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All Those That Pass By

Author: Anonymous Meter: 10.10.11.11 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: All those that pass by, to Jesus draw near Text Sources: A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists, by John Wesley (1703-1791), alt.

I wrestle not now, but trample on sin

Meter: 10.10.11.11 Appears in 1 hymnal

How Sweet Was the Garden, Fertile and Fair

Author: Carl P. Daw Jr., b. 1944 Meter: 10.10.11.11 Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1 How sweet was the garden, fertile and fair, the first and best home God gave to our care, a paradise lavished on creatures of clay; yet we were not willing to follow God’s way. 2 We freely could eat from all but one tree (forbidden, perhaps, lest gods we might be?), but tasting we grew not divine after all: the fruit in our mouth turned from nectar to gall. 3 From dark, bitter fruit came forth a bright seed, for God did not turn from us in our need; the love that first formed us embraces us still and woos us from wandering to follow God’s will. Topics: Biblical Names and Places Eden; Fall and the Human Condition; God Ways Of; God's Will; Jesus Christ Love Scripture: Genesis 2:8-25, 3:1 Used With Tune: LONG ISLAND SOUND

In Water We Grow

Author: Brian Wren Meter: 10.10.11.11 Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: In water we grow, secure in the womb Lyrics: 1 In water we grow, secure in the womb, and speechlessly know love's safety and room. Baptizing and blessing we publish for good the freeing, caressing safe-keeping of God. 2 In water we wash: the dirt of each day, its trouble and rush are carried away. In Christ re-created by love's cleansing art, self-will and self-hatred dissolve and depart. 3 In water we dive, and cannot draw breath, then surface alive, rebounding from death. Our old self goes under, in Christ dead and drowned. We rise, washed in wonder, by love clad and crowned. 4 In water we dwell, for by its deep flow through bloodstream and cell, we live, think, and grow. Praise God, love outflowing, whose well of new birth baptizes our knowing, and waters the earth. Topics: The Church at Worship Baptism; God's Church The Church at Worship: Baptism; Baptism; New Life in Christ Used With Tune: STANLEY BEACH