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What though no flowers the fig-tree clothe
Hymnal: Hymns for Christian Devotion #629 (1871) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Adversity, rejoicing in; Rejoicing in Adversity Languages: English
What though no flowers the fig-tree clothe
Naked as from the Earth we came
Hymnal: The Psalms of David #I.V (1766) Topics: Prosperity and Adversity Lyrics: 1 Naked, as from the Earth we came,
And crept to Life at first,
We to the Earth return again,
And mingle with our Dust.
2 The dear Delights we here enjoy,
And fondly call our own,
Are but short Favours borrow'd Now,
To be repaid Anon.
3 'Tis God that lifts our Comforts high,
Or sinks them in the Grave,
He gives, and (blessed by his Name)
He takes but what he gave.
4 Peace, all our angry Passions, then
Let each rebellious Sigh
Be silent at his Sov'reign Will,
And ev'ry Murmur die.
5 If smiling Mercy crown our Lives,
Its Praises shall be spread,
And we'll adore the Justice too
That strikes our Comforts dead. Scripture: Job 1:21 Languages: English
Naked as from the Earth we came
Lord, let your face shine on us
Author: The Grail Hymnal: Together in Song #2 (1999) Topics: Adversity First Line: When I call, answer me, O God of justice Scripture: Psalm 4 Languages: English Tune Title: GELINEAU PSALM 4
Lord, let your face shine on us
My God, my god, why have you abandoned me?
Author: ICEL Hymnal: Together in Song #9 (1999) Topics: Adversity First Line: All who see me deride me Scripture: Psalm 22 Languages: English Tune Title: PSALM 22
My God, my god, why have you abandoned me?
Beside the Great Cathedrals
Author: Daniel Charles Damon Hymnal: New Hymns of Hope #25 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Topics: Adversity Lyrics: 1 Beside the great cathedrals
we huddle in the rain,
or underneath the bridges
till busy folks complain.
We seek a little shelter,
a coin to buy some bread,
and Jesus waits here with us.
He shares our stony bed.
2 He sings on city sidewalks,
he sits on curbs alone,
he holds a sign and listens
for footsteps on the stone.
He sings down by the river,
a spiritual, a blues,
with mothers and with fathers
who pay no union dues.
3 Friend, have you seen him naked,
in prison, or in pain,
and have you seen him shivering
with us out in the rain?
Friend, have you seen him sleeping
outside cathedral doors,
and have you heard him singing
with those the world ignores?
4 Sit down with us and listen
to stories we can tell
of death and resurrection,
of heaven and of hell.
Then strive to love the beggars
who gather at your door,
and see in us our Savior,
the rabbi of the poor. Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46 Languages: English Tune Title: CHARTRES STREET
Beside the Great Cathedrals
O Church, be faithful
Author: Julie Tennent Hymnal: Discipleship Ministries Collection #25 Meter: Irregular Topics: Adversity First Line: O Church, be faithful, and persevere Languages: English Tune Title: PERSEVERANCE
O Church, be faithful
In Every Changing State of Mind
Author: Daniel Charles Damon Hymnal: New Hymns of Hope #29 Meter: 8.6.8.6 with refrain Topics: Adversity First Line: By grace we grasp a thread of hope Lyrics: Refrain:
In every changing state of mind
from ecstasy to deep despair,
the Spirit beckons till we find
the strength to pray, the will to care.
