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Oh, Worship the King
Author: Robert Grant, 1779-1838 Meter: 10.10.11.11 Appears in 1,142 hymnals Topics: Beginning of Service; Praise, Adoration; Worship First Line: Oh, worship the King, all-glorious above Lyrics: 1 Oh, worship the King, all-glorious above.
Oh, gratefully sing his pow'r and his love;
Our shield and defender, the Ancient of Days,
Pavilioned in splendor, and girded with praise.
2 Oh, tell of his might; oh, sing of his grace,
Whose robe is the light, whose canopy space;
His chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form,
And dark is his path on the wings of the storm.
3 The earth with its store of wonders untold,
Almighty, your pow'r has founded of old;
Established it fast by a changeless decree,
And round it has cast, like a mantle, the sea.
4 Your bountiful care what tongue can recite?
It breathes in the air, it shines in the light,
It streams from the hills, it descends to the plain,
And sweetly distills in the dew and the rain.
5 Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail,
In you do we trust, nor find you to fail;
Your mercies, how tender, how firm to the end,
Our maker, defender, redeemer, and friend.
6 O measureless Might, ineffable love,
While angels delight to hymn you above,
The humbler creation, though feeble their lays,
With true adoration shall sing to your praise. Used With Tune: HANOVER
Oh, Worship the King
Come, Thou Almighty King
Author: Anonymous; Compiler Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 1,791 hymnals Topics: Beginning of Worship Prayer for the Presence of God Scripture: Zechariah 14:9 Used With Tune: ITALIAN HYMN
Come, Thou Almighty King
The Lord Is in His Holy Temple
Meter: 9.10 Appears in 98 hymnals Topics: Beginning of Worship Recognition, Consciousness of the Presence of God Lyrics: The Lord is in His holy temple;
Let all the earth keep silence before Him.
Amen. Scripture: Habakkuk 2:20 Used With Tune: THE LORD IS IN HIS HOLY TEMPLE (Anon.)
The Lord Is in His Holy Temple
UNSER HERRSCHER
Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7 Appears in 262 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Joachim Neander; John Dykes Bower Topics: Beginning of Worship Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 12313 45517 65322 Used With Text: Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty
UNSER HERRSCHER
GROSSER GOTT
Meter: 7.8.7.8.7.7 Appears in 223 hymnals Topics: Beginning of Worship Tune Sources: Katholisches Gesangbuch (1774) (melody) Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 11171 23213 33235 Used With Text: Holy God, We Praise Your Name
GROSSER GOTT
O Worship the King
Author: Sir Robert Grant Hymnal: Rejoice in the Lord #2 (1985) Meter: 5.5.5.5.6.5.6.5 Topics: Beginning of Worship Lyrics: 1 O worship the King,
all-glorious above,
O gratefully sing
his power and his love;
our shield and defender,
the Ancient of Days,
pavilioned in splendor,
and girded with praise.
2 O tell of his might,
O sing of his grace,
whose robe is the light,
whose canopy, space.
His chariots of wrath
the deep thunderclouds form,
and dark is his path
on the wings of the storm.
3 This earth with its store
of wonders untold,
Almighty, thy power
hath founded of old;
hath 'stablished it fast
by a changeless decree,
and round it hath cast,
like a mantle, the sea.
4 Thy bountiful care
what tongue can recite?
It breathes in the air,
it shines in the light;
it streams from the hills,
it descends to the plain,
and sweetly distills
in the dew and the rain.
5 Frail children of dust,
and feeble as frail,
in thee do we trust,
nor find thee to fail;
thy mercies how tender,
how firm to the end!
Our maker, defender,
redeemer, and friend.
6 O measureless Might,
ineffable love!
While angels delight
to hymn thee above,
thy humbler creation,
though feeble their lays,
with true adoration
shall sing to thy praise.
Scripture: Psalm 104:1-5 Languages: English Tune Title: HANOVER
O Worship the King
We Gather Together to Ask the Lord's Blessing
Author: Theodore Baker Hymnal: Rejoice in the Lord #63 (1985) Meter: 12.11.12.11 Topics: Beginning of Worship Lyrics: 1 We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing;
he chastens and hastens his will to make known;
the wicked oppressing now cease from distressing,
sing praises to his name: he forgets not his own.
