Hymns

HymnsNumbers in parentheses indicate number of hymn in The Wayside Hymnal, published by the Forward Movement Commission of the Episcopal Church, to be obtained at 5 cents per copy for quantities of 5 or more copies. Address:Sharon, Pa.This hymnal includes music for each hymn.1.(3)1O saving Victim, opening wideThe gate of heaven to man below,Our foes press on from every side,Thine aid supply, thy strength bestow.2All praise and thanks to thee ascendFor evermore, blest One in Three;O grant us life that shall not end,In our true native land with thee.Amen.2.(4)1I need thee every hour,Most gracious Lord;No tender voice like thineCan peace afford.I need thee, O I need thee,Every hour I need thee;O bless me now, my Saviour,I come to thee!2I need thee every hour;Stay thou near by;Temptations lose their powerWhen thou art nigh.I need thee, O I need thee,Every hour I need thee;O bless me now, my Saviour,I come to thee!3I need thee every hour,In joy or pain;Come quickly and abide,Or life is vain.I need thee, O I need thee,Every hour I need thee;O bless me now, my Saviour,I come to thee!4I need thee every hour;Teach me thy will;And thy rich promisesIn me fulfil.I need thee, O I need thee,Every hour I need thee;O bless me now, my Saviour,I come to thee!5I need thee every hour,Most Holy One;O make me thine indeed,Thou blessed Son!I need thee, O I need thee,Every hour I need thee;O bless me now, my Saviour,I come to thee!Amen.3.(5)1Abide with me: fast falls the eventide;The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide:When other helpers fail, and comforts flee,Help of the helpless, O abide with me.2Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day;Earth’s joys grow dim, its glories pass away,Change and decay in all around I see;O thou who changest not, abide with me.3I 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, Lord, abide with me.4I fear no foe, with thee at hand to bless:Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness.Where is death’s sting? where, grave, thy victory?I triumph still, if thou abide with me.5Hold 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, O Lord, abide with me.Amen.4.(7)1Sun of my soul, thou Saviour dear,It is not night if thou be near;O may no earth-born cloud ariseTo hide thee from thy servant’s eyes.2When the soft dews of kindly sleepMy weary eyelids gently steep,Be my last thought, how sweet to restFor ever on my Saviour’s breast.3Abide with me from morn till eve,For without thee I cannot live;Abide with me when night is nigh,For without thee I dare not die.4If some poor wandering child of thineHave spurned to-day the voice divine,Now, Lord, the gracious work begin;Let him no more lie down in sin.5Watch by the sick; enrich the poorWith blessings from thy boundless store;Be every mourner’s sleep to-night,Like infant’s slumbers, pure and light.6Come near and bless us when we wake,Ere through the world our way we take,Till in the ocean of thy loveWe lose ourselves in heaven above.Amen.5.(9)1Now the day is over,Night is drawing nigh,Shadows of the eveningSteal across the sky.2Jesus, give the wearyCalm and sweet repose;With thy tenderest blessingMay our eyelids close.3Grant to little childrenVisions bright of thee;Guard the sailors tossingOn the deep, blue sea.4Comfort every suffererWatching late in pain;Those who plan some evilFrom their sin restrain.5Through the long night watches,May thine angels spreadTheir white wings above me,Watching round my bed.6When the morning wakens,Then may I arisePure, and fresh, and sinlessIn thy holy eyes.Amen.6.(11)1Guide me, O thou great Jehovah,Pilgrim through this barren land,I am weak, but thou art mighty;Hold me with thy powerful hand.2Open now the crystal fountainsWhence the living waters flow;Let the fiery, cloudy pillarLead me all my journey through.3Feed me with the heavenly mannaIn this barren wilderness;Be my sword, and shield, and banner,Be the Lord my Righteousness.4When 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.Amen.7.(16)1O little town of Bethlehem,How still we see thee lie!Above thy deep and dreamless sleepThe silent stars go by;Yet in thy dark streets shinethThe everlasting Light;The hopes and fears of all the yearsAre met in thee to-night.2For Christ is born of Mary,And gathered all above,While mortals sleep, the angels keepTheir watch of wondering love.O morning stars, togetherProclaim the holy birth!And praises sing to God the King,And peace to men on earth.3How silently, how silently,The wondrous gift is given!So God imparts to human heartsThe blessings of his heaven.No ear may hear his coming,But in this world of sin,Where meek souls will receive him, stillThe dear Christ enters in.4O holy Child of Bethlehem!Descend to us, we pray;Cast out our sin and enter in,Be born in us to-day.We hear the Christmas angelsThe great glad tidings tell;O come to us, abide with us,Our Lord Emmanuel!Amen.8.(17)1O come, all ye faithful,Joyful and triumphant,O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;Come and behold himBorn 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.2God of God,Light of Light,Lo! He abhors not the Virgin’s womb:Very God,Begotten, not created;O come, let us adore him, etc.3Sing, choirs of angels,Sing in exultation,Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above;Glory to GodIn the highest;O come, let us adore him, etc.4Yea, Lord, we greet thee,Born this happy morning;Jesus, to thee be glory given;Word of the Father,Now in flesh appearing;O come, let us adore him, etc.Amen.9.(19)1Silent night, holy night,All is calm, all is brightRound yon virgin mother and child.Holy infant so tender and mild,Sleep in heavenly peace.2Silent night, holy night,Shepherds quake at the sight,Glories stream from heaven afar,Heavenly hosts sing alleluia;Christ, the Saviour, is born!3Silent night, holy night,Son of God, love’s pure lightRadiant beams from thy holy face,With the dawn of redeeming grace,Jesus, Lord, at thy birth.Amen.10.(18)1How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,Is laid for your faith in his excellent word!What more can he say than to you he hath said,You who unto Jesus for refuge have fled?2“Fear not, I am with thee; O be not dismayed!I, I am thy God, and will still give thee aid;I’ll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand.Upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand.3“When through the deep waters I call thee to go,The rivers of woe shall not thee overflow;For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless,And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.4“When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie,My grace, all-sufficient, shall be thy supply;The flame shall not hurt thee; I only designThy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine.5“The soul that to Jesus hath fled for repose,I will not, I will not desert to his foes;That soul, though all hell shall endeavor to shake,I’ll never, no, never, no, never forsake.”Amen.11.(29)1In the cross of Christ I glory,Towering o’er the wrecks of time;All the light of sacred storyGathers round its head sublime.2When the woes of life o’ertake me,Hopes deceive, and fears annoy,Never shall the cross forsake me:Lo! it glows with peace and joy.3When the sun of bliss is beamingLight and love upon my way,From the cross the radiance streaming,Adds new luster to the day.4Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure,By the cross are sanctified;Peace is there that knows no measure,Joys that through all time abide.5In the cross of Christ I glory,Towering o’er the wrecks of time;All the light of sacred storyGathers round its head sublime.Amen.12.(30)1When I survey the wondrous crossOn which the Prince of Glory died,My richest gain I count but loss,And pour contempt on all my pride.2Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,Save in the cross of Christ, my God:All the vain things that charm me most,I sacrifice them to his blood.3See, 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?4Were the whole realm of nature mine,That were a tribute far too small;Love so amazing, so divine,Demands my soul, my life, my all.Amen.13.(34)1The strife is o’er, the battle done,The victory of life is won;The song of triumph has begun.Alleluia!2The powers of death have done their worst,But Christ their legions hath dispersed:Let shout of holy joy outburst.Alleluia!3The three sad days are quickly sped,He rises glorious from the dead:All glory to our risen Head!Alleluia!4He closed the yawning gates of hell,The bars from heaven’s high portals fell;Let hymns of praise his triumphs tell!Alleluia!5Lord! by the stripes which wounded thee,From death’s dread sting thy servants free,That we may live and sing to thee.Alleluia!Amen.14.(36)1Crown him with many crowns,The Lamb upon his throne;Hark! how the heavenly anthem drownsAll music but its own:Awake, my soul, and singOf him who died for thee,And hail him as thy matchless KingThrough all eternity.2Crown him the Son of GodBefore the worlds began,And ye, who tread where he hath trod,Crown him the Son of man;Who every grief hath knownThat wrings the human breast,And takes and bears them for his own,That all in him may rest.3Crown him the Lord of life,Who triumphed o’er the grave,And rose victorious in the strifeFor those he came to save;His glories now we singWho died, and rose on high,Who died, eternal life to bring,And lives that death may die.4Crown him of lords the Lord,Who over all doth reign,Who once on earth, the Incarnate Word,For ransomed sinners slain,Now lives in realms of light,Where saints with angels singTheir songs before him day and night,Their God, Redeemer, King.5Crown him the Lord of heaven,Enthroned in worlds above;Crown him the King, to whom is givenThe 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.Amen.15.(39)1Holy, 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, blessèd Trinity.2Holy, Holy, Holy! all the saints adore thee,Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;Cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee,Which wert, and art, and evermore shalt be.3Holy, 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 power, in love, and purity.4Holy, 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, blessèd Trinity.Amen.16.(41)1Blest be the tie that bindsOur hearts in Jesus’ love:The fellowship of Christian mindsIs like to that above.2Before our Father’s throneWe pour united prayers;Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one;Our comforts and our cares.3We share our mutual woes,Our mutual burdens bear;And often for each other flowsThe sympathizing tear.4When we at death must part.Not like the world’s, our pain;But one in Christ, and one in heart,We part to meet again.5From sorrow, toil, and pain,And sin, we shall be free;And perfect love and friendship reignThroughout eternity.Amen.17.(42)1My faith looks up to thee,Thou Lamb of Calvary,Saviour divine!Now hear me while I pray;Take all my guilt away;O let me from this dayBe wholly thine.2May thy rich grace impartStrength to my fainting heart.My zeal inspire;As thou hast died for me,O may my love to theePure, warm, and changeless be,A living fire.3While life’s dark maze I tread,And griefs around me spread,Be thou my guide;Bid darkness turn to day;Wipe sorrow’s tears away;Nor let me ever strayFrom thee aside!4When ends life’s transient dream,When death’s cold, sullen streamShall o’er me roll;Blest Saviour, then in love,Fear and distrust remove;O bear me safe above,A ransomed soul!Amen.18.(43)1All hail the power of Jesus’ Name!Let angels prostrate fall;Bring forth the royal diadem,And crown him Lord of all!2Crown him, ye martyrs of our God,Who from his altar call:Extol the Stem-of-Jesse’s rod,And crown him Lord of all!3Hail him, the Heir of David’s line,Whom David, Lord did call;The God incarnate! Man divine!And crown him Lord of all!4Ye seed of Israel’s chosen race,Ye ransomed of the fall,Hail him who saves you by his grace,And crown him Lord of all!5Sinners, whose love can ne’er forgetThe wormwood and the gall,Go, spread your trophies at his feet,And crown him Lord of all!6Let every kindred, every tribe,Before him prostrate fall!To him all majesty ascribe,And crown him Lord of all!Amen.19.(45)1Rock of ages, cleft for me,Let me hide myself in thee;Let the water and the bloodFrom thy side, a healing flood,Be of sin the double cure,Save from wrath, and make me pure.2Should my tears for ever flow,Should my zeal no languor know,All for sin could not atone,Thou must save, and thou alone;In my hand no price I bring,Simply to thy cross I cling.3While I draw this fleeting breath,When mine eyelids close in death,When I rise to worlds unknown,And behold thee on thy throne,Rock of ages, cleft for me,Let me hide myself in thee.Amen.20.(47)1Jesus, 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 Saviour, hide,Till the storm of life be past;Safe into the haven guide,O receive my soul at last!2Other refuge have I none,Hangs my helpless soul on thee;Leave, ah! leave me not alone,Still support and comfort me!All my trust on thee is stayed;All my help from thee I bring;Cover my defenceless headWith the shadow of thy wing.3Plenteous grace with thee is found,Grace to cleanse from every sin;Let the healing streams abound,Make and keep me pure within.Thou of life the fountain art,Freely let me take of thee;Spring thou up within my heart,Rise to all eternity.Amen.21.