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Hymnal: Psalms and Hymns, for the Use of the German Reformed Church, in the United States of America. (2nd ed.) #267 (1834) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Moral Law Love to God, the substance of the first table First Line: Happy the heart where graces reign
Love to God
More love to thee, O Christ!
Author: Mrs. E. P. Prentiss Hymnal: The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 #654 (1894) Meter: 6.4.6.4.6.6.4 Topics: Love to God Lyrics: 1 More love to Thee, O Christ!
More love to Thee!
Hear Thou the prayer I make
On bended knee:
This is my earnest plea,
More love, O Christ, to Thee.
2 Once earthly joy I craved,
Sought peace and rest:
Now Thee alone I seek;
Give what is best:
This all my prayer shall be,
More love, O Christ, to Thee!
More love to Thee!
More love to Thee!
3 Let sorrow do its work,
Send grief and pain;
Sweet are Thy messengers,
Sweet their refrain,
When they can sing with me,
More love, O Christ, to Thee.
More love to Thee.
More love to Thee.
4 Then shall my latest breath
Whisper Thy praise;
This be the parting cry
My heart shall raise,
This still its prayer shall be,
More love, O Christ, to Thee.
More love to Thee!
More love to Thee!
Amen. Languages: English Tune Title: [More love to thee, O Christ!]
More love to thee, O Christ!
Jesus, Thy boundless love to me
Hymnal: Christian Hymns #203 (1898) Topics: Love To God and Christ Lyrics: 1 Jesus, Thy boundless love to me
No thought can reach, no tongue declare;
Unite my thankful heart to Thee,
And reign without a rival there.
Thine wholly, Thine alone I am;
Be Thou alone my constant flame.
2 Oh, grant that nothing in my soul
May dwell, but Thy pure love alone!
Oh, may Thy love possess me whole,
And be my treasure, and my crown!
Strange flames far from my heart remove;
May every act, word, thought, be love!
3 O Love, how cheering is thy ray!
All pain before thy presence flies:
Care, anguish, sorrow, melt away,
Where'er thy healing beams arise.
O Jesus, nothing may I see,
Nothing desire or seek but Thee!
4 O draw me, Saviour, after Thee!
So shall I run and never tire.
With gracious words still comfort me;
Be Thou my hope, my sole desire.
Free me from every weight: not fear
No sin can come, if Thou art here.
5 From all eternity, with love
Unchangeable Thou hast me viewed;
Ere knew this beating heart to move,
Thy tender mercies me pursued.
Ever with me may they abide,
And close me in on every side.
6 Still let Thy love point out my way;
What wondrous things Thy love hath wrought!
Still lead me, lest I go astray;
Direct my word, inspire my thought;
And if I fall, soon may I hear
Thy voice, and know that love is near.
7 In suffering, be Thy love my peace;
In weakness, be Thy love my power;
And when the storms of life shall cease,
Jesus, in that dark final hour
Of death, be Thou my guide and friend,
That I may love Thee without end. Languages: English Tune Title: OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, HEAR OUR PRAYER
Jesus, Thy boundless love to me
More Love to Thee, O Christ
Author: Elizabeth Prentiss Hymnal: Christian Praise #277 (1964) Topics: Love—Our Love to God First Line: More love to Thee, O Christ, more love to Thee Languages: English Tune Title: MORE LOVE TO THEE
More Love to Thee, O Christ
Love to Christ present or absent
Author: Dr. Watts Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #CCXLIX (1792) Topics: The Graces of the Holy Spirit Love to God First Line: Of all the joys we mortals know Lyrics: 1 Of all the joys we mortals know,
Jesus, thy love exceeds the rest;
Love, the best blessing here below,
The highest rapture of the blest.
2 While we are held in thy embrace,
There's not a thought attempts to rove;
Each smile upon thy beauteous face,
Fixes, and charms, and fires our love.
3 When of thy absence we complain,
And long, or weep in all we do,
There's a strange pleasure in the pain,
And tears have their own sweetness too.
4 When round thy courts by day we rove,
Or ask the watchmen of the night
For some kind tidings of our love,
Thy very name creates delight.
