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Come, O Thou God of grace
Author: William E. Evans Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 30 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services Installations: Minister of Music Lyrics: 1 Come, O Thou God of grace,
Dwell in this holy place,
E’en now descend!
This temple, reared to Thee,
O may it ever be
Filled with Thy majesty,
Till time shall end!
2 Be in each song of praise,
Which here Thy people raise
With hearts aflame!
Let every anthem rise
Like incense to the skies,
A joyful sacrifice
To Thy blest Name!
3 Speak, O eternal Lord,
Out of Thy living Word,
O give success!
Do Thou the truth impart
Unto each waiting heart;
Source of all strength Thou art,
Thy Gospel bless!
4 To the great One in Three
Glory and praises be
In love now given!
Glad songs to Thee we sing,
Glad hearts to Thee we bring,
Till we our God and King
Shall praise in heaven!
Amen. Used With Tune: TRINITY (ITALIAN HYMN)
Come, O Thou God of grace
Thou, whose unmeasured temple stands
Author: William Cullen Bryant Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 240 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services Dedication Services: Church Lyrics: 1 Thou, whose unmeasured temple stands,
Built over earth and sea,
Accept the walls that human hands
Have raised, O God, to Thee.
2 And let the Comforter and Friend,
Thy Holy Spirit, meet
With those who here in worship bend
Before Thy mercy seat.
3 May they who err be guided here
To find the better way;
And they who mourn, and they who fear,
Be strengthened as they pray.
4 May faith grow firm, and love grow warm,
And hallowed wishes rise,
While round these peaceful walls the storm
Of earth-born passion dies.
Amen. Used With Tune: ST. ANNE
Thou, whose unmeasured temple stands
We praise Thee, O God, our Redeemer, Creator
Author: Julia Bulkley Cady Cory Meter: 12.11.12.11 Appears in 157 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services Thanksgiving and Harvest Lyrics: 1 We praise Thee, O God, our Redeemer, Creator,
In grateful devotion our tribute we bring.
We lay it before Thee, we kneel and adore Thee,
We bless Thy holy Name, glad praises we sing.
2 We worship Thee, God of our fathers, we bless Thee;
Through life's storm and tempest our Guide hast Thou been.
When perils o'ertake us, escape Thou wilt make us,
And with Thy help, O Lord, our battles we win.
3 With voices united our praises we offer,
To Thee, great Jehovah, glad anthems we raise.
Thy strong arm will guide us, our God is beside us,
To Thee, our great Redeemer, forever be praise.
Amen. Used With Tune: KREMSER
We praise Thee, O God, our Redeemer, Creator
Founded on Thee, our only Lord
Author: Rev. Samuel F. Smith Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 31 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services Dedication Services: Church Lyrics: 1 Founded on Thee, our only Lord,
On Thee, the everlasting Rock,
Thy Church shall stand as stands Thy word,
Nor fear the storm, nor dread the shock.
2 For Thee our waiting spirits yearn,
For Thee this house of praise we rear;
To Thee with longing hearts we turn;
Come, fix Thy glorious presence here.
3 Come, with Thy Spirit and Thy power,
The Conqueror, once the Crucified;
Our God, our Strength, our King, our Tower,
Here plant Thy throne, and here abide.
4 Accept the work our hands have wrought;
Accept, O God, this earthly shrine;
Be Thou our Rock, our Life, our Thought,
And we, as living temples, Thine.
Amen. Used With Tune: MENDON
Founded on Thee, our only Lord
Come, ye thankful people, come
Author: Rev. Henry Alford Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 727 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services Thanksgiving and Harvest Lyrics: 1 Come, ye thankful people, come,
Raise the song of harvest home:
All is safely gathered in,
Ere the winter storms begin;
God, our Maker, doth provide
For our wants to be supplied:
Come to God's own temple, come,
Raise the song of harvest home.
2 All the world is God's own field,
Fruit unto His praise to yield;
Wheat and tares together sown,
Unto joy or sorrow grown;
First the blade, and then the ear,
Then the full corn shall appear;
Lord of harvest, grant that we
Wholesome grain and pure may be.
