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Angels from the Realms of Glory
Author: James Montgomery, 1771-1854 Appears in 793 hymnals Topics: Christmas; Christ's Divinity; Christ's Humanity; Future; Hope; Incarnation; Joy; Praise Refrain First Line: Come and worship Scripture: Matthew 2:1-2 Used With Tune: REGENT SQUARE
Angels from the Realms of Glory
As with gladness men of old
Author: William Chatterton Dix (1837-1898) Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 661 hymnals Topics: Future hope Lyrics: 1 As with gladness men of old
did the guiding star behold,
as with joy they hailed its light,
leading onward, beaming bright;
so, most gracious Lord, may we
evermore be led to thee.
2 As with joyful steps they sped,
Saviour, to thy lowly bed,
there to bend the knee before
thee whom heaven and earth adore;
so may we with willing feet
ever seek thy mercy-seat.
3 As they offered gifts most rare
at thy cradle rude and bare,
so may we with holy joy,
pure and free from sin's alloy,
all our costliest treasures bring,
Christ, to thee our heavenly King.
4 Holy Jesus, every day
keep us in the narrow way,
and, when earthly things are past,
bring our ransomed souls at last
where they need no star to guide,
where no clouds thy glory hide.
5 In the heavenly country bright
need they no created light;
thou its light, its joy, its crown,
thou its sun which goes not down;
there for ever may we sing
alleluias to our King. Scripture: Isaiah 60:19-20 Used With Tune: DIX
As with gladness men of old
My God, how wonderful thou art
Author: Frederick William Faber (1814-1863) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 351 hymnals Topics: Future hope Lyrics: 1 My God, how wonderful thou art,
thy majesty how bright,
how beautiful thy mercy-seat
in depths of burning light!
2 How dread are thine eternal years,
O everlasting Lord,
by prostrate spirits day and night
incessantly adored!
3 How wonderful, how beautiful,
the sight of thee must be,
thine endless wisdom, boundless power,
and aweful purity!
4 O how I fear thee, living God,
with deepest, tenderest fears,
and worship thee with trembling hope
and penitential tears!
5 Yet I may love thee too, O Lord,
almighty as thou art,
for thou hast stooped to ask of me
the love of my poor heart.
6 No earthly father loves like thee,
no mother, e'er so mild,
bears and forbears as thou hast done
with me, thy sinful child.
7 Father of Jesus, love's reward,
what rapture will it be,
prostrate before thy throne to lie
and gaze and gaze on thee! Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:5 Used With Tune: WESTMINSTER
My God, how wonderful thou art
Through the night of doubt and sorrow
Author: Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924); Bernhard Severin Ingemann (1789-1862) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 327 hymnals Topics: Future hope Lyrics: 1 Through the night of doubt and sorrow
onward goes the pilgrim band,
singing songs of expectation,
marching to the promised land.
2 Clear before us through the darkness
gleams and burns the guiding light;
pilgrim clasps the hand of pilgrim,
stepping fearless through the night.
3 One the light of God's own presence
o'er his ransomed people shed,
chasing far the gloom and terror,
brightening all the path we tread:
4 One the object of our journey,
one the faith which never tires,
one the earnest looking forward,
one the hope our God inspires:
5 One the strain that lips of thousands
lift as from the heart of one;
one the conflict, one the peril,
one the march in God begun:
6 One the gladness of rejoicing
on the far eternal shore,
where the one almighty Father
reigns in love for evermore.
7 Onward, therefore, Christian pilgrims,
onward with the cross our aid;
bear its shame, and fight its battle,
till we rest beneath its shade.
8 Soon shall come the great awaking,
soon the rending of the tomb;
then the scattering of all shadows,
and the end of toil and gloom. Scripture: Exodus 14:19-31 Used With Tune: MARCHING
Through the night of doubt and sorrow
King of the ages, Almighty God
Author: Stuart Townend (b. 1963); Keith Getty (b. 1974) Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Future hope First Line: Your ways of love have won my heart Scripture: John 6:37 Used With Tune: [Your ways of love have won my heart]
King of the ages, Almighty God
If Christ had not been raised from death
Author: Christopher Idle (b. 1938) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 8 hymnals Topics: Future hope Lyrics: 1 If Christ had not been raised from death
our faith would be in vain,
our preaching but a waste of breath,
our sin and guilt remain.
But now the Lord is risen indeed;
he rules in earth and heaven:
his gospel meets a world of need —
in Christ we are forgiven.
