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Good Christian Friends, Rejoice

Author: John M. Neal, 1818-1866 Meter: 7.7.7.7.5.5 Appears in 219 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Good Christian friends, rejoice With heart and soul and voice; O give heed to what we say: Jesus Christ is born today! Ox and ass before him bow, And he is in the manger now. Christ is born today! Christ is born today! 2 Good Christian friends, rejoice, With heart and soul and voice; Now you hear of endless bliss: Jesus Christ was born for this! He has opened heaven's door, And we are blest forevermore. Christ was born for this! Christ was born for this! 3 Good Christian friends, rejoice, With heart and soul and voice; Now you need not fear the grave: Jesus Christ was born to save! Calls you one and calls you all, To gain the everlasting hall. Christ was born to save! Christ was born to save! Topics: Christmas; Christmas Season Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12 Used With Tune: IN DULCI JUBILO Text Sources: Latin and German, 14th C.

Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above

Author: Johann J. Schütz, 1640-1690; Frances E. Cox, 1812-1897 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 194 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Sing praise to God who reigns above, The God of all creation, The God of power, the God of love, The God of our salvation; With healing balm my soul he fills, And every faithless murmur stills: To God all praise and glory. 2 What God’s almighty power has made, His gracious mercy keeping; By morning glow or evening shade His watchful eye ne’er sleeping; Within the kingdom of his might, Lo! all is just and all is right: To God all praise and glory. 3 Then all my gladsome way along, I sing aloud your praises, That all may hear the grateful song My voice unwearied raises; Be joyful in the Lord, my heart, Both soul and body sing your part: To God all praise and glory. 4 Let all who name Christ's holy name, Give God all praise and glory; All you who own his power, proclaim Aloud the wondrous story! Cast each false idol from its throne, The Lord is God, the Lord alone: To God all praise and glory. Topics: Church; God the Father (Creator); Healing; Joy; Majesty and Power; Mercy; Morning; Paschal Mystery; Praise; Providence; Salvation; Song; Thanksgiving Scripture: Deuteronomy 32:3 Used With Tune: MIT FREUDEN ZART

O God, Our Help in Ages Past

Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,236 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home. 2 Under the shadow of your throne Your saints have dwelt secure; Sufficient is your arm alone, And our defense is sure. 3 Before the hills in order stood, Or earth received its frame, From everlasting you are God, To endless years the same. 4 A thousand ages in your sight Are like an evening gone, Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. 5 Time, like an ever rolling stream, Soon bears us all away; We fly forgotten, as a dream Dies at the op'ning day. 6 O God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Still be our guard while troubles last, And our eternal home. Topics: Funeral; God the Father (Creator); Guidance; Pilgrimage; Praise; Providence; Trust Scripture: Psalm 90:1-5 Used With Tune: ST. ANNE

Let Saints on Earth in Concert Sing

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 175 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Let saints below in concert sing With those whose work is done; For all the servants of our King In heav'n and earth are one. 2 One family we dwell in him, One Church, above, beneath, Though now divided by the stream, The narrow stream of death. 3 One army of the living God, To his command we bow; Part of the host have crossed the flood, And part are crossing now. 4 E'en now by faith we join our hands With those that went before, And greet the everliving bands On the eternal shore. 5 Jesus, be now our constant guide; Then, when the word is given, Bid Jordan's narrow stream divide, And bring us safe to heaven. Topics: All Souls (November 2); Funeral; Communion of Saints; Death; Eternal Life; Heaven Scripture: Joshua 3:14-17 Used With Tune: DUNDEE

Come, Ye Thankful People, Come

Author: Henry Almord, 1810-1871 Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 723 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Come, ye thankful people, come, Raise the song of harvest-home: All is safely gathered in, Ere the winter storms begin; God, our Maker, does provide For our wants to be supplied: Come to God's own temple, come, Raise the song of harvest-home. 2 All the world is God's own field, Fruit unto his praise to yield; Wheat and tares together sown, Unto joy or sorrow grown; First the blade, and then the ear, Then the full corn shall appear: Grant, O harvest Lord, that we Wholesome grain and pure may be. 3 For the Lord our God shall come, And shall take his harvest home; From his field shall in that day All offences purge away, Give his angels charge at last In the fire the tares to cast, But the fruitful ears to store In his garner evermore. 4 Even so, Lord, quickly come To your final harvest home; Gather all your people in, Free from sorrow, free from sin; There, for ever purified, In your presence to abide: Come, with all thine angels, come, Raise the glorious harvest-home. Topics: Ordinary Time 16, Year A; Creation; Gathering; Harvest; Heaven; Judgment; Parables; Petition; Second Coming; Thanksgiving Scripture: Psalm 67:6-7 Used With Tune: ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR

America the Beautiful

Author: Katherine L. Bates, 1859-1929 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 502 hymnals First Line: O beautiful for spacious skies Lyrics: 1 O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain; For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed his grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood, From sea to shining sea. 2 O beautiful for pilgrim feet, Whose stern, impassioned stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness! America! America! God mend thine ev'ry flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law. 3 O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife, Who more than self their country loved, And mercy more than life! America! America! May God thy gold refine, Till all success be nobleness And ev'ry gain divine. 4 O beautiful for patriot dream That sees beyond the years Thine alabaster cities gleam, Undimmed by human tears! America! America! God shed his grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea. Topics: Freedom; Nation; Peace Scripture: Psalm 65:5-13 Used With Tune: MATERNA

My Shepherd Will Supply My Need

Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 234 hymnals Lyrics: 1 My shepherd will supply my need: The God of love supreme; In pastures green you make me feed, Beside the living stream. You bring my wand'ring spirit back When I forsake your ways; And lead me, for your mercy’s sake, In paths of truth and grace. 2 When I walk through the shades of death, Your presence is my stay; One word of your supporting breath Drives all my fears away. Your hand, in sight of all my foes, Does still my table spread; My cup with blessings overflows, Your oil anoints my head. 3 The sure provisions of my God Attend me all my days; O may your house be my abode, And all my work be praise! There would I find a settled rest, While others go and come. No more a stranger, nor a guest; But like a child at home. Topics: Funeral; Pastoral Care of the Sick; Penance; Comfort; Courage; Death; Eternal Life; Faith; Food; Grace; Guidance; Healing; Heaven; Homecoming; Love of God for Us; Mercy; Praise; Providence; Rest; Shepherd; Trust; Welcome; Canons Scripture: Psalm 23 Used With Tune: RESIGNATION

O Holy City, Seen of John

Author: W. Russell Bowie, 1882-1969 Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 Appears in 89 hymnals Topics: Easter 5, Year C; Brotherhood and Sisterhood; City of God; Courage; Grace; Heaven; Lamb; Life; Petition; Second Coming; Social Concern; Strength; Canons Scripture: Revelation 21:1-4 Used With Tune: MORNING SONG

For All the Saints

Author: William W. How, 1823-1897 Meter: 10.10.10 with alleluias Appears in 567 hymnals First Line: For all the saints who from their labors rest Lyrics: 1 For all the saints who from their labors rest, All who by faith before the world confessed, Your name, O Jesus, be forever blest. Alleluia! Alleluia! 2 You were their rock, their fortress and their might; You, Lord, their Captain in their well-fought fight; You in the darkness drear, their one true light. Alleluia! Alleluia! 3 O may your soldiers, faithful, true and bold, Fight as the saints who nobly fought of old, And win with them, the victor's crown of gold. Alleluia! Alleluia! 4 O blest communion, family divine! We feebly struggle, they in glory shine; Yet all are one within your great design. Alleluia! Alleluia! 5 And when the strife is fierce, the warfare long, Steals on the ear the distant triumph song, And hearts are brave again, and arms are strong. Alleluia! Alleluia! 6 The golden evening brightens in the west; Soon, soon to faithful warriors comes their rest; Sweet is the calm of paradise the blest. Alleluia! Alleluia! 7 But then there breaks a yet more glorious day: The saints triumphant rise in bright array; The King of glory passes on his way. Alleluia! Alleluia! 8 From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest coast, Through gates of pearl streams in the countless host, Singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost: Alleluia! Alleluia! Topics: Christ the King; All Saints (November 1); Martyrs; Funeral; Church; Comfort; Communion of Saints; Courage; Discipleship; Eternal Life; Faith; Heaven; Holy Name; Praise; Rest; Saints; Second Coming; Song; Strength; Canons Scripture: Hebrews 12:1 Used With Tune: SINE NOMINE

God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen

Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 with refrain Appears in 119 hymnals Refrain First Line: O tidings of comfort and joy Lyrics: 1 God rest you merry, gentlemen, Let nothing you dismay, For Jesus Christ our Savior Was born upon this day, To save us all from Satan's power When we were gone astray. Refrain: O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy, O tidings of comfort and joy! 2 In Bethlehem in Judah This blessed babe was born, And laid within a manger Upon this blessed morn: For which his mother Mary Did nothing take in scorn. [Refrain] 3 From God our great Creator A blessed angel came, And unto certain shepherds Brought tidings of the same, How that in Bethlehem was born The son of God by name. [Refrain] 4 The shepherds at those tidings Rejoiced much in mind, And left their flocks a-feeding In tempest, storm, and wind, And went to Bethlehem straightway, The blessed babe to find. [Refrain] 5 Now to the Lord sing praises, All you within this place, And with true love and charity Each other now embrace; This holy tide of Christmas All others shall replace. [Refrain] Topics: Christmas; Christmas Season Scripture: Luke 2:6-18 Used With Tune: GOD REST YOU MERRY Text Sources: English Carol, 18th C.