Wednesday, September 14, 2016

2016-2017 Calander

Sunday November 6, 3rd Sunday before Advent
Monday November 7
Tuesday November 8 The Octave Day of All Saints
Wednesday November 9
Thursday November 10
Friday November 11 Martinmas
Saturday November 12 (Bl Charles Simon, Priest)
Sunday November 13 2nd Sunday before Advent
Monday November 14 The Consecration of Samuel Seabury first American Bishop
Tuesday November 15
Wednesday November 16 (St. Margaret of Wessex, Queen of Scotland)
Thursday November 17 (St. Hugh of Lincoln, Bishop)
Friday November 18 (St. Hilda of Whitby, Abbes)
Saturday November 19 (St. Elizabeth of Hungary)
Sunday November 20 Sunday Next Before Advent (St. Edmund, King and Martyr)
Monday November 21 The Presentation of the BVM at the Temple
Tuesday November 22
Wednesday November 23 (St. Clement, Bishop)
Thursday November 24
Friday November 25
Saturday November 26
Sunday November 27 First Sunday in Advent
Monday November 28
Tuesday November 29 (Eve of St Andrew)
Wednesday November 30 St. Andrew, Apostle and Martyr
Thursday December 1
Friday December 2 (The Blessed Channing Moore Williams, Bishop and Missionary)
Saturday December 3
Sunday December 4 Second Sunday in Advent (St. Clement Of Alexandria, Priest)
Monday December 5 (St. John of Damascus, Priest)
Tuesday December 6 (St. Nicholas of Myra, Bishop)
Wednesday December 7 (Eve of the Conception of St. Mary the Virgin)
Thursday December 8 The Conception of St. Mary the Virgin
Friday December 9 St. Clement Of Alexandria, Priest (trans)
Saturday December 10
Sunday December 11 Third Sunday in Advent
Monday December 12
Tuesday December 13
Wednesday December 14 {Ember Day}
Thursday December 15
Friday December 16 O Sapientia {Ember Day}
Saturday December 17 O Adonai  {Ember Day}
Sunday December 18 Fourth Sunday in Advent,  O Radix Jesse   
Monday December 19 O Clavis David
Tuesday December 20 O Oriens
Wednesday December 21 St. Thomas, Apostle and Martyr, O Rex gentium 
Thursday December 22 O Emmanuel 
Friday December 23 O Virgo virginum
Saturday December 24 Eve of Christmas
Sunday December 25 The Nativity of Our Lord
Monday December 26 St Stephen the Martyr
Tuesday December 27 St John, Apostle and Evangelist
Wednesday December 28 The Holy Innocents
Thursday December 29 (St Thomas of Canterbury, Archbishop and Martyr)
Friday December 30 5th Day of Christmas
Saturday December 31 (St. Silvester)
Sunday January 1 First Sunday after Christmas / Feast of the Circumcision
Monday January 2
Tuesday January 3
Wednesday January 4
Thursday January 5 (Twelfth Night)/(Eve of the Epiphany)
Friday January 6 The Epiphany of our Lord
Saturday January 7
Sunday January 8 First Sunday after the Epiphany
Monday January 9
Tuesday January 10 (The Blessed William Laud, Archbishop and Martyr)
Wednesday January 11
Thursday January 12
Friday January 13 The Octave day of Epiphany
Saturday January 14 St. Hilary of Poitiers, Bishop and Confessor
Sunday January 15 Second Sunday after the Epiphany (The Bl. Thomas Bray, Priest and Missionary)
Monday January 16
Tuesday January 17 St Anthony of Egypt, Abbot (Eve of the Confession of St. Peter)
Wednesday January 18 The Confession of St Peter
Thursday January 19 (St. Wulfsan of Worcester, Bishop)
Friday January 20 (St. Fabian of Rome, Bishop and Martyr)
Saturday January 21 (St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr)
Sunday January 22 Third Sunday after the Epiphany (St. Vincent, Deacon and Martyr)
Monday January 23 (The Blessed Phillips Brooks, Bishop)
Tuesday January 24 St. Timothy, Bishop (Eve of the Conversion of St. Paul)
Wednesday January 25 The Conversion of St. Paul
Thursday January 26 St. Polycarp of Smyrna, Bishop and Martyr
Friday January 27 St. John Chrysostom, Bishop and Confessor
Saturday January 28
Sunday January 29 Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany
Monday January 30
Tuesday January 31
Wednesday February 1 St. Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr (Eve of the Purification)
Thursday February 2 The Purification of St. Mary the Virgin
Friday February 3 (St. Ansgarius, Archbishop and Apostle to the Danes and Swedes)
Saturday February 4 St. Cornelius the Centurion
Sunday February 5 Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany (The Martyrs of Japan)
Monday February 6 St. Titus, Bishop
Tuesday February 7
Wednesday February 8
Thursday February 9
Friday February 10
Saturday February 11
Sunday February 12 Septuagesima
Monday February 13
Tuesday February 14
Wednesday February 15 (The Blessed Thomas Bray, Priest and Missionary)
Thursday February 16
Friday February 17
Saturday February 18
Sunday February 19 Sexagesima
Monday February 20
Tuesday February 21
Wednesday February 22
Thursday February 23 (Eve of Saint Matthias)
Friday February 24 Saint Matthias, the Apostle and Martyr
Saturday February 25
Sunday February 26 Quinquagesima
Monday February 27 (The Blessed George Herbert, Priest)
Tuesday February 28
Wednesday March 1 Ash Wednesday
Thursday March 2 St David of Menevia, Bishop (trans.) (St. Chad of Lichfield, Bishop)
Friday March 3 (The Blessed John and Charles Wesley, Priests)
Saturday March 4
