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Lord of All Good

Author: Albert F. Bayly Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 18 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:7 First Line: Lord of all good, we bring our gifts to you Topics: Commitment & Dedication; Dedication and Offering; Commitment & Dedication; Obedience; Offering; Trinity Used With Tune: MORESTEAD

When we are living, we are in the Lord

Author: Roberto Escamilla; John L. Bell (b. 1949) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:7 Topics: The Holy Spirit The Church Celebrates - Death and Grieving; Assurance; Funerals general; Multi-cultrual and World-church Songs Used With Tune: SOMOS DEL SEÑOR Text Sources: verse 1, Mexican traditional

When we are living

Author: Anonymous; Elise S. Eslinger, 1942-; Roberto Escamilla, 1931-; George Lockwood, 1946- Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 35 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:6-15 First Line: When we are living, it is in Christ Jesus (Pues si vivimos para Él vivimos) Topics: Canticles and Scripture Paraphrases; Children and Youth Discipleship; Church Family of God; Languages other than English Spanish; One Life in Christ Discipleship; Servant / Service; Social Concerns / Social Justice Used With Tune: SOMOS DEL SEÑOR

Grant Now Your Blessing

Author: Rolando S. Tinio Meter: 10.10.10.7 Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:15 First Line: Grant now your blessing upon this offering Lyrics: Grant now your blessing upon this offering that we are bringing with our thanksgiving. May you bestow, Lord, on us your children, your grace and mercy. Amen. Topics: Hymns That Are Prayer; Responses To Offering; Elements of Worship Offering Used With Tune: HALAD

Praise and Thanksgiving

Author: Edith Lowell Thomas; Marie Post Meter: 10.10.8 Appears in 23 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:15 First Line: Praise and thanksgiving let everyone bring Topics: Responses To Benediction; Elements of Worship Offering Used With Tune: LOBET UND PRESIET Text Sources: St. 1 Alsatian

Lord of all power

Author: Jack C. Winslow, 1883-1974 Meter: 10.11.11.11 Appears in 7 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:8-15 First Line: Lord of all power, I give you my will Topics: Freedom / Liberation; One Life in Christ Discipleship; Profession of Faith; Servant / Service; Wisdom Used With Tune: SLANE

Great is your faithfulness

Author: Thomas Obadiah Chisholm, 1866-1960 Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Appears in 189 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:6-12 First Line: Great is your faithfulness, O God my Father Lyrics: 1 Great is your faithfulness, O God my Father, in you no shadow of turning we see; you never fail and your love is unchanging: as you have been you for ever will be. Refrain: Great is your faithfulness, great is your faithfulness, morning by morning new mercies we see; all we have needed your hand has provided: great is your faithfulness, Lord God, to me. 2 Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest, sun, moon and stars in their courses above, join with all nature in unspoken witness to your great faithfulness, mercy and love. [Refrain] 3 Pardon for sin and a peace that's enduring, your living presence to cheer and to guide, strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow -- these are the blessings your love will provide. [Refrain] Topics: Anniversary of a Church; Eternity of God; Faithfulness of God; God's Love to Us; Hope; Morning; Providence Used With Tune: FAITHFULNESS

When at This Table

Author: Shirley Erena Murray Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 4 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:6-9 First Line: When at this table I receive a blessing Lyrics: 1 When at this table I receive a blessing, the broken bread, the wine of life for me, then let me share the peace with you, my neighbor, and let the Spirit set our spirits free. 2 If at this table I have need of healing, unbidden grief, relationship gone wrong, then let me know the hands of God enfolding, and let lament become believing song. 3 If at this table I forget the hungry, the dispossessed and warfare’s spreading stain, then let this bread become the bread of judgment, this wine the sharp awareness of that pain. 4 If at this table I make dedication to give my life in serving what is good, then let my center be where God invites me, and show the words of Jesus understood. 5 What faith I have, I bring to join this table, what hope I hold, in Christ is taught and true; with brothers, sisters, I will share the blessing, the feast where God is making all things new. Topics: Dedication; Eucharist; Lord's Supper; Communion Used With Tune: FEASTDAY

