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Speak thou the truth: let others fence
Author: Dean Henry Alford, 1810-1871 Hymnal: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #353 (1917) Topics: Social Righteousness; Righteousness Social Lyrics: 1 Speak thou the truth: let others fence,
And trim their words for pay;
In pleasant sunshine of pretence
Let others bask their day.
2 Show thou thy light: if conscience gleam,
Set not thy bushel down;
The smallest spark may send his beam
O'er hamlet, tower, and town.
3 Hold on, hold on thou hast the rock;
The foes are on the sand:
The first world-tempest's ruthless shock
Scatters their shifting strand;
4 While each wild gust the mist shall clear
We now see darkly through,
And justified at last appear
The true, in Him that's true. Languages: English Tune Title: FAITH
Speak thou the truth: let others fence
Workman of God, O lose not heart
Author: Dr. F. W. Faber, 1814-1863 Hymnal: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #355 (1917) Topics: Social Righteousness; Righteousness Social Lyrics: 1 Workman of God, O lose not heart,
But learn what God is like;
And in the darkest battle-field
Thou shalt know where to strike.
2 Thrice blest is he to whom is given
The instinct that can tell
That God is on the field when He
Is most invisible.
3 Then learn to scorn the praise of man,
And learn to lose with God;
For Jesus won the world through shame,
And beckons thee His road.
4 For right is right, since God is God,
And right the day must win;
To doubt would be disloyalty,
To falter would be sin. Languages: English Tune Title: NOX PRAECESSIT
Workman of God, O lose not heart
There are three lessons I would write
Author: J. C. Schiller, 1759-1805 Hymnal: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #382 (1917) Topics: Social Righteousness; Righteousness Social Lyrics: 1 There are three lessons I would write,
Three words as with a burning pen,
In tracings of eternal light,
Upon the hearts of men.
2 Have faith: where'er thy bark is driven
The calm's disport, the tempest's mirth
Know this God rules the host of heaven,
The inhabitants of earth.
3 Have hope: though clouds environ now,
And gladness hides her face in scorn,
Put thou the shadow from thy brow;
No night but hath its morn.
4 Have love: not love alone for one,
But man as man thy brother call,
And scatter like the circling sun
Thy charities on all.
5 Thus grave these lessons on thy soul
Faith, hope, and love, and thou shalt find
Strength when life's surges rudest roll,
Light when thou else wert blind. Languages: English Tune Title: ELMHURST
There are three lessons I would write
We are not here to play, to dream, to drift
Author: Dr. M. D. Babcock. 1858-1901 Hymnal: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #387 (1917) Topics: Social Righteousness; Righteousness Social Lyrics: 1 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.
Be strong, be strong!
2 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.
Be strong, be strong!
3 It matters not how deep intrenched the wrong,
How hard the battle goes, the day, how long;
Faint not, fight on! To-morrow comes the song.
Be strong, be strong! Languages: English Tune Title: TAUNTON
We are not here to play, to dream, to drift
Splendour of the thoughts of God
Author: W. Russell Bowie, 1882- Hymnal: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #388 (1917) Topics: Social Righteousness; Righteousness Social Lyrics: 1 Splendour of the thoughts of God
For the life of men,
Visions of the saints and seers
Burn for us again!
From the night of ancient wrongs
Wake our eyes to see
Dawning in the skies the day
God shall bring to be.
2 Lo, from out the heavy dark
Strained and haggard eyes
Turn toward that breaking dawn
With their dumb surmise
Women from their tragic shame,
Weary men who bow
To the burden of the world
Cry Thy coming now!
3 Shame of all our lust and greed,
Shame of lives that lie
Couched in ease while down their streets
Pain and want go by
In the twilight of our sins,
These we suffer long,
While our strength lies dull before
Earth's unrighted wrong.
4 Splendour of the thoughts of God
Through the shadows rise,
Burn the films of self and sin
From our blinded eyes!
Penitents, we come to learn
What we ought to do;
Give the vision then, O God,
Strength to make it true!
