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The Stars Declare His Glory

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926 Meter: 7.6.8.6.8.6 Appears in 16 hymnals Topics: Creation; Creation Lyrics: 1 The stars declare his glory; The vault of heaven springs Mute witness of the Master's hand In all created things, And through the silences of space Their soundless music sings. 2 The dawn returns in splendor, The heavens burn and blaze, The rising sun renews the race That measures all our days, And writes in fire across the skies God's majesty and praise. 3 So shine the Lord's commandments To make the simple wise, More sweet than honey to the taste, More rich than any prize, A law of love within our hearts, A light before our eyes. 4 So order too this life of mine, Direct it all my days, The meditations of my heart Be innocence and praise, My Rock, and my redeeming Lord, In all my words and ways. Scripture: Psalm 19 Used With Tune: ALDINE

My God, I thank Thee, who hast made

Author: Adelaide A. Procter Meter: 8.4.8.4.8.4 Appears in 230 hymnals Topics: Creation, The Lyrics: 1 My God, I thank Thee, who hast made The earth so bright, So full of splendor and of joy, Beauty and light; So many glorious things are here, Noble and right. 2 I thank Thee, too, that Thou hast made Joy to abound; So many gentle thoughts and deeds Circling us round, That in the darkest spot of earth Some love is found. 3 I thank Thee, Lord, that Thou hast kept The best in store; We have enough, yet not too much To long for more; A yearning for a deeper peace Not known before. 4 I thank Thee, Lord, that here our souls, Though amply blest, Can never find, although they seek, A perfect rest; Nor ever shall, until they lean On Jesus' breast. Amen. Used With Tune: WENTWORTH

It Is Good to Sing Your Praises

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 30 hymnals Topics: The Creation Lyrics: 1 It is good to sing your praises and to thank you, O Most High, showing forth your loving kindness when the morning lights the sky. It is good when night is falling of your faithfulness to tell, while with sweet, melodious praises songs of adoration swell. 2 You have filled my heart with gladness through the works your hands have wrought; you have made my life victorious; great your works and deep your thought. You, O Lord, on high exalted, reign forevermore in might; all your enemies shall perish, sin be banished from your sight. 3 But the good shall live before you, planted in your dwelling place, fruited trees and ever verdant, nourished by your boundless grace. In his goodness to the righteous God his righteousness displays; God, my rock, my strength and refuge, just and true are all your ways. Scripture: Psalm 92 Used With Tune: ELLESDIE Text Sources: Psalter, 1912

Fruto del amor divino

Author: Aurelio Clemente Prudencio; Federico J. Pagura Appears in 12 hymnals Topics: Creation Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3-12 Used With Tune: DIVINUM MISTERIUM

When in Our Music God Is Glorified

Author: Fred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 Meter: 10.10.10 with alleluias Appears in 87 hymnals Topics: Creation Lyrics: 1 When in our music God is glorified, And adoration leaves no room for pride, It is as though the whole creation cried: Alleluia! 2 How often, making music, we have found A new dimension in the world of sound, As worship moved us to a more profound Alleluia! 3 So has the Church, in liturgy and song, In faith and love, through centuries of wrong, Borne witness to the truth in ev'ry tongue: Alleluia! 4 And did not Jesus sing a psalm that night When utmost evil strove against the light? Then let us sing, for whom he won the fight: Alleluia! 5 Let ev'ry instrument be tuned for praise! Let all rejoice who have a voice to raise! And may God give us faith to sing always: Alleluia! Scripture: 1 Chronicles 16 Used With Tune: ENGELBERG

Of the Father's Love Begotten

Author: Aurelius Clemens Prudentius; John Mason Neale; Henry Williams Baker Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 228 hymnals Topics: Creation Lyrics: 1 Of the Father's 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 O that birth forever blessed, when a virgin, blest with grace, by the Holy Ghost conceiving, bore the Savior of our race; and the babe, the world's Redeemer, first revealed his sacred face, evermore and evermore. 3 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. 4 Let the heights of heaven adore him; angel hosts, his praises sing: powers, 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. 5 Christ, to you, with God the Father and the Spirit, there shall be hymn and chant and high thanksgiving and the shout of jubilee: honor, glory, and dominion and eternal victory evermore and evermore! Amen. Scripture: Psalm 2:7 Used With Tune: DIVINUM MYSTERIUM