I'd Rather Have Jesus

Author: Rhea F. Miller Meter: 11.11.11.10 with refrain Appears in 31 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:6-7 First Line: I'd rather have Jesus than silver or gold Refrain First Line: Than to be the king of a vast domain Topics: The Christian Life; Christian Discipline Stewardship

Heaven Shall Not Wait

Author: John L. Bell; Graham Maule Meter: 12.11.12.11 Appears in 7 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:6-8 First Line: Heaven shall not wait for the poor to lose their patience Topics: Christian Year Reign of Christ; Grace; Justice and Reconciliation; Social Concerns Used With Tune: HEAVEN SHALL NOT WAIT

Holy Lord, Holy Lord

Author: Christian Gregor; Christian G. Clemens; John Swertner Meter: 3.3.7.8.7.8.9.3.3 Appears in 7 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:7-10 First Line: Holy Lord Lyrics: 1 Holy Lord, holy Lord, thanks and praise be yours, O Lord, that your word to us is given, teaching us with love out-poured that as Lord of earth and heaven, everlasting life for us to gain, your were slain, you were slain. 2 Lord, our God, Lord, our God, may your precious saving word, till our days on earth are ended, light unto our path afford; then, among your saints ascended, we for your redeeming love shall raise ceaseless praise, ceaseless praise. Topics: The Scriptures; Scriptures Used With Tune: HOLY LORD

Praise and Thanksgiving

Author: Albert F. Bayly, 1901-1984 Meter: 5.5.5.4 D Appears in 32 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:8-11 Topics: Ecology; God Image; God the Nurturer; Harvest; Rural Life; Thanksgiving and Gratitude; Work and Leisure Used With Tune: BUNESSAN

Fairest Lord Jesus

Meter: 5.6.8.5.5.8 Appears in 580 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:15 First Line: Fairest Lord Jesus Lyrics: 1 Fairest Lord Jesus, ruler of all nature, O thou of God and man the Son, thee will I cherish, thee will I honor, thou, my soul's glory, joy, and crown! 2 Fair are the meadows, fairer still the woodlands, robed in the blooming garb of spring: Jesus is fairer, Jesus is purer who makes the woeful heart to sing. 3 Fair is the sunshine, fairer still the moonlight, and all the twinkling, starry host: Jesus shines brighter, Jesus shines purer, than all the angels heav'n can boast. 4 Beautiful Savior! Lord of all the nations! Son of God and Son of man! Glory and honor, praise, adoration, now and forevermore be thine! Topics: Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ Light of the World; Jesus Christ's Divinity; Jesus Christ's Humanity Used With Tune: SCHÖNSTER HERR JESU Text Sources: Gesangbuch, Münster, 1677

God, We Pause ThIs Moment

Author: Merle Good Meter: 6.5.6.5 Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:7-8 Topics: Justice Economic; Stewardship Used With Tune: WEM IN LEIDENSTAGEN

There is a Redeemer

Author: Melody Green (b. 1946) Meter: 6.5.8.5 Appears in 32 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:15 Topics: Life in Christ Our Response to Christ - In Devotion; Salvation and Redemption; Temptation; Thanksgiving Used With Tune: [There is a Redeemer]

God of the Fertile Fields

Author: Georgia Harkness Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 15 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:6-11 Lyrics: 1 God of the fertile fields, shaper of earth that yields our daily bread: forth from your bounteous hand come gifts your love has planned, that all in every land be clothed and fed. 2 We would be stewards true, holding in trust from you all that you give; help us in love to share, teach us like you to care for people everywhere, that all may live. 3 As grows the hidden seed to fruit that serves our need, so your reign grows. Let all our toil be used, no gift of yours abused, no humble task refused your love bestows. 4 God of the countryside, dear to the Christ who died to make us one: we pledge our lives anew in faithful love to you. Guide all we say and do. Your will be done. Topics: Care of Creation; Commitment; Dedication and Stewardship; Renewal Used With Tune: ITALIAN HYMN

