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I Come with Joy to Meet My Lord

Author: Brian Wren, b. 1936 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 75 hymnals Lyrics: 1 I come with joy to meet my Lord, Forgiven, loved, and free, In awe and wonder to recall His life laid down for me. 2 I come with Christians far and near To find, as all are fed, The new community of love In Christ's communion bread. 3 As Christ breaks bread, and bids us share Each proud division ends. The love that made us, makes us one, And strangers now are friends. 4 And thus with joy we meet our Lord. His presence, always near, Is in such friendship better known: We see and praise him here. 5 Together met, together bound We'll go our diff'rent ways, And as his people in the world, We'll live and speak his praise. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 Used With Tune: LAND OF REST

Comfort, Comfort, O My People

Author: Johann Olearius, 1611-1684; Catherine Winkworth, 1827-1878 Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7.8.8 Appears in 128 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Comfort, comfort, O my people, Speak of peace, now says our God; Comfort those who sit in darkness, Mourning 'neath their sorrow's load. Speak unto Jerusalem Of the peace that waits for them; Tell of all the sins I cover, And that warfare now is over. 2 Hark, the voice of one who's crying In the desert far and near. Bidding all to full repentance Since the kingdom now is here. O that warning cry obey! Now prepare for God a way; Let the valleys rise to meet him And the hills bow down to greet him. 3 O make straight what long was crooked, Make the rougher places plain; Let your hearts be true and humble, As befits his holy reign. For the glory of the Lord Now o'er earth is shed abroad; And all flesh shall see the token That his word is never broken. Topics: Seasons and Feasts Advent Scripture: Isaiah 40:1-8 Used With Tune: GENEVA 42

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

Author: Gerard Moultrie, 1829-1885 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 178 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, Our full homage to demand. 2 King of kings, yet born of Mary, As of old on earth he stood, Lord of lords in human vesture, 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 Spreads its vanguard on the way, As the Light of Light descending From the realms of endless day, That the pow'rs of hell may vanish 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: Seasons and Feasts Advent Scripture: Isaiah 6:2-3 Used With Tune: PICARDY Text Sources: Liturgy of St. James, 5th C.

Preface Dialog

Appears in 35 hymnals First Line: The Lord be with you Used With Tune: [The Lord be with you]

How Can I Keep from Singing

Author: Robert Lowry, 1826-1899; Doris Plenn Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 145 hymnals First Line: My life flows on in endless song Refrain First Line: No storm can shake my inmost calm Used With Tune: HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING

For the Healing of the Nations

Author: Fred Kaan, b. 1929 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 58 hymnals Lyrics: 1 For the healing of the nations, Lord, we pray with one accord; For a just and equal sharing Of the things that earth affords. To a life of love in action help us rise and pledge our word. 2 Lead us now, Lord, into freedom, From despair your world release; That redeemed from war and hatred, All may come and go in peace. Show us how through care and goodness Fear will die and hope increase. 3 All that kills abundant living, Let it from the earth be banned; Pride of status, race or schooling, Dogmas that obscure your plan. In our common quest for justice May we hallow life's brief span. 4 You, creator God, have written Your great name on humankind; For our growing in your likeness Bring the life of Christ to mind: That by our response and service Earth its destiny may find. Topics: Brotherhood and Sisterhood; Horror of War; Sharing Used With Tune: ST. THOMAS

Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones

Author: John A. Riley, 1858-1945 Meter: 8.8.8.8 with alleluias Appears in 109 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Ye watchers and ye holy ones, Bright seraphs, cherubim, and thrones, Raise the glad strain, Alleluia! Cry out, dominions, princedoms, powers, Virtues, archangels, angels' choirs, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia! 2 O higher than the cherubim, More glorious than the seraphim, Lead their praises, Alleluia! O bearer of the eternal Word, Most gracious, magnify the Lord, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia! 3 Respond, ye souls in endless rest, Ye patriarchs and prophets blest, Alleluia, Alleluia! Ye holy Twelve, ye martyrs strong, All saints triumphant, raise the song, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia! 4 O friends, in gladness let us sing, Supernal anthems echoing, Alleluia, Alleluia! To God the Father, God the Son, and God the Spirit, Three in One, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia! Topics: Seasons and Feasts Ascension Scripture: Colossians 1:16 Used With Tune: LASST UNS ERFREUEN

Come, O Long Expected Jesus

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 755 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Come, O long expected Jesus, Born to set your people free; From our fears and sins release us; Free us from captivity. 2 Israel's strength and consolation, You, the hope of all the earth, Dear desire of ev'ry nation, Come and save us by your birth. 3 Born your people to deliver; Born a child and yet a King! Dear desire of ev'ry nation, Come, and save us by your birth. 4 By your own eternal Spirit Rule in all our hearts alone; By your all sufficient merit Raise us to your glorious throne. Topics: Seasons and Feasts Advent; Captivity Scripture: Isaiah 52:7 Used With Tune: STUTTGART

It Came upon the Midnight Clear

Author: Edmund H. Sears, 1810-1876 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 890 hymnals Lyrics: 1 It came upon the midnight clear, That glorious song of old, From angels bending near the earth To touch their harps of gold: "Peace on the earth, good will to men, From heaven's all gracious King"; The world in solemn stillness lay, To hear the angels sing. 2 Still through the cloven skies they come, With peaceful wings unfurled, And still their heav'nly music floats O'er all the weary world: Above its sad and lowly plains They bend on hovering wing, And ever o'er its Babel sounds The blessed angels sing. Yet with the woes of sin and strife, The world has suffered long; Beneath the heav'nly hymn have rolled Two thousand years of wrong; And warring humankind hears not The tidings which they bring; O hush the noise and cease your strife And hear the angels sing. 4 For, lo, the days are hastening on, By prophets seen of old, When with the ever-circling years Shall come the time foretold, When peace shall over all the earth Its ancient splendors fling, And the whole world give back the song Which now the angels sing. Scripture: Luke 2:10-11 Used With Tune: CAROL

At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing

Author: Robert Campbell, 1814-1868 Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 187 hymnals Lyrics: 1 At the Lamb's high feast we sing Praise to our victorious King. Who has washed us in the tide Flowing from his pierced side; Praise we him, whose love divine Gives his sacred Blood for wine, Gives his Body for the feast, Christ the Victim, Christ the Priest. 2 Where the Paschal blood is poured, Death's dark angel sheathes his sword; Israel's hosts triumphant go Through the wave that drowns the foe. Praise we Christ, whose blood was shed, Paschal victim, Paschal bread; With sincerity and love Eat we manna from above. 3 Mighty victim from the sky, Hell's fierce powers beneath you lie; You have conquered in the fight, You have brought us life and light: Now no more can death appall, Now no more the grave enthrall; You have opened paradise, And in you your saints shall rise. 4 Easter triumph, Easter joy, This alone can sin destroy; From sin's power, Lord, set us free Newborn souls in you to be. Father, who the crown shall give, Savior, by whose death we live, Spirit, guide through all our days, Three in One, your name we praise. Topics: Lamb Scripture: Exodus 15 Used With Tune: SALZBURG Text Sources: Latin 4th C.