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Go Labor On

Author: Horatius Bonar, 1808-89 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 441 hymnals First Line: Go labor on. spend and be spent Lyrics: 1 Go labor on; spend and be spent -- 'Tis joy to do the Father's will. It is the way the Master went; Should not the servant tread it still? 2 Go labor on; count not the cost -- Your earthly loss is heav'nly gain. The world indeed will praise you not, But you will share in heaven's reign. 3 Go labor on while it is day; The world's dark night is hast'ning on. Speed, speed your work, do not delay, For it is thus that souls are won. 4 They die in darkness at your side Without a hope to cheer the tomb; Take up the torch and wave it wide, The torch that lights the thickest gloom. 5 Toil on, faint not, keep watch, and pray; Be wise the erring soul to win. Go forth into the world's wide way; Compel the wand'rer to come in. 6 Toil on and in your toil rejoice; For toil comes rest, for exile home. Soon shall you hear the Bridegroom's voice, The midnight cry, "Behold, I come!" Topics: Evangelism; Evangelism Used With Tune: DEUS TUORUM MILITUM

Great God, What Do I See and Hear

Author: William B. Collyer, 1782-1854 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 296 hymnals First Line: Great God, what do I see and hear? Lyrics: 1 Great God, what do I see and hear? The end of things created; The judge of mankind shall appear On clouds of glory seated. The trumpet sounds; the graves restore The dead which they contained before: Prepare, my soul, to meet him! 2 The dead in Christ shall first arise At that last trumpet's sounding, Caught up to meet him in the skies, With joy their Lord surrounding. No gloomy fears their souls dismay; His presence sheds eternal day On those prepared to meet him. 3 But sinners filled with guilty fears Behold his wrath prevailing, For they shall rise and find their tears And sighs are unavailing; The day of grace is past and gone; They trembling stand before his throne, All unprepared to meet him. 4 O Christ, you died, and yet you live; To me account your merit, My pardon seal, my sins forgive, And cleanse me by your Spirit. Beneath your cross I view the day When heav'n and earth shall pass away, And thus prepare to meet you. Topics: End Time; End Time Used With Tune: ES IST GEWISSLICH Text Sources: Psalms and Hymns,, Sheffield, 1802, st. 1, alt.

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-88 Meter: 7.7.7.7 D with refrain Appears in 1,339 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Hark! The herald angels sing, "Glory to the newborn King; Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled!" Joyful, all you nations rise, Join the triumph of the skies; With th' angelic host proclaim, "Christ is born in Bethlehem!" Refrain: Hark! The herald angels sing, "Glory to the newborn King!" 2 Christ, by highest heav'n adored, Christ, the everlasting Lord, Late in time behold him come, Offspring of a virgin's womb. Veiled in flesh the Godhead see, Hail th' incarnate Deity! Pleased as man with us to dwell, Jesus, our Immanuel! [Refrain] 3 Hail, the heav'nly Prince of Peace! Hail, the Sun of Righteousness! Light and life to all he brings, Ris'n 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: Christmas; Christmas Used With Tune: MENDELSSOHN

Jerusalem, My Happy Home

Author: F. B. P., 16th century Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 843 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Jerusalem, my happy home, When shall I come to thee? When shall my sorrows have an end? Thy joys when shall I see? 2 When shall these eyes thy heav'n-built walls And pearly gates behold, Thy bulwarks with salvation strong And streets of shining gold? 3 Oh, when, thou city of my God, Shall I thy courts ascend? Where evermore the angels sing, The Sabbath has no end. 4 Apostles, martyrs, prophets, there Around my Savior stand, And soon my friends in Christ below Will join the glorious band. 5 O Christ, do thou my soul prepare For that bright home of love That I may see thee and adore With all thy saints above. Topics: End Time; End Time Used With Tune: LAND OF REST

Jesus! Name of Wondrous Love

Author: William W. How Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 166 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Jesus! Name of wondrous love, Name all other names above, Unto which must ev'ry knee Bow in deep humility. 2 Jesus! Name decreed of old, To the maiden mother told -- Kneeling in her lowly cell -- By the angel Gabriel. 3 Jesus! Name of priceless worth To the fallen here on earth For the promise that it gave, "Jesus shall his people save." 4 Jesus! Only name that's giv'n Under all the mighty heav'n Whereby all, to sin enslaved, Burst their fetters and are saved. 5 Jesus! Name of wondrous love, Human name of God above; Pleading only this, we, too, Flee, O God, in faith to you. Topics: Epiphany; Name of Jesus/Presentation Used With Tune: GOTT SEI DANK DURCH ALLE WELT

Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken

Author: Henry F. Lyte, 1793-1847 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,311 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Jesus, I my cross have taken, All to leave and follow you. Destitute, despised, forsaken, You on earth once suffered, too. Perish ev'ry fond ambition, All I've ever hoped or known; Yet how rich is my condition! God and heav'n are still my own. 2 Let the world despise and leave me; They have left my Savior, too. Human hearts and looks deceive me; You are not, like them, untrue. And since you have smiled upon me, God of wisdom, love, and might, Foes may hate and friends may shun me -- Show your face, and all is bright. 3 Go, then, earthly fame and treasure! Come, disaster, scorn, and pain! In your service pain is pleasure; With your favor loss is gain. I have called you Abba, Father! You my all in all shall be. Storms may howl, and clouds may gather; All must work for good to me. 4 Haste, my soul, from grace to glory, Armed by faith and winged by prayer. All but heav'n is transitory; God's own hand shall guide you there. Soon shall end this earthly story; Swift shall pass the pilgrim days, Hope soon change to heav'nly glory, Faith to sight and prayer to praise. Topics: Commitment; Commitment Used With Tune: HYFRYDOL

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

Author: Gerard Moultrie, 1829-85 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 175 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Let all mortal flesh keep silence And with fear and trembling stand; Ponder nothing earthly-minded, For with blessing in his hand Christ, our God, to earth descending, Comes our homage to command. 2 King of kings, yet born of Mary, As of old on earth he stood, Lord of lords in human likeness, In the body and the blood He will give to all the faithful His own self for heav'nly food. 3 Rank on rank the host of heaven Spread its vanguard on the way As the Light from Light, descending From the realms of endless day, Comes the pow'rs of hell to vanquish As the darkness clears away. 4 At his feet the six-winged seraph, Cherubim with sleepless eye, Veil their faces to the presence As with ceaseless voice they cry: "Alleluia, alleluia! Alleluia, Lord Most High!" Topics: Redeemer; Redeemer Used With Tune: PICARDY Text Sources: Liturgy of St. James, 5th century

Love Divine, All Love Excelling

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-88 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,872 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Love divine, all love excelling, Joy of heav'n, to earth come down, Fix in us your humble dwelling, All your faithful mercies crown. Jesus, you are all compassion, Boundless mercy from above. Visit us with benediction; Comfort us with heav'nly love. 2 Take away our love of sinning; Alpha and Omega be. End of faith as its beginning, Set our hearts at liberty. We would ever seek your blessing, Serve you as your hosts above, Pray and praise you without ceasing, Glory in your perfect love. 3 Sanctify your new creation; Pure and spotless let us be. Let us trust your great salvation, Won for us on Calvary, Till we lay our crowns before you, Till in heav'n we take our place, Till in glory we adore you, Lost in wonder, love, and praise. Topics: Redeemer; Redeemer Used With Tune: HYFRYDOL

Not All the Blood of Beasts

Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 604 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Not all the blood of beasts On Israel's altars slain Could give the guilty conscience peace Or wash away the stain. 2 But Christ, the heav'nly Lamb, Takes all our sins away, A sacrifice of nobler name And richer blood than they. 3 In faith I place my hand On that dear head divine, As penitently here I stand And lay on him my sin. 4 My soul looks back to see The burden you did bear When hanging on the cursed tree-- I know my guilt was there! 5 Believing, we rejoice To see the curse remove; We bless the Lamb with cheerful voice And sing his bleeding love. Topics: Lent; Lent Used With Tune: SOUTHWELL

O God of Love, O King of Peace

Author: Henry W. Baker, 1821-77 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 244 hymnals First Line: O God of love, O King of pece Lyrics: 1 O God of love, O King of peace, Make wars throughout the world to cease; Our greed and sinful wrath restrain -- Give peace, O God, give peace again. 2 Remember, Lord, your works of old, The wonders that our elders told; Remember not our sins' dark stain -- Give peace, O God, give peace again. 3 Whom shall we trust but you, O Lord? Where rest but on your faithful Word? None ever called on you in vain -- Give peace, O God, give peace again. 4 Where saints and angels dwell above, All hearts are knit in holy love; Oh, bind us in that heav'nly chain -- Give peace, O God, give peace again. Topics: Social Concern; Social Concern Used With Tune: ST. LUKE