Thy Life Was Given for Me

Author: Frances Ridley Havergal Meter: 6.6.6.6.6.6 Appears in 156 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:15 Lyrics: 1 Thy life was given for me; Thy blood, O Lord, was shed, That I might ransomed be, And quickened from the dead: Thy life was given for me; What have I given for Thee? 2 Long years were spent for me In weariness and woe, That through eternity Thy glory I might know: Long years were spent for me; Have I spent one for Thee? 3 And Thou hast brought to me, Down from Thy home above, Salvation full and free, Thy pardon and Thy love: Great gifts Thou broughtest me; What have I brought to Thee? 4 O let my life be given, My years for Thee be spent, World fetters all be riven, And joy with suffering blent! Thou gavest Thyself for me; I give myself to Thee. Amen. Topics: Christ Call; Commitment; Redemption; Life in Christ Call of Christ, The Used With Tune: SACRIFICE Text Sources: Recast in Church Hymns, 1871

God Is Truly with Us

Author: Gerhard Tersteegen; Frederic W. Foster Meter: 6.6.8.6.6.8.3.3.6.6 Appears in 133 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:8 Lyrics: 1 God is truly with us; sing we and adore now; praise the One we come before now. Here within this temple, here in sound and silence, worship God in deepest reverence. You alone, God, we own, you, our God and Savior; praise to you forever. 2 God is truly with us; loud our praise resounding! Echoes of the saints surrounding! "Holy, holy, holy," hear the hymn ascending, angels, saints, their voices blending! Bow your ear to us here; hear, O Christ, the praises that your Church now raises. 3 Source of every blessing, bless the ones who name you, let our words and deeds proclaim you. Like the saints and angels praising you in glory, may your servants sing your story. And in all, great and small, may we do most nearly what you love most dearly. Topics: Church Worship and Prayer; God Presence of; Opening of Worship; Year A Thanksgiving Used With Tune: WUNDERBARER KÖNIG Text Sources: Other translators also

Meeting after absence

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 219 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:5 First Line: And are we yet alive Topics: Christian Fellowship Communion of Saints Used With Tune: NELSON

Thanks for the unspeakable gift

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 60 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:15 First Line: Father, our hearts we lift Topics: Jesus Christ Incarnation and Birth

Raise your triumphant songs

Author: Watts Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 262 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:15 Lyrics: 1 Raise your triumphant songs To an immortal tune; Let the wide earth resound the deeds Celestial grace has done. 2 Sing how Eternal Love Its chief Beloved chose, And bade him raise our wretched race From their abyss of woes. 3 'Twas mercy filled the throne, And wrath stood silent by, When Christ was sent with pardons down To rebels doomed to die. 4 Now, sinners, dry your tears, Let hopeless sorrows cease; Bow to the scepter of his love, And take the offered peace. 5 Lord, we obey thy call; We lay an humble claim To the salvation thou hast brought, And love and praise thy name. Topics: Christ Incarnation; The Gift of Gifts

We Give Thee but Thine Own

Author: William Walsham How Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 489 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:6-8 Lyrics: 1 We give thee but thine own, whate'er the gift may be; all that we have is thine alone, a trust, O Lord, from thee. 2 May we thy bounties thus as stewards true receive, and gladly, as thou blessest us, to thee our firstfruits give. 3 The captive to release, to God the lost to bring, to teach the way of life and peace: it is a Christ-like thing. 4 And we believe thy word, though dim our faith may be; whate'er we do for thine, O Lord, we do it unto thee. Topics: Dedication and Stewardship; Ministry; Offering; Teaching/Education Used With Tune: SCHUMANN