5 Jesus, our God, yet rather come;
Our eyes shall dwell upon thy face;
'Tis best to see our Lord at home,
And feel the presence of his grace. Languages: English
Love to Christ present or absent
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
Author: D. Turner Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #CCXLVII (1792) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Graces of the Holy Spirit Love to God; Love To God First Line: Yes, I would love thee, blessed God Lyrics: 1 Yes, I would love thee, blessed God!
Paternal goodness marks thy name;
Thy praises thro' thy high abode,
The heavenly hosts with joy proclaim.
2 Freely thou gav'st thy dearest son,
For man to suffer, bleed, and die;
And bid'st me as a wretch undone,
For all I want on him rely.
3 In him thy reconciled face,
With joy unspeakable I see;
And feel thy powerful, wondrous grace
Draw and unite my soul to thee.
4 Whene'er my foolish wandering heart,
Attracted by a creature's power,
Would from this blissful center start
Lord, fix there to stray no more!
Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:5 Languages: English
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
There Is a Name I Love to Hear
Author: Frederick Whitfield Hymnal: Christian Praise #118 (1964) Topics: Love—Our Love to God Refrain First Line: O how I love Jesus Languages: English Tune Title: OH, HOW I LOVE JESUS
There Is a Name I Love to Hear
I Love to Tell the Story
Author: Katherine Hankey Hymnal: Christian Praise #127 (1964) Topics: Love—Our Love to God Languages: English Tune Title: HANKEY
I Love to Tell the Story
Jesus, Thy boundless love to me
Author: P. Gerhardt Hymnal: The Lutheran Hymnary #347 (1913) Topics: Love to God and the Savior Lyrics: 1 Jesus, Thy boundless love to me
No thought can reach, no tongue declare;
O knit my thankful heart to Thee
And reign without a rival there.
Thine wholly, Thine alone, I am,
Be Thou alone my constant flame.
2 O grant that nothing in my soul
May dwell, but Thy pure love alone;
O may Thy love possess me whole,
My joy, my treasure, and my crown:
Strange fires far from my soul remove;
My every act, word, thought, be love.
3 O love, how cheering is thy ray!
All pain before thy presence flies;
Care, anguish, sorrow, melt away
Where'er thy healing beams arise.
O Jesus, nothing may I see,
Nothing desire or seek, but Thee.
4 Unwearied may I this pursue,
Dauntlessly to the high prize aspire;
Hourly within my soul renew
This holy flame, this heavenly fire;
And day and night be all my care
To guard the sacred treasure there.
5 Still let Thy love point out my way;
What wondrous things Thy love hath wrought!
Still lead me, lest I go astray;
Direct my word, inspire my thought;
And if I fall, soon may I hear
Thy voice, and know that love is near.
6 In suffering, be Thy love my peace;
In weakness, be Thy love my power;
And when the storms of life shall cease,
Jesus, in that important hour
In death, as life, be Thou my guide,
And save me, who for me hast died.
Tune Title: [Jesus, Thy boundless love to me]
Jesus, Thy boundless love to me
Spirit of God, Who Dwells within My Heart
Author: George Croly Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #419 (1987) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Topics: Love Our Love to God; Love Our Love to God Lyrics: 1 Spirit of God, who dwells within my heart,
wean it from sin, through all its pulses move.
Stoop to my weakness, mighty as you are,
and make me love you as I ought to love.
2 I ask no dream, no prophet ecstasies,
no sudden rending of the veil of clay,
no angel visitant, no opening skies;
but take the dimness of my soul away.
3 Did you not bid us love you, God and King,
love you with all our heart and strength and mind?
I see the cross– there teach my heart to cling.
O let me seek you and O let me find!
4 Teach me to feel that you are always nigh;
teach me the struggles of the soul to bear,
to check the rising doubt, the rebel sigh;
teach me the patience of unceasing prayer.
5 Teach me to love you as your angels love,
one holy passion filling all my frame:
the fullness of the heaven-descended Dove;
my heart an altar, and your love the flame.
Scripture: Psalm 51:10-12 Languages: English Tune Title: MORECAMBE
Spirit of God, Who Dwells within My Heart
How shall I sing to God
Author: Brian Arthur Wren, 1936- Hymnal: Together in Song #667 (1999) Meter: 6.7.4.4.5.6.6.9 Topics: Our Love to God Lyrics: 1 How shall I sing to God
when life is filled with gladness,
loving and birth,
wonder and worth?
