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Lord of the Dance
Author: Sydney Bertram Carter (1915-2004) Meter: Irregular with refrain Appears in 52 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 23:13 First Line: I danced in the morning when the world was begun Refrain First Line: Dance, then, wherever you may be Lyrics: 1 I danced in the morning
when the world was begun,
and I danced in the moon
and the stars, and the sun,
and I came down from heaven
and I danced on the earth--
at Bethlehem I had my birth.
Refrain:
Dance, then, wherever you may be:
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he,
and I’ll lead you all, wherever you may be,
and I’ll lead you all in the Dance, said he.
2 I danced for the scribe
and the Pharisee,
but they would not dance
and they would not follow me.
I danced for the fishermen,
for James and John --
they came with me
and the Dance went on. [Refrain]
3 I danced on the Sabbath
when I cured the lame,
the holy people
said it was a shame.
They whipped and they stripped
and they hung me high,
and they left me there
on a Cross to die. [Refrain]
4 I danced on a Friday
and the sky turned black --
it’s hard to dance
with the devil on your back.
They buried my body
and they thought I’d gone --
but I am the Dance
and I still go on. [Refrain]
5 They cut me down
and I leapt up high --
I am the life
that’ll never, never die.
I’ll live in you
if you’ll live in me,
I am the Lord
of the Dance, said he. [Refrain] Topics: Christ Incarnate Passion and Death; Christ Incarnate Public Ministry; Dance; Jesus Life and Ministry Used With Tune: LORD OF THE DANCE
Lord of the Dance
Mothering God, you gave me birth
Author: Jean Janzen (b. 1933) Meter: 8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 18 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 23:37 Topics: God in Trinity; God names and imags of Used With Tune: MOTHER JULIAN
Mothering God, you gave me birth
Gather Us In
Author: Marty Haugen, 1950- Meter: Irregular Appears in 38 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 23:37 First Line: Here in this place, the new light is streaming Used With Tune: GATHER US IN
Gather Us In
There's a wideness in God's mercy
Author: Frederick William Faber, 1814-1863 Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 900 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 23:1-4 Topics: Mission and Evangelism Used With Tune: CROSS OF JESUS
There's a wideness in God's mercy
After a Relapse into Sin
Author: Rev. Charles Wesley (1708-1788) Appears in 811 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 23:37 First Line: Depth of mercy, can there be, Mercy still reserved for me? Topics: Christ Long Suffering of; Christ Love of; Christ Mercy of; Declension, Spiritual; God long-suffering of; Humiliation; Penitential; Sin Confession of; Sinners Pleading for Mercy Used With Tune: ALETTA
After a Relapse into Sin
O Jesus Christ, May Grateful Hymns Be Rising
Author: Bradford Gray Webster Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 20 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 23:37 Lyrics: 1 O Jesus Christ, may grateful hymns be rising,
In every city for Your love and care;
Inspire our worship, grant the glad surprising
That Your blest Spirit rouses everywhere.
2 Grant us new courage, sacrificial, humble,
Strong in Your strength to venture and to dare;
To lift the fallen, guide the feet that stumble.
Seek out the lonely and God's mercy share.
3 Show us Your Spirit, brooding o'er each city,
As You once wept above Jerusalem,
Seeking to gather all in love and pity,
And healing those who touch Your garment's hem. Used With Tune: CHARTERHOUSE
O Jesus Christ, May Grateful Hymns Be Rising
Praise Ye the Lord, the Almighty
Author: Joachim Neander; Catherine Winkworth Meter: 14.14.4.7.8 Appears in 384 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 23:37 First Line: Praise ye the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation Lyrics: 1 Praise ye the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation!
O my soul, praise him, for he is thy health and salvation!
All ye who hear,
now to his temple draw near;
join me in glad adoration!
2 Praise ye the Lord, who o'er all things so wondrously reigneth,
shelters thee under his wings, yea, so gently sustaineth!
Hast thou not seen
how thy desires e'er have been
granted in what he ordaineth?
3 Praise ye the Lord! O let all that is in me adore him!
All that hath life and breath, come now with praises before him!
Let the amen
sound from his people again;
gladly for aye we adore him. Topics: Adoration; Creation; Providence; Sovereignty of God Used With Tune: LOBE DEN HERREN
Praise Ye the Lord, the Almighty
Here, O my Lord, I see thee face to face
Appears in 315 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 23:29 Topics: The Church Ordinances; Lord's Supper
Here, O my Lord, I see thee face to face
Make me a captive, Lord
Author: George Matheson (1842-1906) Appears in 120 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 23:11 Lyrics: 1 Make me a captive, Lord,
and then I shall be free;
force me to render up my sword,
and I shall conqueror be.
I sink in life's alarms
when by myself I stand;
imprison me within thine arms,
and strong shall be my hand.
2 My heart is weak and poor
until it master find;
it has no spring of action sure,
it varies with the wind.
It cannot freely move
till thou hast wrought its chain;
enslave it with thy matchless love,
and deathless it shall reign.
3 My power is faint and low
till I have learned to serve;
it lacks the needed fire to glow,
it lacks the breeze to nerve;
it cannot drive the world,
until itself be driven;
its flag can only be unfurled
when thou shalt breathe from heaven.
