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Infant holy, Infant lowly

Author: Edith M. G. Reed, 1885-1933 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7.7 Appears in 95 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Infant holy, infant lowly, for his bed a cattle stall; oxen lowing, little knowing Christ the babe is Lord of all. Swift are winging angels singing, nowells ringing, tidings bringing: Christ the child is Lord of all. Christ the child is Lord of all. 2 Flocks were sleeping, shepherds keeping vigil till the morning new, saw the glory, heard the story, tidings of a gospel true. Thus rejoicing, free from sorrow, praises voicing greet the morrow: Christ the child was born for you. Christ the child was born for you. Topics: Children and Youth Christmas; Church Year Christmas Scripture: Luke 2:1-14 Used With Tune: POLISH CAROL

Christ, whose glory fills the skies

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 475 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Christ, whose glory fills the skies, Christ, the true, the only Light, Sun of righteousness, arise, triumph o'er the shades of night. Dayspring from on high, be near; Daystar, in my heart appear. 2 Dark and cheerless is the morn unaccompanied by thee; joyless is the day's return, till thy mercy's beams I see, till thy inward light impart, glad my eyes and warm my heart. 3 Visit then, this soul of mine; pierce the gloom of sin and grief; fill me, radiancy divine; scatter all my unbelief; more and more thyself display, shining to the perfect day. Topics: Church Year Epiphany; Jesus Christ Light of the World Scripture: Proverbs 4:18 Used With Tune: HEATHLANDS

Come, ye faithful, raise the strain

Author: John of Damascus, c.696-c.754; John Mason Neale, 1818-1866 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 380 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Come, ye faithful, raise the strain of triumphant gladness; God hath brought forth Israel into joy from sadness, loosed from Pharaoh's bitter yoke Jacob's sons and daughters, led them with unmoistened foot through the Red Sea waters. 2 'Tis the spring of souls today; Christ hath burst his prison, and from three days' sleep in death as a sun hath risen; all the winter of our sins, long and dark, is flying from his light, to whom we give laud and praise undying. 3 Hallelujah! now we cry to our King immortal, who triumphant, burst the bars of the tomb's dark portal; hallelujah! with the Son, God the Father praising; hallelujah! yet again to the Spirit raising. Topics: Church Year Easter; Exodus; Jesus Christ Kingship / Reign; Processionals Scripture: Exodus 14:15-22 Used With Tune: AVE VIRGO VIRGINUM Text Sources: Greek

The heavens declare your glory, Lord

Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Appears in 592 hymnals First Line: The heavens declare your glory, Lord! Lyrics: 1 The heavens declare your glory, Lord! In every star your wisdom shines, but when our eyes behold your word, we read your name in fairer lines. 2 Sun, moon and stars convey your praise to all the earth, and never stand, so when your truth began its race, it touched and glanced on every land. 3 Nor shall your spreading gospel rest till through the world your truth has run, till Christ has all the nations blest who see the light or feel the sun. 4 Great sun of righteousness, arise and bless the world with heavenly light! Your gospel makes the simple wise; your laws are pure, your judgements right. 5 Your noblest wonders here we view in souls renewed and sins forgiven: Lord, cleanse my sins, my soul renew, and make your word my guide to heaven. Topics: Forgiveness / Pardon; God Wisdom of; God Righteousness of; God Glory of; God Creator and Ruler; Light; Mission; The Bible; Truth Scripture: Psalm 19 Used With Tune: CHURCH TRIUMPHANT

O Christ, the Word, incarnate

Author: William Walsham How, 1823-1897 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 485 hymnals First Line: O Christ, the Word incarnate Lyrics: 1 O Christ, the Word incarnate, O Wisdom from on high, O Truth unchanged, unchanging, O Light of our dark sky: we praise you for the radiance that from the hallowed page, a lantern to our footsteps, shines on from age to age. 2 Your people hold this treasure from you, its source divine, a light that to all ages throughout the earth will shine; it is the chart and compass that all life's voyage through, 'mid mists and rocks and tempest, still guides, O Christ, to you. 3 Oh make your church, dear Saviour, a lamp of purest gold, to bear before the nations your true light, as of old; oh teach your wandering pilgrims by this their path to trace, till, cloud and darkness ended, they see you face to face. Topics: Church; Jesus Christ Word; Jesus Christ Way, Truth, Life; Jesus Christ Light of the World; Journey / Pilgrimage / Pilgrims; Mission; The Bible Scripture: Psalm 119:105 Used With Tune: CHENIES

Break now the bread of life

Author: Alexander Groves, 1842-1909; Mary A. Lathbury, 1841-1913 Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 723 hymnals First Line: Break now the bread of life, dear Lord, to me (Rompsnous le pain de vie!) Lyrics: 1 Break now the bread of life, dear Lord, to me, as once you broke the loaves beside the sea: beyond the sacred page I seek you, Lord: my spirit longs for you, O living Word. 2 You are the bread of life, dear Lord, to me; your holy word the truth redeeming me. Give me to eat and live with you above; teach me to love your truth, for you are love. 3 Oh send your Spirit now, dear Lord, to me; touch now my blinded eyes and make me see: then shall all bondage cease, all fetters fall, and I shall find my peace, my all in all. --- FRENCH - 1 Rompsnous le pain de vie! Que ta bonté, Seigneur, nous rassasie de vérité! Amour qui nous fait vivre, révèle-toi! Parle dans le saint livre à notre foi! 2 O toi, don't la clémence créa du pain pour une foule immense mourant de faim, vois, ton peuple se presse autour de toi: secours notre détresse et notre foi! 3 C'est toi, le pain de vie, Verbe puissant! C'est de ta chair meurtrie, c'est de ton sang, que notre âme doit vivre. Ah! donne-toi par l'Esprit et le livre à notre foi! 4 Tu bénis tes apôtres, puis, à leur tour, ils portèrent à d'autres ton grand amour… Ô parole féconde, que notre foi t'offre à ce pauvre monde qui meurt sans toi! Topics: Communion; Holy Spirit Illuminator / Teacher; Jesus Christ Word; Languages other than English French; Peace; The Bible; Truth Scripture: Mark 6:30-44 Used With Tune: LATHBURY