I'll sing from the heart,
thankfully receiving,
joyful in believing.
This is my song, I'll sing it with love.
2 How shall I sing to God
when life is filled with bleakness,
empty and chill,
breaking my will?
I'll sing through my pain,
angrily or aching,
crying or complaining
This is my song, I'll sing it with love.
3 How shall I sing to God
and tell my Saviour's story:
passover bread,
life from the dead?
I'll sing with my life,
witnessing and giving,
risking and forgiving.
This is my song, I'll sing it with love. Scripture: Colossians 3:14-15 Languages: English Tune Title: WEAVER MILL
How shall I sing to God
Love God with All Your Soul and Strength
Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #155 (1987) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Love Our Love to God; Love Our Love to God Lyrics: Love God with all your soul and strength,
with all your heart and mind.
And love your neighbor as yourself;
be faithful, just, and kind.
Scripture: Numbers 6:24-26 Languages: English Tune Title: FARRANT
Love God with All Your Soul and Strength
Jesus, Thy Boundless Love to Me
Author: John Wesley; Paul Gerhardt Hymnal: Christian Praise #273 (1964) Topics: Love—Our Love to God Languages: English Tune Title: ST. CATHERINE
Jesus, Thy Boundless Love to Me
More love, O Christ, to thee
Author: Elizabeth P. Prentiss, 1818-1878 Hymnal: The Hymnal #392 (1956) Topics: Love to God, Christ First Line: More love to thee, O Christ Scripture: Ephesians 3:19 Tune Title: MORE LOVE TO THEE
More love, O Christ, to thee
Jesus, Thy boundless Love to me
Author: Paul Gerhardt; John Wesley Hymnal: Church Book #406 (1890) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Christian Life Love to God and Christ Lyrics: 1 Jesus, Thy boundless Love to me
No thought can reach, no tongue declare;
Unite my thankful heart to Thee,
And reign without a rival there.
Thine wholly, Thine alone I am;
Be Thou alone my constant flame.
2 O Love, how cheering is Thy ray!
All pain before Thy presence flies:
Care, anguish, sorrow, melt away,
Where'er Thy healing beams arise:
O Jesus, nothing may I see,
Nothing desire or seek but Thee!
3 Unwearied, may I this pursue,
Dauntless to the high prize aspire;
Hourly within my soul renew
This holy flame, this heavenly fire;
And day and night be all my care
To guard this sacred treasure there! Languages: English Tune Title: O DASZ ICH TAUSEND ZUNGEN HÄTTE
Jesus, Thy boundless Love to me
Where there is charity and love
Author: Richard Connolly, 1927- Hymnal: Together in Song #434 (1999) Meter: 10.10.10.10 with refrain Topics: God's Love to Us; Our Love to God First Line: The love of Christ has gathered us as one Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-7 Languages: English Tune Title: JEREMY
Where there is charity and love
God of mercy, God of grace
Author: Henry Francis Lyte, 1793-1847 Hymnal: Together in Song #452 (1999) Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Topics: God's Love to Us; Our Love to God Lyrics: 1 God of mercy, God of grace,
show the brightness of your face;
shine upon us, Saviour, shine,
fill your church with light divine;
and your saving health extend
unto earth's remotest end.
2 Let the people praise you, Lord!
be by all that live adored;
let the nations shout and sing
glory to their Saviour king;
at your feet their tribute pay,
and your holy will obey.
3 Let the people praise you, Lord!
earth shall then its fruits afford;
God to us his blessing give,
we to God devoted live:
all below, and all above,
one in joy and light and love. Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:4-7 Languages: English Tune Title: HEATHLANDS
God of mercy, God of grace
My Jesus, I Love Thee
Author: William R. Featherstone Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #557 (1987) Meter: 11.11.11.11 Topics: Love Our Love to God; Love Our Love to God First Line: My Jesus, I love thee, I know thou art mine Lyrics: 1 My Jesus, I love thee, I know thou art mine;
for thee all the follies of sin I resign;
my gracious Redeemer, my Savior art thou;
if ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.
