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Father in Heaven, Who Lovest All

Author: Rudyard Kipling Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 86 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Father in Heaven, who lovest all, O help Thy children when they call, That they may build from age to age An undefiled heritage. 2. Teach us to bear the yoke in youth, With steadfastness and careful truth, That, in our time, Thy grace may give The truth whereby the nations live. 3. Teach us to rule ourselves alway, Controlled and cleanly night and day, That we may bring, if need arise, No maimed or worthless sacrifice. 4. Teach us to look in all our ends, On Thee for Judge, and not our friends, That we, with Thee, may walk uncowed By fear or favor of the crowd. 5. Teach us the strength that cannot seek, By deed or thought, to hurt the weak, That, under Thee, we may possess Man’s strength to comfort man’s distress. 6. Teach us delight in simple things, And mirth that has no bitter springs, Forgiveness free of evil done, And love to all men ’neath the sun. Used With Tune: TRURO Text Sources: Puck of Pook's Hill, 1906

God of the Nations, Hear Our Call

Author: Vera Campbell Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 18 hymnals Lyrics: 1. God of the nations, hear our call; Thou who art Father of us all; Show us our part in Thy great plan For the vast brotherhood of man. 2. In plastic form the nations lie; For molding unto us they cry; May we their urgent summons heed And gladly go to meet their need. 3. May we, a nation blessed with light, Be ever truer to the right, That nations in our life may see The power which we derive from Thee. 4. Thus, as Thy kingdom cometh here, Shall it throughout the world draw near; And loyalty to country then Shall reach out to include all men. Used With Tune: TRURO

Jesus, Thou Everlasting King

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 178 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Jesus, Thou everlasting king, Accept the tribute which we bring; Accept the well deserved renown, And wear our praises as Thy crown. 2. Daughters of Zion, come, behold The crown of honor and of gold Which the glad church, with joys unknown, Placed on the head of Solomon. 3. Let every act of worship be Like our espousals, Lord, to Thee; Like the dear hour when from above, We first received Thy pledge of love. 4. The gladness of that happy day, Our hearts would wish it long to stay; Nor let our faith forsake its hold, Nor comfort sink, nor love grow cold. 5. Each following minute, as it flies, Increase Thy praise, improve our joys, Till we are raised to sing Thy name, At the great supper of the Lamb. 6. O that the months would roll away, And bring that coronation day! The King of Grace shall fill the throne, With all His Father’s glories on. Used With Tune: TRURO Text Sources: Hymns and Sacred Songs, 1707

My Song Shall Bless the Lord of All

Author: William Cowper Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 48 hymnals Lyrics: 1. My song shall bless the Lord of all, My praise shall climb to His abode; Thee, Savior, by that name I call, The great Supreme, the mighty God. 2. Without beginning, or decline, Object of faith, and not of sense; Eternal ages saw Him shine, He shines eternal ages hence. 3. As much, when in the manger laid, Almighty Ruler of the sky; As when the six days’ works He made, Filled all the morning-stars with joy. 4. Of all the crowns Jehovah bears, Salvation is His dearest claim; That gracious sound well-pleased He hears, And owns Emmanuel for His name. 5. A cheerful confidence I feel, My well-placed hopes with joy I see; My bosom glows with heav’nly zeal To worship Him who died for me. 6. As man, He pities my complaint, His pow’r and truth are all divine; He will not fail, He cannot faint, Salvation’s sure, and must be mine. Used With Tune: TRURO Text Sources: Olney Hymns (London: W. Oliver, 1779), number 38

Give to our God immortal praise

Author: I. Watts (1674-1748) Appears in 331 hymnals Topics: God, Father Gracious and Merciful; The Creation Scripture: Psalm 136 Used With Tune: TRURO

The Deluge At Th'Almighty's Call

Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 46 hymnals First Line: The deluge at th’Almighty’s call Lyrics: 1 The deluge at th’Almighty’s call, In what impetuous streams it fell! Swallowed the mountains in its rage, And swept a guilty world to hell. 2 In vain the tallest sons of pride Fled from the close pursuing wave, Nor could their mightiest towers defend, Nor swiftness ’scape, nor courage save. 3 How dire the wreck! how loud the roar! How shrill the universal cry Of millions in the last despair, Re-echoed from the lowering sky. 4 Yet Noah, humble, happy saint! Surrounded by a chosen few, Sat in his ark secure from fear, And sang the grace that steered him ’thro. 5 So may I sing, in Jesus safe, When storms of vengeance round me fall; Conscious how high my hopes are fixed, Beyond what shakes this earthly ball. 6 Enter thine ark, while patience waits, Nor ever quit that sure retreat; Then the wide flood which buries earth, Shall waft thee to a fairer seat. 7 Nor wreck nor ruin there is seen; There not a wave of trouble rolls; But the bright rainbow round the throne Seals endless life to all their souls. Used With Tune: TRURO Text Sources: Pulbished posthymously in Hymns, founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures,/cite> by Job Orton (Shropshire, England: J. Eddowes & J. Cotton, 1755)

Jesus shall reign where'er the sun

Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Appears in 1,843 hymnals Topics: Jesus Christ: Prophet, Priest and King Scripture: Acts 12:7 Used With Tune: TRURO

God Of My Life, Thy Constant Care

Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 75 hymnals Lyrics: 1 God of my life, Thy constant care, With blessings crowns each opening year; This guilty life Thou dost prolong, And wake anew mine annual song. 2 How many precious souls are fled To the vast regions of the dead, Since from this day the changing sun Through his last yearly period run. 3 We yet survive; but who can say, Or through the year, or month or day, I will retain this vital breath; Thus far at least in league with death. 4 That breath is Thine, eternal God, ’This Thine to fix my soul’s abode; It holds its life from Thee alone, On earth, or in the world unknown. 5 To Thee our spirits we resign, Make them and own them still as Thine; So shall they smile, secure from fear, Though death should blast the rising year. 6 Thy children eager to be gone, Bid time’s impetuous tide roll on, And land them on that blooming shore, Where years and death are known no more. Used With Tune: TRURO Text Sources: Published posthumously in Hymns, founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures,/cite> by Job Orton (Shropshire, England: J. Eddowes & J. Cotton, 1755)

Great God, In Vain Man's Narrow View

Author: Andrew Kippis Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 87 hymnals First Line: Great God, in vain man’s narrow view Lyrics: 1 Great God, in vain man’s narrow view Attempts to look Thy nature through; Our laboring powers with reverence own Thy glories never can be known. 2 Not the high seraph’s mighty thought, Who countless years his God has sought, Such wondrous height or depth can find, Or fully trace Thy boundless mind. 3 Yet, Lord, Thy kindness deigns to show Enough for mortal men to know; While wisdom, goodness, power divine Thro’ all Thy works and conduct shine. 4 O! may our souls with rapture trace Thy works of nature and of grace, Explore Thy sacred truth, and still Press on to know and do Thy will! Used With Tune: TRURO