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Hymnblog is a place to learn about and be strengthened in your faith by reading about and hearing the great hymns of the Christian faith.
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Gracia Grindal
- Dec 30, 2020
- 4 min
HYMN 285 Greet Now the Swiftly Changing Year/A Year Again is now Descending
Text: Slovak Tune: Závorka, Kancional, 1602 1. Greet now the swiftly changing year
With joy and penitence sincere.
R/Rejoice! Rejoice!
With thanks embrace
Another year of grace. 2. Remember now the Son of God And how he shed his infant blood. R/ 3. For Jesus came to wage sin's war;
This Name of Names for us he bore;
R/
4. His love abundant far exceeds
The volume of a whole year's needs;
R/
5. With such a Lord to lead our way
In hazard and prosperity,
R/What need we
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Gracia Grindal
- Dec 29, 2020
- 4 min
HYMN 284 The First Noel/En Stjerne skinner/Now is the holiest moment
Matthew 2:1-12 Text: 19th Anonymous Tune: English carol 1. The first Noel the angel did say
Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay;
In fields where they lay keeping their sheep,
On a cold winter's night that was so deep.
R/Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,
born is the King of Israel. 2. They looked up and saw a star
Shining in the east, beyond them far;
And to the earth it gave great light,
and so it continued both day and night.
R/ 3. And by th
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Gracia Grindal
- Dec 28, 2020
- 4 min
HYMN 283 Angels Sang Where Weeping Mothers/Coventry Carol
Matthew 2:7-18 Text: Gracia Grindal (1943-) Tune: James E. Clemens 1. Angels sang where weeping mothers Wept against the brutal soldiers, Rachel weeping for her sons. 2. Christ was born in Bethl’hem’s manger, Born to suffer pain and danger; Soon his weeping will be done. 3. Joseph, flee with Christ and Mary; Flee to Egypt, do not tarry, Hear her weeping for her son. 4. Herod’s word are cruel and brutal, Killing Bethl’hem’s seed, but futile; Herod’s war cannot be won. 5. One
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Gracia Grindal
- Dec 27, 2020
- 4 min
HYMN 282 Good Christian Friends, In dulci Jubilo/The Bells of Christmas Chime Once More
Text: Medieval carol Tune: In dulci jubilo 1. Good Christian friends, rejoice
With heart and soul and voice;
Give ye heed to what we say:
Jesus Christ was born today.
Ox and ass before him bow,
And he is in the manger now.
Christ is born today!
Christ is born today! 2. Good Christian friends, rejoice
With heart and soul and voice;
Now ye hear of endless bliss:
Jesus Christ was born for this!
He has opened heaven's door,
And we are blest forevermore.
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Gracia Grindal
- Dec 26, 2020
- 4 min
HYMN 281 Good King Wenceslaus/Twelve Days of Christmas
John Mason Neale (1814-1866) Tune: Piae Cantiones 1582 (Book of Medieval songs) 1. Good King Wenceslas look’d out,
On the Feast of Stephen; When the snow lay round about, Deep, and crisp, and even: Brightly shone the moon that night, Though the frost was cruel, When a poor man came in sight, Gath’ring winter fuel. 2. “Hither page and stand by me, If thou know’st it, telling,
Yonder peasant, who is he? Where and what his dwelling?”
“Sire, he lives a good league
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Gracia Grindal
- Dec 25, 2020
- 4 min
HYMN 280 I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day/Kling no, Klokka
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL! AND THANKS FOR YOUR INTEREST AND SUPPORT! Luke 2:1-20 Text: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882). Tune: John Baptiste Calkin (1827-1905) 1. I heard the bells on Christmas day
Their old familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet the words repeat
Of peace on earth, good will to men. 2. I thought how, as the day had come,
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along th'unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good will to men. 3. And in despair I bowed my hea
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Gracia Grindal
- Dec 24, 2020
- 4 min
HYMN 279 O Holy Night, plus....
Luke 2:1-14 Text: Placide Capeau (1808-1877) Tune: Adolphe Adam (1803-1856) 1. O holy night! the stars are brightly shining;
It is the night of the dear Savior's birth.
