom of God; Pilgrimage and Conflict; Praise; Processionals (Opening of Worship); Providence; Psalter/Psalm Paraphrases; Risk; Satan/Demonic Forces/Devil; Security; Sin; Struggle and Conflict; Trust; Truth; v; v; Worship Scripture: Psalm 46 Used With Tune: [The God of Jacob is for us a refuge strong and sure]
Psalm 46
O God, Who Gives Us Life
Author: Carl P. Daw Jr. Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 4 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 First Line: O God, who gives us life and breath Lyrics: 1 O God, who gives us life and breath,
who shapes us in the womb,
who guards our lives from birth to death,
then leads us from the tomb:
deliver us from fears that kill
the life we have from you.
Help us to know your Spirit still
is making all things new.
2 O God, who calls your people out
to venture and to dare,
to plumb the bleak abyss of doubt
and find you even there:
when we despair in wandering
through wastes of empty lies,
refresh us with the living spring
of hope that never dies.
3 O God of covenant and law,
revealed in cloud and flame,
your mighty deeds evoke our awe;
we dare not speak your name.
Yet we by faith are drawn to you
and will your people prove,
as on our hearts you write anew
the covenant of love.
Topics: Faith; Faithfulness; God's Covenant with Israel; Hope; Providence; Renewal Scripture: Exodus 13:21 Used With Tune: NOEL
O God, Who Gives Us Life
The Responsibility of Civil Officers
Appears in 9 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 First Line: Among assembled men of might Topics: Civil Magistracy; Nations Dependent on God; Nations Present Attitude of; The Poor Duty Towards; Royalty of Christ Civil Rulers His Ministers; Royalty of Christ Will Subject the World to God; Rulers Duties of; Rulers Wicked Scripture: Psalm 82 Used With Tune: [Among assembled men of might]
The Responsibility of Civil Officers
My Church! My Church! My dear old Church
Author: Anon. Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 51 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 My Church! My Church! My dear old Church
My fathers’ and my own!
On prophets, and apostles built,
And Christ the cornerstone;
All else beside, by storm or tide,
May yet be overthrown;
But not my Church, my dear old Church,
My fathers’ and my own.
2 My Church! My Church! My dear old Church!
My glory and my pride!
Firm in the faith Immanuel taught,
She holds no faith beside,
Upon this rock, ‘gainst every shock,
Though gates of hell assail,
She stands secure, with promise sure,
“They never shall prevail.”
3 My Church! My Church! My dear old Church!
I love her ancient name;
And God forbid a child of hers
Should ever do her shame;
Her mother care I'll ever share;
Her child I am alone,
Till He who gave me to her arms,
Shall call me to His own.
4 My Church! My Church! My dear old Church!
Thy child would add a vow
To that whose token once was signed
Upon his infant brow;
Her mother care I'll ever share,
Her child I am alone.
My Church shall yet be dear to me,
My fathers' and my own.
Amen. Topics: Christ Foundation; Church Beauty and Glory of; Church Foundation of; Church Love for; Church nature of; Church Security of; Churches Corner-Stone laying; Confirmation; Love to the Church Used With Tune: NOEL
My Church! My Church! My dear old Church
Creator of the Universe
Author: J. Donald Hughes Appears in 7 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 First Line: Creator of the universe, We lift our minds to Thee Used With Tune: NOEL
Creator of the Universe
Dum klara nokto venis ĝi
Author: Edmund H. Sears; Leonard Ivor Gentle Appears in 2 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1. Dum klara nokto venis ĝi en malproksima jar',
Anĝeloj ŝvebis super ter' kun ora harpistar';
"Nun inter homoj Difavor'!" kantadis anĝelĥor',
Kaj sur la tero estu pac', al Dio estu glor'!"
2. Refoje venas tien ĉi la sankta naska hor',
Aŭdiĝas en la laca mond' ĉiela anĝelĥor',
Kaj super daŭra maltrankvil' sonadas en aer',
La kanto de la anĝelar' pri paco sur la ter'.
3. Sed pro malpaco kaj milit' suferas tuthomar',
La kanton homoj aŭdas ne kaj daŭras pekofar';
Ho viroj en batalo nun vin turnu de detru',
Ĉesigu bruon! Jen! la ĥor' neniam ĉesas plu.