Languages: English Tune Title: DEDICATIO ANNI
Splendour of the thoughts of God
Courage, brother! do not stumble
Author: Dr. Norman Macleod, 1812-1872 Hymnal: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #401 (1917) Topics: Social Righteousness; Righteousness Social Lyrics: 1 Courage, brother! do not stumble,
Though thy path be dark as night;
There's a star to guide the humble
"Trust in God, and do the right."
Let the road be rough and dreary,
And its end far out of sight,
Foot it bravely! strong or weary,
Trust in God, and do the right.
2 Perish policy and cunning!
Perish all that fears the light!
Whether losing, whether winning,
Trust in God, and do the right.
Trust no party, sect, or faction;
Trust no leaders in the fight;
But in every word and action
Trust in God, and do the right.
3 Trust no lovely forms of passion
Fiends may look like angels bright;
Trust no custom, school or fashion;
Trust in God, and do the right.
Some will hate thee, some will love thee,
Some will flatter, some will slight:
Cease from man, and look above thee
Trust in God, and do the right.
4 Simple rule, and safest guiding,
Inward peace, and inward might,
Star upon our path abiding
"Trust in God, and do the right."
Courage, brother! do not stumble,
Though my path be dark as night;
There's a star to guide the humble
"Trust in God, and do the right." Languages: English Tune Title: COURAGE, BROTHER
Courage, brother! do not stumble
Say not, The struggle nought availeth
Author: Arthur Hugh Clough, 1819-1861 Hymnal: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #402 (1917) Topics: Righteousness Social; Social Righteousness Lyrics: 1 Say not, The struggle nought availeth,
The labour and the wounds are vain,
The enemy faints not nor faileth,
And as things have been they remain.
2 If hopes were dupes, fears may be liars;
It may be, in yon smoke concealed,
Your comrades chase e'en now the fliers,
And but for you possess the field.
3 For while the tired waves, vainly breaking,
Seem here no painful inch to gain,
Far back, through creeks and inlets making,
Comes silent, flooding in, the main.
4 And not by eastern windows only,
When daylight comes, comes in the light;
In front the sun climbs slow how slowly!
But westward, look! the land is bright. Languages: English Tune Title: BOLTON
Say not, The struggle nought availeth
Look from Thy sphere of endless day
Author: William Cullen Bryant, 1794-1878 Hymnal: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #442 (1917) Topics: Social Righteousness; Righteousness Social Lyrics: 1 Look from Thy sphere of endless day,
O God of mercy and of might;
In pity look on those who stray,
Benighted in this land of light.
2 In peopled vale, in lonely glen,
In crowded mart, by stream or sea,
How many of the sons of men
Hear not the message sent from Thee!
3 Send forth Thy heralds, Lord, to call
The thoughtless young, the hardened old,
A scattered, homeless flock, till all
Be gathered to Thy peaceful fold.
4 Send them Thy mighty word to speak
Till faith shall dawn and doubt depart,
To awe the bold, to stay the weak,
And bind and heal the broken heart.
5 Then all these wastes, a dreary scene,
That make us sadden as we gaze,
Shall grow, with living waters, green,
And lift to heaven the voice of praise.
Languages: English Tune Title: BRIGGS
Look from Thy sphere of endless day
Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life
Author: Frank M. North Hymnal: Favorite Hymns of Praise #180 (1967) Topics: Social Righteousness; Social Righteousness Lyrics: 1 Where cross the crowded ways of life,
Where sound the cries of race and clan,
Above the noise of selfish strife,
We hear Thy voice, O Son of man!
2 In haunts of wretchedness and need,
On shadowed thresholds dark with fears,
From paths where hide the lures of greed,
We catch the vision of Thy tears.
3 The cup of water giv'n for thee
Stills holds the freshness of Thy grace;
Yet long these multitudes to see
The sweet compassion of Thy face.
4 O Master, from the mountain side,
Make haste to heal these hearts of pain,
Among these restless throngs abide,
O tread the city's streets again.
