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Almighty Father, strong to save

Author: William Whiting, 1825-1878; Robert Nelson Spencer, 1877-1961 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 425 hymnals Topics: Christian Responsibility Used With Tune: MELITA

Creator Spirit, by Whose Aid

Author: John Dryden Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 185 hymnals First Line: Creator, Spirit, by whose aid Used With Tune: MELITA Text Sources: Latin Hymn, 9th Century

My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less

Author: Edward Mote, 1787-1874 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 1,085 hymnals Refrain First Line: On Christ the solid rock I stand Lyrics: 1 My hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus' blood and righteousness; No merit of my own I claim, But wholly lean on Jesus' name. Refrain: On Christ, the solid rock, I stand; All other ground is sinking sand. 2 When darkness veils His lovely face, I rest on his unchanging grace; In ev'ry high and stormy gale My anchor holds within the veil. [Refrain] 3 His oath, his covenant, his blood Sustain me in the raging flood; When all supports are washed away, He then is all my hope and stay. [Refrain] 4 When he shall come with trumpet sound, Oh, may I then in him be found, Clothed in his righteousness alone, Redeemed to stand before the throne! [Refrain] Topics: Justification; Pentecost 2 (Year A); Atonement; Justification; Trust, Guidance Used With Tune: MELITA

God of Our Fathers, Known of Old

Author: Rudyard Kipling Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 228 hymnals Refrain First Line: Lord God of hosts, be with us yet Lyrics: 1 God of our fathers, known of old, Lord of our far-flung battle-line, Beneath whose awful hand we hold Dominion over palm and pine: Refrain: Lord God of hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget, lest we forget! 2 The tumult and the shouting dies, The captains and the kings depart; Still stands thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart. [Refrain] 3 Far-called our navies melt away, On dune and headland sinks the fire; Lo, all our pomp of yesterday Is one with Nineveh and Tyre! [Refrain] Amen. Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:12 Used With Tune: MELITA

O Master of the waking world

Author: Frank Mason North, 1850-1935 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 26 hymnals Topics: The Church of God Missions Used With Tune: MELITA

Lord God, your love has called us here

Author: Brian Wren (born 1936) Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 32 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lord God, your love has called us here as we, by love, for love were made; your living likeness still we bear, though marred, dishonoured, disobeyed. We come, with all our heart and mind your call to hear, your love to find. 2 We come with self-inflicted pains of broken trust and chosen wrong, half-free, half-bound by inner chains, by social forces swept along, by powers and systems close confined yet seeking hope for all humankind. 3 Lord God, in Christ you call our name and then receive us as your own not through some merit, right or claim but by your gracious love alone. We strain to glimpse your mercy-seat and find you kneeling at our feet. 4 Then take the towel, and break the bread, and humble us, and call us friends; suffer and serve till all are fed and show how grandly love intends to work till all creation sings, to fill all worlds, to crown all things. 5 Lord God, in Christ you set us free your life to live, your joy to share: give us your Spirit's liberty to turn from guilt and dull despair, and offer all that faith can do while love is making all things new. Topics: God's Church Love and Devotion; Pentecost The Holy Spirit; Pentecost 10 The Mind of Christ; Pentecost 11 The Serving Community; Pentecost 4 The Freedom God Gives; Pentecost 7 The More Excellent Way; The Fall; Trinity Sunday The Trinity Used With Tune: MELITA

Resolve

Appears in 7 hymnals First Line: Into the tomb of ages past Used With Tune: [Into the tomb of ages past]

Almighty Lord, the holy One

Author: Christopher Idle (born 1938) Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: God's World Days and Nights: Evening Used With Tune: MELITA Text Sources: the Gelasian and Leonine sacramentaries (eighth and seventh centuries)

Now let us all arise and sing

Author: Emily Greene Balch Appears in 14 hymnals Used With Tune: MELITA

Thou hidden love of God, whose height

Author: John Wesley; Gerhard Tersteegen Appears in 265 hymnals Used With Tune: MELITA

Our fathers' God, from out whose hand

Author: John G. Whittier Appears in 18 hymnals Topics: Patriotism and Peace Used With Tune: MELITA

