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I need Thee, O, I need Thee
Author: Annie Sherwood Hawks Meter: 6.4.6.4 with refrain Appears in 973 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:20-21 First Line: I need Thee every hour Topics: God: His Attributes, Works and Word The Gospel - Needed Used With Tune: I NEED THEE
I need Thee, O, I need Thee
Savior, Savior, hear my humble cry
Author: Fanny J. Crosby, 1820-1915 Appears in 907 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:4 First Line: Pass me not, O gentle Savior Topics: Contrition; Forgiveness; God as Guide; Grace; Healing; Mercy; Repentance; Trial; Adoration and Praise Prayer Service Used With Tune: PASS ME NOT
Savior, Savior, hear my humble cry
Come, Thou Long-expected Jesus
Author: Charles Wesley (1707-1788) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 749 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:2-11 Lyrics: 1 Come, thou long-expected Jesus,
born to set thy people free;
from our fears and sins release us,
let us find our rest in thee.
2 Israel's strength and consolation,
hope of all the earth thou art;
dear desire of every nation,
joy of every longing heart.
3 Born thy people to deliver;
born a child and yet a King,
born to reign in us forever,
now thy gracious kingdom bring.
4 By thine own eternal Spirit
rule in all our hearts alone;
by thine all-sufficient merit,
raise us to thy glorious throne. Topics: Advent; Kingdom Used With Tune: STUTTGART
Come, Thou Long-expected Jesus
Lord, I approach the mercy-seat
Author: Newton Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 612 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:20 Lyrics: 1 Lord, I approach the mercy-seat,
Where thou dost answer prayer;
There humbly fall before thy feet--
For none can perish there.
2 Thy promise is my only plea;
With this I venture nigh;
Thou callest burdened souls to thee,
And such, O Lord, am I.
3 Bowed down beneath a load of sin,
By Satan sorely pressed;
By wars without, and fears within,
I come to thee for rest.
4 Be thou my shield and hiding-place;
That, sheltered near thy side,
I may rejoice in Jesus' grace--
In Jesus crucified.
5 Oh, wondrous love!--to bleed and die,
To bear the cross and shame,
That guilty sinners, such as I,
Might plead thy gracious name.
Topics: The Christian System Repentance and Faith; Pleading His Gracious Name
Lord, I approach the mercy-seat
Our blest Redeemer, ere he breathed
Author: Lyle Appears in 560 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:22 Lyrics: 1 Our blest Redeemer, ere he breathed
His last farewell,
A guide, a comforter, bequeathed
With us to dwell.
2 He comes his graces to impart
A willing guest,
While he can find one humble heart
Wherein to rest.
3 And all the good that we possess,
His gift we own;
Yea, every thought of holiness,
And victory won.
4 Spirit of purity and grace,
Our weakness see:
Oh, make our hearts thy dwelling-place,
And worthier thee. Topics: The Holy Spirit; The Source of Every Good Gift
Our blest Redeemer, ere he breathed
Father, I Stretch My Hands to Thee
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 540 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:3 Refrain First Line: I do believe, I now believe Lyrics: 1 Father, I stretch my hands to Thee;
No other help I know;
If Thou withdraw Thyself from me,
Ah! whither shall I go?
2 What did Thine only Son endure,
Before I drew my breath!
What pain, what labor, to secure
My soul from endless death!
3 O Jesus, could I this believe,
I now should feel Thy power!
Now my poor soul Thou wouldst retrieve,
Nor let me wait one hour.
4 Author of faith, to Thee I lift
My weary, longing eyes;
O let me now receive that gift!
My soul without it dies.
5 Surely Thou canst not let me die;
O speak, and I shall live;
And here I will unwearied lie,
Till Thou Thy Spirit give.
6 The worst of sinners would rejoice,
Could they but see Thy face;
O let me hear Thy quickening voice,
And taste Thy pardoning grace!
Amen.
Topics: The Christian Life Prayer and Intercession; Ascription; Trust Used With Tune: CHELMSFORD
Father, I Stretch My Hands to Thee
I Am Praying for You
Author: Samuel O. Cluff Meter: 11.11.12.11.6.6.6.5 Appears in 483 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:11 First Line: I have a Savior, He's pleading in glory Refrain First Line: For you I am praying Lyrics: 1 I have a Savior, He’s pleading in glory,
A dear, loving Savior, though earth friends be few;
And now He is watching in tenderness o’er me;
And, oh, that my Savior were your Savior, too.
Refrain:
For you I am praying,
For you I am praying,
For you I am praying,
I’m praying for you.
