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Though I May Speak with Bravest Fire
Author: Hal Hopson, 1933- Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 28 hymnals Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Praise and Transcendence; Communion; Love; Spirituality and Spiritual Growth Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 Used With Tune: GIFT OF LOVE
Though I May Speak with Bravest Fire
Earth Is Our Homeland
Author: Mark L. Belletini, 1949-; Helen R. Pickett, 1929- Meter: 11.11.8.6.8.9 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Earth is our homeland: a song of stars, a grace Topics: Humanist Teachings Humanity: Women and Men; The Arts; Celebration and Praise; Earth; The Elements Used With Tune: SYMPHONY
Earth Is Our Homeland
Unto Thy Temple, Lord, We Come
Author: Robert Colyer, 1823-1912 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 30 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Unto thy temple, Lord, we come
with thankful hearts to worship thee;
and pray that this may be our home
until we touch eternity:
2 The common home of rich and poor,
of bond and free, and great and small;
large as thy love forevermore,
and warm and bright and good to all.
3 May thy whole truth be spoken here;
thy gospel light for ever shine;
thy perfect love cast out all fear,
and human life become divine. Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Praise and Transcendence; God, Goddess, and Spirit; The Living Tradition; Prayer and Meditation; Rich and poor Used With Tune: DUKE STREET
Unto Thy Temple, Lord, We Come
Alleluia Amen
Appears in 479 hymnals First Line: Alleluia. Alleluia Lyrics: Alleluia. Alleluia.
Amen. Amen.
Topics: Service Music Responses, Rounds, and Chants; Celebration and Praise; Closings Used With Tune: ALLELUIA AMEN
Alleluia Amen
Name Unnamed
Author: Brian Wren, 1936- Meter: Irregular Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Beautifully moving, ceaselessly forming Refrain First Line: Name unnamed, hidden and shown Lyrics: Refrain:
Name unnamed, hidden and shown, knowing and known. Gloria!
1 Beautifully moving, ceaselessly forming,
growing, emerging with awesome delight,
Maker of Rainbows, glowing with color,
arching in wonder,
energy flowing in darkness and light: [Refrain]
2 Spinner of Chaos, pulling and twisting,
freeing the fibers of pattern and form,
Weaver of Stories, famed or unspoken,
tangled or broken,
shaping a tapestry vivid and warm: [Refrain]
3 Nudging Discomfort, prodding and shaking,
waking our lives to creative unease,
Straight-talking Lover, checking and humbling
jargon and grumbling,
speaking the truth that refreshes and frees: [Refrain]
4 Midwife of Changes, skillfully guiding,
drawing us out through the shock of the new,
Woman of Wisdom, deeply perceiving,
never deceiving,
freeing and leading in all that we do: [Refrain]
5 Daredevil Gambler, risking and loving,
giving us freedom to shatter your dreams,
Life-giving Loser, wounded and weeping,
dancing and leaping,
sharing the caring that heals and redeems. [Refrain] Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Praise and Transcendence; God, Goddess, and Spirit Used With Tune: SAMUEL
Name Unnamed
O Life That Maketh All Things New
Author: Samuel Longfellow, 1819-1892 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 74 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O Life that maketh all things new,
the blooming earth, our thoughts within,
our pilgrim feet, wet with thy dew,
in gladness hither turn again.
2 From hand to hand the greeting flows,
from eye to eye the signals run,
from heart to heart the bright hope glows,
the seekers of the light are one:
3 One in the freedom of the truth,
one in the joy of paths untrod,
one in the soul’s perennial youth,
one in the larger thought of God;
4 The freer step, the fuller breath,
the wide horizon’s grander view,
the sense of life that knows no death,
the Life that maketh all things new. Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder The Celebration of Life; Beloved Community; The Eternal Now; Free and Responsible Search for Truth and Meaning; Nature and the Countryside Used With Tune: TRURO
O Life That Maketh All Things New
O Hear, My People
Author: Rabbi Nachman of Bratzlav, 1770-1831 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: O hear, my people, hear me well Lyrics: 1 O hear, my people, hear me well:
"I have no need for sacrifice;
but mercy, loving kindness shall
alone for life and good suffice."