Strong, Righteous Man of Galilee

Author: Harry Webb Farrington Appears in 12 hymnals Topics: Jesus Christ Life and Ministry Used With Tune: MELITA

Let Glory Be to God on High

Author: Anonymous Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 14 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Let glory be to God on high: Peace be on earth as in the sky; Good will to men! We bow the knee, We praise, we bless, we worship Thee; We give Thee thanks, Thy name we sing, Almighty Father! Heav’nly King! 2. O Lord, the sole begotten Son, Who bore the crimes which we had done; Son of the Father, who wast slain To take away the sins of men; O Lamb of God, whose blood was spilt For all the world, and all its guilt— 3. Have mercy on us, through Thy blood; Receive our prayer, O Lamb of God! For Thou art holy; Thou alone, At God’s right hand, upon His throne, In all His glory, art adored, With Thee, O Holy Ghost, one Lord. Used With Tune: MELITA Text Sources: From the Liturgy of St. James & an 8th Century manuscript in the British Museum; Sabbath Hymn Book (Andover, Massachusetts: 1858)

Thanks Be to Thee, O God

Author: Hugh C. Stuntz Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Thanks be to Thee, O God above Used With Tune: MELITA

¡Oh, Dios! Al Mundo en Confusión

Author: Frank Mason North, 1850-1935; Elida G. Falcón, 1879-1968 Appears in 1 hymnal Used With Tune: MELITA

O Jesus, Son of God, In Thee

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1 O Jesus, Son of God, in Thee I trust for that last victory, And kept by my eternal friend, I keep Thy works, ’till life shall end, Obedient unto death endure, And find Thy richest promise sure. 2 So when Thou shalt on earth appear, To fix Thy heavenly kingdom here, I shall with my Redeemer join, Partake the victory divine, And clothed with Thy resistless power The Conqueror of the world adore. 3 With Thee in full paternal might, Vested, I shall go forth to fight, Shall see the nations broke, subdued, And scattered by Thine iron rod, Swift as the shivered vessel flies And share the triumph of the skies. Used With Tune: MELITA Text Sources: Short Hymns, Vol. II (Bristol, England: E. Farley, 1762)

O quickly come, dread judge of all

Author: Lawrence Tuttiett Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 82 hymnals Topics: Christ Judge; Christ Second Advent; Christ The Life Used With Tune: MELITA

Great Ruler of the Land and Sea

Author: H. Bonar Appears in 9 hymnals Topics: Sea and Sailors Scripture: Psalm 65:5 Used With Tune: MELITA

The Lord's Prayer

Author: Henry J. de Jong Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: Our Father, Lord of heav'n and earth Topics: Repentance; Supplication; Service Music Prayers Scripture: Matthew 6:9-13 Used With Tune: MELITA

When Gathering Clouds Around I View

Author: Robert Grant Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 276 hymnals Lyrics: 1. When gathering clouds around I view, And days are dark, and friends are few, On Him I lean, who not in vain Experienced every human pain; He sees my wants, allays my fears, And counts and treasures all my tears. 2. If aught should tempt my soul to stray From heavenly wisdom’s narrow way, To fly the good I would pursue, Or do the sin I would not do, Still He, who felt temptation’s power, Shall guard me in that dangerous hour. 3. If wounded love my bosom swell, Deceived by those I prized too well, He shall His pitying aid bestow, Who felt on earth severer woe, At once betrayed, denied, or fled, By those who shared His daily bread. 4. If vexing thoughts within me rise And, sore dismayed, my spirit dies, Still He, who once vouchsafed to bear The sickening anguish of despair, Shall sweetly soothe, shall gently dry, The throbbing heart, the streaming eye. 5. When, sorrowing, o’er some stone I bend, Which covers what was once a friend, And from his voice, his hand, his smile, Divides me for a little while, Thou, Savior, mark’st the tears I shed, For Thou didst weep o’er Lazarus dead. 6. And O, when I have safely passed, Through every conflict but the last; Still, still unchanging, watch beside My painful bed, for Thou hast died; Then point to realms of cloudless day, And wipe the latest tear way. Used With Tune: MELITA

