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My Faith Looks Up to Thee

Author: Ray Palmer Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 2,265 hymnals Topics: Proper 24 Year A Lyrics: 1 My faith looks up to thee, thou Lamb of Calvary, Saviour divine. Now hear me while I pray; take all my guilt away. O let me from this day be wholly thine. 2 While life's dark maze I tread, and griefs around me spread, be thou my guide, bid darkness turn to day; wipe sorrow's tears away; nor let me ever stray from thee aside. 3 May thy rich grace impart strength to my fainting heart, my zeal inspire. As thou hast died for me, O may my love to thee pure, warm, and changeless be, a living fire. Used With Tune: OLIVET

Bread of heaven, on thee we feed

Author: Josiah Conder, 1789-1855 Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 341 hymnals Topics: Year B Proper 24 Lyrics: 1 Bread of heav'n, on thee we feed, for thy flesh is meat indeed; ever may our souls be fed with this true and living bread; day by day with strength supplied through the life of him who died. 2 Vine of heav'n, thy blood supplies this blest cup of sacrifice; Lord, thy wounds our healing give, to thy cross we look and live: Jesus, may we ever be grafted, rooted, built in thee. Scripture: 1 Peter 2:24 Used With Tune: BREAD OF HEAVEN

Jesu, Jesu, Fill Us with Your Love

Author: Tom Colvin Meter: Irregular with refrain Appears in 64 hymnals Topics: Year B Proper 24 First Line: Knelt at the feet of his friends Lyrics: Refrain: Jesu, Jesu, fill us with your love, show us how to serve the neighbors we have from you. 1 Kneels at the feet of his friends, silently washes their feet, Jesu, you acted as servant to them. [Refrain] 2 Neighbors are rich and poor, varied in color and race, neighbors are near and far away. [Refrain] 3 These are the ones we should serve, these are the ones we should love; all these are neighbors to us and you. [Refrain] 4 Loving puts us on our knees, showing our faith by our deeds, serving the neighbors we have from you. [Refrain] 5 Kneel at the feet of our friends, silently washing their feet, this is the way we should live with you. [Refrain] Scripture: John 13:1-20 Used With Tune: CHEREPONI

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (Peuples, criez de joie et bondissez d'allégresse)

Author: Joachim Neander; Catherine Winkworth; Didier Rimaud Meter: 14.14.4.7.8 Appears in 396 hymnals Topics: Proper 24 Year A First Line: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, who rules all creation (Peuples, criez de joie et bondissez d'allégresse) Lyrics: 1 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, who rules all creation; O my soul, praise him, at all times your health and salvation. Come, all who hear, brothers and sisters draw near, joining in glad adoration. 2 Praise to the Lord, above all things so mightily reigning, keeping us safe at his side, and so gently sustaining. Have you not seen, how all you needed has been met by God's gracious ordaining? 3 Praise to the Lord, who will prosper our work and defend us; surely his goodness and mercy shall daily attend us: ponder anew what the Almighty can do who out of love will befriend us. 4 Praise to the Lord! O let all that is in me adore him! All that has life and breath come now with praises before him! Let the Amen sound from God's people again: gladly with praise we adore him. Used With Tune: LOBE DEN HERREN

O God, Our Help in Ages Past

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,260 hymnals Topics: Proper 24 Year C Lyrics: 1 O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, our shelter from the stormy blast, and our eternal home: 2 under the shadow of thy throne thy saints have dwelt secure; sufficient is thine arm alone, and our defence is sure 3 Before the hills in order stood, or earth received its frame, from everlasting thou art God, to endless years the same. 4 A thousand ages, in thy sight, are like an evening gone, short as the watch that ends the night before the rising sun. 5 Time like an ever-rolling stream soon bears us all away; we fly forgotten, as a dream dies at the opening day. 6 O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, be thou our guide while troubles last, and our eternal home. Scripture: Psalm 90 Used With Tune: ST. ANNE

