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Open Now the Gates of Beauty

Author: Catherine Winkworth; Benjamin Schmolk Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7 Appears in 151 hymnals Topics: Civil Year New Year; Civil Year Memorial Day Lyrics: 1 Open now the gates of beauty, Zion, let us enter there, Where we may in joyful duty Waits for him who answers prayer: O how blessed is this place, Filled with solace, light, and grace! 2 Here, O God, we come before you, To this company come down; Where we find you and adore you, There with joy our lives you crown: In our hearts to you we bow, Let them be your temple now. 3 Speak, O Lord, and we will hear you, Let your will be done indeed. May we undisturbed draw near you While your people you do feed. Here of life the fountain flows, Here is balm for all our woes. Amen. Scripture: Revelation 21 Used With Tune: NEANDER (UNSER HERRSCHER)

Come, You Thankful People, Come

Author: Henry Alford Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 755 hymnals Topics: Civil Year Thanksgiving Day Lyrics: 1 Come, you 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: Lord of harvest, grant that we Wholesome grain and pure may be. 3 For the Lord our God shall come, And shall take his 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 your final harvest home; Gather all your people in, Free from sorrow, free from sin; There forever purified, In your presence to abide: Come, with all your angels, come, Raise the glorious harvest home. Amen. Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:10-12 Used With Tune: ST. GEORGE'S, WINDSOR

My Country, 'Tis of Thee

Author: Samuel F. Smith Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 2,014 hymnals Topics: Civil Year Memorial Day; Civil Year Independence Day; Civil Year Thanksgiving Day Lyrics: 1 My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing; Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims' pride, From every mountainside Let freedom ring. 2 My native country, thee, Land of the noble free, Thy name I love; I love thy rocks and rills; Thy woods and templed hills; My heart with rapture thrills Like that above. 3 Let music swell the breeze, And ring from all the trees Sweet freedom's song: Let mortal tongues awake; Let all that breathe partake; Let rocks their silence break, The sound prolong. 4 Our fathers' God, to thee, Author of liberty, To thee we sing; Long may our land be bright With freedom's holy light; Protect us by thy might, Great God, our King. Amen. Used With Tune: AMERICA

Fairest Lord Jesus

Author: Joseph A. Seiss Meter: 5.6.8.5.5.8 Appears in 623 hymnals Topics: Civil Year Thanksgiving Day Lyrics: 1 Fairest Lord Jesus, Ruler of all nature, O thou of God and man the Son, Thee will I cherish, Thee will I honor, Thou, my soul's glory, joy, and crown. 2 Fair are the meadows, Fairer still the woodlands, Robed in the blooming garb of spring: Jesus is fairer, Jesus is purer, Who makes the woeful heart to sing. 3 Fair is the sunshine, Fairer still the moonlight, And all the twinkling, starry host: Jesus shines brighter, Jesus shines purer, Than all the angels heaven can boast. 4 Beautiful Savior, Lord of the nations, Son of God and Son of Man! Glory and honor, Praise, adoration, Now and forevermore be thine! Amen. Scripture: Psalm 45:2 Used With Tune: CRUSADERS' HYMN Text Sources: MS., Münster, 1662; alt.

Onward, Christian Soldiers

Author: Sabine Baring-Gould Meter: 6.5.6.5 D with refrain Appears in 1,876 hymnals Topics: Civil Year New Year Lyrics: 1 Onward, Christian soldiers, Marching as to war, With the cross of Jesus Going on before: Christ the royal master Leads against the foe; Forward into battle, See, his banners go. [Refrain:] Onward, Christian soldiers, Marching as to war, With the cross of Jesus Going on before. 2 Like a mighty army Moves the church of God; Brothers, we are treading Where the saints have trod; We are not divided, All one body we, One in hope and doctrine, One in charity. [Refrain] 3 Crowns and thrones may perish, Kingdoms rise and wane, But the church of Jesus Constant will remain; Gates of hell can never 'Gainst that church prevail; We have Christ's own promise, And that cannot fail. [Refrain] 4 Onward, then, you people, Join our happy throng, Blend with ours your voices In the triumph song; Glory, laud, and honor Unto Christ the King; This through countless ages Men and angels sing. [Refrain] Amen. Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:12 Used With Tune: ST. GERTRUDE

Cast Your Burden on the Lord

Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 194 hymnals Topics: Civil Year Memorial Day; Civil Year Independence Day Lyrics: 1 Cast your burden on the Lord; Only lean upon his word. You will soon have cause to bless His eternal faithfulness. 2 He sustains you by his hand, He enables you to stand. Those whom Jesus once has loved From his grace are never moved. 3 Human counsels come to naught; That shall stand which God has wrought. His compassion, love, and power Are the same forevermore. 4 Heaven and earth may pass away; God’s free grace shall not decay. He has promised to fulfill All the pleasure of his will. 5 Jesus, guardian of your flock, Be yourself our constant rock. Make us, by your powerful hand, Strong as Zion’s mountain stand. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 55:22 Used With Tune: SAVANNAH Text Sources: Rowland Hill's Psalms and Hymns, 1783; alt., 1972

For All the Saints

Author: William Walsham How Meter: 10.10.10 with alleluias Appears in 602 hymnals Topics: Civil Year Memorial Day First Line: For all the saints, who from their labors rest Refrain First Line: Alleluia! Alleluia! Lyrics: 1 For all the saints who from their labors rest, All who by faith before the world confessed, Your name, O Jesus, be forever blest. [Refrain:] Alleluia! Alleluia! 2 You were their rock, their fortress, and their might; Jesus, their cCaptain in the well-fought fight; You in the darkness drear, their one true Light. [Refrain] 3 O may your soldiers, faithful, true, and bold, Fight as the saints who nobly fought of old, And win with them the victor's crown of gold. [Refrain] 4 O blest communion, fellowship divine! We feebly struggle, they in glory shine; Yet all are one within your great design. [Refrain] 5 And when the fight is fierce, the warfare long, Steals on the ear the distant triumph song, And hearts are brave again, and arms are strong. [Refrain] 6 From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest coast, Through gates of pearl streams in the countless host, Singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, [Refrain] Amen. Scripture: Hebrews 12:1 Used With Tune: SINE NOMINE

Sinner, Please Don't Let This Harvest Pass

Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Civil Year New Year; Civil Year Thanksgiving Day Lyrics: Sinner, please don't let this harvest pass. Sinner, please don't let this harvest pass. Sinner, please don't let this harvest pass, And die and lose your soul at last. Scripture: John 4:35 Used With Tune: [Sinner, please don't let this harvest pass] Text Sources: Negro Spiritual

Jesus, Lead the Way

Author: A. W. Farlander; Nicolaus L. von Zinzendorf; Christian Gregor Meter: 5.5.8.8.5.5 Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Civil Year New Year Scripture: Hebrews 10:19-22 Used With Tune: SEELENBRÄUTIGAM

God Gives His People Strength

Author: Miriam Therese Winter Appears in 6 hymnals Topics: Civil Year Labor Day Scripture: Galatians 5:22 Used With Tune: [God Gives His People Strength]