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O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,814 hymnals Topics: Proper 15 Year A Lyrics: 1 O for a thousand tongues to sing my great Redeemer's praise, the glories of my God and king, the triumphs of God's grace. 2 Jesus! the name that charms our fears, that bids our sorrows cease; 'tis music in the sinner's ears, 'tis life and health and peace. 3 He speaks, and listening to his voice, new life the dead receive, the mournful broken hearts rejoice, the humble poor believe. 4 Hear him, you deaf, you voiceless ones, your tongues again employ; you blind, behold your Saviour comes, and leap, you lame, for joy! 5 My gracious Master and my God, assist me to proclaim, to spread through all the earth abroad the honours of your name. Used With Tune: AZMON

O Holy City, Seen of John

Author: Walter Russell Bowie Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 Appears in 89 hymnals Topics: Proper 15 Year B Lyrics: 1 O holy city, seen of John, where Christ, the Lamb, doth reign, within whose foursquare walls shall come no night, nor need, nor pain, and where the tears are wiped from eyes that shall not weep again! 2 Hark, now from men whose lives are held more cheap than merchandise, from women struggling sore for bread, from little children's cries, there swells the sobbing human plaint that bids thy walls arise. 3 O shame to us who rest content while lust and greed for gain in street and shop and tenement wring gold from human pain, and bitter lips in blind despair cry, "Christ hath died in vain!" 4 Give us, O God, the strength to build the city that hath stood too long a dream, whose laws are love, whose ways is brotherhood, and where the sun that shineth is God's grace for human good. 5 Already in the mind of God that city riseth fair. Lo, how its splendour challenges the souls that greatly dare, yea, bids us seize the whole of life and build its glory there! Used With Tune: MORNING SONG

Psalm 100: Vous, qui sur la terre habitez (All People That on Earth do Dwell)

Author: Théodore de Bèze; William Kethe; Thomas H. Troeger Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 756 hymnals Topics: Proper 15 Year A First Line: Vous, qui sur la terre habitez (All people that on earth do dwell) Lyrics: 1 Vous qui sur la terre habitez, chantez à haute voix, chantez; réjouissez-vous au Seigneur, par un saint hymne à son honneur. 2 Sachez qu'il est le Souverain, qu'il nous a formés de sa main, nous, le peuple qu’il veut chérir et le troupeau qu’il veut nourrir? 3 Entrez dans son temple aujourd’hui; et présentez-vous devant lui, et, de concert ave les cieux, célébrez son nom glorieux. 4 C’est un Dieu rempli de bonté, d’amour éternelle vérité, toujours propice à nos souhaits, et sa grâce dure à jamais. English: 1 All people that on earth do dwell, sing out your faith with cheerful voice; delight in God whose praise you tell, whose presence calls you to rejoice. 2 Know that there is one God indeed, who fashions us without our aid, who claims us, gives us all we need, whose tender care will never fade. 3 Enter the sacred gates with praise, with joy approach the temple walls. Extol and bless our God always as people whom the Spirit calls. 4 Proclaim again that God is good, whose mercy is forever sure, whose truth at all times firmly stood, and shall from age to age endure. Scripture: Psalm 100 Used With Tune: OLD 100TH

For All the Saints

Author: William W. How Meter: 10.10.10.4 Appears in 602 hymnals Topics: Year C Proper 15 First Line: For all the saints who from their labors rest Lyrics: 1 For all the saints who from their labors rest, who to the world their steadfast faith confessed, your name, O Jesus, be forever blessed. Alleluia! Alleluia! 2 You were their rock, their refuge, and their might; you, Christ, the hope that put their fears to flight; 'mid gloom and doubt, you were their one true light. Alleluia! Alleluia! 3 Still may your people, faithful, true, and bold, live as the saints who nobly fought of old. and share with them a glorious crown of gold. Alleluia! Alleluia! 4 Ringed by this cloud of witnesses divine, we feebly struggle, they in glory shine; yet in your love our faithful lives entwine. Alleluia! Alleluia! 5 And when the strife is fierce, the warfare long, steals on the ear the distant triumph song, then hearts are brave again, and faith grows strong. Alleluia! Alleluia! Scripture: Hebrews 12:1 Used With Tune: SINE NOMINE

