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All who love and serve your city
Author: Erik Routley (b. 1917) Hymnal: NCP1975 #1a (1975) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Lyrics: l All who love and serve your city,
all who bear its daily stress,
all who cry for peace and justice,
all who curse and all who bless,
2 in your day of loss and sorrow,
in your day of helpless strife,
honour, peace and love retreating,
seek the Lord, who is your life.
3 In your day of wealth and plenty,
wasted work and wasted play,
call to mind the word of Jesus,
'Work ye yet while it is day'.
4 For all days are days of judgment,
and the Lord is waiting still,
drawing near to men who spurn him,
offering peace from Calvary's hill.
5 Risen Lord! shall yet the city
be the city of despair ?
Come today, our Judge, our Glory;
be its name, 'The Lord is there!' Topics: City Languages: English Tune Title: BIRABUS
All who love and serve your city
All who love and serve your city
Author: Erik Routley (b. 1917) Hymnal: NCP1975 #1b (1975) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Lyrics: l All who love and serve your city,
all who bear its daily stress,
all who cry for peace and justice,
all who curse and all who bless,
2 in your day of loss and sorrow,
in your day of helpless strife,
honour, peace and love retreating,
seek the Lord, who is your life.
3 In your day of wealth and plenty,
wasted work and wasted play,
call to mind the word of Jesus,
'Work ye yet while it is day'.
4 For all days are days of judgment,
and the Lord is waiting still,
drawing near to men who spurn him,
offering peace from Calvary's hill.
5 Risen Lord! shall yet the city
be the city of despair ?
Come today, our Judge, our Glory;
be its name, 'The Lord is there!' Topics: City Languages: English Tune Title: CHARLESTOWN
All who love and serve your city
'Am I my brother's keeper?'
Author: John Ferguson (b. 1921) Hymnal: NCP1975 #2 (1975) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Lyrics: 1 'Am I my brother's keeper?'—
the muttered cry was drowned
by Abel's life-blood shouting
in silence from the ground.
For no man is an island
divided from the main,
the bell which tolled for Abel
tolled equally for Cain.
2 The ruler called for water
and thought his hands were clean.
Christ counted less than order,
the man than the machine.
The crowd cried, 'Crucify him!',
their malice wouldn't budge,
so Pilate called for water,
and history's his judge.
3 As long as people hunger,
as long as people thirst,
and ignorance and illness
and warfare do their worst,
as long as there's injustice
in any of God's lands,
I am my brother's keeper,
I dare not wash my hands. Topics: World and Society Justice and Peace Languages: English Tune Title: ABEL
'Am I my brother's keeper?'
Although we cannot see, we believe
Author: Caryl Micklem (b . 1925) Hymnal: NCP1975 #3 (1975) Topics: Single Verses (for prayer responses, etc); God--the Father In whom we trust Languages: English Tune Title: LUMIS
Although we cannot see, we believe
As the bridegroom to his chosen
Author: John Tauler (1300-61); Emma Frances Bevan (1827-1909) Hymnal: NCP1975 #4 (1975) Meter: 8.7.8.7.6 Lyrics: 1 As the bridegroom to his chosen,
as the king unto his realm,
as the keep unto the castle,
as the pilot to the helm,
so, Lord, art thou to me.
2 As the fountain in the garden,
as the candle in the dark,
as the treasure in the coffer,
as the manna in the ark,
so, Lord, art thou to me.
3 As the music at the banquet,
as the stamp unto the seal,
as the medicine to the fainting,
as the wine-cup at the meal,
so, Lord, art thou to me.
4 As the ruby in the setting,
as the honey in the comb,
as the light within the lantern,
as the father in the home,
so, Lord, art thou to me.
5 As the sunshine in the heavens,
as the image in the glass,
as the fruit unto the fig-tree,
as the dew unto the grass,
so, Lord, art thou to me. Topics: God--the Father In whom we trust; God--in Jesus Christ His Love, Help, Healing Languages: English Tune Title: BRIDEGROOM
As the bridegroom to his chosen
As we break the bread
Author: Fred Kaan (b. 1929) Hymnal: NCP1975 #5 (1975) Meter: 5.6.6.4 Lyrics: 1 Awake from sleep, the night is spent!
The morning star moves up the sky:
the hosts of heaven, with sweet consent,
proclaim salvation's time is high.
Come, praise the long-implored,
our Saviour, Christ the Lord!
