Hymns of the Apostolic Church

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Hymns of the apostolic church, in English translation

Text from Christian Classics Ethereal Library; in the public domain.

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Biographical and Historical
3. St. Clement of Alexandria
4. St. Gregory Nazianzen
5. Synesius
6. Justinian I.
7. St. Andrew of Crete
8. Sophronius
9. St. Anatolius
10. St. John of Damascus
11. St. Cosmas, the Melodist
12. St. Joseph of the Studium
13. Theoctistus
14. Metrophanes of Smyrna
15. Our highest thought of God is vain
16. The morning dawns; on gilded height
17. See, from the eastern hills, the morn
18. Light in the dark, before the dawn awaking
19. Awake! the morn is here
20. The crimson blush of morning glows
21. The morn awakes; from eastern hills
22. All glorious, see, the morning breaks
23. The darkness deepens in the skies
24. Cathismata of the Resurrection
25. O Lord of light, Thy beams display
26. The sun has reached his western goal
27. The longing eyes that sought the light
28. O Love supreme, exceeding broad
29. A band of herdsmen tarried late
30. They set the Cross upon a hill
31. Lo, He is dead! The suffering Christ is dead
32. Morning awakes, and morn awaking sings
33. Life from the dead the King Immortal gives
34. Light more glorious than the sun
35. The gate of life stands wide
36. Go, tell the world the Lord hath risen
37. The stone is rolled away
38. Glory to God, the promised day awakes
39. Light, ere the dawn in beauty broke
40. Watchman, from the height beholding
41. At earliest dawn the Lord awoke
42. Sleepers awake! the night's long reign is past
43. What wonder wakes a sleeping world
44. Glorious from the field of strife
45. The light that from the fire of love
46. Burdened with sin, more, Lord, than I can tell
47. He mounts to where the azure shines
48. See the King of kings ascending
49. Now let the gates be lifted up
50. Wrapt in wonder and amaze
51. A Love divine, exceeding broad
52. When Jesus at the feast reclined
53. O Spirit, Lord Almighty, Blest
54. O Holy Ghost, eternal Lord
55. Eternal Spirit, Lord of grace
56. O God of grace, Thou Spirit blest
57. O Lord of mercy, at Thy gate
58. When God for judgment sets His throne
59. Watchers, let your lights be burning
60. When the Lord to earth returning
61. Behold the victor host appear
62. The saints of God in yonder realm
63. The saints of God who sufferings bore
64. The chariots of the Lord are strong
65. Night and a storm, and hearts with sore affright
66. Darkly the tempest swept
67. Lord, give me sight for I am blind
68. O praise the wisdom of our God
69. He climbed the slopes of Olivet
70. Thou art my portion, saith my soul
71. My soul doth wait on God
72. The burden of my sin was great
73. Bowed with grief and anguish low
74. To praise is comely, O my soul
75. The Lord is very good to those
76. The pity of the Father
77. I have no other thought but this
78. Hear me, O Lord, in mercy hear
79. Open to me the gates of lovingkindness
80. When clouds obscure the rising sun
81. Thou art our Resurrection
82. Vain are the things of time
83. Lord, rest the child; cut off at morning hour
84. Bear to the font the child of grace
85. A Fount of mercy, Lord, Thou art
86. O God, most good, forget me not
87. Death's dark and moonless night
88. O Light of lights around my pathway shining
89. Appendix