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Dear Lord and Father of mankind
Author: John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807-1892 Meter: 8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 501 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Dear Lord and Father of mankind,
forgive our foolish ways;
re-clothe us in our rightful mind,
in purer lives thy service find,
in deeper reverence praise.
2 In simple trust like theirs who heard,
beside the Syrian sea,
the gracious calling of the Lord,
let us, like them, without a word
rise up and follow thee.
*3 O Sabbath rest by Galilee!
O calm of hills above,
where Jesus knelt to share with thee
the silence of eternity,
interpreted by love!
4 Drop thy still dews of quietness,
till all our strivings cease;
take from our souls the strain and stress,
and let our ordered lives confess
the beauty of thy peace.
5 Breathe through the heats of our desire
thy coolness and thy balm;
let sense be dumb, let flesh retire;
speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire,
O still small voice of calm. Topics: Epiphany III Year A; Fifth Sunday Before Lent Year C; Ash Wednesday; Proper 7 Year C; Proper 21 Year B; Lent Scripture: 1 Kings 19:11-12 Used With Tune: REPTON
Dear Lord and Father of mankind
How Clear Is Our Vocation, Lord
Author: Fred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 Meter: 8.6.8.8.6.6 Appears in 19 hymnals Lyrics: 1 How clear is our vocation, Lord,
when once we heed your call
to live according to your word
and daily learn, refreshed, restored,
that you are Lord of all
and will not let us fall.
2 But if, forgetful, we should find
your yoke is hard to bear;
if worldly pressures fray the mind
and love itself cannot unwind
its tangled skein of care:
our inward life repair.
3 We marvel how your saints become
in hindrances more sure;
whose joyful virtues put to shame
the casual way we wear your name,
and by our faults obscure
your pow'r to cleanse and cure.
4 In what you give us, Lord, to do,
together or alone,
in old routines or ventures new,
may we not cease to look to you,
the cross you hung upon,
all you endeavored done. Topics: Saints Days; Vocation, Ministry; Cross-bearing; Saints Days; Sending; Vocation, Ministry Used With Tune: REPTON
How Clear Is Our Vocation, Lord
He Comes to Us as One Unknown
Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926 Meter: 8.6.8.8.6.6 Appears in 10 hymnals Lyrics: 1 He comes to us as one unknown,
a breath unseen, unheard;
as though within a heart of stone,
or shriveled seed in darkness sown,
a pulse of being stirred,
a pulse of being stirred.
2 He comes when souls in silence lie
and thoughts of day depart,
half-seen upon the inward eye,
a falling star across the sky
of night within the heart,
of night within the heart.
3 He comes to us in sound of seas,
the ocean's fume and foam;
yet small and still upon the breeze,
a wind that stirs the tops of trees,
a voice to call us home,
a voice to call us home.
4 He comes in love as once he came
by flesh and blood and birth;
to bear within our mortal frame
a life, a death, a saving name
for ev'ry child of earth,
for ev'ry child of earth.
5 He comes in truth when faith is grown;
believed, obeyed, adored:
the Christ in all the scriptures shown,
as yet unseen, but not unknown,
our Savior, and our Lord,
our Savior, and our Lord.
Topics: Creation, Preservation; Word, the Scripture: 1 Kings 19:11-13 Used With Tune: REPTON
He Comes to Us as One Unknown
Give Thanks for Those Whose Faith Is Firm
Author: Martin E. Leckebusch Meter: 8.6.8.8.6.6 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Community in Christ; Discipleship and Mission; Faith; Hope; Love for Others; Thanksgiving Scripture: Psalm 84:5 Used With Tune: REPTON
Give Thanks for Those Whose Faith Is Firm
Be present, Spirit of the Lord
Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith (b. 1926) Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Be present, Spirit of the Lord,
let sounds of earth be dumb;
the Father's love be shed abroad,
the dew of blessing on us poured:
O silent Spirit, come!
O silent Spirit, come!
2 In power unseen upon us rest,
your gracious gifts impart:
a mind renewed, a spirit blessed,
a life where Christ is manifest,
an understanding heart,
an understanding heart.
3 Love's sovereign work of grace fulfil,
our souls to Christ incline,
intent to do the Father's will
and stand by faith before him still
in righteousness divine,
in righteousness divine.
4 O Spirit come, and with us stay;
make every heart your home.
So work in us that we who pray
may walk with Christ in wisdom's way:
O Holy Spirit, come!
O Holy Spirit, come! Topics: Church Year Pentecost; Discipleship; God Will of; Holy Spirit gifts of; Holy Spirit Invocation of; Pentecost and the Work of the Holy Spirit; Proper 21 Year B; Renewal; Wisdom Scripture: 1 Kings 3:9 Used With Tune: REPTON
Be present, Spirit of the Lord
We come, dear Lord, to celebrate
Author: John L. Bell (b. 1949) Meter: 8.6.8.8.6.6 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: The Holy Spirit The Church Celebrates - Family, Friendship, and Marriage Scripture: Ephesians 5:25-33 Used With Tune: REPTON
We come, dear Lord, to celebrate
Return, My People
Author: James F. D. Martin Meter: 8.6.8.8.6.6 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Return my people, Israel Topics: Advent; Jesus Christ Advent; Year A Advent 2; Year A Ash Wednesday; Year B Ash Wednesday; Year C Ash Wednesday Scripture: Isaiah 11:1-12 Used With Tune: REPTON
Return, My People
Eternal Light! Eternal Light
Author: Thomas Binney, 1798-1874 Meter: 8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 87 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Eternal Light! Eternal Light!
How pure that soul must be,
when, placed within thy searching sight,
it shrinks not, but with calm delight
can live and look on thee.
2 The spirits that surround thy throne
may bear the burning bliss;
but surely that is theirs alone,
since they have never, never known
a fallen world like this,
3 O how shall I, whose native sphere
is dark, whose mind is dim,
before the Ineffable appear,
and on my naked spirit bear
the uncreated beam?
4 There is a way for man to rise
to that sublime abode;
an offering and a sacrifice,
a Holy Spirit's energies,
an Advocate with God:
5 These, these prepare us for the sight
of holiness above:
the sons of ignorance and night
may dwell in the eternal light,
through the eternal Love! Topics: Sunday Next Before Lent; Proper 26 Year B Scripture: 1 John 1:1-5 Used With Tune: REPTON
Eternal Light! Eternal Light
I Have a Dream
Author: Pamela J. Pettitt Meter: 8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: "I have a dream," a man once said Topics: Affliction and Tribulation; Darkness; Difference and Diversity; Dreams; Faith; Freedom and Liberation; Hatred; Holiness Social; Martin Luther King; Light; Men and Women; Music and Singing; Night; World Peace; Peoples; Persecution; Sacrifice; Struggles and Strife; Unity; Visions; War; Women and Men; Zeal; Affliction and Tribulation; Darkness; Difference and Diversity; Dreams; Faith; Freedom and Liberation; Hatred; Holiness Social; Martin Luther King; Light; Men and Women; Music and Singing; Night; World Peace; Peoples; Persecution; Sacrifice; Struggles and Strife; Unity; Visions; War; Women and Men; Zeal; Grace Sanctifying and Perfecting Grace Scripture: Romans 8:22 Used With Tune: REPTON
I Have a Dream
O God of hope
Author: Basil E. Bridge, b. 1927 Meter: 8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: O God of hope, your prophets spoke Topics: Healing; International relations; Year A Advent 1 Scripture: Isaiah 2:3-5 Used With Tune: REPTON
O God of hope
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