Sunday March 5 First Sunday in Lent
Monday March 6
Tuesday March 7 St. Perpetua and her Companions, Martyrs
Wednesday March 8 (St. Thomas of Aquinas, Friar) {Ember Day}
Thursday March 9 St. Gregory of Nyssa, Bishop
Friday March 10 {Ember Day}
Saturday March 11 {Ember Day}
Sunday March 12 Second Sunday in Lent (St. Gregory the Great, Bishop)
Monday March 13
Tuesday March 14
Wednesday March 15
Thursday March 16
Friday March 17 St. Patrick, Bishop and Apostle to the Irish
Saturday March 18 (St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop)
Sunday March 19 Third Sunday in Lent
Monday March 20 St. Joseph (trans.) (St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, Bishop)
Tuesday March 21 (The Bl. Thomas Ken, Bishop)
Wednesday March 22 (The Bl. James de Koven, Priest)
Thursday March 23 (St. Gregory the Illuminator, Bishop and Apostle to the Armenians)
Friday March 24 (Eve of the Annunciation)
Saturday March 25 The Annunciation to the BVM
Sunday March 26 Fourth Sunday in Lent
Monday March 27
Tuesday March 28
Wednesday March 29 (The Bl. John Keble, Priest)
Thursday March 30
Friday March 31 (The Blessed John Donne, Priest)
Saturday April 1 (The Bl. John Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest)
Sunday April 2 Fifth Sunday in Lent, Passion Sunday (St. Richard of Chester, Bishop)
Monday April 3
Tuesday April 4 St. Ambrose of Milan, Bishop
Wednesday April 5
Thursday April 6
Friday April 7
Saturday April 8 (The Bl. William Augistus Muhlenberg, Priest)
Sunday April 9 Palm Sunday
Monday April 10 Holy Monday
Tuesday April 11 Holy Tuesday
Wednesday April 12 Holy Wednesday
Thursday April 13 Maundy Thursday
Friday April 14 Good Friday
Saturday April 15 Holy Saturday
Sunday April 16 Easter Sunday
Monday April  17 Easter Monday
Tuesday April 18 Easter Tuesday
Wednesday April 19 Easter Wednesday
Thursday April 20 Easter Thursday
Friday April 21 Easter Friday
Saturday April 22 Easter Saturday
Sunday April 23 Low Sunday, the Octave of Easter
Monday April 24 St. Leo the Great, Bishop (trans.)
Tuesday April 25 St. Justin, Martyr (trans.)
Wednesday April 26 St. Anselm of Canterbury, Archbishop (trans) (Eve of St. Mark)
Thursday April 27 St. Mark the Evangelist, Bishop and Martyr (trans.)
Friday April 28
Saturday April 29
Sunday April 30 Third Sunday of Easter (St. Catharine of Siena, Virgin and Theologian)
(Eve of Ss. Philip and James)
Monday May 1   Ss. Philip and James, Apostles
Tuesday May 2 St. Athanasius, Archbishop and Confessor
Wednesday May 3
Thursday May 4 (St. Monica of Hippo)
Friday May 5
Saturday May 6
Sunday May 7 Fourth Sunday of Easter
Monday May 8
Tuesday May 9 St Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishop and Confessor
Wednesday May 10
Thursday May 11 (Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Bishops and Apostles to the Slavs)
Friday May 12
Saturday May 13
Sunday May 14 Fifth Sunday of Easter
Monday May 15
Tuesday May 16
Wednesday May 17
Thursday May 18
Friday May 19 (St. Dunstan of Canterbury, Archbishop)
Saturday May 20 (St. Alcuin of Tours, Abbot)
Sunday May 21 Sixth Sunday of Easter, Rogation Sunday
Monday May 22 {Rogation Day}
Tuesday May 23 {Rogation Day}
Wednesday May 24 {Rogation Day} (The Bl. Jackson Kemper, Bishop and Missionary)
Thursday May 25 The Feast of the Ascension (Eve of St. Augustine of Canterbury)
Friday May 26 St. Augustine of Canterbury, Archbishop and Apostle to the English
Saturday May 27 St. Bede the Venerable, Priest and Theologian
Sunday May 28 Ascension Sunday
Monday May 29
Tuesday May 30
Wednesday May 31 The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Thursday June 1
Friday June 2 The Martyrs of Lyons
Saturday June 3
Sunday June 4 Whitsunday
Monday June 5 St. Boniface, Archbishop and Apostle to the Germans
Tuesday June 6
Wednesday June 7 {Ember Day}
Thursday June 8
Friday June 9 (St Columbia, Abbot) {Ember Day}
Saturday June 10 The First Book of Common Prayer {Ember Day}
Sunday June 11 Trinity Sunday
Monday June 12 (Eve of St. Barnabas) (trans.)
Tuesday June 13 Saint Barnabas, Apostle and Martyr (trans.)
Wednesday June 14 St. Basil the Great, Bishop and Martyr
Thursday June 15 Corpus Christi
Friday June 16 (The Blessed Joseph Butler, Bishop)
Saturday June 17
Sunday June 18 First Sunday after Trinity (St Ephrem of Edessa, Deacon)
Monday June 19
Tuesday June 20
Wednesday June 21 (Eve of St. Alban)
Thursday June 22 St. Alban, Proto Martyr of the English
Friday June 23 (Eve of St. John the Baptist)
Saturday June 24 The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
Sunday June 25 Second Sunday after Trinity
Monday June 26
Tuesday June 27
Wednesday June 28 St. Irenaeus of Lyons, Bishop (Eve of Ss. Peter and Paul)
Thursday June 29 Ss. Peter and Paul, Apostles and Martyrs
Friday June 30
Saturday July 1 (Octave of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist)
Sunday July 2 Third Sunday after Trinity
Monday July 3 
Tuesday July 4 Independence Day
Wednesday July 5
Thursday July 6 (Octave of Ss. Peter and Paul)
Friday July 7
Saturday July 8
Sunday July 9 Fourth Sunday after Trinity
Monday July 10
Tuesday July 11 St. Benedict of Nursia
Wednesday July 12