City of God, how broad and far

Author: Samuel Johnson, 1822-1882 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 170 hymnals Topics: Proper 24 Year A Lyrics: 1 City of God, how broad and far outspread thy walls sublime! The true thy chartered freemen are of every age and clime: 2 One holy church, one army strong, one steadfast, high intent; one working band, one harvest-song, one King omnipotent. 3 How purely hath thy speech come down from man's primaeval youth! How grandly hath thine empire grown of freedom, love, and truth! 4 How gleam thy watch-fires through the night with never-fainting ray! How rise thy towers, serene and bright, to meet the dawning day! 5 In vain the surge's angry shock, in vain the drifting sands: unharmed upon the eternal Rock the eternal city stands. Scripture: Ephesians 4:4-6 Used With Tune: RICHMOND

Be Not Dismayed (God Will Take Care of You)

Author: Civilla D. Martin Meter: 8.6.8.6 with refrain Appears in 417 hymnals Topics: Year B Proper 24 First Line: Be not dismayed whate'er betide Refrain First Line: God will take care of you Lyrics: 1 Be not dismayed whate'er betide, God will take care of you; Beneath God's wings of love abide, God will take care of you. Refrain: God will take care of you, through every day, o'er all the way; God will take care of you, God will take care of you. 2 Through days of toil when heart grows frail, God will take care of you; When dangers fierce your path assail, God will take care of you. [Refrain] 3 All you may need God will provide, God will take care of you; Nothing you ask will be denied, God will take care of you. [Refrain] 4 No matter what may be the test, God will take care of you; Lean, weary one, upon God's breast, God will take care of you. [Refrain] Scripture: Psalm 91 Used With Tune: MARTN

The Head That Once Was Crowned

Author: Thomas Kelly Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 523 hymnals Topics: Proper 24 Year B First Line: The head that once was crowned with thorns Lyrics: 1 The head that once was crowned with thorns is crowned with glory now; a royal diadem adorns the mighty victor’s brow. 2 The joy of all who dwell above, the joy of all below, to whom he manifests his love and grants his name to know. 3 To them the cross with all its shame, with all its grace is given, their name an everlasting name, their joy the joy of heaven. 4 They suffer here with Christ below, they reign with him above, their profit and their joy to know the mystery of his love. 5 The cross he bore is life and health, though shame and death to him, his people's hope, his people's wealth, their everlasting theme. Used With Tune: ST MAGNUS

We Praise You, O God

Author: Julia Cory Meter: 12.11.12.11 Appears in 159 hymnals Topics: Proper 24 Year A First Line: We praise You, O God, our Redeemer, Creator Lyrics: 1 We praise you, O God, our Redeemer, Creator; in grateful devotion our tribute we bring. We lay it before you; we kneel and adore you; we bless your holy name: glad praises we sing. 2 We worship you, God of our mothers and fathers, through trial and tempest, companion and guide. When perils o'ertake us, you will not forsake us, but faithful to your promise, you walk by our side. 3 With voices united our praises we offer, and gladly our songs of thanksgiving we raise. Our sins now confessing, we pray for your blessing, to you, our great Redeemer, forever be praise! Used With Tune: KREMSER

There is a green hill far away

Author: Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818-1895 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 706 hymnals Topics: Proper 24 Year B Lyrics: 1 There is a green hill far away, without a city wall, where the dear Lord was crucified, who died to save us all. 2 We may not know, we cannot tell, what pains he had to bear, but we believe it was for us he hung and suffered there. 3 He died that we might be forgiven, he died to make us good, that we might go at last to heaven, saved by his precious blood. 4 There was no other good enough to pay the price of sin; he only could unlock the gate of heaven, and let us in. 5 O dearly, dearly has he loved, and we must love him too, and trust in his redeeming blood, and try his works to do. Scripture: 1 John 4:19 Used With Tune: HORSLEY