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Great Is Thy Faithfulness

Author: Thomas O. Chisholm Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Appears in 184 hymnals Topics: Father and Creator First Line: Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father Lyrics: 1 Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father, there is no shadow of turning with thee; thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not; as thou hast been thou forever wilt be. Refrain: Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see; all I have needed thy hand hath provided; great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me! 2 Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest, sun, moon, and stars in their courses above join with all nature in manifold witness to thy great faithfulness, mercy, and love. [Refrain] 3 Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth, thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide; strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow, blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside! [Refrain] Scripture: Genesis 8:21-22 Used With Tune: FAITHFULNESS

I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord

Author: Timothy Dwight Appears in 1,323 hymnals Topics: Father and Creator Used With Tune: ST. THOMAS

We'Ve a Story To Tell To the Nations

Author: Colin Sterne Appears in 306 hymnals Topics: Father and Creator Refrain First Line: For the darkness shall turn to dawning Used With Tune: [We've a story to tell to the nations]

Come, Ye Thankful People, Come

Author: Henry Alford Appears in 727 hymnals Topics: Father and Creator Used With Tune: ST. GEORGE'S, WINDSOR

My God, I Thank Thee

Author: Adelaide A. Procter Appears in 222 hymnals Topics: Father and Creator First Line: My God, I thank Thee who hast made Used With Tune: WENTWORTH

O Beautiful For Spacious Skies

Author: Katherine Lee Bates Appears in 506 hymnals Topics: Father and Creator Used With Tune: MATERNA

At Length There Dawns the Glorious Day

Author: Ozora S. Davis Appears in 62 hymnals Topics: Father and Creator Used With Tune: ALL SAINTS NEW

O God, Our Help in Ages Past

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,239 hymnals Topics: Father and Creator Lyrics: 1 O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, our shelter from the stormy blast, and our eternal home! 2 Under the shadow of your throne your saints have dwelt secure; sufficient is your arm alone, and our defense is sure. 3 Before the hills in order stood or earth received its frame, from everlasting you are God, to endless years the same. 4 A thousand ages in your sight are like an evening gone, short as the watch that ends the night before the rising sun. 5 O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, remain our guard while life shall last, and our eternal home. Scripture: Psalm 33:20 Used With Tune: ST. ANNE

This Is My Father's World

Author: Maltbie Davenport Babcock; Mary Babcock Crawford Meter: 6.6.8.6 D Appears in 316 hymnals Topics: Father and Creator Lyrics: 1 This is my Father's world, and to my listening ears all nature sings and round me rings the music of the spheres. This is my Father's world; I rest me in the thought of rocks and trees, of skies and seas - his hand the wonders wrought. 2 This is my Father's world: O let us not forget that though the wrong is often strong, God is the ruler yet. He trusts us with his world, to keep it clean and fair - all earth and trees, all skies and seas, all creatures ev'rywhere. 3 This is my Father's world: he shines in all that's fair; in rustling grass I hear him pass - he speaks to me ev'rywhere. this is my Father's world: why should my heart be sad? The Lord is King, let heaven ring! God reigns; let earth be glad. Scripture: Genesis 1 Used With Tune: TERRA BEATA

Praise the Lord! You Heav'ns, Adore Him

Author: Edward Osler Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 752 hymnals Topics: Father and Creator Lyrics: 1 Praise the Lord! You heav'ns, adore him, praise him, angels in the height; sun and moon, rejoice before him; praise him, all you stars and light. Praise the Lord! for he has spoken; worlds his mighty voice obeyed; laws which never shall be broken for their guidance he has made. 2 Praise the Lord! For he is glorious; never shall his promise fail; God has made his saints victorious; sin and death shall not prevail. Praise the God of our salvation; hosts on high, his pow'r proclaim; heav'n and earth and all creation, praise and glorify his name. 3 Worship, honor, glory, blessing, Lord, we offer as our gift; young and old, your praise expressing, our glad songs to you we lift. All the saints in heav'n adore you; we would join their glad acclaim; as your angels serve before you, so on earth we praise your name. Scripture: 1 Chronicles 16:8-36 Used With Tune: HYFRYDOL Text Sources: St. 1, 2 "Foundling Hospital Collection" (c. 1796)