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This is the threefold truth
Author: Fred Pratt Green, 1903- Meter: 12.12.12 Appears in 19 hymnals First Line: This is the threefold truth on which our faith depends Lyrics: 1 This is the threefold truth on which our faith depends,
and with this joyful cry worship begins and ends:
Refrain:
Christ has died!
Christ is risen!
Christ will come again!
2 On this we fix our minds as, praying side by side,
we take the bread and wine from Christ the crucified: [Refrain]
3 By this we are upheld when doubt or grief assails
our Christian fortitude, and only grace avails: [Refrain]
4 This is the threefold truth which, if we hold it fast,
changes the world and us and brings us home at last: [Refrain] Topics: Doubt; Easter / Eastertide; Faith; God in Christ; Grace; Gratitude; Worship Scripture: Acts 2:22-24 Used With Tune: ACCLAMATIONS
This is the threefold truth
First of the week and finest day
Author: David Mowbray, 1938- Appears in 5 hymnals Lyrics: 1 First of the week and finest day,
when God commanded light to shine:
cast darkness and its works away
to celebrate with bread and wine!
2 First of the week was Easter morn
when Christ the Lord from death was raised;
new life, fresh hope that day was born
and God in heaven and earth was praised.
3 First of the week the Spirit came
to fill the church with grace and power;
the rushing wind and tongues of flame
were heralds of that promised hour.
4 First of the week we set aside
to meet, to learn, to give, to pray,
to spread Christ's gospel far and wide -
in truth, this is the Lord's own day! Topics: Communion; Creation; Easter / Eastertide; Fire / Flame; Pentecost; Wind; Worship Scripture: Genesis 1:1-5 Used With Tune: CANNOCK
First of the week and finest day
Tomorrow Christ is coming
Author: Fred Kaan, 1929- Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 7 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Tomorrow Christ is coming,
as yesterday he came;
a child is born this moment;
we do not know its name.
The world is full of darkness:
again there is no room;
the symbols of existence
are stable, cross and tomb.
2 Tomorrow will be Christmas,
the feast of love divine,
but, for the nameless millions,
the star will never shine.
Still is the census taken,
with people on the move;
new infants born in stables
are crying out for love.
3 There will be no tomorrows
for many a baby born;
Good Friday falls on Christmas
when life is sown as corn,
but Jesus Christ is risen
and comes again in bread
to still our deepest hunger
and raise us from the dead.
4 Our Lord becomes incarnate
in every human birth.
Created in God's image,
we must make peace on earth.
God will fulfil love's purpose,
and this shall be the sign:
we shall find Christ among us
as woman, child or man. Topics: Church Year Advent; Lament; Peace; Social Concerns / Social Justice; Suffering Scripture: Genesis 1:26-28 Used With Tune: LITTLE BADDOW
Tomorrow Christ is coming
As a chalice cast of gold
Author: Thomas H. Troeger, 1945- Meter: 7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 9 hymnals Topics: Dance; Music / Singing / Song; Prayer / Prayers / Poems; Repentance; Sacraments and Ordinances Ordination / Commissioning; Truth; Wine; Worship Scripture: Amos 5:21-24 Used With Tune: REBEKAH
As a chalice cast of gold
The desert shall rejoice and blossom
Author: Gracia Grindal, 1943- Meter: 6.6.8.8 Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: The desert shall rejoice Lyrics: The desert shall rejoice and blossom as a rose;
1 it shall blossom abundantly
and rejoice with praise and singing.
The desert shall rejoice and blossom as a rose;
2 for the ears of the deaf shall hear
and the blind, their eyes be opened.
The desert shall rejoice and blossom as a rose;
3 for the tongue of the mute shall sing
and the lame will dance with gladness.
The desert shall rejoice and blossom as a rose;
4 for the ground will become a pool
and the dry land springs of water.
The desert shall rejoice and blossom as a rose;
5 as the ransomed return to God
and come singing back to Zion.
The desert shall rejoice and blossom as a rose;
6 unto Zion we come with joy,
for our God has come to save us. Topics: Children and Youth Our Hope in God; Dance; Desert / Wilderness; Gladness / Happiness; Music / Singing / Song; Our Hope in God; Praise; Salvation; Zion Scripture: Isaiah 35 Used With Tune: STERLING
The desert shall rejoice and blossom
How many are against me, Lord
Author: Christopher Idle, 1938- Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: 1 How many are against me, Lord:
how many fierce attacks rise up!
They say, "God will not come to help,"
and people taunt, "There is no hope."
2 But you are round me, Lord, my shield,
but you, my glory, lift my head!
You hear me from your holy hill
and answer when I cry aloud.
3 I go to rest, and sleep in peace–
I wake again; God keeps me safe:
ten thousand shall not make me fear,
for all their threats to take my life.
4 Arise, O Lord, to rescue me:
arise and save me, O my God!
You silence all my enemies
till scorn and spite are all destroyed.
Topics: God Shelter / Shield; Lament; Metrical Psalms; Peace; Rescue ; Rest Scripture: Psalm 3 Used With Tune: ADON OLAM
How many are against me, Lord
You are Author
Author: Iona Community (Scotland); Andrew Donaldson, 1951- Meter: 10.10.6.11 with alleluias Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: You are Author and Lord of creation Topics: Choruses and Meditative Songs; Communion; God Creator and Ruler; Languages other than English Urdu; Worship Used With Tune: SARA SHRISTE Text Sources: Nepalese traditional, taught by Elisabeth Padillo-Oleson
You are Author
Strength to the troubled heart, we come
Author: David Sparks, 20th cent. Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1 Strength to the troubled heart, we come
with anxious and bewildered minds,
striving to reach for meaning here:
your peace is what we ache to find.
2 Joy of the thankful heart, we come;
good memories are our today,
of friendship given and received,
of family care along life's way.
3 Friend of the lonely heart, we come;
the void that's left is hard to fill;
strong love stays with your grieving ones,
sure touch of grace, death's fears to still.
4 Sun of the rising heart, we come;
Christ's empty tomb new courage gives,
for we are sure, embraced and safe
within your love, our loved one lives.
Topics: Courage; Loneliness; Resurrection; Sacraments and Ordinances Funeral; Strength Scripture: Psalm 73:26 Used With Tune: ELTHAM
Strength to the troubled heart, we come
The first one ever
Author: Linda Wilberger Egan, 1946- Meter: Irregular Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: The first one ever, oh, ever to know Topics: Children and Youth Discipleship; Jesus Christ Son of David / Messiah; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Jesus Christ Incarnation; One Life in Christ Discipleship; Witness / Martyrs Scripture: Luke 1:26-56 Used With Tune: BALLAD
The first one ever
There is a green hill far away
Author: Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818-1895 Appears in 699 hymnals Lyrics: 1 There is a green hill far away,
without a city wall,
where the dear Lord was crucified,
who died to save us all.
2 We may not know, we cannot tell,
what pains he had to bear;
but we believe it was for us
he hung and suffered there.
3 He died that we might be forgiven,
he died to make us good,
that we might go at last to heaven,
saved by his precious blood.
4 There was no other good enough
to pay the price of sin;
he only could unlock the gate
of heaven, and let us in.
5 Oh dearly, dearly has he loved,
and we must love him too,
and trust in his redeeming blood,
and try his works to do. Topics: God Creator and Ruler; Prayer / Prayers / Poems
There is a green hill far away
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