"dreaming" appears in 20 hymns in our collection, reflecting its spiritual significance in worship.
dreaming
...God sees, God sees.
When I’m dreaming in the dark,
When I lie awake and hark,...
God sees, God sees.
When I’m dreaming in the dark,
When I lie awake and hark,
...O land in which there is no night!
I dream of thee, and dreaming, pray
That I may wake in thee some day;...
O land in which there is no night!
I dream of thee, and dreaming, pray
That I may wake in thee some day;
...Who has placed thy light above?
I keep watch o’er children dreaming;
God has kindled me with love....
Who has placed thy light above?
I keep watch o’er children dreaming;
God has kindled me with love.
...With tears of radiant joy;
And every heart is dreaming
Of love without alloy....
With tears of radiant joy;
And every heart is dreaming
Of love without alloy.
...Through the mists that cloud the night;
Banish hence your idle dreaming—
Christ descendeth from the height....
Through the mists that cloud the night;
Banish hence your idle dreaming—
Christ descendeth from the height.
...How deep her slumbers are,
Still dreaming that the day she fears
Is distant and afar....
How deep her slumbers are,
Still dreaming that the day she fears
Is distant and afar.
...O’er the dark and sullen waves,
While the world at large is dreaming,
Thinking not of Him who saves....
O’er the dark and sullen waves,
While the world at large is dreaming,
Thinking not of Him who saves.
...Be ready the summons to hear.
Oh, brother, arouse from your dreaming,
Your lamp light is burning so low;...
Be ready the summons to hear.
Oh, brother, arouse from your dreaming,
Your lamp light is burning so low;
...Be ready the summons to hear.
Oh, brother, arouse from your dreaming,
Your lamp light is burning so low;...
Be ready the summons to hear.
Oh, brother, arouse from your dreaming,
Your lamp light is burning so low;
...Still keep the gray earth strong,
Still keep the brave earth dreaming
Of deeds that shall be done,...
Still keep the gray earth strong,
Still keep the brave earth dreaming
Of deeds that shall be done,
...In my waking or my sleeping,
I am dreaming o’er and o’er
Of the joys in God’s own keeping,...
In my waking or my sleeping,
I am dreaming o’er and o’er
Of the joys in God’s own keeping,
...Thrones are falling, heathen raging,
Peoples dreaming as of yore
Vain imaginations, waging...
Thrones are falling, heathen raging,
Peoples dreaming as of yore
Vain imaginations, waging
...O city of David, arouse from rest,
From slumber and dreaming arise!
Messiah long promised is now thy guest,...
O city of David, arouse from rest,
From slumber and dreaming arise!
Messiah long promised is now thy guest,
...While the world awaited God’s redeeming love—
Came to Joseph, dreaming, Gabriel from above:
God would have you take this virgin as your wife,...
While the world awaited God’s redeeming love—
Came to Joseph, dreaming, Gabriel from above:
God would have you take this virgin as your wife,
...From the sparkling Christmas tree,
Little faces smiling, dreaming,
Gather ’round it wond’ringly;...
From the sparkling Christmas tree,
Little faces smiling, dreaming,
Gather ’round it wond’ringly;
...To all the gods we ignorantly make
And worship, dreaming that we worship Thee,
Till clearer light our slumbering souls awake....
To all the gods we ignorantly make
And worship, dreaming that we worship Thee,
Till clearer light our slumbering souls awake.
...Begone, begone, the terrors
Of vague and formless dreaming;
Begone, thou fell deceiver,...
Begone, begone, the terrors
Of vague and formless dreaming;
Begone, thou fell deceiver,
...Have ripened full many sheaves;
All the while with vain dreamings
My way I have paved...
Have ripened full many sheaves;
All the while with vain dreamings
My way I have paved
...Lit with sudden glory;
Tell me of the dreaming flocks
And the Christmas story;...
Lit with sudden glory;
Tell me of the dreaming flocks
And the Christmas story;
...Just outside the festal door;
And they murmured in their dreaming,
Time enough, full time, and more,...
Just outside the festal door;
And they murmured in their dreaming,
Time enough, full time, and more,
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