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For the Fruit of All Creation
Author: Fred Pratt Green (1903-) Meter: 8.4.8.4.8.8.8.4 Appears in 70 hymnals Scripture: Leviticus 19:9-18 Lyrics: 1 For the fruit of all creation,
thanks be to God;
gifts bestowed on every nation,
thanks be to God.
For the ploughing, sowing, reaping,
silent growth while we are sleeping,
future needs in earth's safe-keeping,
thanks be to God.
2 In the just reward of labour,
God's will is done.
In the help we give our neighbour,
God's will is done.
In our worldwide task of caring
for the hungry and despairing,
in the harvests we are sharing,
God's will is done.
3 For the harvests of the Spirit,
thanks be to God.
For the good we all inherit,
thanks be to God.
For the wonders that astound us,
for the truths that still confound us,
most of all that love has found us,
thanks be to God. Topics: Creation; Mission; Offertory; Stewardship; Rogation Days; Harvest Thanksgiving Used With Tune: AR HYD Y NOS
For the Fruit of All Creation
Love God with All Your Soul and Strength
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 29 hymnals Scripture: Leviticus 19 Lyrics: Love God with all your soul and strength,
with all your heart and mind.
And love your neighbor as yourself;
be faithful, just, and kind.
Topics: Law of God; Love Our Love to God; Songs for Children Bible Songs; Covenant; Law of God; Love Our Love to God; Obedience Used With Tune: FARRANT
Love God with All Your Soul and Strength
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
Author: Henry van Dyke, 1852-1933 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 268 hymnals Scripture: Leviticus 19:18 Lyrics: 1 Joyful, joyful, we adore thee,
God of glory, Lord of love;
Hearts unfold like flow'rs before thee,
Op'ning to the sun above.
Melt the clouds of sin and sadness;
Drive the dark of doubt away;
Giver of immortal gladness,
Fill us with the light of day.
2 All thy works with joy surround thee,
Earth and heav'n reflect thy rays,
Stars and angels sing around thee,
Center of unbroken praise;
Field and forest, vale and mountain,
Flow'ry meadow, flashing sea,
Chanting bird and flowing fountain,
Call us to rejoice in thee.
3 Thou art giving and forgiving,
Ever blessing, ever blest,
Well-spring of the joy of living,
Ocean depth of happy rest!
Thou our Father, Christ our brother,
All who live in love are thine;
Teach us how to love each other,
Lift us to the joy divine.
4 Mortals, join the mighty chorus
Which the morning stars began;
Love divine is reigning o’er us,
Binding all within its span.
Ever singing, march we onward,
Victors in the midst of strife;
Joyful music leads us sunward,
In the triumph song of life. Topics: Creation; Creation; Creation; Joy; Music Ministry; Power of God; Praise; Service Music for Mass Entrance Song (Gathering of Processional); Morning Prayer Hymn Used With Tune: HYMN TO JOY
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
And the creed and the colour and the name won't matter
Author: Sydney Bertram Carter (1915-2004) Meter: Irregular Appears in 20 hymnals Scripture: Leviticus 19:18 First Line: When I needed a neighbour, were you there, were you there? Lyrics: 1 When I needed a neighbour, were you there, were you there?
When I needed a neighbour, were you there?
[Refrain:]
And the creed and the colour and the name won't matter,
were you there?
2 I was hungry and thirsty, were you there, were you there?
I was hungry and thirsty, were you there? [Refrain]
3 I was cold, I was naked, were you there, were you there?
I was cold, I was naked, were you there? [Refrain]
4 When I needed a shelter, were you there, were you there?
When I needed a shelter, were you there? [Refrain]
5 When I needed a healer, were you there, were you there?
When I needed a healer, were you there? [Refrain]
6 Wherever you travel I'll be there, I'll be there,
Wherever you travel I'll be there.
And the creed and the colour and the name won't matter,
I'll be there. Topics: Life in Christ Our Response to Christ - In Discipleship; Neighbour; Social Concern Used With Tune: NEIGHBOUR
And the creed and the colour and the name won't matter
The Harvest of Justice
Author: David Haas, b. 1957 Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: Leviticus 19:9 First Line: Gather with patience Refrain First Line: May we find richness Topics: Sharing Used With Tune: [Gather with patience]
The Harvest of Justice
Judge Eternal, throned in splendor
Author: Henry Scott Holland (1847-1918) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 108 hymnals Scripture: Leviticus 19:9-18 Lyrics: 1 Judge Eternal, throned in splendour,
Lord of lords and King of kings,
with your living fire of judgement
purge this land of bitter things;
solace all its wide dominion
with the healing of your wings.
