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Lend A Helping Hand

Author: Eben E. Rexford Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 D Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: Lend a helping hand, my brother Refrain First Line: Lend a helping hand, my brother Lyrics: 1 Lend a helping hand, my brother To the weary by the way, Bowed beneath life’s heavy burdens ’Mid the toil and heat of day; Pass no comrade by in silence, Cheerful words and smiles bestow, Let them be as sunshine scattered All along their path below. Refrain: Lend a helping hand, my brother, This shall have its own reward, And the good you do another Is remembered by the Lord. 2 Lend a helping hand, my brother, Someone needs your help each day, Always someone needing comfort You will find along the way. Always hearts that hunger after Words of love, and hope, and cheer— Always faces we may brighten With the smile that dries the tear. [Refrain] 3 In the march of life, my brother, Many falter by the way, Often heart and courage fails them In the moment of the fray. Speak the word of cheer that’s needed, Bid them ask God’s help, and then, With a hand that’s strong but gentle, Lift them to their feet again. [Refrain] Used With Tune: LOS PADRES Text Sources: Young People's Songs of Praise, by I. Allan Sankey (Chicago: Biglow & Main, 1902)

Clinging and Resting

Author: L. B. Carpenter Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 D Appears in 11 hymnals First Line: To the cross I long was clinging Refrain First Line: I was clinging, now I'm resting Lyrics: 1 To the cross I long was clinging, As a refuge from despair, Found relief from guilt of sinning, While I lingered, clinging there; Still life’s waves and storms assailed me, Doubts and fears my mind distressed, And with all the cross availed me, Clinging gave no perfect rest. Refrain: I was clinging, now I’m resting, Sweetly resting at the cross; I was clinging, now I’m resting, Sweetly resting at the cross. 2 To the cross I cling no longer, Doubts and fears no longer feel; Faith, and hope, and love are stronger, Jesus’ blood doth fully heal. Now my song is not, "I’m clinging"; That to me would now be loss, When mind, heart and soul are singing, "I am resting at the cross." [Refrain] 3 My salvation is completed, Christ, my hope, my life, my light; Sin, and death, and hell defeated, Can not now my soul affright. Heaven seems in blessèd nearness, And earth’s treasures are as dross, While, ’mid light of cloudless clearness, I am resting at the cross. [Refrain] Used With Tune: TUSCANY Text Sources: The Garner, by John R. Sweney (Philadelphia: John J. Hood, 1878)

We Shall Meet Our Friends Departed

Author: E. C. Howe Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 D Appears in 2 hymnals Refrain First Line: We shall meet, yes, we shall meet them Lyrics: 1 We shall meet our friends departed, Though we left them long ago To their lone and dreamless slumbers, In the silent dust below; We shall meet them, O how glorious! When this weary life is o’er, In those bright, celestial regions, Blest and happy evermore. Refrain: We shall meet, yes, we shall meet them, When our journeyings are o’er, We shall meet them, Hallelujah! On that bright and shining shore. 2 We shall meet our friends departed, Who the promised land have won, Shining as the stars of Heaven, Round the everlasting throne; Onward, every soul, to duty Scatter wide the shades of gloom, All of life is in the future, Life is bliss beyond the tomb. [Refrain] 3 We shall meet our friends departed, Clothed in robes of heav’nly white, And with sainted voices greet them In a land of life and light; Lift no voice of grief or sorrow, That they molder in the dust; We shall meet them on the morrow At the rising of the just. [Refrain] Used With Tune: PHRAE Text Sources: Songs of Free Grace by Daniel B. Towner (Cincinnati: Cranston & stonew, 1883)

The Angels' Story

Author: Robert Lowe Fletcher Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 D Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Angels tell the joyful story

Christians, Sing the Incarnation

Author: Ernest E. Dugmore Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 D Appears in 4 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Christians, sing the incarnation Of th’eternal Son of God, Who, to save us, took our nature, Soul and body, flesh and blood; God, He saw man’s cruel bondage, Who in death’s dark dungeon lay; Man, He came to fight man’s battle, And for man He won the day. Alleluia, Alleluia To th’incarnate Son of God, Who for man as Man hath conquered In our own true flesh and blood. 2. King of kings and Lord of angels, He put off His glory-crown, Had a stable-cave for palace, And a manger for His throne; Helpless lay, to whom creation All its life and being owed, And the lowly Hebrew maiden Was the mother of her God. Alleluia, Alleluia To th’incarnate Son of God, Who concealed His dazzling Godhead ’Neath the veil of flesh and blood. 3. Through a life of lowly labor He on earth was pleased to dwell, All our want and sorrow sharing; God with us, Emmanuel: Yet, a dearer, closer union Jesus in His love would frame; He, the Passover fulfilling, Gave Himself as paschal Lamb. Alleluia, Alleluia To th’incarnate Son of God, Who the heav’nly gifts bequeathed us Of His own true flesh and blood. 4. Then, by man refused and hated, God for man vouchsafed to die, Love divine its depth revealing On the heights of Calvary; Through His dying the dominion From the tyrant death was torn, When its Victim rose its Victor On the resurrection morn. Alleluia, Alleluia To th’incarnate Son of God, Who through His eternal Spirit Offers His own flesh and blood. 5. Forty days of mystic converse Lived on earth the Risen One, Speaking of His earthly kingdom, Ere He sought His heav’nly throne: Then, His latest words a blessing, He ascended up on high, And through rank on rank of angels Captive led captivity. Alleluia, Alleluia To th’incarnate Son of God, Who the holiest place hath entered In our flesh and by His blood. 6. Now upon the golden altar, In the midst before the throne, Incense of His intercession He is offering for His own. And on earth at all His altars His true presence we adore, And His sacrifice is pleaded, Yea, till time shall be no more. Alleluia, Alleluia To th’incarnate Son of God, Who, abiding Priest forever, Still imparts His flesh and blood. 7. Then, adored in highest Heaven, We shall see the virgin’s Son, All creation bowed before Him, Man upon th’eternal throne: Where, like sound of many waters In one ever rising flood, Myriad voices hymn His triumph, Victim, Priest, incarnate God. Worthy He all praise and blessing Who, by dying, death o’ercame; Glory be to God forever! Alleluia to the Lamb! Used With Tune: HERGA Text Sources: First published by Longhurst (London: circa 1870), then in Hymns and Litanies (Parkstone Press, 1885)

