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Amazing Grace
Author: John Newton Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,418 hymnals Topics: Freedom First Line: Amazing grace – how sweet the sound Lyrics: 1 Amazing grace – how sweet the sound –
that saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,
was blind, but now I see.
2 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
and grace my fears relieved;
how precious did that grace appear
the hour I first believed!
3 The Lord has promised good to me,
his word my hope secures;
he will my shield and portion be
as long as life endures.
4 Through many dangers, toils, and snares
I have already come;
'tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
and grace will lead me home.
5 When we've been there ten thousand years,
bright shining as the sun,
we've no less days to sing God's praise
than when we'd first begun. Scripture: Exodus 15:6 Used With Tune: NEW BRITAIN Text Sources: St. 5 A Collection of Sacred Ballads, 1790
Amazing Grace
A Living Faith (Fe Santa Que Nos Dio Jesús)
Author: Frederick W. Faber, 1814-1863; Joseph R. Alfred, b. 1947; George P. Simmonds, 1890-1991 Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain Appears in 829 hymnals Topics: Freedom First Line: Faith of our fathers, living still (Fe santa que nos dio Jesús) Scripture: Matthew 5:16 Used With Tune: ST. CATHERINE
A Living Faith (Fe Santa Que Nos Dio Jesús)
America the Beautiful
Author: Katherine L. Bates, 1869-1929 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 505 hymnals Topics: Freedom First Line: O beautiful for spacious skies Lyrics: 1 O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea.
2 O beautiful for pilgrim feet,
Whose stern, impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine ev'ry flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self control,
Thy liberty in law.
3 O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved,
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine,
Till all success be nobleness,
And ev'ry gain divine.
4 O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam,
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea. Scripture: James 1:17 Used With Tune: MATERNA
America the Beautiful
And Can It Be that I Should Gain
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 with repeat Appears in 285 hymnals Topics: Freedom and Liberation Lyrics: 1. And can it be that I should gain
an interest in the Savior's blood!
Died he for me? who caused his pain!
For me? who him to death pursued?
Amazing love! How can it be
that thou, my God, shouldst die for me?
Amazing love! How can it be
that thou, my God, shouldst die for me?
2. 'Tis mystery all: th' Immortal dies!
Who can explore his strange design?
In vain the firstborn seraph tries
to sound the depths of love divine.
'Tis mercy all! Let earth adore;
let angel minds inquire no more.
'Tis mercy all! Let earth adore;
let angel minds inquire no more.
3. He left his Father's throne above
(so free, so infinite his grace!),
emptied himself of all but love,
and bled for Adam's helpless race.
'Tis mercy all, immense and free,
for O my God, it found out me!
'Tis mercy all, immense and free,
for O my God, it found out me!
4. Long my imprisoned spirit lay,
fast bound in sin and nature's night;
thine eye diffused a quickening ray;
I woke, the dungeon flamed with light;
my chains fell off, my heart was free,
I rose, went forth, and followed thee.
My chains fell off, my heart was free,
I rose, went forth, and followed thee.
5. No condemnation now I dread;
Jesus, and all in him, is mine;
alive in him, my living Head,
and clothed in righteousness divine,
bold I approach th' eternal throne,
and claim the crown, through Christ my own.
Bold I approach th' eternal throne,
and claim the crown, through Christ my own.
Scripture: Acts 16:26 Used With Tune: SAGINA
And Can It Be that I Should Gain
At Calvary
Author: William R. Newell, 1868-1956 Meter: 9.9.13 with refrain Appears in 165 hymnals Topics: Freedom First Line: Years I spent in vanity and pride Refrain First Line: Mercy there was great and grace was free Lyrics: 1 Years I spent in vanity and pride,
Caring not my Lord was crucified,
Knowing not it was for me He died on Calvary.
Refrain:
Mercy there was great and grace was free,
Pardon there was multiplied to me,
There my burdened soul found liberty–
At Calvary.
2 By God's Word at last my sin I learned–
Then I trembled at the Law I'd spurned,
Till my guilty soul imploring turned to Calvary. [Refrain]
3 Now I've giv'n to Jesus ev'rything,
Now I gladly own Him as my King,
Now my raptured soul can only sing of Calvary. [Refrain]
4 O the love that drew salvation's plan!
O the grace that brought it down to man!
