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Angels We Have Heard on High

Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 269 hymnals Topics: Christian Year-Christmastide Refrain First Line: Gloria in excelsis Deo! Lyrics: 1 Angels we have heard on high sweetly singing o'er the plains, And the mountains in reply echoing their joyous strains. Refrain: Gloria in excelsis Deo! Gloria in excelsis Deo! 2 Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your joyous strains prolong? What the gladsome tidings be which inspire your heavenly song? [Refrain] 3 Come to Bethlehem and see Him whose birth the angels sing; come, adore on bended knee, Christ the Lord, the newborn King. [Refrain] 4 See Him in a manger laid, whom the choirs of angels praise; Mary, Joseph, lend your aid, while our hearts in love we raise. [Refrain] Scripture: Luke 2:8-16 Used With Tune: GLORIA Text Sources: Trad. French carol; Tr. Crown of Jesus, 1862

Comfort, Comfort Ye My People

Author: Johannes Olearius; Catherine Winkworth Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7.8.8 Appears in 129 hymnals Topics: Christian Year-Advent Lyrics: 1 Comfort, comfort ye my people, speak ye peace, thus saith our God; comfort those who sit in darkness, mourning 'neath their sorrows' load. Speak ye to Jerusalem of the peace that waits for them; tell her that her sins I cover, and her warfare now is over. 2 Hark, the voice of one that crieth in the desert far and near, bidding all to true repentance since the kingdom now is here. O that warning cry obey! Now prepare for God a way; let the valleys rise to meet Him, and the hills bow down to greet Him. 3 Make ye straight what long was crooked, make the rougher places plain; let your hearts be true and humble, as befits His holy reign. For the glory of the Lord now o'er earth is shed abroad; and all flesh shall see the token that His word is never broken. Scripture: Isaiah 40:1-5 Used With Tune: PSALM 42

Go, Tell It on the Mountain

Author: John W. Work, Jr. Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Appears in 117 hymnals Topics: Christian Year-Christmastide First Line: While shepherds kept their watching Lyrics: Refrain: Go, tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere; Go, tell it on the mountain that Jesus Christ is born! 1 While shepherds kept their watching o’er silent flocks by night, behold throughout the heavens there shone a holy light. [Refrain] 2 The shepherds feared and trembled when lo! above the earth rang out the angel chorus that hailed our Savior‘s birth. [Refrain] 3 Down in a lowly manger the humble Christ was born, and God sent us salvation that blessed Christmas morn. [Refrain] Scripture: Luke 2:8-14 Used With Tune: GO TELL IT

Go to Dark Gethsemane

Author: James Montgomery Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 518 hymnals Topics: Christian Year-Holy Week Lyrics: 1 Go to dark Gethsemane, you who feel the tempter's power; your Redeemer's conflict see; watch with Him one bitter hour; turn not from His griefs away; learn of Jesus Christ to pray. 2 Follow to the judgment hall; view the Lord of life arraigned; O the worm-wood and the gall! O the pangs His soul sustained! Shun not suffering, shame, or loss; learn of Him to bear the cross. 3 Calvary's mournful mountain climb; there adoring at His feet, mark that miracle of time, God's own sacrifice complete. "It is finished!" Hear the cry; learn of Jesus Christ to die. 4 Early hasten to the tomb where they laid His breathless clay; all is solitude and gloom; who has taken Him away? Christ is risen! He meets our eyes: Savior, teach us so to rise. Used With Tune: REDHEAD 76

Holy Bible, Book Divine

Author: John Burton Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 586 hymnals Topics: Christian Education Lyrics: 1 Holy Bible, book divine, Precious treasure, thou art mine; Mine to tell me whence I came; Mine to teach me what I am. 2 Mine to chide me when I rove; Mine to show a Savior's love; Mine thou art to guide and guard; Mine to punish or reward. 3 Mine to comfort in distress, Suff'ring in this wilderness; Mine to show, by living faith, Man can triumph over death. 4 Mine to tell of joys to come, And the rebel sinner's doom: O thou Holy Book divine, Precious treasure, thou art mine. Amen. Used With Tune: ALETTA