2 I love thee because thou hast first loved me
and purchased my pardon on Calvary's tree;
I love thee for wearing the thorns on thy brow;
if ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.
3 I'll love thee in life, I will love thee in death,
and praise thee as long as thou lendest me breath,
and say when the deathdew lies cold on my brow:
If ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.
4 In mansions of glory and endless delight,
I'll ever adore thee in heaven so bright;
I'll sing with the glittering crown on my brow:
If ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.
Scripture: 1 Peter 1:8 Languages: English Tune Title: GORDON
My Jesus, I Love Thee
I've Come to Tell
Author: Juan M. Isáis; Frank Sawyer Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #250 (1987) Meter: Irregular Topics: Love Our Love to God; Love Our Love to God First Line: I've come to tell, I've come to tell, O Savior divine (Te Vengo a decir, te vengo a decir, oh buen Savlador) Languages: English; Spanish Tune Title: TE VENGO
I've Come to Tell
Love to Christ desired
Hymnal: Psalms and Hymns, for the Use of the German Reformed Church, in the United States of America. (2nd ed.) #268 (1834) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Moral Law Love to God, the substance of the first table First Line: Thou lovely Source of true delight
Love to Christ desired
Love to Christ
Hymnal: Psalms and Hymns, for the Use of the German Reformed Church, in the United States of America. (2nd ed.) #269 (1834) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Moral Law Love to God, the substance of the first table First Line: Do not I love thee, O my Lord?
Love to Christ
I Love Your Church, O Lord
Author: Timothy Dwight Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #510 (1987) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Topics: Love Our Love to God; Love Our Love to God Lyrics:
1 I love your church, O Lord!
Her saints before you stand,
dear as the apple of your eye,
and graven on your hand.
2 Beyond my highest joy
I prize her heavenly ways,
her sweet communion, solemn vows,
her hymns of love and praise.
3 I love your church, O God,
the people you have called,
the church our blest Redeemer saved
with his own precious blood.
Scripture: Psalm 17:8 Languages: English Tune Title: ST. THOMAS
I Love Your Church, O Lord
Jesus Calls Us; O'er the Tumult
Author: Cecil F. Alexander Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #553 (1987) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Topics: Love Our Love to God; Love Our Love to God Lyrics:
1 Jesus calls us; o'er the tumult
of our life's wild, restless sea,
day by day his voice is sounding,
saying, "Christian, follow me."
2 Long ago apostles heard it
by the Galilean lake,
turned from home and work and family,
leaving all for his dear sake.
3 In our joys and in our sorrows,
days of work and hours of ease,
still he calls, in cares and pleasures,
"Christian, love me more than these."
4 Jesus calls us; by your mercies,
Savior, may we hear your call,
give our hearts to your obedience,
serve and love you best of all.
Scripture: Matthew 4:18-20 Languages: English Tune Title: HALTON HOLGATE
Jesus Calls Us; O'er the Tumult
More love to thee, O Christ!
Author: E. P. Prentiss Hymnal: The Church Hymnal #654a (1898) Meter: 6.4.6.4.6.6.4 Topics: Love to God Tune Title: DESIRE
More love to thee, O Christ!
More love to thee, O Christ!
Author: E. P. Prentiss Hymnal: The Church Hymnal #654b (1898) Meter: 6.4.6.4.6.6.4 Topics: Love to God Tune Title: PROPRIOR DEO
More love to thee, O Christ!
Father, I Adore You
Author: Terrye Coelho Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #284 (1987) Meter: 6.6.4 Topics: Love Our Love to God; Love Our Love to God Languages: English Tune Title: MARANATHA
Father, I Adore You
O Sacred Head, Now Wounded
Author: Paul Gerhardt; James W. Alexander Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #383 (1987) Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Topics: Love Our Love to God; Love Our Love to God Lyrics: 1 O sacred head, now wounded,
with grief and shame weighed down,
now scornfully surrounded
with thorns, your only crown.
O sacred head, what glory
and blessing you have known!
Yet, though despised and gory,
I claim you as my own.
2 My Lord, what you did suffer
was all for sinners' gain;
mine, mine was the transgression,
but yours the deadly pain.
So here I kneel, my Savior,
for I deserve your place;
look on me with your favor
and save me by your grace.
