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How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place

Author: Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944 Appears in 9 hymnals Topics: Biblical Names and Places Jacob; Biblical Names and Places Jacob; Blessing; Church Year Lent; Church Year Transfiguration; Desiring God; Discipleship; Doubt; Elements of Worship Baptism; Elements of Worship Gathering; Elements of Worship Lord's Supper; Elements of Worship Praise and Adoration; Fear; God Desire for; God Trust in; God as Refuge; God as Shield; God's Armor; God's Deeds; God's Face; God's House; God's Love; God's Name; God's People (flock, sheep); God's Promise of Redemption; God's Strength; God's Way; Grâce; Hymns of Praise; Jesus Christ Incarnation; Joy; Longing for God; Occasional Services Christian Marriage; Occasional Services Dedication / Consecration / Anniversary; Occasional Services Funerals; Occasional Services Ordination and/or Installation; Pain; Peace; People of God / Church Citizens of Heaven; Prayer; Rest; Songs of Zion; Sorrow; Suffering; Temple; Temptation And Trial; The Fall; The Incarnation; Trust; Unity and Fellowship; Year A, B, C, Presentation of the Lord, February 2; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, August 21-27; Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, October 23-29 Lyrics: 1 How lovely is thy dwelling place, O Lord of hosts, to me! My thirsty soul desires and longs within thy courts to be; my very heart and flesh cry out, O living God, for thee. 2 Beside thine altars, gracious Lord, the swallows find a nest; how happy they who dwell with thee and praise thee without rest, and happy they whose hearts are set upon the pilgrims' quest. 3 They who go through the desert vale will find it filled with springs, and they shall climb from height to height till Zion's temple rings with praise to thee, in glory throned, Lord God, great King of kings. 4 One day within thy courts excels a thousand spent away; how happy they who keep thy laws nor from thy precepts stray, for thou shalt surely bless all those who live the words they pray. Optional stanza from Psalm 23: Goodness and mercy all my life shall surely follow me, and in God's house forevermore my dwelling place shall be; and in God's house forevermore my dwelling place shall be. Scripture: Psalm 84 Used With Tune: BROTHER JAMES' AIR Text Sources: Scottish Psalter, 1650 (sts. 1, 2 and opt. sts.)

Jesus, united by Thy grace

Author: C. Wesley, 1707-1788 Appears in 168 hymnals Topics: Believers (See also Christian Saints) Unity of; Believers (See also Christian Saints) Unity of; Christian Unity; Unity, Christian Lyrics: 1 Jesus, united by Thy grace, And each to each endeared, With confidence we seek Thy face, And know our prayer is heard. 2 Still let us own our common Lord And bear Thine easy yoke, A band of love, a threefold cord, Which never can be broke. 3 Make us into one spirit drink; Baptize into Thy name; And let us always kindly think, And sweetly speak, the same. 4 Touched by the loadstone of Thy love, Let all our hearts agree, And ever towards each other move, And ever move towards Thee. 5 To Thee inseparably joined, Let all our spirits cleave; O may we all the loving mind That was in Thee receive! Used With Tune: DALEHURST

Jesus, great Shepherd of the sheep

Author: C. Wesley, 1707-1788 Appears in 136 hymnals Topics: Christian Unity; Unity, Christian Lyrics: 1 Jesus, great Shepherd of the sheep, To Thee for help we fly; Thy little flock in safety keep; For O! the wolf is nigh. 2 Us into Thy protection take, And gather with Thy arm; Unless the fold we first forsake The wolf can never harm. 3 We laugh to scorn his cruel power, While by our Shepherd's side; The sheep he never can devour, Unless he first divide. 4 O do not suffer him to part The souls that here agree; But make us of one mind and heart, And keep us one in Thee! 5 Together let us sweetly live, Together let us die; And each a starry crown receive, And reign above the sky. Used With Tune: EVAN

All praise to our redeeming Lord

Author: C. Wesley, 1707-1788 Appears in 143 hymnals Topics: Christian Unity; Unity, Christian Lyrics: 1 All praise to our redeeming Lord Who joins us by His grace, And bids us, each to each restored, Together seek His face. 2 He bids us build each other up; And, gathered into one, To our high calling's glorious hope We hand in hand go on. 3 The gift which He on one bestows, We all delight to prove; The grace through every vessel flows, In purest streams of love. 4 And if our fellowship below In Jesus be so sweet, What heights of rapture shall we know, When round His throne we meet! Used With Tune: GERONTIUS

For a Season Called to Part

Author: John Newton Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 271 hymnals Topics: Christian unity and fellowship Lyrics: 1 For a season called to part, Let us now ourselves commend To the gracious eye and heart Of our ever present Friend. 2 Jesus, hear our humble prayer, Tender Shepherd of Thy sheep, Let Thy mercy and Thy care All our souls in safety keep. 3 What we each have now been taught, Let our memories retain. May we, if we live, be brought Here to meet in peace again. 4 Then, if Thou Thy instruction bless, Songs of praises shall be given; We'll our thankfulness express, Here on earth, and then in heaven. Amen. Used With Tune: SOLITUDE

Eternal Ruler of the Ceaseless Round

Author: John White Chadwick, 1840-1904 Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 125 hymnals Topics: Discipleship; Unity (church); Christian Life; Baptism (general) Scripture: Exodus 14:10-31 Used With Tune: SONG 1

Come, let us join with faithful souls

Author: W. Tarrant Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 62 hymnals Topics: Christian unity

Make Us One

Author: Anneli Loepp Thiessen Meter: Irregular Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity First Line: God—Creator, Christ the Son Scripture: Matthew 28:19-20 Used With Tune: HINCKS

Now Is the Time Approaching

Author: Jane Laurie Borthwick Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 58 hymnals Topics: Christian unity Lyrics: 1 Now is the time approaching, by prophets long foretold, when all shall dwell together, secure and manifold. Let war be learned no longer, let strife and tumult cease, all earth a blessed garden that God shall tend in peace. 2 Let all that now devides us remove and bass away, like mists of early morning before the blaze of day. Let all that now unites us more sweet and lasting prove, a closer bond of union, in blessed lands of love. 3 O long-expected dawning, come with your cheering ray! Yet shall the promise beckon and lead us not astray. O sweet anticipation! It cheers the watchers on to pray, and hope, and labor till Christ's new realm is come. Scripture: Isaiah 61:11 Used With Tune: WEBB

For all Thy saints, O Lord

Author: Richard Mant Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 160 hymnals Topics: Church Communion of Saints; Church Unity of; Consecration; Example of Christians; Invitation Of the Saints Lyrics: 1 For all Thy saints, O Lord, Who strove in Thee to live, Who followed Thee, obeyed, adored, Our grateful hymn receive. 2 For all Thy saints, O Lord, Accept our thankful cry, Who counted Thee their great reward, And strove in Thee to die. 3 They all, in life or death, With Thee, their Lord, in view, Learned from Thy Holy Spirit's breath To suffer and to do. 4 For this Thy Name we bless And humbly pray that we May follow them in holiness, Who live and die in Thee. Amen. Used With Tune: CLYMER