CREATOR OF THE STARRY HEIGHT
Thy people’s everlasting light
Jesu, redeemer of us all,
hear thou thy servants when they call.

2. Thou, grieving at the endless cry
of all creation doomed to die,
didst come to save our fallen race,
by healing gifts of heavenly grace.

3. When earth was near its evening hour,
thou didsr, in love’s redeeming hour,
Like bridegroom from his chamber come,
forth from a Virgin-mother’s womb.

4. At thy great name, exalted now,
all knees in lowly homage bow.
all things in heav’n and earth adore,
and own thee King for evermore.

5. To thee, O Holy One, we pray,
our judge in that tremendous day,
ward off while yet we dwell below,
the weapons of our crafty foe.

6. To God the Father, God the Son
and God the Spirit, Three in One,
praise, honour, might and glory be,
from age to age eternally.
(Amen.)
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LO, HE COMES WITH CLOUDS DESCENDING,
Once for favoured sinners slain.
Thousand, thousand saints attending,
Swell the triumph of His train:
Alleluia!
Alleluia!
Alleluia!
God appears on earth to reign.

Every 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.

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.

Yea, Amen, let all adore Thee,
High on Thine eternal throne.
Saviour, take the power and glory,
Claim the kingdom for Thine own:
Come, Lord Jesus!
Come, Lord Jesus!
Come, Lord Jesus!
Everlasting God, come down!
     Charles Wesley.
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O COME, O COME, IMMANUEL,
And ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here.
Until the Son of God appear.

   Rejoice, rejoice! Immanuel
   Shall come to thee, O Israel.

O come, O come, Thou Lord of might
Who to Thy tribes on Sinai’s height
In ancient times didst give the law
In cloud, and majesty, and awe.

O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free
Thine own from Satan’s tyranny.
From depths of hell Thy people save
And give them victory o’er the grave.

O come, Thou Dayspring, come and cheer
Our spirits by Thine advent here.
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death’s dark shadows put to flight.

O come, Thou Key of David, come
And open wide our heavenly home.
Make safe the way that leads on high,
And close the path to misery.
     Tr. John Mason Neale
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O LORD MY GOD! when I in awesome wonder
Consider all the works Thy hand hath made,
I see the stars, I hear the mighty thunder,
Thy power throughout the universe displayed:

    Then sings my soul, my Saviour God to Thee,
    How great Thou art! How great Thou art!
    Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee,
    How great Thou art! How great Thou art!

When through the woods and forest glades I wander
And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees;
When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur,
And hear the brook, and feel the gentle breeze;

And when I think that God His Son not sparing,
Sent Him to die—I scarce can take it in.
That on the cross my burden gladly bearing,
He bled and died to take away my sin:

When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation
And take me home—what joy shall fill my heart!
Then shall I bow in humble adoration,
And there proclaim, my God, how great Thou art!
          Stuart K. Hine.
Contributors:   Right Revd. Bishop Steven Croft, Revd. Samuel S. Thorp, Deborah Yeates, David Carter, Roger and Christine Edwards, Jean Stables, Marie Knight
Production:   David Carter