3 What language shall I borrow
to thank you, dearest Friend,
for this, your dying sorrow,
your mercy without end?
Lord, make me yours forever,
a loyal servant true,
and let me never, never
outlive my love for you.
Scripture: Isaiah 53:3-6 Languages: English Tune Title: HERZLICH TUT MICH VERLANGEN
O Sacred Head, Now Wounded
My God, I love Thee--not because
Author: Edward Caswall; Francis Xavier Hymnal: Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes #451a (1899) Topics: Love To God Lyrics: 1 My God, I love Thee--not because
I hope for heaven thereby--
Nor yet because, if I love not,
I must forever die.
2 For me to lowest depths of woe
Thou didst Thyself abase;
For me didst bear the cross and shame,
And manifold disgrace.
3 For me didst suffer pains unknown,
Blood-sweat and agony,
Yea, death itself--all, all for me
Who was Thine enemy.
4 Then why, O blessèd Saviour mine,
Should I not love Thee well?
Not for the sake of winning heaven,
Nor of escaping hell;
5 Not with the hope of gaining aught,
Not seeking a reward--
But freely, fully, as Thyself
Hast lovèd me, O Lord!
6 E'en so I love Thee, and will love,
And in Thy praise will sing;
Solely because Thou art my God,
And my eternal King.
Amen. Languages: English Tune Title: HORSLEY
My God, I love Thee--not because
With all my heart I love Thee, Lord
Author: M. Schalling Hymnal: The Lutheran Hymnary #393 (1913) Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7.8.8.8.8.4.8.8 Topics: Love to God and the Savior Lyrics: 1 With all my heart I love Thee, Lord;
Forsake me not, but still afford
Thy ready help and favor:
The world,--its joys delight me not,
Nor earth nor heaven could be my lot,
Wert Thou not mine forever.
And should my heart with sorrow break,
Thyself my portion I will make,
My trust, my heart's delight, my all,
Whose blood redeemed me from the fall:
Lord Jesus Christ!
My God and Lord! Thy gracious name
Preserve me from eternal shame.
2 My body, soul, and all I have
Are Thine, O Lord, to keep and save,
In this our life of sadness:
I pray Thee, grant me daily grace,
To use each gift to thy sole praise,
For others' good and gladness:
From doctrine false, from error wild,
From Satan's lies, protect Thy child!
My soul with Thy whole strength prepare,
My cross in meekest love to bear:
Lord Jesus Christ!
My God and Lord! Thy gracious name
Preserve me from eternal shame.
3 My soul let Thine own angels dear,
To Abram's bosom bear and cheer,
When she her flight is taking:
My body, in its chamber still,
Securely keep from wrong and ill,
Till earth's last great awaking:
Then raise me, Lord, to be with Thee,
That these mine eyes with joy may see,
O Son of God, Thy glorious face.
My Savior, and my fount of grace!
Lord Jesus Christ,
Thy servant hear! hear, I implore,
That I may praise Thee evermore! Tune Title: [With all my heart I love Thee, Lord]
With all my heart I love Thee, Lord
A spendthrift lover is the Lord
Author: Thomas Henry Troeger, 1945- Hymnal: Together in Song #676 (1999) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Topics: God's Love to Us; Our Love to God Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:15 Languages: English Tune Title: SPENDTHRIFT LOVER
A spendthrift lover is the Lord
Delight in God
Author: Ryland, junior Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #CCXLVIII (1792) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: The Graces of the Holy Spirit Love to God First Line: O Lord, I would delight in thee Lyrics: 1 O Lord, I would delight in thee,
And on thy care depend;
To thee in every trouble flee,
My best, my only friend.
2 When all created streams are dry'd,
Thy fulness is the same;
May I with this be satisfy'd,
And glory in thy name!
3 Why should the soul a drop bemoan
Who has a fountain near,
A fountain which will ever run
With waters sweet and clear?
4 No good in creatures can be found,
But all is found in thee;
I must have all things, and abound,
While God is God to me.
5 O that I had a stronger faith
To look within the veil,
To credit what my savior saith,
Whose word can never fail!
6 He that has made my heaven secure
Will here all good provide:
While Christ is rich can I be poor,
Who ma his much lov'd bride?
