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Create in Me a Clean Heart

Meter: Irregular Appears in 30 hymnals First Line: Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a right spirit within me
Create in Me a Clean Heart
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Christ, the Life of All the Living

Author: Catherine Winkworth; Ernst C. Homburg Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7.7 Appears in 67 hymnals Topics: The Church Year Lent Lyrics: 1 Christ, the Life of all the living, Christ, the Death of death, our foe, Who, Thyself for me once giving To the darkest depths of woe,-- Thro' thy suff'rings, death, and merit I eternal life inherit: Thousand, thousand thanks shall be, Dearest Jesus, ... Scripture: Matthew 26:64-67 Used With Tune: JESU, MEINES LEBENS LEBEN
Christ, the Life of All the Living
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When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 2,000 hymnals Topics: Lent; Lent 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 ... Used With Tune: HAMBURG
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

These Forty Days of Lent

Author: Omer Westendorf, 1916-1997; Claudia F. Hernaman, 1838-1898 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Lent First Line: These forty days of Lent, O Lord Lyrics: These forty days of Lent, O Lord, With you ... Used With Tune: ST. FLAVIAN
These Forty Days of Lent
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This is my story, this is my song

Author: Fanny Crosby (Frances Jane Van Alstyne), 1820-1915 Meter: 9.10.9.9 with refrain Appears in 1,064 hymnals Topics: Lent II Year A First Line: Blèssed assurance, Jesus is mine Lyrics: 1 Blessèd assurance, Jesus is mine: O what a foretaste of glory divine! Heir of salvation, purchase of God; born of his Spirit, washed in his blood: Refrain: This is my story, this is my song, praising my Saviour all the day long. 2 Perfect submission, ... Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:20 Used With Tune: BLESSED ASSURANCE
This is my story, this is my song
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What Wondrous Love Is This

Meter: 12.9.12.9 Appears in 252 hymnals Topics: Christian Year Lent First Line: What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul Lyrics: 1 What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul, what wondrous love is this, O my soul! What wondrous love is this that caused the Lord of bliss to bear the dreadful curse for my soul, for my soul, to bear the dreadful curse for my soul. 2 What wondrous ... Used With Tune: WONDROUS LOVE Text Sources: USA folk hymn
What Wondrous Love Is This

Lead Me, Guide Me

Author: Doris M. Akers, b. 1922 Appears in 42 hymnals Topics: The Liturgical Year Lent (Sundays and Weekdays) First Line: I am weak and I need your strength and pow'r Refrain First Line: Lead me, guide me, along the way Scripture: Psalm 27:11 Used With Tune: [I am weak and I need your strength and pow'r]
Lead Me, Guide Me

How Deep the Father's Love for Us

Author: Stuart Townend Meter: Irregular Appears in 28 hymnals
How Deep the Father's Love for Us
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I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say

Author: Horatius Bonar Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 1,227 hymnals Topics: Call of Christ; Christ Call of; Christ Name of First Line: I heard the voice of Jesus say, "Come unto Me and rest"
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say
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The spacious firmament on high

Author: Joseph Addison, 1672-1719 Appears in 788 hymnals Topics: Year B Lent 3 Lyrics: 1 The spacious firmament on high, with all the blue ethereal sky, and spangled heav'ns, a shining frame, their great Original proclaim. The unwearied sun from day to day does his Creator's pow'r display, and publishes to ev'ry land the works of an almighty ... Scripture: Psalm 19:1-6 Used With Tune: ADDISON'S (LONDON)
The spacious firmament on high
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When wounded sore the stricken heart

Author: Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818-1895 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 104 hymnals Topics: Hymns for the Church Year Lent Lyrics: 1 When wounded sore the stricken heart lies bleeding and unbound, one only hand, a piercèd hand, can salve the sinner's wound. 2 When sorrow swells the laden breast, and tears of anguish flow, one only heart, a broken heart, can feel the sinner's woe. 3 ... Used With Tune: ST BERNARD
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The Son Of God Goes Forth To War

Author: Reginald Heber Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 839 hymnals Topics: Processionals and Recessionals Lent Lyrics: 1 The Son of God goes forth to war, A kingly crown to gain; His blood-red banner streams afar;-- Who follows in His train? Who best can drink his cup of woe, Triumphant over pain, Who patient bears his cross below, He follows in His train. 2 The martyr ... Used With Tune: ALL SAINTS NEW
The Son Of God Goes Forth To War
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Come, Sinners, to the Gospel Feast

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 455 hymnals First Line: Come, sinners, to the gospel feast, Let every soul be Jesus' guest
Come, Sinners, to the Gospel Feast
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Blest Creator of the light

