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Come, thou long-expected Jesus
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-88 Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 749 hymnals Topics: The Christian Year Advent Lyrics: 1 Come, thou long-expected Jesus,
Born to set thy people free,
From our fears and sins release us,
Let us find our rest in Thee.
2 Israel's strength and consolation,
Hope of all the earth thou art,
Dear desire of every nation,
Joy of every longing heart.
3 Born thy people to deliver,
Born a child and yet a king,
Born to reign in us for ever,
Now thy gracious kingdom bring.
4 By Thine own eternal Spirit,
Rule in all our hearts alone;
By thine all-sufficient merit
Raise us to thy glorious throne. Used With Tune: CROSS OF JESUS
Come, thou long-expected Jesus
Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding
Author: E. Caswell Appears in 133 hymnals Topics: The Christian Year Advent Lyrics: 1 Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding;
"Christ is nigh," it seems to say;
"Cast away the works of darkness,
O ye children of the day."
2 Waken'd by the solemn warning,
Let the earth bound soul arise;
Christ, her Sun, all sloth dispeling,
Shines upon the morning skies.
3 Lo! the Lamb, so long expected,
Comes with pardon down from heaven;
Let us haste, with tears of sorrow,
One and all to be forgiven.
4 So when next He comes with glory,
Wrapping all the world in fear,
May He with His mercy shield us,
And with words of love draw near. Used With Tune: MERTON
Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding
Thy kingdom come, O God
Author: Lewis Hensley, 1824-1905 Meter: 6.6.6.6 Appears in 129 hymnals Topics: The Christian Year Advent Lyrics: 1 Thy kingdom come, O God,
Thy rule, O Christ, begin;
Break with thy iron rod
The tyrannies of sin.
2 Where is thy reign of peace
And purity and love?
When shall all hatred cease,
As in the realms above?
3 When comes the promised time
That war shall be no more,
And lust, oppression, crime,
Shall flee thy face before?
4 We pray thee Lord, arise,
And come in thy great might;
Revive our longing eyes,
Which languish for thy sight.
5 O'er lands both near and far
Thick darkness broodeth yet:
Arise, O morning Star,
Arise, and never set. Used With Tune: ST CECILIA
Thy kingdom come, O God
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Oh ven, oh ven, Rey Emanuel)
Author: Federico J. Pagura, 1923-2016; Dimas Planas-Belfort, 1834-1992; Alfred Ostrom, 1868-194 Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain Appears in 509 hymnals Topics: Christian Year Advent Refrain First Line: Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel (Vendrá, vendrá, Rey Emanuel) Scripture: Numbers 24:17 Used With Tune: VENI EMMANUEL Text Sources: Psalteriolum Cantionum Catholicarum, Köln, 1710; English tr. composite
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Oh ven, oh ven, Rey Emanuel)
Hail to God's Own Anointed
Author: James Montgomery Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 843 hymnals Topics: The Christian Year Advent; Christian Year Advent Lyrics: 1 Hail to God's own anointed,
great David's greater Son!
Hail, in the time appointed,
God's reign on earth begun!
Christ comes to break oppression,
to set the captive free;
to take away transgression,
and rule in equity.
2 Christ comes with justice surely
to those who suffer wrong,
to help the poor and needy,
and bid the weak be strong,
to give them songs for sighing,
their darkness turn to light,
whose souls, condemned and dying,
are precious in his sight.
3 Christ shall come down like showers
upon the fruitful earth,
and love, joy, hope, like flowers,
spring in his path to birth.
Before him on the mountains
shall peace, the herald, go,
and righteousness in fountains
from hill to valley flow.
4 To him shall prayer unceasing
and daily vows ascend,
his kingdom still increasing,
a kingdom without end.
The tide of time shall never
his covenant remove.
His name shall stand for ever:
that name to us is Love.
Used With Tune: CRÜGER
Hail to God's Own Anointed
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Lorsque les mortels, en silence frémiront)
Author: Gerard Moultrie; G. de Lioncourt Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 172 hymnals Topics: Christian Year Advent Lyrics: 1 Let all mortal flesh keep silence,
and with awe and reverence stand;
ponder nothing earthly minded,
for with blessing in his hand
Christ our God to us approacheth
our full homage to demand.
