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Our Praise We Give

Author: John Coleman Adams, 1849-1922 Hymnal: SLT1993 #294 (1993) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Person Name: John Coleman Adams, 1849-1922 First Line: Our praise we give for harvests earned Lyrics: 1 Our praise we give for harvests earned, the fruits of labor garnered in; but praise we more the soil unturned from which the yield is yet to win. 2 Our praise we give for harbor’s lee, for moorings safe in waters still; but more the leagues of open sea, where favoring gales our canvas fill. 3 Our praise we give for journey’s end, the inn, all warmth and light and cheer; but more for length’ning roads that wend through dust and heat and hilltops clear. Topics: Humanist Teachings The Life of Integrity; Free and Responsible Search for Truth and Meaning; Gratitude; Paradox and Ambiguity Languages: English Tune Title: GONFALON ROYAL

Nearer, My God, to Thee

Author: Sarah Flower Adams, 1805-1848 Hymnal: SLT1993 #87 (1993) Meter: 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4 Person Name: Sarah Flower Adams, 1805-1848 First Line: Nearer, my God to thee Lyrics: 1 Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee! E'en though it be a cross that raiseth me; still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to thee, nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee! 2 Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down, darkness be over me, my rest a stone; yet in my dreams I'd be nearer, my God, to thee, nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee. 3 There let the way appear steps unto heaven; all that thou sendest me in mercy given; angels to beckon me nearer, my God, to thee, nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee. 4 Then, with my waking thoughts bright with thy praise, out of my stony griefs Bethel I'll raise; so by my woes to be nearer, my God, to thee, nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee. 5 Or if, on joyful wing cleaving the sky, sun, moon, and stars forgot, upward I fly, still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to thee, nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee! Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Meditation and Mystical Songs; Death and Life; God, Goddess, and Spirit; The Living Tradition; Memorials and Funerals; Serenity Languages: English Tune Title: BETHANY

Part in Peace

Author: Sarah Flower Adams, 1805-1848 Hymnal: SLT1993 #411 (1993) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Person Name: Sarah Flower Adams, 1805-1848 First Line: Part in peace! The day before us Lyrics: Part in peace! The day before us. Praises sing for life and light. Are the shadows length'ning o'er us? Bless thy care who guards the night. 2 Part in peace! With deep thanksgiving, rend'ring as we homeward tread, love and service to the living, gentle mem'ry to the dead. 3 Part in peace! Our voices raising, in thy presence always be. This the worship and the praising, bringing peace to you and me. Topics: Service Music Memorials and Funerals; The Living Tradition; Memorials and Funerals Languages: English Tune Title: CHARLESTON

The Spacious Firmament on High

Author: Joseph Addison, 1672-1719 Hymnal: SLT1993 #283 (1993) Meter: 8.8.8.8 D Person Name: Joseph Addison, 1672-1719 Lyrics: 1 The spacious firmament on high, with all the blue ethereal sky, and spangled heavens, a shining frame, their great Original proclaim. The unwearied sun from day to day does his Creator's power display, and publishes to every land the work of an almighty hand. 2 Soon as the evening shades prevail, the moon takes up the wondrous tale, and nightly to the listening earth repeats the story of its birth; whilst all the stars that round it burn, and all the planets in their turn, confirm the tidings, as they roll and spread the truth from pole to pole. 3 What though in solemn silence all move round the dark terrestrial ball? What though no real voice nor sound amid their radiant orbs be found? In reason's ear they all rejoice, and utter forth a glorious voice; forever singing as they shine, "The hand that made us is divine." Topics: Jewish and Christian Teachings Psalms; God, Goddess, and Spirit; Reason and Science; Transcending Mystery and Wonder Scripture: Psalm 19:1-6 Languages: English Tune Title: CREATION