Author: Unknown Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 16 hymnals Topics: Year A Second Sunday Before Lent Lyrics: 1 Blest Creator of the light, making day with radiance bright, thou didst o’er the forming earth give the golden light its birth. 2 Thou didst mark the night from day with the dawn's first piercing ray: darkness now is drying nigh; listen to our humble cry ... Scripture: Genesis 1:1-4 Used With Tune: VIENNA
Blest Creator of the light

O Jesus, king most wonderful

Author: E. Caswall (1814-1878) Appears in 246 hymnals Topics: Lent 4, The King and the Kingdom Transfiguration Used With Tune: METZLER Text Sources: from the Latin (twelfth century)
O Jesus, king most wonderful
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The Old Rugged Cross

Author: George Bennard, 1873-1958 Meter: Irregular Appears in 348 hymnals Topics: Lent First Line: On a hill far away, stood an old rugged cross Refrain First Line: So I'll cherish the old rugged cross Lyrics: 1 On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross, the emblem of suffering and shame; and I love that old cross, where the dearest and best for a world of lost sinners was slain. Refrain: So I'll cherish the old rugged cross, till my trophies at last I lay ... Used With Tune: OLD RUGGED CROSS
The Old Rugged Cross

Ride on, King Jesus

Appears in 9 hymnals First Line: King Jesus rides a milk-white horse Text Sources: African American spiritual; Spiritual
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Father, hear the prayer we offer

Author: Maria Willis, 1824-1908 Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 235 hymnals Topics: Year A Lent 3; Lent Lyrics: 1 Father, hear the prayer we offer: not for ease that prayer shall be, but for strength that we may ever live our lives courageously. 2 Not for ever in green pastures do we ask our way to be; but the steep and rugged pathway may we tread rejoicingly. 3 Not ... Scripture: Acts 2:1-4 Used With Tune: SUSSEX
Father, hear the prayer we offer
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So let our lips and lives express

Author: Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 492 hymnals Topics: Lent, Third Sunday Lyrics: 1 So let our lips and lives express The holy Gospel we profess: So let our works and virtues shine, To prove the doctrine all divine. 2 Thus shall we best proclaim abroad The honors of our Saviour God; When His salvation reigns within, And grace subdues ... Used With Tune: HAMBURG
So let our lips and lives express
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The Lord is King!

Author: Josiah Conder, 1789-1855 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 256 hymnals Topics: Year C Sunday Next Before Lent First Line: The Lord is King! lift up thy voice Lyrics: 1 The Lord is King! lift up thy voice, O earth, and all ye heav'ns, rejoice; from world to world the joy shall ring: 'The Lord omnipotent is King!' 2 He reigns! ye saints, exalt your strains; your God is King, your Savior reigns; and he is at the Father's ... Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:22 Used With Tune: NIAGARA
The Lord is King!

Adoramus Te Christe

Appears in 9 hymnals Text Sources: Antiphon from Good Friday Liturgy: We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you, because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.
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Thou sweet flowing Kedron, by thy silver streams

Author: Maria DeFleury Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 193 hymnals Topics: Lent Lyrics: 1 Thou sweet gliding Kedron, by thy silver streams Our Saviour at midnight, when moonlight's pale beams Shone bright on thy waters, would frequently stray, And lose in thy murmurs the toils of the day. 2 How damp were the vapors that fell on His head! How ... Used With Tune: MAGILL
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Lord, as to Thy dear cross we flee

Author: John Hampden Gurney Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 243 hymnals Topics: Lent Used With Tune: ST. BERNARD
Lord, as to Thy dear cross we flee
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The Lord's My Shepherd

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 576 hymnals Topics: Christian Year Lent First Line: The Lord's my Shepherd, I'll not want Lyrics: 1 The Lord's my Shepherd, I'll not want; He makes me down to lie In pastures green; He leadeth me The quiet waters by. 2 My soul he doth restore again; And me to walk doth make Within the paths of righteousness, E'en for his own name's sake. 3 Yea, though ... Scripture: Psalm 23 Used With Tune: EVAN Text Sources: Para. in the Scottish Psalter, 1650
The Lord's My Shepherd
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To our Redeemer's glorious Name

Author: Anna Steele Appears in 359 hymnals Topics: Third Sunday in Lent Lyrics: 1 To our Redeemer's glorious name Awake the sacred song! O may His love, immortal flame! Tune ev'ry heart and tongue. 2 His love what mortal thought can reach! What mortal tongue display? Imagination's utmost stretch In wonder dies away. 3 He left His ... Used With Tune: SWANWICK
To our Redeemer's glorious Name
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Sweet the Moments, Rich in Blessing

