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While shepherds watched their flocks

Author: Nahum Tate Appears in 1,099 hymnals First Line: While shepherds watched their flocks by night Lyrics: 1 While shepherds watched their flocks by night, All seated on the ground, The angel of the Lord came down, And glory shone around. 2 "Fear not," said he, for mighty dread Had seized their troubled mind: "Glad tidings of great joy I bring To you and all mankind. 3 "To you, in David's town, this day Is born of David's line, The Saviour, Who is Christ the Lord; And this will be the sign: 4 "The heavenly Babe you there shall find To human view displayed, All meanly wrapped in swathing bands, And in a manger laid." 5 Thus spake the seraph; and forthwith Appeared a shining throng Of angels praising God, who thus Addressed their joyful song: 6 "All glory be to God on high, And to the earth be peace; Good-will henceforth from heaven to men Begin and never cease. Amen. Used With Tune: [While shepherds watched their flocks by night]

Brightest and best of the sons of the morning

Author: Bishop Heber Meter: Irregular Appears in 911 hymnals 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 Shall we not yield Him, in costly devotion, Odors of Edom, and offerings divine, Gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean, Myrrh from the forest, and gold from the mine? 4 Vainly we offer each ample oblation, Vainly with gifts would His favor secure; Richer by far is the heart's adoration, Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor. 5 Brightest and best are 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. Amen. Used With Tune: [Brightest and best of the sons of the morning]

Gracious Spirit, Holy Ghost

Author: Bp. C. Wordsworth Meter: 7.7.7.5 Appears in 205 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Gracious Spirit, Holy Ghost, Taught by Thee we covet most Of Thy gifts at Pentecost, Holy, heavenly love. 2 Love is kind, and suffers long, Love is meek, and thinks no wrong, Love than death itself more strong; Therefore, give us love. 3 Prophecy will fade away, Melting in the light of day; Love will ever with us stay; Therefore, give us love. 4 Faith will vanish into sight; Hope be emptied in delight; Love in heaven will shine more bright; Therefore, give us love. 5 Faith and hope and love we see, Joining hand in hand, agree, But the greatest of the three, And the best, is love. 6 From the overshadowing Of Thy gold and silver wing, Shed on us, who to Thee sing, Holy, heavenly love. Amen. Topics: Septuagesima; Love to God Used With Tune: [Gracious Spirit, Holy Ghost]

Saviour! when in dust to Thee

Author: Sir Robert Grant Appears in 443 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Saviour! when in dust to Thee Low we bow th'adoring knee. When, repentant, to the skies Scarce we lift our weeping eyes, Oh! by all Thy pains and woe Suffered once for man below; Bending from Thy throne on high Hear our solemn litany 2 By Thy helpless infant years, By Thy life of want and tears, By Thy days of sore distress In the savage wilderness, By the dread permitted hour Of the mighty tempter's power: Turn, oh turn a favoring eye, Hear our solemn litany! 3 By the sacred grief that wept O'er the grave where Lazarus slept; By the bolding tears that flowed Over Salem's loved abode; By the anguished sigh that told Treachery lurked within Thy fold; From Thy seat above the sky, Hear our solemn litany! 4 By the burden Thou didst bear, By Thine agony of prayer, By the cross, the nail, the thorn, Piercing spear, and torturing scorn; By the gloom that veiled the skies O'er the dreadful sacrifice; Listen to our humble cry, Hear our solemn litany! 5 By Thy deep expiring groan; By the sealed sepulchral stone; By the vault, whose dark abode Held in vain the rising God: Oh, from earth to heaven restored, Mighty, re-ascended Lord, Listen, listen to the cry, Of our solemn litany! Amen. Topics: Penitence Used With Tune: [Saviour! when in dust to Thee]

Christ the Lord is risen to-day

Author: Rev. Chas. Wesley Appears in 1,176 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Christ the Lord is risen to-day, Sons of men and angels say: Raise your joys and triumphs high, Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply. 2 Love's redeeming work is done, Fought the fight, the victory won: Jesus' agony is o'er, Darkness veils the earth no more. 3 Vain the stone, the watch, the seal, Christ hath burst the gates of hell; Death in vain forbids Him rise, Christ hath opened Paradise. 4 Soar we now where Christ hath led, Following our exalted Head; Made like Him, like Him we rise, Ours the cross, the grave, the skies. Amen. Topics: Eastertide Used With Tune: [Christ the Lord is risen today]

The day of resurrection!

