3. Souls shall be saved from the burden of sin;
   doubt shall not darken his witness within;
   hell has no terrors, and death has no sting;
   love is victorious when Jesus is King:

4. Kingdom of Christ, for your coming we pray;
   hasten, O Father, the dawn of the day
   when this new song your creation shall sing;
   Satan is vanquished and Jesus is King:

Charles Silvester Horne (1865–1914)

2. Now my heart's desire
   is to know you more,
   to be found in you
   and known as yours.
   To possess by faith
   what I could not earn,
   all-surpassing gift
   of righteousness.

3. Oh, to know the power
   of your risen life,
   and to know you in
   your sufferings.
   To become like you
   in your death, my Lord,
   so with you to live
   and never die.

3. Truth of our life,
   Mary's Child,
   you tell us God is good;
   prove it is true,
   Mary's Child,
   go to your cross of wood.

4. Hope of the world,
   Mary's Child,
   you're coming soon to reign;
   King of the earth,
   Mary's Child,
   walk in our streets again.

3. Mary, hail!  Though afraid,
   she believed, she obeyed.
   In her womb, God is laid;
   till the time expected,
   nurtured and protected:

4. Journey ends!  Where afar
   Bethlem shines, like a star,
   stable door stands ajar.
   Unborn Son of Mary,
   Saviour, do not tarry!

Ring, bells, ring, ring, ring!
Sing, choirs, sing, sing, sing!
Jesus comes!
Jesus comes!
We will make him welcome!

3. O come, O Rod of Jesse, free
   your own from Satan's tyranny;
   from depths of hell your people save,
   and give them victory o'er the grave:

4. O come, O Key of David, come,
   and open wide our heavenly home;
   make safe the way that leads on high,
   and close the path to misery:

5. O come, O Day-spring, come and cheer
   our spirits by your advent here;
   disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
   and death's dark shadows put to flight:

3. Longing for food, many are hungry.
   Longing for water, many still thirst.
   Make us your bread, broken for others,
   shared until all are fed.

4. Longing for shelter, many are homeless.
   Longing for warmth, many are cold.
   Make us your building, sheltering others,
   walls made of living stone.

5. Many the gifts, many the people,
   many the hearts that yearn to belong.
   Let us be servants to one another,
   making your kingdom come.

Bernadette Farrell (b. 1957)
© 1993 Bernadette Farrell
 Used with permission  ONE LICENSE #A-738126

2. King of all days
   oh so highly exalted,
   glorious in heaven above.
   Humbly you came
   to the earth you created,
   all for love's sake became poor.

So here I am to worship …

And I'll never know how much it cost
to see my sin upon that cross.
And I'll never know how much it cost
to see my sin upon that cross.

So here I am to worship …

2. May now your Church rise with power and love,
   this glorious gospel proclaim.
   In every nation salvation will come
   to those who believe in your name.
   Help us bring light to this world
   that we might speed your return.

3. Great celebrations on that final day
   when out of the heavens you come.
   Darkness will vanish, all sorrow will end,
   and rulers will bow at your throne.
   Our great commission complete,
   then face to face we shall meet.

4. Jesus Christ is dancing,
   dancing in the streets,
   where each sign of hatred
   he, with love, defeats.
   Listen, Lord Jesus,
   I should triumph too:
   where good conquers evil
   let me dance with you.

5. Jesus Christ is calling,
   calling in the streets,
   ‘Who will join my journey?
   I will guide their feet.'
   Listen, Lord Jesus,
   let my fears be few:
   walk one step before me;
   I will follow you.

John L. Bell (b. 1949) and
  Graham Maule (b. 1958)
© 1988, WGRG, Iona Community
  Used by permission
  CCLI Streaming Licence 583214

2. Stars and angels sing,
   yet the earth sleeps in shadows;
   can this tiny spark
   set a world on fire?

3. Yet his light shall shine
   from our lives, Spirit blazing,
   as we touch the flame
   of his holy fire.