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Take Up Your Cross

Author: Charles W. Everest, 1814-1877 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 297 hymnals First Line: Take up your cross, the Savior said Lyrics: 1 "Take up your cross," the Savior said, "If you would my disciple be; Take up your cross with willing heart, And humbly follow after me." 2 Take up your cross: let not its weight Fill your weak spirit with alarm; His strength shall bear your spirit up, And brace your heart and nerve your arm. 3 Take up your cross, heed not the shame, And let your foolish heart be still; The Lord for you accepted death Upon a cross on Calv'ry's hill. 4 Take up your cross, then, in his strength, And calmly ev'ry danger brave: It guides you to a better home And leads to vict'ry o'er the grave. 5 Take up your cross and follow Christ, Nor think till death to lay it down; For those who humbly bear the cross One day will wear the glorious crown. Topics: Discipleship Used With Tune: ERHALT UNS HERR

Lord, keep us steadfast in Thy Word

Author: Miss Winkworth; Martin Luther Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 78 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lord, keep us steadfast in Thy Word: Curb those who by craft and sword Would wrest the kingdom from Thy Son, And set at naught all He hath done. 2 Lord Jesus Christ, Thy power make known; For Thou art Lord of lords alone; Defend Thy Christendom, that we May evermore sing praise to Thee. 3 O Comforter, of priceless worth, Send peace and unity on earth, Support us in our final strife, And lead us out of death to life. Topics: The Means of Grace The Word of God; Sexagesima Sunday; Lent, First Sunday Used With Tune: ERHALT UNS, HERR, BEI DEINEM WORT

Erhalt' Uns, Herr, Bei Deinem Wort

Author: Martin Luther Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 60 hymnals First Line: Erhalt’ uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort Lyrics: 1 Erhalt’ uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort Und steure deine Feinde Mord, Die Jesum Christum deinen Sohn, Wollen stürzen von deinem Thron. 2 Beweis’ dein Macht, Herr Jesu Christ, Der du Herr allen Herren bist; Beschirm’ dein’ arme Christenheit, Dass sie dich lob’ in Ewigkeit. 3 Gott heil’ger Geist, du Tröster werth, Gieb’ dei’m Volk ein’rlei Sinn’ auf Erd’ Steh bei uns in der letzten Noth, G’leit uns ins Leben aus dem Tod. Used With Tune: ERHALT UNS, HERR

O Christ, the Healer

Author: Fred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 37 hymnals First Line: O Christ, the healer, we have come Lyrics: 1 O Christ, the healer, we have come To pray for health, to plead for friends. How can we fail to be restored, When reached by love that never ends? 2 From ev'ry ailment flesh endures Our bodies clamor to be freed; Yet in our hearts we would confess That wholeness is our deepest need. 3 How strong, O Lord, are our desires, How weak our knowledge of ourselves! Release in us those healing truths Unconscious pride resists or shelves. 4 In conflicts that destroy our health We recognize the world's disease; Our common life declares our ills: Is there no cure, O Christ, for these? 5 Grant that we all, made one in faith, In your community may find The wholeness that, enriching us, Shall reach the whole of humankind. Topics: Pastoral Care of the Sick Used With Tune: ERHALT UNS HERR

Again We keep This Solemn Fast

Author: Peter J. Scagnelli, b. 1949; Gregory the Great, c. 540-604 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 17 hymnals Topics: Ash Wednesday; Year A Ash Wednesday; Year A Lent 1; Year B Ash Wednesday; Year C Ash Wednesday Scripture: Matthew 6:1-21 Used With Tune: ERHALT UNS, HERR

The glory of these forty days

Author: Maurice F. Bell Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 35 hymnals Topics: Lent; Lent I The Holy Communion Closing Used With Tune: SPIRES Text Sources: Latin, 6th cent.

