Great Hymns of the Faith

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HYMNS OF WORSHIP
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ROBERT GRANT, 1779-1838 Arr. from J. MICHAEL HAYDN, 1737-1806
1. 0 wor-ship the King, all - glo-rious a - bove, And grate-ful - Iy
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2. 0 tell of His might, sing of His grace, Whose robe is the
3. Thy boun-ti - ful care what tongue can re - cite? It breathes in the
4. Frail chil-dren of dust, and fee - ble as frail, In Thee do we
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sing His powr and His love; Our Shield and De - fend- er, the
light, whose can - o - py space; His char- iots of wrath the deep
air, it shines in the light; It streams from the hills, it de ­
trust, nor find Thee to fail; Thy mer - cies how ten-der! how
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thun-der-clouds form, And dark is His path on the wings of the storm.
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HYMNS OF WORSHIP
2 Love Divine
BEECHER
CHARLES WESLEY, 1707-1788 JOHN ZUNDEL, 1815-1882
1. Love di -vine, all loves ex -eel-ling, Joy of heavn, to earth come down;
2. Breathe, 0 breathe Thy lov ­ iog Spir-it In - to ev - 'ry trou - bled breast!
3. Come, al-rnight - y to de -liv ­ er, Let us all Thy life re - eeive;
4. Fin - ish then Thy new ere -a - tion,Pure and spot-less let us be;
Fix in us Thy hum - ble dwell-ing, All Thy faith-ful mer - cies crown.
Let us all in Thee in - her ­ it, Let us find that sec - ond rest.
Sud-den-Iy re - turn, and nev - er, Nev-er -more Thy tern - pIes leave.
Let us see Thy great sal -va -tion Per-fee t -ly re - stored in Thee:
Je - sus, Thou art all com-pas-sion, Pure, un-bound-ed love Thou art;
Take a -way our bent to sin-ning, AI - pha and 0 - me - ga be;
Thee we would be al - ways bless-ing, Serve Thee as Thy hosts a - hove,
Changed from glo-ry in - to glo -ry, Till in heavh we take our place,
Vis - it us with Thy sal -va -tion, En - ter ev -'ry trem -bling heart.
End of fai th, as its he - g-in-ning, Set our hearts at lib - er - ty. /
Pray and praiseThee with - out ceas-ing, Glo -ry in Thy per - feet love.
Till we cast our erowns he -fore Thee, Lost in won -der, love and praise.
HYMNS OF WORSHIP
Sing Praise to God W/ho Reigns Above 3
MIT FREUDEN ZART
JOHANN J. SCHUTZ, 1640-1690 From the Bohemian Brethren's
Trans. by Frances E. Cox, 1812-1897 Kirchengesiinge, 1566
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1. Sing praise to God who reigns a-bove, The God of all ere ­
2. What God's al-might-y pow'r hath made His gra-cious mer - cy
3. The Lord is nev - er far a - way, But, thru all grief dis
4. Thus all my toil-some way a _ long I sing a - loud Thy
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a - tion, The God of pow'r, the God of love, God of our
keep - eth, By morn-ing glow or eve-ning shade watch-ful eye
tress - ing, An ev -er -pres -ent help and stay, peace and joy
prais - es, That men may hear the grate-ful song voice un - wea ­
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sal - va - tion; With heal-ing balm my soul He fills, And
ne'er sleep - eth; With- in the king-dom of His might, Lo!
and bless - ing; As with a moth-er's ten-der hand He
ried rais - es; Be joy-ful in the Lord, my heart! Both
ev - 'ry faith-less mur-mur stills: To God all praise and glo - ry!
all is just and all is right: To God all praise and glo - ry!
leads His own, His cho-sen band: To God all praise and glo - ry!
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\ soul and bod - y bear your part: To God all praise and glo - ry!
HYMNS OF WORSHIP
4 Praise Ye the Triune God!
FLEMMING
ELIZABETH R. CHARLES, 1828-1896 FRIEDRICH F. FLEMMING, 1778-1813
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1. Praise ye the Fa - ther for His lov-ing- kind-ness, Ten - der - ly
2. Praise ye the Say -ior- great is His com- pas - sion, Gra-cious -ly
3. Praise ye the Spir - it, Com-fort -er of Is - rael, Sent of the
cares He for His err-ing chil-dren; Praise Him,ye an - gels,
cares He for His cho-sen peo ; ple , Young men and maid - ens,
Fa - ther and the Son to bless us; Praise ye the Fa - ther,
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praise Him in the heav ­ ens, Praise ye Je - ho yah!
ye old men and chil ­ dren, Praise ye the Sav ior!
Son, and Ho - Iy Spir - it- Praise ye the Tri - une God!
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5 Begin, My Tongue, Some Heavenly Theme
MANOAH
ISAAC WATTS, 1674-1748 From Greatorex's Collection, 1851
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1. Be - gin, my tongue,some heav'nly theme, And speaksome boundless thing­
2. Tell of His won-drous faith-ful-ness And sound His pow'r a - broad;
3. His ver - y word of grace is strong As that which built the skiesj (
4. 0 might I hear Thy heav'n-Iy tongue But whis-per,"Thou art Mine!"
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HYMNS OF WORSHIP
Begin, My Tongue, Some Heavenly Theme
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1 The might-y works or might-ier name Of our e - ter - nal King.