(48)1O Love that wilt not let me go,I rest my weary soul in thee;I give thee back the life I owe,That in thine ocean depths its flowMay richer, fuller be.2O Light that followest all my way,I yield my flickering torch to thee;My heart restores its borrowed ray,That in thy sunshine’s blaze its dayMay brighter, fairer be.3O 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 vainThat morn shall tearless be.4O 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 redLife that shall endless be.Amen.22.(51)1There’s a wideness in God’s mercyLike the wideness of the sea;There’s a kindness in his justice,Which is more than liberty.There is welcome for the sinner,And more graces for the good;There is mercy with the Saviour;There is healing in his blood.2There is no place where earth’s sorrowsAre more felt than up in heaven;There is no place where earth’s failingsHave such kindly judgment given.There is plentiful redemptionIn the blood that has been shed;There is joy for all the membersIn the sorrows of the Head.3For the love of God is broaderThan the measure of man’s mind;And the heart of the EternalIs most infinitely kind.If our love were but more simple,We should take him at his word;And our lives would be all sunshineIn the sweetness of the Lord.23.(55)1I love thy kingdom, Lord,The house of thine abode,The Church our blest Redeemer savedWith his own precious blood.2For her my tears shall fall;For her my prayers ascend;To her my toils and cares be given,Till toils and cares shall end.3Beyond my highest joyI prize her heavenly ways,Her sweet communion, solemn vows,Her hymns of love and praise.4Jesus, thou friend divine,Our Saviour and our King,Thy hand from every snare and foeShall great deliverance bring.5Sure as thy truth shall last,To Sion shall be givenThe brightest glories earth can yield,And brighter bliss of heaven.Amen.24.(62)1Eternal Father! strong to save,Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,Who bidd’st the mighty ocean deepIts own appointed limits keep;O hear us when we cry to theeFor those in peril on the sea!2O Christ! whose voice the waters heardAnd hushed their raging at thy word,Who walkedst on the foaming deep,And calm amidst its rage didst sleep;O hear us when we cry to theeFor those in peril on the sea!3Most Holy Spirit! who didst broodUpon the chaos dark and rude,And bid its angry tumult cease,And give, for wild confusion, peace;O hear us when we cry to theeFor those in peril on the sea!4O Trinity of love and power!Our brethren shield in danger’s hour;From rock and tempest, fire and foe,Protect them wheresoe’er they go;Thus evermore shall rise to theeGlad hymns of praise from land and sea.Amen.25.(63)1Now thank we all our God,With heart, and hands, and voices,Who wondrous things hath done,In whom his world rejoices;Who from our mother’s armsHath blessed us on our wayWith countless gifts of love,And still is ours to-day.2O may this bounteous GodThrough all our life be near us!With ever-joyful heartsAnd blessed peace to cheer us;And keep us in his grace,And guide us when perplext,And free us from all illsIn this world and the next.Amen.26.(65)1O beautiful for spacious skies,For amber waves of grain.For purple mountain majestiesAbove the fruited plain!America! America!God shed his grace on thee,And crown thy good with brotherhoodFrom sea to shining sea.2O beautiful for pilgrim feet,Whose stern, impassioned stressA thoroughfare for freedom beatAcross the wilderness!America! America!God mend thine every flaw,Confirm thy soul in self control,Thy liberty in law.3O beautiful for heroes provedIn liberating strife,Who more than self their country loved,And mercy more than life!America! America!May God thy gold refine,Till all success be nobleness,And every gain divine.4O beautiful for patriot dreamThat sees, beyond the years,Thine alabaster cities gleam,Undimmed by human tears!America! America!God shed his grace on thee,And crown thy good with brotherhoodFrom sea to shining sea.Amen.27.(71)1Once to every man and nationComes the moment to decide,In the strife of truth with falsehood,For the good or evil side;Some great cause, God’s new Messiah,Offering each the bloom or blight,And the choice goes by for ever’Twixt that darkness and that light.2Then to side with truth is noble,When we share her wretched crust,Ere her cause bring fame and profit,And ’tis prosperous to be just;Then it is the brave man chooses,While the coward stands asideTill the multitude make virtueOf the faith they had denied.3By the light of burning martyrsJesus’ bleeding feet I track,Toiling up new Calvaries everWith the cross that turns not back;New occasions teach new duties,Time makes ancient good uncouth;They must upward still and onward,Who would keep abreast of truth.4Though the cause of evil prosper,Yet ’tis truth alone is strong;Though her portion be the scaffold,And upon the throne be wrong,Yet that scaffold sways the future,And, behind the dim unknown,Standeth God within the shadowKeeping watch above his own.Amen.28.(74)1The Church’s one foundationIs Jesus Christ her Lord;She is his new creationBy water and the word:From heaven he came and sought herTo be his holy bride;With his own blood he bought her,And for her life he died.2Elect 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.3Though with a scornful wonderMen see her sore opprest,By schisms rent asunder,By heresies distrest;Yet saints their watch are keeping,Their cry goes up, “How long?”And soon the night of weepingShall be the morn of song.4’Mid toil and tribulation,And tumult of her war,She waits the consummationOf peace for evermore;Till with the vision gloriousHer longing eyes are blest,And the great Church victoriousShall be the Church at rest.5Yet she on earth hath unionWith God the Three in One,And mystic sweet communionWith those whose rest is won.O happy ones and holy!Lord, give us grace that weLike them, the meek and lowly,On high may dwell with thee.Amen.29.(75)1Glorious things of thee are spoken,Sion, 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.2See, the streams of living watersSpringing from eternal love,Well supply thy sons and daughters,And all fear of want remove.Who can faint, when such a riverEver will their thirst assuage?Grace which, like the Lord, the giver,Never fails from age to age.3Round each habitation hovering,See the cloud and fire appearFor a glory and a covering,Showing that the Lord is near.Thus deriving from their banner,Light by night, and shade by day,Safe they feed upon the manna,Which he gives them when they pray.4Blest inhabitants of Sion,Washed in the Redeemer’s blood!Jesus, whom their souls rely on,Makes them kings and priests to God.’Tis his love his people raisesOver self to reign as kings:And as priests, his solemn praisesEach for a thank-offering brings.Amen.30.(76)1Jesus shall reign where’er the sunDoth his successive journeys run;His kingdom stretch from shore to shore,Till moons shall wax and wane no more.2To him shall endless prayer be made,And praises throng to crown his head;His Name like sweet perfume shall riseWith every morning sacrifice.3People and realms of every tongueDwell on his love with sweetest song;And infant voices shall proclaimTheir early blessings on his Name.4Blessings abound where’er he reigns;The prisoner leaps to lose his chains,The weary find eternal rest,And all the sons of want are blest.5Let every creature rise and bringPeculiar honors to our King;Angels descend with songs again,And earth repeat the loud Amen.31.(77)1Our Lord is risen from the dead;Our Jesus is gone up on high;The powers of hell are captive led,Dragged to the portals of the sky.2There his triumphal chariot waits,And angels chant the solemn lay:Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates,Ye everlasting doors, give way.3Loose all your bars of massy light,And wide unfold the radiant scene;He claims those mansions as his right;Receive the King of glory in.4Who is the King of glory, who?The Lord that all his foes o’ercame,The world, sin, death, and hell o’erthrew;And Jesus is the Conqueror’s name.5Lo! His triumphal chariot waits,And angels chant the solemn lay:Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates,Ye everlasting doors, give way.Amen.32.(80)1O Master, let me walk with theeIn lowly paths of service free;Tell me thy secret; help me bearThe strain of toil, the fret of care.2Help me the slow of heart to moveBy some clear, winning word of love;Teach me the wayward feet to stay,And guide them in the homeward way.3Teach me thy patience; still with theeIn closer, dearer company,In work that keeps faith sweet and strong,In trust that triumphs over wrong,4In hope that sends a shining rayFar down the future’s broadening way,In peace that only thou canst give,With thee, O Master, let me live.Amen.33.(82)1Onward, Christian soldiers,Marching as to war,With the cross of JesusGoing on before!Christ, the royal Master,Leads against the foe;Forward into battle,See, his banners go.Onward, Christian soldiers,Marching as to war,With the cross of JesusGoing on before!2At the sign of triumphSatan’s host doth flee;On, then, Christian soldiers,On to victory!Hell’s foundations quiverAt the shout of praise;Brothers, lift your voices,Loud your anthems raise!Onward, etc.3Like a mighty armyMoves the Church of God;Brothers, we are treadingWhere the saints have trod;We are not divided,All one body we,One in hope and doctrine,One in charity.Onward, etc.4Crowns and thrones may perish,Kingdoms rise and wane,But the Church of JesusConstant will remain;Gates of hell can never’Gainst that Church prevail;We have Christ’s own promise,And that cannot fail.Onward, etc.5Onward, then, ye people!Join our happy throng!Blend with ours your voicesIn the triumph song!Glory, laud, and honor,Unto Christ the King;This through countless agesMen and angels sing.Onward, etc.Amen.34.(83)1Stand up, stand up, for Jesus,Ye soldiers of the cross!Lift high his royal banner!It must not suffer loss:From victory unto victoryHis army shall he lead;Till every foe is vanquished,And Christ is Lord indeed.2Stand up, stand up, for Jesus!The trumpet call obey!Forth to the mighty conflictIn this his glorious day!Ye that are men now serve himAgainst unnumbered foes!Let courage rise with danger,And strength to strength oppose.3Stand up, stand up, for Jesus!Stand in his strength alone!The arm of flesh will fail you,Ye dare not trust your own:Put on the Gospel armor,And watching unto prayer,When duty calls, or danger,Be never wanting there!4Stand up, stand up, for Jesus!The strife will not be long:This day, the noise of battle;The next, the victor’s song.To him that overcometh,A crown of life shall be;He with the King of gloryShall reign eternally.Amen.35.(85)1Be still, my soul: the Lord is on thy side;Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain;Leave to thy God to order and provide;In every change he faithful will remain.Be still, my soul: thy best, thy heavenly FriendThro’ thorny ways leads to a joyful end.2Be still, my soul: thy God doth undertakeTo guide the future as he has the past.Thy hope, thy confidence let nothing shake;All now mysterious shall be bright at last.Be still, my soul: the waves and winds still knowHis voice who ruled them while he dwelt below.3Be still, my soul: the hour is hastening onWhen we shall be forever with the Lord,When disappointment, grief, and fear are gone,Sorrow forgot, love’s purest joys restored.Be still, my soul: when change and tears are past,All safe and blessed we shall meet at last.Amen.36.(89)1We 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.2Beside 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!3We 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!Amen.37.(91)1O God, our help in ages past,Our hope for years to come,Our shelter from the stormy blastAnd our eternal home:2Under the shadow of thy throneThy saints have dwelt secure;Sufficient is thine arm alone,And our defence is sure.3Before the hills in order stood,Or earth received her frame.From everlasting thou art God,To endless years the same.4A thousand ages in thy sightAre like an evening gone;Short as the watch that ends the nightBefore the rising sun.5Time, like an ever-rolling stream,Bears all its sons away;They fly, forgotten, as a dreamDies at the opening day.6O God, our help in ages past,Our hope for years to come,Be thou our guide while life shall last,And our eternal home.Amen.38.(68)1My country, ’tis of thee,Sweet land of liberty,Of thee I sing;Land where my fathers died,Land of the pilgrims’ pride,From every mountain-sideLet freedom ring.2My native country, thee,Land of the noble free.Thy name I love;I love thy rocks and rills.Thy woods and templed hills;My heart with rapture thrillsLike that above.3Let music swell the breeze,And ring from all the treesSweet freedom’s song;Let mortal tongues awake,Let all that breathe partake,Let rocks their silence break,The sound prolong.4Our fathers’ God, to thee,Author of liberty,To thee we sing;Long may our land be brightWith freedom’s holy light;Protect us by thy might,Great God, our King.Amen.