Lord Jesus Christ, With Us Abide

Author: H. Brueckner; N. Selnecker Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 36 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lord Jesus Christ, with us abide, For round us falls the eventide; Let not Thy Word, that shining light, Be veiled to us in error's night. 2 In these last days when ills abound, O keep us in Thy doctrine sound, That we Thy Word and Sacrament May pure retain till life is spent. 3 Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Church uphold, For we are languid, slothful, cold; O prosper well Thy Word of grace And spread its truth in ev'ry place. 4 O keep us in Thy Word, we pray; Turn Satan's guile and rage away; Thy Church with grace and peace endue, Make us united, patient, true. 5 Those haughty spirits, Lord, restrain, Who o'er Thy Church presume to reign And ever aim to say things new, Devised to change Thy doctrine true. 6 Lord, keep us steadfast to the end, That on Thy Word we may depend Till we depart for yonder shore And dwell with Thee for evermore. Topics: The Means of Grace The Redeemer Used With Tune: WITTENBERG Text Sources: Sts. 3-6 anon.

He Reigns!

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 136 hymnals First Line: He reigns! the Lord, the Savior reigns Lyrics: 1. He reigns! the Lord, the Savior reigns; Praise Him in evangelic strains; Let the whole earth in songs rejoice, And distant islands join their voice. 2. Deep are His counsels, and unknown, But grace and truth support His throne; Through gloomy clouds His ways surround, Justice is their eternal ground. 3. In robes of judgment, lo! He comes, Shakes the wide earth and cleaves the tombs; Before Him burns devouring fire; The mountains melt, the seas retire. 4. His enemies, with sore dismay, Fly from the sight, and shun the day; Then lift your heads, ye saints on high, And sing for your redemption’s nigh. Used With Tune: SPIRES Text Sources: The Psalms of David, 1719

When Israel, Freed from Pharaoh's Hand

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 49 hymnals Lyrics: 1. When Israel, freed from Pharaoh’s hand Left the proud tyrant and his land, The tribes with cheerful homage own Their king, and Judah was His throne. 2. Across the deep their journey lay; The deep divides to make them way; Jordan beheld their march, and fled With backward current to his head. 3. The mountains shook like frighted sheep, Like lambs the little hillocks leap; Not Sinai on her base could stand, Conscious of sovereign power at hand. 4. What power could make the deep divide? Make Jordan backward roll his tide? Why did ye leap, ye little hills? And whence the fright that Sinai feels? 5. Let every mountain, every flood, Retire and know th’approaching God, The King of Israel: see Him here; Tremble, thou earth, adore and fear. 6. He thunders, and all nature mourns; The rock to standing pools He turns; Flints spring with fountains at His word, And fires and seas confess the Lord. Used With Tune: ERHALT UNS, HERR Text Sources: The Psalms of David, 1719

A Broken Heart, My God, My King

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 153 hymnals Lyrics: 1 A broken heart, my God, my King, Is all the sacrifice I bring; The God of grace will ne'er despise A broken heart for sacrifice. 2 My soul lies humbled in the dust And owns Thy dreadful sentence just; Look down, O Lord, with pitying eye And save the soul condemned to die. 3 Then will I teach the world Thy ways; Sinner shall learn Thy sov'reign grace; I'll lead them to my Savior's blood, And they shall praise a pard'ning God. 4 O may Thy love inspire my tongue; Salvation shall be all my song, And all my pow'r shall join to bless The Lord, my Strength and Righteousness. Topics: The Means of Grace Penitence Used With Tune: WITTENBERG

Lord, Open Now My Heart to Hear

Author: Johann Olearius, 1611-1684; Matthias Loy, 1828-1915; Mark A. Jeske, b. 1952 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 24 hymnals Topics: Word of God Scripture: Luke 11:28 Used With Tune: ERHALT UNS, HERR

'Tis winter now; the fallen snow

Author: Rev. S. Longfellow Appears in 64 hymnals Used With Tune: ERHALT UNS, HERR

When Christ's Appearing Was Made Known

Author: John Mason Neale, 1818-1860; Coelius Sedulius, 5th century Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 9 hymnals Used With Tune: ERHALT UNS, HERR Text Sources: Compilers also translated

