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Christ our God to thee we raise

Author: Folliot Sandford Pierpont, 1835-1917 Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain Appears in 644 hymnals First Line: For the beauty of the earth Lyrics: 1 For the beauty of the earth, for the beauty of the skies, for the love which from our birth over and around us lies. Refrain: Christ our God, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise. 2 For the beauty of each hour of the day and of the night, hill and vale, and tree and flower, sun and moon and stars of light, [Refrain] 3 For the joy of ear and eye, for the heart and mind's delight, for the mystic harmony linking sense to sound and sight, [Refrain] 4 For the joy of human love, brother, sister, parent, child, friends on earth, and friends above, for all gentle thoughts and mild, [Refrain] 5 For the Church which evermore lifteth holy hands above, offering up on every shore thy pure sacrifice of love, [Refrain] 6 For each perfect gift of thine to the world so freely given, faith and hope and love divine, peace on earth and joy in heaven. [Refrain] Topics: Praise to God Used With Tune: LUCERNA LAUDONIAE

Christ, Whose Glory Fills The Skies

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 481 hymnals First Line: Christ whose glory fills the skies Lyrics: 1 Christ, whose glory fills the skies, Christ, the true, the only Light, Sun of Righteousness, arise! Triumph o'er the shades of night; Dayspring from on high, be near; Daystar, in my heart appear. 2 Dark and cheerless is the morn Unaccompanied by you; Joyless is the day's return, Till your mercy's beams I view; Till they inward light impart, Glad my eyes, and warm my heart. 3 Visit then this soul of mine! Pierce the gloom of sin and grief! Fill me radiancy divine; Scatter all my unbelief; More and more yourself display, Shining to the perfect day. Topics: Epiphany; Jesus Christ; Light; Morning; Renewal; Transfiguration Scripture: Luke 1:78 Used With Tune: LUCERNA LAUDONAIE

God of mercy, God of grace

Author: Henry Francis Lyte, 1793-1847 Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 201 hymnals Lyrics: 1 God of mercy, God of grace, show the brightness of thy face. Shine upon us, Savior, shine, fill thy Church with light divine, and thy saving health extend unto earth's remotest end. 2 Let thy people praise thee, Lord; be by all that live adored. Let the nations shout and sing glory to their Savior King; let all be, below, above, one in joy, and light, and love. Topics: The Church's Mission Used With Tune: LUCERNA LAUDONIAE

Who can measure heaven and earth?

Author: Christopher Idle (born 1938) Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 6 hymnals Topics: Epiphany 5, Revelation The Wisdom of God; God, Father Creating and Sustaining; The Creation Used With Tune: LUCERNA LAUDONIAE

Go to dark Gethsemane

Author: James Montgomery 1771-1854 Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 509 hymnals Topics: The Son His Suffering and Death Used With Tune: LUCERNA LAUDONIAE

Glory to our boundless God

Author: Carl Pickens Daw, 1944- Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1 Glory to our boundless God, who has promised peace on earth. God the Father, glorious, strong, heaven's sovereign, Lord of all: worship, thanks, and praise we give when your glory we recall. 2 Let unceasing praise and prayer come to you, Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, incarnate Love, Lamb who takes our sin away. Risen and exalted Lord, hear with mercy as we pray. 3 For in you alone we find God's true holiness revealed: you alone we claim as Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom we see God's own fullness manifest in the Holy Trinity. Topics: Adoration and praise; Consummation in Christ; Jesus Christ Lordship; Prayer; Providence; Sovereignty of God Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3-5 Used With Tune: LUCERNA LAUDONIAE

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