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Turn back, O man, forswear thy foolish ways

Author: Clifford Bax, b. 1886 Appears in 63 hymnals Topics: Church Life and Work City, Nation, World Lyrics: 1 Turn back, O man, forswear thy foolish ways. Old now is earth, and none may count her days, Yet thou, her child, whose head is crowned with flame, Still wilt not hear thine inner God proclaim, 'Turn back, O man, forswear thy foolish ways.' 2 Earth might be fair, and all men glad and wise. Age after age their tragic empires rise, Built while they dream, and in that dreaming weep: Would man but wake from out his haunted sleep, Earth might be fair, and all men glad and wise. 3 Earth shall be fair, and all her people one; Nor till that hour shall God's whole will be done. Now, even now, once more from earth to sky, Peals forth in joy man's old, undaunted cry, 'Earth shall be fair, and all her folk be one!' Used With Tune: OLD 124th

Hail the Glorious Golden City

Author: Felix Adler, 1851-1933 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 48 hymnals Topics: The City Lyrics: 1 Hail the glorious golden city, pictured by the seers of old: everlasting light shines o'er it, wondrous tales of it are told. Wise and righteous men and women dwell within its gleaming wall; wrong is banished from its borders, justice reigns supreme o'er all. 2 We are builders of that city. All our joys and all our groans help to rear its shining ramparts; all our lives are building stones. Whether humble or exalted, all are called to task divine; all must aid alike to carry forward one sublime design. 3 And the work that we have builded, oft with bleeding hands and tears, oft in error, and in anguish, will not perish with our years: it will live and shine transfigured in the final reign of right: it will merge into the splendors of the city of the light. Used With Tune: HYFRYDOL

The light of God is falling

Author: Louis F. Benson Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 44 hymnals Topics: City, The Used With Tune: GREENLAND

O Day of God, Draw Nigh

Author: R. B. Y. Scott Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 46 hymnals Topics: New Heaven and a New Earth The Completion of Creation (The City of God) Used With Tune: ST. MICHAEL

My country, 'tis of thee

Author: Samuel Francis Smith, 1809 - 95 Appears in 1,987 hymnals Topics: Church Life and Work City, Nation, World Lyrics: 1 My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing: Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims' pride, From every mountain side Let freedom ring. 2 My native country, thee, Land of the noble free, Thy name I love; I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills; My heart with rapture thrills Like that above. A-men. 3 Let music swell the breeze, And ring from all the trees Sweet freedom's song; Let mortal tongues awake; Let all that breathe partake; Let rocks their silence break, The sound prolong. 4 Our fathers' God, to thee, Author of liberty, To thee we sing: Long may our land be bright With freedom's holy light; Protect us by thy might, Great God, our King. A-men. Amen. Used With Tune: AMERICA

In Christ there is no east or west

Author: John Oxenham, 1852 - 1941 Appears in 342 hymnals Topics: Church Life and Work City, Nation, World Used With Tune: ST. PETER

Behod! the mountain of the Lord

Author: Michael Bruce, 1746-1767 Appears in 184 hymnals Topics: Zion, City of God; Zion, City of God Lyrics: 1 Behold! the mountain of the Lord In latter days shall rise On mountain-tops above the hills, And draw the wondering eyes. 2 To this the joyful nations round, All tribes and tongues, shall flow; Up to the hill of God, they'll say And to His house we'll go. 3 The team that shines from Zion's hill Shall lighten every land; The King who reigns in Salem's towers Shall all the world command. 4 Among the nations He shall judge; His judgments truth shall guide; His scepter shall protect the just And quell the sinner's pride. 5 No strife shall rage, nor hostile feuds Disturb those peaceful years; To ploughshares men shall beat their swords, To pruning-hooks their spears. 6 No longer hosts, encountering hosts, Shall crowds of slain deplore; They'll hang the trumpet in the hall, And study war no more. 7 Come, then, O house of Jacob! come To worship at His shrine, And, walking in the light of God, With holy beauties shine. Used With Tune: ST. MAGNUS

The Lord will come and not be slow

Author: John Milton, 1608 - 74 Appears in 101 hymnals Topics: City, Nation, World Lyrics: 1 The Lord will come and not be slow, His footsteps cannot err; Before him righteousness shall go, His royal harbinger. 2 Truth from the earth, like to a flower, Shall bud and blossom then; And justice, from her heavenly bower, Look down on mortal men. A-men. 3 Rise, God, judge thou the earth in might, This wicked earth redress; For thou art he who shalt by right The nations all possess. 4 The nations all whom thou hast made Shall come, and all shall frame To bow them low before thee, Lord, And glorify thy Name. 5 For great thou art, and wonders great By thy strong hand are done: Thou in thy everlasting seat Remainest God alone. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 82:4 Used With Tune: ST. STEPHEN (NEWINGTON)

Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,906 hymnals Topics: New Heaven and a New Earth The Completion of Creation (The City of God) Lyrics: 1. Love divine, all loves excelling, joy of heaven, to earth come down; fix in us thy humble dwelling; all thy faithful mercies crown! Jesus, thou art all compassion, pure, unbounded love thou art; visit us with thy salvation; enter every trembling heart. 2. Breathe, O breathe thy loving Spirit into every troubled breast! Let us all in thee inherit; let us find that second rest. Take away our bent to sinning; Alpha and Omega be; end of faith, as its beginning, set our hearts at liberty. 3. Come, Almighty to deliver, let us all thy life receive; suddenly return and never, nevermore thy temples leave. Thee we would be always blessing, serve thee as thy hosts above, pray and praise thee without ceasing, glory in thy perfect love. 4. Finish, then, thy new creation; pure and spotless let us be. Let us see thy great salvation perfectly restored in thee; changed from glory into glory, till in heaven we take our place, till we cast our crowns before thee, lost in wonder, love, and praise. Used With Tune: BEECHER