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Break Forth, O Living Light of God

Author: Frank von Christierson Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 10 hymnals Topics: Service for the Lord's Day After Creed; Acts of the Church Confirmation; Christian Year Advent; Other Observances Christian Education; Other Observances Ecumenism; Other Observances Mission Lyrics: 1 Break forth, O living light of God, Upon the world's dark hour! Show us the way the Master trod; Reveal his saving power. 2 Remove the veil of ancient words, With message long obscure; Restore to us your truth, O God, And make its meaning sure. 3 Show us the prophets and the priests, The kings, the common men, Who kept the faith and walked with you; O make them live again! 4 O let your Word be light anew To every nation's life; Unite us in your will, O Lord, And end all sinful strife. 5 O may one Lord, one faith, one Word, One Spirit lead us still; And one great church go forth in might To work God's perfect will. Amen. Scripture: John 8:12 Used With Tune: ST. PETER

Be Thou My Vision

Author: Eleanor Hull; Mary Byrne Meter: 10.10.9.10 Appears in 159 hymnals Topics: Service for the Lord's Day Opening of Worship; Service for the Lord's Day After Creed; Service for the Lord's Day Conclusion of Worship; Acts of the Church Confirmation; Acts of the Church The Marriage Service; Acts of the Church Ordination; Acts of the Church Installation; Christian Year Advent; Other Observances Christian Education; Other Observances Stewardship First Line: Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart Lyrics: 1 Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart; Naught be all else to me, save that thou art— Thou my best thought, by day or by night, Waking or sleeping, thy presence my light. 2 Be thou my wisdom, and thou my true word; I ever with thee and thou with me, Lord; Thou my great Father, I thy true son; Thou in me dwelling, and I with thee one. 3 Riches I heed not, nor man's empty praise, Thou mine inheritance, now and always; Thou and thou only, first in my heart, High King of heaven, my treasure thou art. 4 High King of heaven, my victory won, May I reach heaven's joys, O bright heaven's Sun! Heart of my own heart, whatever befall, Still be my vision, O Ruler of all. Amen. Scripture: Philippians 3:14 Used With Tune: SLANE Text Sources: Ancient Irish

Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah

Author: William Williams; Peter Williams; John Williams Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 1,820 hymnals Topics: Service for the Lord's Day After Old Testament Lesson; Service for the Lord's Day Conclusion of Worship; Acts of the Church Confirmation; Acts of the Church Ordination; Christian Year Advent; Other Observances Mission; Other Observances World Peace Lyrics: 1 Guide me, O thou great Jehovah, Pilgrim through this barren land; I am weak, but thou art mighty; Hold me with thy powerful hand; Bread of heaven, Bread of heaven, Feed me till I want no more, Feed me till I want no more. 2 Open now the crystal fountain, Whence the healing stream doth flow; Let the fire and cloudy pillar Lead me all my journey through; Strong Deliverer, strong Deliverer, Be thou still my strength and shield, Be Thou still my strength and shield. 3 When I tread the verge of Jordan, Bid my anxious fears subside; Death of deaths, and hell's Destruction, Land me safe on Canaan's side; Songs of praises, songs of praises I will ever give to thee, I will ever give to thee. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 104 Used With Tune: CWM RHONDDA

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HERE I AM, LORD

Meter: 7.7.7.4 D with refrain Appears in 63 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Daniel L. Schutte; Michael Pope; John Weissrock Topics: The Church at Worship Profession of Faith, Ordination, Commissioning, Installation; Choruses and Refrains; Commissioning; Commitment; Commitment; Confirmation; Discipleship and Service; Invitation; Light; Mission and Outreach; Obedience; Ordination; Social Concerns; Witness; Word of God; Proper 7 Year A; Proper 14 Year A; Proper 24 Year A; Epiphany 2 Year B; Trinity Sunday Year B; Proper 17 Year B; Epiphany 4 Year C; Epiphany 5 Year C; Proper 9 Year C; Proper 24 Year C Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 17154 55171 65123 Used With Text: I, the Lord of Sea and Sky (Here I Am, Lord)

