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Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound
Author: John Newton, 1725-1807; Jacques de Réland; Josephine S. (Konwenne) Day; Wing-Hee Heyward Wong; Chirstopher Cheung; Megumi Hara; Haruo Harold Aihara Hymnal: Voices United #266 (1996) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Advent 3 Year C; Epiphany 5 Year C; Lent 3 Year C; Trinity Sunday Year C; Trinity Sunday Year C; Proper 14 Year C; Proper 19 Year C Lyrics: 1 Amazing grace, How sweet the sound
that saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,
was blind, but now I see.
2 'Twas grace first taught my heart to fear
and grace my fears relieved;
how precious did that grace appear
the hour I first believed!
3 Through many dangers, toils, and snares,
I have already come;
'tis grace that brought me safe thus far,
and grace will lead me home.
4 The Lord has promised good to me,
this word my hope secures;
God will my shield and portion be
as long as life endures.
5 When we've been there ten thousand years
bright shining as the sun,
we've no less days to sing God's praise
than when we'd first begun. Languages: Chinese; Cree; English; French; Inuktitut; Japanese; Mohawk; Ojibway Tune Title: AMAZING GRACE (NEW BRITAIN)
Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound
O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing
Author: Charles Wesley Hymnal: Voices United #326 (1996) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Advent 3 Year C; Epiphany 3 Year C; Epiphany 9 Year C; Easter 2 Year C; Easter 3 Year C; Proper 4 Year C; Proper 5 Year C; Proper 10 Year C; Proper 23 Year C; Proper 27 Year C; Proper 28 Year C; Reign of Christ Year C Lyrics: 1 O for a thousand tongues to sing
my great Redeemer's praise,
the glories of my God and king,
the triumphs of God's grace.
2 Jesus! the name that charms our fears,
that bids our sorrows cease;
'tis music in the sinner's ears,
'tis life and health and peace.
3 He speaks, and listening to his voice,
new life the dead receive,
the mournful broken hearts rejoice,
the humble poor believe.
4 Hear him, you deaf, you voiceless ones,
your tongues again employ;
you blind, behold your Saviour comes,
and leap, you lame, for joy!
5 My gracious Master and my God,
assist me to proclaim,
to spread through all the earth abroad
the honours of your name. Tune Title: AZMON
O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
Author: Charles Wesley Hymnal: Voices United #333 (1996) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Topics: Advent 2 Year C; Epiphany 3 Year C; Epiphany 9 Year C; Epiphany Last/Transfig. Year C; Lent 4 Year C; Easter 5 Year C; Pentecost Year C; Proper 5 Year C; Proper 6 Year C Lyrics: 1 Love divine, all loves excelling,
joy of heaven, to earth come down,
fix in us thy humble dwelling,
all thy faithful mercies crown.
Jesus, thou art all compassion,
pure, unbounded love thou art;
visit us with thy salvation,
enter every trembling heart.
2 Come, almighty to deliver,
let us all thy life receive;
suddenly return, and never,
nevermore thy temples leave.
Thee we would be always blessing,
serve thee as thy hosts above,
pray, and praise thee, without ceasing,
glory in thy perfect love.
3 Finish then thy new creation;
pure and spotless let us be;
let us see thy great salvation
perfectly restored in thee,
changed from glory into glory,
till in heaven we take our place,
till we cast our crowns before thee,
lost in wonder, love, and praise.
Languages: English Tune Title: HYFRYDOL
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
At the Name of Jesus
Author: Caroline Maria Noel Hymnal: Voices United #335 (1996) Meter: 11.11.11.11 Topics: Advent 3 Year C; Baptism of Jesus Year C; Epiphany Last/Transfig. Year C; Lent 1 Year C; Palm/Passion Sunday Year C; Proper 4 Year C; Proper 9 Year C; Proper 20 Year C; Reign of Christ Year C First Line: At the name of Jesus every knee shall bow Lyrics: 1 At the Name of Jesus every knee shall bow,
every tongue confess him King of glory now;
'tis our God's great pleasure we should call him Lord,
who from the beginning was the mighty Word.
2 Humbled for a season to receive a name
from the lips of sinners unto whom he came,
faithfully he bore it, spotless to the last,
brought it back victorious when from death he passed.
3 Name him, Christians, name him, with love strong as death,
but with awe and wonder, and with bated breath;
he is God the Saviour, he is Christ the Lord,
ever to be worshipped, trusted, and adored.
4 In your hearts enthrone him; there let him subdue
all that is not holy, all that is not true;
crown him as your Captain in temptation's hour;
let his will enfold you in its light and power.
5 Christians, this Lord Jesus shall return again,
with his Father's glory, with his angel train;
for all wreaths of empire meet upon his brow,
and our hearts confess him King of Glory now.
Languages: English Tune Title: KING'S WESTON
At the Name of Jesus
O Love, How Deep
Author: Benjamin Webb Hymnal: Voices United #348 (1996) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Epiphany 6 Year C; Epiphany Last/Transfig. Year C; Lent 1 Year C; Lent 2 Year C; Lent 4 Year C; Holy Thursday Year C; Easter 4 Year C; Easter 7 Year C First Line: O Love, how deep, how broad, how high! Lyrics: 1 O Love, how deep, how broad, how high!
It fills the heart with ecstasy,
that God, in Jesus Christ, should take
our mortal form for mortals' sake.
2 God sent no angel to our race
of higher or of lower place,
but wore the robe of human frame,
and freely to this lost world came.
3 For us he was baptized, and bore
a holy fast, and hungered sore;
for us temptations sharply knew;
for us the tempter overthrew.
4 For us he prayed; for us he taught;
for us great daily works were wrought,
by words, and signs, and actions, thus
still seeking not himself, but us.
5 For us to wicked foes betrayed,
scourged, mocked, in purple robe arrayed,
he bore the shameful cross and death;
for us at length gave up his breath.
6 For us he rose from death again,
for us he went on high to reign,
for us he sent his Spirit here
to guide, to strengthen, and to cheer.
7 To God whose boundless love has won
salvation for us through the Son,
to God all praise and glory be
both now and through eternity. Languages: English Tune Title: PUER NOBIS NASCITUR
O Love, How Deep
Hail to God's Own Anointed
Author: James Montgomery Hymnal: Voices United #30 (1996) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Topics: Advent 3 Year C; Epiphany Year C; Epiphany Last/Transfig. Year C; Lent 5 Year C; Proper 27 Year C; Reign of Christ Year C Lyrics: 1 Hail to God's own anointed,
great David's greater Son!
Hail, in the time appointed,
God's reign on earth begun!
