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Ancient and Modern (Anglican Hymns) A&M 1- 50
Hymns Ancient and Modern is a compilation of Anglican English Hymn. It is known as Hymns Ancient and Modern Revised aka A&M. Ancient and Modern (Anglican Hymns) A&M 1- 50.
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Hymn A&M 1 Now that the daylight fills the sky
1. Now that the daylight fills the sky,
we lift our hearts to God on high,
that he, in all we do or say
would keep us free from harm today:
2. Would guard our hearts and tongues
from strife;
from anger’s din would hide our life;
from all ill sights would turn our eyes,
would close our ears from vanities.
3. Would keep our inmost conscience pure,
our souls from folly would secure,
would bid us check the pride of sense
with due and holy abstinence.
4. So we, when this day is gone,
and night in turn is drawing on,
with conscience by the world unstained
shall praise his name for victory gained.
5. All laud to God, the Father, be,
all praise, eternal Son, to thee,
all glory, as is ever meet,
to God the holy paraclete.
Hymn A&M 2 O splendor of God’s glory bright
1. O splendor of God’s glory bright,
who bringest forth the light from light,
O Light of Light, the fountain-spring,
O Day, our days illumining;
2. Come, very sun of truth and love
Come in thy radiance from above,
And shed the holy spirit’s ray
On all we think or do today.
3. Teach us to work with all our
might;
Put satan’s fierce assaults to fright:
Turn all to good that seems most ill;
Help us our calling to fulfill.
4. O joyful be the livelong day,
Our thoughts as pure as morning
ray,
Our faith like noonday’s glowing
height,
Our souls undimmed by shades of
Night.
5. All praise to God the Father be,
All praise, eternal Son, to thee,
Whom with the Spirit we adore
Forever and forevermore
Hymn A&M 003 Awake, my soul, and with the sun
1. Awake, my soul, and with the sun
thy daily stage of duty run;
shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise
to pay thy morning sacrifice.
2. Redeem thy mis-spent time that’s
Past,
And live this day as if thy last;
Improve thy talent with due care:
For the great day thyself prepare.
3. Let all thy converse be sincere,
Thy conscience as the noon-day
clear;
Think how all-seeing God thy ways
And all thy secret thoughts surveys.
4. Wake, and lift up myself, my
heart,
And with the angels bear thy part,
Who all night long unwearied sing,
High praise to the eternal King.
PART 2
5. Glory to thee, who safe hast kept
And hast refreshed me whilst I
slept;
Grant, Lord, when I from death shall wake,
I may of endless light partake.
6. Lord, I my vows to thee renew:
Disperse my sins as morning dew:
Guard my first springs of thought
and will,
And with thyself my spirit fill.
7. Direct, control, suggest, this day,
All I design or do or say;
That all my powers, with all their
might,
In thy sole glory may unite.
The following Doxology should be
used at the end of either part:
8. Praise God, from whom all ble
sings flow,
Praise him, all creatures here below
Praise him above, angelic host,
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Hymn A&M 004 New every morning is the love
1. New every morning is the love
our wakening and uprising prove;
through sleep and darkness safely brought,
restored to life and power and thought.
2. New mercies, each returning day,
hover around us while we pray;
new perils past, new sins forgiven,
new thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven.
3. If on our daily course our mind
be set to hallow all we find,
new treasures still, of countless price,
God will provide for sacrifice.
4. The trivial round, the common task,
will furnish all we ought to ask:
room to deny ourselves; a road
to bring us daily nearer God.
5. Only, O Lord, in thy dear love,
fit us for perfect rest above;
and help us, this and every day,
to live more nearly as we pray.
A&M 005 My Father, for another night
1. My Father, for another night
of quiet sleep and rest,
for all the joy of morning light,
thy holy Name be blest.
2. Now with the new-born day I give
myself anew to thee,
that as thou willest I may live,
and what thou willest be.
3. Whate’er I do, things great or small,
whate’er I speak or frame,
thy glory may I seek in all,
do all in Jesus’ Name.
4. My Father, for his sake, I pray
thy child accept and bless;
and lead me by thy grace to-day
in paths of righteousness.
