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How lovely is your dwelling-place
Hymnal: Ancient and Modern #662 (2013) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Dedication Festival Lyrics: 1 How lovely is your dwelling-place,
O Lord of hosts, to me;
my thirsting soul longs eagerly
within your courts to be.
2 Beside your altars, Lord of all,
the swallows find a nest;
happy are those who dwell with you
and praise you without rest;
3 And happy those whose hearts are set
upon the pilgrim ways:
you are the water when they thirst,
their guide towards your face.
4 How blest are they that in your house
for ever give you praise:
one day with you is better spent
than thousands in dark ways.
5 The Lord will hold back no good thing
from those who justly live;
to all who trust, the Lord of hosts
will all his blessings give. Scripture: Psalm 84 Languages: English Tune Title: HARINGTON
How lovely is your dwelling-place
Thy Kingdom come, O God
Author: Lewis Hensley, 1824-1905 Hymnal: Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #691 (2000) Meter: 6.6.6.6 Topics: Harvest Festival Lyrics: 1 Thy kingdom come, O God,
thy rule, O Christ, begin;
break with thine iron rod
the tyrannies of sin.
2 Where is thy reign of peace
and purity and love?
When shall all hatred cease,
as in the realms above?
3 When comes the promised time
that war shall be no more,
and lust, oppression, crime
shall flee thy face before?
4 We pray thee, Lord, arise,
and come in thy great might;
revive our longing eyes,
which languish for thy sight.
5 Some scorn thy sacred name,
and wolves devour thy fold;
by many deeds of shame
we learn that love grows cold.
6 O'er lands both near and far
thick darkness broodeth yet:
arise, O morning star,
arise, and never set. Scripture: Acts 20:29 Languages: English Tune Title: ST CECILIA
Thy Kingdom come, O God
To thee, O Lord, our hearts we raise
Author: William Chatterton Dix, 1837-1898 Hymnal: Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #696 (2000) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Topics: Harvest Festival Lyrics: 1 To thee, O Lord, our hearts we raise
in hymns of adoration;
to thee bring sacrifice of praise
with shouts of exultation:
bright robes of gold the fields adorn,
the hills with joy are ringing,
the valleys stand so thick with corn
that even they are singing.
2 And now, on this our festal day,
thy bounteous hand confessing,
upon thine altar, Lord, we lay
the first-fruits of thy blessing:
by thee our souls are truly fed
with gifts of grace supernal;
thou who dost give us earthly bread,
give us the bread eternal.
3 We bear the burden of the day,
and often toil seems dreary;
but labour ends with sunset ray,
and rest comes for the weary:
may we, the angel-reaping o'er,
stand at the last accepted,
Christ's golden sheaves for evermore
to garners bright elected.
4 O blessèd is that land of God,
where saints abide for ever;
where golden fields spread far and broad,
where flows the crystal river:
the strains of all its holy throng
with ours today are blending;
thrice blessèd is that harvest-song
which never hath an ending. Scripture: Deuteronomy 26:9-11 Languages: English Tune Title: GOLDEN SHEAVES
To thee, O Lord, our hearts we raise
We plough the fields and scatter
Author: Matthias Claudius, 1740-1815; Jane Montgomery Campbell, 1817-1878 Hymnal: Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #719 (2000) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D with refrain Topics: Harvest Festival Refrain First Line: All good gifts around us are sent from heav'n above Lyrics: 1 We plough the fields and scatter
the good seed on the land,
but it is fed and watered
by God's almighty hand:
he sends the snow in winter,
the warmth to swell the grain,
the breezes and the sunshine,
and soft, refreshing rain.
Refrain:
All good gifts around us
are sent from heav'n above;
then thank the Lord, O thank the Lord,
for all his love.
2 He only is the maker
of all things near and far;
he paints the wayside flower,
he lights the evening star;
he fills the earth with beauty,
by him the birds are fed;
much more to us, his children,
he gives our daily bread. [Refrain]
3 We thank thee then, O Father,
for all things bright and good:
the seed-time and the harvest,
our life, our health, our food.
Accept the gifts we offer
for all thy love imparts,
and, what thou most desirest,
our humble, thankful hearts. [Refrain] Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:6 Languages: English Tune Title: WIR PFLÜGEN
We plough the fields and scatter
Blessed city, heavenly Salem
Author: Anonymous; John Mason Neale, 1818-1866 Hymnal: CPWI Hymnal #727 (2010) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Topics: Sacraments and Other Occasions Dedication Festival Lyrics: PART ONE -
1 Blessèd city, heavenly Salem,
vision dear of peace and love,
who of living stones art builded
in the height of heaven above,
and with angel hosts encircled,
as a bride dost earthward move.
2 From celestial realms descending,
bridal glory round thee shed,
meet for him whose love espoused thee,
to thy Lord shalt thou be led;
all thy streets and all thy bulwarks
of pure gold are fashionèd.
3 Bright thy gates of pearl are shining,
they are open evermore;
and by virtue of his merits
thither faithful souls do soar,
who for Christ's dear name in this world
pain and tribulation bore.
4 Many a blow and biting sculpture
polished well those stones elect,
in their places now compacted
by the heavenly Architect,
who therewith hath willed for ever
that his palace should be decked.
Scripture: Revelation 21:3 Languages: English Tune Title: WESTMINTER ABBEY
Blessed city, heavenly Salem
Christ is made the sure foundation
Author: Anonymous; John Mason Neale, 1818-1866 Hymnal: CPWI Hymnal #728 (2010) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Topics: Sacraments and Other Occasions Dedication Festival Lyrics: PART TWO -
5 Christ is made the sure foundation,
Christ the Head and cornerstone,
chosen of the Lord, and precious,
binding all the church in one,
Holy Sion's help for ever,
and her confidence alone.
