Central Songbook

July 29, 2017

This file contains all of the lyrics to all of the songs currently sung regularly in the morning services at Central Presbyterian Church. Many other songs for worship (both new and old) are also included.

The hyperlinks lead to audio files suitable for learning the tune of each song. Those marked “tune only” link to an instrumental accompaniment (usually in the style of a four-part arrangement for piano or organ). Other links connect to recordings of vocalists singing the song. The specific musical arrangements and the manner of performance in these recordings (e.g., tempo) do not necessarily indicate the arrangements or manner in which a song would be sung at Central Presbyterian Church. The links are provided for purposes of teaching and learning the basic melody of the song.

The texts for many older hymns exist in multiple different versions because hymnal editors have altered the texts. In the Central Songbook, the variations for hymns with differing texts have been compared with one another. Modern language updates have been chosen wherever these changes do not eliminate or distort important biblical allusions, theological concepts, or literary features of the text too greatly. Other selection criteria include biblical-theological depth and accuracy and ease of use in congregational singing. (If you want to sing another variant of the text included in the Central Songbook, download the Microsoft Word document form of this file and edit the file for your own use accordingly.)

This songbook will grow and develop as new songs are added to and/or removed from Central’s repertoire.

Anyone who is interested in acquiring the music for these songs in any format should contact pastor Mike Farley ([email protected]).

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10,000 Reasons

REFRAIN Bless the Lord, O my soul; O my soul, worship his holy name. Sing like never before, O my soul I'll worship your holy name.

The sun comes up, it's a new day dawning. It's time to sing your song again. Whatever may pass, and whatever lies before me let me be singing when the evening comes. REFRAIN

You're rich in love, and you're slow to anger. Your name is great, and your heart is kind. For all your goodness I will keep on singing, ten thousand reasons for my heart to find.

And on that day when my strength is failing, the end draws near and my time has come. Still my soul will sing your praise unending, ten thousand years and then forevermore. REFRAIN (2x)

A Debtor to Mercy Alone

1. A debtor to mercy alone, of covenant mercy I sing, nor fear, with thy righteousness on, my person and off'ring to bring. The terrors of law and of God with me can have nothing to do. My Saviour's obedience and blood hide all my transgressions from view.

2. The work which his goodness began, the arm of his strength will complete. His promise is Yea and Amen, and never was forfeited yet. Things future, nor things that are now, nor all things below or above, can make him his purpose forgo or sever my soul from his love.

3. My name from the palms of his hands eternity will not erase. Impressed on his heart it remains, In marks of indelible grace. Yes, I to the end shall endure, as sure as the earnest is giv'n, more happy, but not more secure, the glorified spirits in heav'n.

A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing

Text: Bede, 673-735; tr. Lutheran Book of Worship, 1978, alt.; © 1978, Lutheran Book of Worship Tune: Auserlesen Catholische Geistliche Kirchengesange, Cologne, 1623; adapt. and harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906 LASST UNS ERFREUEN http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148341 (tune only) LM + alleluias

1. A hymn of glory let us sing; new songs throughout the world shall ring: Alleluia! Alleluia! Christ, by a road before untrod, ascends unto the throne of God.

REFRAIN Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

2. The holy apostolic band upon the Mount of Olives stand; Alleluia! Alleluia! And with his faithful foll’wers see their Lord ascend in majesty. REFRAIN

3. To them the shining angels cry, “Why stand and gaze upon the sky? Alleluia! Alleluia! “This is the Savior,” thus they say; “This is his glorious triumph day!” REFRAIN

4. “You see him now, ascending high up to the portals of the sky.” Alleluia! Alleluia! “Hereafter Jesus you shall see returning in great majesty.” REFRAIN

5. Be now our joy on earth, O Lord, and be our future great reward. Alleluia! Alleluia! Then, throned with you forever, we shall praise your name eternally. REFRAIN

6. O risen Christ, ascended Lord, all praise to you let earth accord: Alleluia! Alleluia! You are, while endless ages run, with Father and with Spirit one. REFRAIN

A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

Text: Martin Luther, 1529; tr. Frederick Hedge, 1853 Tune: Martin Luther, 1529; harm. Johann S. Bach, 1685-1750 EIN FESTE BURG (isorhythmic) http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/136741 (tune only) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0NUslfW-w8 (classical) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY4DCG-nFBI (contemporary) 8.7.8.7.6.6.6.6.7

1. A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing; our helper he, amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing. For still our ancient foe doth seek to work us woe; his craft and pow’r are great; and armed with cruel hate, on earth is not his equal.

2. Did we in our own strength confide, our striving would be losing; were not the right man on our side, the man of God’s own choosing. Dost ask who that may be? Christ Jesus, it is he, Lord Sabaoth his name, from age to age the same, and he must win the battle.

3. And though this world, with devils filled, should threaten to undo us, we will not fear, for God hath willed his truth to triumph through us. The prince of darkness grim, we tremble not for him; his rage we can endure, for lo! his doom is sure; one little word shall fell him.

4. That Word above all earthly pow’rs, no thanks to them, abideth; the Spirit and the gifts are ours through him who with us sideth. Let goods and kindred go, this mortal life also; the body they may kill; God’s truth abideth still; his kingdom is forever.

Abide with Me

1. Abide with me; fast falls the eventide. The darkness deepens; Lord with me abide. When other helpers fail and comforts flee, help of the helpless, abide with me.

2. Thou on my head, in early youth didst smile, and, though rebellious, and perverse meanwhile, thou hast not left me, oft as I left thee. On to the close Lord, abide with me.

3. I need thy presence, every passing hour. What but thy grace, can foil the tempter’s power? Who, like thyself, my guide and stay can be? Through cloud and sunshine, abide with me.

4. I fear no foe, with thee at hand to bless. Ills have no weight; tears lose their bitterness. Where is thy sting death? Where grave thy victory? I triumph still; abide with me.

5. Hold thou thy cross, before my closing eyes. Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies. Heaven’s morning breaks, and earth’s vain shadows flee. In life, in death, Lord, abide with me.

Abiding City

O sweet home of love and peace where pilgrims tired and troubled rest, into the hope of Zion lean where in Jesus’ arms we will fall at last.

Addiction’s empty promises this broken world just can’t satisfy. A sweeter song, redemption’s bliss is sealed for us in paradise.

REFRAIN O lift up your head for the day is near. We have no abiding city here.

Spirit, heal our neighborhood until your kingdom work is done. Teach us what is just and good as we look for the city that’s yet to come. REFRAIN

A city filled with gold and light, God the builder and the architect, when our faith is turned to sight, O I cannot imagine it. REFRAIN

Advent/Christmas Doxology

Tune: Traditional French melody; harm. Edward S. Barnes, 1937 GLORIA http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148402 (tune only) 7.7.7.7 ref.

Praise the Lord, the coming King. All his saints, his glory sing. Praise God all you heavenly host, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Gloria in excelsis Deo! Gloria in excelsis Deo!

Ah, Holy Jesus

Text: Johann Heermann, 1630; tr. Robert Seymour Bridges, Yattendon Hymnal, 1899 Tune: Johann Crüger, 1640 HERZLIEBSTER JESU http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/137174 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4MKOP-vhQ0 11.11.11.5

1. Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended, that man to judge thee hath in hate pretended? By foes derided, by thine own rejected, O most afflicted.

2. Who was the guilty? who brought this upon thee? Alas, my treason, Jesus, hath undone thee. 'Twas I, Lord Jesus, I it was denied thee. I crucified thee.

3. Lo, the good Shepherd for the sheep is offered. The slave hath sinned, and the Son hath suffered. For man's atonement, while he nothing heedeth, God intercedeth.

4. For me, kind Jesus, was thine incarnation, thy mortal sorrow, and thy life's oblation, thy death of anguish and thy bitter passion, for my salvation.

5. Therefore, kind Jesus, since I cannot pay thee, I do adore thee, and will ever pray thee, think on thy pity and thy love unswerving, not my deserving.

Alas, and Did My Savior Bleed

Text: Isaac Watts, 1707 Tune: Ralph Hudson, 1885 HUDSON http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGsIsnPCQY8 (tune only; listen to the first 1:00) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sB--oTlLAM CM

1. Alas, and did my Savior bleed and did my Sovereign die? Would he devote that sacred head for such a fool as I?

2. Was it for sins that I have done he suffered on the tree? Amazing pity! Grace unknown! And love beyond degree!

3. Well might the sun in darkness hide and shut his glory in when Christ the mighty maker died for man, the creature’s sin.

4. Thus might I hide my blushing face while his dear cross appears, dissolve my heart in thankfulness, and melt mine eyes to tears.

5. But drops of grief can ne'er repay the debt of love I owe. Here, Lord, I give myself away; 'tis all that I can do.

All Creatures of Our God and King

Text: Francis of Assisi, 1182-1226; tr. William Draper, 1926 Tune: Auserlesen Catholische Geistliche Kirchengesange, Cologne, 1623; adapt. and harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906 LASST UNS ERFREUEN http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148341 (tune only) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHAxNY_yKyI LM + alleluias

1. All creatures of our God and King, lift up your voice and with us sing, Alleluia, Alleluia! Thou burning sun with golden beam, thou silver moon with softer gleam.

REFRAIN O praise him, O praise him, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

2. Thou rushing wind that art so strong, ye clouds that sail in heav’n along, O praise him, alleluia! Thou rising morn with praise rejoice, ye lights of evening find a voice. REFRAIN

3. And all ye men of tender heart, forgiving others, take your part, O sing ye, alleluia! Ye who long pain and sorrow bear, praise God and on him cast your care. REFRAIN

4. Let all things their Creator bless, and worship him in humbleness, O praise him, alleluia! Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son, and praise the Spirit, three in one. REFRAIN

All for Jesus

Text: Mary D. James, 1889 Tune: John Stainer, 1887 WYCLIFF http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/179899 (tune only) 8.7.8.7

1. All for Jesus! all for Jesus! all my being's ransom'd pow'rs, all my thoughts and words and doings, all my days and all my hours.

2. Let my hands perform his bidding. Let my feet run in his ways. Let my eyes see Jesus only. Let my lips speak forth his praise.

3. My heart prizes gems of beauty clings to gilded toys of dust, boasts of wealth, and fame, and pleasure. Only Jesus may I trust.

4. When my eyes are fixed on Jesus, I lose sight of all beside, so enchained my spirit's vision, looking at the crucified.

5. O what wonder! how amazing! Jesus, glorious King of kings, deigns to call me his beloved, lets me rest beneath his wings.

Alternate stanzas

1. All for Jesus, all for Jesus-- this our song forever true, for we have no hope, nor Savior, if we have no hope in you.

2. All for Jesus--you will give us strength to serve you, hour by hour. None can move us from your presence, while we trust your love and power.

3. All for Jesus--at your table you will give us sweet content. There, dear Lord, we shall receive you in the joyful sacrament.

4. All for Jesus, all for Jesus-- this our living sacrifice till, at last, the church is gathered one in love and one in Christ.

All Glory, Laud, and Honor

Text: Theodulph of Orleans, 820; tr. John Mason Neale, 1854, alt. Tune: Melchior Teschner, 1615; harm. William H. Monk, 1861 ST. THEODULPH http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148399 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcfEO8qRp48 7.6.7.6 D

1. All glory, laud, and honor to you, Redeemer, King, to whom the lips of children made sweet hosannas ring. You are the King of Israel and David’s royal Son, now in the Lord’s name coming, the King and Blessed One.

2. The people of the Hebrews with palms before you went; our praise and prayer and anthems before you we present: to you, before your passion, they sang their hymns of praise; to you, now high exalted, our melody we raise.

3. Their praises you accepted; accept the prayers we bring, for you delight in goodness, O good and gracious King. The company of angels is praising you on high; and we with all creation in chorus make reply.

All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name

Text: Edward Perronet, 1780; st. 4, John Rippon, 1787 Tune: Oliver Holden, 1793 CORONATION http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/105047 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itUNSwS4q9E CM ref.

1. All hail the power 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, ye ransomed from the fall, 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. Let ev’ry kindred, ev’ry tribe, on this terrestrial ball, to him all majesty ascribe, and crown him Lord of all; to him all majesty ascribe, and crown him Lord of all.

4. O that with yonder sacred throng we at his feet may fall. We'll join the everlasting song, and crown him Lord of all. We'll join the everlasting song, and crown him Lord of all.

All Must Be Well

Text: Mary Bowley-Peters, 1847; alt. Matthew Smith, 2007 Tune: Matthew Smith, 2007 Text and tune © 2007, Detuned Radio http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2010/08/10/all-must-be-well/ 8.4.8.4.888.4

1. Through the love of God our Savior, all will be well. Free and changeless is his favor; all is well. Precious is the blood that healed us. Perfect is the grace that sealed us. Strong the hand stretched forth to shield us. All must be well.

2. Though we pass through tribulation, all will be well. Ours is such a full salvation; all is well. Happy still in God confiding, fruitful if in Christ abiding, steadfast through the Spirit's guiding, all must be well.

3. We expect a bright tomorrow; all will be well. Faith can sing through days of sorrow; all is well. On our Father's love relying, Jesus every need supplying, yes in living or in dying, all must be well.

All Praise to God Who Reigns Above

Text: Johann J. Schütz, 1675; tr. Francis E. Cox, 1864 Tune: Bohemian Brethren Kirchengesänge, 1566 MIT FREUDEN ZART http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104174 (tune only) 8.7.8.7.88.7

1. All praise to God, who reigns above, the God of all creation, the God of wonders, pow'r, and love, the God of our salvation! With healing balm my soul he fills, the God who every sorrow stills, To God all praise and glory!

2. What God's almighty pow'r hath made his gracious mercy keepeth; By morning dawn or evening shade his watchful eye ne'er sleepeth; Within the kingdom of his might, lo, all is just and all is right, To God all praise and glory!

3. I cried to him in time of need: Lord God, O, hear my calling! For death he gave me life indeed and kept my feet from falling. For this my thanks shall endless be; O thank him, thank our God, with me, To God all praise and glory!

4. The Lord forsaketh not his flock, his chosen generation; He is their refuge and their rock, their peace and their salvation. As with a mother's tender hand he leads his own, his chosen band, To God all praise and glory!

5. Ye who confess Christ's holy name, to God give praise and glory! Ye who the Father's power proclaim, to God give praise and glory! All idols under foot be trod, the Lord is God! the Lord is God! To God all praise and glory!

6. Then come before his presence now and banish fear and sadness; To your Redeemer pay your vow and sing with joy and gladness: Though great distress my soul befell, the Lord, my God, did all things well, To God all praise and glory!

All the Sacrifice Is Ended

1. All the sacrifice is ended, breathed his body's latest breath, and his human soul hath wended where the weary rest beneath. Christ as Man hath comprehended all the human law of death!

2. Yet not there his soul remaineth nor his body in the tomb. Lo! what sudden glory gaineth quick dominion o'er the gloom! Yea, o'er Death and Hell he reigneth bursting back the gates of doom!

3. Manifold the attestation; brethren tell the marvel o'er, and the soldiers from their station, and the angels at the door, and his own word's revelation: “Lo! I live for evermore.”

4. Hail, thou morn of resurrection, primal holy Easter Day! Now the hours of deep dejection neath the night-clouds’ dark array, foes’ reviling, friends’ defection, in thy glory pass away!

5. Now he lives and reigns forever that we too may enter in where eternal life shall never taste of sorrow or of sin, where from him no death shall sever those he vanquished death to win.

6. Savior, in our night of weeping tell us of the joyful morn. Guard our souls, their vigil keeping in the hours of hate and scorn. Raise us falling, wake us sleeping, till our Easter Day be born.

All Things New

Come, broken and weary. Come, battered and bruised. My Jesus makes all things new, all things new.

Come, lost and abandoned. Come, blown by the wind. He’ll bring you back home again, home again.

REFRAIN Rise up, O you sleeper, awake. The light of the dawn is upon you. Rise up, O you sleeper, awake. He makes all things new, all things new.

Come, frozen with shame. Come, burning with guilt. My Jesus, he loves you still, he loves you still.

REFRAIN

The world was good. The world is fallen. The world will be redeemed.

So hold on to the promise. The stories are true, that Jesus makes all things new, all things new.

REFRAIN

All to Us

Text and tune: Chris Tomlin, Jesse Reeves, Matt Maher, Matt Redman, 2010; © 2010, Worshiptogether.com songs/Sixsteps Music/Vamos Publishing/ Matt Maher Designee/Said And Done Music/Thankyou Music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riWye9M0L4E

Precious cornerstone sure foundation, you are faithful to the end. We are waiting on you, Jesus. We believe you're all to us.

REFRAIN Let the glory of your name be the passion of the Church. Let the righteousness of God be a holy flame that burns. Let the saving love of Christ be the measure of our lives. We believe you're all to us.

Only Son of God sent from heaven, hope and mercy at the cross, you are ev'rything, you're the promise. Jesus, you are all to us.

REFRAIN

You're all to us, (3X) Yes, you are, you're all to us, you're all to us You’re all to us, (3X) You are.

When this passing world is over we will see you face to face, and forever we will worship. Jesus, you are all to us. Jesus, you are all to us. You're all, you're ev'rything to us.

Alleluia! Alleluia!

Text: Christopher Wordsworth, 1862; alt., 1961 Tune: Ludwig van Beethoven, 1824 ODE/HYMN TO JOY http://hymnary.org/media/fetch/148486 (tune only) 8.7.8.7 D

1. Alleluia! Alleluia! Hearts to heav'n and voices raise. Sing to God a hymn of gladness; sing to God a hymn of praise. He who on the cross a victim for the world's salvation bled, Jesus Christ, the King of Glory, now is risen from the dead.

2. Alleluia, Christ is risen! Death at last has met defeat. See the ancient powers of evil in confusion and retreat. Once he died and once was buried; now he lives forevermore, Jesus Christ, the world's Redeemer, whom we worship and adore.

3. Alleluia! Alleluia! Glory be to God on high. Alleluia to the Savior, who has won the victory. Alleluia to the Spirit, fount of love and sanctity. Alleluia! Alleluia! to the Triune Majesty.

Alleluia! Sing to Jesus

Text: William C. Dix, 1866, alt. Tune: C. Hubert H. Parry, 1897 RUSTINGTON http://www.hymnary.org/hymn/GG2013/34 (tune only) 8.7.8.7 D

1. Alleluia! sing to Jesus! his the scepter, his the throne. Alleluia! his the triumph, his the victory alone. Hark! the songs of peaceful Zion thunder like a mighty flood. Jesus out of every nation has redeemed us by his blood.

2. Alleluia! not as orphans are we left in sorrow now; Alleluia! he is near us, faith believes, nor questions how. Though the cloud from sight received him when the forty days were o’er, shall our hearts forget his promise, “I am with you evermore”?

3. Alleluia! heavenly high priest, here on earth our help, our stay; Alleluia! here the sinful flee to you from day to day: Intercessor, friend of sinners, earth’s redeemer, hear our plea, where the songs of saints and angels sweep across the crystal sea.

4. Alleluia! King eternal, Lord omnipotent we own. Alleluia! born of Mary, earth your footstool, heav’n your throne. As within the veil you entered, robed in flesh, our great high priest, here on earth both priest and victim in the eucharistic feast.

(alternative to stanza 3 for use at the Lord’s Supper):

3. Alleluia! bread of heaven, here on earth our food, our stay. Alleluia! here the sinful flee to you from day to day: Intercessor, friend of sinners, earth’s redeemer, hear our plea, where the songs of saints and angels sweep across the crystal sea.

Amazing Grace

Text: st. 1–5, John Newton, 1779; st. 6, A Collection of Sacred Ballads, 1790 Tune: Traditional American melody; Columbian Harmony, 1829; arr. Edwin O. Excell, 1900; ref. Chris Tomlin and Louie Giglio, 2006; © 2006, Worshiptogether.com songs/Sixsteps Music AMAZING GRACE/NEW BRITAIN http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104879 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODpDh-Wx5GE (classical) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lajq1U6X9kI (gospel) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbe7OruLk8I (with refrain) CM

1. Amazing grace!—how sweet the sound—that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, was blind, but now I see.

2. 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved. How precious did that grace appear the hour I first believed!

REFRAIN: My chains are gone I've been set free. My God, my Savior has ransomed me, and like a flood his mercy reigns, unending love, amazing grace.

3. Thro' many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come. 'Tis grace has brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home.

4. The Lord has promised good to me, his Word my hope secures. He will my shield and portion be, as long as life endures.

REFRAIN

5. The earth shall soon be pure like snow when all will be refined, and God who called me here below will be forever mine.

6. When we've been there ten thousand years, bright shining as the sun, we've no less days to sing God's praise than when we've first begun.

REFRAIN

Amazing Love (You Are My King)

I'm forgiven because you were forsaken. I'm accepted; you were condemned. I'm alive and well; your Spirit is within me, because you died and rose again.

Amazing love, how can it be, that you my king would die for me? Amazing love, I know it's true. And it's my joy to honor you. In all I do, I honor you.

Ancient of Days

Blessing and honor, glory and power, be unto the Ancient of Days. From ev'ry nation, all of creation bow before the Ancient of Days

Ev'ry tongue in heaven and earth shall declare your glory. Ev'ry knee shall bow at your throne in worship. You will be exalted, O God, and your kingdom shall not pass away, O Ancient of Days.

And Can It Be

Text: Charles Wesley, 1738 Tune: Thomas Campbell, 1825 SAGINA http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104684 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMCOyY0Rlus (classical) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9I87nVp040 (contemporary) LMD

1. And can it be that I should gain an int’rest in the Savior’s blood? Died he for me, who caused his pain? For me, who him to death pursued? Amazing love! How can it be that thou, my God, shouldst die for me? Amazing love! How can it be that thou, my God, shouldst die for me?

2. ’Tis mystery all: th’Immortal dies. Who can explore his strange design? In vain the firstborn seraph tries to sound the depths of love divine. ’Tis mercy all! Let earth adore; Let angel minds inquire no more. ’Tis mercy all! Let earth adore; Let angel minds inquire no more.

3. He left his Father’s throne above, so free, so infinite His grace; humbled himself—so great his love!— and bled for Adam’s helpless race. ’Tis mercy all, immense and free, for O my God, it found out me! ’Tis mercy all, immense and free, for O my God, it found out me!

4. No condemnation now I dread; Jesus, and all in him, is mine! Alive in him, my living Head, and clothed in righteousness divine, bold I approach th’eternal throne, and claim the crown, through Christ my own. Bold I approach th’eternal throne, and claim the crown, through Christ my own.

Angels from the Realms of Glory

Text: James Montgomery, 1816; st. 5, Salisbury Hymn Book, 1857 Tune: Henry Smart, 1866 REGENT SQUARE http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148422 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCoe4-9hITs 8.7.8.7.8.7

1. Angels from the realms of glory, wing your flight o’er all the earth; Ye who sang creation’s story now proclaim Messiah’s birth.

REFRAIN Come and worship, come and worship, worship Christ, the newborn King.

2. Shepherds, in the field abiding, watching o’er your flocks by night, God with man is now residing; yonder shines the infant light: REFRAIN

3. Sages, leave your contemplations, brighter visions beam afar. Seek the great Desire of nations; ye have seen his natal star. REFRAIN

4. Saints, before the altar bending, watching long in hope and fear, suddenly the Lord, descending, in his temple shall appear. REFRAIN

5. All creation, join in praising God, the Father, Spirit, Son, evermore your voices raising to th’eternal Three in One. REFRAIN

Angels We Have Heard On High

Text: Traditional French carol Tune: Traditional French melody; harm. Edward S. Barnes, 1937 GLORIA http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104764 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wYQoX8wIQg (choral) 7.7.7.7 ref.

1. Angels we have heard on high, sweetly singing o'er the plains, and the mountains in reply, echoing 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

Apostles’ Creed

Text: Anon., c. 2nd-6th cent.; vers. Anon. Tune: Leonard Payton, 1998 CREED 8.7.8.7 D

1. I believe in God the Father, Maker of the heav’n and earth; and in Jesus Christ our Savior, God’s own Son, of matchless worth. By the Holy Ghost conceiv-ed, of the Virgin Mary born; he in whom I have believed, God Almighty, Three in One.

2. Suffered under Pontius Pilate, crucified, for me he died. Laid within the grave so silent, gates of hell he opened wide. For the stone-sealed tomb was empty, on the third day he arose! Into heaven made his entry, mighty Conqu’ror of his foes.

3. At God’s right hand he is seated, till his coming as he said. Final judgment will be meted to the living and the dead. I confess the Holy Spirit who is sent by God the Son; to apply salvation’s merit, God the Spirit, Three in One.

4. I believe the Church of Jesus, holy, catholic remains, we are one through all the ages, in communion of the saints. I believe sins are forgiven, that our bodies will be raised. Everlasting life in heaven, ever let his name be praised.

Arise, My Soul, Arise

1. Arise, my soul, arise, shake off your guilty fears. The bleeding sacrifice, in my behalf appears. Before the throne my Surety stands. Before the throne my Surety stands. My name is written on his hands.

REFRAIN Arise (arise), arise (arise), arise arise, my soul, arise. Arise (arise), arise (arise), arise arise, my soul, arise. Shake off your guilty fears and rise.

2. He ever lives above, for me to intercede. His all redeeming love, his precious blood, to plead; His blood atoned for every race, his blood atoned for every race, and sprinkles now the throne of grace. REFRAIN

3. Five bleeding wounds he bears, received on Calvary. They pour effectual prayers; they strongly plead for me: “Forgive him, O forgive," they cry; “Forgive him, O forgive,” they cry; “Don’t let that ransomed sinner die!” REFRAIN

4. My God is reconciled; his pardoning voice I hear. He owns me for his child; I can no longer fear. With confidence I now draw nigh, with confidence I now draw nigh, and "Father, Abba, Father," cry. REFRAIN

As with Gladness Men of Old

Text: William C. Dix, 1858 Tune: Conrad Kocher, 1838 DIX http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104849 (tune only) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IakAMPoK9Dk 7.7.7.7.7.7

1. As with gladness men of old did the guiding star behold; as with joy they hailed its light, leading onward, beaming bright; so, most gracious Lord, may we evermore be led to thee.

2. As with joyful steps they sped to that lowly manger bed, There to bend the knee before him whom heaven and earth adore; So, may we with willing feet, ever seek the mercy seat.

3. As they offered gifts most rare at the manger rude and bare , so may we with holy joy, pure and free from sin's alloy, all our costliest treasures bring, Christ, to thee our heavenly King.

4. Holy Jesus, every day keep us in the narrow way, and when earthly things are past, bring our ransomed souls at last where they need no star to guide, where no clouds thy glory hide.

5. In that glorious city bright need they no created light; thou its light, its joy, its crown, thou its sun which goes not down; there forever may we sing alleluias to our King!

At the Lamb’s High Feast We Sing

Text: Latin hymn, 1632; tr. Robert Campbell, 1849 Tune: George J. Elvey, 1858 ST. GEORGE’S WINDSOR http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104944 (tune only) 7.7.7.7 D

1. At the Lamb's high feast we sing praise to our victorious King, who hath washed us in the tide flowing from his piercèd 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. pow’rs of hell beneath thee lie. Death is conquered in the fight; thou hast brought us life and light: Hymns of glory and of praise, risen Lord, to thee we raise. Holy Father, praise to thee, with the Spirit, ever be.

At the Name of Jesus

Text: Caroline M. Noel, 1870, alt. Tune: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1925 KING’S WESTON http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104884 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SPCjBNlVYI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2kfmffNv78 (choral) 6.5.6.5 D

1. At the name of Jesus every knee shall bow, every tongue confess him King of glory now. 'Tis the Father's pleasure we should call him Lord, who from the beginning was the mighty Word.

2. At his voice creation sprang at once to sight: all the angel faces, all the hosts of light, thrones and dominations, stars upon their way, all the heavenly orders in their great array.

3. Humbled for a season to receive a name from the lips of sinners, unto whom he came. Faithfully he bore it spotless to the last, brought it back victorious when from death he passed.

4. Bore it up triumphant with its human light, through all ranks of creatures, to the central height, to the throne of Godhead, to the Father’s breast; filled it with the glory of that perfect rest.

5. In your hearts enthrone him; there let him subdue all that is not holy, all that is not true. Crown him as your captain in temptation's hour; let his will enfold you in its light and power.

6. Christians, this Lord Jesus shall return again with his Father's glory, with his angel train, for all wreaths of empire meet upon his brow, and our hearts confess him King of glory now.

Baptized into Christ the Lord

1. Baptized into Christ the Lord, Alleluia! resurrection life outpoured, Alleluia! raised with Jesus from the dead, Alleluia! he our new creation's head. Alleluia!

2. Law no longer holds its sway, Alleluia! since Christ's resurrection day. Alleluia! Grace has conquered! Grace will save! Alleluia! Death o'ercome by open grave! Alleluia!

3. Dead to sin, alive to God, Alleluia! give him glory, honor, laud, Alleluia! buried in a bathing grace, Alleluia! raised before the Father's face. Alleluia!

4. Give your bodies to the Lord; Alleluia! he alone shall be adored. Alleluia! Sinful passions cannot reign, Alleluia! while we dwell in God's domain. Alleluia!

Be As Jesus

Be as Jesus: wholly God, yet a servant to all, became nothing, fully man to do his Father’s will, and be humble, and obey, and be hung upon the tree. O the fullness of his love, that the Savior died for me.

Now exalted by our God, name above all names, knees will bend and tongues declare: Jesus alone will reign, and have honor and all praise, and be lifted up on high. O the beauty of our King; he alone be glorified.

Be as Jesus, by his grace, walking in his ways, showing mercy, serving all; I’ll follow him all of my days, and be humble, and obey, and take up my cross and die. O the wonder of his call: die to self to gain true life.

