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Breathe balmy airs, ye fragrant flowers

Author: Samuel F. Smith Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Memorial Day Used With Tune: PRECIOUS LIVES

O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go

Author: George Matheson Meter: 8.8.8.8.6 Appears in 707 hymnals Topics: Civil Year Memorial Day Lyrics: 1 O Love that wilt not let me go, I rest my weary soul in thee; I give thee back the life I owe, That in thine ocean depths its flow May richer, fuller be. 2 O Light that followest all my way, I yield my flickering torch to thee; My heart restores its borrowed ray, That in thy sunshine's blaze its day May brighter, fairer be. 3 O Joy that seekest me through pain, I cannot close my heart to thee; I trace the rainbow through the rain, And feel the promise is not vain That morn shall tearless be. 4 O Cross that liftest up my head, I dare not ask to fly from thee; I lay in dust life's glory dead, And from the ground there blossoms red Life that shall endless be. Amen. Scripture: Romans 8:35-39 Used With Tune: ST. MARGARET

Psalm 46

Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Assurance; Change; Christian Year Reformation Day; Confidence; Conflict and Struggle; Courage; Empowerment; Funerals and Memorial Services; God Creator; God Eternity and Power; God Guardian/Help; God Images; God Kingdom, Majesty, Realm; God Power/Might; God Presence; God Protection; God Reign; God Sovereignty; God Strength and Refuge; God Truth; Heritage; Holy Spirit Gifts; Jesus Christ Lord of Life; Jesus Christ name; Jesus Christ Strength and Refuge; Kingdom of God; Pilgrimage and Conflict; Praise; Processionals (Opening of Worship); Providence; Psalter/Psalm Paraphrases; Risk; Satan/Demonic Forces/Devil; Security; Sin; Struggle and Conflict; Trust; Truth; v; v; Worship First Line: The God of Jacob is for us a refuge strong and save Scripture: Psalm 46 Used With Tune: [The God of Jacob is for us a refuge strong and sure]

The Man Who Once Has Found Abode

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 40 hymnals Topics: Civil Year Memorial Day 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

It Is God Who Holds the Nations

Author: Fred Pratt Green Meter: 15.15.15.7 Appears in 9 hymnals Topics: Memorial Day First Line: It is God who holds the nations in the hollow of his hand Lyrics: 1 It is God who hold the nations in the hollow of his hand; it is God whose light is shining in the darkness of the land; it is God who builds his City on the Rock and not on sand: may the living God be praised! 2 It is God whose purpose summons us to use the present hour, who recalls us to our senses when a nation's life turns sour; in the discipline of freedom we shall know his saving power: may the living God be praised! 3 When a thankful nation, looking back, has cause to celebrate those who win our admiration by their service to the state, when self-giving is a measure of the greatness of the great, may the living God be praised! 4 God reminds us every sunrise that the world is ours on lease - for the sake of life tomorrow may our love for it increase; may all races live together, share its riches, be at peace: may the living God be praised! Scripture: Esther 4:14 Used With Tune: VISION (Davies)

We Come Unto Our Fathers' God

Author: Thomas H. Gill Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 81 hymnals Topics: Civil Year Memorial Day 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

With silence only as their benediction

Author: John G. Whittier Appears in 32 hymnals Topics: Memorial Day Used With Tune: TROYTE'S CHANT

O Day of God, Draw Nigh

Author: R. B. Y. Scott Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 46 hymnals Topics: Civil Year Memorial Day Scripture: Isaiah 2:12-17 Used With Tune: ST. MICHAEL

Call Jehovah Your Salvation

Author: James Montgomery Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 218 hymnals Topics: Civil Year Memorial Day Lyrics: 1 Call Jehovah your salvation, Rest beneath th' Almighty's shade, In his secret habitation Dwell, nor ever be dismayed: There no tumult can alarm you, You shall dread no hidden snare; Guile nor violence can harm you, In eternal safeguard there. 2 From the sword at noonday wasting, From the noisome pestilence, In the depth of midnight blasting, God shall be your sure defense: He shall charge his angel legions Watch and ward o'er thee to keep; Though you walk through hostile regions, Though in desert wilds you sleep. 3 Since, with pure and firm affection, You on God hast set your love, With the wings of his protection He will shield you from above: You shall call on him in trouble, He will hearken, he will save; Here for grief reward you double, Crown with life beyond the grave. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 91 Used With Tune: HYFRYDOL

Canticle of Remembrance

Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Canticles; The Sacraments and Rites of the Church Funeral and Memorial Service; Canticles; Christian Year All Saints Day; Funerals and Memorial Services; Funerals and Memorial Services; Grief First Line: The righteous live forever Refrain First Line: The righteous live forever Scripture: Wisdom of Solomon 3:1-9 Used With Tune: [The righteous live forever]