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All people that on earth do dwell

Hymnal: The Church Hymnary (3rd Ed.) #1 (1973) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Approach to God The House of God Lyrics: 1 All people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice, Him serve with mirth, his praise forth tell, Come ye before him and rejoice. 2 Know that the Lord is God indeed; Without our aid he did us make; We are his folk, he does us feed, And for his sheep he does 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 earth and heaven adore, Be glory, as it was of old, Is now, and shall be evermore. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 100 Languages: English Tune Title: [All people that on earth do dwell]
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O send thy light forth and thy truth

Hymnal: The Church Hymnary (3rd Ed.) #7 (1973) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Approach to God The House of God Lyrics: 1 O send thy light forth and thy truth; Let them be guides to me, And bring me to thine holy hill, Even where thy dwellings be. 2 Then will I to God's altar go, To God my chiefest joy: Yea, God, my God, thy Name to praise My harp I will employ. 3 Why art thou then cast down, my soul? What should discourage thee? And why with vexing thoughts art thou Disquieted in me? 4 Still trust in God; for him to praise Good cause I yet shall have: He of my countenance is the health, My God that doth me save. 5 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom we adore, Be glory, as it was, and is, And shall be evermore. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 43:3-5 Languages: English Tune Title: MARTYRS
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O sing a new song to the Lord

Hymnal: The Church Hymnary (3rd Ed.) #22 (1973) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Approach to God The Majesty of God Lyrics: 1 O sing a new song to the Lord: Sing all the earth to God. To God sing, bless his Name, show still His saving health abroad. 2 Great honour is before his face, And majesty divine; Strength is within his holy place, And there doth beauty shine. 3 Do ye ascribe unto the Lord, Of people every tribe, Glory do ye unto the Lord, And mighty power ascribe. 4 Give ye the glory to the Lord That to his Name is due; Come ye into his courts, and bring An offering with you. 5 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom we adore, Be glory, as it was, and is, And shall be evermore. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 96:1-2 Languages: English Tune Title: SOUTHWARK
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Praise waits for thee in Zion, Lord

Hymnal: The Church Hymnary (3rd Ed.) #28 (1973) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Approach to God The Majesty of God Lyrics: 1 Praise waits for thee in Zion, Lord: To thee vows paid shall be. O thou that hearer art of prayer All flesh shall come to thee. 2 Iniquities, I must confess, Prevail against me do: But as for our transgressions all, Them purge away shalt thou. 3 Blest is the man whom whom thou dost choose, And makest approach to thee, That he within thy court, O Lord, May still a dweller be: 4 We surely shall be satisfied With thy abundant grace, And with the goodness of thy house, Even of thy holy place. 5 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom we adore, Be glory, as it was, and is, And shall be evermore. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 65:1-4 Languages: English Tune Title: ABRIDGE (ST. STEPHEN)
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The Lord's my light and saving health

Hymnal: The Church Hymnary (3rd Ed.) #26 (1973) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Approach to God The Majesty of God Lyrics: 1 The Lord’s my light and saving health, Who shall make me dismayed? My life’s strength is the Lord, of whom Then shall I be afraid? 2 Against me though an host encamp, My heart yet fearless is: Though war against me rise, I will Be confident in this. 3 One thing I of the Lord desired, And will seek to obtain, That all days of my life I may Within God’s house remain; 4 That I the beauty of the Lord behold may and admire, And that I in his holy place May reverently enquire. 5 For he in his pavilion shall Me hide in evil days; In secret of his tent me hide, And on a rock me raise. 6 Wait on the Lord, and be thou strong, and he shall strength afford Unto thine heart; yea, do thou wait, I say, upon the Lord. 7 To Father,Son, and Holy Ghost, To God whom we adore, Be glory, as it was and is, And shall be evermore. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 27:1 Languages: English Tune Title: FARRANT
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Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee!