Let all mortal flesh keep silence

Author: Gerard Moultrie, 1829-1885 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 172 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Let all mortal flesh keep silence, and with fear and trembling stand; ponder nothing earthly minded, for with blessing in his hand Christ our God to earth descending, our full homage to demand. 2 King of kings, yet born of Mary, as of old on earth he stood, Lord of all, in human vesture, in the body and the blood, Christ will give to all the faithful, his own self for heavenly food. 3 Rank on rank the host of heaven spreads its vanguard on the way, as the Light of Light, descending from the realms of endless day, comes the powers of hell to vanquish as the darkness clears away. 4 At his feet the six-winged Seraph; Cherubim with sleepless eye veil their faces to the Presence as with ceaseless voice they cry, “Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, Lord most high.” Topics: Jesus Christ Light of the World; Jesus Christ Kingship / Reign; Jesus Christ Incarnation; Sacraments and Ordinances Communion Scripture: Habakkuk 2:20 Used With Tune: PICARDY Text Sources: Liturgy of St. James

Here, O my Lord, I see thee

Author: Horatius Bonar, 1808-1889 Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 315 hymnals First Line: Here, O my Lord, I see thee face to face Lyrics: 1 Here, O my Lord, I see thee face to face; here would I touch and handle things unseen, here grasp with firmer hand eternal grace, and all my weariness upon thee lean. 2 Here would we feed upon the bread of God, here drink with thee the royal wine of heaven; here would we lay aside each earthly load, here taste afresh the calm of sin forgiven. 3 This is the hour of banquet and of song; this is the heavenly table for us spread; here let us feast, and, feasting, still prolong this fellowship in thee, our living bread. 4 Too soon we rise; the symbols disappear. The feast, though not the love, is past and gone; the bread and wine remove, but thou art here, nearer than ever, still our shield and sun. 5 We have no help but thine, nor do we need another arm but thine to lean upon; it is enough, my Lord, enough indeed; our strength is in thy might, thy might alone. 6 Mine is the sin, but thine the righteousness; mine is the guilt, but thine the cleansing blood. Here is my robe, my refuge and my peace, thy blood, thy righteousness, O Lord, my God. 7 Feast after feast thus comes and passes by, yet, passing, points to the glad feast above, giving sweet foretaste of the festal joy, the Lamb's great marriage feast of bliss and love. Topics: Communion; Feast / Food; Forgiveness / Pardon; Heaven; Jesus Christ Lamb of God; Languages other than English Korean; Lent; Our Hope in God; Sacraments and Ordinances Communion Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-5 Used With Tune: LANGRAN

Let saints on earth in concert sing

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Appears in 175 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Let saints on earth in concert sing with those whose work is done, for all the servants of our King in heaven and earth are one. 2 One family, we dwell in him, one church, above, beneath, though now divided by the stream, the narrow stream of death. 3 One army of the living God, to his command we bow: part of the host have crossed the flood, and part are crossing now. 4 E'en now to their eternal home there pass some spirits blest, while others to the margin come, waiting their call to rest. 5 Jesu be thou our constant guide; then, when the word is given, bid Jordan's narrow stream divide, and bring us safe to heaven. Topics: Church Family of God; Communion of Saints; Heaven; Servant / Service Scripture: Psalm 48:14 Used With Tune: DUNDEE (FRENCH)

Take my life, and let it be consecrated

Author: Francis Ridley Havergal, 1836-1879 Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 1,200 hymnals First Line: Take my life and let it be 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; take 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; not a mite 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: Jesus Christ Union with; Music / Singing / Song; One Life in Christ Discipleship; Profession of Faith; Stewardship Scripture: Romans 12:1-2 Used With Tune: LÜBECK

Take time to be holy

Author: W. D. Longstaff, 1822-1894 Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 306 hymnals First Line: Take time to be holy; speak oft with thy Lord Lyrics: 1 Take time to be holy; speak oft with thy Lord, abide in him always, and feed on his word. Make friends of God's children; help those who are weak, forgetting in nothing his blessing to seek. 2 Take time to be holy; the world rushes on; spend much time in secret with Jesus alone. By looking to Jesus, like him thou shalt be; thy friends in thy conduct his likeness shall see. 3 Take time to be holy; let him be thy guide, and run not before him, whatever betide. In joy or in sorrow, still follow thy Lord, and, looking to Jesus, still trust in his word. 4 Take time to be holy; be calm in thy soul; each thought and each motive beneath his control. Thus led by his Spirit to fountains of love, thou soon shalt be fitted for service above. Topics: Eternal Life; Growth in Faith; Holy / Holiness; One Life in Christ Discipleship; Prayer / Prayers / Poems Scripture: Psalm 46:10 Used With Tune: TAKE TIME TO BE HOLY

Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine

Author: Fanny J. Crosby, 1820-1915 Appears in 1,059 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! Oh what a foretaste of glory divine! Heir of salvation, purchase of God, born of his Spirit, washed in his blood. Refrain: This is my story; this is my song: praising my Saviour all the day long; this is my story; this is my song: praising my Saviour all the day long. 2 Perfect submission, perfect delight, visions of rapture now burst on my sight; angels descending bring from above echoes of mercy, whispers of love. [Refrain] 3 Perfect submission, all is at rest; I in my Saviour am happy and blest, watching and waiting, looking above, filled with his goodness, lost in his love. [Refrain] Topics: One Life in Christ Faith; Our Hope in God; Praise Scripture: Hebrews 1:14 Used With Tune: ASSURANCE

Where cross the crowded ways of life

Author: Frank Mason North, 1860-1935 Appears in 369 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Where cross the crowded ways of life, where sound the cries of race and clan, above the noise of selfish strife, we hear your voice, O Son of Man. 2 In haunts of wretchedness and need, on shadowed thresholds, dark with fears, from paths where hide the lures of greed, we catch the vision of your tears. 3 From tender childhood's helplessness, from woman's grief, man's burdened toil, from famished souls, from sorrow's stress, your heart has never known recoil. 4 The cup of water given for you still holds the freshness of your grace; yet long these multitudes to view the sweet compassion of your face. 5 O Saviour, from the mountain side, make haste to heal these hearts of pain; among these restless throngs abide, oh tread the city's streets again; 6 Till all the world shall learn your love, and follow where your feet have trod; till glorious from your heaven above, shall come the city of our God. Topics: City / City of God; Grace; Gratitude; Jesus Christ Healer and Teacher; One Life in Christ Mission; Recessionals; Social Concerns / Social Justice; Tears / Weeping; Water; Work Scripture: Matthew 9:36 Used With Tune: WALTON (FULDA)

Christ is made the sure foundation

Author: Anonymous; John Mason Neale, 1818-1866 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 289 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Christ is made the sure foundation, Christ the head and cornerstone, chosen of the Lord, and precious, binding all the church in one, holy Zion's help forever, and her confidence alone. 2 All within that holy city, dearly loved of God on high, in exultant jubilation pour perpetual melody, God the One-in-Three adoring in glad hymns eternally. 3 To this temple, where we call thee, come, O Lord of hosts, today; with thy faithful lovingkindness, hear thy people as they pray, and thy fullest benediction shed within its walls alway. 4 Here bestow on all thy servants what they ask of thee to gain, what they gain from thee forever with the blessed to retain, and hereafter in thy glory evermore with thee to reign. 5 Laud and honour to the Father, laud and honour to the Son, laud and honour to the Spirit, ever Three, and ever One, one in might and one in glory while unending ages run. Topics: Descants and Fauxbourdons; Hymns with Doxologies; Jesus Christ Cornerstone / Foundation; The Church; Trinity; Worship Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:11 Used With Tune: WESTMINSTER ABBEY Text Sources: 7th-8th cent.

Great God, your love has called us here

Author: Brian A. Wren, 1936- Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 32 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Great God, your love has called us here, as we, by love, for love were made. Your living likeness still we bear, though marred, dishonoured, disobeyed. We come, with all our heart and mind, your call to hear, your love to find. 2 We come with self-inflicted pains of broken trust and chosen wrong, half-free, half-bound by inner chains, by social forces swept along, by powers and systems close confined yet seeking hope for humankind. 3 Great God, in Christ you call our name and then receive us as your own, not through some merit, right or claim, but by your gracious love alone. We strain to glimpse your mercy seat and find you kneeling at our feet. 4 Then take the towel, and break the bread, and humble us, and call us friends. Suffer and serve till all are fed, and show how grandly love intends to work till all creation sings, to fill all worlds, to crown all things. 5 Great God, in Christ you set us free, your life to live, your joy to share. Give us your Spirit's liberty to turn from guilt and dull despair, and to offer all that faith can do, while love is making all things new. Topics: Church Year Maundy Thursday; Companion / Friend; Freedom / Liberation; Jesus Christ Servant; Love; Repentance Scripture: Galatians 5:1 Used With Tune: ABINGDON

This is the threefold truth

Author: Fred Pratt Green, 1903- Meter: 12.12.12 Appears in 19 hymnals First Line: This is the threefold truth on which our faith depends Lyrics: 1 This is the threefold truth on which our faith depends, and with this joyful cry worship begins and ends: Refrain: Christ has died! Christ is risen! Christ will come again! 2 On this we fix our minds as, praying side by side, we take the bread and wine from Christ the crucified: [Refrain] 3 By this we are upheld when doubt or grief assails our Christian fortitude, and only grace avails: [Refrain] 4 This is the threefold truth which, if we hold it fast, changes the world and us and brings us home at last: [Refrain] Topics: Doubt; Easter / Eastertide; Faith; God in Christ; Grace; Gratitude; Worship Scripture: Acts 2:22-24 Used With Tune: ACCLAMATIONS

Grief of ending, wordless sorrow

Author: Brian A. Wren, 1936- Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Grief of ending, wordless sorrow, pain of parting, dry or weeping, on our lips and in our bodies, loving God, to you we offer. 2 Times remembered, joy discovered, love and friendship, voice and gesture, precious, lovely, one and only, giving God, we tell and treasure. 3 Word of promise, lift our singing, blending grieving with believing. In your hands is all completed, lasting God, our hope and measure. 4 Christ among us, Spirit-breathing, safe companion, in your keeping, death is birth to resurrection, living God, our joy forever. Topics: Companion / Friend; Our Hope in God; Sacraments and Ordinances Funeral Scripture: Luke 23:46 Used With Tune: MOUNT AUBURN

