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When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.9.8 Appears in 2,007 hymnals Lyrics: 1 When I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prince of Glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride. 2 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, Save in the death of Christ, my God; All the vain things that charm me most - I sacrifice them to His blood. 3 See, from His head, His hands, His feet, Sorrow and love flow mingled down; Did e'er such love and sorrow meet, Or thorns compose so rich a crown? 4 Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small; Love so amazing, so divine, Demands my soul, my life, my all. Topics: Christ Atonement, Crucifixion, Suffering and Death Used With Tune: O WALY WALY

When Love Is Found

Author: Brian Wren, b. 1936 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 32 hymnals First Line: When love is found and hope comes home Lyrics: 1 When love is found, and hope comes home, sing and be glad that two are one. When love explodes and fills the sky, praise God, and share our Maker's joy. 2 When love has flow'red in trust and care, build both each day, that love may dare to reach beyond home's warmth and light, to serve and strive for truth and right. 3 When love is tried as loved ones change, hold still to hope, though all seems strange, till ease returns and love grows wise through list'ning ears and opened eyes. 4 When love is torn and trust betrayed, pray strength to love till torments fade, till lovers keep no score of wrong, but hear through pain love's Easter song. 5 Praise God for love, praise God for life, in age or youth, in husband, wife. Lift up your hearts, Let love be fed through death and life in broken bread. Topics: Marriage; Community in Christ Scripture: Genesis 2:18-24 Used With Tune: O WALY WALY

The Gift of Love

Author: Hal H. Hopson Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 28 hymnals First Line: Though I may speak with bravest fire Lyrics: 1 Though I may speak with bravest fire, and have the gift to all inspire, and have not love, my words are vain; as sounding brass, and hopeless gain. 2 Though I may give all I possess, and striving so my love profess, but not be given by love within, the profit soon turns strangely thin. 3 Come, Spirit, come, our hearts control, our spirits long to be made whole. Let inward love guide every deed; by this we worship, and are freed. Topics: Service of the Word Dedication Songs; The Service of the Word Dedication Songs Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13 Used With Tune: GIFT OF LOVE

Take Up Your Cross

Author: Charles W. Everest, 1814-1877 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 298 hymnals First Line: Take up your cross, the Savior said Lyrics: 1 Take up your cross, the Saviour said, If you would my disciple be; Take up your cross with willing heart, And humbly follow after me. 2 Take up your cross; let not its weight Fill your weak spirit with alarm; His strength shall bear your spirit up, And brace your heart and nerve your arm. 3 Take up your cross; heed not the shame, And let your foolish heart be still; The Lord for you accepted death Upon a cross, on Calv'ry's hill. 4 Take up your cross, then, in his strength, And calmly ev'ry danger brave; It guides you to a better home And leads to vict'ry o'er the grave. 5 Take up your cross, and follow Christ, Nor think till death to lay it down; For only those who bear the cross May hope to wear the glorious crown. Topics: Seasons and Feasts Triumph of the Cross Scripture: Matthew 16:21-27 Used With Tune: O WALY WALY

Lord, Make Us Servants

Author: James Quinn, b. 1919 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 16 hymnals First Line: Lord, make us servants of your peace Topics: Intercessory Prayers Used With Tune: O WALY WALY Text Sources: Prayer attr. To Francis of Assisi (1182-1226) (after a)

An Upper Room Did Our Lord Prepare

Author: Fred Pratt Green Meter: 9.8.9.8 Appears in 26 hymnals Lyrics: 1 An upper room did our Lord prepare For those He loved until the end: And His disciples still gather there, To celebrate their risen Friend. 2 A lasting gift Jesus gave His own; To share His bread, His loving cup. Whatever burdens may bow us down, He by His cross shall lift us up. 3 And after supper He washed their feet, For service, too, is sacrament. In Christ our joy shall be made complete: Sent out to serve, as He was sent. 4 No end there is! We depart in peace, He loves beyond our uttermost: In every room in our Father's house Christ will be there, as Lord and Host. Scripture: Matthew 26:26-28 Used With Tune: O WALY WALY

Psalm 42

Author: Danna Harkin Meter: 8.8.9.8 Appears in 10 hymnals First Line: As the hart longs for flowing streams Topics: Faith, Trust; Fellowship with God Scripture: Psalm 42 Used With Tune: O WALY WALY

Come, Holy Spirit, Dove Divine

Author: Adoniram Judson, 1788-1850 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 132 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Come, Holy Spirit, Dove Divine, On these baptismal waters shine, And teach our hearts, in highest strain, To praise the Lamb, for sinners slain. 2 We love Thy name, we love Thy laws, And joyfully embrace Thy cause; We love Thy cross, the shame, the pain, O Lamb of God, for sinners slain. 3 We sink beneath Thy mystic flood; O bathe us in Thy cleansing blood; We die to sin, and seek a grave, With Thee, beneath the yielding wave. 4 And as we rise, with Thee to live, O let the Holy Spirit give The sealing unction from above, The breath of life, the fire of love. Topics: The Assembly at Worship Baptism; Liturgical Index Baptism Scripture: Matthew 3:16 Used With Tune: O WALY WALY

'Tis winter now; the fallen snow

Author: Samuel Longfellow (1819-1892) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 64 hymnals Lyrics: 1 'Tis winter now; the fallen snow has left the heavens all coldly clear; through leafless boughs the sharp winds blow, and all the earth lies dead and drear. 2 And yet God's love is not withdrawn; his life within the keen air breathes; his beauty paints the crimson dawn, and clothes each branch with glittering wreaths. 3 And though abroad the sharp winds blow, and skies are chill, and frosts are keen, home closer draws her circle now, and warmer glows her light within. 4 O God, you give the winter's cold, as well as summer's joyous rays, you warmly in your love enfold, and keep us through life's wintry days. Topics: The Living God Our Response to God - in times and seasons; Providence; Winter Scripture: Exodus 21:5 Used With Tune: O WALY WALY

All things are Yours; nothing of ours

Author: John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807-1892 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 93 hymnals Lyrics: 1 All things are Yours; nothing of ours, we bring to You, Lord of all powers; and hence with grateful hearts today Your own before Your feet we lay. 2 Your will was in the builders' thought; Your hand unseen amidst us wrought; through mortal motive, scheme and plan, Your wise eternal purpose ran. 3 In weakness and in want we call on You, for whom the heavens are small; Your glory is Your children's good, Your joy, Your tender fatherhood. 4 O Lord, be pleased these walls to bless; fill with Your love their emptiness, and let their door become a way to lead us to eternal day. Topics: The Temple Dedication of Buildings Used With Tune: O WALY WALY