Numbers in parentheses indicate number of hymn in The Wayside Hymnal, published by the Forward Movement Commission of the Episcopal Church, to be obtained at 5 cents per copy for quantities of 5 or more copies. Address:Sharon, Pa.This hymnal includes music for each hymn.

Numbers in parentheses indicate number of hymn in The Wayside Hymnal, published by the Forward Movement Commission of the Episcopal Church, to be obtained at 5 cents per copy for quantities of 5 or more copies. Address:Sharon, Pa.This hymnal includes music for each hymn.

1.(3)1O saving Victim, opening wideThe gate of heaven to man below,Our foes press on from every side,Thine aid supply, thy strength bestow.2All praise and thanks to thee ascendFor evermore, blest One in Three;O grant us life that shall not end,In our true native land with thee.Amen.

1O saving Victim, opening wideThe gate of heaven to man below,Our foes press on from every side,Thine aid supply, thy strength bestow.

1O saving Victim, opening wide

The gate of heaven to man below,

Our foes press on from every side,

Thine aid supply, thy strength bestow.

2All praise and thanks to thee ascendFor evermore, blest One in Three;O grant us life that shall not end,In our true native land with thee.Amen.

2All praise and thanks to thee ascend

For evermore, blest One in Three;

O grant us life that shall not end,

In our true native land with thee.Amen.

2.(4)1I need thee every hour,Most gracious Lord;No tender voice like thineCan peace afford.I need thee, O I need thee,Every hour I need thee;O bless me now, my Saviour,I come to thee!2I need thee every hour;Stay thou near by;Temptations lose their powerWhen thou art nigh.I need thee, O I need thee,Every hour I need thee;O bless me now, my Saviour,I come to thee!3I need thee every hour,In joy or pain;Come quickly and abide,Or life is vain.I need thee, O I need thee,Every hour I need thee;O bless me now, my Saviour,I come to thee!4I need thee every hour;Teach me thy will;And thy rich promisesIn me fulfil.I need thee, O I need thee,Every hour I need thee;O bless me now, my Saviour,I come to thee!5I need thee every hour,Most Holy One;O make me thine indeed,Thou blessed Son!I need thee, O I need thee,Every hour I need thee;O bless me now, my Saviour,I come to thee!Amen.

1I need thee every hour,Most gracious Lord;No tender voice like thineCan peace afford.I need thee, O I need thee,Every hour I need thee;O bless me now, my Saviour,I come to thee!

1I need thee every hour,

Most gracious Lord;

No tender voice like thine

Can peace afford.

I need thee, O I need thee,

Every hour I need thee;

O bless me now, my Saviour,

I come to thee!

2I need thee every hour;Stay thou near by;Temptations lose their powerWhen thou art nigh.I need thee, O I need thee,Every hour I need thee;O bless me now, my Saviour,I come to thee!

2I need thee every hour;

Stay thou near by;

Temptations lose their power

When thou art nigh.

I need thee, O I need thee,

Every hour I need thee;

O bless me now, my Saviour,

I come to thee!

3I need thee every hour,In joy or pain;Come quickly and abide,Or life is vain.I need thee, O I need thee,Every hour I need thee;O bless me now, my Saviour,I come to thee!

3I need thee every hour,

In joy or pain;

Come quickly and abide,

Or life is vain.

I need thee, O I need thee,

Every hour I need thee;

O bless me now, my Saviour,

I come to thee!

4I need thee every hour;Teach me thy will;And thy rich promisesIn me fulfil.I need thee, O I need thee,Every hour I need thee;O bless me now, my Saviour,I come to thee!

4I need thee every hour;

Teach me thy will;

And thy rich promises

In me fulfil.

I need thee, O I need thee,

Every hour I need thee;

O bless me now, my Saviour,

I come to thee!

5I need thee every hour,Most Holy One;O make me thine indeed,Thou blessed Son!I need thee, O I need thee,Every hour I need thee;O bless me now, my Saviour,I come to thee!Amen.

5I need thee every hour,

Most Holy One;

O make me thine indeed,

Thou blessed Son!

I need thee, O I need thee,

Every hour I need thee;

O bless me now, my Saviour,

I come to thee!Amen.

3.(5)1Abide with me: fast falls the eventide;The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide:When other helpers fail, and comforts flee,Help of the helpless, O abide with me.2Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day;Earth’s joys grow dim, its glories pass away,Change and decay in all around I see;O thou who changest not, abide with me.3I 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, Lord, abide with me.4I fear no foe, with thee at hand to bless:Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness.Where is death’s sting? where, grave, thy victory?I triumph still, if thou abide with me.5Hold 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, O Lord, abide with me.Amen.

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

1Abide with me: fast falls the eventide;

The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide:

When other helpers fail, and comforts flee,

Help of the helpless, O abide with me.

2Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day;Earth’s joys grow dim, its glories pass away,Change and decay in all around I see;O thou who changest not, abide with me.

2Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day;

Earth’s joys grow dim, its glories pass away,

Change and decay in all around I see;

O thou who changest not, abide with me.

3I 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, Lord, abide with me.

3I 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, Lord, abide with me.

4I fear no foe, with thee at hand to bless:Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness.Where is death’s sting? where, grave, thy victory?I triumph still, if thou abide with me.

4I fear no foe, with thee at hand to bless:

Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness.

Where is death’s sting? where, grave, thy victory?

I triumph still, if thou abide with me.

5Hold 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, O Lord, abide with me.Amen.

5Hold 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, O Lord, abide with me.Amen.

4.(7)1Sun of my soul, thou Saviour dear,It is not night if thou be near;O may no earth-born cloud ariseTo hide thee from thy servant’s eyes.2When the soft dews of kindly sleepMy weary eyelids gently steep,Be my last thought, how sweet to restFor ever on my Saviour’s breast.3Abide with me from morn till eve,For without thee I cannot live;Abide with me when night is nigh,For without thee I dare not die.4If some poor wandering child of thineHave spurned to-day the voice divine,Now, Lord, the gracious work begin;Let him no more lie down in sin.5Watch by the sick; enrich the poorWith blessings from thy boundless store;Be every mourner’s sleep to-night,Like infant’s slumbers, pure and light.6Come near and bless us when we wake,Ere through the world our way we take,Till in the ocean of thy loveWe lose ourselves in heaven above.Amen.

1Sun of my soul, thou Saviour dear,It is not night if thou be near;O may no earth-born cloud ariseTo hide thee from thy servant’s eyes.

1Sun of my soul, thou Saviour dear,

It is not night if thou be near;

O may no earth-born cloud arise

To hide thee from thy servant’s eyes.

2When the soft dews of kindly sleepMy weary eyelids gently steep,Be my last thought, how sweet to restFor ever on my Saviour’s breast.

2When the soft dews of kindly sleep

My weary eyelids gently steep,

Be my last thought, how sweet to rest

For ever on my Saviour’s breast.

3Abide with me from morn till eve,For without thee I cannot live;Abide with me when night is nigh,For without thee I dare not die.

3Abide with me from morn till eve,

For without thee I cannot live;

Abide with me when night is nigh,

For without thee I dare not die.

4If some poor wandering child of thineHave spurned to-day the voice divine,Now, Lord, the gracious work begin;Let him no more lie down in sin.

4If some poor wandering child of thine

Have spurned to-day the voice divine,

Now, Lord, the gracious work begin;

Let him no more lie down in sin.

5Watch by the sick; enrich the poorWith blessings from thy boundless store;Be every mourner’s sleep to-night,Like infant’s slumbers, pure and light.

5Watch by the sick; enrich the poor

With blessings from thy boundless store;

Be every mourner’s sleep to-night,

Like infant’s slumbers, pure and light.

6Come near and bless us when we wake,Ere through the world our way we take,Till in the ocean of thy loveWe lose ourselves in heaven above.Amen.

6Come near and bless us when we wake,

Ere through the world our way we take,

Till in the ocean of thy love

We lose ourselves in heaven above.Amen.

5.(9)1Now the day is over,Night is drawing nigh,Shadows of the eveningSteal across the sky.2Jesus, give the wearyCalm and sweet repose;With thy tenderest blessingMay our eyelids close.3Grant to little childrenVisions bright of thee;Guard the sailors tossingOn the deep, blue sea.4Comfort every suffererWatching late in pain;Those who plan some evilFrom their sin restrain.5Through the long night watches,May thine angels spreadTheir white wings above me,Watching round my bed.6When the morning wakens,Then may I arisePure, and fresh, and sinlessIn thy holy eyes.Amen.

1Now the day is over,Night is drawing nigh,Shadows of the eveningSteal across the sky.

1Now the day is over,

Night is drawing nigh,

Shadows of the evening

Steal across the sky.

2Jesus, give the wearyCalm and sweet repose;With thy tenderest blessingMay our eyelids close.

2Jesus, give the weary

Calm and sweet repose;

With thy tenderest blessing

May our eyelids close.

3Grant to little childrenVisions bright of thee;Guard the sailors tossingOn the deep, blue sea.

3Grant to little children

Visions bright of thee;

Guard the sailors tossing

On the deep, blue sea.

4Comfort every suffererWatching late in pain;Those who plan some evilFrom their sin restrain.

4Comfort every sufferer

Watching late in pain;

Those who plan some evil

From their sin restrain.

5Through the long night watches,May thine angels spreadTheir white wings above me,Watching round my bed.

5Through the long night watches,

May thine angels spread

Their white wings above me,

Watching round my bed.

6When the morning wakens,Then may I arisePure, and fresh, and sinlessIn thy holy eyes.Amen.

6When the morning wakens,

Then may I arise

Pure, and fresh, and sinless

In thy holy eyes.Amen.

6.(11)1Guide me, O thou great Jehovah,Pilgrim through this barren land,I am weak, but thou art mighty;Hold me with thy powerful hand.2Open now the crystal fountainsWhence the living waters flow;Let the fiery, cloudy pillarLead me all my journey through.3Feed me with the heavenly mannaIn this barren wilderness;Be my sword, and shield, and banner,Be the Lord my Righteousness.4When 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.Amen.

1Guide me, O thou great Jehovah,Pilgrim through this barren land,I am weak, but thou art mighty;Hold me with thy powerful hand.

1Guide me, O thou great Jehovah,

Pilgrim through this barren land,

I am weak, but thou art mighty;

Hold me with thy powerful hand.

2Open now the crystal fountainsWhence the living waters flow;Let the fiery, cloudy pillarLead me all my journey through.

2Open now the crystal fountains

Whence the living waters flow;

Let the fiery, cloudy pillar

Lead me all my journey through.

3Feed me with the heavenly mannaIn this barren wilderness;Be my sword, and shield, and banner,Be the Lord my Righteousness.

3Feed me with the heavenly manna

In this barren wilderness;

Be my sword, and shield, and banner,

Be the Lord my Righteousness.

4When 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.Amen.

4When 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.Amen.

7.(16)1O little town of Bethlehem,How still we see thee lie!Above thy deep and dreamless sleepThe silent stars go by;Yet in thy dark streets shinethThe everlasting Light;The hopes and fears of all the yearsAre met in thee to-night.2For Christ is born of Mary,And gathered all above,While mortals sleep, the angels keepTheir watch of wondering love.O morning stars, togetherProclaim the holy birth!And praises sing to God the King,And peace to men on earth.3How silently, how silently,The wondrous gift is given!So God imparts to human heartsThe blessings of his heaven.No ear may hear his coming,But in this world of sin,Where meek souls will receive him, stillThe dear Christ enters in.4O holy Child of Bethlehem!Descend to us, we pray;Cast out our sin and enter in,Be born in us to-day.We hear the Christmas angelsThe great glad tidings tell;O come to us, abide with us,Our Lord Emmanuel!Amen.

