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The floral offering

Appears in 19 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 71:5-18 First Line: Youth, when devoted to the Lord Used With Tune: [Youth, when devoted to the Lord]

Eternal Light, Shine in My Heart

Author: Christopher Idle Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 19 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 71:5-6 Topics: Children Appropriate for; Death and Eternal Life; Funeral / Memorial Service; God Images and Names of; God Presence of; Heritage Before 1500; Invocation; Praying; Trinity; Union with God; Wisdom Used With Tune: SERENA Text Sources: based on a prayer by Alcuin (England), 8th c.; Hymns for Today’s Church

Give Thanks for Life

Author: Shirley Erena Murray, 1931- Meter: 10.10.10 with refrain Appears in 13 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 71 First Line: Give thanks for life, the measure of our days Lyrics: 1 Give thanks for life, the measure of our days, mortal, we pass through beauty that decays, yet sing to God our hope, our love, our praise: Alleluia! Alleluia! 2 Give thanks for those who made their life a light caught from the Christ-flame, bursting through the night, who touched the truth, who burned for what is right: Alleluia! Alleluia! 3 And for our own, our living and our dead, thanks for the love by which our life is fed, a love not changed by time or death or dread: Alleluia! Alleluia! 4 Give thanks for hope, that, like the wheat, the grain lying in darkness does its life retain, in resurrection to grow green again: Alleluia! Alleluia! Used With Tune: SINE NOMINE

Lord of Our Growing Years

Author: David Mowbray, 1938- Meter: 6.6.6.6 with refrain Appears in 12 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 71:6-9 Refrain First Line: Your grace surrounds us all our days Topics: Family & Relationships Used With Tune: EASTVIEW

God is our strength and refuge

Author: Richard Bewes Meter: 7.7.7.6.7.7.11 Appears in 12 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 71:3 Topics: Faith, Trust and Commitment; Hope and Consolation; Year A Proper 4; Year C Christ the King; Years A, B, and C Easter Vigil Used With Tune: DAMBUSTERS' MARCH

Restore in Us, O God

Author: Carl P. Daw, Jr. (1944-) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 10 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 71 Lyrics: 1 Restore in us, O God, the splendour of your love; renew your image in our hearts, and all our sins remove. 2 O Spirit, wake in us the wonder of your power; from fruitless fear unfurl our lives like springtime bud and flower. 3 Bring us, O Christ, to share the fullness of your joy; baptize us in the risen life that death cannot destroy. 4 Three-personed God, fulfil the promise of your grace, that we, when all our searching ends, may see you face to face. Topics: Ash Wednesday; Lent (season); Baptism (general); Images of God Used With Tune: BELLWOODS

Giver Of The Perfect Gift

Author: John Ellerton (1826-1893) Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 10 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 71 Lyrics: 1 Giver of the perfect gift, only hope of human race, hear the prayer our hearts uplift trembling at thy throne of grace. 2 Though the accusing voice within speaks of many a wrong to thee, thou canst cleanse from every sin, thou canst set the conscience free. 3 Who can save us, Lord, but thou? Let thy mercy show thy power. Lo, we plead thy promise now, now, in this accepted hour. 4 Oh! may these our Lenten days, blest by thee, with thee be passed, that with purer, nobler praise we may keep thy feast at last. 5 God the holy trinity, grant the mercy we implore; God the One, all praise to thee through the ages evermore. Topics: Ash Wednesday; Lent (season) Used With Tune: SONG 13 Text Sources: Latin (11th cent.?)

O God, Forsake Me Not

Author: Salomo Franck, 1659-1725; August Crull, 1845-1923 Meter: 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6 Appears in 9 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 71 First Line: O God, forsake me not! Lyrics: 1 O God, forsake me not! Your gracious presence lend me; Lord, lead Your helpless child; Your Holy Spirit send me That I my course may run. O be my light, my lot, My staff, my rock, my shield-- O God, forsake me not! 2 O God, forsake me not! Take not Your Spirit from me; Do not permit the might Of sin to overcome me. Increase my feeble faith, Which You alone have wrought. O be my strength and pow'r-- O God, forsake me not! 3 O God, forsake me not! Lord, hear my supplication! In ev'ry evil hour Help me resist temptation; And when the prince of hell My conscience seeks to blot, Be then not far from me-- O God, forsake me not! 4 O God, forsake me not! Lord, I am Yours forever. O keep me strong in faith That I may leave You never. Grant me a blessed end When my good fight is fought; Help me in life and death-- O God, forsake me not! Topics: Psalm paraphrase Psalm 71 Used With Tune: O GOTT, DU FROMMER GOTT

How Long Will You Forget Me, Lord

Author: Christopher Idle Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 8 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 71 Lyrics: 1 How long will you forget me, Lord, and hide your face away? How long shall evils tear my heart and troubles fill my day? 2 Look on my need, O Lord my God, who grants my every breath; give light that I may see your light, nor sleep the sleep of death. 3 Look on their threats and hear my cry, and answer when I call: or they will claim the victory who long to see me fall. 4 Lord, in your mercy is my trust; I shall be glad and free: then shall I sing with all my heart how you have dealt with me. Topics: Difficult Times; Lament Individual Used With Tune: MARTYRDOM

And I will trust in you alone

Author: Stuart Townend, b. 1963 Appears in 8 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 71:5 First Line: The Lord's my Shepherd, I'll not want Topics: Our Journey With God Used With Tune: [The Lord's my Shepherd, I'll not want]