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O Come, O Come, Immanuel

Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain Appears in 509 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 7:14 Refrain First Line: Rejoice! Rejoice! Lyrics: 1 O come, O come, Immanuel, and ransom captive Israel that mourns in lonely exile here until the Son of God appear. Refrain: Rejoice! Rejoice! Immanuel shall come to you, O Israel. 2 O come, O Branch of Jesse's stem, unto your own and rescue them! From depths of hell your people save, and give them victory o'er the grave. (Refrain) 3 O come, O Bright and Morning Star, and bring us comfort from afar! Dispel the shadows of the night and turn our darkness into light. (Refrain) Topics: Singing God's Story Advent / Looking for the Messiah Used With Tune: VENI IMMANUEL Text Sources: Latin, 12th century; composite translation

Emmanuel, Emmanuel

Author: Bob McGee, b. 1944 Meter: 8.8.7.8 Appears in 27 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 7 Topics: Christmas Used With Tune: EMMANUEL

The King of Glory

Author: Willard F. Jabusch, b. 1930 Meter: 12.12 with refrain Appears in 44 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 7:14 First Line: Who is the king of glory Refrain First Line: The King of glory comes, the nation rejoices Topics: Seasons and Feasts Christ the King; Second Coming Used With Tune: KING OF GLORY

O Little Town of Bethlehem

Author: Phillips Brooks, 1835-1893 Meter: 8.6.8.6.7.6.8.6 Appears in 843 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 7:14 Lyrics: 1 O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by. Yet in thy dark streets shineth the everlasting Light; the hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight. 2 For Christ is born of Mary, and gathered all above, while mortals sleep, the angels keep their watch of wondering love, O morning stars, together proclaim the holy birth, and praises sing to God the King, and peace to all on earth. 3 How silently, how silently the wondrous gift is given! So God imparts to human hearts the blessings of his heaven. No ear may hear his coming, but in this world of sin, where meek souls will receive him still the dear Christ enters in. 4 O holy Child of Bethlehem, descend to us, we pray; cast out our sin, and enter in; be born in us today. We hear the Christmas angels the great glad tidings tell; O come to us, abide with us, our Lord Emmanuel. Used With Tune: ST. LOUIS

All Earth is Hopeful

Author: Alberto Taulé, b. 1932; Madeleine Forell Marshall, b. 1946 Meter: 11.11.12.12 Appears in 13 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 7:10-14 First Line: All earth is hopeful, the Savior comes at last (Toda la tierra espara al Salvador) Topics: Christian Hope; Advent Used With Tune: TAULÈ

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 7.7.7.7 D with refrain Appears in 1,325 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 7:14 Lyrics: 1 Hark! The herald angels sing, “Glory to the newborn king. Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled!” Joyful, all ye nations, rise; join the triumph of the skies; with the angelic host proclaim, “Christ is born in Bethlehem!” Refrain: Hark! The herald angels sing, “Glory to the newborn king!” 2 Christ, by highest heaven adored, Christ. the everlasting Lord, late in time behold him come, offspring of the virgin’s womb. Veiled in flesh the Godhead see; hail the incarnate deity, pleased in flesh with us to dwell, Jesus, our Emmanuel. [Refrain] 3 Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace! Hail the sun of righteousness! Light and life to all he brings, risen with healing in his wings. Mild he lays his glory by, born that we no more may die, born to raise us from the earth, born to give us second birth. [Refrain] Topics: Christian Year Nativity/Christmas; Christian Year Epiphany; Jesus Christ Birth Used With Tune: MENDELSSOHN

The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came

Author: Sabine Baring-Gould, 1834-1924 Meter: 10.10.11.7.3 Appears in 36 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 7:14 First Line: The angel Gabriel from heaven came, Lyrics: 1 The angel Gabriel from heaven came, With wings as drifted snow, with eyes as flame: "All hail to thee, O lowly maiden Mary, Most highly favored lady." Gloria! 2 "For know a blessed mother thou shalt be, All generations laud and honor thee; Thy son shall be Emmanuel, by seers foretold, Most highly favored lady." Gloria! 3 Then gentle Mary meekly bowed her head; "To me be as it pleaseth God," she said. "My soul shall laud and magnify God's holy name." Most highly favored lady, Gloria! 4 Of her, Emmanuel, the Christ, was born In Bethlehem all on a Christmas morn, And Christian folk throughout the world will ever say: "Most highly favored lady." Gloria! Topics: Feasts and Festivals Used With Tune: GABRIEL'S MESSAGE Text Sources: Basque, c. 18th cent.