4. Kaj vi sub ŝarĝo sur la voj', kurbitaj per labor',
Irantaj al la vivocel' per paŝoj de dolor';
Rigardu! Venas la era' de ĝojo por la kor',
Ho restu sur la teda voj' — aŭskultu al la ĥor'.
5. Estontaj tagoj frontas nin; profeta la parol'
Ke, esperata ora aĝ' kondukos al konsol',
Jen paco regos sur la ter' en gloro kaj honor'
Kaj homoj ĉie kantos kun la anĝelara ĥor'. Topics: Christmas Used With Tune: NOEL Text Sources: EH 32
Dum klara nokto venis ĝi
O Lord of Life
Author: Washington Gladden Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 8 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 First Line: O Lord of life, to Thee we lift Lyrics: 1 O Lord of life, to Thee we lift
Our hearts in praise for those,
Thy prophets, who have shown Thy gift
Of grace that ever grows,
Of truth that spreads from shore to shore,
Of wisdom's widening ray,
Of light that shineth more and more
Unto Thy perfect day.
2 Shine forth, O Light, that we may see,
With hearts all unafraid,
The meaning and the mystery
Of things that Thou hast made.
Shine forth, and let the darkling past
Beneath Thy beam grow bright,
Shine forth, and touch the future vast
With Thine untroubled light.
3 Light up Thy Word; the fettered page
From killing bondage free.
Light up our way; lead forth this age
In love's large liberty.
O Light of light! within us dwell,
Through us Thy radiance pour,
That word and life Thy truths may tell,
And praise Thee evermore.
Amen. Scripture: Psalm 119:105 Used With Tune: NOEL
O Lord of Life
See Christ, Who on the River's Shore
Author: Christopher Idle Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 See Christ, who on the river's shore
with John the Baptist stood,
his secret in the name he bore:
the holy Lamb of God.
See all his body washed and wet,
baptized in Jordan's flow,
as here his shame and glory meet,
his pain and triumph show.
2 See Christ submits himself to John;
the Lord bows to his slave!
See where he stoops, the sinless one,
to share a sinner's grave!
See him arising from the stream
where all the past now dies;
for yet a colder tomb he came
and now calls us to rise.
3 See Christ, to whom the Father speaks
as his beloved Son;
Messiah's chosen task he takes,
the servant's work begun.
See him on whom the Spirit fell,
descending like a dove,
in whom we find a springing well
of peace and joy and love.
4 See Christ through forty hungry days
with sand and stones for bed;
in lonely trials and desert ways
with him may we be led.
See him, the anointed Lamb who died,
to whom all praise we bring;
see Christ baptized, Christ crucified,
and Christ our reigning King! Topics: Baptism of Our Lord; Biblical Names and Places John the Baptizer; Epiphany and Ministry of Christ ; Jesus Christ Person of; Jesus Christ Life of; Temptations Scripture: Mark 1:9-13 Used With Tune: NOEL
See Christ, Who on the River's Shore
O LORD, I Will Extol You
Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 First Line: O LORD, I will extol you, for you have lifted me Lyrics: 1 O LORD, I will extol you,
for you have lifted me;
my foes you kept from boasting
and gloating over me.
O LORD, my God, I pleaded
that you might heal and save;
you brought my soul from Sheol,
restored me from the grave.
2 His holy name remember;
you saints, the LORD now praise;
his anger lasts a moment,
his favor all our days;
for though the tears of weeping
may tarry for a night,
there comes a shout of gladness
when dawns the morming light.
3 In prosp'rous days I boasted,
"Unmoved I shall remain,"
for LORD, by your good favor
my mountain you maintained.
But when your face was hidden,
my heart was terrified.
To you, O LORD, I pleaded;
for mercy, Lord, I cried.
4 What profit if I perish,
if I descend to death?
Shall dust proclaim your praises
or speak your faithfulness?
O LORD, on me have mercy,
and my petition hear;
that you may be my helper,
in mercy, LORD, appear.
5 You turned my grief to dancing,
from sackcloth set me free.
You clothed me 'round with gladness;
I shall not silent be.
My soul will sing your praises,
your name will I adore;
O LORD, my God, I thank you,
both now and evermore!
