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According to Thy gracious word

Author: James Montgomery Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 551 hymnals Topics: The Church and the Sacraments The Lord's Supper Lyrics: 1 According to Thy gracious word, In meek humility, This will I do, my dying Lord, I will remember Thee. 2 Thy body, broken for my sake, My bread from heaven shall be; Thy testamental cup I take, And thus remember Thee. 3 When to the cross I turn mine eyes, And rest on Calvary, O Lamb of God, my Sacrifice, I must remember Thee; 4 Remember Thee, and all Thy pains, And all Thy love to me: Yea, while a breath, a pulse remains Will I remember Thee. 5 And when these failing lips grow dumb, And mind and memory flee, When Thou shalt in Thy Kingdom come, Jesus, remember me. Amen. Used With Tune: DALEHURST

This child we dedicate to thee

Author: Samuel Gilman, 1791-1858 Appears in 94 hymnals Topics: The Church and The Sacraments Blessing Scripture: Luke 18:15-17 Used With Tune: MARYTON

City of God, how broad and far

Author: Rev. Samuel Johnson Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 166 hymnals Topics: The Church and the Sacraments The Church Lyrics: 1 City of God, how broad and far Outspread thy walls sublime! The true thy chartered freemen are Of every age and clime. 2 How purely hath thy speech come down From man's primeval youth; How grandly hath thine empire grown Of freedom, love, and truth! 3 How gleam thy watch fires through the night With never-fainting ray! How rise thy towers, serene and bright, To meet the dawning day! 4 In vain the surge's angry shock, In vain, the drifting sands: Unharmed upon th' eternal Rock Th' eternal city stands. Amen. Used With Tune: MIRFIELD

Be known to us in breaking bread

Author: James Montgomery Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 58 hymnals Topics: The Church and the Sacraments The Lord's Supper Lyrics: 1 Be known to us in breaking bread, But do not then depart; Saviour, abide with us, and spread Thy table in our heart. 2 There sup with us in love divine; Thy body and Thy blood, That living bread, that heavenly wine, Be our immortal food. Amen. Used With Tune: ST. FLAVIAN

How pleasing to behold and see

Appears in 43 hymnals Topics: The Church and The Sacraments Lord's Supper Scripture: Romans 3:24-25 Used With Tune: HEBRON Text Sources: From Emma Smith Edition, 1841

Men of God, go take your stations

Author: Kelly Appears in 138 hymnals Topics: The Church and The Sacraments Priesthood Scripture: Romans 1:16-17 Used With Tune: REGENT SQUARE Text Sources: European Edition

In Christ there is no East or West

Author: John Oxenham Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 332 hymnals Topics: The Church and the Sacraments Christian Fellowship Lyrics: 1 In Christ there is no East or West, In Him no South or North; But one great fellowship of love Throughout the whole wide earth. 2 In Him shall true hearts everywhere Their high communion find; His service is the golden cord Close binding all mankind. 3 Join hands, then, brothers of the faith, Whate'er your race may be. Who serves my Father as a son Is surely kin to me. 4 In Christ now meet both East and West, In Him meet South and North; All Christly souls are one in Him Throughout the whole wide earth. Amen. Used With Tune: ST. PETER

We come unto our fathers' God

Author: Thomas H. Gill Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 78 hymnals Topics: The Church and the Sacraments Christian Fellowship Lyrics: 1 We come unto our fathers' God, Their Rock is our salvation; Th' eternal arms, their dear abode, We make our habitation. We bring Thee, Lord, the praise they brought, We seek Thee as Thy saints have sought In every generation. 2 Their joy unto their Lord we bring, Their song to us descendeth; The Spirit who in them did sing To us His music lendeth: His song in them, in us, is one; We raise it high, we send it on— The song that never endeth. 3 Ye saints to come, take up the strain, The same sweet theme endeavor; Unbroken be the golden chain! Keep on the song forever! Safe in the same dear dwelling place, Rich with the same eternal grace, Bless the same boundless Giver. Amen. Used With Tune: NUN FREUT EUCH

Praise to the living God!