2 King of kings, yet born of Mary,
as of old on earth he stood,
Lord of lords, in human vesture,
in the body and the blood,
he will give to all the faithful
his own self for heavenly food.
3 Rank on rank the host of heaven
spreads its vanguard on the way.
as the Light of light descendeth
from the realms of endless day,
that the powers of hell may vanish
as the darkness clears away.
4 At his feet the six-winged seraph;
cherubim with sleepless eye
veil their faces to the presence,
as with ceaseless voice they cry,
Hallelujah, hallelujah,
hallelujah, Lord Most High! Used With Tune: PICARDY Text Sources: Liturgy of St. James
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Lorsque les mortels, en silence frémiront)
Comfort, Comfort Ye My People
Author: Johannes Olearius; Catherine Winkworth Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7.8.8 Appears in 126 hymnals Topics: Christian Year-Advent Lyrics: 1 Comfort, comfort ye my people,
speak ye peace, thus saith our God;
comfort those who sit in darkness,
mourning 'neath their sorrows' load.
Speak ye to Jerusalem
of the peace that waits for them;
tell her that her sins I cover,
and her warfare now is over.
2 Hark, the voice of one that crieth
in the desert far and near,
bidding all to true repentance
since the kingdom now is here.
O that warning cry obey!
Now prepare for God a way;
let the valleys rise to meet Him,
and the hills bow down to greet Him.
3 Make ye straight what long was crooked,
make the rougher places plain;
let your hearts be true and humble,
as befits His holy reign.
For the glory of the Lord
now o'er earth is shed abroad;
and all flesh shall see the token
that His word is never broken. Scripture: Isaiah 40:1-5 Used With Tune: PSALM 42
Comfort, Comfort Ye My People
Hark the glad sound! the Saviour comes
Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-51 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 820 hymnals Topics: The Christian Year Advent Lyrics: 1 HARK the glad sound! The Saviour comes,
The Saviour promised long!
Let every heart prepare a throne,
And every voice a song.
2 He comes the prisoners to release
In Satan's bondage held;
The gates of brass before him burst,
The iron fetters yield.
3 He comes the broken heart to bind,
The bleeding soul to cure,
And with the treasures of his grace
Enrich the humble poor.
4 Our glad hosannas, Prince of peace,
Thy welcome shall proclaim,
And heaven's eternal arches ring
With thy belovèd name. Used With Tune: BRISTOL
Hark the glad sound! the Saviour comes
'Thy kingdom come!'– on bended knee
Author: Frederick Lucian Hosmer (1840-1929) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 102 hymnals Topics: Christian Year Advent Lyrics: 1 'Thy kingdom come!'– on bended knee
the passing ages pray;
and faithful souls have yearned to see
on earth that kingdom's day.
2 But the slow watches of the night
not less to God belong;
and for the everlasting right
the silent stars are strong.
3 And lo, already on the hills
the flags of dawn appear;
gird up your loins, ye prophet souls,
proclaim the day is near:
4 The day in whose clear-shining light
all wrong shall stand revealed,
when justice shall be throned with might,
and every heart be healed:
5 When knowledge, hand in hand with peace,
shall walk the earth abroad,
the day of perfect righteousness,
the promised day of God. Scripture: 2 Peter 1:19 Used With Tune: IRISH
'Thy kingdom come!'– on bended knee
On Jordan's Bank
Author: Charles Coffin; John Chandler Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 230 hymnals Topics: Christian Year Advent First Line: On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry Lyrics: 1 On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry
announces that the Lamb is nigh;
awake and hearken, for he brings
glad tidings of the King of Kings.
2 Then cleansed be every breast from sin;
make straight the way for God within;
and let each heart prepare a home
where such a mighty guest may come.
3 In you, we find abundant life,
our refuge in the midst of strife;
without your grace we waste away
like flowers that wither and decay.
4 Stretch forth your hand, our health restore,
and help us rise to fall no more.
O let your face upon us shine,
and fill the world with love divine.
5 All praise to you, eternal Son,
whose advent has our freedom won;
and praise to God whom we adore,
with Holy Spirit evermore. Used With Tune: WINCHESTER NEW Text Sources: Latin
On Jordan's Bank
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