Be Thou My Vision

Text: Ancient Irish poem, c. 700; tr. Mary E. Byrne, 1905; vers. Eleanor H. Hull, 1912 Tune: Traditional Irish tune; arr. David Evans, 1927 SLANE http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104975 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CMclLT_Hjg 10.10.10.10

1. Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart. Naught be all else to me, save that thou art; thou my best thought, by day or by night; waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.

2. Be thou my wisdom, and thou my true word, I ever with thee and thou with me, Lord, thou my great Father, and I thy true son, thou in me dwelling, and I with thee one.

3. Riches I heed not, nor man's empty praise. Thou mine inheritance, now and always, thou and thou only, first in my heart; high King of heaven, my treasure thou art.

4. High king of heaven, my victory won, may I reach heaven's joys, O bright heaven's sun! Heart of my own heart, whatever befall, still be my vision, O ruler of all.

Be Unto Your Name

We are a moment; you are forever, Lord of the ages, God before time. We are a vapor; you are eternal, Love everlasting, reigning on high.

REFRAIN Holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, worthy is the Lamb who was slain. Highest praises honor and glory be unto your name, be unto your name.

We are the broken; you are the healer. Jesus, Redeemer, mighty to save. You are the love song we'll sing forever, bowing before you, blessing your name.

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Beautiful Savior

1. All my days I will sing this song of gladness, give my praise to the Fountain of delights. For in my helplessness you heard my cry, and waves of mercy poured down on my life.

2. I will trust in the cross of my Redeemer. I will sing of the blood that never fails, of sins forgiven, of conscience cleansed, of death defeated and life without end.

REFRAIN Beautiful Savior, Wonderful Counselor, clothed in majesty, Lord of history, you’re the Way, the Truth, the Life. Star of the Morning, glorious in holiness, you're the risen one, heaven's champion, and you reign, you reign over all.

3. I long to be where the praise is never-ending, yearn to dwell where the glory never fades, where countless worshippers will share one song, and cries of "worthy" will honor the Lamb.

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Before the Throne of God Above

1. Before the throne of God above I have a strong and perfect plea, a great high priest whose name is love, who ever lives and pleads for me. My name is graven on his hands; my name is written on his heart. I know that while in heav'n he stands no tongue can bid me thence depart, no tongue can bid me thence depart.

2. When Satan tempts me to despair and tells me of the guilt within, upward I look and see him there, who made an end of all my sin. Because the sinless Savior died my sinful soul is counted free, for God the just is satisfied to look on him and pardon me, to look on him and pardon me.

3. Behold him there, the risen Lamb, my perfect spotless righteousness, the great unchangeable I Am, the King of glory and of grace. One with himself I cannot die; my soul is purchased by his blood. My life is hid with Christ on high, with Christ my Savior and my God, with Christ my Savior and my God.

Behold Our God

Text and tune: Jonathan Baird, Meghan Baird, Ryan Baird, and Stephen Altrogge, 2011 © 2011, Sovereign Grace Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th2sCzuzqTg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0djzIw6foYc (piano and congregation only)

Who has held the oceans in his hands? Who has numbered every grain of sand? Kings and nations tremble at his voice. All creation rises to rejoice.

REFRAIN Behold our God seated on his throne. Come, let us adore him. Behold our King—nothing can compare. Come, let us adore him.

Who has given counsel to the Lord? Who can question any of his words? Who can teach the One who knows all things? Who can fathom all his wondrous deeds?

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Who has felt the nails upon his hands? Bearing all the guilt of sinful man God eternal, humbled to the grave, Jesus, Savior, risen now to reign!

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You will reign forever! (Let your glory fill the earth)

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Beneath the Cross of Jesus

1. Beneath the cross of Jesus I fain would take my stand the shadow of a mighty Rock within a weary land, a home within the wilderness, a rest upon the way, from the burning of the noontide heat, and the burden of the day.

2. Upon that cross of Jesus mine eyes at times can see the very dying form of One who suffered there for me. And from my smitten heart with tears these wonders I confess-- The wonders of redeeming love, and my unworthiness.

3. I take, O cross, thy shadow for my abiding place; I ask no other sunshine than the sunshine of his face. Content to let the world go by, to know no gain nor loss; my sinful self my only shame, my glory all the cross.

Better Is One Day

How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord Almighty, My soul longs and even faints for you. For here my heart is satisfied within your presence. I sing beneath the shadow of your wings.

REFRAIN Better is one day in your courts, better is one day in your house, better is one day in your courts than thousands elsewhere.

One thing I ask and I would seek to see your beauty, to find you in the place your glory dwells.

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My heart and flesh cry out for you the living God. Your Spirit's water to my soul; I've tasted and I've seen. Come once again to me. I will draw near to you, I will draw near to you, to you.

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Blessed Be the God of Israel: The Song of Zechariah (Luke 1:68-79)

1. Blessed be the God of Israel who comes to set us free and raises up new hope for us: a branch from David’s tree. So have the prophets long declared that with a mighty arm God would turn back our enemies and all who wish us harm.

2. With promised mercy will God still the covenant recall, the oath once sworn to Abraham, from foes to save us all, that we might worship without fear and offer lives of praise, in holiness and righteousness to serve God all our days.

3. My child, as prophet of the Lord you will prepare the way, to tell God’s people they are saved from sin’s eternal sway. Then shall God’s mercy from on high shine forth and never cease to drive away the gloom of death and lead us into peace.

Blessed Be Your Name

Blessed be your name in the land that is plentiful. Where your streams of abundance flow, blessed be your name. Blessed be your name when I'm found in the desert place. Though I walk through the wilderness, blessed be your name.

Every blessing you pour out, I’ll turn back to praise. When the darkness closes in, Lord, still I will say:

REFRAIN Blessed be the name of the Lord. Blessed be your name. Blessed be the name of the Lord. Blessed be your glorious name.

Blessed be your name when the sun's shining down on me. When the world's all as it should be, blessed be your name. Blessed be your name on the road marked with suffering. Though there's pain in the offering, blessed be your name.

Every blessing you pour out, I’ll turn back to praise. When the darkness closes in, Lord, still I will say:

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You give and take away. You give and take away. My heart will choose to say: Lord, blessed be your name.

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By Faith

1. By faith we see the hand of God in the light of creation's grand design, in the lives of those who prove his faithfulness, who walk by faith and not by sight.

2. By faith our fathers roamed the earth with the pow'r of his promise in their hearts of a holy city built by God's own hand, a place where peace and justice reign.

REFRAIN We will stand as children of the promise. We will fix our eyes on him our soul's reward. Till the race is finished and the work is done we'll walk by faith and not by sight.

3. By faith the prophets saw a day when the longed for Messiah would appear with the pow'r to break the chains of sin and death and rise triumphant from the grave.

4. By faith the church was called to go in the pow'r of the Spirit to the lost to deliver captives and to preach good news in ev'ry corner of the earth.

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5. By faith this mountain shall be moved and the pow'r of the gospel shall prevail for we know in Christ all things are possible for all who call upon his name.

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By His Wounds

He was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our sins. The punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds, by his wounds we are healed.

We are healed by your sacrifice and the life that you gave. We are healed for you paid the price. By your grace we are saved, we are saved.

Chosen and Sent by the Father

1. Chosen and sent by the Father before earth’s creation, Christ came from heaven in mercy to bring us salvation. Now he sends you, God’s mighty plan to pursue. Go in the strength of his Spirit!

2. He conquered death and the grave, and our foe is defeated. Now to earth’s end must the story of hope be repeated. So he sends you—daily his conquest renew. Live in the strength of his Spirit!

3. He will be in you, before and behind and beside you. All that you need he has pledged by his blood to provide you. Thus he sends you—prove that his promise is true. Strong in the strength of his Spirit!

4. When you have worked till life’s end and his mandate completed, then at his side by the throne of his glory be seated. But till that day his last commandment obey, strengthened in might by his Spirit.

5. Savior and Lord of our lives, for your call we adore you. All that we are we would offer in worship before you. Ready to go, ready your fullness to know, ready to serve by your Spirit!

Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation

Text: Latin hymn, 6th or 7th cent.; tr. John Mason Neale, 1851, alt. Tune: Henry Smart, 1866 REGENT SQUARE http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148422 (tune only) 8.7.8.7.8.7

1. Christ is made the sure foundation, Christ the head and cornerstone, chosen of the Lord, and precious, binding all the Church in one; holy Zion's help for ever, and her confidence alone.

2. All that dedicated city, dearly loved of God on high, in exultant jubilation pours perpetual melody, God the One in Three adoring in glad hymns eternally.

3. To this temple, where we call you, come, O Lord of hosts, today. With your steadfast loving-kindness, hear your people as we pray, and your fullest benediction shed within its walls alway.

4. Grant to us and all your servants what we ask of you to gain, what we gain from you, forever with the blessed to retain, and hereafter in your glory evermore with you to reign.

5. Laud and honor to the Father, laud and honor to the Son, Laud and honor to the Spirit, ever Three and ever One, One in might, and One in glory while unending ages run.

Christ the Lord Is Risen Today

Text: Charles Wesley, 1739, alt. Tune: Lyra Davidica, 1708; arr. John Arnold, 1749 EASTER HYMN http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104805 (tune only) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFjnlBn0K10 7.7.7.7 + alleluias

1. “Christ the Lord is ris’n today,” Alleluia! sons of men and angels say. Alleluia! Raise your joys and triumphs high; Alleluia! sing ye heav’ns and earth reply, Alleluia!

2. Lives again our glorious King. Alleluia! Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia! Once he died, our souls to save. Alleluia! Where thy victory, O grave? Alleluia!

3. Love's redeeming work is done. Alleluia! Fought the fight, the battle won. Alleluia! Death in vain forbids him rise. Alleluia! Christ has opened paradise. Alleluia!

4. Soar we now where Christ has led, Alleluia! foll’wing our exalted Head. Alleluia! Made like him, like him we rise. Alleluia! Ours the cross, the grave the skies. Alleluia!

5. Hail, the Lord of earth and heav’n. Alleluia! Praise to you by both be giv’n. Alleluia! Thee we greet triumphant now. Alleluia! Every knee to you shall bow. Alleluia!

Christ Was Born in Bethlehem

Text: Stanzas 1–4, Anonymous; published in Florence Botsford, Folks Songs of Many Peoples, 1921; stanzas 5–6, Michael Farley, 2008 Tune: Traditional American melody http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P9WvEhBpJQ

1. Christ was born in Bethlehem; Christ was born in Bethlehem. Christ was born in Bethlehem and in a manger lay, and in a manger lay, and in a manger lay. Christ was born in Bethlehem and in a manger lay.

2. Then they crucified him; then they crucified him. Then they crucified him, they nailed him to a tree. They nailed Him to a tree; they nailed him to a tree. Then they crucified him; they nailed him to a tree.

3. Joseph begged his body; Joseph begged his body. Joseph begged his body; they laid it in a tomb. They laid it in a tomb; they laid it in a tomb. Joseph begged his body; they laid it in a tomb.

4. The tomb it could not hold him, the tomb it could not hold him The tomb it could not hold him; he burst the bonds of death, he burst the bonds of death, he burst the bonds of death. The tomb it could not hold him; he burst the bonds of death.

5. Now he reigns in heaven; now he reigns in heaven. Now he reigns in heaven; he’s seated on the throne, he’s seated on the throne, he’s seated on the throne. Now he reigns in heaven; he’s seated on the throne.

6. He feeds us at his table; he feeds us at his table. He feeds us at his table to make us one with him, to make us one with him, to make us one with him. He feeds us at his table to make us one with him.

He feeds us at his table until he comes again.

Christian Hearts in Love United

Text: Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf, 1723; tr. Frederick W. Foster and John Miller, 1789 (alt., 1886) and Walter Klaassen, 1969 Tune: B. F. White, The Sacred Harp, 1844 BEACH SPRING http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/150499 (tune only) 8.7.8.7 D

1. Christian hearts in love united, search to know God’s holy will. Let his love, in us ignited, more and more our spirits fill. Christ the head and we his members—we reflect the light he is. Christ the master, we disciples—he is ours and we are his.

2. Grant, Lord, that with your direction “Love each other” we comply. Help us live in true affection, your love to exemplify. Let our mutual love be glowing brightly so that all may view that we, as on one stem growing, living branches are in you.

3. Come, then, living church of Jesus, covenant with him anew. Unto him who conquered for us may we pledge our service true. May our lives reflect the brightness of God’s love in Jesus shown. To the world we then bear witness: we belong to God alone.

Church of God, Elect and Glorious

1. Church of God, elect and glorious, holy nation, chosen race, called as God’s own special people, royal priests and heirs of grace: know the purpose of your calling; show to all his mighty deeds; tell of love that knows no limits, grace that meets all human needs.

2. God has called you out of darkness into his most marvelous light, brought his truth to life within you, turned your blindness into sight. Let your light so shine around you that God’s name is glorified, and all find fresh hope and purpose in Christ Jesus crucified.

3. Once you were an alien people, strangers to God’s heart of love, but he brought you home in mercy, citizens of heaven above. Let his love flow out to others; let them feel the Father’s care, that they too may know his welcome and his countless blessings share.

4. Church of God, elect and holy, be the people he intends, strong in faith and swift to answer each command your Master sends. Royal priests, fulfill your calling through your sacrifice and prayer. Give your lives in joyful service; sing his praise; his love declare.

Come Boldly to the Throne of Grace

1. Come boldly to the throne of grace; ye wretched sinners come, and lay your load at Jesus' feet, and plead what he has done.

2. "How can I come?" some soul may say, "I'm lame and cannot walk. My guilt and sin have stopped my mouth. I sigh, but dare not talk."

3. Come boldly to the throne of grace, though lost, and blind, and lame. Jehovah is the sinner's friend and ever was the same.

4. He makes the dead to hear his voice. He makes the blind to see. The sinner lost he came to save and set the prisoner free.

5. Poor bankrupt souls, who feel and know the hell of sin within, come boldly to the throne of grace. The Lord will take you in.

Come, Christians, Join to Sing

Text: st. 1, 2, 4, Christian H. Bateman, 1843; st. 3, Kevin Hartnett; © 2006, Sovereign Grace Praise Tune: Traditional Spanish melody; arr. David Evans, 1927 MADRID http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suq0SOGCKxQ (choral) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scIXblXpQN4&feature=related (contemporary) 6.6.6.6 D

1. Come, Christians, join to sing—Alleluia! Amen!— Loud praise to Christ our King. Alleluia! Amen! Let all, with heart and voice, before his throne rejoice; Praise is his gracious choice. Alleluia! Amen!

2. Come, lift your hearts on high. Alleluia! Amen! Let praises fill the sky. Alleluia! Amen! He is our Guide and Friend; to us he’ll condescend; His love shall never end. Alleluia! Amen!

3. Come, praise the risen Lamb. Alleluia! Amen! He died to ransom man. Alleluia! Amen! On that triumphant day, he took our sins away. Death could not bid him stay. Alleluia! Amen!

4. Praise yet our Christ again. Alleluia! Amen! Life shall not end the strain. Alleluia! Amen! On heaven’s blissful shore, his goodness we’ll adore, singing forevermore, “Alleluia! Amen!”

Come, for the Feast Is Spread

1. Come, for the feast is spread, hark to the call. Come to the Living Bread, offered up to all. Come to his house of wine, low on his breast recline; all that he has is thine.

REFRAIN Come, Christian, come. Your victory’s won. Come to the Living Bread. Come for the feast is spread.

2. Come where the fountain flows, river of life, healing for all thy woes, doubting, and strife. Millions have been supplied; no one was e’er denied. Come to the crimson tide. REFRAIN

3. Come to the throne of grace, boldly draw near. He who would win the race must tarry here. Whate’er thy want may be, here is the grace for thee, Jesus thine only plea. REFRAIN

4. Come, for the feast is spread, hark to the call. Come to the Living Bread, offered up to all. Come to his house of wine, low on his breast recline; all that he has is thine. REFRAIN

Come, Let Us Sing

1. Come let us sing to the One, to the Father of life, for his light fills the earth like the sun. Come – tell of the wonders he’s done. Great is world that he has made, are the mysteries untold, is his measureless power of old. Come – come let us sing to our God.

REFRAIN To our God who is able to strengthen us in his grace, Beyond all we imagine, be all glory and praise. Be all praise.

2. Come let us sing to the One, to the Savior of life, find the fullness of God in the Son. Come – tell of the wonders he’s done. Wild is the mercy of Christ, is the richness of grace, is the unending life we embrace. Come – come let us sing to our God.

3. Come let us sing to the One, to the Spirit of life, leading us in the way of the Son. Come – tell of the wonders he’s done. Strong is the Spirit within, is the boldness to speak, is the power to run when we’re weak. Come – come let us sing to our God.

Come Now, Almighty King

Text: Collection of Hymns for Social Worship, 1757; alt. Bob Kauflin, 2001; © 2001, Sovereign Grace Praise Tune: Bob Kauflin and John Spiro, 2001; © 2001, Sovereign Grace Praise http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEcz3kkskFg

1. Come now, Almighty King, (Come now, Almighty King,) help us your name to sing. (help us your name to sing.) We will declare your praise, (We will declare your praise,) righteous in all your ways. (righteous in all your ways) Father, all glorious, o’er all victorious, come and reign over us, Ancient of Days.

2. Come now, Incarnate Word, (Come now, Incarnate Word,) take up your mighty sword. (take up your mighty sword.) Our humble prayers attend, (Our humble prayers attend,) faithful unto the end. (faithful unto the end.) Come and your people bless and give your word success. Lord of all righteousness, on us descend.

3. Come, Holy Spirit, come; (Come, Holy Spirit, come;) your perfect will be done. (your perfect will be done.) Brighten our darkened hearts; (Brighten our darkened hearts;) your precious life impart. (your precious life impart.) Guide us into your truth so we might bear more fruit. Fill us with more of you, Spirit of power.

4. To the great One in Three (To the great One in Three) eternal praises be. (eternal praises be.) Timeless, unchanging Lord, (Timeless, unchanging Lord,) now and forevermore, (now and forevermore,) your sovereign majesty may we in glory see and to eternity love and adore.

Come, O Creator Spirit Blest

Text: Rabanus Maurus, 776–856; tr. Edward Caswall, 1814-1878, alt. Tune: John Hatton, 1793 DUKE STREET http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148497 (tune only) LM

1. Come, O Creator Spirit blest, and in our hearts take up your rest; Spirit of grace, with heav'nly aid come to the souls whom you have made.

2. You are the Comforter, we cry, sent to the earth from God Most High, fountain of life and fire of love, and our Anointing from above.

3. Bringing from heav'n our sev'nfold dow'r, sign of our God's right hand of pow'r, O blessed Spirit, promised long, your coming wakes the heart to song.

4. Make our dull minds with rapture glow; let human hearts with love o'erflow; And, when our feeble flesh would fail, may your immortal strength prevail.

5. Far from our souls the foe repel; grant us in peace henceforth to dwell. Ill shall not come, nor harm betide, if only you will be our Guide.

6. Show us the Father, Holy One; help us to know th'Eternal Son. Spirit Divine, forevermore you will we trust and you adore.

Come, O Redeemer, Come

1. Father, enthroned on high—“Holy, holy!” Ancient eternal Light—hear our prayer.

REFRAIN Come, O Redeemer, come; grant us mercy. Come, O Redeemer, come; grant us peace.

2. Lord, save us from the dark of our striving, faithless, troubled hearts weighed down.

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3. Look now upon our need; Lord, be with us. Heal us and make us free from our sin.

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Come, People of the Risen King

1. Come, people of the risen King, who delight to bring him praise; Come all and tune your hearts to sing to the morning star of grace. From the shifting shadows of the earth we will lift our eyes to him, where steady arms of mercy reach to gather children in.

REFRAIN Rejoice, Rejoice! Let every tongue rejoice! One heart, one voice; O church of Christ, rejoice!

2. Come, those whose joy is morning sun and those weeping through the night. Come, those who tell of battles won and those struggling in the fight. For his perfect love will never change, and his mercies never cease, but follow us through all our days with the certain hope of peace. REFRAIN

3. Come, young and old from every land, men and women of the faith. Come, those with full or empty hands, find the riches of his grace. Over all the world, his people sing; shore to shore we hear them call the Truth that cries through every age: “Our God is all in all”! REFRAIN

Come, Thou Almighty King

Text: Collection of Hymns for Social Worship, 1757 Tune: Felice de Giardini, 1769 ITALIAN HYMN http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEeoIRXFM9Y

1. Come, thou almighty King, help us thy name to sing: help us to praise. Father all-glorious, o’er all victorious, come and reign over us, Ancient of Days.

2. Come, thou incarnate Word, gird on thy mighty sword; our prayer attend. Come and thy people bless, and give thy Word success. Spirit of holiness, on us descend.

3. Come, holy Comforter, thy sacred witness bear in this glad hour! Thou, who almighty art, now rule in ev'ry heart, and ne’er from us depart, Spirit of pow'r.

4. To thee, great One in Three, eternal praises be hence evermore! Thy sov'reign majesty may we in glory see, and to eternity love and adore.

Come, Thou Everlasting Spirit

1. Come, thou everlasting Spirit, bring to every thankful mind all the Savior’s dying merit, all his sufferings for mankind!

REFRAIN Come, thou Witness of his dying; come, Remembrancer divine! Let us feel thy power, applying Christ to every soul, and mine.

2. True Recorder of his passion, now the living faith impart. Now reveal his great salvation; preach his gospel to our heart. REFRAIN

3. Let us groan thine inward groaning, look on him we pierced, and grieve. All receive the grace atoning, all the sprinkled blood receive. REFRAIN

Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

Text: Robert Robinson, 1758 Tune: Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second, Harrisburg, 1813 NETTLETON http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148629 (tune only) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYrTqBioaZ4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUhU0HgTq94 (stunningly beautiful choral arrangement) 8.7.8.7 D

1. Come, thou fount of every blessing, tune my heart to sing thy grace. Streams of mercy, never ceasing, call for songs of loudest praise. Teach me some melodious sonnet, sung by flaming tongues above. Praise the mount—I'm fixed upon it—mount of God’s unchanging love.

2. Here I raise my Ebenezer; hither by thy help I'm come. And I hope, by thy good pleasure, safely to arrive at home. Jesus sought me when a stranger, wandering from the fold of God. He, to rescue me from danger, interposed his precious blood.

3. O to grace how great a debtor daily I'm constrained to be! Let thy grace now, like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to thee. Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, prone to leave the God I love; Here's my heart, O take and seal it, seal it for thy courts above.

4. On that day when freed from sinning, I shall see thy lovely face, full arrayed in blood-washed linen; how I’ll sing thy sovereign grace! Come, my Lord, no longer tarry! Bring thy promises to pass, for I know thy pow’r will lead me ‘til I’m raised with thee at last.

Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus

Text: stanzas 1, 4, Charles Wesley, 1744; stanzas 2, 3, Mark E. Hunt, 1978, © 1978, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship Tune: Rowland H. Pritchard, 1830 HYFRYDOL http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104896 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xal35DgmSUs&feature=related 8.7.8.7 D

1. Come, thou long-expected Jesus, born to set thy people free; from our fears and sins release us, let us find our rest in thee. Israel's strength and consolation, hope of all the earth thou art, dear desire of every nation, joy of every longing heart.

2. Joy to those who long to see thee, Dayspring from on high, appear. Come, thou promised Rod of Jesse, of thy birth we long to hear! O’er the hills the angels singing news, glad tidings of a birth: “Go to him, your praises bringing; Christ the Lord has come to earth.”

3. Come to earth to taste our sadness, he whose glories knew no end. By his life he brings us gladness, our Redeemer, Shepherd, Friend. Leaving riches without number, born within a cattle stall, this the everlasting wonder, Christ was born the Lord of all.

4. Born thy people to deliver, born a child, and yet a king, born to reign in us forever, now thy gracious kingdom bring. By thine own eternal Spirit rule in all our hearts alone; by thine all-sufficient merit raise us to thy glorious throne.

Come, Ye Sinners

Text: Joseph Hart, 1759 Tune: B. F. White, The Sacred Harp, 1844 BEACH SPRING http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/150499 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-OWJaFH2Ac&feature=related or RESTORATION https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmn9wZf7pOo (choral) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGvCm9I4H0A (contemporary) 8.7.8.7 D

1. Come, ye sinners, poor and wretched, weak and wounded, sick and sore. Jesus ready stands to save you, full of pity joined with pow'r: He is able, he is able, he is willing; doubt no more. He is able, he is able, he is willing; doubt no more.

2. Come, ye needy, come and welcome, God's free bounty glorify, true belief and true repentance, ev'ry grace that brings you nigh. Without money, without money, come to Jesus Christ and buy. Without money, without money, come to Jesus Christ and buy.

3. Come, ye weary, heavy laden, bruised and broken by the fall. If you tarry till you're better, you will never come at all. Not the righteous, not the righteous, sinners Jesus came to call. Not the righteous, not the righteous, sinners Jesus came to call.

4. Lo! th'incarnate God, ascended, pleads the merit of his blood. Venture on him, venture wholly, let no other trust intrude. None but Jesus, none but Jesus, can do helpless sinners good. None but Jesus, none but Jesus, can do helpless sinners good.

5. Saints and angels, join'd in concert, sing the praises of the Lamb, While the joyful courts of heaven sweetly echo with his name,– Hallelujah! Hallelujah!– sinners here may sing the same.

Come, You Faithful, Raise the Strain

Text: John of Damascus, c. 696–754; tr. John Mason Neale, 1818–1866, alt. Tune: Johann Horn, c. 1490–1547 ST. KEVIN http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104806 (tune only) or GAUDEAMUS http://www.lutheran-hymnal.com/lbw/lbw132.mid (tune only) 7.6.7.6 D

1. Come, you faithful, raise the strain of triumphant gladness! God has brought his Israel into joy from sadness! Alleluia! Now we cry to our King immortal, who, triumphant, burst the bars of the tomb’s dark portal.

2. Neither might the gates of death, nor the tomb’s dark portal, nor the watchers, nor the seal hold him as a mortal. But today among his own, Christ appeared bestowing his own peace, which evermore passes human knowing.

3. ’Tis the spring of souls today; Christ has burst his prison, and from three days’ sleep in death as a sun has risen. All the winter of our sins, long and dark, is flying from his light, to whom we give laud and praise undying.

4. Now the queen of seasons bright with the day of splendor, with the royal feast of feasts, comes its joy to render; comes to gladden faithful hearts which with true affection welcome in unwearied strains Jesus’ resurrection!

Come, You Thankful People, Come

Text: Henry Alford, 1844 Tune: George J. Elvey, 1858 ST. GEORGE’S WINDSOR http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104944 (tune only) 7.7.7.7 D

1. Come, you thankful people, come; raise the song of harvest home. All is safely gathered in ere the winter storms begin. God, our Maker, does provide for our needs to be supplied. Come, with all his people come; raise the song of harvest home.

2. All the world is God's own field, fruit unto his praise to yield; wheat and weeds together sown, unto joy or sorrow grown. First the blade and then the ear, then the full corn shall appear. Lord of harvest, grant that we wholesome grain and pure may be.

3. For the Lord our God shall come and shall take his harvest home. He himself in that great day all offense shall take away, give his angels charge at last in the fire the weeds to cast, but the fruitful ears to store in his garner evermore.

4. Even so, Lord, quickly come to your final harvest home. Gather all your people in, free from sorrow, free from sin there, forever purified, in your presence to abide. Come, with all your angels come; raise the glorious harvest home.

Comfort, Comfort Now My People

Text: from Isaiah 40:1-3; adapted Johannes Olearius, 1671 Tune: Louis Bourgeois, 1551 GENEVAN 42 http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148388 (tune only) http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/157952 (congregation)

1. “Comfort, comfort now my people; tell of peace!” So says our God. Comfort those who sit in darkness, mourning under sorrow’s load. To my people I proclaim pardon now in Jesus' name. Tell them that their sins I cover, and their warfare now is over!

2. Now the herald’s voice is crying in the desert far and near, calling us to true repentance, since the reign of God is here. Oh, 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. Straight shall be what long was crooked, and the rougher places plain. Let your hearts be true and humble, welcoming God's holy reign. For the glory of the Lord now on earth is shed abroad, and all flesh shall see the token that God’s word is never broken.

Creation Sings the Father's Song

1. Creation sings the Father's song. He calls the sun to wake the dawn and run the course of day till evening falls in crimson rays. His fingerprints in flakes of snow, his breath upon this spinning globe, he charts the eagle's flight, commands the newborn baby's cry.

REFRAIN Hallelujah! Let all creation stand and sing, "Hallelujah!" Fill the earth with songs of worship; Tell the wonders of creation's King.

2. Creation gazed upon his face; the ageless One in time's embrace unveiled the Father's plan of reconciling God and man. A second Adam walked the earth, whose blameless life would break the curse, whose death would set us free to live with him eternally. REFRAIN

3. Creation longs for his return, when Christ shall reign upon the earth; the bitter wars that rage are birth pains of a coming age. When he renews the land and sky, all heav'n will sing and earth reply with one resplendent theme: the glories of our God and King! REFRAIN

Crown Him with Many Crowns

Text: st. 1–2, 4–5, Matthew Bridges, 1851; st. 3, Godfrey Thring, 1874, alt. Tune: George J. Elvey, 1868 DIADEMATA http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104466 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vo1rh6MJLI&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuMh_ept-Js&feature=related SMD

1. Crown him with many crowns, the Lamb upon his throne. Hark! How the heavenly anthem drowns all music but its own. Awake, my soul, and sing of him who died for thee, and hail him as thy matchless King through all eternity.

2. Crown him the Lord of love; behold his hands and side, rich wounds, yet visible above, in beauty glorified. No angel in the sky can fully bear that sight, but downward bends his burning eye at mysteries so bright.

3. Crown him the Lord of life, who triumphed o’er the grave, who rose victorious to the strife for those he came to save. His glories now we sing, who died, and rose on high, who died eternal life to bring, and lives that death may die.

