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Take the Name of Jesus With You

Author: Mrs. Lydia Baxter Appears in 685 hymnals Topics: World Service Refrain First Line: Precious Name, O how sweet Used With Tune: [Take the Name of Jesus with you]

Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!

Author: Reginald Heber Meter: 11.12.12.10 Appears in 1,699 hymnals Topics: Service for the Lord's Day Opening of Worship; Service for the Lord's Day After Creed; Christian Year Trinity Sunday; Other Observances World Communion Lyrics: 1 Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee; Holy, Holy, Holy! merciful and mighty! God in three Persons, blessed Trinity! 2 Holy, holy, holy! all the saints adore thee, Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea; Cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee, Who wert, and art, and evermore shalt be. 3 Holy, holy, holy! though the darkness hide thee, Though the eye of sinful man thy glory may not see, Only thou art holy; there is none beside thee Perfect in power, in love, and purity. 4 Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! All thy works shall praise thy name, in earth and sky and sea; Holy, Holy, Holy! merciful and mighty! God in three Persons, blessed Trinity! Amen. Scripture: Revelation 4:8 Used With Tune: NICAEA

Spirit Divine, Attend Our Prayers

Author: Andrew Reed Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 398 hymnals Topics: Service for the Lord's Day After Old Testament Lesson; Acts of the Church The Marriage Service; Christian Year Pentecost; Other Observances World Communion Lyrics: 1 Spirit divine, attend our prayers, And make this house your home; Descend with all your gracious powers; O come, great Spirit, come! 2 Come as the light: to us reveal Our emptiness and woe; And lead us in those paths of life Where all the righteous go. 3 Come as the fire: and purge our hearts Like sacrificial flame; Let our whole soul an offering be To our redeemer's name. 4 Come as the dove: and spread your wings, The wings of peaceful love; And let the church on earth become Blest as the church above. 5 Spirit divine, attend our prayers; Make a lost world your home; Descend with all your gracious powers; O come, great Spirit, come! Amen. Scripture: Galatians 5:25 Used With Tune: NUN DANKET ALL' (GRÄFENBERG)

God of Grace and God of Glory

Author: Harry Emerson Fosdick Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 159 hymnals Topics: The Church in the World Commitment: Peace and Justice; Church Anniversaries; Church Mission; Church Triumphant; Commitment; Confession; Conflict and Struggle; Courage; Discipleship and Service; Empowerment; Freedom; Funerals and Memorial Services; God Glory; God Goodness; God Power/Might; God Wisdom; Grace; Justice; Opening Hymns; Peace (World); Processionals (Opening of Worship); Recessionals; Service Music Prayer Responses; Sin; Social Concerns; Trials; Warfare (Spiritual); Weddings; Wisdom; Youth; Epiphany 4 Year A; Lent 3 Year A; Easter 5 Year A; Proper 15 Year A; Proper 28 Year A; Reign of Christ Year A; Lent 2 Year B; Lent 3 Year B; Proper 6 Year B; Proper 7 Year B; Reign of Christ Year B; Easter 6 Year C; Easter 6 Year C; Proper 10 Year C; Proper 15 Year C; Proper 22 Year C Lyrics: 1 God of grace and God of glory, on your people pour your power; now fulfil your church’s story; bring its bud to glorious flower. Grant us wisdom, grant us courage, for the facing of this hour. 2 Lo, the hosts of evil round us scorn your Christ, assail your ways; fears and doubts too long have bound us; free our hearts to work and praise. Grant us wisdom, grant us courage, for the living of these days. 3 Cure your children’s warring madness, bend our pride to your control; shame our wanton selfish gladness, rich in goods and poor in soul. Grant us wisdom, grant us courage, lest we miss your kingdom's goal. 4 Set our feet on lofty places; gird our lives that they may be armoured with all Christ-like graces, pledged to set all captives free. Grant us wisdom, grant us courage, that we fail not them nor thee. Used With Tune: RHUDDLAN