Now thank we all our God

Author: Martin Rinkart (1586-1649); Catherine Winkworth (1827-1878) Meter: 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6 Appears in 691 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:8-11 Lyrics: 1 Now thank we all our God, with heart and hands and voices, who wondrous things has done, in whom his world rejoices; who from our mothers' arms has blessed us on our way with countless gifts of love, and still is ours today. 2 Oh, may this bounteous God through all our life be near us, with ever-joyful hearts and blessèd peace to cheer us, to keep us in his grace, and guide us when perplexed, and free us from all ills in this world and the next. 3 All praise and thanks to God who reigns in highest heaven -- the Father and the Son and Spirit -- now be given: the one, eternal God, whom earth and heaven adore; for thus it was, is now, and shall be evermore. Topics: Our Response to God in adoration and gratitude; Family and Friends; God in Trinity; Mothering Sunday; Providence Used With Tune: NUN DANKET

Give Thanks, O Christian People

Author: Mary Jackson Cathey Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:6-15 Topics: Christian Life; Community in Christ; Ministry; Service; Thanksgiving; Vocation Used With Tune: ES FLOG EIN KLEINS WALDVÖGELEIN

No weight of gold or silver

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, 1926- Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 6 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:15 Lyrics: 1 No weight of gold or silver can measure human worth; no soul secures its ransom with all the wealth of earth; no sinners find their freedom but by the gift unpriced, the Lamb of God unblemished, the precious blood of Christ. 2 Our sins, our griefs and troubles, he bore and made his own; we hid our faces from him, rejected and alone. His wounds are for our healing, our peace is by his pain. behold, the Man of Sorrows, the Lamb for sinners slain. 3 In Christ the past is over, a new world now begins. With him we rise to freedom who saves us from our sins. We live by faith in Jesus to make his glory known: behold, the Man of Sorrows, the Lamb upon his throne! Topics: Faith; Grace; Grief; Jesus Christ Humanity; Jesus Christ Priesthood and Intercession; Jesus Christ Redeemer; Lamb of God; Name/s of Jesus; New Life in Christ; Proclamation: Witness; Salvation Used With Tune: KING'S LYNN

Sing to the God of Harvest

Author: Delores Dufner, OSB Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 120 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:6-15 Topics: Communion; Creation God as Creator; Giving; Heritage 16th-Century Used With Tune: WIE LIEBLICH IST DER MAIEN Text Sources: Adapt. from “Sing to the Lord of Harvest,” John S. B. Monsell (Ireland), 19th c.

It's rounded like an orange

Author: Basil Ernest Bridge (b. 1927) Meter: 7.6.8.7 with refrain Appears in 6 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:15 Topics: Christ Incarnate Promise of the Messiah; Christingle Used With Tune: THE HOLLY AND THE IVY

By the Living Grace of God

Author: D. O. T. Meter: 7.7.7.5.4.7.7.5 Appears in 4 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:8 Refrain First Line: Work on, toil on Lyrics: 1 By the living grace of God I will labor, watch, and pray, Till this mortal life shall end In supernal day. Refrain: Work on, toil on, Till my work on earth is done; By the living grace of God I will labor on. 2 By the living grace of God I’ll defy the tempting throng; High above the battle’s din, Shout the victor’s song. [Refrain] 3 By the living grace of God I will never doubt my Lord; Till my eyes are closed in death, I’ll believe His word. [Refrain] 4 By the living grace of God I will conquer, though I die; The reward will come at last, In my home on high. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [By the living grace of God] Text Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/By_the_Living_Grace_of_God); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (135); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (259)

For the Bread and for the Wine

Author: Compiler; Horatius Bonar (1808-1889) Meter: 7.7.7.5 Appears in 16 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:15 Topics: Book One: Hymns, Songs, Chorales; Ordinances Communion Used With Tune: CAPETOWN

