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Life of Ages
Author: Samuel Johnson, 1822-1882 Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 93 hymnals Topics: Words and Deeds of Prophetic Women and Men Commitment and Action First Line: Life of ages, richly poured Lyrics: 1 Life of ages, richly poured,
love of God, unspent and free,
flowing in the prophet’s word
and the people’s liberty —
2 Never was to chosen race
that unstinted tide confined;
yours is every time and place,
fountain sweet of heart and mind.
3 Breathing in the thinker’s creed,
pulsing in the hero’s blood,
nerving simplest thought and deed,
freshening time with truth and good,
4 Consecrating art and song,
holy book and pilgrim way,
quelling floods of tyrant wrong,
widening freedom’s sacred sway.
5 Life of ages, richly poured,
love of God, unspent and free,
flow still in the prophet’s word
and the people’s liberty! Used With Tune: VIENNA
Life of Ages
My Life Flows On in Endless Song
Appears in 146 hymnals Topics: Words and Deeds of Prophetic Women and Men Commitment and Action Lyrics: 1 My life flows on in endless song
above earth’s lamentation.
I hear the real though far-off hymn
that hails a new creation.
Through all the tumult and the strife,
I hear the music ringing.
It sounds an echo in my soul.
How can I keep from singing?
2 What though the tempest 'round me roars,
I know the truth, it liveth.
What though the darkness 'round me close,
songs in the night it giveth.
No storm can shake my inmost calm
while to that rock I'm clinging.
Since love prevails in heav'n and earth,
how can I keep from singing?
3 When tyrants tremble as they hear
the bells of freedom ringing,
when friends rejoice both far and near,
how can I keep from singing!
To prison cell and dungeon vile
our thoughts to them are winging;
when friends by shame are undefiled,
how can I keep from singing? Used With Tune: SINGING Text Sources: Early Quaker song
My Life Flows On in Endless Song
For All the Saints
Author: William Walsham How, 1823-1897 Meter: 10.10.10 with alleluia Appears in 583 hymnals Topics: Words and Deeds of Prophetic Women and Men Exemplars and Pioneers First Line: For all the saints who from their labors rest Lyrics: 1 For all the saints who from their labors rest,
who thee by faith before the world confessed,
thy name most holy be forever blest.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
2 Thou wast their rock, their fortress, and their might;
their strength and solace in the well-fought fight;
thou, in the darkness deep their one true light.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
3 O blest communion of the saints divine!
We live in struggle, they in glory shine;
yet all are one in thee, for all are thine.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
4 And when the strife is fierce, the conflict long,
steals on the ear the distant triumph song,
and hearts are brave again, and arms are strong.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Used With Tune: SINE NOMINE
For All the Saints
Now Is the Time Approaching
Author: Jane Laurie Borthwick, 1813-1897 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 58 hymnals Topics: Words and Deeds of Prophetic Women and Men In Time To Come Lyrics: 1 Now is the time approaching,
by prophets long foretold,
when all shall dwell together,
secure and manifold.
Let war be learned no longer,
let strife and tumult cease,
all earth a blessed garden
and God the god of peace.
2 Let all that now divides us
remove and pass away,
like shadows of the morning
before the blaze of day.
Let all that now unites us
more sweet and lasting prove,
a closer bond of union,
in a blessed land of love.
3 O long-expected dawning,
come with your cheering ray!
Yet shall the promise beckon
and lead us not astray.
O sweet anticipation!
It cheers the watchers on
to pray, and hope, and labor,
till all our work is done.
Used With Tune: WEBB
Now Is the Time Approaching
Once to Every Soul and Nation
Author: James Russell Lowell, 1819-1891 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 203 hymnals Topics: Words and Deeds of Prophetic Women and Men Commitment and Action Lyrics: 1 Once to every man and nation
comes the moment to decide,
in the strife of truth with falsehood,
for the good or evil side:
then to side with truth is noble,
When we share her wretched crust;
ere that cause bring fame and profit,
and 'tis prosperous to be just.
2 Though the cause of evil prosper,
yet 'tis truth alone is strong;
though its portion be the scaffold,
and upon the throne be wrong.
Then it is the brave one chooses,
while the coward stands aside,
till the multitude make virtue
of the faith they have denied. Used With Tune: EBENEZER
Once to Every Soul and Nation
God of Grace and God of Glory
Author: Harry Emerson Fosdick, 1878-1969 Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.4.7.7 Appears in 157 hymnals Topics: Words and Deeds of Prophetic Women and Men Commitment and Action Lyrics: 1 God of grace and God of glory,
on thy people pour thy power;
crown thine ancient church's story;
bring its bud to glorious flower.
Grant us wisdom, grant us courage,
for the facing of this hour,
for the facing of this hour.
2 Lo, the clouds of evil 'round us
hide thy brightness from our gaze;
from the fears that long have bound us,
free our hearts to faith and praise.
Grant us wisdom, grant us courage,
for the living of these days,
for the living of these days.
3 Cure thy children's warring madness;
bend our pride to thy control;
shame our wanton selfish gladness,
rich in goods and poor in soul.
Grant us wisdom, grant us courage,
make thy peace our daily goal,
make thy peace our daily goal.
4 Fill us with a living vision,
heal our wounds hat we may be
bound as one beyond division
in the struggle to be free.
Grant us wisdom, grant us courage,
ears to hear and eyes to see,
ears to hear and eyes to see. Used With Tune: CWM RHONDDA
God of Grace and God of Glory
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Author: Robert Robinson, 1735-1790; Eugene B. Navias, 1928- Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 2,234 hymnals Topics: Words and Deeds of Prophetic Women and Men Love and Compassion First Line: Come, thou fount of ev'ry blessing Used With Tune: NETTLETON
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
These Things Shall Be
Author: John Addington Symonds, 1840-1893 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 139 hymnals Topics: Words and Deeds of Prophetic Women and Men In Time To Come First Line: These things shall be: a loftier race Lyrics: 1 These things shall be: a loftier race
than e’er the world hath known shall rise,
with flame of freedom in their souls,
and light of science in their eyes.
2 Nation with nation, land with land,
unarmed shall live as comrades free;
in every mind and heart shall throb
the pulse of one humanity.
3 High friendship, hitherto a sin,
or by great poets half-divined,
shall burn a steadfast star within
the calm, clear spirit of the mind.
4 New arts shall bloom of loftier mold,
and mightier music thrill the skies,
and every life a song shall be
when all the earth is paradise. Used With Tune: TRURO
These Things Shall Be
Hail the Glorious Golden City
Author: Felix Adler, 1851-1933 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 48 hymnals Topics: Words and Deeds of Prophetic Women and Men In Time To Come Lyrics: 1 Hail the glorious golden city,
pictured by the seers of old:
everlasting light shines o'er it,
wondrous tales of it are told.
Wise and righteous men and women
dwell within its gleaming wall;
wrong is banished from its borders,
justice reigns supreme o'er all.
2 We are builders of that city.
All our joys and all our groans
help to rear its shining ramparts;
all our lives are building stones.
Whether humble or exalted,
all are called to task divine;
all must aid alike to carry
forward one sublime design.
3 And the work that we have builded,
oft with bleeding hands and tears,
oft in error, and in anguish,
will not perish with our years:
it will live and shine transfigured
in the final reign of right:
it will merge into the splendors
of the city of the light. Used With Tune: HYFRYDOL
Hail the Glorious Golden City
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