Thursday July 13
Friday July 14
Saturday July 15
Sunday July 16 Fifth Sunday after Trinity
Monday July 17 (The Blessed William White, Bishop)
Tuesday July 18
Wednesday July 19
Thursday July 20
Friday July 21
Saturday July 22 Sixth Sunday after Trinity
Sunday July 23 St. Mary Magdalene, Disciple (trans.)
Monday July 24 (The Bl. Thomas A Kempis, Priest) (Eve of St. James)
Tuesday July 25 St James, Apostle and Martyr
Wednesday July 26 (Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Thursday July 27 (The Bl. William Reed Huntington, Priest)
Friday July 28 Ss. Mary and Martha of Bethany, Disciples
Saturday July 29
Sunday July 30 Seventh Sunday after Trinity (The Bl. William Wilberforce)
Monday July 31 St. Joseph of Arimathaea, Disciple
Tuesday August 1
Wednesday August 2
Thursday August 3
Friday August 4
Saturday August 5
Sunday August 6 Feast of the Transfiguration (Eighth Sunday after Trinity)
Monday August 7
Tuesday August 8 (St. Dominic, Friar)
Wednesday August 9
Thursday August 10 (St. Laurence, Deacon and Martyr)
Friday August 11
Saturday August 12 (St. Clair of Assisi, Abbes)
Sunday August 13 Ninth Sunday after Trinity (St. Hippolytus, Bishop and Martyr)
Monday August 14 (The Blessed Jeremy Taylor, Bishop) (Eve of the Dormition of St. Mary the Virgin)
Tuesday August 15 The Dormition of St. Mary the Virgin
Wednesday August 16
Thursday August 17
Friday August 18
Saturday August 19
Sunday August 20 Tenth Sunday After Trinity (St. Bernard of Clairvoux, Abbot)
Monday August 21
Tuesday August 22 Octave Day of the Dormition of St. Mary the Virgin
Wednesday August 23 (Eve of St. Bartholomew)
Thursday August 24 St. Bartholomew, Apostle and Martyr
Friday August 25 (St. Louis of France, King)
Saturday August 26
Sunday August 27 Eleventh Sunday after Trinity
Monday August 28 St. Augustine of Hippo, Bishop and Theologian
Tuesday August 29 (Beheading St. John the Baptist)
Wednesday August 30
Thursday August 31 St. Aidan of Lindisfarne, Bishop
Friday September 1
Saturday September 2
Sunday September 3 Twelfth Sunday After Trinity
Monday September 4
Tuesday September 5
Wednesday September 6
Thursday September 7 (Eve of the Nativity of St. Mary the Virgin)
Friday September 8 The Nativity of St. Mary the Virgin
Saturday September 9
Sunday September 10 Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
Monday September 11
Tuesday September 12 (The Blessed John Henry Hobart, Bishop)
Wednesday September 13 St. Cyprian of Carthage, Bishop and Martyr
Thursday September 14 The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Friday September 15
Saturday September 16 (St. Ninian of Galloway, Bishop)
Sunday September 17 Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity
Monday September 18
Tuesday September 19 St. Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop
Wednesday September 20 (The Bl. John Coleridge Paterson, Bishop and Martyr) (Eve of St. Mathew)
Thursday September 21 Saint Mathew, Apostle, Evangelist and Martyr
Friday September 22
Saturday September 23
Sunday September 24 Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity
Monday September 25 (St. Sergius of Radonezh, Abbott)
Tuesday September 26 (The Bl. Lancelot Andrews, Bishop)
Wednesday September 27
Thursday September 28 (Eve of St. Michael and All Angels)
Friday September 29 St. Michael and All Angels
Saturday September 30 St. Jerome, Priest and Monk
Sunday October 1 Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity
Monday October 2
Tuesday October 3
Wednesday October 4 St Francis of Assisi, Friar
Thursday October 5
Friday October 6 (The Bl. William Tyndale, Priest)
Saturday October 7
Sunday October 8 Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity
Monday October 9
Tuesday October 10
Wednesday October 11
Thursday October 12
Friday October 13 Our Lady of Walsingham
Saturday October 14
Sunday October 15 Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity (The Bl. Samuel Isaac Joseph Scherescewsky, Bishop)
Monday October 16 (The Bl. Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley, Bishops and Martyrs)
Tuesday October 17 (The Bl. Henry Martyn, Priest and Missionary) (Eve of St. Luke)
Wednesday October 18 St. Luke, Apostle, Evangelist and Martyr
Thursday October 19
Friday October 20
Saturday October 21
Sunday October 22 Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity
Monday October 23 St. James of Jerusalem, Bishop and Martyr
Tuesday October 24
Wednesday October 25
Thursday October 26 The Bl. Alfred the Great, King of Wessex
Friday October 27 (Eve of Ss. Simon and Jude)
Saturday October 28 Ss. Simon and Jude, Apostles and Martyrs
Sunday October 29 Twentieth Sunday after Trinity
Monday October 30 (The Bl. James Hannington and his Companions, Bishop and Martyrs)
Tuesday October 31 (Eve of All Saints Day)
Wednesday November 1 All Saints Day
Thursday November 2 All Souls Day
Friday November 3 (The Bl. Richard Hooker, Priest)
Saturday November 4 (St. Willibrord, Archbishop)
Sunday November 5 Twenty First Sunday after Trinity
Monday November 6
Tuesday November 7
Wednesday November 8 The Octave Day of All Saints
Thursday November 9
Friday November 10