3 For the Lord our God shall come,
And shall take His harvest home;
From His field shall in that day
All offenses purge away;
Give His angels charge at last
In the fire the tares to cast,
But the fruitful ears to store
In His garner evermore.
4 Even so, Lord, quickly come
To Thy final harvest home;
Gather Thou Thy people in,
Free from sorrow, free from sin;
There, forever purified,
In Thy presence to abide:
Come, with all Thine angels, come,
Raise the glorious harvest home.
Amen. Used With Tune: ST. GEORGE'S, WINDSOR
Come, ye thankful people, come
Eternal Father, strong to save
Author: William Whiting Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 425 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services Travelers Lyrics: 1 Eternal Father, strong to save,
Whose arm doth bind the restless wave,
Who bidd'st the mighty ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep:
O hear us when we cry to Thee
For those in peril on the sea.
2 O Saviour, whose almighty word
The winds and waves submissive heard,
Who walkedst on the foaming deep
And calm amid its rage didst sleep:
O hear us when we cry to Thee
For those in peril on the sea.
3 O sacred Spirit, who didst brood
Upon the chaos dark and rude,
Who bad'st its angry tumult cease,
And gavest light and life and peace:
O hear us when we cry to Thee
For those in peril on the sea.
4 O Trinity of love and power,
Our brethren shield in danger's hour;
From rock and tempest, fire and foe,
Protect them wheresoe'er they go;
And ever let there rise to Thee
Glad hymns of praise from land and sea.
Amen. Used With Tune: MELITA
Eternal Father, strong to save
God of mercy, God of grace
Author: Rev. Henry F. Lyte Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 198 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services Thanksgiving and Harvest Lyrics: 1 God of mercy, God of grace,
Show the brightness of Thy face.
Shine upon us, Saviour, shine,
Fill Thy church with light divine:
And Thy saving health extend
Unto earth's remotest end.
2 Let the people praise Thee, Lord;
Be by all that live adored.
Let the nations shout and sing
Glory to their Saviour King;
At Thy feet their tribute pay,
And Thy holy will obey.
3 Let the people praise Thee, Lord;
Earth shall then her fruits afford;
God to man His blessing give,
Man to God devoted live;
All below, and all above,
One in joy, and light, and love.
Amen. Scripture: Psalm 67 Used With Tune: RATISBON
God of mercy, God of grace
Great God, we sing that mighty hand
Author: Rev. Philip Doddridge (1702-1751) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 491 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services The New Year Lyrics: 1 Great God, we sing that mighty hand
By which supported still we stand;
The opening year Thy mercy shows;
That mercy crowns it till it close.
2 By day, by night, at home, abroad,
Still are we guarded by our God;
By His incessant bounty fed,
By His unerring counsel led.
3 With grateful hearts the past we own;
The future, all to us unknown,
We to Thy guardian care commit,
And peaceful leave before Thy feet.
4 In scenes exalted or depressed,
Thou art our Joy, and Thou our Rest;
Thy goodness all our hopes shall raise,
Adored through all our changing days.
Amen. Used With Tune: WAREHAM
Great God, we sing that mighty hand
Now thank we all our God
Author: Catherine Winkworth; Rev. Martin Rinkart Meter: 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6 Appears in 688 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services Thanksgiving and Harvest Lyrics: 1 Now thank we all our God
With heart and hands and voices,
Who wondrous things hath done,
In whom His world rejoices;
Who, from our mothers' arms,
Hath blessed us on our way
With countless gifts of love,
And still is ours today.
2 O may this bounteous God
Through all our life be near us,
With ever joyful hearts
And blessed peace to cheer us;
And keep us in His grace,
And guide us when perplexed,
And free us from all ills
In this world and the next.
3 All praise and thanks to God
The Father now be given,
The Son, and Him who reigns
With Them in highest heaven,
The one eternal God,
Whom earth and heaven adore;
For thus it was, is now,
And shall be evermore.