1O little town of Bethlehem,How still we see thee lie!Above thy deep and dreamless sleepThe silent stars go by;Yet in thy dark streets shinethThe everlasting Light;The hopes and fears of all the yearsAre met in thee to-night.

1O 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 to-night.

2For Christ is born of Mary,And gathered all above,While mortals sleep, the angels keepTheir watch of wondering love.O morning stars, togetherProclaim the holy birth!And praises sing to God the King,And peace to men on earth.

2For Christ is born of Mary,

And gathered all above,

While mortals sleep, the angels keep

Their watch of wondering love.

O morning stars, together

Proclaim the holy birth!

And praises sing to God the King,

And peace to men on earth.

3How silently, how silently,The wondrous gift is given!So God imparts to human heartsThe blessings of his heaven.No ear may hear his coming,But in this world of sin,Where meek souls will receive him, stillThe dear Christ enters in.

3How 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.

4O holy Child of Bethlehem!Descend to us, we pray;Cast out our sin and enter in,Be born in us to-day.We hear the Christmas angelsThe great glad tidings tell;O come to us, abide with us,Our Lord Emmanuel!Amen.

4O holy Child of Bethlehem!

Descend to us, we pray;

Cast out our sin and enter in,

Be born in us to-day.

We hear the Christmas angels

The great glad tidings tell;

O come to us, abide with us,

Our Lord Emmanuel!Amen.

8.(17)1O come, all ye faithful,Joyful and triumphant,O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;Come and behold himBorn 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.2God of God,Light of Light,Lo! He abhors not the Virgin’s womb:Very God,Begotten, not created;O come, let us adore him, etc.3Sing, choirs of angels,Sing in exultation,Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above;Glory to GodIn the highest;O come, let us adore him, etc.4Yea, Lord, we greet thee,Born this happy morning;Jesus, to thee be glory given;Word of the Father,Now in flesh appearing;O come, let us adore him, etc.Amen.

1O come, all ye faithful,Joyful and triumphant,O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;Come and behold himBorn 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.

1O 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.

2God of God,Light of Light,Lo! He abhors not the Virgin’s womb:Very God,Begotten, not created;O come, let us adore him, etc.

2God of God,

Light of Light,

Lo! He abhors not the Virgin’s womb:

Very God,

Begotten, not created;

O come, let us adore him, etc.

3Sing, choirs of angels,Sing in exultation,Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above;Glory to GodIn the highest;O come, let us adore him, etc.

3Sing, choirs of angels,

Sing in exultation,

Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above;

Glory to God

In the highest;

O come, let us adore him, etc.

4Yea, Lord, we greet thee,Born this happy morning;Jesus, to thee be glory given;Word of the Father,Now in flesh appearing;O come, let us adore him, etc.Amen.

4Yea, Lord, we greet thee,

Born this happy morning;

Jesus, to thee be glory given;

Word of the Father,

Now in flesh appearing;

O come, let us adore him, etc.Amen.

9.(19)1Silent night, holy night,All is calm, all is brightRound yon virgin mother and child.Holy infant so tender and mild,Sleep in heavenly peace.2Silent night, holy night,Shepherds quake at the sight,Glories stream from heaven afar,Heavenly hosts sing alleluia;Christ, the Saviour, is born!3Silent night, holy night,Son of God, love’s pure lightRadiant beams from thy holy face,With the dawn of redeeming grace,Jesus, Lord, at thy birth.Amen.

1Silent night, holy night,All is calm, all is brightRound yon virgin mother and child.Holy infant so tender and mild,Sleep in heavenly peace.

1Silent 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.

2Silent night, holy night,Shepherds quake at the sight,Glories stream from heaven afar,Heavenly hosts sing alleluia;Christ, the Saviour, is born!

2Silent night, holy night,

Shepherds quake at the sight,

Glories stream from heaven afar,

Heavenly hosts sing alleluia;

Christ, the Saviour, is born!

3Silent night, holy night,Son of God, love’s pure lightRadiant beams from thy holy face,With the dawn of redeeming grace,Jesus, Lord, at thy birth.Amen.

3Silent 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.Amen.

10.(18)1How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,Is laid for your faith in his excellent word!What more can he say than to you he hath said,You who unto Jesus for refuge have fled?2“Fear not, I am with thee; O be not dismayed!I, I am thy God, and will still give thee aid;I’ll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand.Upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand.3“When through the deep waters I call thee to go,The rivers of woe shall not thee overflow;For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless,And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.4“When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie,My grace, all-sufficient, shall be thy supply;The flame shall not hurt thee; I only designThy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine.5“The soul that to Jesus hath fled for repose,I will not, I will not desert to his foes;That soul, though all hell shall endeavor to shake,I’ll never, no, never, no, never forsake.”Amen.

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

1How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,

Is laid for your faith in his excellent word!

What more can he say than to you he hath said,

You who unto Jesus for refuge have fled?

2“Fear not, I am with thee; O be not dismayed!I, I am thy God, and will still give thee aid;I’ll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand.Upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand.

2“Fear not, I am with thee; O be not dismayed!

I, I am thy God, and will still give thee aid;

I’ll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand.

Upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand.

3“When through the deep waters I call thee to go,The rivers of woe shall not thee overflow;For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless,And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.

3“When through the deep waters I call thee to go,

The rivers of woe shall not thee overflow;

For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless,

And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.

4“When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie,My grace, all-sufficient, shall be thy supply;The flame shall not hurt thee; I only designThy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine.

4“When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie,

My grace, all-sufficient, shall be thy supply;

The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design

Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine.

5“The soul that to Jesus hath fled for repose,I will not, I will not desert to his foes;That soul, though all hell shall endeavor to shake,I’ll never, no, never, no, never forsake.”Amen.

5“The soul that to Jesus hath fled for repose,

I will not, I will not desert to his foes;

That soul, though all hell shall endeavor to shake,

I’ll never, no, never, no, never forsake.”Amen.

11.(29)1In the cross of Christ I glory,Towering o’er the wrecks of time;All the light of sacred storyGathers round its head sublime.2When the woes of life o’ertake me,Hopes deceive, and fears annoy,Never shall the cross forsake me:Lo! it glows with peace and joy.3When the sun of bliss is beamingLight and love upon my way,From the cross the radiance streaming,Adds new luster to the day.4Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure,By the cross are sanctified;Peace is there that knows no measure,Joys that through all time abide.5In the cross of Christ I glory,Towering o’er the wrecks of time;All the light of sacred storyGathers round its head sublime.Amen.

1In the cross of Christ I glory,Towering o’er the wrecks of time;All the light of sacred storyGathers round its head sublime.

1In the cross of Christ I glory,

Towering o’er the wrecks of time;

All the light of sacred story

Gathers round its head sublime.

2When the woes of life o’ertake me,Hopes deceive, and fears annoy,Never shall the cross forsake me:Lo! it glows with peace and joy.

2When the woes of life o’ertake me,

Hopes deceive, and fears annoy,

Never shall the cross forsake me:

Lo! it glows with peace and joy.

3When the sun of bliss is beamingLight and love upon my way,From the cross the radiance streaming,Adds new luster to the day.

3When the sun of bliss is beaming

Light and love upon my way,

From the cross the radiance streaming,

Adds new luster to the day.

4Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure,By the cross are sanctified;Peace is there that knows no measure,Joys that through all time abide.

4Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure,

By the cross are sanctified;

Peace is there that knows no measure,

Joys that through all time abide.

5In the cross of Christ I glory,Towering o’er the wrecks of time;All the light of sacred storyGathers round its head sublime.Amen.

5In the cross of Christ I glory,

Towering o’er the wrecks of time;

All the light of sacred story

Gathers round its head sublime.Amen.

12.(30)1When I survey the wondrous crossOn which the Prince of Glory died,My richest gain I count but loss,And pour contempt on all my pride.2Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,Save in the cross of Christ, my God:All the vain things that charm me most,I sacrifice them to his blood.3See, 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?4Were the whole realm of nature mine,That were a tribute far too small;Love so amazing, so divine,Demands my soul, my life, my all.Amen.

1When I survey the wondrous crossOn which the Prince of Glory died,My richest gain I count but loss,And pour contempt on all my pride.

1When 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.

2Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,Save in the cross of Christ, my God:All the vain things that charm me most,I sacrifice them to his blood.

2Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,

Save in the cross of Christ, my God:

All the vain things that charm me most,

I sacrifice them to his blood.

3See, 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?

3See, 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?

4Were the whole realm of nature mine,That were a tribute far too small;Love so amazing, so divine,Demands my soul, my life, my all.Amen.

4Were the whole realm of nature mine,

That were a tribute far too small;

Love so amazing, so divine,

Demands my soul, my life, my all.Amen.

13.(34)1The strife is o’er, the battle done,The victory of life is won;The song of triumph has begun.Alleluia!2The powers of death have done their worst,But Christ their legions hath dispersed:Let shout of holy joy outburst.Alleluia!3The three sad days are quickly sped,He rises glorious from the dead:All glory to our risen Head!Alleluia!4He closed the yawning gates of hell,The bars from heaven’s high portals fell;Let hymns of praise his triumphs tell!Alleluia!5Lord! by the stripes which wounded thee,From death’s dread sting thy servants free,That we may live and sing to thee.Alleluia!Amen.

1The strife is o’er, the battle done,The victory of life is won;The song of triumph has begun.Alleluia!

1The strife is o’er, the battle done,

The victory of life is won;

The song of triumph has begun.

Alleluia!

2The powers of death have done their worst,But Christ their legions hath dispersed:Let shout of holy joy outburst.Alleluia!

2The powers of death have done their worst,

But Christ their legions hath dispersed:

Let shout of holy joy outburst.

Alleluia!

3The three sad days are quickly sped,He rises glorious from the dead:All glory to our risen Head!Alleluia!

3The three sad days are quickly sped,

He rises glorious from the dead:

All glory to our risen Head!

Alleluia!

4He closed the yawning gates of hell,The bars from heaven’s high portals fell;Let hymns of praise his triumphs tell!Alleluia!

4He closed the yawning gates of hell,

The bars from heaven’s high portals fell;

Let hymns of praise his triumphs tell!

Alleluia!

5Lord! by the stripes which wounded thee,From death’s dread sting thy servants free,That we may live and sing to thee.Alleluia!Amen.

5Lord! by the stripes which wounded thee,

From death’s dread sting thy servants free,

That we may live and sing to thee.

Alleluia!Amen.

14.(36)1Crown him with many crowns,The Lamb upon his throne;Hark! how the heavenly anthem drownsAll music but its own:Awake, my soul, and singOf him who died for thee,And hail him as thy matchless KingThrough all eternity.2Crown him the Son of GodBefore the worlds began,And ye, who tread where he hath trod,Crown him the Son of man;Who every grief hath knownThat wrings the human breast,And takes and bears them for his own,That all in him may rest.3Crown him the Lord of life,Who triumphed o’er the grave,And rose victorious in the strifeFor those he came to save;His glories now we singWho died, and rose on high,Who died, eternal life to bring,And lives that death may die.4Crown him of lords the Lord,Who over all doth reign,Who once on earth, the Incarnate Word,For ransomed sinners slain,Now lives in realms of light,Where saints with angels singTheir songs before him day and night,Their God, Redeemer, King.5Crown him the Lord of heaven,Enthroned in worlds above;Crown him the King, to whom is givenThe 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.Amen.

1Crown him with many crowns,The Lamb upon his throne;Hark! how the heavenly anthem drownsAll music but its own:Awake, my soul, and singOf him who died for thee,And hail him as thy matchless KingThrough all eternity.

1Crown 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.