2 I have a Father; to me He has given
A hope for eternity, blessed and true;
And soon He will call me to meet Him in heaven,
But, oh, that He’d let me bring you with me, too! [Refrain]
3 I have a robe; ’tis resplendent in whiteness,
Awaiting in glory my wondering view;
Oh, when I receive it all shining in brightness,
Dear friend, could I see you receiving one, too! [Refrain]
4 When He has found you, tell others the story,
That my loving Savior is your Savior, too;
Then pray that your Savior may bring them to glory,
And prayer will be answered—’twas answered for you! [Refrain]
5 Speak of that Savior, that Father in heaven,
That harp, crown, and robe which are waiting for you—
That peace you possess, and that rest to be given,
Still praying that Jesus may save them with you. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [I have a Savior, He's pleading in glory] Text Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/I_Am_Praying_for_You)
I Am Praying for You
Lord, speak to me, that I may speak
Author: F. R. Havergal Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 453 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:4 Topics: The Church Pastors and Teachers Used With Tune: WAYLAND
Lord, speak to me, that I may speak
'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus
Author: Louisa M. R. Stead, 1850-1917 Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 416 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:20 Lyrics: 1 'Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus,
just to take him at his word,
just to rest upon his promise,
just to know, "Thus saith the Lord."
Refrain:
Jesus, Jesus, how I trust him!
How I've proved him o'er and o'er!
Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus!
O for grace to trust him more!
2 O how sweet to trust in Jesus,
just to trust his cleansing blood,
just in simple faith to plunge me
'neath the healing, cleansing flood! [Refrain]
3 Yes, 'tis sweet to trust in Jesus,
just from sin and self to cease,
just from Jesus simply taking
life and rest, and joy and peace. [Refrain]
4 I'm so glad I learned to trust you,
precious Jesus, Savior, Friend,
and I know that you are with me,
will be with me to the end. [Refrain] Used With Tune: TRUST IN JESUS
'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus
Omniscience--Ps. 139
Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 325 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:20 First Line: Lord! thou hast searched, and seen me thro' Lyrics: 1 Lord! thou hast searched and seen me thro';
Thine eye commands, with piercing view,
My rising and my resting hours,
My heart and flesh, with all their powers.
2 My thoughts, before they are my own,
Are to my God distinctly known;
He knows the words I mean to speak,
Ere from my opening lips they break.
3 Within thy circling power I stand;
On every side I find thy hand;
Awake, asleep, at home, abroad,
I am surrounded still with God.
4 Amazing knowledge, vast and great!
What large extent! what lofty height!
My soul, with all the powers I boast
Is in the boundless prospect lost.
5 Oh, may these thoughts possess my breast,
Where'er I rove, where'er I rest;
Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin, for God is there. Topics: God: The Father Used With Tune: TRURO
Omniscience--Ps. 139
Our consolation aboundeth
Author: Toplady Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 304 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:5 First Line: When languor and disease invade Topics: The Closet and Saints' Communion
Our consolation aboundeth
We give immortal praise
Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 203 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:3-7 Lyrics: 1 We give immortal praise
to God the Father's love
for all our comforts here,
and better hopes above:
he sent his own eternal Son,
to die for sins that we had done.
2 To God the Son belongs
immortal glory too,
who bought us with his blood
from everlasting woe:
and now he lives, and now he reigns,
and sees the fruit of all his pains.
3 To God the Spirit's name
immortal worship give,
whose new-creating power
makes the dead sinner live:
his work completes the great design,
and fills the soul with joy divine.
4 To you, almighty God,
be endless honours done,
the undivided Three,
and the mysterious One:
where reason fails with all her powers,
there faith prevails, and love adores. Topics: Adoration and Praise; Providence; Trinity Sunday Used With Tune: CROFT'S 136TH
We give immortal praise
Spirit, Come, Dispel Our Sadness
Author: Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676); John C. Jacobi (1670-1750) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 195 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:18-22 Lyrics: 1 Spirit, come, dispel our sadness;
pierce the clouds of nature's night.
Come, O source of joy and gladness,
breathe your life, and spread your light.
From the height which knows no measure,
as a gracious shower descend,
bringing down the richest treasure
we can wish, or God can send.
2 Author of the new creation,
come, anoint us with your power.
Make our hearts your habitation;
with your grace our spirits shower.
Hear, O hear our supplication,
blessed Spirit, God of peace!
