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Oh, Come, Oh, Come, Emmanuel
Author: John M. Neale Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain Appears in 509 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Oh, come, oh, come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to you, O Israel!
2 Oh, come, O Root of Jesse, free
Your own from Satan's tyranny;
From depths of hell your people save,
And bring them vict'ry o'er the grave.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to you, O Israel!
3 Oh, come, O Dayspring from on high,
And cheer us by your drawing nigh;
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death's dark shadows put to flight.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to you, O Israel!
4 Oh, come, O Key of David, come,
And open wide our heav'nly home.
Make safe the way that leads on high,
And close the path to misery.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to you, O Israel! Topics: Advent; Advent Used With Tune: VENI, EMMANUEL
Oh, Come, Oh, Come, Emmanuel
Oh, for a Faith That Will Not Shrink
Author: William H. Bathurst, 1796-1877 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 687 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Oh, for a faith that will not shrink
Though pressed by many a foe,
That will not tremble on the brink
Of poverty or woe,
2 That will not murmur nor complain
Beneath the chast'ning rod,
But in the hour of grief or pain
Can lean upon its God,
3 A faith that shines more bright and clear
When tempests rage without,
That, when in danger, knows no fear,
In darkness feels no doubt,
4 That bears unmoved the world's dread frown
Nor heeds its scornful smile,
That sin's wild ocean cannot drown
Nor Satan's arts beguile,
5 A faith that keeps the narrow way
Till life's last spark is fled
And with a pure and heav'nly ray
Lights up the dying bed.
6 Lord, give us such a faith as this,
And then, whate'er may come,
We'll taste e'en now the hallowed bliss
Of an eternal home. Topics: Faith; Faith Used With Tune: ST. PETER
Oh, for a Faith That Will Not Shrink
Oh, for a Thousand Tongues to Sing
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-88 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,731 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Oh, for a thousand tongues to sing
My great Redeemer's praise,
The glories of my God and King,
The triumphs of his grace!
2 My gracious Master and my God,
Assist me to proclaim,
To spread through all the earth abroad,
The honors of your name.
3 The name of Jesus calms our fears
And bids our sorrows cease.
'Tis music in the sinners ears;
'Tis life and health and peace.
4 He breaks the pow'r of canceled sin;
He sets the pris'ner free.
His blood can make the foulest clean;
His blood avails for me.
5 See all your sins on Jesus laid;
The Lamb of God was slain.
His life was once an off'ring made
That you might live again.
6 Glory to God and praise and love
Be ever, ever giv'n
By saints below and saints above,
The Church in earth and heav'n. Topics: Redeemer; Redeemer Used With Tune: BEATITUDO
Oh, for a Thousand Tongues to Sing
Oh, Love, How Deep
Author: Thomas à Kempis, 1380-1471; Benjamin Webb, 1819-85 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 139 hymnals First Line: Oh, love how deep, how broad, how high Lyrics: 1 Oh, love, how deep, how broad, how high,
Beyond all thought and fantasy,
That God, the Son of God, should take
Our mortal form for mortals' sake!
2 He sent no angel to our race,
Of higher or of lower place,
But wore the robe of human frame,
And to this world himself he came.
3 For us baptized, for us he bore
His holy fast and hungered sore;
For us temptation sharp he knew,
For us the tempter overthrew.
4 For us he prayed, for us he taught;
For us his daily works he wrought,
By words and signs and actions thus
Still seeking not himself but us.
5 For us, by wickedness betrayed,
For us, in crown of thorns arrayed,
He bore the shameful cross and death;
For us he gave his dying breath.
6 For us he rose from death again,
For us he went on high to reign;
For us he sent his Spirit here
To guide, to strengthen, and to cheer.
7 All glory to our Lord and God
For love so deep, so high, so broad,
The Trinity whom we adore
Forever and forevermore. Topics: Redeemer; Redeemer Used With Tune: DEO GRACIAS
Oh, Love, How Deep
Oh, Perfect Life of Love
Author: Henry W. Baker, 1821-77 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 86 hymnals First Line: Oh, perfect life of love! Lyrics: 1 Oh, perfect life of love!
All, all is finished now,
All that he left his throne above
To do for us below.
2 No work is left undone
Of all the Father willed;
His toil, his sorrows, one by one,
The Scriptures have fulfilled.
3 No pain that we can share
But he has felt its smart;
All forms of human grief and care
Have pierced that tender heart.
4 And on his thorn-crowned head
And on his sinless soul
Our sins in all their guilt were laid
That he might make us whole.
5 In perfect love he dies;
For me he dies, for me!