Christ comes to break oppression,
to set the captive free;
to take away transgression,
and rule in equity.
2 Christ comes with justice surely
to those who suffer wrong,
to help the poor and needy,
and bid the weak be strong,
to give them songs for sighing,
their darkness turn to light,
whose souls, condemned and dying,
are precious in his sight.
3 Christ shall come down like showers
upon the fruitful earth,
and love, joy, hope, like flowers,
spring in his path to birth.
Before him on the mountains
shall peace, the herald, go,
and righteousness in fountains
from hill to valley flow.
4 To him shall prayer unceasing
and daily vows ascend,
his kingdom still increasing,
a kingdom without end.
The tide of time shall never
his covenant remove.
His name shall stand for ever:
that name to us is Love.
Languages: English Tune Title: CRÜGER
Hail to God's Own Anointed
Of the Father's Love Begotten
Author: John Mason Neale; Aurelius Clemens Prudentius Hymnal: Voices United #61 (1996) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.7.7 Topics: Advent 3 Year C; Christmas Day 2 Year C; Baptism of Jesus Year C; Easter 4 Year C; Proper 28 Year C; Reign of Christ Year C; Reign of Christ Year C Lyrics: 1 Of the Father's love begotten,
ere the worlds began to be,
Christ is Alpha and Omega,
Christ the source, the ending he,
of the things that are and have been,
and that future years shall see,
evermore and evermore.
2 At his word the worlds were framed.
He commanded, it was done:
heaven and earth and depths of ocean
in their threefold order one;
all that grows beneath the shining
of the moon and burning sun,
evermore and evermore.
3 O that birth for ever blessèd!
When the Virgin, full of grace,
by the Holy Ghost conceiving,
bare the Saviour of our race,
and the babe, the world's redeemer,
first revealed his sacred face,
evermore and evermore.
4 This is he whom seers in old time
chanted of with one accord,
whom the voices of the prophets
promised in their faithful word;
now he shines, the long-expected;
let creation praise its Lord,
evermore and evermore.
5 O ye heights of heaven, adore him;
angel hosts, his praises sing;
powers, dominions, bow before him,
and extol our God and King;
let no tongue on earth be silent,
every voice in concert ring,
evermore and evermore.
6 Christ, to thee with God most blessèd,
and, O Holy Ghost, to thee,
hymn and chant and high thanksgiving,
and unwearied praises be,
honour, glory, and dominion
and eternal victory,
evermore and evermore. Languages: English Tune Title: DIVINUM MYSTERIUM
Of the Father's Love Begotten
O Jesus, I Have Promised
Author: John Ernest Bode Hymnal: Voices United #120 (1996) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Topics: Epiphany Last/Transfig. Year C; Lent 3 Year C; Easter 3 Year C; Proper 7 Year C; Proper 9 Year C; Proper 17 Year C; Proper 20 Year C Lyrics: 1 O Jesus, I have promised
to serve you to the end;
remain for ever near me,
my Saviour and my friend:
I shall not fear the journey
if you are by my side,
not wander from the pathway
if you will be my guide.
2 O let me feel you near me:
the world is ever near;
I see the sights that dazzle,
the tempting sounds I hear;
my foes are ever near me,
around me and within;
but, Jesus, then draw nearer
and shield my soul from sin.
3 O let me hear you speaking
in accents clear and still,
above the storms of passion,
the murmurs of self-will;
O speak to reassure me,
to hasten or control;
now speak, and make me listen,
O guardian of my soul.
4 O Jesus, you have promised
to all who follow you,
that where you are in glory
your servant shall be too.
And, Jesus, I have promised
to serve you to the end:
O give me grace to follow,
my Saviour and my friend. Languages: English Tune Title: DAY OF REST
O Jesus, I Have Promised
Rejoice, the Lord Is King
Author: Charles Wesley Hymnal: Voices United #213 (1996) Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Topics: Advent 1 Year C; Advent 3 Year C; Epiphany 6 Year C; Easter 2 Year C; Proper 5 Year C; Proper 13 Year C; Reign of Christ Year C; Thanksgiving Year C First Line: Rejoice, the Lord is King! Lyrics: 1 Rejoice, the Lord is King!
Your risen Lord adore!
Rejoice, give thanks and sing
and triumph evermore:
[Refrain:]
Lift up your heart, lift up your voice;
rejoice; again I say, rejoice!
2 Jesus the Saviour reigns,
the God of truth and love;
when he had purged our sins,
he took his seat above. [Refrain]
3 God's kingdom cannot fail;
Christ rules o'er earth and heaven;
the keys of death and hell
are to our Jesus given. [Refrain]
4 Rejoice in glorious hope,
for Christ, the Judge, shall come
to glorify the saints
for their eternal home:
We then shall hear the archangel's voice;
the trump of God shall sound, rejoice! Languages: English Tune Title: DARWALL
Rejoice, the Lord Is King
Hope of the World
Author: Georgia Elma Harkness Hymnal: Voices United #215 (1996) Meter: 11.10.11.10 Topics: Advent 4 Year C; Epiphany 6 Year C; Lent 5 Year C; All Saints Year C; Proper 28 Year C First Line: Hope of the world, O Christ of great compasssion Lyrics: 1 Hope of the world, O Christ of great compassion,
speak to our fearful hearts by conflict rent;
save us, your people, from consuming passion,
who by our own false hopes and aims are spent.
2 Hope of the world, God's gift from highest heaven,
bringing to hungry souls the bread of life,
still let your Spirit unto us be given
to heal earth's wounds and end our bitter strife.
3 Hope of the world, afoot on dusty highways,
showing to wandering souls the path of light:
walk now beside us lest the tempting byways
lure us away from you to endless night.
4 Hope of the world, who by your cross has saved us
from death and dark despair, from sin and guilt:
we render back the love your mercy gave us;
take now our lives, with them your kingdom build.
5 Hope of the world, O Christ, o'er death victorious,
who by this sign did conquer grief and pain,
we would be faithful to your gospel glorious.
You are our Lord! You shall forever reign! Languages: English Tune Title: DONNE SECOURS
Hope of the World
Sing Praise to God, Who Reigns Above
Author: Johann Jacob Schütz; Frances Elizabeth Cox Hymnal: Voices United #216 (1996) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Topics: Lent 1 Year C; Lent 5 Year C; Proper 13 Year C; Proper 18 Year C; Proper 19 Year C; Proper 20 Year C; Proper 26 Year C; All Saints Year C; Proper 27 Year C; Thanksgiving Year C Lyrics: 1 Sing praise to God who reigns above,
the God of all creation,
the God of power, the God of love,
the God of our salvation;
with healing balm my soul is filled,
and every faithless murmur stilled:
to God all praise and glory!
