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O holy Lord, content to fill

Author: William Walsham How, 1823 - 97 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 46 hymnals Topics: Church Life and Work Home and Family Lyrics: 1 O holy Lord, content to fill In lowly home the lowliest place, Thy childhood’s law a mother’s will, Obedience meek thy brightest grace; 2 Lead every child that bears thy Name To walk in thine own guileless way, To dread the touch of sin and shame, And humbly, like thyself, obey. A-men. 3 Gather thy lambs within thine arm, And gently in thy bosom bear; Keep them, O Lord, from hurt and harm, And bid them rest forever there. 4 So shall they waiting here below, Like thee their Lord, a little span, In wisdom and in stature grow, And favor with both God and man. Amen. Used With Tune: ABENDS

Ivory Palaces

Author: Henry Barraclough Meter: 9.6.9.6 with refrain Appears in 103 hymnals Topics: Home and Family; Home and Family First Line: My Lord has garments so wondrous fine Refrain First Line: Out of the ivory palaces Lyrics: 1 My Lord has garments so wondrous fine, and myrrh their texture fills; its fragrance reached to this heart of mine, with joy my being thrills. Refrain: Out of the ivory palaces into a world of woe, only his great eternal love made my Savior go. 2 His life had also its sorrows sore, for aloes had a part; and when I think of the cross he bore, my eyes with teardrops start. [Refrain] 3 His garments, too, were in cassia dipped, with healing in a touch; each time my feet in some sin have slipped, he took me from its clutch. [Refrain] 4 In garments glorious he will come, to open wide the door; and I shall enter my heavenly home, to dwell forevermore. [Refrain] Scripture: Psalm 46:6-8 Used With Tune: IVORY PALACES

In Our Households, Heavenly Father

Author: Marie J. Post; Rolf Bouma Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: Family and Relationships; Home Scripture: 1 Peter 4 Used With Tune: HATIKVAH

O God, who to a loyal home

Author: H. Fosdick Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 7 hymnals Topics: Home and Family

O Son of Man, thou madest known

Author: Milton S. Littlefield, 1864 - 1934 Appears in 62 hymnals Topics: Home and Family Lyrics: 1 O Son of Man, thou madest known, Thro' quiet work in shop and home, The sacredness of common things, The chance of life that each day brings. 2 O Workman true, may we fulfill In daily life thy Father’s will; In duty’s call, thy call we hear To fuller life, thro' work sincere. A-men. 3 Thou Master Workman, grant us grace The challenge of our tasks to face; By loyal scorn of second best, By effort true, to meet each test. 4 And thus we pray in deed and word, Thy kingdom come on earth, O Lord; In work that gives effect to prayer, Thy purpose for thy world we share. Amen. Used With Tune: BLEST MOMENTS