O all-atoning Sacrifice,
You died to make me free!
6 In ev'ry time of need,
Before the judgment throne,
Your works, O Lamb of God, I'll plead,
Your merits, not my own. Topics: Good Friday; Good Friday Used With Tune: SOUTHWELL
Oh, Perfect Life of Love
The Advent of Our King
Author: Charles Coffin; John Chandler Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 54 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The advent of our King
Our prayers must now employ,
And we must hymns of welcome sing
In strains of holy joy.
2 The everlasting Son
Incarnate deigns to be,
Himself a servant's form puts on
To set his servants free.
3 O Zion's Daughter, rise
To meet your lowly King,
Nor let a faithless heart despise
The peace he comes to bring.
4 As judge, on clouds of light,
He soon will come again
And his true members all unite
With him in heav'n to reign.
5 Before the dawning Day
Let sin's dark deeds be gone,
The sinful self be put away,
The new self now put on.
6 All glory to the Son,
Who comes to set us free,
With Father, Spirit, ever one
Through all eternity. Topics: Advent; Advent Used With Tune: ST. THOMAS
The Advent of Our King
Though I May Speak with Bravest Fire
Author: Hal H. Hopson, b.1933 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 28 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Though I may speak with bravest fire
And have the gift to all inspire
And have not love, my words are vain --
As sounding brass -- and hopeless gain.
2 Though I may give all I possess
And, striving so, my love profess
But not be giv'n by love within,
The profit soon turns strangely thin.
3 Come, Spirit, come; our hearts control.
Our spirits long to be made whole.
Let inward love guide ev'ry deed;
By this we worship and are freed. Topics: Christian Love; Christian Love Used With Tune: GIFT OF LOVE
Though I May Speak with Bravest Fire
With Broken Heart and Contrite Sigh
Author: Cornelius Elven, 1791-1873 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 217 hymnals Lyrics: 1 With broken heart and contrite sigh,
A trembling sinner, Lord, I cry.
Your pard'ning grace is rich and free--
O God, be merciful to me!
2 I smite upon my troubled breast,
With deep and conscious guilt oppressed,
Christ and his cross my only plea--
O God, be merciful to me!
3 Far off I stand with tearful eyes
Nor dare uplift them to the skies,
But you can all my anguish see--
O God, be merciful to me!
4 No gifts, no deeds that I have done
Can for a single sin atone.
To Calvary alone I flee--
O God, be merciful to me!
5 And when, redeemed from sin and hell,
With all the ransomed souls I dwell,
My joyous song shall ever be:
God has been merciful to me! Topics: Confession and Absolution; Confession and Absolution Used With Tune: ST. LUKE
With Broken Heart and Contrite Sigh
You Are the Way; through You Alone
Author: George W. Doane, 1799-1859 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 600 hymnals First Line: You are the way, through you alone Lyrics: 1 You are the way; through you alone
Can we the Father find;
In you, O Christ, has God revealed
His heart and will and mind.
2 You are the truth; your Word alone
True wisdom can impart.
You only can inform the mind
And purify the heart.
3 You are the life; the empty tomb
Proclaims your conqu'ring arm,
And those who put their trust in you
Not death nor hell shall harm.
4 You are the way, the truth, the life;
Grant us that way to know,
That truth to keep, that life to win
Whose joys eternal flow. Topics: Redeemer; Redeemer Used With Tune: DUNDEE
You Are the Way; through You Alone
Your Hand, O Lord, in Days of Old
Author: Edward H. Plumptre, 1821-91 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 177 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Your hand, O Lord, in days of old
Was strong to heal and save;
It triumphed o'er disease and death,
All darkness and the grave.
To you they came, the blind, the dumb,
The paralyzed and lame,
The lepers in their misery,
The sick with fevered frame.
2 Your touch then, Lord, brought life and health,
Gave speech and strength and sight;
And youth renewed and frenzy calmed
Revealed you, Lord of light.
And now, O Lord, be near to bless,
Almighty as before,
In crowded street, by beds of pain,
As by Gennes'ret's shore.
3 Oh, be our great deliv'rer still,
The Lord of life and death;
Restore and quicken, soothe and bless,
With your life-giving breath.
To hands that work and eyes that see
Give wisdom's healing pow'r
That whole and sick and weak and strong
May praise you evermore. Topics: Social Concern; Social Concern Used With Tune: KINGSFOLD
Your Hand, O Lord, in Days of Old
Hear Us Now, Our God and Father
Author: Harry N. Huxhold, b. 1922 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 14 hymnals Topics: Marriage; Marriage Used With Tune: HYFRYDOL
Hear Us Now, Our God and Father
Jerusalem, Thou City Fair and High
Author: Johann M. Meyfart, 1590-1642; Catherine Winkworth, 1827-78 Meter: 10.6.10.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 65 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Jerusalem, thou city fair and high,
Would God I were in thee!
