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Breathe on Me, Breath of God (Souffle du Dieu vivant)

Author: Edwin Hatch; Suzanne Bidgrain Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 355 hymnals Topics: Easter 2 Year A; Easter 2 Year C First Line: Breathe on me, Breath of God Lyrics: 1 Breathe on me, breath of God, fill me with life anew, that I may love what thou dost love, and do what thou wouldst do. 2 Breathe on me, breath of God, until my heart is pure, until my will is one with thine, to do and to endure. 3 Breathe on me, Breath of God, till I am wholly thine, until this earthly part of me glows with thy fire divine. 4 Breathe on me, Breath of God, so shall I never die; but live with thee the perfect life of thine eternity. Used With Tune: TRENTHAM

Jesus, Stand among Us

Author: William Pennefather; Lydia Pedersen Meter: 6.5.6.5 Appears in 74 hymnals Topics: Easter 2 Year B; Easter 2 Year C Used With Tune: BEMERTON (CASWALL)

To the name of our salvation

Author: John Mason Neale, 1818-1866 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 122 hymnals Topics: Year A Easter 2 Lyrics: 1 To the name of our salvation laud and honour let us pay, which for many a generation hid in God's foreknowledge lay, but with holy exultation we may sing aloud today. 2 Jesus is the name we treasure, name beyond what words can tell; name of gladness, name of pleasure, ear and heart delighting well; name of sweetness passing measure, saving us from sin and hell. 3 'Tis the name for adoration, name for songs of victory; name for holy meditation in the vale of misery; name for joyful veneration by the citizens on high. 4 'Tis the name that whoso preacheth speaks like music to the ear; who in prayer this name beseecheth sweetest comfort findeth near; who its perfect wisdom reacheth heav'nly joy possesseth here. 5 Jesus is the name exalted over ev'ry other name; in this name, whene'er assaulted, we can put our foes to shame: strength to them who else had halted, eyes to blind, and feet to lame. 6 Therefore we in love adoring this most blessèd name revere, holy Jesus, thee imploring so to write it in us here, that hereafter, heav'nward soaring, we may sing with angels there. Scripture: Acts 2:23 Used With Tune: ORIEL Text Sources: 15th century

Yours for ever! God of love

Author: Mary F. Maude (1819-1913) Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 352 hymnals Topics: Easter 2 The Good Shepherd Used With Tune: NEWINGTON

Light of the minds that know him

Author: Augustine (354-430); Timothy Dudley-Smith (born 1926) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 11 hymnals Topics: Easter 2 The Emmaus Road Lyrics: 1 Light of the minds that know him, may Christ be light to mine! my sun in risen splendour, my light of truth divine; my guide in doubt and darkness, my true and living way, my clear light ever shining, my dawn of heaven's day. 2 Life of the souls that love him, may Christ be ours indeed! the living bread from heaven on whom our spirits feed; who died for love of sinners to bear our guilty load, and make of life's brief journey a new Emmaus road. 3 Strength of the wills that serve him, may Christ be strength to me, who stilled the storm and tempest, who calmed the tossing sea; his Spirit's power to move me, his will to master mine, his cross to carry daily and conquer in his sign. 4 May it be ours to know him that we may truly love, and loving, fully serve him as serve the saints above; till in that home of glory with fadeless splendour bright, we serve in perfect freedom our strength, our life, our light. Used With Tune: AURELIA

Jesu, priceless treasure

Author: Johann Franck, 1618-1677 Meter: 6.6.5.6.6.5.7.8.6 Appears in 136 hymnals Topics: Year A Easter 2 Lyrics: 1 Jesu, priceless treasure, source of purest pleasure, truest friend to me; ah, how long I've panted, and my heart hath fainted, thirsting, Lord, for thee! Thine I am, O spotless Lamb, I will let no other hide thee, naught I ask beside thee. 2 Hence, all fear and sadness, for the Lord of gladness, Jesus, enters in; they who love the Father, though the storms may gather, still have peace within; yea, whate'er I here must bear, still in thee lies purest pleasure, Jesu, priceless treasure. Scripture: 1 Peter 1:19 Used With Tune: JESU, MEINE FREUDE