Rest upon this congregation
with the fullness of your grace. Topics: Pentecost Used With Tune: O MEIN JESU, ICH MUSS STERBEN
Spirit, Come, Dispel Our Sadness
Through the Love of God Our Savior
Author: Mary Peters Meter: 8.4.8.4.8.8.8.4 Appears in 191 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:4 Lyrics: 1 Through the love of God our Savior,
all will be well;
free and changeless is his favor,
all, all is well;
precious is the blood that healed us,
perfect is the grace that sealed us,
strong the hand stretched out to shield us,
all must be well.
2 Though we pass through tribulation,
all will be well;
ours is such a full salvation,
all, all is well;
happy, still in God confiding,
fruitful, if in Christ abiding,
holy through the Spirit’s guiding,
all must be well.
3 We expect a bright tomorrow,
all will be well;
faith can sing through days of sorrow,
all, all is well;
on our Father’s love relying,
Jesus every need supplying,
or in living or in dying,
all must be well.
Topics: Encouragement; Holiness of Life; Love God’s Love for Us; Serenity; Trials Used With Tune: AR HYD Y NOS Text Sources: Julian of Norwich
Through the Love of God Our Savior
Blest be the everlasting God
Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 189 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:3 Lyrics: 1 Blest be the everlasting God,
the Father of our Lord!
Be his abounding mercy praised,
his majesty adored!
2 When from the dead he raised his Son,
and called him to the sky,
he gave our souls a lively hope
that they should never die.
3 There's an inheritance divine
reserved against that day;
'tis uncorrupted, undefiled,
and cannot fade away.
4 Saints by the power of God are kept,
till that salvation come:
we walk by faith as strangers here,
till Christ shall call us home. Topics: Easter; Easter III Year B; Easter V Year A; Easter V Year C Used With Tune: BURFORD
Blest be the everlasting God
Your Hand, O Lord, in Days of Old
Author: Edward H. Plumptre, 1821-1891 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 177 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:8-11 Lyrics: 1 Your hand, O Lord, in days of old
was strong to heal and save;
it triumphed over pain and death,
o'er darkness and the grave.
To you they came, the blind, the mute,
the paralyzed and lame,
the lepers in their misery,
the sick with fevered frame.
2 Your touch then, Lord, brought life and health,
gave speech and strength and sight;
and youth renewed and frenzy calmed
revealed you, Lord of light.
And now, O Lord, be near to bless,
almighty as before,
in crowded street, by beds of pain,
as by Gennes'ret's shore.
3 O be our great deliv'rer still,
the Lord of life and death;
restore and quicken, soothe and bless,
with your life-giving breath.
To hands that work and eyes that see
give wisdom's healing pow'r
that whole and sick and weak and strong
may praise you evermore. Topics: Society Used With Tune: ST. MATTHEW
Your Hand, O Lord, in Days of Old
Where He Leads I'll Follow
Author: William A. Ogden Appears in 173 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:20 First Line: Sweet are the promises Lyrics: 1 Sweet are the promises,
Kind is the word,
Dearer far than any message man ever heard;
Pure was the mind of Christ,
Sinless I see;
He the great example is, and pattern for me.
Chorus:
Where He leads I’ll follow,
Follow all the way.
Where He leads I’ll follow,
Follow Jesus ev’ry day.
2 Sweet is the tender love
Jesus hath shown,
Sweeter far than any love that mortals have known;
Kind to the erring one,
Faithful is He;
He the great example is, and pattern for me. (Chorus)
3 List' to His loving words,
“Come unto Me;”
Weary, heavy-laden, there is sweet rest for thee;
Trust in His promises,
Faithful and sure;
Lean upon the Savior, and thy soul is secure. (Chorus) Topics: Christ Example; Christ Example Used With Tune: [Sweet are the promises]
Where He Leads I'll Follow
2 Cor. 12:9
Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 157 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:4 First Line: Let me but hear my Saviour say Lyrics: 1 Let me but hear my Saviour say
"Strength shall be equal to thy day;"
Then I rejoice in deep distress,
Leaning on all-sufficient grace.
2 I can do all things--or can bear
All suffering, if my Lord be there;
Sweet pleasures mingle with the pains,
While he my sinking head sustains.
3 I glory in infirmity,
That Christ's own power may rest on me;
When I am weak, then am I strong;
Grace is my shield, and Christ my song. Topics: Christ Sympathy of; Christians Privileges; Comfort; Communion of Saints At Lord's Table; Cross of Christ Bearing Used With Tune: PARK STREET
2 Cor. 12:9
Does Jesus Care
Author: Frank E. Graeff, 1860-1919 Meter: 9.7.10.8 with refrain Appears in 151 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:4 First Line: Does Jesus care when my heart is pained Refrain First Line: Oh, yes, He cares, I know He cares! Lyrics: 1 Does Jesus care when my heart is pained
Too deeply for mirth and song;
As the burdens press, and the cares distress,
And the way grows weary and long?
