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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

God, Who Stretched the Spangled Heavens

Author: Catherine Cameron, b. 1927 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 46 hymnals Lyrics: 1 God, who stretched the spangled heavens Infinite in time and place, Flung the suns in burning radiance Through the silent fields of space; We, your children, in your likeness, Share inventive pow'rs with you; Great Creator, still creating, Show us what we yet may do. 2 Proudly rise our modern cities, Stately buildings, row on row; Yet their windows, blank, unfeeling, Stare on canyoned streets below, Where the lonely drift unnoticed In the city's ebb and flow, Lost to purpose and to meaning, Scarcely caring where they go. 3 We have ventured worlds undreamed of Since the childhood of our race; Known the ecstasy of winging Through untraveled realms of space; Probed the secrets of the atom, Yielding unimagined pow'r, Facing us with life's destruction Or our most triumphant hour. 4 As each far horizon beckons, May it challenge us anew, Children of creative purpose, Serving others, honoring you. May our dreams prove rich with promise, Each endeavor, well begun: Great Creator, give us guidance Till our goals and yours are one. Topics: Brotherhood and Sisterhood; Challenge of Gospel; Commitment; Creation; Discipleship; God the Father (Creator); Guidance; Labor; Life; Ministry; Mission; Peace; Petition; Science and Space; Service; Social Concern; Social Concern; Stewardship; Universe; Witness Scripture: Genesis 1 Used With Tune: HOLY MANNA

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 721 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 864 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 419 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