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Guide me, O my great Redeemer

Author: W. Williams (1717-1791); P. Williams (1721-1796) Appears in 1,825 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Guide me, O my great Redeemer, pilgrim through this barren land; I am weak, but you are mighty, hold me with your powerful hand: Bread of heaven, bread of heaven, feed me now and evermore! 2 Open now the crystal fountain where the healing waters flow; let the fiery, cloudy pillar lead me all my journey through: Strong Deliverer, strong Deliverer, ever be my strength and shield. 3 When I tread the verge of Jordan bid my anxious fears subside; Death of death, and hell's Destruction, land me safe on Canaan's side: songs of praises, songs of praises, I will ever sing to you. Topics: Easter 1 The Bread of Life; God's Church Conflict and Endurance; Lent 2, The King and the Kingdom Conflict; Pentecost 13 The Suffering Community; Pentecost 20 Endurance; Pentecost 9 The Whole Armour of God; The Promise of Redemption Moses; The Remnant of Israel Used With Tune: BRYN CALFARIA Text Sources: Adapt.: and others

Good Christians all, rejoice and sing!

Author: C. A. Alington (1872-1955) Meter: 8.8.8.4 Appears in 72 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Good Christians all, rejoice and sing! now is the triumph of our king; to all the world glad news we bring: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! 2 The Lord of life is risen today; death's mighty stone is rolled away: let every tongue rejoice and say, 'Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!' 3 We praise in songs of victory that love, that life, which cannot die, and sing with hearts uplifted high, Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! 4 Your name we bless, O risen Lord, and sing today with one accord the life laid down, the life restored: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! Topics: God, Saviour Risen and Victorious; Easter The Resurrection of Christ; Easter 3 The Resurrection and the Life Used With Tune: VULPIUS

Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me

Author: Daniel Iverson Appears in 100 hymnals Topics: Pentecost The Holy Spirit; Pentecost 7 The More Excellent Way; Pentecost 8 The Fruit of the Spirit Used With Tune: SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD

God, whose almighty word

Author: J. Marriott (1780-1825) Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 446 hymnals Lyrics: 1 God, whose almighty word, chaos and darkness heard, and took their flight: hear us, we humbly pray, and where the gospel-day sheds not its glorious ray, let there be light! 2 Saviour, who came to bring on your redeeming wing healing and sight, health to the sick in mind, sight to the inly blind: O now to all mankind let there be light! 3 Spirit of truth and love, life-giving, holy dove, speed forth your flight! move on the water's face bearing the lamp of grace and, in earth's darkest place let there be light! 4 Gracious and holy Three, glorious Trinity, wisdom, love, might: boundless as ocean's tide rolling in fullest pride through the world far and wide, let there be light! Topics: God's Church Mission and Ministry; The Creation; Epiphany 5, Revelation The Wisdom of God; Easter 3 The Lakeside; Trinity Sunday The Trinity; Pentecost 5 The Church's Mission to All; Pentecost 12 The Witnessing Community Scripture: Genesis 1:3 Used With Tune: MOSCOW

Christ is the world’s true light

Author: G. W. Briggs (1875-1959) Meter: 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6 Appears in 47 hymnals Topics: God's World Nations, Justice, and Peace; Pentecost 2 The Church's Unity and Fellowship; Pentecost 4 The Freedom God Gives; Pentecost 5 The Church's Mission to All; Pentecost 15 Those in Authority; Pentecost 16 The Neighbour; Pentecost 20 Endurance Scripture: John 8:12 Used With Tune: RINKART

Come, O long-expected Jesus

Author: C. Wesley (1707-1788) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 749 hymnals Topics: God, Saviour Promised and Incarnate; Advent 1 The Advent Hope; Advent 4 The Annunciation; Christmas 1 The Incarnation Used With Tune: CROSS OF JESUS

Hark! the herald angels sing

Author: C. Wesley (1707-1788) Meter: 7.7.7.7 D with refrain Appears in 1,329 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Hark! the herald angels sing, glory to the new-born King; peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled! Joyful, all you nations rise, join the triumph of the skies; with the angelic hosts proclaim, 'Christ is born in Bethlehem': Hark! the herald angels sing glory to the new-born King. 2 Christ, by highest heaven adored, Christ, the everlasting Lord; late in time behold him come, offspring of a virgin's womb: veiled in flesh the Godhead see, hail the incarnate Deity! pleased as man with us to dwell, Jesus our Emmanuel: Hark! the herald angels sing glory to the new-born King. 3 Hail the heaven-born Prince of peace, hail the Sun of righteousness; light and life to all he brings, risen with healing in his wings: mild, he lays his glory by, born that we no more may die; born to raise us from the earth, born to give us second birth: Hark! the herald angels sing glory to the new-born King. Topics: God, Saviour Promised and Incarnate; Christmas 1 The Incarnation Used With Tune: MENDELSSOHN Text Sources: and others