A&M 006 At thy feet, O Christ, we lay
1. At thy feet, O Christ, we lay
thine own gift of this new day;
doubt of what it holds in store
makes us crave thine aid the more;
lest it prove a time of loss,
mark it, Saviour, with thy cross.
2. If it flow on calm and bright,
be thyself our chief delight;
if it bring unknown distress,
good is all that thou canst bless;
only, while its hours begin,
pray we, keep them clear of sin.
3. We in part our weakness know,
and in part discern our foe;
well for us, before thine eyes
all our danger open lies;
turn not from us, while we plead
thy compassion and our need.
4. Fain would we thy word embrace,
live each moment on thy grace,
all our selves to thee consign,
fold up all our wills in thine,
think and speak and do and be
simply that which pleases thee.
5. Hear us, Lord, and that right soon;
hear, and grant the choicest boon
that thy love can e’er impart,
loyal singleness of heart:
so shall this and all our days,
Christ our God, show forth thy praise.
A&M 7 Christ, whose glory fills the skies
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, appears.
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,
glad 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.
A&M 8 God of the morning at whose voice
1. God of the morning at whose voice
the cheerful sun makes haste to rise,
and like a giant doth rejoice
to run his journey through the skies;
2. O, like the sun, may I fulfill
the appointed duties of the day,
with ready mind and active will
march on and keep my heavenly way.
3. Give me thy counsel for my guide,
and then receive me to thy bliss:
all my desires and hopes beside
are faint and cold, compared with this.
A&M 9 Awaked from sleep we fall
1. Awaked from sleep we fall
before thee, God of love,
and chant the praise the angels raise,
O God of might, above:
Holy, holy, holy! Thou art God adored!
In thy pitying mercy show us mercy, Lord.
2. As at thy call I rise,
shine on this mind and heart,
and touch my tongue, that I among
thy choir may take my part:
Holy, holy, holy! Trinity adored!
In thy pitying mercy show me mercy, Lord.
3. The Judge will come with speed,
and each man’s deeds be known,
our trembling cry shall rise on high
at midnight to thy throne:
Holy, holy, holy! King of Saints adored!
In the hour of judgment show us mercy, Lord.
A&M 10 Let hearts awaken, now the night is ended
1. Let hearts awaken, now the night is ended,
And raise their morning psalm of adoration,
In sweetest concert the creator’s glory
Joyfully singing.
2. So, with the anthems of the blest uniting,
May we find grace to win the courts celestial,
And hymn the praise of heaven’s high king eternal
Through life ending.
3. Grant this, O Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
Trinity blessed, who are Godhead sharest:
Thine be the glory through the whole creation
Now and for ever
A&M 11 Come, Holy Ghost, who ever one
1. Come, Holy Ghost, who ever one
Art with the Father and the Son,
Come, Holy Ghost, our souls possess
With thy full flood of holiness.
2. In will and deed, by heart and
tongue,
With all our powers, thy praise be
sung;
And love light up our mortal frame,
Till others catch the living frame.
3. Almighty Father, hear our cry
Through Jesus Christ our Lord most high
Who with the Holy Ghost and thee
Doth live and reign eternally
A&M 12 O God of truth, O Lord of might
1. O God of truth, O Lord of might,
who orderest time and change aright,
arraying morn with joyful gleams,
and kindling noonday’s fiery beams;
2. Quench thou on earth the flames of strife,
from passion’s heat preserve our life;
our bodies keep from perils free,
and grant our souls true peace in thee.
3. Almighty Father, hear our cry,
through Jesus Christ, our lord most high,
who, with the Holy Ghost and thee,
doth live and reign eternally.
A&M 13 Behold us, Lord, a little space
1. Behold us, Lord, a little space
from daily tasks set free,
and met within thy holy place
to rest awhile with thee.
2. Around us rolls the ceaseless tide
of business, toil, and care;
and scarcely can we turn aside
for one brief hour of prayer.
3. Yet these are not the only walls
wherein thou may’st be sought:
on homeliest work thy blessing falls,
in truth and patience wrought.
4. Thine is the loom, the forge, the mart,
the wealth of land and sea;
the worlds of science and of art,
revealed and ruled by thee.
5. Then let us prove our heavenly birth
in all we do and know;
and claim the kingdom of the earth
for thee, and not thy foe.