I was a wand'ring sheep

Author: Horatius Bonar Meter: 6.6.8.6 D Appears in 505 hymnals Topics: Christian Life Salvation by Grace Lyrics: 1 I was a wand'ring sheep, I did not love the fold; I did not love my Shepherd's voice, I would not be controlled. I was a wayward child, I did not love my home; I did not love my Father's voice, I loved afar to roam. 2 The Shepherd sought his sheep, The Father sought his child; They followed me o'er vale and hill, O'er deserts waste and wild: They found me nigh to death, Famished and faint and lone; They bound me with the bands of love, They saved the wand'ring one. 3 Jesus my Shepherd is; 'Twas he that loved my soul, 'Twas he that washed me in his blood, 'Twas he that made me whole; 'Twas he that sought the lost, That found the wand'ring sheep, 'Twas he that brought me to the fold, 'Tis he that still doth keep. 4 I was a wand'ring sheep, I would not be controlled; But now I love my Shepherd's voice, I love, I love the fold. I was a wayward child, I once preferred to roam; But now I love my Father's voice, I love, I love his home. Amen. Scripture: Isaiah 53:6 Used With Tune: LEBANON

I am coming, Lord

Author: Lewis Hartsough Appears in 735 hymnals Topics: Christian Life Calling First Line: I hear thy welcome voice Lyrics: 1 I hear thy welcome voice That calls me, Lord, to thee For cleansing in thy precious blood That flowed on Calvary. Refrain: I am coming, Lord; Coming now to thee! Wash me, cleanse me, in the blood That flowed on Calvary. 2 Though coming weak and vile, Thou dost my strength assure; Thou dost my vileness fully cleanse, Till spotless all, and pure. [Refrain] 3 'Tis Jesus calls me on To perfect faith and love, To perfect hope, and peace, and trust, For earth and heav'n above. [Refrain] 4 'Tis Jesus who confirms The blessed work within, By adding grace to welcomed grace, Where reigned the pow'r of sin. [Refrain] 5 And he the witness gives To loyal hearts and free, That ev'ry promise is fulfilled, If faith but brings the plea. [Refrain] Amen. Scripture: Mark 2:17 Used With Tune: WELCOME VOICE

O thou to whose all-searching sight

Author: Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf; John Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 396 hymnals Topics: Christian Life God's Refreshing Grace Lyrics: 1 O thou to whose all-searching sight The darkness shineth as the light, Search, prove my heart; it pants for thee; O burst these bands and set it free. 2 Wash out its stains, refine its dross; Nail my affections to the cross; Hallow each thought; let all within Be clean, as thou, my Lord, art clean. 3 If in this dark-some wild I stray, Be thou my Light, be thou my Way; No foes, no violence I fear, No harm, while thou, my God, art near. 4 Saviour, where'er thy steps I see, Dauntless, untired, I follow thee: O let thy hand support me still, And lead me to thy holy hill. 5 If rough and thorny be my way, My strength proportion to my day; Till toil and grief and pain shall cease Where all is calm and joy and peace. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 139:12 Used With Tune: BERA

I know that my Redeemer lives

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 391 hymnals Topics: Christian Life Assurance Lyrics: 1 I know that my Redeemer lives, And ever prays for me; A token of his love he gives, A pledge of liberty. 2 I find him lifting up my head; He brings salvation near; His presence makes me free indeed And he will soon appear. 3 He wills that I should holy be: Who can withstand his will? The counsel of his grace in me He surely shall fulfil. 4 Jesus, I hang upon thy Word: I steadfastly believe Thou wilt return and claim me, Lord, And to thyself receive. Amen. Used With Tune: BRADFORD

How bright these glorious spirits shine!

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 160 hymnals Topics: Christian Life The Resurrection and Life Everlasting Lyrics: 1 How bright these glorious spirits shine! Whence all their white array? How came they to the blissful seats Of everlasting day? Lo! these are they from suff'rings great Who came to realms of light, And in the blood of Christ have washed Those robes which shine so bright. 2 Now, with triumphal palms, they stand Before the throne on high, And serve the God they love, amidst The glories of the sky. His presence fills each heart with joy, Tunes ev'ry mouth to sing: By day, by night, the sacred courts With glad hosannas ring. 3 Hunger and thirst are felt no more, Nor suns with scorching ray; God is their Sun, whose cheering beams Diffuse eternal day. The Lamb which dwells amidst the throne Shall o'er them still preside, Feed them with nourishment divine, And all their footsteps guide. 4 'Mong pastures green he'll lead his flock Where living streams appear; And God the Lord from ev'ry eye Shall wipe off ev'ry tear. To him who sits upon the throne, The God whom we adore, And to the Lamb that once was slain, Be glory evermore! Amen. Scripture: Revelation 7:13-17 Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM Text Sources: Scottish Paraphrases,, 1781