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A great and mighty wonder
Author: St. Anatolius; John Mason Neale, D. D. Appears in 107 hymnals Topics: The Church Year Christmas Lyrics: 1 A great and mighty wonder
Our Christmas festal brings:
On earth, a lowly Infant,
Behold the King of kings.
2 The Word is made incarnate,
Descending from on high;
And Cherubim to shepherds
Sing anthems from the sky.
3 And we with them triumphant,
Repeat the hymn again:
"To God on high be glory,
And peace on earth to men!"
4 While thus they sing your Monarch,
Those bright angelic bands,
Rejoice, ye vales and mountains!
Ye oceans, clap your hands!
5 Since all He comes to ransom,
By all be He adored,
The Infant born in Bethlehem,
The Savior and the Lord!
6 And idol-forms shall perish,
And error shall decay,
And Christ shall wield His scepter,
Our Lord and God for aye. Used With Tune: KOCHER Text Sources: Greek
A great and mighty wonder
Come, let us join our cheerful songs
Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 1,000 hymnals Topics: The Church Year Passion Lyrics: 1 Come, let us join our cheerful songs
With angels round the throne;
Ten thousand thousand are their tongues,
But all their joys are one.
2 "Worthy the Lamb that died," they cry,
"To be exalted thus;"
"Worthy the Lamb," our lips reply,
For He was slain for us.
3 Jesus is worthy to receive
Honor and power divine;
And blessings more than we can give,
Be, Lord! for ever Thine.
4 Let all that dwell above the sky,
And air, and earth, and seas,
Conspire to lift Thy glories high,
And speak Thine endless praise! Used With Tune: THANKSGIVING (Nun danket all und bringet Ehr)
Come, let us join our cheerful songs
To our Redeemer's glorious Name
Author: Anna Steele Appears in 358 hymnals Topics: The Church Year Passion Lyrics: 1 To our Redeemer's glorious Name
Awake the sacred song!
O may His love, immortal flame!
Tune ev'ry heart and tongue,
Tune ev'ry heart and tongue, Amen.
2 His love what mortal thought can reach?
What mortal tongue display?
Imagination's utmost stretch
In wonder dies away.
3 He left His radiant throne on high,
Left the bright realms of bliss,
And came to earth to bleed and die--
Was ever love like this?
4 Dear Lord, while we adoring pay
Our humble thanks to Thee,
May every heart with rapture say,
"The Savior died for me!"
5 O may the sweet, the blissful theme
Fill every heart and tongue,
Till strangers love Thy charming Name,
And join the sacred song! Used With Tune: AVON
To our Redeemer's glorious Name
'Tis finished!" so the Savior cried
Author: Samuel Stennett, D. D. Appears in 389 hymnals Topics: The Church Year Passion Lyrics: 1 "'Tis finished!" so the Savior cried,
And meekly bowed His head and died;
'Tis finished--yes the race is run,
The battle fought, the vict'ry won.
2 'Tis finished! all that heaven decreed,
And all the ancient prophets said,
Is now fulfilled, as was designed,
In Thee, the Savior of mankind.
3 'Tis finished!--Aaron now no more
Must stain His robes with purple gore;
The sacred veil is rent in twain,
And Jewish rites no more remain.
4 'Tis finished!--man is reconciled
To God, and powers of darkness spoiled:
Peace, love, and happiness again
Return and dwell with sinful men.
5 'Tis finished!--let the joyful sound
Be heard through all the nations round:
'Tis finished!--let the echo fly,
Through heaven and hell, through earth and sky. Used With Tune: OLIVE'S BROW
'Tis finished!" so the Savior cried
Come, Holy Spirit, come
Author: Rev. Joseph Hart Appears in 541 hymnals Topics: The Church Year Pentecost Lyrics: 1 Come, Holy Spirit, come;
Let Thy bright beams arise;
Dispel the sorrow from our minds,
The darkness from our eyes.
2 Convince us all of sin,
Then lead to Jesus’ blood,
And to our wond’ring view reveal
The mercies of our God.
3 Revive our drooping faith,
Our doubts and fears remove,
And kindle in our breasts the flame=
Of never-dying love.
4 ’Tis Thine to cleanse the heart,
To sanctify the soul,
To pour fresh life in ev'ry part,
And new-create the whole.
5 Dwell, Spirit, in our hearts;
Our minds from bondage free;
Then we shall know and praise and love,
The Father, Son, and Thee. Used With Tune: MORNINGTON
Come, Holy Spirit, come
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed
Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 546 hymnals Topics: Church Year Christmas Lyrics: 1 Away in a manger, no crib for a bed,
the little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head;
the stars in the bright sky looked down where he lay,
the little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay.
2 The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes,
but little Lord Jesus no crying he makes.
I love thee, Lord Jesus! Look down from the sky,
and stay by my side until morning is nigh.
3 Be near me, Lord Jesus; I ask thee to stay
close by me for ever, and love me, I pray.
