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This is my will

Author: James Quinn, b. 1919 Appears in 14 hymnals Scripture: John 15:13-17 First Line: This is my will, my one command Used With Tune: [This is my will, my one command]

’Tis not that I did choose thee

Author: Josiah Conder Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 77 hymnals Scripture: John 15:16 Lyrics: 1 'Tis not that I did choose thee, For, Lord, that could not be; This heart would still refuse thee, Hadst thou not chosen me. Thou from the sin that stained me Hast cleansed and set me free; Of old thou hast ordained me, That I should live to thee. 2 'Twas sov;reign mercy called me And taught my op'ning mind; The world had else enthralled me, To heav'nly glories blind. My heart owns none before thee, For thy rich grace I thirst; This knowing, if I love thee, Thou must have loved me first. Amen. Topics: Election; God Sovereignty of ; Love For Christ or God Used With Tune: SAVOY CHAPEL

Trust and Obey

Author: John H. Sammis, 1846-1919 Meter: 6.6.9 D with refrain Appears in 452 hymnals Scripture: John 15:14 First Line: When we walk with the Lord Refrain First Line: Trust and obey, for there's no other way Lyrics: 1 When we walk with the Lord in the light of his Word, what a glory he sheds on our way! While we do his good will, he abides with us still, and with all who will trust and obey. Refrain: Trust and obey, for there's no other way to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey. 2 Not a burden we bear, not a sorrow we share, but our toil he will richly repay; not a grief nor a loss, not a frown nor a cross, but is blest if we trust and obey. [Refrain] 3 But we never can prove the delights of his love until all on the altar we lay; for the favor he shows and the joy he bestows are for them who will trust and obey. [Refrain] 4 Then in fellowship sweet we will sit at his feet, or we'll walk by his side in the way; what he says we will do, where he sends we will go-- never fear, only trust and obey. [Refrain] Topics: Fellowship Used With Tune: TRUST AND OBEY

This Is My Commandment

Appears in 9 hymnals Scripture: John 15:11-12 Lyrics: [1] This is my commandment, that you love one another that your joy may be full. [2] This is my commandment, that you love one another that your joy may be full, that your joy may be full, that your joy may be full. This is my commandment, that you love one another that your joy may be full. Additional stanzas may be added, for example: This is my commandment, that you trust one another... This is my commandment, that you serve one another... This is my commandment, that you lay down your lives... Topics: Know Epiphany/Ministry and Teaching of Christ Used With Tune: This Is My Commandment

Take Time to Be Holy

Author: W. D. Longstaff, d. 1894 Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Appears in 315 hymnals Scripture: John 15:7-15 Lyrics: 1 Take time to be holy, Speak oft with thy Lord; Abide in Him always, And feed on His word; Make friends of God's children, Help those who are weak, Forgetting in nothing His blessing to seek. 2 Take time be holy, The world rushes on; Spend much time in secret With Jesus alone; By looking to Jesus, Like Him thou shalt be; Thy friends in thy conduct His likeness shall see. 3 Take time to be holy, Let Him be thy Guide, And run not before Him, Whatever betide; In joy or in sorrow, Still follow thy Lord, And, looking to Jesus, Still trust in His word. 4 Take time to be holy, Be calm in thy soul, Each thought and each motive Beneath His control; Thus led by His Spirit To fountains of love, Thou soon shalt be fitted For service above. Amen. Used With Tune: TAKE TIME TO BE HOLY

The Comforter Has Come!

Author: Rev. F. Bottome Appears in 236 hymnals Scripture: John 15:16 First Line: O spread the tidings 'round, wherever man is found Refrain First Line: The Comforter has come, the Comforter has come Topics: Holy Spirit Used With Tune: [O spread the tidings 'round, wherever man is found]

The Master Came to Bring Good News (Vino el Maestro para Dar)

Author: Ralph Finn, b. 1941; Georgina Pando-Connolly, b. 1946 Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 10 hymnals Scripture: John 15:9-17 Refrain First Line: Father, forgive us! ("Patre, perdoana") Topics: Rites of the Church Penance; Ritos de la Iglesia Penitencia; Amor de Dios para Nosotros; Love of God for Us; Amor Para Otros; Love for Others; Arrepentimiento; Repentance; Daily Life and Work; Vida y Trabjo Diario; Jesucristo; Jesus Christ; Law; Ley; Mercy; Misericordia; Pecado; Sin; Reconciliación; Reconciliation; Reign of God; Reino de Dios Used With Tune: ICH GLAUB AN GOTT

Through the love of God our Saviour

Author: Mary Peters, 1813-1856 Meter: 8.4.8.4.8.8.8.4 Appears in 193 hymnals Scripture: John 15:5 Topics: Conflict, Suffering and Doubt Used With Tune: AR HYD Y NOS

There is a Redeemer

Author: Melody Green (b. 1946) Meter: 6.5.8.5 Appears in 32 hymnals Scripture: John 15:26 Topics: Life in Christ Our Response to Christ - In Devotion; Salvation and Redemption; Temptation; Thanksgiving Used With Tune: [There is a Redeemer]

The Son of God proclaim

Author: Basil E. Bridge, 1927- Appears in 18 hymnals Scripture: John 15:14-15 Topics: Companion / Friend; Easter / Eastertide; Jesus Christ Word; Jesus Christ Kingship / Reign; Jesus Christ Head of Church; Recessionals; Sacraments and Ordinances Communion Used With Tune: FESTAL SONG

