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Meet and right it is to sing

Author: Charles Wesley Appears in 73 hymnals Used With Tune: AMSTERDAM

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.7.7.6 Appears in 7 hymnals 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 Scripture: 1 Kings 8:27 Used With Tune: AMSTERDAM

Open, Lord, my inward ear

Author: Charles Wesley Appears in 64 hymnals Used With Tune: AMSTERDAM

God, The Omnipresent God

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.7.7.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1 God, the omnipresent God, Our strength and refuge stands Ready to support our load, And bear us in His hands: Readiest when we need Him most, When to Him distressed we cry; All who on His mercy trust Shall find deliverance nigh. 2 Kept by Him, we scorn to fear In danger’s blackest day, Starting at destruction near, Though nature faint away, Though the stormy ocean roar, Though the madding billows rise, Rage, and foam, and lash the shore, And mingle earth and skies. 3 Let earth’s inmost center quake, And shattered nature mourn, Let unwieldy mountains shake, And fall by storms uptorn, Fall with all their trembling load Far into the ocean hurled, Lo! We stand secure in God, Amidst a ruined world. 4 From the throne of God there springs A pure and crystal stream, Life, and peace, and joy it brings To His Jerusalem: Rivers of refreshing grace Through the sacred city flow, Watering all the hallowed place Where God resides below. 5 God most merciful, most high, Doth in His Sion dwell, Kept by Him their towers defy The strength of earth and hell; Built on her o’ershadowing Rock, Who shall her foundations move? Who her great defender shock— The Almighty God of love. 6 All that on this Rock are stayed The world assaults in vain, Ever present with His aid He shall His own sustain: Guardian of the chosen race, Jesus doth His church defend, Save them by His timely grace, And keep them to the end. 7 Furiously the heathen raged Against His church below, Kingdoms all their power engaged Jerusalem t’o’erthrow; Earth from her foundation stirred, Yawned to swallow up her prey, Jesus spoke, she owned His word, And quaked, and fled away. 8 For His people in distress The God of Jacob stands, Keeps us, ’till our troubles cease, In His almighty hands: He for us His power hath shown, He doth still our refuge prove; Loves the Lord of hosts His own, And shall forever love. 9 Come, behold the Almighty Lord In robes of vengeance clad; By the desolating sword What havoc hath He made! He hath sent His armies forth, States and kingdoms to o’erthrow, Marched in anger through the earth, And ravaged all below. 10 Lo! Again in tender love He bids their discords cease, Calms their spirit from above, And melts them into peace; Breaks the bow and burns the car, Instruments of fatal ill, Quells the horrid din of war, And bids the world be still. 11 "Sons of men, be still, and know That I am God alone; I my saving power will show, And make my goodness known; All shall with my will comply"; Fear the name to sinners given, Bow before the Lord most high, The Lord of earth and Heav’n. 12 For His people in distress The God of Jacob stands, Bears us, ’till our troubles cease, In His almighty hands: He for us His power hath shown, He doth still our refuge prove, Loves the Lord of hosts His own, And shall forever love. Used With Tune: AMSTERDAM Text Sources: Hymns Occasioned by the Earthquake, March 8, 1750 Part 1 (London: 1750), alt.

See the Lord, thy Keeper, stand

Author: Charles Wesley Appears in 27 hymnals Used With Tune: AMSTERDAM

O The Blood, The Precious Blood

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.7.7.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1 O the blood, the precious blood, That streams from yonder tree! Glory to th’ incarnate God Who suffers death for me! Me to save from endless pain, Me to mount above the skies, God becomes a mortal man, And bows His head and dies. 2 Him as on the altar laid Ev’n now by faith I view, Suffering in the sinner’s stead The death to sinners due: Say not ye, the deed is past, Now His mortal pang I feel, Still He pants, and groans His last, He dies for sinners still. 3 Close beneath the cursèd wood My prostrate soul remains, Gasping for the balmy blood That starts from Jesus’ veins: Wilt Thou not one drop afford? Yes, Thou dost the comfort give: O my bleeding, loving Lord, Thou diedst that I may live. 4 Rivers of salvation flow And springs of life from Thee, Saved from sin, I live, I know Thy blood hath ransomed me: Now I catch the healing tide Now I taste how good Thou art, Now I feel the blood applied, The pardon to my heart. Used With Tune: AMSTERDAM Text Sources: The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, Vol. III (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1992)

Sinner, Hear The Savior's Call

Author: John Newton Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.7.7.6 Appears in 58 hymnals First Line: Sinner, hear the Savior’s call Lyrics: 1 Sinner, hear the Savior’s call, He now is passing by; He has seen thy grievous thrall, And heard thy mournful cry. He has pardons to impart, Grace to save thee from thy fears; See the love that fills His heart, And wipe away thy tears. 2 Why art thou afraid to come And tell Him all thy case? He will not pronounce thy doom, Nor frown thee from His face: Wilt thou fear Emmanuel? Wilt thou dread the Lamb of God, Who, to save thy soul from hell, Has shed His precious blood? 3 Think, how on the cross He hung Pierced with a thousand wounds! Hark, from each as with a tongue The voice of pardon sounds! See, from all His bursting veins, Blood, of wondrous virtue, flow! Shed to wash away thy stains, And ransom thee from woe. 4 Though His majesty be great, His mercy is no less; Though He thy transgressions hate, He feels for thy distress: By Himself the Lord has sworn, He delights not in thy death; But invites thee to return, That thou mayst live by faith. 5 Raise thy downcast eyes, and see What throngs His throne surround! These, though sinners once like thee, Have full salvation found: Yield not then to unbelief! While He says, "There yet is room"; Though of sinners thou art chief, Since Jesus calls thee, come. Used With Tune: AMSTERDAM Text Sources: Olney Hymns (London, W. Oliver, 1779), Book 3

God of unexampled grace

Author: Charles Wesley 1707-88 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.7.7.6 Appears in 29 hymnals Used With Tune: AMSTERDAM

Jesus, Fix Thy Kingdom Here

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.7.7.6 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Jesus, fix Thy kingdom here! Lyrics: 1 Jesus, fix Thy kingdom here! Thy kingdom is the stone, Sent from Heav’n in man t’appear, And stand on earth alone; Let it now the image smite, Break the iron and the clay, Conquer, not by power or might, And force the world t’obey. 2 By this stone to powder ground The kingdoms all shall be: Then their place no more is found, When earth submits to Thee; Let Thy kingdom now prevail, All opposing power disperse, To a boundless mountain swell, And fill the universe. Used With Tune: AMSTERDAM Text Sources: Short Hymns on Select Passages of Holy Scriptures (Bristol, England: E. Farley, 1762)