6. Work shall be prayer, if all be wrought
as thou wouldst have it done;
and prayer, by thee inspired and taught,
itself with work be one
A&M 14 O God, the world’s sustaining force
1. O God, the world’s sustaining force,
thyself unmoved, all motion’s source,
who, from the morn till evening’s ray,
dost through its changes guide the day;
2. O grant us light at eventide,
that life may unimpaired abide,
and that a holy death may be
the door of immortality.
3. Almighty Father, hear our cry
through Jesus Christ our Lord most high,
who with the Holy Ghost and thee
doth live and reign eternally.
A&M 15Â O Trinity, most blessed light
1. O Trinity, most blessed light,
O Unity of sovereign might,
As now the fiery sun departs,
shed thou thy beams within our hearts..
2. To thee our morning song of praise,
to thee our evening prayer we raise;
Thee may our souls for evermore
In lowly reverence adore.
3. All praise to God the Father be;
all praise, eternal Son, to thee;
Who with the spirit we adore,
For ever and for evermore.
A&M 16 Before the ending of the day
1. Before the ending of the day,
Creator of the world we pray,
that with thy wonted favour thou
wouldst be our guard and keeper now.
2. From all ill dreams defend our eyes,
from nightly fears and fantasies;
tread under foot our ghostly foe,
that no pollution we may know.
3. O Father, that we ask be done,
through Jesus Christ thine only Son:
who, with the Holy Ghost and thee,
doth live and reign eternally.
A&M 17 O Strength and Stay upholding all creation
1. O Strength and Stay upholding all creation,
who ever dost thyself unmoved abide;
yet day by day the light in due gradation
from hour to hour through all its changes guide.
2. Grant to life’s day a calm unclouded ending,
An eve untouched by shadows of decay,
the brightness of a holy death-bed blending
With dawning glories of the eternal day.
3. Hear us, O Father, gracious and forgiving,
through Jesus Christ thy co-eternal Word,
who, with the Holy Ghost, by all things living
Now and to endless ages art adored.
A&M 18 Hail, gladdening Light, of his pure glory poured
1. Hail, gladdening Light, of his pure glory poured,
who is the immortal Father, heavenly blest;
Holiest of Holies, Jesus Christ our Lord!
2. Now are we come to the sun’s hour of rest;
the lights of evening round us shine,
we hymn the Father, Son and Holy Spirit divine.
3. Worthiest art thou at all times to be sung,
with undefiled tongue,
Son of our God, Giver of life, alone!
Therefore in all the world thy glories, Lord, they own.
A&M 19 The radiant morn hath passed away
1. The radiant morn hath passed away,
and spent too soon her golden store;
the shadows of departing day
creep on once more.
2. Our life is but an autumn sun,
its glorious noon how quickly past!
Lead us, O Christ, thou living way,
safe home at last.
3. O by thy soul inspiring grace
uplift our hearts to realms on high;
help us to look to that bright place
beyond the sky.
4. Where light, and life, and joy, and peace
in undivided empire reign,
and thronging angels never cease
their deathless strain.
5. Where saints are clothed in spotless white,
and evening shadows never fall;
where thou, eternal Light of light,
art Lord of all
A&M 20 At even, ere the sun was set
1. At even, ere the sun was set,
the sick, O Lord, around thee lay;
O, in what diverse pains they met!
O, with what joy they went away!
2. Once more ’tis eventide, and we,
oppressed with various ills, draw near;
what if thy form we cannot see?
We know and feel that thou art here.
3. O Savior Christ, our woes dispel;
for some are sick, and some are sad;
and some have never loved thee well,
and some have lost the love they had;
4. And some have found the world is vain,
Yet from the world they break not free;
And some have friends who give them pain,
yet have not sought a friend in thee.
5. And none, O Lord, have perfect rest,
for none are wholly free from sin;
And they who fain would serve thee best
are conscious most of wrong within.
6. O Savior Christ, thou too art man;
thou has been troubled, tempted, tried;
thy kind but searching glance can scan
the very wounds that shame would hide.
7. Thy touch has still its ancient power.
no word from thee can fruitless fall;
hear, in this solemn evening hour,
and in thy mercy heal us all.
A&M 021 The day is past and over
1. The day is past and over;
all thanks, O Lord, to thee!