2 While man, the rather sin to choose,
prepares the purple, plants the thorn,
the Word of God our flesh endues
that we, by will of God reborn,
the sons of God may be
to all eternity.
3 Let regal power and humble beast
and shepherd, serving both, attend;
since all, from greatest unto least,
are proffered bliss which shall not end,
where spreads his banquet-board
our Saviour, Christ the Lord.
4 In Bethlehem, the House of Bread,
a richer harvest now is sown;
for none at Jesus' table fed
shall ever thirst or hunger own,
but shall from foes be free
to all eternity.
5 Greet the fulfilment of your dreams,
sad earth, by Adam's plague oppressed!
May he whose lowliness redeems
both north and south, both east and west,
now be by all adored,
our Saviour, Christ the Lord. Topics: Communion Languages: English Tune Title: PLATTS LANE
As we break the bread
Awake from sleep, the night is spent!
Author: Caryl Micklem (b. 1925) Hymnal: NCP1975 #6 (1975) Meter: 8.8.8.8.6.6 Topics: Christmas Languages: English Tune Title: PADDOCK PLACE
Awake from sleep, the night is spent!
Beyond the mist and doubt
Author: Donald Hughes (1911-67) Hymnal: NCP1975 #7 (1975) Meter: 6.6.8.8.6 Topics: God--the Father In whom we trust Languages: English Tune Title: MAIDEN WAY
Beyond the mist and doubt
CHRIST, burning past all suns
Author: Ian Fraser (b. 1917) Hymnal: NCP1975 #8a (1975) Meter: 6.5.5.6.5.5 Lyrics: 1 CHRIST, burning past all suns,
stars beneath thy feet like leaves on forest floor:
MAN, turning spaceward, shuns
knowledge incomplete, fevered to explore.
2 CHRIST, holding atoms in one
loom of light and power to weave creation's life:
MAN, moulding rocket, gun,
turns creation sour, plots dissolving strife.
3 CHRIST, festive in gay bird,
rush of river flood, joy on lovers' part:
YOUTH, restive, seek new word,
beat of life in blood, chill of death in heart.
4 CHRIST, humble on our side,
snatching death's grim keys, ending Satan's scope:
WE gamble on our guide,
inch our gains of peace, work a work of hope. Topics: God--in Jesus Christ Hope of the World; Sin and Salvation Languages: English Tune Title: RODEL
CHRIST, burning past all suns
CHRIST, burning past all suns
Author: Ian Fraser (b. 1917) Hymnal: NCP1975 #8b (1975) Meter: 6.5.5.6.5.5 Lyrics: 1 CHRIST, burning past all suns,
stars beneath thy feet like leaves on forest floor:
MAN, turning spaceward, shuns
knowledge incomplete, fevered to explore.
2 CHRIST, holding atoms in one
loom of light and power to weave creation's life:
MAN, moulding rocket, gun,
turns creation sour, plots dissolving strife.
3 CHRIST, festive in gay bird,
rush of river flood, joy on lovers' part:
YOUTH, restive, seek new word,
beat of life in blood, chill of death in heart.
4 CHRIST, humble on our side,
snatching death's grim keys, ending Satan's scope:
WE gamble on our guide,
inch our gains of peace, work a work of hope. Topics: God--in Jesus Christ Hope of the World; Sin and Salvation Languages: English Tune Title: TORPHINS
CHRIST, burning past all suns
Christ is alive! Let Christians sing
Author: Brian Wren (b. 1936) Hymnal: NCP1975 #9 (1975) Topics: Easter; Ascension; God--in Jesus Christ Hope of the World Languages: English Tune Title: ST. MARY'S
Christ is alive! Let Christians sing
Christ is the world's Light, he and none other
Author: F. Pratt Green (b. 1903) Hymnal: NCP1975 #10 (1975) Meter: 10.11.11.6 Topics: Good Friday; God--in Jesus Christ His Life, Death, and Glory Languages: English Tune Title: CHRISTE SANCTORUM
Christ is the world's Light, he and none other
Christian people, raise your song
Author: Colin P. Thompson (b. 1945) Hymnal: NCP1975 #11 (1975) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Topics: Communion Communion Offering Languages: English Tune Title: AVE, VIRGO VIRGINUM
Christian people, raise your song
Come, let us remember the joys of the town
Author: Doris M. Gill Hymnal: NCP1975 #12 (1975) Meter: 11.11.11.11 Topics: City; God--the Father Creator Languages: English Tune Title: POLZEATH
Come, let us remember the joys of the town
Come, living God, when least expected
Author: Alan Gaunt (b. 1935) Hymnal: NCP1975 #13 (1975) Meter: 9.8.9.8 Lyrics: 1 Come, living God, when least expected,
when minds are dull and hearts are cold,
through sharpening word and warm affection
revealing truths as yet untold.