4. Crown him the Lord of heav'n, enthroned in worlds above. Crown him the King to whom is giv'n the wondrous name of Love. Crown him with many crowns as thrones before him fall. Crown him, ye kings, with many crowns, for he is King of all.

Days of Elijah

These are the days of Elijah, declaring the word of the Lord. And these are the days of your servant Moses, righteousness being restored. And though these are days of great trial, of famine and darkness and sword. Still, we are the voice in the desert crying “Prepare ye the way of the Lord!”

REFRAIN Behold he comes riding on the clouds, shining like the sun at the trumpet call. Lift your voice; it's the year of jubilee, and out of Zion's hill salvation comes.

These are the days of Ezekiel, the dry bones becoming as flesh; And these are the days of your servant David, rebuilding a temple of praise. These are the days of the harvest, the fields are as white in your world, And we are the laborers in your vineyard, declaring the word of the Lord!

Dear Refuge of My Weary Soul

Text: Anne Steele Tune: Kevin Twit, 1998; © Kevin Twit Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIwRiDym3Xc

1. Dear refuge of my weary soul, on thee, when sorrows rise. On thee, when waves of trouble roll, my fainting hope relies To thee I tell each rising grief, for thou alone canst heal. Thy Word can bring a sweet relief, for every pain I feel.

2. But O, when gloomy doubts prevail, I fear to call thee mine. The springs of comfort seem to fail, and all my hopes decline. Yet gracious God, where shall I flee? Thou art my only trust. And still my soul would cleave to thee though prostrate in the dust.

3. Hast thou not bid me seek thy face, and shall I seek in vain? And can the ear of sovereign grace, be deaf when I complain? No, still the ear of sovereign grace, attends the mourner's prayer. O may I ever find access, to breathe my sorrows there.

4. Thy mercy seat is open still; here let my soul retreat. With humble hope attend thy will, and wait beneath thy feet, Thy mercy seat is open still; here let my soul retreat. With humble hope attend thy will, and wait beneath thy feet.

Dearly We’re Bought

1. Come raise your thankful voice, ye souls redeemed with blood. Leave earth and all its toys, and mix no more with mud.

REFRAIN Dearly we're bought, highly esteemed, redeemed, with Jesus' blood redeemed. Dearly we're bought, highly esteemed, redeemed, with Jesus' blood redeemed.

2. With heart, and soul, and mind, exalt redeeming love; Leave worldly cares behind, and set your minds above. REFRAIN

3. Lift up your ravished eyes, and view the glory given, all lower things despised, ye citizens of heaven. REFRAIN

4. Be to this world as dead, alive to that to come. Our life in Christ is hid, who soon shall call us home. REFRAIN

Easter Doxology

Text: Eric Schumacher, 2004; © 2001, ReformedPraise.org Tune: Auserlesen Catholische Geistliche Kirchengesange, Cologne, 1623; adapt. and harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906 LASST UNS ERFREUEN http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148341 (tune only) LM + alleluias

O! Let the nations sing the fame of Christ the Lamb who once was slain! He is risen! He is risen! Now we await the coming day when all those raised in Christ will say— “Give him glory! Give him glory! He is risen! He is risen! Alleluia!

Enough

REFRAIN All of you is more than enough for all of me, for ev’ry thirst and ev’ry need. you satisfy me with your love, and all I have in you is more than enough.

You are my supply, my bread of life– still more awesome than I know. You’re my reward, worth living for– still more awesome than I know.

REFRAIN

You’re my sacrifice of greatest price– still more awesome than I know. You’re my coming King, Lord of ev’rything– still more awesome than I know.

REFRAIN

Eternal God of Hope and Light

1. Eternal God of hope and light to every age and land, we ask your guidance and your grace to help us firmly stand for equal justice, peace and right wherever we may be to give to all a better life and days of liberty.

2. Immortal God enlarge our sight that we may always see the needs of those who share our lives and help us each to be disciples of your word and way who seek to do your will, that in our days of earthly life we shall your purpose fill.

3. Invisible though you may be we know that you are near. Increase our faith, O God of power, to see your vision clear. In days of darkness give us faith and confidence in you so we may walk with trust and hope to serve no one but you.

4. All-Knowing God help us to live with confidence assured. Though you are hidden from our sight when answers are obscured. Help us hold fast your commands, obedient to your way that we may ever do the right to serve you every day.

Everlasting God

Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord. We will wait upon the Lord. We will wait upon the Lord. Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord. We will wait upon the Lord. We will wait upon the Lord.

Our God, you reign forever, Our Hope, our strong Deliv'rer

REFRAIN You are the everlasting God, the everlasting God. You do not faint. You won't grow weary. You're the defender of the weak. You comfort those in need. You lift us up on wings like eagles.

Our God, you reign forever, Our Hope, our strong Deliv'rer

REFRAIN

Our God, you reign forever, Our Hope, our strong Deliv'rer

REFRAIN (2X)

Every Promise of Your Word

Text and tune: Keith Getty and Stuart Townend, 2005; © 2005, Thankyou Music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEsEomCfAX0 (melody is here although the accompaniment is too country) http://www.gettymusic.com/hymns.aspx?id=97 (listen to this clip to hear an accompaniment with a better tone of firm resolve)

1. From the breaking of the dawn to the setting of the sun, I will stand on ev'ry promise of your Word. Words of power, strong to save, that will never pass away, I will stand on ev'ry promise of your Word. For your covenant is sure, and on this I am secure— I can stand on ev'ry promise of your Word.

2. When I stumble and I sin, condemnation pressing in, I will stand on ev'ry promise of your Word. You are faithful to forgive that in freedom I might live; so I stand on ev'ry promise of your Word. Guilt to innocence restored, you remember sins no more— so I'll stand on ev'ry promise of your Word.

3. When I'm faced with anguished choice, I will listen for your voice, And I'll stand on ev'ry promise of your Word. Through this dark and troubled land you will guide me with your hand as I stand on ev'ry promise of your Word. And you've promised to complete ev'ry work begun in me— so I'll stand on ev'ry promise of your Word.

4. Hope that lifts me from despair, love that casts out ev'ry fear, as I stand on ev'ry promise of your Word. Not forsaken, not alone, for the Comforter has come, and I stand on ev'ry promise of your Word. Grace sufficient, grace for me, grace for all who will believe— we will stand on ev'ry promise of your Word.

Father, Long Before Creation

1. Father, long before creation thou hadst chosen us in love, and that love so deep, so moving, draws us close to Christ above. Still it keeps us, still it keeps us. firmly fixed in Christ alone.

2. Though the world may change its fashion, yet our God is e'er the same. His compassion and his covenant through all ages will remain. God's own children, God's own children must forever praise his name.

3. God's compassion is my story, is my boasting all the day. Mercy free and never failing moves my will, directs my way. God so loved us, God so loved us that his only Son he gave.

4. Loving Father now before thee we will ever praise thy love, and our songs will sound unceasing 'til we reach our home above, giving glory, giving glory to our God and to the Lamb.

For All the Saints

Text: William Walsham How, 1864 Tune: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906 SINE NOMINE http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104922 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3LMWCIa08Q&feature=related 10.10.10+alleluias

1. For all the saints, who from their labor rest, who thee by faith before the world confessed, thy name, O Jesus, be forever blessed. Alleluia! Alleluia!

2. Thou wast their Rock, their Fortress, and their Might, thou, Lord, their Captain in the well-fought fight; thou, in the darkness drear, their one true light. Alleluia! Alleluia!

3. O may thy soldiers, faithful, true, and bold, fight as the saints who nobly fought of old, and win, with them, the victor's crown of gold. Alleluia! Alleluia!

4. O blest communion, fellowship divine! We feebly struggle, they in glory shine; yet all are one in thee, for all are thine. Alleluia! Alleluia!

5. And when the strife is fierce, the warfare long, steals on the ear, the distant triumph song, and hearts are brave again, and arms are strong. Alleluia! Alleluia!

6. The golden evening brightens in the west. Soon, soon to faithful warriors comes their rest. Sweet is the calm of paradise the blessed. Alleluia! Alleluia!

7. But lo! there breaks a yet more glorious day. The saints triumphant rise in bright array. The King of Glory passes on his way. Alleluia! Alleluia!

8. From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest coast, through gates of pearl streams in the countless host, singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Alleluia! Alleluia!

For the World

Jesus Lord and King, you came to wash the feet of sinners such as me and for the world. You left your throne on high to calm creation's cry, to suffer and to die for the world, for the world.

REFRAIN Holy Jesus, lowly Jesus, Lamb that was slain for the world, for the world.

You bled from pierced side for every tongue and tribe, with arms held open wide for the world. With one last breath to breathe, your final prayer and plea was pardon for me and for the world, for the world. REFRAIN

O to know your heart; you bid me now to start by asking on my knees for the world, for the world. REFRAIN

For You Are Holy (O God, There’s None Like You)

O God, there's none like you in all the earth, in all the earth. O God, who can compare to you, to you? Only you have no beginning. Only you could make the skies. Only you are truth unending. Only you are always wise. Lord, there is none like you,

REFRAIN: For you are holy. You are holy. For you are holy. Lord, you are holy.

O God, there's none like you in all the earth, in all the earth. O God, who can compare to you, to you? Only you are never sinning. Only you have never lied. Only you cannot be tempted. Only you can never die. Lord, there is none like you. REFRAIN

For Your Gift of God the Spirit

Text: Margaret Clarkson, 1976; © 1987, Hope Publishing Co. Tune: Mindy Deckard, 2000 http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1309853/For-Your-Gift-of-God-the-Spirit.mp3 or Tune: Ludwig van Beethoven, 1824 ODE/HYMN TO JOY http://hymnary.org/media/fetch/148486 (tune only) 8.7.8.7 D

1. For your gift of God the Spirit, power to make our lives anew, pledge of life and hope of glory, Savior, we would worship you. Crowning gift of resurrection sent from your ascended throne, fullness of the very Godhead, come to make your life our own.

2. He who in creation's dawning brooded on the lifeless deep, still across our nature's darkness moves to wake our souls from sleep, moves to stir, to draw, to quicken, thrusts us through with sense of sin; brings to birth and seals and fills us saving Advocate within.

3. He, himself the living Author, wakes to life the sacred Word, reads with us its holy pages and reveals our risen Lord. He it is who works within us, teaching rebel hearts to pray, he whose holy intercessions rise for us both night and day.

4. He, the mighty God, indwells us; his to strengthen, help, empower; his to overcome the tempter ours to call in danger's hour. In his strength we dare to battle all the raging hosts of sin, and by him alone we conquer foes without and foes within.

5. Father, grant your Holy Spirit in our hearts may rule today, grieved not, quenched not, but unhindered, work in us his sovereign way. Fill us with your holy fullness, God the Father, Spirit, Son; in us, through us, then, forever, shall your perfect will be done.

Forever

Give thanks to the Lord, our God and King— his love endures forever— for he is good; he is above all things. His love endures forever. Sing praise, sing praise.

With a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, his love endures forever. For the life that's been reborn— his love endures forever— sing praise, sing praise.

REFRAIN Forever God is faithful. Forever God is strong. Forever God is with us, forever, forever.

From the rising to the setting sun. his love endures forever. And by the grace of God we will carry on. His love endures forever. Sing praise, sing praise. REFRAIN

Forever Reign

You are good, you are good when there's nothing good in me. You are love, you are love on display for all to see. You are light, you are light when the darkness closes in. You are hope, you are hope; you have covered all my sin.

You are peace, you are peace when my fear is crippling. You are true, you are true even in my wandering. You are joy, you are joy; you're the reason that I sing. You are life, you are life; in you death has lost its sting.

REFRAIN Oh, I'm running to your arms; I'm running to your arms. The riches of your love will always be enough. Nothing compares to your embrace. Light of the world, forever reign.

You are more, you are more than my words will ever say. You are Lord, you are Lord, all creation will proclaim. You are here, you are here; in your presence I'm made whole. You are God, you are God; of all else I'm letting go.

REFRAIN

My heart will sing no other name, Jesus, Jesus.

REFRAIN

Friend of Sinners

Redeemer! Whither should I flee, or how escape the wrath to come? The weary sinner flies to thee for shelter from impending doom. Smile on me, gracious Lord, and show thyself the friend sinners now. Smile on me, gracious Lord, and show thyself the friend sinners now.

Beneath the shadow of thy cross the heavy laden soul finds rest. I would esteem the world but dross so I might be of Christ possessed. I'd seek my every joy in thee; be thou both life and light to me. I'd seek my every joy in thee; be thou both life and light to me.

Close to the highly shameful tree, Jesus, my humbled soul would cleave, despised and crucified with thee, with thee resolved to die and live, this prayer and this ambition mine, living and dying to be thine; this prayer and this ambition mine, living and dying to be thine.

There fastened to the rugged wood by holy love's resistless chain, and, life deriving from thy blood, never to wander wide again, there may I bow my suppliant knee, and own no other Lord but thee; there may I bow my suppliant knee, and own no other Lord but thee.

Give to the Winds Thy Fears

Text: Paul Gerhardt, 1656; tr. John Wesley, 1739 Tune: Jon Caudill; © Jon Caudill Music http://www.igracemusic.com/hymnbook/demos/GiveToTheWindThyFears.mp3

1. Give to the winds thy fears, hope and be undismayed. God hears thy sighs and counts thy tears. God will lift up, God will lift up, God will lift up thy head.

2. Leave to his sovereign sway to choose and to command. Then shalt thou, wandering, own his way. How wise, how strong, how wise, how strong, how wise, how strong his hand.

3. Far, far above thy thought, his counsel shall appear when fully he the work hath wrought that caused thy need, that caused thy need, that caused thy needless fear.

4. Through waves and clouds and storms, he gently clears the way. Wait thou his time; so shall this night soon end in joy, soon end in joy, soon end in joyous day.

Glorious and Mighty

1. Majesty, your glory is shining brighter than the moon and the stars. Marveling, we honor and fear you above all gods.

REFRAIN Glorious and mighty, you’re awesome in beauty. Joyful songs we raise. Glorious and mighty, you’re awesome in beauty, greatly to be praised.

2. Majesty, you fashioned the heavens. Your decrees can never be changed. Over all the plans of the nations your judgments reign. REFRAIN

3. Majesty, we’ll sing with creation when you come again in the clouds. Every knee will bow down and worship the one true God. REFRAIN

Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken

Text: John Newton, 1779 Tune: Franz Joseph Haydn, 1797 AUSTRIAN HYMN http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/140020 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrHI3ATW9Co 8.7.8.7 D

1. Glorious things of thee are spoken, Zion, city of our God. He whose word cannot be broken formed thee for his own abode. On the Rock of Ages founded, what can shake thy sure repose? With salvation's walls surrounded, thou may’st smile at all thy foes.

2. See the streams of living waters, springing from eternal love, well supply thy sons and daughters, and all fear of want remove. Who can faint, while such a river ever will their thirst assuage? Grace which, like the Lord, the giver, never fails from age to age.

3. Savior, if of Zion's city I, through grace, a member am, let the world deride or pity, I will glory in thy name. Fading is the worldling's pleasure, all his boasted pomp and show. Solid joys and lasting treasure none but Zion's children know.

Go, Tell It on the Mountain

Text: African-American spiritual; arr. John W. Work, 1907 Tune: African-American spiritual GO TELL IT http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104773 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEaQKuId9sQ

REFRAIN Go, tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere. Go, tell it on the mountain that Jesus Christ is born.

1. While shepherds kept their watching o'er silent flocks by night, behold, throughout the heavens there shone a holy light. REFRAIN

2. The shepherds feared and trembled when lo! above the earth rang out the angel chorus that hailed our Savior's birth. REFRAIN

3. Down in a lowly stable the humble Christ was born, and God sent us salvation that blessed Christmas morn. REFRAIN

God Almighty, We Are Waiting

1. God Almighty, we are waiting for a savior to appear. Meet us in our desert journey; give a sign that you are near: burning bushes, parted waters, food aplenty in the wild. As we look for signs and wonders, help us see you in a child.

2. God Incarnate, we are waiting for the feast day of your birth. Looking back and looking forward to the Christ's return to earth. Help us to proclaim the gospel, 'til the world is reconciled. Let us set your holy table for each woman, man, and child.

3. God, the Spirit, we are waiting for your presence here and now. Humbled by our sinful weakness, at your mercy we will bow. Search our hearts and make us ready, speak in language strong and mild, help each one of us, your people, to receive you like a child.

God and Man at Table Are Sat Down

O, welcome all you noble saints of old. Now before your very eyes unfold the wonders all so long ago foretold: God and man at table are sat down.

Elders, martyrs, all are falling down; prophets, patriarchs are gathering ’round. What angels longed to see now man has found: God and man at table are sat down.

Beggars lame and lonely also here. Humbled sinners now are drawing near. Wayward sons come home without a fear. God and man at table are sat down.

Who is this who spreads the victory feast? Who is this who makes our warring cease? Jesus, Risen Savior, Prince of Peace! God and man at table are sat down.

Here he gives himself to us as bread. Here as wine we drink the blood he shed. Born to die, we eat and live instead. God and man at table are sat down.

When at last this age shall pass away, and Jesus comes again at last to stay, this feast of love just begun that day. God and man at table are sat down.

God Came Near

1. God of creation was God in the womb; he left the glory of heaven, God of true life born to die on a cross and free us through his resurrection. God for us is God with us. While we were far, he came near. Sing alleluia! Praise to Jesus! Sing alleluia! Christ is here!

2. King of all kings yet servant to all, the Ancient of Days grew old. Mighty deliverer, mercy foretold, to bring his life to our souls. God for us is God with us. Now we are never alone. Sing alleluia! Praise to Jesus! Sing alleluia! Christ is our home!

3. God above time stepped into our history, God of pure holiness. God beyond boundaries took on a body, that we might have life through his death. God for us is God with us, though it is hard to believe. Sing alleluia! Praise to Jesus! Sing alleluia! We are free!

4. Who would have chosen this scandalous plan: God coming near as a babe? In all of his glory he’ll come once again to gather those bearing his name. God for us is God with us, Son of God, Living Word. Sing alleluia! Praise to Jesus! Sing alleluia! Christ is God for us and God with us. While we were far, he came near. Sing alleluia! Praise to Jesus! Sing alleluia! Christ is here!

God of Grace and God of Glory

Text: Harry E. Fosdick, 1930 Tune: John Hughes, 1907 CWM RHONDDA http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148522 (tune only) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc7_GLCRLkI 8.7.8.7.8.7 ref.

1. God of grace and God of glory, on thy people pour thy power. Crown thine ancient church’s story; bring her bud to glorious flower. Grant us wisdom; grant us courage, for the facing of this hour, for the facing of this hour.

2. Lo! the hosts of evil ’round us, scorn thy Christ, assail his ways. From the fears that long have bound us, free our hearts to faith and praise. Grant us wisdom; grant us courage, for the living of these days, for the living of these days.

3. Cure thy children’s warring madness; bend our pride to thy control. Shame our wanton selfish gladness, rich in things and poor in soul. Grant us wisdom; grant us courage, lest we miss thy kingdom’s goal, lest we miss thy kingdom’s goal.

4. Set our feet on lofty places; gird our lives that they may be, armored with all Christ-like graces, in the fight to set men free. Grant us wisdom; grant us courage, that we fail not man nor thee, that we fail not man nor thee.

God of Wonders

Lord of all creation, of water earth and sky, the heavens are your tabernacle. Glory to the Lord on high!

REFRAIN God of wonders beyond our galaxy. You are holy, holy. The universe declares your majesty. You are holy, holy, Lord of heaven and earth, Lord of heaven and earth.

Early in the morning I will celebrate the light. When I stumble in the darkness I will call your name by night. REFRAIN

Hallelujah, to the Lord of heaven and earth. Hallelujah, to the Lord of heaven and earth. Hallelujah, to the Lord of heaven and earth. REFRAIN

God Our Maker, Whose First Summons

1. God our Maker, whose first summons formed the realms of day and night, still you speak amid our chaos, calling us to truth and right. When our doubts and fears confound us, give us faith to bear your light, give us faith to bear your light.

2. God the Spirit, breathe upon us, with new life our souls excite. Let your flame break out among us, help us claim your urgent might. With your guarding, guiding presence, give us hope to bear your light, give us hope to bear your light.

3. God incarnate, suffering servant, sharing in our human plight, teaching, healing, feeding, seeking, ever ready to invite, by your pattern of compassion, give us love to bear your light, give us love to bear your light.

4. Triune God, enfolding Mystery greater than our creeds recite, join our lives in faith and service, let our words and deeds unite. To a world that longs to know you, give us grace to bear your light, give us grace to bear your light.

God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen

Text: English carol, 18th cent. Tune: Traditional English melody, 18th cent. GOD REST YOU MERRY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlfHyb397VY

1. God rest you merry, gentlemen, let nothing you dismay; remember Christ our Savior was born on Christmas Day to save us all from Satan's power when we were gone astray.

REFRAIN O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy, O tidings of comfort and joy.

2. From God our heavenly Father a blessed angel came, and unto certain shepherds brought tidings of the same, how that in Bethlehem was born the son of God by name. REFRAIN

3. “Fear not” then said the angel, “Let nothing you affright; this day is born a Savior, a babe of glorious might. See, death and hell and Satan this child shall put to flight.” REFRAIN

4. Now to the Lord sing praises, all you within this place. In Christian faith and charity each other now embrace. This holy tide of Christmas reveals to us God's grace. REFRAIN

Good Christian Men, Rejoice

Text: Medieval Latin carol, 14th cent. Tune: Traditional German melody, 14th cent. IN DULCI JUBILO http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/g/g326.html (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DowsI_MoCZs (choral) 6.6.7.7.7.8.5.5

1. Good Christian men, rejoice with heart, and soul, and voice; give ye heed to what we say: Jesus Christ was born today; earth and heaven before him bow, and he is in the manger now. Christ is born today! Christ is born today!

2. Good Christian men, rejoice with heart, and soul, and voice; now ye hear of endless bliss: Jesus Christ was born for this! He has opened heaven's door, and man is blest forevermore. Christ was born for this! Christ was born for this!

3. Good Christian men, rejoice with heart, and soul, and voice; now ye need not fear the grave: Jesus Christ was born to save! Calls you one and calls you all, to gain his everlasting hall. Christ was born to save! Christ was born to save!

Grace Unmeasured

Grace unmeasured, vast and free, that knew me from eternity, that called me out before my birth to bring you glory on this earth; Grace amazing, pure and deep, that saw me in my misery, that took my curse and owned my blame so I could bear your righteous name.

REFRAIN Grace paid for my sins and brought me to life. Grace clothes me with power to do what is right. Grace will lead me to heaven where I’ll see your face and never cease to thank you for your grace.

Grace abounding, strong and true, that makes me long to be like you, that turns me from my selfish pride to love the cross on which you died; Grace unending all my days, you’ll give me strength to run this race, and when my years on earth are through the praise will all belong to you.

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Great Is Thy Faithfulness

Text: Thomas O. Chisholm, 1923 Tune: William Runyan, 1923 FAITHFULNESS http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104973 (tune only) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k1WhFtVp0o (acoustic) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry4Tb_B6KGc (gospel) 11.10.11.10.ref

1. Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father; there is no shadow of turning with thee. Thou changest not; thy compassions, they fail not. As thou hast been thou forever will be.

REFRAIN Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see. All I have needed thy hand hath provided. Great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!

2. Summer and winter and springtime and harvest, sun, moon and stars in their courses above join with all nature in manifold witness to thy great faithfulness, mercy and love. REFRAIN

3. Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth; thy own dear presence to cheer and to guide; strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow; blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside! REFRAIN

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Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah

Text: William Williams, 1745; tr. Peter Williams, 1771 Tune: Jeremy Casella, 2002; © 2002, 2037 Music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6Odk49ZvD4 8.7.8.7.8.7 ref. or John Hughes, 1907 CWM RHONDDA http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148522 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBialmYF2I4 8.7.8.7.8.7 ref.

1. Guide me, O thou great Jehovah, pilgrim through this barren land. I am weak, but thou art mighty. Hold me with thy powerful hand. Bread of heaven, Bread of heaven, feed me till I want no more. feed me till I want no more.

2. Open now the crystal fountain, whence the healing stream doth flow. Let the fire and cloudy pillar lead me all my journey through. Strong Deliverer, strong Deliverer, be thou still my strength and shield, be thou still my strength and shield.

3. When I tread the verge of Jordan, bid my anxious fears subside. Death of death and hell's Destruction, land me safe on Canaan's side. Songs of praises, songs of praises I will ever give to thee, I will ever give to thee.

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Hail, O Source of Every Blessing

Test: Basil Wood, c. 1821 Tune: C. Hubert H. Parry, 1897 RUSTINGTON http://www.hymnary.org/hymn/GG2013/34 (tune only) 8.7.8.7 D

1. Hail, O Source of ev'ry blessing, Father of all humankind! Gentiles now, your grace possessing; in your courts admission find. Grateful now, we fall before you, in your church obtain a place, see your glory and adore you, praise your truth and laud your grace.

2. Once far off but now invited, we approach your sacred throne, in your covenant united, reconciled, redeemed, made one. Now revealed to Eastern sages, see the Star of Mercy shine, myst'ry hid in former ages, myst'ry great of love Divine.

3. Hail, O all-inviting Savior! Gentiles now their off'rings bring, in your temples seek your favor, Jesus Christ, our Lord and King. May we, body, soul, and spirit, live devoted to your praise, glorious realms of bliss inherit, grateful anthems ever raise.

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Hallelujah, What a Savior

Text and tune: Philip Bliss, 1875 MAN OF SORROWS http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104899 (tune only; no refrain) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJUrUXswiMA 7.7.7.8

1. "Man of Sorrows!" what a name for the Son of God who came Ruined sinners to reclaim. Hallelujah, what a Savior!

2. Bearing shame and scoffing rude, in my place condemned he stood, sealed my pardon with his blood. Hallelujah, what a Savior!

3. Guilty, vile and helpless we, spotless Lamb of God was he. Full atonement! can it be? Hallelujah, what a Savior!

4. Lifted up was he to die; "It is finished," was his cry. Now in heav'n exalted high! Hallelujah, what a Savior! REFRAIN

5. When he comes our glorious King, All his ransomed home to bring, Then anew this song we'll sing: Hallelujah, what a Savior! REFRAIN

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Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

Text: Charles Wesley, 1739; st. 1, George Whitefield, 1753 Tune: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, 1840 MENDELSSOHN http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uEIu2GJ8Qw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDPwNPAV6tA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3IghOn18VY (contemporary)

1. Hark, the herald angels sing, “Glory to the newborn King. Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled!” Joyful all ye nations rise, join the triumph of the skies, with th'angelic hosts proclaim, “Christ is born in Bethlehem.” Hark! the herald angels sing, “Glory to the newborn King!”

2. Christ, by highest heav'n adored, Christ, the everlasting Lord, late in time behold him come, offspring of a virgin's womb. Veiled in flesh the Godhead see; hail th'incarnate Deity; pleased as man with men to dwell, Jesus, our Immanuel. Hark! the herald angels sing, “Glory to the newborn King!”

3. Hail the heav'n-born Prince of Peace; hail the Sun of Righteousness! Light and life to all he brings, ris'n with healing in his wings. Mild he lays his glory by, born that man no more may die, born to raise us from the earth, born to give us second birth. Hark! the herald angels sing, “Glory to the newborn King!”

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Have You Heard Him, Seen Him, Known Him?

Text: Ora Rowan, 1834–1879 Tune: William Moore HOLY MANNA http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104739 (tune only) or Robert Lowry, 1876 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdYAPBLQMWA&feature=related (tune only) 8.7.8.7 D

1. Have you heard him, seen him, known him? Is not yours a captured heart? Chief among ten thousand own him; joyful choose the better part.

REFRAIN Captivated by his beauty, worthy tribute haste to bring. Let his peerless worth constrain you; crown him now unrivaled king.

2. What has stripped the seeming beauty from the idols of the earth? Not a sense of right or duty, but the sight of peerless worth.

3. 'Tis the look that melted Peter, 'tis the face that Stephen saw, 'tis the heart that wept with Mary, can alone from idols draw.

4. Draw and win and fill completely, till the cup o'erflow the brim. What have we to do with idols who have companied with him?

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He Has Come to Reign

For the Lord our God, he is strong to save, from the depths of sin, from the deepest grave. Ever faithful is his abounding word: “Fear not, my child, I’ve overcome the world.”

In the darkest night, on the lowest hill, though I feel him not, he is faithful still. He is coming in all his righteousness. I will wait for him in this loneliness.

REFRAIN He has come to reign in our broken hearts; we will doubt and fear no more. He has come to reign in our broken hearts; all we lost he will restore.

When trials come and weigh you down, you can catch a glimpse; you can hear the sound of the angels singing heaven’s song, saying, “Child, hold on; it won’t be long.” REFRAIN

The true and living God we serve; his truth will stand, the only word. He has come to reign, God’s only Son; Jesus Christ, our King, he has overcome. REFRAIN

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He Is Risen

1. O trumpet, sound a vict’ry call! And tongues proclaim good news for all! He is risen! He is risen! O! Let a thousand hymns break forth proclaiming our Redeemer’s worth. Give him glory! Give him glory! He is risen! He is risen! Alleluia!

2. He who was slain on our behalf, suff’ring beneath his Father’s wrath— He is risen! He is risen! He who was hung upon the tree, rose from the tomb in victory! Give him glory! Give him glory! He is risen! He is risen! Alleluia!

3. Praise him who rules eternity! Praise the incarnate deity! He is risen! He is risen! O praise the Lamb upon the throne, and glorify his name alone! Give him glory! Give him glory! He is risen! He is risen! Alleluia!

4. O! Let the nations sing the fame of Christ the Lamb who once was slain! He is risen! He is risen! Now we await the coming day when all those raised in Christ will say— “Give him glory! Give him glory! He is risen! He is risen! Alleluia!

