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Good Christians All, Rejoice and Sing
Author: Cyril A. Alington, 1872-1955 Hymnal: Voices United #169 (1996) Meter: 8.8.8 with alleluia Topics: The Christian Year Easter; Christian Year Easter; Evangelism (Good News); Good News, Gospel; Hallelujah; Jesus Christ Lord of Life; Jesus Christ name; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Jesus Christ Saviour; Music and Singing; Resurrection; Unity; Victory; Easter 1 Year A; Easter 3 Year A; Proper 7 Year A; Proper 28 Year A; Easter 2 Year B; Easter 3 Year B; Easter 1 Year C Lyrics: 1 Good Christians all, rejoice and sing!
Now is the triumph of our King!
To all the world glad news we bring:
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!
2 The Lord of life is risen today!
Bring flowers of song, bedeck the way;
let every tongue rejoice and say:
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!
3 Praise we in songs of victory
that love, that life which cannot die,
and sing with hearts uplifted high:
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!
4 Your name we bless, O risen Lord,
and sing today with one accord
the life laid down, the life restored:
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah! Languages: English Tune Title: VULPIUS (GELOBT SEI GOTT)
Good Christians All, Rejoice and Sing
Crown Him with Many Crowns
Author: Godfrey Thring; Matthew Bridges Hymnal: Voices United #211 (1996) Meter: 6.6.8.6 D Topics: The Christian Year Reign of Christ; Adoration and Praise; Christian Year Passion/Palm Sunday; Christian Year Holy Week; Christian Year Ascension; Christian Year Christ the King/Reign of Christ; Eternal Life; Heaven(s)/Paradise; Jesus Christ Adoration and Praise; Jesus Christ Ascension and Reign; Jesus Christ Atonement; Jesus Christ Creator; Jesus Christ Exaltation; Jesus Christ Images of; Jesus Christ Kingship, Conqueror; Jesus Christ Lamb of God; Jesus Christ Lord of Life; Jesus Christ Praise; Jesus Christ Reign; Jesus Christ Saviour; Jesus Christ Second Coming; Life; Music and Singing; New Creation; Peace (World); Processionals (Opening of Worship); Recessionals; Redemption; Saints; Salvation; Second Coming; Testimony; Time; Victory; Worship; Easter 1 Year A; Easter 2 Year A; Ascension Year A; Easter 7 Year A; Proper 19 Year A; All Saints Year A; Reign of Christ Year A; Easter 6 Year B; Ascension Year B; Easter 7 Year B; Proper 22 Year B; Reign of Christ Year B; Easter 4 Year C; Ascension Year C; Reign of Christ Year C Lyrics: 1 Crown him with many crowns,
the Lamb upon his throne;
hark! how the heavenly anthem drowns
all music but its own!
Awake, my soul, and sing
of him who died for thee,
and hail him as thy matchless King
through all eternity.
2 Crown him the Lord of life,
who triumphed o'er the grave,
and rose victorious in the strife
for those he came to save.
His glories now we sing,
who died and rose on high,
who died eternal life to bring,
and lives that death may die.
3 Crown him the Lord of peace,
whose power a sceptre sways
from pole to pole, that wars may cease,
absorbed in prayer and praise.
His reign shall know no end;
and round his piercèd feet
fair flowers of Paradise extend
their fragrance ever sweet.
4 Crown him the Lord of love;
behold his hands and side,
rich wounds yet visible above,
in beauty glorified.
All hail, Redeemer, hail!
for thou hast died for me:
thy praise shall never, never fail
throughout eternity. Languages: English Tune Title: DIADEMATA
Crown Him with Many Crowns
Ah, Holy Jesus
Author: Robert Seymour Bridges; Johann H. Heermann Hymnal: Voices United #138 (1996) Meter: 11.11.11.5 Topics: The Christian Year Holy Week; Adoration and Praise; Christian Year Lent; Christian Year Holy Week; Commitment; Confession; Grace; Gratitude; Jesus Christ Adoration and Praise; Jesus Christ Atonement; Jesus Christ Incarnation; Jesus Christ Love of; Jesus Christ Passion; Jesus Christ Saviour; Jesus Christ Shepherd; Kindness; Penitence; Sacrifice; Salvation; Sin; Christmas 1 Year A; Palm/Passion Sunday Year A; Proper 21 Year A; Lent 1 Year B; Lent 5 Year B; Palm/Passion Sunday Year B; Holy Thursday Year B; Good Friday Year B; Proper 14 Year B; Palm/Passion Sunday Year C; Holy Thursday Year C; Good Friday Year C; Ash Wednesday Year ABC; Holy thursday Year ABC; Good Friday Year ABC First Line: Ah, holy Jesus, how have you offended Lyrics: 1 Ah, holy Jesus, how have you offended,
that we to judge you have in hate pretended?
By foes derided, by your own rejected,
O most afflicted.
2 Who was the guilty? Who brought this upon you?
Alas, my treason, Jesus, has undone you;
yes, I, Lord Jesus, I it was denied you;
I crucified you.
3 Lo, the good shepherd for the sheep is offered;
the slave is guilty, yet the Son has suffered;
for our atonement, we nothing heeded,
God interceded.
4 For me, kind Jesus, was your incarnation,
your mortal sorrow, and your life's oblation,
your death of anguish and your bitter passion,
for my salvation.
5 Therefore, kind Jesus, since I cannot pay you,
I do adore you, and will ever pray you,
think on your pity and your love unswerving,
not my deserving. Languages: English Tune Title: HERZLIEBSTER JESU
Ah, Holy Jesus
My Song Is Love Unknown
Author: Samuel Crossman Hymnal: Voices United #143 (1996) Meter: 6.6.12.4.4.8 Topics: The Christian Year Holy Week; Christian Year Passion/Palm Sunday; Christian Year Holy Week; God Love; Hosanna; Jesus Christ Cross; Jesus Christ Friend; Jesus Christ Incarnation; Jesus Christ Love of; Jesus Christ Passion; Jesus Christ Saviour; Jesus Christ Signs and Wonders; Love; Music and Singing; Sacrifice; Salvation; Palm/Passion Sunday Year A; Easter 6 Year A; Proper 22 Year A; Lent 1 Year B; Lent 5 Year B; Palm/Passion Sunday Year B; Good Friday Year B; Easter 3 Year B; Palm/Passion Sunday Year C; Good Friday Year C; Easter 3 Year C; Good Friday Year ABC Lyrics: 1 My song is love unknown,
my Saviour’s love to me,
love to the loveless shown that they might lovely be.
O who am I
that for my sake
my Lord should take frail flesh, and die?
2 He came from his blest throne
salvation to bestow,
but people scorned, and none the longed-for Christ would know.
But O my Friend,
my Friend indeed,
who at my need his life did spend.
3 Sometimes they strew his way,
and his sweet praises sing,
resounding all the day hosannas to their King.
Then “Crucify!”
is all their breath,
and for his death they thirst and cry.
4 Here might I stay and sing,
no story so divine;
never was love, dear King, never was grief like thine!