5 Till sons of men shall learn Thy love,
And follow where Thy feet have trod;
Till glorious from Thy Heav'n above
Shall come the city of our God.
Languages: English Tune Title: [Where cross the crowded ways of life]
Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life
I Would Be True
Author: Howard A. Walter Hymnal: Favorite Hymns of Praise #260 (1967) Topics: Social Righteousness; Social Righteousness First Line: I would be true, for there are those who trust me Lyrics: 1 I would be true, for there are those who trust me;
I would be pure, for there are those who care;
I would be strong, for there is much to suffer;
I would be brave, for there is much to dare;
I would be brave, for there is much to dare.
2 I would be friend of all--the foe, the friendless;
I would be giving, and forget the gift;
I would be humble, for I know my weakness;
I would look up, and laugh, and love, and lift;
I would look up, and laugh, and love, and lift.
3 I would be prayerful through each busy moment;
I would be constantly in touch with God;
I would be tuned to hear His slightest whisper;
I would have faith to keep the path Christ trod;
I would have faith to keep the path Christ trod.
Languages: English Tune Title: [I would be true, for there are those who trust me]
I Would Be True
These things shall be! a loftier race
Author: J. A. Symonds, 1840-1893 Hymnal: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #276 (1917) Topics: Social Righteousness; Righteousness Social Lyrics: 1 These things shall be! a loftier race
Than e'er the world hath known shall rise,
With flame of freedom in their souls
And light of knowledge in their eyes.
2 They shall be gentle, brave, and strong
To spill no drop of blood, but dare
All that may plant man's lordship firm
On earth, and fire, and sea, and air.
3 Nation with nation, land with land,
Inarmed shall lived as comrades free;
In every heart and brain shall throb
The pulse of one fraternity.
4 Man shall love man with heart as pure
And fervent as the young-eyed joys
Who chant their heavenly songs before
God's face with undiscordant noise.
5 New arts shall bloom of loftier mould,
And mightier music thrill the skies,
And every life shall be a song,
When all the earth is paradise.
6 There shall be no more sin, nor shame,
Though pain and passion may not die;
For man shall be at one with God
In bonds of firm necessity. Languages: English Tune Title: SIMEON
These things shall be! a loftier race
March on, march on, O ye soldiers true
Author: Miss Ella S. Armitage, 1841- Hymnal: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #298 (1917) Topics: Social Righteousness; Righteousness Social Lyrics: 1 March on, march on, O ye soldiers true,
In the cross of Christ confiding,
For the field is set, and the hosts are met,
And the Lord His own is guiding.
Through earth's wide round, let the tidings sound,
Of the Lord who came from heaven;
Of the mighty hope, that with death can cope,
And the love so freely given.
Refrain:
March on, march on, O ye soldiers true,
In the cross of Christ confiding,
For the field is set and the hosts are met,
and the Lord His own is guiding.
2 We march to fight with the powers of night,
That have held the world in sorrow;
And the broken heart shall forget its smart,
And shall hail a joyful morrow,
We fight with wrong, and our weapon strong
Is the love which hate shall banish;
And the chains shall fall from each ransomed thrall,
As the thrones of tyrants vanish. [Refrain]
3 Long wear the fight, but the God of right,
Though unseen, is ever near us;
And the prayers that rise to the listening skies
Like a song of hope shall cheer us.
Till the sunrise broad of the day of God
Shall declare the victor's glory,
And the world shall rest in her Lord confessed,
And shall sing the finished story. [Refrain]
Amen.
Languages: English Tune Title: VALIANCE
March on, march on, O ye soldiers true
I Would Be True
Author: Howard A. Walter Hymnal: Hymns of Faith #382 (1980) Topics: Social Righteousness; Social Righteousness First Line: I would be true, for there are those who trust me Lyrics: 1 I would be true, for there are those who trust me;
I would be pure, for there are those who care;
I would be strong, for there is much to suffer;
I would be brave, for there is much to dare;
I would be brave, for there is much to dare.