Your strong word once cleaved the darkness

Author: Martin H. Franzmann, 1907-1976 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 18 hymnals Topics: Glory; God Creator and Ruler; God Word of; God Holiness of; Hymns with Doxologies; Light; Salvation; Trinity; Worship Scripture: Genesis 1:1-5 Used With Tune: TON Y BOTEL

Tomorrow Christ is coming

Author: Fred Kaan, 1929- Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 7 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Tomorrow Christ is coming, as yesterday he came; a child is born this moment; we do not know its name. The world is full of darkness: again there is no room; the symbols of existence are stable, cross and tomb. 2 Tomorrow will be Christmas, the feast of love divine, but, for the nameless millions, the star will never shine. Still is the census taken, with people on the move; new infants born in stables are crying out for love. 3 There will be no tomorrows for many a baby born; Good Friday falls on Christmas when life is sown as corn, but Jesus Christ is risen and comes again in bread to still our deepest hunger and raise us from the dead. 4 Our Lord becomes incarnate in every human birth. Created in God's image, we must make peace on earth. God will fulfil love's purpose, and this shall be the sign: we shall find Christ among us as woman, child or man. Topics: Church Year Advent; Lament; Peace; Social Concerns / Social Justice; Suffering Scripture: Genesis 1:26-28 Used With Tune: LITTLE BADDOW

This is a story full of love

Author: Brian A. Wren, 1936- Appears in 4 hymnals Lyrics: 1 This is a story full of love, a song to set us free, of God, the Wisdom and the Word, the keystone and the key, the keystone and the key. 2 For Wisdom guides the flow of life and governs, hour by hour, the forces of the universe, the fragrance of a flower, the fragrance of a flower. 3 And faith, awakened, hears the word that Abraham must move, and slaves of Pharaoh take the road to freedom, law and love, to freedom, law and love. 4 The Wisdom and the Word are one when flesh and bone and breath reveal the human face of God, the child of Nazareth, the child of Nazareth. 5 Arising over earthly powers, our Saviour has begun to catch them in a web of love and weave them into one, and weave them into one. 6 Praise God, the Wisdom and the Word, till all the world can see that Jesus is the first and last, the keystone and the key, the keystone and the key. . Topics: Exodus; Faith; Freedom / Liberation; God Creator and Ruler; Jesus Christ Incarnation; Jesus Christ First and Last / Alpha and Omega; Love; The Bible; Wisdom Scripture: Genesis 12:1-5 Used With Tune: TIMOTHY

Let there be light

Author: Frances Wheeler Davis, 1936- Meter: 4.7.7.6 Appears in 10 hymnals Topics: Children and Youth Peace; Communication / Language; God King; Grace; Light; Nations; One Life in Christ Peace; Witness / Martyrs Scripture: Genesis 1:3 Used With Tune: CONCORD

Pray for the wilderness

Author: Daniel Charles Damon, 1955- Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Pray for the wilderness, vanishing fast Topics: Children and Youth Justice; Creation; Ecology / Environment; God Goodness of; One Life in Christ Justice; Prayer / Prayers / Poems; Rural Life / Rogation Sunday; Trust Scripture: Genesis 2:4-9 Used With Tune: WILDERNESS

She comes sailing on the wind

Author: Gordon Light, 1944- Meter: Irregular Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: Silent waters rocking on the morning of our birth Topics: Creation; Desert / Wilderness; Dove; God the Holy Spirit; Laughter / Mirth; Light; Vision / Dream Scripture: Genesis 1:2 Used With Tune: SHE FLIES ON

Lord and lover of creation

Author: Iona Community (Scotland) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: Family; Sacraments and Ordinances Marriage Scripture: Genesis 1:27 Used With Tune: WESTMINSTER ABBEY

Tell me the old, old story

Author: Katherine Hankey, 1834-1911 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D with refrain Appears in 504 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Tell me the old, old story of unseen things above, of Jesus and his glory, of Jesus and his love. Tell me the story simply, as to a little child, for I am weak and weary, and helpless and defiled. Refrain: Tell me the old, old story; tell me the old, old story; tell me the old, old story of Jesus and his love. 2 Tell me the story slowly, that I may take it in, that wonderful redemption, God's remedy for sin. Tell me the story often, for I forget so soon; the early dew of morning has passed away at noon. [Refrain] 3 Tell me the story softly, with earnest tones and grave; remember, I'm the sinner whom Jesus came to save. Tell me the story always, if you would really be, in any time of trouble, a comforter to me. [Refrain] 4 Tell me the same old story, when you have cause to fear that this world's empty glory is costing me too dear. Yes, and when that world's glory is dawning on my soul, tell me the old, old story: Christ Jesus makes thee whole. [Refrain] Topics: Christian Nurture / Teaching; Communication / Language; Jesus Christ Redeemer and Savior; Jesus Christ Healer and Teacher; Love; Redemption; Sin / Sinner; The Bible Scripture: Hosea 6:4 Used With Tune: EVANGEL

Open my eyes, that I may see

Author: Clara H. Scott, 1841-1897 Meter: 8.8.9.8 with refrain Appears in 238 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Open my eyes, that I may see glimpses of truth thou hast for me; place in my hands the wonderful key that shall unclasp and set me free. Silently now I wait for thee, ready, my God, thy will to see; open my eyes: illumine me, Spirit divine! 2 Open my ears, that I may hear voices of truth thou sendest clear, and while the wave-notes fall on my ear, everything false will disappear. Silently now I wait for thee, ready, my God, thy will to see; Open my ears: illumine me, Spirit divine! 3 Open my mouth, and let me bear gladly the warm truth everywhere; open my heart and let me prepare love with thy children thus to share. Silently now I wait for thee, ready, my God, thy will to see; open my heart, illumine me, Spirit divine! Topics: Evangelism; Holy Spirit Illuminator / Teacher; The Bible; Truth; Vision / Dream; Waiting on God Scripture: Psalm 119:18 Used With Tune: OPEN MY EYES