4 My will is not my own
till thou hast made it thine;
if it would reach a monarch's throne
it must its crown resign;
it only stands unbent,
amid the clashing strife,
when on thy bosom it has leant
and found in thee its life. Topics: Life in Christ Our Response to Christ - In Discipleship Used With Tune: LEOMINSTER
Make me a captive, Lord
O Holy City, Seen of John
Author: Walter Russell Bowie, 1882-1969 Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 Appears in 89 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 23:1-12 Topics: Jesus, the Lamb; Justice; Nation and City; Reign of Christ; The New Jerusalem; Peace Used With Tune: SANCTA CIVITAS
O Holy City, Seen of John
Sweet Subjection
Author: Thomas Hornblower Gill (1819— ) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 57 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 23:6-10 First Line: Dear Lord and Master mine! Topics: Christ Master; Conversion; Dependence On Christ; Obedience Of the Christian; Resignation; Sinners Yielding Used With Tune: SUBJECTION
Sweet Subjection
The Church of Christ in Every Age
Author: Fred Pratt Green, 1903- Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 30 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 23:1-12 Topics: Aniversary of Parish/Church; Church; Justice; Mission; Ordination; Servanthood; Peace Used With Tune: HERONGATE
The Church of Christ in Every Age
Hinab geht Christi weg
Author: A. Ingolstetter, 1633-1711 Appears in 27 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 23:12 Topics: Christliche Sinn und Wandel Wachsamkeit und Treue
Hinab geht Christi weg
When the Church of Jesus
Author: Fred Pratt Green Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Appears in 19 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 23:23 Lyrics: 1 When the church of Jesus shuts its outer door,
lest the roar of traffic drown the voice of prayer:
may our prayers, Lord, make us ten times more aware
that the world we banish is our Christian care.
2 If our hearts are lifted where devotion soars
high above this hungry, suffering world of ours:
lest our hymns should drug us to forget its needs,
forge our Christian worship into Christian deeds.
3 Lest the gifts we offer, money, talents, time,
serve to salve our conscience, to our secret shame:
Lord, reprove, inspire us by the way you give;
teach us, dying Savior, how true Christians live.
Topics: Church Ministry and Ministers; Church Renewal; Evangelism; Social Concerns; Worship Used With Tune: KING'S WESTON
When the Church of Jesus
We Are Your People
Author: Brian Wren, b. 1936 Meter: 5.4.5.5.7 Appears in 14 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 23:1-12 Topics: Ordinary Time 16, Year C; Brotherhood and Sisterhood; Christian Life; Commissioning; Community; Ministry; Service; Social Concern; Unity; Welcome; World Used With Tune: WHITFIELD
We Are Your People
Beneath the Cross
Author: Keith Getty; Kristyn Getty Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 7 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 23:32-33 First Line: Beneath the cross of Jesus Topics: Discipleship; Jesus Christ Atonement; Jesus Christ Bridegroom; Jesus Christ Confidence in; Unity in Christ; Elements of Worship Lord's Supper Used With Tune: BENEATH THE CROSS
Beneath the Cross
Awit sa Dapit-Hapon (When Twilight Comes)
Author: Moises Andrade; James Minchin Meter: 8.8.9.9.9.7.7 Appears in 4 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 23:37 First Line: Ngayong nagda-dapit hapon (When twilight comes and the sun sets) Topics: In Marking Time; Church Year Maundy Thursday; Daily Prayer Evening; Time; Unity and Fellowship Used With Tune: DAPIT HAPON Text Sources: Filipino hymn
Awit sa Dapit-Hapon (When Twilight Comes)
Where Two or Three Are Gathered
Author: Liam Lawton, b. 1959 Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 23:11-12 Refrain First Line: Here in the Bread that is broken Topics: Thursday of the Lord's Supper; Eucharist; Comfort; Community; Feast; Freedom; Friendship; Gathering; Heaven; Jesus Christ; Love of God for Us; Mercy; Peace; Presence of God; Service; Welcome Used With Tune: [Where two or three are gathered]
Where Two or Three Are Gathered
Jesus, Lover of My Soul
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 3,226 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 23:37 Lyrics: 1 Jesus, lover of my soul,
let me to thy bosom fly,
while the nearer waters roll,
while the tempest still is high.
Hide me, O my Savior, hide,
till the storm of life is past.
Safe into the haven guide.
O receive my soul at last!
2 Other refuge have I none;
hangs my helpless soul on thee.
Leave, ah! leave me not alone;
still support and comfort me.
All my trust on thee is stayed;
all my help from thee I bring.
Cover my defenseless head
with the shadow of thy wing.
3 Thou, O Christ, art all I want;
more than all in thee I find.
Raise the fallen, cheer the faint,
heal the sick, and lead the blind.
Just and holy is thy name;
I am all unrighteousness.
False and full of sin I am;
thou art full of truth and grace.
4 Plenteous grace with thee is found,
grace to cover all my sin.
Let the healing streams abound;
make and keep me pure within.
Thou of life the fountain art;
freely let me take of thee.
Spring thou up within my heart.
Rise to all eternity.
Topics: Comfort; Forgiveness; Grace; Living in Christ Used With Tune: ABERYSTWYTH
Jesus, Lover of My Soul
Softly and tenderly
Author: William J. Thompson, 1847-1909 Meter: 11.7.11.7 with refrain Appears in 866 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 23:37 First Line: Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling Refrain First Line: Come home, come home Lyrics: 1 Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling,
calling for you and for me:
patiently Jesus is waiting and watching,
watching for you and for me.
Refrain:
"Come home, come home,
ye who are weary, come home";
earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling,
calling, O sinner, "Come home!"
2 Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading,
pleading for you and for me?
Why should we linger and heed not his mercies,
mercies for you and for me? [Refrain]
3 Oh for the wonderful love he has promised,
promised for you and for me;
though we have sinned, he has mercy and pardon,
pardon for you and for me. [Refrain] Topics: Evangelism; Forgiveness / Pardon; Invitation; Jesus Christ Call of; Mercy; One Life in Christ Discipleship; Promise Used With Tune: THOMPSON
Softly and tenderly
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