O the mighty gulf that God did span at Calvary. [Refrain] Scripture: Luke 23:33 Used With Tune: AT CALVARY
At Calvary
Alleluia, Song of Gladness
Author: John M. Neale, 1818-1866 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 94 hymnals Topics: Freedom Lyrics: 1 Alleluia, song of gladness, voice of joy that cannot die;
Alleluia is the anthem ever dear to choirs on high;
In the house of God abiding thus they sing eternally.
2 Alleluia, now resounding, true Jerusalem and free;
Alleluia, joyful mother, all your children sing with glee;
But by Babylon's sad waters mourning exiles now are we.
3 Alleluia we deserve not here to chant for evermore,
Alleluia our transgressions make us for a while give o'er;
For the holy time is coming bidding us our sins deplore.
4 Therefore in our hymns we now pray, grant us, blessed Trinity,
At the last to keep you, Easter, in our home beyond he sky;
There to you for ever singing Alleluia joyfully. Scripture: Psalm 137 Used With Tune: DULCE CARMEN Text Sources: Latin, 11th C.
Alleluia, Song of Gladness
At length there dawns the glorious day
Author: Ozora S. Davis Appears in 62 hymnals Topics: The Reign of Righteousness Justice and Freedom Used With Tune: ALL SAINTS
At length there dawns the glorious day
All Whose Boast It Is
Author: James Russell Lowell, 1819-1891 Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 61 hymnals Topics: Words and Deeds of Prophetic Women and Men Freedom First Line: All whose boast it is that we Lyrics: 1 All whose boast it is that we
come of forebears brave and free,
if there breathe on earth a slave,
are we truly free and brave?
If we do not feel the chain
when it works another’s pain,
are we not base slaves indeed,
slaves unwilling to be freed?
2 Is true freedom but to break
fetters for our own dear sake,
and with leathern hearts forget
we owe humankind a debt?
No, true freedom is to share
all the chains that others wear,
and, with heart and hand, to be
earnest to make others free.
3 They are slaves who fear to speak
for the fallen and the weak;
they are slaves who will not choose
hatred, scoffing, and abuse,
rather than in silence shrink
from the truth they needs must think.
They are slaves who dare not be
in the right with two or three. Used With Tune: SALZBURG
All Whose Boast It Is
All Praise to Thee
Author: Francis Bland Tucker Meter: 10.10.10 with refrain Appears in 52 hymnals Topics: Freedom First Line: All praise to thee, for thou, O King divine Used With Tune: SINE NOMINE
All Praise to Thee
And shall we still be slaves
Author: Anon. Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 22 hymnals Topics: Freedom in Christ Lyrics: 1 And shall we still be slaves,
And in our fetters lie,
When summoned by a voice divine
T'assert our liberty.
2 Did the great Saviour bleed,
Our freedom to obtain?
And shall we trample on His blood,
And glory in our chain?
3 Shall we go on to sin,
Because Thy grace abounds;
Or crucify the Lord again,
And open all His wounds?
4 Forbid it, mighty God!
Nor let it e'er be said,
That those for whom Thy Son has died,
In vice are lost and dead.
Amen. Used With Tune: PENTONVILLE
And shall we still be slaves
Arise, Your Light Has Come
Author: Ruth C. Duck Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 21 hymnals Topics: Freedom First Line: Arise, your light is come! Used With Tune: FESTAL SONG
Arise, Your Light Has Come
Again We Keep This Solemn Fast
Author: Gregory the Great, c. 540-604; Peter J. Scagnelli, b. 1949 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 17 hymnals Topics: Freedom Scripture: Joel 2:12-18 Used With Tune: OLD HUNDREDTH
Again We Keep This Solemn Fast
As water to the thirsty
Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, 1926- Meter: 7.6.7.6.6.4.4.6 Appears in 15 hymnals Topics: Freedom / Liberation Lyrics: 1 As water to the thirsty,
as beauty to the eyes,
as strength that follows weakness,
as truth instead of lies,
as song-time and spring-time
and summer-time to be,
so is my Lord, my living Lord,
so is my Lord to me.
2 Like calm in place of clamour,
like peace that follows pain,
like meeting after parting,
like sunshine after rain,
like moonlight and starlight
and sunlight on the sea,
so is my Lord, my living Lord,
so is my Lord to me.
