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Love God

Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 30 hymnals Topics: Songs Suitable for Juniors First Line: Love God with all your soul and strength Lyrics: Love God with all your soul and strength, With all your heart and mind; And love your neighbor as yourself, Be faithful, just, and kind. Used With Tune: [Love God with all your soul and strength]

Away in a Manger

Author: Martin Luther Appears in 570 hymnals Topics: Songs Suitable for Juniors First Line: Away in a manger, no crib for his bed Lyrics: 1 Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, The little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head; The stars in the sky looked down where he lay, The little Lord Jesus, asleep on the hay. 2 The cattle are lowing, the poor baby wakes, But little Lord Jesus, no crying he makes. I love thee, Lord Jesus! look down from the sky And stay by my cradle till morning is nigh. 3 Be near me, Lord Jesus; I ask thee to stay Close by me forever, and love me, I pray. Bless all the dear children in thy tender care, And fit us for heaven to live with thee there. Used With Tune: [Away in a manger, no crib for a bed]

Prayer of Thanksgiving

Author: Dr. Theodore Baker Appears in 214 hymnals Topics: Songs Suitable for Juniors First Line: We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing Lyrics: 1 We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing; He chastens and hastens his will to make known; The wicked oppressing cease them from distressing; Sing praises to his name He forgets not his own. 2 Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining, Ordaining, maintaining his kingdom divine; So from the beginning the fight we were winning; Thou, Lord, were at our side, Let the glory be thine! 3 We all do extol thee, thou Leader in battle, And pray that thou still our defender will be. Let thy congregation escape tribulation; Thy name be ever praised And thy people be free, Thy people be free! Used With Tune: [We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing]

America, the Beautiful

Author: Katharine Lee Bates Appears in 528 hymnals Topics: Songs Suitable for Juniors First Line: O beautiful for spacious skies Lyrics: 1 O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain. America! America! God shed his grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood, From sea to shining sea! 2 O beautiful for pilgrim feet, Whose stern, impassioned stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness. America! America! God mend thine every flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law. 3 O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife, Who more than self their country loved, And mercy more than life. America! America! May God thy gold refine Till all success be nobleness, And every gain divine. 4 O beautiful for patriot dream That sees beyond the years Thine alabaster cities gleam Undimmed by human tears. America! America! God shed his grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea! Used With Tune: [O beautiful for spacious skies]

Attend Our Prayers

Author: Andrew Reed Appears in 398 hymnals Topics: Songs Suitable for Juniors First Line: Spirit divine, attend our prayers Lyrics: Spirit divine, attend our prayers, And make this house thy home; Descend with all thy gracious powers, O come, great Spirit, come! Used With Tune: [Spirit divine, attend our prayers]

The Sweet Story of Old

Author: Jemima Luke Appears in 868 hymnals Topics: Songs Suitable for Juniors First Line: I think when I read that sweet story of old 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 ask for a share in his love; And if I thus earnestly seek him below, I shall see him and hear him above. Used With Tune: [I think when I read that sweet story of old]

Fairest Lord Jesus

Appears in 603 hymnals Topics: Songs Suitable for Juniors Lyrics: 1 Fairest Lord Jesus, Ruler of all nature, O thou of God and man the Son; Thee will I cherish, Thee will I honor, Thou, my soul's glory, joy, and crown. 2 Fair are the meadows, Fairer still the woodlands, Robed in the blooming garb of spring; Jesus is fairer, Jesus is purer, Who makes the sorrowing spirit sing. 3 Fair is the sunshine, Fairer still the moonlight, And all the twinkling, starry host; Jesus shines brighter, Jesus shines purer, Than all the angels heaven can boast. Used With Tune: [Fairest Lord Jesus] Text Sources: Münster; Translated about 1850

For the Beauty of the Earth

Author: Folliott S. Pierpoint Appears in 652 hymnals Topics: Songs Suitable for Juniors Refrain First Line: Lord of all, to thee we raise Lyrics: 1 For the beauty of the earth, For the glory of the skies, For the love which from our birth Over and around us lies, Refrain: Lord of all,, to thee we raise This our hymn of grateful praise. 2 For the joy of human love, Brother, sister, parent, child, Friends on earth, and friends above, For all gentle thoughts and mild, [Refrain] 3 For thy church that evermore Lifteth holy hands above, Offering up on every shore Her pure sacrifice of love, [Refrain] 4 For thyself, best Gift Divine To our race so freely given! For the great, great love of thine, Peace on earth and joy in heaven, [Refrain] Amen. Used With Tune: [For the beauty of the earth]

When, His Salvation Bringing

Author: John King Appears in 423 hymnals Topics: Songs Suitable for Juniors Lyrics: When, his salvation bringing, To Zion Jesus came, The children all stood singing Hosanna to his name. Nor did their zeal offend him, But as he rode along, He let them still attend him, And smiled to hear their song. Used With Tune: [When, his salvation bringing]

America

Author: Samuel F. Smith Appears in 1,987 hymnals Topics: Songs Suitable for Juniors First Line: My country, 'tis of thee Lyrics: 1 My country 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing; Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrim's pride, From every mountainside Let freedom ring. 2 My native country, thee, Land of the noble free, Thy name I love; I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills; My heart with rapture thrills Like that above. 3 Let music swell the breeze, And ring from all the trees Sweet freedom's song: Let mortal tongues awake; Let all that breathe partake; Let rocks their silence break, The sound prolong. 4 Our fathers' God, to thee, Author of liberty, To thee we sing: Long may our land be bright With freedom's holy light; Protect us by thy might, Great God, our King. Amen. Used With Tune: [My country, 'tis of thee]