Amen. Used With Tune: NUN DANKET
Now thank we all our God
O God, beneath Thy guiding hand
Author: Rev. Leonard Bacon Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 283 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services Thanksgiving and Harvest Lyrics: 1 O God, beneath Thy guiding hand
Our exiled fathers crossed the sea;
And when they trod the wintry strand,
With prayer and psalm they worshiped Thee.
2 Thou heardest, well pleased, the song, the prayer:
Thy blessing came; and still its power
Shall onward, through all ages, bear
The memory of that holy hour.
3 Laws, freedom, truth, and faith in God
Came with those exiles o'er the waves;
And, where their pilgrim feet have trod,
The God they trusted guards their graves.
4 And here Thy Name, O God of love,
Their children's children shall adore,
Till these eternal hills remove,
And spring adorns the earth no more.
Amen. Used With Tune: DUKE STREET
O God, beneath Thy guiding hand
Onward then, and fear not
Author: Frances Ridley Havergal Appears in 171 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services The New Year First Line: Standing at the portal Lyrics: 1 Standing at the portal
Of the opening year,
Words of comfort meet us,
Hushing every fear;
Spoken through the silence
By our Father's voice,
Tender, strong, and faithful,
Making us rejoice.
Refrain:
Onward, then, and fear not,
Children of the day;
For His word shall never,
Never pass away.
2 For the year before us,
O what rich supplies!
For the poor and needy
Living streams shall rise;
For the sad and sinful
Shall His grace abound;
For the faint and feeble
Perfect strength be found. [Refrain]
3 He will never fail us,
He will not forsake;
His eternal covenant
He will never break;
Resting on His promise,
What have we to fear?
God is all-sufficient
For the coming year. [Refrain]
Amen. Used With Tune: THE NEW YEAR
Onward then, and fear not
God of the prophets! Bless the prophets' sons
Author: Rev. Dennis Wortman Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 61 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services Installations: Pastor Lyrics: 1 God of the prophets! Bless the prophets' sons;
Elijah's mantle o'er Elisha cast;
Each age its solemn task may claim but once;
Make each one nobler, stronger than the last.
2 Anoint them prophets! Make their ears attent
To Thy divinest speech; their hearts awake
To human need; their lips make eloquent
To gird the right and every evil break.
3 Anoint them priests! Strong intercessors they
For pardon, and for charity and peace!
O that with them might pass the world, astray,
Into the dear Christ's life of sacrifice!
4 Make them apostles! Heralds of Thy cross,
Forth may they go to tell all realms Thy grace;
Inspired of Thee, may they count all but loss,
And stand at last with joy before Thy face.
Amen. Used With Tune: TOULON
God of the prophets! Bless the prophets' sons
O perfect love, all human thought transcending
Author: Dorothy Blomfield Gurney Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 236 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services Marriage Lyrics: 1 O perfect Love, all human thought transcending,
Lowly we kneel in prayer before Thy throne,
That theirs may be the love which knows no ending,
Whom Thou forevermore dost join in one.
2 O perfect Life, be Thou their full assurance
Of tender charity and steadfast faith,
Of patient hope, and quiet, brave endurance,
With childlike trust that fears nor pain nor death.
3 Grant them the joy which brightens earthly sorrow;
Grant them the peace which calms all earthly strife,
And to life's day the glorious unknown morrow
That dawns upon eternal love and life.
Amen. Used With Tune: PERFECT LOVE
O perfect love, all human thought transcending
O thou whose feet have climbed life's hill
Author: Rev. Louis F. Benson Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 46 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services Schools and Colleges Lyrics: 1 O Thou whose feet have climbed life's hill,
And trod the path of youth,
Our Saviour and our Brother still,
Now lead us into truth.
2 The call is Thine: be Thou the Way,
And give us men, to guide;
Let wisdom broaden with the day,
Let human faith abide.
3 Who learn of Thee the truth shall find,
Who follow, gain the goal;
With reverence crown the earnest mind,
And speak within the soul.
4 Awake the purpose high which strives,
And, falling, stands again;
Confirm the will of eager lives
To quit themselves like men:
5 Thy life the bond of fellowship,
Thy love the law that rules,
Thy Name, proclaimed by every lip,
The Master of our schools.