2 I would be friend of all--the foe, the friendless;
I would be giving, and forget the gift;
I would be humble, for I know my weakness;
I would look up, and laugh, and love, and lift;
I would look up, and laugh, and love, and lift.
3 I would be learning day by day the lessons
My heav'nly Father gives me in His Word;
I would be quick to hear His lightest whisper,
And prompt and glad to do the things I've heard;
And prompt and glad to do the things I've heard.
4 I would be prayerful through each busy moment;
I would be constantly in touch with God;
I would be tuned to hear His slightest whisper
I would have faith to keep the path Christ trod;
I would have faith to keep the path Christ trod.
Amen.
Scripture: 1 Timothy 4:12 Languages: English Tune Title: [I would be true, for there are those who trust me]
I Would Be True
King of the city splendid
Author: G. T. Coster, 1835- Hymnal: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #415 (1917) Topics: Social Righteousness; Righteousness Social Lyrics: 1 King of the city splendid,
Eternal in the height,
May all our country's cities
Be holy in Thy sight:
Cleansed from the deeds of darkness
Cities of light.
2 Inspire the sons of labour,
That honest toil may be
Their token, in life's hardness,
Of loyalty to Thee.
That Thou mayst in their hand-work
Love's heart-work see.
3 Teach love to gladden children
Who know not childhood's mirth,
Wronged of their rights no beauty
In their scant reach of earth:
To hope's large sunshine give them
A second birth.
4 Lord, end the spell of passion,
Break Thou the drunkard's lure:
Thou art the one Physician
The human heart to cure;
The wavering will to strengthen,
Foul life make pure.
5 Soon may our country's cities
Thy robe of glory wear:
Each place of toil a temple,
Each house a home of prayer:
Each city's name of beauty
The Lord is There! Languages: English Tune Title: CITY OF LIGHT
King of the city splendid
Hail to the Brightness
Author: Thomas Hastings Hymnal: Favorite Hymns of Praise #438 (1967) Topics: Social Righteousness; Social Righteousness First Line: Hail to the brightness of Zion's glad morning! Lyrics: 1 Hail to the brightness of Zion's glad morning!
Joy to the lands that in darkness have lain!
Hushed be the accents of sorrow and mourning;
Zion in triumph begins her mild reign.
2 Hail to the brightness of Zion's glad morning!
Long by the prophets of Israel foretold!
Hail to the millions from bondage returning!
Gentiles and Jews the blest vision behold.
3 Lo, in the desert rich flowers are springing,
Streams ever copious are gliding along;
Loud from the mountain tops echoes are ringing,
Wastes rise in verdure and mingle in song.
4 See, from all lands, from the isles of the ocean,
Praise to Jehovah ascending on high;
Fallen are the engines of war and commotion,
Shouts of salvation are rending the sky. Languages: English Tune Title: [Hail to the brightness of Zion's glad morning!]
Hail to the Brightness
We've a Story to Tell to the Nations
Author: H. Ernest Nichol Hymnal: Favorite Hymns of Praise #449 (1967) Topics: Social Righteousness; Social Righteousness Refrain First Line: For the darkness shall turn to dawning Lyrics: 1 We've a story to tell to the nations
That shall turn their hearts to the right,
A story of truth and mercy,
A story of peace and light,
A story of peace and light.
Chorus:
For the darkness shall turn to dawning,
And the dawning to noon-day bright,
And Christ's great kingdom shall come on earth,
The kingdom of love and light.
2 We've a song to be sung to the nations
That shall lift their hearts to the Lord,
A song that shall conquer evil
And shatter the spear and sword,
And shatter the spear and sword. (Chorus)
3 We've a message to give to the nations
That the Lord who reigneth above
Hath sent us His Son to save us,
And show us that God is love,
And show us that God is love. (Chorus)
4 We've a Savior to show to the nations
Who the path of sorrow hath trod,
That all of the world's great peoples
Might come to the truth of God,
Might come to the truth of God. (Chorus) Languages: English Tune Title: [We've a story to tell to the nations]
We've a Story to Tell to the Nations
O Beautiful for Spacious Skies
Author: Katherine L. Bates Hymnal: Favorite Hymns of Praise #450 (1967) Topics: Social Righteousness; Social Righteousness Lyrics: 1 O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood,
From sea to shining sea!