This is my friend,
in whose sweet praise
I all my days could gladly spend. Languages: English Tune Title: LOVE UNKNOWN
My Song Is Love Unknown
Lift High the Cross
Author: George William Kitchin; Michael Robert Newbolt Hymnal: Voices United #151 (1996) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Topics: The Christian Year Holy Week; Adoration and Praise; Angels; Choruses and Refrains; Christian Year Passion/Palm Sunday; Commitment; Confirmation; Discipleship and Service; Jesus Christ Cross; Jesus Christ Guide and Leader; Jesus Christ High Priest; Jesus Christ Kingship, Conqueror; Jesus Christ Lamb of God; Jesus Christ name; Jesus Christ Reign; Jesus Christ Saviour; Kingdom of God; Music and Singing; New Creation; Opening Hymns; Peace (World); Processionals (Opening of Worship); Proclamation; Recessionals; Testimony; Unity; Victory; Vocation; Warfare (Spiritual); Worship; Zeal; Lent 2 Year A; Palm/Passion Sunday Year A; Lent 4 Year B; Trinity Sunday Year B; Proper 19 Year B; Easter 4 Year C First Line: Come, Christians, follow where your Saviour trod Refrain First Line: Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim Lyrics: [Refrain:]
Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim
till all the world adore his sacred name.
1 Come, Christians, follow where our Saviour trod,
the Lamb victorious, Christ the Son of God. [Refrain]
2 Led on their way by this triumphant sign,
the hosts of God in conquering ranks combine. [Refrain]
3 Each newborn servant of the Crucified
bears on the brow the seal of him who died. [Refrain]
4 Saviour, once lifted on the glorious tree,
your death has brought us life eternally. [Refrain]
5 So shall our song of triumph ever be
praise to the Crucified for victory. [Refrain]
Languages: English Tune Title: CRUCIFER
Lift High the Cross
Christ Is Alive
Author: Brian Wren Hymnal: Voices United #158 (1996) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Christian Year Easter; Christian Year Easter; Good News, Gospel; Healing; Jesus Christ Lord of Life; Jesus Christ Love of; Jesus Christ Reign; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Jesus Christ Second Coming; Jesus Christ Truth and Way; Joy; Justice; Love; Music and Singing; Opening Hymns; Praise; Race Relations; Second Coming; Social Concerns; Worship; Easter 1 Year A; Easter 4 Year A; Ascension Year B; Easter 1 Year C First Line: Christ is alive! Let Christians sing Lyrics: 1 Christ is alive! Let Christians sing.
The cross stands empty to the sky.
Let streets and homes with praises ring.
Love, drowned in death, shall never die.
2 Christ is alive! No longer bound
to distant years in Palestine,
but saving, healing, here and now
and touching every place and time.
3 In every insult, rift, and war
where colour, scorn, or wealth divide,
Christ suffers still, yet loves the more,
and lives, where even hope has died.
4 Women and men, in age and youth,
can feel the Spirit, hear the call,
and find the way, the life, the truth,
revealed in Jesus, freed for all.
5 Christ is alive, and comes to bring
good news to this and every age,
till earth and sky and ocean ring
with joy, with justice, love and praise.
Languages: English Tune Title: TRURO
Christ Is Alive
Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies
Author: Charles Wesley Hymnal: The United Methodist Hymnal #173 (1989) Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Topics: Christian Year Epiphany; Christian Year Transfiguration; Christian Year Easter Vigil; The Grace of Jesus Christ In Praise of Christ; Particular Times of Worship Morning; Aspiration and Resolve; Christian Perfection; Christian Year Epiphany; Christian Year Transfiguration; Christian Year Easter Vigil; Christian Year Easter; Glory; Jesus Christ; Light Lyrics: 1. Christ, whose glory fills the skies,
Christ, the true, the only light,
Sun of Righteousness, arise,
triumph o'er the shades of night;
Dayspring from on high, be near;
Daystar, in my heart appear.
2. Dark and cheerless is the morn
unaccompanied by thee;
joyless is the day's return,
till thy mercy's beams I see;
till they inward light impart,
cheer 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 thyself display,
shining to the perfect day.
Languages: English Tune Title: RATISBON
Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies
When Jesus Came to Jordan
Author: Fred Pratt Green Hymnal: The United Methodist Hymnal #252 (1989) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Topics: Christ's Gracious Life Birth and Baptism; Christian Year Christmas; Christian Year Epiphany; Christian Year Baptism of the Lord; Christ's Gracious Life Birth and Baptism; Christian Year Christmas; Christian Year Epiphany; Christian Year Baptism of the Lord; Commitment; Healing; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ Example Lyrics:
1 When Jesus came to Jordan
to be baptized by John,
he did not come for pardon
but as the sinless one.
He came to share repentance
with all who mourn their sins,
to speak the vital sentence
with which good news begins.
2 He came to share temptation,
our utmost woe and loss,
for us and our salvation
to die upon the cross.
So when the dove descended
on him, the Son of Man,
the hidden years had ended,
the age of grace began.
3 Come, Holy Spirit, aid us
to keep the vows we make;
this very day invade us,
and every bondage break.
Come, give our lives direction,
the gift we covet most:
to share the resurrection
that leads to Pentecost.
Scripture: Matthew 3:13-17 Languages: English Tune Title: COMPLAINER
When Jesus Came to Jordan
When Jesus Comes to Be Baptized
Hymnal: Voices United #100 (1996) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Christian Year Baptism of Jesus; Baptism; Biblical Characters John, the Baptist; Christian Year Epiphany; Christian Year Baptism of the Lord; Jesus Christ Baptism; Justice; Sin; Trinity; Word of God; Baptism of Jesus Year A; Baptism of Jesus Year B; Baptism of Jesus Year C Tune Title: WINCHESTER NEW
When Jesus Comes to Be Baptized
A Stable Lamp Is Lighted
Author: Richard Wilbur Hymnal: Glory to God #160 (2013) Meter: 7.6.7.6.6.6.7.6 Topics: Christian Year Nativity/Christmas; Christian Year Baptism of Jesus; Christian Year Transfiguration; Christian Year Palm Sunday; Christian Year Good Friday; Christian Year Resurrection/Easter; Jesus Christ Life; Reconciliation Scripture: Psalm 22:1 Languages: English Tune Title: ANDUJAR
A Stable Lamp Is Lighted
Christ, within Us Hidden
Author: S. Curtis Tufts Hymnal: More Voices #162 (2007) Meter: 6.5.6.5 Topics: Response; Christian Year Christmas; Christian Year Epiphany; Christian Year Holy Week; Christian Year Easter; Christian Year Ascension; Christian Year Reign of Christ; Discernment; Faith; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ Cross; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Service Music Response / Affirmation; Service Music Communion; Union with God / Christ Scripture: Matthew 23:34-39 Languages: English Tune Title: ALEXANDER
Christ, within Us Hidden
Christ Is Alive!
Author: Brian Wren Hymnal: Glory to God #246 (2013) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Christian Year Easter Vigil; Christian Year Resurrection/Easter; Christian Year Reign of Christ; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Kingdom of God; Salvation; Sin; Christian Year Easter First Line: Christ is alive! Let Christians sing Lyrics: 1 Christ is alive! Let Christians sing.
The cross stands empty to the sky.
Let streets and homes with praises ring.
Love, drowned in death, shall never die.
2 Christ is alive! No longer bound
to distant years in Palestine,
but saving, healing, here and now,
and touching every place and time.
3 In every insult, rift, and war
where color, scorn, or wealth divide,
Christ suffers still, yet loves the more,
and lives, where even hope has died.
4 Women and men, in age and youth,
can feel the Spirit, hear the call,
and find the way, the life, the truth,
revealed in Jesus, freed for all.
5 Christ is alive, and comes to bring
good news to this and every age,
till earth and sky and ocean ring
with joy, with justice, love, and praise.
Scripture: Romans 6:5-11 Languages: English Tune Title: TRURO
Christ Is Alive!