6 All that dedicated city,
dearly loved of God on high,
in exultant jubilation
pours perpetual melody,
God the One in Three adoring
in glad hymns eternally.
PART THREE -
7 To this temple, where we call thee,
come, O Lord of Hosts, today;
with thy wonted lovingkindness
hear thy servants as they pray,
and thy fullest benediction
shed within its walls alway.
8 Here vouchsafe to all thy servants
what they ask of thee to gain,
what they gain from thee for ever
with the blessèd to retain,
and hereafter in thy glory
evermore with thee to reign.
DOXOLOGY: [To be sung at the end of any part.]
Laud and honour to the Father,
laud and honour to the Son,
laud and honour to the Spirit,
ever Three, and ever One,
consubstantial, co-eternal,
while unending ages run. Scripture: Ephesians 2:20-21 Languages: English Tune Title: WESTMINTER ABBEY
Christ is made the sure foundation
Christ is our cornerstone
Author: Anonymous; John Chandler, 1806-1876 Hymnal: CPWI Hymnal #729 (2010) Meter: 6.6.6.6.4.4.4.4 Topics: Sacraments and Other Occasions Dedication Festival Lyrics: 1 Christ is our cornerstone,
on him alone we build;
with his true saints alone
the courts of heaven are filled:
on his great love
our hopes we place
of present grace
and joys above.
2 O then with hymns of praise
these hallowed courts shall ring;
our voices we will raise
the Three in One to sing;
and thus proclaim
in joyful song,
both loud and long,
that glorious name.
3 Here, gracious God, do thou
for evermore draw nigh;
accept each faithful vow,
and mark each suppliant sigh;
in copious shower
on all who pray
each holy day
thy blessings pour.
4 Here may we gain from heaven
the grace which we implore;
and may that grace, once given,
be with us evermore,
until that day
when all the blest
to endless rest
are called away. Scripture: Ephesians 2:20 Languages: English Tune Title: HAREWOOD
Christ is our cornerstone
God is here! As we his people
Author: Fred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 Hymnal: CPWI Hymnal #730 (2010) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Topics: Sacraments and Other Occasions Dedication Festival Lyrics: 1 God is here! As we your people
meet to offer praise and prayer,
may we find in fuller measure
what it is in Christ we share.
Here, as in the world around us,
all our varied skills and arts
wait the coming of the Spirit
into open minds and hearts.
2 Here are symbols to remind us
of our lifelong need of grace;
here are table, font and pulpit,
here the cross has central place;
herein honesty of preaching,
here in silence, as in speech,
here, in newness and renewal
God the Spirit comes to each.
3 Here our children find a welcome
in the Shepherd's flock and fold,
here, as bread and wine are taken,
Christ sustains us as of old.
Here the servants of the Servant
seek in worship to explore
what it means in daily living
to believe and to adore.
4 Lord of all, of church and kingdom,
in an age of change and doubt,
keep us faithful to the gospel,
help us work your purpose out.
Here, in this day's dedication,
all we have to give, receive;
we, who cannot live without you,
we adore you! We believe! Languages: English Tune Title: BLAENWERN
God is here! As we his people
How lovely is thy dwelling-place
Author: Carl P. Daw, Jr., 1944- Hymnal: CPWI Hymnal #731 (2010) Meter: 8.6.8.6 with repeat Topics: Sacraments and Other Occasions Dedication Festival Lyrics: 1 How lovely is thy dwelling-place,
O Lord of hosts, to me!
My thirsty soul desires and longs
within thy courts to be;
my very heart and flesh cry out,
O living God, for thee.
2 Beside thine altars, gracious Lord,
the swallows find a nest;
how happy they who dwell with thee
and praise thee without rest,
and happy those whose hearts are set
upon the pilgrim's quest.
3 They who go through the desert vale
will find it filled with springs,
and they shall climb from height to height
till Zion's temple rings
with praise to thee, in glory throned,
Lord God, great King of kings.
4 One day within thy courts excels
a thousand spent away;
how happy they who keep thy laws
nor from thy precepts stray,
for thou shall surely bless all those
who live the words they pray. Scripture: Psalm 84:1 Languages: English Tune Title: BROTHER JAMES; AIR
How lovely is thy dwelling-place
Jesus, where'er thy people meet
Author: William Cowper, 1731-1800 Hymnal: CPWI Hymnal #732 (2010) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Sacraments and Other Occasions Dedication Festival Lyrics: 1 Jesus, where'er thy people meet,
there they behold thy mercy-seat;
where'er they seek thee, thou art found,
and every place is hallowed ground.
2 For thou, within no walls confined,
inhabitest the humble mind;
such ever bring thee when they come,
and, going, take thee to their home.
3 Dear Shepherd of thy chosen few,
thy former mercies here renew;
here to our waiting hearts proclaim
the sweetness of thy saving name.
4 Here may we prove the power of prayer
to strengthen faith and sweeten care,
to teach our faint desires to rise,
and bring all heaven before our eyes.
5 Lord, we are few, but thou art near;
nor short thine arm, nor deaf thine ear;
O rend the heavens, come quickly down,
and make a thousand hearts thine own.
Scripture: Psalm 84 Languages: English Tune Title: WAREHAM
Jesus, where'er thy people meet
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