Chorus:
Oh, yes, He cares, I know he cares!
His heart is touched with my grief;
When the days are weary, the long nights dreary,
I know my Saviour cares.
2 Does Jesus care when my way is dark
With a nameless dread and fear?
As the daylight fades into deep night shades,
Does He care enough to be near? [Chorus]
3 Does Jesus care when I've tried and failed
To resist some temptation strong;
When for my deep grief I find no relief,
Tho' my tears flow all the night long? [Chorus]
4 Does Jesus care when I've said "good-bye"
To the dearest on earth to me,
And my sad heart aches till it nearly breaks—
Is it aught to Him? Does he see? [Chorus] Topics: Book One: Hymns, Songs, Chorales; Commission Comfort, Condolence Used With Tune: DOES JESUS CARE
Does Jesus Care
The promises I sing
Author: Doddridge Appears in 106 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:20 Lyrics: 1 The promises I sing,
Which love supreme once spoke;
Nor will the eternal King
His words of grace revoke.
They stand secure And steadfast still:
Not Sion's hill Abides so sure.
2 The mountains melt away,
When once the Judge appears;
And sun and moon decay,
That measure mortal years:
But still the same In radiant lines
His promises shines Through all the flame.
3 Their harmony shall sound
Through my attentive ears,
When thunders cleave the ground
And dissipate the spheres.
'Midst all the shock Of that dread scene
I'll stand serene, Thy word my rock. Topics: Attributes of God Faithfulness; God Faithful
The promises I sing
A Debtor to Mercy Alone
Author: Augustus M. Toplady, 1740-1778 Meter: 8.8.8.8 D Appears in 101 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:20 Lyrics: 1 A debtor to mercy alone,
of covenant mercy I sing;
nor fear, with your righteousness on,
my person and off'ring to bring.
The terrors of law and of God
with me can have nothing to do;
my Savior's obedience and blood
hide all my transgressions from view.
2 The work which his goodness began,
the arm of his strength will complete;
his promise is yea and amen,
and never was forfeited yet.
Things future, nor things that are now,
nor all things below or above,
can make him his purpose forgo,
or sever my soul from his love.
3 My name from the palms of his hands
eternity will not erase;
impressed on his heart it remains,
in marks of indelible grace.
Yes, I to the end shall endure,
as sure as the earnest is giv'n;
more happy, but not more secure,
the glorified spirits in heav'n.
Topics: Covenant of Grace; Fear; Imputation of Righteousness; Preservation of Christians; Salvation by Grace Used With Tune: TREWEN
A Debtor to Mercy Alone
Thou God of truth and love
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 65 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:22 Topics: Marriage; Human Life and Relationships Used With Tune: ST GODRIC
Thou God of truth and love
Holy Father, Great Creator
Author: Alexander V. Griswold Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 61 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:3 Lyrics: 1 Holy Father, great Creator,
Source of mercy, love, and peace,
Look upon the Mediator,
Clothe us with His righteousness;
Heav'nly Father, heav'nly Father,
Thro' the Savior hear and bless!
2 Holy Jesus, Lord of glory,
Whom angelic hosts proclaim,
While we hear Thy wondrous story,
Meet and worship in Thy name,
Dear Redeemer, dear Redeemer,
In our hearts Thy peace proclaim.
3 Holy Spirit, Sanctifier,
Come with unction from above,
Raise our hearts to raptures higher,
Fill them with the Savior's love.
Source of comfort, Source of comfort,
Cheer us with the Savior's love.
4 God the Lord, thro' every nation
Let Thy wondrous mercies shine.
In the song of Thy salvation
Every tongue and race combine.
Great Jehovah, great Jehovah,
Form our hearts and make them Thine.
Amen. Topics: Worship Used With Tune: REGENT SQUARE
Holy Father, Great Creator
For God So Loved This Sinful World
Author: Lelia N. Morris Meter: 8.6.8.6 with refrain Appears in 58 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:20 Refrain First Line: 'Tis true. O yes, 'tis true Topics: The Christian Life; Christian Conversion Forgiveness
For God So Loved This Sinful World
I Saw the Cross of Jesus
Author: Frederick Whitfield Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 54 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:18 Lyrics: 1 I saw the cross of Jesus
When burdened with my sin;
I sought the cross of Jesus
To give me peace within;
I brought my soul to Jesus,
He cleansed it in His blood;
And in the cross of Jesus
I found my peace with God.
