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Shepherd of tender youth

Author: Henry Martyn Dexter, 1821 - 90; Clement of Alexandria Appears in 278 hymnals Topics: Sacraments and Rites Confirmation; Sacraments and Rites Holy Baptism Lyrics: 1 Shepherd of tender youth, Guiding in love and truth Through devious ways, Christ, our triumphant King, We come thy name to sing; Hither thy children bring Tributes of praise. 2 Thou art our holy Lord, The all-subduing Word, Healer of strife; Thou didst thyself abase, That from sin's deep disgrace Thou mightest save our race, And give us life. A-men. 3 Ever be near our side, Our Shepherd and our guide, Our staff and song; Jesus, thou Christ of God, By thine enduring word Lead us where thou hast trod, Make our faith strong. 4 So now, and till we die, Sound we thy praises high. And joyful sing; Let all the holy throng, Who to thy Church belong, Unite and swell the song To Christ, our King. Amen. Used With Tune: KIRBY BEDON

Come, Holy Ghost, Our Souls Inspire

Author: John Cosin; Rhabanus Maurus, 8th-9th cent Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 238 hymnals Topics: The Sacraments and Rites of the Church Ordination; The Sacraments and Rites of the Church Ordination Refrain First Line: Praise to thy eternal merit Lyrics: 1 Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire, and lighten with celestial fire; thou the anointing Spirit art, who dost thy sevenfold gifts impart. 2 Thy blessed unction from above is comfort, life, and fire of love; enable with perpetual light the dullness of our blinded sight. 3 Anoint and cheer our soiled face with the abundance of thy grace; keep far our foes; give peace at home; where thou art guide, no ill can come. 4 Teach us to know the Father, Son, and thee, of both, to be but One; that through the ages all along this, this may be our endless song: Refrain after last stanza: Praise to thy eternal merit, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen. Used With Tune: VENI CREATOR

Let Us Break Bread Together

Meter: 10.10 with refrain Appears in 113 hymnals Topics: The Sacraments and Rites of the Church Eucharist (Holy Communion or The Lord's Supper) First Line: Let us break bread together on our knees Lyrics: 1 Let us break bread together on our knees, (on our knees) let us break bread together on our knees. (on our knees) When I fall on my knees with my face to the rising sun, O Lord, have mercy on me. (on me) 2 Let us drink wine together on our knees, (on our knees) let us drink wine together on our knees. (on our knees) When I fall on my knees with my face to the rising sun, O Lord, have mercy on me. (on me) 3 Let us praise God together on our knees, (on our knees) let us praise God together on our knees. (on our knees) When I fall on my knees with my face to the rising sun, O Lord, have mercy on me. (on me) 4 Let us praise God together on our knees, (on our knees) let us praise God together on our knees, (on our knees) When I fall on my knees with my face to the rising sun, O Lord, have mercy if you please. (if you please) Scripture: Acts 2:42 Used With Tune: LET US BREAK BREAD Text Sources: Afro-American spiritual

O God, Our Help in Ages Past

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,239 hymnals Topics: The Sacraments and Rites of the Church Funeral and Memorial Service Lyrics: 1. O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, our shelter from the stormy blast, and our eternal home! 2. Under the shadow of thy throne, still may we dwell secure; sufficient is thine arm alone, and our defense is sure. 3. Before the hills in order stood, or earth received her frame, from everlasting, thou art God, to endless years the same. 4. A thousand ages, in thy sight, are like an evening gone; short as the watch that ends the night, before the rising sun. 5. Time, like an ever rolling stream, bears all who breathe away; they fly forgotten, as a dream dies at the opening day. 6. O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come; be thou our guide while life shall last, and our eternal home. Scripture: Psalm 90 Used With Tune: ST. ANNE (Croft)

O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go

Author: George Matheson Meter: 8.8.8.8.6 Appears in 676 hymnals Topics: The Sacraments and Rites of the Church Funeral and Memorial Service Lyrics: 1. O Love that wilt not let me go, I rest my weary soul in thee; I give thee back the life I owe, that in thine ocean depths its flow may richer, fuller be. 2. O Light that followest all my way, I yield my flickering torch to thee; my heart restores its borrowed ray, that in thy sunshine's blaze its day may brighter, fairer be. 3. O Joy that seekest me through pain, I cannot close my heart to thee; I trace the rainbow thru the rain, and feel the promise is not vain, that morn shall tearless be. 4. O Cross that liftest up my head, I dare not ask to fly from thee; I lay in dust life's glory dead, and from the ground there blossoms red life that shall endless be. Used With Tune: ST. MARGARET