Lord God of hosts, whose mighty hand

Author: John Oxenham Appears in 24 hymnals Used With Tune: MELITA

Lord God of hosts, Whose purpose sure

Appears in 2 hymnals Used With Tune: MELITA

Thou hidden source of calm repose

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 166 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Thou hidden source of calm repose, thou all-sufficient love divine, my help and refuge from my foes, secure I am, if thou art mine: and lo, from sin, and grief, and shame, I hide me, Jesus, in thy name. 2 Thy mighty name salvation is, and keeps my happy soul above; comfort it brings, and power, and peace, and joy, and everlasting love: to me, with thy dear name, are given pardon, and holiness, and heaven. 3 Jesus, my all in all thou art: my rest in toil, my ease in pain, the medicine of my broken heart, in war my peace, in loss my gain, my smile beneath the tyrant's frown, in shame my glory and my crown; 4 In want my plentiful supply, in weakness my almighty power, in bonds my perfect liberty, my light in Satan's darkest hour, in grief my joy unspeakable, my life in death, my heaven in hell. Scripture: Jeremiah 31:3 Used With Tune: MELITA

The Lord My Trust

Author: Joseph Addison Appears in 552 hymnals First Line: The Lord my pasture shall prepare Lyrics: 1 The Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye; My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend. 2 When on the sultry globe I faint, Or, on the thirsty mountain pant, To fertile vales and dewy meads My weary, wand'ring steps he leads Where peaceful rivers, soft and slow, Amid the verdant landscape flow. 3 Tho' in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrors overspread, My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, For thou, O Lord, art with me still; Thy friendly staff shall give me aid, And guide me thro' the dreadful shade. Amen. Topics: Christ Trust in Trouble; Christ Christ Leading; Christ Trust in Trouble; Christ Christ Leading; Christ Trust in Trouble; Christ Christ Leading; Christ Trust in Trouble; Christ Christ Leading; Christ Trust in Trouble; Christ Christ Leading; Living His Life Trust in Trouble; Christ Christ Leading; Living His Life Trust in Trouble; Christ Christ Leading; Living His Life Trust in Trouble; Christ Christ Leading Used With Tune: MELITA

O Thou Eternal Victim slain

Author: Rev. Charles Wesley Appears in 40 hymnals Used With Tune: MELITA

Forth from the dark and stormy sky

Author: Reginald Heber Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 130 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Forth from the dark and stormy sky, Lord, to Thine altar's shade we fly; Forth from the world, its hope and fear, Saviour, we seek Thy shelter here: Weary and weak, Thy grace we pray: Turn not, O Lord! Thy guests away! 2 Long have we roamed in want and pain; Long have we sought Thy rest in vain; 'Wildered in doubt, in darkness lost, Long have our souls been tempest-tost: Low at Thy feet our sins we lay; Turn not, O Lord, Thy guests away. Topics: Easter Season, Sixth Sunday; Second Sunday after Trinity; Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity Used With Tune: MELITA

O Lord, You Died That All Might Live

Author: Richard F. Littledale, 1833-1890 Appears in 4 hymnals Refrain First Line: O Lamb of God, Redeemer blest Lyrics: 1 O Lord, you died that all might live And rise to see the perfect day. The fullness of your mercy give To this our friend for whom we pray. O Lamb of God, Redeemer blest, Grant him/her eternal light and rest. 2 Lord, bless our friend who died in you, As you have given him/her release. Enliven him/her since he/she was true, And give him/her everlasting peace. O Lamb of God, Redeemer blest, Grant him/her eternal light and rest. 3 In your green, pleasant pastures feed The sheep that you have summoned hence; And by the still, cool waters lead Your flock in loving providence. O Lamb of God, Redeemer blest, Grant him/her eternal light and rest. 4 Direct us with your arm of might, That with our friend we may all come To dwell within your city bright, Jerusalem, our heav'nly home. O Lamb of God, Redeemer blest, Grant him/her eternal light and rest. Topics: Order of Christian Funerals Vigils - Hymns; Order of Christian Funerals Funeral Liturgy Used With Tune: MELITA