2 What God's almighty power hath made,
God's gracious mercy keepeth:
by morning glow or evening shade
God's watchful eye ne'er sleepeth;
within the shelter of God's might, lo!
all is just and all is right:
to God all praise and glory!
3 Our God is never far away,
but through all grief distressing,
an ever-present help and stay,
our peace, and joy, and blessing;
as with a mother's tender hand,
God gently leads the chosen band:
to God all praise and glory!
4 Thus all my gladsome way along,
I sing aloud thy praises
that all may hear the grateful song
my voice unwearied raises.
Be joyful in your God, my heart!
Both soul and body take your part:
to God all praise and glory! Languages: English Tune Title: MIT FREUDEN ZART
Sing Praise to God, Who Reigns Above
God is our strength from days of old
Author: Michael Forster, b. 1946 Hymnal: Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #220 (2000) Meter: 8.7.8.7.6.6.6.6.7 Topics: Year C Baptism of Christ; Year C Easter 2; Year C Easter 5; Year C Easter 7; Year C Lent 2; Year C Palm Sunday: Liturgy of the Passion; Year C Proper 25; Years A, B, and C Christmas 2 Scripture: 1 John 1:1 Languages: English Tune Title: EIN FESTE BURG
God is our strength from days of old
Now Thank We All Our God
Author: Martin Rinckart; Catherine Winkworth; Flossette du Pasquier Hymnal: Voices United #236 (1996) Meter: 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6 Topics: Advent 3 Year C; Proper 5 Year C; Proper 8 Year C; Proper 12 Year C; Proper 13 Year C; Proper 20 Year C; Proper 24 Year C; Reign of Christ Year C; Thanksgiving Year C First Line: Now thank we all our God (Louons le Créateur) Lyrics: 1 Now thank we all our God,
with heart, and hands, and voices,
who wondrous things has done,
in whom this world rejoices;
who from our mothers' arms
has 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 strong in 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
for all that has been given,
the Son, and Spirit blest
who dwell in highest heaven,
the one eternal God,
whom heaven and earth adore;
for thus it was, is now,
and shall be, evermore.
French:
1 Louons le Créateur,
chantons à Dieu louanges!
Et joignons notre voix
au concert de ses anges!
Dès les bras maternels
il nous a protégés
et, jusqu'au dernier jour,
il est notre berger.
2 Loué soit notre Dieu!
Que notre vie entière
tous nous vivions joyeux
sous le regard du Père;
qu'il nous tienne en sa grâce
et nous guide toujours,
nous garde du malheur
par son unique amour.
3 De ce Dieu trois fois saint
qui règne dans la gloire,
chrétiens, empressons-nous
de chanter la victoire;
c'est lui qui nous unit
et nous fait retrouver
le chemin de l'amour
et de la liberté. Languages: English; French Tune Title: NUN DANKET
Now Thank We All Our God
There's a Wideness in God's Mercy
Author: Frederick William Faber Hymnal: Voices United #271 (1996) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Topics: Lent 3 Year C; Lent 4 Year C; Easter 7 Year C; Proper 6 Year C; Proper 8 Year C; Proper 13 Year C; Proper 19 Year C; Proper 24 Year C; Proper 26 Year C Lyrics: 1 There's a wideness in God's mercy
like the wideness of the sea;
there's a kindness in God's justice
which is more than liberty.
2 There is no place where earth's sorrows
are more felt than up in heaven;
there is no place where earth's failings
have such gracious judgement given.
3 There is plentiful redemption
in the blood that Christ has shed;
there is joy for all the members
in the sorrows of the Head.
4 Troubled souls, why will you scatter
like a crowd of frightened sheep?
Foolish hearts, why will you wander
from a love so true and deep?
5 For the love of God is broader
than the measures of the mind,
and the heart of the Eternal
is most wonderfully kind. Tune Title: GOTT WILL'S MACHEN
There's a Wideness in God's Mercy
Jesus Shall Reign
Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: Voices United #330 (1996) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Epiphany Year C; Epiphany 3 Year C; Epiphany 3 Year C; Ascension Year C; Proper 4 Year C; Proper 6 Year C; Reign of Christ Year C First Line: Jesus shall reign where'er the sun Lyrics: 1 Jesus shall reign where e'er the sun
does its successive journeys run;
his kingdom stretch from shore to shore,
till moons shall wax and wane no more.
2 People and realms of every tongue
dwell on his love with sweetest song,
and infant voices shall proclaim
their early blessings on his name.
3 Blessings abound wheree'er he reigns:
and prisoners leap to lose their chains;
the weary find eternal rest,
and all who suffer want are blest.
4 Let every creature rise and bring
peculiar honours to our King,
angels descend with songs again,
and earth repeat the loud Amen! Languages: English Tune Title: DUKE STREET
Jesus Shall Reign
All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name
Author: Edward Perronet Hymnal: Voices United #334 (1996) Meter: 8.6.8 with refrain Topics: Epiphany 2 Year C; Lent 5 Year C; Easter 3 Year C; Easter 4 Year C; Ascension Year C; All Saints Year C; Reign of Christ Year C; Thanksgiving Year C First Line: All hail the power of Jesus' name! Lyrics: 1 All hail the power of Jesus' name!
Let angels prostrate fall;
bring forth the royal diadem,
[Refrain:]
and crown him, crown him, crown him,
crown him Lord of all.
2 O seed of Israel's chosen race
now ransomed from the fall,
hail him who saves you by his grace [Refrain]
3 Crown him, you martyrs of your God,
who from his altar call:
praise him whose way of pain you trod, [Refrain]
4 Let every tongue and every tribe,
responsive to the call,
to him all majesty ascribe, [Refrain]
5 O that, with all the sacred throng,
we at his feet may fall;
join in the everlasting song, [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: MILES LANE
All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name
Give to the Winds Your Fears
Author: Paul Gerhardt; John Wesley Hymnal: Voices United #636 (1996) Topics: Epiphany 6 Year C; Lent 2 Year C; Lent 4 Year C; Proper 5 Year C; Proper 7 Year C; Proper 10 Year C; Proper 14 Year C; Proper 15 Year C; Proper 22 Year C; Reign of Christ Year C Lyrics: 1 Give to the winds your fears.
Hope and be undismayed.
God hears your sighs and counts your tears.
God shall lift up your head,
God shall lift up your head.
2 Through waves and clouds and storms,
God gently clears your way.
Wait for the time, so shall this night
soon end in joyous day,
soon end in joyous day.