2Crown him the Son of GodBefore the worlds began,And ye, who tread where he hath trod,Crown him the Son of man;Who every grief hath knownThat wrings the human breast,And takes and bears them for his own,That all in him may rest.

2Crown him the Son of God

Before the worlds began,

And ye, who tread where he hath trod,

Crown him the Son of man;

Who every grief hath known

That wrings the human breast,

And takes and bears them for his own,

That all in him may rest.

3Crown him the Lord of life,Who triumphed o’er the grave,And rose victorious in the strifeFor those he came to save;His glories now we singWho died, and rose on high,Who died, eternal life to bring,And lives that death may die.

3Crown him the Lord of life,

Who triumphed o’er the grave,

And rose victorious in 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.

4Crown him of lords the Lord,Who over all doth reign,Who once on earth, the Incarnate Word,For ransomed sinners slain,Now lives in realms of light,Where saints with angels singTheir songs before him day and night,Their God, Redeemer, King.

4Crown him of lords the Lord,

Who over all doth reign,

Who once on earth, the Incarnate Word,

For ransomed sinners slain,

Now lives in realms of light,

Where saints with angels sing

Their songs before him day and night,

Their God, Redeemer, King.

5Crown him the Lord of heaven,Enthroned in worlds above;Crown him the King, to whom is givenThe 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.Amen.

5Crown him the Lord of heaven,

Enthroned in worlds above;

Crown him the King, to whom is given

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.Amen.

15.(39)1Holy, 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, blessèd Trinity.2Holy, Holy, Holy! all the saints adore thee,Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;Cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee,Which wert, and art, and evermore shalt be.3Holy, 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 power, in love, and purity.4Holy, 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, blessèd Trinity.Amen.

1Holy, 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, blessèd Trinity.

1Holy, 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, blessèd Trinity.

2Holy, Holy, Holy! all the saints adore thee,Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;Cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee,Which wert, and art, and evermore shalt be.

2Holy, Holy, Holy! all the saints adore thee,

Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;

Cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee,

Which wert, and art, and evermore shalt be.

3Holy, 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 power, in love, and purity.

3Holy, 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 power, in love, and purity.

4Holy, 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, blessèd Trinity.Amen.

4Holy, 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, blessèd Trinity.Amen.

16.(41)1Blest be the tie that bindsOur hearts in Jesus’ love:The fellowship of Christian mindsIs like to that above.2Before our Father’s throneWe pour united prayers;Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one;Our comforts and our cares.3We share our mutual woes,Our mutual burdens bear;And often for each other flowsThe sympathizing tear.4When we at death must part.Not like the world’s, our pain;But one in Christ, and one in heart,We part to meet again.5From sorrow, toil, and pain,And sin, we shall be free;And perfect love and friendship reignThroughout eternity.Amen.

1Blest be the tie that bindsOur hearts in Jesus’ love:The fellowship of Christian mindsIs like to that above.

1Blest be the tie that binds

Our hearts in Jesus’ love:

The fellowship of Christian minds

Is like to that above.

2Before our Father’s throneWe pour united prayers;Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one;Our comforts and our cares.

2Before our Father’s throne

We pour united prayers;

Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one;

Our comforts and our cares.

3We share our mutual woes,Our mutual burdens bear;And often for each other flowsThe sympathizing tear.

3We share our mutual woes,

Our mutual burdens bear;

And often for each other flows

The sympathizing tear.

4When we at death must part.Not like the world’s, our pain;But one in Christ, and one in heart,We part to meet again.

4When we at death must part.

Not like the world’s, our pain;

But one in Christ, and one in heart,

We part to meet again.

5From sorrow, toil, and pain,And sin, we shall be free;And perfect love and friendship reignThroughout eternity.Amen.

5From sorrow, toil, and pain,

And sin, we shall be free;

And perfect love and friendship reign

Throughout eternity.Amen.

17.(42)1My faith looks up to thee,Thou Lamb of Calvary,Saviour divine!Now hear me while I pray;Take all my guilt away;O let me from this dayBe wholly thine.2May thy rich grace impartStrength to my fainting heart.My zeal inspire;As thou hast died for me,O may my love to theePure, warm, and changeless be,A living fire.3While life’s dark maze I tread,And griefs around me spread,Be thou my guide;Bid darkness turn to day;Wipe sorrow’s tears away;Nor let me ever strayFrom thee aside!4When ends life’s transient dream,When death’s cold, sullen streamShall o’er me roll;Blest Saviour, then in love,Fear and distrust remove;O bear me safe above,A ransomed soul!Amen.

1My faith looks up to thee,Thou Lamb of Calvary,Saviour divine!Now hear me while I pray;Take all my guilt away;O let me from this dayBe wholly thine.

1My faith looks up to thee,

Thou Lamb of Calvary,

Saviour divine!

Now hear me while I pray;

Take all my guilt away;

O let me from this day

Be wholly thine.

2May thy rich grace impartStrength to my fainting heart.My zeal inspire;As thou hast died for me,O may my love to theePure, warm, and changeless be,A living fire.

2May thy rich grace impart

Strength to my fainting heart.

My zeal inspire;

As thou hast died for me,

O may my love to thee

Pure, warm, and changeless be,

A living fire.

3While life’s dark maze I tread,And griefs around me spread,Be thou my guide;Bid darkness turn to day;Wipe sorrow’s tears away;Nor let me ever strayFrom thee aside!

3While life’s dark maze I tread,

And griefs around me spread,

Be thou my guide;

Bid darkness turn to day;

Wipe sorrow’s tears away;

Nor let me ever stray

From thee aside!

4When ends life’s transient dream,When death’s cold, sullen streamShall o’er me roll;Blest Saviour, then in love,Fear and distrust remove;O bear me safe above,A ransomed soul!Amen.

4When ends life’s transient dream,

When death’s cold, sullen stream

Shall o’er me roll;

Blest Saviour, then in love,

Fear and distrust remove;

O bear me safe above,

A ransomed soul!Amen.

18.(43)1All hail the power of Jesus’ Name!Let angels prostrate fall;Bring forth the royal diadem,And crown him Lord of all!2Crown him, ye martyrs of our God,Who from his altar call:Extol the Stem-of-Jesse’s rod,And crown him Lord of all!3Hail him, the Heir of David’s line,Whom David, Lord did call;The God incarnate! Man divine!And crown him Lord of all!4Ye seed of Israel’s chosen race,Ye ransomed of the fall,Hail him who saves you by his grace,And crown him Lord of all!5Sinners, whose love can ne’er forgetThe wormwood and the gall,Go, spread your trophies at his feet,And crown him Lord of all!6Let every kindred, every tribe,Before him prostrate fall!To him all majesty ascribe,And crown him Lord of all!Amen.

1All hail the power of Jesus’ Name!Let angels prostrate fall;Bring forth the royal diadem,And crown him Lord of all!

1All hail the power of Jesus’ Name!

Let angels prostrate fall;

Bring forth the royal diadem,

And crown him Lord of all!

2Crown him, ye martyrs of our God,Who from his altar call:Extol the Stem-of-Jesse’s rod,And crown him Lord of all!

2Crown him, ye martyrs of our God,

Who from his altar call:

Extol the Stem-of-Jesse’s rod,

And crown him Lord of all!

3Hail him, the Heir of David’s line,Whom David, Lord did call;The God incarnate! Man divine!And crown him Lord of all!

3Hail him, the Heir of David’s line,

Whom David, Lord did call;

The God incarnate! Man divine!

And crown him Lord of all!

4Ye seed of Israel’s chosen race,Ye ransomed of the fall,Hail him who saves you by his grace,And crown him Lord of all!

4Ye seed of Israel’s chosen race,

Ye ransomed of the fall,

Hail him who saves you by his grace,

And crown him Lord of all!

5Sinners, whose love can ne’er forgetThe wormwood and the gall,Go, spread your trophies at his feet,And crown him Lord of all!

5Sinners, whose love can ne’er forget

The wormwood and the gall,

Go, spread your trophies at his feet,

And crown him Lord of all!

6Let every kindred, every tribe,Before him prostrate fall!To him all majesty ascribe,And crown him Lord of all!Amen.

6Let every kindred, every tribe,

Before him prostrate fall!

To him all majesty ascribe,

And crown him Lord of all!Amen.

19.(45)1Rock of ages, cleft for me,Let me hide myself in thee;Let the water and the bloodFrom thy side, a healing flood,Be of sin the double cure,Save from wrath, and make me pure.2Should my tears for ever flow,Should my zeal no languor know,All for sin could not atone,Thou must save, and thou alone;In my hand no price I bring,Simply to thy cross I cling.3While I draw this fleeting breath,When mine eyelids close in death,When I rise to worlds unknown,And behold thee on thy throne,Rock of ages, cleft for me,Let me hide myself in thee.Amen.

1Rock of ages, cleft for me,Let me hide myself in thee;Let the water and the bloodFrom thy side, a healing flood,Be of sin the double cure,Save from wrath, and make me pure.

1Rock of ages, cleft for me,

Let me hide myself in thee;

Let the water and the blood

From thy side, a healing flood,

Be of sin the double cure,

Save from wrath, and make me pure.

2Should my tears for ever flow,Should my zeal no languor know,All for sin could not atone,Thou must save, and thou alone;In my hand no price I bring,Simply to thy cross I cling.

2Should my tears for ever flow,

Should my zeal no languor know,

All for sin could not atone,

Thou must save, and thou alone;

In my hand no price I bring,

Simply to thy cross I cling.

3While I draw this fleeting breath,When mine eyelids close in death,When I rise to worlds unknown,And behold thee on thy throne,Rock of ages, cleft for me,Let me hide myself in thee.Amen.

3While I draw this fleeting breath,

When mine eyelids close in death,

When I rise to worlds unknown,

And behold thee on thy throne,

Rock of ages, cleft for me,

Let me hide myself in thee.Amen.

20.(47)1Jesus, 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 Saviour, hide,Till the storm of life be past;Safe into the haven guide,O receive my soul at last!2Other refuge have I none,Hangs my helpless soul on thee;Leave, ah! leave me not alone,Still support and comfort me!All my trust on thee is stayed;All my help from thee I bring;Cover my defenceless headWith the shadow of thy wing.3Plenteous grace with thee is found,Grace to cleanse from every sin;Let the healing streams abound,Make and keep me pure within.Thou of life the fountain art,Freely let me take of thee;Spring thou up within my heart,Rise to all eternity.Amen.

1Jesus, 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 Saviour, hide,Till the storm of life be past;Safe into the haven guide,O receive my soul at last!

1Jesus, 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 Saviour, hide,

Till the storm of life be past;

Safe into the haven guide,

O receive my soul at last!

2Other refuge have I none,Hangs my helpless soul on thee;Leave, ah! leave me not alone,Still support and comfort me!All my trust on thee is stayed;All my help from thee I bring;Cover my defenceless headWith the shadow of thy wing.

2Other refuge have I none,

Hangs my helpless soul on thee;

Leave, ah! leave me not alone,

Still support and comfort me!

All my trust on thee is stayed;

All my help from thee I bring;

Cover my defenceless head

With the shadow of thy wing.

3Plenteous grace with thee is found,Grace to cleanse from every sin;Let the healing streams abound,Make and keep me pure within.Thou of life the fountain art,Freely let me take of thee;Spring thou up within my heart,Rise to all eternity.Amen.

3Plenteous grace with thee is found,

Grace to cleanse from every sin;

Let the healing streams abound,

Make and keep me pure within.

Thou of life the fountain art,

Freely let me take of thee;

Spring thou up within my heart,

Rise to all eternity.Amen.

21.(48)1O Love that wilt not let me go,I rest my weary soul in thee;I give thee back the life I owe,That in thine ocean depths its flowMay richer, fuller be.2O Light that followest all my way,I yield my flickering torch to thee;My heart restores its borrowed ray,That in thy sunshine’s blaze its dayMay brighter, fairer be.3O 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 vainThat morn shall tearless be.4O 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 redLife that shall endless be.Amen.

