More Uplifting Hymns


		There are many types of prayer. Adoration, Intercession, Praise, Petition and Thanksgiving. The Lord's Prayer incorporates numerous petitions to God. Then there are prayers for different time of day as in morning prayer or evening prayer. There are prayers for different parts of a service such as communion prayers or offertory prayers. A hymn is a prayer set to music. Below I include first a hymn of praise, then an evening hymn. Next follows a hymn of thanksgiving followed by three communion hymns and last an Easter hymn of triumph.




		Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
		Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, The King of creation! O my soul, Praise Him, for He is thy health and salvation! All ye who hear, Now to His temple draw near; Praise Him in glad adoration. 2. Praise to the Lord, who o'er all things So wondrously reigneth, Shelters thee under His wings, Yea, so gently sustaineth! Hast thou not seen How thy desires e'er have been Granted in what He ordaineth? 3. Praise to the Lord, who doth Prosper thy work and defend thee; Surely His goodness and mercy Here daily attend thee. Ponder anew What the Almighty can do, If with His love He befriend thee. 4. Praise to the Lord, O let all That is in me adore Him! All that hath life and breath, Come now with praises before Him. Let the Amen Sound from His people again, Gladly for aye we adore Him. 5. Praise to the Lord, who with Marvelous wisdom hath made thee, Decked thee with health, and with Loving hand guided and stayed thee! How oft in grief Hath not He brought thee relief, Spreading His wings for to shade thee!


		Now the Day is Over
		1. Now the day is over; Night is drawing nigh; Shadows of the evening Steal across the sky. 2. Jesus, give the weary Calm and sweet repose; With the tend'rest blessing May our eyelids close. 3. Comfort every suff'rer Watching late in pain; Those who plan some evil, From their sin restrain 4. Through the long night watches May your Angels spread Their bright wings above me, Watching 'round my bed 5. When the morning wakens, Then I may arise Pure and fresh and sinless In your holy eyes. 6. Glory to the Father, Glory to the Son, And to you, blest Spirit, While the ages run


		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 thee we raise this our hymn 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; Lord of all, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise. 3. For the joy of ear and eye, for the heart and mind's delight, for the mystic harmony, linking sense to sound and sight; Lord of all, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise. 4. For the joy of human love, brother, sister, parent, child, friends on earth and friends above, for all gentle thoughts and mild; Lord of all, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise. 5. For thy church, that evermore lifteth holy hands above, offering upon every shore her pure sacrifice of love; Lord of all, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise. 6. For thyself, best Gift Divine, to the world so freely given, for that great, great love of thine, peace on earth, and joy in heaven: Lord of all, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise.


		Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silent
		Let all mortal flesh keep silence, and with fear and trembling stand; ponder nothing earthly-minded, for with blessing in his hand, Christ our God to earth descendeth, our full homage to demand. 2. King of kings, yet born of Mary, as of old on earth he stood, Lord of lords, in human vesture, in the body and the blood; he will give to all the faithful his own self for heavenly food. 3. Rank on rank the host of heaven spreads its vanguard on the way, as the Light of light descendeth from the realms of endless day, that the powers of hell may vanish as the darkness clears away. 4. At his feet the six-winged seraph, cherubim, with sleepless eye, veil their faces to the presence, as with ceaseless voice they cry: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Lord Most High!


		Love Divine , All Loves Excelling
		Love divine, all loves excelling, joy of heaven, to earth come down; fix in us thy humble dwelling; all thy faithful mercies crown! Jesus thou art all compassion, pure, unbounded love thou art; visit us with thy salvation; enter every trembling heart. 2. Breathe, O breathe thy loving Spirit into every troubled breast! Let us all in thee inherit; let us find that second rest. Take away our bent to sinning; Alpha and Omega be; end of faith, as its beginning, set our hearts at liberty. 3. Come, Almighty to deliver, let us all thy life receive; suddenly return and never, nevermore thy temples leave. Thee we would be always blessing, serve thee as thy hosts above, pray and praise thee without ceasing, glory in thy perfect love. 4. Finish, then, thy new creation; pure and spotless let us be. Let us see thy great salvation perfectly restored in thee; changed from glory into glory, till in heaven we take our place, till we cast our crowns before thee, lost in wonder, love, and praise.


		Therefore we before Him Bending
		Therefore we, before him bending; This great sacrament revere Types and shadows have their ending; For the newer rite is here Faith, our outward sense befriending; Makes the inward vision clear Glory let us give, and blessing; To the Father and the Son Honour, might and praise addressing; While eternal ages run Ever too his love confessing; Who from both, with both is one. Amen


		The Strife is O'er
		Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! The strife is o'er, the battle done; Now is the Victor's triumph won; Now be the song of praise begun. Alleluia! Death's mightiest powers have done their worst, And Jesus hath His foes dispersed; Let shouts of praise and joy outburst. Alleluia! On the third morn He rose again Glorious in majesty to reign; Oh, let us swell the joyful strain! Alleluia! He closed the yawning gates of hell; The bars from heaven's high portals fell. Let songs of praise His triumph tell. Alleluia! Lord, by the stripes which wounded Thee. From death's dread sting Thy servants free That we may live and sing to Thee. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!



		In Christ there is no east or west, in him no south or north; but one great fellowship of love throughout the whole wide earth. In Christ shall true hearts everywhere their high communion find; his service is the golden cord close binding humankind. In Christ now meet both east and west, in him meet south and north; all Christly souls are one in him throughout the whole wide earth.