Amen. Used With Tune: ST. MAGNUS
O thou whose feet have climbed life's hill
All good gifts around us
Author: Jane M. Campbell; Matthias Claudius Meter: 7.6.7.6 D with refrain Appears in 453 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services Thanksgiving and Harvest First Line: We plow the fields and scatter Lyrics: 1 We plow the fields, and scatter
The good seed on the land,
But it is fed and watered
By God's almighty hand;
Ht sends the snow in winter,
The warmth to swell the grain,
The breezes and the sunshine,
And soft refreshing rain.
Refrain:
All good gifts around us
Are sent from heaven above;
Then thank the Lord, O thank the Lord
For all His love.
2 He only is the Maker
Of all things near and far;
He paints the wayside flower,
He lights the evening star;
The winds and waves obey Him,
By Him the birds are fed;
Much more to us, His children,
He gives our daily bread. [Refrain]
3 We thank Thee, then, O Father,
For all things bright and good,
The seed-time and the harvest,
Our life, our health, our food;
No gifts have we to offer,
For all Thy love imparts,
But what Thou most desirest,
Our humble, thankful hearts. [Refrain]
Amen. Used With Tune: WIR PFLÛGEN
All good gifts around us
All beautiful the march of days
Author: Frances Whitmarsh Wile Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 86 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services The New Year Lyrics: 1 All beautiful the march of days,
As seasons come and go;
The Hand that shaped the rose hath wrought
The crystal of the snow;
Hath sent the hoary frost of heaven,
The flowing waters sealed,
And laid a silent loveliness
On hill and wood and field.
2 O'er white expanses sparkling pure
The radiant morns unfold;
The solemn splendors of the night
Burn brighter through the cold;
Life mounts in every throbbing vein,
Love deepens round the hearth,
And clearer sounds the angel hymn,
"Good will to men on earth."
3 O Thou from whose unfathomed law
The year in beauty flows,
Thyself the vision passing by
In crystal and in rose,
Day unto day doth utter speech,
And night to night proclaim,
In ever-changing words of light,
The wonder of Thy Name.
Amen. Used With Tune: FOREST GREEN
All beautiful the march of days
Let children hear the mighty deeds
Author: Rev. Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 180 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services Dedication Services: Memorial Gifts Lyrics: 1 Let children hear the mighty deeds
Which God performed of old;
Which in our younger years we saw,
And which our fathers told.
2 He bids us make His glories known,
His works of power and grace;
And we'll convey His wonders down
Through each succeeding race.
3 Our lips shall tell them to our sons,
And they again to theirs;
That generations yet unborn
May teach them to their heirs.
4 Thus shall they learn in God alone
Their hope securely stands,
That they may ne'er forget His works,
But practice His commands.
Amen. Scripture: Psalm 78 Used With Tune: DUNDEE
Let children hear the mighty deeds
All nature's works His praise declare
Author: Rev. Henry Ware, Jr. Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 39 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services Dedication Services: Organ Lyrics: 1 All nature's works His praise declare,
To whom they all belong;
There is a voice in every star,
In every breeze a song.
Sweet music fills the world abroad
With strains of love and power;
The stormy sea sings praise to God,
The thunder and the shower.
2 To God the tribes of ocean cry,
And birds upon the wing;
To God the powers that dwell on high
Their tuneful tribute bring.
Like them, let man the throne surround,
With them loud chorus raise,
While instruments of loftier sound
Assist his feeble praise.
3 Great God, to Thee we consecrate
Our voices and our skill;
We bid the pealing organ wait
To speak alone Thy will.
Lord, while the music round us floats
May earth-born passions die;
O grant its rich and swelling notes
May lift our souls on high!
Amen. Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM
All nature's works His praise declare
All things are Thine; no gift have we
Author: John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 92 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services Dedication Services: Church Lyrics: 1 All things are Thine; no gift have we,
Lord of all gifts, to offer Thee;
And hence with grateful hearts today,
Thine own before Thy feet we lay.
