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Here hangs a man discarded

Author: Brian Wren (b. 1936) Meter: 7.6.7.6 Appears in 7 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Here hangs a man discarded, a scarecrow hoisted high, a nonsense pointing nowhere to all who hurry by. 2 Can such a clown of sorrows still bring a useful word when faith and love seem phantoms and every hope absurd? 3 Yet here is help and comfort for lives by comfort bound, when drums of dazzling progress give strangely hollow sound: 4 Life, emptied of all meaning, drained out in bleak distress, can share in broken silence our deepest emptiness; 5 And love that freely entered the pit of life's despair, can name our hidden darkness and suffer with us there. 6 Christ, in our darkness risen, help all who long for light to hold the hand of promise, till faith receives its sight. Topics: Christ Incarnate Passion and Death; Christian Year Good Friday; Despair and Trouble; Longing Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:23 Used With Tune: SHRUB END

All things bright and beautiful

Author: Cecil Frances Alexander (1818-1895) Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Appears in 350 hymnals First Line: Each little flower that opens Lyrics: [Refrain:] All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful, the Lord God made them all. 1 Each little flower that opens, each little bird that sings, he made their glowing colours, he made their tiny wings: [Refrain] 2 The purple-headed mountain, the river running by, the sunset, and the morning that brightens up the sky: [Refrain] 3 The cold wind in the winter, the pleasant summer sun, the ripe fruits in the garden, he made them every one: [Refrain] 4 He gave us eyes to see them, and lips that we might tell how great is God Almighty, who has made all things well. [Refrain] Topics: The Activity of God God in creation; Summer; Winter Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:11 Used With Tune: ROYAL OAK

At the Name of Jesus

Author: Caroline Maria Noel (1817-1877) Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Appears in 259 hymnals Lyrics: 1 At the Name of Jesus every knee shall bow, every tongue confess him King of glory now; 'tis the Father's pleasure we should call him Lord, who from the beginning was the mighty Word. 2 Brothers, sisters, 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 worshiped, trusted, and adored. 3 In your hearts enthrone him; there let him subdue all that is not holy, all that is not true: let us grace support you in temptation's hour; and his will enfold you in its light and power. 4 In his Father's glory Christ shall come again, angel hosts proclaiming his return to reign. For all wreaths of empire meet upon his brow, and our hearts confess him King of Glory now. Topics: Christ Risen Reign and Priesthood; Christ Risen Coming Again; Jesus coming again; Jesus Name; Temptation Scripture: John 20:20 Used With Tune: CAMBERWELL

Psalm 130

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 28 hymnals First Line: Lord, from the depths to thee I cried Lyrics: 1 Lord, from the depths to thee I cried. My voice, Lord, do thou hear: unto my supplications' voice give an attentive ear. 2 Lord, who shall stand, if thou, O Lord, should'st mark iniquity? But yet with thee forgiveness is, that feared though mayest be. 3 I wait for God, my soul doth wait, my hope is in his word. More than they that for morning watch, my soul waits for the Lord; 4 I say, more than they that do watch the morning light to see. Let Israel hope in God the Lord, for with him mercies be; 5 And plenteous redemption is ever found with him. And from all their iniquities he Israel shall redeem. Topics: Christian Year Advent; Forgiveness; God in grace and mercy; Hope; Longing; Patience; Word of God Scripture: Psalm 130 Used With Tune: MARTYRDOM (FENWICK) Text Sources: The Scottish Psalter, 1929, alt.

Lord, you were rich beyond all splendour

Author: Frank Houghton (1894-1972) Meter: 9.8.9.8.9.8 Appears in 15 hymnals Topics: Life in Christ Christ Incarnate - Christmas and Epiphany; God Love of Scripture: 2 Corinthians 8:9 Used With Tune: QUELLE EST CETTE ODEUR AGRÉABLE

Amen siakudumisa (Amen, we praise your name O Lord)

Meter: Irregular Appears in 38 hymnals Topics: Doxologies and Amens Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:20 Used With Tune: [Amen siakudumisa Text Sources: South African Traditional

God save our gracious Queen

Author: Unknown; W. E. Hickson (1803-1870) Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 221 hymnals Lyrics: 1 God save our gracious Queen, long live our noble Queen; God save the Queen! Send her victorious, happy and glorious, long to reign over us: God save the Queen! 2 Thy choicest gifts in store on her be pleased to pour; long may she reign; may she defend our laws, and ever give us cause to sing with heart and voice, 'God save the Queen!' 3 Not on this land alone, but be God's mercies known from shore to shore. Lord, make the nations see that all should kindred be, and form one family the wide world o'er. Topics: The Holy Spirit The Church Celebrates - National Life Scripture: 1 Kings 1:39-40 Used With Tune: GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

Come, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire

Author: Charles Wesley (1707-1788) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 235 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Come, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire, let us thine influence prove: source of the old prophetic fire, fountain of life and love. 2 Come, Holy Ghost, for moved by thee the prophets wrote and spoke; unlock the truth, thyself the key: unseal the sacred book. 3 Expand thy wings, celestial Dove, brood o'er our nature's night; on our disordered spirits move, and let there now be light. 4 God, through the Spirit we shall know, if thou within us shine, and sound, with all thy saints below, the depths of love divine. Topics: The Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit in the Church - Illumination of God's Word; Scripture Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:4 Used With Tune: ST. COLUMBA (ERIN)

Touch the earth lightly

Author: Shirley Erena Murray (b. 1931) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 23 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Touch the earth lightly, use the earth gently, nourish the life of the world in our care: gift of great wonder, ours to surrender, trust for the children tomorrow will bear. 2 We who endanger, who create hunger, agents of death for all creatures that live, we who would foster clouds of disaster, God of our planet, forestall and forgive! 3 Let there be greening, birth from the burning, water that blesses and air that is sweet, health in God's garden, hope in God's children, regeneration that peace will complete. 4 God of all living, God of all loving, God of the seedling, the snow and the sun, teach us, deflect us, Christ reconnect us, using us gently and making us one. Topics: The Living God Our Response to God - in the stewardship of the earth; Our Response to God in the stewardship of the earth; Care of Creation; Children; Renewal Scripture: 1 Kings 8:37-40 Used With Tune: TENDERNESS

As man and woman we were made

Author: Brian Wren (b. 1936) Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 14 hymnals Lyrics: 1 As man and woman we were made, that love be found and life begun; the likeness of the living God, unique, yet called to live as one. Through joy or sadness, calm or strife, come praise the love that gives us life. 2 Now Jesus lived and gave his love to make our life and loving new; so celebrate with him today, and drink the joy he offers you that makes the simple moment shine and changes water into wine. 3 And Jesus died to live again, so praise the love that, come what may, can bring the dawn and clear the skies, and waits to wipe all tears away, and let us hope for what shall be, believing where we cannot see. 4 Then spread the table, clear the hall, and celebrate till day is done; let peace go deep between us all, and joy be shared by everyone: laugh and make merry with your friends, and praise the love that never ends! Topics: The Church Celebrates Family, Friendship, and Marriage Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:12-13 Used With Tune: SUSSEX CAROL