2 Break from the tomb in which we hide you
to speak again in startling ways;
break through the words in which we bind you
to resurrect our lifeless praise.
3 Come now, as once you came to Moses
within the bush alive with flame,
or to Elijah on the mountain,
by silence pressing home your claim.
4 So, let our minds be sharp to read you
in sight or sound or printed page,
and let us greet you in our neighbours,
in flaming youth or quiet age.
5 Then, from our gloom, your Son still rising
will thaw the frozen heart of pride
and flash upon us through the shadows
to spread his resurrection wide.
6 And we will share his radiant brightness
and, blazing through the dread of night,
illuminate by love and reason,
for men in darkness, faith's delight. Topics: Easter; Invocation; God--Holy Spirit Languages: English Tune Title: SUNSET
Come, living God, when least expected
Come, Lord, to our souls come down
Author: H. C. A. Gaunt (b. 1902) Hymnal: NCP1975 #14 (1975) Meter: 7.6.7.6 Topics: Invocation; Petition; God--in Jesus Christ His Love, Help, Healing Languages: English Tune Title: QUEDGELEY
Come, Lord, to our souls come down
Come, my way, my truth, my life
Author: George Herbert (1593-1633) Hymnal: NCP1975 #15a (1975) Meter: 7.7.7.7 Lyrics: 1 Come, my way, my truth, my life:
such a way as gives us breath;
such a truth as ends all strife;
such a life as killeth death.
2 Come, my light, my feast, my strength:
such a light as shows a feast;
such a feast as mends in length;
such a strength as makes his guest.
3 Come, my joy, my love, my heart:
such a joy as none can move;
such a love as none can part;
such a heart as joys in love. Topics: Invocation; Communion; God--in Jesus Christ His Love, Help, Healing Scripture: John 2:10 Languages: English Tune Title: TUNBRIDGE
Come, my way, my truth, my life
Come, my way, my truth, my life
Author: George Herbert (1593-1633) Hymnal: NCP1975 #15b (1975) Meter: 7.7.7.7 Lyrics: 1 Come, my way, my truth, my life:
such a way as gives us breath;
such a truth as ends all strife;
such a life as killeth death.
2 Come, my light, my feast, my strength:
such a light as shows a feast;
such a feast as mends in length;
such a strength as makes his guest.
3 Come, my joy, my love, my heart:
such a joy as none can move;
such a love as none can part;
such a heart as joys in love. Topics: Invocation; Communion; God--in Jesus Christ His Love, Help, Healing Scripture: John 2:10 Languages: English Tune Title: COME MY WAY
Come, my way, my truth, my life
Come to our homes to stay
Author: Caryl Micklem (b. 1925) Hymnal: NCP1975 #16 (1975) Topics: Marriage Languages: English Tune Title: DOLLIS BROOK
Come to our homes to stay
Creator of the earth and skies
Author: Donald Hughes (1911-67) Hymnal: NCP1975 #17 (1975) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Confession and Penitence; Sin and Salvation; World and Society Justice and Peace Languages: English Tune Title: FUDGIE
Creator of the earth and skies
Deep in the shadows of the past
Author: Brian Wren (b. 1936) Hymnal: NCP1975 #18 (1975) Lyrics: 1 Deep in the shadows of the past,
far out from settled lands,
some nomads travelled with their God
across the desert sands.
The dawn of hope for all mankind
was glimpsed by them alone--
a promise calling them ahead,
a future yet unknown.
2 While others bowed to changeless gods
they met a mystery:
God with an uncompleted name,
'I am what I will be';
and by their tents, around their fires,
in story, song and law
they praised, remembered, handed on
a past that promised more.
3 From Abraham to Nazareth
the promise changed and grew
while some, remembering the past,
recorded what they knew,
and some, in letters or laments,
in prophecy and praise,
recovered, held and re-expressed
new hope for changing days.