The Law Of God Is Good And Wise

Author: M. Loy Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 20 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The Law of God is good and wise And sets His will before our eyes; Shows us the way of righteousness And dooms to death when we transgress. 2 Its light of holiness imparts The knowledge of our sinful hearts, That we may see our lost estate And seek deliv'rance ere too late. 3 To those who help in Christ have found And would in works of love abound, It shows what deeds are His delight And should be done as good and right. 4 When men the offered help disdain And dead in sin and woe remain, Its terror in their ear resounds And keeps their wickedness in bounds. 5 The law is good, but since the fall Its holiness condemns us all: It dooms us for our sins to die And has no pow'r to justify. 6 To Jesus we for refuge flee, Who from the curse has set us free, And humbly worship at His throne, Saved by His grace thro' faith alone. Topics: The Means of Grace The Word Used With Tune: WITTENBERG

Lord, keep us in Thy Word and work

Author: Dr. M. Luther; Dr. J. Jonas Appears in 11 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lord, keep us in Thy Word and work, restrain the murderous Pope and Turk, who fain would tear from off Thy throne Christ Jesus, Thy beloved Son. 2 Lord Jesus Christ, Thy power make known, For Thou art Lord of lords alone; Shield Thy poor Christendom, that we May evermore sing praise to Thee. 3 Thou Comforter of priceless worth Give one mind to Thy flock on earth, Stand by us in our final strife, And lead us out of death to life. 4 Destroy their counsels, Lord our God, And smite them with an iron rod, And let them fall into the snare Which for Thy Christians they prepare. 5 So that at last they may perceive That, Lord our God, Thou still dost live, And dost deliver mightily All those who put their trust in Thee. Topics: The Church Year Used With Tune: [Lord, keep us in Thy Word and work]

That day of wrath, that dreadful day

Author: Thomas of Celano Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 347 hymnals Lyrics: 1 That day of wrath, that dreadful day, When heaven and earth shall pass away, What power shall be the sinner's stay? How shall he meet that dreadful day? 2 When, shriveling like a parched scroll, The flaming heavens together roll; When louder yet, and yet more dread, Resounds the trump that wakes the dead; 3 O on that day, that wrathful day, When man to judgment wakes from clay, Be Thou, O Christ, the sinner's stay, Though heaven and earth shall pass away. Topics: The Last Things Christ's Second Coming; The Last Things Christ's Second Coming; Judgment; Second Coming of Christ Used With Tune: [That day of wrath, that dreadful day]

Lord God, to Thee We Give All Praise

Author: Philipp Melanchthon, 1497-1560; Paul Eber, 1511-69; Emanuel Cronenwett, 1841-1931 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 21 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lord God, to Thee we give all praise, With grateful hearts our voices raise, That angel hosts Thou didst create Around Thy glorious throne to wait. 2 They shine with light and heav'nly grace And constantly behold Thy face; They heed Thy voice, they know it well, In godly wisdom they excel. 3 They never rest nor sleep as we; Their whole delight is but to be With Thee, Lord Jesus, and to keep Thy little flock, Thy lambs and sheep. 4 The ancient dragon is their foe; His envy and his wrath they know. It always is his aim and pride Thy Christian people to divide. 5 As he of old deceived the world And into sin and death has hurled, So now he subtly lies in wait To undermine both Church and state. 6 A roaring lion, round he goes, No halt nor rest he ever knows; He seeks the Christians to devour And slay them in his dreadful pow'r. 7 But watchful is the angel band That follows Christ on ev'ry hand To guard His people where they go And break the counsel of the foe. 8 For this, now and in days to be, Our praise shall rise, O Lord, to Thee, Whom all the angel hosts adore With grateful songs forevermore. Topics: Feasts and Festivals St. Michael and All Angels Scripture: Matthew 18:10 Used With Tune: ERHALT UNS, HERR

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