1 By grace we grasp a thread of hope
and walk the shifting sand,
until the thread becomes a rope
held fast by Jesus' hand. [Refrain]
2 In barren places we will sing
our dusty voices clear,
and by our daily choices, bring
God's healing presence near. [Refrain]
3 Yes, God is with is where we are,
and knows our deepest fear;
though seeming distant as a star,
our God, in Christ, is here. [Refrain] Scripture: Revelation 22:17 Languages: English Tune Title: HOLLY
In Every Changing State of Mind
All you nations, sing out your joy to the Lord
Author: Lucien Deiss, 1921 Hymnal: Together in Song #36 (1999) Topics: Adversity First Line: Joyfully shout, all you on earth Scripture: Psalm 66:1-12 Languages: English Tune Title: DEISS PSALM 66
All you nations, sing out your joy to the Lord
Sing to the Lord a new song
Hymnal: Together in Song #43 (1999) Topics: Adversity Scripture: Psalm 81 Tune Title: PSALM 81
Sing to the Lord a new song
Spirit of God, Descend upon My Heart
Author: George Croly, 1780-1860 Hymnal: Community of Christ Sings #48 (2013) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Topics: Adversity Languages: English Tune Title: MORECAMBE
Spirit of God, Descend upon My Heart
Bonum est confidere in Domino (It is good to trust in the Lord our God)
Hymnal: Together in Song #50 (1999) Topics: Adversity First Line: It is good to give thanks to the Lord Scripture: Psalm 92:1-5 Languages: English; Latin Tune Title: PSALM 92
Bonum est confidere in Domino (It is good to trust in the Lord our God)
Praise to God, immortal praise
Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship (6th ed.) #52 (1827) Topics: Praise to God in Prosperity and Adversity Scripture: Habakkuk 3:17-18 Languages: English
Praise to God, immortal praise
In Suffering Love the Thread of Life
Author: Rob Johns Hymnal: Celebrating Grace Hymnal #67 (2010) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Adversity Languages: English Tune Title: LAND OF REST
In Suffering Love the Thread of Life
Day by Day
Author: Caroline V. Sandell-Berg; A. L. Skoog Hymnal: Celebrating Grace Hymnal #72 (2010) Meter: 10.9.10.9.10.9.10.7 Topics: Adversity First Line: Day by day and with each passing moment Lyrics: 1 Day by day and with each passing moment,
strength I find to meet my trials here;
trusting in my Father’s wise bestowment,
I’ve no cause for worry or for fear.
He whose heart is kind beyond all measure
gives unto each day what he deems best–
lovingly, its part of pain and pleasure,
mingling toil with peace and rest.
2 Every day the Lord Himself is near me
with a special mercy for each hour;
all my cares He gladly bears and cheers me,
He whose name is Counselor and Power.
The protection of His child and treasure
is a charge that on Himself He laid;
“As your days, your strength shall be in measure,”
this the pledge to me He made.
3 Help me then in every tribulation
so to trust Your promises, O Lord,
that I lose not faith’s sweet consolation
offered me within Your holy Word.
Help me, Lord, when toil and trouble meeting,
e'er to take, as from a father’s hand,
one by one, the days, the moments fleeting,
till I reach the promised land. Languages: English Tune Title: BLOTT EN DAG
Day by Day
I to the hills will lift my eyes
Author: Granton Douglas Hay, 1943- Hymnal: Together in Song #76 (1999) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Adversity Scripture: Psalm 121 Languages: English Tune Title: FRENCH
I to the hills will lift my eyes
Now Israel may say, and that in truth
Hymnal: Together in Song #79 (1999) Meter: 10.10.10.10.10 Topics: Adversity Scripture: Psalm 124 Languages: English Tune Title: OLD 124TH
Now Israel may say, and that in truth
The Lord has done great things for us
Author: The Grail Hymnal: Together in Song #80 (1999) Topics: Adversity First Line: When the Lord delivered Zion from bondage Scripture: Psalm 126 Languages: English Tune Title: PSALM 126
The Lord has done great things for us
God in Whose Memory No One Is Lost (Forget-Me-Not Hymn)
Author: Shirley Erena Murray Hymnal: New Hymns of Hope #81 Meter: 10.7.10.10 Topics: Adversity First Line: God in whose memory no one is lost Lyrics: 1 God in whose memory no one is lost,
love that will seek and will find,
do not forget us when we forget you,
when we know fear in the mists of the mind.
2 Faces and places familiar are gone,
clouds of unknowing descend,
do not forget us when we forget you,
cared-for and carer have need of a friend.
3 Help us accept what we cannot repair,
though our hearts hunger and ache,
do not forget us when we forget you,
give us the strength not to flinch or forsake.
4 Memories moved to a world of their own
test all our faithful belief:
do not forget us when we forget you,
help us, each one in this shadow of grief.
5 Give us the grace of true kindness and touch,
patience to stay on this road,
do not forget us when we forget you,
Spirit of Jesus, compassion of God. Languages: English Tune Title: FORGET-ME-NOT
God in Whose Memory No One Is Lost (Forget-Me-Not Hymn)
With the Lord there is mercy
Author: The Grail Hymnal: Together in Song #81 (1999) Topics: Adversity First Line: Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord Scripture: Psalm 130 Languages: English Tune Title: PSALM 130
With the Lord there is mercy
Eternal Father, Strong to Save
Author: William Whiting Hymnal: Chalice Hymnal #85 (1995) Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Topics: Adversity Lyrics: 1 Eternal Father, strong to save,
whose arm has bound the restless wave,
who bid 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 Savior, whose almighty word
the winds and waves submissive heard,
who walked upon 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 Holy Spirit, who did brood
upon the chaos wild and rude,
and bid its angry tumult cease,
and gave, for fierce confusion, peace:
O hear us when we cry to thee
for those in peril on the sea.
