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Come, Ye Thankful People, Come

Author: Henry Alford, 1810-1871 Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 727 hymnals First Line: Come, ye thankful people come Lyrics: 1 Come, ye thankful people, come, Raise the song of harvest-home: All is safely gathered in, Ere the winter storms begin; God, our Maker, does provide For our wants to be supplied; Come to God's own temple, come, Raise the song of harvest-home. 2 All the world is God's own field, Fruit unto God's praise to yield; Wheat and tares together sown, Unto joy or sorrow grown; First the blade, and then the ear, Then the full corn shall appear: Lord of harvest, grant that we Wholesome grain and pure may be. 3 For the Lord our God shall come, And shall take the harvest home; From the field shall in that day All offenses purge away, Giving angels charge at last In the fire the tares to cast, But the fruitful ears to store In God's garner evermore. 4 Even so, Lord, quickly come To your final harvest-home; Gather all your people in, Free from sorrow, free from sin; There, for ever purified, In your presence to abide: Come, with all your angels, come, Raise the glorious harvest-home. Topics: 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A; Creation; Eternal Life; Gathering; Harvest; Heaven; Judgment; Parables; Petition; Providence; Second Coming; Thanksgiving; Thanksgiving Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:13-15 Used With Tune: ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR

America the Beautiful

Author: Katherine L. Bates, 1869-1929 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 506 hymnals First Line: O beautiful for spacious skies Lyrics: 1 O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed his grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea. 2 O beautiful for pilgrim feet, Whose stern, impassioned stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness! America! America! God mend thine ev'ry flaw, Confirm thy soul in self control, Thy liberty in law. 3 O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife, Who more than self their country loved, And mercy more than life! America! America! May God thy gold refine, Till all success be nobleness, And ev'ry gain divine. 4 O beautiful for patriot dream That sees beyond the years Thine alabaster cities gleam, Undimmed by human tears! America! America! God shed his grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea. Topics: Creation; Freedom; Liberation; Nation; Nation; Peace; Petition; Solidarity Scripture: James 1:17 Used With Tune: MATERNA

O Sanctissima (O Most Virtuous)

Author: Neil Borgstrom, b. 1953 Meter: 5.5.7.5.5.7 Appears in 48 hymnals Topics: Assumption (August 15); Blessed Virgin Mary; Blessed Virgin Mary; Contemplation; Immaculate Conception (December 8); Mary, Mother of God; Petition; Prayer; Refuge; Trial and Tribulation 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

The Day You Gave Us, Lord, Is Ended

Author: John Ellerton, 1826-1893 Meter: 9.8.9.8 Appears in 282 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The day you gave us, Lord, is ended, The darkness falls at your behest; To you our morning hymns ascended, Your praise shall sanctify our rest. 2 We thank you that your Church, unsleeping While earth rolls onward into light, Through all the world its watch is keeping, And rests not now by day or night. 3 Across each continent and island As dawn leads on another day, The voice of prayer is never silent, Nor dies the strain of praise away. 4 The sun that bids us rest is waking Your friends beneath the western sky, And hour by hour fresh lips are making Your wondrous doings heard on high. 5 So be it, Lord; your throne shall never, Like earth’s proud empires, pass away: Your kingdom stands, and grows for ever, Till all your creatures own your sway. Topics: Confidence; Evening; Evening; Hope; Kingdom; Light; Praise; Providence; Rest; Thanksgiving; Trust Scripture: Psalm 113:1-6 Used With Tune: ST. CLEMENT

Blessing and Invocation of God over Baptismal Water

Appears in 983 hymnals First Line: Amen, amen, amen Lyrics: Amen, amen, amen. Topics: Baptism of Children Used With Tune: [Amen, amen, amen]

Sanctus

Appears in 226 hymnals First Line: Holy, holy, holy Lord Lyrics: Holy, holy, Holy Lord, God of power and might, heav'n and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. Hosanna in the highest! Topics: Order of Mass Setting Four Used With Tune: [Holy, holy, holy Lord]

Now Thank We All Our God

Author: Martin Rinkart, 1586-1649; Catherine Winkworth, 1827-1878 Meter: 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6 Appears in 688 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Now thank we all our God With hearts and hands and voices, Who wondrous things has done, In whom his world rejoices; Who, from our mothers' arms, Hath blest us on our way With countless gifts of love, And still is ours today. 2 O may this gracious God Through all our life be near us, With ever joyful hearts And blessed peace to cheer us; Preserve us in his grace, And guide us in distress, And free us from all sin, Till heaven we possess. 3 All praise and thanks to God The Father now be given, The Son, and Spirit blest, Who reigns in highest heaven, Eternal, Triune God, Whom earth and heav'n adore; For thus it was, is now, And shall be evermore. Topics: Evening; Grace; Guidance; Heaven; Journey; Love of God for Us; Peace; Praise; Providence; Thanksgiving; Thanksgiving; Trinity Sunday; Universe; World Scripture: Sirach 50:22 Used With Tune: NUN DANKET

