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Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,906 hymnals Topics: Freedom and Liberation Lyrics: 1 Love divine, all loves excelling, joy of heaven, to earth come down, fix in us thy humble dwelling, all thy faithful mercies crown; Jesus, thou art all compassion, pure, unbounded love thou art; visit us with thy salvation, enter every trembling heart. 2 Breathe, O breathe thy loving Spirit into every troubled breast; let us all in thee inherit, let us find the promised rest; take away the love of sinning, alpha and omega be; end of faith, as its beginning, set our hearts at liberty. 3 Come, almighty to deliver, let us all thy life receive; suddenly return and never, nevermore thy temples leave. Thee we would be always blessing, serve thee as thy hosts above, pray and praise thee without ceasing, glory in thy perfect love. 4 Finish then thy new creation, pure and spotless let us be; let us see thy great salvation perfectly restored in thee; changed from glory into glory, till in heaven we take our place, till we cast our crowns before thee, lost in wonder, love, and praise. Used With Tune: BEECHER

God the Omnipotent!

Author: Henry F. Chorley; John Ellerton Meter: 11.10.11.9 Appears in 205 hymnals Topics: Freedom and Liberation National First Line: God the Omnipotent! boldly ordaining Lyrics: 1 God the Omnipotent! boldly ordaining thunder and lightning your strength to display, Bring forth compassion where violence is reigning; give to us peace in our time, we pray. 2 God the All-merciful! earth has forsaken all you make holy, and slighted your way; Bid not your wrath in its terrors awaken: give to us peace in our time, we pray. 3 God, the All-righteous One! earth has defied you, yet to eternity stands what you say; Falsehood and wrong shall not tarry beside you; give to us peace in our time, we pray. 4 God the All-provident! by your great chastening earth shall see freedom and truth holding sway; Though the thick chaos your reign is still hastening: you will give peace in your time, we pray. Used With Tune: RUSSIAN HYMN

We Shall Overcome

Meter: Irregular Appears in 39 hymnals Topics: Liberation First Line: We shall overcome, we shall overcome Lyrics: 1 We shall overcome, we shall overcome, we shall overcome someday! Oh, deep in my heart I do believe we shall overcome someday! 2 We’ll walk hand in hand, we’ll walk hand in hand, we’ll walk hand in hand someday! Oh, deep in my heart I do believe we shall overcome someday! 3 We shall all be free, we shall all be free, we shall all be free someday! Oh, deep in my heart I do believe we shall overcome someday! 4 We shall live in peace; we shall live in peace, we shall live in peace someday! Oh, deep in my heart I do believe we shall overcome someday! 5 The Lord will see us through, The Lord will see us through, The Lord will see us through someday! Oh, deep in my heart I do believe we shall overcome someday! Scripture: John 8:34-36 Used With Tune: MARTIN Text Sources: Spiritual

The Blessings of the liberal Man

Appears in 78 hymnals Topics: Liberality rewarded; Liberality rewarded First Line: That man is blest who stands in awe Lyrics: 1 That man is blest who stands in awe Of God, and loves his sacred law: His seed on earth shall be renown'd; His house the seat of wealth shall be, An unexhausted treasury, And with successive honours crown'd. 2 His liberal favours he extends, To some he gives, to others lends: A generous pity fills his mind: Yet what his charity impairs, He saves by prudence in affairs, And thus he's just to all mankind. 3 His hands, while they his alms bestow'd, His glory's future harvest sow'd, The sweet remembrance of the just Like a green root revives and bears A train of blessings for his heirs, When dying nature sleeps in dust. 4 Beset with threatening dangers round, Unmov'd shall he maintain his ground; His conscience holds his courage up: The soul that's filled with virtue's light, Shines brightest in affliction's night: And sees in darkness beams of grace. Pause. 5 [Ill tidings never can surprise His heart that fix'd on God relies, Though waves and tempests roar around: Safe on the rock he sits, and sees The shipwreck of his enemies, And all their hope and glory drown'd. 6 The wicked shall his triumph see, And gnash their teeth in agony, To find their expectations crost: They and their envy, pride and spite, Sink down to everlasting night, And all their names in darkness lost.] Scripture: Psalm 112

