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Father of mercies, in Thy Word

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 761 hymnals Topics: The Word and the Church Glory of the Word Lyrics: 1 FATHER of mercies, in Thy Word What endless glory shines! For ever be Thy name adored For these celestial lines. 2 Here the Redeemer's welcome voice Spreads heavenly peace around; And life and everlasting joys Attend the blissful sound. 3 O may these heavenly pages be My ever dear delight; And still new beauties may I see, And still increasing light! 6 Divine Instructor, gracious Lord! Be Thou forever near; Teach me to love Thy sacred Word, And view my Saviour there.

Awake, Thou Spirit, who didst fire

Appears in 37 hymnals Topics: The Word and the Church Mission Lyrics: 1 AWAKE, Thou Spirit, who didst fire The watchmen of the Church’s youth, Who faced the foe’s envenomed ire, Who witnessed day and night Thy truth Whose voices loud are ringing still, And bringing hosts to know Thy will. 2 Lord let our earnest prayer be heard, The prayer Thy Son hath bid us pray, For lo, thy children’s hearts are stirred In every land in this our day, To cry with fervent soul to Thee, O help us, Lord! So let it be! 3 Oh, haste to help, ere we are lost! Send preachers forth, in spirit strong, Armed with Thy Word, a dauntless host, Bold to attack the rule of wrong; Let them the earth for Thee reclaim, Thy heritage, to know Thy name. 4 Would there were help within our walls! O let Thy spirit come again, Before whom every barrier falls, And now once more shine forth as then! O rend the heavens and make us free! Come, Lord, and bring us back to Thee! 5 And let Thy Word have speedy course, Through every land be glorified, Till all the heathen know its force, And fill Thy churches far and wide; Wake Israel from his sleep, O Lord, And spread the conquest of Thy Word! 6 The Church's desert paths restore; Let stumbling-blocks that in them lie Hinder Thy Word henceforth no more: Error destroy, and heresy, And let Thy Church, from hirelings free, Bloom as a garden fair to Thee!

O Christ, our true and only Light

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 95 hymnals Topics: The Word and the Church Mission Lyrics: 1 O Christ, our true and only Light, Enlighten those who sit in night; Let those afar now hear Thy voice, And in Thy fold with us rejoice. 2 Fill with the radiance of Thy grace The souls now lost in error's maze, And all whom in their secret minds Some dark delusion haunts and blinds. 3 And all who else have strayed from Thee, O gently seek! Thy healing be To every wounded conscience given, And let them also share Thy heaven. 4 O make the deaf to hear Thy Word, And teach the dumb to speak, dear Lord, Who dare not yet the faith avow, Though secretly they hold it now. 5 Shine on the darkened and the cold, Recall the wanderers from Thy fold, Unite all those who walk apart, Confirm the weak and doubting heart. 6 So they with us may evermore Such grace with wondering thanks adore, And endless praise to Thee be given by all Thy Church in earth and heaven.

How shall the young secure their hearts

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 484 hymnals Topics: The Word and the Church Glory of the Word Lyrics: 1 HOW shall the young secure their hearts, And guard their lives from sin? Thy Word the choicest rules imparts To keep the conscience clean. 2 'Tis like the sun, a heavenly light, That guides us all the day; And through the dangers of the night A lamp to lead our way. 3 The starry heavens Thy rule obey, The earth maintains her place; And these Thy servants, night and day, Thy skill and power express. 4 But still Thy Law and Gospel, Lord, Have lessons more divine; Not earth stands firmer than Thy Word, Nor stars so nobly shine. 5 Thy Word is everlasting truth: How pure is every page! That holy Book shall guide our youth, And well support our age.

Psalm 15 (A Responsorial Setting)

Appears in 17 hymnals Topics: Church Year All Saints' Day; Disciples / Calling; Discipleship; Elements of Worship Gathering; Elements of Worship Lord's Supper; Elements of Worship Preparation for Worship; Endurance; God's Word; God's House; Innocence; Jesus Christ Way, Truth, and Life; Labor; Obedience; Occasional Services Civic / National Occasions; Occasional Services Dedication / Consecration / Anniversary; People of God / Church Citizens of Heaven; Sanctification; Temple; Ten Commandments 8th Commandment (do not steal); Ten Commandments 9th Commandment (do not bear false witness); The Fall; Trust; Unity and Fellowship; Worship; Year A, Ordinary Time after Epiphany, 4th Sunday; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, August 28-September 3; Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, July 17-23 First Line: I'm gonna live so God can use me Scripture: Psalm 15 Used With Tune: I'M GONNA LIVE Text Sources: Evangelical Lutheran Worship (Psalm text); Afro-American spiritual (Refrain)

