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Hail, thou once despised Jesus!
Author: John Bakewell, 1721 - 1819 Appears in 625 hymnals Topics: The Church Year Easter Eve Lyrics: 1 Hail, thou once despised Jesus!
Hail, thou Galilean King!
Thou didst suffer to release us;
Thou didst free salvation bring.
Hail, thou agonizing Saviour,
Bearer of our sin and shame!
By thy merits we find favor;
Life is given through thy Name.
2 Paschal Lamb, by God appointed,
All our sins on thee were laid;
By almighty love anointed,
Thou hast full atonement made.
All thy people are forgiven
Through the virtue of thy Blood;
Opened is the gate of heaven;
Peace is made 'twixt man and God. A-men.
3 Jesus, hail! enthroned in glory,
There forever to abide;
All the heavenly host adore thee
Seated at thy Father's side.
There for sinners thou art pleading,
There thou dost our place prepare,
Ever for us interceding,
Till in glory we appear.
4 Worship, honor, power, and blessing
Thou art worthy to receive;
Highest praises, without ceasing,
Meet it is for us to give.
Help, ye bright angelic spirits,
Bring your sweetest, noblest lays;
Help to sing our Saviour's merits,
Help to chant Immanuel's praise.
Amen. Used With Tune: CONQUEROR (O DURCHBRECHER)
Hail, thou once despised Jesus!
Children of the heavenly King
Author: John Cennick Appears in 1,181 hymnals Topics: Easter Eve Lyrics: 1 Children of the heavenly King,
As ye journey, sweetly sing;
Sing your Saviour's worthy praise,
Glorious in His works and ways.
2 We are travelling home to God,
In the way the fathers trod;
They are happy now, and we
Soon their happiness shall see.
3 O ye banished seed, be glad!
Christ our advocate is made;
Us to save, our flesh assumes;
Brother to our souls becomes.
4 Sing, ye little flock and blest:
You on Jesus' throne shall rest;
There your seat is now prepared
There your kingdom and reward.
5 Fear not, brethren, joyful stand
On the borders of your land;
Jesus Christ, your Father's Son,
Bids you undismayed go on.
6 Lord, obediently we go,
Gladly leaving all below;
Only Thou our Leader be,
And we still will follow Thee. Used With Tune: BEETHOVEN
Children of the heavenly King
Rest of the weary! Thou
Author: Solomon Frank; Miss Winkworth Meter: 6.6.10 Appears in 11 hymnals Topics: Easter Eve; Easter Eve Lyrics: 1 Rest of the weary! Thou
Thyself art resting now,
Where lowly in Thy sepulchre Thou liest;
From out her deathly sleep
My soul doth start, to weep
So sad a wonder, that Thou, Saviour, diest!
2 Thy bitter anguish o'er,
To this dark tomb they bore
Thee, Life of life--Thee, Lord of all creation!
The hollow rocky cave
Must serve Thee for a grave,
Who wast Thyself the Rock of our salvation!
3 O Prince of Life! I know
That when I too lie low,
Thou wilt at last my soul from death awaken;
And thus I will not shrink
From the grave's awful brink;
The heart that trusts in Thee shall ne'er be shaken.
4 To me the darksome tomb
Is but a narrow room,
Where I may rest in peace, from sorrow free.
Thy Death shall give me power
To cry in that dark hour,
O Death! O Grave! where is your victory?
5 The grave can naught destroy;
Only the flesh can die,
And e'en the body triumphs o'er decay:
Clothed by Thy wondrous might
In robes of dazzling light,
This flesh shall burst the grave at that Last Day.
6 My Jesus, day by day,
Help me to watch and pray,
Beside the tomb where in my heart Thou'rt laid.
Thy bitter Death shall be
My constant memory,
My guide at last into death's awful shade. Used With Tune: EASTER EVE
Rest of the weary! Thou
Come, let us join our cheerful songs
Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Appears in 1,000 hymnals Topics: The Church Year Easter Eve Lyrics: 1 Come, let us join our cheerful songs
With angels round the throne;
Ten thousand thousand are their tongues,
But all their joys are one.
2 'Worthy the Lamb that died,' they cry,
'To be exalted thus;'
'Worthy the Lamb,' our lips reply,
'For he was slain for us.'
3 Jesus is worthy to receive
Honor and power divine;
And blessings, more than we can give,
Be, Lord, for ever thine.
4 Let all creation join in one
To bless the sacred Name
Of him that sits upon the throne,
And to adore the Lamb. Used With Tune: CHEERFUL
Come, let us join our cheerful songs
Fairest Lord Jesus
Author: Anonymous Meter: 5.6.8.5.5.8 Appears in 571 hymnals Topics: Adoration; Christ Beauty of; Christ Life and Ministry; Worship; liturgical Songs of Response First Line: Fairest Lord Jesus, Ruler of all nature Lyrics: 1 Fairest Lord Jesus,
ruler of all nature,
O thou of God and man the Son,
Thee will I cherish,
Thee will I honor,
thou, my soul's glory, joy, and crown.
2 Fair are the meadows,
fairer still the woodlands,
robed in the blooming garb of spring:
Jesus is fairer,
Jesus is purer
who makes the woeful heart to sing.