Jesus, Name Above All Names

Author: Naida Hearn, 1944-2001 Appears in 24 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 7 Topics: Christmas Used With Tune: HEARN

O Come, All Ye Faithful

Author: John F. Wade; Frederick Oakeley Meter: Irregular Appears in 729 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 7:14 Refrain First Line: O come, let us adore him 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 True God of true God, Light from Light eternal, lo, he shuns not the virgin's womb; Son of the Father, begotten, not created; (Refrain) 3 Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation! O sing, all ye citizens of heaven above: "Glory to God, all glory in the highest"; (Refrain) 4 Yea, Lord, we greet thee, born this happy morning, Jesus, to thee be all glory given; Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing; (Refrain) Topics: Christmas Season Used With Tune: ADESTE FIDELES Text Sources: Latin hymn

Angels, from the Realms of Glory

Author: James Montgomery Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 762 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 7:14 Topics: King, Christ Our; Light: God, Christ, As; Trinity, Holy; Names Of Jesus ; Birth of Christ Used With Tune: REGENT SQUARE

Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

Author: Theodore Baker (1851-1934); Friedrich Layritz (1808-1859); Harriet Reynolds Krauth Spaeth (1845-1925) Meter: 7.6.7.6.6.7.6 Appears in 101 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 7:10-16 Lyrics: 1 Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming from tender stem hath sprung! of Jesse's lineage coming as seers of old have sung. It came, a blossom bright, amid the cold of winter, when half spent was the night. 2 Isaiah 'twas foretold it, the Rose I have in mind, with Mary we behold it, the virgin mother kind. To show God's love aright, she bore to us a Saviour, when half spent was the night. 3 O Flower, whose fragrance tender with sweetness fills the air, dispel in glorious splendour the darkness everywhere; true man, yet very God, from sin and death now save us, and share our every load. Topics: Advent; Christmas; Mary; Epiphany Used With Tune: ES IST EIN ROS Text Sources: St. 1-2, German (15th cent.)

Sweeter sounds than music knows

Appears in 73 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 7:14 Topics: The Christian Love for the Saviour; Christ Immanuel

I Lay My Sins on Jesus

Author: Horatius Bonar Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 559 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 7:14 Lyrics: 1 I lay my sins on Jesus, The spotless Lamb of God; He bears them all, and frees us From the accursed load. I bring my guilt to Jesus To wash my crimson stains White in His blood most precious, Till not a spot remains. 2 I lay my wants on Jesus, All fulness dwells in Him; He heals all my diseases, He doth my soul redeem. I lay my griefs on Jesus, My burdens and my cares; He from them all releases, He all my sorrows shares. 3 I rest my soul on Jesus, This weary soul of mine; His right hand me embraces, I on His breast recline. I love the name of Jesus, Immanuel, Christ the Lord; Like fragrance on the breezes, His name abroad is poured. 4 I long to be like Jesus, Meek, loving, lowly, mild; I long to be like Jesus, The Father's holy Child. I long to be with Jesus Amid the heav'nly throng, To sing with saints His praises, To learn the angels' song. Amen. Topics: Christ Savior Used With Tune: AURELIA

