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Redeemed, Restored, Forgiven

Author: Henry W. Baker, 1821-77 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 15 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Redeemed, restored, forgiven Through Jesus' precious blood, Heirs of His home in heaven Oh, praise our pard'ning God! Praise Him in tuneful measures Who gave His Son to die; Praise Him whose sev'nfold treasures Enrich and sanctify. 2 Once on the dreary mountain We wandered far and wide, Far from the cleansing fountain, Far from the pierced side. But Jesus sought and found us; Our many sins He bore. With cords of love He bound us To Him forevermore. 3 Dear Master, Yours the glory Of each recovered soul. Ah, who can tell the story Of love that made us whole? Not ours, not ours the merit; To You alone the praise! Give us a thankful spirit To serve You all our days. 4 Now keep us, holy Savior, In Your true love and fear, And grant us by Your favor The grace to persevere Till, in Your new creation, Our earthly troubles o'er, Heirs of Your free salvation, We praise You evermore. Used With Tune: KUORTANE (NYLAND)

We Plow the Fields and Scatter

Author: Matthias Claudius; Jane Montgomery Campbell Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 462 hymnals Lyrics: 1 We plow the fields and scatter The good seed on the land, But it is fed and watered By God’s almighty hand; He sends the snow in winter, The warmth to swell the grain, The breezes and the sunshine, And soft refreshing rain. 2 You only are the Maker Of all things near and far; You paint the wayside flower, You light the evening star; The winds and waves obey You, By You the birds are fed; Much more to us, Your children, You give our daily bread. 3 We thank You, then, Creator, For all things bright and good, The seed time and the harvest, Our life, our health, our food; Accept the gifts we offer, For all Your love imparts, And what You most would welcome, Our humble, thankful hearts. Scripture: Genesis 8:22 Used With Tune: NYLAND

O Word of God incarnate

Author: William Walsham How, 1823-97 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 491 hymnals Topics: The Holy Scriptures Used With Tune: NYLAND

O young and fearless Prophet

Author: S. Ralph Harlow Appears in 38 hymnals Used With Tune: NYLAND

I Will Be Your God

Author: Judith A. Fetter Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 7 hymnals First Line: To Abraham and Sarah Topics: Biblical Names and Places Abraham; Biblical Names and Places Sarah; Covenant Faithfulness Scripture: Genesis 12 Used With Tune: NYLAND

In Righteous Glory Reigning

Author: Neil Barham Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1. In righteous glory reigning, our God sits high enthroned, His right and truth maintaining, His justice making known. He stands above Time’s river, the worlds within His view, His right hand will deliver to every man his due. 2. Before His bar no pleading excuses any flaw; But wickedness exceeding ignites the flames of Law. ’Mid Sinai’s sounding thunder the verdict has been read: All men, in awestruck wonder, fall down before Him, dead. 3. Such wrath, beyond all telling! Can it be turned aside? Is there a strong, safe dwelling where Hell can be denied? Can holy, perfect righteousness forgive and reconcile? Can God, though angered, still bless the wicked and the vile? 4. Yes, yes, my soul has found out! There is a mercy sure! A sovereign grace to sound out— a love both true and pure! The flesh of God is given to meet the Law’s demands, And now I am forgiven, while Christ in Heaven stands! 5. With that propitiation, God and His saints embrace! That perfect expiation has saved His chosen race! Now mercy kisses justice; now Truth and Love join hands, Now Him in whom our trust is: The Christ, our surety stands! Used With Tune: NYLAND

Praise waits for thee in Zion

Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 12 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Praise waits for thee in Zion; all men shall worship there And pay their vows before thee, O God who hearest prayer. Our sins rise up against us, prevailing day by day, But thou wilt show us mercy and take their guilt away. 2 How blest the man thou callest and bringest near to thee, That in thy courts for ever his dwelling place may be; He shall within thy temple be satisfied with grace, And filled with all the goodness of thy most holy place. 3 O God of our salvation, since thou dost love the right, Thou wilt an answer send us in wondrous deeds of might. In all earth's habitations, on all the boundless sea, Man finds no sure reliance, no peace, apart from thee. Amen. Topics: Calling; The Church The Lord's House Scripture: Psalm 65:1-5 Used With Tune: NYLAND Text Sources: The Psalter, 1912

O God of Every Nation

Author: William Watkins Reid Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 32 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O God of every nation, of every race and land, redeem the whole creation with your almighty hand; where hate and fear divide us and bitter threats are hurled, in love and mercy guide us and heal our strife-torn world. 2 From search for wealth and power and scorn of truth and right, from trust in bombs that shower destruction through the night, from pride of race and nation and blindness to your way, deliver every nation, eternal God, we pray. 3 Keep bright in us the vision of days when war shall cease, when hatred and division give way to love and peace, till dawns the morning glorious when truth and justice reign and Christ shall rule victorious o'er all the world's domain. Topics: God's World Peace on Earth; God's World Peace on Earth; Peace on Earth; Penitence Used With Tune: NYLAND

Facing a Task Unfinished

Author: Frank Houghton Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 10 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Facing a task unfinished that drives us to our knees, a need that, undiminished, rebukes our slothful ease, we who rejoice to know you renew before your throne the solemn pledge we owe you to go and make you known. 2 Where other lords beside you hold their unhindered sway, where forces that defied you defy you still today, with none to heed their crying for life and love and light, unnumbered souls are dying and pass into the night. 3 We bear the torch that flaming fell from the hands of those who gave their lives proclaiming that Jesus died and rose; ours is the same commission, the same glad message ours; fired by the same ambition, to you we yield our pow'rs. 4 O Father, who sustained them, O Spirit, who inspired, Savior, whose love constrained them to toil with zeal untired, from cowardice defend us, from lethargy awake! Forth on your errands send us to labor for your sake. Topics: Spread of the Gospel; Christian warfare; Commitment; Deliverance; Martyrs; Sin; Spread of the Gospel Scripture: Matthew 10 Used With Tune: NYLAND

O Star of Truth

Author: Minot Judson Savage, 1841-1918 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 23 hymnals First Line: O star of truth, downshining Lyrics: 1 O star of truth, down-shining, through clouds of doubt and fear, I ask beneath thy guidance my pathway may appear: however long the journey, however hard it be, though I be lone and weary, lead on, I follow thee. 2 I know thy blessed radiance can never lead astray, though ancient creed and custom may point another way; or through the untrod desert, or over trackless sea, though I be lone and weary, lead on, I follow thee. Topics: Humanist Teachings The Life of Integrity; Free and Responsible Search for Truth and Meaning; The Living Tradition; Prayer and Meditation; Truth Used With Tune: NYLAND