MOZART

Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 197 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Unknown; John T. Wilkinson Topics: The Church at Worship Profession of Faith, Ordination, Commissioning, Installation; Acceptance of Christ; Commissioning; Commitment; Confirmation; Consecration; Decision; Discipleship and Service; Installation Services; Jesus Christ Love For; Love; Love for God/Christ; Ministry; Obedience; Ordination; Stewardship; Surrender; Witness; Youth; Proper 16 Year A; Proper 24 Year A; Epiphany 2 Year B; Proper 13 Year B; Proper 19 Year B; Proper 20 Year B; Proper 23 Year B; Baptism of Jesus Year C; Epiphany 2 Year C; Epiphany 5 Year C; Epiphany 7 Year C; Lent 5 Year C; Proper 11 Year C; Proper 18 Year C; Proper 21 Year C; Proper 24 Year C; Thanksgiving Year C Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 11175 44355 53521 Used With Text: Take My Life and Let It Be

SLANE (1)

Meter: Irregular Appears in 251 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: David Evans, 1874-1948 Topics: Confirmation Service Tune Sources: Irish traditional melody Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 11216 56112 32222 Used With Text: Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart

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Holy Spirit, come confirm us

Author: William Brian Foley, 1919- Hymnal: Together in Song #413 (1999) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Topics: Confirmation Service Scripture: 1 Corinthians 2:11-16 Languages: English Tune Title: ALL FOR JESUS

My soul gives glory to my God

Author: Miriam Theres Winter, 1938 Hymnal: Together in Song #172 (1999) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Confirmation Service; Confirmation Service Scripture: Luke 1:46-55 Languages: English Tune Title: MORNING SONG

Father of peace, and God of love

Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751; William Cameron, 1751-1811 Hymnal: Together in Song #482 (1999) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Confirmation Service Lyrics: 1 Father of peace, and God of love, we own your power to save - that power by which our Shepherd rose victorious o’er the grave. 2 Him from the dead you brought again, when, by his sacred blood, confirmed and sealed for evermore the eternal covenant stood. 3 O may your Spirit seal our souls, and mould them to your will, that our weak hearts no more may stray, but keep your precepts still; 4 that to perfection's sacred height we nearer still may rise, and all we think, and all we do, be pleasing in your eyes. Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 Languages: English Tune Title: ST PAUL

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Charles Wesley

1707 - 1788 Person Name: Charles Wesley, 1707-88 Topics: Confirmation Service Author of "Lord, in the strength of grace" in Together in Song Charles Wesley, M.A. was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Charles Wesley was the youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born at Epworth Rectory, Dec. 18, 1707. In 1716 he went to Westminster School, being provided with a home and board by his elder brother Samuel, then usher at the school, until 1721, when he was elected King's Scholar, and as such received his board and education free. In 1726 Charles Wesley was elected to a Westminster studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1729, and became a college tutor. In the early part of the same year his religious impressions were much deepened, and he became one of the first band of "Oxford Methodists." In 1735 he went with his brother John to Georgia, as secretary to General Oglethorpe, having before he set out received Deacon's and Priest's Orders on two successive Sundays. His stay in Georgia was very short; he returned to England in 1736, and in 1737 came under the influence of Count Zinzendorf and the Moravians, especially of that remarkable man who had so large a share in moulding John Wesley's career, Peter Bonier, and also of a Mr. Bray, a brazier in Little Britain. On Whitsunday, 1737, [sic. 1738] he "found rest to his soul," and in 1738 he became curate to his friend, Mr. Stonehouse, Vicar of Islington, but the opposition of the churchwardens was so great that the Vicar consented that he "should preach in his church no more." Henceforth his work was identified with that of his brother John, and he became an indefatigable itinerant and field preacher. On April 8, 1749, he married Miss Sarah Gwynne. His marriage, unlike that of his brother John, was a most happy one; his wife was accustomed to accompany him on his evangelistic journeys, which were as frequent as ever until the year 1756," when he ceased to itinerate, and mainly devoted himself to the care of the Societies in London and Bristol. Bristol was his headquarters until 1771, when he removed with his family to London, and, besides attending to the Societies, devoted himself much, as he had done in his youth, to the spiritual care of prisoners in Newgate. He had long been troubled about the relations of Methodism to the Church of England, and strongly disapproved of his brother John's "ordinations." Wesley-like, he expressed his disapproval in the most outspoken fashion, but, as in the case of Samuel at an earlier period, the differences between the brothers never led to a breach of friendship. He died in London, March 29, 1788, and was buried in Marylebone churchyard. His brother John was deeply grieved because he would not consent to be interred in the burial-ground of the City Road Chapel, where he had prepared a grave for himself, but Charles said, "I have lived, and I die, in the Communion of the Church of England, and I will be buried in the yard of my parish church." Eight clergymen of the Church of England bore his pall. He had a large family, four of whom survived him; three sons, who all became distinguished in the musical world, and one daughter, who inherited some of her father's poetical genius. The widow and orphans were treated with the greatest kindness and generosity by John Wesley. As a hymn-writer Charles Wesley was unique. He is said to have written no less than 6500 hymns, and though, of course, in so vast a number some are of unequal merit, it is perfectly marvellous how many there are which rise to the highest degree of excellence. His feelings on every occasion of importance, whether private or public, found their best expression in a hymn. His own conversion, his own marriage, the earthquake panic, the rumours of an invasion from France, the defeat of Prince Charles Edward at Culloden, the Gordon riots, every Festival of the Christian Church, every doctrine of the Christian Faith, striking scenes in Scripture history, striking scenes which came within his own view, the deaths of friends as they passed away, one by one, before him, all furnished occasions for the exercise of his divine gift. Nor must we forget his hymns for little children, a branch of sacred poetry in which the mantle of Dr. Watts seems to have fallen upon him. It would be simply impossible within our space to enumerate even those of the hymns which have become really classical. The saying that a really good hymn is as rare an appearance as that of a comet is falsified by the work of Charles Wesley; for hymns, which are really good in every respect, flowed from his pen in quick succession, and death alone stopped the course of the perennial stream. It has been the common practice, however for a hundred years or more to ascribe all translations from the German to John Wesley, as he only of the two brothers knew that language; and to assign to Charles Wesley all the original hymns except such as are traceable to John Wesley through his Journals and other works. The list of 482 original hymns by John and Charles Wesley listed in this Dictionary of Hymnology have formed an important part of Methodist hymnody and show the enormous influence of the Wesleys on the English hymnody of the nineteenth century. -- Excerpts from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================== Charles Wesley, the son of Samuel Wesley, was born at Epworth, Dec. 18, 1707. He was educated at Westminster School and afterwards at Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated M.A. In 1735, he took Orders and immediately proceeded with his brother John to Georgia, both being employed as missionaries of the S.P.G. He returned to England in 1736. For many years he engaged with his brother in preaching the Gospel. He died March 29, 1788. To Charles Wesley has been justly assigned the appellation of the "Bard of Methodism." His prominence in hymn writing may be judged from the fact that in the "Wesleyan Hymn Book," 623 of the 770 hymns were written by him; and he published more than thirty poetical works, written either by himself alone, or in conjunction with his brother. The number of his separate hymns is at least five thousand. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872.