3 Even though you do not rule,
yet heaven and earth and hell
proclaim God sits upon the throne,
and rules o'er all things well,
and rules o'er all things well.
4 Your everlasting truth,
O God, your ceaseless love,
sees all your children's wants, and knows
what best for each will prove,
what best for each will prove. Languages: English Tune Title: HANTS
Give to the Winds Your Fears
Be Thou My Vision
Author: Mary Elizabeth Byrne; Eleanor H. Hull Hymnal: Voices United #642 (1996) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Topics: Lent 5 Year C; Lent 5 Year C; Easter 2 Year C; Trinity Sunday Year C; Proper 8 Year C; Proper 11 Year C; Proper 14 Year C; Proper 15 Year C; Proper 16 Year C; Proper 18 Year C; Proper 26 Year C First Line: Be thou my vision, O joy of my heart Lyrics: 1 Be thou my vision, O joy of my heart;
naught be all else to me, save that thou art,
thou my best thought, by day or by night,
waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.
2 Be thou my wisdom, my calm in all strife;
I ever with thee, and thou in my life;
thou loving parent, thy child may I be,
thou in me dwelling, and I one with thee.
3 Be thou my battle shield, sword for the fight;
be thou my dignity, thou my delight,
thou my soul's shelter, thou my high tower;
raise thou my heavenward, O power of my power.
4 Riches I heed not, nor vain empty praise,
thou mine inheritance, now and always;
thou and thou only, first in my heart,
great God of heaven, my treasure thou art.
5 Great God of heaven, after victory won,
may I reach heaven's joys, O bright heaven's sun!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
still be my vision, O ruler of all. Languages: English Tune Title: SLANE
Be Thou My Vision
Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah (Guide-moi, Berger fidèle)
Author: Peter Williams; William Williams; Flosette du Pasquier Hymnal: Voices United #651 (1996) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 with repeat Topics: Baptism of Jesus Year C; Lent 3 Year C; Proper 7 Year C; Proper 13 Year C; Proper 13 Year C; Thanksgiving Year C Lyrics: 1 Guide me, O thou great Jehovah,
pilgrim through this barren land;
I am weak, but thou art mighty;
hold me with thy powerful hand;
Bread of heaven, Bread of heaven,
feed me till I want no more,
feed me till I want no more.
2 Open now the crystal fountain
whence the healing stream doth flow;
let the fire and cloudy pillar
lead me all my journey through.
Strong Deliverer, strong Deliverer,
be thou still my strength and shield,
be thou still my strength and shield.
3 When I tread the verge of Jordan,
bid my anxious fears subside;
death of death, and hell's destruction,
land me safe on Canaan's side:
songs of praises, songs of praises
I will ever give to thee,
I will ever give to thee. Languages: English; French Tune Title: CWM RHONDDA
Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah (Guide-moi, Berger fidèle)
How Firm a Foundation
Author: "K" Hymnal: Voices United #660 (1996) Meter: 11.11.11.11 Topics: Baptism of Jesus Year C; Epiphany 4 Year C; Epiphany 5 Year C; Epiphany 8 Year C; Lent 2 Year C; Lent 4 Year C; Proper 14 Year C; Proper 17 Year C; Proper 18 Year C; Proper 26 Year C; All Saints Year C First Line: How firm a foundation, you servants of God Lyrics: 1 How firm a foundation, you servants of God,
is laid for your faith in his excellent word!
What more can be said than to you has been said,
to you who for refuge to Jesus have fled?
2 "Fear not, I am with you; O be not dismayed!
For I am your God and will still give you aid;
I'll strengthen and help you, and cause you to stand,
upheld by my righteous omnipotent hand.
3 "When through the deep waters I call you to go,
the rivers of sorrow shall not overflow;
for I will be with you, your troubles to bless,
and sanctify to you your deepest distress.
4 "When through fiery trials your pathway shall lie,
my grace, all-sufficient, shall be your supply:
the flame shall not hurt you, I only design
your dross to consume, and your gold to refine.
5 "The soul that on Jesus has leaned for repose
I will not -- I will not desert to his foes;
that soul, though all hell should endeavour to shake,
I'll never -- no, never -- no, never forsake!" Languages: English Tune Title: ST DENIO
How Firm a Foundation
Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus
Author: Charles Wesley Hymnal: Voices United #2 (1996) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Topics: Advent 1 Year C; Advent 2 Year C; Advent 3 Year C; Advent 4 Year C; Proper 14 Year C; Proper 27 Year C 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 forever,
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.
Languages: English Tune Title: STUTTGART
Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus
All my hope on God is founded
Author: Robert Bridges, 1844-1930; Joachim Neander, 1650-1680 Hymnal: Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #19 (2000) Meter: 8.7.8.7.3.3.7 Topics: Year C Lent 1; Year C Proper 17; Year C Proper 21; Year C Proper 23; Year C Proper 24; Year C Proper 7; Years A, B, and C Day of Thanksgiving for Holy Communion; Years A, B, and C Easter Vigil; Years A, B, and C Maundy Thursday Lyrics: 1 All my hope on God is founded;
he doth still my trust renew.
Me through change and chance he guideth,
only good and only true.
God unknown, he alone
calls my heart to be his own.
2 Human pride and earthly glory,
sword and crown betray his trust;
what with care and toil he buildeth,
tow'r and temple, fall to dust.
But God's power, hour by hour,
is my temple and my towe'r.
3 God's great goodness aye endureth,
deep his wisdom, passing thought:
splendour, light and life attend him,
beauty springeth out of naught.
Evermore, from his store
new-born worlds rise and adore.
4 Still from earth to God eternal
sacrifice of praise be done,
high above all praises praising
for the gift of Christ his Son.
Christ doth call one and all:
ye who follow shall not fall. Scripture: 1 Peter 1:21 Languages: English Tune Title: MICHAEL
All my hope on God is founded
Joy to the World
Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: Voices United #59 (1996) Meter: 8.6.8.6 with repeat Topics: Advent 3 Year C; Advent 4 Year C; Christmas Eve Year C; Christmas Day 1 Year C; Christmas Day 2 Year C First Line: Joy to the world! the Lord is come Lyrics: 1 Joy to the world! the Lord is come:
let earth receive her King!
Let every heart prepare him room,
and heaven and nature sing,
and heaven and nature sing,
and heaven, and heaven and nature sing.
2 Joy to the world! the Savior reigns:
let all their songs employ,
while fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains,
repeat the sounding joy,
repeat the sounding joy,
repeat, repeat the sounding joy.
3 No more let sins and sorrows grow,
nor thorns infest the ground:
he comes to make his blessings flow
far as the curse is found,
far as the curse is found,
far as, far as the curse is found.