1O Love that wilt not let me go,I rest my weary soul in thee;I give thee back the life I owe,That in thine ocean depths its flowMay richer, fuller be.

1O Love that wilt not let me go,

I rest my weary soul in thee;

I give thee back the life I owe,

That in thine ocean depths its flow

May richer, fuller be.

2O Light that followest all my way,I yield my flickering torch to thee;My heart restores its borrowed ray,That in thy sunshine’s blaze its dayMay brighter, fairer be.

2O Light that followest all my way,

I yield my flickering torch to thee;

My heart restores its borrowed ray,

That in thy sunshine’s blaze its day

May brighter, fairer be.

3O 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 vainThat morn shall tearless be.

3O 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.

4O 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 redLife that shall endless be.Amen.

4O 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.Amen.

22.(51)1There’s a wideness in God’s mercyLike the wideness of the sea;There’s a kindness in his justice,Which is more than liberty.There is welcome for the sinner,And more graces for the good;There is mercy with the Saviour;There is healing in his blood.2There is no place where earth’s sorrowsAre more felt than up in heaven;There is no place where earth’s failingsHave such kindly judgment given.There is plentiful redemptionIn the blood that has been shed;There is joy for all the membersIn the sorrows of the Head.3For the love of God is broaderThan the measure of man’s mind;And the heart of the EternalIs most infinitely kind.If our love were but more simple,We should take him at his word;And our lives would be all sunshineIn the sweetness of the Lord.

1There’s a wideness in God’s mercyLike the wideness of the sea;There’s a kindness in his justice,Which is more than liberty.There is welcome for the sinner,And more graces for the good;There is mercy with the Saviour;There is healing in his blood.

1There’s a wideness in God’s mercy

Like the wideness of the sea;

There’s a kindness in his justice,

Which is more than liberty.

There is welcome for the sinner,

And more graces for the good;

There is mercy with the Saviour;

There is healing in his blood.

2There is no place where earth’s sorrowsAre more felt than up in heaven;There is no place where earth’s failingsHave such kindly judgment given.There is plentiful redemptionIn the blood that has been shed;There is joy for all the membersIn the sorrows of the Head.

2There is no place where earth’s sorrows

Are more felt than up in heaven;

There is no place where earth’s failings

Have such kindly judgment given.

There is plentiful redemption

In the blood that has been shed;

There is joy for all the members

In the sorrows of the Head.

3For the love of God is broaderThan the measure of man’s mind;And the heart of the EternalIs most infinitely kind.If our love were but more simple,We should take him at his word;And our lives would be all sunshineIn the sweetness of the Lord.

3For the love of God is broader

Than the measure of man’s mind;

And the heart of the Eternal

Is most infinitely kind.

If our love were but more simple,

We should take him at his word;

And our lives would be all sunshine

In the sweetness of the Lord.

23.(55)1I love thy kingdom, Lord,The house of thine abode,The Church our blest Redeemer savedWith his own precious blood.2For her my tears shall fall;For her my prayers ascend;To her my toils and cares be given,Till toils and cares shall end.3Beyond my highest joyI prize her heavenly ways,Her sweet communion, solemn vows,Her hymns of love and praise.4Jesus, thou friend divine,Our Saviour and our King,Thy hand from every snare and foeShall great deliverance bring.5Sure as thy truth shall last,To Sion shall be givenThe brightest glories earth can yield,And brighter bliss of heaven.Amen.

1I love thy kingdom, Lord,The house of thine abode,The Church our blest Redeemer savedWith his own precious blood.

1I love thy kingdom, Lord,

The house of thine abode,

The Church our blest Redeemer saved

With his own precious blood.

2For her my tears shall fall;For her my prayers ascend;To her my toils and cares be given,Till toils and cares shall end.

2For her my tears shall fall;

For her my prayers ascend;

To her my toils and cares be given,

Till toils and cares shall end.

3Beyond my highest joyI prize her heavenly ways,Her sweet communion, solemn vows,Her hymns of love and praise.

3Beyond my highest joy

I prize her heavenly ways,

Her sweet communion, solemn vows,

Her hymns of love and praise.

4Jesus, thou friend divine,Our Saviour and our King,Thy hand from every snare and foeShall great deliverance bring.

4Jesus, thou friend divine,

Our Saviour and our King,

Thy hand from every snare and foe

Shall great deliverance bring.

5Sure as thy truth shall last,To Sion shall be givenThe brightest glories earth can yield,And brighter bliss of heaven.Amen.

5Sure as thy truth shall last,

To Sion shall be given

The brightest glories earth can yield,

And brighter bliss of heaven.Amen.

24.(62)1Eternal Father! strong to save,Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,Who bidd’st the mighty ocean deepIts own appointed limits keep;O hear us when we cry to theeFor those in peril on the sea!2O Christ! whose voice the waters heardAnd hushed their raging at thy word,Who walkedst on the foaming deep,And calm amidst its rage didst sleep;O hear us when we cry to theeFor those in peril on the sea!3Most Holy Spirit! who didst broodUpon the chaos dark and rude,And bid its angry tumult cease,And give, for wild confusion, peace;O hear us when we cry to theeFor those in peril on the sea!4O Trinity of love and power!Our brethren shield in danger’s hour;From rock and tempest, fire and foe,Protect them wheresoe’er they go;Thus evermore shall rise to theeGlad hymns of praise from land and sea.Amen.

1Eternal Father! strong to save,Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,Who bidd’st the mighty ocean deepIts own appointed limits keep;O hear us when we cry to theeFor those in peril on the sea!

1Eternal Father! strong to save,

Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,

Who bidd’st the mighty ocean deep

Its own appointed limits keep;

O hear us when we cry to thee

For those in peril on the sea!

2O Christ! whose voice the waters heardAnd hushed their raging at thy word,Who walkedst on the foaming deep,And calm amidst its rage didst sleep;O hear us when we cry to theeFor those in peril on the sea!

2O Christ! whose voice the waters heard

And hushed their raging at thy word,

Who walkedst on the foaming deep,

And calm amidst its rage didst sleep;

O hear us when we cry to thee

For those in peril on the sea!

3Most Holy Spirit! who didst broodUpon the chaos dark and rude,And bid its angry tumult cease,And give, for wild confusion, peace;O hear us when we cry to theeFor those in peril on the sea!

3Most Holy Spirit! who didst brood

Upon the chaos dark and rude,

And bid its angry tumult cease,

And give, for wild confusion, peace;

O hear us when we cry to thee

For those in peril on the sea!

4O Trinity of love and power!Our brethren shield in danger’s hour;From rock and tempest, fire and foe,Protect them wheresoe’er they go;Thus evermore shall rise to theeGlad hymns of praise from land and sea.Amen.

4O Trinity of love and power!

Our brethren shield in danger’s hour;

From rock and tempest, fire and foe,

Protect them wheresoe’er they go;

Thus evermore shall rise to thee

Glad hymns of praise from land and sea.Amen.

25.(63)1Now thank we all our God,With heart, and hands, and voices,Who wondrous things hath done,In whom his world rejoices;Who from our mother’s armsHath blessed us on our wayWith countless gifts of love,And still is ours to-day.2O may this bounteous GodThrough all our life be near us!With ever-joyful heartsAnd blessed peace to cheer us;And keep us in his grace,And guide us when perplext,And free us from all illsIn this world and the next.Amen.

1Now thank we all our God,With heart, and hands, and voices,Who wondrous things hath done,In whom his world rejoices;Who from our mother’s armsHath blessed us on our wayWith countless gifts of love,And still is ours to-day.

1Now thank we all our God,

With heart, and hands, and voices,

Who wondrous things hath done,

In whom his world rejoices;

Who from our mother’s arms

Hath blessed us on our way

With countless gifts of love,

And still is ours to-day.

2O may this bounteous GodThrough all our life be near us!With ever-joyful heartsAnd blessed peace to cheer us;And keep us in his grace,And guide us when perplext,And free us from all illsIn this world and the next.Amen.

2O may this bounteous God

Through all our life be near us!

With ever-joyful hearts

And blessed peace to cheer us;

And keep us in his grace,

And guide us when perplext,

And free us from all ills

In this world and the next.Amen.

26.(65)1O beautiful for spacious skies,For amber waves of grain.For purple mountain majestiesAbove the fruited plain!America! America!God shed his grace on thee,And crown thy good with brotherhoodFrom sea to shining sea.2O beautiful for pilgrim feet,Whose stern, impassioned stressA thoroughfare for freedom beatAcross the wilderness!America! America!God mend thine every flaw,Confirm thy soul in self control,Thy liberty in law.3O beautiful for heroes provedIn liberating strife,Who more than self their country loved,And mercy more than life!America! America!May God thy gold refine,Till all success be nobleness,And every gain divine.4O beautiful for patriot dreamThat sees, beyond the years,Thine alabaster cities gleam,Undimmed by human tears!America! America!God shed his grace on thee,And crown thy good with brotherhoodFrom sea to shining sea.Amen.

1O beautiful for spacious skies,For amber waves of grain.For purple mountain majestiesAbove the fruited plain!

1O beautiful for spacious skies,

For amber waves of grain.

For purple mountain majesties

Above the fruited plain!

America! America!God shed his grace on thee,And crown thy good with brotherhoodFrom sea to shining sea.

America! America!

God shed his grace on thee,

And crown thy good with brotherhood

From sea to shining sea.

2O beautiful for pilgrim feet,Whose stern, impassioned stressA thoroughfare for freedom beatAcross the wilderness!

2O beautiful for pilgrim feet,

Whose stern, impassioned stress

A thoroughfare for freedom beat

Across the wilderness!

America! America!God mend thine every flaw,Confirm thy soul in self control,Thy liberty in law.

America! America!

God mend thine every flaw,

Confirm thy soul in self control,

Thy liberty in law.

3O beautiful for heroes provedIn liberating strife,Who more than self their country loved,And mercy more than life!

3O beautiful for heroes proved

In liberating strife,

Who more than self their country loved,

And mercy more than life!

America! America!May God thy gold refine,Till all success be nobleness,And every gain divine.

America! America!

May God thy gold refine,

Till all success be nobleness,

And every gain divine.

4O beautiful for patriot dreamThat sees, beyond the years,Thine alabaster cities gleam,Undimmed by human tears!

4O beautiful for patriot dream

That sees, beyond the years,

Thine alabaster cities gleam,

Undimmed by human tears!

America! America!God shed his grace on thee,And crown thy good with brotherhoodFrom sea to shining sea.Amen.

America! America!

God shed his grace on thee,

And crown thy good with brotherhood

From sea to shining sea.Amen.

27.(71)1Once to every man and nationComes the moment to decide,In the strife of truth with falsehood,For the good or evil side;Some great cause, God’s new Messiah,Offering each the bloom or blight,And the choice goes by for ever’Twixt that darkness and that light.2Then to side with truth is noble,When we share her wretched crust,Ere her cause bring fame and profit,And ’tis prosperous to be just;Then it is the brave man chooses,While the coward stands asideTill the multitude make virtueOf the faith they had denied.3By the light of burning martyrsJesus’ bleeding feet I track,Toiling up new Calvaries everWith the cross that turns not back;New occasions teach new duties,Time makes ancient good uncouth;They must upward still and onward,Who would keep abreast of truth.4Though the cause of evil prosper,Yet ’tis truth alone is strong;Though her portion be the scaffold,And upon the throne be wrong,Yet that scaffold sways the future,And, behind the dim unknown,Standeth God within the shadowKeeping watch above his own.Amen.

1Once to every man and nationComes the moment to decide,In the strife of truth with falsehood,For the good or evil side;Some great cause, God’s new Messiah,Offering each the bloom or blight,And the choice goes by for ever’Twixt that darkness and that light.

