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Softly and Tenderly Jesus ls Calling

Author: Will L. Thompson, 1847-1909 Meter: 11.7.11.7 with refrain Appears in 919 hymnals Topics: Gospel Call and Response First Line: Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling 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, You 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, deathbeds are coming, Coming for you and for me. [Refrain] 4 Oh 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] Scripture: Matthew 11:28 Used With Tune: THOMPSON

Out of my bondage, sorrow and night

Author: William T. Sleeper Appears in 267 hymnals Topics: Call and Response Used With Tune: [Out of my bondage, sorrow and night]

Take My Life and Let It Be

Author: Frances R. Havergal, 1836-1879 Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 1,254 hymnals Topics: Gospel Call and Response Lyrics: 1 Take my life, and let it be Consecrated, Lord, to Thee; Take my moments and my days, Let them flow in ceaseless praise. 2 Take my hands, and let them move At the impulse of Thy love; Take my feet, and let them be Swift and beautiful for Thee. 3 Take my will, and make it Thine; It shall be no longer mine; Take my heart, it is Thine own; It shall be Thy royal throne. 4 Take my love: my Lord I pour At Thy feet its treasure store; Take myself, and I will be Ever, only, all for Thee. Amen. Scripture: Leviticus 11:44 Used With Tune: VIENNA

My Faith Looks Up to Thee

Author: Ray Palmer, 1808-1887 Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 2,277 hymnals Topics: Gospel Call and Response Lyrics: 1 My faith looks up to Thee, Thou Lamb of Calvary, Savior divine! Now hear me while I pray; Take all my guilt away; Oh, let me from this day Be wholly Thine. 2 May Thy rich grace impart Strength to my fainting heart, My zeal inspire; As Thou hast died for me, Oh, may my love to Thee Pure, warm, and changeless be, A living fire. 3 While life's dark maze I tread, And griefs around me spread, Be Thou my guide; Bid darkness turn to day; Wipe sorrow's tears away; Nor let me ever stray From Thee aside. 4 When ends life's transient dream, When death's cold, sullen stream Shall o'er me roll, Blest Savior, then, in love, Fear and distrust remove; Oh, bear me safe above, A ransomed soul. Amen. Scripture: Ephesians 3:12 Used With Tune: OLIVET

Rise Up, O Men of God!

Author: William P. Merrill, 1867-1954 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 270 hymnals Topics: Gospel Call and Response Lyrics: 1 Rise up, O men of God! Have done with lesser things; Give heart and soul and mind and strength To serve the King of kings. 2 Rise up, O men of God! His kingdom tarries long; Bring in the day of brotherhood, And end the night of wrong. 3 Rise up, O men of God! The Church for you doth wait, Her strength unequal to her task; Rise up and make her great. 4 Lift high the cross of Christ; Tread where His feet have trod; As brothers of the Son of man, Rise up, O men of God! Scripture: Revelation 3:2 Used With Tune: FESTAL SONG

Christ for the World We Sing!

Author: Samuel Wolcott, 1813-1886 Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 420 hymnals Topics: Gospel Call and Response Lyrics: 1 Christ for the world we sing! The world to Christ we bring With loving zeal: The poor, and them that mourn, The faint and overborne, Sin-sick and sorrow-worn, Whom Christ doth heal. 2 Christ for the world we sing! The world to Christ we bring With fervent prayer: The wayward and the lost, By restless passions tossed, Redeemed at countless cost From dark despair. 3 Christ for the world we sing! The world to Christ we bring With one accord: With us the work to share, With us reproach to dare, With us the cross to bear, For Christ our Lord. 4 Christ for the world we sing! The world to Christ we bring With joyful song: The newborn souls, whose days, Reclaimed from error's ways, Inspired with hope and praise To Christ belong. Amen. Scripture: Matthew 28:19-20 Used With Tune: ITALIAN HYMN

Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus

Author: George Duffield, 1818-1888 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 1,844 hymnals Topics: Gospel Call and Response Lyrics: 1 Stand up, stand up for Jesus, Ye soldiers of the cross! Lift high His royal banner, It must not suffer loss. From vict'ry unto vict'ry His army shall He lead, Till ev'ry foe is vanquished, And Christ is Lord indeed. 2 Stand up, stand up for Jesus, The trumpet call obey; Forth to the mighty conflict In this His glorious day. Ye that are men now serve Him Against unnumbered foes; Let courage rise with danger And strength to strength oppose. 3 Stand up, stand up for Jesus, Stand in His strength alone; The arm of flesh will fail you, Ye dare not trust your own. Put on the gospel armor, Each piece put on with prayer; Where duty calls, or danger, Be never wanting there. 4 Stand up, stand up for Jesus, The strife will not be long; This day the noise of battle, The next, the victor's song. To Him that overcometh A crown of life shall be; He with the King of glory Shall reign eternally. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 16:13 Used With Tune: WEBB

You Walk Along Our Shoreline

Author: Sylvia G. Dunstan, 1955-1993 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 15 hymnals Topics: Gospel Call and Response Scripture: Mark 1:16-17 Used With Tune: AURELIA

Hushed was the evening hymn

Author: James D. Burns Appears in 238 hymnals Topics: Call and Response Used With Tune: SAMUEL

Lift High the Cross

Author: George William Kitchin, 1827-1912; Michael Robert Newbolt Meter: 10.10 with refrain Appears in 98 hymnals Topics: Gospel Call and Response First Line: Come, Christians, follow this triumphant sign Refrain First Line: Lift hight 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 this triumphant sign. The hosts of God in unity combine. [Refrain] 2 Each newborn servant of the Crucified Bears on the brow the seal of Him who died. [Refrain] 3 O Lord, once lifted on the glorious tree, As Thou hast promised, draw the world to Thee. [Refrain] 4 So shall our song of triumph ever be: Praise to the Crucified for victory! [Refrain] Scripture: John 12:32 Used With Tune: CRUCIFER