When, streaming from the eastern skies

Author: William Shrubsole Appears in 204 hymnals Topics: Morning Used With Tune: MELITA

The Angel at the Tomb

Author: Sarah Flower Adams Appears in 20 hymnals First Line: The mourners came at break of day Used With Tune: MELITA

Now I Have Found the Ground Wherein

Author: Rothe; John Wesley Appears in 155 hymnals First Line: Now have I found the ground wherein Topics: Christ Sympathy of Used With Tune: ROTHE

Thou art, O God, the life and light

Author: Thomas Moore Appears in 175 hymnals Used With Tune: MELITA

Dear Lord, to Your True Servants Give

Author: W. Gustave Polack, 1890-1950 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Ministry Used With Tune: MELITA

O Lord, to Us Thy Mercy Show

Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: 1. O Lord, to us Thy mercy show, And Thy salvation now bestow; We wait to hear what God will say; Peace to His people He will speak, And to His saints, but let them seek No more in folly’s path to stray. 2. His saving help is surely near To those His holy name that fear; Thus glory dwells in all our land. Now heavenly truth unites with grace, And righteousness and peace embrace; In full accord they ever stand. 3. Truth springing forth the earth shall crown, And righteousness from Heaven look down, And God on us His goodness shed; Our land shall then with plenty flow, Before Him righteousness shall go, And cause us in His steps to tread. Used With Tune: MELITA Text Sources: The Psalter (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: The United Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1912), number 232.

Eterno Dios, enyo poder

Author: J. B. Cabrera Appears in 2 hymnals Used With Tune: [Eterno Dios, enyo poder]

Eternal Is Your Word, O LORD

Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: God Faithfulness of; God's Word and Law; Law of God Scripture: Psalm 119:89-96 Used With Tune: MELITA Text Sources: OPC/URCNA 2016

We saw Thee not, when Thou didst come

Appears in 98 hymnals Used With Tune: [We saw Thee not, when Thou didst come]

O Thou, before the world began

Author: Rev. Chas. Wesley Appears in 13 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O Thou, before the world began Ordained a sacrifice for man, And by th'eternal Spirit made An offering in the sinner's stead; Our everlasting Priest art Thou, Pleading Thy death for sinners now. 2 Thy offering still continues new Before the righteous Father's view; Thyself the Lamb forever slain, Thy priesthood doth unchanged remain; Thy years, O God, can never fail, Nor Thy blest work within the veil. 3 Oh, that our faith may never move, But stand unshaken as Thy love! Sure evidence of things unseen, Now let it pass the years between, And view Thee bleeding on the tree, My Lord, my God, Who dies for me. Amen. Used With Tune: [O Thou, before the world began]

For Such a Time As This

Author: Thomas A. Jackson Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: For such a time as this, O Lord Topics: The Church at Worship Prayer; Adversity; Guidance; Prayer Scripture: Esther 4:14 Used With Tune: MELITA

For All that Thou, O Lord, Hast Wrought

Author: George A. Warburton Appears in 10 hymnals Used With Tune: MELITA

Sinners, Rejoice: Your Peace Is Made

Author: Charles Wesley; John Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Sinners, rejoice: your peace is made; Your Savior on the cross hath bled: Your God, in Jesus reconciled, On all His works again hath smiled; Hath grace through Him and blessing giv’n, To all in earth and all in Heav’n. 2. Angels rejoice in Jesus’ grace, And vie with man’s more favored race; The blood that did for us atone, Conferred on them some gift unknown; Their joy through Jesus’ pains abounds, They triumph by His glorious wounds. 3. Or, stablished and confirmed by Him Who did our lower world redeem, Secure they keep their blest estate, Firm on an everlasting seat; Or, raised above themselves, aspire, In bliss improved, in glory higher. 4. Him they beheld, our conquering God, Returned with garments rolled in blood! They saw, and kindled at the sight, And filled with shouts the realms of light; With loudest hallelujahs met, And fell, and kissed His bleeding feet. 5. They saw Him in the courts above. With all His recent prints of love; The wounds, the blood! they heard its voice, That heightened all their highest joys; They felt it sprinkled through the skies, And shared that better sacrifice. 6. Not angel tongues can e’er express The unutterable happiness; Nor human hearts can e’er conceive The bliss wherein through Christ they live, But all your Heav’n, ye glorious powers, And all your God, is doubly ours! Used With Tune: MELITA Text Sources: Hymns for Ascension, by John and Charles Wesley, 1762

