Instance Results

Switch back to the old search page.Advanced Search

Showing 1 - 20 of 642Results Per Page: 10 20 50

A light to lighten the Gentiles

Hymnal: NEH1985 #506 (1986) Tune Title: [A light to lighten the Gentiles] Lyrics: [Cantor] A light to lighten the Gentiles; [All] and the glory of thy people Israel. Topics: The Candlemas Ceremony; The Presentation of Christ in the Temple Languages: English

Gospel Reading

Hymnal: NEH1985 #541c (1986) Tune Title: [A reading from the Holy Gospel] First Line: A reading from the Holy Gospel Lyrics: A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew. [Mark. Luke. John.] Refrain: Glory to Christ our Saviour. This is the Gospel of Christ. Praise to Christ our Lord. Topics: The Order for Holy Communion Rite A Languages: English

From east to west, from shore to shore

Author: Caelius Sedulius, c. 450; John Ellerton, 1826-93 Hymnal: NEH1985 #20a (1986) Tune Title: A SOLIS ORTUS Lyrics: 1 From east to west, from shore to shore, Let every heart awake and sing The holy Child whom Mary bore, The Christ, the everlasting King. 2 Behold, the world's creator wears The form and fashion of a slave, Our very flesh our Maker shares, His fallen creature, man, to save. 3 For this how wondrously he wrought! A maiden, in her lowly place, Became, in ways beyond all thought, The chosen vessel of his grace. 4 She bowed her to the angel's word Declaring what the Father willed, And suddenly the promised Lord That pure and hallowed temple filled. 5 He shrank not from the oxen's stall, He lay within the manger-bed, And he whose bounty feedeth all, At Mary's breast himself was fed. 6 And while the angels in the sky Sang praise above the silent field, To shepherds poor, the Lord most high, The one great Shepherd was revealed. 7 All glory for that blessèd morn To God the Father ever be, All praise to thee, O Virgin-born, All praise, blest Spirit, unto thee. Amen. Topics: The Christian Year Christmas; Office Hymn Languages: English

Then let us adore him, and praise his great love

Author: Henry Ramsden Bramley, 1833-1917 Hymnal: NEH1985 #37 (1986) Meter: 11.11.11 with refrain Tune Title: A VIRGIN UNSPOTTED First Line: The great God of heaven is come down to earth Lyrics: 1 The great God of heaven is come down to earth, His mother a Virgin, and sinless his birth; The Father eternal his Father alone: He sleeps in the manger; he reigns on the throne: Refrain: Then let us adore him, and praise his great love: To save us poor sinners he came from above. 2 A Babe on the breast of a Maiden he lies, Yet sits with the Father on high in the skies; Before him their faces the seraphim hide, While Joseph stands waiting, unscared, by his side: [Refrain] 3 Lo! here is Emmanuel, here is the Child, The Son that was promised to Mary so mild; Whose power and dominion shall ever increase, The Prince that shall rule o’er a kingdom of peace: [Refrain] 4 The Wonderful Counsellor, boundless in might, The Father’s own image, the beam of his light; Behold him now wearing the likeness of man, Weak, helpless, and speechless, in measure a span: [Refrain] 5 O wonder of wonders, which none can unfold: The Ancient of days is an hour or two old; The Maker of all things is made of the earth, Man is worshipped by angels, and God comes to birth: [Refrain] Topics: The Christian Year Christmas; St. Joseph of Nazareth March 19th Languages: English

Sing we of the blessèd Mother

Author: G. B. Timms, 1910-1997 Hymnal: NEH1985 #185 (1986) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Tune Title: ABBOT'S LEIGH Topics: The Blessed Virgin Mary; The Christian Year Festivals and Other Holy Days: Proper; The Annunciation March 25th Languages: English

Sun of my soul, thou Saviour dear

Author: John Keble, 1792-1866 Hymnal: NEH1985 #251 (1986) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Tune Title: ABENDS Lyrics: 1 Sun of my soul, thou Saviour dear, It is not night if thou be near: O may no earth-born cloud arise To hide thee from thy servant's eyes. 2 When the soft dews of kindly sleep My weary eyelids gently steep, Be my last thought, how sweet to rest For ever on my Saviour's breast. 3 Abide with me from morn till eve, For without thee I cannot live; Abide with me when night is nigh, For without thee I dare not die. 4 If some poor wand'ring child of thine Have spurned to-day the voice divine, Now, Lord, the gracious work begin; Let him no more lie down in sin. 5 Watch by the sick; enrich the poor With blessings from thy boundless store; Be every mourner's sleep to-night Like infant's slumbers, pure and light. 6 Come near and bless us when we wake, Ere through the world our way we take; Till in the ocean of thy love We lose ourselves in heaven above. Topics: Times and Seasons Evening Languages: English

