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And now, O Father, mindful of the love
Author: William Bright Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 92 hymnals Topics: liturgical Communion Songs
And now, O Father, mindful of the love
Thou, who at Thy first Eucharist didst pray
Author: W. H. Turton Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 76 hymnals Refrain First Line: Thus may we all one Bread, one Body be Topics: liturgical Communion Songs
Thou, who at Thy first Eucharist didst pray
Christians, Awake
Author: John Byrom Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 186 hymnals First Line: Christians, awake! salute the happy morn
Christians, Awake
Be Still, My Soul
Author: Jane Borthwick; Kathrina von Schlegel Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 178 hymnals First Line: Be still, my soul: the Lord is on thy side Topics: Funeral Hymns; God the Father His Providence; Peace Spiritual; Serenity
Be Still, My Soul
Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart
Author: George Croly, 1780-1860 Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 341 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Spirit of God, descend upon my heart;
Wean it from earth; through all its pulses move;
Stoop to my weakness, mighty as Thou art,
And make me love Thee as I ought to love.
2 I ask no dream, no prophet ecstasies,
No sudden rending of the veil of clay,
No angel visitant, no op'ning skies;
But take the dimness of my soul away.
3 Teach me to feel that Thou art always nigh;
Teach me the struggles of the soul to bear,
To check the rising doubt, the rebel sigh;
Teach me the patience of unanswered prayer.
4 Teach me to love Thee as Thine angels love,
One holy passion filling all my frame;
The kindling of the heav'n-descended Dove,
My heart an altar, and Thy love the flame. Topics: God Love and Mercy; God Our Love For God; Patience Scripture: Psalm 41:11 Used With Tune: MORECAMBE
Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart
Eternal Ruler of the ceaseless round
Author: J. W. Chadwick, 1840-1904 Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 124 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Eternal Ruler of the ceaseless round
of circling planets singing on their way;
guide of the nations from the night profound
into the glory of the perfect day;
rule in our hearts, that we may ever be
guided and strengthened and upheld by thee.
2 We are of thee, the children of thy love,
the brothers of thy well-belovèd Son;
descend, O Holy Spirit, like a dove,
into our hearts, that we may be as one:
as one with thee, to whom we ever tend;
as one with him, our Brother and our Friend.
3 We would be one in hatred of all wrong,
one in our love of all things sweet and fair,
one with the joy that breaketh into song,
one with the grief that trembles into prayer,
one in the power that makes thy children free
to follow truth, and thus to follow thee.
4 O clothe us with thy heavenly armour, Lord,
thy trusty shield, thy sword of love divine;
our inspiration be thy constant word;
we ask no victories that are not thine:
give or withhold, let pain or pleasure be;
enough to know that we are serving thee. Topics: Pentecost Scripture: Ephesians 6:11 Used With Tune: YORKSHIRE (STOCKPORT)
Eternal Ruler of the ceaseless round
The Day Is Gently Sinking to a Close
Author: Christopher Wordsworth Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 148 hymnals Lyrics: 1. The day is gently sinking to a close,
Fainter and yet more faint the sunlight glows:
O brightness of Thy Father’s glory,
Thou eternal light of light, be with us now:
Where Thou art present darkness cannot be;
Midnight is glorious noon, O Lord, with Thee.
2. Our changeful lives are ebbing to an end;
Onward to darkness and to death we tend;
O conqueror of the grave, be Thou our guide;
Be Thou our light in death’s dark eventide;
Then in our mortal hour will be no gloom,
No sting in death, no terror in the tomb.
3. Thou, who in darkness walking didst appear
Upon the waves, and Thy disciples cheer,
Come, Lord, in lonesome days, when storms assail,
And earthly hopes and human succors fail;
When all is dark, may we behold Thee nigh,
And hear Thy voice, Fear not, for it is I.
4. The weary world is moldering to decay,
Its glories wane, its pageants fade away:
In that last sunset, when the stars shall fall,
May we arise, awakened by Thy call,
With Thee, O Lord, forever to abide,
In that blest day which has no eventide. Used With Tune: NACHTLIED Text Sources: Holy Year, third edition, 1863
The Day Is Gently Sinking to a Close
The God of Glory Sends His Summons Forth
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 70 hymnals Lyrics: 1. The God of glory sends His summons forth,
To nations south and then awakes the north;
From east to west the sovereign orders spread,
Through distant worlds and regions of the dead:
No more shall atheists mock His long delay;
His vengeance sleeps no more: behold the day!
2. Behold, the Judge descends, His guards are nigh;
Tempest and fire attend Him down the sky:
Heav’n, earth, and hell, draw near; let all things come
To hear My justice, and the sinner’s doom:
But gather first My saints, the Judge commands,
“Bring them, ye angels, from their distant lands.
3. “Behold, My covenant stands for ever good,
Sealed by th’eternal Sacrifice in blood,
And signed with all their names; the Greek, the Jew,
That paid the ancient worship or the new.