2 Thy will was in the builders' thought;
Thy hand unseen amidst us wrought;
Through mortal motive, scheme and plan,
Thy wise eternal purpose ran.
3 In weakness and in want we call
On Thee for whom the heavens are small;
Thy glory is Thy children's good,
Thy joy Thy tender Fatherhood.
4 O Father, deign these walls to bless;
Fill with Thy love their emptiness;
And let their door a gateway be
To lead us from ourselves to Thee.
Amen. Used With Tune: HERR JESU CHRIST
All things are Thine; no gift have we
Praise, O praise our God and King
Author: John Milton; Rev. Henry Williams Baker (1821-1877) Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 140 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services Thanksgiving and Harvest Lyrics: 1 Praise, O praise our God and King;
Hymns of adoration sing;
For His mercies still endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure.
2 Praise Him that He made the sun
Day by day his course to run;
For His mercies still endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure.
3 Praise Him that He gave the rain
To mature the swelling grain;
For His mercies still endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure.
4 He hath bid the fruitful field
Crops of precious increase yield;
For His mercies still endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure.
5 Glory to our bounteous King!
Glory let creation sing,
Glory to the Father, Son,
And blest Spirit, Three in One!
Amen. Scripture: Psalm 136 Used With Tune: MONKLAND
Praise, O praise our God and King
Behold a Sower! from afar
Author: Rev. Washington Gladden Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 30 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services Schools and Colleges Lyrics: 1 Behold a Sower! from afar
He goeth forth with might;
The rolling years His furrows are,
His seed, the growing light;
For all the just His Word is sown,
It springeth up alway;
The tender blade is hope’s young dawn,
The harvest, love’s new day.
2 O Lord of life, to Thee we lift
Our hearts in praise for those,
Thy prophets, who have shown Thy gift
Of grace that ever grows,
Of truth that spreads from shore to shore,
Of wisdom’s widening ray,
Of light that shineth more and more
Unto Thy perfect day.
3 Shine forth, O Light, that we may see,
With hearts all unafraid,
The meaning and the mystery
Of things that Thou hast made;
Shine forth, and let the darkling past
Beneath Thy beam grow bright;
Shine forth, and touch the future vast
With Thine untroubled light.
4 Light up Thy Word; the fettered page
From killing bondage free;
Light up our way; lead forth this age
In love’s large liberty.
O Light of light! within us dwell,
Through us Thy radiance pour,
That word and life Thy truths may tell,
And praise Thee evermore.
Amen. Used With Tune: FOREST GREEN
Behold a Sower! from afar
Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky
Author: Alfred Tennyson Meter: 8.8.8.8 D Appears in 97 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services The New Year Lyrics: 1 Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light;
The year is dying in the night:
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
2 Ring out the grief that saps the mind,
For those that here we see no more;
Ring out the feud of rich and poor,
Ring in redress to all mankind.
Ring out false pride in place and blood,
The civic slander and the spite;
Ring in the love of truth and right,
Ring in the common love of good.
3 Ring out old shapes of foul disease,
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the thousand wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years of peace.
Ring in the valiant man and free,
The larger heart, the kindlier hand;
Ring out the darkness of the land,
Ring in the Christ that is to be.
Amen. Used With Tune: JORDAN
Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky
Break, new-born year, on glad eyes break
Author: Thomas H. Gill Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 41 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services The New Year Lyrics: 1 Break, new-born year, on glad eyes break,
Melodious voices move:
On, rolling time! Thou canst not make
The Father cease to love.
2 The parted year had winged feet;
The Saviour still doth stay:
The new year comes; but, Spirit sweet,
Thou goest not away.
3 Our hearts in tears may oft run o'er;
But, Lord, Thy smile still beams:
Our sins are swelling evermore,
But pardoning grace still streams.
4 Lord, from this year more service win,
More glory, more delight:
O make it hours less sad with sin,
Its days with Thee more bright!
