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How Firm a Foundation

Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 2,205 hymnals Scripture: Malachi 4:2 First Line: How firm a foundation, you saints of the Lord Lyrics: 1 How firm a foundation, you saints of the Lord, Is laid for your faith in his excellent Word! What more can he say than to you he has said, To you who for refuge to Jesus have fled? 2 "Fear not, I am with you, O be not dismayed, For I am your God, and will still give you aid; I'll strengthen you, help you, and cause you to stand, Upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand." 3 "When through the deep waters I call you to go, The rivers of woe shall not you overflow; For I will be with you, your troubles to bless, And sanctify to you, your deepest distress." 4 "The soul that on Jesus still leans for repose, I will not, I will not desert to its foes; That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake, I'll never, no never, no never forsake!" Topics: Care of the Sick; Comfort; Confidence; Courage; Faith; Grief; Hope; Love of God for Us; Providence; Rites of the Church Rite of Anointing (Care of the Sick); Saints; Suffering; Trust Used With Tune: FOUNDATION Text Sources: "K" in Rippon's A Selection of Hymns", 1787

Sun of my soul, my Saviour dear

Author: John Keble, 1792-1866 Appears in 1,486 hymnals Scripture: Malachi 4:2 Lyrics: 1 Sun of my soul, my Saviour dear, it is not night if you are near; oh may no earth-born cloud arise to hide you from your 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 Saviour's breast. 3 Watch by the sick; enrich the poor with blessings from your boundless store; be every mourner's sleep tonight, like infants' slumbers, pure and light. 4 Come near and bless us when we wake, as through the world our way we take, till in the ocean of your love we lose ourselves in heaven above. Topics: Evening; Rest Used With Tune: HURSLEY

Hark, the glad sound

Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 834 hymnals Scripture: Malachi 4:2 First Line: Hark, the glad sound! the Saviour comes Lyrics: 1 Hark the glad sound! the Saviour comes, the Saviour promised long: let ev'ry heart prepare a throne, and ev'ry voice a song. 2 He comes, the prisoners to release in Satan's bondage held; the gates of brass before him burst, the iron fetters yield. 3 He comes, the broken heart to bind, the bleeding soul to cure, and with the treasures of his grace to bless the humble poor. 4 Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace, thy welcome shall proclaim; and heav'n's eternal arches ring with thy belovèd name. Topics: Advent; Year B Advent 3 Used With Tune: BRISTOL

Jesus, your boundless love to me

Author: Paulus Gerhardt 1607-76; John Wesley 1703-91 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 356 hymnals Scripture: Malachi 4:2 Topics: The Christian Life Commitment and Obedience Used With Tune: PATER OMNIUM

We've a story to tell to the nations

Author: Colin Sterne, 1862-1928 Appears in 316 hymnals Scripture: Malachi 4:2 Refrain First Line: for the darkness shall turn to dawning Lyrics: 1 We've a story to tell to the nations, that shall turn their hearts to the right, a story of truth and mercy, a story of peace and light, a story of peace and light, Refrain: for the darkness shall turn to dawning, and the dawning to noonday bright, and Christ's great kingdom shall come on earth, the kingdom of love and light. 2 We've a song to be sung to the nations that shall lift their hearts to the Lord, a song that shall conquer evil and shatter the spear and sword, and shatter the spear and sword, [Refrain] 3 We've a message to give to the nations, that the Lord who reigneth above hath sent us his Son to save us, and show us that God is love, and show us that God is love, [Refrain] Topics: Communication / Language; Evangelism; Jesus Christ Light of the World; Jesus Christ Kingship / Reign; Nations; One Life in Christ Mission; Salvation Used With Tune: WE'VE A STORY

Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee

Author: Henry van Dyke Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 277 hymnals Scripture: Malachi 4:2 Lyrics: 1 Joyful, joyful, we adore thee, God of glory, Lord of love! Hearts unfold like flowers before thee, opening to the sun above. Melt the clouds of sin and sadness; drive the dark of doubt away. Giver of immortal gladness, fill us with the light of day. 2 All thy works with joy surround thee; earth and heaven reflect thy rays; stars and angels sing around thee, center of unbroken praise. Field and forest, vale and mountain, flowery meadow, flashing sea, chanting bird and flowing fountain, call us to rejoice in thee. 3 Mortals, join the happy chorus which the morning stars began. Love divine is reigning o'er us, joining all in heaven's plan. Ever singing, march we onward, victors in the midst of strife. Joyful music leads us sunward in the triumph song of life. Topics: Adoration; Christian Year Reign of Christ; Creation; Joy; Music and the Arts; Praise; Wedding Used With Tune: HYMN TO JOY

Christ the Lord Is Risen Again

Author: Michael Weiss, c. 1488-1534 Meter: 7.7.7.7.4.3 Appears in 262 hymnals Scripture: Malachi 4:2 Lyrics: 1 Christ the Lord is risen again, Christ hath broken every chain, Hark! angelic voices cry, Singing ever more on high: Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! 2 He who gave for us His life, Who for us endured the strife, Is our Paschal Lamb to day; We, too, sing for joy, and say: Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! 3 He who bore all pain and loss Comfortless upon the cross, Lives in glory now on high, Pleads for us, and hears our cry: Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! 4 Now He bids us tell abroad How the lost may be restored, How the penitent forgiven, How we, too, may enter heaven, Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! Amen. Topics: Jesus Christ Resurrection; Jesus Resurrection; Processionals Used With Tune: ESSEX

Of the Father’s love begotten

Author: Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, 348-c. 413; John Mason Neale, 1818-66; Henry Wiliams Baker, 1827-77 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.7 Appears in 224 hymnals Scripture: Malachi 4:2 Lyrics: 1 Of the Father's love begotten ere the worlds began to be, he is Alpha and Omega, he the source, the ending he, of the things that are, that have been, and that future years shall see evermore and evermore. 2 O that birth for ever blessèd, when the virgin full of grace, by the Spirit's power conceiving, bore the saviour of our race, and the babe, the world's redeemer, first revealed his sacred face evermore and evermore. 3 This is he whom seers and sages sang of old with one accord, whom the voices of the prophets promised in their faithful word; now he shines, the long-expected: let creation praise its Lord evermore and evermore. 4 In the heights of heaven adore him, angel hosts his praises sing, all dominions bow before him and extol our God and king; let no tongue on earth be silent, every voice together sing evermore and evermore. Topics: Christmas; Circumcision; Jesus Christ Incarnation; Prophetic Witness; Saints Days and Holy Days Anunciation of the Blessed Virgin; Saints Days and Holy Days St Matthias; Virgin Mary; Worship Earthly and Heavenly Used With Tune: CORDE NATUS

Lord of the Sabbath, Hear Us Pray

Author: Philip Doddridge; Thomas Cotterill Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 182 hymnals Scripture: Malachi 4:2 Lyrics: 1 Lord of the Sabbath, hear us pray, in this your house, on this your day; and own, as grateful sacrifice, the songs which from your temple rise. 2 Now met to pray and bless your name, whose mercies flow each day the same, whose kind compassions never cease, we seek instruction, pardon, peace. 3 Your earthly Sabbaths, Lord, we love, but there's a nobler rest above; to that our lab'ring souls aspire with ardent hope and strong desire. 4 In your blest kingdom we shall be from ev'ry mortal trouble free: no sighs shall mingle with the songs resounding from immortal tongues. 5 No rude alarms of raging foes, no cares to break the long repose, no midnight shade, no waning moon, but sacred, high, eternal noon. 6 O long-expected day, begin, dawn on these realms of woe and sin! Break, morn of God, upon our eyes; and let the world's true Sun arise! Topics: Heaven anticipation of; Invocation; Lord's Day; Prayer Used With Tune: GERMANY

You I will love, my strenth, my tower

Author: Johann Scheffler 1624-77; John Wesley 1703-91 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 167 hymnals Scripture: Malachi 4:2 Used With Tune: ST CHRYSOSTOM