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Lord of All Being, Throned Afar

Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 432 hymnals Topics: Acts of the Church The Marriage Service Lyrics: 1 Lord of all being, throned afar, Your glory flames from sun and star; Center and soul of every sphere, Yet to each loving heart how near! 2 Sun of our life, your quickening ray Sheds on our path the glow of day; Star of our hope, your softened light Cheers the long watches of the night. 3 Lord of all life, below, above, Whose light is truth, whose warmth is love, Before your ever-blazing throne We ask no luster of our own. 4 Grant us your truth for which we yearn, And kindling hearts that for you burn, Till all your living altars claim One holy light, one heavenly flame. Amen. Scripture: Romans 13:10-11 Used With Tune: LOUVAN

The Man Who Once Has Found Abode

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 39 hymnals Topics: Acts of the Church Witness to the Resurrection—Funeral Lyrics: 1 The man who once has found abode, Within the secret place of God Shall with almighty God abide And in his shadow safely hide. 2 I of the Lord my God will say, "He is my refuge and my stay; To him for safety I will flee, My God, in him my trust shall be. 3 His outspread pinions shall you hide; Beneath his wings shall you abide; His faithfulness assured and true Shall be a shield protecting you. 4 No nightly terrors shall alarm; No deadly shaft by day shall harm, Nor pestilence that walks by night, Nor plagues that waste in noonday light. 6 Because your trust is God alone, Your dwelling place the Highest One, No evil shall upon you come, Nor plague approach your guarded home. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 91 Used With Tune: TALLIS' CANON Text Sources: Para. in The Book of Psalms, 1871; alt., 1972

Cast Your Burden on the Lord

Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 187 hymnals Topics: Acts of the Church Witness to the Resurrection—Funeral Lyrics: 1 Cast your burden on the Lord; Only lean upon his word. You will soon have cause to bless His eternal faithfulness. 2 He sustains you by his hand, He enables you to stand. Those whom Jesus once has loved From his grace are never moved. 3 Human counsels come to naught; That shall stand which God has wrought. His compassion, love, and power Are the same forevermore. 4 Heaven and earth may pass away; God’s free grace shall not decay. He has promised to fulfill All the pleasure of his will. 5 Jesus, guardian of your flock, Be yourself our constant rock. Make us, by your powerful hand, Strong as Zion’s mountain stand. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 55:22 Used With Tune: SAVANNAH Text Sources: Rowland Hill's Psalms and Hymns, 1783; alt., 1972

Christ the Lord Is Risen Again

Author: Catherine Winkworth, 1827-1878; Michael Weisse Meter: 7.7.7.7 with alleluias Appears in 258 hymnals Topics: Acts of the Church Witness to the Resurrection—Funeral Refrain First Line: Alleluia! Lyrics: 1 Christ the Lord is risen again, Christ has broken death's strong chain, Hark, the angels shout for joy, Singing evermore on high: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Hark, the angels shout for joy, Singing evermore on high: [Refrain:] Alleluia! 2 He who bore all pain and loss, Comfortless upon the cross, Lives in glory now on high, Pleads for us and hears our cry: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Lives in glory now on high, Pleads for us and hears our cry: [Refrain] 3 He who slumbered in the grave Is exalted now to save; Now through Christendom it rings That the Lamb is King of kings: Alleluia! Now through Christendom it rings That the Lamb is King of kings: [Refrain] Amen. Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:15-16 Used With Tune: CHRIST IST ERSTANDEN

Come, Christians, Join to Sing

Author: Christian Henry Bateman Meter: 6.6.6.6 D Appears in 128 hymnals Topics: Acts of the Church Witness to the Resurrection—Funeral Lyrics: 1 Come, Christians, join to sing Alleluia! Amen! Loud praise to Christ our King; Alleluia! Amen! Let all, with heart and voice, Before his throne rejoice; Praise is his gracious choice. Alleluia! Amen! 2 Come, lift your hearts on high; Alleluia! Amen! Let praises fill the sky; Alleluia! Amen! He is our guide and friend; To us he'll condescend; His love shall never end. Alleluia! Amen! 3 Praise yet our Christ again; Alleluia! Amen! Life shall not end the strain; Alleluia! Amen! On heaven's blissful shore His goodness we'll adore, Singing forevermore, Alleluia! Amen! Amen. Scripture: Colossians 3:16 Used With Tune: MADRID

Father, We Praise You

Author: Percy Dearmer; Gregory I (540-604) Meter: 11.11.11.5 Appears in 83 hymnals Topics: Acts of the Church Witness to the Resurrection—Funeral First Line: Father, we praise you, now the night is over Lyrics: 1 Father, we praise you, now the night is over; Active and watchful, stand we all before you; Singing, we offer prayer and meditation: Thus we adore you. 2 Monarch of all things, fit us for your mansions; Banish our weakness, health and wholeness sending; Bring us to heaven, where your saints united Joy without ending. 3 All holy Father, Son and equal Spirit, Trinity blessed, send us your salvation; Yours is the glory, gleaming and resounding Through all creation. Amen. Scripture: Romans 13:11-12 Used With Tune: CHRISTE SANCTORUM

O Jesus, Joy of Loving Hearts

Author: Ray Palmer Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 563 hymnals Topics: Acts of the Church The Marriage Service Scripture: 1 Peter 1:8 Used With Tune: FEDERAL STREET Text Sources: Latin, 12th century

Our God, Our Help in Ages Past

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,247 hymnals Topics: Acts of the Church Witness to the Resurrection—Funeral Lyrics: 1 Our God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home: 2 Before the hills in order stood, Or earth received her frame, From everlasting you are God, To endless years the same. 3 A thousand ages in your sight Are like an evening gone; Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. 4 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away; They fly forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day. 5 Our God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, O be our guard while life shall last, And our eternal home. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 90 Used With Tune: ST. ANNE

Praise We Our Maker While We've Breath

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8 D Appears in 527 hymnals Topics: Acts of the Church Witness to the Resurrection—Funeral Lyrics: 1 Praise we our Maker while we've breath; And when our voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ our nobler powers. Our days of praise shall ne'er be past While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures. 2 The Lord gives vision to the blind; The Lord supports the fainting mind; He sends the laboring conscience peace. He helps the stranger in distress, The widow and the fatherless, And grants the prisoner sweet release. 3 Blest is the man whose hopes rely On Israel's God, who made the sky And earth and seas, with all their train. His truth forever stands secure; He saves th'oppressed and feeds the poor, And none shall find his promise vain. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 146 Used With Tune: OLD 113TH

We Come Unto Our Fathers' God

Author: Thomas H. Gill Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 78 hymnals Topics: Acts of the Church Witness to the Resurrection—Funeral Lyrics: 1 We come unto our fathers' God, Their Rock is our salvation; Th'eternal arms, their dear abode, We make our habitation. We bring you, Lord, the praise they brought, We seek you as your saints have sought In every generation. 2 Their joy unto their Lord we bring, Their song to us descending; The Spirit who in them did sing To us is music lending: His song in them, in us, is one; We raise it high, we send it on. The song is never ending. 3 You saints to come, take up the strain, The same sweet theme endeavor; Unbroken be the golden chain! Keep on the song forever! Safe in the same dear dwelling place, Rich with the same eternal grace, Bless the same boundless Giver. Amen. Scripture: Acts 3:13 Used With Tune: NUN FREUT EUCH