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Thy Kingdom Come!

Author: Gaskell Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 13 hymnals First Line: O God! the darkness roll away Lyrics: O God! the darkness roll away Which clouds the human soul, And let the bright, the perfect day, Speed onward to its goal. Let every hateful passion die, Which makes of brethren foes; And war no longer raise its cry, To mar the world’s repose. Let faith, and hope, and charity, Go forth through all the earth; And man, in heavenly bearing, be True to his heavenly birth. Yea, let Thy glorious kingdom come Of holiness and love, And make this world a portal meet For Thy bright courts above.

The Coming of Christ in Power

Author: H. Martineau Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 46 hymnals First Line: Lord Jesus, come! for here Lyrics: Lord Jesus, come! for here Our path through wilds is laid; We watch, as for the dayspring near, Amid the breaking shade. Lord Jesus, come! for hosts Meet on the battle-plain; Our holiest hopes seem vainest boasts, And tears are shed like rain. Lord Jesus, come! the slave Still bears his heavy chains; Their daily bread the hungry crave, While teem the fruitful plains. Hark! herald voices near Lead on thy happier day; Come, Lord, and our hosannas hear! We wait to strew thy way. Come, as in days of old, With words of grace and power; Gather us all within thy fold, And let us stray no more!

Let There Be Light

Author: Marriott Appears in 446 hymnals First Line: Thou, whose almighty word Lyrics: Thou, whose almighty word Chaos and darkness heard, And took their flight! Hear us, we humbly pray, And where the gospel day Sheds not its glorious ray, Let there be light! Thou, who didst come to bring, On Thy redeeming wing, Healing and sight! Health to the sick in mind, Light to the inly blind, O, now to all mankind Let there be light! Descend Thou from above, Spirit of truth and love, Speed on Thy flight! Move o’er the waters’ face, Spirit of hope and grace, And in earth’s darkest place Let there be light! Blessed and glorious three, Thrice holy trinity, Wisdom, love, might! Boundless as ocean’s tide, Rolling in fullest pride, Through the world, far and wide, Let there be light!

The Latter Day

Author: Moore Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: Who shall behold the glorious day Lyrics: Who shall behold the glorious day, When, throned on Zion’s brow, The Lord shall rend the veil away Which hides the nations now! When earth no more beneath the fear Of His rebuke shall lie; When pain shall cease, and every tear Be wiped from every eye. Then shall the world no longer mourn Beneath oppression’s chain; The days of splendor shall return, And all be new again. The fount of life shall then be quaffed In peace by all who come, And every wind that blows shall waft Some long-lost exile home.

Christ’s Kingdom

Author: Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1,801 hymnals First Line: Jesus shall reign where'er the sun Lyrics: Jesus shall reign where’er the sun Does his successive journeys run; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more. For him shall endless prayer be made, And praises throng to crown his head; His name, like sweet perfume, shall rise With every morning sacrifice. People, and realms, of every tongue, Dwell on his love with sweetest song; And infant voices shall proclaim Their early blessings on his name. Blessings abound where’er he reigns; The prisoner leaps to loose his chains; The weary find eternal rest, And all the sons of want are blest. Let every creature rise and bring Peculiar honors to our King; Angels descend with songs again, And earth repeat the loud amen!

Triumph of the Gospel

Author: Ashworth Appears in 20 hymnals First Line: Pour, blessed gospel, glorious news for man! Lyrics: Pour, blessed gospel, glorious news for man! Thy stream of life o’er springless deserts roll: Thy bond of peace the mighty earth can span, And make one brotherhood from pole to pole. On, piercing gospel, on! of every heart, In every latitude, thou own’st the key: From their dull slumbers savage souls shall start, With all their treasures first unlocked by thee! Tread, kingly gospel, through the nations tread! With all the noblest virtues in thy train: Be all to thy blest freedom captive led; And Christ, the true emancipator, reign! Spread, giant gospel, spread thy growing wings! Gather thy scattered ones from every land: Call home the wanderers to the King of kings: Proclaim them all thine own;—’tis His command!

Hymn of the Church Triumphant

Author: Anonymous Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 288 hymnals First Line: Triumphant Zion! lift thy head Lyrics: Triumphant Zion! lift thy head From dust, and darkness, and the dead; Though humbled long, awake at length And gird thee with thy Saviour’s strength! Put all thy beauteous garments on, And let thine excellence be known; Decked in the robes of righteousness, Thy glories shall the world confess. No more shall foes unclean invade, And fill thy hallowed walls with dread; No more shall sin’s insulting host Their victory and thy sorrows boast. Thy God on high has heard thy prayer, His hand thy ruin shall repair; Nor will thy watchful Monarch cease To guard thee in eternal peace.

Daughter of Zion

Author: Montgomery Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 192 hymnals First Line: Daughter of Zion! from the dust Lyrics: Daughter of Zion! from the dust Exalt thy fallen head; Again in thy Redeemer trust, He calls thee from the dead. Awake, awake! put on thy strength, Thy beautiful array; The day of freedom dawns at length, The Lord’s appointed day. Rebuild thy walls, thy bounds enlarge, And send thy heralds forth; Say to the south, “Give up thy charge, And keep not back, O north!” They come, they come;—thine exiled bands, Where’er they rest or roam, Have heard thy voice in distant lands, And hasten to their home.

The Church Everlasting

Author: Newton Appears in 1,292 hymnals First Line: Glorious things of thee are spoken Lyrics: Glorious things of thee are spoken, Zion, city of our God! He whose word cannot be broken Formed thee for His own abode. On the Rock of Ages founded, What can shake thy sure repose? With salvation’s walls surrounded, Thou may’st smile at all thy foes. See! the streams of living waters, Springing from eternal love, Well supply thy sons and daughters, And all fear of want remove. Who can faint while such a river Ever flows their thirst to assuage? Love, which, like the Lord, the giver, Never fails from age to age. Round each habitation hovering, See the cloud and fire appear! For a glory and a covering, Showing that the Lord is near: Thus deriving from their banner Light by night and shade by day, Safe they feed upon the manna Which he gives them when they pray.

Christianity

Author: Whittier Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 17 hymnals First Line: O FAIREST-BORN of Love and Light Lyrics: O fairest-born of Love and Light, Yet bending brow and eye severe On all which pains the holy sight, Or wounds the pure and perfect ear,— The generous feeling, pure and warm, Which owns the rights of all divine, The pitying heart, the helping arm, The prompt self-sacrifice, are thine! Beneath thy broad, impartial eye, How fade the lines of caste and birth! How equal in their sufferings lie The groaning multitudes of earth! Still to a stricken brother true, Whatever clime hath nurtured him; As stooped to heal the wounded Jew The worshipper of Gerizim. In holy words which cannot die, In thoughts which angels leaned to know, Christ gave thy message from on high, Thy mission to a world of woe. That voice’s echo hath not died; From the blue lake of Galilee, From Tabor’s lonely mountain-side, It calls a struggling world to thee.