4 O Trinity of love and power,
all travelers guard in danger's hour;
from rock and tempest, fire and foe,
protect them whereso'er they go:
thus evermore shall rise to thee
glad praise from air and land and sea. Languages: English Tune Title: MELITA
Eternal Father, Strong to Save
Hold Thou My Hands
Author: Colin Gibson Hymnal: New Hymns of Hope #105 Meter: 4.8.8.4.4 Topics: Adversity First Line: Hold thou my hands! Lyrics: 1 Hold thou my hands!
In grief or joy, in hope or fear,
Lord, let me feel that thou art near,
hold thou my hands,
hold thou my hands.
2 Hold thou my hands!
In fullness or in emptiiness,
Lord, comfort me in my distress,
hold thou my hands,
hold thou my hands.
3 Hold thou my hands!
In solitude or company,
Lord, at my side for ever be,
hold thou my hands,
hold thou my hands.
4 Hold thou my hands!
At every hour, in life or death,
Lord, be to me as close as breath,
hold thou my hands,
hold thou my hands. Scripture: Isaiah 42:6 Languages: English Tune Title: ASPINALL
Hold Thou My Hands
Through all the changing scenes of life
Author: Nahum Tate, 1652-1715; Nicholas Brady, 1659-1726 Hymnal: Together in Song #112 (1999) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Adversity Lyrics: 1 Through all the changing scenes of life,
in trouble and in joy,
the praises of my God shall still
my heart and tongue employ.
2 Of his deliverance I will boast,
till all that are distressed,
when learning this, will comfort take
and calm their griefs to rest.
3 O magnify the Lord with me,
with me exalt his name;
when in distress to him I called
he to my rescue came.
4 The hosts of God encamp around
the dwellings of the just;
deliverance he affords for all
who in his mercy trust.
5 O make but trial of his love;
experience will decide
how blest are they, and only they,
who in his truth confide.
6 Fear him, you saints, and you will then
have nothing else to fear;
if in his service you delight,
your wants shall be his care.
Scripture: 1 Peter 5:6-11 Languages: English Tune Title: WILTSHIRE
Through all the changing scenes of life
In Conflict, Turmoil, War, and Strife
Author: Cheryl McMurray Hymnal: New Hymns of Hope #124 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Adversity Lyrics: 1 In conflict, turmoil, war, and strife,
we see our loved ones fall.
We seek for justice, hope for life,
and pray for peace for all.
2 We weep for everyone who dies
as endless wars increase
and in their mem'ry realize
that we must work for peace.
3 Of all the lives cut short by strife,
we think of you, Lord Christ,
in awe recalling that your life
for us was sacrificed. Languages: English Tune Title: QI WANG
In Conflict, Turmoil, War, and Strife
Sometimes a light surprises
Author: William Cowper, 1731-1800 Hymnal: Together in Song #128 (1999) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Topics: Adversity Lyrics: 1 Sometimes a light surprises
the child of God who sings;
it is the Lord who rises
with healing in his wings;
when comforts are declining,
he grants the soul again
a season of clear shining
to cheer it after rain.
2 In holy contemplation,
we joyfully pursue
the theme of God’s salvation,
and find it ever new.
Set free from present sorrow,
we cheerfully can say:
'Now let the unknown morrow
bring with it what it may:
3 'it can bring with it nothing
but God will bear us through;
who gives the lilies clothing
will clothe his people, too;
beneath the spreading heavens
no creature but is fed,
and he who feeds the ravens
will give his children bread.'
4 Though vine nor fig-tree neither
their looked-for fruit should bear,
though all the field should wither,
nor flocks nor herds, be there,
yet, God the same abiding,
his praise shall tune my voice;
for while in him confiding
I cannot but rejoice.
Scripture: Habakkuk 3:17 Languages: English Tune Title: PETITION
Sometimes a light surprises
Lord, you have been our dwelling-place
Author: Thomas Hornblower Gill, 1819-1906 Hymnal: Together in Song #144 (1999) Meter: 8.7.87.8.8.7 Topics: Adversity Lyrics: 1 Lord, you have been our dwelling-place
in every generation;
your people have received your grace,
and blessed your consolation;
through every age you heard our cry;
through every age we found you nigh,
our strength and our salvation.