Topics: Chastisement; Death; Praise; Prayer; Sickness; Suffering and Deliverance; Thankfulness Scripture: Psalm 30 Used With Tune: NOEL Text Sources: The Psalter, 1912; alt. mod.
O LORD, I Will Extol You
O Sing a Song of Bethlehem
Author: Louis F. Benson, 1855-1930 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 64 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 O sing a song of Bethlehem,
Of shepherds watching there,
And of the news that came to them
From angels in the air:
The light that shone on Bethlehem
Fills all the world today;
Of Jesus' birth and peace on earth
The angels sing alway.
2 O sing a song of Nazareth,
Of sunny days of joy,
O sing of fragrant flowers' breath,
And of the sinless boy:
For now the flow'rs of Nazareth
In ev'ry heart may grow;
Now spreads the fame of his dear name
On all the winds that blow.
3 O sing a song of Galilee,
Of lake and woods and hill,
Of him who walked upon the sea
And bade the waves be still:
For though, like waves on Galilee,
Dark seas of trouble roll,
When faith has heard the Master's word,
Falls peace upon the soul.
4 O sing a song of Calvary,
Its glory and dismay;
Of him who hung upon the tree,
And took our sins away:
For he who died on Calvary
Is risen from the grave,
And Christ, our Lord, by heav'n adored,
Is mighty now to save. Topics: Jesus Christ Used With Tune: NOEL
O Sing a Song of Bethlehem
With songs and honors sounding loud
Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Appears in 279 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: NOEL
With songs and honors sounding loud
My Shepherd will supply my need
Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 234 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 My Shepherd will supply my need,
Jehovah is his name;
In pastures fresh he makes me feed,
Beside the living stream.
He brings my wandering spirit back,
When I forsake his ways;
And leads me, for his mercy's sake,
In paths of truth and grace.
2 When I walk through the shades of death,
Thy presence is my stay;
A word of thy supporting breath,
Drives all my fears away.
Thy hand, in sight of all my foes,
Doth still my table spread;
My cup with blessings overflows,
Thine oil anoints my head.
3 The sure provisions of my God
Attend me all my days;
Oh, may thy house be mine abode,
And all my works be praise:
There would I find a settled rest,
While others go and come,
NO more a stranger, or a guest,
But like a child at home. Topics: Attributes; Dependence On Providence; God Attributes; Love For God; Dependence On Providence; God Attributes; Love For God Used With Tune: NOEL
My Shepherd will supply my need
Father! how wide thy glory shines!
Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 311 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 Father! how wide thy glory shines!
How high thy wonders rise!
Known through the earth by thousand signs,
By thousand through the skies.
2 Those mighty orbs proclaim thy power,
Their motions speak thy skill;
And on the wings of every hour,
We read thy patience still.
3 But, when we view thy strange design
To save rebellious worms,
Where vengeance and compassion join
In their divinest forms,
4 Here the whole Deity is known;
Nor dares a creature guess
Which of the glories brightest shone,
The justice, or the grace.
5 Now the full glories of the Lamb
Adorn the heavenly plains;
Bright seraphs learn Immanuel's name,
And try their choicest strains.
6 Oh, may I bear some humble part,
In that immortal song;
Wonder and joy shall tune my heart,
And love command my tongue. Topics: Attributes; God Attributes; God Condescension; God Glory; God Grace; God Justice; Grace; Love For God; God Attributes; God Condescension; God Glory; God Grace; God Justice; Grace; Love For God Used With Tune: NOEL
Father! how wide thy glory shines!
The hands that first held Mary's child
Author: Thomas H. Troeger, 1945- Appears in 8 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Topics: Church Year Christmas; Cross; Jesus Christ Word; Jesus Christ Emmanuel; Jesus Christ Crucifixion Scripture: Matthew 1:18-26 Used With Tune: NOEL
The hands that first held Mary's child
What Glory Gilds the Sacred Page
Author: William Cowper Appears in 381 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 First Line: What glory gilds the sacred page! Used With Tune: [What glory gilds the sacred page!]
What Glory Gilds the Sacred Page
Lo! hills and mountains shall bring forth
Appears in 12 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: NOEL Text Sources: Tate and Brady, 1696, abr.
Lo! hills and mountains shall bring forth
All Beautiful the March of Days
Author: Frances Whitmarsh Wile Appears in 86 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: [All beautiful the march of days]
All Beautiful the March of Days