Come, Ye Thankful People, Come

Author: Henry Alford, 1810-1871 Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 730 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:10-14 Lyrics: 1 Come, ye thankful people, come, Raise the song of harvest home: All is safely gathered in, Ere the winter storms begin; God, our Maker, does provide For our wants to be supplied: Come to God's own temple, come, Raise the song of harvest home. 2 All the world is God's own field, Fruit unto his praise to yield; Wheat and tares together sown, Unto joy or sorrow grown; First the blade, and then the ear, Then the full corn shall appear: Lord of harvest, grant that we Wholesome grain and pure may be. 3 For the Lord our God shall come, And shall take the harvest home; From his field shall in that day All offences purge away, Giving angels charge at last In the fire the tares to cast, But the fruitful ears to store In God's garner evermore. 4 Even so, Lord, quickly come To your final harvest home; Gather all your people in, Free from sorrow, free from sin; There, for ever purified, In your presence to abide: Come, with all thine angels, come, Raise the glorious harvest home. Topics: Parables; Second Coming Used With Tune: ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR

Take my life, and let it be

Author: Frances Ridley Havergal, 1836-79 Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 1,213 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:6-12 Lyrics: 1 Take my life, and let it be consecrated, Lord, to thee. Take my moments and my days, let them flow in ceaseless praise. 2 Take my hands, and let them move at the impulse of thy love. ttake my feet, and let them be swift and beautiful for thee. 3 Take my voice, and let me sing always, only, for my King. Take my lips, and let them be filled with messages from thee. 4 Take my silver and my gold, nothing, Lord, would I withhold. Take my intellect, and use every power as thou shalt choose. 5 Take my will and make it thine: it shall be no longer mine. Take my heart, it is thine own; it shall be thy royal throne. 6 Take my love: my Lord, I pour at thy feet its treasure-store. Take myself, and I will be ever, only, all for thee. Topics: Commitment; Consecration; Devotion; Evangelism; Our Gifts to God Used With Tune: CHARLTON

For the Beauty of the Earth

Author: Folliott S. Pierpoint, 1835-1917 Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 639 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:15 Lyrics: 1 For the beauty of the earth, for the glory of the skies, for the love which from our birth over and around us lies, Refrain: Lord of all, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise. 2 For the wonder of each hour of the day and of the night, hill and vale and tree and flower, sun and moon and stars of light, [Refrain] 3 For the joy of human love, brother, sister, parent, child, friends on earth and friends above; for all gentle thoughts and mild, [Refrain] 4 For the church that evermore lifteth holy hands above, offering up on every shore her pure sacrifice of love, [Refrain] 5 For thyself, best gift divine, to the race so freely given; for that great, great love of thine, peace on earth and joy in heaven. [Refrain] Used With Tune: DIX

Praise to God, Immortal Praise

Author: Anna L. Barbauld Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 605 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:11 Used With Tune: PRAYER

Morning glory, starlit sky

Author: William Hubert Vanstone, 1923- Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 16 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:15 Topics: Art and Learning; Gifts in Creation; God's Love to Us; Gratitude; Jesus Christ Passion and Cross; Mercy of God; Our Love to Others; Providence Used With Tune: KENOSIS

For the Fruits of His Creation

Author: Fred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 Meter: 8.4.8.4.8.8.8.4 Appears in 71 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:6-12 Lyrics: 1 For the fruits of His creation, Thanks be to God. For His gifts to ev'ry nation, Thanks be to God. For the plowing, sowing, reaping, Silent growth while we are sleeping, Future needs in earth's safekeeping, Thanks be to God. 2 In the just reward of labor, God's will be done. In the help we give our neighbor, God's will is done. In our worldwide task of caring For the hungry and despairing, In the harvests we are sharing, God's will is done. 3 For the harvests of the Spirit, Thanks be to God. For the good we all inherit, Thanks be to God. For the wonders that astound us, For the truths that still confound us, Most of all, that love has found us, Thanks be to God. Topics: Harvest and Thanksgiving Used With Tune: AR HYD Y NOS

