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Love Divine, all loves excelling

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,933 hymnals Topics: Christ Abidng with Believers; Christ Love and Grace of; Christian Life Sanctification; Longing for Christ and God; Post Communion; Supplication For Sanctification Lyrics: 1 Love Divine, all loves excelling, Joy of heav'n, to earth come down: Fix in us thy humble dwelling, All thy faithful mercies crown: Jesus, thou art all compassion, Pure, unbounded love thou art; Visit us with thy salvation, Enter ev'ry trembling heart. 2 Breathe, O breathe thy loving Spirit Onto ev'ry troubled breast; Let us all in thee inherit, Let us find the promised rest: Take away the love of sinning; Alpha and Omega be; End of faith, as its Beginning, Set our hearts at liberty. 3 Come, Almighty to deliver, Let us all thy life receive; Suddenly return, and never, Nevermore thy temples leave. Thee we would be always blessing, Serve thee as thy hosts above, Pray, and praise thee, without ceasing, Glory in thy perfect love. 4 Finish, then, thy new creation; Pure and spotless let us be: Let us see thy great salvation Perfectly restored in thee; Changed from glory into glory, Till in heav'n we take our place, Till we cast our crowns before thee, Lost in wonder, love, and praise. Amen. Scripture: John 14:21 Used With Tune: LOVE DIVINE (LE JEUNE)

Children of the heav'nly King

Author: John Cennick Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 1,207 hymnals Topics: Christian Life Pilgrimage and Guidance; Christians Triumph of; The Church Communion of Saints; The Church Covenant People; Heaven Anticipated; Peace and Joy Lyrics: 1 Children of the heav'nly King, As ye journey, sweetly sing; Sing your Saviour's worthy praise, Glorious in his works and ways. 2 We are trav'ling home to God In the way the fathers trod; They are happy now, and we Soon their happiness shall see. 3 Shout, ye little flock and blest; You on Jesus' throne shall rest; There your seat is now prepared, There your kingdom and reward. 4 Lift your eyes, ye sons of light, Zion's city is in sight; There our endless home shall be, There our Lord we soon shall see. 5 Fear not, brethren; joyful stand On the borders of your land; Jesus Christ, your Father's Son, Bids you undismayed go on. 6 Lord, obediently we go, Gladly leaving all below; Only thou our Leader be, And we still will follow thee. Amen. Scripture: Isaiah 35:10 Used With Tune: PLEYEL'S HYMN

Through the night of doubt and sorrow

Author: Sabine Baring-Gould; Bernhard S. Ingemann Appears in 327 hymnals Topics: Church Communion of Saints; Church nature of; Church Unity of; Communion with saints; Peace Among Brethren; Processional; Sympathy Of Christians Lyrics: 1 Through the night of doubt and sorrow Onward goes the pilgrim band, Singing songs of expectation, Marching to the promised land. Clear before us, through the darkness, Gleams and burns the guiding light; Brother clasps the hand of bother, Stepping fearless through the night. 2 One the light of God's own presence O'er His ransomed people shed, Chasing far the gloom and terror, Brightening all the path we tread: One the object of our journey, One the faith which never tires, One the earnest looking forward, One the hope our God inspires. 3 One the strain the lips of thousands Lift as from the heart of one; One the conflict, one the peril, One the march in God begun: One the gladness of rejoicing On the far eternal shore, Where the one Almighty Father, Reigns in love for evermore. Amen. Used With Tune: MIDDLETON

Let Our Choir New Anthems Raise

Author: Joseph the Hymnographer, ca. 800-883; John Mason Neale; John Mason Neale Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 63 hymnals Topics: Christian Warfare; Christians Triumph of; Church As Communion of Saints; Crown of Life; Martyrs; Resurrection and Glorification; Satan Lyrics: 1 Let our choir new anthems raise, wake the morn with gladness; God himself to joy and praise turns the martyrs' sadness: bright the day that won their crown, opened heav'n's bright portal, as they laid the mortal down and put on th'immortal. 2 Never flinched they from the flame, from the torture never; vain the foeman's sharpest aim, Satan's best endeavor: for by faith they saw the land decked in all its glory, where triumphant now they stand with the victor's story. 3 Faith they had that knew not shame, love that could not languish; and eternal hope o'ercame momentary anguish. Up and follow, Christian men! Press through toil and sorrow; spurn the night of fear and then, O the glorious morrow! Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:53 Used With Tune: ST. KEVIN

Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation

Author: John M. Neale, 1818-1866 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 301 hymnals Topics: The Gospel in the Christian Life The Church and Communion of the Saints Lyrics: 1 Christ is made the sure foundation, Christ, our Head and cornerstone, Chosen of the Lord and precious, Binding all the Church in one, Holy Zion's help forever And our confidence alone. 2 To this temple, where we call You, Come, O Lord of hosts, today; With your steadfast loving kindness, Hear Your servants as they pray; And Your fullest benediction Shed in all its brightest ray. 3 Here bestow on all Your servants What they ask of You to gain; What they gain from You, forever With the blessed to retain; And hereafter in Your glory Evermore with You to reign. 4 Praise and honor to the Father, Praise and honor to the Son, Praise and honor to the Spirit, Ever three and ever one: One in might and one in glory While unending ages run! Scripture: Psalm 118:22 Used With Tune: WESTMINSTER ABBEY

Faith and Peace

Appears in 16 hymnals Topics: Aspirations For Christ; Aspirations For Peace and Rest; Assurance Declared; Christians Blessedness of; Christians Saved by Grace; Divine Election; Evening Psalms; Faith Blessedness of; Faith Confession of; Faith Confidence of; Godly Fear Blessedness of; God Hearer of Prayer; God Source of All Good; Peace; Praise For Spiritual Blessings; Prayer Answers to; Prayer confidence in; Prayer Promise to; The Righteous Honor and Safety of; Safety Enjoyed; Sin Hindrance to Communion with God; Trust in God Expression of First Line: On the good and faithful Lyrics: 1 On the good and faithful God has set His love; When they call He sends them Blessings from above. 2 Stand in awe, and sin not, Bid your heart be still; Through the silent watches Think upon His will. 3 Anxious and despairing, Many walk in night; But to those that fear Him God will send His light. 4 In His care confiding, I will sweetly sleep, For the Lord, my Saviour, Will in safety keep. Scripture: Psalm 4 Used With Tune: MERRIAL