Psalm 148

Meter: 6.6.6.6.4.4.4.4 Appears in 15 hymnals Topics: Creation First Line: The Lord of heaven confess Lyrics: 1 The Lord of heaven confess; on high his glory raise. Him let all angels bless, him all his armies praise. Him glorify sun, moon, and stars; ye higher spheres, and cloudy sky. 2 From God your beings are, him therefore famous make; you all created were, when he the word but spake. And from that place, where fixed you be by his decree, you cannot pass. 3 Praise God from earth below, ye dragons, and ye deeps: fire, hail, clouds, wind, and snow, whom in command he keeps. Praise ye his name, hills great and small, trees low and tall, beasts wild and tame. 4 All things that creep or fly. ye kings, ye vulgar throng, all princes mean or high; both men and women young, even young and old, exalt his name; for much his fame should be extolled. 5 Oh, let God's name be praised above both earth and sky; for he his saints hath raised, and set their horn on high; even those that be of Israel's race, near to his grace, the Lord praise ye. Scripture: Psalm 148 Used With Tune: ST. JOHN (Havergal) Text Sources: The Scottish Psalter 1929

Come, Ye Thankful People, Come

Author: Henry Alford, 1810-1871 Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 755 hymnals Topics: Creation; Creation; Creation Lyrics: 1 Come, ye thankful people, come, Raise the song of harvest home: All is safely gathered in, Ere the winter storms begin; God, our Maker, does provide For our wants to be supplied; Come to God's own temple, come, Raise the song of harvest-home. 2 All the world is God's own field, Fruit unto his praise to yield; Wheat and tares together sown, Unto joy or sorrow grown; First the blade, and then the ear, Then the full corn shall appear: Grant, O harvest Lord, that we Wholesome grain and pure may be. 3 For the Lord our God shall come, And shall take the harvest home; From his field shall in that day All offenses purge away; Give his angels charge at last In the fire the tares to cast, But the fruitful ears to store In his garner evermore. 4 Even so, Lord, quickly come To our final harvest home; Gather all your people in, Free from sorrow, free from sin; There, for ever purified, In your presence to abide: Come, with all your angels, come, Raise the glorious harvest home. Scripture: 1 Chronicles 16:8 Used With Tune: ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR

Praise be to Christ in whom we see

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smtih (born 1926) Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: The Creation Lyrics: 1 Praise be to Christ in whom we see the image of the Father shown, the first-born Son revealed and known, the truth and grace of deity; through whom creation came to birth, whose fingers set the stars in place, the unseen powers, and this small earth, the furthest bounds of time and space. 2 Praise be to him whose sovereign sway and will upholds creation's plan; who is, before all worlds began and when our world has passed away: Lord of the church, its life and head, redemption's price and source and theme, alive, the first-born from the dead, to reign as all-in-all supreme. 3 Praise be to him who, Lord most high, the fullness of the Godhead shares; and yet our human nature bears, who came as man to bleed and die: and from his cross there flows our peace who chose for us the path he trod, that so might sins and sorrows cease and all be reconciled to God. Used With Tune: YE BANKS AND BRAES

Praise the Lord, his glories show, Alleluia!

Author: Henry Francis Lyte (1793-1847) Meter: 7.7.7.7 with alleluias Appears in 165 hymnals Topics: The Living God The Activity of God - God in creation; The Activity of God God in creation Lyrics: 1 Praise the Lord, his glories show, Alleluia! saints within his courts below, Alleluia! angels round the throne above, Alleluia! all that see and share his love, Alleluia! 2 Earth to heaven, and heaven to earth, Alleluia! tell his wonders, sing his worth, Alleluia! age to age and shore to shore, Alleluia! praise him, praise him evermore, Alleluia! 3 Praise the Lord, his mercies trace, Alleluia! praise his providence and grace, Alleluia! all that he for us has done, Alleluia! all he sends us through his Son, Alleluia! 4 Strings and voices, hands and hearts, Alleluia! in the concert, bear your parts: Alleluia! all that breathe, your Lord adore, Alleluia! praise him, praise him evermore, Alleluia! Scripture: Isaiah 49:13 Used With Tune: LLANFAIR