2 Then source of peace, lead us to peace,
a place profound, and wholly true.
And lead us to a mastery
o'er drives in us that war pursue.
3 May deeds we do inscribe our names
as blessings in the Book of Life.
O source of peace, lead us to heal.
O source of peace, lead us from strife.
Topics: Jewish and Christian Teachings Days of Awe; Rosh Hashanah; Social Justice; Yom Kippur Used With Tune: L'CHA DODI
O Hear, My People
Come Down, O Love Divine
Author: Bianco da Siena, d. c. 1434; Richard Frederick Littledale, 1833-1890 Meter: 6.6.11 D Appears in 111 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Come down, O Love divine,
seek thou this soul of mine,
and visit it with thine own ardor glowing;
O Comforter, draw near,
within my heart appear,
and kindle it, thy holy flame bestowing.
2 O let it freely burn,
till earthly passions turn
to dust and ashes in its heat consuming;
and let its glorious light
shine ever on my sight,
and clothe me round, the while my path illuming.
3 And so the glory strong,
for which the soul will long,
shall far out-pass the power of human telling;
for none can guess its grace,
till we become the place
wherein the Holy Spirit makes a dwelling. Topics: Jewish and Christian Teachings Pentecost; Prayer and Meditation; Spirituality and Spiritual Growth Used With Tune: DOWN AMPNEY
Come Down, O Love Divine
Joy, Thou Goddess
Author: Friedrich Schiller, 1759-1805 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Joy, thou goddess, fair immortal Lyrics: 2 Joy, thou goddess, fair immortal,
offspring of Elysium,
mad with rapture, to the portal
of thy holy fane we come!
Fashion’s laws, indeed, may sever,
but thy magic joins again;
humankind is one forever
‘neath thy mild and gentle reign.
2 Joy, in nature’s wide dominion,
mightiest cause of all is found;
and ‘tis joy that moves the pinion,
when the wheel of time goes round;
from the bud she lures the flower,
suns from out their orbs of light;
distant spheres obey her power,
far beyond all mortal sight.
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1 Freude, schóner Götterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
wir betreten feuertrunken,
himmlische, dein Heiligtum.
Deine Zauber binden wieder,
was die Mode streng geteilt,
alle Menschen werden Brúder,
wo dein sanfter Flúgel weilt.
2 Freude heiefst die starke Feder
in der ewigen Natur.
Freude, Freude treibt die Ráder
in der grossen Weltenuhr.
Blumen lockt sie ausden Keimen,
Sonnen aus dem Firmament,
Spháren rollt sie in den Raumen,
die des Sehers Rohr nicht kennt. Topics: Humanist Teachings Beauty, Truth, and Goodness; God, Goddess, and Spirit; Humankind; Joy; Pagan Used With Tune: HYMN TO JOY
Joy, Thou Goddess
Now on Land and Sea Descending
Author: Samuel Longfellow, 1819-1892 Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 120 hymnals Refrain First Line: Jubilate! Jubilate! Lyrics: 1 Now on land and sea descending,
brings the night its peace profound;
let our vesper hymn be blending
with the holy calm around.
Jubilate! Jubilate! Jubilate! Amen.
Jubilate! Jubilate! Jubilate! Amen.
2 Soon as dies the sunset glory,
stars of heav’n shine out above,
telling still the ancient story –
their Creator’s endless love.
Jubilate! Jubilate! Jubilate! Amen.
Jubilate! Jubilate! Jubilate! Amen.
3 Now, our wants and burdens leaving,
to the Care that cares for all,
cease we fearing, cease we grieving;
quietly our burdens fall.
Jubilate! Jubilate! Jubilate! Amen.
Jubilate! Jubilate! Jubilate! Amen.
4 As the darkness deepens o’er us,
lo, eternal stars arise;
hope and faith and love rise glorious,
shining in the Spirit’s skies.
Jubilate! Jubilate! Jubilate! Amen.
Jubilate! Jubilate! Jubilate! Amen. Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Evening; Celebration and Praise; The Living Tradition; Serenity Used With Tune: VESPER HYMN
Now on Land and Sea Descending
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