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The Church above forever rings

Appears in 5 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The Church above forever rings With praises of the King of kings; Forever there, on harps divine, Thy hymn th' eternal One in Trine; We here below the strain prolong, And faintly echo Zion's song. 2 O Lord of Lords invisible! With Thy pure light this temple fill, And hither, when invoked, descend; Here to Thy people's prayer attend: Here, in their hearts forevermore, The Spirit's quick'ning graces pour. 3 Here may the faithful, day by day, In humble adoration pray; And here receive from Thy dear love The blessings of that home above, Till, loosened from this mortal chain, Its everlasting joys they gain. Topics: The Church Year Church Dedication Used With Tune: CREATION Text Sources: Breviary

Savior of men, our joy supreme

Author: Richard Mant Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1 Savior of men, our joy supreme, The heart’s desire and pure delight; Who by Thy love didst those redeem, Whom Thou created by Thy might: What unknown love could Thee constrain, Our sins, all sinless, to sustain? And death’s sharp sting to crucify, That we might live and never die? 2 Thou break’st through Chaos’ old domain, Unbind’st the prisoned captive’s band, And with triumphant state dost reign In glory on Thy Sire’s right hand. O for our woes benignly feel; Our wounds with gentle mercy heal; Our eyes, which long Thy face to see, Glad with the blissful sight of Thee! 3 Be Thou our heav’nward guide and way, Thou of our hearts the aim and goal; Wipe Thou our tears with joy away, Revive and gladden Thou the soul! To Thee, ascended up to Heav’n, Triumphant Son, be glory giv’n; And, girt with Heav’n’s adoring host, Thee, Sire of all; Thee, Holy Ghost! Used With Tune: CREATION Text Sources: Latin, probably 7th or 8th Century (Jesu nostra redemptio); Translated from Roman Breviary; Tr: Ancient Hymns from the Roman Breviary (London: J. G. & F. Rivington, 1837), alt.

The Heavens Are Telling

Author: Elsie Duncan Yale Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: The heavens are telling the glory of God Refrain First Line: Proclaim him, proclaim him Topics: Thanksgiving, Rally and Praise Used With Tune: [The heavens are telling the glory of God]

Sweet Easter Bells

Author: Anonymous Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: On mountain height, by peaceful shores Lyrics: 1. On mountain height, by peaceful shores, O’er sunny meads, in shaded dells; Awake, your sacred echoes, wake, Ring out your chimes, sweet Easter bells! Let humble fane and lofty dome Each answer each in tuneful swells, O’er every temple to His praise, Ring loud and clear sweet Easter bells. 2. The orb of day his course pursues, And in his path all shade dispels; With him encircling earth around, Ring out, ring out sweet Easter bells. Sweet Easter bells, glad Easter bells, Your liquid melody foretells That morn when death itself shall die, And Heaven ring, sweet Easter bells. Used With Tune: CREATION Text Sources: Fairer Than Day (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geoge C. Hugg, 1903), page 209

The Earth's a Garden, Holy, Gay

Meter: 8.8.8.8 D Appears in 1 hymnal Used With Tune: CREATION

Stupendous Grace

Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Stupendous grace! and can it be Lyrics: 1 Stupendous grace! and can it be Designed for rebels such as we? O let our ardent praises rise High as our hopes beyond the skies! This flesh, by righteous vengeance slain, Might ever in the dust remain: There guilty spirits sent to dwell Midst all the flames and fiends of hell. 2 But lo! Incarnate Love descends; Down to the sepulcher it bends; Rising, it tears the bars away, And springs to its own native day. Then was our sepulcher unbarred, Then was our path to glory cleared; Then, if that Savior be our own, Did we ascend a heav’nly throne. 3 A moment shall our joy complete, And fix us in that shining seat, Bought by the pangs our Lord endured, And by unchanging truth secured. O may that love, in strains sublime, Be sung to the last hour of time! And let eternity confess, Thro’ all its rounds, the matchless grace. Used With Tune: CREATION Text Sources: Published posthumously in Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures, by Job Orton (J. Eddowes and J. Cotton, 1755)

Vimbino tsara izahay

Appears in 3 hymnals Used With Tune: CREATION

O God, Today We May Forget

Author: Nellie H. Butler Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1 O God, today we may forget How awful and how great art Thou, The terrors that our sins have set Around Thy throne, about Thy brow; Thy will, unsearchable to man, Thy power that hath encompassed all— That whirled the spheres, ere time began, And marked rebellious angels’ fall. 2 O Jesus, now we cannot weep; Thy cross transfigured seems to rise. Celestial armies round it keep Eternal vigil in the skies. We cannot feel Thy suffering, Nor see Thy coronet of thorn; We only hear the seraphs sing That Christ, the Prince of Peace, is born. 3 O Holy Ghost, our Father’s gift, Suffuse our inmost beings, till Immortal joy our spirits lift, And holds them captive to Thy will. Today Thou dost not come to chide, Or bring our guilt before Thy face; But, pure and clean, we may abide In Thine own secret dwelling place. 4 A little child to us is given, A tender halo on His head, His smile hath caught the light of Heaven, And human woe is comforted! He sleeps in every stricken breast, He gazes into weary eyes. And lo! a blessèd peace and rest Steals on our hearts from Paradise. 5 Ah, soul of mine, canst thou withstand The presence of that Child divine, Or thrust aside the little hand He lays so trustingly in thine? Oh! join the world’s great hymn of love, That never ending, rapturous lay! While cherubim and saints above Adore the Babe of Christmas day. Used With Tune: CREATION

Come Forth, Ye Men of Every Race and Nation!

Author: Jay Holmes Smith Appears in 5 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Come forth, ye men of every race and nation! We are making God's new world for all the songs of men: Our hearts unite in daring expectation, For the matchless Lord of life doth tread this earth again. Behold, He comes as first He came To write upon the hearts of men in words of living flame His Spirit of heroic love, That one redemptive purpose through this age may move! 2. Awake, O sons of privilege and power, For the dispossessed of earth to God for justice cry! Let eager hands restore their rightful dower, Lest the clamour of our greed His providence deny. The last, the least, the lost are ours; To their emancipation we devote our ardent powers. While they are bound can we be free? The knights of service choose the nobler liberty. 3. Though ruthless power may wield its weapons gory We hold ourselves for Thee all loyalties above. Though storms of hate may rage in empty glory In the splendour of the Dawn we see Thy cross of love. With healing rays it gleams afar, And radiates its deathless hope from star to flaming star. We march with Thee where martyrs trod, Till all the sons of men become the sons of God. Topics: Social Aspiration and Service Used With Tune: CREATION Text Sources: From "The Ashram Hymnal."