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We Are Living, We Are Dwelling

Author: A. Cleveland Coxe Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 202 hymnals Scripture: Romans 8:22 Lyrics: 1 We are living, we are dwelling, In a grand and awful time, In an age on ages telling; To be living is sublime. Hark! the waking up of nations, Hosts advancing to the fray; Hark! what soundeth is creation’s Groaning for the latter day. 2 Will ye play, then? will ye dally Far behind the battle line? Up! it is Jehovah’s rally; God’s own arm hath need of thine. Worlds are charging, heav'n beholding; Thou hast but an hour to fight; Now, the blazoned cross unfolding, On, right onward for the right! 3 Sworn to yield, to waver, never; Consecrated, born again; Sworn to be Christ’s soldiers ever, On! for Christ at least be men! On! let all the soul within you For the truth’s sake go abroad! Strike! let every nerve and sinew Tell on ages, tell for God. Amen. Topics: Conflict; Faithfulness of the believer; Warfare, Christian Used With Tune: AUSTRIAN HYMN

Come to our poor nature's night

Author: George Rawson Meter: 7.7.7.5 Appears in 71 hymnals Scripture: Romans 8:26 Topics: God: His Attributes, Works and Word The Holy Spirit Used With Tune: IRENE

Kum Ba Yah

Appears in 37 hymnals Scripture: Romans 8:26 First Line: Kum ba yah, my Lord Lyrics: 1 Kum ba yah, my Lord, kum ba yah. Kum ba yah, my Lord, kum ba yah. Kum ba yah, my Lord, kum ba yah. O Lord, kum ba yah! 2 Someone’s singing, Lord, kum ba yah. Someone’s singing, Lord, kum ba yah. Someone’s singing, Lord, kum ba yah. O Lord, kum ba yah. 3 Someone’s praying, Lord, kum ba yah. Someone’s praying, Lord, kum ba yah. Someone’s praying, Lord, kum ba yah. O Lord, kum ba yah. 4 Someone’s crying, Lord, kum ba yah. Someone’s crying, Lord, kum ba yah. Someone’s crying, Lord, kum ba yah. O Lord, kum ba yah. 5 Someone's hungry, Lord, kum ba yah. Someone's hungry, Lord, kum ba yah. Someone's hungry, Lord, kum ba yah. O Lord, kum ba yah. 6 Someone’s hurting, Lord, kum ba yah. Someone's hungry, Lord, kum ba yah. Someone's hungry, Lord, kum ba yah. O Lord, kum ba yah. 7 Someone’s dying, Lord, kum ba yah. Someone’s dying, Lord, kum ba yah. Someone’s dying, Lord, kum ba yah. O Lord, kum ba yah. 8 Someone’s lonely, Lord, kum ba yah. Someone’s lonely, Lord, kum ba yah. Someone’s lonely, Lord, kum ba yah. O Lord, kum ba yah. [Kum ba ya means "Come by here."] Topics: Meeting with God's People Prayer; African-American Used With Tune: [Kum ba yah, my Lord] Text Sources: African-American spiritual

Healer of Our Every Ill

Author: Marty Haugen, b. 1950 Meter: 8.8.9 with refrain Appears in 28 hymnals Scripture: Romans 8:26-27 First Line: You who know our fears and sadness Refrain First Line: Healer of our ev'ry ill Topics: Christian Hope; Comfort, Rest; Forgiveness, Healing Used With Tune: HEALER OF OUR EVERY ILL

View the present through the promise

Author: Thomas H. Troeger (b. 1945) Meter: 8.5.8.5.8.8.8.5 Appears in 8 hymnals Scripture: Romans 8:19-25 Topics: Christ Risen Coming Again; Our Response to Christ In Discipleship; Discipleship Used With Tune: FRANKLIN PARK

God of the Bible

Author: Shirley Erena Murray Meter: 5.5.5.4 D with refrain Appears in 8 hymnals Scripture: Romans 8:22-27 Refrain First Line: Fresh as the morning, sure as the sunrise Lyrics: 1 God of the Bible, God in the Gospel, hope seen in Jesus, hope yet to come, you are our center, daylight or darkness, freedom or prison, you are our home. Refrain: Fresh as the morning, sure as the sunrise, God always faithful, you do not change. Fresh as the morning, sure as the sunrise, God always faithful, you do not change. 2 God in our struggles, God in our hunger, suffering with us, taking our part, still you empower us, mothering Spirit, feeding, sustaining, from your own heart. [Refrain] 3 Those without status, those who are nothing, you have made royal, gifted with rights, chosen as partners, midwives of justice, birthing new systems, lighting new lights. [Refrain] 4 Not by your finger, not by your anger will our world order change in a day, but by your people, fearless and faithful, small paper lanterns, lighting the way. [Refrain] 5 Hope we must carry, shining and certain through all our turmoil, terror, and loss, bonding us gladly one to the other, till our world changes facing the cross. [Refrain] Topics: Anger; Bonding; Change; Unchanging; Community; Darkness; Dawn; Human Empowerment; Faith; Feeding; Freedom and Liberation; Freshness; Goodness of God; Gospel (Good News); Hearts; Holy Bible; Holy Spirit; Home and Family; Hope; Hunger; Light; Loss; Morning; Mothers; Human Needs; Peoples; Power and Might; Prisoners; Righteousness; Strength and Courage; Struggles and Strife; Sun; Sustaining; Terrors; Timelessness; Turmoil; Wings; God's Nature; Anger; Bonding; Change; Unchanging; Community; Darkness; Dawn; Human Empowerment; Faith; Feeding; Freedom and Liberation; Freshness; Goodness of God; Gospel (Good News); Hearts; Holy Bible; Holy Spirit; Home and Family; Hope; Hunger; Light; Loss; Morning; Mothers; Human Needs; Peoples; Power and Might; Prisoners; Righteousness; Strength and Courage; Struggles and Strife; Sun; Sustaining; Terrors; Timelessness; Turmoil; Wings Used With Tune: FRESH AS THE MORNING

Through Our Fragmentary Prayers

Author: Thomas H. Troeger Appears in 4 hymnals Scripture: Romans 8 First Line: [Through Our Fragmentary Prayers] Text Sources: Supplement 99 (Hope Publishing Company, 1999)

On Holy Ground

Author: Donna Peña, b. 1955 Appears in 4 hymnals Scripture: Romans 8:18-23 First Line: The heavens embrace the earth Refrain First Line: Do you believe in freedom? Topics: Captivity Used With Tune: [The heavens embrace the earth]

Neither Death nor Life

Author: Marty Haugen, b. 1950 Appears in 4 hymnals Scripture: Romans 8:11-38 First Line: Dwell in the One who raised Christ from the dead Refrain First Line: Neither death, nor life Topics: Second Coming Used With Tune: [Dwell in the One who raised Christ from the dead]

Go in grace and make disciples

Author: Mary Louise Bringle (b. 1953) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D irregular Appears in 4 hymnals Scripture: Romans 8:22 Topics: The Church Celebrates Ordination; Our Response to God in mission and service; Gospel Call; Mission Used With Tune: ABBOT'S LEIGH