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Creator of the stars of night
Author: J. M. Neale, 1818-66 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 91 hymnals Topics: Office Hymn Used With Tune: ST. GREGORY Text Sources: Latin
Creator of the stars of night
From east to west, from shore to shore
Author: Caelius Sedulius, c. 450; John Ellerton, 1826-93 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 40 hymnals Topics: Office Hymn Lyrics: 1 From east to west, from shore to shore,
Let every heart awake and sing
The holy Child whom Mary bore,
The Christ, the everlasting King.
2 Behold, the world's creator wears
The form and fashion of a slave,
Our very flesh our Maker shares,
His fallen creature, man, to save.
3 For this how wondrously he wrought!
A maiden, in her lowly place,
Became, in ways beyond all thought,
The chosen vessel of his grace.
4 She bowed her to the angel's word
Declaring what the Father willed,
And suddenly the promised Lord
That pure and hallowed temple filled.
5 He shrank not from the oxen's stall,
He lay within the manger-bed,
And he whose bounty feedeth all,
At Mary's breast himself was fed.
6 And while the angels in the sky
Sang praise above the silent field,
To shepherds poor, the Lord most high,
The one great Shepherd was revealed.
7 All glory for that blessèd morn
To God the Father ever be,
All praise to thee, O Virgin-born,
All praise, blest Spirit, unto thee. Amen. Used With Tune: VOM HIMMEL HOCH
From east to west, from shore to shore
Rejoice, the year upon its way
Appears in 16 hymnals Topics: Office Hymn Used With Tune: FINNART Text Sources: Latin, 4th century; Revised by Editors
Rejoice, the year upon its way
Conquering Now and Still to Conquer
Author: Fanny J. Crosby, 1820-1915 Appears in 112 hymnals Topics: Christ Conqueror; Christ Kingly Office of; Christian warfare; Christians Triumph of; Courage; Hymns for Informal Occasions; Rest Refrain First Line: Not to the strong is the battle Lyrics: 1 Conquering now and still to conquer,
Rideth a King in his might,
Leading the host of all the faithful
Into the midst of the fight;
See them with courage advancing,
Clad in their brilliant array,
Shouting the name of their Leader,
Hear them exultingly say:
Refrain:
Not to the strong is the battle,
Not to the swift is the race,
Yet to the true and the faithful
Vict’ry is promised through grace.
2 Conquering now and still to conquer,
Who is this wonderful King?
Whence are the armies which He leadeth,
While of His glory they sing?
He is our Lord and Redeemer,
Saviour and Monarch divine;
They are the stars that forever
Bright in His kingdom shall shine. [Refrain]
3 Conquering now and still to conquer,
Jesus, thou Ruler of all,
Thrones and their scepters all shall perish,
Crowns and their splendor shall fall;
Yet shall the armies Thou leadest,
Faithful and true to the last,
Find in thy mansions eternal
Rest, when their warfare is past. [Refrain]
Scripture: Revelation 6:2 Used With Tune: [Conquering now and still to conquer]
Conquering Now and Still to Conquer
Saviour, Who Thy flock Art Feeding
Author: William Augustus Muhlenberg Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 370 hymnals Topics: Children's Hymns; Names and Office of Christ Shepherd Lyrics: 1 Saviour, who Thy flock art feeding,
With the shepherd's kindest care,
All the feeble gently leading,
While the lambs Thy bosom share,
Now, these little ones receiving,
Fold them in Thy gracious arm;
There, we know, Thy Word believing,
Only there secure from harm.
2 Never, from Thy pasture roving,
Let them be the lion's prey;
Let Thy tenderness, so loving,
Keep them through life's dangerous way.
Then within Thy fold eternal
Let them find a resting-place,
Feed in pastures ever vernal,
Drink the rivers of Thy grace.
Amen. Used With Tune: WESTON
Saviour, Who Thy flock Art Feeding
Father, we praise thee, now the night is over
Author: Percy Dearmer, 1867-1936 Appears in 82 hymnals Topics: Office Hymn Sunday morning Lyrics: 1 Father, we praise thee, now the night is over,
Active and watchful, stand we all before thee;
Singing we offer prayer and meditation:
Thus we adore thee.