Hail the Glorious Golden City

Author: Felix Adler, 1851-1933 Hymnal: SLT1993 #140 (1993) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Person Name: Felix Adler, 1851-1933 Lyrics: 1 Hail the glorious golden city, pictured by the seers of old: everlasting light shines o'er it, wondrous tales of it are told. Wise and righteous men and women dwell within its gleaming wall; wrong is banished from its borders, justice reigns supreme o'er all. 2 We are builders of that city. All our joys and all our groans help to rear its shining ramparts; all our lives are building stones. Whether humble or exalted, all are called to task divine; all must aid alike to carry forward one sublime design. 3 And the work that we have builded, oft with bleeding hands and tears, oft in error, and in anguish, will not perish with our years: it will live and shine transfigured in the final reign of right: it will merge into the splendors of the city of the light. Topics: Words and Deeds of Prophetic Women and Men In Time To Come; The City; Justice and Equity; Labor; These Things Shall Be Languages: English Tune Title: HYFRYDOL

All My Memories of Love

Author: Anna Akhmatova, c. 1888-1966; Mark L. Belletini, 1949- Hymnal: SLT1993 #336 (1993) Meter: 7.5.7.5 D Person Name: Anna Akhmatova, c. 1888-1966 Lyrics: 1 All my memories of love hang upon high stars. All the souls I’ve lost to tears now the autumn jars; and the air around me here thickens with their song; sing again their nameless tunes, sing again, and strong. 2 Willows in September touch the water clear, set among the rushes tall of the flowing year. Rising up from sunlit past comes the shadowed sigh running toward me silently, love to fortify. 3 Many are the graceful hearts hung upon this tree. And it seems there’s room for mine on these branches free; and the sky above the tree, whether wet or bright, is my ease and comforting, my good news and light. Topics: Humanist Teachings Insight and Wisdom; Autumn and Harvest; Love; Memorials and Funerals; Sorrow; Yom Kippur Languages: English Tune Title: ADORO TE DEVOTE

Come, Ye Thankful People

Author: Henry Alford, 1810-1871 Hymnal: SLT1993 #68 (1993) Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Person Name: Henry Alford, 1810-1871 First Line: Come, ye thankful people, come Lyrics: 1 Come, ye thankful people, come, raise a song of harvest home; fruit and crops are gathered in, safe before the storms begin; God, our Maker, will provide for our needs to be supplied; come to God's own temple, come, raise a song of harvest home. 2 All the world is but a field, given for a fruitful yield; wheat and tares together sown, here for joy or sorrow grown; first the blade, and then the ear, then the full corn shall appear; God of harvest, grant that we wholesome grain and pure may be. Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Harvest and Thanksgiving; Gratitude Languages: English Tune Title: ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR

The Morning, Noiseless

Author: Anon. Hymnal: SLT1993 #43 (1993) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Person Name: Anon. First Line: The morning, noiseless, flings its gold Lyrics: 1 The morning, noiseless, flings its gold, and still is evening’s pace; and silently the earth is rolled amid the vast of space. 2 Night moves in silence round the pole, the stars sing on unheard; their music pierces to the soul, yet borrows not a word. 3 In quietude the spirit grows, and deepens hour to hour; in calm eternal onward flows its all-redeeming power. 4 Attend, O soul; and hear at length the spirit’s silent voice; in stillness labor; wait in strength; and, confident, rejoice. Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Morning; Earth; Serenity Languages: English Tune Title: NATURE'S ADVENT

Give Thanks

Author: Anonymous Hymnal: SLT1993 #69 (1993) Meter: 11.11.12.12 Person Name: Anonymous First Line: Give thanks for the corn and the wheat that are reaped Lyrics: 1 Give thanks for the corn and the wheat that are reaped, for labor well done and for barns that are heaped, for the sun and the dew and the sweet honeycomb, for the rose and the song and the harvest brought home. 2 Give thanks for the mills and the farms of our land, for craft and the strength in the work of our hands, for the beauty our artists and poets have wrought, for the hope and affection our friendships have brought. 3 Give thanks for the homes that with kindness are blessed, for seasons of plenty and well-deserved rest, for our country extending from sea unto sea, for ways that have made it a land for the free. Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Harvest and Thanksgiving; The Arts; Beauty; Friendship; Labor Languages: English Tune Title: FOUNDATION

For Flowers That Bloom about Our Feet

Author: Anonymous Hymnal: SLT1993 #76 (1993) Meter: 8.8.8.8.7 Person Name: Anonymous Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder The World of Nature; Celebration and Praise; Flower Communion; Gratitude; Serenity Languages: English Tune Title: WAS GOTT THUT