Amen. Used With Tune: NOX PRAECESSIT
Break, new-born year, on glad eyes break
O Thou, whose hand has brought us
Author: Rev. Frederick William Goadby Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 23 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services Laying of a Corner Stone Lyrics: 1 O Thou, whose hand hath brought us
Unto this joyful day,
Accept our glad thanksgiving,
And listen as we pray;
And may our preparation
For this day’s service be
With one accord to offer
Ourselves, O Lord, to Thee.
2 For this Thy house we praise Thee,
Reared at Thine own command,
For every generous bosom,
And every willing hand;
And now within Thy temple
Thy glory let us see,
For all its strength and beauty
Are nothing without Thee.
3 And oft as here we gather,
And hearts in worship blend,
May truth reveal its power,
And fervent prayers ascend;
Here may the busy toiler
Rise to the things above;
The young, the old, be strengthened,
And all men learn Thy love.
Amen. Used With Tune: DAY OF REST
O Thou, whose hand has brought us
Now praise we great and famous men
Author: Rev. William G. Tarrant (1853-1928) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 30 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services Memorial Days Lyrics: 1 Now praise we great and famous men,
The fathers named in story;
And praise the Lord who now as then
Reveals in man His glory.
2 Praise we the wise and brave and strong,
Who graced their generation;
Who helped the right, and fought the wrong,
And made our folk a nation.
3 Praise we the great of heart and mind,
The singers sweetly gifted,
Whose music like a mighty wind
The souls of men uplifted.
4 Praise we the peaceful men of skill
Who builded homes of beauty,
And, rich in art, made richer still
The brotherhood of duty.
5 So praise we great and famous men,
The fathers, named in story;
And praise the Lord who now as then
Reveals in man His glory.
Amen. Used With Tune: ACH GOTT UND HERR
Now praise we great and famous men
O Love divine and golden
Author: Rev. John S. B. Monsell Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 37 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services Marriage Lyrics: 1 O Love divine and golden,
Mysterious depth and height,
To Thee the world beholden
Looks up for life and light;
O Love divine and gentle,
The Blesser and the Blest,
Beneath Thy care parental
The world lies down in rest.
2 O Love divine and tender,
That through our homes dost move,
Veiled in the softened splendor
Of holy household love,
A throne without Thy blessing
Were labor without rest,
And cottages possessing
Thy blessedness are blest.
3 God bless these hands united;
God bless these hearts made one!
Unsevered and unblighted
May they through life go on,
Here in earth's home preparing
For the bright home above,
And there forever sharing
Its joy where God is Love.
Amen. Used With Tune: BLAIRGOWRIE
O Love divine and golden
O Thou who makest souls to shine
Author: Rev. John Armstrong (1813-1856) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 45 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services Installations: Pastor Lyrics: 1 O Thou who makest souls to shine
With light from brighter worlds above,
Now send Thy glistening dew divine
On all who seek a Saviour's love.
2 Do Thou Thy benediction give
On all who teach, on all who learn,
That all Thy Church may holier live,
And every lamp more brightly burn.
3 Give those that teach pure hearts and wise,
Faith, hope, and love, all warmed by prayer;
Themselves first training for the skies,
They best will raise their people there.
4 O bless the shepherd, bless the sheep,
That guide and guided both be one—
One in the faithful watch they keep,
Until this hurrying life be done.
Amen. Used With Tune: SOLOTHURN
O Thou who makest souls to shine
Be strong!
Author: Rev. Maltbie D. Babcock Meter: 2.10.10.10 Appears in 62 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services Schools and Colleges Lyrics: 1 Be strong!
We are not here to play, to dream, to drift;
We have hard work to do and loads to lift;
Shun not the struggle, face it, ’tis God’s gift.
2 Be strong!
Say not the days are evil— who’s to blame?
And fold the hands and acquiesce— O shame!
Stand up, speak out, and bravely, in God’s Name.
3 Be strong!
It matters not how deep intrenched the wrong,
How hard the battle goes, the day, how long;
Faint not, fight on! Tomorrow comes the song.
Amen. Used With Tune: SONG 24
Be strong!