Eleanor Hull

1860 - 1935 Person Name: Eleanor Henrietta Hull, 1860-1935 Topics: Confirmation Service Versifier of "Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart" in Together in Song

John Ernest Bode

1816 - 1874 Person Name: John E. Bode, 1816-1874 Topics: Confirmation; Service Author of "O Jesus, I Have Promised" in Ambassador Hymnal John E. Bode (b. St. Pancras, England, 1816; d. Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire, England, 1874) A fine student at Christ Church, Oxford, England, and a prominent scholar who gave the famous Bampton Lectures ("for the exposition and defense of the Christian faith") at Oxford in 1855, was a rector in Westwell, Oxfordshire, and in Castle Camps. This gifted poet and hymn writer published Hymns for the Gospel of the Day, for Each Sunday and Festivals of Our Lord in 1860. Bert Polman ============== Bode, John Ernest, M.A., son of Mr. William Bode, late of the General Post Office, b. 1816, and educated at Eton, the Charter House, and at Christ Church, Oxford, graduating B.A. 1837, and M.A. in due course. Taking Holy Orders in 1841, he became Rector of Westwell, Oxfordshire, 1847; and then of Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire, 1860. He was also for a time Tutor of his College, and Classical Examiner. His Bampton Lectures were delivered in 1855. He d. at Castle Camps, Oct. 6, 1874. In addition to his Bampton Lectures, and Ballads from Herodotus, he published Hymns from the Gospel of the Day for each Sunday and Festivals of our Lord, 1860; and Short Occasional Poems, Lond., Longmans, 1858. In addition to his well-known hymn, “O Jesu, I have promised " (q. v.), the following from his Hys. from the Gospel are also in common use:— 1. God of heaven, enthroned in might. H. Trinity. 2. Spirit of Truth, indwelling Light. Whitsuntide. -John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================= Bode, John E. , p. 151, ii. Additional pieces from his Hys.from the Gospel of the Day, &c, 1800, are in common use :— (1) "Sweetly the Sabbath bell" (Sunday); (2) "Thou Who hast called us by Thy word" (20th S. after Trinity). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

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