[Video+Lyrics] Onward Christian Soldiers

by Songs Archive | Jan 21, 2021 | Hymns, Lyrics, Video

LYRICS

1. Onward Christian soldiers!
Marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus
Going on before.
Christ, the royal Master,
Leads against the foe;
Forward into battle,
See, His banners go!

Onward, Christian soldiers!
Marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus,
Going on before.

2.At the sign of triumph
Satan’s host doth flee;
On then, Christian soldiers,
On to victory!
Hell’s foundations quiver
At the shout of praise:
Brothers, lift your voices,
Loud your anthems raise!

3. Like a mighty army
Moves the Church of God:
Brothers, we are treading
Where the saints have trod;
We are not divided,
All one Body we—
One in faith and Spirit,
One eternally.

4. Crowns and thrones may perish,
Kingdoms rise and wane;
But the Church of Jesus
Constant will remain.
Gates of hell can never
’Gainst the Church prevail;
We have Christ’s own promise,
Which can never fail.

5. Onward, then, ye people!
Join our happy throng;
Blend with ours your voices
In the triumph song.
Glory, laud and honor
Unto Christ, the King;
This through countless ages
Men and angels sing.

Lyrics: Sabine Baring-Gould

Tune: Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan

[Video+Lyrics] Thine Arm, O Lord

by Songs Archive | Jan 21, 2021 | Hymns, Lyrics, Video

LYRICS

Thine arm, O Lord, in days of old,
Was strong to heal and save;
It triumphed o’er disease and death,
O’er darkness and the grave.
To Thee they went, the blind, the dumb,
The palsied and the lame,
The leper with his tainted life,
The sick with fevered frame.

And lo! Thy touch brought life and health,
Gave speech, and strength and sight;
And youth renewed and fear relieved
Owned Thee, the Lord of light;
And now, O Lord, be near to bless,
Almighty as of yore,
In crowded street, by restless couch,
As by Gennesaret’s shore.

Be Thou our great deliverer still,
Thou Lord of life and death;
Restore and quicken, soothe and bless,
With Thine almighty breath.
To hands that work and eyes that see,
Give wisdom’s heavenly lore,
That whole and sick, and weak and strong,
May praise Thee evermore.

Lyrics: Edward H. Plumptre (1864)

Tune: William Croft (1708)

[Video+Lyrics] Dear Lord and Father of Mankind

by Songs Archive | Jan 21, 2021 | Hymns, Lyrics, Video

LYRICS

1 Dear Lord and Father of mankind,
forgive our foolish ways;
reclothe us in our rightful mind,
in purer lives thy service find,
in deeper reverence, praise.

2 In simple trust like theirs who heard
beside the Syrian sea
the gracious calling of the Lord,
let us, like them, without a word
rise up and follow thee.

3 O Sabbath rest by Galilee,
O calm of hills above,
where Jesus knelt to share with thee
the silence of eternity,
interpreted by love!

4 Drop thy still dews of quietness,
till all our strivings cease;
take from our souls the strain and stress,
and let our ordered lives confess
the beauty of thy peace.

5 Breathe through the heats of our desire
thy coolness and thy balm;
let sense be dumb, let flesh retire;
speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire,
O still, small voice of calm!

Author: John Greenleaf Whittier (1872)

[Video+Lyrics] The Day thou gavest

by Songs Archive | Jan 21, 2021 | Hymns, Lyrics, Video

LYRICS

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 or 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 forever,
   Till all Thy creatures own Thy sway.

Lyrics: John Ellerton (1870)

Tune: Clement C. Scholefield (1874)

[Video+Lyrics] O Praise Ye The Lord

by Songs Archive | Jan 20, 2021 | Hymns, Lyrics, Video

LYRICS

O praise ye the Lord! praise Him in the height;
Rejoice in His Word, ye angels of light;
Ye heavens, adore Him by whom ye were made,
And worship before Him in brightness arrayed.

O praise ye the Lord! Praise Him upon earth,
In tuneful accord, ye sons of new birth;
Praise Him who hath brought you His grace from above,
Praise Him who hath taught you to sing of His love.

O praise ye the Lord! All things that give sound;
Each jubilant chord re-echo around;
Loud organs, His glory forth tell in deep tone,
And sweet harp, the story of what He hath done.

O praise ye the Lord! Thanksgiving and song
To Him be outpoured all ages along!
For love in creation, for Heaven restored,
For grace of salvation, O praise ye the Lord!

Amen! Amen!!

Lyrics: Sir Henry W. Baker (1875)

Tune: Sir Charles H. H. Parry (1894)