4 He rules the earth with truth and grace,
and makes the nations prove
the glories of his righteousness
and wonders of his love,
and wonders of his love,
and wonders, wonders of his love. Languages: English Tune Title: ANTIOCH
Joy to the World
Songs of Thankfulness and Praise
Author: Christopher Wordsworth Hymnal: Voices United #101 (1996) Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Topics: Epiphany 2 Year C; Epiphany 8 Year C; Epiphany 9 Year C; Lent 2 Year C Lyrics: 1 Songs of thankfulness and praise,
Jesus Christ, to you we raise,
manifested by the star,
to the sages from afar;
branch of royal David's stem
in your birth at Bethlehem;
anthems be to you addressed
God in flesh made manifest.
2 Manifest at Jordan's stream,
Prophet, Priest and King supreme;
and at Cana wedding-guest
in your Godhead manifest;
manifest in power divine,
changing water into wine:
anthems be to you addressed
God in flesh made manifest.
3 Manifest in making whole
palsied limbs and fainting soul;
manifest in valiant fight,
quelling all the devil's might;
manifest in gracious will,
ever bringing good from ill:
anthems be to you addressed
God in flesh made manifest.
4 Grant us grace to see you, Lord,
mirrored in your holy Word;
with your grace our lives endow,
grace to imitate you now,
that we like to you may be
at your great epiphany;
anthems be to you addressed
God in flesh made manifest. Languages: English Tune Title: SALZBURG (HINTZE)
Songs of Thankfulness and Praise
Ah, Holy Jesus
Author: Robert Seymour Bridges; Johann H. Heermann Hymnal: Voices United #138 (1996) Meter: 11.11.11.5 Topics: Palm/Passion Sunday Year C; Holy Thursday Year C; Good Friday Year C First Line: Ah, holy Jesus, how have you offended Lyrics: 1 Ah, holy Jesus, how have you offended,
that we to judge you have in hate pretended?
By foes derided, by your own rejected,
O most afflicted.
2 Who was the guilty? Who brought this upon you?
Alas, my treason, Jesus, has undone you;
yes, I, Lord Jesus, I it was denied you;
I crucified you.
3 Lo, the good shepherd for the sheep is offered;
the slave is guilty, yet the Son has suffered;
for our atonement, we nothing heeded,
God interceded.
4 For me, kind Jesus, was your incarnation,
your mortal sorrow, and your life's oblation,
your death of anguish and your bitter passion,
for my salvation.
5 Therefore, kind Jesus, since I cannot pay you,
I do adore you, and will ever pray you,
think on your pity and your love unswerving,
not my deserving. Languages: English Tune Title: HERZLIEBSTER JESU
Ah, Holy Jesus
What Wondrous Love Is This
Author: Claude Rozier Hymnal: Voices United #147 (1996) Meter: 12.9.12.9 Topics: Epiphany 8 Year C; Lent 4 Year C; Lent 5 Year C; Holy Thursday Year C; Easter 3 Year C; Proper 6 Year C First Line: What wondrous love is this, O my soul (Ô merveilleux amour pour ma vie) Lyrics: 1 What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul,
what wondrous love is this, O my soul!
What wondrous love is this that caused the Lord of bliss
to bear the dreadful curse for my soul, for my soul,
to bear the dreadful curse for my soul.
2 What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul,
what wondrous love is this, O my soul!
What wondrous love is this, that caused the Lord of life
to lay aside his crown for my soul, for my soul,
to lay aside his crown for my soul.
3 To God and to the Lamb, I will sing, I will sing,
to God and to the Lamb, I will sing:
to God and to the Lamb who is the great I AM,
while millions join the theme I will sing, I will sing;
while millions join the theme I will sing.
4 And when from death I’m free, I’ll sing on, I’ll sing on,
and when from death I’m free, I’ll sing on;
and when from death I’m free, I’ll sing and joyful be,
and through eternity I’ll sing on, I’ll sing on;
And through eternity I’ll sing on. Languages: English; French Tune Title: WONDROUS LOVE
What Wondrous Love Is This
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
Author: Isaac Watts; Pauline Martin Hymnal: Voices United #149 (1996) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Lent 5 Year C; Palm/Passion Sunday Year C; Good Friday Year C; Proper 18 Year C; Proper 19 Year C First Line: When I survey the wondrous cross (Quand je me tourne vers la croix) Lyrics: 1 When I survey the wondrous cross
on which the Prince of glory died,
my richest gain I count but loss,
and pour contempt on all my pride.
2 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
save in the death of Christ, my God:
all the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to his blood.
3 See, from his head, his hands, his feet,
sorrow and love flow mingled down!
Did e’er such love and sorrow meet,
or thorns compose so rich a crown?
4 Were the whole realm of nature mine,
that were a present far too small:
love so amazing, so divine,
demands my soul, my life, my all.
1 Quand je me tourne vers le croix
où Christ expire su le bois
mon coeur blessé rempli du deuil,
prend en dégoût mon fol orgueil.
2 Qui donc pourrait calmer ce coeur
hormis la crois de mon Sauveur?
Tous mes plaisirs, mes vains désirs,
je veux, ô Christ, te les offrir.
3 Oh vois, des mains, de son côté,
du front d'épines couronné,
douleur, angoisse, amour mêlés,
descendre pour nous racheter.
4 Si je t'offrais le monde entier
ce don serait pris es pitié.
Amour si grand, si pur, si doux
veut âme, corps, mon coeur, mon tout!
Languages: English Tune Title: COMMUNION (ROCKINGHAM)
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
The Head That Once Was Crowned
Author: Thomas Kelly Hymnal: Voices United #190 (1996) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Epiphany 7 Year C; Easter 2 Year C; Proper 23 Year C First Line: The head that once was crowned with thorns Lyrics: 1 The head that once was crowned with thorns
is crowned with glory now;
a royal diadem adorns
the mighty victor’s brow.
2 The joy of all who dwell above,
the joy of all below,
to whom he manifests his love
and grants his name to know.
3 To them the cross with all its shame,
with all its grace is given,
their name an everlasting name,
their joy the joy of heaven.
4 They suffer here with Christ below,
they reign with him above,
their profit and their joy to know
the mystery of his love.