Come, Let Us Dream

Author: John Middleton Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Ascend; Aspiration and Resolve; Blindness; Body of Christ; Church; Costs; Death; Doors; Dreams; Earth and Environment; Fears; Freedom and Liberation; Giving; Hatred; Healing; Invitation; Justice; Martin Luther King; Life; Love (Human); Lowliness; Martyrs; Mission and Outreach; Mountains; New Day; Openness; World Peace; Pride; Prisoners; Prophets; Rise Up; Sacrifice; Seeing; Service Music Offertory; Shalom; Walking; War; Wrongs; Ascend; Aspiration and Resolve; Blindness; Body of Christ; Church; Costs; Death; Doors; Dreams; Earth and Environment; Fears; Freedom and Liberation; Giving; Hatred; Healing; Invitation; Justice; Martin Luther King; Life; Love (Human); Lowliness; Martyrs; Mission and Outreach; Mountains; New Day; Openness; World Peace; Pride; Prisoners; Prophets; Rise Up; Sacrifice; Seeing; Service Music Offertory; Shalom; Walking; War; Wrongs First Line: Come, let us dream God's dream again Scripture: Exodus 34:1-4 Used With Tune: O WALY WALY

All Praise Be Yours; for You, O King Divine

Author: F. Bland Tucker Meter: 10.10.10 with alleluia Appears in 54 hymnals Topics: Service for the Lord's Day Opening of Worship; Service for the Lord's Day Conclusion of Worship; Acts of the Church Confirmation; Christian Year Lent; Christian Year Ascension; Other Observances Ecumenism; Other Observances Mission; Other Observances World Peace Refrain First Line: Alleluia! Scripture: Philippians 2:5-11 Used With Tune: NATIONAL CITY

Light of the minds that know him

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, 1926- Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 11 hymnals Topics: Discipleship; God in Christ; Jesus Christ Light of the World; Servant / Service; Strength Lyrics: 1 Light of the minds that know him, may Christ be light to mine! My sun in risen splendour, my light of truth divine, my guide in doubt and darkness, my true and living way, my clear light ever shining, my dawn of heaven's day. 2 Life of the souls that love him, may Christ be ours indeed! The living bread from heaven on whom our spirits feed, who died for love of sinners to bear our guilty load, and make of life's brief journey a new Emmaus road. 3 Strength of the wills that serve him, may Christ be strength to me, who stilled the storm and tempest, who calmed the tossing sea, his Spirit's power to move me, his will to master mine, his cross to carry daily and conquer in his sign. 4 May it be ours to know him that we may truly love, and loving, fully serve him as serve the saints above, till in that home of glory with fadeless splendour bright, we serve in perfect freedom our strength, our life, our light. Scripture: Matthew 8:23-27 Used With Tune: MEIRIONYDD Text Sources: From a prayer of Augustine of Hippo, 354-430

Till the Whole World Knows

Author: Rev. A. H. Ackley Appears in 26 hymnals Topics: World Service First Line: I'll tell to all that God is love Used With Tune: [I'll tell to all that God is love]

O reapers of life's harvest

Appears in 124 hymnals Topics: Duty; Evangelism; Harvest; Service; Wisdom, God's, Man's; The Kingdom of God on Earth Missions and World Fellowship Scripture: Matthew 20:6-7 Used With Tune: LIFE'S HARVEST Text Sources: Old Edition, 1841

God Is Love: Let Heaven Adore Him

Author: Timothy Rees (1874-1939) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 34 hymnals Topics: Service for the Lord's Day Conclusion of Worship; Other Observances Ecumenism; Other Observances Mission; Other Observances Reformation Day; Other Observances World Peace Lyrics: 1 God is love: let heaven adore him; God is love: let earth rejoice; Let creation sing before him, And exalt him with one voice. He who laid the earth's foundation, He who spread the heavens above, He who breathes through all creation, He is love, eternal love. 2 God is love: he is enfolding All the world in one embrace; With unfailing grasp he's holding Every child of every race. And when human hearts are breaking Under sorrow's iron rod, All the sorrow, all the aching, Wrings with pain the heart of God. 3 God is love: and though with blindness Sin afflicts the souls of men, God's eternal loving-kindness Holds and guides them even then. Sin and death and hell shall never O'er us final triumph gain; God is love, so love forever O'er the universe must reign. Amen. Scripture: 1 John 4:7-8 Used With Tune: ABBOT'S LEIGH