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Break Thou the bread of life

Author: Mary A. Lathbury Meter: 6.4.6.4 D Appears in 731 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Break Thou the bread of life, Dear Lord, to me, As Thou didst break the loaves Beside the sea; Beyond the sacred page I seek Thee, Lord; My spirit pants for Thee, O living Word! 2 Bless Thou the truth, dear Lord, To me— to me, As Thou didst bless the bread By Galilee; Then shall all bondage cease, All fetters fall; And I shall find my peace, My All in all. Amen. Topics: The Holy Scriptures; Bible, The; Bread of Life; Holy Scriptures; Inner Life, The; Scriptures, The; Truth; Word of God Used With Tune: BREAD OF LIFE

Come, ye thankful people, come

Author: Rev. Henry Alford Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 730 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Come, ye thankful people, come, Raise the song of harvest home: All is safely gathered in, Ere the winter storms begin; God, our Maker, doth provide For our wants to be supplied: Come to God's own temple, come, Raise the song of harvest home. 2 All the world is God's own field, Fruit unto His praise to yield; Wheat and tares together sown, Unto joy or sorrow grown; First the blade, and then the ear, Then the full corn shall appear; Lord of harvest, grant that we Wholesome grain and pure may be. 3 For the Lord our God shall come, And shall take His harvest home; From His field shall in that day All offenses purge away; Give His angels charge at last In the fire the tares to cast, But the fruitful ears to store In His garner evermore. 4 Even so, Lord, quickly come To Thy final harvest home; Gather Thou Thy people in, Free from sorrow, free from sin; There, forever purified, In Thy presence to abide: Come, with all Thine angels, come, Raise the glorious harvest home. Amen. Topics: Special Seasons and Services Thanksgiving and Harvest; Harvest and Thanksgiving; Processionals; Thanksgiving Used With Tune: ST. GEORGE'S, WINDSOR

Fight the good fight with all thy might

Author: Rev. John S. B. Monsell Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 485 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Fight the good fight with all thy might; Christ is thy Strength, and Christ thy Right: Lay hold on life, and it shall be Thy joy and crown eternally. 2 Run the straight race through God's good grace, Lift up thine eyes, and seek His face; Life with its way before us lies, Christ is the Path, and Christ the Prize. 3 Cast care aside, lean on thy Guide; His boundless mercy will provide; Trust, and thy trusting soul shall prove Christ is its Life, and Christ its Love. 4 Faint not nor fear, His arms are near; He changeth not, and thou art dear; Only believe, and thou shalt see That Christ is All in all to thee. Amen. Topics: The Life in Christ Loyalty and Courage; Christ Life, Our; Christ Presence, His Living; Conflict With Sin; Constancy; Courage and Loyalty; Loyalty and Courage; Processionals; Recessionals; Soldiers of Christ; Zeal Used With Tune: PENTECOST

Once in royal David's city

Author: Cecil F. Alexander Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8 Appears in 410 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Once in royal David's city Stood a lowly cattle shed, Where a mother laid her Baby In a manger for His bed: Mary was that mother mild, Jesus Christ, her little Child. 2 He came down to earth from heaven Who is God and Lord of all, And His shelter was a stable, And His cradle was a stall: With the poor, and mean, and lowly, Lived on earth our Saviour holy. 3 Jesus is our childhood's pattern, Day by day like us He grew; He was little, weak, and helpless, Tears and smiles like us He knew: And He feeleth for our sadness, And He shareth in our gladness. 4 And our eyes at last shall see Him, Through His own redeeming love; For that Child so dear and gentle Is our Lord in heaven above, And He leads His children on To the place where He is gone. Amen. Topics: Children's Hymns; Christ Birth and Infancy of; Christ Childhood and Youth of Used With Tune: IRBY

Where cross the crowded ways of life

Author: Rev. Frank Mason North Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 370 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Where cross the crowded ways of life, Where sound the cries of race and clan, Above the noise of selfish strife, We hear Thy voice, O Son of Man. 2 In haunts of wretchedness and need, On shadowed thresholds dark with fears, From paths where hide the lures of greed, We catch the vision of Thy tears. 3 From tender childhood's helplessness, From woman's grief, man's burdened toil, From famished souls, from sorrow's stress, Thy heart has never known recoil. 4 The cup of water given for Thee Still holds the freshness of Thy grace; Yet long these multitudes to see The sweet compassion of Thy face. 5 O Master, from the mountain side, Make haste to heal these hearts of pain; Among these restless throngs abide, O tread the city's streets again, 6 Till sons of men shall learn Thy love, And follow where Thy feet have trod; Till glorious from Thy heaven above Shall come the City of our God. Amen. Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth The City; Brotherhood; City, The; Conflict With Sin; Fellowship; Missions; Walking with God Used With Tune: GERMANY