2 O beautiful for pilgrim feet,
Whose stern impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine ev'ry flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!
3 O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved,
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine,
Till all success be nobleness
And ev'ry gain divine!
4 O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam,
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
Languages: English Tune Title: [O beautiful for spacious skies]
O Beautiful for Spacious Skies
God of Our Fathers, Whose Almighty Hand
Author: Daniel O. Roberts Hymnal: Favorite Hymns of Praise #454 (1967) Topics: Social Righteousness; Social Righteousness Lyrics:
1 God of our fathers, whose almighty hand
Leads forth in beauty all the starry band
Of shining worlds in splendor thro' the skies,
Our grateful songs before Thy throne arise.
2 Thy love divine hath led us in the past,
In this free land by Thee our lot is cast;
Be Thou our ruler, guardian, guide and stay,
Thy word our law, Thy paths our chosen way.
3 From war's alarms, from deadly pestilence,
Be Thy strong arm our ever sure defense;
Thy true religion in our hearts increase,
Thy bounteous goodness nourish us in peace.
4 Refresh Thy people on their toilsome way;,
Lead us from night to never-ending day;
Fill all our lives with love and grace divine;
And glory, laud, and praise be ever Thine.
Languages: English Tune Title: [God of our fathers, whose almighty hand]
God of Our Fathers, Whose Almighty Hand
Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life
Author: Frank M. North Hymnal: Hymns of Faith #495 (1980) Topics: Social Righteousness; Social Righteousness Lyrics: 1 Where cross the crowded ways of life,
Where sound the cries of race and clan,
Above the noise of selfish strife,
We hear Thy voice, O Son of man!
2 In haunts of wretchedness and need,
On shadowed thresholds dark with fears,
From paths where hide the lures of greed,
We catch the vision of Thy tears.
3 The cup of water giv'n for thee
Stills holds the freshness of Thy grace;
Yet long these multitudes to see
The sweet compassion of Thy face.
4 O Master, from the mountain side,
Make haste to heal these hearts of pain,
Among these restless throngs abide,
O tread the city's streets again;
5 Till sons of men shall learn Thy love,
And follow where Thy feet have trod;
Till glorious from Thy heav'n above
Shall come the city of our God.
Amen.
Scripture: Matthew 10:42 Languages: English Tune Title: [Where cross the crowded ways of life]
Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life
We've a Story to Tell to the Nations
Author: E. Ernest Nichol Hymnal: Hymns of Faith #499 (1980) Topics: Social Righteousness; Social Righteousness First Line: We've a story to tell the nations Refrain First Line: For the darkness shall turn to dawning Lyrics:
1 We've a story to tell to the nations
That shall turn their hearts to the right,
A story of truth and mercy,
A story of peace and light,
A story of peace and light.
Chorus:
For the darkness shall turn to dawning,
And the dawning to noon-day bright,
And Christ's great kingdom shall come on earth,
The kingdom of love and light.
2 We've a song to be sung to the nations
That shall lift their hearts to the Lord,
A song that shall conquer evil,
And shatter the spear and sword,
And shatter the spear and sword. (Chorus)
3 We've a message to give to the nations
That the Lord who reigneth above
Hath sent us His Son to save us,
And show us that God is love,
And show us that God is love. (Chorus)
4 We've a Savior to show to the nations
Who the path of sorrow hath trod,
That all of the world's great peoples
Might come to the truth of God,
Might come to the truth of God. (Chorus)
Scripture: Isaiah 2:4 Languages: English Tune Title: [We've a story to tell to the nations]
We've a Story to Tell to the Nations
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