2 Persisting sins we long have wept,
your patience long have tested;
but steadfast faith in you we kept,
still to your name devoted:
for you have kept and loved us well,
and granted us in you to dwell,
from your love never parted.
3 Lord, nothing from your arms so sure
shall your own people sever;
our helper ever will endure,
God's love will fail us never.
Your people, Lord, have dwelt in you;
and you remain our dwelling true
for ever and for ever. Scripture: 1 Peter 2:1-8 Languages: English Tune Title: LUTHER
Lord, you have been our dwelling-place
Thank you for giving me the morning
Author: Martin Gotthard Schneider, 1930-; David Arthur Schubert, 1942 Hymnal: Together in Song #162 (1999) Meter: 9.8.9.5 Topics: Adversity Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:12-21 Languages: English Tune Title: THANK YOU
Thank you for giving me the morning
The Lord, how tender is his love
Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship (6th ed.) #172 (1827) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Trust in God in Prosperity and Adversity Languages: English
The Lord, how tender is his love
Peace Comes Crying (A Lament)
Author: Shirley Erena Murray Hymnal: New Hymns of Hope #187 Meter: 7.5.7.5 D Topics: Adversity First Line: Peace comes crying through the world Lyrics: 1 Peace comes crying through the world,
crying for her life,
gunfire shatters silent skies,
powers plot her grief;
childrens' children march to war,
wear the badge of death -
peace comes crying through the world,
crying for her life.
2 Violence is all we know,
all we see and hear,
terror strikes and stains the earth
hand in hand with fear,
children cradled as they die,
bloodied face of war,
violence is all we know
all we see and hear.
3 Let your passion pierce our hearts,
halt us in this storm,
God whose weaponry is love,
arms that will disarm!
Never let the evil win,
drag us to its norm,
let your passion pierce our hearts,
halt us in this storm!
4 Peace comes calling at our door,
justice is her claim,
When the fruits of peace are shared,
hope and history rhyme;
never let this hope be lost!
Hell has had its time;
peace comes calling at our door,
justice is her claim.
Scripture: Luke 19:41-42 Languages: English Tune Title: ROMATA
Peace Comes Crying (A Lament)
By the Babylonian Rivers
Author: Ewald Joseph Bash, 1924-1994; John Glaser, 1961-; Daniel Hameline Hymnal: Community of Christ Sings #198 (2013) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Topics: Adversity Scripture: Psalm 137:1-4 Languages: English; French; Spanish Tune Title: KAS DZIEDAJA
By the Babylonian Rivers
Senzeni Na?
Hymnal: Community of Christ Sings #200 (2013) Topics: Adversity First Line: Senzeni na? Senzeni na? Scripture: Psalm 123:3-4 Languages: English; Xhosa Tune Title: [Senzeni na? Senzeni na?]
Senzeni Na?
In you is gladness
Author: Johann Lindemann, 1549-1631; Henry F. W. Proeve, 1918-; David Arthur Schubert, 1942- Hymnal: Together in Song #200 (1999) Meter: 5.5.7.5.5.7.5.5.5.5.9.5.5.5.5.9 Topics: Adversity Scripture: 1 Peter 2:24-25 Languages: English Tune Title: IN DIR IST FREUDE
In you is gladness
How Long, O Lord
Author: Barbara Woollett, 1937- Hymnal: Community of Christ Sings #201 (2013) Topics: Adversity First Line: How long, O Lord, will you forget Scripture: Psalm 13 Languages: English Tune Title: HOW LONG
How Long, O Lord
Here Hangs a Man Discarded
Author: Brian Wren Hymnal: Chalice Hymnal #203 (1995) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Topics: Adversity Lyrics: 1 Here hangs a man discarded,
a scarecrow hoisted high,
a nonsense pointing nowhere
to all who hurry by.
2 Can such a clown of sorrows
still bring a useful word
when faith and love seem phantoms
and every hope absurd?
3 Yet here is help and comfort
for lives by comfort bound,
when drums of dazzling progress
give strangely hollow sound:
4 Life, emptied of all meaning,
drained out in bleak distress,
can share in broken silence
our deepest emptiness;
5 And love that freely entered
the pit of life's despair,
can name our hidden darkness
and suffer with us there.
6 Christ, in our darkness risen,
help all who long for light
to hold the hand of promise,
till faith receives its sight. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 Languages: English
Here Hangs a Man Discarded
The Storm Came to Honduras
Author: Carolyn Winfrey Gilette, 1961- Hymnal: Community of Christ Sings #204 (2013) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Topics: Adversity Scripture: Psalm 142:1-3 Languages: English Tune Title: LEXINGTON AVE.