1Once to every man and nation

Comes the moment to decide,

In the strife of truth with falsehood,

For the good or evil side;

Some great cause, God’s new Messiah,

Offering each the bloom or blight,

And the choice goes by for ever

’Twixt that darkness and that light.

2Then to side with truth is noble,When we share her wretched crust,Ere her cause bring fame and profit,And ’tis prosperous to be just;Then it is the brave man chooses,While the coward stands asideTill the multitude make virtueOf the faith they had denied.

2Then to side with truth is noble,

When we share her wretched crust,

Ere her cause bring fame and profit,

And ’tis prosperous to be just;

Then it is the brave man chooses,

While the coward stands aside

Till the multitude make virtue

Of the faith they had denied.

3By the light of burning martyrsJesus’ bleeding feet I track,Toiling up new Calvaries everWith the cross that turns not back;New occasions teach new duties,Time makes ancient good uncouth;They must upward still and onward,Who would keep abreast of truth.

3By the light of burning martyrs

Jesus’ bleeding feet I track,

Toiling up new Calvaries ever

With the cross that turns not back;

New occasions teach new duties,

Time makes ancient good uncouth;

They must upward still and onward,

Who would keep abreast of truth.

4Though the cause of evil prosper,Yet ’tis truth alone is strong;Though her portion be the scaffold,And upon the throne be wrong,Yet that scaffold sways the future,And, behind the dim unknown,Standeth God within the shadowKeeping watch above his own.Amen.

4Though the cause of evil prosper,

Yet ’tis truth alone is strong;

Though her portion be the scaffold,

And upon the throne be wrong,

Yet that scaffold sways the future,

And, behind the dim unknown,

Standeth God within the shadow

Keeping watch above his own.Amen.

28.(74)1The Church’s one foundationIs Jesus Christ her Lord;She is his new creationBy water and the word:From heaven he came and sought herTo be his holy bride;With his own blood he bought her,And for her life he died.2Elect 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.3Though with a scornful wonderMen see her sore opprest,By schisms rent asunder,By heresies distrest;Yet saints their watch are keeping,Their cry goes up, “How long?”And soon the night of weepingShall be the morn of song.4’Mid toil and tribulation,And tumult of her war,She waits the consummationOf peace for evermore;Till with the vision gloriousHer longing eyes are blest,And the great Church victoriousShall be the Church at rest.5Yet she on earth hath unionWith God the Three in One,And mystic sweet communionWith those whose rest is won.O happy ones and holy!Lord, give us grace that weLike them, the meek and lowly,On high may dwell with thee.Amen.

1The Church’s one foundationIs Jesus Christ her Lord;She is his new creationBy water and the word:From heaven he came and sought herTo be his holy bride;With his own blood he bought her,And for her life he died.

1The 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.

2Elect 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.

2Elect 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.

3Though with a scornful wonderMen see her sore opprest,By schisms rent asunder,By heresies distrest;Yet saints their watch are keeping,Their cry goes up, “How long?”And soon the night of weepingShall be the morn of song.

3Though with a scornful wonder

Men see her sore opprest,

By schisms rent asunder,

By heresies distrest;

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’Mid toil and tribulation,And tumult of her war,She waits the consummationOf peace for evermore;Till with the vision gloriousHer longing eyes are blest,And the great Church victoriousShall be the Church at rest.

4’Mid toil and tribulation,

And tumult of her war,

She waits the consummation

Of peace for evermore;

Till with the vision glorious

Her longing eyes are blest,

And the great Church victorious

Shall be the Church at rest.

5Yet she on earth hath unionWith God the Three in One,And mystic sweet communionWith those whose rest is won.O happy ones and holy!Lord, give us grace that weLike them, the meek and lowly,On high may dwell with thee.Amen.

5Yet 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.Amen.

29.(75)1Glorious things of thee are spoken,Sion, 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.2See, the streams of living watersSpringing from eternal love,Well supply thy sons and daughters,And all fear of want remove.Who can faint, when such a riverEver will their thirst assuage?Grace which, like the Lord, the giver,Never fails from age to age.3Round each habitation hovering,See the cloud and fire appearFor a glory and a covering,Showing that the Lord is near.Thus deriving from their banner,Light by night, and shade by day,Safe they feed upon the manna,Which he gives them when they pray.4Blest inhabitants of Sion,Washed in the Redeemer’s blood!Jesus, whom their souls rely on,Makes them kings and priests to God.’Tis his love his people raisesOver self to reign as kings:And as priests, his solemn praisesEach for a thank-offering brings.Amen.

1Glorious things of thee are spoken,Sion, 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.

1Glorious things of thee are spoken,

Sion, 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.

2See, the streams of living watersSpringing from eternal love,Well supply thy sons and daughters,And all fear of want remove.Who can faint, when such a riverEver will their thirst assuage?Grace which, like the Lord, the giver,Never fails from age to age.

2See, the streams of living waters

Springing from eternal love,

Well supply thy sons and daughters,

And all fear of want remove.

Who can faint, when such a river

Ever will their thirst assuage?

Grace which, like the Lord, the giver,

Never fails from age to age.

3Round each habitation hovering,See the cloud and fire appearFor a glory and a covering,Showing that the Lord is near.Thus deriving from their banner,Light by night, and shade by day,Safe they feed upon the manna,Which he gives them when they pray.

3Round each habitation hovering,

See the cloud and fire appear

For a glory and a covering,

Showing that the Lord is near.

Thus deriving from their banner,

Light by night, and shade by day,

Safe they feed upon the manna,

Which he gives them when they pray.

4Blest inhabitants of Sion,Washed in the Redeemer’s blood!Jesus, whom their souls rely on,Makes them kings and priests to God.’Tis his love his people raisesOver self to reign as kings:And as priests, his solemn praisesEach for a thank-offering brings.Amen.

4Blest inhabitants of Sion,

Washed in the Redeemer’s blood!

Jesus, whom their souls rely on,

Makes them kings and priests to God.

’Tis his love his people raises

Over self to reign as kings:

And as priests, his solemn praises

Each for a thank-offering brings.Amen.

30.(76)1Jesus shall reign where’er the sunDoth his successive journeys run;His kingdom stretch from shore to shore,Till moons shall wax and wane no more.2To him shall endless prayer be made,And praises throng to crown his head;His Name like sweet perfume shall riseWith every morning sacrifice.3People and realms of every tongueDwell on his love with sweetest song;And infant voices shall proclaimTheir early blessings on his Name.4Blessings abound where’er he reigns;The prisoner leaps to lose his chains,The weary find eternal rest,And all the sons of want are blest.5Let every creature rise and bringPeculiar honors to our King;Angels descend with songs again,And earth repeat the loud Amen.

1Jesus shall reign where’er the sunDoth his successive journeys run;His kingdom stretch from shore to shore,Till moons shall wax and wane no more.

1Jesus shall reign where’er the sun

Doth his successive journeys run;

His kingdom stretch from shore to shore,

Till moons shall wax and wane no more.

2To him shall endless prayer be made,And praises throng to crown his head;His Name like sweet perfume shall riseWith every morning sacrifice.

2To him shall endless prayer be made,

And praises throng to crown his head;

His Name like sweet perfume shall rise

With every morning sacrifice.

3People and realms of every tongueDwell on his love with sweetest song;And infant voices shall proclaimTheir early blessings on his Name.

3People and realms of every tongue

Dwell on his love with sweetest song;

And infant voices shall proclaim

Their early blessings on his Name.

4Blessings abound where’er he reigns;The prisoner leaps to lose his chains,The weary find eternal rest,And all the sons of want are blest.

4Blessings abound where’er he reigns;

The prisoner leaps to lose his chains,

The weary find eternal rest,

And all the sons of want are blest.

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

5Let every creature rise and bring

Peculiar honors to our King;

Angels descend with songs again,

And earth repeat the loud Amen.

31.(77)1Our Lord is risen from the dead;Our Jesus is gone up on high;The powers of hell are captive led,Dragged to the portals of the sky.2There his triumphal chariot waits,And angels chant the solemn lay:Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates,Ye everlasting doors, give way.3Loose all your bars of massy light,And wide unfold the radiant scene;He claims those mansions as his right;Receive the King of glory in.4Who is the King of glory, who?The Lord that all his foes o’ercame,The world, sin, death, and hell o’erthrew;And Jesus is the Conqueror’s name.5Lo! His triumphal chariot waits,And angels chant the solemn lay:Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates,Ye everlasting doors, give way.Amen.

1Our Lord is risen from the dead;Our Jesus is gone up on high;The powers of hell are captive led,Dragged to the portals of the sky.

1Our Lord is risen from the dead;

Our Jesus is gone up on high;

The powers of hell are captive led,

Dragged to the portals of the sky.

2There his triumphal chariot waits,And angels chant the solemn lay:Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates,Ye everlasting doors, give way.

2There his triumphal chariot waits,

And angels chant the solemn lay:

Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates,

Ye everlasting doors, give way.

3Loose all your bars of massy light,And wide unfold the radiant scene;He claims those mansions as his right;Receive the King of glory in.

3Loose all your bars of massy light,

And wide unfold the radiant scene;

He claims those mansions as his right;

Receive the King of glory in.

4Who is the King of glory, who?The Lord that all his foes o’ercame,The world, sin, death, and hell o’erthrew;And Jesus is the Conqueror’s name.

4Who is the King of glory, who?

The Lord that all his foes o’ercame,

The world, sin, death, and hell o’erthrew;

And Jesus is the Conqueror’s name.

5Lo! His triumphal chariot waits,And angels chant the solemn lay:Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates,Ye everlasting doors, give way.Amen.

5Lo! His triumphal chariot waits,

And angels chant the solemn lay:

Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates,

Ye everlasting doors, give way.Amen.

32.(80)1O Master, let me walk with theeIn lowly paths of service free;Tell me thy secret; help me bearThe strain of toil, the fret of care.2Help me the slow of heart to moveBy some clear, winning word of love;Teach me the wayward feet to stay,And guide them in the homeward way.3Teach me thy patience; still with theeIn closer, dearer company,In work that keeps faith sweet and strong,In trust that triumphs over wrong,4In hope that sends a shining rayFar down the future’s broadening way,In peace that only thou canst give,With thee, O Master, let me live.Amen.

1O Master, let me walk with theeIn lowly paths of service free;Tell me thy secret; help me bearThe strain of toil, the fret of care.

1O Master, let me walk with thee

In lowly paths of service free;

Tell me thy secret; help me bear

The strain of toil, the fret of care.

2Help me the slow of heart to moveBy some clear, winning word of love;Teach me the wayward feet to stay,And guide them in the homeward way.

2Help me the slow of heart to move

By some clear, winning word of love;

Teach me the wayward feet to stay,

And guide them in the homeward way.

3Teach me thy patience; still with theeIn closer, dearer company,In work that keeps faith sweet and strong,In trust that triumphs over wrong,

3Teach me thy patience; still with thee

In closer, dearer company,

In work that keeps faith sweet and strong,

In trust that triumphs over wrong,

4In hope that sends a shining rayFar down the future’s broadening way,In peace that only thou canst give,With thee, O Master, let me live.Amen.

4In hope that sends a shining ray

Far down the future’s broadening way,

In peace that only thou canst give,

With thee, O Master, let me live.Amen.

