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The wretched prodigal behold

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The wretched prodigal behold in mis’ry lying low, whom vice had sunk from high estate, and plung'd in want and woe. 2 While I, despis'd and scorn'd, he cries, starve in a foreign land, the meanest in my father’s house is fed with bounteous hand: 3 I’ll ... Scripture: Luke 15:13-25 Used With Tune: BALLERMA

Love Is His Word

Author: Luke Connaughton, 1817-1979 Meter: 4.4.8.5.4.7 with refrain Appears in 15 hymnals Refrain First Line: Richer than gold is the love of my Lord Lyrics: way, love is his mark. Sharing his last ... Love is his word, love is his way. ... Topics: Body and Blood of Christ; Brotherhood and Sisterhood; Commitment; Discipleship; Easter 5 Year C; Eucharist; Holy Thursday; Jesus Christ; Love; Love of God for Us; Ministry; Paschal Mystery; Service Scripture: John 13:34-35 Used With Tune: JULINORMA

Flow Gently, Sweet Afton

Author: Robert Burns Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Flow gently, sweet Afton, amang thy green braes Lyrics: 1 Flow gently, sweet Afton, amang thy green braes; Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. Thou stock-dove whose echo resounds from the hill, Ye wild ... Used With Tune: [Flow gently, sweet Afton, amang thy green braes]

Anthem

Author: Tom Conry, b. 1951 Appears in 7 hymnals First Line: Then where can we stand justified? Refrain First Line: We are called, we are chosen Lyrics: us ourselves. Who mark time against ... We are called, we are chosen. We ... Scripture: Matthew 13:4-30 Used With Tune: [Then where can we stand justified]

Kindred In Christ, For His Dear Sake

Author: John Newton Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 215 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Kindred in Christ, for His dear sake, A hearty welcome here receive; May we together now partake The joys which only He can give! 2 To you and us by grace ’tis giv’n, To know the Savior’s precious name; And shortly we shall meet in Heav’n, Our hope, our ... Used With Tune: DE PAUW Text Sources: Olney Hymns (London, W. Oliver, 1779)

Let Folly Praise That Fancy Loves

Author: Robert Southwell, 1561-1595 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 7 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Let folly praise that fancy loves; I praise and love that child whose heart no thought, whose tongue no word, whose hand no deed defiled. I praise him most, I love him best; all praise and love are his. While him I love, in him I live, and cannot live ... Topics: Christmas; Epiphany Scripture: Isaiah 49:1-7 Used With Tune: A PURPLE ROBE

Wondrous Stranger

Author: W. O. Cushing Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Who may be this wond'rous stranger passing by Refrain First Line: O my heart is waiting Lyrics: 1 Who may be this wond'rous stranger passing by, Love and grief and pity blending in His eye? Some sweet blessing from His lips my soul would crave, For ‘tis surely He whose words have pow’r to save. Refrain: O my heart is waiting, waiting for His coming; ... Scripture: Matthew 25:43 Used With Tune: [Who may be this wond'rous stranger passing by]

All Hail, Victorious Savior, Hail!

Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 10 hymnals Lyrics: 1 All hail, victorious Savior, hail! I bow to Thy command; And own that David’s royal key Well fits Thy sovereign hand. 2 Open the treasures of Thy love, And shed Thy gifts abroad; Unveil to my rejoicing eyes The temple of my God. 3 There as a pillar let ... Used With Tune: LANESBORO Text Sources: Published posthumously in Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scripture. By the Late Reverend Philip Doddridge, D. D. , by Job Orton (J. Eddowes & J. Cotton: 1755)

Out of the Depths I Cry, LORD

Author: Robert J. Swets Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: LORD. If you marked our offenses, O ... Out of the depths I cry, LORD. ... Topics: Comfort & Encouragement; Deliverance; Love God's Love to Us; Return of Christ; Advent; Comfort & Encouragement; Confession of Sin; Deliverance; Forgiveness; Grace; Hope; Judgment; Lord's Supper; Love God's Love to Us; Mercy; Prayer; Redemption; Return of Christ Scripture: Psalm 130 Used With Tune: GENEVAN 130

Oh, World! Behold Upon The Tree

Author: Paul Gerhardt; Catherine Winkworth Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 14 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Oh, world! behold upon the tree Thy Life is hanging now for thee; Thy Savior yields His dying breath; The mighty Prince of glory now For thee doth unresisting bow To cruel stripes, to scorn and death. 2 Draw near, O world, and mark Him well; Behold the ... Used With Tune: EISENACH Text Sources: Proxis Pietatis Melica by Johann Crüger, 1647; Tr.: Lyra Germanica , second series (London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts,1858)