Come Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 242 hymnals Topics: Proper 15 Year C Lyrics: 1 Come Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire, let us thine influence prove; source of the old prophetic fire, fountain of life and love. 2 Come, Holy Ghost, for, moved by thee, thy prophets wrote and spoke: unlock the truth, thyself the key, unseal the sacred book. 3 Expand thy wings, celestial Dove, brood o'er our nature's night; on our disordered spirits move, and let there now be light. 4 God, through himself, we then shall know, if thou within us shine; and sound, with all thy saints below, the depths of love divine. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 2:11 Used With Tune: NUN DANKET ALL' (GRÄFENBERG)

All hail the power of Jesu's name

Author: Edward Perronet (1726-1792) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 3,627 hymnals Topics: Proper 15 Year A Lyrics: 1 All hail the power of Jesu's name; let angels prostrate fall; bring forth the royal diadem to crown him, crown him, crown him, crown him Lord of all. 2 Crown him, ye morning stars of light, who fixed this floating ball; now hail the Strength of Israel's might, and crown him Lord of all. 3 Crown him, ye martyrs of your God, who from his altar call; praise him whose way of pain ye trod, and crown him Lord of all. 4 Ye seed of Israel's chosen race, ye ransomed of the fall, hail him who saves you by his grace, and crown him Lord of all. 5 Sinners, whose love can ne'er forget the wormwood and the gall, go spread your trophies at his feet, and crown him Lord of all. 6 Let every tribe and every tongue to him their hearts enthral, lift high the universal song and crown him Lord of all. Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10 Used With Tune: MILES LANE

Hark, my soul! It is the Lord

Author: William Cowper, 1731-1800 Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 700 hymnals Topics: Proper 15 Lyrics: 1 Hark, my soul! It is the Lord; 'Tis thy Saviour, hear his word; Jesus speaks, and speaks to thee, 'Say, poor sinner, lov'st thou me? 2 'I delivered thee when bound, And, when bleeding, healed thy wound; Sought thee wandering, set thee right, Turned thy darkness into light. 3 'Can a woman's tender care Cease toward the child she bare? Yes, she may forgetful be, Yet will I remember thee. 4 'Mine is an unchanging love, Higher than the heights above, Deeper than the depths beneath, Free and faithful, strong as death. 5 'Thou shalt see my glory soon, When the work of grace is done; Partner of my throne shalt be; Say, poor sinner, lov'st thou me?' 6 Lord, it is my chief complaint That my love is weak and faint; Yet I love Thee, and adore; O for grace to love thee more! Used With Tune: ST BEES

The first Nowell

Meter: Irregular Appears in 437 hymnals Topics: Year B Proper 15 First Line: The first Nowell the angel did say Lyrics: 1 The first Nowell the angel did say was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay; in fields where they lay keeping their sheep, on a cold winter's night that was so deep. Refrain: Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, born is the King of Israel! 2 They lookèd up and saw a star, shining in the east, beyond them far, and to the earth it gave great light, and so it continued both day and night. [Refrain] 3 And by the light of that same star, three wise men came from country far; to seek for a king was their intent, and to follow the star wherever it went. [Refrain] 4 This star drew nigh to the north-west, o'er Bethlehem it took its rest, and there it did both stop and stay, right over the place where Jesus lay. [Refrain] 5 Then entered in those Wise Men three, full rev'rently upon their knee, and offered there in his presence, their gold and myrrh and frankincense. [Refrain] 6 Then let us all with one accord sing praises to our heavenly Lord, who with the Father we adore and Spirit blest for evermore. [Refrain] Scripture: Luke 2:8-20 Used With Tune: THE FIRST NOWELL Text Sources: William Sandys' "Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern" (1833) alt.

Jesus, Lord, we look to thee

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 200 hymnals Topics: Proper 15 Year A Lyrics: 1 Jesus, Lord, we look to thee, let us in thy name agree: show thyself the Prince of peace; bid all strife for ever cease. 2 Make us of one heart and mind, courteous, pitiful, and kind, lowly, meek in thought and word, altogether like our Lord. 3 Let us for each other care, each the other's burden bear; to thy church the pattern give, show how true believers live. 4 Free from anger and from pride, let us thus in God abide; all the depths of love express, all the heights of holiness. Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 3:16 Used With Tune: VIENNA

O Lord My God (How Great Thou Art)

Author: Stuart K. Hine; Carl Gustav Boberg; Unknown; Unknown; Stanley Williams; Josephine S. (Konwenne) Day Meter: Irregular with refrain Appears in 159 hymnals Topics: Proper 15 Year A First Line: O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder (Dieu tout-puissant, quand mon coeur considère) Refrain First Line: Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to thee (De tout mon être alors s'élève un chant) Used With Tune: O STORE GUD