I pray thee now that sinless
the hours of dark may be.
O Jesus, keep me in thy sight,
and guard me through the coming night.
2. The joys of day are over;
I lift my heart to thee,
and ask thee that offenseless
the hours of dark may be.
O Jesus, keep me in thy sight,
and guard me through the coming night.
3. The toils of day are over;
I raise the hymn to thee,
and ask that free from peril
the hours of dark may be.
O Jesus, keep me in thy sight,
and guard me through the coming night.
4. Be thou my soul’s preserver,
for thou alone dost know
how many are the perils
through which I have to go.
O loving Jesus, hear my call,
and guard and save me from them all.
A&M 22 Holy Father, cheer our way
1. Holy Father, cheer our way
with thy love’s perpetual ray;
grant us every closing day
light at evening time.
2. Holy Savior, calm our fears
when earth’s brightness disappears;
grant us in our later years
light at evening time.
3. Holy Spirit, be thou nigh
when in mortal pains we lie;
grant us, as we come to die,
light at evening time.
4. Holy, blessed Trinity,
darkness is not dark with thee;
those thou keepest always see
light at evening time.
A&M 23 Glory to thee, my God, this night
1. Glory to thee, my God, this night,
for all the blessings of the light:
keep me, O keep me, King of kings,
beneath thy own almighty wings.
2. Forgive me, Lord, for thy dear Son,
the ill that I this day have done;
that with the world, myself, and thee,
I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.
3. Teach me to live, that I may dread
the grave as little as my bed;
teach me to die, that so I may
rise glorious at the awful day.
4. O may my soul on thee repose,
and with sweet sleep mine eyelids close;
sleep that shall me more vigorous make
to serve my God when I awake.
5. When in the night I sleepless lie,
my soul with heavenly thoughts supply;
let no ill dreams disturb my rest,
no powers of darkness me molest.
6. Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
praise him, all creatures here below;
praise him above, angelic host:
praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
A&M 24 Sun of my soul, thou Savior dear
1. Sun of my soul, thou Saviour dear,
it is not night if thou be near;
O may no earth-born cloud arise
to hide thee from thy servant’s eyes.
2. When the soft dews of kindly sleep
my wearied eyelids gently steep,
be my last thought, how sweet to rest
forever on my Savior’s breast.
3. Abide with me from morn till eve,
for without thee I cannot live;
abide with me when night is nigh,
for without thee I dare not die.
4. If some poor wandering child of thine
has spurned today the voice divine,
now, Lord, the gracious work begin;
let him no more lie down in sin.
5. Watch by the sick, enrich the poor
with blessings from thy boundless store;
be every mourner’s sleep tonight,
like infants’ slumbers, pure and right.
6. Come near and bless us when we wake,
ere through the world our way we take,
till in the ocean of thy love
we lose ourselves in heaven above.
A&M 25 Through the day thy love has spared us
1. Through the day thy love has spared us;
now we lay us down to rest;
through the silent watches guard us,
let no foe our peace molest;
Jesus, thou our Guardian be;
sweet it is to trust in thee.
2. Pilgrims here on earth, and strangers,
dwelling in the midst of foes;
us and ours preserve from dangers;
in thine arms may we repose.
and, when life’s sad day is past,
rest with thee in heaven at last.
A&M 26 God, that madest earth and heaven
1. God, that madest earth and heaven,
darkness and light;
who the day for toil hast given,
for rest the night;
may thine angel guards defend us,
slumber sweet thy mercy send us;
holy dreams and hopes attend us,
all through the night.
2. Guard us waking, guard us sleeping,
and when we die,
may we in thy mighty keeping
all peaceful lie;
when the last dread call shall wake us,
do not thou, our God, forsake us,
but to reign in glory take us
with Thee on high.
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A&M 27 Abide with me: fast falls the eventide
1. Abide with me: fast falls the eventide;
the darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide:
when other helpers fail and comforts flee,
help of the helpless, O abide with me.
2. Swift to its close ebbs out life’s
Little day;
Earth’s joy grow dim, its glories
pass away;
Change and decay in all around I see:
O thou who changest not, abide with me.
3. I need thy presence every passing hour;
what but thy grace can foil the tempter’s power?
Who, like thyself, my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me.
