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Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim

Author: G. W. Kitchin, 1827-1912; M. R. Newbolt, 1874-1956 Meter: 10.10 with refrain Appears in 95 hymnals Scripture: Colossians 1:20 First Line: Come, let us follow where our Captain trod Topics: Lent IV Year B; Lent V Year B; Passiontide and Holy Week Used With Tune: CRUCIFER

For All the Saints

Author: William W. How Meter: 10.10.10 with refrain Appears in 569 hymnals Scripture: Colossians 1:12 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, O Jesus, be forever blest. Alleluia! Alleluia! 2 Thou wast their rock, their fortress, and their might; thou, Lord, their captain in the well-fought fight; thou in the darkness drear, their one true light. Alleluia! Alleluia! 3 O blest communion, fellowship divine! We feebly 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 warfare long, steals on the ear the distant triumph song, and hearts are brave again and arms are strong. Alleluia! Alleluia! 5 But then there breaks a yet more glorious day: the saints triumphant rise in bright array; the King of glory passes on his way. Alleluia! Alleluia! 6 From earth's wide bounds and ocean's farthest coast, through gates of pearl stream in the countless host, singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost: Alleluia! Alleluia! Topics: Conflict, Spirtual; Funerals; All Saints' Day; Church Final Victory; Spiritual Conflict; Funerals; Heritage; Jesus Christ Presence of; Memorial Occasions Used With Tune: SINE NOMINE

Give Thanks for Life

Author: Shirley Erena Murray, 1931- Meter: 10.10.10 with refrain Appears in 12 hymnals Scripture: Colossians 1:27 First Line: Give thanks for life, the measure of our days Lyrics: 1 Give thanks for life, the measure of our days, mortal, we pass through beauty that decays, yet sing to God our hope, our love, our praise: Alleluia! Alleluia! 2 Give thanks for those who made their life a light caught from the Christ-flame, bursting through the night, who touched the truth, who burned for what is right: Alleluia! Alleluia! 3 And for our own, our living and our dead, thanks for the love by which our life is fed, a love not changed by time or death or dread: Alleluia! Alleluia! 4 Give thanks for hope, that, like the wheat, the grain lying in darkness does its life retain, in resurrection to grow green again: Alleluia! Alleluia! Used With Tune: SINE NOMINE

Living for Jesus a Life That Is True

Author: Thomas O. Chisholm Meter: 10.10.10.10 with refrain Appears in 148 hymnals Scripture: Colossians 1:10 Refrain First Line: O Jesus, Lord and Savior Topics: Cross of Believers; Dedications of Life; Following God/Christ; Saving Work of Christ; Christian Service Used With Tune: LIVING

O thou, who at thy Eucharist didst pray

Author: William Harry Turton (1856-1938) Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 76 hymnals Scripture: Colossians 1:12 Lyrics: 1 O thou, who at thy eucharist didst pray that all thy Church might be for ever one, grant us at every eucharist to say, with longing heart and soul, 'Thy will be done.' Oh, may we all one bread, one body be, one through this sacrament of unity. 2 For all thy Church, O Lord, we intercede; make thou our sad divisions soon to cease; draw us the nearer each to each, we plead, by drawing all to thee, O Prince of Peace; thus may we all one bread, one body be, one through this sacrament of unity. 3 We pray thee too for wanderers from thy fold; O bring them back, good Shepherd of the sheep, back to the faith which saints believed of old, back to the Church which still that faith doth keep; soon may we all one bread, one body be, one through this sacrament of unity. 4 So, Lord, at length when sacraments shall cease, may we be one with all thy Church above, one with thy saints in one unbroken peace, one with thy saints in one unbounded love: more blessèd still, in peace and love to be one with the Trinity in Unity. Topics: The Holy Spirit The Church Celebrates - Holy Communion; Church unity and ecumenism; Communion of Saints Used With Tune: SONG 1

Eternal Ruler of the Ceaseless Round

Author: John White Chadwick, 1840-1904 Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 124 hymnals Scripture: Colossians 1:1-14 Topics: Discipleship; Unity (church); Christian Life; Baptism (general) Used With Tune: SONG 1

Eternal Lord of Love

Author: Thomas H. Cain, b. 1931 Meter: 10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 7 hymnals Scripture: Colossians 1:13-19 Topics: Christian Living; Lent; New Life/New Creation Used With Tune: OLD 124th

I Greet My Sure Redeemer

Author: Elizabeth L. Smith Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 41 hymnals Scripture: Colossians 1:27 First Line: I greet my sure Redeemer and my King Lyrics: 1 I greet my sure Redeemer and my King. You are my trust; accept the love I bring. What pain you suffered, Jesus, for my sake; I pray you from our hearts all cares to take. 2 You are the King of mercy and of grace, reigning omnipotent in every place; so come, O King, and our whole being sway; shine on us with the light of your pure day. 3 You are the life by which alone we live and all our substance and our strength receive. Sustain us by your faith and by your power, and give us strength in every trying hour. 4 You have the true and perfect gentleness. You have no harshness and no bitterness. Lord, grant to us the grace in you we see that we may live in perfect unity. 5 Our hope is founded on your holy Word. Our faith is built on every promise, Lord. Grant us your peace; make us so strong and pure that we may conquerors be, all ills endure. Topics: Temptation & Trial; Opening of Worship; Atonement; Grace; Mercy; Opening of Worship; Pilgrimage & Conflct; Providence; Temptation & Trial; Victory; Word of God Used With Tune: JE TE SALUE Text Sources: French, 1545

God of Creation, All-Powerful

Author: Margaret Clarkson Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 5 hymnals Scripture: Colossians 1:17 First Line: God of creation, all powerful, all wise Lyrics: 1 God of creation, all-powerful, all-wise, Lord of the universe rich with surprise, Maker, Sustainer, and Ruler of all, we are your children—-you hear when we call. 2 God of the ages, through time’s troubled years you are the One in whom history coheres; nations and empires your purpose fulfill, moving in freedom, yet working your will. 3 God of redemption, who wrought our rebirth, called out your Church from the ends of the earth, still you are Savior--put darkness to flight; overcome sin by salvation’s pure light! 4 God of your people, your Word still stands fast-- do for us now as you’ve done in the past! Yours is the kingdom--your triumph we claim, challenging evil in Jesus’ strong name. 5 God of our now, all our trust is in you, Covenant-God, ever faithful and true; Sovereign Creator, Redeemer and Lord, now and forever your name be adored! Topics: God Redeemer; God's Word; God Creator; God King; God Power; God Redeemer; God Sovereign; God Truth; God’s Word; Praise of God Used With Tune: SLANE

Touch the earth lightly

Author: Shirley Erena Murray (b. 1931) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 23 hymnals Scripture: Colossians 1:19-20 Lyrics: 1 Touch the earth lightly, use the earth gently, nourish the life of the world in our care: gift of great wonder, ours to surrender, trust for the children tomorrow will bear. 2 We who endanger, who create hunger, agents of death for all creatures that live, we who would foster clouds of disaster, God of our planet, forestall and forgive! 3 Let there be greening, birth from the burning, water that blesses and air that is sweet, health in God's garden, hope in God's children, regeneration that peace will complete. 4 God of all living, God of all loving, God of the seedling, the snow and the sun, teach us, deflect us, Christ reconnect us, using us gently and making us one. Topics: The Living God Our Response to God - in the stewardship of the earth; Our Response to God in the stewardship of the earth; Care of Creation; Children; Renewal Used With Tune: TENDERNESS