Lord, while for all mankind we pray

Author: John Wreford, 1800-81 Hymnal: NEH1985 #491 (1986) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Tune Title: ABERDEEN (ST PAUL) Lyrics: 1 Lord, while for all mankind we pray Of every clime and coast, O hear us for our native land, The land we love the most. 2 O guard our shores from every foe; With peace our borders bless; With prosperous times our cities crown, Our fields with plenteousness. 3 Unite us in the sacred love Of knowledge, truth, and thee; And let our hills and valleys shout The songs of liberty. 4 Lord of the nations, thus to thee Our country we commend; Be thou her refuge and her trust, Her everlasting Friend. Topics: Church and People National; St. George, Patron of England April 23rd Languages: English

Jesu, Lover of my soul

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-88 Hymnal: NEH1985 #383b (1986) Tune Title: ABERYSTWYTH Lyrics: 1 Jesu, Lover of my soul, Let me to thy bosom fly, While the nearer waters roll, While the tempest still is high: Hide me, O my Saviour, hide Till the storm of life is past; Safe into the haven guide, O receive my soul at last. 2 Other refuge have I none, Hangs my helpless soul on thee; Leave, ah, leave me not alone, Still support and comfort me. All my trust on thee is stayed, All my help from thee I bring; Cover my defenceless head With the shadow of thy wing. 3 *Thou, O Christ, art all I want, More than all in thee I find: Raise the fallen, cheer the faint, Heal the sick, and lead the blind. Just and holy is thy name, I am all unrighteousness; False and full of sin I am, Thou art full of truth and grace. 4 Plenteous grace with thee is found, Grace to cover all my sin; Let the healing streams abound, Make and keep me pure within. Thou of life the fountain art, Freely let me take of thee, Spring thou up within my heart, Rise to all eternity. Topics: Lent Languages: English

Be thou my guardian and my guide

Author: Isaac Williams, 1802-65 Hymnal: NEH1985 #64 (1986) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Tune Title: ABRIDGE Lyrics: 1 Be thou my guardian and my guide, And hear me when I call; Let not my slippery footsteps slide, And hold me lest I fall. 2 The world, the flesh, and Satan dwell Around the path I tread; O, save me from the snares of hell, Thou quickener of the dead. 3 And if I tempted am to sin, And outward things are strong, Do thou, O Lord, keep watch within, And save my soul from wrong. 4 Still let me ever watch and pray, And feel that I am frail; That if the tempter cross my way, Yet he may not prevail. Topics: The Christian Year Lent Languages: English

O King most high of earth and sky

Author: William Blew, 1808-94 Hymnal: NEH1985 #131 (1986) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Tune Title: ACH GOTT UND HERR Lyrics: 1 O King most high of earth and sky On prostrate death thou treadest, And with thy blood dost mark the road Whereby to heaven thou leadest. 2 O Christ, behold thine orphaned fold, Which thou hast borne with anguish, Steeped in the tide from thy rent side; O leave us not to languish! 3 The glorious gain of all thy pain Henceforth dost thou inherit; Now comes the hour--then gently shower On us thy promised Spirit! Topics: The Christian Year Ascensiontide Languages: English

Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands

Author: C. W. Humphreys, 1840-1921; Percy Dearmer 1867-1936 Hymnal: NEH1985 #306 (1986) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Tune Title: ACH GOTT UND HERR Lyrics: 1 Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands That holy things have taken; Let ears that now have heard thy songs To clamour never waken. 2 Lord, may the tongues which 'Holy' sang Keep free from all deceiving; The eyes which saw thy love be bright, Thy blessèd hope perceiving. 3 The feet that tread thy holy courts From light do thou not banish; The bodies by thy Body fed With thy new life replenish. Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion; After Communion Languages: English

The Lamb's high banquet we await

Author: J. M. Neale, 1818-1866 Hymnal: NEH1985 #101a (1986) Tune Title: AD CENAM AGNI Lyrics: 1 The Lamb’s high banquet we await In snow-white robes of royal state, And now, the Red Sea’s channel past, To Christ our Prince we sing at last. 2 Upon the altar of the Cross His Body has redeemed our loss, And tasting of his precious Blood, Our life is hid with Christ in God. 3 That Paschal eve God’s arm was bared, The devastating angel spared; By strength of hand our hosts went free From Pharaoh’s ruthless tyranny. 4 Now Christ our Passover is slain, The Lamb of God that knows no stain, And he, the true unleavened Bread, Is truly our oblation made. 5 *O thou from whom hell’s monarch flies, O great, O very Sacrifice, Thy captive people are set free, And endless life restored in thee. 6 *For Christ, arising from the dead, From conquered hell victorious sped, He thrusts the tyrant down to chains, And Paradise for man regains. 7 Maker of all, to thee we pray, Fulfil in us thy joy today; When death assails, grant, Lord, that we May share thy Paschal victory. 8 To thee who, dead, again dost live, All glory, Lord, thy people give, All glory to the Father be And Spirit blest, eternally. Amen. Topics: The Christian Year Eastertide; Office Hymn Languages: English