Lord Jesus Christ, with us abide

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 36 hymnals Topics: The Word and the Church Loyalty Lyrics: 1 LORD Jesus Christ, with us abide, For round us falls the even-tide; Nor let Thy Word, that heavenly light, For us be ever veiled in night. 2 In these last days of sore distress Grant us, dear Lord, true steadfastness, That pure we keep--till life is spent-- Thy holy Word and Sacrament. 3 Lord Jesus, help, Thy Church uphold, For we are sluggish, thoughtless, cold; Indue Thy Word with power and grace, And spread its truth in every place. 4 O keep us in Thy Word, we pray; The guile and rage of Satan stay; Unto Thy Church grant, Lord, Thy grace, Peace, concord, patience, fearlessness. 5 O God! how sin's dread works abound! Throughout the earth no rest is found. And wide has falsehood's spirit spread, And error boldly rears its head. 6 Those haughty spirits, Lord, restrain, That fain would o'er Thy Christians reign, And always set forth something new, Devised to change Thy doctrine true. 7 And as the cause and glory, Lord, Are Thine, not ours, do Thou afford Us help and strength and constancy; With all our heart we trust in Thee. 8 A trusty weapon is Thy Word, Thy Church's buckler, shield and sword; Lord, let us by this Word abide, That we may seek no other guide. 9 O grant that in Thy holy Word We here may live and die, dear Lord, And when our journey endeth here, Receive us into glory there.

Here I am, Lord

Author: Daniel L. Schutte (b. 1947) Meter: 7.7.7.4 with refrain Appears in 66 hymnals Topics: The Living God Our Response to God - in mission and service; The Church Celebrates Ordination; Dedication of people; Mission; Word of God First Line: I, the Lord of sea and sky Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:1-10 Used With Tune: HERE I AM, LORD

Jesus shall reign where'er the sun

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1,821 hymnals Topics: The Word and the Church Mission Lyrics: 1 JESUS shall reign where'er the sun Does his successive journeys run; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more. 2 For Him shall endless prayer be made, And endless praises crown His head; His name, like sweet perfume, shall rise With every morning-sacrifice. 3 People and realms of every tongue Dwell on His love with sweetest song; And infant voices shall proclaim Their early blessings on His name. 4 Blessings abound where'er He reigns: The prisoner leaps to lose his chains, The weary find eternal rest, And all the sons of want are blest. 5 Where He displays His healing power, Death and the curse are known no more; In Him the tribes of Adam boast More blessings than their rather lost. 6 Let every creature rise and bring Peculiar honors to our King; Angels descend with songs again, And earth repeat the loud Amen.

Look from Thy sphere of endless day

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 174 hymnals Topics: The Word and the Church Mission Lyrics: 1 LOOK from Thy sphere of endless day, O God of mercy and of might! In pity look on those who stray Benighted in this land of light. 2 In peopled vale, in lonely glen, In crowded mart, by stream or see, How many of the sons of men Hear not the message sent from Thee! 3 Send forth Thy heralds, Lord, to call The thoughtless young, the hardened old, A scattered, homeless flock, till all Be gathered to Thy peaceful fold. 4 Send them Thy mighty Word to speak, Till faith shall dawn, and doubt depart, To awe the bold, to stay the weak, And bind and heal the broken heart. 5 Then all these wastes, a dreary scene, That makes us sadden as we gaze, Shall grow with living waters green, And lift to heaven the voice of praise.

My God, accept my heart this day

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 263 hymnals Topics: The Word and the Church Loyalty Lyrics: 1 MY God, accept my heart this day, And make it always Thine, That I from Thee no more may stray, No more from Thee decline. 2 Before the cross of Him who died, Behold, I prostrate fall; Let every sin be crucified, And Christ be all in all! 3 Anoint me with Thy heavenly grace, Adopt me for Thine own; That I may see Thy glorious face, And worship at Thy throne! 4 May the dear blood, once shed for me, My blest atonement prove, That I from first to last may be The purchase of Thy love! 5 Let every thought, and work, and word, To Thee be ever given: Then life shall be Thy service, Lord, And death the gate of heaven!