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Have We Any Gift Worth Giving

Author: Carl P. Daw Jr, b. 1944 Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Have we any gift worth giving to the Giver of all things? What would please the ever living, one true God from whom life springs? Not dead gold or merchandise, but a living sacrifice: worship both profound and freeing, serving God with all our being. 2 Christ by costly incarnation dwelt in human time and place to reveal to all creation God’s redeeming love and grace; so are we in flesh and bone given means of making known through the web of daily living God’s own pattern of self giving. 3 Let us shun the selfish merit worldly wisdom has defined, but, renewed by God’s own Spirit, be transformed in heart and mind; by past mercies taught and led, let us seek the path ahead, trusting that, like those before us, God will guide us and restore us. Topics: Discipleship; Evangelism; God's Gifts; Holy Spirit; Elements of Worship Offering Scripture: Romans 12:1-2 Used With Tune: COSTLY GIFTS

I Believe in God the Father

Author: David Gambrell Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Baptism; The Church; The Triune God Scripture: Matthew 28:19 Used With Tune: GENEVAN 42

Like the golden sun ascending, In the darkly clouded sky

Author: Thomas Hansen Kingo; J. C. Aaberg Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal

Lord, I'm Trusting, Lord, I'm Hoping

Author: A. J. F. Behrends Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Speak, O Lord, Thy servant heareth, Guard me from the world's deceit

Ever By My Love Be Owned

Author: Bernard of Clairvaux, 1091-1153; Paul Gerhardt; Arthur T. Russell Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1 Ever by my love be ownèd, Jesu! who hast lovèd me, And hast for my sin atonèd, Sin wherewith I grievèd Thee; Ah! how well is it with me Whensoe’er I bow my knee At the cross where Thou expiredst, And true life for me acquiredst. 2 Heal my soul, Thou my salvation! Heal my weakness; heal my grief: Take away my tribulation; Be to all my ills relief: Ills the Fall on me hath brought, Ills I for myself have wrought: Let Thy blood be my heart bedewing, Ever be my peace be renewing. 3 Be Thy bleeding wounds impressèd Evermore upon my heart; Thus may every hour be blessèd, Nor my thoughts from Thee depart. Thou my treasure art most blest; All my heart in Thee shall rest: Be Thy love on me descending, At Thy feet, O Jesu! bending. Used With Tune: ZION KLAGT Text Sources: Opera Omnia, (Paris 1609), Salve munid salutare; Praxis Pietatis Melica, 5th ed. by Johann Crüger (Berlin, 1653); Psalms and Hymns (Cambridge, England: John Deighton, 1851)

Speak, O Lord, Your Servant Listens

Author: Anna Sophia of Hesse-Darmstadt, 1638-83; George T. Rygh, 1860-1942 Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7.8.8 Appears in 12 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Speak, O Lord, your servant listens, Let your Word to me come near; New-born life and spirit give me, Let each promise still my fear. Death's dread pow'r, its inward strife, Wars against your Word of life; Fill me, Lord, with love's strong fervor That I cling to you forever! 2 Oh, what blessing to be near you And to listen to your voice; Let me ever love and hear you, Let your Word be now my choice! Many hardened sinners, Lord, Flee in terror at your Word, But to me, who know my burden, Show me now your Word of pardon! 3 Lord, your words are waters living, When my thirsting spirit pleads; Lord, your words are bread life-giving, On your words my spirit feeds. Lord, your words will be my light Through death's vale, its dreary night; Yes, they are my sword prevailing, And my cup of joy unfailing! 4 Precious Jesus, I entreat you, Let your words in me take root; Let this gift of heav'n enrich me So that I bring gen'rous fruit: Never take them from my heart Till I see you as your are, When in heav'nly bliss and glory I will meet you and adore you! Topics: The Word of God Used With Tune: WERDE MUNTER

Thou, whose coming seers and sages

Author: C.J.P. Spitta Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7.8.8 Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Thou, whose coming seers and sages Long foretold to Israel, Hast appeared in these last ages, Jesus Christ Immanuel. O thou precious day of grace, Fraught with blessings to our race! None need now despair of pardon, Bowed beneath a hopeless burden. 2 Simeon longed for Thy salvation: David, wrapt with holy fire, Poured forth strains of inspiration, As he swept his royal lyre; Righteous men and gifted seers Longed for Thee in bygone years, Some in silence, some loud crying, Mingling prayers with tears and sighing. 3 God be blesséd, who hath granted In His grace to you and me, That for which so many panted-- Vainly hoped to hear and see. Now God's counsel is revealed, And the vision is unsealed; God hath heard your supplication, And is come to bring salvation. 4 Joyfully we sing Hosanna! Blessed Savior, enter in; Feed us with the living manna, Cleanse our hearts from every sin. See, we open wide the door! Enter, to depart no more; Come, and let us now enthrone Thee In the hearts that long to own Thee. 5 Sin, alas! hath long compelled us Her dread bidding to obey, And, both soul and body, held us Captive with resistless away; All our efforts have been vain To cast off her iron chain; Thou, and thou alone, Lord Jesus, Canst from all our sins release us. 6 Take Thy kingdom, wait no longer, Since to Thee it doth belong; And He only who is stronger Can release us from the strong. Make us happy, God's dear Son, Reap the fruit Thy love has won; Till earth's farthest realms adore Thee, And her kings fall down before Thee. Topics: The Church Year Christmas; The Church Year Christmas Used With Tune: [Thou, whose coming seers and sages]

As the Hart, About to Falter

Author: Dewey Westra Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7.8.8 Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Deliverance From Trouble; Hope, Christian; Longing, Spiritual; Persecution Of Believers; Rock, God, Christ, Our; Water of Life; House of God ; Fortress And Retreat, God Our; Communion With God, With Christ Scripture: Psalm 42 Used With Tune: THIRSTING

Father, Merciful and Holy

Author: Johann Rist, 1607-1667 Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7.8.8 Appears in 5 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Father, merciful and holy, Thee tonight I praise and bless, Who to labor true and lowly, Grantest ever meet success; Many a sin and many a woe, Many a fierce and subtle foe Hast Thou checked that once alarmed me, So that naught today has harmed me. 2 Now the light, that nature gladdens, And the pomp of day is gone, And my heart is tired and saddens, As the gloomy night comes on; Ah, then with thy changeless light Warm and cheer my heart to-night; As the shadow round me gather, Keep me close to Thee, my Father. 3 Though I have from Thee departed, Now I seek Thy face again, For Thy Son, the loving-hearted, Made our peace through bitter pain. Yes, far greater than our sin, Though it still be strong within, Is Thy love that fails us never, Mercy that endures forever. 4 Though my weary eyes are closing, And mhy senses fall asleep, Still my soul, on Thee reposing, Ever must it vigils keep. Let my Spirit longingly Always dram, my God, of Thee, Firmly unto Thee e'er cleaving, E'en in sleep Thy grace receiving. 5 Lord, the twilight now hath vanished, Send Thy blessing on my sleep, Every sin and terror banished, Let my rest be calm and deep. Soul and body, mind and health, Wife and children, house and wealth, Friend and foe, the sick, the stranger, Keep Thou safe from harm and danger. 6 O Thou mighty God, now hearken To the prayer Thy child hath made; Jesus, while the night-hours darken, Be Thou still my Hope, my Aid: Holy Ghost, on Thee I call, Friend and Comforter of all, Hear my earnest prayer, oh, hear me! Lord, Thou hearest, Thou art near me. Topics: Worship Used With Tune: WERDE MUNTER, MEIN GEMÜTHE