4 For all the writings that survived,
for leaders, long ago,
who sifted, chose, and then preserved
the Bible that we know,
give thanks, and find its promise yet
our comfort, strength and call--
the working model for our faith
alive with hope for all. Topics: Bible Scripture: Exodus 3:13 Languages: English Tune Title: DURROW
Deep in the shadows of the past
Early morning. 'Come, prepare him
Author: John Gregory (b . 1929) Hymnal: NCP1975 #19 (1975) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Topics: Easter Languages: English Tune Title: ST. BAVON
Early morning. 'Come, prepare him
God above, man below
Author: Sydney Carter (b . 1915) Hymnal: NCP1975 #20 (1975) First Line: Every star shall sing a carol Lyrics: 1 Every star shall sing a carol;
every creature, high or low,
come and praise the king of heaven
by whatever name you know.
Refrain:
God above, man below,
holy is the name I know.
2 When the king of all creation
had a cradle on the earth,
holy was the human body,
holy was the human birth. [Refrain]
3 Who can tell what other cradle,
high above the Milky Way,
still may rock the king of heaven
on another Christmas day? [Refrain]
4 Who can count how many crosses,
still to come or long ago,
crucify the king of heaven?
Holy is the name I know. [Refrain]
5 Who can tell what other body
he will hallow for his own?
I will praise the son of Mary,
brother of my blood and bone. [Refrain]
6 Every star and every planet,
every creature, high and low,
come and praise the king of heaven
by whatever name you know. [Refrain] Topics: Christmas; God--in Jesus Christ His Life, Death, and Glory; God--in Jesus Christ Lord of Creation Languages: English Tune Title: EVERY STAR
God above, man below
Father, we thank you
Author: Caryl Mickem (b. 1925) Hymnal: NCP1975 #22 (1975) Meter: 5.8.8.5.5 Topics: Praise and Thanksgiving; God--the Father Creator; God--the Father Love and Purpose Languages: English Tune Title: ALL KINDS OF LIGHT
Father, we thank you
Fire is lighting torch and lamp at night
Author: John B. Geyer (b. 1932) Hymnal: NCP1975 #23 (1975) Lyrics: 1 Fire is lighting torch and lamp at night,
fire outbursts into power and light.
Come, O God, Creator, Spirit, now,
fill all our lives with your fire.
2 Wind is battering waves of sea on land;
wind is grinding the rocks to sand.
Come, O God, Creator, Spirit, now,
fill all the world with your power.
3 Water gushes down the cleft of space,
living water and spring of grace.
Come, O God, Creator, Spirit, now,
grant us your life and your light. Topics: Invocation; God--Holy Spirit Languages: English Tune Title: WESTHOLME
Fire is lighting torch and lamp at night
Father, Son and Holy Spirit
Author: Brian Wren (b. 1936) Hymnal: NCP1975 #24a (1975) Meter: 8.8.8.8.4 First Line: For the bread that we have eaten Topics: Communion After Communion Languages: English Tune Title: THE HAYES
Father, Son and Holy Spirit
Father, Son and Holy Spirit
Author: Brian Wren (b. 1936) Hymnal: NCP1975 #24b (1975) Meter: 8.8.8.8.4 First Line: For the bread that we have eaten Topics: Communion After Communion Languages: English Tune Title: MAYFIELD
Father, Son and Holy Spirit
'Forgive our sins as we forgive'
Author: Rosamond E. Herklots (b. 1905) Hymnal: NCP1975 #25a (1975) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Forgiving others Languages: English Tune Title: FORGIVE OUR SINS
'Forgive our sins as we forgive'
'Forgive our sins as we forgive'
Author: Rosamond E. Herklots (b. 1905) Hymnal: NCP1975 #25b (1975) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Forgiving others Languages: English Tune Title: HERMON
'Forgive our sins as we forgive'
Sing hosanna! Sing hosanna!
Hymnal: NCP1975 #26 (1975) First Line: Give me joy in my heart, keep me praising Lyrics: 1 Give me joy in my heart, keep me praising,
give me joy in my heart, I pray;
give me joy in my heart, keep me praising,
keep me praising till the break of day.
Refrain:
Sing hosanna! Sing hosanna!
Sing hosanna to the king of kings!
Sing hosanna! Sing hosanna!
Sing hosanna to the king!
2 Give me peace in my heart, keep me loving,
give me peace in my heart, I pray;
give me peace in my heart, keep me loving,
keep me loving till the break of day. [Refrain]
3 Give me love in my heart, keep me serving,
give me love in my heart, I pray;
give me love in my heart, keep me serving,
keep me serving till the break of day. [Refrain] Topics: Palm Sunday; Praise and Thanksgiving; World and Society Service to the Neighbour Languages: English Tune Title: SING HOSANNA
Sing hosanna! Sing hosanna!