Saturday November 11 St. Martin of Tours, Bishop

Friday, September 9, 2016

General Hymns: Praise to God 520-529

520
Give praise and glory unto God – J schutz / A Farlander and C Winfred trans

521
O worship the King all glorious above – R Grant

O worship the King,
all glorious above!
O gratefully sing
his power and his love!
Our shield and defender,
the Ancient of Days,
pavilioned in splendor,
and girded with praise.

O tell of his might!
O sing of his grace!
Whose robe is the light,
whose canopy space.
His chariots of wrath
the deep thunderclouds form,
and dark is his path
on the wings of the storm.

The earth, with its store
of wonders untold,
Almighty, thy power
hath founded of old,
hath 'stablished it fast
by a changeless decree,
and round it hath cast,
like a mantle, the sea.

Thy bountiful care,
what tongue can recite?
It breathes in the air;
it shines in the light;
it streams from the hills,
it descends to the plain,
and sweetly distills
in the dew and the rain.

Frail children of dust,
and feeble as frail,
in thee do we trust,
nor find thee to fail;
thy mercies, how tender!
How firm to the end!
Our Maker, Defender,
Redeemer, and Friend!

O measureless Might,
ineffable Love,
while angels delight
to worship thee above,
the humbler creation,
though feeble their lays,
with true adoration
shall all sing thy praise.

522
O God, our help in ages past – I Watts

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

Under the shadow of thy throne,
thy saints have dwelt secure;
sufficient is thine arm alone,
and our defense is sure.

Before the hills in order stood,
or earth received her frame,
from everlasting thou art God,
to endless years the same.

A thousand ages in thy sight
are like an evening gone;
short as the watch that ends the night
before the rising sun.

Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
bears all its sons away;
they fly, forgotten, as a dream
dies at the opening day.

O God, our help in ages past,
our hope for years to come,
be thou our guide while troubles last,
and our eternal home!

523
Let all the world in every corner sing – G Herbert

Let all the world in every corner sing, my God and King!
The heavens are not too high, his praise may thither fly,
the earth is not too low, his praises there may grow.
Let all the world in every corner sing, my God and King!

Let all the world in every corner sing, my God and King!
The church with psalms must shout, no door can keep them out;
but, above all, the heart must bear the longest part.
Let all the world in every corner sing, my God and King!

524
Lord of all being, throned afar – O Holmes

Lord of all being, throned afar,
thy glory flames from sun and star;
center and soul of every sphere,
yet to each loving heart how near!

Sun of our life, thy quickening ray
sheds on our path the glow of day;
star of our hope, thy softened light
cheers the long watches of the night.

Our midnight is thy smile withdrawn,
our noontide is thy gracious dawn,
our rainbow arch thy mercy's sign;
all, save the clouds of sin, are thine.

Lord of all life, below, above,
whose light is truth, whose warmth is love,
before thy ever-blazing throne
we ask no luster of our own.

Grant us thy truth to make us free,
and kindling hearts that burn for thee,
till all thy living altars claim
one holy light, one heavenly flame.

525
Songs of praise the angels sang – J Montgomery

Songs of praise the angels sang,
heaven with alleluias rang,
when creation was begun,
when God spoke and it was done.

Songs of praise awoke the morn
when the Prince of Peace was born;
songs of praise arose when he
captive led captivity.

Heaven and earth must pass away;
songs of praise shall crown that day;
God will make new heavens and earth;
songs of praise shall hail their birth.

And will man alone be dumb
till that glorious kingdom come?
No; the Church delights to raise
psalms and hymns and songs of praise.

Saints below, with heart and voice,
still in songs of praise rejoice,
learning here, by faith and love,
songs of praise to sing above.

Borne upon their latest breath,
songs of praise shall conquer death;
then, amidst eternal joy,
songs of praise their powers employ.

Hymns of glory, songs of praise,
Father, unto thee we raise,
Jesus, glory unto thee,
with the Spirit, ever be.

526
Lord of all majesty and might – J Mongomery

O bless the Lord, my soul!
His grace to thee proclaim!
And all that is within me join
to bless his holy Name!

O bless the Lord, my soul!
His mercies bear in mind!
Forget not all his benefits!
The Lord to thee is kind.

He will not always chide;
he will with patience wait;
his wrath is ever slow to rise
and ready to abate.

He pardons all thy sins,
prolongs thy feeble breath;
he healeth thine infirmities
and ransoms thee from death.

He clothes thee with his love,
upholds thee with his truth;
and like the eagle he renews
the vigor of thy youth.

Then bless his holy Name,
whose grace hath made thee whole,
whose loving-kindness crowns thy days:
O bless the Lord, my soul!

527
For the beauty of the earth – F Pierpoint

For the beauty of the earth,
for the beauty of the skies,
for the love which from our birth
over and around us lies,
Refrain:
Christ our God, to thee we raise
this our sacrifice of praise.

