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Voices United: The Hymn and Worship Book of The United Church of Canada

Committee Chair: Nancy E. Hardy, Leonard Lythgoe
Hymnary.org Indexer: Stephen Benner
Publisher: The United Church Publishing House, Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada, 1996
Denomination: The United Church of Canada
Language: English; French; German
#TextTuneText InfoTune InfoTextScorePage ScanAudio
1O come, O come, Emmanuel (Oh! viens Jésus, oh! viens Emmauel)VENI EMMANUEL
2Come, thou long-expected JesusSTUTTGARTText
3Plus de nuit, le jour va naîtreSTUTTGART
4God of all places; present, unseenWHITTLESEY
5All earth is waiting to see the Promised OneTAULÉ
6A candle is burningAWAY IN A MANGER
7Hope is a star that shines in the nightMOON BEAMSTextPage Scan
8Lo, how a rose e'er blooming (D'un arbre séculaire)ES IST EIN' ROSTextPage Scan
9People, look east. The time is nearBESANÇON
10Prepare the way of the Lord[Prepare the way of the Lord]
11God of all wisdom, our hearts yearn for the warmth of your love
12She walked in the summer through the heat on the hillTHE VISIT
13O God, our deliverer, you cast down the mighty
14To a maid whose name was MaryANNUNCIATIONText
15Came he not in fire, onward came the LordCAME HE NOT
16Mary, woman of the promiseGRATIA PLENA
17O ancient love, processing through the agesBEDFORD ABBEY
18There's a voice in the wilderness cryingASCENSION (BANCROFT)Text
19Kindle a flame to lighten the dark[Kindle a flame to lighten the dark]
20On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cryWINCHESTER NEWText
21Oh viens, Seigneur, ne tarde pasWINCHESTER NEW
22Wait for the Lord, God's day is nearWAIT FOR THE LORD
23Joy shall come even to the wildernessJOY SHALL COMEText
24Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice[Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice]
25Lo, he comes with clouds descendingHELMSLEYTextPage Scan
26Who are we, O God, that you should come to us?Page Scan
27Tomorrow Christ is comingLITTLE BADDOWText
28Herald! Sound the note of gladness!NEANDER (UNSER HERRSCHER)
29Hark, the glad sound! The Saviour comesRICHMONDTextPage Scan
30Hail to God's own anointedCRÜGERTextPage Scan
31O Lord, how shall I meet youST. THEODULPH (VALET WILL ICH DIR GEBEN)TextPage Scan
32Seigneur, que tous s'unissentST. THEODULPH (VALET WILL ICH DIR GEBEN)
33Watch, watch and pray[Watch, watch and pray]
34Come now, O God of Peace (O-so-so o-so-so)O-SO-SO
35Good Christian friends, rejoiceIN DULCI JUBILOText
36Angels, from the realms of gloryREGENT SQUAREText
37Gloria, gloria (Glory to God, glory to God)GLORIAText
38Les anges dans nos campagnes (Angels we have heard on high)GLORIATextPage Scan
39Generous God, you gave your only-begotten SonPage Scan
40Before the marvel of this nightMARVEL
41Christ is born; give him glory![Christ is born; give him glory]Text
42Down to earth, as a doveTHEODORIC (PERSONENT HODIE)Text
43While shepherds kept their watchingGO, TELL ITText
44It came upon the midnight clearCAROLText
45Joy is now in every placeRESONET IN LAUDIBUSText
46Gentle Mary laid her childGENTLE MARYText
47Still, still, stillSTILL, STILL, STILL
48Hark! the herald angels singMENDELSSOHNText
49No crowded eastern streetHERITAGE
50Depuis plus de quatre mille ans (Through long ages of the past)IL EST NÉText
51Aujourd'hui les anges chantent dans le ciel
52Hitsuji wa nemure ri (Sheep fast asleep, there on a hill)KORIN
53Eternal God, in Jesus Christ your light shines in our darkness
54Unto us a boy is born!PUER NOBIS NASCITURText
55In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moanCRANHAMTextPage Scan
56Jesus, our brother, kind and goodORIENTIS PARTIBUS
57Oh, how joyfullySICILIAN MARINERSText
58Infant holy, infant lowlyW ŻŁOBIE LEŻYText
59Joy to the world! the Lord is comeANTIOCHTextPage Scan
60O come, all ye faithful (Adeste fideles) (Peuple fidèle)ADESTE FIDELESTextPage Scan
61Of the Father's love begottenDIVINUM MYSTERIUMText
62Once in royal David's cityIRBYText
63God of stable, stars, and surprises
64O little town of BethlehemST LOUISTextPage Scan
65Ring a bell for peaceCHESHUNTText
66As once you came in the hush of darkness, O GodPage Scan
67Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht! (Silent night, Holy night) (Ô nuit de foi! Sainte nuit!)STILLE NACHTTextPage Scan
68All poor ones and humbleOLWEN
69Away in a manger, no crib for a bedCRADLE SONGText
70There's a star in the East on Christmas mornRISE UP, SHEPHERDTextPage Scan
71'Twas in the moon of wintertimeJESOUS AHATONHIA
72From heaven above to earth I comeVOM HIMMEL HOCH
73The virgin Mary had a baby boyTHE VIRGIN MARYText
74What child is this, who, laid to restGREENSLEEVESTextPage Scan
75While shepherds watched their flocks by nightWINCHESTER OLDTextPage Scan
76See amid the winter's snowSEE AMID THE WINTER'S SNOWText
77In Bethlehem a newborn boyIN BETHLEHEM
78Sing till sundown, hum your joySPRINGBROOK
79Arise, your light is come!FESTAL SONG
80O God, our light, our beauty, our rest
81As with gladness men of oldDIXTextPage Scan
82When light comes pouring into the darkest spaceLIVING IN THE LIGHT
83Break forth, O beauteous heavenly lightERMUNTRE DICHTextPage ScanAudio
84O radiant Christ, incarnate WordCANONBURY
85Midnight stars make bright the skies (ming xing can lan ye wei yang)HUAN-SHA-CH'I
86Radiant God, light for all people and all places
87When the song of the angels is stilledLIGHT OF THE WORLD
88God of gold, we seek your glory
89From a distant home the Saviour we come seeking (De tierra lejana venimos a verte)ISLA DEL ENCANTO
90Aujourd'hui, le Roi des cieux, au milieu de la nuitTHE FIRST NOWELL
91The first Nowell the angel did sayTHE FIRST NOWELLText
92In the darkness shines the splendourIRBY
93When heaven's bright with mysterySUSSEX CAROL
94Hanure pinnanun challanhan byora (Lovely star in the sky)TONG BANG UI BYOL
95Born in the night, Mary's ChildMARY'S CHILDText
96Will you come and see the light from the stable door?KELVINGROVETextPage Scan
97When a star is shining over eastern hillsKING'S WESTON
98How brightly beams the Morning Star!WIE SCHÖN LEUCHTETText
99Christ, when for us you were baptizedST. BERNARD
100When Jesus comes to be baptizedWINCHESTER NEW

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