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Abide with me; fast falls the eventide

Author: Henry Francis Lyte, 1793-1847 Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 1,722 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Abide with me; fast falls the eventide; the darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide: when other helpers fail, and comforts flee, help of the helpless, O abide with me. 2 Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day; earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away; change and decay in all around I see: O thou who changest not, abide with me. 3 I need thy presence every passing hour; what but thy grace can foil the tempter's power? Who like thyself my guide and strength can be? Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me. 4 I fear no foe with thee at hand to bless; ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness. Where is death's sting? Where, grave, thy victory? I triumph still, if thou abide with me. 5 Hold thou thy Cross before my closing eyes; shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies: heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee; in life, in death, O Lord, abide with me. Topics: Hymns for the Church Year Evening Scripture: Luke 24:28-29 Used With Tune: EVENTIDE

All my heart this night rejoices

Author: Paul Gerhardt, 1607-1676; Catherine Winkworth, 1827-1878 Meter: 8.3.3.6 D Appears in 281 hymnals Lyrics: 1 All my heart this night rejoices, as I hear, far and near, sweetest angel voices: 'Christ is born!' their choirs are singing, 'til the air everywhere, now with joy is ringing. 2 Hark, a voice from yonder manger, soft and sweet, doth entreat, 'flee from woe and danger; children, come; from all doth grieve you you are freed, all you need I will surely give you.' 3 Come then, let us hasten yonder; here let all, great and small, kneel in awe and wonder; love him who with love is yearning; hail the star that from far bright with hope is burning! 4 Thee, O Lord, with heed I'll cherish, live to thee, and with thee dying, shall not perish; but shall dwell with thee for ever, far on high, in the joy that can alter never. Topics: Hymns for the Church Year Christmas Used With Tune: EBELING (BONN)

God of mercy, God of grace

Author: Henry Francis Lyte, 1793-1847 Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 202 hymnals Lyrics: 1 God of mercy, God of grace, show the brightness of thy face; shine upon us, Saviour, shine, fill thy church with light divine; and thy saving health extend unto earth's remotest end. 2 Let the people praise thee, Lord; be by all that live adored; let the nations shout and sing glory to their Saviour King; at thy feet their tribute pay, and thy holy will obey. 3 Let the people praise thee, Lord; earth shall then her fruits afford; God to man his blessing give, man to God devoted live; all below, and all above, one in joy and light and love. Topics: General Hymns Church/Fellowship/Mission Scripture: Psalm 67 Used With Tune: HEATHLANDS

All people that on earth do dwell

Author: William Kethe, c1535-1594 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 739 hymnals Lyrics: 1 All people that on earth do dwell, sing to the Lord with cheerful voice; him serve with fear, his praise forth tell, come ye before him, and rejoice. 2 The Lord, ye know, is God indeed; without our aid he did us make; we are his folk, he doth us feed, and for his sheep he doth us take. 3 O enter then his gates with praise, approach with joy his courts unto; praise, laud, and bless his name always, for it is seemly so to do. 4 For why? The Lord our God is good; his mercy is for ever sure; his truth at all times firmly stood, and shall from age to age endure. 5 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, the God whom heaven and earth adore, from men and from the angel-host be praise and glory evermore. Topics: General Hymns Praise and Thanksgiving Scripture: Psalm 101 Used With Tune: OLD 100TH

Angel-voices, ever singing

Author: Francis Pott, 1832-1909 Meter: 8.5.8.5.8.4.3 Appears in 381 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Angel-voices ever singing round thy throne of light, angel-harps for ever ringing, rest not day nor night; thousands only live to bless thee and confess thee Lord of might! 2 Thou, who art beyond the farthest mortal eye can scan, can it be that thou regardest songs of sinful man? Can we feel that thou art near us, and wilt hear us? Yea, we can! 3 Yea, we know that thou rejoicest o'er each work of thine; thou didst ears and hands and voices for thy praise design; craftsman's art and music's measure for thy pleasure all combine. 4 In thy house, great God, we offer of thine own to thee; and for thine acceptance proffer all unworthily hearts and minds and hands and voices, in our choicest psalmody. 5 Honour, glory, might, and merit thine shall ever be, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Blessèd Trinity! Of the best that thou hast given, earth and heaven render thee. Topics: General Hymns Praise and Thanksgiving Used With Tune: ANGEL VOICES

Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom

Author: Cardinal John Henry Newman, 1801-1890 Meter: 10.4.10.4.10.10 Appears in 1,261 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, lead thou me on; the night is dark, and I am far from home; lead thou me on. Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see the distant scene; one step enough for me. 2 I was not ever thus, nor prayed that thou shouldst lead me on; I loved to choose and see my path; but now lead thou me on. I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears, pride ruled my will: remember not past years. 3 So long thy power hath blest me, sure it still will lead me on, o'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till the night is gone, and with the morn those angel faces smile, which I have loved long since, and lost a while. Topics: General Hymns Christian Vocation and Witness Scripture: Exodus 13:21 Used With Tune: SANDON

Amazing grace—how sweet the sound

Author: John Newton, 1725-1807 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,502 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Amazing grace — how sweet the sound — that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, was blind, but now I see. 2 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved; how precious did that grace appear the hour I first believed. 3 Through many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come; 'tis grace hath brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home. 4 When we've been there ten thousand years bright shining as the sun, we've no less days to sing God's praise than when we've first begun. Topics: General Hymns Repentance and Forgiveness Used With Tune: AMAZING GRACE

Where high the heavenly temple stands

Author: Michael Bruce, 1746-1767 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 206 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Where high the heavenly temple stands, the house of God not made with hands, a great High-Priest our nature wears, the guardian of mankind appears. 2 He who for men their surety stood, and poured on earth his precious blood, pursues in heaven his mighty plan, the Saviour and the friend of man. 3 Though now ascended up on high, he bends on earth a brother's eye; partaker of the human name, he knows the frailty of our frame. 4 Our fellow-suff'rer yet retains a fellow-feeling of our pains; and still remembers in the skies his tears, his agonies, and cries. 5 In every pang that rends the heart the Man of Sorrows had a part; he sympathizes with our grief, and to the sufferer sends relief. 6 With boldness therefore at the throne, let us make all our sorrows known; and ask the aid of heavenly power to help us in the evil hour. Topics: General Hymns The Christian Life Scripture: Hebrews 4:14-16 Used With Tune: WAREHAM

It came upon the midnight clear

Author: Edmund Hamilton Sears, 1810-1876 Appears in 904 hymnals Lyrics: 1 It came upon the midnight clear, that glorious song of old, from angels bending near the earth to touch their harps of gold: 'Peace on the earth, good will to men, from heaven's all-gracious King!' the world in solemn stillness lay to hear the angels sing. 2 Still through the cloven skies they come, with peaceful wings unfurled; and still their heavenly music floats o'er all the weary world: above its sad and lowly plains they bend on hovering wing; and ever o'er its Babel-sounds the blessèd angels sing. 3 Yet with the woes of sin and strife the world has suffered long; beneath the angel-strain have rolled two thousand years of wrong; and man, at war with man, hears not the love-song which they bring: O hush the noise, ye men of strife, and hear the angels sing. 4 And ye, beneath life's crushing load, whose forms are bending low, who toil along the climbing way with painful steps and slow, look, now! For glad and golden hours come swiftly on the wing; O rest beside the weary road, and hear the angels sing. 5 For lo, the days are hastening on, by prophet-bards foretold, when, with the ever-circling years, comes round the age of gold; when peace shall over all the earth its ancient splendours fling, and the whole world give back the song which now the angels sing. Topics: Hymns for the Church Year Christmas Scripture: Luke 2:13-14 Used With Tune: NOEL

At the name of Jesus

Author: Caroline Maria Noel, 1817-1877 Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Appears in 260 hymnals Lyrics: 1 At the name of Jesus every knee shall bow, every tongue confess him King of glory now: 'tis the Father's pleasure we should call him Lord, who from the beginning was the mighty Word. 2 At his voice creation sprang at once to sight, all the angel faces, all the hosts of light, thrones and dominations, stars upon their way, all the heavenly orders, in their great array. 3 Humbled for a season, to receive a name from the lips of sinners unto whom he came, faithfully he bore it spotless to the last, brought it back victorious, when from death he passed: 4 bore it up triumphant with its human light, through all ranks of creatures, to the central height, to the throne of Godhead, to the Father's breast; filled it with the glory, of that perfect rest. 5 Name him, brothers, name him, with love strong as death, but with awe and wonder and with bated breath: he is God the Saviour, he is Christ the Lord, ever to be worshipped, trusted, and adored. *6 In your hearts enthrone him; there let him subdue all that is not holy, all that is not true: crown him as your captain in temptation's hour; let his will enfold you in its light and power. 7 Brothers, this Lord Jesus shall return again, with his Father's glory, with his angel train; for all wreaths of empire meet upon his brow, and our hearts confess him King of glory now. Topics: General Hymns God the Son Scripture: Philippians 2:5-11 Used With Tune: EVELYNS