2 I love the cross of Jesus,
It tells me what I am--
A vile and guilty creature,
Saved only through the Lamb;
No righteousness nor merit,
No beauty can I plead;
Yet in the cross I glory,
My title there I read.
3 I trust the cross of Jesus,
In every trying hour,
My sure and certain refuge,
My never-failing tow'r,
In every fear and conflict
I more than conquerer am;
Living I'm safe, or dying,
Thro' Christ, the risen Lamb.
4 Safe in the cross of Jesus!
There let my weary heart
Still rest in peace unshaken
Till with Him, ne'er to part;
And then in strains of glory
I'll sing His wondrous pow'r,
Where sin can never enter,
And death is known no more. Topics: Christ Cross of; Witness, Hymns of Used With Tune: WHITFIELD
I Saw the Cross of Jesus
I Choose Jesus
Author: James Rowe Appears in 50 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:4 First Line: When I need someone in time of grief Topics: Jesus Friend Used With Tune: [When I need someone in time of grief]
I Choose Jesus
Baptized in water
Author: Michael Saward (b. 1932) Meter: 5.5.8.5.5.8 Appears in 48 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:21-22 Lyrics: 1 Baptized in water,
sealed by the Spirit,
cleansed by the blood
of Christ our King:
heirs of salvation,
trusting his promise,
faithfully now
God’s praise we sing.
2 Baptized in water,
sealed by the Spirit,
dead in the tomb
with Christ our King:
one with his rising,
Freed and forgiven,
thankfully now
God’s praise we sing.
3 Baptized in water,
sealed by the Spirit,
marked with the sign
of Christ our King:
born of one Father,
we are his children,
joyfully now
God’s praise we sing. Topics: Hymns and Spiritual Songs Baptismal Covenant Used With Tune: [Baptized in water]
Baptized in water
Sent Forth by God's Blessing
Author: Omer Westendorf, 1916 - Appears in 43 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:21-22 Topics: Benediction; Growth; Kingdom of God; Lord's Supper; Mission; Sending Forth; Service; Sharing; Thanks, Thanksgiving; Trust; Unity; Vocations; Worship Used With Tune: ASH GROVE
Sent Forth by God's Blessing
Resting in God
Author: fr. K. R. Hagenbach Appears in 42 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:4 First Line: Since thy Father's arm sustains thee Lyrics: 1 Since thy Father's arm sustains thee,
Peaceful be;
When a chastening hand restrains thee,
It is he!
Know his love in full completeness
Fills the measure of thy weakness;
If he wound thy spirit sore,
Trust him more.
2 Without murmur, uncomplaining,
In his hand
Lay whatever things thou canst not
Understand:
Though the world thy folly spurneth,
From thy faith in pity turneth,
Peace thy inmost soul shall fill--
Lying still.
3 Fearest sometimes that thy Father
Hath forgot?
When the clouds around thee gather,
Doubt him not!
Always hath the daylight broken--
Always hath he comfort spoken--
Better hath he been for years,
Than thy fears.
4 To his own thy Saviour giveth
Daily strength;
To each troubled soul that liveth
Peace at length:
Weakest lambs have largest sharing
Of this tender Shepherd's caring;
Ask him not, then--when or how--
Only bow. Topics: Afflictions; Cares; Christians Afflictions; Comfort; Communion of Saints At Lord's Table Used With Tune: HARVEY
Resting in God
Will you come and follow me
Author: John L. Bell (b. 1949); Graham Maule (b. 1958) Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.7.7.6 Appears in 42 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:3-5 Topics: Saints St Andrew; Christian Initiation; Children and All-Age Worship; Commitment; Compassion; Discipleship; God Love of; Healing; Love for Others; Other Saints and Festivals Andrew the Apostle; Proper 10 Year C; Proper 19 Year B; Self-offering; Sharing and Caring; The Church's Ministry and Mission; The Second Sunday of Epiphany Year A; The Second Sunday of Lent Year B; Vocation Used With Tune: KELVINGROVE
Will you come and follow me
Every Time I Feel the Spirit
Appears in 41 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:21-22 First Line: Upon the mountain my Lord spoke Refrain First Line: Ev'ry time I feel the spirit Lyrics: Refrain:
Ev'ry time I feel the spirit
moving in my heart, I will pray.
Ev'ry time I feel the spirit
moving in my heart, I will pray.