Baptism of the Lord
Hymnal: The United Methodist Hymnal #253 (1989) Topics: Christ's Gracious Life Birth and Baptism; Christian Year Christmas; Christian Year Epiphany; Christian Year Baptism of the Lord; Christ's Gracious Life Birth and Baptism; Christian Year Christmas; Christian Year Epiphany; Christian Year Baptism of the Lord; Discipleship and Service; Jesus Christ First Line: Father in heaven, at the baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan Scripture: Matthew 3:13-17 Languages: English
Baptism of the Lord
Psalm 98
Hymnal: The United Methodist Hymnal #818 (1989) Topics: Christian Year Epiphany; Christian Year Christmas; Psalter; Christian Year Christmas; Christian Year Epiphany; Christian Year Easter Vigil; Christian Year Easter First Line: Sing a new song to the Lord, who restores the ends of the earth Lyrics: Response: (Easter, Epiphany, Christmas & General)
Sing a new song to the Lord,
who restores the ends of the earth. Scripture: Psalm 98:1-3 Languages: English Tune Title: [Sing a new song to the Lord, who restores the ends of the earth]
Psalm 98
As With Gladness Men of Old
Author: William Chatterton Dix Hymnal: Voices United #81 (1996) Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Topics: The Christian Year Epiphany; Adoration and Praise; Biblical Characters Wisemen/Sages/Kings; Christian Year Epiphany; City/City of God; Commitment; Consecration; Eternal Life; Hallelujah; Heaven(s)/Paradise; Jesus Christ Youth; Light; Processionals (Opening of Worship); Purity; Redemption; Seeking God; Service Music Offering; Sun; Christmas Day 2 Year A; Epiphany Year A; Baptism of Jesus Year A; Proper 28 Year A; Reign of Christ Year A; Christmas 2 Year B; Epiphany Year B; Epiphany 2 Year B; Proper 24 Year B; Proper 24 Year B; Proper 28 Year B; Reign of Christ Year B Lyrics: 1 As with gladness men of old
did the guiding star behold,
as with joy they hailed its light,
leading onward, beaming bright,
so, most gracious Lord, may we
evermore your splendour see.
2 As with joyful steps they sped,
to that lowly manger bed,
there to bend the knee before
Christ, whom heaven and earth adore;
so may we with eager pace
ever seek your throne of grace.
3 As they offered gifts most rare
at that manger rude and bare,
so may we with holy joy,
pure and free from sin's alloy,
all our costliest treasures bring,
Christ, to you, our heavenly King.
4 Holy Jesus, every day
keep us in the narrow way;
and, when earthly things are past,
bring our ransomed lives at last
where they need no star to guide,
where no clouds your glory hide.
5 In the heavenly country bright
none shall need created light;
you its light, its joy, its crown,
you its sun which goes not down;
there forever may we sing
hallelujah to our King. Languages: English Tune Title: DIX
As With Gladness Men of Old
O Jesus, I Have Promised
Author: John Ernest Bode Hymnal: Voices United #120 (1996) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Topics: The Christian Year Lent; Calling and Response; Christian Year Lent; Commitment; Confirmation; Conflict and Struggle; Decision; Discipleship and Service; Guidance; Installation Services; Jesus Christ Friend; Jesus Christ Guide and Leader; Jesus Christ Master; Jesus Christ Presence; Jesus Christ Strength and Refuge; Love for God/Christ; Obedience; Promise(s); Surrender; Temptation; Trust; Epiphany 3 Year A; Epiphany 5 Year A; Epiphany 6 Year A; Lent 1 Year A; Easter 4 Year A; Proper 8 Year A; Proper 10 Year A; Lent 2 Year B; Lent 5 Year B; Easter 7 Year B; Proper 7 Year B; Epiphany Last/Transfig. Year C; Lent 3 Year C; Easter 3 Year C; Proper 7 Year C; Proper 9 Year C; Proper 17 Year C; Proper 20 Year C; Monday in Holy Week Year ABC; Tuesday in Holy Week Year ABC Lyrics: 1 O Jesus, I have promised
to serve you to the end;
remain for ever near me,
my Saviour and my friend:
I shall not fear the journey
if you are by my side,
not wander from the pathway
if you will be my guide.
2 O let me feel you near me:
the world is ever near;
I see the sights that dazzle,
the tempting sounds I hear;
my foes are ever near me,
around me and within;
but, Jesus, then draw nearer
and shield my soul from sin.
3 O let me hear you speaking
in accents clear and still,
above the storms of passion,
the murmurs of self-will;
O speak to reassure me,
to hasten or control;
now speak, and make me listen,
O guardian of my soul.
4 O Jesus, you have promised
to all who follow you,
that where you are in glory
your servant shall be too.
And, Jesus, I have promised
to serve you to the end:
O give me grace to follow,
my Saviour and my friend. Languages: English Tune Title: DAY OF REST
O Jesus, I Have Promised
The Day of Resurrection
Author: John of Damascus; John Mason Neale Hymnal: Voices United #164 (1996) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Topics: The Christian Year Easter; Adoration and Praise; Christian Year Easter; Closing Hymns; Eternal Life; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Joy; Passover; Peace (Inner, Calmness, Serenity; Victory; Easter 2 Year A; Easter 2 Year A; Proper 6 Year A; Proper 7 Year A; Proper 8 Year A; Proper 12 Year A; Proper 12 Year A; Proper 17 Year A; Proper 19 Year A; Proper 23 Year A; Lent 3 Year B; Easter 1 Year B; Easter 1 Year C; Easter Evening Year ABC First Line: The day of resurrection! Lyrics: 1 The day of resurrection!
Earth, tell it out abroad;
the passover of gladness,
the passover of God!
From death to life eternal,
from earth unto the sky,
our Christ has brought us over,
with hymns of victory.
2 Our hearts be pure from evil,
that we may see aright
the Christ in rays eternal
of resurrection light,
and, listening to the accents,
may hear so calm and plain
his own "All hail!" and, hearing,
may raise the victor strain.
3 Now let the heavens be joyful,
let earth its song begin,
the round world keep high triumph,
and all that is therein;
let all things seen and unseen
their notes in gladness blend,
for Christ indeed is risen,
our Joy that has no end. Languages: English Tune Title: ELLACOMBE
The Day of Resurrection
The Head That Once Was Crowned
Author: Thomas Kelly Hymnal: Voices United #190 (1996) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: The Christian Year Ascension; Christian Year Ascension; Healing; Heaven(s)/Paradise; Hope; Jesus Christ Atonement; Jesus Christ Cross; Jesus Christ Kingship, Conqueror; Jesus Christ name; Joy; Suffering; Unity; Victory; Wholeness; Christmas 1 Year A; Christmas 1 Year A; Easter 1 Year A; Easter 3 Year A; Lent 5 Year B; Easter 3 Year B; Easter 6 Year B; Easter 7 Year B; Proper 15 Year B; Proper 22 Year B; Proper 24 Year B; Proper 28 Year B; Epiphany 7 Year C; Easter 2 Year C; Proper 23 Year C; Ash Wednesday Year ABC First Line: The head that once was crowned with thorns Lyrics: 1 The head that once was crowned with thorns
is crowned with glory now;
a royal diadem adorns
the mighty victor’s brow.
2 The joy of all who dwell above,
the joy of all below,
to whom he manifests his love
and grants his name to know.
3 To them the cross with all its shame,
with all its grace is given,
their name an everlasting name,
their joy the joy of heaven.
4 They suffer here with Christ below,
they reign with him above,
their profit and their joy to know
the mystery of his love.