My longing heart to thee would gladly fly;
It will not stay with me.
Far over vale and mountain,
Far over field and plain, It hastes to seek its fountain
And leave this world of pain.
2 A moment's space, and gently, wondrously,
Released from earthly ties,
Elijah's chariot comes to carry me
Through all these lower skies
To yonder shining regions,
While down to meet me come The blessed angel legions
And bid me welcome home.
3 The patriarchs' and prophets' noble train,
With all Christ's foll'wers true
Who bore the cross and could the worst disdain
That tyrants dared to do,
I see them shine forever, All-glorious as the sun
Mid light that fadeth never,
Their perfect freedom won.
4 Unnumbered choirs before the shining throne
Their joyful anthems raise
Till heaven's halls are echoing with the tone
Of that great hymn of praise
And all its host rejoices, And all its blessed throng
Unite their myriad voices
In one eternal song. Topics: End Time; End Time Used With Tune: JERUSALEM, DU HOCHGEBAUTE STADT
Jerusalem, Thou City Fair and High
He Is Arisen! Glorious Word
Author: Birgitte K. Boye, 1742-1824; George A. T. Rygh, 1860-1942 Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7.2.2.4.4.4.8 Appears in 16 hymnals First Line: He is arisen! Glorious Word! Lyrics: He is arisen! Glorious Word!
Now reconciled is God, my Lord;
The gates of heav'n are open.
My Jesus did triumphant die,
And Satan's arrows broken lie,
Destroyed hell's fiercest weapon.
Oh, hear What cheer!
Christ victorious, Rising glorious,
Life is giving.
He was dead, but now is living! Topics: Easter; Easter Used With Tune: WIE SCHÖN LEUCHTET
He Is Arisen! Glorious Word
Now Rest beneath Night's Shadow
Author: Paul Gerhardt, 1607-76 Meter: 7.7.6.7.7.8 Appears in 16 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Now rest beneath night's shadow
The woodland, field, and meadow;
The world in slumber lies.
But you, my heart, awaken,
With prayer and song be taken;
Let praise to your Creator rise.
2 The rule of day is over
And shining jewels cover
The heaven's boundless blue.
Thus I shall shine in heaven,
Where crowns of gold are given
To all who faithful prove and true.
3 Lord Jesus, since you love me,
Oh, spread your wings above me
And shield me from alarm.
Though Satan would assail me,
Your mercy will not fail me;
I rest in your protecting arm.
4 My loved ones, rest securely,
For God this night will surely
From peril guard your heads.
Sweet slumbers may he send you
And bid his hosts attend you
And through the night watch o'er your beds. Topics: Evening; Evening Used With Tune: O WELT, ICH MUSS DICH LASSEN Text Sources: Translation composite
Now Rest beneath Night's Shadow
Delay Not! Delay Not
Author: Thomas Hastings, 1784-1872 Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 361 hymnals First Line: Delay not! Delay not! O sinner, draw near! Lyrics: 1 Delay not! Delay not! O sinner, draw near!
The waters of life are now flowing for you.
No price is demanded; the Savior is here.
Redemption is purchased; God's promise is true.
2 Delay not! Delay not, O sinner, to come,
For mercy still lingers and calls you today.
Its voice is not heard in the vale of the tomb;
Its message, unheeded, will soon pass away.
3 Delay not! Delay not! The Spirit of grace,
Long grieved and resisted, may take his sad flight
And leave you in darkness to finish your race,
To sink in the gloom of eternity's night.
4 Delay not! Delay not! The hour is at hand;
The earth will dissolve, and the heavens will fade.
The dead, small and great, in the Judgment must stand --
What pow'r, then, O sinner, can lend you its aid?
5 Delay not! Delay not! Why longer abuse
The love and compassion of Jesus, your God?
A fountain is opened -- how can you refuse?
Come, wash and be cleansed in his pardoning blood. Topics: Invitation; Invitation Used With Tune: MALDWYN
Delay Not! Delay Not
Beautiful Savior
Author: Joseph A. Seiss, 1823-1904 Meter: 5.5.7.5.5.8 Appears in 141 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Beautiful Savior,
King of creation,
Son of God and Son of Man!
Truly I'd love thee,
Truly I'd serve thee,
Light of my soul, my Joy, my Crown.