With happy voices singing

Author: Rev. William George Tarrant Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 86 hymnals Lyrics: 1 With happy voices ringing, Thy children, Lord, appear; Their joyous praises bringing In anthems sweet and clear. For skies of golden splendor, For azure rolling sea, For blossoms sweet and tender, O Lord, we worship Thee. 2 For though no eye beholds Thee, No hand Thy touch may feel, Thy universe unfolds Thee, Thy starry heavens reveal; The earth and all its glory, Our homes and all we love, Tell forth the wondrous story Of One who reigns above. Amen. Topics: Children, Christ's Love for; Children's Day; Children's Hymns; Christ Praise to Christ; Worship Used With Tune: TOURS

In heavenly love abiding

Author: Anna Laetitia Waring (1820-1910) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 570 hymnals Lyrics: 1 In heavenly love abiding, No change my heart shall fear; And safe is such confiding, For nothing changes here. The storm may roar without me, My heart may low be laid; But God is round about me, And can I be dismayed? 2 Wherever He may guide me, No want shall turn me back; My shepherd is beside me, And nothing can I lack. His wisdom ever waketh, His sight is never dim; He knows the way He taketh, And I will walk with Him. 3 Green pastures are before me, Which yet I have not seen; Bright skies will soon be o'er me, Where darkest clouds have been. My hope I cannot measure, The path to life is free; My Saviour has my treasure, And He will walk with me. Amen. Topics: The Life in Christ Trust; Assurance; Confidence; Contentment; God Love and Fatherhood, His; God Shepherd, The; Trust and Confidence Used With Tune: BENTLEY

For all the saints who from their labors rest

Author: Bishop William Walsham How Meter: 10.10.10.4 Appears in 570 hymnals Lyrics: 1 For all the saints who from their labors rest, Who Thee by faith before the world confessed, Thy Name, O Jesus, be forever blest. Alleluia! Alleluia! 2 Thou wast their Rock, their Fortress, and their Might; Thou, Lord, their Captain in the well-fought fight; Thou, in the darkness drear, their one true Light. Alleluia! Alleluia! 3 O may Thy soldiers, faithful, true, and bold, Fight as the saints who nobly fought of old, And win with them the victor's crown of gold. Alleluia! Alleluia! 4 O blest communion, fellowship divine! We feebly struggle, they in glory shine; Yet all are one in Thee, for all are Thine. Alleluia! Alleluia! 5 And when the fight is fierce, the warfare long, Steals on the ear the distant triumph song, And hearts are brave again, and arms are strong. Alleluia! Alleluia! 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, Alleluia! Alleluia! Amen. Topics: The Life Everlasting; All Saints' Day; Communion of Saints; Eternal Life; Funeral Services; Heaven; Immortal Life; Memorial Days; Saints, Communion of Used With Tune: SINE NOMINE

I think when I read that sweet story of old

Author: Jemima Luke Meter: Irregular Appears in 860 hymnals Lyrics: 1 I think when I read that sweet story of old, When Jesus was here among men, How He called little children as lambs to His fold, I should like to have been with them then. 2 I wish that His hands had been placed on my head, That His arms had been thrown around me, And that I might have seen His kind look when He said, "Let the little ones come unto Me." 3 Yet still to His footstool in prayer I may go, And know that I share in His love; And if I now earnestly serve Him below, I shall see Him and hear Him above. 4 I long for the joy of that glorious time, The sweetest and brightest and best, When the dear little children of every clime All shall crowd to His arms and be blest. Amen. Topics: Children, Christ's Love for; Children's Hymns; Christ Love of Used With Tune: SWEET STORY

Eternal Ruler of the ceaseless round

Author: Rev. John W. Chadwick Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 124 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Eternal Ruler of the ceaseless round Of circling planets singing on their way; Guide of the nations from the night profound Into the glory of the perfect day; Rule in our hearts, that we may ever be Guided and strengthened and upheld by Thee. 2 We are of Thee, the children of Thy love, The brothers of Thy well-beloved Son; Descend, O Holy Spirit, like a dove Into our hearts, that we may be as one; As one with Thee, to whom we ever tend, As one with Him, our Brother and our Friend. 3 We would be one in hatred of all wrong, One in our love of all things sweet and fair, One with the joy that breaketh into song, One with the grief that trembles into prayer, One in the power that makes Thy children free To follow truth, and thus to follow Thee. Amen. Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth Brotherhood; Social Progress Used With Tune: UNDE ET MEMORES