5 The cross he bore is life and health,
though shame and death to him,
his people's hope, his people's wealth,
their everlasting theme. Languages: English Tune Title: ST MAGNUS
The Head That Once Was Crowned
You, Lord, Are Both Lamb and Shepherd
Author: Sylvia Dunstan Hymnal: Voices United #210 (1996) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Topics: The Christian Year Reign of Christ; Christian Year Transfiguration; Christian Year Christ the King/Reign of Christ; Jesus Christ Lamb of God; Jesus Christ Shepherd; Epiphany Last/Transfig. Year A; Lent 2 Year A; Proper 11 Year B; Lent 5 Year C; Easter 7 Year C; Reign of Christ Year C Refrain First Line: Languages: English Tune Title: PARADOX
You, Lord, Are Both Lamb and Shepherd
Good Christian Friends, Rejoice
Author: John Mason Neale Hymnal: The United Methodist Hymnal #224 (1989) Meter: 6.6.7.2.7.7.8.5.5 Topics: Christ's Gracious Life Birth and Baptism; Christian Year Christmas; Christian Year Epiphany; Christ's Gracious Life Birth and Baptism; Christian Year Christmas; Christian Year Epiphany; Jesus Christ; Joy; Salvation Lyrics: 1 Good Christian friends, rejoice
with heart and soul and voice;
give ye heed to what we say:
News, news!
Jesus Christ is born today!
Ox and ass before him bow,
and he is in the manger now.
Christ is born today,
Christ is born today!
2 Good Christian friends, rejoice,
with heart and soul and voice;
now ye hear of endless bliss:
News, news!
Jesus Christ was born for this!
He hath opened heaven's door,
and ye are blest forevermore.
Christ was born for this,
Christ was born for this!
3 Good Christian friends, rejoice,
with heart and soul and voice;
now ye need not fear the grave:
News, news!
Jesus Christ was born to save!
Calls you one and calls you all
to gain his everlasting hall.
Christ was born to save,
Christ was born to save!
Languages: English Tune Title: IN DULCI JUBILO
Good Christian Friends, Rejoice
Good Christians All, Rejoice and Sing!
Author: Cyril A. Alington Hymnal: Glory to God #239 (2013) Meter: 8.8.8 with alleluia Topics: Christian Year Easter Vigil; Christian Year Resurrection/Easter; Christian Year Reign of Christ; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Christian Year Easter Lyrics: 1 Good Christians all, rejoice and sing!
Now is the triumph of our King!
To all the world glad news we bring:
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
2 The Lord of life is risen today!
Death’s mighty stone is rolled away.
Let all the earth rejoice and say:
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
3 Praise we in songs of victory
that love, that life which cannot die,
and sing with hearts uplifted high:
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
4 Your name we bless, O risen Lord,
and sing today with one accord
the life laid down, the life restored:
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Scripture: Matthew 28:1-7 Languages: English Tune Title: GELOBT SEI GOTT
Good Christians All, Rejoice and Sing!
Unto Us a Boy is Born
Author: Percy Dearmer; George Ratcliff Woodward Hymnal: Voices United #54 (1996) Meter: 7.7.7.7 Topics: The Christian Year Christmas; Biblical Characters Herod; Biblical Characters Mary, Mother of Jesus; Biblical Places Bethlehem; Children Praising; Christian Year Christmas; Christian Year Holy Innocents; Christian Year Epiphany; Jesus Christ Birth and Infancy; Jesus Christ Images of; Jesus Christ Kingship, Conqueror; Jesus Christ Lord of Life; Jesus Christ Youth; Justice; Life; Nation; Social Concerns; Christmas 2 Year C First Line: Unto us a boy is born! Lyrics: 1 Unto us a boy is born!
King of all creation,
came he to a world forlorn,
the Lord of every nation,
the Lord of every nation.
2 Christ from heaven descending low
comes, on earth a stranger;
ox and ass their owner know;
becradled in the manger,
becradled in the manger.
3 Herod then with fear was filled:
"A prince," he said, "in Jewry!"
All the little boys he killed
at Bethlem in his fury,
at Bethlem in his fury.
4 Now may Mary's son, who came
so long ago to love us,
lead us all with hearts aflame
unto the joys above us,
unto the joys above us.
5 Omega and Alpha he!
Let the organ thunder,
while the choir with peals of glee
doth rend the air asunder,
doth rend the air asunder. Languages: English Tune Title: PUER NOBIS NASCITUR
Unto Us a Boy is Born
We Have Come at Christ's Own Bidding
Author: Carl P. Daw, Jr. Hymnal: Voices United #104 (1996) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Topics: The Christian Year The Transfiguration; Assurance; Biblical Characters Peter; Christian Year Epiphany; Christian Year Transfiguration; God Grace; Holiness; Law; Prophets; Service Music Gathering, Call to Worship, Greeting; Temptation; Witness; Word of God; Worship; Epiphany Last/Transfig. Year B; Lent 2 Year B; Epiphany Last/Transfig. Year C; Lent 2 Year C Lyrics: 1 We have come at Christ’s own bidding
to this high and holy place,
where we wait with hope and longing
for some token of God’s grace.
Here we pray for new assurance
that our faith is not in vain,
searching like those first disciples
for a sign both clear and plain.
2 Light breaks in upon our darkness,
splendour bathes the flesh-joined Word,
Moses and Elijah marvel
as the heavenly voice is heard.
Eyes and hearts behold with wonder
how the Law and Prophets meet:
Christ, with garments drenched in brightness,
stands transfigured and complete.
3 Strengthened by this glimpse of glory,
fearful lest our faith decline,
we like Peter find it tempting
to remain and build a shrine.
But true worship gives us courage
to proclaim what we profess,
that our daily lives may prove us
people of the God we bless. Languages: English Tune Title: ABBOT'S LEIGH
We Have Come at Christ's Own Bidding
Beneath the Cross of Jesus
Author: Elizabeth Cecilia Clephane Hymnal: Voices United #135 (1996) Meter: 7.6.8.6.8.6.8.6 Topics: The Christian Year Holy Week; Christian Year Holy Week; Comfort/Consolation; Commitment; Confession; Faith; God Love; Jesus Christ Cross; Jesus Christ Life In; Jesus Christ Love of; Jesus Christ Passion; Jesus Christ Refuge; Peace (Inner, Calmness, Serenity; Redemption; Repentance; Rest; Sin; Sun; Trust; Palm/Passion Sunday Year A; Lent 3 Year B; Lent 5 Year B; Lent 3 Year C; Lent 4 Year C; Proper 9 Year C; Reign of Christ Year C; Tuesday in Holy Week Year ABC; Good Friday Year ABC 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 the wilderness,
a rest upon the way,
from the burning of the noontide heat
and the burden of the day.
2 Upon the cross of Jesus
my 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 wonder of his glorious love,
and my unworthiness.
3 I take, O cross, your 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. Languages: English Tune Title: ST CHRISTOPHER
Beneath the Cross of Jesus
At the Cross Her Vigil Keeping
Author: Edward Caswall; Jacopone da Todi Hymnal: Voices United #139 (1996) Meter: 8.8.7 Topics: The Christian Year Holy Week; Biblical Characters Mary, Mother of Jesus; Christian Year Holy Week; Christian Year Easter Vigil; God Grace; Heaven(s)/Paradise; Jesus Christ Atonement; Jesus Christ Cross; Judgment; Petition; Providence; Sacrifice; Sorrow; Suffering; Good Friday Year A; Good Friday Year B; Good Friday Year C; Proper 18 Year C Lyrics: 1 At the cross, her vigil keeping
stood the mournful Mother weeping
where he hung, the dying Lord;
2 through her soul of joy bereavèd,
bowed with sorrow, deeply grievèd,
passed the sharp and piercing sword.
3 Who upon that mother gazing,
in her anguish so amazing,
born of woman, would not weep?