O Master, grant that I may never seek

Author: Sebastian Temple Appears in 40 hymnals First Line: Make me a channel of your peace Topics: Pentecost 11 The Serving Community; Pentecost 16 The Neighbour; Pentecost 18 The Offering of Life Used With Tune: ST. FRANCIS Text Sources: from the traditional prayer

O for a closer walk with God

Author: W. Cowper (1731-1800) Appears in 1,370 hymnals Topics: God's Church Penitence and Prayer; Christ the Friend of Sinners; Pentecost The Holy Spirit; Pentecost 19 The Life of Faith Used With Tune: CAITHNESS

Through all the changing scenes of life

Author: N. Tate (1652-1715); N. Brady (1659-1726) Appears in 474 hymnals Topics: God, Father Gracious and Merciful; Doxologies; The Promise of Redemption Moses; The Remnant of Israel; Christ the Teacher; Lent 3, The King and the Kingdom Suffering; Easter 1 The Bread of Life; Trinity Sunday The Trinity; Pentecost 16 The Neighbour Scripture: Psalm 34 Used With Tune: WILTSHIRE

Just am I am, without one plea

Author: Charlotte Elliott (1789-1871) Meter: 8.8.8.6 Appears in 2,121 hymnals Topics: Christ the Healer; Easter 4 The Charge to Peter; God's Church Faith and Trust; Pentecost 17 The Proof of Faith; Pentecost 19 The Life of Faith; Pentecost 22 The Two Ways; The Fall Used With Tune: MISERICORDIA

Glorious things of you are spoken

Author: J. Newton (1725-1807) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,295 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Glorious things of you are spoken, Zion, city of our God; he whose word cannot be broken formed you for his own abode: on the rock of ages founded, what can shake your sure repose? with salvation's walls surrounded you may smile at all your foes. 2 See, the streams of living waters springing from eternal love! well supply your sons and daughters and all fear of want remove: who can faint while such a river ever flows their thirst to assuage? grace, which like the Lord the giver never fails from age to age. 3 Round each habitation hovering, see the cloud and fire appear for a glory and a covering showing that the Lord is near: thus they march, the pillar leading, light by night and shade by day; daily on the manna feeding which he gives them when they pray. 4 Saviour, since of Zion's city I through grace a member am, let the world deride or pity, I will glory in your name: fading are the world's best pleasures, all its boasted pomp and show; solid joys and lasting treasures none but Zion's children know. Topics: Christmas 2 The Holy Family; Epiphany 4, Revelation The New Temple; God's Church Unity and Growth; Last Sunday after Pentecost Citizens of Heaven; Pentecost 2 The Church's Unity and Fellowship Scripture: Psalm 87:3 Used With Tune: ABBOT'S LEIGH

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

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith (born 1926) Meter: 11.10.11.10 D Appears in 9 hymnals 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: God's World Years and Seasons Scripture: Hebrews 13:8 Used With Tune: SALVATOR MUNDI

This is the day of light

Author: J. Ellerton (1826-1893) Appears in 279 hymnals Lyrics: 1 This is the day of light — let there be light today! Arise, O Christ, to end our night and chase its gloom away. 2 This is the day of rest — our inner strength renew; on lives by many cares oppressed send your freshening dew. 3 This is the day of peace — with peace our spirits fill; bid all the blasts of discord cease, the waves of strife be still. 4 This is the day of prayer - let earth to heaven draw near! Lift up our hearts to seek you there; come down to meet us here. 5 This is the first of days: come with your living breath and wake dead souls to love and praise, O Victor over death! Topics: God's Church The Lord's Day; Easter The Resurrection of Christ; Easter 1 The Upper Room; Pentecost 5 The New Law Scripture: Genesis 1:3 Used With Tune: DOMINICA