1 Upon the mountain my Lord spoke,
out of his mouth came fire and smoke. [Refrain]
2 All around me looked so fine,
asked my Lord if all was mine. [Refrain]
3 Jordan River, chilly and cold,
chills the body but not the soul. [Refrain]
Topics: Prayer; Songs for Children; Pentecost Used With Tune: [Upon the mountain my Lord spoke] Text Sources: African American spiritual
Every Time I Feel the Spirit
Dona Nobis Pacem
Appears in 40 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:2 First Line: Dona nobis pacem, pacem Topics: Benediction; Calm; Centering; Peace; Petition; Renewal; Sending Forth Used With Tune: DONA NOBIS PACEM Text Sources: Liturgical text
Dona Nobis Pacem
Jesu, Tawa Pano (Jesus, We Are Here)
Author: Patrick Matsikenyiri; Basler Mission; Pedro P. Pirón; Basler Mission Appears in 29 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 First Line: Jesu, tawa pano Topics: Commitment; Discipleship; Gathering; Praise Used With Tune: [Jesu, tawa pano]
Jesu, Tawa Pano (Jesus, We Are Here)
God's Faithfulness and Truth
Author: N. Appears in 28 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:20 First Line: Ye humble saints, proclaim abroad Lyrics: 1 Ye humble saints proclaim abroad
The honours of a faithful God,
How just and true area all his ways,
How much above your highest praise.
2 The words his sacred lips declare
Of his own mind the image bear;
What should him tempt, from frailty free,
Blest in his self-sufficiency?
3 He will not his great self deny:
A God all truth can never lie:
As well might he his being quit,
As breaks his oath, or word forget.
4 Let frighten'd rivers change their course,
Or backward hasten to their source;
Swift thro' the air let rocks be hurl'd,
And mountains like the chaff be whirl'd.
5 Let sun and stars forget to rise,
Or quit their stations in the skies;
Let heav'n and earth both pass away,
Eternal truth shall ne'er decay.
6 True to his word, God gave his Son,
To die for crimes which men had done;
Blest pledge! He never will revoke
A single promise he has spoke.
Topics: The Creation of Man, his Fall, Recovery, etc.
God's Faithfulness and Truth
Hymn of Promise
Author: Natalie Sleeth, 1930-1992 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 25 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:20 First Line: In the bulb there is a flower Lyrics: 1 In the bulb there is a flower;
In the seed, an apple tree;
In cocoons, a hidden promise:
Butterflies will soon be free!
In the cold and snow of winter
There’s a spring that waits to be,
Unrevealed until its season,
Something God alone can see.
2 There’s a song in ev'ery silence,
Seeking word and melody;
There’s a dawn in ev'ery darkness,
Bringing hope to you and me.
From the past will come the future;
What it holds, a mystery,
Unrevealed until its season,
Something God alone can see.
3 In our end is our beginning;
In our time, infinity;
In our doubt there is believing;
In our life, eternity.
In our death, a resurrection;
At the last, a victory,
Unrevealed until its season,
Something God alone can see. Topics: Covenant; Easter; Eternal Life; Funeral; Hope; Promise Used With Tune: PROMISE
Hymn of Promise
Todas las promesas
Author: R. Kelso Carter; Vicente Mendoza Appears in 25 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:18-22 First Line: Todas las promesas de Señor Jesús Refrain First Line: Grandes, fieles Lyrics: 1 Todas las promesas del Señor Jesús,
son apoyo poderoso de mi fe;
Mientras viva aquí buscando yo su luz,
siempre en sus promesas confiaré.
Coro:
Grandes, fieles,
las promesas que el Señor Jesús ha dado,
Grandes, fieles,
en ellas para siempre confiaré.
2 Todas las promesas para el hombre fiel,
el Señor en sus bondades cumplirá,
Y confiado sé que para siempre en él,
paz eterna mi alma gozará. [Coro]
3 Todas las promesas del Señor serán
gozo y fuerza en nuestra vida terrenal;
Ellas en la dura lid nos sostendrán,
y triunfar podremos sobre el mal. [Coro]
Topics: Biblia; Bible; Confianza; Confidence; Conflicto y Victoria; Conflict and Victory; Promesas de Dios; Promises of God Used With Tune: PROMISES
Todas las promesas
Jesus, Grant That Balm and Healing
Author: Johann Heermann, 1585-1647 Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7.8.8 Appears in 23 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:3-7 Lyrics: 1 Jesus, grant that balm and healing
In Your holy wounds I find,
Ev'ry hour that I am feeling
Pains of body and of mind.