For the beauty of each hour
of the day and of the night,
hill and vale, and tree and flower,
sun and moon, and stars of light, Refrain

For the joy of ear and eye,
for the heart and brain's delight,
for the mystic harmony
linking sense to sound and sight, Refrain

For the joy of human love,
brother, sister, parent, child,
friends on earth, and friends above,
for all gentle thoughts and mild, Refrain

For each perfect gift of thine
to our race so freely given,
graces human and divine,
flowers of earth and buds of heaven, Refrain

For thy Bride that evermore
lifteth holy hands above,
offering up on every shore
this pure sacrifice of love, Refrain

For the martyrs' crown of light,
for thy prophets' eagle eye,
for thy bold confessors' might,
for the lips of infancy, Refrain

For thy virgins' robes of snow,
for thy maiden Mother mild,
for thyself, with hearts aglow,
Jesus,Victim undefiled, Refrain

528
When all thy mercies, O my God – J Addison

When all thy mercies, O my God,
my rising soul surveys,
transported with the view, I'm lost
in wonder, love and praise.

Thy Providence my life sustained,
and all my wants redressed,
while in the silent womb I lay,
and hung upon the breast.

To all my weak complaints and cries
thy mercy lent an ear,
ere yet my feeble thoughts had learned
to form themselves in prayer.

Unnumbered comforts to my soul
thy tender care bestowed,
before my infant heart conceived
from whom those comforts flowed.

When in the slippery paths of youth
with heedless steps I ran,
thine arm unseen conveyed me safe,
and led me up to man.

Through hidden dangers, toils, and deaths,
it gently cleared my way;
and through the pleasing snares of vice,
more to be feared than they.

O how shall words with equal warmth
the gratitude declare,
that glows within my ravished heart?
but thou canst read it there.

Thy bounteous hand with worldly bliss
hath made my cup run o'er;
and, in a kind and faithful Friend,
hath doubled all my store.

Ten thousand thousand precious gifts
my daily thanks employ;
nor is the last a cheerful heart
that tastes those gifts with joy.

When worn with sickness, oft hast thou
with health renewed my face;
and, when in sins and sorrows sunk,
revived my soul with grace.

Through every period of my life
thy goodness I'll pursue
and after death, in distant worlds,
the glorious theme renew.

When nature fails, and day and night
divide thy works no more,
my ever grateful heart, O Lord,
thy mercy shall adore.

Through all eternity to thee
a joyful song I'll raise;
for, oh, eternity's too short
to utter all thy praise!

529

The great Creator of the worlds – F B Tucker

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

General Hymns: Praise to God 510-519

510
From all that dwell below the skies – I Watts
From all that dwell below the skies,
let the Creator's praise arise!
Alleluia! alleluia!
Let the Redeemer's Name be sung
through every land, by every tongue!
Alleluia! alleluia! alleluia!
Alleluia! alleluia!

Eternal are thy mercies, Lord,
and truth eternal is thy word:
Alleluia! alleluia!
Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore
till suns shall rise and set no more.
Alleluia! alleluia! alleluia!
Alleluia! alleluia!

511
All people that on earth do dwell – W Kethe

All people that on earth do dwell,
sing to the Lord with cheerful voice:
him serve with mirth, his praise forth tell,
come ye before him and rejoice.

The Lord, ye know, is God indeed;
without our aid he did us make:
we are his folk, he doth us feed,
and for his sheep he doth us take.

O enter then his gates with praise,
approach with joy his courts unto;
praise, laud, and bless his Name always,
for it is seemly so to do.

For why? the Lord our God is good,
his mercy is for ever sure;
his truth at all times firmly stood,
and shall from age to age endure.

To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
the God whom heaven and earth adore,
from men and from the angel host
be praise and glory evermore.

512
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation – J Neander

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation!
O my soul, praise him, for he is thy health and salvation!
All ye who hear,
now to his temple draw near;
praise him in glad adoration.

Praise to the Lord, who over all things so wondrously reigneth,
shelters thee under his wings, yea, so gently sustaineth!
Hast thou not seen
how thy desires ever have been
granted in what he ordaineth?

Praise to the Lord, who doth prosper thy work and defend thee;
surely his goodness and mercy here daily attend thee.
Ponder anew
what the Almighty can do,
if with his love he befriend thee.

Praise to the Lord, who, when tempests their warfare are waging,
who, when the elements madly around thee are raging,
biddeth them cease,
turneth their fury to peace,
Whirlwinds and waters assuaging.

Praise to the Lord, who, when darkness of sin is abounding,
who, when the godless do triumph, all virtue confounding,
sheddeth his light,
chaseth the horrors of night,
saints with his mercy surrounding.

Praise to the Lord, O let all that is in me adore him!
All that hath life and breath, come now with praises before him.
Let the amen
sound from his people again,
gladly for all we adore him.

513
God, my King, thy might confessing – R Mant

God, my King, thy might confessing,
ever will I bless thy Name;
day by day thy throne addressing,
still will I thy praise proclaim.

Honor great our God befitteth;
who his majesty can reach?
Age to age his works transmitteth,
age to age his power shall teach.

They shall talk of all thy glory,
on thy might and greatness dwell,
speak of thy dread acts the story,
and thy deeds of wonder tell.

Nor shall fail from memory's treasure
works by love and mercy wrought,
works of love surpassing measure,
works of mercy passing thought.

Full of kindness and compassion,
slow to anger, vast in love,
God is good to all creation;
all his works his goodness prove.

All thy works, O Lord, shall bless thee:
thee shall thy saints adore:
King supreme shall they confess thee,
and proclaim thy sovereign power.

514
Joyful, joyful, we adore thee – H Van Dyke

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

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

Thou art giving and forgiving,
ever blessing, ever blessed,
wellspring of the joy of living,
ocean depth of happy rest!
Thou our Father, Christ our Brother,
all who live in love are thine;
teach us how to love each other,
lift us to the joy divine.