5 The cross he bore is life and health,
though shame and death to him,
his people's hope, his people's wealth,
their everlasting theme. Languages: English Tune Title: ST MAGNUS
The Head That Once Was Crowned
Psalm 145: I Will Praise Your Name
Author: Scott Soper Hymnal: Glory and Praise (3rd. ed.) #199a (2015) Topics: Easter 5 Year C; Eighth Ordinary Year C; Ninth Ordinary Year C; Twenty-First Ordinary Year C; Twenty-Fifth Ordinary Year C; Thirty-First Ordinary Year C; The Most Holy Trinity (Trinity Sunday Year C First Line: I will praise you, God and king Refrain First Line: I will praise your name for ever Scripture: Psalm 145:1-2 Languages: English Tune Title: [I will praise you, God and king]
Psalm 145: I Will Praise Your Name
Psalm 145: The Hand of the Lord Feeds us
Author: Scott Soper Hymnal: Glory and Praise (3rd. ed.) #199b (2015) Topics: Easter 5 Year C; Eighth Ordinary Year C; Ninth Ordinary Year C; Twenty-First Ordinary Year C; Twenty-Fifth Ordinary Year C; Thirty-First Ordinary Year C; The Most Holy Trinity (Trinity Sunday Year C First Line: I will praise you, God and king Refrain First Line: The hand of the Lord feeds us Scripture: Psalm 145:1-2 Languages: English Tune Title: [I will praise you, God and king]
Psalm 145: The Hand of the Lord Feeds us
Psalm 145: I Will Praise Your Name
Author: Timothy R. Smith, b. 1960 Hymnal: Glory and Praise (3rd. ed.) #200a (2015) Topics: Easter 5 Year C; Eighth Ordinary Year C; Ninth Ordinary Year C; Twenty-First Ordinary Year C; Twenty-Fifth Ordinary Year C; Thirty-First Ordinary Year C; The Most Holy Trinity (Trinity Sunday Year C First Line: God is merciful and gracious Refrain First Line: I will praise your name for ever Scripture: Psalm 145:1 Languages: English Tune Title: [God is merciful and gracious]
Psalm 145: I Will Praise Your Name
Psalm 145: The Hand of the Lord
Author: Timothy R. Smith, b. 1960 Hymnal: Glory and Praise (3rd. ed.) #200b (2015) Topics: Easter 5 Year C; Eighth Ordinary Year C; Ninth Ordinary Year C; Twenty-First Ordinary Year C; Twenty-Fifth Ordinary Year C; Thirty-First Ordinary Year C; The Most Holy Trinity (Trinity Sunday Year C First Line: God is merciful and gracious Refrain First Line: The hand of the Lord feeds us Scripture: Psalm 145:1 Languages: English Tune Title: [God is merciful and gracious]
Psalm 145: The Hand of the Lord
Crown Him with Many Crowns
Author: Godfrey Thring; Matthew Bridges Hymnal: Voices United #211 (1996) Meter: 6.6.8.6 D Topics: Easter 4 Year C; Ascension Year C; Reign of Christ Year C Lyrics: 1 Crown him with many crowns,
the Lamb upon his throne;
hark! how the heavenly anthem drowns
all music but its own!
Awake, my soul, and sing
of him who died for thee,
and hail him as thy matchless King
through all eternity.
2 Crown him the Lord of life,
who triumphed o'er the grave,
and rose victorious in the strife
for those he came to save.
His glories now we sing,
who died and rose on high,
who died eternal life to bring,
and lives that death may die.
3 Crown him the Lord of peace,
whose power a sceptre sways
from pole to pole, that wars may cease,
absorbed in prayer and praise.
His reign shall know no end;
and round his piercèd feet
fair flowers of Paradise extend
their fragrance ever sweet.
4 Crown him the Lord of love;
behold his hands and side,
rich wounds yet visible above,
in beauty glorified.
All hail, Redeemer, hail!
for thou hast died for me:
thy praise shall never, never fail
throughout eternity. Languages: English Tune Title: DIADEMATA
Crown Him with Many Crowns
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
Author: Martin Luther; Frederick H. Hedge Hymnal: Voices United #262 (1996) Meter: 8.7.8.7.6.6.6.6.7 Topics: Epiphany 3 Year C; Epiphany 4 Year C; Lent 1 Year C; Proper 16 Year C; Proper 20 Year C; Proper 24 Year C; Reign of Christ Year C Lyrics: 1 A mighty fortress is our God,
a bulwark never failing;
our helper sure amid the flood
of mortal ills prevailing:
for still our ancient foe
doth seek to work us woe;
power and malice great,
and armed with cruel hate,
on earth he has no equal.
2 Did we in our strength confide,
our striving would be losing,
were not the right man on our side,
the man of God's own choosing:
dost ask who that may be?
Christ Jesus, it is he;
Lord Sabaoth his name,
from age to age the same,
and he must win the battle.
3 And though this world, with devils filled,
should threaten to undo us,
we will not fear, for God hath willed
the truth to triumph through us:
the prince of darkness grim,
we tremble not for him;
his rage we can endure,
for lo! his doom is sure,
one little word shall fell him.
4 That word above all earthly powers,
no thanks to them, abideth;
the Spirit and the gifts are ours
through Christ, who with us sideth:
let goods and kindred go,
this mortal life also;
the body they may kill:
God's truth abideth still,
God's kingdom is forever. Languages: English Tune Title: EIN' FESTE BURG
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
Author: Walter Chalmers Smith Hymnal: Voices United #264 (1996) Meter: 11.11.11.11 Topics: Epiphany 2 Year C; Epiphany Last/Transfig. Year C; Proper 6 Year C; Proper 16 Year C; Proper 21 Year C; Proper 24 Year C Lyrics: 1 Immortal, invisible, God only wise,
in light inaccessible hid from our eyes,
most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days,
almighty, victorious, thy great name we praise.
2 Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light,
nor wanting, nor wasting, thou rulest in might;
thy justice like mountains high soaring above
thy clouds, which are fountains of goodness and love.
3 To all, life thou givest, to both great and small;
in all life. thou livest, the true life of all;
we blossom and flourish, like leaves on the tree,
then wither and perish; but naught changeth thee.
4 Thou reignest in glory, thou rulest in light,
thine angels adore thee, all veiling their sight;
all laud we would render, O help us to see
'tis only the splendour of light hideth thee. Languages: English Tune Title: ST DENIO
Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
Author: Thomas O. Chisholm Hymnal: Voices United #288 (1996) Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Topics: Proper 9 Year C; Proper 13 Year C; Proper 19 Year C; Proper 22 Year C; Proper 26 Year C; Proper 27 Year C First Line: Great is thy faithfulness, God our Creator Refrain First Line: Great is thy faithfulness! Lyrics: 1 Great is thy faithfulness, God our Creator,
there is no shadow of turning with thee;
thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not;
as thou has been thou forever wilt be.
[Refrain:]
Great is thy faithfulness!
Great is thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
all I have needed thy hand hath provided --
great is thy faithfulness, ever to me!