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Hear the Call of the Kingdom

1. Hear the call of the kingdom; lift your eyes to the King. Let his song rise within you as a fragrant offering of how God rich in mercy came in Christ to redeem all who trust in his unfailing grace.

2. Hear the call of the kingdom to be children of light with the mercy of heaven, the humility of Christ, walking justly before him, loving all that is right, that the light of Christ may shine through us.

REFRAIN King of heaven, we will answer the call. We will follow bringing hope to the world, filled with passion, filled with power to proclaim salvation in Jesus' name.

3. Hear the call of the kingdom to reach out to the lost with the Father's compassion in the wonder of the cross, bringing peace and forgiveness and a hope yet to come. Let the nations put their trust in him.

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Heavenly Hosts in Ceaseless Worship

1. Heavenly hosts in ceaseless worship “Holy, holy, holy!” cry; “He who is, who was and will be, God Almighty, Lord Most High.” Praise and honor, power and glory be to him who reigns alone; we, with all his hands have fashioned, fall before the Father’s throne.

2. All creation, all redemption, join to sing the Savior’s worth; Lamb of God whose blood has bought us, kings and priests, to reign on earth. Wealth and wisdom, power and glory, honor, might, dominion, praise, now be his from all his creatures and to everlasting days.

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Help My Unbelief

I know the Lord is nigh, and would but cannot pray, for Satan meets me when I try and frights my soul away, and frights my soul away.

I would but can’t repent, though I endeavor oft. This stony heart can ne’er relent till Jesus makes it soft, till Jesus makes it soft.

REFRAIN Help my unbelief. Help my unbelief. Help my unbelief. My help must come from thee.

I would but cannot love, though wooed by love divine. No arguments have pow’r to move a soul as base as mine, a soul as base as mine.

I would but cannot rest in God’s most holy will. I know what he appoints is best and murmur at it still; I murmur at it still.

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Here I Am to Worship

Light of the world, you stepped down into darkness, opened my eyes let me see beauty that made this heart adore you, hope of a life spent with you.

REFRAIN Here I am to worship, here I am to bow down, here I am to say that you're my God. You're altogether lovely, altogether worthy, altogether wonderful to me

King of all days, O so highly exalted, glorious in heaven above, humbly you came to the earth you created, all for love's sake became poor.

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Here Is Love

Text: William Reese, 1876; st. 3, W. Todd Weedman, 2008 Tune: Robert Lowry, 1876 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdYAPBLQMWA&feature=related 8.7.8.7 D

1. Here is love, vast as the ocean, lovingkindness as the flood, when the prince of life, our ransom, shed for us his precious blood. Who his love will not remember? Who can cease to sing his praise? He can never be forgotten throughout heaven’s eternal days!

2. On the mount of crucifixion fountains opened deep and wide. Through the floodgates of God's mercy flowed a vast and gracious tide. Grace and love, like mighty rivers, poured incessant from above. Heaven’s peace and perfect justice kissed a guilty world in love.

3. Bond and pledge of sweet communion, all Christ’s benefits divine, here, you saints, is offered freely in the bread and in the wine. Here is love, displayed in splendor; body broken, blood outpoured, signs and seals of mercy offered at the table of the Lord.

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Holy, Holy, Holy

Text: Reginald Heber, 1827 Tune: John B. Dykes, 1861 NICEA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=414dGGTedpM&feature=related 11.12.12.10

1. Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee. Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty! God in three Persons, blessed Trinity!

2. Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore thee, casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea; cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee, who wert, and art, and ever more shalt be.

3. Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide thee, though the eye of sinful man thy glory may not see, only thou art holy; there is none beside thee perfect in pow’r, in love, and purity.

4. Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! All thy works shall praise thy name in earth and sky and sea. Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty! God in three Persons, blessed Trinity!

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Holy Is His Name (Magnificat)

Text and tune: John Michael Talbot, 1980; © Birdwing Music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TEL_7TS5FE&feature=related

1. My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, and my spirit exalts in God my savior. For he has looked with mercy on my lowliness, and my name will be forever exalted. For the mighty God has done great things for me, and his mercy will reach from age to age. And holy, holy, holy is his name.

2. He has mercy in every generation. He has revealed his power and his glory He has cast down the mighty in their arrogance and has lifted up the meek and the lowly. He has come to help his servant Israel. He remembered his promise to our fathers. And holy, holy, holy is his name.

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Holy Is the Lord

We stand and lift up our hands for the joy of the Lord is our strength. We bow down and worship him now. How great how awesome is he! And together we sing, everyone sing.

Holy is the Lord God Almighty. The earth is filled with his glory. Holy is the Lord God Almighty. The earth is filled with his glory. The earth is filled with his glory.

It is rising up all around. It's the anthem of the Lord's renown. It's rising up all around. It's the anthem of the Lord's renown.

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Holy Spirit, Living Breath of God

1. Holy Spirit, living Breath of God, breathe new life into my willing soul. Bring the presence of the risen Lord to renew my heart and make me whole. Cause your word to come alive in me. Give me faith for what I cannot see. Give me passion for your purity. Holy Spirit, breathe new life in me.

2. Holy Spirit, come abide within. May your joy be seen in all I do, love enough to cover ev'ry sin in each thought and deed and attitude, kindness to the greatest and the least, gentleness that sows the path of peace. Turn my strivings into works of grace. Breath of God, show Christ in all I do.

3. Holy Spirit, from creation's birth giving life to all that God has made, show your power once again on earth. Cause your church to hunger for your ways. Let the fragrance of our pray'rs arise. Lead us on the road of sacrifice that in unity the face of Christ may be clear for all the world to see.

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Hosanna

I see the King of glory coming on the clouds with fire. The whole earth shakes. The whole earth shakes.

I see his love and mercy washing over all our sin. The people sing, the people sing:

REFRAIN Hosanna, hosanna. Hosanna in the highest. Hosanna, hosanna. Hosanna in the highest.

I see a generation rising up to take their place with selfless faith, with selfless faith.

I see a near revival stirring as we pray and seek. We're on our knees, we're on our knees.

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Heal my heart and make it clean. Open up my eyes to the things unseen. Show me how to love like you have loved me.

Break my heart for what breaks yours, everything I am for your kingdom's cause as I walk from earth into eternity.

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Hosanna, Loud Hosanna

Text: Jeannette Threlfall, 1821–1881, alt. Tune: Gesangbuch der Herzogl. Hofkapelle, Würtemberg, 1784 ELLACOMBE http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104964 (tune only) 7.6.7.6 D

1. Hosanna, loud hosanna, the little children sang. Through pillared court and temple the lovely anthem rang. To Jesus, who had blessed them, close folded to his breast, the children sang their praises, the simplest and the best.

2. From Olivet they followed mid an exultant crowd, the victor palm branch waving and chanting clear and loud. The Lord of men and angels rode on in lowly state, nor scorned that little children should on his bidding wait.

3. “Hosanna in the highest!” that ancient song we sing. For Christ is our Redeemer, the Lord of heav'n our King. O may we ever praise him with heart and life and voice, and in his blissful presence eternally rejoice!

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How Can I Keep From Singing?

There is an endless song, echoes in my soul; I hear the music ring. And though the storms may come, I am holding on to the Rock I cling

REFRAIN How can I keep from singing your praise? How can I ever say enough? How amazing is your love! How can I keep from shouting your name? I know I am loved by the King, and it makes my heart want to sing.

I will lift my eyes in the darkest night for I know my Savior lives. And I will walk with you, knowing you'll see me through, and sing the songs you give.

REFRAIN

I can sing in the troubled times; sing when I win. I can sing when I lose my step, and fall down again. I can sing 'cause you pick me up; sing 'cause you're there. I can sing 'cause you hear me, Lord when I call to you in prayer. I can sing with my last breath; sing for I know that I'll sing with the angels and the saints around the throne.

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How Deep the Father’s Love for Us

1. How deep the Father's love for us, how vast beyond all measure, that he would give his only Son to make a wretch his treasure. How great the pain of searing loss, the Father turns his face away, as wounds which mar the chosen One bring many sons to glory.

2. Behold the Man upon a cross, my guilt upon his shoulders. Ashamed, I hear my mocking voice call out among the scoffers. It was my sin that held him there until it was accomplished. His dying breath has brought me life, I know that it is finished.

3. I will not boast in anything, no gifts, no powr's, no wisdom. But I will boast in Jesus Christ, his death and resurrection. Why should I gain from his reward? I cannot give an answer. But this I know with all my heart: his wounds have paid my ransom.

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How Firm a Foundation

Text: John Rippon, Selection of Hymns, 1787, alt. Tune: Anon.; Joseph Funk, A Compilation of Genuine Church Music, 1832 FOUNDATION http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104917 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwGW8qRqz4I 11.11.11.11

1. How firm a foundation, you saints of the Lord, is laid for your faith in his excellent word! What more can he say than to you he hath said, to you who for refuge to Jesus have fled?

2. “Fear not, I am with you, O be not dismayed; for I am your God and will still give you aid. I'll strengthen you, help you, and cause you to stand, upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand.

3. “When through the deep waters I call you to go, The rivers of sorrow shall not overflow. For I will be with you, your troubles to bless, and sanctify to you your deepest distress.

4. “When through fiery trials your pathway shall lie, my grace, all sufficient, shall be your supply, The flame shall not hurt you; I only design your dross to consume, and your gold to refine.

5. “The soul that on Jesus has leaned for repose, I will not, I will not desert to his foes. That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake, I'll never, no never, no never forsake!"

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How Great Is Our God

The splendor of the King clothed in majesty, let all the earth rejoice, all the earth rejoice. He wraps himself in light, and darkness tries to hide and trembles at his voice, and trembles at his voice.

REFRAIN How great is our God! Sing with me: How great is our God! And all will see how great how great is our God.

And age to age he stands, and time is in his hands, Beginning and the End, Beginning and the End, the Godhead three in one, Father, Spirit, Son, the Lion and the Lamb, the Lion and the Lamb.

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Name above all names, worthy of all praise. My heart will sing: How great is our God!

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How Great Thou Art

Text: Carl G. Boberg, 1885; tr. Start K. Hine, 1949 © 1953, 1981, Manna Music, Inc. Tune: Traditional Swedish melody O STORE GUD http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104900 (tune only) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7tj5-78w3s 11.10.11.10+ref.

1. O Lord, my God, when I in awesome wonder consider all the world thy hands hath made, I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder, thy pow'r throughout the universe displayed.

REFRAIN Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to thee, How great thou art! How great thou art! Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to thee, How great thou art! How great thou art!

2. And when I think, that God, his Son not sparing, sent him to die, I scarce can take it in, that on the cross, my burden gladly bearing, he bled and died to take away my sin. REFRAIN

3. When Christ shall come, with shouts of acclamation, and take me home, what joy shall fill my heart! Then I shall bow in humble adoration and there proclaim, "My God, how great thou art!" REFRAIN

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How Sweet and Awesome Is the Place

Text: Isaac Watts, 1707 Tune: Traditional Irish melody ST. COLUMBA http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/136818 (tune only) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkE8Ou8iw-A CM

1. How sweet and awesome is the place with Christ within the doors, while everlasting love displays the choicest of her stores.

2. While all our hearts and all our songs join to admire the feast, each of us cry with thankful voice, “Lord, why was I a guest?”

3. 'Twas the same love that spread the feast that sweetly drew us in, else we had still refused to taste, and perished in our sin.

4. Pity the nations, O our God, constrain the earth to come; send thy victorious Word abroad, and bring the strangers home.

5. We long to thy kingdom come, that all the chosen race may, with one voice and heart and soul, sing thy redeeming grace.

124

Hymn to the Holy Spirit

1. Helper, healer, one with the Father and Son, Teacher, Sustainer, declare to us things to come. Maker, Mover, pray for us when we can’t speak. Comforter, Counselor, strengthen us when we are weak.

REFRAIN Spirit of him who rose from the dead, live in me. Spirit of truth who pierces my heart, breathe in me. He who hovered over the birth of the waters, bring forth the birth of my soul. Remind me that he who has set me free will make me whole.

2. Holy Fire, come upon us when we pray. Renewer, reviver, grant us your words to say. With us, in us, power to rest in your grace; with us, in us, power to finish this race.

REFRAIN

125

I Am Baptized into Christ

Text: Erdmann Neumeister, 1671-1756; tr. Robert E. Voelker, 1991; © 1991, Robert E. Voelker st. 5, David Gill, 2012; © 2012, David Gill Tune: David Gill, 2012; © 2012, David Gill https://www.dropbox.com/s/86g6adgcvs6ewix/I%20Am%20Baptized%20into%20Christ.mp3?dl=0

1. God’s own child I gladly say it, “I am baptized into Christ!” He, because I could not pay it, gave my full redemption price. Do I need earth’s treasures many? I have one worth more than any that brought me salvation free, lasting to eternity!

2. Sin, disturb my soul no longer; I am baptized into Christ. I have comfort even stronger, robed in Jesus’ sacrifice. Should a guilty conscience seize me since my Savior did release me in a dear forgiving flood, sprinkling me with Jesus’ blood?

3. Satan, hear this proclamation: “I am baptized into Christ!” Drop your ugly accusation; I am not so soon enticed. Now that to the font I’ve traveled, all your might has come unraveled, and against your tyranny, God, my Lord, unites with me.

4. Death, you cannot end my gladness; I am baptized into Christ. When I die, I leave all sadness to inherit paradise! Though I lie in dust and ashes, faith’s assurance brightly flashes: Jesus has the strength divine to make life immortal mine.

5. Righteousness is now my clothing; I am baptized into Christ. For all time I will be dining, singing of his sacrifice. Soon shall come the trumpet sounding; still my soul continues praising. There is nothing more to dread; sin and death themselves are dead!

126

I Greet Thee Who My Sure Redeemer Art

Text: Strasbourg Psalter, 1545; tr. Elizabeth Smith, 1868 Tune: Louis Bourgeois, 1551 TOULON http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104938 (tune only) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-14q2ufiiHo http://sovereigngracemusic.bandcamp.com/track/i-greet-thee-who-my-sure-redeemer-art 10.10.10.10

1. I greet thee, who my sure Redeemer art, my only trust and Savior of my heart, who pain didst undergo for my poor sake; I pray thee from our hearts all cares to take.

2. Thou art the King of mercy and of grace, reigning omnipotent in ev'ry place. So come, O King, and our whole being sway; shine on us with the light of thy pure day.

3. Thou art the life, by which alone we live, and all our substance and our strength receive. O comfort us in death's approaching hour, strong-hearted then to face it by thy pow'r.

4. Thou hast the true and perfect gentleness; no harshness hast thou and no bitterness. Make us to taste the sweet grace found in thee and ever stay in thy sweet unity.

5. Our hope is in no other save in thee; our faith is built upon thy promise free. O grant to us such stronger hope and sure, that we can boldly conquer and endure.

127

I Know That My Redeemer Lives

Text: Samuel Medley, 1775 Tune: John Hatton, 1793 DUKE STREET http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148497 (tune only)

1. I know that my Redeemer lives. What comfort this sweet sentence gives! He lives, he lives, who once was dead. He lives, my ever-living Head.

2. He lives triumphant from the grave. He lives eternally to save. He lives all-glorious in the sky. He lives exalted there on high.

3. He lives to grant me rich supply. He lives to guide me with his eye. He lives to comfort me when faint. He lives to hear my soul's complaint.

4. He lives to silence all my fears. He lives to wipe away my tears. He lives to calm my troubled heart. He lives all blessings to impart.

5. He lives and grants me daily breath. He lives, and I shall conquer death. He lives my mansion to prepare. He lives to bring me safely there.

128

I Need Thee Every Hour

Text: Annie S. Hawks, 1872; ref. Robert Lowry, 1872 Tune: Robert Lowry, 1872 NEED http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZIMDcgrF-Q

1. I need thee every hour, most gracious Lord; No tender voice like thine can peace afford.

REFRAIN I need thee, O I need thee; Ev'ry hour I need thee! O bless me now, my Savior; I come to thee.

2. I need thee ev'ry hour; stay thou nearby. Temptations lose their pow'r when thou art nigh.

3. I need thee ev'ry hour, in joy or pain. Come quickly and abide, or life is vain.

4. I need thee ev'ry hour; teach me thy will. Thy promises so rich in me fulfill.

129

I Will Glory in My Redeemer

1. I will glory in my Redeemer, whose priceless blood has ransomed me. Mine was the sin that drove the bitter nails and hung him on that judgment tree. I will glory in my Redeemer, who crushed the power of sin and death, my only Savior before the Holy Judge, the Lamb who is my righteousness, the Lamb who is my righteousness.

2. I will glory in my Redeemer. My life he bought; my love he owns. I have no longings for another; I’m satisfied in him alone. I will glory in my Redeemer, his faithfulness my standing place. Though foes are mighty and rush upon me, my feet are firm, held by his grace; my feet are firm, held by his grace.

3. I will glory in my Redeemer, who carries me on eagle’s wings. He crowns my life with lovingkindness. His triumph song I’ll ever sing. I will glory in my Redeemer, who waits for me at gates of gold. And when he calls me it will be paradise, his face forever to behold, his face forever to behold.

130

Immanuel

1. From the squalor of a borrowed stable, by the spirit and a virgin's faith, to the anguish and the shame of scandal came the Savior of the human race! But the skies were filled with the praise of heav'n; shepherds listen as the angels tell of the gift of God come down to man at the dawning of Immanuel.

2. King of heaven now the friend of sinners, humble servant in the Father's hands, filled with power and the Holy Spirit, filled with mercy for the broken man. Yes, he walked my road and he felt my pain, joys and sorrows that I know so well. Yet his righteous steps give me hope again. I will follow my Immanuel!

3. Through the kisses of a friend's betrayal, he was lifted on a cruel cross. He was punished for the world's transgressions; he was suffering to save the lost. He fights for breath, he fights for me, loosing sinners from the claims of hell. And with a shout our souls are free, death defeated by Immanuel!

4. Now he's standing in the place of honor, crowned with glory on the highest throne, interceding for his own beloved till his Father calls to bring them home. Then the skies will part as the trumpet sounds, hope of heaven or the fear of hell. But the bride will run to her Lover's arms, giving glory to Immanuel!

131

Immortal, Invisible

Immortal—you are not like a man that you change your mind or change your plan. Invisible—our human eyes can't see the depths of your majesty.

REFRAIN You're the God of forever and ever—amen— the Alpha, Omega, Beginning, and End. We sing, “Hallelujah!”; we worship in awe, immortal, invisible God.

Immortal—you are not bound by death. You're the living God, my very breath. Invisible—you are not bound by space, but your glory is filling this place. Yes, your glory is filling this place.

Immortal—yet you once died for me to pay my debt to set me free. Invisible you will not always be 'cause you're coming to reign as our King, and the saints will fall down at your feet.

132

Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise

Text: Walter C. Smith, 1867 Tune: John Robert, 1839 ST. DENIO http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104562 (tune only) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spE-BE23qxA 11.11.11.11

1. Immortal, invisible, God only wise, in light inaccessible hid from our eyes, most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days, almighty, victorious, thy great name we praise.

2. Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light, nor wanting, nor wasting, thou rulest in might; thy justice like mountains high soaring above; thy clouds which are fountains of goodness and love.

3. To all life thou givest—to both great and small; In all life thou livest, the true Life of all. We blossom and flourish as leaves on the tree and wither and perish--but naught changes Thee.

4. Great Father of glory, pure Father of light, thine angels adore thee, all veiling their sight. All praise we would render; O help us to see 'tis only the splendor of light hideth thee!

133

In Christ Alone

1. In Christ alone my hope is found. He is my light, my strength, my song. This cornerstone, this solid ground, firm through the fiercest drought and storm. What heights of love, what depths of peace, when fears are stilled, when strivings cease! My comforter, my all in all— here in the love of Christ I stand.

2. In Christ alone, who took on flesh, fullness of God in helpless babe, this gift of love and righteousness, scorned by the ones he came to save, till on that cross as Jesus died, the wrath of God was satisfied, for ev'ry sin on him was laid— here in the death of Christ I live.

3. There in the ground his body lay, light of the world by darkness slain. Then bursting forth in glorious day, up from the grave he rose again! And as he stands in victory, sin's curse has lost its grip on me, for I am his and he is mine— bought with the precious blood of Christ.

4. No guilt in life, no fear in death— this is the pow'r of Christ in me. From life's first cry to final breath, Jesus commands my destiny. No pow'r of hell, no scheme of man, can ever pluck me from his hand, till he returns or calls me home— here in the pow'r of Christ I'll stand.

134

Infant Holy, Infant Lowly

Text: Traditional Polish carol; tr. Edith M. G. Reed, 1921 Tune: Traditional Polish melody W ZLOBIE LEZY http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104770 (tune only) 8.7.8.7.8.8.7.7

1. Infant holy, infant lowly, for his bed a cattle stall; oxen lowing, little knowing, Christ the babe is Lord of all. Swift are winging angels singing, noels ringing, tidings bringing: Christ the babe is Lord of all.

2. Flocks were sleeping, shepherds keeping vigil till the morning new, saw the glory, heard the story, tidings of a gospel true. Thus rejoicing, free from sorrow, praises voicing, greet the morrow: Christ the babe was born for you.

135

Isaiah 43

Text and tune: Billy Sprague http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23jeSAlB_GE

1. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and the waves will not overcome you. Do not fear, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by name, you are mine.

REFRAIN For I am the Lord your God, (I am the Lord your God), I am the Lord your God, (I am the Lord your God), the Holy One of Israel your Savior. For I am the Lord your God, (I am the Lord your God), I am the Lord your God, (I am the Lord your God), the Holy One of Israel your Savior. I am the Lord. (Do not fear) I am the Lord. (Do not fear) I am the Lord. (Do not fear) I am the Lord. (Do not fear)

2. When you walk through the fire you’ll not be burned, and the flames will not consume you. Do not fear, for I have redeemed you, I have called you by name, you are mine.

REFRAIN

136

It Came upon the Midnight Clear

Text: Edmund H. Sears, 1849 Tune: Richard S. Willis, 1850 CAROL http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/137069 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQjpDKKPDK4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m71c9p9a1dA (choral) 8.6.8.6 D

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 unfurl'd, and still their heavenly music floats o'er all the weary world. Above its sad and lonely plains they sing their gospel theme, and ever o'er its Babel sounds the blessed angels sing.

3. O you, beneath life's crushing load, whose forms are bending low, who toil along the climbing way with painful steps and slow! Look now, for glad and gracious hours come swiftly from our King. O rest in Christ who bears our woes, and hear the angels sing.

4. For lo, the days are hastening on, by prophets seen of old, when with the ever-waning years, shall come the age of gold. When the new heav’ns and earth shall own the Prince of Peace their King, and saints redeemed send back the song, which now the angels sing.

137

It Is Well with My Soul

Text: Horatio Gates Spafford, 1873 Tune: Philip P. Bliss, 1876 VILLE DU HAVRE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHe_qmo3gX4 11.8.11.9 ref.

1. When peace, like a river, attendeth my way, when sorrows like sea billows roll, whatever my lot, you have taught me to say: It is well, it is well, with my soul.

REFRAIN: It is well, with my soul. It is well, it is well, with my soul.

2. Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come, let this blest assurance control, that Christ has regarded my helpless estate, and has shed his own blood for my soul. REFRAIN

3. My sin—O the bliss of this glorious thought!— my sin, not in part but the whole, is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more. Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul! REFRAIN

4. And Lord, haste the day when the faith shall be sight, the clouds be rolled back as a scroll, the trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend. Even so, it is well with my soul. REFRAIN

138

Jesus, At Your Holy Table

Jesus, at your holy table may our hearts united be. Bind us with your grace and presence that redeem and set us free Crucify our pride and hatred; light the path on which we walk. Teach us how to love each other in the way that you have taught.

Christ, remind us of your passion, of your precious life outpoured, of the love which none can fathom and our vict’ry evermore. Bread of heaven, wine of promise, feed us with your holy word. Nourish us with your strong presence, risen Savior, only Lord.

Lift your hearts and raise your voices; celebrate this wondrous love! Join the chorus with all Christians and with saints who live above. Silent lips now sing with gladness; blinded eyes are filled with sight. Jesus’ love has pierced our darkness, brought us home to peace and light.

139

Jesus Has Come

Text: Gina Tuck and Jay Thomas Hewitt, 2011; © 2011, Gina Tuck and Jay Thomas Hewitt Tune: Sherdonna Denholm, 2011; © 2011, Sherdonna Denholm https://www.dropbox.com/s/u1429yxknge8s0n/Jesus%20Has%20Come.mp3?dl=0

The Word dwelt among us. His glory is with us. The Savior is born. The curtain is torn. Rejoice! His kingdom is near! The true Creator resides in a manger. Immanuel – the angels did tell: Rejoice! The King is here!

REFRAIN Come, let us behold him. Come, let us adore him. Sing and rejoice for Jesus has come!

For God so loved us, he gave his Son for us who was born to die, now exalted on high. Rejoice! His kingdom is near! His love came down to us; his grace rests upon us. Immanuel – to the world we will tell: Rejoice! The King is here! REFRAIN

Free bread for the hungry, free water for the thirsty, behold the Lamb, Son of God and of Man. Rejoice! His kingdom is near! True Food who feeds us, true Wine who revives us, our hearts lift high for his presence is nigh. Rejoice! The King is here! REFRAIN

The Light in the darkness and life in all fullness, he made himself known to make us his own. Rejoice! His kingdom is near! We wait for his coming; we hope in his returning. The babe who came in glory shall reign Rejoice! The King is here! REFRAIN

140

Jesus, I Am Resting, Resting

1. Jesus, I am resting, resting in the joy of what thou art. I am finding out the greatness of thy loving heart. Thou has bid me gaze upon thee, and thy beauty fills my soul, for by thy transforming power thou has made me whole.

2. O how great thy loving kindness, vaster, broader than the sea. O how marvelous thy goodness, lavished all on me. Yes, I rest in thee, Beloved, know what wealth of grace is thine, know thy certainty of promise and have made it mine.

REFRAIN Jesus, I am resting, resting in the joy of what thou art. I am finding out the greatness of thy loving heart.

3. Simply trusting thee, Lord Jesus, I behold thee as thou art, and thy love so pure so changeless, satisfies my heart, satisfies its deepest longings, meets, supplies its every need. Love surrounds my life with blessings; thine is love indeed!

REFRAIN

141

Jesus, I Come

1. Out of my bondage, sorrow and night, Jesus, I come; Jesus I come. Into thy freedom, gladness and light, Jesus, I come to thee. Out of my sickness into thy health, out of my wanting and into thy wealth, out of my sin and into thyself, Jesus, I come to thee.

2. Out of my shameful failure and loss, Jesus, I come; Jesus, I come. Into the glorious gain of thy cross, Jesus, I come to thee. Out of earth’s sorrows into thy balm, out of life’s storms and into thy calm, out of distress into jubilant psalm, Jesus, I come to thee.

3. Out of unrest and arrogant pride, Jesus, I come; Jesus, I come. Into thy blessed will to abide, Jesus, I come to thee. Out of myself to dwell in thy love, out of despair into raptures above, upward forever on wings like a dove, Jesus, I come to thee.

4. Out of the fear and dread of the tomb, Jesus, I come; Jesus, I come. Into the joy and light of thy home, Jesus, I come to thee. Out of the depths of ruin untold, into the peace of thy sheltering fold, ever thy glorious face to behold, Jesus, I come to thee.

142

Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken

1. Jesus, I my cross have taken, all to leave and follow thee. Destitute, despised, forsaken, thou from hence my all shall be. Perish every fond ambition, all I’ve sought or hoped or known. Yet how rich is my condition! God and heaven are still my own.

2. Let the world despise and leave me; they have left my Savior, too. Human hearts and looks deceive me; thou art not, like them, untrue. O while thou dost smile upon me, God of wisdom, love, and might, foes may hate and friends disown me; show thy face and all is bright.

3. Soul, then know thy full salvation. Rise o’er sin and fear and care, joy to find in every station, something still to do or bear. Think what Spirit dwells within thee. Think what Father’s smiles are thine. Think that Jesus died to win thee. Child of heaven, canst thou repine?

4. Haste thee on from grace to glory, armed by faith, and winged by prayer. Heaven’s eternal days before thee. God’s own hand shall guide us there. Soon shall close thy earthly mission. Soon shall pass thy pilgrim days. Hope shall change to glad fruition, Faith to sight, and prayer to praise.

143

Jesus Lives and So Shall I

Text: Christian F. Gellert, 1757; tr. John D. Lang, 1826 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILVlbx1XkN4 (tune only) Tune: Johann Crüger, 17th c. JESUS, MEINE ZUVERSICHT or Tune: William Bumphrey, 2003; © 2003, Pseudo Music https://www.dropbox.com/s/fh53flu3yj1w1j1/01%20-%20Jesus%20Lives%20and%20So%20Shall%20I.mp3?dl=0

1. Jesus lives, and so shall I. Death! thy sting is gone forever! He who deigned for me to die` lives, the bands of death to sever.

REFRAIN He shall raise me from the dust. Jesus is my hope and trust. He alone my joy, my prize! Jesus lives, and so shall I. Jesus, lives and so shall I.

2. Jesus lives, and reigns supreme, and, his kingdom still remaining, I shall also be with him, ever living, ever reigning.

3. Jesus lives, and death is now but my entrance into glory. Courage, then, my soul, for thou hast a crown of life before thee.

144

Jesus, Lover of My Soul

Text: Charles Wesley, 1740 Tune: Joseph Parry, 1879 ABERYSTWYTH http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/139490 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_JGm9zFpDE 7.7.7.7 D or Greg Thompson, 2000; © 2000, Greg Thompson Music http://s3.amazonaws.com/ruf-hymnbook-prod/hymns/684/original/jesus-lover-of-my-soul.mp3?1355799285

1. Jesus, lover of my soul, let me to thy bosom fly. While the nearer waters roll, while the tempest still is high. Hide me, O my Savior, hide, ’til life’s storm is past. Safe into the haven guide; receive my soul at last.