Mortals, join the mighty chorus,
which the morning stars began;
Father-love is reigning o'er us,
brother love binds man to man.
ever singing, march we onward,
victors in the midst of strife,
joyful music leads us sunward
in the triumph song of life.

515
Praise, my soul, the King of heaven – H Lyte

Praise, my soul, the King of heaven;
to his feet thy tribute bring;
ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,
evermore his praises sing:
Alleluia, alleluia!
Praise the everlasting King.

Praise him for his grace and favor
to our fathers in distress;
praise him still the same for ever,
slow to chide and swift to bless:
Alleluia, alleluia!
Glorious in his faithfulness.

Father-like, he tends and spares us;
well our feeble frame he knows;
in his hand he gently bears us,
rescues us from all our foes.
Alleluia, alleluia!
Widely yet his mercy flows.

Angels, help us to adore him;
ye behold him face to face;
sun and moon, bow down before him,
dwellers all in time and space.
Alleluia, alleluia!
Praise with us the God of grace.

516
Our God, to whom we turn – E Grubb

517
My God, how wonderful thou art – F Faber

My God, how wonderful thou art,
thy majesty how bright,
how beautiful thy mercy seat,
in depths of burning light!

How dread are thine eternal years,
O everlasting Lord,
by prostrate spirits day and night
incessantly adored!

How wonderful, how beautiful,
the sight of thee must be,
thine endless wisdom, boundless power,
and aweful purity!

O how I fear thee, living God,
with deepest, tenderest fears,
and worship thee with trembling hope
and penitential tears!

Yet I may love thee too, O Lord,
almighty as thou art,
for thou hast stooped to ask of me
the love of my poor heart.

No earthly father loves like thee,
no mother, e'er so mild,
bears and forbears as thou hast done
with me, thy sinful child.

Father of Jesus, love's reward,
what rapture it will be,
prostrate before thy throne to lie,
and gaze and gaze on thee!

518
The God of Abraham praise – T Olivers

The God of Abraham praise,
who reigns enthroned above;
Ancient of everlasting days,
and God of love;
Jehovah, great I AM,
by earth and heaven confessed:
I bow and bless the sacred Name
for ever blessed.

The God of Abraham praise,
at whose supreme command
from earth we rise, and seek the joys
at his right hand;
we all on earth forsake,
its wisdom, fame and power;
and him our only portion make,
our Shield and Tower.

The goodly land we see,
with peace and plenty blessed:
a land of sacred liberty
and endless rest;
there milk and honey flow,
and oil and wine abound,
and trees of life for ever grow,
with mercy crowned.

There dwells the Lord, our King,
the Lord, our Righteousness,
triumphant o'er the world and sin,
the Prince of Peace;
on Zion's sacred height
his kingdom he maintains,
and, glorious with his saints in light,
for ever reigns.

The God who reigns on high,
the great archangels sing,
and "Holy, holy, holy," cry,
"Almighty King!"
Who was and is the same,
and evermore shall be:
Jehovah, Father, great I AM,
we worship thee."

The whole triumphant host
give thanks to God on high;
"Hail, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost"
they ever cry;
hail, Abraham's God and mine;
I join the heavenly lays;
all might and majesty are thine,
and endless praise!

519
Praise to the living God – jewish doxology / M Landsberg and N Mann trans


Praise to the living God!
All praised be his Name
who was, and is, and is to be,
for aye the same.
The one eternal God
ere aught that now appears:
the first, the last, beyond all thought
his timeless years!

Formless, all lovely forms
declare his loveliness;
holy, no holiness of earth
can his express.
Lo, he is Lord of all.
Creation speaks his praise,
and everywhere above, below,
his will obeys.

His Spirit floweth free,
high surging where it will:
in prophet's word he spake of old:
he speaketh still.
Established is his law,
and changeless it shall stand,
deep writ upon the human heart,
on sea, on land.

Eternal life hath he
implanted in the soul;
his love shall be our strength and stay
while ages roll.
Praise to the living God!
All praised be his Name
who was, and is, and is to be,
for aye the same.

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

General Hymns: Praise to God 500-509

Praise to God
500
Praise the Lord, ye heavens, adore him – Foundling Hospital Collection

Praise the Lord! ye heavens adore him;
praise him angels in the height;
sun and moon, rejoice before him;
praise him, all ye stars of light.
Praise the Lord! for he hath spoken;
worlds his mighty voice obeyed;
laws which never shall be broken
for their guidance he hath made.

Praise the Lord! for he is glorious;
never shall his promise fail;
God hath made his saints victorious;
sin and death shall not prevail.
Praise the God of our salvation!
Hosts on high, his power proclaim;
heaven and earth, and all creation,
laud and magnify his Name.

501
Come, let us join our cheerful songs – I Watts

Come, let us join our cheerful songs
with angels round the throne.
ten thousand thousand are their tongues,
but all their joys are one.

"Worthy the Lamb that died," they cry,
"to be exalted thus!"
"Worthy the Lamb," our hearts reply,
"for he was slain for us!"

Jesus is worthy to receive
honor and power divine;
and blessings more than we can give,
be, Lord, forever thine.

Let all that dwell above the sky,
and air, and earth, and seas,
conspire to lift thy glories high,
and speak thine endless praise!

The whole creation join in one,
to bless the sacred Name
of him who sits upon the throne,
and to adore the Lamb.

502
Now thank we all our God – M Rinkart

Now 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 today.