3 As sleep that follows fever,
as gold instead of grey,
as freedom after bondage,
as sunrise to the day,
as home to the traveller
and all we long to see,
so is my Lord, my living Lord,
so is my Lord to me. Scripture: Psalm 30:5 Used With Tune: OASIS
As water to the thirsty
All Earth Is Waiting
Author: Alberto Taulè; Gertrude C. Suppe Meter: 11.11.12.12 Appears in 13 hymnals Topics: Freedom and Liberation First Line: All earth is waiting to see the Promised One (Toda la tierra espera al Salvador) Used With Tune: TAULÈ
All Earth Is Waiting
A Place at the Table
Author: Shirley Erena Murray, b. 1931 Appears in 13 hymnals Topics: Freedom First Line: For ev'ryone born, a place at the table Refrain First Line: God will delight Used With Tune: [For ev'ryone born, a place at the table]
A Place at the Table
Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)
Author: John Newton; Chris Tomlin; Louie Giglio Meter: Irregular Appears in 12 hymnals Topics: Freedom and Liberation; Freedom and Liberation First Line: Amazing grace! how sweet the sound Refrain First Line: My chains are gone, I've been set free Scripture: Isaiah 42:5-7 Used With Tune: MY CHAINS ARE GONE
Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)
Allelu, alleluia, glory to the Lord
Author: Max Dyer Appears in 10 hymnals Topics: Pentecost 4 The Freedom God Gives First Line: I will sing, I will sing a song unto the Lord Used With Tune: I WILL SING, I WILL SING
Allelu, alleluia, glory to the Lord
A Prophet-Woman Broke a Jar
Author: Brian Wren Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 8 hymnals Topics: Freedom Lyrics: 1 A prophet-woman broke a jar,
by Love's divine appointing.
With rare perfume she filled the room,
presiding and anointing.
A prophet-woman broke a jar,
the sneers of scorn defying.
With rare perfume she filled the room,
preparing Christ for dying.
2 A faithful woman left a tomb
by Love's divine commission.
She saw, she heard, she preached the Word,
arising from submission.
A faithful woman left a tomb,
with resurrection gospel.
She saw, she heard, she preached the Word,
apostle to apostles.
3 Though woman-wisdom, woman-truth,
for centuries were hidden,
unsung, unwritten, and unheard,
derided and forbidden,
the Spirit's breath, the Spirit's fire,
on free and slave descending,
can tumble our dividing walls,
our shame and sadness mending.
4 The Spirit knows, the Spirit calls,
by Love's divine ordaining,
the friends we need, to serve and lead,
their powers and gifts unchaining.
The Spirit knows, the Spirit calls,
from women, men and children,
the friends we need, to serve and lead.
Rejoice, and make them welcome! Used With Tune: MEGERRAN
A Prophet-Woman Broke a Jar
Across the Lands
Author: Keith Getty; Stuart Townend Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Freedom First Line: You're the Word of God the Father Refrain First Line: You're the author of creation Scripture: Mark 4:35-41 Used With Tune: ACROSS THE LANDS
Across the Lands
As sons of the day and daughters of light
Author: Christopher Idle (born 1938) Meter: 10.10.11.11 Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Pentecost 4 The Freedom God Gives Lyrics: 1 As sons of the day and daughters of light,
no longer we sleep like creatures of night:
for Jesus has died that with him we may live;
by all that he gave us, we learn how to give.
2 One body in Christ, let all play their part:
the lazy be warned, the timid take heart;
let those who are hurt never pay back with wrong,
but serve one another: together be strong!
3 Be constant in prayer, at all time rejoice,
in all things give thanks — let God hear your voice!
Alive to his Spirit, alert to his word,
test all things, and hold to what pleases the Lord.