Father of mercies, in your word

Author: Anne Steele (1717-1778) Appears in 755 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Father of mercies, in your word what endless glory shines! For ever be your name adored for these celestial lines. 2 Here may the blind and hungry come and light and food receive; here shall the humble guest find room and taste and see and live. 3 Here the redeemer's welcome voice spreads heavenly peace around, and life and everlasting joys attend the blissful sound. 4 Here springs of consolation rise to cheer the fainting mind, and thirsty souls receive supplies and sweet refreshment find. 5 Divine instructor, gracious Lord, be now and always near; teach us to love your sacred word and view our saviour here. Topics: God, Spirit Word of Truth, the Scriptures; Advent 2 The Word of God in the Old Testament; Epiphany 6, Revelation Parables; Christ the Teacher; Lent 3, The King and the Kingdom Suffering Used With Tune: SOUTHWELL (IRONS)

Christ is the world’s light, he and none other

Author: F. Pratt Green (born 1903) Meter: 10.11.11.6 Appears in 32 hymnals Topics: God's World Nations, Justice, and Peace; Doxologies; Advent 1 The Advent Hope; Trinity Sunday The Trinity; Pentecost 15 Those in Authority Scripture: John 8:12 Used With Tune: CHRISTE SANCTORUM

Love divine, all loves excelling

Author: C. Wesley (1707-1788) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,864 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Love divine, all loves excelling, joy of heaven, to earth come down; fix in us your humble dwelling, all your faithful mercies crown. 2 Jesus, you are all compassion, boundless love that makes us whole: visit us with your salvation, enter every trembling heart. 3 Come, almighty to deliver, let us all your grace receive; suddenly return, and never, never more your temples leave. 4 You we would be always blessing, serve you as your hosts above, pray, and praise you without ceasing, glory in your perfect love. 5 Finish then your new creation; pure and sinless let us be; let us see your great salvation, perfect in eternity: 6 Changed from glory into glory, till in heaven we take our place, there to cast our crowns before you, lost in wonder, love and praise! Topics: Advent 3 The Forerunner; Advent 4 The Annunciation; God, Saviour Praised and Worshipped; Lent 4, The King and the Kingdom Transfiguration; Pentecost 3 The Life of the Baptized; Pentecost 7 The More Excellent Way; The Ascension of Christ; The Creation Used With Tune: LOVE DIVINE

Jesus, the joy of loving hearts

Author: R. Palmer (1808-1887) Appears in 559 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Jesus, the joy of loving hearts, true source of life, our lives sustain: from the best bliss that earth imparts we turn unfilled to you again. 2 Your truth unchanged has ever stood, you rescue those who on you call: to those yet seeking, you are good — to those who find you, all-in-all. 3 We taste of you, the living bread, and long to feast upon you still; we drink from you, the fountain-head, our thirsty souls from you we fill. 4 Our restless spirits long for you, whichever way our lot is cast, glad when your gracious smile we view, blessed when our faith can hold you fast. 5 Jesus, for ever with us stay, make all our moments calm and bright; chase the dark night of sin away, spread through the world your holy light. (Amen.) Topics: Easter 1 The Bread of Life; God's Church Holy Communion; The Promise of Redemption Moses Used With Tune: WAREHAM Text Sources: the Latin (twelfth century)

O Jesus, king most wonderful

Author: E. Caswall (1814-1878) Appears in 247 hymnals Topics: God's Church Love and Devotion; Lent 4, The King and the Kingdom Transfiguration; Pentecost 12 The Witnessing Community; Pentecost 7 The More Excellent Way Used With Tune: METZLER Text Sources: from the Latin (twelfth century)

Father, hear the prayer we offer

Author: Love M. Willis (1824-1908) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 236 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Father, hear the prayer we offer — not for ease that prayer shall be, but for strength that we may ever live our lives courageously. 2 Not for ever in green pastures do we ask our way to be; but the steep and rugged pathway may we tread rejoicingly. 3 Not for ever by still waters would we idly rest and stay; but would smite the living fountains from the rocks along our way. 4 Be our strength in hours of weakness, in our wanderings be our guide; through endeavour, failure, danger, Father, be there at our side. Topics: Christ the Friend of Sinners; God's Church Penitence and Prayer; Lent 3, The King and the Kingdom Suffering; Pentecost 20 Endurance; Pentecost 9 The Whole Armour of God; The Election of God's People Abraham Used With Tune: MARCHING

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