2 Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,
sun, moon, and stars in their courses above
join with all nature in manifold witness
to thy great faithfulness, mercy and love. [Refrain]
3 Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide,
strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow --
wondrous the portion thy blessings provide. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: FAITHFULNESS
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation
Author: John Mason Neale Hymnal: Voices United #325 (1996) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Topics: Christmas 2 Year C; Epiphany 3 Year C; Easter 7 Year C; Pentecost Year C; Proper 9 Year C; All Saints Year C; Proper 27 Year C; Reign of Christ Year C Lyrics: 1 Christ is made the sure foundation,
Christ the head and cornerstone,
chosen of the Lord, and precious,
binding all the church in one;
holy Zion's help for ever,
and its confidence alone.
2 To this temple where we call you,
come, O Lord of Hosts, today;
with your faithful loving-kindness
hear your servants as they pray,
and your fullest benediction
shed within its walls alway.
3 Here bestow on all your servants
what they ask of you to gain;
what they gain from you for ever
with the blessèd to retain,
and hereafter in your glory
evermore with you to reign.
4 Laud and honour to the Father,
laud and honour to the Son,
laud and honour to the Spirit,
ever three and ever one,
one in mighty, and one in glory,
while unending ages run. Languages: English Tune Title: WESTMINSTER ABBEY
Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation
Christ Whose Glory Fills the Skies
Author: Charles Wesley Hymnal: Voices United #336 (1996) Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Topics: Epiphany Year C; Epiphany 2 Year C; Ascension Year C; Easter 7 Year C; Proper 28 Year C; Reign of Christ Year C Lyrics: 1 Christ, whose glory fills the skies,
Christ, the true, the only light,
sun of Righteousness, arise,
triumph o'er the shades of night.
Day-spring from on high, be near;
day-star, in my heart appear.
2 Dark and cheerless is the morn
unaccompanied by thee;
joyless is the day’s return
till thy mercy’s beams I see,
till they inward light impart,
glad my eyes and warm my heart.
3 Visit then this soul of mine,
pierce the gloom of sin and grief;
fill me, radiancy divine,
scatter all my unbelief;
more and more thyself display,
shining to the perfect day. Languages: English Tune Title: RATISBON
Christ Whose Glory Fills the Skies
Come Down, O Love Divine
Author: Bianco da Siena; Richard Frederick Littledale Hymnal: Voices United #367 (1996) Meter: 6.6.11 D Topics: Baptism of Jesus Year C; Epiphany 2 Year C; Easter 2 Year C; Easter 6 Year C; Pentecost Year C; Pentecost Year C; Trinity Sunday Year C Lyrics: 1 Come down, O love divine,
seek now this soul of mine,
and visit it with your own ardour glowing.
O Comforter, draw near,
within my heart appear,
and kindle it, your holy flame bestowing.
2 O 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, my onward path illuming.
3 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 Love create the place
wherein the Holy Spirit makes its dwelling. Languages: English Tune Title: DOWN AMPNEY
Come Down, O Love Divine
Spirit of God, Descend upon My Heart
Author: George Croly Hymnal: Voices United #378 (1996) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Topics: Baptism of Jesus Year C; Easter 7 Year C; Proper 22 Year C; Proper 26 Year C Lyrics: 1 Spirit of God, descend upon my heart;
wean it from earth, through all its pulses move;
stoop to my weakness, strength to me impart,
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 Hast you not bid me love you, God and King;
all, all your own, soul, heart and strength and mind?
I see your cross: there teach my heart to cling.
O let me seek you and O let me find!
4 Teach me to love you as your angels love,
one holy passion filling all my frame,
the baptism of the heaven-descended dove,
my heart an altar and your love the flame. Tune Title: MORECAMBE
Spirit of God, Descend upon My Heart
Lord of our life, and God of our salvation
Author: Philip Pusey, 1799-1855; Matthäus Appelles von Löwenstern, 1594-1648 Hymnal: Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #417a (2000) Meter: 11.11.11.5 Topics: Year C Advent 1; Year C Baptism of Christ; Year C Dedication Festival; Year C Proper 10; Year C Proper 12; Years A, B, and C Ash Wednesday Lyrics: 1 Lord of our life, and God of our salvation,
star of our night, and hope of ev'ry nation,
hear and receive thy Church's supplication,
Lord God almighty.
2 Lord, thou canst help when earthly armor faith,
Lord, thou canst save when deadly sin assaileth;
Christ, o'er thy rock nor death nor hell prevaileth;
grant us thy peace, Lord.
3 Peace in our hearts, our evil thoughts assuaging;
peace in thy church, where people are engaging;
peace, when the world its busy war is waging;
calm all our raging.
4 Grant us thy grace through trial and temptation,
grant us thy truth, thy promise of salvation,
grant us thy peace in every heart and nations,
and in thy heaven.
Scripture: Colossians 3:3 Languages: English Tune Title: CLOISTERS
Lord of our life, and God of our salvation
Lord of our life, and God of our salvation
Author: Philip Pusey, 1799-1855; Matthäus Appelles von Löwenstern, 1594-1648 Hymnal: Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #417b (2000) Meter: 11.11.11.5 Topics: Year C Advent 1; Year C Baptism of Christ; Year C Dedication Festival; Year C Proper 10; Year C Proper 12; Years A, B, and C Ash Wednesday Lyrics: 1 Lord of our life, and God of our salvation,
star of our night, and hope of ev'ry nation,
hear and receive thy Church's supplication,
Lord God almighty.
2 Lord, thou canst help when earthly armor faith,
Lord, thou canst save when deadly sin assaileth;
Christ, o'er thy rock nor death nor hell prevaileth;
grant us thy peace, Lord.
3 Peace in our hearts, our evil thoughts assuaging;
peace in thy church, where people are engaging;
peace, when the world its busy war is waging;
calm all our raging.
4 Grant us thy grace through trial and temptation,
grant us thy truth, thy promise of salvation,
grant us thy peace in every heart and nations,
and in thy heaven. Scripture: Colossians 3:3 Languages: English Tune Title: ISTE CONFESSOR
Lord of our life, and God of our salvation
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Lorsque les mortels, en silence frémiront)
Author: Gerard Moultrie; G. de Lioncourt Hymnal: Voices United #473 (1996) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Topics: Advent 1 Year C; Advent 2 Year C; Advent 4 Year C; Christmas Eve Year C; Epiphany 5 Year C; Proper 21 Year C Lyrics: 1 Let all mortal flesh keep silence,
and with awe and reverence stand;
ponder nothing earthly minded,
for with blessing in his hand
Christ our God to us approacheth
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,
Hallelujah, hallelujah,
hallelujah, Lord Most High! Languages: English Tune Title: PICARDY
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Lorsque les mortels, en silence frémiront)
O God, our help in ages past
Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Hymnal: Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #494 (2000) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Year C Christ the King; Year C Epiphany 2; Year C Epiphany 4; Year C Proper 14 Lyrics: 1 Our God, our help in ages past,
our hope for years to come,
our shelter from the stormy blast,
and our eternal home.