Christ is our Corner Stone
Author: Rev. John Chandler Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 186 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services Laying of a Corner Stone Lyrics: 1 Christ is our Corner Stone,
On Him alone we build;
With His true saints alone
The courts of heaven are filled;
On His great love our hopes we place
Of present grace and joys above.
2 O then with hymns of praise
These hallowed courts shall ring;
Our voices we will raise
The Three in One to sing;
And thus proclaim in joyful song,
Both loud and long, that glorious Name.
3 Here, gracious God, do Thou
For evermore draw nigh;
Accept each faithful vow,
And mark each suppliant sigh;
In copious shower on all who pray,
Each holy day, Thy blessings pour.
4 Here may we gain from heaven
The grace which we implore;
And may that grace, once given,
Be with us evermore,
Until that day when all the blest
To endless rest are called away.
Amen. Used With Tune: UNITY Text Sources: Latin, 7th or 8th century
Christ is our Corner Stone
Lord of the Church, we humbly pray
Author: Rev. Charles Wesley; Edward Osler Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 57 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services Installations: Pastor Lyrics: 1 Lord of the Church, we humbly pray
For those who guide us in Thy way,
And speak Thy holy Word;
With love divine their hearts inspire,
And touch their lips with hallowed fire,
And needful grace afford.
2 Help them to preach the truth of God,
Redemption through the Saviour's blood;
Nor let the Spirit cease
On all the Church His gifts to shower;
To them, a Messenger of power,
To us, of life and peace.
3 So may they live to Thee alone;
Then hear the welcome word,"Well done!"
And take their crown above;
Enter into their Master's joy,
And all eternity employ
In praise and bliss and love.
Amen. Used With Tune: MAGDALEN COLLEGE
Lord of the Church, we humbly pray
Come, my soul, thou must be waking
Author: Rev. Henry J. Buckoll; F. R. L. von Canitz Meter: 8.4.7.8.4.7 Appears in 235 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services Schools and Colleges Lyrics: 1 Come, my soul, thou must be waking;
Now is breaking
O'er the earth another day:
Come to Him who made this splendor;
See thou render
All thy feeble powers can pay.
2 Thou, too, hail the light returning;
Ready burning
Be the incense of thy powers;
For the night is safely ended,
God hath tended
With His care thy helpless hours.
3 Pray that He may prosper ever
Each endeavor,
When thine aim is good and true;
But that He may ever thwart thee,
And convert thee,
When thou evil wouldst pursue.
4 Only God's free gifts abuse not,
Light refuse not,
But His Spirit's voice obey;
Thou with Him shalt dwell, beholding
Light enfolding
All things in unclouded day.
Amen. Used With Tune: COLUMBIA COLLEGE
Come, my soul, thou must be waking
From glory unto glory! Be this our joyous song
Author: Frances Ridley Havergal (1836-1879) Meter: 13.13.13.14 Appears in 64 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services The New Year Lyrics: 1 From glory unto glory! Be this our joyous song,
As on the King's own highway we bravely march along.
From glory unto glory! O word of stirring cheer,
As dawns the solemn brightness of another glad New Year!
2 The fullness of His blessing encompasseth our way;
The fullness of His promises crowns every brightening day;
The fullness of His glory is beaming from above,
While more and more we learn to know the fullness of His love.
3 O let our adoration for all that He hath done
Peal out beyond the stars of God, while voice and life are one;
And let our consecration be real and deep and true,
O even now our hearts shall bow and joyful vows renew.
4 Now onward, ever onward, from strength to strength we go,
While grace for grace abundantly shall from His fullness flow,
To glory's full fruition, from glory's foretaste here,
Until His very presence crown our happiest New Year.
Amen. Used With Tune: HOYTE (ST. COLUMBA)
From glory unto glory! Be this our joyous song
O Thou whose glory shone like fire
Author: George A. Warburton Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 12 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services Dedication Services: Church Lyrics: 1 O Thou whose glory shone like fire,
Within the ancient Temple walls,
Grant us our heart's sincere desire:
Thy presence in these sacred halls.
