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God, Who Stretched the Spangled Heavens
Author: Catherine Cameron, b. 1927 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 45 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
God, Who Stretched the Spangled Heavens
Come, Holy Ghost
Author: Rabanus Maurus, 776-856; Edward Caswall, 1814-1878 Meter: 8.8.8.8 with repeat Appears in 283 hymnals First Line: Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest Lyrics: 1 Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest,
And in our hearts take up thy rest;
Come with thy grace and heav'nly aid
To fill the hearts which thou hast made,
To fill the hearts which thou hast made.
2 O Comforter, to thee we cry,
Thou heav'nly gift of God most high;
Thou fount of life, and fire of love,
And sweet anointing from above,
And sweet anointing from above.
3 O Holy Ghost, Through thee alone,
Know we the Father and the Son;
Be this our firm unchanging creed,
That thou dost from them both proceed,
That thou dost from them both proceed.
4 Praise we the Lord, Father and Son,
And Holy Spirit with them one;
And may the Son on us bestow
All gifts that from the Spirit flow,
All gifts that from the Spirit flow. Topics: Comfort; Confirmation; Faith; Gathering; Going Forth; Grace; Holy Spirit; Jesus Christ; Pentecost; Petition Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 Used With Tune: LAMBILLOTTE
Come, Holy Ghost
The Glory of These Forty Days
Author: Gregory the Great, c.540-604; Maurice F. Bell, 1862-1947 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 35 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The glory of these forty days
We celebrate with songs of praise;
For Christ, by whom all things were made,
Himself has fasted and has prayed.
2 Alone and fasting, Moses saw
The loving God who gave the law;
And to Elijah, fasting, came
The steeds and chariots of flame.
3 So Daniel trained his mystic sight,
Delivered from the lions' might;
And John, the Bridegroom’s friend, became
The herald of Messiah's name.
4 Then grant that we like them be true,
Consumed in fast and prayer with you;
Our spirits strengthen with your grace,
And give us joy to see your face.
Topics: Lent Used With Tune: ERHALT UNS HERR
The Glory of These Forty Days
God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 with refrain Appears in 120 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.
God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
Praise and Thanksgiving
Author: Albert F. Bayly, 1901-1984 Meter: 5.5.5.4 D Appears in 32 hymnals Topics: Creation; Food; Harvest; Harvest; Hunger; Interfaith; Labor; Life; Love for Others; Love of God for Us; Poverty; Praise; Providence; Sharing; Social Concern; Thanksgiving; Wisdom Scripture: Matthew 6:25-34 Used With Tune: BUNESSAN
Praise and Thanksgiving
When Love Is Found
Author: Brian Wren, b. 1936 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 32 hymnals First Line: When love is found and hope comes home Lyrics: 1 When love is found and hope comes home,
Sing and be glad that two are one.
When love explodes and fills the sky,
Praise God and share our Maker's joy.
2 When love has flow'red in trust and care,
Build both each day, that love may dare
To reach beyond home's warmth and light,
To serve and strive for truth and right.
3 When love is tried as loved ones change,
Hold still to hope though all seems strange,
Till ease returns and love grows wise
Through list'ning ears and opened eyes.
4 When love is torn and trust betrayed,
Pray strength to love till torments fade,
Till lovers keep no score of wrong
But hear through pain love's Easter song.
5 Praise God for love, praise God for life,
In age or youth, in calm or strife.
Lift up your hearts let love be fed
Through death and life in broken bread. Topics: 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B; Family Life; Love for Others; Love of God for Us; Marriage; Marriage Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12 Used With Tune: O WALY WALY
When Love Is Found
Steal Away to Jesus
Appears in 117 hymnals First Line: My Lord, he calls me Refrain First Line: Steal away, steal away Lyrics: Refrain:
Steal away, steal away,
steal away to Jesus!
Steal away, steal away home,
I ain't got long to stay here.
1 My Lord, he calls me,
He calls me by the thunder;
The trumpet sounds within my soul;
I ain't got long to stay here. [Refrain]
2 Green trees are bending,
Poor sinners stand a trembling;
The trumpet sounds within my soul;
I ain't got long to stay here. [Refrain]
3 My Lord, he calls me,
He calls me by the lightning;
The trumpet sounds within my soul;
I ain't got long to stay here. [Refrain] Topics: Comfort; Easter Season; Encouragement; Eternal Life; Eternal Life; Funeral; Heaven; Heaven; Homeland; Hope; Jesus Christ; Pastoral Care of the Sick; Refuge; Suffering Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:6-8 Used With Tune: [My Lord, he calls me] Text Sources: African-American spiritual
Steal Away to Jesus
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world
Appears in 294 hymnals Lyrics: Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world,
have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world,
have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world,
grant us peace.
Topics: Order of Mass Used With Tune: [Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world]
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world
Christ the Lord Is Risen Today
Author: Wipo of Burgundy, d. 1048; Jane E. Leeson, 1809-1881 Meter: 7.7.7.7 with alleluias Appears in 87 hymnals First Line: Christ the Lord is ris'n today Lyrics: 1 Christ the Lord is ris'n today;
Christians, haste your vows to pay;
Make your joy and praises known:
At the Paschal Victim's throne.
Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
2 For the sheep the Lamb has bled,
Sinless in the sinner's stead;
Christ the Lord is ris'n on high;
Now he lives, no more to die.
Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
3 Christ, the Victim undefiled,
God and sinners reconciled,
When in fierce and bloody strife
Met together death and life.
Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
4 Christians, on this happy day,
Raise your hearts with joy and say:
Christ the Lord is ris'n on high;
Now he lives no more to die.
Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
5 Hallowed, chosen dawn of praise,
Easter, queen of all our days:
Zion's children now come forth;
East to west and south to north.
Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
6 Let the people praise you, Lord,
Be, by all that is, adored:
Let the nations shout and sing;
Glory to their Paschal King.
Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
7 Hymns of glory, songs of praise,
God on high, to you we raise:
Risen Lord, we now adore,
With the Spirit ever more.
Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
Topics: Easter; Forgiveness; Funeral; Gathering; Going Forth; Heaven; Jesus Christ; Paschal Mystery; Praise; Reconciliation; Redemption; Salvation Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:55 Used With Tune: SURGIT IN HAEC DIES
Christ the Lord Is Risen Today
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