Lord, thy word abideth

Author: Henry Williams Baker, 1821-1877 Meter: 6.6.6.6 Appears in 203 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lord, thy word abideth, and our footsteps guideth; who its truth believeth light and joy receiveth. 2 When our foes are near us, then thy word doth cheer us, word of consolation, message of salvation. 3 When the storms are o'er us, and dark clouds before us, then its light directeth, and our way protecteth. 4 Who can tell the pleasure, who recount the treasure, by thy word imparted to the simple-hearted: 5 word of mercy, giving help unto the living; word of life, supplying comfort to the dying! 6 Oh that we, discerning its most holy learning, Lord, may love and fear thee, evermore be near thee. Topics: Comfort / Consolation; Guidance; Storm; The Bible Scripture: Psalm 119:156 Used With Tune: RAVENSHAW

Let us break bread together

Meter: 10.10.14.7 Appears in 113 hymnals First Line: Let us break bread together on our knees Lyrics: 1 Let us break bread together on our knees; let us break bread together on our knees; when I fall down on my knees with my face to the rising sun, O Lord, have mercy on me. 2 Let us drink wine together on our knees; let us drink wine together on our knees; when I fall down on my knees with my face to the rising sun, O Lord, have mercy on me. 3 Let us praise God together on our knees; Let us praise God together on our knees; when I fall down on my knees with my face to the rising sun, O Lord, have mercy on me. Topics: Children and Youth Communion; Repentance; Sacraments and Ordinances Communion; Spirituals Used With Tune: LET US BREAK BREAD Text Sources: African-American spiritual

Bread of the world

Author: Reginald Heber, 1783-1826 Meter: 9.8.9.8 D Appears in 338 hymnals First Line: Bread of the world, in mercy broken Lyrics: Bread of the world, in mercy broken, wine of the soul, in mercy shed, by whom the words of life were spoken, and in whose death our sins are dead: look on the heart by sorrow broken, look on the tears by sinners shed, and be thy feast to us the token that by thy grace our souls are fed. --- FRENCH - Pain vivant donné pour nos âmes, vin pour nos êtres répandu, paroles d'amour et de flammes, mort où l'espoir nous est rendu; vois notre destin misérable, les pleurs versés sur nos malheurs, nourris-nous à ta sainte table par ta bonté, par tes douleurs. Topics: Languages other than English French; Lent; Repentance; Sacraments and Ordinances Communion; Sin / Sinner; Tears / Weeping Scripture: Psalm 51:17 Used With Tune: RENDEZ À DIEU

O Jesus, I have promised

Author: John Ernest Bode, 1816-1874 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 621 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O Jesus, I have promised to serve thee to the end; be thou for ever near me, my Saviour and my friend: I shall not fear the struggle if thou art by my side, nor wander from the pathway if thou wilt be my guide. 2 Oh let me feel thee near me: the world is ever near; I see the sights that dazzle, the tempting sounds I hear. My foes are ever near me, around me and within, but, Jesus, draw thou nearer, and shield my soul from sin. 3 O let me hear thee speaking in accents clear and still, above the storms of passion, the murmurs of self-will; oh speak to reassure me, to hasten or control; oh speak, and make me listen, thou guardian of my soul. 4 O Jesus, thou hast promised to all who follow thee, that where thou art in glory there shall thy servant be, and, Jesus, I have promised to serve thee to the end; oh give me grace to follow my Saviour and my friend. Topics: Commitment; Guidance; Jesus Christ Friend; Jesus Christ Redeemer and Savior; Lent; Longing for God and Christ; Sacraments and Ordinances Profession of Faith; Servant / Service; Sin / Sinner; Struggle Scripture: Matthew 8:19 Used With Tune: ANGEL'S STORY

Lord, I want to be a Christian

Meter: 14.11.6.11 Appears in 150 hymnals First Line: Lord, I want to be a Christian in-a my heart in-a my heart Lyrics: 1 Lord, I want to be a Christian in-a my heart, in-a my heart; Lord, I want to be a Christian in-a my heart. In-a my heart, in-a my heart, Lord, I want to be a Christian in-a my heart. 2 Lord, I want to be more loving in-a my heart, in-a my heart; Lord, I want to be more loving in-a my heart. In-a my heart, in-a my heart, Lord, I want to be more loving in-a my heart. 3 Lord, I want to be more holy in-a my heart, in-a my heart; Lord, I want to be more holy in-a my heart. In-a my heart, in-a my heart, Lord, I want to be more holy in-a my heart. 4 Lord, I want to be like Jesus in-a my heart, in-a my heart; Lord, I want to be like Jesus in-a my heart. In-a my heart, in-a my heart, Lord, I want to be like Jesus in-a my heart. Topics: Children and Youth Profession of Faith; Commitment; Discipleship; Holy / Holiness; Sacraments and Ordinances Profession of Faith; Spirituals Used With Tune: I WANT TO BE A CHRISTIAN Text Sources: African-American spiritual