Give to me, Lord, a thankful heart
Author: Caryl Mickem (b. 1925) Hymnal: NCP1975 #27 (1975) Meter: 8.6.8.8.6 Topics: Petition; Close of Worship; God--in Jesus Christ Following Him Languages: English Tune Title: GATESCARTH
Give to me, Lord, a thankful heart
Glorious the day when Christ was born
Author: F. Pratt Green (b. 1903) Hymnal: NCP1975 #28 (1975) Topics: Christmas; Ascension; God--in Jesus Christ His Life, Death, and Glory Languages: English Tune Title: ILFRACOMBE
Glorious the day when Christ was born
God is love, and where true love is, God himself is there
Author: James Quinn, S.J. (b. 1919) Hymnal: NCP1975 #29 (1975) Meter: 13.12.12.12.12 First Line: Here in Christ we gather, love of Christ our calling Topics: Opening of Worship; Church Fellowship and Unity Languages: English Tune Title: UBI CARITAS
God is love, and where true love is, God himself is there
God is love: his the care
Author: Percy Dearmer (1867-1936) Hymnal: NCP1975 #30 (1975) Meter: 6.6.6.6.6.5.5.3.9 Lyrics: 1 God is love: his the care,
tending each, everywhere.
God is love--all is there!
Jesus came to show him,
that mankind might know him.
[Refrain]:
Sing aloud, loud, loud!
Sing aloud, loud, loud!
God is good! God is truth!
God is beauty! Praise him!
2 None can see God above;
all have here man to love;
thus may we Godward move,
finding him in others,
holding all men brothers. [Refrain]
3 Jesus lived here for men,
strove and died, rose again,
rules our hearts, now as then;
for he came to save us
by the truth he gave us. [Refrain]
4 To our Lord praise we sing--
light and life, friend and king,
coming down love to bring,
pattern for our duty,
showing God in beauty. [Refrain] Topics: God--the Father Revealed in Jesus Christ Languages: English Tune Title: THEODORIC
God is love: his the care
God is our friend
Author: Eric Reid (1936-70) Hymnal: NCP1975 #31 (1975) Topics: God--the Father Revealed in Jesus Christ Languages: English Tune Title: TURRIFF
God is our friend
God of concrete, God of steel
Author: Richard G. Jones (b. 1926) Hymnal: NCP1975 #32 (1975) Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Topics: Offering; God--the Father Creator Languages: English Tune Title: ZEALS
God of concrete, God of steel
God who spoke in the beginning
Author: Fred Kaan (b. 1929) Hymnal: NCP1975 #33 (1975) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Lyrics: 1 God who spoke in the beginning,
forming rock and shaping spar,
set all life and growth in motion,
earthly world and distant star;
he who calls the earth to order
is the ground of what we are.
2 God who spoke through men and nations,
through events long past and gone,
showing still today his purpose,
speaks supremely through his Son;
he who calls the earth to order
gives his word and it is done.
3 God whose speech becomes incarnate
--Christ is servant, Christ is Lord!--
calls us to a life of service,
heart and will to action stirred;
he who uses man's obedience
has the first and final word. Topics: God--the Father Creator; God--the Father Revealed in Jesus Christ Languages: English Tune Title: CORBRIDGE
God who spoke in the beginning
God, whose farm is all creation
Author: John Arlott (b. 1914) Hymnal: NCP1975 #34 (1975) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Topics: Harvest Languages: English Tune Title: SUSSEX
God, whose farm is all creation
Here, Lord, we take the broken bread
Author: Charles Venn Pilcher (1879-1961) Hymnal: NCP1975 #35 (1975) Topics: Communion; Communion After Communion Languages: English Tune Title: ACH GOTT UND HERR
Here, Lord, we take the broken bread
God, your glory we have seen in your Son
Author: Didier Rimaud; Ronald Johnson (b. 1913); Brian Wren (b. 1936) Hymnal: NCP1975 #36 (1975) First Line: In the fields of this world his good news he has sown Lyrics: Refrain:
God, your glory we have seen in your Son,
full of truth, full of heav'nly grace:
in Christ make us live, his love shine on our face,
and the world will see in us the triumph you have won.