Author: Walter Shirley, 1725-1786 Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 824 hymnals Topics: Lent Lyrics: 1 Sweet the moments, rich in blessing, Which before the cross I spend. Life and health, and peace possessing, From the sinner's dying friend. 2 Here I'll sit, forever viewing Mercy's streams, in streams of blood: Precious drops, my soul bedewing, Plead and ... Used With Tune: OXFORD
Sweet the Moments, Rich in Blessing

The hands of Christ, the caring hands

Author: Michael Perry (born 1942) Meter: 8.8.8.8.4 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Lent 3, The King and the Kingdom Suffering; Lent 5, The King and the Kingdom The Victory of the Cross Used With Tune: MEDFIELD STREET
The hands of Christ, the caring hands

!Oh Cristo! Tu ayuda yo quiero tener

Author: Vicente Mendoza, 1875-1955 Appears in 8 hymnals Topics: Lent Used With Tune: GORDON
!Oh Cristo! Tu ayuda yo quiero tener

El pueblo de Israel clamó

Author: Dimas Planas-Belfort Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Lent Refrain First Line: Oye, Padre, de Israel el llanto Scripture: Exodus 3:7-12 Used With Tune: GO DOWN, MOSES Text Sources: Basado en texto original (espiritual áfrico-americano
El pueblo de Israel clamó

Tus sendas, Señor, son misericordia y lealtad (Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant)

Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: First Sunday of Lent B Scripture: Psalm 25 Used With Tune: [Tus sendas, Señor, son misericordia y lealtad]
Tus sendas, Señor, son misericordia y lealtad (Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep your covenant)
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Psalm 130 (Up from the Depths I Cry to God)

Author: Christopher Idle Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Lent 5 Year A First Line: Up from the depths I cry to God Lyrics: 1 Up from the depths I cry to God: O listen, Lord, to me; O hear my voice in this distress, this mire of misery. [Refrain:] I wait for God with all my heart, my hope is in his word; and more than watchmen for the dawn I'm longing for you, God. 2 If you, my ... Scripture: Psalm 130 Used With Tune: MACPHERSON'S RANT
Psalm 130 (Up from the Depths I Cry to God)
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Jesu, grant me this, I pray

Author: H. W. Baker, 1821-77 Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 41 hymnals Topics: Lent Lyrics: 1 Jesu, grant me this, I pray, Ever in thy heart to stay; Let me evermore abide Hidden in thy wounded side. 2 If the evil one prepare, Or the world, a tempting snare, I am safe when I abide In thy heart and wounded side. 3 If the flesh, more dangerous ... Used With Tune: SONG 13 Text Sources: Latin, 17th century
Jesu, grant me this, I pray
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Enslaved by Sin and Bound in Chains

Author: Anne Steele, 1717-78 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 58 hymnals Topics: Lent; Lent Lyrics: 1 Enslaved by sin and bound in chains, Beneath its dreadful tyrant sway, And doomed to everlasting pains We wretched, guilty captives lay. 2 Nor gold nor gems could buy our peace, Nor all the world's collected store Suffice to purchase our release; A ... Used With Tune: WENN WIR IN HÖCHSTEN NÖTEN SEIN
Enslaved by Sin and Bound in Chains
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Jesu, Lover of my soul

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-88 Appears in 3,229 hymnals Topics: Lent Lyrics: 1 Jesu, Lover of my soul, Let me to thy bosom fly, While the nearer waters roll, While the tempest still is high: Hide me, O my Saviour, hide Till the storm of life is past; Safe into the haven guide, O receive my soul at last. 2 Other refuge have I none, ... Used With Tune: HOLLINGSIDE
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Great Shepherd of your people, hear!

Author: J. Newton (1725-1807) Appears in 212 hymnals Topics: Lent 3, The King and the Kingdom Suffering Lyrics: 1 Great Shepherd of your people, hear! your presence now display; as you have given a place for prayer, so give us hearts to pray. 2 Within these walls let holy peace and love and friendship dwell; here give the troubled conscience ease, the wounded spirit ... Used With Tune: IRISH
Great Shepherd of your people, hear!