2. Other refuge have I none, I helpless, hang on thee. Leave, O leave me not alone, support and comfort me. All my trust on thee is stayed, all help from thee I bring. Cover my defenseless head in the shadow of thy wing.

3. Thou, O Christ, are all I want; here more than all I find. Raise the fallen, cheer the faint, heal the sick, and lead the blind. Just and holy is thy name; I am all unrighteousness. False and full of sin I am; thou art full of truth and grace.

4. Plenteous grace with thee is found, grace to cover all my sin. Let the healing streams abound, make and keep me pure within. Thou of life the fountain art; let me take of thee. Spring thou up within my heart for all eternity.

145

Jesus, Master Whose I Am

Text: Francis R. Havergal, 1865 Tune: W. Todd Weedman, 2010

1. Jesus, Master, whose I am, purchased thine alone to be by thy blood, O spotless Lamb, shed so willingly for me. Let my heart be all thine own. Let me live to thee alone.

2. Jesus, Master, I am thine. Keep me faithful, keep me near. Let thy presence in me shine, all my homeward way to cheer. Jesus, at thy feet I fall. O be thou my all in all.

3. Jesus, Master, whom I serve, though so feebly and so ill. Strengthen hand and heart and nerve, all thy bidding to fulfill. Open thou mine eyes to see all the work thou hast for me.

4. Lord, thou needest not, I know, service such as I can bring. Yet I long to prove and show full allegiance to my King. Thou an honor art to me. Let me be a praise to thee.

146

Jesus Shall Reign

Text: Isaac Watts, 1719 Tune: John Hatton, 1793 DUKE STREET http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148497 (tune only) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJYLXUovpjw LM

1. Jesus shall reign where'er the sun does his successive journeys run. His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, ‘til moons shall wax and wane no more.

2. To him shall endless prayer be made, and praises throng to crown his head. His name like sweet perfume shall rise with every morning sacrifice.

3. Blessings abound where'er he reigns, the pris'ner leaps to lose his chains, the weary find eternal rest, and all the sons of want are blest.

4. Where he displays his healing power death and the curse are known no more. In him the tribes of Adam boast more blessings than their father lost.

5. Let every creature rise and bring peculiar honors to our King. Angels descend with songs again, and earth repeat the loud Amen.

147

Jesus, Thou Joy of Loving Hearts

Text: Bernard of Clairvaux, c. 1160; tr. Ray Palmer, 1858 Tune: Brian T. Murphy, 2003; © Red Mountain Music https://www.dropbox.com/s/bw6ok11ym29zwnq/Jesus%2C%20Thou%20Joy%20of%20Loving%20Hearts.mp3?dl= 0

1. Jesus, thou joy of loving hearts, thou fount of life, thou light of men, from the best bliss that earth imparts we turn unfilled to thee again.

2. Thy truth unchanged hath ever stood; thou savest those that on thee call. To them that seek thee thou art good, to them that find thee all in all.

3. We taste thee, O thou living Bread and long to feast upon thee still. We drink of thee, the fountainhead, and thirst our souls from thee to fill.

4. Our restless spirits yearn for thee, where'er our changeful lot is cast, glad when thy gracious smile we see, blest when our faith can hold thee fast.

5. O Jesus, ever with us stay; make all our moments calm and bright. Chase the dark night of sin away; shed o'er the world thy holy light.

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Jesus, What a Friend for Sinners

Text: J. Wilbur Chapman, 1910 Tune: Rowland H. Pritchard, 1830 HYFRYDOL http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148386 (tune only) 8.7.8.7 D or Tune: Luke Smith, 2004; © 2004, Luke Smith http://mylasmith.bandcamp.com/track/jesus-what-a-friend-for-sinners

1. Jesus, what a Friend for sinners. Jesus, Lover of my soul. Friends may fail me, foes assail me. He, my Savior, makes me whole.

REFRAIN Hallelujah, what a Savior! Hallelujah, what a Friend! Saving, helping, keeping, loving, he is with me to the end.

2. Jesus! What a strength in weakness! Let me hide myself in him. Tempted, tried, and sometimes failing, he, my strength, my vict'ry wins. REFRAIN

3. Jesus! What a help in sorrow! While the billows o'er me roll, even when my heart is breaking, he, my comfort, helps my soul. REFRAIN

4. Jesus! I do now receive him; more than all in him I find, He hath granted me forgiveness; I am his, and he is mine. REFRAIN

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Jesus, Wonderful Savior

Jesus, wonderful Savior, heaven’s Creator, almighty God, Jesus, perfect in splendor, the broken’s defender, healer of all, hope for those who are longing, every desire you satisfy. Keeper of those who are weary, shine your light clearly, Jesus our Lord.

Jesus, perfect expression, the hopeful’s confession, you are the way. Jesus, no one is like you; no one compares to all that you are. Shepherd, guiding your loved ones, guiding with tenderness, guiding with care, Savior, you are our healer; you are our comfort; you are near.

Jesus, hope for the hopeless, love for the loveless, kind and secure, Jesus, help for the helpless, we are your treasure, love that endures. One day we will see you; we will be near you, arms open wide. Quickly, come Lord Jesus; come for your church and come for your bride.

150

Joy Has Dawned upon the World

1. Joy has dawned upon the world, promised from creation, God's salvation now unfurled, hope for every nation, not with fanfares from above, not with scenes of glory, but a humble gift of love, Jesus, born of Mary.

2. Sounds of wonder fill the sky with the songs of angels as the mighty Prince of Life shelters in a stable. Hands that set each star in place, shaped the earth in darkness, cling now to a mother's breast, vulnerable and helpless.

3. Shepherds bow before the Lamb, gazing at the glory. Gifts of men from distant lands prophesy the story: Gold – a King is born today; Incense – God is with us; Myrrh – his death will make a way, and by his blood he'll win us.

4. Son of Adam, Son of heaven, given as a ransom, reconciling God and man, Christ our mighty Champion! What a Savior, what a Friend! What a glorious mystery, once a babe in Bethlehem, now the Lord of history.

151

Joy to the World! The Lord Is Come

Text: Isaac Watts, 1719 Tune: George Frederick Handel, 1742; arr. Lowell Mason, 1848 ANTIOCH http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104754 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyciMYZq2-Y 8.6.8.6 rep.

1. Joy to the world, the Lord is come! Let earth receive her King; let every heart prepare him room, and heav’n and nature sing, and heav’n and nature sing, and heav’n, and heav’n, and nature sing.

2. Joy to the earth, the Savior reigns! Let men their songs employ; while fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains repeat the sounding joy, repeat the sounding joy, repeat, repeat, the sounding joy.

3. No more let sins and sorrows grow, nor thorns infest the ground; he comes to make his blessings flow far as the curse is found, far as the curse is found, far as, far as, the curse is found.

4. He rules the world with truth and grace, and makes the nations prove the glories of his righteousness, and wonders of his love, and wonders of his love, and wonders, wonders of his love.

152

Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee

Text: Henry J. van Dyke, 1907, alt. Tune: Ludwig van Beethoven, 1824 ODE/HYMN TO JOY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3RhvVfCOII (choral) 8.7.8.7 D

1. Joyful, joyful we adore thee, God of glory, Lord of love. Hearts unfold like flowers before thee, opening to the sun above. Melt the clouds of sin and sadness. Drive the dark of doubt away. Giver of immortal gladness, fill us with the light of day.

2. All thy works with joy surround thee. Earth and heaven reflect thy rays. Stars and angels sing around thee, center of unbroken praise. Field and forest, vale and mountain, flowery meadow, flashing sea, chanting bird and flowing fountain, call us to rejoice in thee.

3. Thou art giving and forgiving, ever blessing, ever blest, wellspring of the joy of living, ocean depth of happy rest. Thou our Father, Christ our Brother, all who know his love are thine. Teach us how to love each other. Lift us to the joy divine.

4. Mortals join the mighty chorus which the morning stars began. Father love is reigning o’er us. Jesus brought this love to man. Ever singing march we onward, victors in the midst of strife. Joyful music lifts us sunward in the triumph song of life.

153

Just As I Am

Text: Charlotte Elliott, 1840 Tune: William B. Bradbury, 1849 WOODWORTH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUK6P_QmGjM

1. Just as I am, without one plea, but that thy blood was shed for me, and that thou bidd'st me come to thee, O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

2. Just as I am, and waiting not to rid my soul of one dark blot, to thee, whose blood can cleanse each spot, O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

3. Just as I am, though tossed about with many a conflict, many a doubt, fightings and fears within, without, O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

4. Just as I am, thou wilt receive, wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve; because thy promise I believe, O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

154

The Solid Rock (My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less)

Text: Edward Mote, 1834 Tune: William B. Bradbury, 1863 SOLID ROCK http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/138108 (tune only) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkMapZB8qMk 8.8.8.8.8.8.8

1. My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness. I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus' name.

REFRAIN: On Christ the solid rock I stand. All other ground is sinking sand, all other ground is sinking sand.

2. When darkness veils his lovely face, I rest upon unchanging grace. In ev'ry rough and stormy gale my anchor holds within the veil. REFRAIN

3. His oath, his covenant, his blood support me in the whelming flood. When all around my soul gives way, he then is all my hope and stay. REFRAIN

4. When he shall come with trumpet sound, O may I then in him be found, dressed in his righteousness alone, faultless to stand before the throne. REFRAIN

155

Kwake Yesu Nasimama (My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less)

Text: Edward Mote, 1834 Tune: Kenyan tune http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiAPgn3SHgs&feature=related

1. My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness. I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus' name.

REFRAIN Kwake Yesu nasimama. (Here on Jesus Christ I will stand) Ndiye mwamba ni salama. (He’s the solid rock of my life.) Ndiye mwamba ni salama. (He’s the solid rock of my life.) Ndiye mwamba ni salama. (He’s the solid rock of my life.)

2. When darkness veils his lovely face, I rest upon unchanging grace. In ev'ry rough and stormy gale my anchor holds within the veil. REFRAIN

3. His oath, his covenant, his blood support me in the whelming flood. When all around my soul gives way, he then is all my hope and stay. REFRAIN

4. When he shall come with trumpet sound, O may I then in him be found, dressed in his righteousness alone, faultless to stand before the throne. REFRAIN

156

Lamb of God

Text: James G. Deck, 1841 Tune: Terry Van Wechel, 1999 https://www.dropbox.com/s/qnxbry22mzvi9xg/09%20Lamb%20of%20God.wma?dl=0 8.7.8.7 D

1. Lamb of God, our souls adore thee, while upon thy face we gaze. There the Father’s love and glory shine in all their brightest rays. Thine almighty pow’r and wisdom all creation’s works proclaim. Heav’n and earth alike confess thee as the ever great I AM.

2. Lamb of God, thy Father’s bosom ever was thy dwelling place, his delight, in him rejoicing, one with him in pow’r and grace. O what wondrous love and mercy, thou did’st lay thy glory by and for us did’st come from heaven as the Lamb of God to die.

3. Lamb of God, when we behold thee lowly in the manger laid, wand’ring as a homeless stranger in the world thy hands had made, when we see thee in the garden, in thine agony of blood, at thy grace we are confounded, holy, spotless, Lamb of God.

4. When we see thee as the victim bound to the accursed tree, for our guilt and folly stricken, all our judgment borne by thee, Lord, we own, with hearts adoring, thou hast loved us unto blood. Glory, glory everlasting be to thee, thou Lamb of God.

5. Lamb of God, thou soon in glory will to this sad earth return. All thy foes shall quake before thee; all that now despise thee mourn. Then thy saints, all gather’d to thee, with thee in thy kingdom reign. Thine the praise and thine the glory, Lamb of God, for sinners slain.

157

Lead On, O King Eternal

Text: Ernest W. Shurtleff, 1887 Tune: Henry Smart, 1836 LANCASHIRE http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148472 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNLlMEox_Nc 7.6.7.6 D

1. Lead on, O King Eternal, the day of march has come; henceforth in fields of conquest your tents shall be our home. Through days of preparation your grace has made us strong, and now, O King Eternal, we lift our battle-song.

2. Lead on, O King Eternal, till sin's fierce war shall cease, and holiness shall whisper the sweet Amen of peace. For not with swords loud clashing, nor roll of stirring drums, but deeds of love and mercy the heavenly kingdom comes.

3. Lead on, O King Eternal, we follow, not with fears, for gladness breaks like morning where'er your face appears; Your cross is lifted o'er us; we journey in its light. The crown awaits the conquest; lead on, O God of might.

158

Lead On, O King Eternal

Text: stanzas, Ernest W. Shurtleff, 1887; refrain, Ryan Foglesong, 2010; © 2010, Resolved Music Tune: stanzas, Henry Smart, 1836; refrain, Ryan Foglesong, 2010; © 2010, Resolved Music LANCASHIRE http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148472 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNLlMEox_Nc (stanzas only) 7.6.7.6 D Refrain: Ryan Foglesong, 2010; © 2010, Resolved Music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYs5COsT3U4 (listen for the refrain only)

REFRAIN: Lead on, lead on, King of heaven, my light and my salvation; your faithfulness endures. O lead on! Lead us to your kingdom; through joy or tribulation, we follow you, we follow you alone.

159

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

Text: Liturgy of St. James, 5th c.; trans. Gerard Moultrie, 1864 Tune: Traditional French melody, 17th c. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wl4u8lnDQs

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 descendeth, 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 descendeth from the realms of endless day, that the powers of hell may vanish as the darkness clears away.

4. At his feet the six wingèd seraph, cherubim with sleepless eye, veil their faces to the presence, as with ceaseless voice they cry: “Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Lord Most High!”

160

Let Us Love and Sing and Wonder

Text: John Newton, 1774 Tune: Geistreiches Gesangbuch, Darmstadt, 1698 ALL SAINTS OLD http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148495 (tune only) 8.7.8.7.7.7 or Henry Smart, 1866 REGENT SQUARE http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148422 (tune only) 8.7.8.7.8.7 or Laura Taylor, 2001; © 2001, Laura Taylor Music http://s3.amazonaws.com/ruf-hymnbook-prod/hymns/749/original/let-us-love-and-sing-and-wonder- taylor.mp3?1355799365

1. Let us love, and sing, and wonder; let us praise the Savior's name! He has hushed the law's loud thunder, he has quenched Mount Sinai's flame. He has washed us with his blood. He has brought us nigh to God.

2. Let us love the Lord who bought us, pitied us when enemies, called us by his grace and taught us, gave us ears and gave us eyes. He has washed us with his blood. He presents our souls to God.

3. Let us sing, though fierce temptation threatens hard to bear us down! For the Lord, our strong salvation, holds in view the conqueror's crown, He who washed us with his blood, soon will bring us home to God.

4. Let us wonder; grace and justice join, and point to mercy's store. When through grace in Christ our trust is, justice smiles, and asks no more. He who washed us with his blood has secured our way to God.

5. Let us praise, and join the chorus of the saints enthroned on high. Here they trusted him before us; now their praises fill the sky: “You have washed us with your blood; you are worthy, Lamb of God!”

161

Lift High the Cross

REFRAIN Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim till all the world adore his sacred name.

1. For thy blest cross which doth for us atone, creation's praises rise before thy throne. REFRAIN

2. O Lord, once lifted on the glorious tree, as thou hast promised, draw men unto thee. REFRAIN

3. Thy kingdom come, that earth's despair may cease beneath the shadow of its healing peace. REFRAIN

4. Come Christians follow where our Savior trod, our King victorious, Christ, the Son of God. REFRAIN

5. Let every race and every language tell of him who saves our lives from death and hell. REFRAIN

6. So shall our song of triumph ever be: praise to the Crucified for victory! REFRAIN

162

Lift Up, Lift Up Your Voices Now

Text: John Mason Neale, 1854 Tune: John Hatton, 1793 DUKE STREET http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148497 (tune only) LM

1. Lift up, lift up your voices now. The whole wide world rejoices now: The Lord hath triumphed gloriously. The Lord shall reign victoriously.

2. In vain with stone the cave they barred. In vain the watch kept ward and guard. Majestic from the spoiled tomb, in pomp of triumph Christ is come.

3. He binds in chains the ancient foe. A countless host he frees from woe, and heav'n's high portal open flies, for Christ has ris'n, and man shall rise.

4. And all he did, and all he bare, he gives us as our own to share, and hope and joy and peace begin, for Christ has won, and man shall win.

5. O Victor, aid us in the fight, and lead through death to realms of light. We safely pass where thou hast trod; In thee we die to rise to God.

6. Thy flock, from sin and death set free. Glad alleluias raise to thee; And ever with the heav'nly host praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

163

Light of Light

1. Light of light, enlighten me; now anew the day is dawning. Sun of grace, the shadows flee, brighten, thou, my Sabbath morning. With thy joyous sunshine blest, happy is my day of rest.

2. Hence all care, all vanity, for the day to God is holy. Come, thou glorious Majesty, deign to fill this temple lowly. Naught today my soul shall move; simply resting in thy love.

3. Let me with my heart today—Holy, Holy, Holy, singing— rapt awhile from earth away, all my soul to thee up-springing, have a foretaste inly giv’n how they worship thee in heav’n!

4. Fount of all our joy and peace, to thy living waters lead me. Thou, from earth, my soul release and with grace and mercy feed me. Bless thy word that it may prove rich in fruits that thou dost love.

164

Lion of Judah

You're the Lion of Judah, the Lamb who was slain. You ascended to heaven and ever more will reign. At the end of the age when the earth you reclaim you will gather the nations before you. And the eyes of all men will be fixed on the Lamb who was crucified. With wisdom and mercy and justice you'll reign at your Father's side.

REFRAIN And the angels will cry: “Hail the Lamb, who was slain for the world! Rule in power!” And the earth will reply: “You shall reign as the King of all kings and the Lord of all lords.”

There's a shield in our hand and a sword at our side. There's a fire in our spirits that cannot be denied. As the Father has told us for these you have died, for the nations that gather before you. And the ears of all men need to hear of the Lamb who was crucified, who descended to hell yet was raised up to reign at the Father's side.

REFRAIN

165

Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending

Text: Charles Wesley, 1758 Tune: Darwin Jordan; © Darwin Jordan Music http://s3.amazonaws.com/ruf-hymnbook-prod/hymns/761/original/lo-he-comes-with-clouds-descending- jordan.mp3?1355799381 8.7.8.7.8.7 or John Francis Wade, 1751 ST. THOMAS (Wade) http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148549 (tune only) 8.7.8.7.8.7

1. Lo! he comes, with clouds descending, once for favored sinners slain. Thousand thousand saints attending swell the triumph of his train. Alleluia! Alleluia! God appears on earth to reign.

2. Ev'ry eye shall now behold him, robed in dreadful majesty. Those who set at naught and sold him, pierced, and nailed him to the tree, deeply wailing, deeply wailing, shall the true Messiah see.

3. Now redemption, long expected, see in solemn pomp appear! All his saints, by man rejected, now shall meet him in the air. Alleluia! Alleluia! See the day of God appear!

4. Yea, Amen! let all adore thee, high on thine eternal throne; Savior, take the pow'r and glory, claim the kingdom for thine own: O come quickly, O come quickly. Alleluia! come, Lord, come.

166

Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming

Text: German hymn, 15th c.; st. 1–2, tr. Theodore Baker, 1894; st. 3, tr. Harriet Spaeth, 1875; st. 4, tr. John Mattes, 1914 Tune: Traditional German melody, 15th c. ES IST EIN’ ROS’ ENTSPRUNGEN http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104768 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyuOIYCERc4 (choral)

1. Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming from tender stem hath sprung! Of Jesse's lineage coming, as those of old have sung. It came, a floweret bright, amid the cold of winter, when half spent was the night.

2. Isaiah 'twas foretold it, the Rose I have in mind; with Mary we behold it, the Virgin Mother kind. To show God's love aright, she bore to men a Savior, when half spent was the night.

3. This flow'r, whose fragrance tender with sweetness fills the air, dispels with glorious splendor the darkness ev'rywhere. True man yet very God, from sin and death he saves us and lightens ev'ry load.

4 . O Savior, child of Mary, who felt our human woe; O Savior, King of glory, who dost our weakness know, bring us at length, we pray, to the bright course of heaven and to the endless day.

167

Lord Enthroned in Heavenly Splendor

1. Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendor, first begotten from the dead, you alone, our strong defender, now lift up your people’s head. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Jesus, true and living Bread! Jesus, true and living Bread!

2. Paschal Lamb, your offering, finished once for all when you were slain, in its fullness undiminished shall forevermore remain. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Jesus, true and living Bread! Jesus, true and living Bread!

3. Great High Priest of our profession, through the veil you entered in, by your mighty intercession, grace and peace for us to win. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Jesus, true and living Bread! Jesus, true and living Bread!

4. Life imparting heavenly manna, smitten rock with streaming side, heaven and earth with loud hosanna worship you, the Lamb who died. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Jesus, true and living Bread! Jesus, true and living Bread!

168

Lord, Have Mercy (Franklin Kyrie)

Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy, have mercy, Lord.

Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy, have mercy, Lord.

Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy, have mercy, Lord.

169

Lord, I Need You

Text and tune: Daniel Carson, Matt Maher, Christy Nockels, Jesse Reeves, and Kristian Stanfill © 2011, Worshiptogether.com songs/Sixsteps Music, Thankyou Music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS9e0nxHP-w

Lord, I come, I confess. Bowing here I find my rest. Without you I fall apart. You're the one that guides my heart.

REFRAIN Lord, I need You, O, I need you. Every hour I need you. My one defense, my righteousness, O God, how I need you.

Where sin runs deep, your grace is more. Where grace is found is where you are. And where you are, Lord, I am free. Holiness is Christ in me.

REFRAIN

So teach my song to rise to you when temptation comes my way. And when I cannot stand I'll fall on you. Jesus, you're my hope and stay.

REFRAIN

170

Lord Jesus Christ, Be Present Now

1. Lord Jesus Christ, be present now; our hearts in true devotion bow. Your Spirit send with grace divine, and let your truth within us shine.

2. Unseal our lips to sing your praise; our souls to you in worship raise. Make strong our faith; increase our light, that we may know your name aright.

3. Until we join the hosts that cry, “Holy are you, O Lord Most High!” and in the light of that blest place, fore’er behold you face to face.

4. Glory to God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Three in One! To you, O blessed Trinity, be praise throughout eternity.

171

Lord Most High

From the ends of the earth, (From the ends of the earth,) from the depths of the sea, (from the depths of the sea,) from the heights of the heavens, (from the heights of the heavens) your name be praised.

From the hearts of the weak, (From the hearts of the weak,) from the shouts of the strong, (from the shouts of the strong,) from the lips of all people, (from the lips of all people,) your song we raise, Lord.

Throughout the endless ages, you will be crowned with praises, Lord most high. Exalted in every nation, Sovereign of all creation, Lord most high, be magnified!

172

Lord Whose Love in Humble Service

Text: Albert F. Bayly, 1961, alt.; © 1961, Oxford University Press Tune: Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second, Harrisburg, 1813 NETTLETON http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148629 (tune only) 8.7.8.7 D

1. Lord, whose love in humble service bore the weight of human need, who, upon the cross forsaken, worked your mercy’s perfect deed, we your servants bring the worship not of voice alone but heart, consecrating to your purpose every gift that you impart.

2. As we worship grant us vision till your love’s revealing light in its height and depth and greatness dawns upon our quickened sight, making known the needs and burdens your compassion bids us bear, stirring us to tireless striving, your abundant life to share.

3. Called from worship into service, forward in your name we go, to the child, the youth, the aged, love in living deeds to show. Hope and health, goodwill and comfort, counsel, aid, and peace we give, that your children, Lord, in freedom may your mercy know and live.

173

Made Me Glad

I will bless the Lord forever. I will trust him at all times. He has delivered me from all fear. He has set my feet upon a rock. I will not be moved, and I'll say of the Lord…

REFRAIN You are my shield, my strength my portion, deliverer, my shelter, strong tower, my very present help in time of need.

Whom have I in heaven but you? There's none I desire besides you. You have made me glad, and I'll say of the Lord…

REFRAIN

174

Majesty

Here I am, humbled by your majesty, covered by your grace so free, Here I am, knowing I'm a sinful man, covered by the blood of the Lamb.

Now I've found the greatest love of all is mine since you laid down your life, the greatest sacrifice,

Majesty, majesty, your grace has found me just as I am, empty-handed but alive in your hands.

Here I am, humbled by the love that you give, forgiven so that I can forgive. Here I stand, knowing that I'm your desire, sanctified by glory and fire.

Now I've found the greatest love of all is mine since you laid down your life, the greatest sacrifice,

Majesty, majesty, your grace has found me just as I am, empty-handed but alive in your hands. Majesty, majesty, forever I am changed by your love in the presence of your majesty, majesty.

175

Mambo Sawa Sawa

Text: Anonymous Tune: African traditional melody http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx01ItBclGI&feature=player_embedded#at=39

Mambo sawa sawa Mambo sawa sawa Yes’ akiwa enzini Mambo sawa sawa Mambo sawa sawa Mambo sawa sawa

Things already better, things already better, when the Lord is on the throne, things already better things already better things already better.

176

Man of Sorrows (What a Savior)

1. Man of Sorrows, what a name for the Son of God who came, ruined sinners to reclaim. Hallelujah! Bearing shame and scoffing rude, in my place condemned he stood, sealed my pardon with his blood. Hallelujah, hallelujah!

REFRAIN Savior, you showed your love, defeated our sin, poured out your blood. So we praise you, Lamb that was slain; we offer our lives to proclaim: “What a Savior!”

2. Guilty, vile, and helpless we; spotless Lamb of God was he. Full atonement, can it be? Hallelujah! Lifted up was he to die. “It is finished” was his cry. Now in heav’n exalted high. Hallelujah, hallelujah! REFRAIN

3. When he comes, our glorious King, all his ransomed home to bring, then anew this song we’ll sing. Hallelujah, hallelujah! REFRAIN

177

Mighty to Save

Everyone needs compassion, a love that’s never failing; let mercy fall on me! Everyone needs forgiveness, the kindness of a Savior, the hope of nations.

REFRAIN Savior, you can move the mountains! My God is mighty to save! He is mighty to save! Forever, Author of salvation, he rose and conquered the grave. Jesus conquered the grave!

So take me as you find me, all my fears and failures; fill my life again! I give my life to follow everything I believe in; now I surrender.

REFRAIN

178

My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less

Text: Edward Mote, 1834 Tune: William B. Bradbury, 1863 SOLID ROCK http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/138108 (tune only) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkMapZB8qMk LM+ref.

1. My hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus' blood and righteousness. I dare not trust the sweetest frame, But wholly lean on Jesus' name.

REFRAIN On Christ the solid Rock I stand. All other ground is sinking sand; all other ground is sinking sand.

2. When darkness veils his lovely face, I rest on his unchanging grace. In ev'ry high and stormy gale, my anchor holds within the veil. REFRAIN

3. His oath, his covenant, his blood support me in the whelming flood. When all around my soul gives way, he then is all my hope and stay. REFRAIN

4. When he shall come with trumpet sound, O may I then in him be found, dressed in his righteousness alone, faultless to stand before the throne. REFRAIN

179

My Jesus, I Love Thee

Text: William R. Featherstone, 1864 Tune: Adoniram J. Gordon, 1876 GORDON http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104974 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYfBZnMve_E 11.11.11.11

1. My Jesus, I love thee, I know thou art mine. For thee all the follies of sin I resign. My gracious Redeemer, my Savior art thou. If ever I loved thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.

2. I love thee because thou hast first loved me, and purchased my pardon on Calvary’s tree. I love thee for wearing the thorns on thy brow. If ever I loved thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.

3. I’ll love thee in life, I will love thee in death, and praise thee as long as thou lendest me breath, and say when the death dew lies cold on my brow, “If ever I loved thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.”

4. In mansions of glory and endless delight, I’ll ever adore thee in heaven so bright. I’ll sing with the glittering crown on my brow. If ever I loved thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.

180

My Shepherd Will Supply My Need

Text: Isaac Watts, 1719 Tune: Traditional American melody; Southern Harmony, 1835 RESIGNATION http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_elkZLYvBE&feature=related (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJVo7LvhAEQ&feature=related (choral) CMD

1. My Shepherd will supply my need; Jehovah is his Name. In pastures fresh he makes me feed, beside the living stream. He brings my wandering spirit back when I forsake his ways, and leads me, for his mercy's sake, in paths of truth and grace.

2. When I walk through the shades of death, his presence is my stay. One word of his supporting breath drives all my fears away. His hand, in sight of all my foes, doth still my table spread. My cup with blessings overflows; his oil anoints my head.

3. The sure provisions of my God attend me all my days. O may thy house be my abode, and all my work be praise. There would I find a settled rest, while others go and come; no more a stranger, nor a guest, but like a child at home.

181

My Song Is Love Unknown

1. My song is love unknown, the Savior's love for me, love to the loveless shown that they might lovely be. For who am I that in my place my Lord should take frail flesh and die?

2. He came from his blest throne, salvation to bestow, but men rebelled, and none the longed-for Christ would know. But O, my Friend, my Friend indeed, who at my need his life did spend!

3. My soul is love unbound for love has conquer'd death and love the vict'ry won in this his parting breath. For with the cry that all is done, vain darkness fell before the Son.

4. My song is love enthroned where angel voices raise to magnify the Son and sing the Father's praise. So shall I stand in glorious throng and add my praises to that song.

182

Not to Us

The cross before me, the world behind, no turning back, raise the banner high. It's not for me; it's all for you. Let the heavens shake and split the sky. Let the people clap their hands and cry. It's not for us. It's all for you.