The Storm Came to Honduras
When Senseless Violence
Author: Joy F. Patterson, 1931- Hymnal: Community of Christ Sings #205 (2013) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Topics: Adversity First Line: When senseless violence takes those we love Scripture: Psalm 130:1-6 Languages: English Tune Title: SURSUM CORDA
When Senseless Violence
Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley
Hymnal: Chalice Hymnal #211 (1995) Meter: 8.8.10.8 Topics: Adversity Lyrics: 1 Jesus walked this lonesome valley,
he had to walk it by himself;
O, nobody else could walk it for him,
he had to walk it by himself.
2 We must walk this lonesome valley,
we have to walk it by ourselves;
O, nobody else can walk it for us,
we have to walk it by ourselves.
3 You must go and stand your trial,
you have to stand it by yourself,
O, nobody else can stand it for you,
you have to stand it by yourself. Languages: English Tune Title: LONESOME VALLEY
Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley
When We Are Called to Sing
Author: Mary Nelson Keithahn, 1934- Hymnal: Community of Christ Sings #229 (2013) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Topics: Adversity First Line: When we are called to sing your praise Scripture: 2 Corinthians 2:14-16 Languages: English Tune Title: VOX DILECTI
When We Are Called to Sing
Come, thou long-expected Jesus
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-88 Hymnal: Together in Song #272 (1999) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Topics: Adversity Lyrics: 1 Come, thou long-expected Jesus,
born to set thy people free,
from our fears and sins release us,
let us find our rest in thee.
2 Israel's strength and consolation,
hope of all the earth thou art;
dear desire of every nation,
joy of every longing heart.
3 Born thy people to deliver,
born a child and yet a king,
born to reign in us for ever,
now thy gracious kingdom bring.
4 By thine own eternal Spirit
rule in all our hearts alone;
by thine all-sufficient merit
raise us to thy glorious throne. Scripture: Haggai 2:7 Languages: English Tune Title: STUTTGART
Come, thou long-expected Jesus
In Christ We Live
Author: Brian Wren, 1936- Hymnal: Community of Christ Sings #326 (2013) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Adversity First Line: In Christ we live, whose life was more Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 Languages: English Tune Title: O WALY WALY
In Christ We Live
Here, O Lord, Your Servants Gather
Author: Tokuo Yamaguchi, 1900-1995; Everett M. Stowe Hymnal: Community of Christ Sings #335 (2013) Topics: Adversity Refrain First Line: 7.5.7.5.D. Scripture: John 14:6 Languages: English Tune Title: TOKYO
Here, O Lord, Your Servants Gather
In the cross of Christ I glory
Author: Charles Louis Fouvy, 1928-; John Bowring, 1792-1872 Hymnal: Together in Song #349 (1999) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Topics: Adversity Lyrics: 1 In the cross of Christ I glory,
towering o'er the wrecks of time;
all the light of sacred story
gathers round its head sublime.
2 Through the cross, Christ's love empowers us
worldliness and self deny;
by his Spirit it inspires us
him, through love, to glorify.
3 When the woes of life o'ertake me,
hopes deceive and fears annoy,
never shall the cross forsake us,
from it shines our peace and joy.
4 Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure,
by the cross are sanctified;
peace is there that knows no measure,
joys that through all time abide.
5 In the cross of Christ I glory,
towering o'er the wrecks of time;
all the light of sacred story
gathers round its head sublime. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 2:1-10 Languages: English Tune Title: STUTTGART
In the cross of Christ I glory
Now Thank We All Our God
Author: Martin Rinkart; Catherine Winkworth Hymnal: Celebrating Grace Hymnal #371 (2010) Meter: 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6 Topics: Adversity 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;
to 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 heaven and earth adore,
for thus it was, is now,
and shall be evermore. Languages: English Tune Title: NUN DANKET
Now Thank We All Our God
For Such a Time As This
Author: Thomas A. Jackson Hymnal: Celebrating Grace Hymnal #396 (2010) Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Topics: Adversity First Line: For such a time as this, O Lord Scripture: Esther 4:14 Languages: English Tune Title: MELITA
For Such a Time As This
Jesus, Walk Beside Me
Author: Mary R. Bittner Hymnal: Celebrating Grace Hymnal #398 (2010) Meter: 6.6.5.6.6.5.7.8.6 Topics: Adversity Languages: English Tune Title: BEULAH
Jesus, Walk Beside Me
Precious Lord, Take My Hnad
Author: Thomas A. Dorsey Hymnal: Celebrating Grace Hymnal #400 (2010) Meter: Irregular Topics: Adversity First Line: Precious Lord, take my hand Languages: English Tune Title: PRECIOUS LORD
Precious Lord, Take My Hnad
Lord, keep us steadfast in your word
Author: Martin Luther, 1483-1546; Catherine Winkworth, 1827-78 Hymnal: Together in Song #436 (1999) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Adversity Lyrics: 1 Lord, keep us steadfast in your word;
curb those who by deceit or sword
would wrest the kingdom from your Son
and bring to nothing all he's done.
