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For All the Blessings of the Year

Author: Albert H. Hutchinson Meter: 8.8.8.4 Appears in 35 hymnals Lyrics: 1 For all the blessings of the year, For all the friends we hold so dear, For peace on earth, both far and near, We thank Thee, Lord. 2 For life and health, those common things, Which every day and hour brings, For home, where our affection clings, We thank Thee, Lord. 3 For love of Thine, which never tires, Which all our better thought inspires, And warms our lives with heavenly fires, We thank Thee, Lord. Amen. Topics: Occasional Services Thanksgiving; Blessings; Fellowship; Thanksgiving Scripture: Psalm 68:19 Used With Tune: OLDBRIDGE

For Those We Love Within the Veil

Author: William C. Piggott Meter: 8.8.8.4 Appears in 19 hymnals Lyrics: 1. For those we love within the veil, Who once were comrades of our way, We thank Thee, Lord; for they have won To cloudless day. 2. And life for them is life indeed, The splendid goal of earth’s strait race; And where no shadows intervene They see Thy face. 3. Not as we knew them any more, Toil worn, and sad with burdened care: Erect, clear eyed, upon their brows Thy name they bear. 4. Free from the fret of mortal years, And knowing now Thy perfect will, With quickened sense and heightened joy, They serve Thee still. 5. O fuller, sweeter is that life, And larger, ampler is the air: Eye cannot see nor heart conceive The glory there; 6. Nor know to what high purpose Thou Dost yet employ their ripened powers, Nor how at Thy behest they touch This life of ours. 7. There are no tears within their eyes; With love they keep perpetual tryst; And praise and work and rest are one With Thee, O Christ. Used With Tune: GAZA

Morn’s roseate hues have decked

Meter: 8.8.8.4 Appears in 39 hymnals

O Thou Who didst on earth appear

Author: J. Wright Meter: 8.8.8.4 Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1 O Thou Who didst on earth appear Our sin and sorrow to destroy, Our lives to bless, our souls to cheer, Give us Thy joy. 2 Thou Who amidst our changeful life Canst bid each vain commotion cease, Subdue the angry waves of strife, Give us Thy peace. 3 Thou Sun divine, Whose beams illume Our pathway, making all things bright, Whose glory shines around the tomb, Give us Thy light. 4 Blest Lord and Saviour, till at last We see the sweetness of Thy face, And Time's dark night is over-past, Give us Thy grace. 5 Thy joy, Thy peace, Thy light, Thy grace, Thus in Thy loving-kindness given, Can make earth's darkest, saddest place As fair as heaven.

How Strong and Sweet My Father's Care

Author: Anonymous Meter: 8.8.8.4 Appears in 92 hymnals Lyrics: 1. How strong and sweet my Father’s care, That round about me, like the air, Is with me always, everywhere! He cares for me! 2. The thought great wonder with it brings, My cares are all such little things, But to the truth my glad heart clings, He cares for me! 3. O keep me ever in Thy love, Dear Father, watching from above, And as through life my steps shall move, O care for me. Used With Tune: EUDORA

One thing I of the Lord desire

Author: Walter Chalmers Smith, 1824 - 1908 Meter: 8.8.8.4 Appears in 81 hymnals Used With Tune: IN MEMORIAM

The Contrite Heart

Author: Charlotte Elliott Meter: 8.8.8.4 Appears in 21 hymnals First Line: There is a holy sacrifice

What shall we pray for those who died

Author: John L. Bell Meter: 8.8.8.4 Appears in 3 hymnals

Lord, let us feel that Thou art near

Author: John Brownlie Meter: 8.8.8.4 Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: I Lord, let us feel that Thou art near, And while we pray, in mercy hear; Crown with Thy love the opening year;— Have mercy, Lord. II Of Thy benignity, we pray, Thy gracious Spirit grant alway, Our strife and discord to allay;— Have mercy, Lord. III May peace our inmost soul possess, And in our lives our converse bless, With unaffected kindliness;— Have mercy, Lord. IV Our sinful past, we here repent, With tears our wayward course lament, Now, let Thy pardoning grace be sent;— Have mercy, Lord. V As seasons come, Good Lord ordain That we the fruits of earth obtain, Send us the sunshine and the rain;— Have mercy, Lord. VI With strength Thy Holy Church endue, The anger of her foes subdue, The offerings of Thy grace renew;— Have mercy, Lord. Topics: The New Year

