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Christ Is Our Cornerstone

Author: John Chandler (1806-1876) Meter: 6.6.6.6.4.4.4.4 Appears in 186 hymnals Scripture: Luke 20:9-19 Lyrics: 1 Christ is our cornerstone on him alone we build; with his true saints alone the courts of heaven are filled. On his great love our hopes we place of present grace and joys above. 2 O then, with hymns of praise these hallowed courts shall ring. Our voices we will raise the Three-in-One to sing, and thus proclaim in joyful song, both loud and long, that glorious name. 3 Here, gracious God, do thou for evermore draw nigh; accept each faithful vow, and mark each suppliant sigh. In copious shower on all who pray, each holy day thy blessings pour. 4 Here may we gain from heaven the grace which we implore; and may that grace, once given, be with us evermore, until that day when all the blest to endless rest are called away. Topics: Call and Vocation; Gathering of the Community Used With Tune: HAREWOOD Text Sources: Latin (7th cent.)

Hail to the Lord’s anointed

Author: James Montgomery, 1771-1854 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 843 hymnals Scripture: Luke 20:41-44 Lyrics: 1 Hail to the Lord's anointed, great David's greater Son; hail, in the time appointed, his reign on earth begun! He comes to break oppression, to set the captive free, and take away transgression, and rule in equity. 2 He comes with help and mercy to those who suffer wrong, to raise 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 were precious in his sight. 3 He 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 Kings shall fall down before him, and gold and incense bring; all nations shall adore him, his praise all people sing; to him shall prayer unceasing and daily vows ascend; his kingdom still increasing, a kingdom without end. 5 O'er every foe victorious, he on his throne shall rest, from age to age more glorious, all blessing and all-blest. The tide of time shall never his covenant remove; his name shall stand for ever, that name to us is love. Topics: Advent; Comfort; Covenant; Epiphany; Jesus Christ Coming today; Jesus Christ Coming today; Jesus Christ Kingship; Justice; Liberation; Name/s of God; Worship Processional Entrance Used With Tune: CRÜGER

Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation

Author: J. M. Neale Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 289 hymnals Scripture: Luke 20:17 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 her confidence alone. 2 To this temple where we call thee, come, O Lord of hosts today: with thy wonted lovingkindness, hear thy people as they pray, and thy fullest benediction shed within its walls for aye. 3 Here vouchsafe to all thy servants what they ask of thee to gain, what they gain from thee for ever, with the blessed to retain, and hereafter in thy glory evermore with thee to reign. 4 Laud and honor to the Father, laud and honor to the Son, laud and honor to the Spirit, ever three and ever One, one in might and one in glory, while unending ages run. Topics: Church Anniversaries and Dedications; Cornerstone Laying; Processional Hymns; Hymns with Descants Used With Tune: WESTMINSTER ABBEY Text Sources: Angularis fundamentum, Latin, 7th century

God of the living, in whose eyes

Author: John Ellerton (1826-1893) Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 59 hymnals Scripture: Luke 20:37-38 Lyrics: 1 God of the living, in whose eyes unveiled your whole creation lies, all souls are yours; we must not say that those are dead who pass away; for we believe and know it true, our dead are living, Lord, with you. 2 Released from earthly toil and strife, with you is hidden still their life; yours are their thoughts, their works, their powers, all yours, and yet most surely ours; for we believe and know it true, our dead are living, Lord, with you. Topics: The Holy Spirit The Church Celebrates - Death and Grieving; Eternal Life; Funerals general; Trust Used With Tune: TYNEMOUTH (ST. CATHERINE'S)

Author of life divine

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.6 Appears in 57 hymnals Scripture: Luke 20:27-38 Topics: Holy Communion Used With Tune: SACRISTA

I vow to thee, my country, all earthly things above

Author: Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice (1859-1918) Meter: 13.13.13.13.13.13 Appears in 22 hymnals Scripture: Luke 20:25 Lyrics: 1 I vow to thee, my country, all earthly things above, entire and whole and perfect, the service of my love: the love that asks no question, the love that stands the test, that lays upon the altar the dearest and the best; the love that never falters, the love that pays the price, the love that makes undaunted the final sacrifice. 2 And there's another country I've heard of long ago, most dear to them that love her, most great to them that know; we may not count her armies, we may not see her King; her fortress is a faithful heart, her pride is suffering; and soul by soul and silently her shining bounds increase, and her ways are ways of gentleness and all her paths are peace. Topics: The Holy Spirit The Church Celebrates - National Life; Remembrance Sunday; Stages of Life Used With Tune: THAXTED

Amazing grace – how sweet the sound

Author: John Newton, 1725-1807 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,419 hymnals Scripture: Luke 20:27-38 Topics: Conversion and New Life Used With Tune: AMAZING GRACE (NEW BRITAIN)

The Church's One Foundation

Author: Samuel John Stone Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 858 hymnals Scripture: Luke 20:17 Lyrics: 1 The church’s one foundation is Jesus Christ, her Lord; she is his new creation by water and the word. from heav'n he came and sought her to be his holy bride; with his own blood he bought her, and for her life he died. 2 Elect from ev'ry nation, yet one o’er all the earth, her charter of salvation: one Lord, one faith, one birth; one holy name she blesses, partakes one holy food, and to one hope she presses with ev'ry grace endued. 3 'Mid toil and tribulation, and tumult of her war, she waits the consummation of peace forevermore; till with the vision glorious longing eyes are blessed, and the great church victorious shall be the church at rest. 4 Yet she on earth has union with God the Three in One, and mystic sweet communion with those whose rest is won: O blessed heav'nly chorus! Lord, save us by your grace that we, like saints before us, may see you face to face. Topics: Nature of the Church; Church--Anniversary; Church--Foundation and nature; Church--Militant; Church--Triumphant; Church--Unity Used With Tune: AURELIA

Come, You Faithful, Raise the Strain

Author: John of Damascus,; John Mason Neale Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 380 hymnals Scripture: Luke 20:27-38 First Line: Come, you faithful raise the strain Lyrics: 1 Come, you faithful, raise the strain of triumphant gladness! God has brought forth Israel into joy from sadness, loosed from Pharaoh’s bitter yoke Jacob’s sons and daughters; led them with unmoistened foot through the Red Sea waters. 2 ’Tis the spring of souls today: Christ has burst his prison, and from three days’ sleep in death as a sun has risen. All the winter of our sins, long and dark, is flying from the Light, to whom we give laud and praise undying. 3 Now the queen of seasons, bright with the day of splendor, with the royal feast of feasts comes its joy to render; comes to glad Jerusalem, who with true affection welcomes in unwearied strains Jesus’ resurrection! 4 Neither could the gates of death, nor the tomb’s dark portal, nor the watchers, nor the seal hold you as a mortal: but today, among your own, you appear, bestowing your deep peace, which evermore passes human knowing. Topics: Christian Year Easter Vigil; Christian Year Resurrection/Easter; Christian Year Reign of Christ; Freedom; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Joy; Christian Year Easter Used With Tune: ST. KEVIN

Come, let us join our friends above

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 345 hymnals Scripture: Luke 20:27-38 Topics: The Communion of Saints Used With Tune: ST MATTHEW