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'Thy kingdom come!'– on bended knee

Author: Frederick Lucian Hosmer (1840-1929) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 103 hymnals Topics: Justice and Peace Lyrics: 1 'Thy kingdom come!'--on bended knee the passing ages pray; and faithful souls have yearned to see on earth that kingdom's day. 2 But the slow watches of the night not less to God belong; and for the everlasting right the silent stars are strong. 3 And lo, already on the hills the flags of dawn appear; gird up your loins, ye prophet souls, proclaim the day is near: 4 The day in whose clear-shining light all wrong shall stand revealed, when justice shall be throned with might, and every heart be healed: 5 When knowledge, hand in hand with peace, shall walk the earth abroad, the day of perfect righteousness, the promised day of God. Scripture: 2 Peter 1:19 Used With Tune: IRISH

Christ is alive! Let Christians sing

Author: Brian Wren (b. 1936) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 55 hymnals Topics: Justice and Peace Lyrics: 1 Christ is alive! Let Christians sing. The cross stands empty to the sky. Let streets and homes with praises ring. Love, drowned in death, shall never die. 2 Christ is alive! No longer bound to distant years in Palestine, but saving, healing, here and now, and touching every place and time. 3 In every insult, rift and war, where colour, scorn or wealth divide, Christ suffers still, yet loves the more, and lives, where even hope has died. 4 Women and men, in age and youth, can feel the Spirit, hear the call, and find the way, the life, the truth, revealed in Jesus, freed for all. 5 Christ is alive, and comes to bring good news to this and every age, till earth and sky and ocean ring with joy, with justice, love and praise. Scripture: Matthew 28 Used With Tune: TRURO

O Holy City, Seen of John

Author: Walter Russell Bowie Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 Appears in 89 hymnals Topics: Justice and Peace Lyrics: 1 O holy city, seen of John, where Christ, the Lamb, does reign, within whose foursquare walls shall come no night, nor need, nor pain, And where the tears are wiped from eyes that shall not weep again. 2 O shame to us who rest content while lust and greed for gain in street and shop and tenement wring gold from human pain, And bitter lips in blind despair cry “Christ has died in vain!” 3 Give us, O God, the strength to build the city that has stayed too long a dream, whose laws are love, whose ways are your own ways, And where the sun that blazes is your grace for all our days. 4 Already in the mind of God that city is prepared: oh, how its splendor challenges the souls that greatly dare, Yes, bids us seize the whole of life and build its glory there. Scripture: Revelation 21, 22:1-5 Used With Tune: MORNING SONG

The kingdom of God is justice and joy

Author: B. Rees (1911-1983) Meter: 10.10.11.11 Appears in 24 hymnals Topics: God's World Nations, Justice, and Peace Scripture: Romans 14:17 Used With Tune: HANOVER

For the healing of the nations

Author: Fred Kaan (b. 1929) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 58 hymnals Topics: Justice and Peace Lyrics: 1 For the healing of the nations, Lord, we pray with one accord; for a just and equal sharing of the things that earth affords. To a life of love in action help us rise and pledge our word. 2 Lead us forward into freedom; from despair your world release, that, redeemed from war and hatred, all may come and go in peace. Show us how through care and goodness fear will die and hope increase. 3 All that kills abundant living, let it from the earth be banned; pride of status, race, or schooling, dogmas that obscure your plan. In our common quest for justice may we hallow life's brief span. 4 You, Creator-God, have written your great name on humankind; for our growing in your likeness bring the life of Christ to mind; that by our response and service earth its destiny may find. Scripture: Galatians 5:26 Used With Tune: TRIUMPH

When Israel Was in Egypt's Land

Meter: 8.5.8.5 with refrain Appears in 69 hymnals Topics: Justice and Peace Refrain First Line: Go down, Moses, way down in Egypt's land Lyrics: 1 When Israel was in Egypt's land, Let my people go, Oppressed so hard they could not stand, Let my people go. Refrain: Go down, Moses, way down in Egypt's land, Tell old Pharaoh to let my people go. 2 "Thus spoke our God," bold Moses said, "Let my people go; If not, I'll smite your first-born dead, Let my people go." [Refrain] 3 No more in bondage shall they toil, Let my people go, Nor spill their blood on Egypt's soil, Let my people go. [Refrain] 4 Oh, let us all from bondage flee, Let my people go, And let us all in Christ be free, Let my people go. [Refrain] Scripture: Exodus 3:7-12 Used With Tune: GO DOWN, MOSES Text Sources: African-American spiritual, alt.

How Can I Keep From Singing

Author: Robert Lowry, 1826-1899 Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 146 hymnals Topics: Adoration and Praise; Assurance; Confidence; Courage; Funeral; Hope; Joy; Justice; Love; Peace; Rest; Social Concern; Strength First Line: My life flows on in endless song Refrain First Line: No storm can shake my inmost calm Lyrics: 1 My life flows on in endless song; Above earth’s lamentation, I catch the sweet, though far-off hymn That hails a new creation. Refrain: No storm can shake my inmost calm While to that Rock I’m clinging. Since Christ is Lord of heaven and earth, How can I keep from singing? 2 Through all the tumult and the strife, I hear that music ringing. It finds an echo in my soul. How can I keep from singing? [Refrain] 3 What though my joys and comforts die? The Lord, my Savior, liveth. What though the darkness gather round? Songs in the night He giveth. [Refrain] 4 The peace of Christ makes fresh my heart, A fountain ever springing! All things are mine since I am his! How can I keep from singing? [Refrain] Scripture: Psalm 46:1 Used With Tune: HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING