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Lord of the Dance
Author: Sydney Bertram Carter (1915-2004) Meter: Irregular with refrain Appears in 52 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 11:16-17 First Line: I danced in the morning when the world was begun Refrain First Line: Dance, then, wherever you may be Lyrics: 1 I danced in the morning
when the world was begun,
and I danced in the moon
and the stars, and the sun,
and I came down from heaven
and I danced on the earth--
at Bethlehem I had my birth.
Refrain:
Dance, then, wherever you may be:
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he,
and I’ll lead you all, wherever you may be,
and I’ll lead you all in the Dance, said he.
2 I danced for the scribe
and the Pharisee,
but they would not dance
and they would not follow me.
I danced for the fishermen,
for James and John --
they came with me
and the Dance went on. [Refrain]
3 I danced on the Sabbath
when I cured the lame,
the holy people
said it was a shame.
They whipped and they stripped
and they hung me high,
and they left me there
on a Cross to die. [Refrain]
4 I danced on a Friday
and the sky turned black --
it’s hard to dance
with the devil on your back.
They buried my body
and they thought I’d gone --
but I am the Dance
and I still go on. [Refrain]
5 They cut me down
and I leapt up high --
I am the life
that’ll never, never die.
I’ll live in you
if you’ll live in me,
I am the Lord
of the Dance, said he. [Refrain] Topics: Christ Incarnate Passion and Death; Christ Incarnate Public Ministry; Dance; Jesus Life and Ministry Used With Tune: LORD OF THE DANCE
Lord of the Dance
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Author: Joseph M. Scriven, 1819-1886 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,705 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 11:19 Lyrics: 1 What a friend we have in Jesus,
all our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
everything to God in prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit,
O what needless pain we bear,
all because we do not carry
everything to God in prayer!
2 Have we trials and temptations?
Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged;
take it to the Lord in prayer!
Can we find a friend so faithful
who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness;
take it to the Lord in prayer!
3 Are we weak and heavy laden,
cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Savior, still our refuge--
take it to the Lord in prayer!
Do your friends despise, forsake you?
Take it to the Lord in prayer!
In his arms he'll take and shield you;
you wilt find a solace there. Used With Tune: CONVERSE
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Alleluia! Sing to Jesus
Author: William C. Dix Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 216 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 11:19 Lyrics: 1 Alleluia! sing to Jesus,
His the scepter, His the throne;
Alleluia! His the triumph,
His the victory alone.
Hark! the songs of peaceful Zion
Thunder like a mighty flood,
"Jesus, out of every nation
Hath redeemed us by His blood."
2 Alleluia! Not as orphans
Are we left in sorrow now;
Alleluia! He is near us;
Faith believes, nor questions how;
Though the cloud from sight received Him,
When the forty days were o’er,
Shall our hearts forget His promise,
“I am with you evermore”?
3 Alleluia! Bread of Heaven,
Thou on earth our food and stay;
Alleluia! Here the sinful
Flee to Thee from day to day;
Intercessor, friend of sinners,
Earth’s Redeemer, plead for me,
Where the songs of all the sinless
Sweep across the crystal sea.
Amen. Topics: Ascension and Reign; Christ Advocate; Christ Ascension; Christ Ever-living; Christ Reign Used With Tune: HYFRYDOL
Alleluia! Sing to Jesus
Jesus! What a Friend for Sinners!
Author: J. Wilbur Chapman Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 81 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 11:19 Refrain First Line: Hallelujah! what a Savior! Lyrics: 1 Jesus! what a Friend for sinners!
Jesus! lover of my soul;
friends may fail me, foes assail me,
he, my Savior, makes me whole.
Refrain:
Hallelujah! what a Savior!
Hallelujah, what a Friend!
Saving, helping, keeping, loving,
he is with me to the end.
2 Jesus! what a strength in weakness!
Let me hide myself in him;
tempted, tried, and sometimes failing,
he, my strength, my vict'ry wins. [Refrain]
3 Jesus! what a help in sorrow!
While the billows o'er me roll,
even when my heart is breaking,
he, my comfort, helps my soul. [Refrain]
4 Jesus! what a guide and keeper!
While the tempest still is high,
storms about me, night o'ertakes me,
he, my pilot, hears my cry. [Refrain]
5 Jesus! I do now receive him,
more than all in him I find;
he hath granted me forgiveness,
I am his, and he is mine. [Refrain]
Topics: Christ Comforter; Christ Friend; Christ Praise of; Christ Refuge Used With Tune: HYFRYDOL
Jesus! What a Friend for Sinners!
Jesus Christ is waiting
Author: John L. Bell, b. 1949; Graham Maule, b. 1958 Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Appears in 13 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 11:16-19 Topics: The Ministry of Jesus Christ Used With Tune: NOËL NOUVELET
Jesus Christ is waiting
Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 749 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 11:8-30 Lyrics: 1 Come, thou long-expected Jesus,
Born to set thy people free!
From our fears and sins release us,
Let us find our rest in thee.