4 Who, of Christ's dear Mother thinking
while her son that cup is drinking,
would not share her sorrow deep?
5 For his people's sins chastisèd
she beheld her Son despisèd
scourged, and crowned with thorns entwined,
6 saw him then from judgement taken,
and in death by all forsaken,
till his spirit he resigned.
7 Near your cross, O Christ, abiding,
grief and love my heart dividing,
I with her would take my place:
8 by your saving cross uphold me,
in your dying, Christ, enfold me,
with the deathless arms of grace. Tune Title: STABAT MATER
At the Cross Her Vigil Keeping
I Danced in the Morning
Author: Sydney Carter Hymnal: Glory to God #157 (2013) Meter: Irregular Topics: Christian Year Nativity/Christmas; Christian Year Baptism of Jesus; Christian Year Transfiguration; Christian Year Good Friday; Christian Year Resurrection/Easter; Creation; Jesus Christ Life; Living in Christ; Music and the Arts First Line: I danced in the morning when the world was begun Refrain First Line: Dance, then, wherever you may be Lyrics: 1 I danced in the morning when the world was begun,
and I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun,
and I came down from heaven and I danced on the earth.
At Bethlehem I had my birth.
Refrain:
Dance, then, wherever you may be;
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he,
and I'll lead you all, wherever you may be,
and I'll lead you all in the dance, said he.
2 I danced for the scribe and the Pharisee,
but they would not dance and they would not follow me.
I danced for the fishermen, for James and John.
They came with me and the dance went on. [Refrain]
3 I danced on the Sabbath and I cured the lame.
The holy people said it was a shame.
They whipped and they stripped and they hung me high,
and left me there on a cross to die. [Refrain]
4 I danced on a Friday when the sky turned black.
It's hard to dance with the devil on your back.
They buried my body and they thought I'd gone,
but I am the dance and I still go on. [Refrain]
5 They cut me down and I leapt up high.
I am the life that will never, never die.
I'll live in you if you'll live in me,
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he. [Refrain] Scripture: Matthew 11:17 Languages: English Tune Title: LORD OF THE DANCE
I Danced in the Morning
The Strife Is O'er
Author: Francis Pott Hymnal: Voices United #159 (1996) Meter: 8.8.8 with alleluia Topics: The Christian Year Easter; Christian Year Easter; Eternal Life; Funeral Vigil; Funerals and Memorial Services; Hallelujah; Hell; Hope; Jesus Christ Kingship, Conqueror; Jesus Christ Reign; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Praise; Victory; Worship; Easter 1 Year A; Easter 2 Year A; Easter 3 Year A; Proper 27 Year A; Easter 1 Year B; Easter 3 Year B; Proper 27 Year B; Epiphany 5 Year C; Epiphany 7 Year C; Easter 1 Year C; Easter Evening Year ABC First Line: The strife is o'er, the battle done Lyrics: 1 The strife is o'er, the battle done,
the victory of life is won;
the song of triumph has begun, hallelujah!
2 The powers of death have done their worst,
but Christ their legions has dispersed:
let shouts of holy joy outburst, hallelujah!
3 He closed the ancient gates of hell,
the bars from heaven's high portals fell;
let hymns of praise his triumphs tell, hallelujah!
4 On the third morn he rose again,
glorious in majesty to reign;
O let us swell the joyful strain, hallelujah! Languages: English Tune Title: VICTORY
The Strife Is O'er
O Sing a Song of Bethlehem
Author: Louis FitzGerald Benson Hymnal: Glory to God #159 (2013) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Topics: Christian Year Nativity/Christmas; Christian Year Baptism of Jesus; Christian Year Transfiguration; Christian Year Good Friday; Christian Year Resurrection/Easter; Jesus Christ Life; Personal Peace; World Peace Lyrics: 1 O sing a song of Bethlehem,
of shepherds watching there,
and of the news that came to them
from angels in the air.
The light that shone on Bethlehem
fills all the world today.
Of Jesus' birth and peace on earth
the angels sing alway.
2 O sing a song of Nazareth,
of sunny days of joy;
O sing of fragrant flowers' breath,
and of the sinless boy.
For now the flowers of Nazareth
in every heart may grow.
Now spreads the fame of his dear name
on all the winds that blow.
3 O sing a song of Galilee,
of lake and woods and hill,
of him who walked upon the sea
and bade its waves be still.
For though, like waves on Galilee,
dark seas of trouble roll,
when faith has heard the Master's word,
falls peace upon the soul.
4 O sing a song of Calvary,
its glory and dismay,
of him who hung upon the tree,
and took our sins away.
For he who died on Calvary
is risen from the grave,
and Christ, our Lord, by heaven adored,
is mighty now to save.
Scripture: Matthew 8:26 Languages: English Tune Title: KINGSFOLD
O Sing a Song of Bethlehem
Hail, Glad Festival Day
Author: Venantius Fortunatus; Maurice Frederick Bell Hymnal: Voices United #163 (1996) Meter: Irregular Topics: The Christian Year Easter; Assurance; Beauty; Christian Year Easter; Christian Year Pentecost; Doubt; God Power/Might; Jesus Christ Ascension and Reign; Jesus Christ Cross; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Life; Light; New Creation; Peace (World); Praise; Processionals (Opening of Worship); Redemption; Seasons Changing; Sundays/Sabbath; Victory; Wholeness; Word of God; Worship; Ascension Year A; Pentecost Year A; Easter 1 Year B First Line: Lo, the fair beauty of earth Refrain First Line: Hail, glad festival day! Lyrics: [Refrain:]
Hail, glad festival day!
Blest day to be hallowed for ever,
day wherein Christ arose,
breaking the kingdom of death.
[Easter:]
1 Lo, the fair beauty of earth,
from the death of the winter arising,
every good gift of the year
now with its Saviour returns. [Refrain]
2 He who was nailed to the cross
is God and the ruler of all things;
all things created on earth
worship the maker of all. [Refrain]
3 Mourning they laid you to rest,
the author of life and creation;
treading the pathway of death,
life now bestowing on all. [Refrain]
4 God of all pity and power,
let your word be assured to the doubting:
light on the third day returns;
rise, Son of God, from the tomb! [Refrain]
[Ascension:]
1 Christ in his triumph ascends,
who had vanquished the devil's dominion;
bright is the woodland with leaves,
brilliant the meadows with flowers. [Refrain]
2 Daily the loveliness grows,
adorned with glory of blossom;
heaven its gates now unbars,
flinging its increase of light. [Refrain]
3 Jesus, the health of the word,
enlighten our minds, great Redeemer,
Son of the Father supreme,
only-begotten of God! [Refrain]
4 Praise to the giver of good!
O Lover and Author of concord,
pour out your balm on our days;
order our days in your peace. [Refrain]
[Pentecost:]
1 Lo, in the likeness of fire,
on those who await his appearing,
he whom the Lord foretold
suddenly, swiftly descends: [Refrain]
2 Forth to the faithful he comes
with sevenfold mystical offering,
pouring on all human souls
infinite riches of God. [Refrain]
3 Hark! for in myriad tongues
Christ's own, his chosen apostles,
preach to the ends of the earth
Christ and his wonderful works. [Refrain]
4 Praise to the Spirit of life,
all praise to the fount of our being,
light that now lightens all,
life that in all now abides. [Refrain]
Languages: English Tune Title: SALVE, FESTA DIES
Hail, Glad Festival Day
Come, You Faithful, Raise the Strain
Author: John of Damascus; John Mason Neale Hymnal: Voices United #165 (1996) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Topics: The Christian Year Easter; Biblical Characters Jacob's Sons; Biblical Characters Pharoah, Jacob's Sons; Celebration; Christian Year Easter; Eternal Life; Feast; Jesus Christ Light; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Joy; Music and Singing; Passover; Processionals (Opening of Worship); Seasons Changing; Service Music Gathering, Call to Worship, Greeting; Service Music Doxologies; Victory; Easter 1 Year A; Easter 2 Year A; Ascension Year A; Proper 13 Year A; Proper 19 Year A; Easter 1 Year B; Epiphany 6 Year C; Easter 1 Year C; Easter Evening Year ABC Lyrics: 1 Come, you faithful, raise the strain
of triumphant gladness:
God has brought forth Israel
into joy from sadness,
loosed from Pharaoh's bitter yoke
Jacob's sons and daughters,
led them with unmoistened foot
through the Red Sea waters.