2 Monarch of all things, fit us for thy mansions;
Banish our weakness, health and wholeness sending;
Bring us to heaven, where thy saints united
Joy without ending.
3 All-holy Father, Son and equal Spirit,
Trinity blessèd, send us thy salvation;
Thine is the glory, gleaming and resounding
Through all creation. Amen.
Used With Tune: NOCTE SURGENTES
Father, we praise thee, now the night is over
O Trinity of blessed light
Author: J. M. Neale, 1818-66 Appears in 49 hymnals Topics: Office Hymn Used With Tune: O LUX BEATA
O Trinity of blessed light
The royal banners forward go
Author: Venantius Fortunatus, 530-609; J. M. Neale, 1818-66 Appears in 134 hymnals Topics: Office Hymn Lyrics: 1 The royal banners forward go,
The Cross shines forth in mystic glow,
Where he in flesh, our flesh who made,
Our sentence bore, our ransom paid.
2 Where deep for us the spear was dyed,
Life's torrent rushing from his side,
To wash us in that precious flood,
Where mingled water flowed, and blood.
3 Fulfilled is all that David told
In true prophetic song of old,
The universal Lord is he,
Who reigns and triumphs from the tree.
4 O Tree of beauty, Tree of light,
O Tree with royal purple dight,
Elect on whose triumphal breast
Those holy limbs should find their rest!
5 On whose dear arms, so widely flung,
The weight of this world's ransom hung,
The price of humankind to pay
And spoil the spoiler of his prey.
6 O Cross, our one reliance, hail!
So may thy power with us prevail
To give new virtue to the saint,
And pardon to the penitent.
7 To thee, eternal Three in One,
Let homage meet by all be done:
Whom by thy Cross thou dost restore,
Preserve and govern evermore. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 96:10 Used With Tune: VEXILLA REGIS
The royal banners forward go
Come, thou Redeemer of the earth
Author: St Ambrose, 340-97 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 11 hymnals Topics: Office Hymn Lyrics: 1 Come, thou Redeemer of the earth,
And manifest thy virgin-birth:
Let every age adoring fall,
Such birth befits the God of all.
2 Begotten of no human will,
But of the Spirit, thou art still
The Word of God, in flesh arrayed,
The Saviour, now to man displayed.
3 *The virgin womb that burden gained
With virgin honour all unstained,
The banners there of virtue glow,
God in his temple dwells below.
4 *Forth from that chamber goeth he,
That royal home of purity,
A giant in twofold substance one,
Rejoicing now his course to run.
5 *From God the Father he proceeds,
To God the Father back he speeds,
Runs out his course to death and hell,
Returns on God’s high throne to dwell.
6 O equal to thy Father, thou!
Gird on thy fleshly mantle now,
The weakness of our mortal state
With deathless might invigorate.
7 Thy cradle here shall glitter bright,
And darkness glow with new-born light,
No more shall night extinguish day,
Where love's bright beams their power display.
8 O Jesu, Virgin-born, to thee
Eternal praise and glory be,
Whom with the Father we adore
And Holy Spirit, evermore. Amen. Used With Tune: PUER NOBIS NASCITUR
Come, thou Redeemer of the earth
O Christ, our hope, our hearts' desire
Author: John Chandler, 1808-76 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 56 hymnals Topics: Office Hymn Compline Lyrics: 1 O Christ, our hope, our hearts' desire,
Redemption's only spring;
Creator of the world art thou,
Its Saviour and its King.
2 How vast the mercy and the love
Which laid our sins on thee,
And led thee to a cruel death
To set thy people free.
3 But now the bonds of death are burst,
The ransom has been paid;
And thou art on thy Father's throne
In glorious robes arrayed.
4 O may thy mighty love prevail
Our sinful souls to spare;
O may we come before thy throne,
And find acceptance there!
5 O Christ, be thou our present joy,
Our future great reward;
Our only glory may it be
To glory in the Lord.
6 All praise to thee, ascended Lord;
All glory ever be
To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Through all eternity. Amen. Used With Tune: METZLER'S REDHEAD NO 66 Text Sources: Latin c. 8th century
O Christ, our hope, our hearts' desire
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