O may this bounteous God
through all our life be near us,
with ever-joyful hearts
and blessèd peace to cheer us;
and keep us in his grace,
and guide us when perplexed,
and free us from all ills
in this world and the next.

All praise and thanks to God
the Father now be given,
the Son, and Holy Ghost,
supreme in highest heaven,
the one eternal God,
whom earth and heaven adore;
for thus it was, is now,
and shall be evermore.

503
God is Love: let heaven adore him – T Rees

504
Thy strong word did cleave the darkness – M Frantzmann

505
King of glory, King of peace – G Herbert

King of glory, King of peace,
I will love thee;
and that love may never cease,
I will move thee.
Thou hast granted my request,
thou hast heard me;
thou didst note my working breast,
thou hast spared me.

Wherefore with my utmost art
I will sing thee,
and the cream of all my heart
I will bring thee.
Though my sins against me cried,
thou didst clear me;
and alone, when they replied,
thou didst hear me.

Seven whole days, not one in seven,
I will praise thee;
in my heart, though not in heaven,
I can raise thee.
Small it is, in this poor sort
to enroll thee:
e'en eternity's too short
to extol thee.

506
Many and great, O God, are thy works – P Frazier

507
O worship the King all glorious above – R Grant

O worship the King,
all glorious above!
O gratefully sing
his power and his love!
Our shield and defender,
the Ancient of Days,
pavilioned in splendor,
and girded with praise.

O tell of his might!
O sing of his grace!
Whose robe is the light,
whose canopy space.
His chariots of wrath
the deep thunderclouds form,
and dark is his path
on the wings of the storm.

The earth, with its store
of wonders untold,
Almighty, thy power
hath founded of old,
hath 'stablished it fast
by a changeless decree,
and round it hath cast,
like a mantle, the sea.

Thy bountiful care,
what tongue can recite?
It breathes in the air;
it shines in the light;
it streams from the hills,
it descends to the plain,
and sweetly distills
in the dew and the rain.

Frail children of dust,
and feeble as frail,
in thee do we trust,
nor find thee to fail;
thy mercies, how tender!
How firm to the end!
Our Maker, Defender,
Redeemer, and Friend!

O measureless Might,
ineffable Love,
while angels delight
to worship thee above,
the humbler creation,
though feeble their lays,
with true adoration
shall all sing thy praise.

508
Before the Lord's eternal throne – I Watts

Before the Lord's eternal throne,
all nations, bow with holy joy;
know that the Lord is God alone,
he can create and can destroy.

His sovereign power, without our aid,
formed us and fashioned us of old;
and when like wandering sheep we strayed,
he brought us back into his fold.

We'll crowd your gates with thankful songs,
high as the heavens our voices raise;
and earth, with her ten thousand tongues,
shall fill your courts with joyful praise.

Wide as the world is your command,
vast as eternity your love;
firm as a rock your truth shall stand
when rolling years have ceased to move.

509
Before Jehovah's awful throne – I Watts


Before Jehovah's awful throne,
ye nations, bow with sacred joy;
know that the Lord is God alone;
he can create, and he destroy.

His sovereign power, without our aid,
made us of clay, and formed us men;
and when like wandering sheep we strayed,
he brought us to his fold again.

We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs,
high as the heavens our voices raise;
and earth, with her ten thousand tongues,
shall fill thy courts with sounding praise.

Wide as the world is thy command,
vast as eternity thy love;
firm as a rock thy truth must stand,
when rolling years shall cease to move.

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

General Hymns: The Holy Trinity

General Hymns
The Holy Trinity
489
Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty – R Heber
Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee.
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty,
God in three Persons, blessèd Trinity.

Holy, holy, holy! All 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.

Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide thee,
though the sinful human eye thy glory may not see,
only thou art holy; there is none beside thee,
perfect in power, in love, and purity.

Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
All thy works shall praise thy Name, in earth, and sky, and sea;
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty,
God in three Persons, blessèd Trinity.

490
Ancient of Days, who sittest throned in glory – W Doane
Ancient of Days, who sittest throned in glory,
to thee all knees are bent, all voices pray;
thy love has blessed the wide world's wondrous story
with light and life since Eden's dawning day.

O holy Father, who hast led thy children
in all the ages with the fire and cloud,
through seas dry-shod, through weary wastes bewildering
to thee in reverent love are hearts are bowed.

O holy Jesus, Prince of Peace and Savior,
to thee we owe the peace that still prevails,
stilling the rude wills of men's wild behavior,
and calming passion's fierce and stormy gales.

O Holy Ghost, the Lord and the Life-giver,
thine is the quickening power that gives increase:
from thee have flowed, as from a pleasant river,
our plenty, wealth, prosperity, and peace.

O Triune God, with heart and voice adoring,
praise we the goodness that doth crown our days;
pray we that thou wilt hear us, still imploring
thy love and favor, kept to us always.

491
O God, we praise thee, and confess –New Version of the Psalms of David, 1698
O God, we praise thee, and confess
that thou the only Lord
and everlasting Father art,
by all the earth adored.

To thee all angels cry aloud;
to thee the powers on high,
both cherubim and seraphim,
continually do cry:

O holy, holy, holy Lord,
whom heavenly hosts obey,
the world is with the glory filled
of thy majestic sway!

The apostles' glorious company,
and prophets crowned with light,
with all the martyrs' noble host,
thy constant praise recite.

The holy Church throughout the world,
O Lord, confesses thee,
that thou eternal Father art,
of boundless majesty.

492
Come, thou almighty King – Hymns for Social Worship
Come, thou almighty King,
help us thy Name to sing,
help us to praise!
Father all glorious,
over all victorious,
come and reign over us,
Ancient of Days!