Pour out your Spirit from on high

Author: James Montgomery, 1771-1854 Appears in 209 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Pour out your Spirit from on high; Lord, your assembled servants bless; graces and gifts to each supply, and clothe your priests with righteousness. 2 All wisdom, zeal and faith impart, and strength, with meekness from above, to bear your people in our heart, and love each soul with faithful love. 3 To watch and pray and never faint; by day and night strict guard to keep; to warn and cheer both sinner, saint, nourish your lambs and feed your sheep. 4 Then, when our work is finished here, in humble hope our charge resign: when the good Shepherd shall appear, in you we rest, O Love divine. Topics: Holy Spirit gifts of; Jesus Christ Shepherd; Sacraments and Ordinances Ordination / Commissioning; Servant / Service Scripture: Matthew 26:41 Used With Tune: MELCOMBE

Glory be to the Father

Meter: 6.4.6.8.7.4 Appears in 988 hymnals Lyrics: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen, amen. Topics: Sacraments and Ordinances Ordination / Commissioning; Service Music Used With Tune: GLORIA PATRI (GREATOREX) Text Sources: Traditional

O perfect Love

Author: Dorothy Frances Gurney, 1858-1932 Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 236 hymnals First Line: O perfect Love, all human though transcending Lyrics: 1 O perfect Love, all human thought transcending, lowly we kneel in prayer before your throne, that theirs may be the love which knows no ending, whom you in holy love now join in one. 2 O perfect Life, be now their full assurance of tender charity and steadfast faith, of patient hope and quiet, brave endurance, with childlike trust that fears nor pain nor death. 3 Grant them the joy which brightens earthly sorrow; grant them the peace which calms all earthly strife, and to life's day the glorious morrow that dawns upon eternal love and life. Topics: God Compassion / Tenderness; Our Hope in God; Sacraments and Ordinances Marriage Scripture: John 4:27 Used With Tune: O PERFECT LOVE

Ye holy angels bright

Author: Richard Baxter, 1615-1691; John Hampden Gurney, 1802-1862 Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 114 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Ye holy angels bright, who wait at God's right hand, or through the realms of light fly at your Lord's command, assist your song, for else the theme too high doth seem for mortal tongue. 2 Ye blessed souls at rest, who ran this earthly race, and now, from sin released, behold the Saviour's face, your praises sound, as in God's sight with sweet delight ye do abound. 3 Ye saints, who toil below, adore your heavenly King, and onward as ye go some joyful anthem sing; take all God gives; through good or ill, praise our God still who ever lives! 4 My soul, bear thou thy part, triumph in God above, and with a well-tuned heart sing thou the songs of love! Let all thy days till life shall end, whate'er God send, be filled with praise. Topics: Communion of Saints; Heaven; Music / Singing / Song; Praise Scripture: Isaiah 35:10 Used With Tune: DARWALL'S 148TH

Ye watchers and ye holy ones

Author: John Athelstan Laurie Riley, 1858-1945 Meter: 8.8.4.4.8.8 with alleluias Appears in 108 hymnals Topics: Communion of Saints; Companion / Friend; Gladness / Happiness; Hymns with Doxologies; Jesus Christ Word; Praise; Trinity; Witness / Martyrs Scripture: Daniel 4:17 Used With Tune: LASST UNS ERFREUEN

We give thee but thine own

Author: William Walsham How, 1823-1897 Appears in 484 hymnals 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 first-fruits give. 3 To comfort and to bless, to find a balm for woe, to tend the lonely in distress is angels' work below. 4 The captive to release, to God the lost to bring, to teach the way of life and peace, it is a Christ-like thing. 5 And we believe thy word, though dim our faith may be: whate'er for thine we do, O Lord, we do it unto thee. Topics: Compassion; Evangelism; Offering; One Life in Christ Discipleship; Social Concerns / Social Justice; Stewardship Scripture: Exodus 23:26 Used With Tune: FRANCONIA

Amazing grace

Author: John Newton, 1725-1807; William Cowper, 1731-1800 Appears in 1,421 hymnals First Line: Amazing grace, how sweet the sound Lyrics: 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 has brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home. 4 The Lord has promised good to me; this word my hope secures; God will my shield and portion be, as long as life endures. 5 What thanks I owe you, and what love– a boundless, endless store– shall echo through the realms above when time shall be no more. 6 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. --- FRENCH - 1 Grâce infinie de notre Dieu qui un jour m’a sauvé. J’étais perdu, errant de lieu en lieux quand il m’a retrouvé. 2 Ma vie fut complètement changée du moment où j'ai cru. Depuis ce jour de tous les dangers, sa grâce m’a secouru. 3 Dans mes épreuves et mes labeurs suffisante est sa grâce. Je peux toujours compter sa faveur à chaque heure qui passe. 4 Quand nous aurons pendant mille ans célébré ses louanges, nous pourrons comme au commencement, lui offrir nos hommages. --- CHINESE - 1 Qí yì ēn diǎn! He dēng gan tián! Wǒ zuì yǐ dé shè miǎn! Qián wǒ shī sàng, jīn bèi xún huí; Xiā yǎn jīn dé kàn jiàn. --- MOHAWK - 1 Ioh ne ra a kwat ra o ten raht ne se wa ah tsia tah kwen wa ka a tsia a tah ton ha tie es kwe ses ha tsia a tah tsen rion. --- CREE - 1 Mamaskach sakihiwewin Kapimachihiwet Pikwataw nikiwaihon Anoch maka niwap --- OJIBWAY - 1 Kiheishawencikewin kaapimaaci' ikoyaan Ninkakippiinkwenaapan hsa Nookom itahsh niwaap Topics: Grace; Home; Languages other than English Ojibway; Languages other than English Mohawk; Languages other than English Mandarin; Languages other than English French; Languages other than English Cree; One Life in Christ Faith; Our Hope in God; Praise; Salvation; Sin / Sinner Scripture: Psalm 142:5 Used With Tune: NEW BRITAIN Text Sources: V. 5: A Collection of Sacred Ballads, 1790