Should some evil thought within
Tempt my treach'rous heart to sin,
Show the peril, and from sinning
Keep me from its first beginning.
2 Should some lust or sharp temptation
Fascinate my sinful mind,
Draw me to Your cross and passion,
And new courage I shall find.
Or should Satan press me hard,
Let me then be on my guard,
Saying, "Christ for me was wounded,"
That the tempter flee confounded.
3 If the world my heart entices
With the broad and easy road,
With seductive, sinful vices,
Let me weigh the awful load
You were willing to endure.
Help me flee all thoughts impure
And to master each temptation,
Calm in prayer and meditation.
4 Ev'ry wound that pains or grieves me
By Your wounds, Lord, is made whole;
When I'm faint, Your Cross revives me,
Granting new life to my soul.
Yes, Your comfort renders sweet
Ev'ry bitter cup I meet;
For Your all atoning passion
Has procured my soul's salvation.
5 O my God, my rock and tower,
Grant that in Your death I trust,
Knowing death has lost its power
Since You crushed it in the dust.
Savior, let Your agony
Ever help and comfort me;
When I die be my protection,
Light and life and resurrection.
Topics: Health and Healing Used With Tune: DER AM KREUZ Text Sources: Tr. composite, alt.
Jesus, Grant That Balm and Healing
Lord, you have been our dwelling-place
Author: Thomas Hornblower Gill, 1819-1906 Meter: 8.7.87.8.8.7 Appears in 22 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:3-7 Lyrics: 1 Lord, you have been our dwelling-place
in every generation;
your people have received your grace,
and blessed your consolation;
through every age you heard our cry;
through every age we found you nigh,
our strength and our salvation.
2 Persisting sins we long have wept,
your patience long have tested;
but steadfast faith in you we kept,
still to your name devoted:
for you have kept and loved us well,
and granted us in you to dwell,
from your love never parted.
3 Lord, nothing from your arms so sure
shall your own people sever;
our helper ever will endure,
God's love will fail us never.
Your people, Lord, have dwelt in you;
and you remain our dwelling true
for ever and for ever. Topics: Adversity; Ancestors; Anniversary of a Church; Communion of Saints; Consolation; Faith; Faithfulness of God; God's Love to Us; Guidance; Penitence; People of God; Pilgrimage; Protection; Providence; Trust in God Used With Tune: LUTHER
Lord, you have been our dwelling-place
Father of everlasting grace
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 8.8.8 D Appears in 21 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:22 Topics: The Gift and Work of the Holy Spirit Used With Tune: STAMFORD
Father of everlasting grace
Great is our redeeming Lord
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.7.7.6 Appears in 19 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:20 Topics: Covenant, Commitment and Dedication; Life and Unity in the Church Used With Tune: JOSIAH
Great is our redeeming Lord
How Clear Is Our Vocation, Lord
Author: Fred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 Meter: 8.6.8.8.6.6 Appears in 19 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:8-10 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 and ventures new,
may we not cease to look to you,
the cross you hung upon—
all you endeavored done. Topics: Vocation Used With Tune: REPTON
How Clear Is Our Vocation, Lord
God the Spirit, Guide and Guardian
Author: Carl P. Daw Jr. Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 13 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:21-22 Lyrics: 1 God the Spirit, guide and guardian,
wind-sped flame and hovering dove,
breath of life and voice of prophets,
sign of blessing, power of love:
give to those who lead your people
fresh anointing of your grace;
send them forth as bold apostles
to your church in every place.
2 Christ our Savior, sovereign, shepherd,
Word made flesh, Love crucified,
teacher, healer, suffering servant,
friend of sinners, foe of pride:
in your tending may all *pastors
learn and live a shepherd's care;
grant them courage and compassion
shown through word and deed and prayer.
3 Great Creator, life-bestower,
truth beyond all thought's recall,
fount of wisdom, womb of mercy,
giving and forgiving all:
as you know our strength and weakness,
so may those the church exalts
oversee its life steadfastly,
yet not overlook its faults.
4 Triune God, mysterious being,
undivided and diverse,
deeper than our minds can fathom,
greater than our creeds rehearse:
help us in our varied callings
your full image to proclaim,
that our ministries uniting
may give glory to your name.
* or "elders" or "deacons" Topics: The Church; Community in Christ; Gift of the Holy Spirit; Ministry; Ordination/Installation; The Triune God Used With Tune: CHURCH UNITED
God the Spirit, Guide and Guardian
Safe in the shadow of the Lord
Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, 1926- Meter: 8.6.4.4.6 Appears in 13 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:8-11 Lyrics: 1 Safe in the shadow of the Lord
beneath his hand and power,
I trust in him,
I trust in him,
my fortress and my tower.