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

Come, holy Comforter,
thy sacred witness bear
in this glad hour.
thou who almighty art,
now rule in every heart,
and ne'er from us depart,
Spirit of power!

To Thee, great One in Three,
Eternal praises be,
hence evermore.
Thy sovereign majesty
may we in glory see,
and to eternity
love and adore!

493
Holy God, we praise thy name – I Franz
Holy God, we praise thy Name;
Lord of all, we bow before thee!
All on earth thy scepter claim,
all in heaven above adore thee;
infinite thy vast domain,
everlasting is thy reign.

Hark! the loud celestial hymn
angel choirs above are raising,
cherubim and seraphim,
in unceasing chorus praising;
fill the heavens with sweet accord:
Holy, holy, holy, Lord.

Lo! the apostolic train
join the sacred Name to hallow;
prophets swell the loud refrain,
and the white robed martyrs follow;
and from morn to set of sun,
through the Church the song goes on.

Holy Father, Holy Son,
Holy Spirit, Three we name thee;
while in essence only One,
undivided God we claim thee;
and adoring bend the knee,
while we own the mystery.

494
Round the Lord in glory seated – R Mant
Round the Lord in glory seated,
cherubim and seraphim
filled his temple, and repeated
each to each the alternate hymn:
"Lord, thy glory fills the heaven,
earth is with its fulness stored;
unto thee be glory given,
holy, holy, holy Lord!"

Heav'n is still with glory ringing,
earth takes up the angels' cry,
"Holy, holy, holy," singing,
"Lord of Hosts, the Lord most high."
With his seraph train before Him,
with his holy church below,
thus conspire we to adore him,
bid we thus our anthem flow.

"Lord, thy glory fills the heaven,
earth is with its fulness stored;
unto thee be glory given,
holy, holy, holy Lord!"
Thus thy glorious Name confessing,
we adopt thine angels' cry,
"Holy, holy, holy," blessing
thee, the Lord of Hosts most high.

495
Holy Father, great Creator – A Griswold
Holy Father, great Creator,
source of mercy, love, and peace,
look upon the Mediator,
clothe us with his righteousness;
heavenly Father, heavenly Father,
through the Savior hear and bless.

Holy Jesus, Lord of glory,
whom angelic hosts proclaim,
while we hear thy wondrous story,
meet and worship in thy Name,
dear Redeemer, dear Redeemer,
in our hearts thy peace proclaim.

Holy Spirit, Sanctifier,
come with unction from above,
raise our hearts to raptures higher,
fill them with the Savior's love.
Source of comfort, Source of comfort,
cheer us with the Savior's love.

God the Lord, through every nation
let thy wondrous mercies shine.
In the song of thy salvation
every tongue and race combine.
Great Jehovah, Great Jehovah,
form our hearts and make them thine.

496
How wondrous great, how glorious bright – I Watts
How wondrous great, how glorious bright,
must our Creator be,
who dwells amidst the dazzling light
of vast infinity!

Our soaring spirits upwards rise
toward the celestial throne;
fain would we see the blessed Three,
and the Almighty One.

Our reason stretches all its wings,
and climbs above the skies;
but still how far beneath thy feet
our lowly reason lies!

While angels strain their nobler powers,
and sweep the immortal string,
in humble notes our faith adores
the great mysterious King.

497
Thou, whose almighty word – J Marriott
Thou, whose almighty word
chaos and darkness heard,
and took their flight;
hear us, we humbly pray,
and, where the Gospel day
sheds not its glorious ray,
let there be light!

Thou who didst come to bring
on thy redeeming wing
healing and sight,
heal to the sick in mind,
sight to the in-ly blind,
now to all humankind,
let there be light!

Spirit of truth and love,
life-giving holy Dove,
speed forth thy flight!
Move on the waters' face
bearing the gifts of grace,
and, in earth's darkest place,
let there be light!

Holy and blessèd Three,
glorious Trinity,
Wisdom, Love, Might;
boundless as ocean's tide,
rolling in fullest pride,
through the world far and wide,
let there be light!

498
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of hosts – C  Wordsworth
Holy, holy, holy, Lord
God of Hosts, eternal King,
by the heavens and earth adored!
Angels and archangels sing,
chanting everlastingly
to the blessèŠd Trinity.

Since by thee were all things made,
and in thee do all things live,
be to thee all honor paid,
praise to thee let all things give,
singing everlastingly
to the blessèŠd Trinity.

Thousands, tens of thousands, stand,
spirits blest, before thy throne,
speeding thence at thy command,
and, when thy behests are done,
singing everlastingly
to the blessèŠd Trinity.

Cherubim and seraphim
veil their faces with their wings;
eyes of angels are too dim
to behold the King of kings,
while they sing eternally
to the blessèŠd Trinity.

Thee apostles, prophets thee,
thee the noble martyr band,
praise with solemn jubilee;
thee, the church in every land;
singing everlastingly
to the blessèŠd Trinity.

Alleluia! Lord, to thee
Father, Son and Holy Ghost,
Three in One and One in Three,
join we with the heavenly host,
singing everlastingly
to the blessèŠd Trinity.

499
Holy Father, cheer our way – R Robinson

Holy Father, cheer our way
with thy love's perpetual ray;
grant us every closing day
light at evening time.

Holy Savior, calm our fears
when earth's brightness disappears;
grant us in our later years
light at evening time.

Holy Spirit, be thou nigh
when in mortal pains we lie;
grant us, as we come to die,
light at evening time.

Holy, blessèd Trinity,
darkness is not dark to thee;
those thou keepest always see
light at evening time.