2 Israel's strength and consolation,
Hope of all the earth thou art;
Dear desire of ev'ry nation,
Joy of ev'ry longing heart.
3 Born thy people to deliver,
Born a child, and yet a king:
Born to reign in us forever,
Now thy gracious kingdom bring.
4 By thine own eternal spirit
Rule in all our hearts alone;
By thine all sufficient merit
Raise us to thy glorious throne. Topics: Second Coming; The Liturgical Year Advent (Sundasy and Weekdays) Used With Tune: STUTTGART
Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus
One There Is, above All Others
Author: John Newton Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7 Appears in 687 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 11:19 Lyrics: 1 One there is, above all others,
well deserves the name of Friend;
his is love beyond a brother's,
costly, free, and knows no end.
They who once his kindness prove
find it everlasting love.
2 Which of all our friends, to save us,
could or would have shed his blood?
But our Jesus died to have us
reconciled in him to God.
This was boundless love indeed;
Jesus is a Friend in need.
3 When he lived on earth abased,
"Friend of sinners" was his name;
Now above all glory raised,
he rejoices in the same;
still he calls them brethren, friends,
and to all their wants attends.
4 Could we bear from one another
what he daily bears from us?
Yet this glorious Friend and Brother
loves us though we treat him thus:
though for good we render ill,
he accounts us brethren still.
5 O for grace our hearts to soften!
Teach us, Lord, at length to love,
we, alas! forget too often
what a Friend we have above:
but when home our souls are brought,
we will love you as we ought.
Topics: Jesus Christ His Love and Grace; Christ Humanity of; Love For Christ of God Used With Tune: GODESBERG
One There Is, above All Others
There Is a Balm in Gilead
Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Appears in 108 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 11:19 First Line: Sometimes I feel discouraged Lyrics: Refrain:
There is a balm in Gilead
to make the wounded whole,
there is a balm in Gilead
to heal the sin-sick soul.
1 Sometimes I feel discouraged,
And think my work’s in vain,
But then the Holy Spirit
Revives my soul again. [Refrain]
2 If you cannot preach like Peter,
If you cannot pray like Paul,
You can tell the love of Jesus,
And say, “He died for all.” [Refrain]
3 Don’t ever feel discouraged,
For Jesus is your friend;
And if you lack for knowledge
He’ll not refuse to lend. [Refrain] Topics: Musical Style Spiritual; Musical Style Spiritual; Musical Style Spiritual; Musical Style Spiritual; Comfort; Courage; Musical Style Spiritual; Comfort; Courage; Musical Style Spiritual; Comfort; Courage; Healing; Retreats; Sin; Trust; Rites of the Church Penance (Reconciliation); Rites of the Church Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults: Penitential Rite (Scrutiny – 2nd Sunday in Lent) Used With Tune: BALM IN GILEAD Text Sources: Spiritual
There Is a Balm in Gilead
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say
Author: Horatius Bonar Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 1,232 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 11 Lyrics: 1 I heard the voice of Jesus say,
"Come unto me and rest;
lay down, O weary one, lay down
your head upon my breast."
I came to Jesus as I was,
so weary, worn, and sad;
I found in him a resting place,
and he has made me glad.
2 I heard the voice of Jesus say,
"Behold, I freely give
the living water; thirsty one,
stoop down and drink and live."
I came to Jesus and I drank
of that life-giving stream;
my thirst was quenched, my soul revived,
and now I live in him.
3 I heard the voice of Jesus say,
"I am this dark world's light;
look unto me; your morn shall rise
and all your day be bright."
I looked to Jesus and I found
in him my star, my sun;
and in that light of life I'll walk
till traveling days are done.
Topics: Invitation; Redemption; Assurance; Invitation; Light; Redemption Used With Tune: RESTING PLACE
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say
Jesu, we thus obey
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 101 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 11:19 Topics: Holy Communion Used With Tune: WINDERMERE
Jesu, we thus obey
There's a Wideness in God's Mercy
Author: Frederick W. Faber, 1814-1863 Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 902 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 11:19 Lyrics: 1 There’s a wideness in God’s mercy
like the wideness of the sea;
there’s a kindness in his justice
which is more than liberty.
2 There is welcome for the sinner
and more graces for the good;
there is mercy with the Savior;
there is healing in his blood.
3 For the love of God is broader
than the measure of our mind;
and the heart of the Eternal
is most wonderfully kind.
4 If our love were but more simple,
we would take him at his word,
and our lives would be illumined
by the presence of our Lord. Used With Tune: WELLESLEY
There's a Wideness in God's Mercy
There's Not a Friend (No, Not One)
Author: Johnson Oatman, Jr. Appears in 409 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 11:19 First Line: There's not a friend like the lowly Jesus Topics: Jesus Friend Used With Tune: [There's not a friend like the lowly Jesus]
There's Not a Friend (No, Not One)
Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life
Author: Frank Mason North Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 370 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 11:18-20 Lyrics: 1 Where cross the crowded ways of life,
where sound the cries of race and clan,
above the noise of selfish strife,
we hear your voice, O Son of Man.
