Simple Short Daily Prayer Books Series Book 2

Advent Season Christian Songs P2

Hymn 334: O Lord How Shall I Meet You
Text: Paul Gerhardt 1607-76.
Music: Johann Crüger 1598-1662.
Alternate tune: VALET WILL ICH DIR GEBEN (442)
Verse 1: O Lord how shall I meet You. How shall I welcome You aright?
Your people long to greet You, my hope, my heart's delight!
O kindle Lord most holy Your lamp within my breast
To do in spirit lowly All that may please you best.

Verse 2: Your Zion strews before You Green boughs and fairest palms
And I too will adore You with joyous songs and psalms.
My heart shall bloom forever for You with praises new
And from Your name shall never withhold honor due.

Verse 3: I lay in fetters groaning You came to set me free.
I stood my shame bemoaning You came to honor me.
A glorious crown You give me a treasure safe on high
That will not fail or leave me as earthly riches fly.

Verse 4: Love caused Your incarnation; Love brought You down to me.
Your thirst for my salvation procured my liberty.
Oh, love, beyond all telling, that led You to embrace
In love all excelling  our lost and fallen race.

Verse 5: Sin's debt the fearful burden cannot His love erase;
Your guilt the Lord will pardon and cover by His grace.
He comes for you procuring the peace of sin forgiv'n.
His children thus securing Eternal life in heav'n.

Verse 6: He comes to judge the nations a terror to his foes.
A light of consolations and blessèd hope to those who love the Lord's appearing.
O glorious Sun now come
Send forth Your beams so cheering
And guide us safely home.

Hymn 335: O Bride of Christ, Rejoice
Text: Danish 1600 translator: Victor O Petersen 1864–1929.
Music: De userie Sinder, Numberg, 1679

Verse 1: O Bride of Christ rejoice exultant raise thy voice
To hail the day of glory foretold in sacred story.

Chorus/Refrain: Hosanna, praise and glory! Our King we bow before three.

Verse 2: Let shouts of gladness rise triumphant to the skies.
Now comes the King most glorious to reign o'er all victorious.

Chorus/Refrain: Hosanna, praise and glory! Our King we bow before three.

Verse 3: A humble beast He rides, yet as a King presides
Though not arrayed in splendor He makes the grave surrender.

Chorus/Refrain: Hosanna, praise and glory! Our King we bow before three.

Verse 4: The weak and timid find how meek He is and kind
To them He gives a treasure of bliss beyond all measure.

Chorus/Refrain: Hosanna, praise and glory! Our King we bow before three.

Verse 5: Then go thy Lord to meet strew palms at His feet;
Thy garments spread before Him and honor and adore Him.

Chorus/Refrain: Hosanna, praise and glory! Our King we bow before three.

Hymn 336: Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending!
Text: Charles Wesley 1707-88
Music: Tune: Thomas Olivers, 1725-99; setting: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958, alt.

Verse 1: Lo! He comes with clouds descending
Once for every sinner slain.
Thousand thousand saints attending
Swelling the triumph of His train.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Christ the Lord returns to reign.

Verse 2: Ev'ry eye shall now behold Him
Robed in glorious Majesty
Those who set at naught and sold Him
Pierced and nailed Him to the tree.
Deeply wailing, deeply wailing, deeply wailing
Shall their true Messiah see.

Verse 3: Those dear tokens of His passion
Still His dazzling body bears
Cause of endless exultation
To His ransomed worshippers.
With what rapture, with what rapture, with what rapture
Gaze we on those glorious scars!

Verse 4: Yea, amen, let all adore Thee
High on Thine eternal throne
Savior take the pow'r and glory
Claim the kingdom as Thine own.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Thou shalt reign and Thou alone!

Collect Prayer for First Sunday in Advent:
Stir up Your power, O Lord, and come, that by Your protection we may be rescued from the threatening perils of our sins and saved by Your mighty deliverance; for You live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.