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Comfort, Comfort, O My People
Author: Johann Olearius, 1611-1684; Catherine Winkworth, 1827-1878 Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7.8.8 Appears in 127 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Comfort, comfort, O my people,
Speak of peace, now says our God;
Comfort those who sit in darkness,
Mourning 'neath their sorrow's load.
Speak unto Jerusalem
Of the peace that waits for them;
Tell of all the sins I cover,
And that warfare now is over.
2 Hark, the voice of one who's crying
In the desert far and near.
Bidding all to full repentance
Since the kingdom now is here.
O that warning cry obey!
Now prepare for God a way;
Let the valleys rise to meet him
And the hills bow down to greet him.
3 O make straight what long was crooked,
Make the rougher places plain;
Let your hearts be true and humble,
As befits his holy reign.
For the glory of the Lord
Now o'er earth is shed abroad;
And all flesh shall see the token
That his word is never broken.
Topics: Seasons and Feasts Advent Used With Tune: GENEVA 42
Comfort, Comfort, O My People
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: Mark 1:16-20 Topics: Life in Christ Our Response to Christ - In Discipleship Used With Tune: KELVINGROVE
Will you come and follow me
O Christ, the Healer, We Have Come
Author: Fred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 38 hymnals Scripture: Mark 1:34 Lyrics: 1 O Christ, the healer, we have come
to pray for health, to plead for friends.
How can we fail to be restored
when reached by love that never ends?
2 From every ailment flesh endures
our bodies clamor to be freed;
yet in our hearts we would confess
that wholeness is our deepest need.
3 In conflicts that destroy our health
we recognize the world's disease;
our common life declares our ills.
Is there no cure, O Christ, for these?
4 Grant that we all, made one in faith,
in your community may find
the wholeness that, enriching us,
shall reach the whole of humankind.
Used With Tune: CANONBURY
O Christ, the Healer, We Have Come
You Walk Along Our Shoreline
Author: Sylvia Dunstan Appears in 15 hymnals Scripture: Mark 1:20 First Line: [You Walk Along Our Shoreline] Text Sources: Book of Praise
You Walk Along Our Shoreline
Forty days and forty nights
Author: George Smyttan (1822-1870); Francis Pott (1832-1909) Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 157 hymnals Scripture: Mark 1:12-13 Lyrics: 1 Forty days and forty nights
thou wast fasting in the wild;
forty days and forty nights
tempted, and yet undefiled.
2 Sunbeams scorching day by day;
chilly dewdrops nightly shed;
prowling beasts about thy way;
stones thy pillow; earth thy bed.
3 Shall not we thy sorrows share,
learn thy discipline of will,
and, like thee, by fast and prayer
wrestle with the powers of ill?
4 And if Satan, vexing sore,
flesh and spirit should assail,
thou, his vanquisher before,
wilt not suffer us to fail.
5 Watching, praying, struggling thus,
victory ours at last shall be;
angels minister to us
as they ministered to thee. Topics: Life in Christ Christ Incarnate - Public Ministry; Christian Year Lent; Jesus temptations Used With Tune: AUS DER TIEFE (HEINLEIN)
Forty days and forty nights
Songs of Thankfulness and Praise
Author: Christopher Wordsworth Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 128 hymnals Scripture: Mark 1:1-8 Lyrics: 1 Songs of thankfulness and praise,
Jesus, Lord, to thee we raise,
manifested by the star
to the sages from afar;
branch of royal David's stem
in thy birth at Bethlehem,
anthems be to thee addressed,
word in flesh made manifest.
2 Manifest at Jordan's stream,
Prophet, Priest and King supreme,
and at Cana, wedding guest
in thy Godhead manifest.
manifest in pow'r divine,
changing water into wine,
anthems be to thee addressed,
God on earth made manifest.
3 Manifest in making whole
palsied limbs an fainting soul,
manifest in valiant fight,
quelling all the devil's might.
manifest in gracious will,
ever bringing good from ill.
anthems be to thee addressed,
God for us made manifest.
4 Grant us grace to see thee, Lord,
mirrored in thy holy Word;
may we imitate thee now,
and be pure, as pure art thou,
that we like to thee may be
at thy great epiphany,
and may praise thee, ever blest,
God for all made manifest.
Topics: Biblical Characters David; Jesus Christ Epiphany and Youth Used With Tune: SALZBURG
Songs of Thankfulness and Praise
O Jesus, I have promised
Author: John Ernest Bode (1816-1874) Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 627 hymnals Scripture: Mark 1:14-20 Lyrics: 1 O Jesus, I have promised
to serve you to the end;
be now and always near me,
my master and my friend:
I shall not fear the battle
if you are by my side,
not wander from the pathway
if you will be my guide.
2 Oh, let me feel you near me:
the world is ever near;
I see the sights that dazzle,
the tempting sounds I hear;
my foes are ever near me,
around me, and within;
but, Jesus, draw still nearer,
and shield my soul from sin.
3 Oh, let me hear you speaking
in accents clear and still,
above the storms of passion,
the murmurs of self-will;
Oh, speak to reassure me,
to hasten or control;
O speak, and make me listen,
true guardian of my soul.
4 O Jesus, you have promised
to all who follow you,
that where you are in glory
your servant shall be too;
and, Jesus, I have promised
to serve you to the end:
now give me grace to follow,
my master and my friend. Topics: The Holy Spirit The Church Celebrates - Confirmation; Conflict; Discipleship Used With Tune: THORNBURY
O Jesus, I have promised
When Jesus Came to Jordan
Author: Fred Pratt Green, b. 1903 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 22 hymnals Scripture: Mark 1:4-11 Lyrics: 1 When Jesus came to Jordan
to be baptized by John,
he did not come for pardon.
but as the Sinless One.
He came to share repentance
with all who mourn their sins,
to speak the vital sentence
with which good news begins.
2 He came to share temptation,
our utmost woe and loss,
for us and our salvation
to die upon the cross.
So when the Dove descended
on him, the Son of Man,
the hidden years had ended,
the age of grace began.
3 Come, Holy Spirit,
aid us to keep the vows we make;
this very day invade us,
and ev'ry bondage break.
Come, give our lives direction,
the gift we covet most:
to share the resurrection
that leads to Pentecost.
Topics: Baptism of Our Lord, The; Epiphany Used With Tune: KING'S LYNN
When Jesus Came to Jordan
Crashing Waters at Creation
Author: Sylvia G. Dunstan (1955-1993) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 12 hymnals Scripture: Mark 1:1-11 Topics: Christian Initiation; Salvation/Redemption; Water; Baptism (general) Used With Tune: MARCHING
Crashing Waters at Creation
Jesus, lover of my soul
Author: Charles Wesley (1707-1788) Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 3,238 hymnals Scripture: Mark 1:34 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 Saviour, hide,
till the storm of life is past;
safe into the haven guide,
oh, 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 defenceless 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: Life in Christ Our Response to Christ - In Penitence; God in grace and mercy Used With Tune: ABERYSTWYTH
Jesus, lover of my soul
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