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Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,863 hymnals Topics: Compassion Lyrics: 1 Love divine, all loves excelling, joy of heaven, to earth come down, fix in us thy humble dwelling, all thy faithful mercies crown. Jesus, thou art all compassion, pure, unbounded love thou art; visit us with thy salvation, enter every trembling heart. 2 Come, almighty to deliver, let us all thy life receive; suddenly return, and never, nevermore thy temples leave. Thee we would be always blessing, serve thee as thy hosts above, pray, and praise thee, without ceasing, glory in thy perfect love. 3 Finish then thy new creation; pure and spotless let us be; let us see thy great salvation perfectly restored in thee, changed from glory into glory, till in heaven we take our place, till we cast our crowns before thee, lost in wonder, love, and praise. Used With Tune: HYFRYDOL

Great Is Thy Faithfulness

Author: Thomas O. Chisholm, 1866-1960 Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Appears in 184 hymnals Topics: Compassion, Caring First Line: Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father Refrain First Line: Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness! Lyrics: 1 Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father; there is no shadow of turning with thee; thou changest not, thy compassions they fail not; as thou hast been, thou forever wilt be. Refrain: Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see; all I have needed thy hand hath provided; great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me. 2 Summer and winter and springtime and harvest, sun, moon, and stars in their courses above join with all nature in manifold witness to thy great faithfulness, mercy, and love. [Refrain] 3 Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth, thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide; strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow, blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside! [Refrain] Used With Tune: FAITHFULNESS

What a Friend We Have in Jesus

Author: Joseph M. Scriven Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,692 hymnals Topics: Christ--Compassion of Lyrics: 1 What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear! What a privilege to carry ev'rything to God in prayer! O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear, all because we do not carry ev'rything to God in prayer. 2 Have we trials and temptations? Is there trouble anywhere? We should never be discouraged; take it to the Lord in prayer! Can we find a friend so faithful who will all our sorrows share? Jesus knows our ev'ry weakness; take it to the Lord in prayer! 3 Are we weak and heavy laden, cumbered with a load of care? Precious Savior, still our refuge, take it to the Lord in prayer! Do your friends despise, forsake you? Take it to the Lord in prayer! In his arms he'll take and shield you; you will find a solace there. Scripture: Proverbs 18:24 Used With Tune: FRIENDSHIP

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IN BABILONE

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 190 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Julius Röntgen Topics: Compassion Tune Sources: Dutch melody Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 17651 21231 43232 Used With Text: There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy

FAITHFULNESS

Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Appears in 160 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William M. Runyan Topics: God Compassion of Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 33332 24444 36765 Used With Text: Great is Thy Faithfulness

LLANGLOFFAN

Appears in 174 hymnals Topics: Christ Compassion of Tune Sources: Welsh hymn melody; David Evans, Hymnau a Thonau,, 1865 Tune Key: g minor Incipit: 51122 32114 43325 Used With Text: Come unto Me, Ye Weary

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God of Compassion, in Mercy Befriend Us

Author: John J. Moment Hymnal: Rejoice in the Lord #39 (1985) Meter: 11.11.11.11 Topics: God Compassion Lyrics: 1 God of compassion, in mercy befriend us; giver of grace for our needs all availing, wisdom and strength for each day do thou send us, patience untiring and courage unfailing. 2 Wand'ring and lost, thou hast sought us and found us, stilled our rude hearts with thy word of consoling; wrap now thy peace, like a mantle, around us, guarding our thoughts and our passions controlling. 3 How shall we stray, with thy hand to direct us, thou, who the stars in their courses art guiding? What shall we fear, with thy pow'r to protect us, we who walk forth in Thy greatness confiding? Scripture: Isaiah 63:9 Languages: English Tune Title: O QUANTA QUALIA

Good is the Lord, and Full of Kind Compassion

Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Red) #216 (1934) Meter: 11.10.11.10 D Topics: Compassion of God First Line: Good is the Lord and full of kind compassion Lyrics: 1 Good is the Lord and full of kind compassion, Most slow to anger, plenteous in love; Rich is His grace to all that humbly seek Him, Boundless and endless as the heavens above. His love is like a father's to his children, Tender and kind to all who fear His Name; For well He knows our weakness and our frailty, He knows that we are dust, He knows our frame. 2 We fade and die like flowers that grow in beauty, Like tender grass that soon will disappear; But evermore the love of God is changeless, Still shown to those who look to Him in fear. High in the heavens His throne is fixed forever, His kingdom rules o'er all from pole to pole; Bless ye the Lord through all His wide dominion, Bless His most holy Name, O thou my soul. Scripture: Psalm 103 Languages: English Tune Title: LONDONDERRY

Send Down the Fire

Author: Marty Haugen, b. 1950 Hymnal: Gather (3rd ed.) #557 (2011) Topics: Compassion First Line: Call us to be your compassion Refrain First Line: Send down the fire of your justice Scripture: Psalm 104:30 Languages: English Tune Title: [Call us to be your compassion]

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John D. Witvliet

b. 1967 Topics: God's Compassion Author (Prayer) of "A Prayer of Lament in Solidarity with Sufferers" in Psalms for All Seasons

Dorothy Frances Gurney

1858 - 1932 Person Name: Dorothy Frances Gurney, 1858-1932 Topics: God Compassion / Tenderness Author of "O perfect Love" in The Book of Praise Blomfield, Dorothy F. , was born at 3 Finsbury Circus, Oct. 4, 1858. Miss Blomfield is the eldest daughter of the late Rev. F. G. Blomfield, sometime Rector of St. Andrew's Undershaft, London, and granddaughter of the late Dr. Blomfield, Bishop of London. Her very beautiful hymn for Holy Matrimony, “O perfect Love, all human thought transcending," was written for her sister's marriage in 1883, and was intended to be sung to Strength and Stay, in Hymns Ancient & Modern, No. 12. Subsequently it was set as an anthem by J. Barnby for the marriage of the Duke of Fife with the Princess Louise of Wales, on July 27, 1889. In 1889 it was included in the Supplemental Hymns to Hymns Ancient & Modern, and in 1890 in the Hymnal Companion. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) =============== Gurney, Dorothy Frances, née Blomfield, p. 1553, ii. Married to Mr. Gerald Gurney. Mrs. Gurney's personal account of her hymn, "O perfect Love," &c, is given in detail in the Rev. J. Brownlie's Hymns and Hymn Writers of The Church Hymnary, 1899, p. 248. Her hymn is given in most hymn books published since 1889. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

David Hurd

b. 1950 Person Name: David Hurd, b. 1950 Topics: Compassion Harmonizer of "BALM IN GILEAD" in Worship (3rd ed.) David Hurd (b. Brooklyn, New York, 1950) was a boy soprano at St. Gabriel's Church in Hollis, Long Island, New York. Educated at Oberlin College and the University of North Carolina, he has been professor of church music and organist at General Theological Seminary in New York since 1976. In 1985 he also became director of music for All Saints Episcopal Church, New York. Hurd is an outstanding recitalist and improvisor and a composer of organ, choral, and instrumental music. In 1987 David Hurd was awarded the degree of Doctor of Music, honoris causa, by the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale. The following year he received honorary doctorates from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley, California, and from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois. His I Sing As I Arise Today, the collected hymn tunes of David Hurd, was published in 2010. Bert Polman and Emily Brink

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