Of the Father's love begotten

Author: John Mason Neale (1818-1866); Prudentius (348-c. 413); Henry Williams Baker (1821-1877) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.7 Appears in 214 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 7:14 Lyrics: 1 Of the Father's love begotten ere the worlds began to be, he is Alpha and Omega, he the source, the ending he, of the things that are, that have been, and that future years shall see, evermore and evermore. 2 By his word was all created; he commanded; it was done: heaven and earth and depths of ocean, universe of three in one; all that sees the moon's soft shining, all that breathes beneath the sun, evermore and evermore. 3 O that birth for ever blessèd, when the Virgin, full of grace, by the Spirit's power conceiving, bore the Saviour of our race, and the Babe, the world's Redeemer, first revealed his sacred face, evermore and evermore. 4 This is he whom seers and sages sang of old with one accord, whom the voices of the prophets promised in their faithful word; now he shines, the long-expected; let creation praise its Lord, evermore and evermore. 5 All the heights of heaven, adore him; angel hosts, his praises sing; powers, dominions bow before him, and extol our God and King; let no tongue on earth be silent, every voice in concert ring, evermore and evermore. 6 Christ, to thee, with God the Father, and, O Holy Ghost, to thee, hymn and chant and high thanksgiving, and unwearied praises be, honour, glory and dominion, and eternal victory, evermore and evermore. Topics: Life in Christ Christ Incarnate - Christmas and Epiphany; Jesus Word of God Used With Tune: CORDE NATUS (DIVINUM MYSTERIUM)

Oh, sweetly breathe the lyres above

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 69 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 7:14 Topics: The Christian Love for the Saviour; Christ Immanuel

Our double Kindred to Immanuel

Author: Thomas Hornblower Gill (1819— ) Appears in 62 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 7:14 First Line: O mean may seem this house of clay Topics: Christ Humanity of; Christ Immanuel

Praise We the Lord This Day

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 51 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 7:14 Topics: Advent Season; Annunciation of the Lord (March 25); Blessed Virgin Mary; Grace; Humility; Incarnation; Jesus Christ; Praise; Saints; Trinity Used With Tune: SWABIA Text Sources: Hymns for the Festivals and Saints' Days, 1846, alt.

The Snow Lay on the Ground

Meter: 10.10.10.10 with refrain Appears in 43 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 7:14 Refrain First Line: Venite adoremus Dominum Lyrics: 1 The snow lay on the ground, the stars shone bright, When Christ our Lord was born on Christmas night. Venite, adoremus Dominum, Venite, adoremus Dominum. Refrain: Venite, adoremus Dominum; Venite, adoremus Dominum. 2 'Twas Mary, Virgin pure of holy Anne, That brought into this world the God made man. She laid him in a stall at Bethlehem; The ass and oxen shared the roof with them. [Refrain] 3 Saint Joseph, too, was near to tend the child; To guard him and protect his mother mild: The angels hover'd 'round, and sang this song: Venite, adoremus Dominum. [Refrain] 4 And thus that manger poor became a throne; For he whom Mary bore was God the Son. O come, then, let us join the heav'nly host, To praise the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. [Refrain] Topics: The Liturgical Year Christmas (Days of); The Liturgical Year Mary, the Holy Mother of God; The Liturgical Year The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph Used With Tune: VENITE ADOREMUS Text Sources: 19th cent.; anon.

The God Whom Earth and Sea and Sky

Author: John Mason Neale (1818-1866); Venantius Fortunatus (540?-600?) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 37 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 7:10-16 First Line: The God whom earth and sea and sky Lyrics: 1 The God, whom earth and sea and sky adore and laud and magnify, whose might they own, whose praise they swell, in Mary's womb vouchsafed to dwell. 2 The Lord, whom sun and moon obey, whom all things serve from day to day, was borne upon a maiden's breast who fullest heavenly grace possessed. 3 How blest that mother, in whose shrine the world's Creator, Lord divine, whose hand contains the earth and sky, vouchsafed, as in his ark, to lie; 4 blest in the message Gabriel brought, blest by the work the Spirit wrought; from whom the great Desire of earth, took human flesh and human birth. 5 O Lord, the virgin-born, to thee eternal praise and glory be, whom in the Godhead we adore forever and for evermore. Topics: Mary Used With Tune: O AMOR QUAM ECSTATICUS