2 O Thou who, homeless, wandered wide,
Through far Judea's favored land,
Make this a home for men, and guide
The steps of all with Thy strong hand.
3 O Thou who, sorrowing in the night,
Longed for the love of human friend,
Make here a spring of friendship bright
With Thy rich love that knows no end.
4 O Thou whose life and words were one,
Strong, manly, holy, and divine,
Here may our fellow men be shown
How all may live a life like Thine.
Amen. Used With Tune: SOLOTHURN
O Thou whose glory shone like fire
Father of men, in whom are one
Author: Henry Cary Shuttleworth (1850-1900) Meter: 8.8.8 Appears in 22 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services Schools and Colleges Lyrics: 1 Father of men, in whom are one
All humankind beneath Thy sun,
Stablish our work in Thee begun.
2 Man lives not for himself alone,
In others’ good he finds his own;
Life’s worth in fellowship is known.
3 We, friends and comrades on life’s way,
Gather within these walls to pray:
Bless Thou our fellowship today.
4 O Christ, our Elder Brother, who
By serving man God’s will didst do,
Help us to serve our brethren, too.
5 In all our work, in all our play,
Be with us, Lord, our Friend, our Stay;
Lead onward to the perfect day.
6 Then may we know, earth’s lesson o’er,
With comrades missed or gone before,
Heaven’s fellowship for evermore.
Amen. Used With Tune: ST. LO
Father of men, in whom are one
We Give You But Your Own
Author: William Walsham How Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 484 hymnals Topics: The Church at Worship Special Days, Seasons, Occasions: Offering; Liturgical Offertory; Commitment; Discipleship and Service; Heaven(s)/Paradise; Ministry; Service Music Offering; Stewardship; Easter 4 Year B; Proper 8 Year B; Easter 4 Year C Lyrics: We give you but your own,
whate’er the gift may be;
all that we have is yours alone,
we give it gratefully. Used With Tune: FRANCONIA
We Give You But Your Own
When in Our Music God Is Glorified
Author: Fred Pratt Green Meter: 10.10.10 with refrain Appears in 84 hymnals Topics: The Church at Worship Special Days, Seasons, Occasions: Praise of God through Music; Adoration and Praise; Arts and Literature; Arts and Literature; Christian Experience; Church Anniversaries; Creation; Creativity; God Adoration and Praise; Hallelujah; Music and Singing; Opening Hymns; Service Music Sending Forth/Commissioning; Proper 5 Year A; Easter 5 Year B; Proper 5 Year B; Proper 15 Year B; Christmas 1 Year C; Epiphany 8 Year C Lyrics: 1 When, in our music, God is glorified,
and adoration leaves no room for pride,
it is as though the whole creation cried
Hallelujah!
2 How often, making music, we have found
a new dimension in the world of sound,
as worship moved us to a more profound
Hallelujah!
3 So has the church in liturgy and song,
in faith and love, through centuries of wrong,
borne witness to the truth in every tongue,
Hallelujah!
4 And did not Jesus sing a psalm that night
when utmost evil strove against the light?
Then let us sing, for whom he won the fight:
Hallelujah!
5 Let every instrument be tuned for praise!
Let all rejoice who have a voice to raise!
And may God give us faith to sing always
Hallelujah! Used With Tune: ENGELBERG
When in Our Music God Is Glorified
Grant Us, God, the Grace
Author: Anonymous Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: The Church at Worship Special Days, Seasons, Occasions: Offering; Liturgical Offertory; Choruses and Refrains; Service Music Offering; Proper 9 Year C First Line: Grant us, God, the grace of giving Lyrics: Grant us, God, the grace of giving,
with a spirit large and free,
that ourselves and all our living
we may offer faithfully. Used With Tune: STUTTGART
Grant Us, God, the Grace
For the Gift of Creation
Author: Steve Garnaas-Holmes Meter: Irregular Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: The Church at Worship Special Days, Seasons, Occasions: Offering; Liturgical Offertory; Choruses and Refrains; Service Music Offering Used With Tune: GIFT OF CREATION
For the Gift of Creation
