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Exodus 15: Let Us Sing to the Lord

Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: I will sing to the Lord, for he is gloriously triumphant Refrain First Line: Let us sing to the Lord Topics: Courage; Easter Vigil ; Easter Vigil ; Holy Name; Homeland; Liberation; Majesty and Power; Mercy; Morning; Praise; Salvation History; Song; Strength Scripture: Exodus 15:1-18 Used With Tune: [I will sing to the Lord, for he is gloriously triumphant] Text Sources: New American Bible

All Creatures of Our God and King

Author: Francis of Assisi, 1182-1226; William H. Draper, 1855-1933 Meter: 8.8.8.8 with alleluias Appears in 267 hymnals Lyrics: 1 All creatures of our God and King, Lift up your voice and with us sing: Alleluia! Alleluia! O burning sun with golden beam And silver moon with softer gleam: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! 2 O rushing wind and breezes soft, O clouds that ride the winds aloft: Alleluia! Alleluia! O rising morn, in praise rejoice, O lights of evening, find a voice. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! 3 O flowing waters, pure and clear, Make music for your Lord to hear. Alleluia! Alleluia! O fire so masterful and bright, Providing us with warmth and light, Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! 4 Dear mother earth, who day by day Unfolds rich blessings on our way, Alleluia! Alleluia! The fruits and flow'rs that verdant grow, Let them God's glory also show. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! 5 O ev'ry one of tender heart, Forgiving others, take your part, Alleluia! Alleluia! All you who pain and sorrow bear, Praise God and cast on God your care. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! 6 And you, most kind and gentle death, Waiting to hush our final breath, Alleluia! Alleluia! You lead to heav'n the child of God, Where Christ our Lord the way has trod. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! 7 Let all things their Creator bless, And worship God in humbleness, Alleluia! Alleluia! Oh praise the Father, praise the Son, And praise the Spirit, Three in One! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! Topics: Baptism; Beauty; Celebration; Christian Initiation; Comfort; Creation; Death; Ecology; Evening; Funeral; Gathering; Going Forth; Life; Morning; Praise; Praise; Song; Trinity Sunday Scripture: Psalm 105 Used With Tune: LASST UNS ERFREUEN

When, in Our Music, God is Glorified

Author: Fred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 Meter: 10.10.10 with alleluias Appears in 84 hymnals Lyrics: 1 When, in our music, God is glorified, And adoration leaves no room for pride, It is as though the whole creation cried: Alleluia! 2 How often, making music, we have found A new dimension in the world of sound, As worship moved us to a more profound Alleluia! 3 So has the Church, in liturgy and song, In faith and love, through centuries of wrong, Borne witness to the truth in ev'ry tongue: Alleluia! 4 And did not Jesus sing a psalm that night When utmost evil strove against the Light? Then let us sing, for whom he won the fight: Alleluia! 5 Let ev'ry instrument be tuned for praise! Let all rejoice who have a voice to raise! And may God give us faith to sing always: Alleluia! Topics: Church; Creation; Ecumenism; Faith; Gathering; Going Forth; Jesus Christ; Journey; Ministry; Music Ministry; Praise; Song; Struggle; Witness Scripture: Matthew 26:30 Used With Tune: ENGELBERG

Amen

Appears in 1,000 hymnals First Line: Amen, amen, amen, amen Lyrics: Amen, amen, amen, amen. Topics: Order of Mass Setting Five Used With Tune: [Amen, amen, amen, amen]

Many and Great

Author: Philip Frazier, 1892-1964 Meter: 9.6.9.9.9.6 Appears in 46 hymnals First Line: Many and great, O God, are your works Lyrics: 1 Many and great, O God, are your works, Maker of earth and sky; Your hands have set the heavens with stars; Your fingers spread the mountains and plains. You merely spoke and waters were formed; Deep seas obey your voice. 2 Grant us communion with you, our God, Though you transcend the stars. Come close to us and stay by our side: With you are found the true gifts that last. Bless us with life that never shall end, Eternal life with you. Topics: Blessing; Creation; Creation; Gathering; God the Father (Creator); Heaven; Life; Majesty and Power; Petition; Praise; Word of God Scripture: Genesis 1 Used With Tune: LACQUIPARLE Text Sources: Dakota hymn