Author: F. Henry Edwards Appears in 65 hymnals Topics: The Church and The Sacraments Revelation and Restoration Scripture: Malachi 3:6 Used With Tune: LEONI Text Sources: Based on a fourteenth century yigdal

By cool Siloam's shady rill

Author: Bishop Reginald Heber Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 607 hymnals Topics: The Church and the Sacraments Baptism Lyrics: 1 By cool Siloam's shady rill How sweet the lily grows! How sweet the breath beneath the hill Of Sharon's dewy rose! 2 Lo, such the child whose early feet The paths of peace have trod; Whose secret heart, with influence sweet, Is upward drawn to God. 3 O Thou, whose infant feet were found Within thy Father's shrine, Whose years, with changeless virtue crowned, Were all alike divine: 4 Dependent on Thy bounteous breath, We seek Thy grace alone I childhood, manhood, age, and death, To keep us still Thine own. Amen. Used With Tune: SILOAM

Here, O my Lord, I see Thee face to face

Author: Rev. Horatius Bonar Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 316 hymnals Topics: The Church and the Sacraments The Lord's Supper Lyrics: 1 Here, O my Lord, I see Thee face to face; Here would I touch and handle things unseen, Here grasp with firmer hand eternal grace, And all my weariness upon Thee lean. 2 Here would I feed upon the bread of God, Here drink with Thee the royal wine of heaven; Here would I lay aside each earthly load, Here taste afresh the calm of sin forgiven. 3 This is the hour of banquet and of song; This is the heavenly table spread for me: Here let me feast, and, feasting, still prolong The brief, bright hour of fellowship with Thee. 4 I have no help but Thine, nor do I need Another arm save Thine to lean upon: It is enough, my Lord, enough indeed; My strength is in Thy might, Thy might alone. Amen. Used With Tune: MORECAMBE

Jesus, Thou Joy of loving hearts

Author: Rev. Ray Palmer; Anon. Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 563 hymnals Topics: The Church and the Sacraments The Lord's Supper Lyrics: 1 Jesus, Thou Joy of loving hearts, Thou Fount of life, Thou Light of men, From the best bliss that earth imparts We turn unfilled to Thee again. 2 Thy truth unchanged hath ever stood; Thou savest those that on Thee call; To them that seek Thee Thou art good, To them that find Thee All in all. 3 We taste Thee, O Thou living Bread, And long to fast upon Thee still; We drink of Thee, the Fountainhead, And thirst our souls from Thee to fill. 4 Our restless spirits yearn for Thee, Where'er our changeful lot is cast, Glad when Thy gracious smile we see, Blest when our faith can hold Thee fast. 5 O Jesus, ever with us stay, Make all our moments calm and bright; Chase the dark night of sin away, Shed o'er the world Thy holy light. Amen. Used With Tune: QUEBEC Text Sources: Latin, 11th century

Lord Jesus Christ, our Lord most dear

Author: Catherine Winkworth; Heinrich von Laufenberg, d. c. 1458 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 27 hymnals Topics: The Church and the Sacraments Baptism Lyrics: 1 Lord Jesus Christ, our Lord most dear, As Thou wast once an infant here, So give this child of Thine, we pray, Thy grace and blessing day by day. 2 As in Thy heavenly Kingdom, Lord, All things obey Thy sacred word, Do Thou Thy mighty succor give, And shield this child by morn and eve. 3 Their watch let angels round him keep Where'er he be, awake, asleep; Thy holy cross now let him bear, That he Thy crown with saints may wear. Amen. Used With Tune: VOM HIMMEL HOCH