The Blessings of the Pious and Charitable

Appears in 68 hymnals Topics: Liberality rewarded; Liberality rewarded First Line: Thrice happy man who fears the Lord Lyrics: 1 Thrice happy man who fears the Lord, Loves his commands, and trusts his word; Honour and peace his days attend, And blessings to his seed descend. 2 Compassion dwells upon his mind, To works of mercy still inclin'd: He lends the poor some present aid, Or gives them, not to be repaid. 3 When times grow dark, and tidings spread That fill his neighbours round with dread, His heart is arm'd against the fear, For God with all his power is there. 4 His spirit fix'd upon the Lord Draws heavenly courage from his word; Amidst the darkness light shall rise, To cheer his heart and bless his eyes. 5 He hath dispers'd his alms abroad, His works are still before his God; His name on earth shall long remain, While envious sinners rage in vain. Scripture: Psalm 112

Creator of the stars of night

Author: John Mason Neale, 1818-1866 Appears in 93 hymnals Topics: Freedom / Liberation Lyrics: 1 Creator of the stars of night, your people’s everlasting light, O Christ, the Saviour of us all, we pray, oh hear us when we call. 2 To you the labour pain was known that made the whole creation groan, until the time that you would free your own in glorious liberty. 3 Old was the world that drew toward night; you came, but not in splendour bright as monarch, but the humble child of Mary, faithful mother mild. 4 At your great name, Christ Jesus, now all knees must bend; all hearts must bow; all things on earth with one accord join those in heaven your name shall bless. 5 Come in your holy might, we pray; redeem us for eternal day, when all your judgements will be known and power of darkness overthrown. 6 To God the Father, God the Son and God the Spirit, Three-in-One, laud, honour, might and glory be from age to age eternally. Amen. Scripture: Isaiah 9:1-2 Used With Tune: CONDITOR ALME SIDERUM Text Sources: Latin, anonymous, 9th century

Psalm 41

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 86 hymnals Topics: Liberality rewarded First Line: Blest is the man whose bowels move Lyrics: Blest is the man whose bowels move, And melt with pity to the poor; Whose soul, by sympathizing love, Feels what his fellow saints endure. His heart contrives for their relief More good than his own hands can do; He, in the time of gen'ral grief, Shall find the Lord has bowels too. His soul shall live secure on earth, With secret blessings on his head, When drought, and pestilence, and dearth Around him multiply their dead. Or if he languish on his couch, God will pronounce his sins forgiv'n; Will save him with a healing touch, Or take his willing soul to heav'n. Scripture: Psalm 41:1-3

Libertad

Author: Mabel García Meter: Irregular Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Liberation Scripture: Hebrews 2:14-15 Used With Tune: LIBERTAD Text Sources: Campamento de Jóvenes Metodistas, Ing. Maschwitz, Buenos Aires

Lift Every Voice and Sing

Author: James W. Johnson Meter: 6.6.10.6.6.10.14.14.6.6.10 Appears in 50 hymnals Topics: Liberation First Line: Lift ev’ry voice and sing Lyrics: 1 Lift ev’ry voice and sing, till earth and heaven ring, ring with the harmonies of liberty. Let our rejoicing rise high as the list’ning skies, let it resound loud as the rolling sea. Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us. Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us. Facing the rising sun of our new day begun, let us march on till victory is won. 2 Stony the road we trod, bitter the chast’ning rod, felt in the days when hope unborn had died; yet with a steady beat, have not our weary feet come to the place for which our people sighed? We have come over a way that with tears has been watered. We have come, treading our path thro’ the blood of the slaughtered, out from the gloomy past, till now we stand at last where the bright gleam of our bright star is cast. 3 God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, thou who hast brought us thus far on the way, thou who hast by thy might led us into the light, keep us forever in the path, we pray. Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met thee; lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget thee; shadowed beneath thy hand, may we forever stand, true to our God, true to our native land. Scripture: Nehemiah 9 Used With Tune: ANTHEM

Jesus comes with all his grace

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-88 Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 51 hymnals Topics: Liberation Lyrics: 1 Jesus comes with all his grace, comes to save a fallen race, object of our glorious hope, Jesus comes to lift us up. 2 Let the living stones cry out, every child of Abraham shout; praise we all our lowly King, give him thanks, rejoice and sing. 3 He has our salvation wrought, he our captive souls has bought, he has reconciled to God, he has washed us in his blood. 4 We are now his lawful right, walk as children of the light; we shall soon obtain the grace, pure in heart, to see his face. 5 We shall gain our calling's prize; after God we all shall rise, filled with joy, and love, and peace, perfected in holiness. Scripture: 1 Peter 2:1-8 Used With Tune: ORIENTIS PARTIBUS