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On What Has Now Been Sown

Author: John Newton, 1725-1807 Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 92 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 55:10 Lyrics: 1 On what has now been sown your blessing, Lord, bestow; the pow'r is yours alone to make it spring and grow. O Lord, in grace the harvest raise and you alone shall have the praise! 2 To you our wants are known; from you are all our pow'rs. Accept what is your own and pardon what is ours. Our praises, Lord, and prayers receive and to your Word a blessing give. 3 O grant that each of us now met before you here may meet together thus when you and yours appear and follow you to heav'n, our home. E'en so, Amen! Lord Jesus, come! Topics: Close of Service Used With Tune: DARWALL'S 148TH

I Sought the Lord

Meter: 10.10.10.6 Appears in 89 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 55:6-9 First Line: I sought the Lord, and afterward I knew Lyrics: 1 I sought the Lord, and afterward I knew he moved my soul to seek him, seeking me. It was not I that found, O Savior true, no, I was found of thee. 2 Thou didst reach forth thy hand and mine enfold, I walked and sank not on the storm-vexed sea. ‘Twas not so much that I on thee took hold as thou, dear Lord, on me. 3 I find, I walk, I love, but, oh, the whole of love is but my answer, Lord, to thee! For thou wert long beforehand with my soul, always thou lovedst me. Topics: Conversion and New Life; Faith Journey; God Faithfulness of; God Presence of Used With Tune: FAITH Text Sources: Holy Songs, Carols, and Sacred Ballads (USA), 1880

Lord, Who throughout These Forty Days

Author: Claudia F. I. Hernaman Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 86 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 55:7 Lyrics: 1 Lord, who throughout these forty days for us did fast and pray, teach us with you to mourn our sins and close by you to stay. 2 As you with Satan did contend and did the victory win, O give us strength to persevere, in you to conquer sin. 3 And through these days of penitence, and through this Passiontide, yes, evermore, in life and death, O Lord, with us abide. 4 Abide with us, till when this life of suffering shall be past, an Easter of unending joy we may attain at last. Topics: Christian Year Baptism of Jesus; Christian Year Transfiguration; Christian Year Lent; Jesus Christ Life; Temptation Used With Tune: ST. FLAVIAN

Almighty Father, Bless the Word

Author: Unknown Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 73 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 55:10-12 Lyrics: 1 Almighty Father, bless the Word Which through Thy grace we now have heard. O may the precious seed take root, Spring up, and bear abundant fruit. 2 We praise Thee for the means of grace As in Thy courts we seek Thy face. Grant, Lord, that we who worship here May all at last in heav'n appear. Topics: Benediction Used With Tune: WENN WIR IN HÖCHSTEN NÖTEN SEIN Text Sources: Scandinavian; The Lutheran Hymnary, 1913 (tr.)

I'll Fly Away

Author: Albert E. Brumley Meter: 9.4.9.4 with refrain Appears in 66 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 55:6 First Line: Some glad morning when this life is o'er Refrain First Line: I'll fly away. I'll fly away, O glory, Topics: A New Heaven and a New Earth Used With Tune: I'LL FLY AWAY

I hunger and I thirst

Author: J. S. B. Monsell, 1811-1875 Meter: 6.6.6.6 Appears in 66 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 55:1-2 Lyrics: 1 I hunger and I thirst: Jesu, my manna be; ye living waters, burst out of the rock for me. 2 Thou bruised and broken Bread, my life-long wants supply; as living souls are fed, O feed me, or I die. 3 Thou true life-giving Vine, let me thy sweetness prove; renew my life with thine, refresh my soul with love. 4 Rough paths my feet have trod since first their course began: feed me, thou Bread of God; help me, thou Son of Man. 5 For still the desert lies my thirsting soul before: O living waters, rise within me evermore. Topics: Holy Communion; Lent III Year C; Proper 13 Year A Used With Tune: MARIA JUNG UND ZART

Lead Me, Lord

Appears in 48 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 55:6 First Line: Lead me Lord, lead me in Thy righteousness Lyrics: Lead me, Lord, lead me in Thy righteousness; Make Thy way plain before my face. Amen. Used With Tune: [Lead me, Lord, lead me in Thy righteousness]

Rain of Heaven

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 47 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 55:10-11 First Line: As show'rs on meadows newly mown Lyrics: 1 As show'rs on meadows newly mown, Jesus shall shed his blessings down, Crown'd with whose life infusing drops, Earth shall renew her blissful crops. 2 Lands that beneath a burning sky, Have long been desolate and dry, Th' effusions of his love shall share, And sudden greens and herbage wear. 3 The dews and rains, in all their store, Drenching the pastures o'er and o'er, Are not so copious as that grace, Which sanctifies and saves our race. 4 As in soft silence vernal show'rs Descend and cheer the fainting flow'rs, So in the secrecy of love Falls the sweet infl'ence from above. 5 That heav'nly infl'ence let me find In holy silence of the mind, While ev'ry grace maintains it bloom, Diffusing wide its rich perfume. 6 Nor let these blessings be confin'd To me, but pour'd on all mankind, Till earth's wild wastes in verdure rise, And a young Eden bless our eyes. Text Sources: Rippon's Coll.

You Satisfy the Hungry Heart (Gift of Finest Wheat)

Author: Omer Westendorf, b. 1916 Meter: 8.6.8.6 with refrain Appears in 45 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 55:1-3 First Line: As when the shepherd calls his sheep Refrain First Line: You satisfy the hungry heart Topics: Holy Communion Used With Tune: BICENTENNIAL

Say Now, Ye Lovely Social Band

Author: John J. Overholt Appears in 45 hymnals Scripture: Isaiah 55:6-7 Topics: Book Four: Occasional Selections, Gospel Songs and Hymns; Christian Commission Warning Men of Judgment Used With Tune: SOCIAL BAND Text Sources: Harmonia Sacra (stanzas 1 & 2)