I heard the voice of Jesus say

Author: Horatius Bonar, 1808-1889 Appears in 1,226 hymnals Lyrics: 1 I heard the voice of Jesus say, “Come unto me and rest; lay down, thou weary one, lay down thy head upon my breast!” I came to Jesus as I was, weary and worn and sad; I found in him a resting place, and he has made me glad. 2 I heard the voice of Jesus say, “Behold, I freely give the living water; thirsty one, stoop down, and drink and live!” I came to Jesus, and I drank of that life-giving stream; my thirst was quenched, my soul revived and now I live in him. 3 I heard the voice of Jesus say, “I am this dark world's light; look unto me, thy morn shall rise, and all thy day be bright.” I looked to Jesus, and I found in him my star, my sun, and in that light of life I’ll walk till traveling days are done. Topics: Jesus Christ Light of the World; One Life in Christ Faith; Rest; Thirst; Water Scripture: Matthew 11:28-30 Used With Tune: KINGSFOLD

Jesus calls us o'er the tumult

Author: Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818-1895 Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 924 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Jesus calls us o'er the tumult of our life's wild, restless sea; day by day his voice still calls us saying "Christian, follow me." 2 As of old Saint Andrew heard it by the Galilean lake, turned from home and work and kindred, leaving all for Jesus' sake. 3 Jesus calls us from the worship of the vain world's golden store, from each idol that would keep us, saying "Christian, love me more." 4 In our joys and in our sorrows, days of toil and hours of ease, Jesus calls, in cares and pleasures, "Christian, love me more than these." 5 Jesus calls us by your mercies, Saviour, may we hear your call, give our hearts in glad obedience, serve and love you best of all. Topics: Discipleship; Jesus Christ Call of; One Life in Christ Faith; Sea / Ocean Scripture: Matthew 4:18-22 Used With Tune: GALILEE

My faith looks up to thee

Author: Ray Palmer, 1808-1887 Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 2,205 hymnals Lyrics: 1 My faith looks up to thee, thou Lamb of Calvary, Saviour divine: now hear me when I pray; take all my guilt away; oh let me from this day be wholly thine. 2 May thy rich grace impart strength to my fainting heart; my zeal inspire; as thou hast died for me, oh may my love to thee pure, warm and changeless be, a living fire. 3 While life's dark maze I tread, and griefs around me spread, be thou my guide; bid darkness turn to day, wipe sorrow's tears away, nor let me ever stray from thee aside. 4 When ends life's transient dream, when death's cold sullen stream shall o'er me roll, blest Saviour, then, in love, fear and distrust remove; oh bear me safe above, a ransomed soul. Topics: Death; Eternal Life; Fire / Flame; Gratitude; Jesus Christ Lamb of God; One Life in Christ Faith; Repentance Scripture: John 12:32 Used With Tune: OLIVET

Christ, of all my hopes the ground

Author: Ralph Wardlaw, 1779-1853 Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 173 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Christ, of all my hopes the ground, Christ, the spring of all my joy, still in thee may I be found; still for thee my powers employ. 2 Let thy love my heart inflame; keep thy fear before my sight; be thy praise my highest aim; be thy smile my chief delight. 3 Fountain of o'erflowing grace, freely from thy fullness give; as I run this earthly race, may I prove it Christ to live. 4 Thus, O God, an entrance give to thy city, drawing nigh; having known it Christ to live, let me know it gain to die. Topics: City / City of God; Eternal Life; Jesus Christ Union with; One Life in Christ Faith Scripture: John 4:14 Used With Tune: MOZART

We have heard the joyful sound

Author: Priscilla Jane Owens, 1829-1907 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.7.7.6 Appears in 522 hymnals Lyrics: 1 We have heard the joyful sound, Jesus saves, Jesus saves! Spread the gladness all around: Jesus saves! Jesus saves! Bear the news to every land, climb the steeps and cross the waves; onward! 'tis our Lord's command: Jesus saves! Jesus saves! 2 Waft it on the rolling tide, Jesus saves, Jesus saves! Tell to sinners far and wide, Jesus saves! Jesus saves! Sing, ye islands of the sea, echo back, ye ocean's caves; earth shall keep her jubilee: Jesus saves! Jesus saves! 3 Sing above the battle's strife, Jesus saves, Jesus saves! By his death and endless life, Jesus saves! Jesus saves! Sing it softly through the gloom, when the heart for mercy craves; sing in triumph o'er the tomb, Jesus saves! Jesus saves! 4 Give the winds a mighty voice, Jesus saves, Jesus saves! Let the nations now rejoice: Jesus saves! Jesus saves! Shout salvation full and free to every strand that ocean laves; this our song of victory, Jesus saves! Jesus saves! Topics: Evangelism; Gladness / Happiness; One Life in Christ Faith; Salvation; Victory / Triumph Scripture: Matthew 1:21 Used With Tune: JESUS SAVES

