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Take up thy cross, the Saviour said

Author: Charles William Everest (1814-1877) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 298 hymnals Topics: Atonement; Church Ministry; Church Year Lent; Commitment; Discipleship; Future hope; Humility; Lent; Other Saints and Festivals Matthias the Apostle; Proper 17 Year A; Proper 18 Year C; Proper 7 Year A; Proper 9 Year B; The Third Sunday of Lent Year B; Passiontide Lyrics: 1 Take up thy cross, the Saviour said, if thou wouldst my disciple be; deny thyself, the world forsake, and humbly follow after me. 2 Take up thy cross: let not its weight fill thy weak spirit with alarm; his strength shall bear thy spirit up, and brace thy heart, and nerve thine arm. 3 Take up thy cross, nor heed the shame, nor let thy foolish pride rebel: thy Lord for thee the cross endured, to save thy soul from death and hell. 4 Take up thy cross then in his strength, and calmly every danger brave; 'twill guide thee to a better home, and lead to victory o'er the grave. 5 Take up thy cross, and follow Christ, nor think till death to lay it down; for only they who bear the cross may hope to wear the glorious crown. 6 To thee, great Lord, the One in Three, all praise for evermore ascend: O grant us in our home to see the heavenly life that knows no end. Scripture: Luke 9:23-27 Used With Tune: BRESLAU

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Author: John Mason Neale (1818-1866); Jean Tisserand (d. 1494) Meter: 8.8.8 with alleluias Appears in 191 hymnals Topics: Angels; Church Year Easter; Doubt; Easter; Faith; Other Saints and Festivals Thomas the Apostle; The Second Sunday of Easter Year B; Victory Lyrics: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! 1 O sons and daughters, let us sing! The King of heaven, the glorious King, o'er death to-day rose triumphing. Alleluia! 2 That Easter morn, at break of day, the faithful women went their way to seek the tomb where Jesus lay. Alleluia! 3 An angel clad in white they see, who sat, and spake unto the three, 'Your Lord doth go to Galilee.' Alleluia! 4 That night the apostles met in fear; amidst them came their Lord most dear, and said, 'My peace be on all here.' Alleluia! 5 When Thomas first the tidings heard, how they had seen the risen Lord, he doubted the disciples' word. Alleluia! 6 'My piercèd side, O Thomas, see; my hands, my feet I show to thee; not faithless, but believing be.' Alleluia! 7 No longer Thomas then denied; he saw the feet, the hands, the side; 'Thou art my Lord and God,' he cried. Alleluia! 8 How blest are they who have not seen, and yet whose faith hath constant been, for they eternal life shall win. Alleluia! 9 On this most holy day of days, to God your hearts and voices raise in laud and jubilee and praise, Alleluia! Scripture: Mark 16:1-7 Used With Tune: O FILII ET FILIAE

Angel-voices ever singing

Author: Francis Pott (1832-1909) Meter: 8.5.8.5.8.4.3 Appears in 379 hymnals Topics: Dedication Festival; Saints St Michael and All Angels; Angels; Arts and Creativity; Church Worship; God in majesty; Music and Song; Other Saints and Festivals Joseph of Nazareth; Other Saints and Festivals Michael and all Angels; Other Saints and Festivals Luke the Evangelist; Praise; Proper 15 Year B; Self-offering Lyrics: 1 Angel-voices ever singing round thy throne of light, angel-harps for ever ringing, rest not day nor night; thousands only live to bless thee and confess thee Lord of might. 2 Thou who art beyond the farthest mortal eye can scan, can it be that thou regardest songs of sinful man? Can we know that thou art near us, and wilt hear us? Yea, we can. 3 Yea, we know that thou rejoicest o'er each work of thine; thou didst ears and hands and voices for thy praise design; craftsman's art and music's measure for thy pleasure all combine. 4 In thy house, great God, we offer of thine own to thee; and for thine acceptance proffer all unworthily hearts and minds and hands and voices in our choicest psalmody. 5 Honour, glory, might, and merit thine shall ever be, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, blessèd Trinity. Of the best that thou hast given earth and heaven render thee. Scripture: 1 Kings 8:22-30 Used With Tune: ANGEL VOICES

I will sing the wondrous story

Author: Francis Harold Rowley (1854-1952) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 293 hymnals Topics: Church Year Good Friday; Future hope; God Presence of; Heaven; Jesus Life and Ministry; Other Saints and Festivals Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist; Saints; The Fourth Sunday of Easter Year B; The Fourth Sunday of Lent Year B Scripture: Isaiah 43:2 Used With Tune: HYFRYDOL