REFRAIN Not to us, but to your name be the glory. Not to us, but to your name be the glory.

Our hearts unfold before your throne, the only place for those who know: it's not for us; it's all for you. Send your holy fire on this offering. Let our worship burn for the world to see. It's not for us. It's all for you.

REFRAIN

The earth is shaking, the mountains shouting. It's all for you. The waves are crashing; the sun is raging It's all for you. The universe spinning and singing. It's all for you. Your children dancing, dancing, dancing. It's all for you. It's all for you.

REFRAIN

183

Nothing but the Blood of Jesus

Text and tune: Robert Lowry, 1876 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aGJwAENQuk 7.8.7.8+ref.

1. What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus. What can make me whole again? Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

REFRAIN O precious is the flow that makes me white as snow. No other fount I know, nothing but the blood of Jesus.

2. For my pardon, this I see: nothing but the blood of Jesus. For my cleansing this my plea: nothing but the blood of Jesus. REFRAIN

3. Nothing can for sin atone, nothing but the blood of Jesus, naught of good that I have done, nothing but the blood of Jesus. REFRAIN

4. This is all my hope and peace: nothing but the blood of Jesus; This is all my righteousness: nothing but the blood of Jesus. REFRAIN

5. Now by this I’ll overcome: nothing but the blood of Jesus; Now by this I’ll reach my home: Nothing but the blood of Jesus. REFRAIN

6. Glory! Glory! This I sing: nothing but the blood of Jesus. All my praise for this I bring: nothing but the blood of Jesus. REFRAIN

184

Now All the Vault of Heaven Resounds

Text: Paul Z. Strodach, 1876–1947, alt. Tune: Auserlesen Catholische Geistliche Kirchengesange, Cologne, 1623; adapt. and harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906 LASST UNS ERFREUEN http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148341 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R8o8e1j-Xs LM + alleluias

1. Now all the vault of heav’n resounds in praise of love that still abounds: “Christ has triumphed! He is risen!” Sing, choirs of angels, loud and clear! Repeat their song of glory here: “Christ has triumphed! Christ has triumphed!” Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

2. Eternal is the gift he brings; therefore, our heart with rapture sings: “Christ has triumphed! He is living!” Now still he comes to give us life, and by his presence stills all strife. “Christ has triumphed! He is living!” Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

3. O fill us, Lord, with dauntless love; set heart and will on things above that we conquer through your triumph. Grant grace sufficient for life’s day that by our lives we truly say: “Christ has triumphed! He is living!” Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

4. Adoring praises now we bring and with the heav’nly blessed sing: “Christ has triumphed! Alleluia!” Be to the Father and our Lord, to Spirit blest, most holy God, all the glory, neverending! Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

185

Now Thank We All Our God

Text: Martin Rinckart, 1636; tr. Catherine Winkworth, 1858 Tune: Johann Crüger, 1647 NUN DANKET http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104871 (tune only) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGMuJ4U7zT8

1. Now thank we all our God with heart and hands and voices, who wondrous things has done, in whom his world rejoices; who from our mothers' arms has blessed us on our way with countless gifts of love, and still is ours today.

2. O may this bounteous God through all our life be near us, with ever joyful hearts and blessed peace to cheer us, to keep us in his grace, and guide us when perplexed, and free us from all ills of this world in the next.

3. All praise and thanks to God the Father now be given, the Son and Spirit blest, who reign in highest heaven, the one eternal God, whom heaven and earth adore; for thus it was, is now, and shall be evermore.

186

O Church, Arise

1. O church, arise and put your armor on, hear the call of Christ our Captain. For now the weak can say that they are strong in the strength that God has given. With shield of faith and belt of truth, we'll stand against the devil's lies, an army bold whose battle cry is love, reaching out to those in darkness.

2. Our call to war to love the captive soul but to rage against the captor. And with the sword that makes the wounded whole, we will fight with faith and valor. When faced with trials on every side, we know the outcome is secure, and Christ will have the prize for which he died, an inheritance of nations.

3. Come see the cross where love and mercy meet as the Son of God is stricken. Then see his foes lie crushed beneath his feet for the Conqueror has risen. And as the stone is rolled away, and Christ emerges from the grave, this victory march continues till the day every eye and heart shall see him.

4. So Spirit, come, put strength in every stride, give grace for every hurdle, that we may run with faith to win the prize of a servant good and faithful. As saints of old still line the way, retelling triumphs of his grace, we hear their calls and hunger for the day when with Christ we stand in glory.

187

O Come, All Ye Faithful

Text: John Francis Wade, 1751; tr. Francis Oakeley, 1841, alt. Tune: John Francis Wade, Cantus Diversi, 1751 ADESTE FIDELES http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104757 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPPRtLZ-amc (choral) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5rMQ6P12WY (arr. David Willcocks)

1. O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant! O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem! Come and behold him, born the King of angels; O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord!

2. True God from true God, Light from Light eternal, behold, he comes forth from the virgin's womb, Son of God, begotten, not created. O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord!

3. Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation; sing, all ye citizens of heav'n above: Glory to God, all glory in the highest. O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord!

4. Yea, Lord, we greet thee, born this happy morning; Jesus, to thee be all glory giv'n, Word of the Father now in flesh appearing. O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord!

188

O Come, O Come Emmanuel

Text: Latin antiphons, 8th c./Latin hymn, Psalteriolum Cantionum Catholicarum, 1710; tr. John Mason Neale, 1851, alt., 1961 Tune: French processional, 15th c.; arr. Thomas Helmore, 1854 VENI EMMANUEL http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104745 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0Wy2u9TENo (contemporary) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv927QNtz78 (choral) LM ref.

1. O come, O come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel, that mourns in lonely exile here, until the Son of God appear. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.

2. O come, thou Rod of Jesse, free thine own from Satan's tyranny. From depths of hell thy people save, and give them victory o'er the grave. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.

3. O come, thou Wisdom from on high, and order all things far and nigh. To us the path of knowledge show, and cause us in her ways to go. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.

4. O come, thou Key of David, come and open wide our heav'nly home, make safe the way that leads on high, and close the path to misery. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.

5. O come, Desire of Nations, bind all peoples in one heart and mind. Bid envy, strife, and quarrels cease. Fill all the world with heaven’s peace. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.

6. O come, thou Dayspring from on high and cheer us by thy drawing nigh; disperse the gloomy clouds of night, and death's dark shadows put to flight. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.

189

O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing

Text: Charles Wesley, 1739 Tune: Carl G. Gläser, 1828 AZMON http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104918 (tune only) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1YPmQibTRw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64oo7z7tjsw 8.6.8.6

1. O for a thousand tongues to sing my great Redeemer's praise, the glories of my God and King, the triumphs of his grace.

2. My gracious Master and my God, assist me to proclaim, to spread through all the earth abroad, the honors of thy name.

3. Jesus, the name that charms our fears, that bids our sorrows cease, 'tis music in the sinner's ears, 'tis life, and health, and peace.

4. He breaks the pow'r of reigning sin; he sets the pris'ner free. His blood can make the foulest clean; his blood availed for me.

5. He speaks and, list'ning to his voice, new life the dead receive. The mournful, broken hearts rejoice; the humble poor believe.

6. Hear him, ye deaf; his praise, ye dumb, your loosen'd tongues employ. Ye blind, behold your Savior come, and leap, ye lame, for joy.

190

O God, Our Help in Ages Past

Text: Isaac Watts, 1719 Tune: William Croft, 1708 ST. ANNE http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104588 (tune only) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsHIwXTjAOU CM

1. O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, our shelter from the stormy blast, and our eternal home:

2. Under the shadow of your throne your saints have dwelt secure; sufficient is your arm alone, and our defense is sure.

3. Before the hills in order stood or earth received her frame, from everlasting you are God, to endless years the same.

4. A thousand ages in your sight are like an evening gone; short as the watch that ends the night before the rising sun.

5. The busy tribes of flesh and blood, with all their lives and cares, are carried downward by your flood, and lost in foll'wing years.

6. Time, like an ever-rolling stream, bears all its sons away; they fly forgotten, as a dream dies at the op'ning day.

7. O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come: O be our guard while troubles last, and our eternal home.

191

O Great God

1. O great God of highest heaven, occupy my lowly heart. Own it all and reign supreme; conquer every rebel power. Let no vice or sin remain that resists your holy war. You have loved and purchased me; make me yours forevermore.

2. I was blinded by my sin, had no ears to hear your voice, did not know your love within, had no taste for heaven’s joys. Then your Spirit gave me life, opened up your word to me through the gospel of your Son, gave me endless hope and peace

3. Help me now to live a life that’s dependent on your grace. Keep my heart and guard my soul from the evils that I face. You are worthy to be praised with my every thought and deed. O great God of highest heaven, glorify your name through me.

192

O Jesus, I Have Promised

Text: John E. Bode, 1869 Tune: William Lloyd, 1840 MEIRIONYDD http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104500 (tune only) 7.6.7.6 D

1. O Jesus, I have promised to serve Thee to the end. Be thou forever near me, my master and my friend. I shall not fear the battle, if thou art by my side, nor wander from the pathway if thou wilt be my guide.

2. O Jesus, thou hast promised to all who follow thee, that where thou art in glory, there shall thy servant be. And, Jesus I have promised to serve thee to the end. O give me grace to follow, my master and my friend!

3. O let me feel Thee near me! The world is ever near. I see the sights that dazzle; the tempting sounds I hear. My foes are ever near me, around me and within. But, Jesus, draw thou nearer and shield my soul from sin.

4. O let me hear Thee speaking in accents clear and still, above the storms of passion, the murmurs of self-will. O speak to reassure me, to hasten or control! O speak, and make me listen, thou guardian of my soul!

193

O Little Town of Bethlehem

Text: Phillips Brooks, 1868 Tune: Lewis H. Redner, 1868 ST. LOUIS http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/137104 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mx6bTo-g3M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj2fwME46GM (choral) CMD irreg. or Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906 FOREST GREEN http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104839 (tune only) CMD

1. O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie; above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by. Yet in thy dark streets shineth the everlasting Light; the hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight.

2. For Christ is born of Mary, and gathered all above, while mortals sleep, the angels keep their watch of wond'ring love. O morning stars, together proclaim the holy birth; and praises sing to God the King, and peace to all on earth.

3. How silently, how silently the wondrous gift is given! So God imparts to human hearts the blessings of his heaven. No ear may hear his coming, but in this world of sin, where meek souls will receive him still, the dear Christ enters in.

4. O holy Child of Bethlehem, descend to us, we pray; cast out our sin, and enter in, be born in us today. We hear the Christmas angels the great glad tidings tell; O come to us, abide with us, our Lord Emmanuel.

194

O Living Bread from Heaven

1. O living Bread from heaven, how well you feed your guest! The gifts that you have given have filled my heart with rest. O wondrous food of blessing; O cup that heals our woes! My heart, this gift possessing, with praises overflows!

2. My Lord, you here have led me, within your holiest place, and here yourself have fed me with treasures of your grace; for you have freely given what earth could never buy, the bread of life from heaven, that now I shall not die.

3. You gave me all I wanted; this food can death destroy. And you have freely granted the cup of endless joy. My Lord, I do not merit the favor you have shown, and all my soul and spirit bow down before your throne.

4. O grant me then, thus strengthened with heav’nly food while here my course on earth is lengthened to serve with holy fear. And when you come in glory, and all things you renew, I’ll serve with perfect joy for your promises come true.

195

O Love That Will Not Let Me Go

1. O Love that will not let me go, I rest my weary soul in thee. I give thee back the life I owe, that in its ocean depths its flow may richer, fuller be.

2. O Light that follow’st all my way, I yield my flick’ring torch to thee. My heart restores its borrowed ray, that in thy sunshine’s blaze its day may brighter, fairer be.

3. O Joy that seekest me through pain, I cannot close my heart to thee. I trace the rainbow through the rain, and feel the promise is not vain, that morn shall tearless be.

4. O Cross that liftest up my head, I dare not ask to fly from thee. I lay in dust life’s glory dead, and from the ground there blossoms red life that shall endless be; life that shall endless be.

196

O Sacred Head Now Wounded

Text: Bernard of Clairvaux, 12th c.; tr. (German) Paul Gerhardt, 1656; tr. (English) James W. Alexander, 1830 Tune: Hans Leo Hassler, 1601 PASSION CHORALE http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148464 (tune only) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgkVTtT-0xg 7.6.7.6 D

1. O sacred Head, now wounded, with grief and shame weighed down; now scornfully surrounded with thorns, thine only crown. O sacred Head, what glory, what bliss till now was thine! Yet, though despised and gory, I joy to call thee mine.

2. What thou, my Lord, hast suffered was all for sinners' gain. Mine, mine was the transgression, but thine the deadly pain. Lo, here I fall, my Savior; 'tis I deserve thy place. Look on me with thy favor assist me by thy grace.

3. What language shall I borrow to thank thee, dearest friend, for this, thy dying sorrow, thy mercy without end? O make me thine forever, and should I fainting be, Lord, let me never, never outlive my love to thee.

197

O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus

Text: Samuel Trevor Francis, 1834–1925 Tune: Thomas Williams, 1890 EBENEZER http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104804 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwGmOkqfYps&feature=related (classical) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hzYKovRsJ8&feature=related (contemporary) 8.7.8.7 D

1. O the deep, deep love of Jesus, vast, unmeasured, boundless, free, rolling as a mighty ocean in its fullness over me. Underneath me, all around me, is the current of thy love, leading onward, leading homeward, to thy glorious rest above.

2. O the deep, deep love of Jesus! Spread his praise from shore to shore. how he loveth, ever loveth, changeth never, nevermore; how he watches o'er his loved ones, died to call them all his own; how for them he intercedeth, watcheth o'er them from the throne.

3. O the deep, deep love of Jesus, Love of ev'ry love the best. 'Tis an ocean vast of blessing; 'tis a haven sweet of rest. O the deep, deep love of Jesus, 'tis a heav'n of heav'ns to me, and it lifts me up to glory, for it lifts me up to thee.

198

O Worship the King

Text: Robert Grant, 1833 Tune: Joseph Martin Kraus, 1815; ref. Chris Tomlin and Robert Grant, 2004; © 2004, Worshiptogether.com Songs/Sixsteps Music LYONS http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148362 (tune of stanzas only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3vCVOasZow 10.10.11.11

1. O worship the King, all glorious above, and gratefully sing his power and his love; Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days, pavilioned in splendor, and girded with praise.

2. O tell of his might, O sing of his grace, whose robe is the light, whose canopy space, whose chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form, and dark is his path on the wings of the storm.

REFRAIN You alone are the matchless King. To you alone be all majesty. Your glories and wonders, what tongue can recite? You breathe in the air; you shine in the light.

3. O measureless Might, ineffable Love, whom angels delight to worship above. Your mercies how tender, how firm to the end, our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend.

REFRAIN

4. O worship the King, all glorious above, and gratefully sing his power and his love; Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days, pavilioned in splendor, and girded with praise.

199

Of the Father's Love Begotten

Text: Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, 348–413; tr. John Mason Neale, 1851; Henry W. Baker, 1859 Tune: Plainsong chant, 12th–13th cent.; arr. Charles Winfred Douglas, 1916 DIVINUM MYSTERIUM http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104759 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ-TO6ypUWM

1. Of the Father's love begotten ere the worlds began to be, he is Alpha and Omega; he the source, the ending he, of the things that are, that have been, and that future years shall see, evermore and evermore!

2. O that birth forever blessed, when the Virgin, full of grace, by the Holy Ghost conceiving, bore the Savior of our race, and the babe, the world's Redeemer, first revealed his sacred face, evermore and evermore!

3. This is he whom heav'n-taught singers sang of old with one accord, whom the Scriptures of the prophets promised in their faithful word. Now he shines, the long-expected; let creation praise its Lord, evermore and evermore!

4. O ye heights of heav'n, adore him; angel hosts, his praises sing; All dominions, bow before him, and extol our God and King. Let no tongue on earth be silent, ev'ry voice in concert ring, evermore and evermore!

5. Christ, to thee, with God the Father, and, O Holy Ghost, to thee, hymn, and chant, and high thanksgiving, and unwearied praises be, honor, glory, and dominion, and eternal victory, evermore and evermore!

200

Offering

The sun cannot compare to the glory of your love. There is no shadow in your presence. No mortal man would dare to stand before your throne, before the Holy One of heaven It's only by your blood, and it's only through your mercy, Lord, I come.

I bring an offering of worship to my King. No one on earth deserves the praises that I sing. Jesus, may you receive the honor that you're due. O Lord, I bring an offering to you. I bring an offering to you.

201

On Christmas Night All Christians Sing

Text: Traditional English carol Tune: Traditional English melody; arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1919 SUSSEX CAROL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKSM4kmpX9s (tune only) 8.8.8.8.8.8

1. On Christmas night all Christians sing, to hear the news the angels bring. On Christmas night all Christians sing, to hear the news the angels bring: news of great joy, news of great mirth, news of our merciful King’s birth.

2. Then why should we on earth be sad since our Redeemer made us glad? Then why should we on earth be sad since our Redeemer made us glad, when from our sin he set us free, all for to gain our liberty?

3. When sin departs before your grace, then life and health come in its place. When sin departs before your grace, then life and health come in its place. Heaven and earth with joy may sing, all for to see the newborn King.

4. All out of darkness we have light, which made the angels sing this night; All out of darkness we have light, which made the angels sing this night: “Glory to God and peace to men, now and forevermore. Amen.”

202

On Jordan’s Stormy Banks I Stand

1. On Jordan’s stormy banks I stand, and cast a wishful eye to Canaan’s fair and happy land where my possessions lie.

2. All o’er those wide extended plains shines one eternal day. There God the Son forever reigns, and scatters night away.

REFRAIN I am bound (I am bound) I am bound (I am bound) I am bound for the promised land, I am bound (I am bound) I am bound (I am bound) I am bound for the promised land.

3. No chilling winds nor poisonous breath can reach that healthful shore. Sickness, sorrow, pain and death, are felt and feared no more. REFRAIN

4. When shall I reach that happy place, and be forever blessed? When shall I see my Father’s face, and in his bosom rest? REFRAIN

203

Once in Royal David’s City

Text: Cecil F. Alexander, 1848 Tune: Henry Gauntlett, 1849 IRBY http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/137369 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxq36I0jA_E 8.7.8.7.7.7

1. Once in royal David's city stood a lowly cattle shed, where a mother laid her baby in a manger for his bed. Mary was that mother mild, Jesus Christ her little child.

2. He came down to earth from heaven who is God and Lord of all, and his shelter was a stable, and his cradle was a stall: with the poor and meek and lowly lived on earth our Savior holy.

3. Jesus is our childhood's pattern, day by day like us he grew; he was little, weak, and helpless, tears and smiles like us he knew: and he feeleth for our sadness, and he shareth in our gladness.

4. And our eyes at last shall see him, through his own redeeming love, for that Child, so dear and gentle, is our Lord in heav'n above, and he leads his children on to the place where he is gone.

5. Not in that poor lowly stable with the oxen standing by we shall see him, but in heaven, set at God's right hand on high, where, like stars, his children crowned, all in white shall wait around.

204

Open the Eyes of My Heart

Open the eyes of my heart, Lord. Open the eyes of my heart. I want to see you. I want to see you.

To see you high and lifted up, shining in the light of your glory. Pour out your power and love as we sing Holy, Holy, Holy.

BRIDGE Holy, Holy, Holy, Holy, Holy, Holy, Holy, Holy, Holy, I want to see you.

205

Order My Steps

1. Order my steps in your word, dear Lord. Lead me, guide me every day. Send your anointing, Father, I pray. Order my steps in your word. Please, order my steps in your word.

2. Humbly I ask thee, teach me your will. While you are working, help me be still. Though Satan is busy, God is real. Order my steps in your word. Please, order my steps in your word.

3. Bridle my tongue let my words edify. Let the words of my mouth be acceptable in thy sight. Take charge of my thoughts both day and night. Order my steps in your word. Please, order my steps in your word.

I want to walk worthy, my calling to fulfill. Please order my steps, Lord, and I'll do your blessed will. The world is ever changing, but you are still the same. If you order my steps, I'll praise your name.

206

Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior

Text: Fanny Croxby, 1868 Tune: W. Howard Doane, 1870 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cnL_CY_sRI

1. Pass me not, O gentle Saviour, hear my humble cry; while on others thou art calling, do not pass me by.

REFRAIN Savior, Savior, hear my humble cry. While on others thou art calling, do not pass me by.

2. Let me at thy throne of mercy find a sweet relief, kneeling there in deep contrition; help my unbelief. REFRAIN

3. Trusting only in thy merit, would I seek thy face; heal my wounded, broken spirit, save me by thy grace. REFRAIN

4. Thou the spring of all my comfort, more than life to me, whom have I on earth beside thee? Whom in heaven but thee. REFRAIN

207

Doxology (Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow)

Text: Thomas Ken, 1709 Tune: Louis Bourgeois, Genevan Psalter, 1551 OLD HUNDREDTH http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104552 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvxIk4-mnWU LM

Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Praise him, all creatures here below. Praise him above, ye heav’nly hosts. Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen, Amen, Amen.

Tune: Auserlesen Catholische Geistliche Kirchengesange, Cologne, 1623; adapt. and harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906 LASST UNS ERFREUEN http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148341 (tune only) LM + alleluias

Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Praise him, all creatures here below. Alleluia, alleluia. Praise him above, ye heav’nly hosts. Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

208

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty

Text: Joachim Neander, 1680 Tune: Stralsund Gesangbuch, 1665 LOBE DEN HERREN http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104670 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSpYz-Y6gq4&feature=related (Fernando Ortega) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPQKQhbruzY&feature=related (congregation) 14.14.4.7.8

1. Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation! O my soul, praise him, for he is thy health and salvation! All ye who hear, now to his temple draw near; join me in glad adoration.

2. Praise to the Lord, who o’er all things so wondrously reigneth, shelters thee under his wings, yea, so gently sustaineth! Hast thou not seen, how all thy longings have been granted in what he ordaineth?

3. Praise to the Lord, who doth prosper thy work and defend thee; surely his goodness and mercy here daily attend thee. Ponder anew what the Almighty can do, if with his love he befriend thee.

4. Praise to the Lord, O let all that is in me adore him! All that hath life and breath, come now with praises before him. Let the Amen sound from his people again; gladly fore’er we adore him.

209

Psalm 23 (The King of Love My Shepherd Is)

Text: H. W. Baker, 1868 Tune: Traditional Irish melody ST. COLUMBA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3GFVW6m9Qo (older lyrics) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfxf4YMYd1k (choral; older lyrics) 8.7.8.7

1. The King of love my Shepherd is, whose goodness fails me never. I want for nothing! I am his, and he is mine forever.

2. Where streams of living water flow, my Savior gently leads me, and where the verdant pastures grow with food from heaven feeds me.

3. Confused and foolish, oft I strayed, but yet in love you sought me, and on your shoulder gently laid, then home, rejoicing, brought me.

4. In death's dark vale I fear no ill with you, dear Lord, beside me; your rod and staff my comfort still, your cross before to guide me.

5. You spread a table in my sight, your gifts of grace bestowing; with promise of abundant life my cup is overflowing.

6. And so through all my length of days your goodness fails me never; Good Shepherd, may I sing your praise within your house forever.

210

Psalm 32

Text: The Psalter, 1912, alt. Tune: Hans Leo Hassler, 1601 PASSION CHORALE http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148464 (tune only) 7.6.7.6 D

1. How blest are they whose trespass has freely been forgiven, whose sins are wholly covered before the sight of heaven. Blest they to whom the LORD God does not impute their sin, who have a guileless spirit, whose heart is true within.

2. While I kept guilty silence, my strength was spent with grief: your hand was heavy on me; my soul found no relief. But when I owned my trespass and did not hide my sin, then you forgave my guilt, LORD, restored my life within.

3. So let the godly seek you in times when you are near; no whelming floods shall reach them or cause their hearts to fear. O LORD, you are my refuge, you are my hiding place, and you surround me always with songs of saving grace.

4. "I graciously will teach you the way that you should go, and, with my eye upon you, help you my counsel know. Then do not be unruly or slow to understand; be not perverse, but willing to heed my wise command."

5. The sorrows of the wicked increase from year to year, but those who trust the LORD God know love instead of fear. Then in the LORD be joyful, in song lift up your voice; be glad in God, you righteous: rejoice, O saints, rejoice!

211

Psalm 51 (God, Be Merciful to Me)

1. God, be merciful to me; on thy grace I rest my plea. Plenteous in compassion, thou; blot out my transgressions now. Wash me, make me pure within. Cleanse, O cleanse me from my sin.

2. My transgressions I confess; grief and guilt my soul oppress. I have sinned against thy grace, and provoked thee to thy face. I confess thy judgment just; speechless, I thy mercy trust.

3. I am evil, born in sin; thou desirest truth within. Thou alone my Savior art; teach thy wisdom to my heart. Make me pure, thy grace bestow; wash me whiter than the snow.

4. Broken, humbled to the dust by thy wrath and judgment just. Let my contrite heart rejoice, and in gladness hear thy voice. From my sins, O hide thy face; blot them out in boundless grace.

5. Gracious God, my heart renew; make my spirit right and true. Cast me not away from thee; let thy Spirit dwell in me. Thy salvation's joy impart; steadfast make my willing heart.

6. Sinners then shall learn from me, and return, O God, to thee. Savior all my guilt remove, and my tongue shall sing thy love. Touch my silent lips, O Lord, and my mouth shall praise accord.

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Psalm 62 (My Soul Finds Rest in God Alone)

1. My soul finds rest in God alone, my Rock and my salvation, a fortress strong against my foes, and I will not be shaken. Though lips may bless and hearts may curse, and lies like arrows pierce me, I’ll fix my heart on righteousness; I’ll look to him who hears me.

REFRAIN O praise him, hallelujah, my delight and my reward. everlasting, never failing, my redeemer, my God.

2. Find rest, my soul, in God alone amid the worlds temptations. When evil seeks to take a hold I’ll cling to my salvation. Though riches come and riches go, don’t set your heart upon them. The fields of hope in which I sow are harvested in heaven.

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3. I’ll set my gaze on God alone and trust in him completely, with every day pour out my soul, and he will prove his mercy. Though life is but a fleeting breath, a sigh too brief to measure, my King has crushed the curse of death, and I am his forever.

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Psalm 62

1. My soul finds rest in God alone; on him my help depends. He is my fortress and my rock; salvation sure he sends. My foes conspire to bring me down; they scorn my troubled state. Their lips are quick to sound my praise, but in their hearts they hate.

2. Find rest, my soul, in God alone; on him my hope depends. He is my fortress and my rock; salvation sure he sends. My aid and honor come from God, my refuge strong and sure. Let all God's servants trust the LORD; in him we are secure.

3. The great of earth are less than dust; all mortal strength is vain. And fools alone rely on wealth or prize ill-gotten gain. I know, O God, that you are strong, a faithful, loving Lord. Our every deed, for good or ill, you surely will reward.

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Psalm 67

Text: Psalm 67; trans. James McGranahan, 1890, alt. Tune: Henry Smart, 1836 LANCASHIRE http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148472 (tune only) 7.6.7.6 D

1. O God, to us show mercy and bless us in your grace, and cause to shine upon us the brightness of your face, so that your way most holy on earth may soon be known, and unto every people your saving grace be shown.

2. Let all the peoples praise you, let all the nations sing; in every land let praises and songs of gladness ring; for you will judge the peoples in truth and righteousness, and on the earth all nations will your just rule confess.

3. Let all the peoples praise you, let all the nations sing. Then earth in rich abundance to us her fruit will bring. The LORD our God will bless us, our God will blessing send, and all the earth will fear him to its remotest end.

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Psalm 72 (Hail to the Lord’s Anointed)

Text: James Montgomery, 1821 Tune: Traditional Germany melody ST. THEODULPH http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148399 (tune only) 7.6.7.6 D

1. Hail to the Lord's anointed, great David's greater Son! Hail in the time appointed, his reign on earth begun! He comes to break oppression, to set the captive free, to take away transgression, and rule in equity.

2. He comes with justice speedy to those who suffer wrong, to help the poor and needy and bid the weak be strong, to give them songs for sighing, their darkness turn to light, whose souls, condemned and dying, are precious in his sight.

3. Kings shall fall down before him and gold and incense bring. All nations shall adore him; his praise all people sing. To him shall prayer unceasing and daily vows ascend, his kingdom still increasing, a kingdom without end.

4. O'er ev'ry foe victorious, he on his throne shall rest, from age to age more glorious, all-blessing and all-blessed. The tide of time shall never his covenant remove; his name shall stand for ever— that name to us is love.

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Psalm 88 (You’ve Begun a Good Work)

O Lord, the God who saves, King of earth and sky, I come to offer my prayers; turn your ear to my cry. For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near the grave. Lord, your wrath lies hard upon me. I am crushed under your waves. Though my eyes are dim with grief, Lord, I know there is relief.

REFRAIN For you’ve begun a good work in me. Yes, you’ve begun a good work in me. Your strength supplies for all of my needs, and you'll carry it through to the end. Yes, you'll carry it through to the end.

O Lord, the Savior, to you I spread out my hands. Lord, why do you cast off my soul and give darkness for friends? You have caused all else to shun me as a horror, casting blame. Still, each day, I call upon you. Every dawn, I cry your name. In the absence of your face, you still hear my plea for grace.

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Psalm 98 (Come, Let Us Sing unto the Lord)

Text: Associate Reformed Presbyterian Psalter, 1931, alt. Tune: Traditional Irish tune ST. PATRICK http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/150486 (tune only) LMD

1. Come, let us sing unto the Lord, new songs of praise with sweet accord. For wonders great by him are done. His hand and arm have victory won.

2. The great salvation of our God is seen through all the earth abroad. Before the heathen’s wond'ring sight, he hath revealed his truth and right. He called to mind his truth and grace in promise made to Israel’s race. And unto earth’s remotest bound, glad tidings of salvation sound.