2 My hope is set on God alone
though Satan spreads his snare,
I trust in him,
I trust in him,
to keep me in his care.
3 From fears and phantoms of the night,
from foes about my way,
I trust in him,
I trust in him,
by darkness as by day.
4 His holy angels keep my feet
secure from every stone;
I trust in him,
I trust in him,
and unafraid go on.
5 Strong in the everlasting Name,
and in my Father's care,
I trust in him,
I trust in him,
who hears and answers prayer.
6 Safe in the shadow of the Lord,
possessed by love divine,
I trust in him,
I trust in him,
and meet his love with mine. Used With Tune: CREATOR GOD
Safe in the shadow of the Lord
When Simplicity We Cherish
Author: Augustus Gottlieb Spangenberg Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 10 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:12 Lyrics: 1 When simplicity we cherish,
then the soul is full of light;
but that light will quickly vanish,
when of Jesus we lose sight.
2 Those who Christ alone desiring,
those whom nothing else can cheer
but the joy of his inspiring,
lending to his voice an ear;
3 who in Christ find greatest treasure
and upon his grace depend;
who but want to do his pleasure,
just fulfilling his commands;
4 who to Jesus humbly cleaving,
pay obedience to his word,
who in closest union living
with our Savior, Head, and Lord;
5 who in Jesus Christ abiding,
and from self-dependence free,
in none else but him confiding
walk in true simplicity.
6 Those who are by Christ directed,
trusting the Good Shepherd’s care,
from all harm will be protected,
and no danger need to fear.
Topics: Trust and Guidance; Christ--All in all; Life in Christ; Pure in Heart; Steadfastness Used With Tune: BATTY Text Sources: Tr.: Moravian, 1746, alt.
When Simplicity We Cherish
It's Not an Easy Road
Author: John W. Peterson Appears in 9 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:5 First Line: It's not an easy road we are trav'ling to heaven Refrain First Line: No, no, it's not an easy road Used With Tune: [It's not an easy road we are trav'ling to heaven]
It's Not an Easy Road
God Is Our Fortress and Our Rock
Author: Martin Luther, 1483-1546; Michael Perry, 1942-1996 Meter: 8.7.8.7.6.6.6.6.7 Appears in 8 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:2-11 Topics: Hope; Jesus Christ the Word; Kingdom; Lent (first Sunday); Trust Used With Tune: EIN' FESTE BURG
God Is Our Fortress and Our Rock
Called as Partners in Christ's Service
Author: Jane Parker Huber Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 8 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:3-6 Topics: Commitment; Community in Christ; Encouragement; Justice and Reconciliation; Ministry; Mission; Service; Unity; Unity Used With Tune: BEECHER
Called as Partners in Christ's Service
Powerful in Making Us Wise
Author: Christopher Idle Appears in 7 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:20-21 First Line: Powerful in making us wise to salvation Topics: Christian Education; Guidance; Proclamation
Powerful in Making Us Wise
Here hangs a man discarded
Author: Brian Arthur Wren, 1936- Meter: 7.6.7.6 Appears in 7 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:3-7 Lyrics: 1 Here hangs a man discarded,
a scarecrow hoisted high,
a nonsense pointing nowhere
to all who hurry by.
2 Can such a clown of sorrows
still bring a useful word
when faith and love seem phantoms
and every hope absurd?
3 Can he give help or comfort
to lives by comfort bound,
where drums of dazzling progress
give strangely hollow sound?
4 Life emptied of all meaning,
drained out in bleak distress,
can share in broken silence
our deepest emptiness;
5 and love that freely entered
the pit of life's despair
can name our hidden darkness
and suffer with us there.
6 Christ, in our darkness risen,
help all who long for light
to hold the hand of promise,
and walk into the night. Topics: Comfort; Doubt; God's Love to Us; Jesus Christ Friend and Companion; Jesus Christ Humanity; Jesus Christ Incarnation; Jesus Christ Passion and Cross; Suffering Used With Tune: SHURB END
Here hangs a man discarded
O Day Full of Grace
Author: Gerald Thorson, 1921-2001 Meter: 9.8.9.8.9.8 Appears in 6 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:21-22 First Line: O day full of grace that now we see Topics: Redeemer Used With Tune: DEN SIGNEDE DAG Text Sources: Scandinavian, c. 1450
O Day Full of Grace
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