"opening" appears in 20 hymns in our collection, reflecting its spiritual significance in worship.
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...And judgment nigh
From opening skies.
Your God e’en now doth stand...
And judgment nigh
From opening skies.
Your God e’en now doth stand
...Kind wishes gather, thick as bees in May,
To greet the opening of this perfumed day,
To greet the opening of this perfumed day....
Kind wishes gather, thick as bees in May,
To greet the opening of this perfumed day,
To greet the opening of this perfumed day.
...Day when the Savior rose,
Singing shall greet thy opening hour,
Singing shall mark thy close....
Day when the Savior rose,
Singing shall greet thy opening hour,
Singing shall mark thy close.
...This rending earth shall shake;
When opening graves shall yield their charge
And dust to life awake;...
This rending earth shall shake;
When opening graves shall yield their charge
And dust to life awake;
...’Twas sovereign mercy called me
And taught my opening mind;
The world had else enthralled me,...
’Twas sovereign mercy called me
And taught my opening mind;
The world had else enthralled me,
...We thank Him for the blissful day
That crowns our opening year.
O may we love Him more and more,...
We thank Him for the blissful day
That crowns our opening year.
O may we love Him more and more,
...Th’account will surely come,
And opening day, or closing night
May bear me to my doom....
Th’account will surely come,
And opening day, or closing night
May bear me to my doom.
...My Savior bows His head and dies;
The opening veil reveals the way
To Heaven’s joys and endless day....
My Savior bows His head and dies;
The opening veil reveals the way
To Heaven’s joys and endless day.
...And life’s yet fairer spring;
These golden hours, these opening powers,
We in glad service bring,...
And life’s yet fairer spring;
These golden hours, these opening powers,
We in glad service bring,
...Unless Your grace had called me
And taught my opening mind,
The world would have enthralled me,...
Unless Your grace had called me
And taught my opening mind,
The world would have enthralled me,
...And longs to see His sign appear
Upon the opening sky.
I love to wait, and watch, and pray,...
And longs to see His sign appear
Upon the opening sky.
I love to wait, and watch, and pray,
...And light and strength and faith
Are opening everywhere!
God waited patiently until...
And light and strength and faith
Are opening everywhere!
God waited patiently until
...Is deeper as the days go by;
The prospects opening to the Christian’s view
Are grander as the days go by....
Is deeper as the days go by;
The prospects opening to the Christian’s view
Are grander as the days go by.
...The new-born earth was laid,
And nature’s opening blossom
Its fairest bloom displayed;...
The new-born earth was laid,
And nature’s opening blossom
Its fairest bloom displayed;
...And spread it all abroad.
His opening lips and outstretched arms
Invite you near His seat,...
And spread it all abroad.
His opening lips and outstretched arms
Invite you near His seat,
...And He my rising sun.
The opening heav’ns around me shine,
With beams of sacred bliss,...
And He my rising sun.
The opening heav’ns around me shine,
With beams of sacred bliss,
...start
My opening eyes with rapture see
The dawn of this returning day;...
start
My opening eyes with rapture see
The dawn of this returning day;
...Lead us, heavenly Father,
In our opening way,
Lead us in the morning...
Lead us, heavenly Father,
In our opening way,
Lead us in the morning
...Rising to the Father, in a chorus strong.
Birds are brightly singing, leaves are opening wide,
Flower bells are ringing forth on every side....
Rising to the Father, in a chorus strong.
Birds are brightly singing, leaves are opening wide,
Flower bells are ringing forth on every side.
...The lightnings spread abroad,
The opening skies, the shaking ground,
Proclaim a coming God....
The lightnings spread abroad,
The opening skies, the shaking ground,
Proclaim a coming God.
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