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Earth Has Many a Noble City

Author: Aurelius Prudentius, 348-413; Edward Caswall Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 66 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Earth has many a noble city; Bethlehem, thou dost all excel; Out of thee the Lord from Heaven Came to rule His Israel. 2. Fairer than the sun at morning Was the star that told His birth, To the world its God announcing Seen in fleshly form on earth. 3. Eastern sages at His cradle Make oblations rich and rare; See them give, in deep devotion, Gold and frankincense and myrrh. 4. Sacred gifts of mystic meaning: Incense doth their God disclose, Gold the King of kings proclaimeth, Myrrh His sepulcher foreshows. 5. Jesu, whom the Gentiles worshipped At Thy glad Epiphany, Unto Thee, with God the Father And the Spirit, glory be. Used With Tune: STUTTGART Text Sources: Translation: Lyra Catholica, 1849

Eternal Father, When to Thee

Author: Hervey Ganse Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 22 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Eternal Father, when to Thee, Beyond all worlds, by faith I soar, Before Thy boundless majesty I stand in silence, and adore. 2. But Savior, Thou art by my side; Thy voice I hear, Thy face I see: Thou art my Friend, my daily Guide; God over all, yet God with me. 3. And Thou, great Spirit, in my heart, Dost make Thy temple day by day; The Holy Ghost of God Thou art, Yet dwellest in this house of clay. 4. Blest Trinity, in whom alone All things created move or rest, High in the heavens Thou hast Thy throne; Thou hast Thy throne within my breast. Used With Tune: WAREHAM Text Sources: Hymns and Songs of Praise (New York: 1874)

Exalted High at God's Right Hand

Author: Rowland Hill Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 26 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Exalted high at God’s right hand, Nearer the throne than cherubs stand, With glory crowned, in white array, My wondering soul says, Who are they? 2. These are the saints beloved of God, Washed are their robes in Jesus’ blood; More spotless than the purest white, They shine in uncreated light. 3. Brighter than angels, lo! they shine Their glories great, and all divine; Tell me their origin, and say Their order what, and whence they came. 4. Through tribulation great they came; They bore the cross, and scorned the shame; Within the living temple blest, In God they dwell, and on Him rest. 5. Hunger they ne’er shall feel again, Nor burning thirst shall they sustain; To wells of living waters led By God, the Lamb, forever fed. 6. Unknown to mortal ears, they sing The secret glories of their king; Tell me the subject of their lays, And whence their loud exalted praise. 7. Jesus, the Savior, is their theme; They sing the wonders of His name; To Him ascribing power and grace, Dominion and eternal praise. 8. Amen they cry to Him alone, Who dares to fill His Father’s throne; They give Him glory, and again Repeat His praise, and say Amen. Used With Tune: MISSIONARY CHANT Text Sources: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, Chiefly Intended for Public Worship, by Rowland Hill, 1783

Early, My God, Without Delay

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 403 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Early, my God, without delay, I haste to seek Thy face; My thirsty spirit faints away Without Thy cheering grace. 2. So pilgrims on the scorching sand, Beneath a burning sky, Long for a cooling stream at hand, And they must drink or die. 3. I’ve seen Thy glory and Thy power Through all Thy temple shine; My God, repeat that heav’nly hour, That vision so divine. 4. Not all the blessings of a feast Can please my soul so well, As when Thy richer grace I taste, And in Thy presence dwell. 5. Not life itself, with all her joys, Can my best passions move, Or raise so high my cheerful voice, As Thy forgiving love. 6. Thus till my last expiring day I’ll bless my God and King; Thus will I lift my hands to pray, And tune my lips to sing. Used With Tune: ST. MARK Text Sources: The Psalms of David, 1719

Eternal Power, Whose High Abode

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 228 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Eternal power, whose high abode Becomes the grandeur of a God, Infinite lengths beyond the bounds Where stars resolve their little rounds! 2. The lowest step around Thy seat, Rises too high for Gabriel’s feet; In vain the favored angel tries To reach Thine height with wond’ring eyes. 3. There while the first archangel sings, He hides his face behind his wings, And ranks of shining thrones around Fall worshiping, and spread the ground. 4. Lord, what shall earth and ashes do? We would adore our maker, too; From sin and dust to Thee we cry, The Great, the Holy, and the High. 5. Earth from afar has heard Thy fame, And worms have learned to lisp Thy name; But, O! the glories of Thy mind Leave all our soaring thoughts behind. 6. God is in Heaven, and men below; Be short our tunes, our words be few; A solemn reverence checks our songs, And praise sits silent on our tongues. Used With Tune: ROCKINGHAM (Miller) Text Sources: Horæ Lyricæ, 1706

Enslaved by Sin and Bound in Chains

Author: Anne Steele Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 58 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Enslaved by sin and bound in chains, Beneath its dreadful tyrant sway, And doomed to everlasting pains, We wretched, guilty captives lay. 2. Nor gold nor gems could buy our peace, Nor all the world’s collected store Suffice to purchase our release; A thousand worlds were all too poor. 3. Jesus, the Lord, the mighty God, An all sufficient ransom paid. O matchless price! His precious blood For vile, rebellious traitors shed. 4. Jesus the Sacrifice became To rescue guilty souls from hell; The spotless, bleeding, dying Lamb Beneath avenging Justice fell. 5. Amazing goodness! Love divine! Oh, may our grateful hearts adore The matchless grace nor yield to sin Nor wear its cruel fetters more! Used With Tune: WENN WIR IN HÖCHSTEN NÖTEN Text Sources: Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional, 1760