The Day You Gave Us, Lord, Is Ended

Author: John Ellerton, 1826-1893 Meter: 9.8.9.8 Appears in 288 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The day you gave us, Lord, is ended, The darkness falls at your behest; To you our morning hymns ascended, Your praise shall sanctify our rest. 2 We thank you that your Church, unsleeping While earth rolls onward into light, Through all the world its watch is keeping, And rests not now by day or night. 3 Across each continent and island As dawn leads on another day, The voice of prayer is never silent, Nor dies the strain of praise away. 4 The sun that bids us rest is waking Your friends beneath the western sky, And hour by hour fresh lips are making Your wondrous doings heard on high. 5 So be it, Lord; your throne shall never, Like earth’s proud empires, pass away: Your kingdom stands, and grows for ever, Till all your creatures own your sway. Topics: Confidence; Evening; Evening; Hope; Kingdom; Light; Praise; Providence; Rest; Thanksgiving; Trust Scripture: Psalm 113:1-6 Used With Tune: ST. CLEMENT

Memorial Acclamation

Appears in 122 hymnals First Line: Christ has died, Christ is risen Topics: Service Music Used With Tune: [Christ has died, Christ is risen]

God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen

Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 with refrain Appears in 121 hymnals Refrain First Line: O tidings of comfort and joy Lyrics: 1 God rest you merry, gentlemen, Let nothing you dismay, For Jesus Christ our Savior Was born upon this day, To save us all from Satan's pow'r When we were gone astray. Refrain: O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy; O tidings of comfort and joy! 2 In Bethlehem in Judah This blessed babe was born, And laid within a manger Upon this blessed morn: For which his mother Mary Did nothing take in scorn. [Refrain] 3 From God our great Creator A blessed angel came, And unto certain shepherds Brought tidings of the same, How that in Bethlehem was born The Son of God by name. [Refrain] 4 The shepherds at those tidings Rejoiced much in mind, And left their flocks a-feeding In tempest, storm, and wind, And went to Bethlehem straightway, The blessed babe to find. [Refrain] 5 Now to the Lord sing praises, All you within this place, And with true love and charity Each other now embrace; This holy tide of Christmas All others shall replace. [Refrain] Topics: Christmas; Mary, Mother of God Scripture: Luke 2:6-18 Used With Tune: GOD REST YOU MERRY Text Sources: English carol, 18th C.

Calvary

Appears in 28 hymnals First Line: Ev'ry time I think about Jesus Lyrics: Refrain: Calvary, Calvary, Calvary, Calvary, Calvary, Calvary, Surely he died on Calvary. 1 Ev'ry time I think about Jesus, Ev'ry time I think about Jesus, Ev'ery time I think about Jesus, Surely he died on Calvary. [Refrain] 2 Sinner, do you love my Jesus? Sinner, do you love my Jesus? Sinner, do you love my Jesus? Surely he died on Calvary. [Refrain] 3 We are climbing Jacob's ladder, We are climbing Jacob's ladder, We are climbing Jacob's ladder, Surely he died on Calvary. [Refrain] 4 Ev'ry round goes higher and higher, Ev'ry round goes higher and higher, Ev'ry round goes higher and higher, Surely he died on Calvary. [Refrain] Topics: Forgiveness; Good Friday; Love for God; Mercy; Penance; Repentance Scripture: Genesis 28:12-13 Used With Tune: [Ev'ry time I think about Jesus] Text Sources: African American spiritual

Were You There

Meter: 10.10 with refrain Appears in 225 hymnals First Line: Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Refrain First Line: Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble Lyrics: 1 Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble, Were you there when they crucified my Lord? 2 Were you there when they nailed him to the tree? Were you there when they nailed him to the tree? Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble, Were you there when they nailed him to the tree? 3 Were you there when they pierced him in the side? Were you there when they pierced him in the side? Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble, Were you there when they pierced him in the side? 4 Were you there when the sun refused to shine? Were you there when the sun refused to shine? Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble, Were you there when the sun refused to shine? 5 Were you there when they laid him in the tomb? Were you there when they laid him in the tomb? Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble, Were you there when they laid him in the tomb? 6 Were you there when they rolled the stone away? Were you there when they rolled the stone away? Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble, Were you there when they rolled the stone away? Topics: Cross; Good Friday; Jesus Christ; Palm Sunday; Suffering Scripture: John 19:34 Used With Tune: WERE YOU THERE Text Sources: African American spiritual