May Nothing Evil Cross This Door

Author: Louis Untermeyer Meter: 8.8.8.4 Appears in 2 hymnals

O God, not only in distress

Author: F. Smith Meter: 8.8.8.4 Appears in 27 hymnals Topics: The Christian Life Discipleship and Service Used With Tune: RESIGNATION

Jesus is risen from the grave

Author: Iona Community (Scotland) Meter: 8.8.8.4 Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Children and Youth Easter; Church Year Easter; Communion Scripture: Mark 16:7 Used With Tune: JESUS IS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE

God of all grace, thy mercy send

Author: John Brownlie Meter: 8.8.8.4 Appears in 9 hymnals Topics: Evening; Litanies Used With Tune: ST. GABRIEL Text Sources: Greek

O Lord of life, when mortals call

Author: John Brownlie Meter: 8.8.8.4 Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: O Lord of life, when mortals call, And freedom seek from earthly thrall, Hear Thou in heaven, and save us all, In mercy, Lord. O Full of Mercy! when we groan, Because of sin our spirits own, Hear, Who for sinners did atone, In mercy, Lord. 86 O Full of Pity! when we bear To Thy blest feet our carking care, Take of our weary load a share, In mercy, Lord. O Full of Grace! when sufferers tell The grief Thou knowest, Lord, so well, Come, with the broken-hearted dwell, In mercy, Lord. When lured by hope our spirits rise, To where Thou beckon'st from the skies, Then be eternal life the prize, In mercy, Lord.

For Holy Writ, Where Ancient Sage

Author: William Watkins Reid Meter: 8.8.8.4 Appears in 1 hymnal

Lord, we are blind; the world of sight

Author: David Edge 1932- Meter: 8.8.8.4 Appears in 4 hymnals Used With Tune: GODMANSTONE

Sovereign Of Heav'n

Author: C. Stewart Calverly Meter: 8.8.8.4 Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: Sovereign of Heav’n, who didst prevail Lyrics: 1 Sovereign of Heav’n, who didst prevail O’er death, and with Thy life-blood dye The path by which we hope to scale Yon starry sky. 2 Look down in mercy from Thy throne At God’s right hand, O Lord, and see Us who are lingering here alone, Orphaned of Thee. 3 Hear us, O Christ, for we were born Out of the travail of Thy soul; When by the spear Thy side was torn To make us whole. 4 Thy toils and anguish at an end, Thou wearest now a glorious crown: The hour is come; send, Savior, send Thy Spirit down. Used With Tune: ALMSGIVING Text Sources: The Evangelical Hymnal with Tunes by Charles C. Hall and Sigismond Lasar (New York: A. S. Barnes, 1880)

Come With Me Now, Before You See

Meter: 8.8.8.4 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: [Come With Me Now, Before You See] Text Sources: Carpenter, Why Leave the Bench (Selah Publishing, 1996)

He Knows It All

Author: Marian A. Morris Meter: 8.8.8.4 Appears in 129 hymnals First Line: He knows the bitter, weary way Lyrics: 1 He knows the bitter, weary way, The endless striving day by day, The souls that weep, the souls that pray, He knows it all! 2 He knows how hard the fight has been, The clouds that come our lives between, The wounds the world has never seen, He knows it all! 3 He knows when faint and worn we sink; How deep the pain, how near the brink, Of dark despair we pause and shrink, He knows it all! 4 He knows! oh, thought so full of bliss! For though on earth our joys we miss, We still can bear it, feeling this— He knows it all! Used With Tune: LUDHIANA Text Sources: The Voice of Joy by James H. Rosecrans (Cincinnati: Fillmore Brothers, 1882)

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