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Lift High the Cross

Author: George William Kitchin; Michael Robert Newbolt Meter: 10.10 with refrain Appears in 98 hymnals Topics: Living and Dying in Christ First Line: Come, Christians, follow where our Savior trod Refrain First Line: Lift high the Cross, the love of Christ proclaim Lyrics: Refrain: Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim till all the world adore his sacred name. 1 Come, Christians, follow where our Savior trod, the Lamb victorious, Christ, the Son of God. [Refrain] 2 All newborn servants of the Crucified bear on their brow the seal of Christ who died. [Refrain] 3 O Lord, once lifted on the glorious tree, your death has brought us life eternally. [Refrain] 4 So shall our song of triumph ever be: praise to the Crucified for victory. [Refrain] Scripture: John 12:32 Used With Tune: CRUCIFER

My Life Flows On (How Can I Keep from Singing?)

Author: Robert Lowry Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 147 hymnals Topics: Living and Dying in Christ 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 hear the clear, 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? I know 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 18:2 Used With Tune: HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING

I'll Praise My Maker (Psalm 146)

Author: Isaac Watts; John Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 530 hymnals Topics: Living and Dying in Christ First Line: I'll praise my Maker while I've breath Lyrics: 1 I'll praise my Maker while I've breath; and when my voice is lost in death, praise shall employ my nobler powers. My days of praise shall ne'er be past while life and thought and being last, or immortality endures. 2 How happy they whose hopes rely on Israel's God, who made the sky and earth and seas with all their train; whose truth forever stands secure, who saves the oppressed and feeds the poor, and none shall find God's promise vain. 3 The Lord pours eyesight on the blind; the Lord supports the fainting mind and sends the laboring conscience peace. God helps the stranger in distress, the widowed and the parentless, and grants the prisoner sweet release. 4 I'll praise my Maker while I've breath; and when my voice is lost in death, praise shall employ my nobler powers. My days of praise shall ne'er be past while life and thought and being last, or immortality endures. Scripture: Psalm 146 Used With Tune: OLD 113TH

Just a Closer Walk with Thee

Meter: Irregular Appears in 130 hymnals Topics: Living and Dying in Christ First Line: I am weak but thou art strong Lyrics: Refrain: Just a closer walk with thee, grant it, Jesus, is my plea, daily walking close to thee: let it be, dear Lord, let it be. 1 I am weak, but thou art strong; Jesus, keep me from all wrong; I’ll be satisfied as long as I walk, let me walk close to thee. [Refrain] 2 Through this world of toil and snares, if I falter, Lord, who cares? Who with me my burden shares? None but thee, dear Lord, none but thee. [Refrain] 3 When my feeble life is o’er, time for me will be no more; guide me gently, safely o’er to thy shore, dear Lord, to thy shore. [Refrain] Scripture: 2 Samuel 22:33 Used With Tune: CLOSER WALK Text Sources: Trad. North American hymn

I Am the Bread of Life

Author: Suzanne Toolan, RSM Meter: Irregular Appears in 35 hymnals Topics: Living and Dying in Christ Refrain First Line: And I will raise you up Scripture: John 6:35-58 Used With Tune: I AM THE BREAD

By Gracious Powers

Author: Dietrich Bonhoeffer; Fred Pratt Green Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 19 hymnals Topics: Living and Dying in Christ First Line: By gracious powers so wonderfully sheltered Lyrics: 1 By gracious powers so wonderfully sheltered, and confidently waiting, come what may, we know that God is with us night and morning and never fails to greet us each new day. 2 Yet is this heart by its old foe tormented, still evil days bring burdens hard to bear; O give our frightened souls the sure salvation for which, O Lord, you taught us to prepare. 3 And when this cup you give is filled to brimming with bitter suffering, hard to understand, we take it thankfully and without trembling, out of so good and so beloved a hand. 4 Yet when again in this same world you give us the joy we had, the brightness of your sun, we shall remember all the days we lived through, and our whole life shall then be yours alone. Scripture: Psalm 116:13 Used With Tune: INTERCESSOR

There Is a Place of Quiet Rest (Near to the Heart of God)

Author: Cleland Boyd McAfee Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 161 hymnals Topics: Living and Dying in Christ First Line: There is a place of quiet rest Refrain First Line: O Jesus, blest Redeemer Lyrics: 1 There is a place of quiet rest, near to the heart of God, a place where sin cannot molest, near to the heart of God. Refrain: O Jesus, blest Redeemer, sent from the heart of God, hold us, who wait before thee, near to the heart of God. 2 There is a place of comfort sweet, near to the heart of God, a place where we our Savior meet, near to the heart of God. [Refrain] 3 There is a place of full release, near to the heart of God, a place where all is joy and peace, near to the heart of God. [Refrain] Scripture: Exodus 33:14 Used With Tune: MC AFEE

The King of Love My Shepherd Is (Psalm 23)

Author: Henry Williams Baker Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 687 hymnals Topics: Living and Dying in Christ First Line: The King of love my shepherd is Lyrics: 1 The King of love my shepherd is, whose goodness faileth never; I nothing lack if I am his and he is mine forever. 2 Where streams of living water flow my ransomed soul he leadeth, and where the verdant pastures grow, with food celestial feedeth. 3 Perverse and foolish oft I strayed, but yet in love he sought me, and on his shoulder gently laid, and home, rejoicing, brought me. 4 In death's dark vale I fear no ill with thee, dear Lord, beside me; thy rod and staff my comfort still, thy cross before to guide me. 5 Thou spread’st a table in my sight; thy unction grace bestoweth; and O what transport of delight from thy pure chalice floweth! 6 And so through all the length of days thy goodness faileth never; Good Shepherd, may I sing thy praise within thy house forever. Scripture: Psalm 23 Used With Tune: ST. COLUMBA

Precious Lord, Take My Hand

Author: Thomas A. Dorsey Meter: 6.6.9 D Appears in 123 hymnals Topics: Living and Dying in Christ Scripture: Psalm 16:8-11 Used With Tune: PRECIOUS LORD

Give to the Winds Thy Fears

Author: Paul Gerhardt; John Wesley Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 523 hymnals Topics: Living and Dying in Christ Lyrics: 1 Give to the winds thy fears; hope, and be undismayed. God hears thy sighs and counts thy tears; God shall lift up thy head. 2 Through waves and clouds and storms God gently clears the way. Wait patiently; so shall this night soon end in joyous day. 3 Leave to God’s sovereign sway to choose and to command. So shalt thou, wondering, own God’s way, how wise, how strong God’s hand! 4 Let us in life, in death, thy steadfast truth declare, and publish with our final breath thy love and guardian care. Scripture: Psalm 37:5 Used With Tune: FESTAL SONG