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Akekho ofana / Hakuna wakaita (There’s No One in This World like Jesus)

Author: Patrick Matsikenyiri; Daniel Charles Damon Meter: Irregular Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: Colossians 1:15-20 First Line: Akekho ofana no Jesu (Hakuna wakaita sa Jesu) (There's no one in this world like Jesus) Topics: Faith Journey; Jesus Christ Presence of; Mennonite World Fellowship Sunday; Pilgrimage; Faith; Faith Journey; Following Christ; Jesus Christ Presence of; Mennonite World Fellowship Sunday; Pilgrimage Used With Tune: HAKUNA WAKAITA Text Sources: Zimbabwean traditional

O Firstborn of the Unseen Lord

Author: Richard Morgan Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Colossians 1:20 First Line: [O Firstborn of the Unseen Lord] Text Sources: Sing Glory (Jubilate Hymns, 1999)

The Crimson Cross

Author: S. G. Odell Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Colossians 1:20 First Line: See the cross, the cross of Jesus Refrain First Line: He will save you, trembling sinner Lyrics: 1 See the cross, the cross of Jesus, Crimson with His own life’s blood; Thus He dide, lest we should perish, Wondrous love! Thou Son of God. Refrain: He will save you, trembling sinner, Hasten to the crimson cross; Oh, believe Him, He will save you, Save you at the shelt’ring cross. 2 Dreadful weight of guilt and anguish Fall on Him His love to prove; Weight that on our souls had fallen, But for His unbounded love. [Refrain] 3 Oh, His precious blood that bought us! Oh, His pity for the lost! Can you slight His love, poor sinner, While so near the shelt’ring cross? [Refrain] 4 Hasten to Him, sinner, hasten! Heaven yearns to make you blest; Father, Son, and Spirit call you; Come with all your woes oppressed. [Refrain] 5 Yield your heart and life to Jesus, Freely He His grace will give; With Him you shall reign in glory, If for Him on earth you live. [Refrain] Topics: Crucifixion Used With Tune: [See the cross, see the cross of Jesus] Text Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/The_Crimson_Cross); Faith Publishing House, Echoes from Heaven, 1976 (32); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (431)

Reconciler of All Things

Author: James Relly Meter: Irregular Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Colossians 1:20-22 First Line: The Father's great decree Lyrics: 1 The Father's great decree In Christ is now fulfil'd; In spirit there we see All things are reconcil'd, And made conformable to God, Wash'd from all filth in Jesus' blood. 2 Now heav'ns, and earth, we spy, With hearts of God inspir'd, Which ancient prophecy Foretold, and saints desir'd: That Jesus is this grace, is true, Where old things cease, and all is new. 3 New nature, pure, divine, New testament and plan, New glories on us shine, In Christ the heav'nly man; Our old man he was crucified And lost from us when Jesus died. 4 'Tis done! we're made anew, And our intelligence Receives the record true; In spirit we commence That perfect man, who did proclaim The first, and last, to be his name. Topics: Attributes, Characters, Names, and Offices of Christ, from the New Testament

Praise for Creation

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Colossians 1:16 First Line: Whilst elders fall before thy throne Lyrics: 1 Whilst Elders fall before thy throne, The rainbow'd throne whose base is love; To man, they make thy pleasure known, The cause of life below, above. 2 Thou Lord, art worthy, loud they cry, Of glory, honour, pow'r divine: For all in earth, and all on high, Were made by thee; and all are thine: 3 Hence, Angels, Spirits, Elders sing Hosannas, in one choral strain. The Heav'ns they hymn th'Eternal King And Earth repeats Amen, Amen. Topics: Creation, Providence, Redemption and Salvation, celebrated in Songs of Praise

The Old Rugged Cross Made the Difference

Author: Gloria Gaither; William J. Gaither Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Colossians 1:20 First Line: 'Twas a life filled with aimless desperation Refrain First Line: And the old rugged cross made the difference Topics: Cross of Christ; Cross of Christ Used With Tune: [Twas a life filled with aimless desperation]

Not with Naked Eye

Author: Daniel Charles Damon, 1955- Meter: 5.5.5.6 Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Colossians 1:15 Lyrics: 1 Not with naked eye, not with human sense: through the eye of faith observe omnipotence. 2 God is always near, but is never seen: Source of heaven and earth and all that lies between. 3 Children learn of God trusting what they feel; touching, tasting, seeking, finding what is real. 4 Thomas saw the Christ breaking earth's routine; blessed are those who trust the Holy One unseen. 5 Not with crafted scope, not with crystal lens: vision of the Christ begins where seeing ends. Used With Tune: STITELER

You Are God's Work of Art

Author: David Haas (1957-) Meter: Irregular with refrain Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Colossians 1:15-29 First Line: You have been enlightened by the Lord Topics: Christian Initiation; Jesus Christ, Light; Light; Baptism (general) Used With Tune: YOU ARE GOD'S WORK OF ART

With the Body That Was Broken

Author: Carl P. Daw, Jr. (1944-) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Colossians 1:11-20 Lyrics: 1 With the body that was broken, to the body who proclaim, by the blood that is life's token, for the life found in his name: so the Word-made-flesh has spoken, and his presence here we claim. 2 In the cross of Christ confiding, by the cross we bear as sign, through the Spirit's gifts and guiding, with these gifts of bread and wine: so the church in faith abiding keeps the feast Christ made divine. 3 Fed by breaking and outpouring, joined in breaking-forth of praise, given the peace of God's restoring, sent in peace to live always: so we show forth our adoring as God's servants all our days. Topics: Eucharist; Body of Christ; Eucharist; Holy Week (Good Friday); Sunday of the Passion Used With Tune: PANIS VITAE

The LORD is King, Enthroned in Might

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Colossians 1:15-20 Lyrics: 1 The LORD is king, enthroned in might on wings of cherubim; he reigns in holiness and light, bow down to worship him! Beyond all majesty and praise his holy name confess: the king of everlasting days, who rules in righteousness. 2 Of old to priests and prophets known with trembling, fear and awe, he gave his people, set in stone, his statutes and his law. By those who called upon his name the voice of God was heard, his presence shown in cloud and flame when they obeyed his word. 3 O magnify the God of grace who hears his people's cry, and come with songs before his face, exalt his name on high! To see at last, by grace restored from sin and all its stains, the holy mountain of the Lord where God in glory reigns. Topics: Biblical Names and Places Pillar of Cloud/Pillar of Fire; God as King; Law of God; Praise of God Used With Tune: ELLACOMBE