English Lyrics [Verse 1]All people that on earth do dwellSing to the Lord with cheerful voiceServe him with joy his praises tellCome now before him and rejoice[Verse 2]Know that the Lord is God indeedHe formed us all without our aidWe are the flock he comes to feedThe sheep who by his hand were made[Chorus]O let the earth rejoiceLift up…
English Lyrics Before the throne of God aboveI have a strong and perfect pleaA great High Priest whose name is loveWho ever lives and pleads for meMy name is graven on His handsMy name is written on His heartI know that while in heav’n He standsNo tongue can bid me thence departNo tongue can bid…
English Lyrics How deep the Father’s love for us?How vast beyond all measure?That He should give His only SonTo make a wretch His treasureHow great the pain of searing loss?The Father turns His face awayAs wounds which mar the Chosen OneBring many sons to gloryBehold the man upon the crossMy sin upon His shouldersAshamed I…
Henry Francis Lyte (b. Ednam, near Kelso, Rosburghshire, Scotland, 1793; d. Nice, France, 1847) wrote this text in the late summer of 1847; he died in November of that year (various other stories about Lyte’s writing of this text do not appear to be reliable). First printed in a leaflet in 1847, the text was…
“Love Divine, All Loves Excelling” is a Christian hymn by Charles Wesley on Christian perfection. Judging by general repute, it is among Wesley’s finest. Judging by its distribution, it is also among his most successful. Like many hymns, Love Divine is loosely Trinitarian in organization: Christ is invoked in the first stanza as the expression…
Hymn tune: FINALNDIA, from Jean Sibelius’ (1865 – 1957) symphonic poem Finlandia.Text: Original German text (“Stille meine Wille, dein Jesus hilft siegen”) written by Katharina von Schlegel (1697 – 1768) in 1752. Translated into English in 1855 by Jane Laurie Borthwick (1813 – 1897). English Lyrics [Verse 1]Be still, my soul: the Lord is on…
