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"Blest be the Tie"

Appears in 2,299 hymnals First Line: Blest be the tie that binds Lyrics: 1 Blest be the tie that binds Our hearts in Christian love; The fellowship of kindred minds Is like to that above. 2 Before our Father's throne We pour our ardent prayers; Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, Our comforts and our cares. 3 When we asunder part, It gives us inward pain; But we shall still be joined in heart, And hope to meet again. Used With Tune: [Blest be the tie that binds]

Let the Lower Lights be Burning

Author: P. P. Bliss Appears in 555 hymnals First Line: Brightly beams Our Father's mercy Refrain First Line: Let the lower lights be burning! Lyrics: 1 Brightly beams Our Father’s mercy From his Light-House evermore; But to us he gives the keeping Of the lights along the shore. Chorus: Let the lower lights be burning! Send a gleam across the wave; Some poor fainting, struggling seaman You may rescue, you may save. 2 Dark the night of sin has settled, Loud the angry billows roar; Eager eyes are watching, longing For the lights along the shore. [Chorus] 3 Trim your feeble lamp, my brother, Some poor sailor, tempest-tost, Trying now to make the harbor In the darkness, may be lost. [Chorus] Used With Tune: [Brightly beams Our Father's mercy]

Onward, Christian Soldiers

Author: Rev. Sabine Baring Gould Appears in 1,813 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Onward, Christian soldiers, Marching as to war, With the Cross of Jesus Going on before. Christ the Royal Master Leads against the foe, Forward into battle, See his banners go. Chorus: Onward, Christian soldiers, Marching as to war, With the Cross of Jesus Going on before. 2 Like a mighty army Moves the Church of God; Brothers, we are treading Where the saints have trod, We are not divided, All one body we; One in hope and doctrine, One in charity. [Chorus] 3 Crowns and thrones may perish, Kingdoms rise and wane, But the Church of Jesus Constant will remain; Gates of hell can never 'Gainst that Church prevail; We have Christ's own promise, And that can not fail. [Chorus] 4 Onward, then, ye people, Join our happy throng, Blend with ours your voices In the triumph song; Glory, laud, and honor Unto Christ the King, This thro' countless ages Men and angels sing. [Chorus] Used With Tune: [Onward, Christian soldiers]

The Song of the Angel Reapers

Appears in 124 hymnals First Line: Oh, we are the reapers that garner in Refrain First Line: We are the reapers! Oh, who will come Lyrics: 1 O where are the reapers that garner in The sheaves of the good from the fields of sin With sickles of truth must the work be done, And no one may rest till the "harvest home." Chorus: Where are the reapers! Oh, who will come And share in the glory of the "harvest home?" Oh, who will help us to garner in The sheaves of good from the fields of sin? 2 Go out in the byways and search them all; The wheat may be there, though the weeds are tall; Then search in the highway, and pass none by; But gather from all for the home on high. [Chorus] 3 The fields all are rip'ning, and far and wide The world now is waiting the harvest tide: But reapers are few, and the work is great, And much will be lost should the harvest wait. [Chorus] 4 So come with your sickles, ye sons of men, And gather together the golden grain; Toil on till the sheaves of the Lord are bound, And joyfully borne from the harvest ground. [Chorus] Used With Tune: [Oh, we are the reapers that garner in]

Coronation

Appears in 3,467 hymnals First Line: All hail the pow'r of Jesus' name Lyrics: 1 All hail the pow'r of Jesus' name, Let angels prostrate fall; Bring forth the royal diadem, And crown him Lord of all. Bring forth the royal diadem, And crown him Lord of all. 2 Ye, chosen seed of Israel's race, A remnant weak and small, Hail him, who saves you by his grace, And crown him Lord of all. Hail him, who saves you by his grace, And crown him Lord of all. 3 Babes, men and sires who know his love, Who feel your sin and thrall, Now join with all the hosts above, And own him Lord of all. Now join with all the hosts above, And own him Lord of all. 4 Let every kindred, every tribe, On this terrestrial ball, To him all majesty ascribe, And crown him Lord of all. 5 O that with yonder sacred throng, We at his feet may fall; We'll join the everlasting song, And crown him Lord of all. Used With Tune: [All hail the pow'r of Jesus' name]

Angry Words

Appears in 114 hymnals First Line: Angry words! O let them never Refrain First Line: "Love one another" Thus saith the Savior Lyrics: 1 Angry words! O let them never From the tongue unbridled slip: May the heart's best impulse ever Check them e'er they soil the lip. Chorus: "Love one another" Thus saith the Savior, Children obey your Father's blest command. "Love one another," Thus saith the Savior, Children obey His blest command. 2 Love is much to pure and holy; Friendship is to sacred far, For a moment's reckless folly Thus to desolate and mar [Chorus] 3 Angry words are lightly spoken; Bitterest thoughts are rashly stirred: Brightest links of life are broken By a single angry word. [Chorus] Used With Tune: [Angry words! O let them never]

What Shall the Harvest Be?

