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Shine Thou upon Us, Lord

Author: John Ellerton (1826-1893) Meter: 6.6.6 D Appears in 53 hymnals Topics: Book One: Hymns, Songs, Chorales; Commission Teaching, Nurture Scripture: Ephesians 6:4 Used With Tune: BROUGHTON

Hear Now My Praise, O Lord

Author: Susan H. Peterson Meter: 6.6.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: O God, my heart is steadfast Lyrics: 1. O God, my heart is steadfast; With all my soul I sing; I give You praise, O Lord. Sweet music I will make; The dawn I will awake; Hear now my praise, O Lord! 2. Among the many nations And peoples on this earth, I’ll sing Your praise, O Lord. For great is Your vast love, High as the heav’ns above; Hear now my praise, O Lord! 3. Your faithfulness is great, Lord; It reaches to the skies; I sing Your praise, O Lord. With You the victory’s close; You trample down my foes; Hear now my praise, O Lord! 4. O God, be now exalted Above the heavens high; I sing Your praise, O Lord. And let Your glory be O’er all the land and sea; Hear now my praise, O Lord!

When Morning Gilds the Skies

Author: Edward Caswall Meter: 6.6.6 D Appears in 700 hymnals Lyrics: 1 When morning gilds the skies, My heart awaking cries: May Jesus Christ be praised! Alike at work and prayer To Jesus I repair: May Jesus Christ be praised! 2 Does sadness fill my mind? A solace here I find: May Jesus Christ be praised! Or fades my earthly bliss? My comfort still is this: May Jesus Christ be praised! 3 Let earth's wide circle round In joyful notes resound: May Jesus Christ be praised! Let air and sea and sky From depth to height reply: May Jesus Christ be praised! 4 Be this, while life is mine, My canticle divine: May Jesus Christ be praised! Be this the eternal song Through all the ages long: May Jesus Christ be praised! Topics: Jesus Christ Praise; Morning and Opening Hymns Used With Tune: LAUDES DOMINI Text Sources: German hymn, c. 1800

Let earth's wide circle round

Meter: 6.6.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: Let earth's wide circle round In joyful noise resound: May Jesus Christ be praised! Let air, and sea, and sky, From depth to heigh reply: May Jesus Christ be praised!

Thy Life Was Given for Me

Author: Frances R. Havergal Meter: 6.6.6 D Appears in 155 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Thy life was giv'n for me, thy blood, O Lord, was shed, that I might ransomed be, and quickened from the dead; thy life was giv'n for me; what have I giv'n 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 Thou, Lord, hast borne for me more than my tongue can tell of bitt'rest agony, to rescue me from hell; thou suff'redst all for me; what have I borne for thee? 4 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? 5 O let my life be giv'n my years for thee be spent; world-fetters all be riv'n and joy with suff'ring blent: thou gav'st thyself for me, I give myself to thee. Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:14-15 Used With Tune: DEVOTION (Gower) Text Sources: Recast in Church Hymns, 1871

Let Every Christian Pray

Author: Fred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 Meter: 6.6.6 D Appears in 14 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Let every Christian pray, this day and every day, come, Holy Spirit, come! Was not the church we love commissioned from above? Come, Holy Spirit, come! 2 The Spirit brought to birth the church of Christ on earth to seek and save the lost: God never has withdrawn, since that tremendous dawn, the gifts at Pentecost. 3 Only the Spirit's power can fit us for this hour: Come, Holy Spirit, come! Instruct, inspire, unite, and help us see your light: Come, Holy Spirit, come! Scripture: Luke 19:10 Used With Tune: LAUDES DOMINI