33.(82)1Onward, Christian soldiers,Marching as to war,With the cross of JesusGoing on before!Christ, the royal Master,Leads against the foe;Forward into battle,See, his banners go.Onward, Christian soldiers,Marching as to war,With the cross of JesusGoing on before!2At the sign of triumphSatan’s host doth flee;On, then, Christian soldiers,On to victory!Hell’s foundations quiverAt the shout of praise;Brothers, lift your voices,Loud your anthems raise!Onward, etc.3Like a mighty armyMoves the Church of God;Brothers, we are treadingWhere the saints have trod;We are not divided,All one body we,One in hope and doctrine,One in charity.Onward, etc.4Crowns and thrones may perish,Kingdoms rise and wane,But the Church of JesusConstant will remain;Gates of hell can never’Gainst that Church prevail;We have Christ’s own promise,And that cannot fail.Onward, etc.5Onward, then, ye people!Join our happy throng!Blend with ours your voicesIn the triumph song!Glory, laud, and honor,Unto Christ the King;This through countless agesMen and angels sing.Onward, etc.Amen.

1Onward, Christian soldiers,Marching as to war,With the cross of JesusGoing on before!Christ, the royal Master,Leads against the foe;Forward into battle,See, his banners go.Onward, Christian soldiers,Marching as to war,With the cross of JesusGoing on before!

1Onward, Christian soldiers,

Marching as to war,

With the cross of Jesus

Going on before!

Christ, the royal Master,

Leads against the foe;

Forward into battle,

See, his banners go.

Onward, Christian soldiers,

Marching as to war,

With the cross of Jesus

Going on before!

2At the sign of triumphSatan’s host doth flee;On, then, Christian soldiers,On to victory!Hell’s foundations quiverAt the shout of praise;Brothers, lift your voices,Loud your anthems raise!Onward, etc.

2At the sign of triumph

Satan’s host doth flee;

On, then, Christian soldiers,

On to victory!

Hell’s foundations quiver

At the shout of praise;

Brothers, lift your voices,

Loud your anthems raise!

Onward, etc.

3Like a mighty armyMoves the Church of God;Brothers, we are treadingWhere the saints have trod;We are not divided,All one body we,One in hope and doctrine,One in charity.Onward, etc.

3Like a mighty army

Moves the Church of God;

Brothers, we are treading

Where the saints have trod;

We are not divided,

All one body we,

One in hope and doctrine,

One in charity.

Onward, etc.

4Crowns and thrones may perish,Kingdoms rise and wane,But the Church of JesusConstant will remain;Gates of hell can never’Gainst that Church prevail;We have Christ’s own promise,And that cannot fail.Onward, etc.

4Crowns and thrones may perish,

Kingdoms rise and wane,

But the Church of Jesus

Constant will remain;

Gates of hell can never

’Gainst that Church prevail;

We have Christ’s own promise,

And that cannot fail.

Onward, etc.

5Onward, then, ye people!Join our happy throng!Blend with ours your voicesIn the triumph song!Glory, laud, and honor,Unto Christ the King;This through countless agesMen and angels sing.Onward, etc.Amen.

5Onward, then, ye people!

Join our happy throng!

Blend with ours your voices

In the triumph song!

Glory, laud, and honor,

Unto Christ the King;

This through countless ages

Men and angels sing.

Onward, etc.Amen.

34.(83)1Stand up, stand up, for Jesus,Ye soldiers of the cross!Lift high his royal banner!It must not suffer loss:From victory unto victoryHis army shall he lead;Till every foe is vanquished,And Christ is Lord indeed.2Stand up, stand up, for Jesus!The trumpet call obey!Forth to the mighty conflictIn this his glorious day!Ye that are men now serve himAgainst unnumbered foes!Let courage rise with danger,And strength to strength oppose.3Stand up, stand up, for Jesus!Stand in his strength alone!The arm of flesh will fail you,Ye dare not trust your own:Put on the Gospel armor,And watching unto prayer,When duty calls, or danger,Be never wanting there!4Stand up, stand up, for Jesus!The strife will not be long:This day, the noise of battle;The next, the victor’s song.To him that overcometh,A crown of life shall be;He with the King of gloryShall reign eternally.Amen.

1Stand up, stand up, for Jesus,Ye soldiers of the cross!Lift high his royal banner!It must not suffer loss:From victory unto victoryHis army shall he lead;Till every foe is vanquished,And Christ is Lord indeed.

1Stand up, stand up, for Jesus,

Ye soldiers of the cross!

Lift high his royal banner!

It must not suffer loss:

From victory unto victory

His army shall he lead;

Till every foe is vanquished,

And Christ is Lord indeed.

2Stand up, stand up, for Jesus!The trumpet call obey!Forth to the mighty conflictIn this his glorious day!Ye that are men now serve himAgainst unnumbered foes!Let courage rise with danger,And strength to strength oppose.

2Stand up, stand up, for Jesus!

The trumpet call obey!

Forth to the mighty conflict

In this his glorious day!

Ye that are men now serve him

Against unnumbered foes!

Let courage rise with danger,

And strength to strength oppose.

3Stand up, stand up, for Jesus!Stand in his strength alone!The arm of flesh will fail you,Ye dare not trust your own:Put on the Gospel armor,And watching unto prayer,When duty calls, or danger,Be never wanting there!

3Stand up, stand up, for Jesus!

Stand in his strength alone!

The arm of flesh will fail you,

Ye dare not trust your own:

Put on the Gospel armor,

And watching unto prayer,

When duty calls, or danger,

Be never wanting there!

4Stand up, stand up, for Jesus!The strife will not be long:This day, the noise of battle;The next, the victor’s song.To him that overcometh,A crown of life shall be;He with the King of gloryShall reign eternally.Amen.

4Stand up, stand up, for Jesus!

The strife will not be long:

This day, the noise of battle;

The next, the victor’s song.

To him that overcometh,

A crown of life shall be;

He with the King of glory

Shall reign eternally.Amen.

35.(85)1Be still, my soul: the Lord is on thy side;Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain;Leave to thy God to order and provide;In every change he faithful will remain.Be still, my soul: thy best, thy heavenly FriendThro’ thorny ways leads to a joyful end.2Be still, my soul: thy God doth undertakeTo guide the future as he has the past.Thy hope, thy confidence let nothing shake;All now mysterious shall be bright at last.Be still, my soul: the waves and winds still knowHis voice who ruled them while he dwelt below.3Be still, my soul: the hour is hastening onWhen we shall be forever with the Lord,When disappointment, grief, and fear are gone,Sorrow forgot, love’s purest joys restored.Be still, my soul: when change and tears are past,All safe and blessed we shall meet at last.Amen.

1Be still, my soul: the Lord is on thy side;Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain;Leave to thy God to order and provide;In every change he faithful will remain.Be still, my soul: thy best, thy heavenly FriendThro’ thorny ways leads to a joyful end.

1Be still, my soul: the Lord is on thy side;

Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain;

Leave to thy God to order and provide;

In every change he faithful will remain.

Be still, my soul: thy best, thy heavenly Friend

Thro’ thorny ways leads to a joyful end.

2Be still, my soul: thy God doth undertakeTo guide the future as he has the past.Thy hope, thy confidence let nothing shake;All now mysterious shall be bright at last.Be still, my soul: the waves and winds still knowHis voice who ruled them while he dwelt below.

2Be still, my soul: thy God doth undertake

To guide the future as he has the past.

Thy hope, thy confidence let nothing shake;

All now mysterious shall be bright at last.

Be still, my soul: the waves and winds still know

His voice who ruled them while he dwelt below.

3Be still, my soul: the hour is hastening onWhen we shall be forever with the Lord,When disappointment, grief, and fear are gone,Sorrow forgot, love’s purest joys restored.Be still, my soul: when change and tears are past,All safe and blessed we shall meet at last.Amen.

3Be still, my soul: the hour is hastening on

When we shall be forever with the Lord,

When disappointment, grief, and fear are gone,

Sorrow forgot, love’s purest joys restored.

Be still, my soul: when change and tears are past,

All safe and blessed we shall meet at last.Amen.

36.(89)1We 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.2Beside 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!3We 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!Amen.

1We 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.

1We 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.

2Beside 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!

2Beside 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!

3We 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!Amen.

3We 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!Amen.

37.(91)1O God, our help in ages past,Our hope for years to come,Our shelter from the stormy blastAnd our eternal home:2Under the shadow of thy throneThy saints have dwelt secure;Sufficient is thine arm alone,And our defence is sure.3Before the hills in order stood,Or earth received her frame.From everlasting thou art God,To endless years the same.4A thousand ages in thy sightAre like an evening gone;Short as the watch that ends the nightBefore the rising sun.5Time, like an ever-rolling stream,Bears all its sons away;They fly, forgotten, as a dreamDies at the opening day.6O God, our help in ages past,Our hope for years to come,Be thou our guide while life shall last,And our eternal home.Amen.

1O God, our help in ages past,Our hope for years to come,Our shelter from the stormy blastAnd our eternal home:

1O God, our help in ages past,

Our hope for years to come,

Our shelter from the stormy blast

And our eternal home:

2Under the shadow of thy throneThy saints have dwelt secure;Sufficient is thine arm alone,And our defence is sure.

2Under the shadow of thy throne

Thy saints have dwelt secure;

Sufficient is thine arm alone,

And our defence is sure.

3Before the hills in order stood,Or earth received her frame.From everlasting thou art God,To endless years the same.

3Before the hills in order stood,

Or earth received her frame.

From everlasting thou art God,

To endless years the same.

4A thousand ages in thy sightAre like an evening gone;Short as the watch that ends the nightBefore the rising sun.

4A thousand ages in thy sight

Are like an evening gone;

Short as the watch that ends the night

Before the rising sun.

5Time, like an ever-rolling stream,Bears all its sons away;They fly, forgotten, as a dreamDies at the opening day.

5Time, like an ever-rolling stream,

Bears all its sons away;

They fly, forgotten, as a dream

Dies at the opening day.

6O God, our help in ages past,Our hope for years to come,Be thou our guide while life shall last,And our eternal home.Amen.

6O God, our help in ages past,

Our hope for years to come,

Be thou our guide while life shall last,

And our eternal home.Amen.

38.(68)1My country, ’tis of thee,Sweet land of liberty,Of thee I sing;Land where my fathers died,Land of the pilgrims’ pride,From every mountain-sideLet freedom ring.2My native country, thee,Land of the noble free.Thy name I love;I love thy rocks and rills.Thy woods and templed hills;My heart with rapture thrillsLike that above.3Let music swell the breeze,And ring from all the treesSweet freedom’s song;Let mortal tongues awake,Let all that breathe partake,Let rocks their silence break,The sound prolong.4Our fathers’ God, to thee,Author of liberty,To thee we sing;Long may our land be brightWith freedom’s holy light;Protect us by thy might,Great God, our King.Amen.

1My country, ’tis of thee,Sweet land of liberty,Of thee I sing;Land where my fathers died,Land of the pilgrims’ pride,From every mountain-sideLet freedom ring.

1My country, ’tis of thee,

Sweet land of liberty,

Of thee I sing;

Land where my fathers died,

Land of the pilgrims’ pride,

From every mountain-side

Let freedom ring.

2My native country, thee,Land of the noble free.Thy name I love;I love thy rocks and rills.Thy woods and templed hills;My heart with rapture thrillsLike that above.

2My native country, thee,

Land of the noble free.

Thy name I love;

I love thy rocks and rills.

Thy woods and templed hills;

My heart with rapture thrills

Like that above.

3Let music swell the breeze,And ring from all the treesSweet freedom’s song;Let mortal tongues awake,Let all that breathe partake,Let rocks their silence break,The sound prolong.

3Let music swell the breeze,

And ring from all the trees

Sweet freedom’s song;

Let mortal tongues awake,

Let all that breathe partake,

Let rocks their silence break,

The sound prolong.

4Our fathers’ God, to thee,Author of liberty,To thee we sing;Long may our land be brightWith freedom’s holy light;Protect us by thy might,Great God, our King.Amen.

4Our fathers’ God, to thee,

Author of liberty,

To thee we sing;

Long may our land be bright

With freedom’s holy light;

Protect us by thy might,

Great God, our King.Amen.


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