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Good Christians All, Rejoice and Sing

Author: Cyril A. Alington, 1872-1955 Meter: 8.8.8 with refrain Appears in 73 hymnals First Line: Good Christians all, rejoice and sing! Topics: Easter Used With Tune: GELOBT SEI GOTT

A Child Is Born in Bethlehem

Author: Ralph Wright Meter: 8.8 with alleluias and refrain Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: A child is born in Bethlehem, Alleluia Topics: Christmas Used With Tune: PUER NATUS IN BETHLEHEM Text Sources: Benedictine Processional, 14th cent.

Angels We Have Heard on High

Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain Appears in 259 hymnals Refrain First Line: Gloria in excelsis Deo Lyrics: 1 Angels we have heard on high, Sweetly singing o'er the plains, And the mountains in reply Echo back their joyous strains. Refrain: Gloria in excelsis Deo. Gloria in excelsis Deo. 2 Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your joyous strains prolong? Say what may the tidings be, Which inspire your heav'nly song. [Refrain] 3 Come to Bethlehem and see Him whose birth the angels sing; Come, adore on bended knee Christ the Lord, the newborn King. [Refrain] 4 See him in a manger laid Whom the angels praise above; Mary, Joseph, lend your aid, While we raise our hearts in love. [Refrain] Topics: Christmas Used With Tune: GLORIA Text Sources: French carol, 18th cent.; Tr.: Crown of Jesus Music, London, 1862, alt.

Lift High the Cross

Author: George W. Kitchin, 1827-1912; Michael R. Newbolt, 1874-1956 Meter: 10.10 with refrain Appears in 96 hymnals First Line: Come, Christians, follow where our Savior trod Refrain First Line: Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim Lyrics: Refrain: Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim, Till all the world adore his sacred name. 1 Come, Christians, follow where our Savior trod, Our King victorious, Christ, the Son of God. [Refrain] 2 Led on their way by this triumphant sign, The hosts of God in glorious ranks combine. [Refrain] 3 All newborn foll'wers of the Crucified Bear on their brows the seal of him who died. [Refrain] 4 O Lord, once lifted on the glorious tree, As you have promised, save and set us free. [Refrain] 7 So shall our song of triumph ever be: Praise to the Crucified for victory! [Refrain] Topics: Discipleship Used With Tune: CRUCIFER

Humbly We Adore You

Author: Thomas Aquinas, c. 1225-1274; Melvin Farrell, 1930-1986; Omer Westendorf, 1916-1997 Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Appears in 16 hymnals Topics: Devotional Used With Tune: ADORE TE DEVOTE

All Things Bright and Beautiful

Author: Cecil F. Alexander, 1818-1898 Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Appears in 350 hymnals First Line: Each little flow'r that opens Lyrics: Refrain: All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful, The Lord God made them all. 1 Each little flow'r that opens, Each little bird that sings, God made their glowing colors, and made their tiny wings. [Refrain] 2 The purple-headed mountain, The river running by, The sunset, and the morning That brightens up the sky. [Refrain] 3 The cold wind in the winter, The pleasant summer sun, The ripe fruits in the garden, God made them ev'ry one. [Refrain] 4 God gave us eyes to see them, And lips that we might tell How great is God Almighty, Who has made all things well. [Refrain] Topics: God, the Creator Used With Tune: ROYAL OAK

Rise Up, O Saints of God

Author: William Pierson Merrill, 1867-1954 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 263 hymnals First Line: Rise up, O saints of God! Lyrics: 1 Rise up, O saints of God! Have done with lesser things; Give heart and soul and mind and strength To serve the King of kings. 2 Rise up, O saints of God! The kingdom tarries long; Bring in the day of Christlike love And end the night of wrong. 3 Lift high the cross of Christ! Tread where his feet have trod; Led onward by the Son of Man, Rise up, O saints of God! Topics: Discipleship Used With Tune: FESTAL SONG