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God, whose love is all around us

Author: Fred Kaan, 1929-2009 Meter: 8.8.8.7 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Holy Communion Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 Used With Tune: QUEM PASTORES LAUDAVERE

While Their Flocks the Shepherds Tended

Author: John Fulton Meter: 8.8.8.7 Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: 1. While their flocks the shepherds tended, Heavenly hosts to earth descended, Singing, with all voices blended, Fear not, Christ is born today. 2. Eastern seers rich gifts had wrought Him, Gold, frankincense, myrrh they brought Him; Guided by a star they sought Him, Prince of Life and Victory. 3. On that Child with Mary gazing, Join ye Christians all in raising Songs to Him whom Heaven is praising, God incarnate come to men. 4. From this day’s first dawn to even, Praise to Christ our King be given By all earth, and all in Heaven, In our sweetest, loftiest praise. Used With Tune: QUEM PASTORES Text Sources: Medieval German, sometime between the 13th & 17th Centuries; Appeared in Great Hymns of the Church Compiled by the Late Right Reverend John Freeman Young, edited by John H. Hopkins, (New York: James Pott & Company, 1887), number 53

Father, who in Jesus found us

Author: Fred Kaan, b. 1929 Meter: 8.8.8.7 Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Final Hymn; Grace and Providence; Holy Communion; Joy, Praise and Thanksgiving; The Serving Community Used With Tune: QUEM PASTORES

Come, and Christ the Lord Be Praising

Author: Paul Gerhardt; John Kelly Meter: 8.8.8.7 Appears in 5 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Come, and Christ the Lord be praising, Heart and mind to Him be raising, Celebrate His love amazing, Worthy folk of Christendom. 2. Sin, death, hell, may all be grieving, Satan shame feel to him cleaving; We salvation free receiving, Cast our every care away. 3. See what God for us provideth, Life that in His Son abideth, And our weary steps He guideth From earth’s woe to heav’nly joy. 4. His soul deeply for us feeleth, He His love to us revealeth, He who is in the heavens dwelleth Came to save us from our foe. 5. Jacob’s star His advent maketh, Soothes the longing heart that acheth, And the serpent’s head He breaketh, Scattering the powers of hell. 6. Op’d hath He and freedom gained us From the prison that contained us, Where much grief and sorrow pained us, And our hearts were bowed with woe. 7. O blest hour when we receivèd From the foe who us deceivèd Liberty, when we believèd, And Thee, gracious Spirit, praised. 8. Beauteous Infant in the manger, O befriend us! beyond danger Bring us where is turned God’s anger Where with angel hosts we’ll praise. Used With Tune: VENITE LAUDITE Text Sources: Johann Ebeling's edition of his Geistliche Andachten, Fünfte Dutzet, 1667; Translation in Paul Gerhardt's Spiritual Songs (London: 1867

O may we be still and seek Him

Author: F. L. Appears in 1 hymnal Used With Tune: CAROL MELODY

Stillness Reigns

Author: Guttormur J. Guttormsson Meter: 8.8.8.7 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Stillness reigns, the winds are sleeping Lyrics: 1 Stillness reigns, the winds are sleeping. All the world is bent on keeping tryst with night, whose wings are sweeping from the west each ray of light. 2 Dusk, a soft and silken cover, over all is seen to hover in its readiness to cover all the drowsy world, good night. 3 Those who labored long, untiring, hail this time of rest desiring, strength renewed through sweet retiring, welcome thoughts of peaceful night. 4 And through spaces real or seeming find the Eden of their dreaming, soar to starry ways, redeeming hours of toil and pain, good night. Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Evening; Closings Used With Tune: QUEM PASTORES