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The Church's one foundation

Author: S. J. Stone Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 866 hymnals Topics: Church Her Faith; Dedication of Building; Unity, Christian ; liturgical Songs of Response First Line: The Church's one foundation Is Jesus Christ her Lord
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Christ is made the sure foundation

Author: Rev. John Mason Neale (1818-1866) Appears in 289 hymnals Topics: Dedication of Church Scripture: 1 Peter 2:6 Used With Tune: NEALE
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On opening a Place of Worship

Author: James Montgomery (1771-1854) Appears in 206 hymnals Topics: Dedication of Church First Line: Lord of hosts, to thee we raise Scripture: Ezra 6:16-17 Used With Tune: COLUMBA
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O God, Our Help in Ages Past

Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,245 hymnals Topics: Dedication of Church Building First Line: O God, our help in ages past, Scripture: Psalm 90 Used With Tune: ST. ANNE
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Thy Presence Here

Author: Anon. Appears in 28 hymnals Topics: Special Occasions Dedication of Church; Special Occasions Dedication of Church First Line: God of the universe, to thee Lyrics: 1 God of the universe, to thee These sacred walls we rear; And now, with songs and bended knee, Invoke thy presence here. 2 When sad with care, by sin oppressed, Here may the burdened soul Beneath thy shelt'ring wing find rest; Here make the wounded whole. 3 And when the last long Sabbath morn Upon the just shall rise, May all who own thee here, be borne To mansions in the skies. Used With Tune: MARLOW
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Arise, O Lord Our God, Arise

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 172 hymnals Topics: Church Dedication of Lyrics: 1 Arise, O Lord, our God, arise and enter now into your rest; O let this house be your abode, forever with your presence blest. 2 Your gracious cov'nant, Lord, fulfil, turn not away from us your face; establish here Messiah's throne and let him reign within this place. 3 Your Zion you have chosen, Lord, and you have said, "I love her well, this is my constant resting place, and here will I delight to dwell." 4 "I will abundantly provide for Zion's good," the Lord has said; "I will supply her daily need and satisfy her poor with bread." Scripture: Psalm 132 Used With Tune: HERR JESU CHRIST Text Sources: The Psalter, 1912; alt. 1990, mod.
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Founded on thee, our only Lord

Author: Samuel F. Smith Appears in 31 hymnals Topics: Dedication of churches Used With Tune: PENTECOST
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The Church of God

Appears in 20 hymnals Topics: Dedication of Church First Line: Zion founded on the mountains Lyrics: 1 Zion, founded on the mountains, God, thy Maker, loves thee well; He has chosen thee, most precious, He delights in thee to dwell; God's own city, Who can all thy glory tell? God's own city, Who can all thy glory tell? 2 Heathen lands and hostile peoples Soon shall come the Lord to know; Nations born again in Zion Shall the Lord's salvation show; God Almighty, Shall on Zion strength bestow, God Almighty, Shall on Zion strength bestow. 3 When the Lord shall count the nations, Sons and daughters He shall see, Born to endless life in Zion, And their joyful song shall be. "Blessed Zion, All our fountains are in thee, Blessed Zion, All our fountains are in thee." Scripture: Psalm 87 Used With Tune: ZION
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The House of God

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 10 hymnals Topics: Dedication of Church First Line: Arise, O Lord, our God, arise Lyrics: 1 Arise, O Lord, our God, arise, And enter now into Thy rest: O let this house be Thy abode, Forever with Thy presence blest. 2 Thy gracious cov'nant, Lord, fulfill, Turn not away from us Thy face; Establish Thou Messiah's throne And let Him reign within this place. 3 Thy Zion Thou hast chosen, Lord, And thou hast said, I love her well, This is my constant resting-place, And here will I delight to dwell. 4 I will abundantly provide For Zion's good, the Lord hat said; I will supply her daily need And satisfy her poor with bread. 5 Salvation shall adorn her priests, Her saints shall shout with joy divine, Messiah's pow'r shall be revealed, His glory in His Church shall shine. Scripture: Psalm 132 Used With Tune: FEDERAL STREET
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Delight in Church Ordinances