In Christ there is no east or west

Author: John Oxenham, (Wiiliam Arthur Dunkerley) (1852-1941) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 331 hymnals Topics: Church Universal; Communion of Saints; Community; Community; Ecumenism; Other Saints and Festivals The Conversion of Paul; Proper 13 Year C; Proper 15 Year A; Reconciliation; The Fourth Sunday of Lent Year C; Unity Lyrics: 1 In Christ there is no east or west, in him no south or north, but one great fellowship of love throughout the whole wide earth. 2 In him shall true hearts everywhere their high communion find; his service is the golden cord, close binding humankind. 3 Join hands, then, children of the faith, whate'er your race may be; who serves my Father as his child is surely kin to me. 4 In Christ now meet both east and west, in him meet south and north; all Christlike souls are one in him, throughout the whole wide earth. Scripture: Mark 3:31-35 Used With Tune: KILMARNOCK

Thou, whose almighty word

Author: John Marriott (1780-1825) Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 446 hymnals Topics: Trinity Sunday; Church Year Trinity; Healing; Light; Other Saints and Festivals Bible Sunday; The Second Sunday before Lent Year A; The Second Sunday before Lent Year B Lyrics: 1 Thou, whose almighty word chaos and darkness heard, and took their flight; hear us, we humbly pray, and where the gospel-day sheds not its glorious ray, let there be light. 2 Thou, who didst come to bring on thy redeeming wing healing and sight, health to the sick in mind, sight to the inly blind, O now to all mankind let there be light. 3 Spirit of truth and love, life-giving, holy Dove, speed forth thy flight; move on the water's face, bearing the lamp of grace, and in earth's darkest place let there be light. 4 Holy and blessèd Three, glorious Trinity, Wisdom, Love, Might; boundless as ocean's tide rolling in fullest pride, through the earth far and wide let there be light. Scripture: Genesis 1:2 Used With Tune: MOSCOW

Our God, Our Help in Ages Past

Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,245 hymnals Topics: Anniversary, Church; Burial; Hope; Lesser Festivals; Nation; Trust Lyrics: 1 Our God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home: 2 Under the shadow of your throne Your saints have dwelt secure; Sufficient is your arm alone, And our defense is sure. 3 Before the hills in order stood Or earth received its frame, From everlasting you are God, To endless years the same. 4 A thousand ages in your sight Are like an evening gone, Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. 5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Soon bears us all away; We fly forgotten, as a dream Dies at the op'ning day. 6 O God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Still be our guard while troubles last And our eternal home! Used With Tune: ST. ANNE

Am I a soldier of the Cross

Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Appears in 1,947 hymnals Topics: The Church Year Saints' Days - Minor Festivals Lyrics: 1 Am I a soldier of the Cross, A follower of the Lamb, And shall I fear to own his cause Or blush to speak his Name? 2 Must I be carried to the skies On flowery beds of ease, While others fought to win the prize, And sailed through bloody seas? A-men. 3 Are there no foes for me to face? Must I not stem the flood? Is this vain world a friend to grace To help me on to God? 4 Sure I must fight, if I would reign-- Increase my courage, Lord-- I'll bear the toil, endure the pain, Supported by thy word. 5 Thy saints, in all this glorious war, Shall conquer, though they die; They see the triumph from afar, By faith they bring it nigh. 6 When that illustrious day shall rise, And all thy armies shine In robes of victory through the skies, The glory shall be thine. Amen. Used With Tune: ARLINGTON

Brief life is here our portion

Author: John Mason Neale, 1818 - 66; Bernard of Cluny, XII cent. Appears in 245 hymnals Topics: The Church Year Saints' Days - Minor Festivals Lyrics: 1 Brief life is here our portion, Brief sorrow, short-lived care; The life that knows no ending, The tearless life, is there. 2 O happy retribution! Short toil, eternal rest; For mortals and for sinners A mansion with the blest! A-men. 3 There grief is turned to pleasure, Such pleasure as below No human voice can utter, No human heart can know. 4 And now we fight the battle, But then shall wear the crown Of full and everlasting And passionless renown. 5 And now we watch and struggle, And now we live in hope, And Sion, in her anguish, With Babylon must cope; 6 But he whom now we trust in Shall then be seen and known, And they that know and see him Shall have him for their own. 7 The morning shall awaken, The shadows shall decay, And each true-hearted servant Shall shine as doth the day. 8 There, God our King and portion, In fullness of his grace, We then shall see for ever, And worship face to face. 9 O sweet and blessèd country, The home of God's elect; O sweet and blessèd country, That eager hearts expect! 10 Jesus, in mercy bring us To that dear land of rest, Who art, with God the Father And Spirit, ever blest. Amen. Used With Tune: ST. ALPHEGE

Give me the wings of faith to rise

Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Appears in 517 hymnals Topics: The Church Year Saints' Days - Minor Festivals Lyrics: 1 Give me the wings of faith to rise Within the veil, and see The saints above, how great their joys, How bright their glories be. 2 Once they were mourning here below, And wet their couch with tears; They wrestled hard, as we do now, With sins and doubts and fears. 3 I ask them whence their victory came; They, with united breath, Ascribe their conquest to the Lamb, Their triumph to his death. 4 They marked the footsteps that he trod, His zeal inspired their breast, And, following their incarnate God, Possess the promised rest. 5 Our glorious Leader claims our praise For his own pattern given, While the long cloud of witnesses Shows the same path to heaven. Used With Tune: BALLERMA