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O God of Love

Author: William Vaughan Jenkins, 1868-1920 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 13 hymnals Scripture: Genesis 2:24 First Line: O God of love, to you we bow Lyrics: 1 O God of love, to you we bow, and pray for these before you now, That closely knit in holy vow they may in you become as one. 2 Whatever comes to be their share of quickening joy or burdening care, In power to do and grace to bear, may they in you remain as one. 3 Eternal love, with them abide; through change and chance, O be their guide, Let nothing in this life divide those whom you now have joined as one. Topics: Marriage Used With Tune: O WALY WALY

Je louerai l’Eternel (Praise, I Will Praise You Lord)

Author: Claude Frayssé; Kenneth I. Morse Meter: 6.4.11.6.6.4.11.4 Appears in 13 hymnals Scripture: Genesis 1, 2 First Line: Je louerai l’Eternel (Praise, I will praise you, Lord) Topics: Discipleship; Elements of Worship Praise and Adoration Used With Tune: JE LOUERAI L'ETERNAL

Shout for Joy Loud and Long

Author: David Mowbray, b. 1938 Meter: 6.6.6.6.6 with refrain Appears in 11 hymnals Scripture: Genesis 2 Refrain First Line: Shout for joy, joy, joy! Lyrics: 1 Shout for joy loud and long, God be praised with a song! To the Lord we belong: children of our maker, God the great life giver. Refrain: Shout for joy, joy, joy! Shout for joy, joy, joy! God is love, God is light, God is everlasting! 2 By God's word all was made, heav'n and earth, light and shade, nature's wonders displayed, we to rule creation from its first foundation. (Refrain) 3 Yet our pride makes us fall; so Christ came for us all-- not the righteous to call-- by his cross and passion, bringing us salvation. (Refrain) 4 Now has Christ truly ris'n, and his Spirit is giv'n to all those under heav'n who now walk beside him, though they once denied him. (Refrain) Topics: Creation, Preservation; Easter, Vigil of; Praise, Adoration Used With Tune: PERSONENT HODIE

Today I Awake

Author: John L. Bell (1949-) Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 10 hymnals Scripture: Genesis 2:4-9 First Line: Today I awake and God is before me Topics: MORNING; Easter (third Sunday); Trinity Used With Tune: SLITHERS OF GOLD

Let There Be Light

Author: Frances Wheeler Davis, 1936- Meter: 4.7.7.6 Appears in 10 hymnals Scripture: Genesis 1, 2:1-4 Topics: Martyrs; Peace and Justice Used With Tune: CONCORD

Lord, bring the day to pass

Author: Ian Fraser, b. 1917 Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 10 hymnals Scripture: Genesis 2:15 Lyrics: 1 Lord, bring the day to pass when forest, rock and hill, the beasts, the birds, the grass, will know your finished will: when we attain our destiny and nature lives in harmony. 2 Forgive our careless use of water, ore and soil — the plenty we abuse supplied by others' toil: save us from making self our creed, turn us towards each other's need. 3 Give us, when we release creation's secret powers, to harness them for peace — our children's peace and ours: teach us the art of mastering in servant form, which draws death's sting. 4 Creation groans, travails, futile its present plight, bound — till the hour it hails God's children born of light, who enter on their true estate. Come, Lord: new heavens and earth create. Used With Tune: LAWES'S PSALM 47