2 'Tis the spring of souls today,
Christ has burst his prison,
and from three days' sleep in death
as a sun has risen;
all the winter of our sins,
long and dark, is flying
from his light, to whom we give
laud and praise undying.
3 Now the queen of seasons, bright
with the day of splendour,
with the royal feast of feasts,
comes its joy to render;
comes to gladden faithful hearts,
who with true affection
welcome in unwearied strains
Jesus' resurrection!
4 Neither could the gates of death,
nor the tomb's dark portal,
nor the watchers, nor the seal
hold him as a mortal:
for today amid his own
he now stands, bestowing
God's true peace which evermore
passes human knowing. Languages: English Tune Title: AVE VIRGO VIRGINUM
Come, You Faithful, Raise the Strain
O Sons and Daughters, Let Us Sing
Author: Jean Tisserand; John Mason Neale Hymnal: Voices United #170 (1996) Meter: 8.8.8 with alleluias Topics: The Christian Year Easter; Angels; Biblical Characters Thomas; Biblical Characters Wome at the Tomb; Biblical Narrative; Biblical Places Galilee; Christian Year Easter; Doubt; Faith; Hallelujah; Jesus Christ Kingship, Conqueror; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Music and Singing; Praise; Service Music Gathering, Call to Worship, Greeting; Trust; Victory; Worship; Easter 1 Year A; Easter 2 Year A; Easter 3 Year A; Pentecost Year A; Easter 1 Year B; Easter 2 Year B; Pentecost Year B; Easter 1 Year C; Easter 2 Year C; Easter Evening Year ABC First Line: O sons and daughters, let us sing! Refrain First Line: Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Lyrics: Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
1 O sons and daughters, let us sing!
The King of heaven, the glorious King,
o'er death and hell rose triumphing.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
2 That Easter morn, at break of day,
the faithful women went their way
to seek the tomb where Jesus lay:
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
3 An angel clad in white they see,
who sat and spoke unto the three,
"Your Lord doth go to Galilee."
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
4 That night the apostles met in fear;
amidst them came their Lord most dear,
and said, "My peace be on all here."
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
5 So, on this holy day of days,
with faith in God our voices raise,
in laud and jubilee and praise.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
[Additional verses for the Second Sunday of Easter:]
1 When Thomas first the tidings heard,
how they had seen the risen Lord,
he doubted the disciples' word.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
2 "My piercèd side, O Thomas, see;
my hands, my feet, I show to thee;
not faithless, but believing be."
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
3 No longer Thomas then denied;
he saw the feet, the hands, the side;
"Thou art my Lord and God," he cried.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
4 How blest are they who have not seen,
and yet whose faith has constant been,
for they eternal life shall win.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Languages: English Tune Title: O FILII ET FILIAE
O Sons and Daughters, Let Us Sing
It Came upon the Midnight Clear
Author: Edmund H. Sears Hymnal: The United Methodist Hymnal #218 (1989) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Topics: Christ's Gracious Life Birth and Baptism; Christian Year Christmas; Christian Year Epiphany; Christ's Gracious Life Birth and Baptism; Christian Year Christmas; Christian Year Epiphany; Jesus Christ; Peace, World Lyrics: 1. It came upon the midnight clear,
that glorious song of old,
from angels bending near the earth
to touch their harps of gold:
"Peace on the earth, good will to men,
from heaven's all-gracious King."
The world in solemn stillness lay,
to hear the angels sing.
2. Still through the cloven skies they come
with peaceful wings unfurled,
and still their heavenly music floats
o'er all the weary world;
above its sad and lowly plains,
they bend on hovering wing,
and ever o'er its Babel sounds
the blessed angels sing.
3. And ye, beneath life's crushing load,
whose forms are bending low,
who toil along the climbing way
with painful steps and slow,
look now! for glad and golden hours
come swiftly on the wing.
O rest beside the weary road,
and hear the angels sing!
4. For lo! the days are hastening on,
by prophet seen of old,
when with the ever-circling years
shall come the time foretold
when peace shall over all the earth
its ancient splendors fling,
and the whole world send back the song
which now the angels sing. Scripture: Luke 2:8-14 Languages: English Tune Title: CAROL
It Came upon the Midnight Clear
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Author: Phillips Brooks Hymnal: The United Methodist Hymnal #230 (1989) Meter: 8.6.8.6.7.6.8.6 Topics: Christ's Gracious Life Birth and Baptism; Christian Year Christmas; Christian Year Epiphany; Christ's Gracious Life Birth and Baptism; Christian Year Christmas; Christian Year Epiphany; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ Presence; Light; Service Music Prayer Responses Lyrics: 1. O little town of Bethlehem,
how still we see thee lie;
above thy deep and dreamless sleep
the silent stars go by.
Yet in thy dark streets shineth
the everlasting light;
the hopes and fears of all the years
are met in thee tonight.
2. For Christ is born of Mary,
and gathered all above,
while mortals sleep, the angels keep
their watch of wondering love.
O morning stars together,
proclaim the holy birth,
and praises sing to God the King,
and peace to all on earth!
3. How silently, how silently,
the wondrous gift is given;
so God imparts to human hearts
the blessings of his heaven.
No ear may hear his coming,
but in this world of sin,
where meek souls will receive him, still
the dear Christ enters in.
4. O holy Child of Bethlehem,
descend to us, we pray;
cast out our sin, and enter in,
be born in us today.
We hear the Christmas angels
the great glad tidings tell;
O come to us, abide with us,
our Lord Emmanuel! Languages: English Tune Title: ST. LOUIS
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Joyful Is the Dark
Author: Brian Wren Hymnal: Glory to God #230 (2013) Meter: 5.5.10.6.5.10 Topics: Christian Year Nativity/Christmas; Christian Year Easter Vigil; Christian Year Resurrection/Easter; Christian Year Ascension; Creation; Incarnation; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Joy; Christian Year Easter Lyrics: 1 Joyful is the dark,
holy, hidden God,
rolling cloud of night beyond all naming:
majesty in darkness,
energy of love,
Word-in-flesh, the mystery proclaiming.
2 Joyful is the dark
Spirit of the deep,
winging wildly o'er the world's creation,
silken sheen of midnight
plumage black and bright,
swooping with the beauty of a raven.
3 Joyful is the dark,
shadowed stable floor;
angels flicker, God on earth confessing,
as with exultation,
Mary, giving birth,
hails the infant cry of need and blessing.
4 Joyful is the dark
coolness of the tomb,
waiting for the wonder of the morning;
never was that midnight
touched by dread and gloom:
darkness was the cradle of the dawning.
5 Joyful is the dark
depth of love divine,
roaring, looming thundercloud of glory,
holy, haunting beauty,
living, loving God.
Hallelujah! Sing and tell the story!
