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Christ the Lord Is Risen Again

Author: Catherine Winkworth, 1827-1878; Michael Weisse Meter: 7.7.7.7 with alleluias Appears in 262 hymnals Topics: Civil Year Memorial Day Refrain First Line: Alleluia! Lyrics: 1 Christ the Lord is risen again, Christ has broken death's strong chain, Hark, the angels shout for joy, Singing evermore on high: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Hark, the angels shout for joy, Singing evermore on high: [Refrain:] Alleluia! 2 He who bore all pain and loss, Comfortless upon the cross, Lives in glory now on high, Pleads for us and hears our cry: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Lives in glory now on high, Pleads for us and hears our cry: [Refrain] 3 He who slumbered in the grave Is exalted now to save; Now through Christendom it rings That the Lamb is King of kings: Alleluia! Now through Christendom it rings That the Lamb is King of kings: [Refrain] Amen. Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:15-16 Used With Tune: CHRIST IST ERSTANDEN

Sing to the Lord of Harvest

Author: John S. B. Monsell Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 124 hymnals Topics: Civil Year Thanksgiving Day Lyrics: 1 Sing to the Lord of harvest, Sing songs of love and praise; With joyful hearts and voices Your alleluias raise. By him the rolling seasons In fruitful order move; Sing to the Lord of harvest A joyous song of love. 2 By him the clouds drop fatness, The deserts bloom and spring, The hills leap up in gladness, The valleys laugh and sing. He blesses from his fullness All things with large increase; He crowns the year with goodness, With plenty and with peace. 3 Bring to his sacred altar The gifts his goodness gave, The golden sheaves of harvest, The souls he died to save. Your hearts lay down before him, When at his feet you fall, And with your lives adore him Who gave his life for all. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 1 Used With Tune: WIE LIEBLICH IST DER MAIEN

God, the Lord, a King Remaineth

Author: John Keble Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.7 Appears in 65 hymnals Topics: Civil Year New Year Lyrics: 1 God, the Lord, a King remaineth, Robed in his own glorious light; God hath robed himself and reigneth; He hath girt himself with might. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! God is King in depth and height! God is King in depth and height! 2 In her everlasting station Earth is poised, to swerve no more; Thou hast laid thy throne's foundation From all time where thought can soar. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Lord, thou art forevermore! Lord, thou art forevermore! 3 With all tones of waters blending, Glorious is the breaking deep; Glorious, beauteous, without ending, God, who reigns on heaven's high steep. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Songs of ocean never sleep. Songs of ocean never sleep. 4 Lord, the words thy lips are telling Are the perfect verity; Of thy high eternal dwelling, Holiness shall inmate be: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Pure is all that lives with thee. Pure is all that lives with thee. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 93 Used With Tune: BRYN CALFARIA

O God of Every Nation

Author: William W. Reid, Jr. Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 32 hymnals Topics: Civil Year Memorial Day; Civil Year Independence Day; Civil Year Labor Day Lyrics: 1 O God of every nation, Of every race and land, Redeem the whole creation With your almighty hand; Where hate and fear divide us, And bitter threats are hurled, In love and mercy guide us And heal our strife-torn world. 2 From search for wealth and power And scorn of truth and right, From trust in bombs that shower Destruction through the night, From pride of race and nation And blindness to your way, Deliver every nation, Eternal God, we pray. 3 Lord, strengthen all who labor That men may find release From fear of rattling saber, From dread of war's increase; When hope and courage falter, Your still small voice be heard; With faith that none can alter, Your servants undergird. 4 Keep bright in us the vision Of days when war shall cease, When hatred and division Give way to love and peace, Till dawns the morning glorious When brotherhood shall reign, And Christ shall rule victorious O'er all the world's domain. Amen. Scripture: Micah 4:1-4 Used With Tune: LLANGLOFFAN

Our Faith Is in the Christ Who Walks with Men

Author: Thomas Curtis Clark (1877-1953) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 10 hymnals Topics: Civil Year Independence Day; Civil Year Labor Day First Line: Our faith is in the Christ who walks Lyrics: 1 Our faith is in the Christ who walks With men today, in street and mart; The constant friend who thinks and talks With those who seek him with the heart. 2 His gospel calls for living men, With singing blood and minds alert; Strong men, who fall to rise again, Who strive and bleed, with courage girt. 3 We serve no God whose work is done, Who rests within his firmament; Our God, his labors but begun, Toils evermore, with power unspent. 4 God was and is and e'er shall be; Christ lived and loved— and loves us still; And man goes forward, proud and free, God's present purpose to fulfill. Amen. Scripture: Hebrews 4:15-16 Used With Tune: WAREHAM