2 Lord Jesus Christ, your power make known,
for you are Lord of lords alone;
defend your holy church that we
may sing your praise eternally.
3 O Comforter of priceless worth,
grant one mind to our flock on earth;
support us in our final strife,
and lead us out of death to life. Scripture: 1 John 3:14-17 Languages: English Tune Title: ERHALT UNS, HERR
Lord, keep us steadfast in your word
Your hand, O God, has guided
Author: Edward Hayes Plumptre, 1821-91 Hymnal: Together in Song #456 (1999) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Topics: Adversity Lyrics: 1 Your hand, O God, has guided
your flock from age to age;
the wondrous tale is written
full clear, on every page.
your people owed your goodness,
and we their deeds accord;
and both of this bear witness:
one church, one faith, one Lord.
2 Your heralds brought glad tidings
to greatest, as to least;
they bade them rise, and hasten
to share the great king's feast;
and this was all their teaching,
in every deed and word,
to all alike proclaiming
one church, one faith, one Lord.
3 Through many a day of darkness,
through many a scene of strife,
the faithful few fought bravely
to guard the nation's life.
Their gospel of redemption,
sin pardoned, earth restored,
was all in this enfolded:
one church, one faith, one Lord.
4 Your mercy will not fail us,
nor leave your work undone;
with your right hand to help us
the victory shall be won;
and then by all creation
your name shall be adored,
and this shall be our anthem:
one church, one faith, one Lord. Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-6 Languages: English Tune Title: THORNBURY
Your hand, O God, has guided
Seek, O seek the Lord, while he is near
Author: James Phillip McAuley, 1917-76 Hymnal: Together in Song #464 (1999) Meter: 7.7.7.5 with refrain Topics: Adversity First Line: God be with us in our lives Scripture: 1 John 3:14-17 Languages: English Tune Title: VENANTIUS
Seek, O seek the Lord, while he is near
There Is a Balm in Gilead
Hymnal: Chalice Hymnal #501 (1995) Meter: Irregular Topics: Adversity First Line: Sometimes I feel discouraged Lyrics:
There is a balm in Gilead
to make the wounded whole;
there is a balm in Gilead
to heal the sin-sick soul.
1 Sometimes I feel discouraged,
and think my work’s in vain,
but then the Holy Spirit
revives my soul again.
There is a balm in Gilead
to make the wounded whole;
there is a balm in Gilead
to heal the sin-sick soul.
2 If you cannot preach like Peter,
if you cannot pray like Paul,
you can tell the love of Jesus,
and say "He died for all!"
There is a balm in Gilead
to make the wounded whole;
there is a balm in Gilead
to heal the sin-sick soul.
3 Don't ever feel discouraged,
for Jesus is your friend;
and if you lack for knowledge
he'll ne'er refuse to lend.
There is a balm in Gilead
to make the wounded whole;
there is a balm in Gilead
to heal the sin-sick soul. Scripture: Jeremiah 8:22 Languages: English Tune Title: BALM IN GILEAD
There Is a Balm in Gilead
Strong, Gentle Children
Author: Dan Damon Hymnal: Chalice Hymnal #511 (1995) Meter: 5.6.10 D Topics: Adversity Lyrics: 1 Strong, gentle children,
God made you beautiful,
gave you the wisdom and power you need;
speak in the stillness
all you are looking for;
live out your calling to love and to lead.
2 Strong, hurting children,
angry and terrified,
open the secrets your life has concealed;
though you are wounded,
know you are not to blame;
cry out your story till truth is revealed.
3 Strong, knowing children,
utter your cry aloud,
honor the wisdom God gave you at birth;
speak to your elders
till they have heard your voice;
sing out your vision of healing on earth. Languages: English Tune Title: TWILIGHT
Strong, Gentle Children
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