2 Still the weary folk are pining
for the hour that brings release;
and the city's crowded clangour
cries aloud for sin to cease;
and the homesteads and the woodlands
plead in silence for their peace.
3 Crown, O God, your own endeavour;
cleave our darkness with your sword;
feed the faithless and the hungry
with the richness of your word;
cleanse the body of this nation
through the glory of the Lord. Topics: Our Response to God in intercession and petition; The Church Celebrates National Life; God in judgement and justice; Nation and Society; Word of God Used With Tune: RHUDDLAN
Judge Eternal, throned in splendor
Jesu, Jesu, Fill Us with Your Love
Author: Tom Colvin Meter: 7.7.9 with refrain Appears in 64 hymnals Scripture: Leviticus 19:18 First Line: Kneels at the feet of his friends Lyrics: Refrain:
Jesu, Jesu, fill us with your love;
show us how to serve
the neighbors we have from you.
1 Kneels at the feet of his friends,
silently washes their feet,
Master who acts as a slave to them. [Refrain]
2 Neighbors are wealthy and poor,
varied in color and race;
neighbors are near us and far away. [Refrain]
3 These are the ones we should serve;
these are the ones we should love;
all these are neighbors to us and you. [Refrain]
4 Loving puts us on our knees,
willing to wash others’ feet;
this is the way we should live like you. [Refrain] Topics: Christian Year Palm Sunday; Christian Year Maundy Thursday; Christian Year Good Friday; Ecumenical; Humility; Jesus Christ Passion and Death; Service Used With Tune: CHEREPONI
Jesu, Jesu, Fill Us with Your Love
God of the poor
Author: Graham Kendrick, b. 1950 Meter: Irregular Appears in 13 hymnals Scripture: Leviticus 19:10 First Line: Beauty for brokenness Topics: Prayer: Intercession and Petition; Justice and Peace; The Wholeness of Creation Used With Tune: GOD OF THE POOR
God of the poor
Hope is a candle, once lit by the prophets
Author: Richard Leach Meter: 11.10.11.8 Appears in 4 hymnals Scripture: Leviticus 19:18 Topics: Life in Christ Christ Incarnate - Promise of the Messiah; Light; Sharing and Caring Used With Tune: GALLOWAY TAM
Hope is a candle, once lit by the prophets
Be Just in Judgment, Fair to All
Author: Calvin Seerveld Meter: 8.6.8.6.4 Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Leviticus 19:15-18 Topics: Law of God; Society/Social Concerns; Covenant; Justice; Law of God; Obedience; Society/Social Concerns; Stewardship Used With Tune: TORONTO (Seerveld)
Be Just in Judgment, Fair to All
This is God's world after all
Author: Iain D. Cunningham (b. 1954) Meter: Irregular Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Leviticus 19:9-10 First Line: It's a world of sunshine, a world of rain Topics: Our Response to God in the stewardship of the earth; Care of Creation; Sharing and Caring Used With Tune: WORLD OF SUNSHINE
This is God's world after all
Not for Tongues of Heaven's Angels
Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, 1926- Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 30 hymnals Scripture: Leviticus 19:9-18 Refrain First Line: may love be ours, Lord Topics: Love; Marriage; Christian Life Used With Tune: COMFORT
Not for Tongues of Heaven's Angels
Help Us Accept Each Other
Author: Fred Kaan Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 24 hymnals Scripture: Leviticus 19:18 Lyrics: 1 Help us accept each other
as Christ accepted us;
teach us as sister, brother,
each person to embrace.
Be present, Lord, among us
and bring us to believe
we are ourselves accepted,
and meant to love and live.
2 Teach us, O Lord, your lessons,
as in our daily life
we struggle to be human
and search for hope and faith.
Teach us to care for people,
for all, not just for some,
to love them as we find them,
or as they may become.
3 Let your acceptance change us,
so that we may be moved
in living situations
to do the truth in love;
to practice your acceptance
until we know by heart
the table of forgiveness,
and laughter's healing art.