2 In haunts of wretchedness and need,
on shadowed thresholds fraught with fears,
from paths where hide the lures of greed,
we catch the vision of your tears.
3 From tender childhood's helplessness,
from human grief and burdened toil,
from famished souls, from sorrow's stress,
your heart has never known recoil.
4 The cup of water given for you
still holds the freshness of your grace;
yet long these multitudes to view
the sweet compassion of your face.
5 O Master, from the mountainside,
make haste to heal these hearts of pain;
among these restless throngs abide;
O tread the city's streets again;
6 Till all the world shall learn your love,
and follow where your feet have trod;
till glorious from your heaven above
shall come the city of our God. Topics: Compassion; Ecumenical; Healing; The Life of the Nations; A New Heaven and a New Earth; Social Concerns Used With Tune: GERMANY
Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life
Forth in Thy Name, O Lord, I Go
Author: Charles Wesley (1707-1788) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 346 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 11:16-19 Lyrics: 1 Forth in thy name, O Lord, I go,
my daily labour to pursue;
thee, only thee, resolved to know
in all I think or speak or do.
2 The task thy wisdom hath assigned
O let me cheerfully fulfil,
in all my works thy presence find,
and prove thy good and perfect will.
3 Thee may I set at my right hand,
whose eyes mine inmost substance see,
and labour on at thy command,
and offer all my works to thee.
4 Give me to bear thy easy yoke,
and every moment watch and pray,
and still to things eternal look,
and hasten to thy glorious day;
5 for thee delightfully employ
whate'er thy bounteous grace hath given;
and run my course with even joy,
and closely walk with thee to heaven. Topics: Call and Vocation; Discipleship; Dismissal; Stewardship Used With Tune: SONG 34
Forth in Thy Name, O Lord, I Go
Lord, Your Word Shall Guide Us
Author: Henry Williams Baker, 1821-1877 Meter: 6.6.6.6 Appears in 204 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 11:16-19 Topics: Scripture; Trust Used With Tune: RAVENSHAW Text Sources: Rev. Hymns for Today's Church
Lord, Your Word Shall Guide Us
Thou hast died
Author: Rev. Charles Wesley (1707-1788) Appears in 173 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 11:19 First Line: Jesus, the sinner's friend, to thee Topics: Christ Friend of sinners; Sinners Pleading for Mercy; Trust In Christ
Thou hast died
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
Author: Theodore Baker (1851-1934); Friedrich Layritz (1808-1859); Harriet Reynolds Krauth Spaeth (1845-1925) Meter: 7.6.7.6.6.7.6 Appears in 102 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 11:16-19 Lyrics: 1 Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming
from tender stem hath sprung!
of Jesse's lineage coming
as seers of old have sung.
It came, a blossom bright,
amid the cold of winter,
when half spent was the night.
2 Isaiah 'twas foretold it,
the Rose I have in mind,
with Mary we behold it,
the virgin mother kind.
To show God's love aright,
she bore to us a Saviour,
when half spent was the night.
3 O Flower, whose fragrance tender
with sweetness fills the air,
dispel in glorious splendour
the darkness everywhere;
true man, yet very God,
from sin and death now save us,
and share our every load. Topics: Advent; Christmas; Mary; Epiphany Used With Tune: ES IST EIN ROS Text Sources: St. 1-2, German (15th cent.)
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
O Thou Whose Power
Author: Samuel Johnson (1709-1784); Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (475?-525) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 79 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 11:16-19 First Line: O Thou whose power o’er moving worlds presides Lyrics: 1 O Thou whose power o'er moving worlds presides,
whose voice created, and whose wisdom guides,
on darkened souls in pure effulgence shine,
and cheer the clouded mind with light divine.
2 'Tis thine alone to calm the pious breast
with silent confidence and holy rest.
From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend --
path, motive, guide, original, and end.
Topics: Healing Used With Tune: SONG 4
O Thou Whose Power
Give me the faith
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 50 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 11:19 First Line: Give me the faith which can remove Lyrics: 1 Give me the faith which can remove
and sink the mountain to a plain;
give me the childlike praying love,
which longs to build thy house again;
thy love, let it my heart o'er-power,
and all my simple soul devour.
2 I would the precious time redeem,
and longer live for this alone,
to spend and to be spent for them
who have not yet my Saviour known;
fully on these my mission prove,
and only breathe, to breathe thy love.
3 My talents, gifts and graces, Lord,
into thy blessed hands receive,
and let me live to preach thy word,
and let me to thy glory live;
my every sacred moment spend
in publishing the sinner's Friend.
4 Enlarge, inflame and fill my heart
with boundless charity divine,
so shall I all my strength exert,
and love them with a zeal like thine,
and lead them to thy open side,
the sheep for whom the Shepherd died. Topics: Canticles and Scripture Paraphrases; Evangelism; Faith; Jesus Christ Shepherd; Jesus Christ Friend; Love; Sacraments and Ordinances Ordination / Commissioning; Servant / Service; Stewardship Used With Tune: COLCHESTER
Give me the faith
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