Coming To Thee

Author: Eva Travers Poole Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 D Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: I am coming to Thee, Savior Refrain First Line: I am coming, simply coming Lyrics: 1 I am coming to Thee, Savior, Heavy laden and oppressed, For I need Thy saving mercy, And I want Thy heav’nly rest. Earth’s bright hopes have failed and faded, Earth’s dear love has passed away; I am burdened, weary hearted, As I come to Thee today. Refrain: I am coming, simply coming, In my sinfulness to Thee; I am sure Thou wilt receive me, For Thy promise is my plea. 2 I am coming to Thee, Savior, I have heard Thy loving call, And tho’ untold sins oppress me, Thou canst save me from them all. I am coming, sadly owning That I do not come aright; Yet believing that my darkness Will be changed to perfect light. [Refrain] 3 I am coming! tho’ the tempter Bids my trembling soul despair; If I reach Thy feet, O Jesus, I shall never perish there. If I do but touch Thy garment, Thou wilt surely make me whole; Lord, I come, I touch, I trust Thee Save, oh save my sinful soul. [Refrain] Used With Tune: CHECOTAH Text Sources: Pure Delight!, by George F. Root and Charles C. Case (Cincinnati: John Church, 1883)

Beacon-Light

Author: Ellen Lakshmi Goreh Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Lo, the darkness gathers round us Refrain First Line: Let the beacon lights be burning Text Sources: From India's Coral Strand: Hymns of the Christian Faith (London: "Home Words" Publishing Office, 1883)

Mother's Grave

Author: Robert H. Washburne Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 D Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: O the sweetest place in memory Refrain First Line: O the dearest place to memory Lyrics: 1 O the sweetest place in memory Is that lonely mound of earth, Where my mother softly slumbers, Mother dear, who gave me birth; Years have passed since she departed From our midst at set of sun Going to her home in Heaven, For her earthly race was run. Refrain: O the dearest place to memory Is that hillside far away, Where she, sleeping ’neath the flowers, Waits the resurrection day. 2 Oft I wander to the hillside, Sit beside that grave so dear, Where I hear the songs of angels And I feel their presence near; Scenes of earth fade in the distance, And a glorious host I see, There among the white robed seraphs, Mother dear, awaiting me. [Refrain] 3 So I journey on in sadness O’er life’s dreary, barren waste, Cheered by thoughts of blessèd meeting, As my steps toward Heaven haste; There some day I too shall enter, See my loved ones gone before, There shall greet again that mother, There abide forevermore. [Refrain] 4 So I think of that old churchyard On the hillside far away, And the form of that dear mother That we carried there one day; Guarded still by God’s bright angels, Who their solemn vigils keep, Watching o’er her silent slumber, Dearest mother’s gentle sleep. [Refrain] Used With Tune: ALDERSHOT Text Sources: The Revival No. 4 (Atlanta: Charlie Tillman, 1903)

I Was Filled with Joy and Gladness

Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Church As the Lord's House; Jerusalem; Peace and Joy; Worship Used With Tune: CWM RHONDDA Text Sources: OPC/URCNA 2016

The Christian Graces

Author: Theodore J. Price Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 D Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Let us learn the Christian graces Refrain First Line: For the love we owe to Jesus Lyrics: 1 Let us learn the Christian graces, As we walk the heavenly road, Mark the pathway each one traces, Upward to the blest abode. He who loves must learn forbearance, He who gains must suffer loss; Tribulation worketh patience, Patience meekly bears the cross. Refrain: For the love we owe to Jesus, For the love He has bestowed, Let us learn the Christian graces, As we walk the heav’nly road. 2 Patience still the cross upbearing, Lowly at its foot we bow, Sinful, trembling, weeping, fearing— Faith has crowned with flowers its brow! Lo! its beauty now discerning, Virtue adds another wreath; And its growing glories learning, Knowledge hangs some fruits beneath. [Refrain\ Temperance has brought her lilies, Spotless white to wind around— Patience with her burden smiling, Plants its foot upon the ground; Sweet experience now shall aid her To sustain the lighter load; While fond hope inspires new vigor, Pointing to the blest abode. [Refrain] 4 Now in songs of loud hosannas, Lift our voices heavenward; Lo! what wondrous grace advances? "Holiness, unto the Lord!" Godliness, her name—Oh hear it!— Welcome, loveliest sister here! Godliness, in life and spirit, Godliness in faith and prayer. [Refrain] Used With Tune: FINISTÈRE Text Sources: The River of Life by Henry S. Perkins and Warren Bentley (New York: Oliver Ditson, 1873)