Scripture: Genesis 1:2 Languages: English Tune Title: LINDNER
Joyful Is the Dark
O Sing a Song of Bethlehem
Author: Louis F. Benson Hymnal: The Worshipbook #526 (1972) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Topics: Christian Year Christmas; Christian Year Epiphany; Christian Year Lent; Civil Year New Year; Other Observances Christian Education Lyrics: 1 O sing a song of Bethlehem,
Of shepherds watching there,
And of the news that came to them
From angels in the air:
The light that shone on Bethlehem
Fills all the world today;
Of Jesus' birth and peace on earth
The angels sing alway.
2 O sing a song of Nazareth,
Of sunny days of joy;
O sing of fragrant flowers' breath,
And of the sinless boy:
For now the flowers of Nazareth
In every heart may grow;
Now spreads the fame of his dear name
On all the winds that blow.
3 O sing a song of Galilee,
Of lake and woods and hill,
Of him who walked upon the sea
And bade its waves be still:
For though, like waves on Galilee,
Dark seas of trouble roll,
When faith has heard the Master's word,
Falls peace upon the soul.
4 O sing a song of Calvary,
Its glory and dismay;
Of him who hung upon the tree,
And took our sins away:
For he who died on Calvary
Is risen from the grave,
And Christ, our Lord, by heaven adored,
Is mighty now to save.
Amen. Tune Title: KINGSFOLD
O Sing a Song of Bethlehem
Take up your cross, the Saviour said
Author: Charles William Everest Hymnal: Voices United #561 (1996) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Church in the World Discipleship: Call; Calling and Response; Calmness and Serenity; Christian Experience; Christian Year Holy Week; Comfort/Consolation; Commitment; Courage; Faith Journey; Humility; Jesus Christ Call of; Jesus Christ Teacher/Teachings; Obedience; Renunciation; Strength; Suffering; Trust; Victory; Vocation; Wholeness; Proper 7 Year A; Proper 8 Year A; Proper 17 Year A; Lent 2 Year B; Proper 15 Year B; Proper 19 Year B; Epiphany 8 Year C; Epiphany Last/Transfig. Year C; Proper 18 Year C; Tuesday in Holy Week Year ABC Lyrics: 1 Take up your cross, the Saviour said,
if you would my disciple be;
take up your cross with willing heart
and humbly follow after me.
2 Take up your cross; let not its weight
fill your weak spirit with alarm;
Christ's strength shall bear your spirit up,
and brace your heart, and nerve your arm.
3 Take up your cross, heed not the shame,
nor let your foolish pride rebel;
your Saviour once accepted death
upon a cross, on Calvary's hill.
4 Take up your cross, and follow Christ,
think not till death to lay it down;
for only those who bear the cross
may hope to wear the glorious crown. Languages: English Tune Title: HESPERUS (QUEBEC)
Take up your cross, the Saviour said
Psalm 97
Hymnal: The United Methodist Hymnal #816 (1989) Topics: Christian Year Christmas; Christian Year Epiphany; Psalter; Christian Year Christmas; Christian Year Epiphany; Christian Year Easter First Line: The Lord reigns, the Lord reigns Refrain First Line: The Lord reigns, the Lord reigns Lyrics: Response: (Christmas, Epiphany, Easter & General)
The Lord reigns, the Lord reigns! Let all the earth rejoice!
Scripture: Psalm 97:1 Languages: English Tune Title: [The Lord reigns, the Lord reigns]
Psalm 97
Forty Days and Forty Nights
Author: George Hunt Smyttan; Francis Pott Hymnal: Voices United #114 (1996) Meter: 7.7.7.7 Topics: The Christian Year Lent; Christian Year Ash Wednesday; Christian Year Lent; Fasting; Jesus Christ Temptaions; Petition; Struggle and Conflict; Suffering; Temptation; Trust; Lent 1 Year A; Lent 1 Year B; Lent 1 Year C Lyrics: 1 Forty days and forty nights
you were fasting in the wild;
forty days and forty nights
tempted, and yet undefiled.
2 Sunbeams scorching all the day,
chilly dewdrops nightly shed;
prowling beasts about our way;
stones your pillow, earth your bed.
3 Shall not we your trial share,
and from earthly joys abstain,
fasting with unceasing prayer,
strong with you to suffer pain?
4 If temptations, vexing sore,
flesh or spirit should assail,
you their vanquisher before,
grant we may not faint nor fail.
5 Keep, oh keep us, Saviour dear,
ever constant by your side;
that with you we may appear
at the eternal Eastertide. Languages: English Tune Title: HEINLEIN
Forty Days and Forty Nights
Go to dark Gethsemane
Author: James Montgomery Hymnal: Voices United #133 (1996) Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Topics: The Christian Year Holy Week; Christian Year Holy Week; Conflict and Struggle; Discipleship and Service; Jesus Christ Atonement; Jesus Christ Cross; Jesus Christ Example; Jesus Christ Faithfulness; Jesus Christ Love of; Judgment; Obedience; Redemption; Sacrifice; Temptation; Trust; Lent 5 Year B; Holy Thursday Year B; Good Friday Year B; Palm/Passion Sunday Year C; Holy Thursday Year C; Good Friday Year C; Good Friday Year ABC Lyrics: 1 Go to dark Gethsemane,
you that feel the tempter's power;
your Redeemer's conflict see,
watch with him one bitter hour;
turn not from his griefs away:
learn from him to watch and pray.
2 See him at the judgment hall,
beaten, bound, reviled, arraigned;
see him meekly bearing all;
love to all his soul sustained.
Shun not suffering, shame, or loss;
learn from Christ to bear the cross.
3 Calvary's mournful mountain view;
there the Lord of glory see,
made a sacrifice for you,
dying on the accursed tree.
"It is finished," hear him cry:
trust in Christ and learn to die. Languages: English Tune Title: REDHEAD No. 76
Go to dark Gethsemane
Christ the Lord is Risen Today
Author: Charles Wesley Hymnal: Voices United #157 (1996) Meter: 7.7.7.7 with alleluias Topics: The Christian Year Easter; Assurance; Christian Year Easter; Funerals and Memorial Services; Hallelujah; Heaven(s)/Paradise; Jesus Christ Atonement; Jesus Christ Kingship, Conqueror; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Joy; Praise; Reconciliation; Redemption; Victory; Worship; Easter 1 Year A; Easter 3 Year A; Easter 1 Year B; Epiphany 6 Year C; Easter 1 Year C; Easter Evening Year ABC First Line: Christ the Lord is risen today, hallelujah! Lyrics: 1 Christ the Lord is risen today, hallelujah!
all creation join to say; hallelujah!
raise your joys and triumphs high; hallelujah!
sing, O heavens, and earth reply: hallelujah!
2 Love's redeeming work is done, hallelujah!
fought the fight, the battle won. Hallelujah!
Lo, our sun's eclipse is o'er! Hallelujah!
Lo! he dwells in death no more! Hallelujah!
3 Lives again our glorious King: hallelujah!
where, O death, is now your sting? Hallelujah!
Once he died, our souls to save: hallelujah!
where your victory, O grave? Hallelujah!
4 Hail, the Lord of earth and heaven, hallelujah!
praise to you by both be given! Hallelujah!
Every knee to you shall bow, hallelujah!
risen Christ, triumphant now. Hallelujah! Tune Title: EASTER HYMN
Christ the Lord is Risen Today
Welcome, Happy Morning
Author: Venantius Fortunatus; John Ellerton Hymnal: Voices United #161 (1996) Meter: 6.5.6.5 D with refrain Topics: The Christian Year Easter; Hymns Suitable for Use with Children; Choruses and Refrains; Christian Year Easter; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Morning; Satan/Demonic Forces/Devil; Seasons Changing; Easter 2 Year A; Pentecost Year A; Easter 1 Year B; Pentecost Year B; Easter 1 Year C; Ascension Year C; Pentecost Year C First Line: Welcome, happy morning! age to age shall say Lyrics: 1 Welcome, happy morning!
age to age shall say;
hell today is vanquished,
heaven is won today:
come then, True and Faithful,
now fulfil your word;
this is your third morning:
rise, O buried Lord!