Eternal Monarch, King most high

Author: J. M. Neale, 1818-66 Hymnal: NEH1985 #128a (1986) Tune Title: AD CENAM AGNI Lyrics: 1 Eternal Monarch, King most high, Whose blood hath brought redemption nigh, By whom the death of Death was wrought And conquering grace’s battle fought: 2 Ascending to the throne of might, And seated at the Father’s right, All power in heaven is Jesu’s own, That here his manhood had not known. 3 Yea, angels tremble when they see How changed is our humanity; That flesh hath purged what flesh had stained, And God, the flesh of God, hath reigned. 4 Be thou our joy and strong defence, Who art our future recompense: So shall the light that springs from thee Be ours through all eternity. 5 O risen Christ, ascended Lord, All praise to thee let earth accord, Who art, while endless ages run, With Father and with Spirit One. Amen. Topics: The Christian Year Ascensiontide; Office Hymn Languages: English

Christ, enthroned in highest heaven

Author: R. F. Littledale, 1833-90 Hymnal: NEH1985 #327 (1986) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Tune Title: AD PERENNIS VITAE FONTEM Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Funerals and the Departed Scripture: Psalm 130 Languages: English

He who bore witness by a good confession

Hymnal: NEH1985 #220b (1986) Tune Title: AD TUUM NOMEN Topics: The Christian Year Festivals and Other Holidays: General; Confessors

Word of the Father, source of all things living

Author: G. B. Timms, 1910-1997 Hymnal: NEH1985 #315 (1986) Meter: 11.11.11.5 Tune Title: AD TUUM NOMEN Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion; Gradual Languages: English

The spacious firmament on high

Author: Joseph Addison, 1672-1719 Hymnal: NEH1985 #267 (1986) Tune Title: ADDISON'S (LONDON) Lyrics: 1 The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great Original proclaim. The unwearied sun from day to day Does his Creator's power display And publishes to every land The work of an almighty hand. 2 Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings, as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole. 3 What though in solemn silence all Move round this dark terrestrial ball; What though nor real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found; In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice; For ever singing as they shine, 'The hand that made us is divine.' Topics: Times and Seasons God in Nature; Rogation Days Languages: English

O come, all ye faithful

Author: Frederick Oakeley, 1802-80 Hymnal: NEH1985 #30 (1986) Meter: Irregular Tune Title: ADESTE FIDELES Lyrics: 1 O come, all ye faithful, Joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem; Come and behold him Born the King of Angels: Refrain: O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord! 2 God of God, Light of Light, Lo! he abhors not the Virgin's womb; Very God, Begotten, not created: [Refrain] 3 *See how the Shepherds, Summoned to his cradle, Leaving their flocks, draw nigh with lowly fear; We too will thither Bend our joyful footsteps: [Refrain] 4 *Lo! star-led chieftains, Magi, Christ adoring, Offer him incense, gold, and myrrh; We to the Christ Child Bring our heart's oblations: [Refrain] 5 Child, for us sinners Poor and in the manger, Fain we embrace thee, with awe and love; Who would not love thee, Loving us so dearly? [Refrain] ✗ 6 Sing, choirs of Angels, Sing in exultation, Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above; Glory to God In the Highest: [Refrain] [On Christmas Day] 7 *Yea, Lord, we greet thee, Born this happy morning, Jesu, to thee be glory given; Word of the Father, Now in flesh appearing: [Refrain] ✗ Descant version overleaf Topics: Procession; The Christian Year Christmas Languages: English

Thee we adore, O hidden Saviour, thee

Author: St Thomas Aquinas, 1227-74; James Woodford, 1820-85 Hymnal: NEH1985 #308 (1986) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Tune Title: ADORO TE Lyrics: 1 Thee we adore, O hidden Saviour, thee, Who in thy Sacrament art pleased to be; Both flesh and spirit in thy presence fail, Yet here thy presence we devoutly hail. 2 O blest memorial of our dying Lord, Who living bread to men doth here afford! O may our souls for ever feed on thee, And thou, O Christ, for ever precious be. 3 Fountain of goodness, Jesu, Lord and God, Cleanse us, unclean, with thy most cleansing blood; Increase our faith and love, that we may know The hope and peace which from thy presence flow. 4 O Christ, whom now beneath a veil we see, May what we thirst for soon our portion be, To gaze on thee unveiled, and see thy face, The vision of thy glory and thy grace. Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Languages: English

The eternal gifts of Christ the King

Author: St Ambrose, c. 340-97; J. M. Neale, 1818-66 Hymnal: NEH1985 #213a (1986) Tune Title: AETERNA CHRISTI MUNERA Lyrics: 1 The eternal gifts of Christ the King, The Apostles’ glorious deeds, we sing; And while due hymns of praise we pay, Our thankful hearts cast grief away. 2 The Church in these her princes boasts, These victor chiefs of warrior hosts; The soldiers of the heavenly hall, The lights that rose on earth for all. 3 ’Twas thus the yearning faith of saints, The unconquered hope that never faints, The love of Christ that knows not shame, The prince of this world overcame. 4 In these the Father’s glory shone; In these the will of God the Son; In these exults the Holy Ghost; Through these rejoice the heavenly host. 5 Redeemer, hear us of thy love, That, with this glorious band above, Hereafter, of thine endless grace, Thy servants also may have place. Amen. Topics: The Christian Year Festivals and Other Holidays: General; Apostles and Evangelists; Office Hymn Languages: English

Pages

Export as CSV

User Links