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Take Up Your Cross

Author: Charles W. Everest, 1814-1877 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 297 hymnals First Line: Take up your cross, the Savior said Lyrics: 1 Take up your cross, the Savior said, If you would my disciple be; Take up your cross with willing heart, And humbly follow after me. 2 Take up your cross, let not its weight Fill your weak spirit with alarm; His strength shall bear your spirit up, And brace your heart and nerve your arm. 3 Take up your cross, heed not the shame, And let your foolish heart be still; The Lord for you accepted death Upon a cross, on Calv'ry's hill. 4 Take up your cross, then, in his strength, And calmly ev'ry danger brave: It guides you to a better home And leads to vict'ry o'er the grave. 5 Take up your cross, and follow Christ, Nor think till death to lay it down; For only those who bear the cross May hope to wear the glorious crown. Topics: 12th Sunday Year B; 13th Sunday Year A; 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A; 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C; 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B; Discipleship Used With Tune: ERHALT UNS HERR

O God of Love, O King of Peace

Author: Henry W. Baker, 1821-1877 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 243 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O God of love, O King of peace, Make wars throughout the world to cease; Our violent ways help us contain; Give peace, O God, give peace again! 2 Whom shall we trust but you, O Lord? Where rest but on your faithful word? None ever called on you in vain; Give peace, O God, give peace again! 3 Where saints and angels dwell above, All hearts are joined in holy love; O bind us in that heav'nly chain; Give peace, O God, give peace again! Topics: Church; Communion of Saints; Confidence; Hope; Love for Others; Love of God for Us; Peace; Peace; Petition; Saints; Trust Scripture: Psalm 29:10 Used With Tune: TALLIS' CANON

In Christ There Is No East or West

Author: John Oxenham, 1842-1941 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 331 hymnals Lyrics: 1 In Christ there is no east or west, In him no south or north, But one great fam'ly bound by love Throughout the whole wide earth. 2 In him shall true hearts ev'rywhere Their high communion find; His service is the golden cord Close binding humankind. 3 Join hands, disciples in the faith, Whate'er your race may be! Who serve each other in Christ's love Are surely kin to me. 4 In Christ now meet both east and west, In him meet south and north, All Christly souls are one in him, Throughout the whole wide earth. Topics: Brotherhood and Sisterhood; Church; Ecumenism; Jesus Christ; Justice; Mission; Nation; Service; Social Concern; Solidarity; Unity; Unity; Universe Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12 Used With Tune: MC KEE

All People That on Earth Do Dwell

Author: William Kethe, d. c. 1593; Thomas Ken, 1637-1711 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 720 hymnals Lyrics: 1 All people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice; Him serve with mirth, his praise forth tell, Come we before him, and rejoice. 2 Know that the Lord is God indeed; Without our aid he did us make; We are his folk, he does us feed, And for his sheep he does us take. 3 O enter then his gates with praise; Approach with joy his courts unto; Praise, laud, and bless his Name always, For it is seemly so to do. 4 For why? the Lord our God is good: His mercy is for ever sure; His truth at all times firmly stood, And shall from age to age endure. 5 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom heaven and earth adore, From us and from the angel host Be praise and glory evermore. *Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise him, all creatures here below; Praise him above, you heavn'ly host: Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Topics: Creation; Dedication of a Church; Gathering; Gathering; God the Father (Creator); Journey; Morning; Praise; Providence; Providence; Service; Shepherd Scripture: Psalm 100 Used With Tune: OLD HUNDREDTH

I Come with Joy

Author: Brian Wren, b. 1936 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 73 hymnals First Line: I come with joy, a child of God Lyrics: 1 I come with joy, a child of God, Forgiven, loved, and free, The life of Jesus to recall, In love laid down for me. 2 I come with Christians far and near To find, as all are fed, The new community of love In Christ's communion bread. 3 As Christ breaks bread, and bids us share, Each proud division ends. The love that made us, makes us one, And strangers now are friends. 4 The Spirit of the risen Christ, Unseen, but always near, Is in such friendship better known, Alive among us here. 5 Together met, together bound, By all that God has done, We'll go with joy, to give the world The love that makes us one. Topics: Christian Life; Community; Ecumenism; Eucharist; Friendship; Gathering; Gathering; Jesus Christ; Journey; Solidarity; Unity Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 Used With Tune: LAND OF REST

