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It came upon the midnight clear
Author: Edmund Hamilton Sears Appears in 885 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, goodwill 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 heavenly 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.
3 And ye, beneath life's crushing load,
Whose forms are bending low,
Who toil along a dreary way
With painful steps and slow.--
Look now! for glad and golden hours
Come swiftly on the wing.
O rest beside the weary road,
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 the new heaven and earth shall own
The Prince of Peace their King,
And the whole world send back the song
Which now the angels sing.
Amen. Topics: The Church Year Christmas Used With Tune: NOEL
It came upon the midnight clear
While shepherds watched their flocks by night
Author: Nahum Tate Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 1,113 hymnals Lyrics: 1 While shepherds watched their flocks by night,
All seated on the ground;
The angel of the Lord came down,
And glory shone around.
"Fear not," said he,--for mighty dread
Had seized their troubled mind,--
"Glad tidings of great joy I bring,
To you and all mankind.
2 "To you, in David's town this day,
Is born of David's line
The Saviour, who is Christ, the Lord,
And this shall be the sign:--
The heavenly babe you there shall find
To human view displayed,
All simply wrapped in swathing bands,
And in a manger laid."
5 Thus spoke the seraph--and forthwith
Appeared a shining throng
Of angels, praising God, who thus
Addressed their joyful song:--
"All glory be to God on high,
And to the earth be peace;
Good-will will henceforth from heaven to men
Begin, and never cease!"
Amen. Topics: Angels; Christ First Advent; Christ Humiliation of; Christ Savior; Christ Son of David; Christmas Used With Tune: NOEL
While shepherds watched their flocks by night
O Sing a Song of Bethlehem
Author: Louis F. Benson, 1855-1930 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 65 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O sing a song of Bethlehem,
Of shepherds watching there,
And of the news that came to them
From angels in the air:
The light that shone on Bethlehem
Fills all the world today;
Of Jesus' birth and peace on earth
The angels sing alway.
2 O sing a song of Nazareth,
Of sunny days of joy,
O sing of fragrant flowers' breath,
And of the sinless boy:
For now the flow'rs of Nazareth
In ev'ry heart may grow;
Now spreads the fame of his dear name
On all the winds that blow.
3 O sing a song of Galilee,
Of lake and woods and hill,
Of him who walked upon the sea
And bade the waves be still:
For though, like waves on Galilee,
Dark seas of trouble roll,
When faith has heard the Master's word,
Falls peace upon the soul.
4 O sing a song of Calvary,
Its glory and dismay;
Of him who hung upon the tree,
And took our sins away:
For he who died on Calvary
Is risen from the grave,
And Christ, our Lord, by heav'n adored,
Is mighty now to save. Topics: Jesus Christ Used With Tune: NOEL
O Sing a Song of Bethlehem
Today We All Are Called to Be Disciples
Author: H. Kenn Carmichael Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Today we all are called to be Topics: The Church at Worship Profession of Faith, Ordination, Commissioning, Installation; Calling and Response; Commissioning; Confirmation; Discipleship and Service; God Call; Ordination; Peace (World); Stewardship; Proper 16 Year A; Proper 13 Year C Used With Tune: NOËL
Today We All Are Called to Be Disciples
A Thousand Years Have Come and Gone
Author: Thomas Lynch Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 32 hymnals Lyrics: 1. A thousand years have come and gone,
and near a thousand more,
Since happier light from Heaven shone
than ever shone before:
And in the hearts of old and young
a joy most joyful stirred.
That sent such news from tongue to tongue
as ears had never heard.
2. Then angels on their starry way
felt bliss unfelt before,
For news that men should be as they
to darkened earth they bore;
So toiling men and spirits bright
a first communion had,
And in meek mercy’s rising light
were each exceeding glad.
3. And we are glad, and we will sing,
as in the days of yore;
Come all, and hearts made ready bring,
to welcome back once more
The day when first on wintry earth
a summer change began,
And, dawning in a lowly birth
uprose the Light of man.
4. For trouble such as men must bear
from childhood to fourscore,
He shared with us, that we might share
His joy forevermore;
And twice a thousand years of grief
of conflict, and of sin,
May tell how large the harvest sheaf
His patient love shall win. Used With Tune: NOEL Text Sources: The Rivulet; a Contribution to Sacred Song, 1868
A Thousand Years Have Come and Gone
O God, Who Gives Us Life
Author: Carl P. Daw Jr. Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: O God, who gives us life and breath Lyrics: 1 O God, who gives us life and breath,
who shapes us in the womb,
who guards our lives from birth to death,
then leads us from the tomb:
deliver us from fears that kill
the life we have from you.
Help us to know your Spirit still
is making all things new.
2 O God, who calls your people out
to venture and to dare,
to plumb the bleak abyss of doubt
and find you even there:
when we despair in wandering
through wastes of empty lies,
refresh us with the living spring
of hope that never dies.
3 O God of covenant and law,
revealed in cloud and flame,
your mighty deeds evoke our awe;
we dare not speak your name.
Yet we by faith are drawn to you
and will your people prove,
as on our hearts you write anew
the covenant of love.
Topics: Faith; Faithfulness; God's Covenant with Israel; Hope; Providence; Renewal Scripture: Exodus 13:21 Used With Tune: NOEL
O God, Who Gives Us Life
When Jesus left His Father's throne
Author: James Montgomery Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 129 hymnals Lyrics:
When Jesus left his Father's throne,
He chose an humble birth;
Like us, unhonoured and unknown,
He came to dwell on earth.
Like him may we be found below
In wisdom's path of peace;
Like him in grace and knowledge grow,
As years and strength increase.
Sweet were his words and kind his look,
When mothers round him pressed;
Their infants in his arms he took,
And on his bosom blessed.
Safe from the world's alluring harms,
Beneath his watchful eye,
Thus in the circle of his arms
May we for ever lie.
When Jesus into Salem rode,
The children sang around;
For joy they plucked the palms and strowed
Their garments on the ground.
Hosanna our glad voices raise,
Hosanna to our King!
Should we forget our Savior's praise,
The stones themselves would sing.
Topics: Catechism; Sunday Schools General Use; Sunday Schools Palm Sunday Used With Tune: NOEL
When Jesus left His Father's throne
I Will Extol Thee, O My God
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 18 hymnals First Line: I will extol Thee, O my God, And praise Thee Topics: The Kingdom Scripture: Psalm 145 Used With Tune: GERARD Text Sources: Psalter
I Will Extol Thee, O My God
If Human Kindness Meets Return
Author: Gerard T. Noel Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 232 hymnals Lyrics: 1. If human kindness meets return,
And owns the grateful tie;
If tender thoughts within us burn
To feel a friend is nigh;
O shall not warmer accents tell
The gratitude we owe
To Him who died, our fears to quell,
Our more than orphan’s woe!
2. While yet His anguished soul surveyed
Those pangs he would not flee,
What love His latest words displayed,
Meet and remember Me!
Remember Thee! Thy death, Thy shame
Our sinful hearts to share!
O memory, leave no other name
But His recorded there. Used With Tune: NOEL Text Sources: A Selection of Psalms and Hymns (London: J. Hatchard, 1810)
If Human Kindness Meets Return
God is Our Refuge and Our Strength
Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 24 hymnals Topics: Fearlessness; Jerusalem; Protection, Divine; Reformation Day; Refuge, God, Christ, Our; War and peace; Omnipotence, God'S; Helper, God Our Scripture: Psalm 46 Used With Tune: GERARD
God is Our Refuge and Our Strength
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