Lord, I Want to Be a Christian

Author: John W. Work, Jr., 1872-1925; Frederick J. Work, 1879-1942 Meter: 8.6.8.3.6.8.3 Appears in 152 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:15 Lyrics: 1 Lord, I want to be a Christian In my heart, in my heart; Lord, I want to be a Christian In my heart, In my heart, In my heart, Lord, I want to be a Christian In my heart. 2 Lord, I want to be more loving In my heart, In my heart; Lord, I want to be more loving In my heart, In my heart, In my heart, Lord, I want to be more loving In my heart. 3 Lord, I want to be more holy In my heart, In my heart; Lord, I want to be more holy In my heart, In my heart, In my heart, Lord, I want to be more holy In my heart. 4 Lord, I want to be like Jesus In my heart, In my heart; Lord, I want to be like Jesus In my heart, In my heart, in my heart, Lord, I want to be like Jesus In my heart. Topics: Discipleship; Holiness and Purity; Love for Others; Renewal and Revival; Spirituals Used With Tune: I WANT TO BE A CHRISTIAN Text Sources: Negro Spiritual

As Saints of Old

Author: Frank von Christierson (1900-1996) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 30 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:6-15 First Line: As saints of old their first fruits broght Lyrics: 1 As saints of old their first fruits brought of orchard, flock, and field to God, the giver of all good, the source of bounteous yield; so we today first fruits would bring: the wealth of this good land, of farm and market, shop and home, of mind, and heart, and hand. 2 A world in need now summons us to labour, love, and give; to make our life an offering that others too may live. The church of Christ is calling us to make the dream come true: a world redeemed, your kingdom come, all life in Christ made new. 3 In gratitude and humble trust we bring our best today, to serve your cause and share your love with all humanity. O God, who gave yourself to us in Jesus Christ your Son, help us to give ourselves each day until life's work is done. Topics: Discipleship; Justice; Harvest Thanksgiving Used With Tune: TYROL

A spendthrift lover is the Lord

Author: Thomas Henry Troeger, 1945- Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:15 Topics: Faith; Fear; Gifts in Creation; God's Love to Us; Grace; Jesus Christ Passion and Cross; Mystery of God's Love; New Life in Christ; Our Love to God; Providence; Redemption Used With Tune: SPENDTHRIFT LOVER

O Praise the LORD! The Man Is Blest

Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:9 Topics: Children; Giving and Stewardship; Poor; Prosperity; Rewards Used With Tune: HETHERTON Text Sources: The Book of Psalms for Worship, 2009

There Is a Sea

Author: Lula Klingman Zahn Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 15 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:7-8 First Line: There is a sea which day by day Topics: Giving Used With Tune: ZAHN Text Sources: Jorgenson's Great Songs of the Church, 1921

Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound

Author: John Newton Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,436 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:8 First Line: Amazing grace, how sweet the sound (Daw k'ee da ha dawtsahy he tsow'haw) (Po ya fek cha he thlat ah tet) (Shilombish holitopa ma) (Ooh nay thla nah, hee oo way gee') (Nizhóníígo jooba' kiits' a') Lyrics: English: 1 Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, Was blind, but now I see. 2 ’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears relieved; How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed! 3 Through many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come; ’Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home. 4 The Lord has promised good to me, His Word my hope secures; He will my shield and portion be As long as life endures. 5 When we’ve been there ten thousand years, Bright shining as the sun, We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise Than when we’d first begun. Cherokee: Ooh nay thla nah, hee oo way gee.’ E gah gwoo yah hay ee. Naw gwoo joe sah, we you low say, E gah gwoo yah ho nah. Choctaw: Shilombish holitopa ma! Ishmminti pulla cha Hatak ilbusha pia ha Is pi yukpalashke. Navaho: Nizhónígo jooba’ ditts’ a’ Yisdáshíítínígíí Lah yóóííyá k’ad shénáhoosdzin, Doo eesh’íí da nt’éé. Creek: Po ya fek cha he thlat ah tet Ah non ah cha pa kas Cha fee kee o funnan la kus Um e ha ta la yus. Kiowa: Daw k’ee da ha dawtsahy he tsow’haw Daw k’ee da ha dawtsahy hee. Bay dawtsahy taw, gaw aym ow thah t’aw, Daw k’ee da ha dawtsah h’ee. Used With Tune: AMAZING GRACE Text Sources: A Collection of Sacred Ballads, 1790 (st. 5)