2 Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining,
ordaining, maintaining his kingdom divine;
so from the beginning the fight we were winning;
thou, Lord, wast at our side, all glory be thine!
3 We all do extol thee, thou leader triumphant,
and pray that thou still our defender wilt be;
let thy congregation escape tribulation;
thy name be ever praised! O Lord, make us free!
Languages: English Tune Title: KREMSER
We Gather Together to Ask the Lord's Blessing
Holy God, We Praise Your Name
Author: I. Franz; R. Birch Hoyle Hymnal: Rejoice in the Lord #619 (1985) Meter: 7.8.7.8.7.7 Topics: Beginning of Worship Lyrics: 1 Holy God, we praise your name;
Lord of all, we bow before you.
All on earth your scepter claim;
all in heav'n above adore you.
Infinite your vast domain;
everlasting is your reign.
2 Hark, the glad celestial hymn
angel choirs above are raising;
cherubim and seraphim,
in unceasing chorus praising,
fill the heav'ns with sweeet accord--
"Holy, holy, holy, Lord!"
3 Lo! the apostolic train
join your sacred name to hallow;
prophets swell the glad refrain,
and the white-robed martyrs follow;
and from morn to set of sun
through the church the song goes on.
4 Holy Father, Holy Son,
Holy Spirit, Three we name you,
though in essence only One,
undivided God, we claim you,
and, adoring, bend the knee,
while we own the mystery.
5 Glory through eternity:
Spirit, Son, and blessed Father,
God of gracious tenderness,
at thy feet we sinners gather.
All thy great and wondrous love
we shall through the ages prove.
Languages: English Tune Title: GROSSER GOTT
Holy God, We Praise Your Name
Felice Giardini
1716 - 1796 Person Name: Felice de Giardini Topics: Beginning of Worship Composer of "ITALIAN HYMN" in Rejoice in the Lord Felice Giardini, born in Italy. When young, he studied singing, harpsichord, and violin. He became a composer and violin virtuoso. By age 12 he was playing in theatre orchestras. His most instructive lesson: While playing a solo passage during an opera, he decided to show off his skills by improvising several bravura variations that the composer, Jommelli, had not written . Although the audience applauded loudly, Jomelli, who happened to be there, went up and slapped Giardini in the face. He learned a lesson from that. He toured Europe as a violinist, considered one of the greatest musical artists of his time. He served as orchestra leader and director of the Italian Opera in London, giving concerts. He tried to run a theatre in Naples, but encountered adversity. He went to Russia, but had little fortune there, where he died.
John Perry
Felice Giardini
William Gardiner
1770 - 1853 Topics: Beginning of Worship Composer of "LYONS" in Rejoice in the Lord William Gardiner (b. Leicester, England, 1770; d. Leicester, 1853) The son of an English hosiery manufacturer, Gardiner took up his father's trade in addition to writing about music, composing, and editing. Having met Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven on his business travels, Gardiner then proceeded to help popularize their compositions, especially Beethoven's, in England. He recorded his memories of various musicians in Music and Friends (3 volumes, 1838-1853). In the first two volumes of Sacred Melodies (1812, 1815), Gardiner turned melodies from composers such as Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven into hymn tunes in an attempt to rejuvenate the singing of psalms. His work became an important model for American editors like Lowell Mason (see Mason's Boston Handel and Haydn Collection, 1822), and later hymnbook editors often turned to Gardiner as a source of tunes derived from classical music.
Bert Polman
William Gardiner
Ludwig van Beethoven
1770 - 1827 Person Name: Beethoven Topics: The Lord's Day Beginning of Worship Composer of "GERMANY" in The Riverdale Hymn Book A giant in the history of music, Ludwig van Beethoven (b. Bonn, Germany, 1770; d. Vienna, Austria, 1827) progressed from early musical promise to worldwide, lasting fame. By the age of fourteen he was an accomplished viola and organ player, but he became famous primarily because of his compositions, including nine symphonies, eleven overtures, thirty piano sonatas, sixteen string quartets, the Mass in C, and the Missa Solemnis. He wrote no music for congregational use, but various arrangers adapted some of his musical themes as hymn tunes; the most famous of these is ODE TO JOY from the Ninth Symphony. Although it would appear that the great calamity of Beethoven's life was his loss of hearing, which turned to total deafness during the last decade of his life, he composed his greatest works during this period.
Bert Polman
Ludwig van Beethoven
