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O God of Every Nation

Author: William W. Reid, Jr., b.1923 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 32 hymnals First Line: O God of ev'ry nation Lyrics: 1 O God of ev'ry nation, Of ev'ry 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 station And blindness to your way, Deliver ev'ry nation, Eternal God, we pray. 3 Lord, strengthen those who labor That all may find release From fear of rattling saber, From dread of war's increase. When hope and courage falter, Lord, let your voice be heard; With faith that none can alter, Your servants undergird. 4 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: Penance Sacraments; Daily Life and Work; Ecumenism; Guidance; Healing; Hope; Jesus Christ; Labor; Mercy, Forgiveness; Peace; Petition, Prayer; Reconciliation, Atonement, Forgiveness; Redemption; Second Coming; Sickness; Understanding; Word of God; Gospel Scripture: Isaiah 2:4 Used With Tune: PASSION CHORALE

We Gather Together

Author: Theodore Baker, 1851-1934 Meter: 12.11.12.11 Appears in 202 hymnals First Line: We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing Lyrics: 1 We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing; He chastens and hastens His will to make known; The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing: Sing praises to his name; he forgets not his own. 2 Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining, Whose kingdom calls all to the love which endures. So from the beginning the fight we were winning: You, Lord, were at our side; all glory be yours! 3 We all do extol you our leader triumphant, And pray that you still our defender will be. Let your congregation escape tribulation: Your name be ever praised! O Lord, make us free! Topics: Blessing; Church; Dedication of a Church; Freedom; Gathering; Guidance; Hope; Country, Nation; Petition, Prayer; Praise; Thanksgiving, Gratitude; Trust, Confidence; Worship and Adoration Scripture: Psalm 67:7 Used With Tune: KREMSER Text Sources: Wilt heden nu treden, Netherlands folk hymn

We're Marching to Zion

Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Meter: 6.6.8.8.6.6 with refrain Appears in 1,795 hymnals First Line: Come, we that love the Lord Lyrics: 1 Come, we that love the Lord, And let our joys be known, Join in a song with sweet accord, Join in a song with sweet accord, And thus surround the throne, And thus surround the throne. Refrain: We're marching to Zion, Beautiful, beautiful Zion; We're marching upward to Zion, The beautiful city of God. 2 Let those refuse to sing Who never knew our God; But children of the heav'nly King, But children of the heav'nly King, May speak their joys abroad, May speak their joys abroad. [Refrain] 3 The hill of Zion yields A thousand sacred sweets Before we reach the heav'nly fields, Before we reach the heav'nly fields, Or walk the golden streets, Or walk the golden streets. [Refrain] 4 Then let our songs abound, And ev'ry tear be dry; We're marching through Immanuel's ground, We're marching through Immanuel's ground, To fairer worlds on high, To fairer worlds on high. [Refrain] Topics: All Souls November 2nd; Funeral Sacraments; Church; City of God; Dedication of a Church; Eternal Life; Heaven; Hope; Reign of God, Kingdom Scripture: Psalm 2:6 Used With Tune: MARCHING TO ZION

O Sanctíssima / O Most Holy One

Author: Neil Borgstrom, b.1953 Meter: 5.5.7.5.5.7 Appears in 48 hymnals First Line: O sanctíssima, O piíssima (O most holy one, O most lowly one) Topics: Mary, Mother of God; Blessed Virgin Mary; Comfort; Holiness; Humility; Petition, Prayer; Refuge, Security; Sickness Scripture: John 19:25-27 Used With Tune: O DU FRÖLICHE Text Sources: st. 1, Stimmen der Völker in Liedern, 1807; st. 2, Arundel Hymnal, 1902

I Come with Joy

Author: Brian Wren, b.1936 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 74 hymnals First Line: I come with joy, a child of God Lyrics: 1 I come with joy, a child of God, Forgiven, loved, and free, The life of Jesus to recall, In love laid down for me. 2 I come with Christians far and near To find, as all are fed, The new community of love In Christ's communion bread. 3 As Christ breaks bread, and bids us share, Each proud division ends. The love that made us, makes us one, And strangers now are friends. 4 The Spirit of the risen Christ, Unseen, but ever near, Is in such friendship better known, Alive among us here. 5 Together met, together bound By all that God has done, We'll go with joy, to give the world The love that makes us one. Topics: Body and Blood of Christ; Eucharist Sacraments; Children's Hymns; Communion; Community; Ecumenism; Freedom; Friendship; Gathering; Holy Spirit; Jesus Christ; Joy; Life in Christ, Christian Life; Love for Others; Love of God for Us; Reconciliation, Atonement, Forgiveness; Going Forth, Sending Forth; Unity Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 Used With Tune: LAND OF REST

Yield Not to Temptation

Author: Horatio R. Palmer, 1834-1907 Meter: 6.5.6.5.6.6.6.6 with refrain Appears in 734 hymnals Refrain First Line: Look ever to Jesus Lyrics: 1 Yield not to temptation, For yielding is sin; Each vict’ry will help you, Some other to win; Fight valiantly onward, Evil passions subdue; Look ever to Jesus, He will carry you through. Refrain: Ask the Savior to help you, Comfort, strengthen and keep you; He is willing to aid you, He will carry you through. 2 Shun evil companions, Bad language disdain; God’s name hold in rev’rence, Nor take it in vain; Be thoughtful and earnest, Kindhearted and true; Look ever to Jesus, He will carry you through. [Refrain] 3 To him that o’ercometh, God giveth a crown; Through faith we will conquer, Though often cast down; He who is our Savior, Our strength will renew; Look ever to Jesus, He will carry you through. [Refrain] Topics: Penance Sacraments; Comfort; Faith; Guidance; Holiness; Redemption; Sickness; Sin; Temptation; Victory over Sin and Death Scripture: Deuteronomy 5:11 Used With Tune: YIELD NOT