Sing the sweet prom-ise of His grace, The love and truth of God.

The voice that rolls the stars a - long Speaks all the prom - is - es ,

Those gen, tlewords should raise my song To notes al-most di - vine.

Come, Thou Almighty King 6
ITALIAN HYMN
Source unknown, c. 1757 FELICE DE GIARDINI, 1716-1796
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1. Come, Thou Al - might _ y King, Help us Thy name to sing,
2. Come, Thou In - car - nate Word, Gird on Thy might - y sword,
3. Come, Ho - ly Com - fort - er, Thy sa-cred wit - ness bear
4. To the great One in Three E - ter - nal prais - es be ,
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Help us to praise: Fa - ther, all - glo - ri - ous, O'er all vic ­
Our prayer at - tend: Come and Thy peo - pIe bless, And give Thy
In this glad hour: Thou who al , might-y art, Now rule in
Hence ev - er - more: ... His sov-'reign maj - es - ty May we in
to - ri - ous, Come and reign o - ver us, An - cient of Days.
word suc-cess- Spir - it of ho - Ii - ness, On us de - scend.
ev - 'ry heart, And ne'er from us de - part, Spir - it of pow'r.
glo - ry see, And to e.- ter - ni - ty Love and a - dore.
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HYMNS OF WORSHIP
7 Praise Our God
BJOaHseNd Won. PREeTvEeRlaStOioNn, 1199:251 ­ KENT JOHN W. PETERSON, 1921­
1. Praise our God, all ye His serv-ants, Ye that fear Him, small and great;
2. Praise our God, all ye His serv-ants, For His con-de - scend-ing grace,
3. Praise our God, all ye His serv-ants, Himwhom an-gel hosts ac -claim;
With a sac - ri - fice of wor-ship In His glo-rious pres-ence wait.
For His love that brought sal - va - tion To a sin - ful, fall- en race.
Let us join the ser - aph cho-rus And His worth to all pro-claim.
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Al - Ie-Iu- ia, Al - le-Iu - ia, Al - Ie - lu- ia- Praiseour God!
© Copyright 1956and arr © 1964by John W. Peterson Music Company. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
8 All People That on Earth Do Dwell
OLD HUNDREDTH
From Psalm 100 LOUIS BOURGEOIS, c. 1510 -c. 1561
AUr. to William Kethe, late 16th century - alt. in the Genevan Psalter, 1551
1. All peo-ple that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord withcheer-ful voice;
2. Know that the Lord is God in- deed: With-out our aid He did us make ; (
3. 0 en-ter then His gates with praise, Ap-proach withjoy His courts un - to;
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4. For why? the Lord our God is good, His mer- cy is for - ev - er sure;
The DOXOLOGY may also be sung to this meter.
HYMNS OF WORSHIP
All People That on Earth Do Dwell
Him serve with fear, His praise forth-tell, Come ye be -fore Him and re - joice.
We are His folk, He doth us feed, And for His sheep He doth us .take.
Praise.Iaud andbless His name al , ways, For it is seem-ly so to do.
His truth at all times firm- ly stood, And shall from age to age en - dure ,
His Loving-Kindness 9
LOVING -KINDNESS

