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We Meet You, O Christ

Author: Fred Kaan, 1929- Meter: 10.10.11.11 Appears in 10 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 25:31-40 First Line: We meet you, O Christ, in many a guise Lyrics: 1 We meet you, O Christ, in many a guise; your image we see in simple and wise. You live in a palace, exist in a shack. We see you, the gardener, a tree on your back. 2 In millions alive, away and abroad, involved in our life, you live down the road. Imprisoned in systems, you long to be free. We witness you, Jesus, still bearing your tree. 3 We hear you, O *Man, in agony cry; for freedom you march, in riots you die. Your face in the papers we read and we see. The tree must be planted by human decree. 4 You choose to be made at one with the earth; the dark of the grave prepares for your birth. Your death is your rising, creative your word: the tree springs to life and our hope is restored! * or Christ Used With Tune: STANLEY BEACH

Who's goin' to tell the story

Author: Natalie Sleeth, 1930-1992 Meter: 10.10.8.13 Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46 First Line: Who's goin' to tell the story? You and I! Topics: Children and Youth Mission; Comfort / Consolation; Evangelism; One Life in Christ Mission; Social Concerns / Social Justice Used With Tune: WHO'S GOIN' TO TELL THE STORY

Renewed devotedness

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 10.5.11 Appears in 510 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 25:25 First Line: Come, let us anew our journey pursue Topics: Christ Second Advent; Christians Fidelity of; New Year; Watch Night; Year New

Will Jesus Find Us Watching?

Author: Frances J. Crosby Meter: 10.7.10.7.10.7.10.9 Appears in 261 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 25:7 First Line: When Jesus comes to reward His servants Refrain First Line: Oh, can we say we are ready, brother? Lyrics: 1 When Jesus comes to reward His servants, Whether it be noon or night, Faithful to Him will He find us watching, With our lamps all trimmed and bright? Refrain: Oh, can we say we are ready, brother? Ready for the soul’s bright home? Say, will He find you and me still watching, Waiting, waiting when the Lord shall come? 2 If, at the dawn of the early morning, He shall call us one by one, When to the Lord we restore our talents, Will He answer thee, “Well done”? [Refrain] 3 Have we been true to the trust He left us? Do we seek to do our best? If in our hearts there is naught condemns us, We shall have a glorious rest. [Refrain] 4 Blessed are those whom the Lord finds watching, In His glory they shall share; If He shall come at the dawn or midnight, Will He find us watching there? [Refrain] Topics: Watchfulness Used With Tune: [When Jesus comes to reward His servants] Text Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Will_Jesus_Find_Us_Watching); Anonymous/Unknown, The Blue Book (172)

Light One Candle to Watch for Messiah

Author: Wayne L. Wold Meter: 10.7.9.6 Appears in 5 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 25:1-13 Topics: God's Covenant with Israel; Jesus Christ Advent; Light; Trusting in the Promises of God Used With Tune: TIF IN VELDELE

When the Bridegroom Comes

Author: B. E. W. Meter: 10.8.10.8 with refrain Appears in 4 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 25:13 First Line: Precious soul, prepare for the midnight call Refrain First Line: Oh, be ready when the Bridegroom comes! Lyrics: 1 Precious soul, prepare for the midnight call, “Be ready when the Bridegroom comes”; For the solemn change is awaiting all, Be ready when the Bridegroom comes. Refrain: Oh, be ready when the Bridegroom comes! Oh, be ready when the Bridegroom comes! Will your lamp be burning at the Lord’s returning? Be ready when the Bridegroom comes. 2 Like the virgins wise fill your lamps with oil, Be ready when the Bridegroom comes; Let not sin your faithful efforts foil, Be ready when the Bridegroom comes. [Refrain] 3 Then avail yourself of a full supply, Be ready when the Bridegroom comes; Never idle sit till your lamp burns dry, Be ready when the Bridegroom comes. [Refrain] 4 Then awake, dear soul, you’re in sin’s dark night, Be ready when the Bridegroom comes; Let your lamp burn bright with a clear, good light, Be ready when the Bridegroom comes. [Refrain] 5 Do not sleep, poor soul, till your lamp goes out— Be ready when the Bridegroom comes— Till the Lord returns with a mighty shout, Be ready when the Bridegroom comes. [Refrain] Topics: Warning Used With Tune: [Precious soul, prepare for the midnight call] Text Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/When_the_Bridegroom_Comes); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (402); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (55)

Farther Along

Author: W. B. Stevens, 1862-1940 Meter: 10.9.10.9 with refrain Appears in 72 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 25:31 First Line: Tempted and tried we're oft made to wonder Refrain First Line: Farther along we'll know all bout it Lyrics: 1 Tempted and tried we’re oft made to wonder, Why it should be thus all the day long; While there are others living about us, Never molested though in the wrong. Refrain: Farther along we’ll know all about it, Farther along we’ll understand why; Cheer up, don't worry, live in the sunshine, We’ll understand it all by and by. 2 When death has come and taken our loved ones, It leaves our home so lonely and drear; Then do we wonder why others prosper, Living so wicked year after year. [Refrain] 3 Faithful till death said our loving Master, A few more days to labor and wait; Toils of the road will then seem as nothing, As we sweep through the beautiful gate. [Refrain] 4 When we see Jesus coming in glory, When He comes from His home in the sky; Then we shall meet Him in that bright mansion, We'll understand it all by and by. [Refrain] Topics: The Gospel in the Christian Life Faith, Trust, Love; Confidence; New Life in Jesus Christ; Temptation/Trial; Trust Used With Tune: FARTHER ALONG

Too late!

Author: Alfred Tennyson Meter: 10 Appears in 48 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 25:10 First Line: Late, late, so late! and dark the night, and chill! Topics: Christ Bridegroom; Procrastination; Sinners Doomed; Sinners Warned; Too late

Leftover People in Leftover Places

Author: Shirley Erena Murray, 1931- Meter: 11.10.11.10 D Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 25:31-45 Topics: Alienation; Compassion; Confession; Diversity; Hospitality; Injustice; Invitation; Marginalized; Poverty; Prisoners; Suffering; Worth of All Persons Used With Tune: CONNECT

We Are the Household That Gathers Round Jesus (The Household of God)

Author: Shirley Erena Murray Meter: 11.10.11.10 D Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Matthew 25:35 First Line: We are the household that gathers round Jesus Lyrics: 1 We are the household that gathers round Jesus, sharing one table, one cup and one Light, we are a family human and hurting, changing and challenged to know what is right; we are this family deeply divided, struggling to service the Gospel's demands, we are a household of quarrelsome children each with a free-flying kite in our hands. 2 Yet we are part of God's dream for creation, we who are learning forgiveness and grace, lanterns of peace lighting pathways to justice, giving the stranger a welcoming place; let's be a household of care and compassion, open to cultures and creeds not our own, building a model all *people will witness, seeing where winds of the Spirit have blown! 3 While there are children whose *food bowls are empty, while there are prisons where innocents die, while refugees swell the flood of the homeless, while the earth shudders, and all creatures cry, we are a people who hear and must answer, healing and helping a new world to birth, household of faith that is fed at one table, sharing good news with the whole of the earth. Topics: Humanity