Angels from the Realms of Glory

1.
Angels, from the realms of glory,
Wing your flight o’er all the earth;
Ye who sang creation’s story,
Now proclaim Messiah’s birth:

COME AND WORSHIP,
COME AND WORSHIP,
WORSHIP CHRIST,
THE NEWBORN KING.

2.
Shepherds, in the fields abiding,
Watching o’er your flocks by night,
God on earth is now residing;
Yonder shines the infant light:

3.
Sages, leave your contemplations,
Brighter visions beam afar;
Seek the great Desire of Nations,
Ye have seen his natal star;

4.
Though an infant now we view him,
He shall fill his Father’s throne,
Gather all the nations to him;
Ev’ry knee shall then bow down.

5.
All creation, join in praising
God, the father, Spirit, Son,
Evermore your voices raising,
To the eternal Three in One:

Hymn Tune: Regent Square
Meter: 87 87 87
Text: James Montgomery
Music: Henry T. Smart
Uses: Christmas, Epiphany

For the Beauty of the Earth

For the Beauty of the Earth

1.
For the beauty of the earth,
For the glory of the skies,
for the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies;

LORD OF ALL TO YOU WE RAISE
THIS OUR GIFT OF GRATEFUL PRAISE.

2.
For the beauty of each hour
Of the day and of the night,
Hill and vale and tree and flower,
Sun and moon and stars of light;

3.
For the joy of human love,
Brother, sister, parent, child,
Friends on earth and friends above;
For all gentle thoughts and mild;

4.
For your Church, that evermore
Lifts its holy hands above,
Off'ring up on ev'ry shore
A pure sacrifice of love;

5.
For Yourself,
O Gift Divine!
To our world so freely giv'n;
For that love form which will shine,
Peace on earth and joy in heavn'n

Uses: Creation, Praise, Gathering Song

Hymn Tune: Dix
Meter: 77 77 77
Text: Folliet S. Pierpont (1835-1917)
Music: Conrad Kocher (1788-1872

About the photo:
Lillies in bloom
in my garden last spring.

Beautiful Savior

1.
Beautiful savior,
King of creation,
Son of God and Son of Man!
Truly I'd love Thee,
Truly I'd serve Thee,
Light of my soul, my my joy, my crown.

2.
Fair are the meadows,
Fair are the woodlands,
Robed in flow'rs of blooming spring;
Jesus is fairer,
Jesus is purer;
He makes our sorrowing spirit sing.

3.
Fair is the sunshine,
fair is the moonlight,
Bright the sparkling stars on high;
Jesus shines brighter,
Jesus shines purer,
Than all the angels in the sky.

4.
Beautiful Savior,
Lord of the nations,
Son of God and Son of Man!
Glory and honor,
Praise, adoration,
Now and forevermore be Thine!

Hymn Tune: St. Elizabeth
Meter: 55 7 55 8
Uses: Morning Prayer, Adoration, Praise, Creation,