Appears in 14 hymnals Topics: Dedication of Church First Line: O Lord of Hosts, how lovely Lyrics: 1 O Lord of Hosts, how lovely, Thy tabernacles are; For them my heart is yearning In banishment afar. My souls is longing, fainting, Thy sacred courts to see; My heart and flesh are crying, O living God, for Thee. 2 Beneath Thy care the sparrow Finds place for peaceful rest; To keep her young in safety The swallow finds a nest; Then, Lord, my King Almighty, Thy love will shelter me; Beside Thy holy altar My dwelling-place shall be. 3 Blest they who dwell in Zion, Whose joy and strength Thou art; Forever they will praise Thee, Thy ways are in their heart. Tho' tried, their tears like showers Shall fill the springs with peace, And all the way to Zion Their strength shall still increase. Scripture: Psalm 84 Used With Tune: ST. EDITH
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All People That on Earth Do Dwell

Author: William Kethe, d. ca. 1594 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 724 hymnals Topics: Rites of the Church Dedication of a Church Lyrics: 1 All people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice; Him serve with mirth, his praise forth tell, Come we before him, and rejoice. 2 Know that the Lord is God indeed; Without our aid he did us make; We are his folk, he does us feed, And for his sheep he does us take. 3 O enter then his gates with praise; Approach with joy his courts unto; Praise, laud, and bless his Name always, For it is seemly so to do. 4 For why? the Lord our God is good: His mercy is for ever sure; His truth at all times firmly stood, And shall from age to age endure. 5 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom heav'n and earth adore, From us and from the angel host Be praise and glory evermore. Scripture: Jeremiah 33:11 Used With Tune: OLD HUNDREDTH
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O thou whose own vast temple stands

Author: William C. Bryant Appears in 240 hymnals Topics: Dedication of churches Used With Tune: ST. ANNE
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The Comforter Has Come

Author: Frank Bottome, 1823-1894 Appears in 236 hymnals Topics: Church Her Faith; Comforter; Dedication of Building; Whitsunday; The Holy Spirit First Line: O spread the tidings 'round Lyrics: 1 O spread the tidings ’round, wherever man is found, Wherever human hearts and human woes abound; Let ev'ry Christian tongue proclaim the joyful sound: The Comforter has come! Refrain: The Comforter has come, the Comforter has come! The Holy Ghost from Heav’n, the Father’s promise giv’n; O spread the tidings ’round, wherever man is found—- The Comforter has come! 2 The long, long night is past, the morning breaks at last, And hushed the dreadful wail and fury of the blast, As o’er the golden hills the day advances fast! The Comforter has come! (Refrain) 3 Lo, the great King of kings, with healing in His wings, To ev'ry captive soul a full deliv'rance brings; And through the vacant cells the song of triumph rings; The Comforter has come! (Refrain) 4 O boundless love divine! how shall this tongue of mine To wond’ring mortals tell the matchless grace divine—- That I, a child of hell, should in His image shine! The Comforter has come! (Refrain) Used With Tune: [O spread the tidings 'round]
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I Know Not Why God's Wondrous Grace

Author: D. W. Whittle Appears in 282 hymnals Topics: Church Her Faith; Dedication of Building; Perseverance First Line: I know not why God's wondrous grace To me He hath made known Refrain First Line: But "I know whom I have believed"
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I love thy kingdom, Lord

Author: Timothy Dwight Appears in 1,331 hymnals Topics: Dedication of churches Used With Tune: LEIGHTON

One Day!