4. I fear no foe, with thee at hand to bless;
ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness.
Where is death’s dark sting? where, grave, thy victory?
I triumph still, if thou abide with me.
5. Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes;
shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies;
heaven’s morning breaks, and earth’s vain shadows flee;
in life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.
A&M 28 Sweet Savior, bless us ere we go
1. Sweet Savior, bless us ere we go;
thy word into our minds instill,
and make our lukewarm hearts to glow
with lowly love and fervent will.
Through life’s long day and death’s dark night,
O gentle Jesus, be our Light.
2. The day is done, its hours have run,
and thou hast taken count of all,
the scanty triumphs grace hath won,
the broken vow, the frequent fall.
Through life’s long day, etc.
3. Grant us, dear Lord, from evil ways
true absolution and release:
and bless us, more than in past days,
with purity and inward peace.
Through life’s long day, etc.
4. Do more than pardon; give us joy,
sweet fear, and sober liberty,
and simple hearts without alloy
that only long to be like thee.
Through life’s long day, etc.
5. For all we love, the poor, the sad,
the sinful, unto thee we call;
O let thy mercy make us glad:
thou art our Jesus, and our All.
Through life’s long day, etc.
A&M 29 As now the sun’s declining rays
1. As now the sun’s declining rays
at eventide descend,
so life’s brief day is sinking down
to its appointed end.
2. Lord, on the cross thine arms were stretched
to draw thy people nigh;
O grant us then that cross to love,
and in those arms to die.
3. All glory to the Father be,
all glory to the son,
all glory, holy ghost, to thee,
while endless ages run.
 A&M 30 The sun is sinking fast
1. The sun is sinking fast,
the daylight dies;
let love awake, and pay
her evening sacrifice.
2. As Christ upon the cross
his head inclined,
and to his Father’s hands
his parting soul resigned;
3. So now herself my soul
would wholly give
into his sacred charge
in whom all spirits live;
4. So now beneath his eye
would calmly rest,
without a wish or thought
abiding in the breast;
5. Save that his will be done,
whate’er betide;
dead to herself, and dead
in him to all beside.
6. Thus would I live: yet now
not I, but he,
in all his power and love,
henceforth alive in me.
7. One sacred Trinity,
one Lord divine,
may I be ever his,
and he for ever mine.
A&M 31 Savior, again to thy dear Name we raise
1. Savior, again to thy dear Name we raise
with one accord our parting hymn of praise;
we stand to bless thee ere our worship cease;
then, lowly kneeling, wait thy word of peace.
2. Grant us thy peace upon our homeward way;
with thee began, with thee shall end the day.
guard thou the lips from sin, the hearts from shame,
that in this house have called upon thy Name.
3. Grant us thy peace, Lord, through the coming night;
turn thou for us its darkness into light;
from harm and danger keep thy children free,
for dark and light are both alike to thee.
4. Grant us thy peace throughout our earthly life;
our balm in sorrow, and our stay in strife;
then, when thy voice shall bid our conflict cease,
call us, O Lord, to thine eternal peace.
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A&M 32 And now the wants are told, that brought
1. And now the wants are told, that brought
thy children to thy knee;
here lingering still, we ask for nought,
but simply worship thee.
2. The hope of heaven’s eternal days
absorbs not all the heart
that gives thee glory, love, and praise,
for being what thou art.
3. For thou art God, the One, the Same,
o’er all things high and bright;
and round us, when we speak thy name,
there spreads a heaven of light.
4. O wondrous peace, in thought to dwell
on excellence divine;
to know that nought in man can tell
how fair thy beauties shine!
5. O thou, above all blessing blest,
o’er thanks exalted far,
thy very greatness is a rest
to weaklings as we are;
6. For when we fell the praise of thee
a task beyond our powers,
we say, “A perfect God is he,
and he is fully ours.”
7. All glory to the Father be,
all glory to the Son,
all glory, Holy Ghost, to thee,
while endless ages run.
A&M 33 The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended
1. The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended,
the darkness falls at thy behest;
to thee our morning hymns ascended,
thy praise shall sanctify our rest.
2. We thank thee that thy Church, unsleeping
while earth rolls onward into light,
through all the world her watch is keeping
and rests not now by day nor night.