Blessed is the man whose softening heart

Author: Mrs. Barbauld Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 158 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:6 Lyrics: 1 Blest is the man whose softening heart Feels all another's pain; To whom the supplicating eye Was never raised in vain. 2 Whose breast expands with generous warmth, A stranger's woes to feel; And bleeds in pity o'er the wound He wants the power to heal. 3 He spreads his kind, supporting arms To every child of grief; His secret bounty largely flows, And brings unasked relief. 4 To gentle offices of love His feet are never slow: He views, through mercy's melting eye, A brother in a foe. 5 Peace from the bosom of his God, The Saviour's grace shall give; And when he kneels before the throne, His trembling soul shall live. Topics: The Christian Church Fellowship; Charity

Father, how wide thy glory shines!

Author: Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 311 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:15 Lyrics: 1 FATHER, how wide thy glory shines! How high thy wonders rise! Known through the earth by thousand signs, By thousand through the skies. 2 Those mighty orbs proclaim thy power; Their motions speak thy skill; And on the wings of every hour We read thy patience still. 3 But when we read thy strange design To save rebellious worms, Where justice and compassion join In their divinest forms-- 4 Here the whole Deity is known; Nor dares a creature guess Which of the glories brightest shone, The justice or the grace. 5 Now the full glories of the Lamb Adorn the heavenly plains; Bright cherubs chant Immanuel's name, And try their choicest strains. 6 Oh may I bear some humble part In that immortal song; Wonder and joy shall tune my heart, And love command my tongue. Topics: Attributes of God Condescension ; The Divine Character Exhibited

Father of mercies! send thy grace

Author: Doddridge Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 178 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:6 Lyrics: 1 Father of mercies! send thy grace, All-powerful from above, To form, in our obedient souls, The image of thy love. 2 Oh, may our sympathizing breasts The generous pleasure know, Kindly to share in others' joy, And weep for others' woe! 3 When the most helpless sons of grief In low distress are laid, Soft be our hearts their pains to feel, And swift our hands to aid. 4 So Jesus looked on dying men, When throned above the skies; And 'mid the embraces of his God, He felt compassion rise. 5 On wings of love the Saviour flew, To raise us from the ground, And made the richest of his blood A balm for every wound. Topics: The Christian Church Fellowship; Brotherly Kindness

All Attainments vain without Love

Author: S. Stennett Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 20 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:12 First Line: Should bounteous nature kindly pour Lyrics: 1 Should bounteous nature kindly pour Her richest gifts on me, Still, O my God, I should be poor, If void of love to thee. 2 Not shining wit, nor manly sense, could make me truly good: Nor zeal itself could recompense The want of love to God. 3 Did I possess the gift of tongues, But were deni'd thy grace, My loudest words, my loftiest songs, Would be but sounding brass. 4 Tho' thou should'st give me heav'nly skill, Each myst'ry to explain, If I'd no heart to do thy will, My knowledge would be vain. 5 Had I so strong a faith, my God, As mountains to remove, No faith could do me real good, That did not work by love. 6 What tho', to gratify my pride, And make my heav'n secure, All my possessions I divide, Among the hungry poor! 7 What tho' my body I consign, To the devouring flame, In hope the glorious deed will shine In roils of endless fame! 8 These splendid acts of vanity, Tho' all the world applaud, If destitute of charity, Can never please my God. 9 O grant me then this one request, And I'll be satisfied, That love divine may rule my breast, And all my actions guide. Topics: The Eternal and Unchangeable Love of God, commemorated in Hymns of Thanksgiving