Author: D. Haydn Lloyd Appears in 135 hymnals First Line: Sowing their seed by the dawn-light fair Refrain First Line: Sown in the darkness or sown in the light Lyrics: 1 Sowing their seed by the dawn-light fair, Sowing their seed by the noontide glare, Sowing their seed by the fading light, Sowing their seed in the solemn night, Oh, what shall the harvest be? Oh, what shall the harvest be? Chorus: Sown in the darkness or sown in the light, Sown in our weakness or sown in our might, Gathered in time or eternity, Sure, ah sure, will the harvest be. 2 Sowing their seed by the wayside high, Sowing their seed on the rocks to die, Sowing their seed where the thorns will spoil, Sowing their seed in the fertile soil, Oh, what shall the harvest be? Oh, what shall the harvest be? [Chorus] 3 Sowing the seed of a lingering pain, Sowing the seed of a maddened brain, Sowing the seed of a tarnished name, Sowing the seed of eternal shame-- Ah, sure will the harvest be! Ah, sure will the harvest be! [Chorus] 4 Sowing their seed with an aching heart, Sowing their seed while the tear-drops start, Sowing in hope till the reapers come, Gladly to gather the harvest home, Oh, what shall the harvest be? Oh, what shall the harvest be? [Chorus] Used With Tune: [Sowing their seed by the dawn-light fair] Text Sources: From "The Prize."

Triumph By and By

Author: Dr. C. R. Blackall Appears in 107 hymnals First Line: The prize is set before us Refrain First Line: By and by we shall meet Him Lyrics: 1 The prize is set before us, To win, His words implore us, The eye of God is o'er us From on high; His loving tones are calling While sin is dark, appalling, 'Tis Jesus gently calling, He is nigh. Chorus: By and by we shall meet Him, By and by we shall greet Him, And with Jesus reign in glory, By and by; By and by we shall meet Him, By and by we shall greet Him, And with Jesus reign in glory, By and by. 2 We'll follow where He leadeth, We'll pasture where He feedeth, We'll yield to Him who pleadeth From on high. Then naught from Him shall sever, Our Hope shall brighten ever, And Faith shall fail us never, He is nigh. [Chorus] 3 Our home is bright above us, No trials dark to move us, But Jesus dear to love us There on high; We'll give Him best endeavor, And praise His name forever, His precious words can never, Never die. [Chorus] Scripture: Philippians 3:14 Used With Tune: [The prize is set before us]

Victorious Savior

Author: Kelley Appears in 32 hymnals First Line: Crowns of glory ever bright Lyrics: 1 Crowns of glory ever bright, Rest upon the Conq'ror's head. Chorus: Crowns of glory are his right, His "who liveth and was dead." He subdued the powers of hell, In the fight he stood alone; All his foes before, him fell, By his single arm o'erthrown. 2 His the battle, his the toil, His the honors of the day; Chorus: His the glory, his the spoil-- Jesus bears them all away! Now proclaim his deeds afar; Fill the world with his renown; He alone the victor's car; His the everlasting crown. Used With Tune: [Crowns of glory ever bright]

Knocking, Knocking, Who is There?

Author: Mrs. Stowe Appears in 73 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Knocking, knocking, who is there? Waiting, waiting, oh, how fair! 'Tis a pilgrim strange and kingly, Never such was seen before, Ah! my soul, for such a wonder, Wilt thou not undo the door? 2 Knocking, knocking, still he's there, Waiting, waiting, wondrous fair; But the door is hard to open, For the weeds and ivy-vine, With their dark and clinging tendrils, Ever round the hinges twine. 3 Knocking, knocking--what! still there? Waiting, waiting, grand and fair; Yes, the pierced hand still knocketh, And beneath the crowned hair Beam the patient eyes, so tender, Of thy Savior, waiting there. Used With Tune: [Knocking, knocking, who is there?]