Eterno y Poderoso Dios

Author: William Whiting; Robert Nelson Spencer; Anónimo Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Ocasiones Especiales Viajeros Used With Tune: MELITA

Thro life's long day and death's dark night

Author: Frederick W. Faber Appears in 336 hymnals First Line: Sweet Saviour, bless us ere we go Used With Tune: MELITA

Eternal Peace, whose word of old

Author: Stopford Augustus Brooke Appears in 6 hymnals Used With Tune: MELITA

We Worship Thee, O Crucified

Author: Albert W. T. Orsborn Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: 1. We worship Thee, O Crucified! What glories didst Thou lay aside; What depth of human grief and sin Didst Thou consent to languish in, That through atoning blood outpoured Our broken peace might be restored! 2. We mourn that e’er our hearts should be One with a world that loves not Thee; That with the crowd we passed Thee by, And saw, but did not feel, Thee die. Not till we knew our guilt and shame Did we esteem our Savior’s name. 3. Though with our shame we shunned the light, Thou didst not leave us in the night; We were not left in sin to stray Unsought, unloved, from Thee away; For from Thy cross irradiates A power that saves and recreates. 4. O loved above all earthly love, To Thee our hearts adoring move; Thy boundless mercies yearn to save And in Thy blood sin’s wounds to lave. O speed the day when men shall see That human hopes are all in Thee. Used With Tune: MELITA

O Holy Spirit, making whole

Author: Henry H. Tweedy Appears in 4 hymnals Refrain First Line: Christ shall rule in ev'ry heart Used With Tune: MELITA Text Sources: Christian Worship and Praise, 1939, alt.

Lord, You Have Brought Us

Author: Dennis S. Aldridge, 1934- Meter: 8.8.8 D Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Lord, you have brought us to this place Topics: Praise Gathering; Blessing; Church; Commitment; Dedication of Buildings; Gathering; God Sustainer; Grace; Guidance; Mission; Praise; Thanksgiving Scripture: Psalm 24:1-5 Used With Tune: MELITA

O Father, Whose Creating Hand

Author: Donald Wynn Hughes, 1911-1967 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: God's providence; Guide; Harvest; Justice; Trinity Scripture: John 6:1-15 Used With Tune: MELITA

O God, Whose Mighty Wisdom Moves

Author: George Brandon Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 5 hymnals Used With Tune: MELITA

O Thou Who madest land and sea

Author: G. Thring Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 6 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O Thou Who madest land and sea, And guidest all, in all their ways, Who hearest those who bring to Thee Their sacrifice of prayer and praise; Oh, hear Thy children as they bring Themselves a lowly offering! 2 Great God, Who with a Father's love Dost watch o'er all created things, And gatherest all, below, above, Beneath the shadow of Thy wings; Protect, we pray Thee, now, and bless Thy children who are fatherless. 3 Thou hearest still the eagle's cry, And notest e'en a sparrow's fall, Thy listening ear doth heed on high, And hearken to the raven's call; Then, heavenly Father, hear and bless Thy children who are fatherless. 4 Come, heavenly Father, come to-day, For we Thy children come to Thee, And Thou wilt never say us, nay, If come we in humility; New-born in Thee, O Father, bless Thy children who are fatherless. 5 Cast forth upon the barren strand Of this lone world, to Thee we fly; In faith and hope, we fain would stand Beneath Thy sheltering arm for aye; Stretch forth Thy hand ad pitying bless Thy children who are fatherless. 6 And may we all with joyful mind Our hearts as living offerings bring, The first-fruits of our life, to find A Father in our heavenly King; And learn in life and death to bless Thee, "Father of the fatherless." Amen. Topics: Orphans; Almsgiving and Charities; Orphans; Processionals Missions Used With Tune: MELITA

None loves me, Father, with Thy love

Appears in 28 hymnals Used With Tune: MELITA

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