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Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling
Author: Will L. Thompson Meter: 11.7.11.7 with refrain Appears in 866 hymnals 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!”
*or, “Beloved, 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 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] Topics: Compassion; Jesus Christ Love of; Mercy; Repentance Scripture: Matthew 9:9-13 Used With Tune: THOMPSON Text Sources: Sparkling Gems Nos. 1 & 2 Combined, 1880
Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say
Author: Horatius N. Bonar Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 1,228 hymnals Lyrics: 1 I heard the voice of Jesus say,
“Come unto me and rest.
Lay down, O weary one,
lay down your head upon my breast.”
I came to Jesus as I was,
so weary, worn, and sad.
I found in him a resting place,
and he has made me glad.
2 I heard the voice of Jesus say,
“Behold, I freely give
the living water, thirsty one;
stoop down and drink and live.”
I came to Jesus, and I drank
of that life-giving stream.
My thirst was quenched, my soul revived,
and now I live in him.
3 I heard the voice of Jesus say,
“I am the dawning light.
Look unto me, your morn shall rise,
and all your day be bright.”
I looked to Jesus, and I found
in him my star, my sun,
and in that light of life I’ll walk
till trav’ling days are done. Topics: Assurance of Grace; Conversion and New Life; Gathering; Jesus Christ Love of; Joy; Suffering Scripture: Matthew 11:28-30 Used With Tune: KINGSFOLD Text Sources: Hymns Original and Selected, 1846, alt.
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say
Sing a New World into Being
Author: Mary Louise Bringle Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Covenant; Hope; Housing; Justice; Justice Racial; Mission; New Creation; Reign of Christ; Service; Unity in Diversity; Welcome Scripture: Isaiah 41:17-20 Used With Tune: HYMN TO JOY
Sing a New World into Being
O God, Great Womb
Author: Harris J. Loewen Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: O God, great womb of wondrous love Topics: Confessing Faith; Creation God as Creator; Darkness and Light; God Feminine Language and Images for; God Images and Names of; God Mystery and Holiness of; God Power of; God Works of; Seasons; Sunday / Sabbath; Time Scripture: Genesis 1 Used With Tune: LEAVENING Text Sources: Assembly Songs
O God, Great Womb
God of the Fertile Fields
Author: Georgia Harkness Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 15 hymnals Topics: Creation Care; God Works of; Harvest; Land; Rural Life; Thanksgiving; Work Scripture: Genesis 1:11-13 Used With Tune: ITALIAN HYMN Text Sources: Fourteen New Rural Hymns, 1955, alt.
God of the Fertile Fields
Take My Life, and Let It Be
Author: Frances R. Havergal Appears in 1,203 hymnals 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,
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,
swift and beautiful for thee.
3 Take my intellect and use
ev’ry pow’r as thou shalt choose.
Take my lips, and let them be
filled with messages from thee,
filled with messages from thee.
4 Take my silver and my gold;
not a mite would I withhold.
Take myself, and I will be
ever, only, all for thee,
ever, only, all for thee. Topics: Baptism; Commitment; Discipleship; Love for God; Ordination; Sending; Service; Union with Christ Scripture: Luke 7:36-38 Used With Tune: HENDON Text Sources: Songs of Grace and Glory, Appendix, 1874
Take My Life, and Let It Be
I to the Hills Will Lift My Eyes
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 76 hymnals Lyrics: 1 I to the hills will lift my eyes.
From whence shall come my aid?
My help is from the Lord alone,
who heav’n and earth has made.
2 God will not let your foot be moved,
your guardian never sleeps.
God’s watchful and unslumb’ring care
protects and safely keeps.
3 Your faithful keeper is the Lord,
your shelter and your shade.
’Neath sun or moon, by day or night,
you shall not be afraid.
4 From evil God will keep you safe,
provide for all you need.
Your going out, your coming in,
God will forever lead. Topics: God Faithfulness of; God Power of; Protection; Psalms Scripture: Psalm 23:1-4 Used With Tune: DUNDEE Text Sources: based on Psalm 121; The New Metrical Version of the Psalms (Canada and USA), 1912, alt.
I to the Hills Will Lift My Eyes
Let There be Light
Author: William M. Vories Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 78 hymnals First Line: Let there be light, O God of hosts! Lyrics: 1 Let there be light, O God of hosts!
Let there be wisdom on the earth!
Let broad humanity have birth!
Let there be deeds instead of boasts.
2 Within our passioned hearts instill
the calm that endeth strain and strife.
Make us your ministers of life.
Drive out the urge to curse and kill.
3 Give us the peace of vision clear
to see each other’s good, our own,
to joy and suffer not alone:
the love that casts aside all fear.
4 Let woe and waste of warfare cease,
that useful labor yet may build
its homes with love and laughter filled!
God, give your wayward children peace! Topics: Darkness and Light; Government; National Holidays; Nonviolence; Peace and Justice; Peace Lamp Lighting Scripture: Psalm 43:3 Used With Tune: MISSIONARY CHANT Text Sources: Advocate of Peace, 1909, alt.
Let There be Light
God of Grace and God of Glory
Author: Harry Emerson Fosdick Appears in 155 hymnals Lyrics: 1 God of grace and God of glory,
on thy people pour thy pow’r.
Crown thine ancient church’s story,
bring its bud to glorious flow’r.
Grant us wisdom, grant us courage,
for the facing of this hour,
for the facing of this hour.
2 Lo! the hosts of evil round us
scorn thy Christ, assail his ways!
From the fears that long have bound us,
free our hearts to faith and praise.
Grant us wisdom, grant us courage,
for the living of these days,
for the living of these days.
3 Cure thy children’s warring madness;
bend our pride to thy control;
shame our wanton, selfish gladness,
rich in things and poor in soul.
Grant us wisdom, grant us courage,
lest we miss thy kingdom’s goal,
lest we miss thy kingdom’s goal.
4 Save us from weak resignation
to the evils we deplore.
Let the search for thy salvation
be our glory evermore.
Grant us wisdom, grant us courage,
serving thee whom we adore,
serving thee whom we adore. Topics: Church; Crisis Local, National, Global; Evil; God Presence of; Justice Economic; Nonviolence; Peace and Justice; Peace Conflict and War; Persecution; Wisdom Scripture: Esther 4:14 Used With Tune: CWM RHONDDA Text Sources: Praise and Service
God of Grace and God of Glory
Help Us to Help Each Other
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 73 hymnals First Line: Help us to help each other, Lord Topics: Church; Community; Love for Others; Service; Unity Scripture: Galatians 6:1-2 Used With Tune: MARTYRDOM (AVON) Text Sources: Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1742, alt.; stanzas 1, 2, and 4 rev. in Hymns for Today’s Church, 1982
Help Us to Help Each Other
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