3. All lands to God lift up your voice. Sing praise to him, with shouts rejoice. With voice of joy and loud acclaim, let all unite and praise his Name. Praise God with harp, with harp sing praise. With voice of psalms his glory raise. With trumpets, cornets, gladly sing and shout before the Lord, the King.

4. Let earth be glad, let billow roar, and all that dwell from shore to shore. Let floods clap hands with one accord. Let hills rejoice before the Lord. For lo, he comes; at his command all nations shall in judgment stand. In justice robes and throned in light, the Lord shall judge, dispensing right.

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Psalm 100 (All People that on Earth Do Dwell)

Text: William Kethe, 1561 Tune: Louis Bourgeois, Genevan Psalter, 1551 OLD HUNDRETH http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104552 (tune only) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us2O62TTqYA LM

1. All people that on earth do dwell, sing to the Lord with cheerful voice. Him serve with fear; his praise forth tell, Come ye before him and rejoice.

2. The Lord you know is God indeed; Without our aid he did us make. We are his folk; he doth us feed, and for his sheep he doth us take.

3. O enter then his gates with praise. Approach with joy his courts unto. Praise, laud, and bless his name always, for it is seemly so to do.

4. For why? the Lord our God is good. His mercy is forever sure. His truth at all times firmly stood, and shall from age to age endure.

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Psalm 103 (Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven)

1. Praise, my soul, the King of heaven; to his feet thy tribute bring. Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven, who, like me, his praise should sing? Come and worship, come and worship; praise the everlasting King.

2. Praise him for his grace and favor to our fathers in distress. Praise him, still the same forever, slow to chide and swift to bless. Come and worship, come and worship, glorious in his faithfulness.

3. God our Father tends and spares us; well our feeble frame he knows. In his hands he gently bears us; rescues us from all our foes. Come and worship, come and worship, widely as his mercy goes.

4. Angels, help us to adore him; you behold him face to face; Sun and moon, bow down before him, dwellers all in time and space. Come and worship, come and worship; praise with us the God of grace!

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Psalm 103 (Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven)

Text: Henry F. Lyte, 1834 Tune: John Goss, 1869 LAUDA ANIMA http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148693 (tune only) 8.7.8.7.8.7

1. Praise, my soul, the King of heaven; to his feet your tribute bring. Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven, who, like me, his praise should sing? Alleluia, Alleluia; praise the everlasting King.

2. Praise him for his grace and favor to our fathers in distress. Praise him, still the same forever, slow to chide and swift to bless. Alleluia, Alleluia, glorious in his faithfulness.

3. God our Father tends and spares us; well our feeble frame he knows. In his hands he gently bears us; rescues us from all our foes. Alleluia, Alleluia, widely as his mercy goes.

4. Frail as summer's flow’r we flourish; blows the wind and it is gone. But while mortals rise and perish, God endures unchanging on. Alleluia, Alleluia; praise the High Eternal One.

5. Angels, help us to adore him; you behold him face to face. Sun and moon, bow down before him, all who dwell in time and space. Alleluia, Alleluia; praise with us the God of grace!

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Psalm 130 (From Depths of Woe)

Text: Martin Luther, 1523; tr. Richard Massie, 1854; alt., 1961 Tune: Christopher Miner, 1997; © 1997, Christopher Miner Music http://www.igracemusic.com/hymnbook/demos/Psalm130FromDepthsof.mp3 (sing the first two stanzas slowly with sparse accompaniment) or Tune: Eric Priest 2006; © 2006, Eric Priest https://www.dropbox.com/s/085dempiycdear0/Psalm%20130%20From%20Depths%20of%20Woe%20%28lead%29 %20%5BEric%20Priest%5D.mp3?dl=0

1. From depths of woe I raise to thee the voice of lamentation! Lord, turn a gracious ear to me and hear my supplication. If thou iniquities dost mark, our secret sins and misdeeds dark, O, who shall stand before thee? O who shall stand before thee? (O who shall stand before thee?) (O who shall stand before thee?)

2. To wash away the crimson stain, grace – grace alone – availeth! Our works, alas, are all in vain, in much the best life faileth. No man can glory in thy sight; all must alike confess thy might, and live alone by mercy, and live alone by mercy. (and live alone by mercy,) (and live alone by mercy.)

3. Therefore my trust is in the Lord, and not in mine own merit. On him my soul shall rest; his word upholds my fainting spirit. His promised mercy is my fort, my comfort and my sweet support. I wait for it with patience, I wait for it with patience (I wait for it with patience,) (I wait for it with patience.)

4. What though I wait the live-long night, and ‘til the dawn appeareth, my heart still trusteth in his might; it doubteth not nor feareth. Do thus, O ye of Israel’s seed, ye of the Spirit born indeed, and wait ‘til God appeareth, and wait ‘til God appeareth (and wait ‘til God appeareth,) (and wait ‘til God appeareth.)

5. Though great our sins and sore our woes, his grace much more aboundeth! His helping love no limit knows; our upmost need it soundeth. Our Shepherd good and true is he, who will at last his Israel free from all their sin and sorrow, from all their sin and sorrow. (from all their sin and sorrow,) (from all their sin and sorrow.)

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Psalm 146 (Hallelujah, Praise Jehovah)

1. Hallelujah, praise Jehovah, O my soul, Jehovah praise; I will sing the glorious praises of my God through all my days. Put no confidence in princes, nor for help on man depend; he shall die, to dust returning, and his purposes shall end.

2. Happy is the man that chooses Israel’s God to be his aid; he is blessed whose hope of blessing on the Lord his God is stayed. Heav’n and earth the Lord created, seas and all that they contain; he delivers from oppression, righteousness he will maintain.

3. Food he daily gives the hungry, sets the mourning prisoner free, raises those bowed down with anguish, makes the sightless eyes to see. Well Jehovah loves the righteous, and the stranger he befriends, helps the fatherless and widow, judgment on the wicked sends.

4. Hallelujah, praise Jehovah, O my soul, Jehovah praise; I will sing the glorious praises of my God through all my days. Over all God reigns forever, through all ages he is King; unto him, your God, O Zion, joyful hallelujahs sing.

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Rejoice, the Lord Is King

Text: Charles Wesley, 1744 Tune: John Darwall, 1770 DARWALL http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148520 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPJ90xyIc1g 6.6.6.6.8.8

1. Rejoice, the Lord is king, your Lord and king adore! Rejoice, give thanks, and sing, and triumph evermore. Lift up your heart, lift up your voice! Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!

2. His kingdom cannot fail, he rules o’er earth and heav’n; the keys of death and hell are to our Jesus giv’n. Lift up your heart, lift up your voice! Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!

3. He sits at God’s right hand till all his foes submit, and bow to his command, and fall beneath his feet. Lift up your heart, lift up your voice! Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!

4. Rejoice in glorious hope! Our Lord, the Judge, shall come, and take his servants up to their eternal home. Lift up your heart, lift up your voice! Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!

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Rejoice, You Pure in Heart

Text: E. H. Plumptre, 1865 Tune: Arthur H. Messiter, 1883 MARION http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104978 (tune only) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWQXpz9Fgcw (congregation) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_GBKSqtgvI (choral) SM+ref.

1. Rejoice, you pure in heart. Rejoice, give thanks, and sing. Your festal banner wave on high, the cross of Christ your King! Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, give thanks and sing!

2. Bright youth and snow-crowned age, both men and women raise on high your free, exulting song! God's wondrous praises speak! Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, give thanks and sing!

3. With all the angel choirs, with all the saints of earth, pour out the strains of joy and bliss, true rapture, noblest mirth! Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, give thanks and sing!

4. Your clear hosannas raise, and alleluias loud, whilst answering echoes upward float, like wreaths of incense cloud. Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, give thanks and sing!

5. Yes, on through life's long path, still chanting as we go, from youth to age, by night and day, in gladness and in woe. Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, give thanks and sing!

6. Still lift your standard high! Still march in firm array! As warriors through the darkness toil, till dawns the golden day! Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, give thanks and sing!

7. At last the march shall end; the wearied ones shall rest. The pilgrims find their Father's house, Jerusalem the blest. Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, give thanks and sing!

8. Then on, you pure in heart; rejoice, give thanks, and sing! Your glorious banner wave on high, the cross of Christ your King! Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, give thanks and sing!

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Remembrance (The Communion Song)

O how could it be that my God would welcome me into this mystery? Say, “Take this bread; take this wine,” now the simple made divine for any to receive. By your mercy we come to your table. By your grace you are making us faithful

REFRAIN Lord, we remember you and remembrance leads us to worship. And as we worship you, our worship leads to communion. We respond to your invitation: we remember you.

See his body, his blood; know that he has overcome ev'ry trial we will face. And none too lost to be saved, none too broken or ashamed; all are welcome in this place. By your mercy we come to your table. By your grace you are making us faithful

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Dying you destroyed our death. Rising you restored our life. Lord Jesus, come in glory Lord Jesus, come in glory Lord Jesus, come in glory Lord Jesus, come in glory

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Rock of Ages

1. Rock of Ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in thee; let the water and the blood, from thy riven side which flowed, be of sin the double cure, cleanse me from its guilt and pow'r.

2. Not the labors of my hands can fulfill thy law's demands; could my zeal no respite know, could my tears for ever flow, all for sin could not atone; thou must save, and thou alone.

3. Nothing in my hand I bring, simply to thy cross I cling; naked, come to thee for dress; helpless, look to thee for grace; foul, I to the Fountain fly; wash me, Savior, or I die.

4. While I draw this fleeting breath, when mine eyelids close in death, when I soar to worlds unknown, see thee on thy judgment throne, Rock of Ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in thee.

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Salvation Belongs to Our God

Salvation belongs to our God who sits upon the throne and unto the Lamb! Praise and glory, wisdom and thanks, honor and power and strength be to our God forever and ever, be to our God forever and ever, be to our God forever and ever, Amen.

And we, the redeemed shall be strong in purpose and unity, declaring aloud praise and glory, wisdom and thanks, honor and power and strength be to our God forever and ever, be to our God forever and ever, be to our God forever and ever, Amen.

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Satisfied

All my lifelong I had panted for a drink from some cool spring that I hoped would quench the burning of the thirst I felt within.

REFRAIN Hallelujah! He has found me, the One my soul so long has craved. Jesus satisfies my longings. Through his blood I now am saved.

Feeding on the filth around me till my strength was almost gone, longed my soul for something better, only still to hunger on.

Poor I was and sought for riches, something that would satisfy, but the dust I gathered 'round me only mocked my soul's sad cry.

Well of water, ever springing, bread of life so rich and free, untold wealth that never faileth, my Redeemer is to me.

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See, the Conqueror Mounts in Triumph

Text: Christopher Wordsworth, 1862 Tune: Henry Smart, 1868 REX GLORIAE http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/181371 (tune only) 8.7.8.7 D

1. See, the Conqu'ror mounts in triumph. See the King in royal state, riding on the clouds, his chariot, to his heav'nly palace gate. Hark! the choirs of angel voices joyful alleluias sing, and the gates on high are opened to receive their heav'nly King.

2. Who is this that comes in glory, with the trump of jubilee? Lord of battles, God of armies, he has gained the victory. He who on the cross did suffer, he who from the grave arose, he has vanquished sin and Satan. He by death has spoiled his foes.

3. Now our heav'nly Aaron enters with his blood within the veil. Joshua now has come to Canaan, though the kings against him rail. Now he plants the tribes of Israel in their promised resting place. Now our great Elijah offers double portion of his grace.

4. You have raised our human nature in the clouds to God's right hand. There we sit in heav'nly places; there with you in glory stand. Jesus reigns, adored by angels, man with God is on the throne. Mighty Lord, in your ascension, we by faith behold our own.

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Shout to the Lord

My Jesus, my Savior, Lord, there is none like you. All of my days, I want to praise, the wonders of your mighty love. My comfort, my shelter, tower of refuge and strength, let every breath, all that I am, never cease to worship you.

Shout to the Lord, all the earth let us sing, power and majesty, praise to the King. Mountains bow down and the seas will roar, at the sound of your name. I sing for joy at the work of your hands. Forever I'll love you, forever I'll stand. Nothing compares to the promise I have in you.

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Silent Night! Holy Night!

Text: Joseph Mohr, 1818; st. 1–3, tr. John F. Young, 1863; st. 4, tr. Anon. Tune: Franz Gruber, 1818 STILLE NACHT http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104761 (tune only)

1. Silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright ‘round yon virgin mother and child. Holy infant so tender and mild, sleep in heavenly peace, sleep in heavenly peace.

2. Silent night, holy night, shepherds quake at the sight. Glories stream from heaven afar; heav'nly hosts sing alleluia; Christ the Savior is born, Christ the Savior is born!

3. Silent night, holy night, Son of God, love's pure light, radiant beams from thy holy face, with the dawn of redeeming grace, Jesus, Lord at thy birth, Jesus, Lord at thy birth!

4. Silent night, holy night, wondrous star, lend thy light; with the angels let us sing alleluia to our King. Christ, the Savior, is born, Christ, the Savior, is born!

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Sing Praise to the Father, Creator and King

Text: E. Margaret Clarkson, 1964; © 1966, Hope Publishing Co. Tune: Joseph Martin Kraus, 1815; ref. Chris Tomlin and Robert Grant, 2004; © 2004, Worshiptogether.com Songs/Sixsteps Music LYONS http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148362 (tune of stanzas only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3vCVOasZow (tune of stanzas and refrain only) 11.11.11.11 + ref

1. Sing praise to the Father, Creator and King, whose mercy has taught us a new song to sing, who made us and loved us tho’ rebels and lost, and planned our redemption at infinite cost.

REFRAIN: Bless the Lord, bless him, O my soul. for grace that redeems, for the love that makes whole. O come and adore him, his glories proclaim, and worship him now, the Lord is his name!

2. Sing praise to the Savior, Redeemer and Friend, for grace past all telling, for love without end, who stripped off his glory, put on mortal sin, and died in our stead full atonement to win. REFRAIN

3. Sing praise to the Spirit, the gift of God’s love, who quickens our hearts with new life from above who woos us, subdues us and seals us his own, and faultless presents us before the White Throne. REFRAIN

4. Sing praise to the Father; sing praise to the Son; sing praise to the Spirit, Great God, Three in One. The God of Salvation, of glory, of grace, who wrought our redemption. My soul sing his praise! REFRAIN

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Sing to the King

1. Sing to the King, who is coming to reign. Glory to Jesus, the Lamb that was slain. Life and salvation his empire shall bring, and joy to the nations when Jesus is King.

REFRAIN Come, let us sing a song, a song declaring, “we belong to Jesus.” He is all we need! Lift up a heart of praise. Sing now with voices raised to Jesus. Sing to the King!

2. Saints shall be saved from the burden of sin; doubt will not darken his witness within Hell has no terrors, and death has no sting for love is victorious where Jesus is King! REFRAIN

3. For his returning we watch and we pray. We will be ready the dawn of that day. We’ll join in singing with all the redeemed, “Satan is vanquished and Jesus is King!” REFRAIN

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Soldiers of Christ, Arise

Text: Charles Wesley, 1749 Tune: George J. Elvey, 1868 DIADEMATA http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104466 (tune only) SMD

1. Soldiers of Christ, arise, and put your armor on, strong in the strength which God supplies through his Eternal Son; strong in the Lord of hosts, and in his mighty pow'r, who in the strength of Jesus trusts is more than conqueror.

2. Stand then in his great might, with all his strength endued. But take, to arm you for the fight, the panoply of God. Leave no unguarded place, no weakness of the soul. Take ev'ry virtue, ev'ry grace, and fortify the whole.

3. To keep your armor bright, attend with constant care, still walking in your Captain's sight, and watching unto prayer. From strength to strength go on, wrestle and fight and pray. Tread all the pow'rs of darkness down, and win the well-fought day.

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Son of God

Son of God, shaper of the stars, you alone, the dweller of my heart. Mighty King, how beautiful you are, how beautiful. Son of God, the Father's gift to us, you alone were broken on the altar of love. Precious Lamb, our freedom's in your blood. It's in your blood.

REFRAIN: Jesus, O Holy One, I sing to you, forgiven. Savior, I'm overcome with your great love for me.

Son of God, strength beyond compare, you alone the darkness cannot bear. Lord of love, your kindness draws me near; it draws me. Son of God, prophecy of old, you alone, Redeemer of my soul. Come again and lead your people home. Come lead us home.

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You are worthy. You are worthy. You are worthy of all my praise. You are beautiful. You are beautiful. I will lift up my hands and sing.

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Song of Simeon

Text: st. 1-2, The Psalter, 1912 Tune: Richard S. Willis, 1850 CAROL http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/137069 (tune only) 8.6.8.6 D

1. Lord, in thy temple we appear as happy Simeon came and hope to meet our Savior here; O make our joys the same! With what divine and vast delight the good old man was filled, when fondly in his withered arms he clasped the holy child!

2. “Now I can leave this world,” he cried,” Behold, thy servant dies! I’ve seen thy great salvation, Lord, and closed my peaceful eyes. This is the light prepared to shine upon the Gentile lands, thine Israel’s glory, and their hope to break their slavish bands.”

3. The God of mercy be adored who calls our souls from death, who saves by his redeeming word and new creating breath! To praise the Father and the Son and Spirit, all divine, the One in Three and Three in One, let saints and angels join!

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Soon

Soon and very soon my King is coming, robed in righteousness and crowned with love. When I see him, I shall be made like him, soon and very soon

Soon and very soon, I'll be going to the place he has prepared for me. There my sin erased, my shame forgotten, soon and very soon.

REFRAIN I will be with the One I love. With unveiled face I'll see him There my soul will be satisfied, soon and very soon.

Soon and very soon see the procession, the angels and the elders 'round the throne. At his feet I'll lay my crowns, my worship, soon and very soon

REFRAIN

Though I have not seen him my heart knows him well, Jesus Christ the Lamb, the Lord of heaven.

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Speak, O Lord

1. Speak, O Lord, as we come to you to receive the food of your holy word. Take your truth plant it deep in us. Shape and fashion us in your likeness that the light of Christ might be seen today in our acts of love and our deeds of faith. Speak, O Lord, and fulfill in us all your purposes for your glory.

2. Teach us, Lord, full obedience, holy reverence, true humility. Test our thoughts and our attitudes in the radiance of your purity. Cause our faith to rise. Cause our eyes to see your majestic love and authority. Words of power that can never fail, let their truth prevail over unbelief.

3. Speak, O Lord, and renew our minds. Help us grasp the heights of your plans for us, truths unchanged from the dawn of time that will echo down through eternity. And by grace we'll stand on your promises. And by faith we'll walk as you walk with us. Speak, O Lord, till your church is built and the earth is filled with your glory.

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Spirit of God, Descend upon My Heart

Text: George Croly, 1854 Tune: Frederick Atkinson, 1870 MORECAMBE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymKxTkrRNBA or Tune: Karl Digerness, 2006 © 2006, Karl Digerness http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DRwvYiEY-U

1. Spirit of God, descend upon my heart; wean it from sin; through all its pulses move. Stoop to my weakness, mighty as thou art, and make me love thee as I ought to love.

2. I ask no dream, no prophet ecstasies, no sudden rending of the veil of clay, no angel vision, no op'ning skies; but take the dimness of my soul away.

3. Teach me to feel that thou art always nigh. Teach me the struggles of the soul to bear, to check the rising doubt, the rebel sigh. Teach me the patience of unanswered prayer.

4. Hast thou not bid us love thee, God and King? All, all thine own, soul, heart and strength and mind. I see the cross--there teach my heart to cling. O let me seek thee, and O let me find.

5. Teach me to love thee as thine angels love, one holy passion filling all my frame, the presence of thy heaven-descended dove; my heart an altar, and thy love the flame.

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Spirit, Working in Creation

1. Spirit, working in creation, bringing order out of strife, come among God's gathered people, giving harmony and life. Spirit, speaking through the prophets, so the voice of God was heard, come, inspire, alert your people to today's prophetic word.

2. Spirit, coming from the Father as a dove upon our Lord, come upon your chosen people, may your blessings be outpoured. Spirit, driving to the desert even God's Anointed One, come to us in trial and testing, that God's will in us be done.

3. Spirit, breathed on the disciples, giving peace where there was fear, come among us, touch us, send us, making Jesus' presence near. Spirit, bringing freedom, blessing, help to poor, and health to lame, come, anoint us, that such wonders may be done in Jesus' name.

4. Spirit, taking, breaking, making bread and wine our heavenly food, come, and take us, break us, make us, live Christ's life in us renewed. Praise and glory Holy Spirit, for your love on us outpoured, giving honor to the Father, and proclaiming Jesus Lord.

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Still

Hide me now under your wings. Cover me within your mighty hand.

REFRAIN When the oceans rise and thunders roar, I will soar with you above the storm. Father, you are King over the flood. I will be still and know you are God.

Find rest my soul in Christ alone. Know his power in quietness and trust.

242

Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted

Text: Thomas Kelly, 1804 Tune: Geistliche Volkslieder, Paderborn, 1850 O MEIN JESU, ICH MUSS STERBEN http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104497 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr7-fgX1CB0 8.7.8.7 D

1. Stricken, smitten, and afflicted, see him dying on the tree! 'Tis the Christ by man rejected; yes, my soul, 'tis he, 'tis he. 'Tis the long-expected Prophet, David's son, yet David's Lord. By his Son God now has spoken; 'tis the true and faithful Word.

2. Tell me, ye who hear him groaning, was there ever grief like his? Friends thro' fear his cause disowning, foes insulting his distress, many hands were raised to wound him; none would interpose to save. But the deepest stroke that pierced him was the stroke that Justice gave.

3. Ye who think of sin but lightly, nor suppose the evil great, here may view its nature rightly, here its guilt may estimate. Mark the sacrifice appointed; see who bears the awful load. 'Tis the Word, the Lord's anointed, Son of Man and Son of God.

4. Here we have a firm foundation, here the refuge of the lost. Christ's the Rock of our salvation, his the name of which we boast. Lamb of God, for sinners wounded, sacrifice to cancel guilt! None shall ever be confounded who on him their hope have built.

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Stronger

There is love that came for us, humbled to a sinner’s cross You broke my shame and sinfulness. You rose again victorious.

Faithfulness none can deny through the storm and through the fire. There is truth that sets me free: Jesus Christ, who lives in me.

REFRAIN You are stronger; you are stronger Sin is broken. You have saved me. It is written, “Christ is risen.” Jesus, you are Lord of all

No beginning and no end, you’re my hope and my defense. You came to seek and save the lost. You paid it all upon the cross.

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So let your name be lifted higher, be lifted higher, be lifted higher.

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Surrender All

1. Take all I am, Lord, and all that I cling to. You are my Savior I owe everything to. Take all the treasures that lie in my storehouse. They cannot follow when I enter your house.

REFRAIN: So I surrender all to you. I surrender all.

2. Take all my cravings for vain recognition, fleshly indulgence and worldly ambition. I want so much, Lord to make you the focus, to serve you in secret and never be noticed. REFRAIN

3. Take all my hunger for all that's forbidden, every desire and sin I keep hidden Search me and know me I want to bring to you a life that is holy and sanctified through you. REFRAIN

245

Take My Life, and Let It Be

Text: Francis R. Havergal, 1874 Tune: John B. Dykes, 1862 ST. BEES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MoSvQL9vjE (tune only) 7.7.7.7. or Henri César Malan, 1827 HENDON http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ93HVuYd5Y

1. Take my life, and let it be consecrated, Lord, to thee. Take my moments and my days; let them flow in ceaseless praise; let them flow in ceaseless praise.

2. Take my hands, and let them move at the impulse of thy love. Take my feet, and let them be swift and beautiful for thee, swift and beautiful for thee.

3. Take my voice, and let me sing, always, only, for my King. Take my lips, and let them be filled with messages from thee, filled with messages from thee.

4. Take my silver and my gold; not a mite would I withhold Take my intellect, and use ev'ry pow'r as thou shalt choose, ev'ry pow'r as thou shalt choose.

5. Take my will, and make it thine; it shall be no longer mine. Take my heart; it is thine own. It shall be thy royal throne; it shall be thy royal throne.

6. Take my love; my Lord, I pour at thy feet its treasure store. Take myself, and I will be ever, only, all for thee, ever, only, all for thee.

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Tell Out, My Soul, the Greatness of the Lord (Magnificat)

Text: Timothy Dudley-Smith, 1961 © 1962; 1990, Hope Publishing Co. Tune: Walter Greatorex, 1919 WOODLANDS http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104895 (tune only) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqKqZr4nRsw 10.10.10.10

1. Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord! Unnumbered blessings give my spirit voice; tender to me the promise of his word; in God my Savior shall my heart rejoice.

2. Tell out, my soul, the greatness of his name! Make known his might, the deeds his arm has done; his mercy sure, from age to age the same; his holy name the Lord, the Mighty One.

3. Tell out, my soul, the greatness of his might! Powers and dominions lay their glory by. Proud hearts and stubborn wills are put to flight, the hungry fed, the humble lifted high.

4. Tell out, my soul, the glories of his word! Firm is his promise, and his mercy sure. Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord to children's children and forevermore!

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Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand

1. Ten thousand times ten thousand in sparkling raiment bright, the armies of the ransomed saints throng up the steep of light. ’Tis finished, all is finished, their fight with death and sin. Fling open wide the golden gates, and let the victors in.

2. What rush of alleluias fills all the earth and sky! What ringing of a thousand harps bespeaks the triumph nigh! O day, for which creation and all its tribes were made; O joy, for all its former woes a thousandfold repaid!

3. O then what raptured greetings on Canaan’s happy shore, what knitting severed friendships up where partings are no more! Then eyes with joy shall sparkle, that brimmed with tears of late, Orphans no longer fatherless, nor widows desolate.

4. Bring near thy great salvation, thou Lamb for sinners slain. Fill up the roll of thine elect; then take thy power and reign. Appear, Desire of nations; thine exiles long for home. Show in the heaven thy promised sign; thou Prince and Savior, come.

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The Church’s One Foundation

Text: Samuel J. Stone, 1866 Tune: Samuel S. Wesley, 1864 AURELIA http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104919 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIvCO11uBtE&feature=related 7.6.7.6 D

1. The Church's one foundation is Jesus Christ her Lord. She is his new creation by water and the word. From heaven he came and sought her to be his holy bride; with his own blood he bought her, and for her life he died.

2. Elect from every nation, yet one o’er all the earth, her charter of salvation, one Lord, one faith, one birth. One holy Name she blesses, partakes one holy food, and to one hope she presses with every grace endued.

3. Though with a scornful wonder men see her sore oppressed, by schisms rent asunder, by heresies distressed. Yet saints their watch are keeping; their cry goes up, "How long?" And soon the night of weeping shall be the morn of song.

4. The Church shall never perish! Her dear Lord to defend, to guide, sustain, and cherish, is with her to the end. Though there be those who hate her, and false sons in her pale, against the foe or traitor she ever shall prevail.

5. ’Mid toil and tribulation, and tumult of her war, she waits the consummation of peace forevermore, ’til, with the vision glorious, her longing eyes are blest, and the great Church victorious shall be the Church at rest.

6. For she on earth hath union with God the three in one, and mystic sweet communion with those whose rest is won. O happy ones and holy! Lord, give us grace that we like them, the meek and lowly, on high may dwell with thee.

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The Day of Resurrection

Text: John of Damascus, c. 696–754; tr. John Mason Neale, 1862, alt. Tune: Henry Smart, 1836 LANCASHIRE http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148472 (tune only) 7.6.7.6 D

1. The day of resurrection! Earth, tell it out abroad, the Passover of gladness, the Passover of God. From death to life eternal, from this world to the sky, our Christ has brought us over with hymns of victory.

2. Our hearts be pure from evil, that we may see aright the Lord in rays eternal of resurrection-light, and, listening to his accents, may hear, so calm and plain, his own "All hail!" and hearing, may raise the victor strain.

3. Now let the heav'ns be joyful. Let earth her song begin, the world resound in triumph and all that is therein. Let all things seen and unseen their notes of gladness blend, for Christ the Lord has risen, our joy that has no end.

250

The Feast

With wondering eyes, Lord we admire the feast prepared by grace; Come, Lord, and set our souls on fire, and fill each heart with peace. These emblems of thy precious love, by faith may we receive! And with a solemn pleasure prove, we in thy name believe.

REFRAIN We eat this bread, we drink this wine, come give yourself to us. We know you’re here, that’s why we’ve come, to feast on thee with love.

No goodness of our own we bring; we’re sinners vile and base. Christ is our all; of Christ we sing, and long to see his face. O may we each, with heart and tongue sing, “Worthy is the Lamb”; To him alone the praise belongs, and we’ll adore his name.

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251

The First Noel

Text: Anonymous; English carol, 17th c. Tune: Traditional English melody; Sandys’ Christmas Carols, 1833 THE FIRST NOEL http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/137341 (tune only) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mItWsC8RtM

1. The first Noel the angel did say was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay; in fields where they lay keeping their sheep, on a cold winter's night that was so deep. Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel, born is the King of Israel.

2. They looked up and saw a star shining in the east beyond them far, and to the earth it gave great light, and so it continued both day and night. Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel, born is the King of Israel.

3. Then let us all with one accord sing praises to our heavenly Lord, who hath made heaven and earth of nought, and with his blood our life hath bought. Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel, born is the King of Israel.

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The Garden Hymn

Text: Anonymous; Southern Harmony, 1835 Tune: Traditional American melody; Southern Harmony, 1835 GARDEN HYMN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1-qC-QDr-Y

1. The Lord into his garden comes; the spices yield a rich perfume; the lilies grow and thrive; the lilies grow and thrive. Refreshing show'rs of grace divine from Jesus flow to ev'ry vine and make the dead revive, and make the dead revive.