4 Lord, for today's encounters
with all who are in need,
who hunger for acceptance,
for justice and for bread,
we need new eyes for seeing,
new hands for holding on:
renew us with your Spirit;
Lord, free us; make us one! Topics: Compassion; Ecumenical; Justice and Reconciliation; Renewal; Teaching/Education; Unity; Unity Used With Tune: BARONITA
Help Us Accept Each Other
God of the Sparrow
Author: Jaroslav J. Vajda Meter: 9.6.7.7 Appears in 23 hymnals Scripture: Leviticus 19:18 First Line: God of the sparrow God of the whale Topics: Adoration; Animals; Care of Creation; Christian Year Easter Vigil; Creation; Grace; Providence Used With Tune: ROEDER
God of the Sparrow
You Call Us, Lord, to Be
Author: Jane Manton Marshall (1924-) Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Leviticus 19:9-18 Lyrics: 1 You call us, Lord, to be
a people set apart,
to feel with thoughtful mind
and think with tender heart.
Thus chosen, now, O Lord, we ask
for faith in your unfailing grace
to make us equal to the task.
2 You call us, Lord, to care
for self and neighbour too,
to take the risk, and dare
to show what love can do.
Thus chosen, now, O Lord, we ask
for faith in your unfailing grace
to make us equal to the task.
3 You call us, Lord, to be
good stewards of the earth;
to tend to it as a place
of blessedness and worth.
Thus chosen, now, O Lord, we ask
for faith in your unfailing grace
to make us equal to the task.
4 You call us, Lord, to serve:
to die that we may live,
to know we best receive
when joyfully we give.
Thus chosen, now, O Lord, we ask
for faith in your unfailing grace
to make us equal to the task. Topics: Call and Vocation; Discipleship; Stewardship Used With Tune: RHOSYMEDRE
You Call Us, Lord, to Be
You Shall Love the Lord
Author: Frank Hernandez Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Leviticus 19:18 First Line: You shall love the Lord your God Topics: God Ways Of; Law of God; Love Our Love for God; Responses To The Law of God Used With Tune: YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD
You Shall Love the Lord
O God of love, whose heart is ever yearning
Author: Randall T. Pittman, 1882-1972 Meter: 11.10.11.10.11.10 Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Leviticus 19:18 Lyrics: 1 O God of love, whose heart is ever yearning
that fixed on you our wayward thoughts may be,
now grant us grace to live as in your presence,
and help us all our erring ways to see.
May love subdue the ill in every nation,
and all to you as subjects bow the knee.
2 O Father God, moved ever by compassion
for children crushed by sorrows heavy load
be swift to aid the downcast and the cheerless,
lift up the fallen on life's thorny road.
Give calm and strength to overcome with patience,
and safely bring them to your blest abode.
3 O God of peace, whose Son with our sins laden
died to secure from bondage our release,
help us to banish hate between the nations,
to live as neighbours, and make wars to cease.
Bring in the reign of friendship universal,
and in your mercy grant to us your peace. Topics: Compassion; God's Love to Us; Liberation; National Life; Nurturing God's People; Peace of the World; Reconciliation; Refugee/Outcast; Service; Unity of Humanity Used With Tune: FINLANDIA
O God of love, whose heart is ever yearning
Love the Lord
Author: Austin C. Lovelace Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Leviticus 19:18 First Line: Love the Lord, love the Lord Topics: Meeting with God's People Dedication and Offering Used With Tune: [Love the Lord, love the Lord]
Love the Lord
Love the Lord your God
Author: Paul Zach Meter: Irregular Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Leviticus 19:18 Topics: Children Appropriate for; Greatest Commandment; Love for God; Love for Others Used With Tune: GREATEST COMMANDMENT Text Sources: based on Matthew 22:37–39; Mark 12:30–31; Luke 10:27; John 13:35; Deuteronomy 6:4–5
Love the Lord your God
O God, We Read the Holy Law
Author: Michael Schneider; Scott R. Troyer Meter: 8.7.8.7.6.6.6.6.7 Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Leviticus 19:18 Topics: Creation Care; Discipleship; God Love of; Greatest Commandment; Heritage 16th-Century; Heritage 16th-Century Anabaptist; Jesus Christ Teachings of; Law; Love for God; Love for Others Used With Tune: EIN FESTE BURG Text Sources: Christliche Gesäng wie dieselbigen zu Passau von den Schweizer Brüdern . . . (precursor to the Ausbund), 1564; vers. Mennonite Worship and Song Committee
O God, We Read the Holy Law
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