Father We Thank Thee, Who Hast Planted

Author: F. Bland Tucker, 1859-1984 Meter: 9.8.9.8 D Appears in 62 hymnals First Line: Father, we thank thee, who hast planted Topics: Church; Ecumenism; Eternal Life; Eucharist; Eucharist; Faith; Food; Forgiveness; God the Father (Creator); Holy Name; Jesus Christ; Kingdom; Love of God for Us; Mercy; Petition; Praise; Providence; Reconciliation; Repentance; Thanksgiving; Thanksgiving; Unity Scripture: John 6 Used With Tune: RENDEZ À DIEU Text Sources: Didache, c. 110

We Gather Together

Author: Theodore Baker, 1851-1934 Meter: 12.11.12.11 Appears in 200 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: Church; Confidence; Freedom; Gathering; Guidance; Holy Name; Hope; Nation; Petition; Praise; Solidarity; Thanksgiving; Thanksgiving; Trust Used With Tune: KREMSER Text Sources: Netherlands folk hymn

Lord of all Hopefulness

Author: Jan Struther, 1901-1953 Meter: 10.11.11.12 Appears in 78 hymnals First Line: Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy Topics: Blessing; Comfort; Commissioning; Confidence; Courage; Death; Evening; Faithfulness of God; Funeral; Hope; Labor; Morning; Pastoral Care of the Sick; Peace; Petition; Petition; Praise; Providence; Time; Trust Scripture: Matthew 6:25-34 Used With Tune: SLANE

Take Up Your Cross

Author: Charles W. Everest, 1814-1877 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 297 hymnals First Line: Take up your cross, the Savior said Lyrics: 1 Take up your cross, the Savior said, If you would my disciple be; Take up your cross with willing heart, And humbly follow after me. 2 Take up your cross, let not its weight Fill your weak spirit with alarm; His strength shall bear your spirit up, And brace your heart and nerve your arm. 3 Take up your cross, heed not the shame, And let your foolish heart be still; The Lord for you accepted death Upon a cross, on Calv'ry's hill. 4 Take up your cross, then, in his strength, And calmly ev'ry danger brave: It guides you to a better home And leads to vict'ry o'er the grave. 5 Take up your cross, and follow Christ, Nor think till death to lay it down; For only those who bear the cross May hope to wear the glorious crown. Topics: 12th Sunday Year B; 13th Sunday Year A; 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A; 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C; 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B; Discipleship Used With Tune: ERHALT UNS HERR

God, Who Stretched the Spangled Heavens

Author: Catherine Cameron, b. 1927 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 46 hymnals Lyrics: 1 God, who stretched the spangled heavens Infinite in time and place, Flung the suns in burning radiance Through the silent fields of space; We, your children, in your likeness, Share inventive pow'rs with you; Great Creator, still creating, Show us what we yet may do. 2 Proudly rise our modern cities, Stately buildings, row on row; Yet their windows, blank, unfeeling, Stare on canyoned streets below, Where the lonely drift unnoticed In the city's ebb and flow, Lost to purpose and to meaning, Scarcely caring where they go. 3 We have ventured worlds undreamed of Since the childhood of our race; Known the ecstasy of winging Through untraveled realms of space; Probed the secrets of the atom, Yielding unimagined pow'r, Facing us with life's destruction Or our most triumphant hour. 4 As each far horizon beckons, May it challenge us anew, Children of creative purpose, Serving others, honoring you. May our dreams prove rich with promise, Each endeavor, well begun: Great Creator, give us guidance Till our goals and yours are one. Topics: Brotherhood and Sisterhood; Challenge of Gospel; Commitment; Creation; Discipleship; God the Father (Creator); Guidance; Labor; Life; Ministry; Mission; Peace; Petition; Science and Space; Service; Social Concern; Social Concern; Stewardship; Universe; Witness Scripture: Genesis 1 Used With Tune: HOLY MANNA

O God of Love, O King of Peace

Author: Henry W. Baker, 1821-1877 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 243 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O God of love, O King of peace, Make wars throughout the world to cease; Our violent ways help us contain; Give peace, O God, give peace again! 2 Whom shall we trust but you, O Lord? Where rest but on your faithful word? None ever called on you in vain; Give peace, O God, give peace again! 3 Where saints and angels dwell above, All hearts are joined in holy love; O bind us in that heav'nly chain; Give peace, O God, give peace again! Topics: Church; Communion of Saints; Confidence; Hope; Love for Others; Love of God for Us; Peace; Peace; Petition; Saints; Trust Scripture: Psalm 29:10 Used With Tune: TALLIS' CANON