SAMUEL MEDLEY, 1738-1799 WILLIAM CALDWELL, 19th century

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1. A - wake, my soul, to joy-ful lays, And sing thy great Re-deemer's praise;
2. He saw me ru - ined by the fall, Yet loved me not-with-stand-ing all;
3. Tho nu-mrous hosts of might-y foes, Tho earth and hell my way op-pose,
4. When trou-ble, like a gloom-y cloud, Has gath-ered thick and thundered loud,
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He just-ly claims a song from me- His lov-ing-kind-ness, 0 how free!
He saved me from my lost es - tate- His lov-ing-kind-ness, 0 how great I
He safe-ly leads my soul a - long- His lov-ing-kind-ness, 0 howstrong !
He near my soul has al-ways stood- His loy -ing-kind-ness, 0 how good!
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Lov - ing-kind-ness, lov-ing-kind-ness, His Iov - ing-kind-ness, 0 how free!
Lov - ing-kind-ness, lov-ing-kind-ness, His loy - ing-kind-ness, 0 how great!
Lov - ing-kind-ness, lov-ing-kind-ness, His Iov - ing-kind-ness, 0 how strong!
Lov-ing-kind-ness, lov-ing-kind-nes.s, »His :lo v- ing-kind-ness, 0 how good!
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HYMNS OF WORSHIP
10 0 God, Our Help in Ages Past
ST. ANNE
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1. 0 God, our help in a - ges past, Our hope for years to come,
2. Un - der the shad-ow of Thy throne Still may we dwell se- cure;
3. Be - fore the hills in or - der stood Or earth re-ceived her frame,
4. Time, like an ev - er - roll-ing stream, Bears all its sons a - way;
5. 0 God, our help in a r ge~ past, Our hope for years to come,

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Our shel-ter from the storm - blast, And our e - ter - nal home!
Suf - fi - cient is Thine arm a - lone, And our de - fense is sure.
From ev - er - last- ing Thou art God, To end-less years the same.
They fly, for- got - ten, as a dream Dies at the ope -ning day.
Be Thou our guide while life shall last, And our e - ter - nal home.
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II When All Thy Mercies, 0 I\ly God
BELMONT
JOSEPH ADDISON, 1672-1719 From Gardiner's Sacred Melodies, 1812
1. When all Thy mer-cies, 0 my God, My ris - ing soul sur - veys,
2. Un - num-bered com-forts to my soul Thy ten - der care be - stowed,
3. When worn with sick-ness, oft hast Thou With health re, newed my face;
4. Thru ev - 'ry pe - riod of my life Thy good-ness I'll pur - sue,
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with the view, I'm lost In won - der, love and praise.
in - fant heart con-ceived From whom those com- forts flowed. (
And, when in sins and sor, rows bowed, Re - vived my soul with grace. "
And aft - er death, in dis -tant worlds, The glo - rious theme re - new.
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HYMNS OF WORSHIP
Great God of Wonders! 12
SAMUEL DAVIES, 1723-1761 JOHN NEWTON, 1725-1807
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1. Great God of won - ders! all Thy ways Are match-less, God- like,
2. In won-der lost, with trem-bling joy, We take the par - don
3. 0 may this strange,this match-less grace, This God - like mir - a
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and di - vine; But the fair glo - ries of Thy grace More God-like
of our God: Par- don for crimes of deep-est dye, A par - don
cle of love, Fill the whole earth with grate-ful praise, And all th'an-
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and un -ri - valed shine, More God - like and un -ri - valed shine.
boughtwith Je - sus' blood, A par - don bought with Je -sus' blood.
gel - ic choirs a - bove, And all th'an - gel - ic choirs a - hove.
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HYMNS OF WORSHIP
13 Praise Ye the Lord, the Almighty
LOBE DEN HERREN
JOACHIM NEANDER, 1650-1680 From Stralsund Gesangbuch, 1665

Trans. by Catherine Winkworth, 1827-1878 Arr. in Cruger's Praxis Pietatas Melka, 1668

1. Praise ye the Lord, the Al - might - y, the King of cre ­
2. Praise ye the Lord, who o'er all things so won-drous - ly
3. Praise ye the Lord, who with mar- vel - ous wis , dom hath
4. Praise ye the Lord! 0 let all that is in me a
a - - tion! 0 my soul, praise Him, for He is thy
reign - - eth , Shel-ters thee un - der His wings, yea, so
made thee, Decked thee with health, and with lov - ing hand
dore Him! All that hath life and breath, come now with
health and sal_ va - - tion! All ye who hear, Now to His
gen - tly sus - tain - eth! Hast thou not seen How thy de ­
guid - ed and stayed thee; How oft in grief Hath not He
prais - es be - fore Him! Let the A - men Sound from His
tem - pIe draw near; Join me in glad ad - 0 - ra - - tion!
sires e'er have been Grant-ed in what He or - dain - - eth?
brought thee re - lief, Spread-ing His wings for to shade thee! (
peo - pIe a - gain: Glad -Iy for aye we a - dore Him.