3 Fair is the sunshine,
fairer still the moonlight,
and all the twinkling starry host:
Jesus shines brighter,
Jesus shines purer
than all the angels heaven can boast.
4 Beautiful Savior!
Lord of all the nations!
Son of God and Son of Man!
Glory and honor,
praise, adoration,
now and forevermore be thine.
United Methodist Hymnal, 1989
Text Sources: German: 17th Century
Fairest Lord Jesus
Beneath the Cross of Jesus I fain would take my stand
Author: Elizabeth C. Clephane, 1830 - 69 Appears in 523 hymnals Topics: The Church Year Easter Eve Lyrics: 1 Beneath the Cross of Jesus
I fain would take my stand;
The shadow of a mighty rock
Within a weary land;
A home within a wilderness,
A rest upon the way,
From the burning of the noontide heat
And burdens of the day.
2 Upon that Cross of Jesus,
Mine eyes at times can see
The very dying form of One
Who suffered there for me;
And from my smitten heart, with tears,
Two wonders I confess:
The wonders of his glorious love,
And my own worthlessness.
3 I take, O Cross, thy shadow
For my abiding-place;
I ask no other sunshine than
The sunshine of his face:
Content to let the world go by,
To know no gain nor loss,
My sinful self my only shame,
My glory all, the Cross. Used With Tune: ST. CHRISTOPHER
Beneath the Cross of Jesus I fain would take my stand
Lord, it belongs not to my care
Author: Richard Baxter Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 258 hymnals Topics: Easter Eve Lyrics: 1 Lord, it belongs not to my care
Whether I die or live;
To love and serve Thee is my share,
And this Thy grace must give.
If life be long, I will be glad
That I may long obey;
If short, yet why should I be sad
To soar to endless day?
2 Christ leads me through no darker rooms
Than He went through before:
He that into God's kingdom comes
Must enter by this door.
Come, Lord, when grace has made me meet
Thy blessed face to see;
For if Thy work on earth be sweet,
What will Thy glory be?
3 Then I shall end my sad complaints,
And weary sinful days,
And join with the triumphant saints,
That sing Jehovah's praise.
My knowledge of that Life is small,
The eye of faith is dim;
But 'tis enough that Christ knows all,
And I shall be with Him. Used With Tune: OLD 137TH PSALM
Lord, it belongs not to my care
For all the saints
Author: William Walsham How, 1823-1897 Meter: 10.10.10.4 Appears in 570 hymnals Topics: Years A, B, and C Easter Eve First Line: For all the saints who from their labors rest Lyrics: 1 For all the saints who from their labours rest,
who thee by faith before the world confessed,
thy name, O Jesus, be for ever blest.
Alleluia, alleluia!
2 Thou wast their rock, their fortress and their might;
thou, Lord, their captain in the well-fought fight;
thou, in the darkness drear their one true light. Alleluia, alleluia!
3 O may thy soldiers, faithful, true and bold,
fight as the saints who nobly fought of old,
and win, with them, the victor's crown of gold.
Alleluia, alleluia!
4 O blest communion! fellowship divine!
we feebly struggle, they in glory shine;
yet all are one in thee, for all are thine.
Alleluia! alleluia!
5 And when the strife is fierce, the warfare long,
steals on the ear the distant triumph-song,
and hearts are brave again, and arms are strong. Alleluia! alleluia!
6 The golden evening brightens in the west;
soon, soon to faithful warriors cometh rest;
sweet is the calm of paradise the blest.
Alleluia! alleluia!
7 But lo! There breaks a yet more glorious day;
the saints triumphant rise in bright array:
the King of glory passes on his way.
Alleluia, alleluia.
8 From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest coast,
through gates of pearl streams in the countless host,
singing to Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
Alleluia, alleluia. Scripture: 2 Samuel 22:2 Used With Tune: SINE NOMINE
For all the saints
Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep
Author: Margaret Mackay Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1,057 hymnals Topics: Easter Eve Lyrics: 1 Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep,
From which none ever wakes to weep;
A calm and undisturbed repose,
Unbroken by the last of foes.
2 Asleep in Jesus! O how sweet
To be for such a slumber meet;
With holy confidence to sing
That Death has lost its venomed sting!
3 Asleep in Jesus! peaceful rest,
Whose waking is supremely blest:
No fear, no woe, shall dim that hour
That manifests the Saviour's power.
4 Asleep in Jesus! O, for me
May such a blissful refuge be:
Securely shall my ashes lie,
And wait the summons from on high.
Used With Tune: ST. DROSTANE
Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep
Christ, whose glory fills the skies
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-88 Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 475 hymnals Topics: Easter Eve Lyrics: 1 Christ, whose glory fills the skies,
Christ the true, the only light,
sun of righteousness, arise,
triumph over shades of night;
dayspring from on high, be near;
day-star, in my heart appear.
2 Dark and cheerless is the morn
if you seem not close to me;
joyless is the day's return,
till your mercy's beams I see,
till they inward light impart,
glad my eyes, and warm my heart.
3 Visit then this soul of mine;
pierce the gloom of sin and grief;
fill me, radiancy divine;
scatter all my unbelief;
more and more yourself display,
shining to the perfect day. Scripture: 2 Peter 1:19-21 Used With Tune: HEATHLANDS
Christ, whose glory fills the skies
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