3. As o’er each continent and island
the dawn leads on another day,
the voice of prayer is never silent,
nor dies the strain of praise away.
4. The sun that bids us rest is waking
our brethren ‘neath the western sky,
and hour by hour fresh lips are making
thy wondrous doings heard on high.
5. So be it, Lord; thy throne shall never,
like earth’s proud empires, pass away;
thy kingdom stands, and grows for ever,
till all thy creatures own thy sway.
A&M 34 The duteous day now closeth
1. The duteous day now closeth,
each flower and tree reposeth,
shade creeps o’er wild and wood:
let us, as night is falling,
on God our Maker calling,
give thanks to him, the Giver good.
2. Now all the heavenly splendor
breaks forth in starlight tender
from myriad worlds unknown;
and man, this marvel seeing,
forget his selfish being
for joy of beauty not his own.
3. His care he drowneth yonder,
lost in the abyss of wonder;
to heaven his soul doth steal:
this life he disesteemeth,
the day it is that dreameth,
that doth from truth his vision seal.
4. Awhile his mortal blindness
may miss God’s lovingkindness
and grope in faithless strife;
but when life’s day is over,
shall death’s fair night discover
the fields of everlasting life.
A&M 35 Round me falls the night
1. Round me falls the night;
Savior, be my Light.
through the hours in darkness shrouded
let me see thy face unclouded;
let Thy glory shine
in this heart of mine.
2. Earthly work is done,
earthly sounds are none,
rest in sleep and silence seeking,
let me hear thee softly speaking;
in my spirit’s ear
whisper, “I am near.”
3. Blessed, heavenly Light
shining through earth’s night;
voice that oft of love hast told me;
arms so strong to clasp and hold me,
thou thy watch wilt keep,
Savior, o’er my sleep.
A&M 36 And now another day is gone
1. And now another day is gone,
I’ll sing my Maker’s praise,
my comforts every hour make known,
his providence and grace.
2. I lay my body down to sleep;
may angels guard my head,
and through the hours of darkness keep
their watch around my bed.
3. With cheerful heart I close my eyes,
since thou wilt not remove;
and in the morning let me rise
rejoicing in thy love.
A&M 37 Fast sinks the sun to rest
1. Fast sinks the sun to rest,
Fast falls the shades of night;
Fain would the weary heart
Keep love’s frail flame alight,
End the day that fading dies
With an offering of sacrifice.
2. E’en as the crucified,
Calm in the hour of death,
unto his father’s hands
Yielded his latest breath,
So my spirit would repose
Safe in God’s mighty keeping close.
3. Meekly beneath his hand
Lieth my helplessness,
Thinking and caring naught
Save what he purposes,
And in utter calm abides,
Dead to self and to all besides.
4. Be it not I who live
But God who lives in me,
Reigning and triumphing
In love’s sweet majesty;
May he mine for ever be,
God who one is in Trinity.
A&M 38 Our day of praise is done
1. Our day of praise is done;
the evening shadows fall;
but pass not from us with the sun,
true Light that lightenest all.
2. Around the throne on high,
where night can never be,
the white-robed harpers of the sky
bring ceaseless hymns to thee.
3. Too faint our anthems here;
too soon of praise we tire;
but O the strains, how full and clear,
of that eternal choir!
4. Yet, Lord, to thy dear will
if thou attune the heart,
we in thine angels’ music still
may bear our lower part.
5. ‘Tis thine each soul to calm,
each wayward thought reclaim,
and make our life a daily psalm
of glory to thy Name.
6. A little while, and then
shall come the glorious end;
and songs of angels and of men
in perfect praise shall blend.
A&M 39 On this day, the first of days
1. On this day, the first of days,
God’s the Father’s Name we praise,
who, creation’s Lord and Spring,
did the world from darkness bring.
2. On this day the eternal Son
over death triumph won;
on this day the Spirit came
with his gifts of living flame.
3. O that fervent love today
may in every heart have sway,
teaching us to praise aright
God the Source of life and light.
4. Father, who didst fashion me
image of thyself to be,
fill me with thy love divine,
let my every thought be thine.
5. Holy Jesus, may I be
dead and risen here with thee;
and upon love’s fire arise
unto thee a sacrifice.
