Archive for the ‘Isaac Watts’ Tag
St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, Carrollton, Georgia, July 17, 2011
Image Source = Bill Monk, Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
(https://picasaweb.google.com/atldiophotos/BishopWhitmoreSVisitToStMargaretSCarrollton#5630376095097358722)
Hymn Source = The Church Hymnal (1935), of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ
Words (1719) by Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
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1. Arise, O King of grace, arise,
And enter to thy rest;
Lo! thy church waits, with longing eyes,
Thus to be own’d and blest.
2. Here, mighty God, accept our vows,
Here let thy praise be spread:
Bless the provisions of thy house,
And fill thy poor with bread.
3. Here let the Son of David reign,
Let God’s Anointed shine;
Justice and truth his court maintain,
With love and pow’r divine.
4. Here let him hold a lasting throne,
And as his kingdom grows,
Fresh honors shall adorn his crown,
And shame confound his foes.
Pentecost Icon
Image Source = Wikipedia
Hymn Source = The Church Hymnal (1935), of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ
Words (1707) by Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
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1. Come, Holy Spirit, heav’nly Dove,
With all thy quick’ning pow’rs;
Kindle a flame of sacred love
In these cold hearts of ours.
2. In vain we tune our formal songs,
In vain strive to rise;
Hosannas languish on our tongues,
And our devotion dies.
3. Dear Lord, and shall we ever live
At this poor dying rate?
Our love so faint, so cold to thee,
And thine to us so great!
4. Come, Holy Spirit, heav’nly Dove,
With all thy quick’ning pow’rs;
Come, shed abroad a Savior’s love,
And that shall kindle ours.
http://lenteaster.wordpress.com/2012/06/23/fiftieth-day-of-easter-day-of-pentecost-year-c/
http://lenteaster.wordpress.com/2011/08/02/fiftieth-day-of-easter-day-of-pentecost-year-b/
http://lenteaster.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/fiftieth-day-of-easter-day-of-pentecost-year-a/
Communion of Saints
Image Source = Image in the Public Domain
Hymn Source = The Church Hymnal (1935), of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ
Words by Isaac Watts (1674-1748), in 1719
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1. Our God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home.
2. Under the shadow of thy throne
Thy saints have dwelt secure;
Sufficient is thine arm alone,
And our defence is sure.
3. Before the hills in order stood,
Or Earth received her frame,
From everlasting thou art God,
To endless years the same.
4. A thousand ages in thy sight
Are like an evening gone,
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun.
5. Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
Bears all its sons away:
They fly forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the op’ning day.
Rays of Sunlight
Image Source = Wikipedia
Hymn Source = The Church Hymnal (1935), of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ
Words (1719) by Isaac Watts (1674-1748), author of a plethora of hymns
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1. From all that dwell below the skies,
Let the Creator’s praise arise;
Let the Redeemer’s name be sung,
Thro’ ev’ry land, by ev’ry tongue.
2. Eternal are thy mercies, Lord;
Eternal truth attends thy word;
Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,
Till suns shall rise and set no more.
3. In ev’ry land begin the song;
To ev’ry land the strains belong;
In cheerful sounds all voices raise,
And fill the world with loudest praise.
St. Bede’s Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Georgia, May 8, 2011
Image Source = Bill Monk, Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
Hymn Source = The Church Hymnal (1935), of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ
Words by Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
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1. Welcome, sweet day of rest,
That saw the Lord arise!
Welcome to this reviving breast,
And these rejoicing eyes!
2. The King himself comes near,
And feasts his saints today;
Here we may sit and see him here,
And love, and praise, and pray.
3. One day in such a place,
Where thou, my God, art seen,
Is sweeter than then thousand days
Of pleasurable sin.
4. My willing soul would stay
In such a frame as this,
And wait to hail the brighter day
Of everlasting bliss.
A Crucifix on a Church Wall
Image Source = Marlith
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cross_on_Church.JPG)
Hymn Source = The Hymnal 1982, of The Episcopal Church
Words by Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
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1. When I survey the wondrous cross
where the young Prince of Glory died,
my richest gain I count but loss,
and pour contempt on all my pride.
2. Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
save in the cross of Christ, my God:
all the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to his blood.
3. See, from his head, his hands, his feet,
sorrow and love flow mingled down!
Did e’er such love and sorrow meet,
or thorns compose so rich a crown!
4. Were the whole realm of nature mine,
that were an offering far too small;
love so amazing, so divine,
demands my soul, my life, my all.
http://lenteaster.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/thirty-ninth-day-of-lent-good-friday/
Beaufort Sea
Image in the Public Domain
Hymn Source = The Methodist Hymnal (1965), of The Methodist Church
Words by Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
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1. I sing th’almighty power of God,
That made the mountains rise,
That spread the flowing seas abroad,
And built the lofty skies.
I sing the wisdom that ordained
The sun to rule the day;
The moon shines full at his command,
And all the stars obey.
2. I sing the goodness of the Lord,
That filled the earth with food;
He formed the creatures with his Word,
And then pronounced them good.
Lord, how thy wonders are displayed,
Where’er I turn my eye,
If I survey the ground I tread,
Or gaze upon the sky!
3. There’s not a plant or flower below,
But makes thy glories known;
And clouds arise, and tempests blow,
By order from thy throne;
While all that borrows life from thee
Is ever in thy care,
And everywhere that man can be,
Thou, God, art present there.
Byzantine Fresco of the Nativity, Middle 1300s
Image Source = Wikipedia
Hymn Source = Common Service Book (1917), of the predecessor bodies of the United Lutheran Church in America (1918-1962)
Words by Isaac Watts in 1719
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1. Joy to the world! the Lord is come;
Let earth receive her King;
Let ev’ry heart prepare Him room,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven, and heaven and nature sing.
2. Joy to the earth! the Saviour reigns;
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy.
3. No more let sin and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found,
Far as the curse is found,
Far as, far as the curse is found.
4. He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, and wonders of His love.
http://adventchristmasepiphany.wordpress.com/2010/09/15/first-day-of-christmas-christmas-day/
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