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Christ's Character foretold

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 28 hymnals Topics: Christ His Mission and Works First Line: Behold my servant, see him rise Lyrics: 1 Behold my servant, see him rise Exalted in my might! Him have I chosen, and in him I place supreme delight. 2 Gentle and still shall be his voice; No threats from Him proceed; The smoking flax shall he not quench, Nor break the bruised reed. 3 The feeble spark to flames he’ll raise; The weak will not despise; Judgment he shall bring forth to truth, And make the fallen rise. 4 The progress of his zeal and power Shall never know decline, Till foreign lands and distant isles, Receive the law divine.

He is Lord

Author: Anonymous Meter: 6.11.10.6 Appears in 64 hymnals Topics: Praise and Thanksgiving Songs to Remember the Work of the Son First Line: He is Lord, he is Lord Lyrics: 1 He is Lord, he is Lord! He is risen from the dead and he is Lord! Every knee shall bow, every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord! 2 He is King, he is King! He will draw all nations to him, he is King; and the time shall be when the world shall sing that Jesus Christ is King! 3 He is Love, he is Love! He has shown us by his life that he is Love; all his people sing with one voice of joy that Jesus Christ is Love! 4 He is Life, he is Life! he has died to set us free and he is Life; and he calls us all to live evermore, for Jesus Christ is Life. Used With Tune: HE IS LORD

O Grant Us, God, a Little Space

Author: John Ellerton Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 123 hymnals Topics: Work and Vocation Lyrics: 1 O grant us, God, a little space from daily tasks set free. We meet within this holy place and find security. 2 Around us rolls the ceaseless tide of business, toil, and care, And scarcely can we turn aside for one brief hour of prayer. 3 Yet this is not the only place your presence may be found; On daily work you shed your grace, and blessings all around. 4 Yours are the workplace, home, and mart, the wealth of sea and land; The worlds of science and of art are fashioned by your hand. 5 Work shall be prayer, if all be wrought as you would have it done; And prayer, by you inspired and taught, shall then with work be one. Used With Tune: WINCESTER OLD

Divine Grace Magnified

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: God Works of; Praise For Works of Creation; Praise For Work of Redemption First Line: Praise waits in Zion, Lord, for Thee Lyrics: 1 Praise waits in Zion, Lord, for Thee, And unto Thee shall vows be paid; O Thou that hearest those who cry, To Thee by all shall prayer be made. 2 Against us sin has battled hard; For help we look to Thee and pray; Thou our transgressions wilt forgive, Yea, Thou wilt take them all away. 3 How blest are they whom Thou dost choose To come and in Thy courts abide; Communing in Thy holy house, With good we shall be satisfied. 4 By mighty deeds in righteousness Prayer's answer surely comes from Thee, O God our Saviour,God the trust Of all Thy saints on land or sea. 5 Thy power has set the mountains firm, O God Almighty, girt with strength; At Thy command the waves are still, The nations cease from war at length. 6 The tokens of Thy mighty power Lead men in every clime to fear; From east to west through all the earth Thou sendest gladness fare and near. Scripture: Psalm 65 Used With Tune: HOLBORN HILL

When morning gilds the skies

Author: Edward Caswall (1814-1878) Meter: 6.6.6 D Appears in 714 hymnals Topics: Work Lyrics: 1 When morning gilds the skies, my heart awaking cries, may Jesus Christ be praised: alike at work and prayer to Jesus I repair; may Jesus Christ be praised. 2 Whene'er the sweet church bell peals over hill and dell, may Jesus Christ be praised: O hark to what it sings, as joyously it rings, may Jesus Christ be praised. 3 My tongue shall never tire of chanting with the choir, may Jesus Christ be praised: this song of sacred joy, it never seems to cloy, may Jesus Christ be praised. 4 Does sadness fill my mind? A solace here I find, may Jesus Christ be praised: or fades my earthly bliss? My comfort still is this, may Jesus Christ be praised. 5 The night becomes as day, when from the heart we say, may Jesus Christ be praised: the powers of darkness fear, when this sweet chant they hear, may Jesus Christ be praised. 6 Be this, while life is mine, my canticle divine, may Jesus Christ be praised: be this the eternal song through ages all along, may Jesus Christ be praised! Scripture: Psalm 139:12 Used With Tune: LAUDES DOMINI Text Sources: German, 19th century or earlier

For Christ and the Church

Author: J. R. Clements Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Work First Line: "For Christ and the Church" we stand Refrain First Line: “For Christ and the Church” we stand Lyrics: 1 “For Christ and the Church” we stand United heart and hand; Our lips His praise to speak, Our hands to help the weak; Our feet the lost to seek, “For Christ and the Church.” Refrain: “For Christ and the Church” we stand, United heart and hand; Our lives henceforth we give to live “For Christ and the Church.” 2 “For Christ and the Church” we pray, And labour day by day; With zeal and courage new We’ll strive some work to do, And keep our cov’nant true, “For Christ and the Church.” [Refrain] 3 “For Christ and the Church” we sing, And glad hosannas bring; Since He hath made us free, And promised victory, Our motto still shall be, “For Christ and the Church.” [Refrain] Used With Tune: [“For Christ and the Church” we stand]

The Heavens Declare Thy Glory

Author: Thomas R. Birks Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 58 hymnals Topics: God's Work Creation; Works of Providence Lyrics: 1 The heav'ns declare thy glory, the firmament thy pow'r; day unto day the story repeats from hour to hour; night unto night replying, proclaims in ev'ry land, O Lord, with voice undying, the wonders of thy hand. 2 The sun with royal splendor goes forth to chant thy praise, and moonbeams soft and tender their gentler anthem raise; o'er every tribe and nation the music strange is poured, the song of all creation to thee, creation's Lord. 3 All heav'n on high rejoices to do its Maker's will, the stars with solemn voices resound thy praises still; so let my whole behavior, thoughts, words, and actions be, O Lord, my Strength, my Savior, one ceaseless song to thee. Scripture: Psalm 19 Used With Tune: FAITHFUL

O God of gods, in whom combine

Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Incarnation, Sufferings, Glory and Work of Christ

Christ, from Whom All Blessings Flow

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 77 hymnals Topics: Work, Daily Lyrics: 1. Christ, from whom all blessings flow, perfecting the saints below, hear us, who thy nature share, who thy mystic body are. 2. Join us, in one spirit join, let us still receive of thine; still for more on thee we call, thou who fillest all in all. 3. Move and actuate and guide, diverse gifts to each divide; placed according to thy will, let us all our work fulfill; 4. Never from thy service move, needful to each other prove; use the grace on each bestowed, tempered by the art of God. 5. Many are we now, and one, we who Jesus have put on; there is neither bond nor free, male nor female, Lord, in thee. 6. Love, like death, hath all destroyed, rendered all distinctions void; names and sects and parties fall; thou, O Christ, art all in all! Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:4-31 Used With Tune: CANTERBURY

Blessed be the Name

Author: John Newton Appears in 1,669 hymnals Topics: Work and Duty First Line: How sweet the name of Jesus sounds Used With Tune: [How sweet the name of Jesus sounds]