2. This makes the dry and barren ground in springs of water to abound, and fruitful soil become, and fruitful soil become. The desert blossoms as the rose, when Jesus conquers all his foes and makes his people one, and makes his people one.

3. Come brethren ye who love the Lord, and taste the sweetness of his words. In Jesus' ways go on; in Jesus ways go on. Our troubles and our trials here will only make us richer there, when we arrive at home, when we arrive at home.

4. We feel that heaven is now begun. It issues from the shining throne, from Jesus' throne on high, from Jesus' throne on high. It comes like floods, we can't contain. We drink, and drink, and drink again, and yet we still are dry, and yet we still are dry.

5. But when we come to reign above, And all surround the throne of love, We'll drink a full supply: Jesus will lead his armies through, To living fountains where they flow, That never will run dry, that never will run dry.

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The Glories of Calvary

Lord, you’re calling me to come and behold the wondrous cross, to explore the depths of grace that came to me at such a cost, where your boundless love conquered my boundless sin, and mercy’s arms were opened wide.

REFRAIN My heart is filled with a thousand songs, proclaiming the glories of Calvary. With every breath, Lord, how I long to sing of Jesus who died for me. Lord, take me deeper into the glories of Calvary.

Sinners find eternal joy in the triumph of your wounds. By our Savior’s crimson flow holy wrath has been removed. And your saints below join with your saints above, rejoicing in the Risen Lamb.

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254

The God of Abraham Praise

Text: Thomas Olivers, 1770 Tune: Meyer Lyon, 1770 LEONI http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/105038 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ihVnRNXJJE (congregational singing) 6.6.8.4 D

1. The God of Abraham praise, who reigns enthroned above, ancient of everlasting days, and God of love, Jehovah, Great I AM, by earth and heav'n confessed, I bow and bless the sacred name, forever blest.

2. The God of Abraham praise, at whose supreme command from earth I rise, and seek the joys at his right hand: I all on earth forsake, its wisdom, fame, and power, and him my only portion make, my Shield and Tower.

3. He by himself hath sworn; I on his oath depend. I shall, on eagles' wings upborne, to heav'n ascend. I shall behold his face; I shall his power adore, and sing the wonders of his grace forevermore.

4. The goodly land I see, with peace and plenty blest, a land of sacred liberty and endless rest. There milk and honey flow, and oil and wine abound, and trees of life forever grow, with mercy crowned.

5. There dwells the Lord our King, the Lord our righteousness, triumphant over the world and sin, the Prince of Peace. On Zion's sacred height his kingdom still maintains, and glorious with his saints in light forever reigns.

6. The whole triumphant host give thanks to God on high; "Hail Father, Son, and Holy Ghost," they ever cry. Hail Abraham's God and mine! I join the heavenly lays. All might and majesty are thine, and endless praise.

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The Humble Hold Your Kingdom's Key

Text: Timothy Dudley-Smith, 2009; © 2009, Hope Publishing Co. Tune: Traditional English melody; English Country Songs, 1893; arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906 KINGSFOLD http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148344 (tune only) CMD

1. The humble hold your kingdom's key, the poor are counted blest, who mourn their spirits' poverty, by self and sin oppressed; who see their lives as little worth, to them your word is given: the lowly shall possess the earth, the meek shall reign in heaven.

2. The merciful your mercies find, the pure in heart you bless, who hunger for a contrite mind, who thirst for righteousness: and blest are those who, making peace, the Prince of peace proclaim; content, as calumnies increase, to suffer for his Name.

3. How blest are those who grow in grace as children of the Lord; to see the brightness of your face, their undeserved reward! As those for whom the Savior died they tread the path he trod, and look to Jesus glorified, their Savior and their God.

256

The Power of the Cross

1. O to see the dawn of the darkest day: Christ on the road to Calvary. Tried by sinful men, torn and beaten, then nailed to a cross of wood.

REFRAIN: This, the pow'r of the cross: Christ became sin for us, took the blame, bore the wrath— we stand forgiven at the cross.

2. O to see the pain written on your face, bearing the awesome weight of sin. Ev'ry bitter thought, ev'ry evil deed crowning your bloodstained brow. REFRAIN

3. Now the daylight flees; now the ground beneath quakes as its Maker bows his head. Curtain torn in two, dead are raised to life; "Finished!" the vict'ry cry. REFRAIN

4. O to see my name written in the wounds, for through your suffering I am free. Death is crushed to death; life is mine to live, won through your selfless love.

This, the pow'r of the cross: Son of God—slain for us. What a love! What a cost! We stand forgiven at the cross.

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There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood

Text: William Cowper, 1772 Tune: Lowell Mason, 1830 CLEANSING FOUNTAIN http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/139385 (tune only) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSiIwCmlFaM CMD

1. There is a fountain filled with blood, drawn from Immanuel's veins, and sinners, plunged beneath that flood, lose all their guilty stains, lose all their guilty stains, lose all their guilty stains. And sinners, plunged beneath that flood, lose all their guilty stains.

2. The dying thief rejoiced to see that fountain in his day, and there have I, though vile as he, washed all my sins away, washed all my sins away, washed all my sins away. And there have I, though vile as he, washed all my sins away.

3. E'er since by faith I saw the stream thy flowing wounds supply, redeeming love has been my theme, and shall be ‘til I die, and shall be ‘til I die, and shall be ‘til I die. Redeeming love has been my theme, and shall be ‘til I die.

4. Dear dying Lamb, thy precious blood shall never lose its power ‘til all the ransomed church of God be saved to sin no more, be saved to sin no more, be saved to sin no more; ‘til all the ransomed church of God be saved to sin no more.

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There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood

1. There is a fountain filled with blood, drawn from Immanuel's veins, and sinners, plunged beneath that flood, lose all their guilty stains. And sinners, plunged beneath that flood, lose all their guilty stains.

2. The dying thief rejoiced to see that fountain in his day, and there may I, as vile as he, wash all my sins away. And there may I, as vile as he, wash all my sins away.

3. Dear dying Lamb, thy precious blood shall never lose its power, ‘til all the ransomed church of God be saved to sin no more, ‘til all the ransomed church of God be saved to sin no more.

4. E'er since by faith I saw the stream thy flowing wounds supply, redeeming love has been my theme, and shall be ‘til I die. Redeeming love has been my theme, and shall be ‘til I die.

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There Is a Redeemer

There is a Redeemer, Jesus, God's own Son, precious Lamb of God, Messiah, Holy One.

REFRAIN Thank you, O my Father for giving us your Son and leaving your Spirit ‘til the work on earth is done.

Jesus my Redeemer, name above all names, precious Lamb of God, Messiah, O for sinners slain. REFRAIN

When I stand in glory I will see his face. There I'll serve my King forever in that holy place. REFRAIN

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Thine Is the Glory

Text: Edmond Budry, 1884; tr. Richard B. Hoyle, 1923 Tune: George Frederick Handel, Judas Maccabaeus, 1747 MACCABAEUS http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104999 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbBOOmkMLmI 10.11.11.11 ref.

1. Thine is the glory, risen, conquering Son. Endless is the victory thou o’er death hast won. Angels in bright raiment rolled the stone away, kept the folded grave clothes where thy body lay.

REFRAIN Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son; Endless is the victory thou o’er death hast won.

2. Lo! Jesus meets us, risen from the tomb. Lovingly he greets us, scatters fear and gloom. Let the church with gladness, hymns of triumph sing, For the Lord now liveth; death hath lost its sting. REFRAIN

3. No more we doubt thee, glorious Prince of life! Life is naught without thee; aid us in our strife. Make us more than conquerors through thy deathless love; Bring us safe through Jordan to thy home above. REFRAIN

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This Is My Father’s World

Text: Maltbie B. Babcock, 1901 Tune: Traditional English melody; arr. Franklin L. Sheppard, 1915 TERRA BEATA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsP575wFGEk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byIpfEVxhs4 (Fernando Ortega) SMD

1. This is my Father's world, and to my listening ears all nature sings, and round me rings the music of the spheres. This is my Father's world. I rest me in the thought of rocks and trees, of skies and seas; his hand the wonders wrought.

2. This is my Father's world. The birds their carols raise; the morning light, the lily white, declare their Maker's praise. This is my Father's world. He shines in all that's fair. In the rustling grass I hear him pass; he speaks to me everywhere.

3. This is my Father's world. O let me ne'er forget that though the wrong seems oft so strong, God is the ruler yet. This is my Father's world: the battle is not done. Jesus who died shall be satisfied, and earth and heaven be one.

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Thou Who Wast Rich Beyond All Splendor

Text: Frank Houghton, 1894–1972 Tune: Traditional French carol melody; arr. Charles H. Kitson, 1930 QUELLE EST CETTE ODEUR AGREABLE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9-xeBtdvfU 9.8.9.8.9.8

1. Thou who wast rich beyond all splendor, all for love's sake becamest poor. Thrones for a manger didst surrender, sapphire-paved courts for stable floor. Thou who wast rich beyond all splendor, all for love's sake becomes poor.

2. Thou who art God beyond all praising, all for love's sake becamest man, stooping so low, but sinners raising heavenwards by thine eternal plan. Thou who art God beyond all praising, all for love's sake becamest man.

3. Thou who art love beyond all telling, Savior and King, we worship thee. Emmanuel, within us dwelling, make us what thou wouldst have us be. Thou who art love beyond all telling, Savior and King, we worship thee.

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Though I Once Embraced the Darkness

1. Though I once embraced the darkness, loved my sin and self alone, was opposed to Christ’s own mission, lived for glory all my own. Yet my God, who loved me freely, saw my sin, my guilt and shame, saw my unrepentant spirit, still ordained me live again.

2. Live for Christ, in him, forever, trusting him and him alone, resting not on my obedience, saved by works but not my own! Christ obeyed the law completely, gave me standing pure and true, fellowship that can’t be broken by my will or what I do.

3. To the Father, Son, and Spirit, I make this my earnest prayer: Keep me close, surround me, guide me to your side and in your care. To your name and to your glory, I now freely bend my knee; cause me now to know your mercy, of your saving love for me.

4. Daughters, sons await his coming when we’ll see him face to face. Robes washed white with Christ’s own bleeding, ruling with him endless days! He has set for us a banquet, giving us as Jesus’ bride. All the blood-bought saints around him: these, for these has Jesus died.

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Though the World and Many Idols

1. Though the world and many idols all demand my loyalty, clamor for my heart’s allegiance, mock my faithless piety, God, my Father, my Creator, sought to ransom back his own, paid the price for my rebellion, made me his by grace alone.

2. Though the devil wields temptation like a dagger to my faith, and he whispers accusations of my grim, unlovely state. Christ, my Lover, my Redeemer, while I strayed, for me he died, and his truth holds firm forever, righteousness to me applied.

3. Though my sin, my self absorption, wages battle in my breast, I do not the good I want to; I live not what I confess. Yet my Savior, he transforms me, heart of flesh for heart of stone; his own Spirit guides and comforts, pleased to make in me his home.

4. On that day of Christ’s returning, I shall see him as he is. No more tears or death or sorrow; all creation back to bliss. I will worship him unhindered and behold his loving smile. I call him my Abba, Father; he calls me his precious child.

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Thy Mercy, My God

1. Thy mercy, my God, is the theme of my song, the joy of my heart. and the boast of my tongue. Thy free grace alone, from the first to the last, hath won my affections, and bound my soul fast.

2. Without thy sweet mercy I could not live here; sin would reduce me to utter despair. But through thy free goodness my spirits revive, and he that first made me still keeps me alive.

3. Thy mercy is more than a match for my heart, which wonders to feel its own hardness depart. Dissolved by thy goodness, I fall to the ground, and weep for the praise of the mercy I’ve found.

4. Great Father of mercies, thy goodness I own, and the covenant love of thy crucified Son. All praise to the Spirit, whose whisper divine seals mercy, and pardon, and righteousness mine. All praise to the Spirit, whose whisper divine seals mercy, and pardon, and righteousness mine.

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To the Work

Text: Fanny Crosby, 1869 Tune: W. Todd Weedman, 2010

1. To the work! To the work! We are servants of God. Let us follow the path that our Master has trod. With the might of his power our strength to renew, let us do by his grace what he’s called us to do.

REFRAIN Work for him by his grace. Work for him for his praise. Work for him all your days. To the work, O church of God! To the work, O church of God!

2. To the work! To the work! Let the hungry be fed. To the fountain of life let the thirsty be led; In the cross and its victory our glory shall be, while we herald the tidings, “Salvation is free!”

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3. To the work! To the work! In the strength of the Lord, and a robe and a crown shall our labor reward, when the home of the faithful our dwelling shall be, and we shout with the ransomed, “Salvation is free!”

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Triumph Song [The Strife Is O’er, the Battle Done]

Text: st. 1-4, Jesuit Symphonia Sirenum Selectarum, 1695; tr. Francis Potts, 1861; st. 5–6, W. Todd Weedman, 2010 Tune: W. Todd Weedman, 2010

1. The strife is o'er, the battle done. The victory of life is won. The song of triumph has begun. Alleluia!

2. The powers of Death have done their worst, but Christ their legions hath dispersed. Let shout of holy joy outburst. Alleluia!

REFRAIN O alleluia! Let all creation praise him. O alleluia! His triumph song we raise: Christ is Lord, Christ is Lord!

3. He closed the yawning gates of hell. The bars of heaven's high portals fell. Let hymns of praise his triumphs tell. Alleluia!

4. Lord! by the stripes which wounded thee, from Death's dread sting thy servants free, that we may live, and sing to thee. Alleluia!

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5. Until thy day may we endure, Lord, in the gospel made mature, found in thy grace alone secure. Alleluia!

6. As we await thy coming, Lord, we join the song in one accord, that thou alone may be adored. Alleluia!

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Unashamed

I have not much to offer you, not near what you deserve. But still I come because your cross has placed in me my worth.

O Christ, my King of sympathy, whose wounds secure my peace, your grace extends to call me friend. Your mercy sets me free.

REFRAIN And I know I'm weak. I know I'm unworthy to call upon your name. But because of grace, because of your mercy, I stand here unashamed.

I can't explain this kind of love. I'm humbled and amazed, that you'd come down from heaven's heights and greet me face to face.

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269

Until He Come

1. By Christ redeemed, in Christ restored, we keep the memory adored, and show the death of our dear Lord until he come. His body, broken in our stead, is here in this memorial bread, and so our feeble love is fed until he come.

REFRAIN Until the trump of God be heard, until the ancient graves be stirred, and with the great commanding word the Lord shall come.

2. His fearful drops of agony, his life-blood shed for us we see; the wine shall tell the mystery, until he come. And thus that dark betrayal night with the last advent we unite, the shame, the glory, by this rite, until he come. REFRAIN

3. By Christ renewed, in Christ made one, we claim by faith what he has won, and hope in all he has begun until he come. As we partake this holy meal, he gives us strength to ever yield and sends us out in loving zeal until he come. REFRAIN

4. The Spirit here at this great feast does lift us up that we might meet our Savior dear and with him be until he come. And, feeding us with Christ our Lord, the Spirit grows us by the Word to bear his fruit and sing with joy until he come. REFRAIN

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We Are Not Overcome

Text and tune: Isaac Wardell and Robert Heiskell, 2011 adapted from Lamentations 3

1. Flesh will fail and bones will break. Thieves will steal; the earth will shake. Night will fall; the light will fade. The Lord will give and take away.

REFRAIN Because of his great love, we are not overcome! Because of his great love, we are not overcome!

2. Put no trust in the earth, in the sod you stand upon. Flowers fade into dust. The Lord will make a place for us. REFRAIN

3. Offer up your shoes and shirt. Turn your cheek! Turn your cheek! Bear the yoke of love and death. The Lord will give all life and breath. REFRAIN

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We Come, O Christ, to You

1. We come, O Christ, to you, true Son of God and man, by whom all things consist, in whom all life began. In you alone we live and move, and have our being in your love.

2. You are the Way to God, your blood our ransom paid. In you we face our Judge and Maker unafraid. Before the throne absolved we stand; your love has met your law’s demand.

3. You only are true Life, to know you is to live the more abundant life that earth can never give. O risen Lord! We live in you: in us each day your life renew!

4. We worship you, Lord Christ, our Savior and our King, to you our youth and strength adoringly we bring. So fill our hearts, that all may view your life in us, and turn to you.

272

We Gather Together

Text: Anon.; tr. Theodore Baker, 1894 Tune: Adrianus Valerius, Nederlandtsch Gedenckclanck, 1626; arr. Edward Kremser, 1877 KREMSER http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/136804 (tune only) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFWH_RAQ3og 12.11.12.11

1. We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing. He chastens and hastens his will to make known. The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing. Sing praises to his name; he forgets not his own.

2. Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining, ordaining, maintaining his kingdom divine; So from the beginning the fight we were winning; thou, Lord, wast at our side; all glory be thine!

3. We all do extol thee, thou Leader triumphant, and pray that thou still our Defender wilt be. Let thy congregation escape tribulation. Thy Name be ever praised! O Lord, make us free!

273

We Praise You, O God, Our Redeemer, Creator

Text: Julia C. Cody, 1902 Tune: Adrianus Valerius, Nederlandtsch Gedenckclanck, 1626; arr. Edward Kremser, 1877 KREMSER http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/136804 (tune only) 12.11.12.11

1. We praise you, O God, our Redeemer, Creator; in grateful devotion our tribute we bring. We lay it before you, we kneel and adore you; we bless your holy name, glad praises we sing.

2. We worship you, God of our fathers, we bless you; through life’s storm and tempest our Guide you have been. When perils o’er take us, escape you will make us, and with your help, O Lord, our battles we win.

3. With voices united our praises we offer, to you, great Jehovah, glad anthems we raise. Your strong arm will guide us, our God is beside us; to you, our great Redeemer, forever be praise.

274

We Who Believe and Are Baptized

Text: Thomas H. Kingo, 1634–1703; tr. George A. T. Rygh, 1860–1942, alt. Tune: Bohemian Brethren Kirchengesänge, 1566 MIT FREUDEN ZART http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104174 (tune only) 8.7.8.7.88.7

1. We who believe and are baptized shall see the Lord’s salvation. Baptized into the death of Christ, we are a new creation. Through Christ’s redemption we will stand among the glorious heavn’ly band of ev’ry tribe and nation.

2. With one accord, O God, we pray: Grant us your Holy Spirit. Help us in our infirmity through Jesus’ life and merit. Grant us to grow in faith each day that through this sacrament we may eternal life inherit.

275

What a Friend We Have in Jesus

Text: Joseph M. Scriven, 1855 Tune: Charles C. Converse, 1868 CONVERSE http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/139077 (tune only) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SCorW9r_Is 8.7.8.7 D

1. What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear! What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer! O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear, all because we do not carry everything to God in prayer.

2. Have we trials and temptations? Is there trouble anywhere? We should never be discouraged. Take it to the Lord in prayer. Can we find a Friend so faithful, who will all our sorrows share? Jesus knows our every weakness. Take it to the Lord in prayer.

3. Are we weak and heavy laden, cumbered with a load of care? Precious Savior, still our refuge! Take it to the Lord in prayer. Do your friends despise, forsake you? Take it to the Lord in prayer! In his arms he'll take and shield you; you will find a solace there.

276

What a Savior

Atoning sacrifice, Keeper of this life, hallelujah, you are savior. Beginning and the end, Forgiver of my sin, by your mercy you have saved us.

REFRAIN Jesus, you are stronger, more than any other. Hallelujah, what a savior. Jesus, you are higher, my soul's deepest desire Hallelujah, you are savior.

You are the shepherd king. You lead us by still waters. Hallelujah, you are savior. You are my only hope. Your kindness is my friend. In your presence you restore us.

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You are the way, the truth, and the life. You are my joy and my salvation. Stood in my place, taking my shame upon your shoulders.

277

What Child Is This?

Text: William C. Dix, c. 1871 Tune: Traditional English melody GREENSLEEVES http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148424 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTyuW1Q2oxU (choral) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnFVLDVP_x4 (folk) 8.7.8.7 ref.

1. What child is this who, laid to rest, on Mary's lap is sleeping? Whom angels greet with anthems sweet, while shepherds watch are keeping? This, this is Christ the King, whom shepherds guard and angels sing. Haste, haste to bring him laud, the babe, the son of Mary.

2. Why lies he in such mean estate where ox and ass are feeding? Good Christians, fear; for sinners here the silent Word is pleading. Nails, spear shall pierce him through, the cross be borne for me, for you. Hail, hail the Word made flesh, the babe, the son of Mary.

3. So bring him incense, gold, and myrrh; come, peasant, king, to own him. The King of kings salvation brings; let loving hearts enthrone him. Raise, raise the song on high; the virgin sings her lullaby. Joy, joy, for Christ is born, the babe, the son of Mary.

278

What Wondrous Love Is This?

Text: S. Mead, A General Collection, 1811 Tune: Traditional American melody WONDROUS LOVE http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/104796 (tune only) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP0tEceh8Bg

1. What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul! What wondrous love is this, O my soul! What wondrous love is this that caused the Lord of bliss to bear the dreadful curse for my soul, for my soul, to bear the dreadful curse for my soul!

2. When I was sinking down, sinking down, sinking down, when I was sinking down, sinking down, when I was sinking down beneath God's righteous frown, Christ laid aside his crown for my soul, for my soul, Christ laid aside his crown for my soul!

3. To God and to the Lamb I will sing, I will sing. To God and to the Lamb I will sing. To God and to the Lamb, who is the great I AM, while millions join the theme, I will sing, I will sing, while millions join the theme, I will sing.

4. And when from death I'm free, I'll sing on, I'll sing on. And when from death I'm free, I'll sing on. And when from death I'm free, I'll sing his love for me, and through eternity I'll sing on, I'll sing on, and through eternity I'll sing on.

279

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

Text: Isaac Watts, 1707 Tune: Traditional English melody O WALY WALY http://s3.amazonaws.com/ruf-hymnbook-prod/hymns/1064/original/when-i-survey-the-wondrous-cross- folk.mp3?1355803228 or Lowell Mason, 1824 HAMBURG http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148465 (tune only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaSVPe9K7xM

1. When I survey the wondrous cross on which the Prince of glory died, my richest gain I count but loss, and pour contempt on all my pride.

2. Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, save in the death of Christ my God. All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood.

3. See from his head, his hands, his feet, sorrow and love flow mingled down. Did e’er such love and sorrow meet, or thorns compose so rich a crown?

4. Were the whole realm of nature mine, that were a present far too small. Love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all.

280

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross/The Wonderful Cross

1. When I survey the wondrous cross on which the Prince of glory died, my richest gain I count but loss, and pour contempt on all my pride.

2. See from his head, his hands, his feet, sorrow and love flow mingled down. Did e’er such love and sorrow meet, or thorns compose so rich a crown?

REFRAIN: O the wonderful cross, O the wonderful cross, bids me come and die and find that I may truly live. O the wonderful cross! O the wonderful cross! All who gather here by grace draw near and bless your name.

3. Were the whole realm of nature mine, that were a present far too small. Love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all.

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281

Wonderful, Merciful Savior

Wonderful, merciful Savior, Precious Redeemer and Friend, who would have thought that a Lamb could rescue the souls of men? O you rescue the souls of men.

Counselor, Comforter, Keeper, Spirit we long to embrace, you offer hope when our hearts have hopelessly lost the way. O we hopelessly lost the way.

REFRAIN You are the One that we praise. You are the One we adore. You give the healing and grace our hearts always hunger for, O our hearts always hunger for.

Almighty, infinite Father, faithfully loving your own, here in our weakness you find us falling before your throne. O we're falling before your throne.

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282

Worship Christ the Risen King

1. Rise, O Church, and lift your voices, Christ has conquered death and hell. Sing as all the earth rejoices; resurrection anthems swell. Come and worship, come and worship, worship Christ, the Risen King.

2. See the tomb where death had laid him; empty now, its mouth declares: "Death and I could not contain him, for the throne of life he shares." Come and worship, come and worship, worship Christ, the Risen King.

3. Doubt may lift its head to murmur, scoffers mock and sinners jeer. But the truth proclaims a wonder, thoughtful hearts receive with cheer. He is risen, he is risen. Now receive the Risen King!

4. We acclaim your life, O Jesus; now we sing your victory. Sin or hell may seek to seize us, but your conquest keeps us free. Stand in triumph, stand in triumph. Worship Christ, the Risen King!

283

Worthy Is the Lamb

Thank you for the cross, Lord. Thank you for the price you paid. Bearing all my sin and shame, in love you came, and gave amazing grace.

Thank you for this love, Lord. Thank you for the nail pierced hands. Washed me in your cleansing flow, now all I know, your forgiveness and embrace.

Worthy is the Lamb, seated on the throne. Crown you now with many crowns, you reign victorious. High and lifted up, Jesus, Son of God, the darling of heaven crucified, worthy is the Lamb, worthy is the Lamb, worthy is the Lamb.

284

You Alone Can Rescue

Who, O Lord, could save themselves, their own soul could heal? Our shame was deeper than the sea; your grace is deeper still.

REFRAIN And you alone can rescue. You alone can save. You alone can lift us from the grave. You came down to find us, led us out of death. To you alone belongs the highest praise.

You, O Lord, have made a way. The great divide you healed. For when our hearts were far away your love went further still.

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285

You Are Good

Text and tune: Israel Houghton, 2001; © 2001, Integrity's Praise! Music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6GfXa5Ixhw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_2r-5x6d_s&feature=player_embedded#! (simplified accompaniment)

Lord, you are good and your mercy endureth forever. Lord, you are good and your mercy endureth forever. People from every nation and tongue from generation to generation,

REFRAIN We worship you! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! We worship you for who you are.

We worship you! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! We worship you for who you are, for you are good.

Yes you are, yes you are, yes you are, so good, so good, yes you are, yes you are, yes you are.

You are good all the time, all the time, you are good. You are good all the time, all the time, you are good. You are good all the time, all the time, you are good. You are good all the time, all the time, you are good.

286

You Are Holy (Prince of Peace)

You are holy, (You are holy,) you are mighty, (You are mighty,) you are worthy, (You are worthy,) worthy of praise. (Worthy of praise.) And I will follow, (I will follow,) I will listen, (I will listen,) I will love you, (I will love you,) all of my days (all of my days)

(Men) (Women) I will sing to You are Lord of Lords, and worship you are King of Kings the King who you are mighty God, is worthy. Lord of everything. I will love and You’re Immanuel, adore him, you’re the great “I AM,” and I will bow down you’re the Prince of Peace, before him. who is the Lamb. I will sing to You’re the living God, and worship you’re my saving grace, the King who you will reign forever, is worthy. you’re the Ancient of Days. I will love and You are Alpha, Omega, adore him, Beginning and End, and I will bow down you’re my Savior, Messiah, before him Redeemer, and Friend.

(All) You’re my Prince of Peace, and I will live my life for you.

287

You Holy Angels Bright

Text: Richard Baxter, 1672, alt. Tune: John Darwall, 1770 DARWALL http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148520 (tune only) 6.6.6.6.8.8

1. You holy angels bright, who wait at God's right hand, or through the realms of light fly at your Lord's command. Assist our song, for else the theme too high doth seem for mortal tongue.

2. You blessèd souls at rest, who ran this earthly race, and now, from sin released, behold the Savior's face. God’s praises sound, as in his sight with sweet delight you do abound.

3. All nations of the earth, extol the world's great King. With melody and mirth his glorious praises sing. For he still reigns, and will bring low the proudest foe that him disdains.

4. Sing forth Jehovah’s praise, you saints, that on him call! Him magnify always, his holy churches all! In him rejoice, and there proclaim his holy name with sounding voice.

5. My soul, bear now your part; triumph in God above. With a well-tuned heart sing thou the songs of love. You are his own, whose precious blood shed for your good his love made known.

6. With your triumphant flock then I shall numbered be. Built on th’eternal Rock, his glory we shall see. The heav’ns so high with praise shall ring, and all shall sing in harmony.

288

You Never Let Go

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, your perfect love is casting out fear. And even when I'm caught in the middle of the storms of this life, I won't turn back; I know you are near.

And I will fear no evil for my God is with me. And if my God is with me, whom then shall I fear? whom then shall I fear?

REFRAIN: O no, you never let go through the calm and through the storm. O no, you never let go in ev'ry high and ev'ry low. O no, you never let go. Lord, you never let go of me.

And I can see a light that is coming for the heart that holds on, a glorious light beyond all compare. And there will be an end to these troubles, but until that day comes, we'll live to know you here on the earth.

And I will fear no evil for my God is with me. And if my God is with me, whom then shall I fear? whom then shall I fear?

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And I can see a light that is coming for the heart that holds on, And there will be an end to these troubles,

289 but until that day comes, still I will praise you, still I will praise you.

290

You Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim

Text: Charles Wesley, 1744, alt. Tune: Joseph Martin Kraus, 1815 LYONS http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148362 (tune only) 10.10.11.11

1. You servants of God, your master proclaim, and publish abroad his wonderful name. The name, all victorious, of Jesus extol. His kingdom is glorious, and rules over all.

2. God rules us on high, almighty to save, and still he is nigh—his presence we have. The great congregation his triumph shall sing, ascribing salvation to Jesus, our King.

3. Salvation to God who sits on the throne! Let all cry aloud and honor the Son. The praises of Jesus the angels proclaim, fall down on their faces and worship the Lamb.

4. Then let us adore, and give him his right, all glory and pow'r, and wisdom and might, all honor and blessing, with angels above, and thanks never ceasing for infinite love.

291

Your Grace Is Enough

Great is your faithfulness, O God of Jacob. You wrestle with the sinner's restless heart. You lead us by still waters into mercy, and nothing can keep us apart.

REFRAIN So remember your people. Remember your children. Remember your promise, O God.

Your grace is enough. Your grace is enough. Your grace is enough for me.

Great is your love and justice, God of Jacob. You use the weak to lead the strong. You lead us in the song of your salvation, and all your people sing along.

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