Author: J. Wilbur Chapman Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Appears in 174 hymnals Topics: Choruses Refrains of the following:; Christ Life and Ministry; Church Her Faith; Dedication of Building First Line: One day when heaven was filled with His praises Refrain First Line: Living, He loved me; dying, He saved me
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All things are thine: no gift have we

Author: John G. Whittier Appears in 93 hymnals Topics: Dedication of churches Used With Tune: UXBRIDGE
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The perfect world by Adam trod

Author: Nathaniel P. Willis Appears in 115 hymnals Topics: Dedication of churches Used With Tune: DUKE STREET
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Jesus, where'er thy people meet

Author: William Cowper Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 515 hymnals Topics: Dedication Of a Church Used With Tune: KEBLE
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Spirit divine, attend our prayers

Author: Rev. Andrew Reed, 1787-1862 Appears in 394 hymnals Topics: Dedication of a Church Used With Tune: TIVERTON
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God Is Here! As We His People

Author: Fred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 47 hymnals Topics: Dedication of Church Used With Tune: ABBOT’S LEIGH
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We rear not a temple, like Judah's of old

Author: Henry Ware, Jr. Appears in 17 hymnals Topics: Dedication of churches Used With Tune: PORTUGUESE HYMN (ADESTE FIDELES)
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Lord, Speak to Me, That I May Speak

Author: Frances R. Havergal, 1836-1879 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 458 hymnals Topics: Dedication of Church Teachers and Workers Used With Tune: CANONBURY
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O bow thine ear, Eternal One

Author: J. Pierpont Appears in 90 hymnals Topics: Dedication of churches Used With Tune: CANONBURY

O Christ The Great Foundation

Author: Timothy T'ingfang Lew, 1891-1947 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 16 hymnals Topics: Dedication of a Church Scripture: Matthew 21:33-43 Used With Tune: AURELIA
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God of Grace and God of Glory

Author: Harry Emerson Fosdick, 1878-1969 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.7 Appears in 155 hymnals Topics: Dedication of Church Building First Line: God of grace and God of glory, Used With Tune: CWM RHONDDA
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God of mercy, God of grace

Author: Henry Francis Lyte, 1793-1847 Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 198 hymnals Topics: Dedication of Church Buildgin Lyrics: 1 God of mercy, God of grace, show the brightness of your face; shine upon us, Saviour, shine, fill your church with light divine; and your saving health extend unto earth's remotest end. 2 Let the people praise you, Lord! be by all that live adored; let the nations shout and sing glory to their Saviour king; at your feet their tribute pay, and your holy will obey. 3 Let the people praise you, Lord! earth shall then its fruits afford; God to us his blessing give, we to God devoted live: all below, and all above, one in joy and light and love. Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:4-7 Used With Tune: HEATHLANDS

Come, O Thou God of Grace

Author: William E. Evans, 1851-1915 Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 30 hymnals Topics: Dedication of Church Building Used With Tune: ITALIAN HYMN
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Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation

Author: Joachim Neander, 1650-80; Catherine Winkworth, 1827-78 Meter: 14.14.4.7.8 Appears in 389 hymnals Topics: Dedication of Church Buildgin Lyrics: 1 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation; O my soul, praise him, for he is your health and salvation. Come all who hear, brothers and sisters draw near, praise him in glad adoration. 2 Praise to the Lord, who o'er all things is wondrously reigning and, as on wings of an eagle, uplifting, sustaining: have you not seen all you have needed has been sent by his gracious ordaining? 3 Praise to the Lord, who will prosper your work and defend us; surely his goodness and mercy shall daily attend us: ponder anew what the Almighty can do as with his love he befriends us. 4 Praise to the Lord, who when darkness of sin is abounding, who, when the godless do triumph, our best hopes confounding, sheds forth his light, scatters the horrors of night, saints with his mercy surrounding. 5 Praise to the Lord! O let all that is in me adore him! All that has life and breath, come now with praises before him. Let the Amen sound from his people again: gladly for ever adore him. Scripture: 1 Peter 2:9-10 Used With Tune: LOBE DEN HERREN
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Glorious Things of You Are Spoken

Author: John Newton, 1725-1807 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,299 hymnals Topics: Dedication of a Church Scripture: Exodus 13:21-22 Used With Tune: AUSTRIAN HYMN
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Blessed city, heavenly Salem

Appears in 74 hymnals Topics: Dedication of a Church Used With Tune: ORIEL
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Christ the Corner-Stone