Bless all the dear children in thy tender care,
and fit us for heaven, to live with thee there. Scripture: Mark 10:16 Used With Tune: CRADLE SONG Text Sources: Author Unknown Little children's book, Philadelphia, 1885
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed
Christians, awake! salute the happy morn
Author: John Byrom (1692-1763) Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 186 hymnals Topics: Church Year Christmas Lyrics: 1 Christians, awake! salute the happy morn,
whereon the Saviour of the world was born;
rise to adore the mystery of love,
which hosts of angels chanted from above:
with them the joyful tidings first begun
of God incarnate and the Virgin's Son.
2 Then to the watchful shepherds it was told,
who heard the angelic herald's voice, 'Behold,
I bring good tidings of a Saviour's birth
to you and all the nations upon earth:
this day hath God fulfilled his promised word,
this day is born a Saviour, Christ the Lord.'
3 He spake; and straightway the celestial choir
in hymns of joy, unknown before, conspire;
the praises of redeeming love they sang,
and heaven's whole orb with alleluias rang:
God's highest glory was their anthem still,
peace upon earth, and unto men good will.
4 To Bethl'em straight the enlightened shepherds ran,
to see the wonder God had wrought for man,
and found, with Joseph and the blessèd Maid,
her Son, the Saviour, in a manger laid:
then to their flocks, still praising God, return,
and their glad hearts with holy rapture burn.
5 O may we keep and ponder in our mind
God's wondrous love in saving lost mankind;
trace we the babe, who hath retrieved our loss,
from his poor manger to his bitter cross;
tread in his steps, assisted by his grace,
till man's first heavenly state again takes place.
6 Then may we hope, the angelic hosts among,
to sing, redeemed, a glad triumphal song:
he that was born upon this joyful day
around us all his glory shall display;
saved by his love, incessant we shall sing
eternal praise to heaven's almighty King. Scripture: Luke 2:1-20 Used With Tune: YORKSHIRE (STOCKPORT)
Christians, awake! salute the happy morn
Hark, the herald angels sing
Author: Charles Wesley (1707-1788) Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7.7.7 with refrain Appears in 1,327 hymnals Topics: Church Year Christmas First Line: Hark! the herald angels sing Lyrics: 1 Hark! the herald angels sing
glory to the new-born King,
peace on earth and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled.
Joyful, all ye nations rise,
join the triumph of the skies;
with the angelic host proclaim,
'Christ is born in Bethlehem.'
Refrain:
Hark, the herald angels sing
glory to the new-born King.
2 Christ, by highest heaven adored,
Christ, the everlasting Lord,
late in time behold him come,
offspring of a Virgin's womb!
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see:
Hail, the incarnate Deity,
pleased as man with man to dwell,
Jesus, our Emmanuel. [Refrain]
3 Hail, the heaven-born Prince of Peace!
Hail, the Sun of Righteousness!
Light and life to all he brings,
risen with healing in his wings.
Mild he lays his glory by,
born that man no more may die,
born to raise the sons of earth,
born to give them second birth. [Refrain] Scripture: Malachi 4:2 Used With Tune: MENDELSSOHN
Hark, the herald angels sing
Brightest and best of the sons of the morning
Author: Reginald Heber (1783-1826) Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 912 hymnals Topics: Church Year Epiphany Lyrics: 1 Brightest and best of the sons of the morning,
dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid;
star of the east, the horizon adorning,
guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
2 Cold on his cradle the dew-drops are shining;
low lies his head with the beasts of the stall;
angels adore him in slumber reclining,
Maker and Monarch and Saviour of all.
3 Say, shall we yield him, in costly devotion,
odours of Edom, and offerings divine,
gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean,
myrrh from the forest, or gold from the mine?
4 Vainly we offer each ample oblation,
vainly with gifts would his favour secure:
richer by far is the heart's adoration,
dearer to God are the prayers of the poor.
5 Brightest and best of the sons of the morning,
dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid;
star of the east, the horizon adorning,
guide where our infant Redeemer is laid. Scripture: Psalm 34:18 Used With Tune: EPIPHANY
Brightest and best of the sons of the morning
The day of resurrection!
Author: John Mason Neale (1818-1866); St John of Damascus (c. 675-c. 750) Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 518 hymnals Topics: Church Year Easter Lyrics: 1 The day of resurrection!
Earth, tell it out abroad;
the Passover of gladness,
the Passover of God;
from death to life eternal,
from earth unto the sky,
our God hath brought us over
with hymns of victory.
2 Our hearts be pure from evil,
that we may see aright
the Lord in rays eternal
of resurrection-light;
and, listening to his accents,
may hear so calm and plain
his own 'All hail', and, hearing,
may raise the victor strain.
3 Now let the heavens be joyful,
and earth her song begin,
the round world keep high triumph,
and all that is therein;
let all things seen and unseen
their notes of gladness blend,
for Christ the Lord is risen,
our joy that hath no end. Scripture: Matthew 28:1-10 Used With Tune: ELLACOMBE
The day of resurrection!
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