The Church's one Foundation

Author: Rev. Samuel J. Stone Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 869 hymnals Topics: The Church and the Sacraments The Church Lyrics: 1 The Church's one Foundation Is Jesus Christ her Lord; She is His new creation By water and the word: From heaven He came and sought her To be His holy Bride; With His own blood He bought her, And for her life He died. 2 Elect from every nation, Yet one o'er all the earth, Her charter of salvation One Lord, one faith, one birth; One holy Name she blesses, Partakes one holy food, And to one hope she presses, With every grace endued. 3 'Mid toil and tribulation, And tumult of her war, She waits the consummation Of peace forevermore; Till with the vision glorious, Her longing eyes are blest, And the great Church victorious Shall be the Church at rest. 4 Yet she on earth hath union With God the Three in One, And mystic sweet communion With those whose rest is won: O happy ones and holy! Lord, give us grace that we, Like them, the meek and lowly, On high may dwell with Thee. Amen. Used With Tune: AURELIA

Stand, soldier of the cross

Author: R. A. Cheville; Edward H. Bickersteth, 1825-1906 Appears in 61 hymnals Topics: The Church and the Sacraments Baptism Scripture: John 15:26 Used With Tune: LABAN

Lord of the living harvest

Author: John S. B. Monsell, 1818-1875 Appears in 119 hymnals Topics: The Church and The Sacraments Ordination Used With Tune: MISSIONARY HYMN

The morning breaks, the shadows flee

Author: P. P. Pratt, 1807-1857 Appears in 19 hymnals Topics: The Church and The Sacraments Revelation and Restoration Scripture: Isaiah 11:12 Used With Tune: DUKE STREET

Christ is made the sure Foundation

Author: Rev. John M. Neale; Anon. Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 289 hymnals Topics: The Church and the Sacraments The Church Lyrics: 1 Christ is made the sure Foundation, Christ the Head and Cornerstone, Chosen of the Lord and precious, Binding all the Church in one; Holy Zion's help forever, And her confidence alone. 2 To this temple, where we call Thee, Come, O Lord of Hosts, today: With Thy wonted loving-kindness Hear Thy people as they pray; And Thy fullest benediction Shed within its walls alway. 3 Here vouchsafe to all Thy servants What they ask of Thee to gain, What they gain from Thee forever With the blessed to retain, And hereafter in Thy glory Evermore with Thee to reign. 4 Laud and honor to the Father, Laud and honor to the Son, Laud and honor to the Spirit, Ever Three and ever One, One in might, and One in glory, While unending ages run! Amen. Used With Tune: REGENT SQUARE Text Sources: Latin, 7th century

I love Thy Kingdom, Lord

Author: Rev. Timothy Dwight Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 1,333 hymnals Topics: The Church and the Sacraments The Church Lyrics: 1 I love Thy Kingdom, Lord, The house of Thine abode, The Church our blest Redeemer saved With His own precious blood. 2 I love Thy Church, O God: Her walls before Thee stand, Dear as the apple of Thine eye, And graven on Thy hand. 3 For her my tears shall fall, For her my prayers ascend; To her my cares and toils be given, Till toils and cares shall end. 4 Beyond my highest joy I prize her heavenly ways, Her sweet communion, solemn vows, Her hymns of love and praise. 5 Sure as Thy truth shall last, To Zion shall be given The brightest glories earth can yield, And brighter bliss of heaven. Amen. Used With Tune: ST. THOMAS

A parting hymn we sing

Author: Rev. Aaron R. Wolfe Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 144 hymnals Topics: The Church and the Sacraments The Lord's Supper Lyrics: 1 A parting hymn we sing Around Thy table, Lord; Again our grateful tribute bring, Our solemn vows record. 2 Here have we seen Thy face, And felt Thy presence here; So may the savor of Thy grace, In word and life appear. 3 The purchase of Thy blood, By sin no longer led, The path our dear Redeemer trod May we rejoicing tread. 4 In self-forgetting love Be our communion shown, Until we join the Church above, And know as we are known. Amen. Used With Tune: SCHUMANN

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