Long lay the world in sin and error pining,
Till he appeared and the soul felt its worth.
A thrill of hope--the weary world rejoices,
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn!
Fall on your knees! O hear the angel voices!
O night divine, O night when Christ was born!
O night, O holy night, O n
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Gracia Grindal
- Dec 23, 2020
- 4 min
HYMN 278 It Came Upon the Midnight Clear/Angels We Have Heard on High/Nå har vi vaske Golvet
Text: Edmund H. Sears (1810-1876) Tune: Richard Storrs Willis (1819-1900) 1. It came upon the midnight clear,
That glorious song of old,
From angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold:
"Peace on the earth, good will to men,
From heaven's all-gracious King."
The world in solemn stillness lay,
To hear the angels sing. 2. Still through the cloven skies they come
With peaceful wings unfurled,
And still their heavenly music floats
O'er all the weary wo
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Gracia Grindal
- Dec 22, 2020
- 4 min
HYMN 277 Away in a Manger/Mitt Hjerte alltid Vanker
Text: Anonymous. Tune: James Ramsey Murray (1841-1905) 1. Away in a manger
No crib for His bed
The little Lord Jesus
Lay down His sweet head The stars in the sky
Look down where He lay
The little Lord Jesus
Asleep on the hay 2. The cattle are lowing
The poor Baby wakes
But little Lord Jesus
No crying He makes I love Thee, Lord Jesus
Look down from the sky
And stay by my side
'Til morning is nigh 3. Be near me, Lord Jesus
I ask Thee to stay
Close by me forever
And love me, I
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Gracia Grindal
- Dec 21, 2020
- 4 min
HYMN 276 God's Glory Shone in Starry Fields/Hark, the Herald Angels Sing
John 1:1-18; Luke 2:8-20 Text: Gracia Grindal (1943-). Tune: Amanda Husberg (1940-) 1. God’s glory shone in starry fields When angels sang that night. Of good news meant for all the world That filled the sky with light. We followed as God’s people had The cloud of smoke and fire; We knew God’s tabernacle lay Beneath the angel choir. 2. With haste we ran to see the one The angel had proclaimed And found an ordinary child There were no clouds or flame. By faith we knew he was
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Gracia Grindal
- Dec 20, 2020
- 4 min
HYMN 275 Lo! How a Rose e'er Blooming/There is no Rose of such vertú
Danish: En rose så jeg skyde German: Es ist in Ros entsprungen Norwegian: Den hev ei rose sprunge Text: Anonymous, 14th century Tune: Michael Praetorius (1571-1621) 1. Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming
From tender stem hath sprung!
Of Jesse's lineage coming
As men of old have sung.
It came, a flower bright,
Amid the cold of winter
When half-gone was the night. 2. Isaiah 'twas foretold it,
The Rose I have in mind:
With Mary we behold it,
The virgin mother kind.
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Gracia Grindal
- Dec 19, 2020
- 5 min
HYMN 274 Your Little Ones Dear Lord are We/O Come little Children
Danish: Her kommer, Jesus, dine små Norwegian: Her kommer dine arme små Matthew 21:6 Text: Hans Adolph Brorson (1694-1764) Tune: Johan Abraham Peter Schulz (1747-1800) *1. Your little ones, dear Lord, are we
And come your lowly bed to see;
Enlighten ev'ry soul and mind
That we the way to you may find. *2. With songs we hasten you to greet
And kiss the dust before your feet.
Oh, blessed hour, oh, sweetest night
That gave you birth, our souls' delight. 3.. Now welcome from yo
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Gracia Grindal
- Dec 18, 2020
- 4 min
HYMN 273 O Little Town of Bethlehem/The Friendly Beasts
Malagasy: Ry Betlehema kely o! Norwegian: O Betlehem, du vesle by Text: Phillips Brooks (1835-1893). Tune: Lewis H. Redner (1831-1908) 1. O little town of Bethlehem How still we see thee lie Above thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent stars go by Yet in thy dark streets shineth The everlasting Light The hopes and fears of all the years Are met in thee tonight 2. For Christ is born of Mary,
And gathered all above,
While mortals sleep, the angels keep
Their watch of wond’ring
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Gracia Grindal
- Dec 17, 2020
- 4 min
HYMN 272 Joy to the World/A Thousand Christmas Candles Gleam/Nu tändas tusen Juleljus.