Christ, the Model of the Meek

Author: Lukáš of Prague; Jaroslav Vajda Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Lent; Christian year--Lent Scripture: Philippians 2:5-11 Used With Tune: KRISTUS, PŘÍKLAD POKORY
Christ, the Model of the Meek
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My Hope is Built on Nothing Less

Author: Edward Mote Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 1,089 hymnals Topics: liturgical Songs of Response Refrain First Line: On Christ the solid rock I stand Lyrics: 1 My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness; I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus' name. Refrain: On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand: all other ground is sinking sand; all other ground is sinking sand. 2 ...
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The grave itself a garden is

Author: C. Wordsworth Appears in 21 hymnals Topics: Lent Easter Even Lyrics: 1 The grave itself a garden is, Where loveliest flow'rs abound; Since Christ, our never-fading life, Sprang from that holy ground. 2 O give us grace to die to sin, That we, O Lord, may have A holy, happy rest in Thee, A Sabbath in the grave. 3 Thou, Lord, ... Used With Tune: DALEHURST
The grave itself a garden is
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Onward, Christian soldiers

Author: S. Baring-Gould (1834-1924) Appears in 1,800 hymnals Topics: Lent 2, The King and the Kingdom Conflict; Lent 3, The King and the Kingdom Suffering First Line: Onward, Christian soldiers! Used With Tune: ST. GERTRUDE
Onward, Christian soldiers

For All the Faithful Women

Author: Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 10 hymnals Topics: Lent Scripture: 1 Samuel 1 Used With Tune: AURELIA
For All the Faithful Women
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Heal me, O my Saviour, heal

Author: Godfrey Thring Meter: 7.7.7 Appears in 60 hymnals Topics: Ash Wednesday and Lent; Sunday Schools Lent Lyrics: Heal me, O my Savior, heal; Heal me as I suppliant kneel; Heal me, and my pardon seal. Fresh the wounds that sin hath made; Hear the prayers I oft have prayed, And in mercy send me aid. Helpless, none can help me now; Cheerless, none can cheer but thou; ... Used With Tune: LACRYMAE
Heal me, O my Saviour, heal

Psalm 23: Nada Me Falta

Author: Donna Peña Appears in 9 hymnals Topics: Lent 4 Year A First Line: El Señor es mi pastor, nada me falta Refrain First Line: El Señor es mi pastor, nada me falta Scripture: Psalm 23 Used With Tune: [El Señor es mi pastor, nada me falta] Text Sources: Leccionario Edicion Hispanoamericana
Psalm 23: Nada Me Falta

Psalm 103: The Lord Is Kind and Merciful

Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Lent 3 Year C First Line: Bless the LORD, O my soul Refrain First Line: The Lord is kind and merciful Scripture: Psalm 103:1-8 Used With Tune: [Bless the LORD, O my soul]
Psalm 103: The Lord Is Kind and Merciful

The Lord is my shepherd

Appears in 17 hymnals Topics: Lent 4 Year A First Line: The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want Scripture: Psalm 23 Used With Tune: [The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want]
The Lord is my shepherd
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다 이 루 었 다 ('Tis Finished! The Messiah Dies)

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 67 hymnals Topics: Christian Year Lent Scripture: John 19:30 Used With Tune: OLIVE'S BROW Text Sources: Korean trans. The United Methodist Korean Hymnal Committee
다 이 루 었 다 ('Tis Finished! The Messiah Dies)
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The Glory of These Forty Days

Author: Gregory the Great, c. 540-604; Maurice F. Bell, 1862-1947 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 35 hymnals Topics: Lent Lyrics: 1 The glory of these forty days We celebrate with songs of praise; For Christ, through whom all things were made, Himself has fasted and has prayed. 2 Alone and fasting, Moses saw The loving God who gave the Law; And to Elijah, fasting, came The steeds and ... Used With Tune: OLD HUNDREDTH
The Glory of These Forty Days
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Christian, dost thou see them

Author: Andrew of Crete, d. 732; John Mason Neale Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Appears in 305 hymnals Topics: The Church Year Lent Lyrics: 1 Christian, dost thou see them On the holy ground, How the hosts of darkness Compass thee around? Christian, up and smite them, Counting gain but loss: Smite them by the merit Of the holy Cross! 2 Christian, dost thou feel them, How they work within, ... Used With Tune: HOLY WAR
Christian, dost thou see them

Ashes to Ashes

Author: Dan Schutte, b. 1947 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: The Liturgical Year Lent (Sundays and Weekdays) First Line: Sound the trumpet in Zion (We abide in the shadow) Refrain First Line: Ashes to ashes, from dust unto dust Lyrics: [Throughout Lent] 1 We abide in the ... Scripture: Psalm 37:2-3 Used With Tune: [Sound the trumpet in Zion] Text Sources: Lenten liturgical texts
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My God, my Father , while I stray

Author: Charlotte Elliott Meter: 8.8.8.4 Appears in 564 hymnals Topics: Lent Used With Tune: WIMBLEDON
My God, my Father , while I stray
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The law of God is good and wise

Author: Rev. Matthias Loy, D. D. Appears in 20 hymnals Topics: Fourth Sunday in Lent 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 ... Used With Tune: RETREAT
The law of God is good and wise

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