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Rejoice, All Ye Believers

Author: Laurentius Laurenti (1666-1722) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 335 hymnals Topics: Warning Message Expectation and Hope of Christ's Coming First Line: Rejoice, all ye believers! Lyrics: 1 Rejoice, all ye believers! And let your lights appear; The evening is advancing, And darker night is near. The Bridegroom is arising, And soon He will draw nigh; Up! pray, and watch, and wrestle! At midnight comes the cry. 2 See that your lamps are burning; Replenish them with oil; And wait for your salvation, The end of earthly toil. The watchers on the mountain Proclaim the Bridegroom near, Go meet Him as He cometh, With Alleluias clear. 3 Ye saints, who here in patience Your cross and suff'rings bore, Shall live and reign forever, When sorrow is no more: Around the throne of glory The Lamb ye shall behold, In triumph cast before Him Your diadems of gold. 4 Our hope and expectation, O Jesus, now appear; Arise, Thou Sun so longed for, O'er this benighted sphere. With hearts and hands uplifted, We plead, O Lord, to see The day of earth's redemption That brings us unto Thee. Scripture: Matthew 25:4 Used With Tune: NEVER ALONE

O Christ, Our Hope, Our Heart's Desire

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 56 hymnals Topics: Names and Office of Christ Hope and Expectation Lyrics: 1 O Christ, our Hope, our heart's Desire, Maker and God of all, The Word in latter days made flesh, Redeemer from the fall! 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 bands 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 fine 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! Amen. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:29-31 Used With Tune: ST. ANNE Text Sources: Latin, 7th or 8th Century.

The Church's One Foundation

Author: Samuel J. Stone Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 859 hymnals Topics: Church, The Church Expectant Lyrics: 1 The Church's one Foundation Is Jesus Christ her Lord; She is His new creation By water and the word: From heaven He came and sought her To be His holy Bride; With His own blood He bought her, And for her life He died. 2 Elect from every nation, Yet one o'er all the earth, Her charter of salvation One Lord, one faith, one birth; One holy name she blesses, Partakes one holy food, And to one hope she presses, With every grace endued. 3 'Mid toil and tribulation, And tumult of her war, She waits the consummation Of peace forevermore; Till with the vision glorious, Her longing eyes are blest, And the great Church victorious Shall be the Church at rest. 4 Yet she on earth hath union With God the Three in One, And mystic sweet communion With those whose rest is won: O happy ones and holy! Lord, give us grace that we, Like them, the meek and lowly, On high may dwell with Thee. Amen. Scripture: Acts 20:28 Used With Tune: AURELIA

Spirit Divine, Attend Our Prayers

Author: Andrew Reed Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 393 hymnals Topics: Church, The Church Expectant Lyrics: 1 Spirit divine, attend our prayers, And make this house Thy home; Descend with all Thy gracious powers; O come, great Spirit, come! 2 Come as the light: to us reveal Our emptiness and woe; And lead us in those paths of life Where all the righteous go. 3 Come as the fire: and purge our hearts Like sacrificial flame; Let our whole soul an offering be To our Redeemer's name. 4 Come as the dove: and spread Thy wings, The wings of peaceful love; And let Thy Church on earth become Blest as the Church above. 5 Spirit divine, attend our prayers; Make a lost world Thy home; Descend with all Thy gracious powers; O come, great Spirit, come! Amen. Scripture: Psalm 51:10-11 Used With Tune: GRÄFENBERG

Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow

Author: Bernhard S. Ingemann; Sabine Baring-Gould Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 317 hymnals Topics: Church, The Church Expectant Lyrics: 1 Through the night of doubt and sorrow Onward goes the pilgrim band, Singing songs of expectation, Marching to the Promised Land: Clear before us through the darkness Gleams and burns the guiding Light; Brother clasps the hand of brother, Stepping fearless through the night. 2 One the light of God's own presence O'er His ransomed people shed, Chasing far the gloom and terror, Brightening all the path we tread; One the object of our journey, One the faith which never tires, One the earnest looking forward, One the hope our God inspires; 3 One the strain that lips of thousands Lift as from the heart of one, One the conflict, one the peril, One the march in God begun; One the gladness of rejoicing On the far eternal shore, Where the One Almighty Father Reigns in love forevermore. 4 Onward, therefore, pilgrim brothers, Onward, with the cross our aid; Bear its shame, and fight its battle, Till we rest beneath its shade; Soon shall come the great awaking, Soon the rending of the tomb, Then the scattering of all shadows And the end of toil and gloom. Amen. Scripture: Ephesians 4:4-6 Used With Tune: ST. ASAPH

Let saints on earth in concert sing

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 175 hymnals Topics: The Church Expectant Used With Tune: DUNDEE

Christ the Lord Is Risen To-day

Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 87 hymnals Topics: Names and Office of Christ Hope and Expectation First Line: Christ the Lord is ris'n today Lyrics: 1 Christ the Lord is ris'n to-day, Christians, haste your vows to pay, Offer ye your praises meet, At the Paschal Victim's feet. For the sheep the Lamb hath bled, Sinless, in the sinner's stead; "Christ is ris'n," to-day we cry; Now He lives, no more to die. 2 Christ, the Victim undefiled, Man to God hath reconciled, Whilst in strange and awful strife Met together Death and Life. Christians, on this happy day, Haste with joy your vows to pay; "Christ is risen," to-day we cry; Now He lives, no more to die. 3 Christ, who once for sinners bled, Now the First-born from the dead, Throned in endless might and power Lives and reigns for evermore. Hail, eternal Hope on high! Hail, Thou King of victory! Hail, Thou Prince of Life adored! Help and save us, gracious Lord. Amen. Used With Tune: ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR Text Sources: Based on the Latin, 12th Century.

There Is a Higher Throne

Author: Keith Getty; Kristyn Lennox Getty Meter: 6.6.8.4 D with refrain Appears in 6 hymnals Topics: Expectation; Expectation Refrain First Line: Hear heaven's voices sing Scripture: Revelation 7:11-12 Used With Tune: HIGHER THRONE

God Is Our Refuge and Our Strength

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 22 hymnals Topics: Church, The Church Expectant Lyrics: 1 God is our Refuge and our Strength, Our ever-present aid, And, therefore, though the earth remove, We will not be afraid; 2 Though hills amidst the seas be cast, Though foaming waters roar, Yea, though the mighty billows shake The mountains on the shore. 3 A river flows whose streams make glad The city of our God, The holy place wherein the Lord Most High has His abode; 4 Since God is in the midst of her, Unmoved her walls shall stand, For God will be her early help, When trouble is at hand. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 46 Used With Tune: WINCHESTER OLD Text Sources: The Psalter, 1872, alt.