Author: Rev. J. M. Neale; St. John of Damascus Meter: 7.6 D Appears in 518 hymnals 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 Christ 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, Let earth her song begin, The round world keep high triumph, And all that is therein; Let all things seen and unseen Their notes together blend, For Christ the Lord is risen, Our joy that hath no end. Amen. Topics: Eastertide Used With Tune: [The day of resurrection]

Hark! ten thousand voice sounding

Author: Rev. Thomas Kelly Meter: 8.7 Appears in 27 hymnals First Line: Hark! ten thousand voices sounding Lyrics: 1 Hark! ten thousand voices sounding Far and wide throughout the sky; 'Tis the voice of joy abounding, Jesus lives, no more to die! 2 Jesus lives, His conflict over, Lives to claim His great reward; Angels round the Victor hover, Crowding to behold their Lord. 3 Yonder throne for Him erected Now becomes the Victor's seat; Lo, the Man on earth rejected, Angels worship at His feet! 4 All the powers of heaven adore Him, All obey His sovereign word; Day and night they cry before Him, "Holy, Holy, Holy Lord!" Amen. Topics: Eastertide Used With Tune: [Hark! ten thousand voices sounding]

Jesus! Name of wondrous love!

Author: Bp. W. W. How Appears in 166 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Jesus! Name of wondrous love! Name all other names above! Unto which must every knee Bow in deep humility. 2 Jesus! Name decreed of old: To the maiden mother told, Kneeling in her lowly cell, By the angel Gabriel. 3 Jesus! Name of priceless worth To the fallen sons of earth, For the promise that it gave "Jesus shall His people save." 4 Jesus! Name of mercy mild, Given to the holy Child, When the cup of human woe First He tasted here below. 5 Jesus! only Name that's given, Under all the mighty heaven, Whereby man, to sin enslaved, Bursts his fetters, and is saved. 6 Jesus! Name of wondrous love! Human Name of God above; Pleading only this we flee, Helpless, O our God, to thee. Amen. Topics: Other Feasts and Fasts The Circumcision; Name of Jesus Used With Tune: [Jesus! Name of wondrous love]

Lord, in Thy name Thy servants plead

Author: Rev. J. Keble Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 67 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lord, in Thy Name Thy servants plead, And Thou hast sworn to hear; Thine is the harvest, Thine the seed, The fresh and fading year. 2 Our hope, when autumn winds blew wild, We trusted, Lord, with Thee: And now that spring has on us smiled, We wait on Thy decree. 3 The former and the latter rain, The summer sun and air, The green ear, and the golden grain, All Thine, are ours by prayer. 4 Thine too by right, and ours by grace, The wondrous growth unseen, The hopes that soothe, the fears that brace, The love that shines serene. 5 So grant the precious things brought forth By sun and moon below, That Thee, in Thy new heavens and earth, We never may forego. Amen. Topics: Rogation Days; Providence Used With Tune: [Lord, in Thy name Thy servants plead]

O happy day, that stays my choice

Author: P. Doddridge Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,700 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O happy day, that stays my choice On Thee, my Saviour and my God; Well may this glowing heart rejoice, And tell Thy goodness all abroad. 2 Here rest, my oft-divided heart, Fixed on thy God, thy Saviour, rest; Who with the world would grieve to part When called on angels' food to feast? 3 High Heaven that heard the solemn vow, That vow renewed shall daily hear; Till in life’s latest hour I bow, And bless in death a bond so dear. Amen. Used With Tune: [O happy day, that stays my choice]