In Christ There Is No East or West

Author: John Oxenham, 1842-1941 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 331 hymnals Lyrics: 1 In Christ there is no east or west, In him no south or north, But one great fam'ly bound by love Throughout the whole wide earth. 2 In him shall true hearts ev'rywhere Their high communion find; His service is the golden cord Close binding humankind. 3 Join hands, disciples in the faith, Whate'er your race may be! Who serve each other in Christ's love Are surely kin to me. 4 In Christ now meet both east and west, In him meet south and north, All Christly souls are one in him, Throughout the whole wide earth. Topics: Brotherhood and Sisterhood; Church; Ecumenism; Jesus Christ; Justice; Mission; Nation; Service; Social Concern; Solidarity; Unity; Unity; Universe Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12 Used With Tune: MC KEE

All People That on Earth Do Dwell

Author: William Kethe, d. c. 1593; Thomas Ken, 1637-1711 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 721 hymnals Lyrics: 1 All people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice; Him serve with mirth, his praise forth tell, Come we before him, and rejoice. 2 Know that the Lord is God indeed; Without our aid he did us make; We are his folk, he does us feed, And for his sheep he does us take. 3 O enter then his gates with praise; Approach with joy his courts unto; Praise, laud, and bless his Name always, For it is seemly so to do. 4 For why? the Lord our God is good: His mercy is for ever sure; His truth at all times firmly stood, And shall from age to age endure. 5 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom heaven and earth adore, From us and from the angel host Be praise and glory evermore. *Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise him, all creatures here below; Praise him above, you heavn'ly host: Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Topics: Creation; Dedication of a Church; Gathering; Gathering; God the Father (Creator); Journey; Morning; Praise; Providence; Providence; Service; Shepherd Scripture: Psalm 100 Used With Tune: OLD HUNDREDTH

I Come with Joy

Author: Brian Wren, b. 1936 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 73 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 always 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: Christian Life; Community; Ecumenism; Eucharist; Friendship; Gathering; Gathering; Jesus Christ; Journey; Solidarity; Unity Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 Used With Tune: LAND OF REST

Morning Has Broken

Author: Eleanor Farjeon, 1881-1965 Meter: 5.5.5.4 D Appears in 93 hymnals Topics: Creation; God the Father (Creator); Jesus Christ; Morning; Praise; Praise; Providence; Renewal; Song; Word of God Scripture: Genesis 1:3-5 Used With Tune: BUNESSAN Text Sources: The Children's Bells

Lift High the Cross

Author: George W. Kitchin, 1827-1912; Michael R. Newbolt, 1874-1956 Meter: 10.10 with refrain Appears in 95 hymnals First Line: Come, Christians, follow where the Master trod Refrain First Line: Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim Lyrics: Refrain: Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim till all the world adore his sacred name. 1 Come, Christians, follow where the Master trod, Our King victorious, Christ, the Son of God. [Refrain] 2 Led on their way by this triumphant sign, The hosts of God in conquering ranks combine. [Refrain] 3 Each newborn foll'wer of the Crucified Bears on the brow the seal of him who died. [Refrain] 4 O Lord, once lifted on the glorious tree, Your death has bought us life eternally. [Refrain] 5 So shall our song of triumph ever be: Praise to the Crucified for victory! [Refrain] Topics: Baptism; Christian Initiation; Cross; Discipleship; Easter Season; Eternal Life; Good Friday; Holy Thursday; Lent; Palm Sunday; Paschal Mystery; Praise; Redemption; September 14: Triumph of the Cross; Triumph of the Cross; Triumph of the Cross (September 14) Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18 Used With Tune: CRUCIFER

Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling

Author: Will L. Thompson, 1847-1909 Appears in 864 hymnals Refrain First Line: Come home, come home Lyrics: 1 Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling, Calling for you and for me; See, on the portals He's waiting and watching, Watching for you and for me. Refrain: Come home, come home, Ye who are weary, come home; Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling- Calling, "O sinner, come home!" 2 Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading, Pleading for you and for me? Why should we linger and heed not His mercies, Mercies for you and for me? [Refrain] 3 Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing, Passing from you and from me; Shadows are gathering, death-beds are coming, Coming for you and for me. [Refrain] 4 O for the wonderful love He has promised, Promised for you and for me; Though we have sinned He has mercy and pardon, Pardon for you and for me. [Refrain] Topics: Reconciliation Used With Tune: [Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling]

God of Our Fathers

Author: Daniel C. Roberts, 1841-1907 Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 419 hymnals First Line: God of our fathers, whose almighty hand Lyrics: 1 God of our fathers, whose almighty hand Leads forth in beauty all the starry band Of shining worlds in splendor through the skies, Our grateful songs before your throne arise. 2 Your love divine has led us in the past, In this free land by you our lot is cast; Be our strong ruler, guardian, guide, and stay, Your word our law, your paths our chosen way. 3 From war's alarms, from deadly pestilence, Your mighty arm our ever sure defense; Your true religion in our hearts increase, Your bounteous goodness nourish us in peace. 4 Refresh your people on their toilsome way, Lead us from night to never ending day; Fill all our lives with heav'n born love and grace, Until at last, we meet before your face. Topics: Freedom; Guidance; Nation; Peace; Praise; Social Concern Scripture: Isaiah 40:25-26 Used With Tune: NATIONAL HYMN

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