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Hearken to the Music

Author: M. Matthews Smith Hymnal: SoP1900 #71 (1900) Person Name: M. Matthews Smith Refrain First Line: Duty is our watchword Lyrics: 1 Hearken to the music Of our happy band, Marching ever onward To the heav’nly land; Come and join the banner Under which we go, Christ the Lord is Captain And we fear no foe. Refrain: Duty is our watchword, Faith our only shield; And to our Commander Will we ever yield. 2 Kind he is and gracious To his children true, And in ev’ry danger He will lead us thro’; “Love ye one another,” His divine command; Come and help us keep it In our happy band. [Refrain] 3 So thro’ life’s rough pathway To the heav’nly land, Not a foe can conquer One of Christ’s own band. We thro’ him shall triumph, Dwell with him on high, Giving him the glory For our victory. [Refrain] 4 When our marching’s ended, And the night draws near, Brightly thro’ the darkness Will his face appear; Hearken then O brothers, Hear our loving call, IN our faithful army There is room for all. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Hearken to the music]

Nearer, My God, to Thee

Author: Sarah F. Adams Hymnal: SoP1900 #148 (1900) Person Name: Sarah F. Adams Languages: English Tune Title: [Nearer, my God, to Thee]

Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand

Author: Henry Alford Hymnal: SoP1900 #170 (1900) Person Name: Henry Alford Lyrics: 1 Ten thousand times ten thousand, In sparkling raiment bright, The armies of the ransomed saints Throng up the steeps of light; ‘Tis finished, all is finished, Their fight with death and sin; Fling open wide the golden gates, And let the victors in. Refrain: Ten thousand times ten thousand, In sparkling raiment bright, Fling open wide the golden gates, And let the victors in. 2 What rush of hallelujahs Fills all the earth and sky! What ringing of a thousand harps Bespeaks his triumph nigh! O day for which creation And all its tribes were made! O joy for all its former woes A thousand fold repaid. [Refrain] 3 O then what raptured greetings, On Canaan’s happy shore! What knitting severed friendships up, Where partings are no more! Then eyes with joy shall sparkle That brimmed with tears of late, Orphans no longer fatherless, Nor widows desolate. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Ten thousand times ten thousand] (hall)

My Lord and I

Author: Anon. Hymnal: SoP1900 #123 (1900) Person Name: Anon. First Line: I have a Friend so precious Languages: English Tune Title: [I have a Friend so precious]

Onward, Christian Soldiers

Author: Sabine Baring-Gould Hymnal: SoP1900 #42 (1900) Person Name: Sabine Baring-Gould First Line: Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war Languages: English Tune Title: [Onward, Christian soldiers]

O the Flowers of Summer

Author: J. Barker Hymnal: SoP1900 #77 (1900) Person Name: J. Barker First Line: O the flow’rs of summer Refrain First Line: Flow’rs of summer Lyrics: 1 O the flow’rs of summer, Flow’rs of ev’ry hue, Take each one as coming, Straight from God to you; Telling wondrous secrets Of his pow’r and love, Wearing still the brightness Of the home above. Refrain: Flow’rs of summer Angel like are they: Hear the message which they bring today, HE who curbs the ocean’s mighty pow’r, Painted ev’ry leaf and flow’r. 2 Just as earth’s creation Show’d the might of God, So does ev’ryflow’ret Springing from the sod. He who guides the star worlds, Curbs the ocean’s pow’r, With the same hand painteth Ev’ry leaf and flow’r. [Refrain] 3 Touch these sweet flow’rs gently, So divinely dress’d, They are, in earth’s language Thoughts of God express’d. Thoughts of heav’nly glory— Sweetness, purity, Must not he who fram’d them Wholly lovely be? [Refrain] 4 Praise him then with singing, Tell his love abroad; Be the whole earth ringing With the name of God. Lakes and hills be telling— Sunset skies and flow’rs Something of the beauty Of this God of ours. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [O the flow’rs of summer]

Oh, It Is Beautiful

Author: Geo. P. Beard Hymnal: SoP1900 #47 (1900) Person Name: Geo. P. Beard First Line: Beautiful city, the home of the blest Refrain First Line: O it is beautiful! “eye hath not seen,” Languages: English Tune Title: [Beautiful city, the home of the blest]

The World’s Choral

Author: Adaline H. Beery Hymnal: SoP1900 #108 (1900) Person Name: Adaline H. Beery First Line: Hark, from every village Refrain First Line: Sing, my heart, in answer Lyrics: 1 Hark, from ev’ry village, City dome and town, Such a wondrous message Grandly ringeth down; Echoes still are ringing Of the Saviour’s birth; For the world’s redeeming Jesus came to earth.” Refrain: Sing, my heart, in answer: He’s my Saviour too; Never cease to tell it, All his word is true, Echoes still are ringing Of the Saviour’s birth. For the world’s redeeming Jesus came to earth. 2 All the long procession, On its churchward way, Kneeling round the altar, Gladly seem to say, “Jesus Christ, our Saviour, King and Lord of all, Blessed Friend and Teacher, At thy feet we fall!” [Refrain] 3 Saved of ev’ry nation, Born in ev’ry clime, Hear their homage blending, At this blessed time. “Thou, our daily Counsel, Thou, our Strength and shield, In our hearts forever Thou thy scepter wield!” [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Hark, from every village]

The Fairest Flower

Author: Adaline H. Beery Hymnal: SoP1900 #190 (1900) Person Name: Adaline H. Beery First Line: Quickly and joyfully Refrain First Line: Bless our dear Children’s Day Lyrics: 1 Quickly and joyfully Gather we now; Lowly and tenderly Worship and bow; Jesus our Master is, Be his the praise; Now may his grace be ours In all our ways. Refrain: Bless our dear Children’s Day! Let us repeat; Make our lives pure and bright, Life flower sweet, Bless our dear Children’s Day! Let us repeat; Make our lives pure and bright, Life flower sweet. 2 Surely and patiently, With faith sublime, Open the lily buds In God’s good time; Here may our lesson be, Quiet to wait; God brings our gifts to us, Never too late. [Refrain] 3 Roses so beautiful, Lilies so white, Fragrance and harmony Shed their delight; Fairer than bloom or song Is Christ, our King; His be our warmest tho’t Whene’er we sing. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Quickly and joyfully]

The Song of Summer

Author: Birdie Bell Hymnal: SoP1900 #185 (1900) Person Name: Birdie Bell First Line: What are the birdies singing Refrain First Line: List to the song that the birdies sing Lyrics: 1 What are the birdies singing Under the azure skies? Carols of joy they’re flinging, Upward the glad notes rise; Listen, you’ll hear the chorus, “Summer is come again, Scatt’ring her beauties glorious Over the hill and glen.” Refrain: List to the song that the birdies sing, Echoing sweetly o’er the dale and glen, “Glad summer has come again!” 2 What is the song of gladness Floating upon the air, Banishing tho’ts of sadness, Fraught with a sweetness rare? Listen! You’ll hear it ringing Over the daisied mead, Birds in the tree-top singing “Summer is come indeed!” [Refrain] 3 Down where the streams are flowing, Murm’ring they trip along; Down where the clover’s growing, There you may hear the song, Echoing o’er the mountain, Whispered by humming bees, Changed by sparkling fountain, Sung by the passing breeze. [Refrain] 4 What is the joyful chorus Sounding o’er hill and plain? Summer is crown’d victorious, Hail, to her merry reign! Summer in beauty vernal, Rules us with flow’ring wand, Gift of a love eternal, Gift from a Father’s hand! [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [What are the birdies singing]