Come, Let Us Use the Grace Divine

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 153 hymnals Topics: The Sacraments and Rites of the Church Baptism, Confirmation, Reaffirmation Lyrics: 1. Come, let us use the grace divine, and all with one accord, in a perpetual covenant join ourselves to Christ the Lord; Give up ourselves, thru Jesus' power, his name to glorify; and promise, in this sacred hour, for God to live and die. 2. The covenant we this moment make be ever kept in mind; we will no more our God forsake, or cast these words behind. We never will throw off the fear of God who hears our vow; and if thou art well pleased to hear, come down and meet us now. 3. Thee, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, let all our hearts receive, present with thy celestial host the peaceful answer give; to each covenant the blood apply which takes our sins away, and register our names on high and keep us to that day! Scripture: Jeremiah 50:5 Used With Tune: KINGSFOLD

Deck Thyself, My Soul, with Gladness

Author: Johann Franck; Catherine Winkworth Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 119 hymnals Topics: The Sacraments and Rites of the Church Eucharist (Holy Communion or The Lord's Supper) Lyrics: 1 Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness, leave the gloomy haunts of sadness. Come into the daylight’s splendor; there with joy thy praises render unto Christ, whose grace unbounded hath this wondrous banquet founded. High o’er all the heavens he reigneth, yet to dwell with thee he deigneth. 2 Sun, who all my life dost brighten; Light, who dost my soul enlighten; Joy, the best that any knoweth; Fount, whence all my being floweth; at thy feet I cry, my Maker, let me be a fit partaker of this blessed food from heaven, for our good, thy glory, given. 3 Jesus, bread of life, I pray thee, let me gladly here obey thee; never to my hurt invited, be thy love with love requited. From this banquet let me measure, Lord, how vast and deep its treasure; through the gifts thou here dost give me, as thy guest in heaven receive me. Scripture: John 6:35-58 Used With Tune: SCHMÜCKE DICH

Here, O My Lord, I See Thee

Author: Horatius Bonar Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 315 hymnals Topics: The Sacraments and Rites of the Church Eucharist (Holy Communion or The Lord's Supper) First Line: Here, O my Lord, I see thee face to face Lyrics: 1. Here, O my Lord, I see thee face to face; here would I touch and handle things unseen; here grasp with firmer hand eternal grace, and all my weariness upon thee lean. 2. This is the hour of banquet and of song; this is the heavenly table spread for me; here let me feast, and feasting, still prolong the hallowed hour of fellowship with thee. 3. Here would I feed upon the bread of God, here drink with thee the royal wine of heaven; here would I lay aside each earthly load, here taste afresh the calm of sin forgiven. 4. Too soon we rise; the symbols disappear; the feast, though not the love, is past and gone. The bread and wine remove; but thou art here, nearer than ever, still my shield and sun. 5. Feast after feast thus comes and passes by; yet, passing, points to the glad feast above, giving sweet foretaste of the festal joy, the Lamb's great bridal feast of bliss and love. Scripture: Revelation 19:6-9 Used With Tune: PENITENTIA

Bread of the World

Author: Reginald Heber Meter: 9.8.9.8 Appears in 338 hymnals Topics: The Sacraments and Rites of the Church Eucharist (Holy Communion or The Lord's Supper) First Line: Bread of the world in mercy broken Lyrics: 1. Bread of the world in mercy broken, wine of the soul in mercy shed, by whom the words of life were spoken, and in whose death our sins are dead: 2. Look on the heart by sorrow broken, look on the tears by sinners shed; and be thy feast to us the token that by thy grace our souls are fed. Scripture: John 6:35-58 Used With Tune: EUCHARISTIC HYMN

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

Author: Gerard Moultrie Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 172 hymnals Topics: The Sacraments and Rites of the Church Eucharist (Holy Communion or The Lord's Supper) Lyrics: 1. Let all mortal flesh keep silence, and with fear and trembling stand; ponder nothing earthly-minded, for with blessing in his hand, Christ our God to earth descendeth, our full homage to demand. 2. King of kings, yet born of Mary, as of old on earth he stood, Lord of lords, in human vesture, in the body and the blood; he will give to all the faithful his own self for heavenly food. 3. Rank on rank the host of heaven spreads its vanguard on the way, as the Light of light descendeth from the realms of endless day, that the powers of hell may vanish as the darkness clears away. 4. At his feet the six-winged seraph, cherubim, with sleepless eye, veil their faces to the presence, as with ceaseless voice they cry: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Lord Most High! Scripture: John 6:35-58 Used With Tune: PICARDY Text Sources: Liturgy of St. James, 4th cent.