[Refrain:]
Welcome, happy morning!
age to age shall say,
hell today is vanquished,
heaven is won today!
2 Earth with joy welcomes,
clothes itself for spring;
greets with life reviving
our returning king:
flowers in every pasture,
leaves on every bough;
speak of sorrows ended,
Jesus triumphs now! [Refrain]
3 Author and sustainer,
source of life and breath;
you for our salvation
trod the path of death:
Jesus Christ is living,
God for evermore!,
Now let all creation
hail him and adore. [Refrain]
4 Loose our souls imprisoned,
bound with Satan's chain;
all that now is fallen,
raise to life again!
Show your face in brightness,
shine the whole world through;
hope returns with daybreak,
life returns with you. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: HERMAS
Welcome, Happy Morning
This Is the Day That God Has Made
Author: Natalie Sleeth Hymnal: Voices United #175 (1996) Meter: Irregular Topics: The Christian Year Easter; Choruses and Refrains; Christian Year Easter; Deliverance; God Kingdom, Majesty, Realm; Hallelujah; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Joy; Morning; Morning Prayer; Praise; Saints; Sundays/Sabbath; Easter 1 Year A; Proper 23 Year A; Easter 1 Year B; Proper 4 Year B; Easter 1 Year C; Easter 6 Year C; Proper 28 Year C First Line: Christ has conquered death at last Refrain First Line: This is the day that God has made! Languages: English Tune Title: EASTER JOY
This Is the Day That God Has Made
Now the Green Blade Rises
Author: John M. C. Crum Hymnal: Voices United #186 (1996) Meter: 11.11.10.11 Topics: The Christian Year Easter; Choruses and Refrains; Christian Year Easter; Funeral Vigil; Grief; Healing; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Life; Love; Suffering; Trust; Victory; Lent 5 Year A; Easter 1 Year A; Lent 5 Year B; Easter 3 Year B; Epiphany 7 Year C; Easter 1 Year C; Pentecost Year C First Line: Now the green blade rises from the buried grain Languages: English Tune Title: NOËL NOUVELET
Now the Green Blade Rises
What Child Is This
Author: William C. Dix Hymnal: The United Methodist Hymnal #219 (1989) Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Topics: Christ's Gracious Life Birth and Baptism; Christian Year Christmas; Christian Year Epiphany; Christ's Gracious Life Birth and Baptism; Christian Year Christmas; Christian Year Epiphany; Jesus Christ; Salvation First Line: What child is this who, laid to rest Refrain First Line: This, this is Christ the King Lyrics: 1. What child is this who, laid to rest,
on Mary's lap is sleeping?
Whom angels greet with anthems sweet,
while shepherds watch are keeping?
Refrain:
This, this is Christ the King,
whom shepherds guard and angels sing;
haste, haste to bring him laud,
the babe, the son of Mary.
2. Why lies he in such mean estate
where ox and ass are feeding?
Good Christians, fear, for sinners here
the silent Word is pleading.
(Refrain)
3. So bring him incense, gold, and myrrh,
come, peasant, king, to own him;
the King of kings salvation brings,
let loving hearts enthrone him.
(Refrain)
Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12 Languages: English Tune Title: GREENSLEEVES
What Child Is This
Psalm 8
Author: Johann J. Schütz; Frances E. Cox Hymnal: The United Methodist Hymnal #743 (1989) Topics: Christian Year New Year; Psalter; Christian Year New Year; Christian Year Trinity Sunday First Line: Sing praise to God who reigns above Refrain First Line: Sing praise to God who reigns above Lyrics: Response: (New Year, Trinity & General)
Sing praise to God who reigns above,
the God of all creation. Scripture: Psalm 8 Languages: English Tune Title: [Sign praise to God who reigns above]
Psalm 8
When We Seek Language
Author: Carl P. Daw, Jr. Hymnal: More Voices #49 (2007) Meter: 10.10.10.10 with refrain Topics: Praise; Christian Year Christmas; Christian Year Easter; Christian Year Pentecost; Christian Year Trinity Sunday; God Images; Inspiration; Love of God/Christ; Praise; Redemption; Remembrance Day; Service Music Sanctus; Thanksgiving; Trinity First Line: When we seek language to praise you, O God Refrain First Line: Infinite intimate unbounded friend Lyrics: 1 When we seek language to praise you, O God,
all we can utter seems stale, tame, or odd.
Tongue-tied and word-lost, we struggle to find
phrases that slight neither heart, soul, nor mind:
Refrain:
Infinite intimate unbounded friend,
cosmic companion who loves without end,
nearer than heartbeat, more subtle than breath,
keener than insight, and stronger than death.
2 Steadfastly loving, you gave us your Word,
living among us on earth, seen and heard,
teacher and healer whose promise came true,
dying and rising to make all things new: [Refrain]
3 To be our guardian, supporter, and guide,
you sent your Spirit to stay by our side,
source of community, wellspring of prayer,
power to strengthen, and courage to dare: [Refrain] Scripture: John 1:14 Languages: English Tune Title: PERICHORESIS
When We Seek Language
In Bethlehem a Newborn Boy
Author: Rosamond E. Herklots Hymnal: Voices United #77 (1996) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Christian Year Christmas; Biblical Characters Herod; Biblical Characters Shepherds; Biblical Places Bethlehem; Choruses and Refrains; Christian Year Christmas; Christian Year Holy Innocents; Jesus Christ Birth and Infancy; Pain; Sacrifice; Star(s); Christmas Day 1 Year A; Christmas 1 Year A Languages: English Tune Title: IN BETHLEHEM
In Bethlehem a Newborn Boy
O Radiant Christ, Incarnate Word
Author: Ruth Duck Hymnal: Voices United #84 (1996) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Christian Year Epiphany; Biblical Places Jordan; Christian Year Epiphany; Healing; Jesus Christ Incarnation; Jesus Christ Light; Nation; Star(s); Word of God; Epiphany Year A; Epiphany Year A; Baptism of Jesus Year A; Baptism of Jesus Year B Tune Title: CANONBURY
O Radiant Christ, Incarnate Word
Christ, When for Us You Were Baptized
Author: F. Bland Tucker Hymnal: Voices United #99 (1996) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: The Christian Year Baptism of Jesus; Baptism; Christian Year Epiphany; Christian Year Baptism of the Lord; Freedom; God Kingdom, Majesty, Realm; Holy Spirit Images; Jesus Christ Baptism; Jesus Christ Call of; Jesus Christ Cross; Jesus Christ Son of God/Man (David); Service; Baptism of Jesus Year A; Baptism of Jesus Year B Languages: English Tune Title: ST. BERNARD
Christ, When for Us You Were Baptized
Now Quit Your Care
Author: Percy Dearmer Hymnal: Voices United #109 (1996) Meter: Irregular Topics: The Christian Year Lent; Christian Year Ash Wednesday; Christian Year Lent; Fasting; Fears; Friendship; Heaven(s)/Paradise; Hunger; Prophets; Providence; Righteousness; Struggle and Conflict; Truth; Epiphany 5 Year A; Epiphany 6 Year A First Line: Now quit your care and anxious fear and worry Languages: English Tune Title: QUITTEZ, PASTEURS
Now Quit Your Care
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