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O Christ the same, through all our story's pages

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith (b. 1926) Meter: 11.10.11.10 D Appears in 9 hymnals Scripture: Colossians 1:11-28 Lyrics: 1 O Christ the same, through all our story's pages, our loves and hopes, our failures and our fears; eternal Lord, the King of all the ages, unchanging still, amid the passing years: O living Word, the source of all creation, who spread the skies, and set the stars ablaze, O Christ the same, who wrought our whole salvation, we bring our thanks for all our yesterdays. 2 O Christ the same, the friend of sinners sharing our inmost thoughts, the secrets none can hide, still as of old upon Your body bearing the marks of love, in triumph glorified: O Son of Man, who stooped for us from heaven, O Prince of Life, in all Your saving power, O Christ the same, to whom our hearts are given, we bring our thanks for this the present hour. 3 O Christ the same, secure within whose keeping our lives and loves, our days and years remain, our work and rest, our waking and our sleeping, our calm and storm, our pleasure and our pain: O Lord of love, for all our joys and sorrows, for all our hopes, when earth shall fade and flee, O Christ the same, beyond our brief tomorrows, we bring our thanks for all that is to be. Topics: Marriage; Children and All-Age Worship; Jesus Life and Ministry; Jesus Names and images for; New Year; Proper 17 Year C; Thanksgiving Used With Tune: LONDONDERRY AIR

How Great Thou Art

Author: Stuart K. Hine (1899-1989); Carl Gustav Boberg (1859-1940) Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Appears in 138 hymnals Scripture: Colossians 1:11-20 First Line: O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder Refrain First Line: Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to thee Topics: Creation; Creation; Evangelism; Praise of God; Reign of Christ; Salvation/Redemption Used With Tune: HOW GREAT THOU ART Text Sources: Swedish text

Hope of the World

Author: Georgia Harkness, 1891-1974 Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Appears in 57 hymnals Scripture: Colossians 1:27 First Line: Hope of the world, O Christ of great compassion Topics: Evangelism and Mission; Promise and Hope Used With Tune: SO I SEND YOU

Great is your faithfulness

Author: Thomas Obadiah Chisholm, 1866-1960 Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Appears in 185 hymnals Scripture: Colossians 1:21-29 First Line: Great is your faithfulness, O God my Father Lyrics: 1 Great is your faithfulness, O God my Father, in you no shadow of turning we see; you never fail and your love is unchanging: as you have been you for ever will be. Refrain: Great is your faithfulness, great is your faithfulness, morning by morning new mercies we see; all we have needed your hand has provided: great is your faithfulness, Lord God, to me. 2 Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest, sun, moon and stars in their courses above, join with all nature in unspoken witness to your great faithfulness, mercy and love. [Refrain] 3 Pardon for sin and a peace that's enduring, your living presence to cheer and to guide, strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow -- these are the blessings your love will provide. [Refrain] Topics: Anniversary of a Church; Eternity of God; Faithfulness of God; God's Love to Us; Hope; Morning; Providence Used With Tune: FAITHFULNESS

Jesus has come, and brings joy as our Saviour

Author: Johann Ludwig Konrad Allendorf, 1693-1773; Otto E. Thiele, 1901-71; Oliver C. Rupprecht, 1903- Meter: 11.10.11.10.11.11 Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Colossians 1:9-14 Topics: Christ tne King Sunday; Christ's Sacrifice; Forgiveness; Grace; Inner Peace; Jesus Christ Coming today; Jesus Christ Humanity; Jesus Christ Kingship; Jesus Christ Redeemer; Justification; Lamb of God; Liberation; Name/s of Jesus; Personal Response to Jesus; Saints Days and Holy Days St John the Baptist Used With Tune: JESUS IST KOMMEN

By Gracious Powers

Author: Fred Pratt Green, 1903-2000; Dietrich Bonhöffer, 1906-1945 Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 17 hymnals Scripture: Colossians 1:27 First Line: By gracious pow'rs so wonderfully sheltered Lyrics: 1 By gracious pow'rs 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; Oh, 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. 5 By gracious pow'rs so faithfully protected, so quietly, so wonderfully near, I'll live each day in hope, with you beside me, and go with you through every coming year. Used With Tune: O QUANTA QUALIA

Your voice, O God, outsings the stars of morning

Author: Rosalind Brown (b. 1953) Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Colossians 1:15-20 Topics: Church Ministry; Church nature of; Creation; Dance; Holy Spirit Invocation of; Reconciliation; The Church's Ministry and Mission Used With Tune: HESLINGTON

Jesus, in Whom All Worlds

Author: Joy F. Patterson Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Colossians 1:15-23 First Line: Jesus, in whom all worlds have been created Topics: Jesus Christ Person of; Jesus Christ Lordship of; Love God for Us Used With Tune: MORNING STAR

Lord, for the years

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926 Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 18 hymnals Scripture: Colossians 1:27 First Line: Lord, for the years your love has kept and guided Topics: Evangelism; Faith, Trust and Commitment; Gradual Hymn; Joy, Praise and Thanksgiving; Marriage; New Year and Anniversaries; Ordination/Commissioning; The Nation; Year C Proper 6; Year C Proper 9 Used With Tune: LORD OF THE YEARS

Great God of every shining constellation

Author: Albert Frederick Bayly (1901-1984) Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 25 hymnals Scripture: Colossians 1:15 Topics: The Living God Our Response to God - in the stewardship of the earth; Care of Creation; Renewal; Science and Technology Used With Tune: HIGHWOOD