7 O Lord, I cast my care on thee,
I triumph and adore;
Henceforth my great concern shall be
To love and please thee more. Scripture: Psalm 37:4 Languages: English
Delight in God
I will walk in the presence of the Lord
Author: Helen L. Wright, 1927- Hymnal: Together in Song #71a (1999) Topics: Our Love to God First Line: I love the Lord who has heard my prayer Lyrics: Response:
I will walk in the presence of the Lord
in the land of the living.
1 I love the Lord who has heard my prayer,
who bends down to hear my call
The cords of death entangled me:
the grip of the grave took hold of me.
2 Then I called on the name of the Lord,
"I beg you, save my soul!"
Our Lord is gracious and just,
our God is merciful. [Response]
3 How can I repay the Lord
for the goodness done for me?
The cup of salvation I raise,
and call on the name of the Lord.
4 To the Lord I will pay my vows
before all the people.
How precious the death of the saints,
those who remain faithful to God! [Response]
5 Lord God, I am your slave
the child of a faithful mother.
You have loosed my bonds,
you have set me free. [Response]
6 A sacrifice of thanks I bring
and call on your name.
To the Lord I will pay my vows
before all the people. [Response]
7 I will pay my vows to the Lord
in the courts of God!
In the midst of Jerusalem.
Alleluia! [Response]
Languages: English Tune Title: PSALM 116
I will walk in the presence of the Lord
Happy the heart where graces reign
Author: Watts Hymnal: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (6th ed.) #325 (1832) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Love to God; Love to God, obediene, trust and submission Languages: English
Happy the heart where graces reign
Happy the heart where graces reign
Author: Watts Hymnal: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (10th ed.) #325 (1833) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Love to God; Love to God, obedience, trust and submission Languages: English
Happy the heart where graces reign
My God, the Spring of all my joys
Hymnal: Book of Worship (Rev. ed.) #335 (1870) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Love To God Lyrics: 1 My God, the Spring of all my joys,
The Life of my delights,
The Glory of my brightest days,
And Comfort of my nights:
2 In darkest shades, if He appear,
My dawning is begun;
He is my soul’s sweet Morning Star,
And he my rising Sun.
3 The opening heavens around me shine
With beams of sacred bliss,
While Jesus shows His heart is mine,
And whispers, I am His.
4 My soul would leave this heavy clay
At that transporting word,
Run up with joy the shining way,
T’embrace my dearest Lord.
5 Fearless of hell and ghastly death,
I’d break through every foe;
The wings of love and arms of faith
Would bear me conqueror through. Languages: English
My God, the Spring of all my joys
Thus saith the first, the great command
Author: Watts Hymnal: Hymns for Christian Devotion #355 (1871) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Love to God and man; Love to God and our Neighbor Languages: English
Thus saith the first, the great command
Come down, O Love divine
Author: Bianco de Siena, d. 1434; Richard Frederick Littledale, 1833-90 Hymnal: Together in Song #398 (1999) Meter: 6.6.11 D Topics: God's Love to Us; Our Love to God Lyrics: 1 Come down, O Love divine,
seek now this soul of mine,
and visit it with our own ardour glowing;
O Comforter, draw near,
within my heart appear
and kindle it, your holy flame bestowing.
2 There let it freely burn,
till earthly passions turn
to dust and ashes, in its heat consuming;
and let your glorious light
shine ever on my sight
and clothe me round, the while my path illuming.
3 Let holy charity
my outward garment be,
and lowliness become my inner clothing:
true lowliness of heart,
which takes the humbler part
and for its own shortcomings weeps with loathing.
4 And so the yearning strong,
with which the soul will long,
shall far outpass the power of human telling;
for none can guess its grace
till we become the place
in which the Holy Spirit makes his dwelling.
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-7 Languages: English Tune Title: DOWN AMPNEY
Come down, O Love divine
God! When human bonds are broken
Author: Frederik Herman Kaan, 1929- Hymnal: Together in Song #683 (1999) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Topics: Our Love to God Lyrics: 1 God! When human bonds are broken
and we lack the love or skill
to restore the hope of healing,
give us grace and make us still.
2 Through that stillness, with your Spirit
come into our world of stress,
for the sake of Christ forgiving;
all the failures we confess.