2 Fair are the meadows,
Fair are the woodlands,
Robed in flow'rs of blooming spring;
Jesus is fairer,
Jesus is purer;
He makes our sorr'wing spirit sing.
3 Fair is the sunshine,
Fair is the moonlight,
Bright the sparkling stars on high;
Jesus shines brighter,
Jesus shines purer,
Than all the angels in the sky.
4 Beautiful Savior,
Lord of the nations,
Son of God and Son of Man!
Glory and honor,
Praise, adoration,
Now and forevermore be thine! Topics: Redeemer; Redeemer Used With Tune: SCHÖNSTER HERR JESU Text Sources: Münsterisch Gesangbuch, Münster, 1677, abr.
Beautiful Savior
Before the Lord We Bow
Author: Francis Scott Key, 1779-1843 Meter: 6.6.6.6.4.4.4.4 Appears in 73 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Before the Lord we bow,
The God who reigns above
And rules the world below
In boundless pow'r and love.
Our thanks we bring;
In joy and praise
Our hearts we raise
To heav'n's high King.
2 The nation you have blessed
May well your love declare,
From foes and fears at rest,
Protected by your care.
For this fair land,
For this bright day
Our thanks we pay --
Gifts of your hand.
3 May ev'ry mountain height,
Each vale and forest green,
Shine in your Word's pure light
And its rich fruits be seen!
May ev'ry tongue
Be tuned to praise
And join to raise
A grateful song!
4 Earth, hear your Maker's voice;
Your great Redeemer own.
Believe, obey, rejoice,
And worship him alone.
Cast down your pride!
Your sin deplore
And bow before
The Crucified!
5 And when in pow'r he comes,
Oh, may our native land
From all its rending tombs
Send forth a glorious band,
A countless throng,
And, joyful, sing
To heav'n's high King
Salvation's song! Topics: Nation; Nation Used With Tune: DARWALL’S 148TH
Before the Lord We Bow
Blest Be the Tie that Binds
Author: John Fawcett, 1740-1817 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 2,271 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Blest be the tie that binds
Our hearts in Christian love;
The fellowship of kindred minds
Is like to that above.
2 Before our Father's throne
We pour our ardent prayers;
Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one,
Our comforts and our cares.
3 We share our mutual woes,
Our mutual burdens bear,
And often for each other flows
The sympathizing tear.
4 When here our pathways part,
We suffer bitter pain;
Yet, one in Christ and one in heart,
We hope to meet again.
5 From sorrow, toil, and pain
And sin we shall be free
And perfect love and friendship reign
Through all eternity. Topics: Christian Love; Christian Love Used With Tune: BOYLSTON
Blest Be the Tie that Binds
Brightest and Best
Author: Reginald Heber Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 911 hymnals First Line: Brightest and best of the stars of the morning Lyrics: 1 Brightest and best of the stars of the morning,
Dawn on our darkness and lend us your aid.
Star of the East, the horizon adorning,
Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
2 Cold on his cradle the dewdrops are shining;
Low lies his head with the beasts of the stall.
Angels adore him in slumber reclining,
Maker and monarch and Savior of all.
3 Shall we not yield him in costly devotion
Rarest of fragrances, tribute divine,
Gems of the mountain and pearls of the ocean,
Myrrh from the forest and gold from the mine?
4 Vainly we bring him the finest of off'rings,
Vainly with gifts would his favor secure.
Richer by far is the praise that the heart brings;
Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor.
5 Brightest and best of the stars of the morning,
Dawn on our darkness and lend us your aid.
Star of the East, the horizon adorning,
Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid. Topics: Epiphany; Epiphany Used With Tune: MORNING STAR
Brightest and Best
Brothers, Sisters, Let Us Gladly
Author: Henry Bateman, 1802-72 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 26 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Brothers, sisters, let us gladly
Give to God our all, our best --
Service hearty, thorough, honest,
With a living love impressed.
All our duty, all our striving,
All our time to him belong;
Praise him, then, with true devotion;
Come before him with a song.
2 By his mercy, by his bounty,
By the gift of Christ, his Son,
What great goodness he has shown us,
What high marvels he has done!
Let us to him promptly, freely,
Yield our bodies and our souls,
Thankful that his love protects us,
That his wisdom all controls.
3 Gracious Lord, accept our service
For the sake of Christ, your Son;
Lo, our hope abides now only
In the righteousness he won.
Bless and save us; help and guide us;
Watch to comfort and restore
Till in heav'n we rest rejoicing,
Praising you forevermore. Topics: Stewardship; Stewardship Used With Tune: NETTLETON
Brothers, Sisters, Let Us Gladly
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