Just as I am, without one plea

Author: Charlotte Elliott, 1789-1871 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 2,114 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Just as I am, without one plea, but that thy blood was shed for me, and that thou biddest me come to thee, O Lamb of God, I come, I come. 2 Just as I am, though tossed about with many a conflict, many a doubt, fightings and fears within, without, O Lamb of God, I come, I come. 3 Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind; sight, riches, healing of the mind, yea, all I need in thee I find, O Lamb of God, I come, I come. 4 Just as I am, thou wilt receive, wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve; because thy promise I believe, O Lamb of God, I come, I come. 5 Just as I am, thy love unknown has broken every barrier down. Now to be thine, yea, thine alone, O Lamb of God, I come, I come. 6 Just as I am of that free love the breadth, length, depth and height to prove, here for a season, then above, O Lamb of God, I come, I come. Topics: Doubt; Forgiveness / Pardon; Jesus Christ Lamb of God; Jesus Christ Call of; Lent; One Life in Christ Faith; Profession of Faith Scripture: Matthew 26:28 Used With Tune: WOODWORTH

I know not why such wondrous grace

Author: Daniel W. Whittle, 1840-1901 Appears in 274 hymnals Refrain First Line: but I know whom I have believed Lyrics: 1 I know not why such wondrous grace to me God has made known; nor why, unworthy as I am, Christ claimed me for his own, Refrain: but I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that Christ is able to keep that which I’ve committed unto him against that day. 2 I know not why this saving faith to me God did impart, nor how believing in the word brought peace into my heart, [Refrain] 3 I know not how the Spirit moves, convincing me of sin, revealing Jesus through the word, creating faith in him, [Refrain] Topics: Grace; Lent; One Life in Christ Faith; Profession of Faith Scripture: John 16:4-11 Used With Tune: ELNATHA

How firm a foundation

Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 2,127 hymnals First Line: How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord Lyrics: 1 How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, is laid for your faith in God's excellent word! What more can be said than to you hath been said, to you that for refuge to Jesus have fled? 2 "Fear not, I am with thee; oh be not dismayed! For I am thy God, and will still give thee aid; I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand. 3 "When through the deep waters I call thee to go, the rivers of woe shall not thee overflow, for I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless, and sanctify to thee thy deepest distress. 4 "When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie, my grace, all-sufficient, shall be thy supply: the flames shall not hurt thee; I only design thy dross to consume and thy gold to refine. 5 "The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose I will not– I will not– desert to his foes; that soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake, I'll never– no, never– no, never forsake!" Topics: Commitment; God Presence of; God Guardian / Help; God Faithfulness of; One Life in Christ Faith; Patience / Perseverance; Suffering Used With Tune: ST. DENIO Text Sources: K in Rippon's Selection of Hymns 1787

Simply trusting every day

Author: Edgar Page Stites, 1836-1921 Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain Appears in 284 hymnals Refrain First Line: Trusting as the moments fly Lyrics: 1 Simply trusting every day, trusting through a stormy way, even when my faith is small, trusting Jesus, that is all. Refrain: Trusting as the moments fly, trusting as the days go by; trusting him whate'er befall, trusting Jesus, that is all. 2 Brightly doth his Spirit shine into this poor heart of mine; while he leads I cannot fall, trusting Jesus, that is all. [Refrain] 3 Singing, if my way be clear, praying, if the path be drear, if in danger for him call, trusting Jesus, that is all. [Refrain] 4 Trusting him while life shall last, trusting him till earth be past, till within the jasper wall, trusting Jesus, that is all. [Refrain] Topics: One Life in Christ Faith; Storm; Trust Scripture: Matthew 8:23-27 Used With Tune: TRUSTING JESUS

Fight the good fight

Author: John Samuel Bewley Monsell, 1811-1875 Appears in 483 hymnals First Line: Fight the good fight with all your might Lyrics: 1 Fight the good fight with all your might; Christ is your strength and Christ your right; lay hold on life, and it shall be your joy and crown eternally. 2 Run the straight race through God's good grace; lift up your eyes and seek God's face; the way of life before you lies; Christ is the path and Christ the prize. 3 Cast care aside; lean on your guide; his boundless mercy will provide; trust, and your trusting soul shall prove Christ is its life and Christ its love. 4 Faint not, nor fear, those arms are near, and, changing not, still hold you dear; hope and believe, and you shall find Christ is your all: heart, strength and mind. Topics: One Life in Christ Faith; Strength; Struggle Scripture: Deuteronomy 20:3 Used With Tune: PENTECOST

My shepherd is the King of love

Author: Henry Williams Baker, 1821-1877 Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 677 hymnals Topics: Canticles and Scripture Paraphrases; Comfort / Consolation; Cross; Death; Feast / Food; Jesus Christ Shepherd; One Life in Christ Love; Water Scripture: Isaiah 43:1 Used With Tune: DOMINUS REGIT ME

All the way my Saviour leads me

Author: Fanny J. Crosby, 1820-1915 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 317 hymnals Lyrics: 1 All the way my Saviour leads me; what have I to ask beside? Can I doubt his tender mercy who through life has been my guide? Heavenly peace, divinest comfort, here by faith in him to dwell; for I know, whate’er befall me Jesus doeth all things well. 2 All the way my Saviour leads me, cheers each winding path I tread, gives me grace for every trial, feeds me with the living bread. Though my weary steps may falter, and my soul athirst may be, gushing from the rock before me lo, a spring of joy I see. 3 All the way my Saviour leads me, oh the fullness of his love! Perfect rest to me is promised in my Father’s house above. When my spirit, clothed immortal, wings its flight to realms of day, this my song through endless ages, "Jesus led me all the way!" Topics: Guidance; Mercy; One Life in Christ Love; Rest; Rock; Thirst Scripture: John 6:51 Used With Tune: ALL THE WAY

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