2 If Christ still lay within the tomb
then death would be the end,
and we should face our final doom
with neither guide nor friend.
But now the Saviour is raised up,
so when a Christian dies
we mourn, yet look to God in hope —
in Christ the saints arise!
3 If Christ had not been truly raised
his Church would live a lie;
his name should nevermore be praised,
his words deserve to die.
But now our great Redeemer lives;
through him we are restored:
his word endures, his Church revives
in Christ, our risen Lord. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 Used With Tune: KINGSFOLD
If Christ had not been raised from death
God is working his purpose out
Author: Arthur Campbell Ainger (1841-1919) Meter: Irregular Appears in 95 hymnals Topics: Future hope Lyrics: 1 God is working his purpose out,
as year succeeds to year,
God is working his purpose out,
and the time is drawing near;
nearer and nearer draws the time,
the time that shall surely be,
when the earth shall be filled with the glory of God
as the waters cover the sea.
2 From utmost east to utmost west,
wherever feet have trod,
by the mouth of many messengers
goes forth the voice of God,
'Give ear to me, ye continents,
ye isles, give ear to me,
that the earth may be filled with the glory of God
as the waters cover the sea.'
3 What can we do to work God's work,
to prosper and increase
the love of God in all mankind,
the reign of the Prince of peace?
What can we do to hasten the time,
the time that shall surely be,
when the earth shall be filled with the glory of God
as the waters cover the sea?
4 March we forth in the strength of God,
with the banner of Christ unfurled,
that the light of the glorious gospel of truth
may shine throughout the world;
fight we the fight with sorrow and sin,
to set their captives free,
that the earth may be filled with the glory of God
as the waters cover the sea.
5 All we can do is nothing worth
unless God blesses the deed;
vainly we hope for the harvest-tide
till God gives life to the seed;
yet nearer and nearer draws the time,
the time that shall surely be,
when the earth shall be filled with the glory of God
as the waters cover the sea. Scripture: Isaiah 24:14-16 Used With Tune: BENSON
God is working his purpose out
Eternal light, shine in my heart
Author: Christopher Idle (b. 1938); Alcuin of York (c. 735-804) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 19 hymnals Topics: Future hope Lyrics: 1 Eternal light, shine in my heart;
eternal hope, lift up my eyes:
eternal power, be my support;
eternal wisdom, make me wise.
2 Eternal life, raise me from death;
eternal brightness, make me see:
eternal Spirit, give me breath;
eternal Saviour, come to me:
3 Until by your most costly grace,
invited by your holy word,
at last I come before your face
to know you, my eternal God. Scripture: Romans 5:6 Used With Tune: HERONGATE Text Sources: Based on a prayer of Alcuin of York (c. 735-804)
Eternal light, shine in my heart
We Limit Not the Truth of God
Author: George Rawson, 1807-1889 Appears in 27 hymnals Topics: Doctrine and Covenants; Future; Growth; Hope; Humanity and Humanness; Knowledge; Light; Revelation; Science; Scriptures; Truth Refrain First Line: The Lord hath yet more light and truth Scripture: John 16:12-14 Used With Tune: HILLS
We Limit Not the Truth of God
O thou, who at thy Eucharist didst pray
Author: William Henry Turton (1856-1938) Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 80 hymnals Topics: Future hope Lyrics: 1 O thou, who at thy Eucharist didst pray
that all thy church might be for ever one,
grant us at every Eucharist to say
with longing heart and soul, 'Thy will be done':
O may we all one bread, one body be,
through this blest sacrament of unity.
2 For all thy church, O Lord, we intercede;
make thou our sad divisions soon to cease;
draw us the nearer each to each, we plead,
by drawing all to thee, O Prince of Peace:
thus may we all one bread, one body be,
through this blest sacrament of unity.
3 We pray thee too for wanderers from thy fold;
O bring them back, good Shepherd of the sheep,
back to the faith which saints believed of old,
back to the church which still that faith doth keep:
soon may we all one bread, one body be,
through this blest sacrament of unity.
4 So, Lord, at length when sacraments shall cease,
may we be one with all thy church above,
one with thy saints in one unbroken peace,
one with thy saints in one unbounded love:
more blessèd still, in peace and love to be
one with the Trinity in Unity. Scripture: John 10:11-16 Used With Tune: SONG 1
O thou, who at thy Eucharist didst pray
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