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On our way rejoicing

Author: Rev. John S. B. Monsell Meter: 6.5.6.5 D with refrain Appears in 203 hymnals Topics: Discipleship and Service Lyrics: 1 On our way rejoicing, As we homeward move, Hearken to our praises, O Thou God of love! Is there grief or sadness? Thou our Joy shalt be; Is our sky beclouded? There is light with Thee. Refrain: On our way rejoicing, As we homeward move, Hearken to our praises, O Thou God of love! 2 If with honest-hearted Love for God and man, Day by day Thou find us Doing all we can, Thou who giv'st the seed-time Wilt give large increase, Crown the head with blessings, Fill the heart with peace. [Refrain] 3 On our way rejoicing Gladly let us go; Conquered hath our Leader, Vanquished is the foe; Christ without, our safety; Christ within, our joy; Who, if we be faithful, Can our hope destroy? [Refrain] 4 Unto God the Father Joyful songs we sing; Unto God the Saviour Thankful hearts we bring; Unto God the Spirit Bow we and adore; On our way rejoicing Now and evermore. [Refrain] Amen. Used With Tune: HERMAS

Soldiers of Christ, arise

Author: Rev. Charles Wesley Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 921 hymnals Topics: Discipleship and Service Lyrics: 1 Soldiers of Christ, arise, And put your armor on, Strong in the strength which God supplies Through His eternal Son. 2 Strong in the Lord of Hosts, And in His mighty power, Who in the strength of Jesus trusts Is more than conqueror. 3 Stand then in His great might, With all His strength endued; But take, to arm you for the fight, The panoply of God. 4 Leave no unguarded place, No weakness of the soul; Take every virtue, every grace, And fortify the whole. 5 From strength to strength go on; Wrestle and fight and pray; Tread all the powers of darkness down, And win the well-fought day. Amen. Used With Tune: SOLDIERS OF CHRIST

The King of Love

Author: Henry Williams Baker Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 685 hymnals Topics: Discipleship and Service First Line: The King of love my shepherd is Lyrics: 1 The King of love my shepherd is, whose goodness faileth never; I nothing lack if I am his, and he is mine for ever. 2 Where streams of living water flow, my ransomed soul he leadeth, and where the verdant pastures grow, with food celestial feedeth. 3 Perverse and foolish oft I strayed, but yet in love he sought me, and on his shoulder gently laid, and home rejoicing brought me. 4 In death's dark vale I fear no ill with thee, dear Lord, beside me; thy rod and staff my comfort still, thy cross before to guide me. 5 Thou spread'st a table in my sight; thy unction grace bestoweth; and O what transport of delight from thy pure chalice floweth! 6 And so through all the length of days thy goodness faileth never: Good Shepherd, may I sing thy praise within thy house for ever. Used With Tune: ST COLUMBA

New Every Morning

Author: John Keble Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 371 hymnals Topics: Discipleship and Service First Line: New every morning is the love Lyrics: 1 New every morning is the love our wakening and uprising prove; through sleep and darkness safely brought, restored to life, and power, and thought. 2 New mercies, each returning day, hover around us while we pray; new perils past, new sins forgiven, new thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven. 3 If on our daily course our mind be set to hallow all we find, new treasures still of countless price God will provide for sacrifice. 4 The trivial round, the common task, will furnish all we ought to ask, room to deny ourselves, a road to bring us daily nearer God. 5 Only, O God, in your dear love, fit us for perfect rest above; and help us, this and every day, to live more nearly as we pray. Used With Tune: MELCOMBE

Oh, for the peace that floweth as a river

Author: Jane Crewdson Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 70 hymnals Topics: The Christian Life Discipleship and Service Scripture: Psalm 126 Used With Tune: RAYNOLDS

Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve

Author: Rev. Philip Doddridge Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,066 hymnals Topics: Discipleship and Service Lyrics: 1 Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve, And press with vigor on; A heavenly race demands thy zeal, And an immortal crown, And an immortal crown. 2 A cloud of witnesses around Hold thee in full survey: Forget the steps already trod, And onward urge thy way, And onward urge thy way. 3 'Tis God's all-animating voice That calls thee from on high; 'Tis His own hand presents the prize To thine aspiring eye, To thine aspiring eye. 4 Blest Saviour, introduced by Thee, Have I my race begun; And, crowned with victory, at Thy feet I'll lay my honors down, I'll lay my honors down. Amen. Used With Tune: CHRISTMAS

Work, for the night is coming!

Author: Anna L. Coghill Meter: 7.6.7.5 D Appears in 1,212 hymnals Topics: The Christian Life Discipleship and Service Scripture: Ecclesiastes 9:10 Used With Tune: DILIGENCE

We Give You But Your Own

Author: William Walsham How Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 504 hymnals Topics: Discipleship and Service Lyrics: We give you but your own, whate’er the gift may be; all that we have is yours alone, we give it gratefully. Used With Tune: FRANCONIA

Go to dark Gethsemane

Author: James Montgomery Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 514 hymnals Topics: Discipleship and Service Lyrics: 1 Go to dark Gethsemane, you that feel the tempter's power; your Redeemer's conflict see, watch with him one bitter hour; turn not from his griefs away: learn from him to watch and pray. 2 See him at the judgment hall, beaten, bound, reviled, arraigned; see him meekly bearing all; love to all his soul sustained. Shun not suffering, shame, or loss; learn from Christ to bear the cross. 3 Calvary's mournful mountain view; there the Lord of glory see, made a sacrifice for you, dying on the accursed tree. "It is finished," hear him cry: trust in Christ and learn to die. Used With Tune: REDHEAD No. 76

For All the Saints

Author: William Walsham How Meter: 10.10.10 with refrain Appears in 592 hymnals Topics: Discipleship and Service First Line: For all the saints, who from their labours rest Lyrics: 1 For all the saints, who from their labours rest, all who by faith before the world confessed, your name, O Jesus, be forever blest. Hallelujah, hallelujah! 2 You were their rock, their fortress, and their might: you were their captain in the well-fought fight; you, in the darkness drear, the one true light. Hallelujah, hallelujah! 3 O blest communion, fellowship divine! We feebly struggle, they in glory shine; yet all are one within your great design. Hallelujah, hallelujah! 4 The golden evening brightens in the west, soon, soon to faithful warriors comes their rest; sweet is the calm of paradise the blest. Hallelujah, hallelujah! 5 But lo! there breaks a yet more glorious day the saints triumphant rise in bright array: as God to glory calls them all away. Hallelujah, hallelujah! 6 From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest coast, through gates of pearl streams in the countless host, singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost: Hallelujah, hallelujah! Used With Tune: SINE NOMINE