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'Tis by thy Strength the Mountains stand

Hymnal: The Psalms of David #P65d (1766) Topics: Spring of the Year Lyrics: 1 'Tis by thy Strength the Mountains stand, GOD of eternal Pow'r; The Sea grows calm at thy Command, And Tempests cease to roar. 2 Thy Morning-Light and Ev'ning Shade Successive Comforts bring; Thy plent'ous Fruits make Harvest glad, Thy Flow'rs adorn the Spring. 3 Seasons and Times, and Moons and Hours, Heav'n, Earth, and Air are thine; When Clouds distil in fruitful Show'rs, The Author is divine. 4 Those wand'ring Cisterns in the Sky, Borne by the Winds around With watry Treasures well supply The Furrows of the Ground. 5 The thirsty Ridges drink their Fill, And Ranks of Corn appear; Thy Ways abound with Blessings still, Thy Goodness crowns the Year. Scripture: Psalm 65 Languages: English

Chant for the Seasons

Author: Mark L. Belletini, 1949- Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #73 (1993) Meter: Irregular Topics: Spring First Line: Summertime has turned the starwheel Languages: English Tune Title: PRAHA

On the Dusty Earth Drum

Author: Joseph S. Cotter, Jr., 1895-1919 Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #74 (1993) Meter: 6.5.6.5 Topics: Spring Lyrics: 1 On the dusty earth drum beats the falling rain; now a whispered murmur, now a louder strain. 2 Slender, silvery drumsticks on an ancient drum beat the mellow music bidding life to come. 3 Chords of life awakened, notes of greening spring, rise and fall triumphant over everything. 4 Slender, silvery drumsticks beat the long tattoo — God, the Great Musician, calling life anew. Languages: English Tune Title: WEM IN LEIDENSTAGEN

Although This Life Is But a Wraith

Author: Louis Untermeyer, 1885-1977 Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #85 (1993) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Spring Lyrics: 1 Although this life is but a wraith, although we know not what we use, although we grope with little faith, give me the heart to fight and lose. 2 Open my ears to music, let me thrill with spring’s first flutes and drums — but never let me dare forget the bitter ballads of the slums. 3 Ever insurgent let me be, make me more daring than devout; from sleek contentment keep me free, and fill me with a buoyant doubt. 4 From compromise and things half-done, keep me, with stern and stubborn pride; and when, at last, the fight is won, O, keep me still unsatisfied. Languages: English Tune Title: DUNEDIN

Psalm 147

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith (b. 1926) Hymnal: Church Hymnary (4th ed.) #103 (2005) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Topics: Spring First Line: Fill your hearts with joy and gladness Lyrics: 1 Fill your hearts with joy and gladness, sing and praise your God and mine! Great the Lord in love and wisdom, might and majesty divine! He who framed the starry heavens knows and names them as they shine. 2 Praise the Lord, his people, praise him! Wounded souls his comfort know; those who fear him find his mercies, peace for pain and joy for woe; humble hearts are high exalted, human pride and power laid low. 3 Praise the Lord for times and seasons, cloud and sunshine, wind and rain; spring to melt the snows of winter till the waters flow again; grass upon the mountain pastures, golden valleys thick with grain. 4 Fill your hearts with joy and gladness, peace and plenty crown your days; love his laws, declare his judgments, walk in all his words and ways; he the Lord and we his children-- praise the Lord, all people, praise! Scripture: Psalm 147 Languages: English Tune Title: RHUDDLAN

Psalm 147

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith (b. 1926) Hymnal: Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise #103 (2008) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Topics: Spring First Line: Fill your hearts with joy and gladness Lyrics: 1 Fill your hearts with joy and gladness, sing and praise your God and mine! Great the Lord in love and wisdom, might and majesty divine! He who framed the starry heavens knows and names them as they shine. 2 Praise the Lord, his people, praise him! Wounded souls his comfort know; those who fear him find his mercies, peace for pain and joy for woe; humble hearts are high exalted, human pride and power laid low. 3 Praise the Lord for times and seasons, cloud and sunshine, wind and rain; spring to melt the snows of winter till the waters flow again; grass upon the mountain pastures, golden valleys thick with grain. 4 Fill your hearts with joy and gladness, peace and plenty crown your days; love his laws, declare his judgments, walk in all his words and ways; he the Lord and we his children-- praise the Lord, all people, praise! Scripture: Psalm 147 Languages: English Tune Title: RHUDDLAN

Public Prayer and Praise

Hymnal: Doctor Watts's imitation of the Psalms of David, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (3rd ed.) #110 (1786) Topics: Spring of the Year; Spring of the Year First Line: The praise of Sion waits for thee Lyrics: 1 The praise of Sion waits for thee, My God; and praise becomes thy house; There shall thy saints thy glory see And there perform their public vows. 2 O thou whose mercy bends the skies To save when humble sinners pray; All lands to thee shall lift their eyes, And every yielding heart obey. 3 Against my will my sins prevail, But grace shall purge away the stain: The blood of Christ will never fail To wash my garments white again. 4 Blest is the man whom thou shalt chuse, And give him kind access to thee; Give him a place within thy house, To taste thy love divinely free. Pause. 5 Let Babel fear when Sion prays, Babel, prepare for long distress, When Sion's God himself arrays In terror and in righteousness. 6 With dreadful glory God fulfils What his afflicted saints request; And with Almighty wrath reveals His love to give his churches rest. 7 Then shall the flocking nations run To Sion's hill and own their Lord; The rising and the setting sun Shall see the Saviour's name ador'd. Scripture: Psalm 65:1-5 Languages: English