O How I Love Jesus

Author: Frederick Whitfield, 1829-1904 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 573 hymnals First Line: There is a name I love to hear Lyrics: 1 There is a name I love to hear, I love to sing its worth; It sounds like music in my ear, The sweetest name on earth. Refrain: O how I love Jesus, O how I love Jesus, O how I love Jesus, Because he first loved me! 2 It tells me of a Savior's love, Who died to set me free; It tells me of his precious blood, The sinner's perfect plea. [Refrain] 3 It tells me what my Father has In store for ev'ry day, And though I tread a gloomy path, Yields sunshine all the way. [Refrain] 4 It tells of One whose loving heart Can feel my deepest woe, Who in each sorrow bears a part, That none can bear below. [Refrain] Topics: Burdens; Comfort; God the Father, Creator; Holy Name of Jesus; Love for Jesus Christ; Love of God for Us; Music; Redemption; Saving Blood of Christ; Sickness Scripture: 1 John 4:19 Used With Tune: HOW I LOVE JESUS

Jesus Is All the World to Me

Author: Will L. Thompson, 1847-1909 Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.8.8.3 Appears in 309 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Jesus is all the world to me, My life, my joy, my all; He is my strength from day to day, Without him I would fall: When I am sad, to him I go, No other one can cheer me so; When I am sad, he makes me glad, He's my friend. 2 Jesus is all the world to me, My friend in trials sore; I go to him for blessings, and He gives them o'er and o'er: He sends the sunshine and the rain, He sends the harvest's golden grain: Sunshine and rain, harvest of grain, He's my friend. 3 Jesus is all the world to me, And true to him I'll be; Oh, how could I this friend deny, When he's so true to me? Following him I know I'm right, He watches o'er me day and night; Following him bye day and night, He's my friend. 4 Jesus is all the world to me, I want no better friend; I trust him now, I'll trust him when Life's fleeting days shall end: Beautiful life with such a friend, Beautiful life that has no end; Eternal life, eternal joy, He's my friend. Topics: Funeral Sacraments; Blessing; Burdens; Comfort; Commitment; Discipleship; Eternal Life; Friendship; Heaven; Jesus Christ; Joy; Love for Jesus Christ; Providence; Refuge, Security; Sickness; Trust in Jesus Christ Scripture: Proverbs 18:24 Used With Tune: ALL THE WORLD

Take the Name of Jesus with You

Author: Lydia Baxter, 1809-1874 Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 645 hymnals Refrain First Line: Precious name, O how sweet! Lyrics: 1 Take the name of Jesus with you, Child of sorrow and of woe. It will joy and comfort give you, Take it then where'er you go. Refrain: Precious name, O how sweet! Hope of earth and joy of heaven; Precious name, O how sweet! Hope of earth and joy of heaven. 2 Take the name of Jesus ever As protection ev'rywhere. If temptations 'round you gather, Breathe that holy name in prayer. [Refrain] 3 At the name of Jesus bowing, When in heaven we shall meet, King of kings, we'll gladly crown him When our journey is complete. [Refrain] Topics: Funeral Sacraments; Comfort; Eternal Life; Heaven; Holy Name of Jesus; Hope; Journey, Pilgrimage; Joy; Petition, Prayer; Presence of God; Sickness; Temptation Scripture: Colossians 3:17 Used With Tune: PRECIOUS NAME

There Is a Fountain

Author: William Cowper, 1731-1800 Meter: 8.6.8.6.6.6.8.6 Appears in 2,484 hymnals First Line: There is a fountain filled with blood Lyrics: 1 There is a fountain filled with blood Drawn from Immanuel's veins, And sinners plunged beneath that flood Lose all their guilty stains: Lose all their guilty stains, Lose all their guilty stains; And sinners plunged beneath that flood Lose all their guilty stains. 2 The dying thief rejoiced to see That fountain in his day, And there may I, though vile as he, Wash all my sins away: Wash all my sins away, Wash all my sins away; And there may I, though vile as he, Wash all my sins away. 3 Dear dying Lamb, thy precious blood Shall never lose its pow'r, Till all the ransomed Church of God Be saved to sin no more: Be saved to sin no more, Be saved to sin no more; Till all the ransomed Church of God Be saved to sin no more. 4 E'er since by faith I saw the stream Thy flowing wounds supply, Redeeming love has been my theme And shall be till I die: And shall be till I die, And shall be till I die; Redeeming love has been my theme And shall be till I die. Topics: Christian Initiation Sacraments; Baptism Sacraments; Penance Sacraments; Faith; Lamb of God; Mercy, Forgiveness; New Life; Redemption; Repentance, Confession; Salvation; Saving Blood of Christ; Sin Scripture: Luke 23:40-43 Used With Tune: CLEANSING FOUNTAIN