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Abide With Me Lyrics
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, oh, abide with me.
2. Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day;
Earth’s joys grow dim, its glories pass away;
Change and decay in all around I ...
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Abide With Me Lyrics
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, oh, abide with me.
2. Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day;
Earth’s joys grow dim, its glories pass away;
Change and decay in all around ...
Lyrics Almighty Father of all things that be,
our life, our work we consecrate to thee,
whose heavens declare thy glory from above,
whose earth below is witness to thy love.
For well we know this weary, soiled earth
is yet thine own by right of its new birth,
since that great cross upreared on Calvary
redeemed it from its fault and shame ...
Be Thou My Vision Lyrics
The original words are attributed to Dallán Forgaill (c. 530 – 598). The English versions were versified by Eleanor Henrietta Hull (1860 – 1935) in 1912 based upon a translation by Mary Elizabeth Byrne (1880 – 1931) published in 1905.
Please note that there are two English versions of this hymn which ...
Lyrics by Frederick Edwin Le Grice (1911 – 1992). We regret that we are unable to publish the lyrics to this hymn at the moment, as they are still in copyright.
Recording Tune: Woodlands, composed by Walter Greatorex (1877 – 1949). Public Domain
Performance ℗ 2019 Richard M S Irwin. All rights reserved. ISRC UKTU21900019 https://soundcloud.com/richardirwinmusic/glory-to-god-woodlands-3-verses-organ-2019
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Lyrics ~ 4 verses
“Lift up your hearts!” We lift them, Lord, to Thee;
Here at Thy feet none other may we see;
“Lift up your hearts!” E’en so, with one accord,
We lift them up, we lift them to the Lord.
Above the swamps of subterfuge and shame,
The deeds, the thoughts, that honor may not name,
The halting tongue that ...
Lyrics
We regret that we are unable to publish the lyrics to this hymn at the moment, as they are still in copyright.
Lyrics by William Henry Ralph Reader (1903 – 1982)
Recording Tune: Woodlands, composer: Walter Greatorex (1877 – 1949), Public Domain
Performances Copyright ℗ 2019 Richard M S Irwin. All rights reserved. The music used in this recording belongs ...
Hymn – O Valiant Hearts – Lyrics
O valiant hearts who to your glory came
Through dust of conflict and through battle flame;
Tranquil you lie, your knightly virtue proved,
Your memory hallowed in the land you loved.
Proudly you gathered, rank on rank, to war
As who had heard God’s message from afar;
All you had hoped for, all you had, ...
O What Their Joy And Their Glory Must Be Lyrics
1. Oh, what the joy and the glory must be,
Those endless Sabbaths the blessèd ones see!
Crown for the valiant, to weary ones rest;
God shall be all, and in all ever blest.
2. What are the Monarch, His court, and His throne?
What are the peace and the ...
Saviour, Again To Thy Dear Name We Raise Lyrics
1. Saviour, again to your dear name we raise
with one accord our parting hymn of praise.
We give you thanks before our worship cease,
and now departing, wait your word of peace.
2. Grant us your peace upon our homeward way;
with you began, with you shall end the day.
Guard ...
Lyrics
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Details
Tune: Woodlands
Style: 20th Century
Composer: Walter Greatorex (1877 – 1949)
Lyricist: William Henry Ralph Reader (1903 – 1982)
We regret that we are unable to publish the lyrics to this hymn at the moment, as they are still in copyright.
Lyrics by William Henry Ralph Reader (1903 – 1982)
Recording
Tune: Woodlands, composer: Walter Greatorex (1877 – 1949), Public Domain
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1. Saviour, again to your dear name we raise with one accord our parting hymn of praise. We give you thanks before our worship cease, and now departing, wait your word of peace.
2. Grant us your peace upon our homeward way; with you began, with you shall end the day. Guard now the lips from sin, the hearts from shame, that in this house have called upon your name.
3. Grant us your peace, Lord, through the coming night; turn all our darkness to your perfect light. Then, while we sleep, our hope and strength renew, for dark and light are both alike to you.
4. Grant us your peace throughout our earthly life comfort in sorrow, courage in the strife. Then when your voice shall make our conflict cease, call us, O Lord, to your eternal peace.
Meter: 10 10 10 10. Lyricist: John Ellerton (1826 – 1893). Public Domain.
Ellers ~ Recording
Tune: Ellers, composed by Edward John Hopkins (1818 – 1901). Public Domain.
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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, oh, abide with me.
2. Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day; Earth’s joys 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 pow’r? 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 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; Heav’n’s morning breaks, and earth’s vain shadows flee; In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.
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O valiant hearts who to your glory came Through dust of conflict and through battle flame; Tranquil you lie, your knightly virtue proved, Your memory hallowed in the land you loved.
Proudly you gathered, rank on rank, to war As who had heard God’s message from afar; All you had hoped for, all you had, you gave, To save mankind—yourselves you scorned to save.
Splendid you passed, the great surrender made; Into the light that nevermore shall fade; Deep your contentment in that blest abode, Who wait the last clear trumpet call of God.
Long years ago, as earth lay dark and still, Rose a loud cry upon a lonely hill, While in the frailty of our human clay, Christ, our Redeemer, passed the self same way.
Still stands His Cross from that dread hour to this, Like some bright star above the dark abyss; Still, through the veil, the Victor’s pitying eyes Look down to bless our lesser Calvaries.
These were His servants, in His steps they trod, Following through death the martyred Son of God: Victor, He rose; victorious too shall rise They who have drunk His cup of sacrifice.
O risen Lord, O Shepherd of our dead, Whose cross has bought them and Whose staff has led, In glorious hope their proud and sorrowing land Commits her children to Thy gracious hand.
Recording
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1. Oh, what the joy and the glory must be, Those endless Sabbaths the blessèd ones see! Crown for the valiant, to weary ones rest; God shall be all, and in all ever blest.
2. What are the Monarch, His court, and His throne? What are the peace and the joy that they own? Oh, that the blest ones, who in it have share, All that they feel could as fully declare!
3. Truly Jerusalem name we that shore, Vision of peace, that brings joy evermore; Wish and fulfillment can severed be ne’er, Nor the thing prayed for come short of the prayer.
4. There, where no troubles distraction can bring, We the sweet anthems of Sion shall sing; While for thy grace, Lord, their voices of praise Thy blessèd people eternally raise.
5. There dawns no Sabbath, no Sabbath is o’er, Those Sabbath-keepers have one evermore; One and unending is that triumph-song Which to the angels and us shall belong.
6. Now, in the meanwhile, with hearts raised on high, We for that country must yearn and must sigh; Seeking Jerusalem, dear native land, Through our long exile on Babylon’s strand.
7. Low before Him with our praises we fall, Of Whom, and in Whom, and through Whom are all; Of Whom, the Father; and in Whom, the Son; Through Whom, the Spirit, with Them ever One.
Meter: 10 10 10 10. Lyricist: Peter Abelard (1079 – 1142), translated by John Mason Neale (1818 – 1866). Public Domain
O Quanta Qualia ~ Recording
Tune: O Quanta Qualia, composed by François de La Feilée in ‘Méthode’ (1808). Public Domain.
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“Lift up your hearts!” We lift them, Lord, to Thee; Here at Thy feet none other may we see; “Lift up your hearts!” E’en so, with one accord, We lift them up, we lift them to the Lord.
Above the swamps of subterfuge and shame, The deeds, the thoughts, that honor may not name, The halting tongue that dares not tell the whole, O Lord of Truth, lift every Christian soul!
Lift every gift that Thou Thyself hast given; Low lies the best till lifted up to heaven; Low lie the bounding heart, the teeming brain, Till, sent from God, they mount to God again.
Then, as the trumpet call, in after years, “Lift up your hearts!” rings pealing in our ears, Still shall those hearts respond, with full accord “We lift them up, we lift them to the Lord!”
Lyrics by Henry Montague Butler (1833 – 1919). Public Domain
Recording
Tune: Woodlands, composed by Walter Greatorex (1877 – 1949). Public Domain
Performances Copyright ℗ 2019 Richard M S Irwin. Certain rights reserved.
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Lyrics by Frederick Edwin Le Grice (1911 – 1992). We regret that we are unable to publish the lyrics to this hymn at the moment, as they are still in copyright.
Recording
Tune: Woodlands, composed by Walter Greatorex (1877 – 1949). Public Domain
Performance ℗ 2019 Richard M S Irwin. All rights reserved. ISRC UKTU21900019
The music used in this recording belongs in the Public Domain, but the Performance rights ℗ belong to Richard M S Irwin. You may click the Download Button to obtain the MP3 recording for use in Worship (including online services) or for personal use only. For other uses of the recording, please Contact Us. If you use our hymns, please consider a donation to help keep this service free.
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