6. Thou who dost all gifts impart,
shine, good Spirit, in my heart;
best of gifts, thyself bestow;
make me burn thy love to know.
7. God, the one God of my heart,
i am thine, and mine thou art;
take me, blessed one in thee,
here I give myself to thee.
A&M 40 Again the Lord’s own day is here
1. Again the Lord’s own day is here,
the day to Christian people dear,
as, week by week, it bids them tell
how Jesus rose from death and hell.
2. For by his flock their Lord declared
his resurrection should be shared;
and we who trust in him to save
with him are risen from the grave.
3. We, one and all, of his possessed,
are with exceeding treasures blessed;
for all he did, and all he bare,
he gives us as our own to share.
4. Eternal glory, rest on high,
a blessed immortality,
true peace and gladness, and a throne,
are all his gifts, and all our own.
5. And therefore unto thee we sing,
O Lord of peace, eternal King;
thy love we praise, thy name adore,
both on this day and evermore.
Hymn 041 O day of rest and gladness
1. O day of rest and gladness,
O day of joy and light,
O balm of care and sadness,
most beautiful, most bright;
on thee the high and lowly,
before the eternal throne,
sing, “Holy, holy, holy,”
to the great Three in One.
2. On thee, at the creation,
the light first had its birth;
on thee for our salvation
Christ rose from depths of earth;
On thee our Lord victorious
the Spirit sent from heaven,
and thus on thee most glorious
a triple light was given.
3. Today on weary nations
the heavenly manna falls;
to holy convocations
the silver trumpet calls,
where Gospel light is glowing
with pure and radiant beams,
and living water flowing,
with soul-refreshing streams.
4. New graces ever gaining
from this our day of rest,
we reach the rest remaining
to spirits of the blest;
to holy ghost be praises,
to Father, and to Son,
the church her voice upraises
to thee, blest Three in One.
A&M 42 This is the day of light:
1. This is the day of light:
let there be light today;
O Dayspring, rise upon our night
and chase its gloom away.
2. This is the day of rest:
our failing strength renew;
on weary brain and troubled breast
shed thou thy freshening dew.
3. This is the day of peace:
thy peace our spirits fill;
bid thou the blasts of discord cease,
the waves of strife be still.
4. This is the day of prayer:
let earth to heaven draw near;
lift up our hearts to seek thee there,
come down to meet us here.
5. This is the first of days;
send forth thy quickening breath,
and wake dead souls to love and praise,
O Vanquisher of death!
A&M 43 This is the day the Lord hath made
1. This is the day the Lord hath made,
he calls the hours his own;
let heaven rejoice, let earth be glad,
and praise surround the throne.
2. Today he rose and left the dead,
and Satan’s empire fell;
today the saints his triumphs spread,
and all his wonders tell.
3. Hosanna to the anointed King,
to David’s only Son!
Help us, O Lord, descend and bring
salvation from thy throne.
4. Blest be the Lord, who comes to men
with messages of grace!
Who comes, in God his Father’s name,
to save our sinful race.
5. Hosanna in the highest strains
the Church on earth can raise;
the highest heavens in which he reigns
shall give him nobler praise.
Ancient and Modern (Anglican Hymns) A&M 1- 50
A&M 44 Blest Creator of the light
1. Blest Creator of the light,
making day with radiance bright,
thou didst o’er the forming earth
give the golden light its birth.
2. Shade of eve with morning ray
took from thee the name of day;
darkness now is drawing nigh;
listen to our humble cry.
3. May we ne’er by guilt depressed
lose the way to endless rest;
nor with idle thoughts and vain
bind our souls to earth again.
4. Rather may we heavenward rise
where eternal treasure lies;
purified by grace within,
hating every deed of sin.
5. Holy Father, hear our cry
through thy Son our Lord most high,
whom our thankful hearts adore
with the Spirit evermore.
A&M 45 Creator of the stars of height
1. Creator of the stars of height,
thy people’s everlasting light,
Jesu, Redeemer of us all,
hear thou thy servants when they call.
2. Thou, sorrowing at the helpless cry
of all creation doomed to die,
didst come to save our falling race
by healing gifts of heavenly grace.
3. When earth was near its evening hour,
thou didst, in love, ‘s redeeming power,
like a bridegroom from his chamber come,
forth from a virgin mother’s womb.