2 Beneath the shadow of thy throne,
thy saints have dwelt secure;
sufficient is thine arm alone,
and our defence 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,
will bear us all away;
we fade and vanish, as a dream
dies at the op'ning day.
6 Our God, our help in ages past,
our hope for years to come,
be thou our guard while troubles last,
and our eternal home. Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:7-8 Languages: English Tune Title: ST ANNE
O God, our help in ages past
Take My Life and Let It Be
Author: Frances Ridley Havergal Hymnal: Voices United #506 (1996) Meter: 7.7.7.7 Topics: Baptism of Jesus Year C; Epiphany 2 Year C; Epiphany 5 Year C; Epiphany 7 Year C; Lent 5 Year C; Proper 11 Year C; Proper 18 Year C; Proper 21 Year C; Proper 24 Year C; Thanksgiving Year C Lyrics: 1 Take my life and let it be
consecrated, all for thee;
take my moments and my days;
let them flow in ceaseless praise.
2 Take my hands, and let them move
at the impulse of thy love,
take my feet, and let them be
swift and purposeful for thee.
3 Take my lips, and let them be
filled with messages from thee;
take my intellect, and use
every power as thou shalt choose.
4 Take my will, and make it thine;
it shall be no longer mine;
take my heart, it is thine own;
it shall be thy royal throne.
5 Take my love: and I will pour
at thy feet its treasure store;
take myself, and I will be
ever, only, all for thee.
Tune Title: MOZART
Take My Life and Let It Be
O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee
Author: Washington Gladden Hymnal: Voices United #560 (1996) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Epiphany 7 Year C; Proper 8 Year C; Proper 12 Year C; Proper 18 Year C; Proper 23 Year C; Proper 24 Year C Lyrics: 1 O Master, let me walk with thee
in lowly paths of service free;
tell me thy secret, help me bear
the strain of toil, the fret of care.
2 Help me the slow of heart to move
with some clear, winning word of love;
teach me the wayward feet to stay,
and guide them in the homeward way.
3 Teach me thy patience; still with thee ,
in closer, dearer company,
in work that keeps faith sure and strong,
in trust that triumphs over wrong,
4 in hope that sends a shining ray
far down the future's broadening way,
in peace that only thou canst give,
with thee, O Master, let me live. Languages: English Tune Title: MARYTON
O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee
In Christ There Is No East or West
Author: John Oxenham Hymnal: Voices United #606 (1996) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Advent 2 Year C; Epiphany 2 Year C; Epiphany 3 Year C; Lent 1 Year C; Easter 5 Year C; Pentecost Year C; Proper 7 Year C; Proper 13 Year C Lyrics: 1 In Christ there is no east or west,
in him no south or north,
but one great family of love
throughout the whole wide earth.
2 In him shall true hearts everywhere
their high communion find;
his service is the golden cord
close binding humankind.
3 Join hands, then, peoples of the faith,
whate'er your race may be;
all children of the living God
are surely kin to me.
4 In Christ now meet both east and west,
in him meet south and north:
all Christ-like souls are one in him
throughout the whole wide earth. Tune Title: MCKEE
In Christ There Is No East or West
Jesus, Priceless Treasure
Author: Catherine Winkworth; Johann Franck Hymnal: Voices United #667 (1996) Meter: 6.6.5.6.6.5.7.8.6 Topics: Epiphany 2 Year C; Epiphany 7 Year C; Lent 3 Year C; Lent 5 Year C; Proper 11 Year C; Proper 19 Year C; Proper 23 Year C; Proper 26 Year C Lyrics: 1 Jesus, priceless treasure,
source of purest pleasure,
truest friend to me;
long my heart hath panted,
till it well-nigh fainted,
thirsting after thee.
Thine I am, O spotless Lamb,
I will suffer naught to hide thee,
ask for naught beside thee.
2 In thine arms I rest me;
foes who would molest me
cannot reach me here.
Though the earth be shaking,
every heart be quaking,
God dispels our fear;
sin and hell in conflict fell
with their heaviest storms assail us:
Jesus will not fail us.
3 Hence, all thoughts of sadness!
For the Lord of gladness,
Jesus, enters in:
those who love the Father,
though the storms may gather,
still have peace within;
yea, whate'er we here must bear,
still in thee lies purest pleasure,
Jesus, priceless treasure! Languages: English Tune Title: JESU, MEINE FREUDE
Jesus, Priceless Treasure
For the Healing of the Nations
Author: Fred Kaan Hymnal: Voices United #678 (1996) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Topics: Epiphany 7 Year C; Epiphany 9 Year C; Epiphany Last/Transfig. Year C; Easter 5 Year C; Easter 6 Year C; Thanksgiving Year C Lyrics: 1 For the healing of the nations,
God, we pray with one accord;
for a just and equal sharing
of the things that earth affords.
To a life of love in action
help us rise and pledge our word.
2 Lead us forward into freedom,
from despair your world release;
that, redeemed from war and hatred,
all may come and go in peace.
Show us how through care and goodness
fear will die and hope increase.
3 All that kills abundant living,
let it from the earth be banned;
pride of status, race or schooling,
dogmas that obscure your plan.
In our common quest for justice
may we hallow life's brief span.
4 You, Creator God, have written
your great name on humankind;
for our growing in your likeness
bring the life of Christ to mind,
that by our response and service
earth its destiny may find. Languages: English Tune Title: WESTMINSTER ABBEY
For the Healing of the Nations
Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life
Author: Frank Mason North Hymnal: Voices United #681 (1996) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Epiphany 7 Year C; Lent 2 Year C; Easter 7 Year C; Proper 10 Year C; Proper 16 Year C; Proper 17 Year C; Proper 19 Year C; Proper 28 Year C 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 your voice of life again.
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 your tears.
3 The cup of water given for you
still holds the freshness of your grace;
yet long these multitudes to view
the strong compassion of your face.
4 O Master, from the mountainside
make haste to heal these hearts of pain;
among these restless throngs abide,
and tread the city's streets again,
5 till all the world shall learn your love
and follow where your feet have trod,
till glorious from your heaven above
shall come the city of our God. Languages: English Tune Title: FULDA
Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life
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