3 You in us are bruised and broken:
hear us as we seek release
from the pain of earlier living;
set us free and grant us peace.
4 Send us, God of new beginnings,
humbly hopeful into life.
Use us as a means of blessing:
make us stronger, give us faith.
5 Give us faith to be more faithful,
give us hope to be more true,
give us love to go on learning:
God! Encourage and renew! Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:8-13 Languages: English Tune Title: MEADWAY
God! When human bonds are broken
Thee will I love, my strength, my tower
Author: J. Wesley, 1703-1791; J. Scheffler, 1624-1677 Hymnal: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #82 (1917) Topics: Love To God Lyrics: 1 Thee will I love, my strength, my tower;
Thee will I love, my joy, my crown;
Thee will I love, with all my power,
In all Thy works, and Thee alone;
Thee will I love, till the pure fire
Fills my whole soul with chaste desire.
2 I thank Thee, uncreated Sun,
That Thy bright beams on me have shined;
I thank Thee, who hast overthrown
My foes, and healed my wounded mind;
I thank Thee, whose enlivening voice
Bids my freed heart in Thee rejoice.
3 Thee will I love, my joy, my crown;
Thee will I love, my Lord, my God;
Thee will I love, beneath Thy frown,
Or smile, Thy sceptre, or Thy rod;
What though my flesh and heart decay,
Thee shall I love in endless day! Languages: English Tune Title: PATER OMNIUM
Thee will I love, my strength, my tower
My Faith Looks Up to Thee
Author: Ray Palmer Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #262 (1987) Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Topics: Love Our Love to God Lyrics: 1 My faith looks up to thee,
thou Lamb of Calvary,
Savior divine!
Now hear me while I pray,
take all my guilt away.
O let me from this day
be wholly thine!
2 May thy rich grace impart
strength to my fainting heart,
my zeal inspire.
As thou hast died for me,
O may my love to thee
pure, warm, and changeless be,
a living fire!
3 While life's dark maze I tread
and griefs around me spread,
be thou my guide.
Bid darkness turn to day,
wipe sorrow's tears away,
nor let me ever stray
from thee aside.
4 When life's swift race is run,
death's cold work almost done,
be near to me.
Blest Savior, then in love
fear and distrust remove.
O bear me safe above,
redeemed and free!
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:16 Languages: English Tune Title: OLIVET
My Faith Looks Up to Thee
There is a green hill far away
Author: Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818-95 Hymnal: Together in Song #350 (1999) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: God's Love to Us; Our Love to God Lyrics: 1 There is a green hill far away,
outside a city wall,
where the dear Lord was crucified,
who died to save us all.
2 We may not know, we cannot tell,
what pains he had to bear,
but we believe it was for us
he hung and suffered there.
3 He died that we might be forgiven,
he died to make us good,
that we might go at last to heaven,
saved by his precious blood.
4 There was no other good enough
to pay the price of sin,
he only could unlock the gate
of heaven, and let us in.
5 O dearly, dearly has he loved,
and we must love him too,
and trust in his redeeming blood,
and try his works to do.
Scripture: 1 John 4:9-12 Languages: English Tune Title: HORSLEY
There is a green hill far away
Thee will I love, my Strength, my Tower
Author: Johann Scheffler; John Wesley Hymnal: The Hymnal #552 (1921) Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Topics: Love To God Languages: English Tune Title: WAVERTREE
Thee will I love, my Strength, my Tower
Jesus, my Lord
Author: Howard Charles Adie Gaunt, 1902-83 Hymnal: Together in Song #656 (1999) Meter: 4.5.4.5 D Topics: Our Love to God Scripture: Colossians 3:16-17 Languages: English Tune Title: LITTLE VENICE
Jesus, my Lord
My Jesus, my Saviour
Author: Darlene Zschech Hymnal: Together in Song #738 (1999) Topics: God's Love to Us; Our Love to God Scripture: Acts 2:22-36 Languages: English Tune Title: SHOUT TO THE LORD
My Jesus, my Saviour
Thus saith the first, the great Command
Hymnal: The Psalms of David #I.CXVI (1766) Topics: Love to God and our Neighbour Lyrics: 1 Thus saith the first, the great Command,
"Let all thy inward Pow'rs unite
"To love thy Maker, and thy God
"With utmost Vigour and Delight.