4. At thy great Name, exalted now,
all knees in lowly homage bow;
all things in heaven and earth adore,
and own thee King forevermore.
5. To thee, O Holy One, we pray,
our Judge in that tremendous day,
ward off, while yet we dwell below,
the weapons of our crafty foe.
6. To God the Father, God the Son,
and God the Spirit, Three in One,
praise, honor, might, and glory be
from age to age eternally.
A&M 46 “Behold, the Bridegroom draweth nigh!
1. “Behold, the Bridegroom draweth nigh!”
Hear ye the oft-repeated cry?
Go forth into the midnight dim;
for blest are they whom he shall find
with ready heart and watchful mind;
go forth, my soul, to him.
2. “Behold, the Bridegroom cometh by!”
The call is echoed from the sky:
Go forth, ye servants, watch and wait;
the slothful cannot join his train;
no careless one may entrance gain:
awake, my soul, ’tis late.
3. The wise will plead with one accord,
O Holy, Holy, Holy Lord,
On us thy quickening grace bestow,
that none may reach the door to gate,
when thou shalt enter at the gate
and to thy kingdom go.
4. “Behold, the Bridegroom draweth near!”
The warning falls on every ear:
the night of dread shall come to all:
behold, my soul, thy lamp so dim,
rise, rise the smoking flax to trim;
soon shall I hear the call.
A&M 47 Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding
1. Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding.
“Christ is nigh,” it seems to say;
“Castaway the dreams of darkness,
O ye children of the day.”
2. Wakened by the solemn warning,
let the earth-bound soul arise;
Christ, her Sun, all ill dispelling,
shines upon the morning skies.
3. Lo! the Lamb, so long expected,
comes with pardon down from heaven;
let us haste, with tears of sorrow,
one and all to be forgiven;
4. That when next he comes with glory,
and the world is wrapped in fear,
with his mercy he may shield us,
and with words of love draw near.
5. Honor, glory, might, and blessing
to the Father and the Son,
with the everlasting Spirit,
while eternal ages run.
Ancient and Modern (Anglican Hymns) A&M 1- 50
A&M 48 The advent of our King
1. The advent of our King
our prayers must now employ,
and we must hymns of welcome sing
in strains of holy joy.
2. The everlasting Son
incarnate deigns to be;
himself a servant’s form puts on
to set his servants free.
3. Daughter of sion, rise
to meet thy lowly King,
nor let thy faithless heart despise
the peace he comes to bring.
4. As Judge, on clouds of light,
he soon will come again,
and his true members all unite
with him in heaven to reign.
5. All glory to the Son
who comes to set us free,
with Father, Spirit, ever One,
through all eternity.
A&M 49 O come, O come, Emmanuel,
1. O come, O come, Emmanuel,
and ransom captive Israel,
that mourns in lonely exile here
until the Son of God appear.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
shall come to thee, O Israel.
2. O come, thou Rod of Jesse, free
thine own from Satan’s tyranny;
from depths of hell thy people save,
and give them victory over the grave.
Rejoice, etc.
3. O come, thou Dayspring, come and cheer
our spirits by thine advent here;
disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
and death’s dark shadows put to flight.
Rejoice, etc.
4. O come, thou Key of David, come,
and open wide our heavenly home;
make safe the way that leads on high,
and close the path to misery.
Rejoice, etc.
5. O come, O come, thou Lord of might,
who to thy tribes on Sinai’s height
in ancient times didst give the law
in cloud and majesty and awe.
Rejoice, etc.
A&M 50 On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry
1. On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry
announces that the Lord is nigh;
awake and hearken, for he brings
glad tidings of the King of kings.
2. Then cleansed be every breast from sin;
make straight the way for God within,
prepare we in our hearts a home
where such a mighty Guest may come.
3. For thou art our salvation, Lord,
our refuge and our great reward;
without thy grace, we waste away
like flowers that wither and decay.
4. To heal the sick stretch out thine hand,
and bid the fallen sinner stand;
shine forth and let thy light restore
earth’s own true loveliness once more.
5. All praise, eternal Son, to thee,
whose advent doth thy people free;
whom with the Father we adore
and Holy Ghost forevermore.
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