1 In the fields of this world his good news he has sown,
and sends us out to reap till the harvest is done. [Refrain]
2 In his love like a fire that consumes he passed by.
The flame has touched our lips; let us shout, 'Here am I'. [Refrain]
3 He was broken for us, God-forsaken his cry,
and still the bread he breaks; to ourselves we must die. [Refrain]
4 He has trampled the grapes of new life on his cross.
Now drink the cup and live; he has filled it for us. [Refrain]
5 He has founded a kingdom that none shall destroy;
the corner-stone is laid. Go to work: build with joy! Topics: Good Friday; God--the Father Revealed in Jesus Christ Languages: English Tune Title: DIEU NOUS AVONS VU
God, your glory we have seen in your Son
Good is our God who made this place
Author: John Gregory (b. 1929) Hymnal: NCP1975 #37 (1975) Meter: 8.9.8.9 D Topics: Communion Communion Offering Languages: English Tune Title: HAMBLEDEN
Good is our God who made this place
He that is down needs fear no fall
Author: John Bunyan (1628-88) Hymnal: NCP1975 #38 (1975) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 He that is down needs fear no fall,
he that is low, no pride;
he that is humble ever shall
have God to be his guide.
2 I am content with what I have,
little be it, or much:
and, Lord, contentment still I crave,
because thou savest such.
3 Fulness to such a burden is
that go on pilgrimage:
here little, and hereafter bliss,
is best from age to age. Topics: Christian Life-Style; God--the Father In whom we trust Languages: English Tune Title: SHEPHERD BOY'S SONG
He that is down needs fear no fall
I come with joy to meet my Lord
Author: Brian Wren (b. 1936) Hymnal: NCP1975 #39 (1975) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Communion Languages: English Tune Title: WINCHCOMBE
I come with joy to meet my Lord
Here hangs a man discarded
Author: Brian Wren (b. 1936) Hymnal: NCP1975 #40 (1975) Meter: 7.6.7.6 Topics: Good Friday Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 Languages: English Tune Title: SHRUB END
Here hangs a man discarded
I danced in the morning when the world was begun
Author: Sydney Carter (b. 1915) Hymnal: NCP1975 #41 (1975) 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 wouldn't 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 and I cured the lame;
the holy people said it was a shame.
They whipped and they stripped and they hung me on high,
and they left me there on a cross to die. [Refrain]
4 I danced on a Friday when 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: Christmas; Easter; God--in Jesus Christ His Life, Death, and Glory Languages: English Tune Title: SHAKER TUNE
I danced in the morning when the world was begun
Song for a Not-Quite-Converted Christian
Author: David Goodall (b. 1922) Hymnal: NCP1975 #42 (1975) First Line: I want to go out Topics: Questioning or Doubt Languages: English Tune Title: WATERLOO
Song for a Not-Quite-Converted Christian
Into a world of dark
Author: Ann Phillips (b. 1930) Hymnal: NCP1975 #43 (1975) Meter: 6.6.6.6 Topics: God--Holy Spirit Languages: English Tune Title: ACKERGILL
Into a world of dark
Jesu, Jesu,
Author: T. S. Colvin Hymnal: NCP1975 #44 (1975) First Line: Kneels at the feet of his friends Lyrics: Refrain:
Jesu, Jesu,
fill us with your love,
show us how to serve
the neighbours 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 Neighbours are rich men and poor,
neighbours are black men and white,
neighbours are nearby and far away. [Refrain]
3 These are the ones we should serve,
these are the ones we should love.
All men are neighbours to us and you. [Refrain]
4 Kneel at the feet of our friends,
silently washing their feet,
this is the way we should live with you. [Refrain] Topics: Holy Week (Maundy Thursday); God--in Jesus Christ Following Him; World and Society Service to the Neighbour Languages: English Tune Title: CHEREPONI
Jesu, Jesu,
Jesus' hands were kind hands, doing good to all
Author: Margaret Cropper (b. 1886) Hymnal: NCP1975 #45 (1975) Meter: 11.11.11.11 Lyrics: 1 Jesus' hands were kind hands, doing good to all,
healing pain and sickness, blessing children small,
washing tired feet and saving those who fall.
Jesus' hands were kind hands, doing good to all.
2 Take my hands, Lord Jesus, let them work for you.
Make them strong and gentle, kind in all I do.
Let me watch you, Jesus, till I'm gentle too;
till my hands are kind hands, quick to work for you. Topics: God--in Jesus Christ His Love, Help, Healing; God--in Jesus Christ Following Him Languages: English Tune Title: AU CLAIR DE LA LUNE
Jesus' hands were kind hands, doing good to all
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