Eternal Father, Strong to Save

Author: William Whiting Appears in 451 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Eternal Father, strong to save, Whose arm hath bound the restless wave, Who bidd’st the mighty ocean deep Its own appointed limits keep; Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee, For those in peril on the sea! 2. O Christ! Whose voice the waters heard And hushed their raging at Thy Word, Who walked upon the foaming deep, And calm amidst its rage didst sleep; Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee, For those in peril on the sea! 3. Most Holy Spirit! Who didst brood Upon the chaos dark and rude, And bid its angry tumult cease, And give, for wild confusion, peace; Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee, For those in peril on the sea! 4. O Trinity of love and power! Our family shield in danger’s hour; From rock and tempest, fire and foe, Protect us wheresoe’er we go; Thus evermore shall rise to Thee Glad hymns of praise from land and sea. ===== Alternate verses: Lord, guard and guide the men who fly Through the great spaces in the sky. Be with them always in the air, In darkening storms or sunlight fair; Oh, hear us when we lift our prayer, For those in peril in the air! Aloft in solitudes of space, Uphold them with Thy saving grace. Thou who supports with tender might The balanced birds in all their flight. Lord, if the tempered winds be near, That, having Thee, they know no fear. ===== Mary C. D. Hamilton (1915)-- Eternal Father, Lord of hosts, Watch o’er the men who guard our coasts. Protect them from the raging seas And give them light and life and peace. Grant them from Thy great throne above The shield and shelter of Thy love. ==== George H. Jenks, Jr., 1955. Jenks, bandmaster of the United States Coast Guard, was director of cadet musical activities at the Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut, when he wrote these words, which are known as the Coast Guard Hymn. It was first published in the Book of Worship for United States Forces in 1974. God, who dost still the restless foam, Protect the ones we love at home. Provide that they should always be By Thine own grace both safe and free. O Father, hear us when we pray For those we love so far away. ==== Hugh Taylor (date unknown)-- O Father, King of earth and sea, We dedicate this ship to Thee. In faith we send her on her way; In faith to Thee we humbly pray: O hear from Heaven our sailor’s cry And watch and guard her from on high! ====== Author/date unknown-- And when at length her course is run, Her work for home and country done, Of all the souls that in her sailed Let not one life in Thee have failed; But hear from Heaven our sailor’s cry, And grant eternal life on high! Used With Tune: MELITA

Eternal Ruler of the Ceaseless Round

Author: John W. Chadwick Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 130 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Eternal Ruler of the ceaseless round Of circling planets singing on their way, Guide of the nations from the night profound Into the glory of the perfect day, Rule in our hearts, that we may ever be Guided and strengthened and upheld by Thee. 2. We are of Thee, the children of Thy love, The brothers of Thy well belovèd Son; Descend, O Holy Spirit, like a dove Into our hearts, that we may be as one; As one with Thee, to whom we ever tend; As one with Him our brother and our friend. 3. We would be one in hatred of all wrong, One in our love of all things sweet and fair; One with the joy that breaketh into song, One with the grief that trembleth into prayer, One in the power that makes Thy children free To follow truth, and thus to follow Thee. 4. O clothe us with Thy heavenly armor, Lord, Thy trusty shield, Thy sword of love divine; Our inspiration be Thy constant Word; We ask no victories that are not Thine; Give or withhold, let pain or pleasure be, Enough to know that we are serving Thee. Used With Tune: SONG 1 (Gibbons)

Eternal Source of Every Joy

Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 377 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Eternal source of every joy, Well may Thy praise our lips employ, While in Thy temple we appear, Whose goodness crowns the circling year. 2. Wide as the wheels of nature roll, Thy hand supports and guides the whole: The sun is taught by Thee to rise, And darkness when to veil the skies. 3. The flowery spring, at Thy command, Perfumes the air and paints the land; The summer days with vigor shine, To raise the corn and cheer the vine. 4. Thy hand in autumn richly pours Through all our coasts redundant stores; And winters, softened by Thy care, No more a face of horror wear. 5. Seasons and months, and weeks, and days, Demand successive songs of praise; Still be the cheerful homage paid, With opening light and evening shade. 6. Here in Thy house shall incense rise, And circling Sabbaths bless our eyes, Still we will make Thy mercies known Around Thy board, around our own. 7. O may our more harmonious tongue In worlds unknown pursue the song; And in those brighter courts adore, Where days and years revolve no more! Used With Tune: WAREHAM Text Sources: Published posthumously in Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures, by Job Orton (J. Eddowes and J. Cotton, 1755)

Eternal Sun of Righteousness

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 72 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Eternal Sun of righteousness, Display Thy beams divine, And cause the glory of Thy face Upon my heart to shine. 2. Light, in Thy light, oh, may I see, Thy grace and mercy prove, Revived, and cheered, and blest by Thee, The God of pardoning love. 3. Lift up Thy countenance serene, And let Thy happy child Behold, without a cloud between, The Father reconciled. 4. On me Thy promised grace bestow, The peace by Jesus giv’n; The joys of holiness below, And then the joys of Heav’n. Used With Tune: EVAN Text Sources: Short Hymns, 1762, cento