O Lord of Life, Where'er They Be

Author: Frederick Lucian Hosmer Meter: 8.8.8 with alleluias Appears in 32 hymnals Topics: Civil Year Memorial Day Lyrics: 1 O Lord of life, where’er they be, Safe in your own eternity, Now live your children gloriously: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! 2 All souls you call, both here and there Do rest within your sheltering care; One providence alike they share: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! 3 Your word is true, your ways are just; Above the chanted “Dust to dust” Shall rise our song of grateful trust: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! 4 Happy are they in God who rest, No more by fear and doubt oppressed, Living or dying, they are blest: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Amen. Scripture: Deuteronomy 33:27 Used With Tune: GELOBT SEI GOTT

Not Alone for Mighty Empire

Author: William Pierson Merrill Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 88 hymnals Topics: Civil Year Memorial Day; Civil Year Independence Day; Civil Year Thanksgiving Day Lyrics: 1 Not alone for mighty empire Stretching far beyond our view, Not alone for bounteous harvests, Lift we up our hearts to you. Standing in the living present, Memory and hope between, Lord, we would with deep thanksgiving Praise you most for things unseen. 2 Not for battleship and fortress, Not for conquests of the sword, But for conquests of the spirit Give we thanks to you, O Lord; For the priceless gift of freedom, For the home, the church, the school, For the open door to manhood In a land the people rule. 3 For the armies of the faithful, Souls that passed and left no name; For the glory that illumines Patriot lives of deathless fame; For our prophets and apostles, Loyal to the living Word, For all heroes of the spirit, Give we thanks to you, O Lord. 4 God of justice, save the people From the clash of race and creed, From the strife of class and faction: Make our nation free indeed. Keep her faith in simple manhood Strong as when her life began, Till it find its full fruition In the brotherhood of man. Amen. Scripture: James 1:22-27 Used With Tune: GENEVA

God Is Working His Purpose Out

Author: Arthur Campbell Ainger Meter: Irregular Appears in 94 hymnals Topics: Civil Year New Year Lyrics: 1 God is working his purpose out As year succeeds to year: God is working his purpose out, And the time is drawing near; Nearer and nearer draws the time, The time that shall surely be, When the earth shall be filled with the glory of God As the waters cover the sea. 2 What can we do to work God's work, To prosper and increase The brotherhood of all mankind, The reign of the Prince of Peace? What can we do to hasten the time, The time that shall surely be, When the earth shall be filled with the glory of God As the waters cover the sea. 3 March we forth in the strength of God, With the banner of Christ unfurled, That the light of the glorious gospel of truth May shine throughout the world: Fight we the fight with sorrow and sin To set their captives free, That the earth may be filled with the glory of God As the waters cover the sea. 4 All we can do is nothing worth Unless God blesses the deed; Vainly we hope for the harvest-tide Till God gives life to the seed; Yet nearer and nearer draws the time, The time that shall surely be, When the earth shall be filled with the glory of God As the waters cover the sea. Amen. Scripture: Ephesians 1:9-11 Used With Tune: PURPOSE

Ah, Dearest Jesus, Holy Child

Author: Catherine Winkworth, 1827-1878; Martin Luther Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 10 hymnals Topics: Civil Year New Year Lyrics: 1 Ah, dearest Jesus, holy Child, Make thee a bed, soft, undefiled Within our hearts, that they may be All quiet chambers kept for thee. 2 Our hearts for very joy do leap, Our lips no more can silence keep; We, too, must sing with joyful tongue That sweetest ancient cradle song. 3 Glory to God in highest heaven, Who unto man his Son hath given, While angels sing with tender mirth A glad new year to all the earth. Amen. Scripture: Luke 2:1-18 Used With Tune: VOM HIMMEL HOCH

A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

Author: Frederic H. Hedge; Martin Luther; J. Clifford Evers Meter: Irregular Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Civil Year Memorial Day; Civil Year Independence Day Scripture: Psalm 46 Used With Tune: EIN' FESTE BURG