Psalm 98; Genesis 3: 16-17 Text: Isaac Watts (1684-1748) Tune: Lowell Mason (1792-1872) 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.
2. Joy to the earth, the Savior reigns!
Let men their songs employ;
While fields & floods, rocks, hills & plains
Repeat the sounding joy. 3. No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make his blessings flow
Far as the curse
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Gracia Grindal
- Dec 16, 2020
- 4 min
HYMN 271 Go Tell it On the Mountain/Little Drummer Boy
Text: African American Spiritual, John Wesley Work (1872-1925) Tune: Spiritual R/Go tell it on the mountain
Over the hills and everywhere,
Go tell it on the mountain,
That Jesus Christ was born! 1. While shepherds kept their watching
O’er silent flocks by night,
Behold throughout the heavens
There shone a holy light.
R/ 2. The shepherds feared and trembled
When lo! above the earth
Rang out the angel chorus
That hailed our Savior’s birth.
R/
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Gracia Grindal
- Dec 15, 2020
- 4 min
HYMN 270 Come Thou Long Expected Jesus/I'll Sing to God /Jeg løfter opp til Gud min Sang
Text: Charles Wesley (1707-1787) Tune: Rowland Pritchard (1811-1887) Hyfrydol 1. Come, thou long expected Jesus,
Born to set thy people free;
From our fears and sins release us,
Let us find our rest in thee.
Israel's strength and consolation,
Hope of all the earth thou art;
Dear desire of every nation,
Joy of every longing heart. 2. Born thy people to deliver,
Born a child and yet a King,
Born to reign in us forever,
Now thy gracious kingdom bring.
By thine own eternal spir
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Gracia Grindal
- Dec 14, 2020
- 4 min
HYMN 269 Gabriel Hailed and Called her Favored/Bach's Magnificat
Hymn for Advent IV Luke 1:26-38 Text: Gracia Grindal (1943-) Tune: James. E. Clemens 1. Gabriel hailed and called her favored By the Lord above. She would bear a Son, our Savior, One with God. 2. Mary knew the Law and Prophets When the angel came, Telling of her child of promise And his name. 3. He would dwell on earth among us God in human flesh God’s own self, a child of wonder, In a crèche. 4. All the cosmos sang her praises When she answered yes, Saints
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Gracia Grindal
- Dec 13, 2020
- 4 min
HYMN 268 Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers/Santa Lucia
German: Ermuntert euch, ihr Frommen, Norwegian: I Jomfruer, I kloge, Swedish: Haf trones lampa färdig Text: Laurentius Laurenti (1660-1722) Tune: Swedish Folk 1. Rejoice, rejoice, believers,
And let your lights appear!
The evening is advancing,
And darker night is near.
The Bridegroom is arising
And soon he will draw nigh;
Up, watch in expectation!
At midnight comes the cry. 2. See that your lamps are burning,
Replenish them with oil;
And wait for your salvation,
The end o
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Gracia Grindal
- Dec 12, 2020
- 4 min
HYMN 267 O Come, O Come, Emmanuel/The People who Walked in great Darkness from Handel's Messiah
Danish: O kom, o kom, Immanuel Icelandic: Kom þú, vor Immanúel Latin: Veni, veni, Emmanuel Norwegian: Å kom, å kom, Immanuel Swedish: Kom Jesus, kom Immanuel Text: 7th or 8th century? Tune: 17th century French chant 1 O come, O come, Immanuel,
And ransom captive Israel
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear.
R/Rejoice! Rejoice! Immanuel
Shall come to you, O Israel. 2 O come, O Wisdom from on high,
Who ordered all things mightily;
To us th
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