Author: Sarah F. Adams Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #680 (1873) Topics: Approach to God Lyrics: 1 Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee! E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me; Still all my song shall be-- Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee! 2 Though, like the wanderer, The sun gone down, Darkness be over me, My rest a stone; Yet in my dreams I'd be Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee! 3 There let the way appear, Steps unto heaven; All that thou sendest me, In mercy given; Angels to beckon me Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee! 4 Then, with my waking thoughts Bright with thy praise, Out of my stony griefs, Bethel I'll raise; So by my woes to be Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee! 5 Or if on joyful wing, Cleaving the sky, Sun, moon, and stars forgot, Upward I fly; Still all my song shall be, Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee! Scripture: Genesis 28:10-22
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We come unto our father's God

Author: Thomas Hornblower Gill, 1819-1906 Hymnal: The Church Hymnary (3rd Ed.) #14 (1973) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7 Topics: Approach to God The House of God Lyrics: 1 We come unto our fathers' God; Their Rock is our Salvation; The eternal arms, their dear abode, We make our habitation; We bring thee, Lord, the praise they brought, We seek thee as thy saints have sought In every generation. 2 The fire divine their steps that led Still goeth bright before us; The heavenly shield around them spread Is still high holden o'er us; The grace those sinners that subdued, The strength those weaklings that renewed, Doth vanquish, doth restore us. 3 Their joy unto their Lord we bring; Their song to us descendeth; The Spirit who in them did sing To us his music lendeth: His song in them, in us, is one; We raise it high, we send it on,— The song that never endeth. 4 Ye saints to come, take up the strain, The same sweet theme endeavour; Unbroken be the golden chain; Keep on the song for ever; Safe in the same dear dwelling-place, Rich with the same eternal grace, Bless the same boundless Giver. Languages: English Tune Title: LUTHER'S HYMN (NUN FREUT EUCH)
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We love the place, O God

Author: William Bullock, 1798-1874; Henry Williams Baker, 1821-77 Hymnal: The Church Hymnary (3rd Ed.) #15 (1973) Meter: 6.6.6.6 Topics: Approach to God The House of God Lyrics: 1 We love the place, O God, Wherein thine honour dwells; The joy of thine abode All earthly joy excels. 2 It is the house of prayer, Wherein thy servants meet; And thou, O Lord, art there Thy chosen flock to greet. 3 We love the word of life, The word that tells of peace, Of comfort in the strife, And joys that never cease. 4 We love to sing below For mercies freely given; But O we long to know The triumph song of heaven! 5 Lord Jesus, give us grace, On earth to love thee more, In heaven to see thy face, And with they saints adore. Languages: English Tune Title: QUAM DILECTA
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O come, and let us to the Lord

Hymnal: The Church Hymnary (3rd Ed.) #19 (1973) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Approach to God The Majesty of God Lyrics: 1 O come, and let us to the Lord In songs our voices raise, With joyful noise let us the Rock Of our salvation praise. 2 Let us before his presence come With praise and thankful voice; Let us sing psalms to him with grace, And make a joyful noise. 3 The Lord's a great God and great King, Above all gods he is. Depths of the earth are in his hand, The strength of hills is his. 4 To him the spacious sea belongs, For he the same did make; The dry land also from his hands Its form at first did take. 5 O come and let us worship him, Let us bow down withal, And on our knees before the Lord Our Maker let us fall. 6 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom we adore, Be glory, as it was, and is, And shall be evermore. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 95:1-6 Languages: English Tune Title: IRISH
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God shall endure for aye; he doth

Hymnal: The Church Hymnary (3rd Ed.) #23 (1973) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Approach to God The Majesty of God Lyrics: 1 God shall endure for aye; he doth For judgment set his throne In righteousness to judge the world, Justice to give each one. 2 God also will a refuge be For those who are oppressed; A refuge he will be in times Of trouble to distressed. 3 And they who know thy Name, in thee Their confidence will place: For thou hast not forsaken them That truly seek thy face. 4 O sing ye praises to the Lord That dwells in Zion hill; Among all nations of the earth His deeds record ye still. 5 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom we adore, Be glory, as it was, and is, And shall be evermore. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 9:7-11 Languages: English Tune Title: STROUDWATER

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