Public Prayer and Praise

Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #110 (1790) Topics: Spring of the Year; Spring of the Year First Line: The praise of Sion waits for thee Lyrics: 1 The praise of Sion waits for thee, My God; and praise becomes thy house; There shall thy saints thy glory see And there perform their public vows. 2 O thou whose mercy bends the skies To save when humble sinners pray; All lands to thee shall lift their eyes, And every yielding heart obey. 3 Against my will my sins prevail, But grace shall purge away the stain: The blood of Christ will never fail To wash my garments white again. 4 Blest is the man whom thou shalt chuse, And give him kind access to thee; Give him a place within thy house, To taste thy love divinely free. Pause. 5 Let Babel fear when Sion prays, Babel, prepare for long distress, When Sion's God himself arrays In terror and in righteousness. 6 With dreadful glory God fulfils What his afflicted saints request; And with Almighty wrath reveals His love to give his churches rest. 7 Then shall the flocking nations run To Sion's hill and own their Lord; The rising and the setting sun Shall see the Saviour's name ador'd. Scripture: Psalm 65:1-5 Languages: English

Divine Providence in Air, Earth and Sea; or, The God of Nature and Grace

Hymnal: Doctor Watts's imitation of the Psalms of David, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (3rd ed.) #111 (1786) Topics: Spring of the Year; Spring of the Year First Line: The God of our Salvation hears Lyrics: 1 The God of our Salvation hears The groans of Sion mix'd with tears; Yet when he comes with kind designs, Through all the way his terror shines. 2 On him the race of man depends, Far as the earth's remotest ends, Where the Creator's name is known, By nature's feeble light alone. 3 Sailors that travel o'er the flood, Address their frighted souls to God, When tempests rage and Billows roar At dreadful distance from the shore. 4 He bids the noisy tempests cease; He calms the raging crowd to peace, When a tumultuous nation raves, Wild as the winds, and loud as waves. 5 Whole kingdoms shaken by the storm, He settles in a peaceful form; Mountains establish'd by his hand Firm on their old foundations stand. 6 Behold his ensigns sweep the sky, New comets blaze, and lightnings fly; The Heathen lands with swift surprise, From the bright horrors turn their eyes. 7 At his command the morning ray Smiles in the East, and leads the day, He guides the sun's declining wheels Over the tops of western hills. 8 Seasons and times obey his voice; The evening and the morn rejoice To see the earth made soft with showers, Laden with fruit, and drest in flowers. 9 'Tis from his watery stores on high, He gives the thirsty ground supply; He walks upon the clouds, and thence Doth his enriching drops dispense. 10 The desert grows a fruitful field, Abundant food the vallies yield; The vallies shout with cheerful voice, And neighboring hills repeat their joys. 11 The pasture smile in green array, There lambs and larger cattle play; The larger cattle and the lamb, Each in his language speaks thy name. 12 Thy works pronounce thy power divine; O'er every field thy glories shine; Through every month thy gifts appear; Great God, thy goodness crowns the year. Scripture: Psalm 65:5-13 Languages: English

Divine Providence in Air, Earth and Sea; or, The God of Nature and Grace

Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #111 (1790) Topics: Spring of the Year; Spring of the Year First Line: The God of our Salvation hears Lyrics: 1 The God of our Salvation hears The groans of Sion mix'd with tears; Yet when he comes with kind designs, Through all the way his terror shines. 2 On him the race of man depends, Far as the earth's remotest ends, Where the Creator's name is known, By nature's feeble light alone. 3 Sailors that travel o'er the flood, Address their frighted souls to God, When tempests rage and billows roar At dreadful distance from the shore. 4 He bids the noisy tempest cease; He calms the raging crowd to peace, When a tumultuous nation raves, Wild as the winds, and loud as waves. 5 Whole kingdoms shaken by the storm, He settles in a peaceful form, Mountains establish'd by his hand Firm on their old foundation stand. 6 Behold his ensigns sweep the sky, New comets blaze, and lightnings fly; The Heathen lands with swift surprise, From the bright horrors turn their eyes. 7 At his command the morning ray Smiles in the East, and leads the day, He guides the sun's declining wheels Over the tops of western hills. 8 Seasons and times obey his voice; The evening and the morn rejoice To see the earth made soft with showers, Laden with fruit, and drest in flowers. 9 'Tis from his watry stores on high, He gives the thirsty ground supply; He walks upon the clouds, and thence Doth his enriching drops dispense. 10 The desert grows a fruitful field, Abundant fruit the vallies yield; The vallies shout with cheerful voice, And neighboring hills repeat their joys. 11 The pasture smile in green array, There lambs and larger cattle play; The larger cattle and the lamb, Each in his language speaks thy name. 12 Thy works pronounce thy power divine; O'er every field thy glories shine; Through every month thy gifts appear; Great God, thy goodness crowns the year. Scripture: Psalm 65:5-13 Languages: English