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Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding

Author: Caswall Meter: 8.7 Appears in 133 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding; "Christ is nigh," it seems to say; "Cast away the works of darkness O ye children of the day!" 2 Wakened by the solemn warning, Let the earth-bound soul arise; Christ, her Sun, all sloth dispelling, Shines upon the morning skies. 3 Lo! the Lamb, so long expected, Comes with pardon down from heaven; Let us haste, with tears of sorrow, One and all to be forgiven; 4 So when next He comes in glory, Wrapping all the world in fear, May He with His mercy shield us, And with words of love draw near. Amen. Topics: Preparation for Christ Used With Tune: [Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding] Text Sources: Fifth Century

On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry

Author: Chandler; C. Coffin Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 230 hymnals Lyrics: 1 On Jordan's banks the Baptist's cry Announces that the Lord is nigh; Awake, and hearken, for he brings Glad tidings of the King of kings. 2 Then cleansed be every Christian breast, And furnished for so great a guest; Yea, let us each our hearts prepare For Christ to come and enter there. 3 For Thou art our salvation, Lord, Our refuge and our great reward; Without Thy grace we waste away, Like flowers that wither and decay. 4 To heal the sick stretch out Thine hand, And bid the fallen sinner stand; Once more upon Thy people shine, And fill the world with love divine. 5 All praise, eternal Son, to Thee, Whose Advent set Thy people free; Whom with the Father we adore, And Holy Ghost for evermore. Amen. Topics: Preparation for Christ Used With Tune: CANTIONALE DE GOTHA

Shout the glad tidings, exultingly sing

Author: Rev. Dr. W. A. Muhlenberg Meter: Irregular Appears in 239 hymnals First Line: Sion, the marvellous story be telling Lyrics: Chorus: Shout the glad tidings, exultingly sing; Jerusalem triumphs, Messiah is King. 1 Sion, the marvellous story be telling, The Son of the Highest, how lowly His birth! The brightest archangel in glory excelling, He stoops to redeem thee, He reigns upon earth. [Chorus] 2 Tell how He cometh; from nation to nation The heart-cheering news let the earth echo round: How free to the faithful He offers salvation, How His people with joy everlasting are crowned: [Chorus] 3 Mortals, your homage be greatfully bringing, And sweet let the gladsome hosanna arise: Ye angels, the full alleluia be singing; One chorus resound through the earth and the skies: [Chorus] Amen. Used With Tune: [Sion, the marvelous story be telling]

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]

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]

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]