The Author of every perfect gift

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 100 hymnals Scripture: John 15:5 First Line: Father, to thee my soul I lift Topics: Christ Intercession of; Christians Dependence on Christ; God all in all; God Father; God Source of blessing

The Glory of These Forty Days

Author: St. Gregory the Great, ca. 540-604; Maurice F. Bell, 1862-1947 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 35 hymnals Scripture: John 15:14-15 Topics: The Liturgical Year Ash Wednesday; The Liturgical Year Lent (Sundays and Weekdays) Used With Tune: ERHALT UNS, HERR Text Sources: Tr.: English Hymnal, 1906

The Gift of Love

Author: Hal H. Hopson, 1933- Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 28 hymnals Scripture: John 15:11-12 First Line: Though I may speak with bravest fire Lyrics: 1 Though I may speak with bravest fire, and have the gift to all inspire, and have not love, my words are vain, as sounding brass, and hopeless gain. 2 Though I may give all I possess, and striving so my love profess, but not be given by love within, the profit soon turns strangely thin. 3 Come, Spirit, come, our hearts control, our spirits long to be made whole. Let inward love guide every deed; by this we worship, and are freed. Used With Tune: GIFT OF LOVE

¡Tengo un Amigo!

Author: Robert Harkness; Vicente Mendoza Appears in 9 hymnals Scripture: John 15:13 First Line: Tengo un amigo, Cristo el Señor Refrain First Line: Cristo, mi amigo, ya tuyo soy Used With Tune: I HAVE A SAVIOR

The spring has come

Author: Shirley Erena Murray (b. 1931) Meter: 4.8.4.8.4.8.4.4.8 Appears in 4 hymnals Scripture: John 15:1-5 Lyrics: 1 The spring has come let all the Church be part of it! The world has changed, and God is at the heart of it! New light, new day, new colour after winter grey. New light, new day, the spring has come, let all the Church be part of it! 2 The sun is warm, let all God's children play in it! The world expands, let's spread the Gospel way in it! New leaf, new thrust, new greening for the love of Christ. New leaf, new thrust, the sun is warm, let all God's children play in it! 3 The spring has come, new people are the flowers of it. Through wind and rain, new life is in the showers of it. New bud, new shoot, new hope will bear the Spirit's fruit. New bud, new shoot, the spring has come, new people are the flowers of it. Topics: The Living God Our Response to God - in times and seasons; Gospel Call; Spring Used With Tune: VERVACITY

The Lord of Life, a Vine Is He

Author: Mary Kay Beall Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: John 15:1-5 Lyrics: 1 The Lord of Life, a vine is he and grafted to him we must be; and thus we yield abundantly sweet fruit for all to taste and see. 2 If we be joined to him we know his strength and power will help us grow. His Spirit's grace through us will flow to prune and shape us as we go. 3 The vine is he, the branches we for now and to eternity. His word sown deep in us will be both sun and rain . . . sufficiency. 4. The Lord of Life, the Source Divine calls us to come, with him entwine. Will we, unhearing, dare decline the call of Christ, the One True Vine? Topics: Body of Christ; Calling; Church; Creator; Eternal Life; Fruitfulness; Grace; Growth; Jesus Christ Lordship; Life; Names (Other) and Images for Jesus Christ; Nurture; Power and Might; Prune; Rain; Seeing; Source; Spirit/Soul; Strength and Courage; Sufficiency; Sun; Taste; Body of Christ; Calling; Church; Creator; Eternal Life; Fruitfulness; Grace; Growth; Jesus Christ Lordship; Life; Names (Other) and Images for Jesus Christ; Nurture; Power and Might; Prune; Rain; Seeing; Source; Spirit/Soul; Strength and Courage; Sufficiency; Sun; Taste Used With Tune: LATHAM

"The wondrous Cross"

Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 2,011 hymnals Scripture: John 15:13 First Line: When I survey the wondrous cross Lyrics: 1 When I survey the wondrous cross, On which the Prince of glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride. 2 Forbid it, Lord! that I should boast, Save in the death of Christ, my God; All the vain things that charm me most I sacrifice them to his blood. 3 See, from his head, his hands, his feet, Sorrow and love flow mingled down; Did e'er such love and sorrow meet, Or thorns compose so rich a crown? 4 His dying crimson, like a robe, Spreads o'er his body on the tree; Then I am dead to all the globe, And all the globe is dead to me. 5 Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small; Love so amazing, so divine, Demands my soul, my life, my all. Topics: Christ Agony of; Christ Blood of; Christ Crucifixion of; Christ Prince of Glory; Christ Sufferings of; Consecration Of Self; Cross of Christ Taking; Christ Compassion of Used With Tune: ROCKINGHAM (OLD)

The Holy Spirit

Appears in 1,913 hymnals Scripture: John 14-16 First Line: "I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, Topics: Scripture Readings

The golden Chain

Author: Rev. Joseph Swain (1761-1796) Appears in 577 hymnals Scripture: John 15:12 First Line: How sweet, how heav'nly is the sight Topics: Communion Of Saints; Love For the Church; Saints Union of, with each other; Sympathy of Christians Used With Tune: NEEDHAM

There's Not a Friend Like the Lowly Jesus

Author: Johnson Oatman, Jr., 1856-1922 Meter: 10.6.10.6 with refrain Appears in 411 hymnals Scripture: John 15:14 Refrain First Line: Jesus knows all about our struggles Topics: Book One: Hymns, Songs, Chorales; Jesus Christ Friend Used With Tune: NO NOT ONE

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