There’s no distinction here; join all your voices,
And raise your heads, ye saints, for Heav’n rejoices.
4. Here, saith the Lord, ye angels, spread their thrones,
And near me seat My favorites and My sons:
Come, My redeemed, possess the joys prepared
Ere time began; ’tis your divine reward.
When Christ returns, wake every cheerful passion;
And shout, ye saints, He comes for your salvation.
5. “I am the Savior, I th’Almighty God,
I am their Judge: ye heav’ns, proclaim abroad
My just eternal sentence, and declare
Those awful truths that sinners dread to hear:
When God appears, all nature shall adore Him;
While sinners tremble, saints rejoice before Him.
6. Stand forth, thou bold blasphemer, and profane,
Now feel My wrath, nor call My threat’nings vain;
Thou hypocrite, once dressed in saints’ attire,
I doom the painted hypocrite to fire.
Judgment proceeds; hell trembles; Heav’n rejoices;
Lift up your heads, ye saints, with cheerful voices.
7. Not for the want of goats or bullocks slain
Do I condemn thee; bulls and goats are vain
Without the flame of love; in vain the store
Of brutal offerings that were Mine before.
Earth is the Lord’s, all nature shall adore Him;
While sinners, tremble, saints rejoice before Him;
8. If I were hungry, would I ask thee food?
When did I thirst, or drink thy bullocks’ blood?
Mine are the tamer beasts and savage breed,
Flocks, herds, and fields and forests where they feed.
All is the Lord’s, He rules the wide creation;
Gives sinners vengeance, and the saints salvation.
9. Can I be flattered with thy cringing bows,
Thy solemn chatterings and fantastic vows?
Are My eyes charmed thy vestments to behold,
Glaring in gems, and gay in woven gold?
God is the judge of hearts, no fair disguises
Can screen the guilty when His vengeance rises.
10. Unthinking wretch! how couldst thou hope to please
A God, a Spirit, with such toys as these,
While, with My grace and statutes on thy tongue,
Thou lov’st deceit, and dost thy brother wrong?
Judgment proceeds; hell trembles; Heav’n rejoices;
Lift up your heads, ye saints, with cheerful voices.
11. In vain to pious forms thy zeal pretends;
Thieves and adulterers are thy chosen friends.
While the false flatterer at My altar waits,
His hardened soul divine instruction hates.
God is the judge of hearts, no fair disguises
Can screen the guilty when His vengeance rises.
12. Silent I waited with long-suffering love,
But didst thou hope that I should ne’er reprove?
And cherish such an impious thought within,
That the All-Holy would indulge thy sin?;
See, God appears; all nature joins t’adore Him:
Judgment proceeds, and sinners fall before Him.
13. Behold My terrors now: My thunders roll,
And thy own crimes affright thy guilty soul;
Now like a lion shall My vengeance tear
Thy bleeding heart, and no deliverer near.
Judgment concludes; hell trembles; Heav’n rejoices:
Lift up your heads, ye saints, with cheerful voices.
14. Sinners, awake betimes; ye fools, be wise;
Awake before this dreadful morning rise;
Change your vain thoughts, your crooked works amend,
Fly to the Savior, make the Judge your friend;
Then join the saints, wake every cheerful passion;
When Christ returns, He comes for your salvation. Used With Tune: YORKSHIRE Text Sources: The Psalms of David, 1719, alt.
The God of Glory Sends His Summons Forth
O Thou Great Shepherd of Thy Chosen Race
Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 7 hymnals Topics: Persecution Of Believers; Shepherd, God, Christ As Scripture: Psalm 80 Used With Tune: LANGRAN
O Thou Great Shepherd of Thy Chosen Race
Stay, Master, Stay upon This Heavenly Hill
Author: Samuel Greg Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 11 hymnals First Line: Stay, Master, stay, upon this heavenly hill Lyrics: 1. Stay, Master, stay, upon this heavenly hill;
A little longer, let us linger still;
With all the mighty ones of old beside,
Near to God’s holy presence still abide;
Before the throne of light we trembling stand,
And catch a glimpse into the spirit land.
2. Stay, Master, stay! we breathe a purer air;
This life is not the life that waits us there;
Thoughts, feelings, flashes, glimpses come and go;
We cannot speak them—nay, we do not know;
Wrapped in this cloud of light we seem to be
The thing we fain would grow—eternally.
3. No! saith the Lord, the hour is past, we go;
Our home, our life, our duties lie below.
While here we kneel upon the mount of prayer,
The plough lies waiting in the furrow there!
Here we sought God that we might know His will;
There we must do it, serve Him, seek Him still.