Praise to the Holiest in the height

Author: John Henry Newman (1801-1890) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 171 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:14-15 Lyrics: 1 Praise to the Holiest in the height, and in the depth be praise, -- in all his words most wonderful, most sure in all his ways. 2 O loving wisdom of our God! when all was sin and shame, a second Adam to the fight and to the rescue came. 3 O wisest love! that flesh and blood, which did in Adam fail, should strive afresh against the foe, should strive and should prevail. 4 O generous love! that he who smote in Man, for man, the foe, the double agony in Man for man should undergo; 4 And in the garden secretly, and on the Cross on high, should teach his brethren, and inspire to suffer and to die. 5 Praise to the Holiest in the height, and in the depth be praise, -- in all his words most wonderful, most sure in all his ways. Topics: Life in Christ Christ Incarnate - Passion and Death; Christian Year Holy Week; Christian Year Maundy Thursday Used With Tune: GERONTIUS

Almighty God, Thy Word Is Cast

Author: John Cawood (1775-1852) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 222 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:6-15 Topics: Jesus Christ the Word; Christian Life Used With Tune: ALBANO

What shall I do my God to love

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 60 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:15 Lyrics: 1 What shall I do my God to love, my loving God to praise? The length, and breadth, and height to prove, and depth of sovereign grace? 2 Thy sovereign grace to all extends, immense and unconfined; from age to age it never ends, it reaches all mankind. 3 Throughout the world its breadth is known, wide as infinity; so wide it never passed by one, or it had passed by me. 4 My trespass was grown up to heaven; but, far above the skies, in Christ abundantly forgiven, I see thy mercies rise. 5 The depth of all-redeeming love, what angel tongue can tell? O may I to the utmost prove the gift unspeakable! 6 Come quickly, gracious Lord, and take possession of your own; my longing heart vouchsafe to make thy everlasting throne. Used With Tune: OXFORD NEW

Fill my whole life, O Lord my God

Author: Horatius Bonar, 1808-89 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 95 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:6-12 Lyrics: 1 Fill my whole life, O Lord my God, in every part with praise, that my whole being may proclaim your being and your ways. 2 Not for the lip of praise alone, nor ev'n the praising heart I ask, but for a life made up of praise in every part: 3 praise in the common things of life, its goings out and in; praise in each duty and each deed, however small and mean. 4 Fill every part of me with praise: let all my being speak of you and of your love, O Lord, poor though I be and weak. 5 So shalt you, Lord, receive from me the praise and glory due; and so shall I begin on earth the song for ever new. 6 So shall no part of day and night from sacredness be free; but with you, Lord, in every step, my fellowship will be. Topics: Adoration and Praise; Holiness; Jesus Christ Friend and Companion; Joy; Personal Petition; Personal Response to Jesus; Thanksgiving Used With Tune: RICHMOND

Oh, How Great Is Thy Compassion

Author: August Crull, d. 1923; Johann Olearius Meter: 8.7.7.8.7.7 Appears in 9 hymnals Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:15 Lyrics: 1 Oh, how great is Thy compassion, Faithful Father, God of grace, That with all our fallen race And in our deep degradation Thou wast merciful that we Might be saved eternally! 2 Thy great love for this hath striven That we may from sin be free And forever live with Thee; Yea, Thy Son Himself hath given In His grace an earnest call To His Supper unto all. 3 And for this our souls' salvation Voucheth Thy good Spirit, Lord, In Thy Sacraments and Word. He imparteth consolation, Granteth us the gift of faith That we fear nor hell nor death. 4 Lord, Thy mercy will not leave me-- Truth doth evermore abide-- Then in Thee I will confide. Since Thy Word cannot deceive me, My salvation is to me Well assured eternally. 5 I will praise Thy great compassion, Faithful Father, God of grace, That with all our fallen race And in our deep degradation Thou wast merciful that we Might bring endless praise to Thee. Amen. Topics: Faith and Justification Used With Tune: ACH, WAS SOLL ICH SÜNDER MACHEN

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