Author: Rev. John Chandler (1806-1876) Appears in 186 hymnals Topics: Dedication of Church First Line: Christ is our cornerstone Scripture: 1 Peter 2:6 Used With Tune: IRENAEUS
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O 'twas a joyful sound to hear

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 118 hymnals Topics: Dedication Of a Church Scripture: Psalm 122 Used With Tune: HUMMEL Text Sources: Tate and Brady's "New Version," 1696, 1698
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Divine Blessing solicited

Author: J. R. Scott Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 46 hymnals Topics: Dedication of Churches and Laying of Corner Stones First Line: To thee this temple we devote
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When in Our Music God Is Glorified

Author: Fred Pratt Green Meter: 10.10.10 with refrain Appears in 84 hymnals Topics: Dedications of Choirs; Church Ministry and Ministers; Dedications of Choirs; Dedications of Musical Instruments/Hymnals; Joy; Music and Singing; Worship Lyrics: 1 When in our music God is glorified, and adoration leaves no room for pride, it is as though the whole creation cried, "Alleluia!" 2 How often, making music, we have found a new dimension in the world of sound, as worship moved us to a more profound Alleluia! 3 So has the Church, in liturgy and song, in faith and love, through centuries of wrong, borne witness to the truth in every tongue: Alleluia! 4 And did not Jesus sing a psalm that night when utmost evil strove against the Light? Then let us sing, for whom he won the fight; Alleluia! 5 Let every instrument be tuned for praise! Let all rejoice who have a voice to raise! And may God give us faith to sing always: "Alleluia!" Scripture: Psalm 98:4-6 Used With Tune: ENGELBERG
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This Child We Dedicate to Thee

Author: Samuel Gilman Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 94 hymnals Topics: The Living Church Dedication of Children Lyrics: 1 This child we dedicate to Thee, O God of grace and purity! In Thy love great love its life prolong. Shield it, we pray, from sin and wrong. 2 O may Thy Spirit gently draw Its willing soul to keep Thy law; May virtue, piety, and truth, Dawn even with its dawning youth. Used With Tune: FEDERAL STREET Text Sources: German

Sing a New Church

Author: Delores Dufner, OSB, b. 1939 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 15 hymnals Topics: Rites of the Church Dedication of a Church First Line: Summoned by the God who made us Refrain First Line: Let us bring the gifts that differ Scripture: Genesis 1 Used With Tune: NETTLETON

Tell it Out with Gladness

Author: Georgia Harkness Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 11 hymnals Topics: Dedication of Church Teachers and Workers First Line: Tell it! Tell it out with gladness Used With Tune: HYMN TO JOY
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Angel-voices ever singing

Author: Francis Pott (1832-1909) Meter: 8.5.8.5.8.4.3 Appears in 379 hymnals Topics: Dedication Festival; Saints St Michael and All Angels; Angels; Arts and Creativity; Church Worship; God in majesty; Music and Song; Other Saints and Festivals Joseph of Nazareth; Other Saints and Festivals Michael and all Angels; Other Saints and Festivals Luke the Evangelist; Praise; Proper 15 Year B; Self-offering Lyrics: 1 Angel-voices ever singing round thy throne of light, angel-harps for ever ringing, rest not day nor night; thousands only live to bless thee and confess thee Lord of might. 2 Thou who art beyond the farthest mortal eye can scan, can it be that thou regardest songs of sinful man? Can we know that thou art near us, and wilt hear us? Yea, we can. 3 Yea, we know that thou rejoicest o'er each work of thine; thou didst ears and hands and voices for thy praise design; craftsman's art and music's measure for thy pleasure all combine. 4 In thy house, great God, we offer of thine own to thee; and for thine acceptance proffer all unworthily hearts and minds and hands and voices in our choicest psalmody. 5 Honour, glory, might, and merit thine shall ever be, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, blessèd Trinity. Of the best that thou hast given earth and heaven render thee. Scripture: 1 Kings 8:22-30 Used With Tune: ANGEL VOICES
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Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty

Author: Benjamin Schmolck; Miss Catherine Winkworth Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7 Appears in 152 hymnals Topics: Worship Prayer and Praise; Sexagesima; The Day of the Presentation of Christ (Candlemas); Church, Dedications; Mystical union; Thanksgiving Lyrics: 1 Open now thy gates of beauty; Zion, let me enter there, Where my soul in joyful duty Waits for Him who answers prayer; O how blessed is this place, Filled with solace, light and grace! 2 Gracious God, I come before Thee, Come Thou also down to me; Where we find Thee and adore Thee, There a heaven on earth must be: To my heart, O enter Thou, Let it be Thy temple now. 3 Here Thy praise is gladly chanted, Here Thy seed is duly sown: Let my soul, where it is planted, Bring forth precious sheaves alone, So that all I hear may be Fruitful unto life in me. 4 Thou my faith increase and quicken, Let me keep Thy gift divine; Howsoe'er temptation thicken, May Thy Word still o'er me shine, As my guiding star through life, As my comfort in all strife. 5 Speak, O God, and I will hear Thee, Let Thy will be done indeed; May I undisturbed draw near Thee While Thy people Thou dost feed: Here of life the fountain flows, Here is balm for all our woes. Amen. Used With Tune: UNSER HERRSCHER, UNSER KÖNIG
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Lord of the worlds above

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 501 hymnals Topics: Dedication Of a Church Used With Tune: DARWALL'S 148th
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Come, We That Love the Lord

Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748; Robert Lowry, 1826-1899 Meter: 6.6.8.6 with refrain Appears in 1,795 hymnals Topics: Dedication of a Church Refrain First Line: We're marching to Zion Scripture: Psalm 149:1-2 Used With Tune: MARCHING TO ZION
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For the Beauty of the Earth

Author: Folliot S. Pierpont, 1835-1917 Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain Appears in 639 hymnals Topics: Dedication of a Church Refrain First Line: Lord of all, to you we raise 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 you we raise This our hymn of grateful praise. 2 For the beauty of each hour Of the day and of the night, Hill and vale, and tree and flow'r, Sun and moon, and stars of light: [Refrain] 3 For the joy of ear and eye, For the heart and mind’s delight, For the mystic harmony Linking sense to sound and sight: [Refrain] 4 For the joy of human love, Brother, sister, parent, child, Friends on earth, and friends above; For all gentle thoughts and mild: [Refrain] 5 For your Church that evermore Lifts its holy hands above, Off'ring up on ev'ry shore Its pure sacrifice of love: [Refrain] 6 For yourself, best Gift Divine, To this world so freely giv'n; Word Incarnate, God's design, Peace on earth and joy in heav'n: [Refrain] Scripture: Psalm 105 Used With Tune: DIX
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Here, in Thy name, eternal God

Author: James Montgomery Appears in 106 hymnals Topics: Church nature of; Churches Dedication; Churches Erection; Death of Christians Lyrics: 1 Here, in Thy name, eternal God, We build this earthly house for Thee; Oh, choose it for Thy fixed abode, And guard it from all error free. 2 Here, when Thy people seek Thy face, And dying sinners pray to live, Hear Thou in heaven, Thy dwelling-place, And when Thou hearest, Lord, forgive. 3 Here, when Thy messengers proclaim The blessèd gospel of Thy Son, Still be the power of His great name Be mighty signs and wonders done. 4 Thy glory never hence depart; Yet choose not, Lord, this house alone; Thy kingdom come to every heart; In every bosom fix Thy throne. Amen. Used With Tune: FEDERAL STREET

En Cristo de su Iglesia

Author: Samuel J. Stone; J. Pablo Simón; Federico J. Pagura Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 9 hymnals Topics: Church Dedication of a Building Used With Tune: AURELIA
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God is our Refuge and our Strength

Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 22 hymnals Topics: The Church Dedication of Lyrics: 1 God is our Refuge and our Strength, Our ever present aid, And, therefore, though the earth remove, We will not be afraid; Though hills amidst the seas be cast, Though foaming waters roar, Yea, though the mighty billows shake The mountains on the shore. 2 A river flows whose streams make glad The city of our God, The holy place wherein the Lord Most high has his abode; Since God is in the midst of her, Unmoved her walls shall stand, For God will be her early help, When trouble is at hand. 3 The nations raged, the kingdoms moved, But when his voice was heard The troubled earth was stilled to peace Before his mighty word. The Lord of Hosts is on our side, Our safety to secure, The God of Jacob is for us A refuge strong and sure. 4 O come, behold what wondrous works Jehovah's hand has wrought; Come, see what desolation great He on the earth has brought. To utmost ends of all the earth He causes war to cease; The weapons of the strong destroyed, He makes abiding peace. 5 Be still and know that I am God, O'er all exalted high; The subject nations of the earth My Name shall magnify. The Lord of Hosts is on our side, Our safety to secure, The God of Jacob is for us A refuge strong and sure. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 46 Used With Tune: MATERNA Text Sources: The Psalter, 1912
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God, We Praise You

Author: St. Nicetas, ca. 335-414; Christopher Idle, b. 1938 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 30 hymnals Topics: Rites of the Church Dedication of a Church First Line: God, we praise you! God we bless you! Lyrics: 1 God, we praise you! God, we bless you! God, we name you sov'reign Lord! Mighty King whom angels worship, Father, by your Church adored: All creation shows your glory, Heav'n and earth draw near your throne, Singing "Holy, holy, holy," Lord of hosts and God alone! 2 True apostles, faithful prophets, Saints who set their world ablaze, Martyrs, once unknown, unheeded, Join one growing song of praise, While your Church on earth confesses One majestic Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, God, our hope eternally. 3 Jesus Christ, the King of glory, Everlasting Son of God, Humble was your virgin mother, Hard the lonely path you trod: By your cross is sin defeated, Hell confronted face to face, Heaven opened to believers, Sinners justified by grace. 4 Christ, at God's right hand victorious, You will judge the world you made; Lord, in mercy help your servants For whose freedom you have paid: Raise us up from dust to glory, Guard us from all sin today; King enthroned above all praises, Save your people, God, we pray. Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-3 Used With Tune: NETTLETON

Lo, God is here: let us adore

Author: Rev. John Wesley; G. Tersteegen Appears in 289 hymnals Topics: Dedication of a Church Used With Tune: ST. FINBAR (ST. CATHERINE)
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All Are Welcome

Author: Marty Haugen, b. 1950 Meter: 9.6.8.6.8.7.10 with refrain Appears in 26 hymnals Topics: Dedication of Church First Line: Let us build a house where love can dwell Used With Tune: TWO OAKS
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Holy God, We Praise Thy Name

Author: St. Nicetas, ca. 335-414; Ignaz Franz, 1719-1790; Clarence A. Walworth, 1820-1900 Meter: 7.8.7.8.7.7 with repeat Appears in 204 hymnals Topics: Rites of the Church Dedication of a Church Lyrics: 1 Holy God, we praise thy name; Lord of all, we bow before thee! All on earth thy sceptre claim, All in heav'n above adore thee; Infinite, thy vast domain, Everlasting is thy reign. Infinite, thy vast domain, Everlasting is thy reign. 2 Hark! the loud celestial hymn Angel choirs above are raising; Cherubim and Seraphim, In unceasing chorus praising; Fill the heav'ns with sweet accord: "Holy, holy, holy Lord!" Fill the heav'ns with sweet accord: "Holy, holy, holy Lord!" 3 Lo! The apostolic train Join, the sacred Name to hallow; Prophets swell the loud refrain, And the white robed martyrs follow; And from morn to set of sun, Through the Church the song goes on. And from morn to set of sun, Through the Church the song goes on. 4 Holy Father, Holy Son, Holy Spirit, Three we name thee; While in essence only One, Undivided God we claim thee; And adoring, bend the knee, While we own the mystery. And adoring, bend the knee, While we own the mystery. Scripture: Psalm 30:4 Used With Tune: GROSSER GOTT

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