4. If man aspires to reach the throne of God,
O’er the dull plains of earth must lie the road;
He who best does his lowly duty here,
Shall mount the highest in a nobler sphere:
At God’s own feet our spirits seek their rest,
And he is dearest Him who serves Him best. Used With Tune: YORKSHIRE Text Sources: Scenes from the Life of Jesus, 1854
Stay, Master, Stay upon This Heavenly Hill
Lord, Who the Night You Were Betrayed
Author: William H. Turton, 1856-1938 Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: Lord, who the night you were betrayed did pray Lyrics: 1 Lord, who the night you were betrayed did pray
that all your church might be forever one:
help us at ev'ry eucharist to say
with willing heart and soul, "Your will be done."
Oh, may we all one bread, one body be,
through this blest sacrament of unity.
2 For all your church on earth, we intercede;
Lord, make our sad divisions soon to cease;
draw us all closer, each to each, we plead,
by drawing all to you, O Prince of peace;
thus may we all one bread, one body be,
through this blest sacrament of unity.
3 And hear our prayer for wand'rers from your fold;
restore them, too, Good Shepherd of the sheep,
back to the faith your saints confessed of old,
and to the church still pledged that faith to keep.
Soon may we all one bread, one body be,
through this blest sacrament of unity.
4 So, Lord, at length when sacraments shall cease,
may we be one with all your church above --
one with your saints in one unbroken peace,
one with your saints in one unbounded love;
more blessed still, in peace and love to be
one with the Trinity in unity. Topics: Holy Communion; Holy Communion; Maundy Thursday; Reconciliation Used With Tune: SONG 1
Lord, Who the Night You Were Betrayed
O Holy Father, who in tender love
Author: Edward Henry Bickersteth, 1825-1906 Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 7 hymnals Topics: The Church of God The Lord's Supper Used With Tune: UNDE ET MEMORES
O Holy Father, who in tender love
Just As the Deer
Author: Brian Ruttan, 1947- Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Just as the deer longs for the water brooks Topics: Psalm 51; Yearning; Trust; Baptism (general) Scripture: Job 7 Used With Tune: FINLANDIA
Just As the Deer
Long did I toil, and knew no earthly rest
Author: John Quarles, 1625-65; Henry Francis Lyte, 1703-1847 Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 31 hymnals Topics: The Christian Life Love and Communion; The Christian Life Trustfulness and Peace Used With Tune: SONG 1
Long did I toil, and knew no earthly rest
Our Hope, If We Will Find It, Is in Christ
Author: Taylor Burton-Edwards Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 1 hymnal
Our Hope, If We Will Find It, Is in Christ
O World, Thou Choosest Not the Better Part
Author: George Santayana, 1863-1952 Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: O world, thou choosest not the better part! Lyrics: 1 O world, thou choosest not the better part!
It is not wisdom to be only wise,
and on the inward vision close the eyes,
but it is wisdom to believe the heart.
To trust the soul’s invincible surmise
is all of science and our only art.
2 Our knowledge is a torch of smoky pine
that lights the pathway but one step ahead
across a void of mystery and dread.
Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine
by which alone the mortal heart is led
unto the thinking of the thought divine. Topics: Humanist Teachings Insight and Wisdom; Reason and Science; Spirituality and Spiritual Growth Used With Tune: SONG 1
O World, Thou Choosest Not the Better Part
O thou, my God, who from thy throne supreme
Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O thou my God, who from thy throne supreme,
Art mindful of the penitential tear,
Kindly dispersing, with thy mercy's beam,
The gathering clouds of darkness and despair;
Lord, lend thine ear! O hear a sinner's cry!
And save a wretch thy law condemns to die!
2 Long has thy gospel sounded in mine ears,
And once I thought I made thy ways my choice;
But now, alas! o'erwhelm'd with gloomy fears,
I scarce can hear my heavenly shepherd's voice;
Oh shine again! revive my drooping heart!
Subdue my foes, and bid my fears depart!
3 Entangles with the world's delusive charms,
Mine enemies against my soul prevail;
Prevail to thrust me, wretched, from thine arms,
Whilst guilt and unbelief my hope assail.
O God, my God, display thy guardian cure,
Nor let me fall a victim to despair!
4 Does not thy promise bid me rest secure?
And can I trust thy faithfulness in vain?
Shall not thy truth from age to age endure?
And wilt thou not thy people's cause maintain?
Then shine again, my fainting soul restore,
And hold me with thy hand to fall no more!
The Hartford Selection of Hymns from the most approved authors, 1799
O thou, my God, who from thy throne supreme
Peoples, Clap Your Hands!
Author: Joy F. Patterson Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Peoples, clap your hands! Shout to God with joy Topics: God Adoration and Praise Scripture: Psalm 47 Used With Tune: GENEVAN 47
Peoples, Clap Your Hands!
Eternal God, before Your Thone
Author: Ernest E. Ryden, 1886-1981 Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: Eternal God, before your throne we bend Topics: Community in Christ; Affirmation of Baptism; Community in Christ; The Holy Trinity; Invocation; Marriage Used With Tune: INVOCATION
Eternal God, before Your Thone
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