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In heavenly love abiding

Author: Anna Laetitia Waring (1823-1910) Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 584 hymnals Topics: Life in Christ Our Response to Christ - In Devotion; Courage; God Protection of; Rest Lyrics: 1 In heavenly love abiding, no change my heart shall fear; and safe is such confiding, for nothing changes here: the storm may roar without me, my heart may low be laid; but God is round about me, and can I be dismayed? 2 Wherever he may guide me, no want shall turn me back; my Shepherd is beside me, and nothing can I lack. His wisdom ever waketh, his sight is never dim: he knows the way he taketh, and I will walk with him. 3 Green pastures are before me, which yet I have not seen; bright skies will soon be o'er me, where darkening clouds have been. My hope I cannot measure: my path to life is free; my Saviour has my treasure, and he will walk with me. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:30 Used With Tune: PENLAN

God of freedom, God of justice

Author: Shirley Erena Murray (b. 1931) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 12 hymnals Topics: Our Response to God in intercession and petition Lyrics: 1 God of freedom, God of justice, God whose love is strong as death, Christ who saw the dark of prison, Christ who knew the price of faith: touch our world of sad oppression with your Spirit's healing breath. 2 Rid the earth of torture's terror, you whose hands were nailed to wood; hear the cries of pain and protest, you who shed the tears and blood; move in us the power of pity to pursue the common good. 3 Make in us a captive conscience quick to hear, to act, to plead; make us truly sisters, brothers of whatever race or creed -- teach us to be fully human, open to each other's need. Scripture: 1 John 3:16-18 Used With Tune: PICARDY

O Love that wilt not let me go

Author: George Matheson (1842-1906) Meter: 8.8.8.8.6 Appears in 696 hymnals Topics: Our Response to Christ In Devotion; The Church Celebrates Death and Grieving; Death and Bereavement; Eternal Life; God Love of Lyrics: 1 O Love that wilt not let me go, I rest my weary soul in thee: I give thee back the life I owe, that in thine ocean depths its flow may richer, fuller be. 2 O Light that followest all my way, I yield my flickering torch to thee: my heart restores its borrowed ray, that in thy sunshine's blaze its day may brighter, fairer be. 3 O Joy that seekest me through pain, I cannot close my heart to thee: I trace the rainbow through the rain, and feel the promise is not vain, that morn shall tearless be. 4 O Cross that liftest up my head, I dare not ask to fly from thee: I lay in dust life's glory dead, and from the ground there blossoms red life that shall endless be. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 7:23 Used With Tune: ST. MARGARET

Come, let us to the Lord our God

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 108 hymnals Topics: Our Response to Christ In Penitence; God Presence of; Joy; Light Lyrics: 1 Come, let us to the Lord our God with contrite hearts return; our God is gracious, nor will leave the desolate to mourn. 2 His voice commands the tempest forth and stills the stormy wave, his arm is sure and strong to smite, but also strong to save. 3 Long has the night of sorrow reigned; the dawn shall bring us light: God shall appear, and we shall rise with gladness in his sight. 4 Our hearts, if God we seek to know, shall know him, and rejoice; his coming like the morn shall be, like morning songs his voice. 5 As dew upon the tender herb, diffusing fragrance round, as showers that usher in the spring, and cheer the thirsty ground: 6 So shall his presence bless our souls, and shed a joyful light, that hallowed morn shall chase away the sorrows of the night. Scripture: Hosea 6:1-4 Used With Tune: KEDRON Text Sources: Scottish Paraphrases, 1781, Paraphrase 30, alt.

Fill now our life, O Lord our God

Author: Horatius N. Bonar (1808-1889) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 97 hymnals Topics: The Living God Our Response to God - in adoration and gratitude Lyrics: 1 Fill now our life, O Lord our God, in every part with praise, that our whole being may proclaim your being and your ways. 2 Not for the lip of praise alone, nor even the praising heart we ask, but for a life made up of praise in every part: 3 Praise in the common things of life, its goings out and in; praise in each duty and each deed, though humble and unseen. 4 So, gracious Lord, you shall receive from us the glory due; and so we shall begin on earth the song for ever new. Scripture: 1 John 1:3 Used With Tune: BILLING

When the storms of life are raging, stand by me

Author: Charles Albert Tindley (1851-1933) Meter: 8.3.8.3.7.7.8.3 Appears in 61 hymnals Topics: Our Response to God in devotion Lyrics: 1 When the storms of life are raging, stand by me; when the storms of life are raging, stand by me. When the world is pounding me, like a ship upon the sea, Lord, who rules the wind and water, stand by me. 2 In the midst of tribulation, stand by me; in the midst of tribulation, stand by me. When the hosts of hell assail, and my strength begins to fail, Lord, who never lost a battle, stand by me. 3 In the midst of faults and failures, stand by me; in the midst of faults and failures, stand by me. When I've done the best I can, and my friends misunderstand, Lord, who knowes all about me, stand by me. 4 In the midst of persecution, stand by me; in the midst of persecution, stand by me. When my foes in war array undertake to stop my way, Lord, who saved Paul and Silas, stand by me. 5 When I’m growing old and feeble, stand by me; when I’m growing old and feeble, stand by me. when my life becomes a burden and I’m nearing chilly Jordan, Lord, the Lily of the Valley, stand by me. Scripture: Acts 16:16-34 Used With Tune: STAND BY ME