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Thou, whose unmeasured temple stands

Author: William Cullen Bryant Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 241 hymnals Topics: Special Seasons and Services Dedication Services: Church; Dedication Services Lyrics: 1 Thou, whose unmeasured temple stands, Built over earth and sea, Accept the walls that human hands Have raised, O God, to Thee. 2 And let the Comforter and Friend, Thy Holy Spirit, meet With those who here in worship bend Before Thy mercy seat. 3 May they who err be guided here To find the better way; And they who mourn, and they who fear, Be strengthened as they pray. 4 May faith grow firm, and love grow warm, And hallowed wishes rise, While round these peaceful walls the storm Of earth-born passion dies. Amen. Used With Tune: ST. ANNE

Living for Jesus a Life That Is True

Author: Thomas O. Chisholm Meter: 10.10.10.10 with refrain Appears in 158 hymnals Topics: Cross of Believers; Dedications of Life; Following God/Christ; Saving Work of Christ; Christian Service Refrain First Line: O Jesus, Lord and Savior Scripture: Isaiah 53:5 Used With Tune: LIVING

Psalm 116: What Shall I Render to the Lord?

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 18 hymnals Topics: The Service of the Word Dedication Songs First Line: What shall I render to the Lord Lyrics: 1 What shall I render to the Lord for all his benefits to me? How shall my life, by grace restored, give worthy thanks, O Lord, to Thee? 2 Salvation’s cup of blessing now I take, and call upon God’s name. Before his saints I pay my vow and here my gratitude proclaim. 3 His saints the Lord delights to save; their death is precious in his sight; He has redeemed me from the grave, and in his service I delight. 4 With thankful heart I offer now my gift and call upon God’s name, Before his saints I pay my vow and here my gratitude proclaim. 5 Within his house, the house of prayer, I dedicate myself to God. Let all his saints his grace declare and join to sound his praise abroad. Scripture: Psalm 116:12-19 Used With Tune: ROCKINGHAM Text Sources: The Psalter, 1912

Make me a captive, Lord

Author: Rev. George Matheson (1842-1906) Meter: 6.6.8.6 D Appears in 122 hymnals Topics: The Life in Christ Dedication and Consecration; Consecration; Courage and Loyalty; Dedication of Life; Discipleship and Service; God Will, Doing His; Loyalty and Courage; School and College 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 wants the needed fire to glow, It wants 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. Amen. Used With Tune: LEOMINSTER

All People That on Earth Do Dwell

Author: William Kethe, d. c. 1593; Thomas Ken, 1637-1711 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 739 hymnals Topics: Dedication of a Church; Creation; Gathering; God the Father/Creator; Joy; Morning; People of God; Praise; Providence; Service; Service; Shepherd; Song; Thanksgiving Scripture: Psalm 100 Used With Tune: OLD HUNDREDTH

God, Whose Giving Knows No Ending

Author: Robert Lansing Edwards Appears in 33 hymnals Topics: Dedication Services Church Building; Dedication Services Organ; Dedication Services Ordination Used With Tune: NETTLETON

Rise, crowned with light, imperial Salem, rise!

Author: Alexander Pope Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 219 hymnals Topics: Dedication Services Of a Church Lyrics: 1 Rise, crowned with light, imperial Salem, rise! Exalt thy towering head and lift thine eyes! See heaven its sparkling portals wide display, And break upon thee in a flood of day! 2 See a long race thy spacious courts adorn: See future sons, and daughters yet unborn, In crowding ranks on every side arise Demanding life, impatient for the skies. 3 The seas shall waste, the skies in smoke decay, Rocks fall to dust, and mountains melt away; But fixed His Word, His saving power remains; Thy realm shall last, thine own Messiah reigns! Amen. Used With Tune: RUSSIAN HYMN

Take My Life, and Let It Be Consecrated

Author: Frances R. Havergal Appears in 1,247 hymnals Topics: Dedication Services Ordination First Line: Take my life and let it be Consecrated Used With Tune: HENDON

All Things Are Thine; No Gift Have We

Author: John Greenleaf Whittier Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 97 hymnals Topics: Dedication Services Of a Church First Line: All things are Thine: no gift have we Lyrics: 1 All things are Thine; no gift have we, Lord of all gifts, to offer Thee; And hence with grateful hearts today Thine own before Thy feet we lay. 2 Thy will was in the builders' thought; Thy hand unseen amidst us wrought; Through mortal motive, scheme, and plan, Thy wise eternal purpose ran. 3 In weakness and in want we call On Thee for whom the heavens are small; Thy glory is Thy children's good, Thy joy Thy tender Fatherhood. 4 O Father, deign these walls to bless; Fill with Thy love their emptiness; And let their door a gateway be To lead us from ourselves to Thee. Amen. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 4:7 Used With Tune: GERMANY

For the beauty of the earth

Author: Folliott S. Pierpoint Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 650 hymnals Topics: Dedication Services Of an Organ Lyrics: 1 For the beauty of the earth; For the beauty of the skies; For the love which from our birth Over and around us lies: Lord of all, to Thee we raise This our hymn of grateful praise. 2 For the wonder of each hour Of the day and of the night, Hill and vale, and tree and flower, Sun and moon, and stars of light: Lord of all, to Thee we raise This our hymn of grateful praise. 3 For the joy of ear and eye; For the heart and mind's delight; For the mystic harmony Linking sense to sound and sight: Lord of all, to Thee we raise This our hymn of grateful praise. 4 For the joy of human love, Brother, sister, parent, child, Friends on earth, and friends above; For all gentle thoughts and mild: Lord of all, to Thee we raise This our hymn of grateful praise. 5 For Thy Church that evermore Lifteth holy hands above, Offering up on every shore Her pure sacrifice of love: Lord of all, to Thee we raise This our hymn of grateful praise. Amen. Used With Tune: ST. ATHANASIUS