At the Name of Jesus

Author: Caroline Maria Noel Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 262 hymnals Topics: Easter 2 Year A First Line: At the name of Jesus every knee shall bow Lyrics: 1 At the Name of Jesus every knee shall bow, every tongue confess him King of glory now; 'tis our God's great pleasure we should call him Lord, who from the beginning was the mighty Word. 2 Humbled for a season to receive a name from the lips of sinners unto whom he came, faithfully he bore it, spotless to the last, brought it back victorious when from death he passed. 3 Name him, Christians, name him, with love strong as death, but with awe and wonder, and with bated breath; he is God the Saviour, he is Christ the Lord, ever to be worshipped, trusted, and adored. 4 In your hearts enthrone him; there let him subdue all that is not holy, all that is not true; crown him as your Captain in temptation's hour; let his will enfold you in its light and power. 5 Christians, this Lord Jesus shall return again, with his Father's glory, with his angel train; for all wreaths of empire meet upon his brow, and our hearts confess him King of Glory now. Used With Tune: KING'S WESTON

Holy Spirit, Truth Divine

Author: Samuel Longfellow Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 278 hymnals Topics: Easter 2 Year C Lyrics: 1 Holy Spirit, truth divine, dawn upon this soul of mine. Voice of God and inward light, wake my Spirit, clear my sight. 2 Holy Spirit, love divine, glow within this heart of mine. Kindle every high desire, purify me with your fire. 3 Holy Spirit, power divine, fill and nerve this will of mine. Boldly may I always live, bravely serve, and gladly give. 4 Holy Spirit, law divine, reign within this soul of mine. Be my law, and I shall be firmly bound, for ever free. 5 Holy Spirit, peace divine, still this restless heart of mine. Speak to calm this tossing sea, grant me your tranquillity. 6 Holy Spirit, joy divine, gladden now this heart of mine. In the desert ways I sing; spring, O living water, spring! Used With Tune: BUCKLAND

Welcome, Happy Morning

Author: Venantius Fortunatus; John Ellerton Meter: 6.5.6.5 D with refrain Appears in 282 hymnals Topics: Easter 2 Year A First Line: Welcome, happy morning! age to age shall say Lyrics: 1 Welcome, happy morning! age to age shall say; hell today is vanquished, heaven is won today: come then, True and Faithful, now fulfil your word; this is your third morning: rise, O buried Lord! [Refrain:] Welcome, happy morning! age to age shall say, hell today is vanquished, heaven is won today! 2 Earth with joy welcomes, clothes itself for spring; greets with life reviving our returning king: flowers in every pasture, leaves on every bough; speak of sorrows ended, Jesus triumphs now! [Refrain] 3 Author and sustainer, source of life and breath; you for our salvation trod the path of death: Jesus Christ is living, God for evermore!, Now let all creation hail him and adore. [Refrain] 4 Loose our souls imprisoned, bound with Satan's chain; all that now is fallen, raise to life again! Show your face in brightness, shine the whole world through; hope returns with daybreak, life returns with you. [Refrain] Used With Tune: HERMAS Text Sources: Rev. Hymns for Today's Church, 1982

Before Jehovah’s awful throne

Author: I. Watts (1674-1748); J. Wesley (1703-1791) Appears in 978 hymnals Topics: Easter 2 The Good Shepherd Lyrics: 1 Before Jehovah's awful throne, you nations, bow with sacred joy; know that the Lord is God alone — he can create, and he destroy. 2 His sovereign power, without our aid, formed us and fashioned us of old; and when like wandering sheep we strayed, he brought us back into his fold. 3 We'll crowd your gates with thankful songs, high as the heavens our voices raise; and earth with her ten thousand tongue shall fill your courts with sounding praise. 4 Wide as the world is your command, vast as eternity your love; firm as a rock your truth must stand, when rolling years shall cease to move. Scripture: Psalm 100 Used With Tune: OLD 100th Text Sources: Jubilate Deo