2 "Then shall thy Neighbour next in Place
"Share thine Affections and Esteem,
"And let thy Kindness to thyself
"Measure and rule thy Love to him."
3 This is the Sense that Moses spoke,
This did the Prophets preach and prove;
For Want of this the Law was broke,
And the whole Law's fulfill'd by Love.
4 But O! how base our Passions are!
How cold our Charity and Zeal!
Lord, fill our Souls with heav'nly Fire,
Or we shall ne'er perform thy Will. Scripture: Matthew 12:37-40 Languages: English
Thus saith the first, the great Command
The Riches of God's Goodness
Hymnal: Bible Songs #65 (1901) Topics: Love To God First Line: How great the goodness thou hast stored Scripture: Psalm 31 Languages: English Tune Title: [How great the goodness thou hast stored]
The Riches of God's Goodness
How can I repay the Lord
Author: Helen L. Wright, 1927- Hymnal: Together in Song #71b (1999) Topics: Our Love to God Lyrics: Response 2:
How can I repay the Lord,
for all his benefits to me?
1 I love the Lord who has heard my prayer,
who bends down to hear my call
The cords of death entangled me:
the grip of the grave took hold of me.
2 Then I called on the name of the Lord,
"I beg you, save my soul!"
Our Lord is gracious and just,
our God is merciful. [Response]
3 How can I repay the Lord
for the goodness done for me?
The cup of salvation I raise,
and call on the name of the Lord.
4 To the Lord I will pay my vows
before all the people.
How precious the death of the saints,
those who remain faithful to God! [Response]
5 Lord God, I am your slave
the child of a faithful mother.
You have loosed my bonds,
you have set me free. [Response]
6 A sacrifice of thanks I bring
and call on your name.
To the Lord I will pay my vows
before all the people. [Response]
7 I will pay my vows to the Lord
in the courts of God!
In the midst of Jerusalem.
Alleluia! [Response] Tune Title: PSALM 116
How can I repay the Lord
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: Christian Praise #87 (1964) Topics: Love—God's Love to Us; Love—Our Love to God Languages: English Tune Title: HAMBURG
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
Jesus, the very thought is sweet
Author: Bernard of Clairvaux Hymnal: The Lutheran Hymnary #154 (1913) Topics: Love to God and the Savior Lyrics: 1 Jesus, the very thought is sweet;
In that dear name all heart-joys meet;
But O, than the honey sweeter far,
The glimpses of His presence are.
2 No word is sung more sweet than this:
No name is heard more full of bliss;
No thought brings sweeter comfort nigh,
Than Jesus, Son of God most high.
3 Jesus, the hope of souls forlorn,
How good to them for sin that that mourn!
To them that seek Thee, O how kind!
But what art Thou to them that find?
4 Jesus, Thou sweetness, pure and blest,
Truth’s fountain, light of souls distressed,
Surpassing all that heart requires,
Exceeding all that soul desires!
5 No tongue of mortal can express,
No pen can write its blessedness:
He only who hath proved it knows
What bliss from love of Jesus flows.
6 O Jesus, King of wondrous might!
O Victor, glorious from the fight!
Sweetness that may not be expressed,
And altogether loveliest!
7 Remain with us, O Lord, today!
In every heart Thy grace display;
That now the shades of night are fled,
On Thee our spirits may be fed.
8 I seek for Jesus in repose,
When round my heart its chambers close;
Abroad, and when I shut the door,
I long for Jesus evermore.
9 With Mary in the morning gloom
I seek for Jesus at the tomb;
For Him with love's most earnest cry,
I seek with heart and not with eye.
10 Jesus, to God the Father gone,
Is seated on the heavenly throne:
My heart hath also passed from me,
That where He is there it may be.
11 We follow Jesus now, and raise
The voice of prayer, the hymn of praise,
That He at last may make us meet
With Him to gain the heavenly seat.
Jesus, the very thought is sweet
God's Excellences
Hymnal: Bible Songs #312 (1901) Topics: Love To God First Line: The Lord is just in His ways all Scripture: Psalm 145:13-16 Languages: English Tune Title: [The Lord is just in His ways all]
God's Excellences
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