4 May God who first called, gave peace and made whole,
preserve us from fault in body and soul:
our Lord Jesus Christ keep us firm in his grace
until at his coming we meet face to face. Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5 Used With Tune: LAUDATE DOMINUM
As sons of the day and daughters of light
Almighty God, lift up our eyes
Author: William Courtenay Saunders Johnson, 1907-87 alt Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Freedom Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-7 Used With Tune: MELITA
Almighty God, lift up our eyes
All Earth Is Waiting
Author: Alberto Taulé; Gertrude C. Suppe Meter: 11.11.12.12 Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: Freedom and Liberation First Line: All earth is waiting to see the Promised One Scripture: Isaiah 40:3-5 Used With Tune: TAULÉ
All Earth Is Waiting
Another In The Fire
Author: Chris Davenport; Joel Houston Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: Freedom First Line: There's a grace when the heart is under fire Refrain First Line: There was another in the fire standing next to me Used With Tune: [There's a grace when the heart is under fire]
Another In The Fire
A Single Unmatched Stone
Author: Thomas H. Troeger, b. 1945 Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Freedom Scripture: Acts 4:5-12 Used With Tune: UNMATCHED STONE
A Single Unmatched Stone
An Accompaniment for Reading
Author: Julie Howard Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Freedom from Fear First Line: My God is my light and my salvation Scripture: Psalm 27 Used With Tune: [My God is my light and my salvation]
An Accompaniment for Reading
Approach Our God with Songs of Praise
Author: Martin Tel; Michael Morgan Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7 D Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Freedom Refrain First Line: Lift up your voices, shout and sing! Scripture: Psalm 68 Used With Tune: GENEVAN 68
Approach Our God with Songs of Praise
All Your Commandments, Father Almighty
Author: Christopher Idle Meter: 5.5.5.5.5.5 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Freedom First Line: All your commandments Lyrics: 1 All your commandments, Father almighty,
bring to your children healing and blessing:
Christians who keep them find here their comfort.
2 Daily instruct us as your disciples:
each of your statutes stands firm forever;
faithful your promise, free your forgiveness.
3 God of all mercy, grant me your guidance;
how can the young ones keep their way holy?
I have found treasure in your instruction.
4 Joy comes to nations knowing your judgments;
keeping them brings us close to your kingdom--
laws that spell freedom, true liberation.
5 My heart is listening for you each morning,
never desert me; speak in the nighttime;
open my eyes, Lord, then lead me onward.
6 Put right my passions by your clear precept,
quell my rebellions, rescue me quickly:
raise and restore me, mighty Redeemer.
7 Savior whose Spirit gave us the Scriptures,
train me to trust them when I am tempted;
unless you helped me, I would go under.
8 Vain are my own ways; yours in the victory.
Wonderful Counselor, you are my wisdom:
your word shall teach me; I will obey you.
Scripture: Psalm 119 Used With Tune: KANCIONAL NEW
All Your Commandments, Father Almighty
All Earth Is Hopeful (Toda la tierra)
Author: Alberto Taulé, 1932-; Madeleine Forell Marshall, 1946- Meter: 11.11.12.12 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Freedom First Line: All earth is hopeful, the Savior comes at last! Scripture: Isaiah 42:5-7 Used With Tune: TAULÉ
All Earth Is Hopeful (Toda la tierra)
A Wilderness Wandering People
Author: Jim Strathdee Meter: Irregular Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Freedom and Liberation; Freedom and Liberation First Line: We are a wilderness wandering people Scripture: Isaiah 40:3-5 Used With Tune: WILDERNESS
A Wilderness Wandering People
Amazing Abundance
Author: Laurie Zelman Meter: 6.5.6.5 D with refrain Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Freedom and Liberation; Freedom and Liberation Refrain First Line: Praise God for the nations Scripture: Psalm 85 Used With Tune: ABUNDANCE
Amazing Abundance
A Blood Red Rose Reminds Us Still
Author: Daniel Charles Damon Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Freedom-Liberation Lyrics: 1 A blood red rose reminds us still
of one who faced a waiting grave
with faith and hope on that green hill,
whose love still comes to heal and save.
2 We pray to one who understands
the heavy cross that we now bear,
for one brief day in Roman hands
a thorny crown he had to wear.
3 God grieves with us in every loss,
for joys cut short when help comes late,
and Jesus, dying on the cross,
spoke words of pardon, not of hate.
4 A blood red rose was gently laid
in Joseph's new and waiting tomb.
This gracious gift in love was made,
for love is in eternal bloom.
5 So come and place your flowers here
upon the altar in this room,
and sweep away the hate and fear
till love comes leaping from the tomb. Scripture: John 1:19-42 Used With Tune: FIFTY-TWO ROSES
A Blood Red Rose Reminds Us Still
Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round
Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Freedom Lyrics: Ain't gonna let *nobody turn me 'round,
turn me 'round, turn me 'round.
Ain't gonna let nobody turn me 'round,
I'm gonna keep on a-walkin',
keep on a-talkin',
marchin' on to freedom land.
* [change this word only for each new verse]
2 segregation
3 persecution
4 hatred
5 jail house
6 police dogs
7 billy club (night stick)
8 fire hose
9 tear gas Used With Tune: [Ain't gonna let nobody turn me 'round] Text Sources: African American spiritual
Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round