Morning Has Broken

Author: Eleanor Farjeon, 1881-1965 Meter: 5.5.5.4 D Appears in 93 hymnals Topics: Creation; God the Father (Creator); Jesus Christ; Morning; Praise; Praise; Providence; Renewal; Song; Word of God Scripture: Genesis 1:3-5 Used With Tune: BUNESSAN Text Sources: The Children's Bells

Lift High the Cross

Author: George W. Kitchin, 1827-1912; Michael R. Newbolt, 1874-1956 Meter: 10.10 with refrain Appears in 95 hymnals First Line: Come, Christians, follow where the Master trod Refrain First Line: Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim Lyrics: Refrain: Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim till all the world adore his sacred name. 1 Come, Christians, follow where the Master trod, Our King victorious, Christ, the Son of God. [Refrain] 2 Led on their way by this triumphant sign, The hosts of God in conquering ranks combine. [Refrain] 3 Each newborn foll'wer of the Crucified Bears on the brow the seal of him who died. [Refrain] 4 O Lord, once lifted on the glorious tree, Your death has bought us life eternally. [Refrain] 5 So shall our song of triumph ever be: Praise to the Crucified for victory! [Refrain] Topics: Baptism; Christian Initiation; Cross; Discipleship; Easter Season; Eternal Life; Good Friday; Holy Thursday; Lent; Palm Sunday; Paschal Mystery; Praise; Redemption; September 14: Triumph of the Cross; Triumph of the Cross; Triumph of the Cross (September 14) Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18 Used With Tune: CRUCIFER

Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling

Author: Will L. Thompson, 1847-1909 Appears in 862 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, Ye who are weary, come home; Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling- Calling, "O sinner, 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 Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing, Passing from you and from me; Shadows are gathering, death-beds are coming, Coming for you and for me. [Refrain] 4 O 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: Reconciliation Used With Tune: [Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling]

God of Our Fathers

Author: Daniel C. Roberts, 1841-1907 Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 418 hymnals First Line: God of our fathers, whose almighty hand Lyrics: 1 God of our fathers, whose almighty hand Leads forth in beauty all the starry band Of shining worlds in splendor through the skies, Our grateful songs before your throne arise. 2 Your love divine has led us in the past, In this free land by you our lot is cast; Be our strong ruler, guardian, guide, and stay, Your word our law, your paths our chosen way. 3 From war's alarms, from deadly pestilence, Your mighty arm our ever sure defense; Your true religion in our hearts increase, Your bounteous goodness nourish us in peace. 4 Refresh your people on their toilsome way, Lead us from night to never ending day; Fill all our lives with heav'n born love and grace, Until at last, we meet before your face. Topics: Freedom; Guidance; Nation; Peace; Praise; Social Concern Scripture: Isaiah 40:25-26 Used With Tune: NATIONAL HYMN

O Christ, the Healer

Author: Fred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 37 hymnals First Line: O Christ, the healer, we have come Lyrics: 1 O Christ, the healer, we have come To pray for health, to plead for friends. How can we fail to be restored, When reached by love that never ends? 2 From ev'ry ailment flesh endures Our bodies clamor to be freed; Yet in our hearts we would confess That wholeness is our deepest need. 3 How strong, O Lord, are our desires, How weak our knowledge of ourselves! Release in us those healing truths Unconscious pride resists or shelves. 4 In conflicts that destroy our health We recognize the world's disease; Our common life declares our ills: Is there no cure, O Christ, for these? 5 Grant that we all, made one in faith, In your community may find The wholeness that, enriching us, Shall reach the whole of humankind. Topics: Community; Ecumenism; Healing; Jesus Christ; Pastoral Care of the Sick; Pastoral Care of the Sick; Social Concern; Unity Scripture: Ephesians 4 Used With Tune: ERHALT UNS HERR