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Holy Spirit, Lord of light, From Thy clear celestial height (Caswall)

Author: Edward Caswall; Robert II, King of France Meter: 7.7.7 Appears in 104 hymnals

Lord, in this Thy mercy's day

Author: Isaac Williams Meter: 7.7.7 Appears in 166 hymnals Topics: The Christian Life Faith, Penitence and Confession Scripture: Psalm 17:8-9 Used With Tune: ST. PHILIP

Blessed night, when first that plain

Meter: 7.7.7 Appears in 28 hymnals

Author: Frederick Pratt Green (1903-2000) Meter: 7.7.7 Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: 1 All is ready for the Feast! Every Jew is wondering how God will liberate them now. 2 Pilate, fearful of revolt he, at all costs, must avert, puts the Legion on alert. 3 Listen! Galilean crowds hail the Man from Nazareth, Jesus, riding to his death. 4 What authority he wields! With a whip of cords he clears temple courts of profiteers! 5 Watched by priests and pharisees, all he says and all he does fans the hatred of his foes. 6 Now he gathers those he loves in a room where bread and wine turn to sacrament and sign. 7 In that dark betrayal night, moved by hope, or fear or greed, Judas sets about his deed. 8 Jesus in the olive grove, waiting for a traitor's kiss, rises free from bitterness. 9 As he wakes his comrades up torches flicker in the glen, shadows turn to marching men. 10 In that dawn of blows and lies Church and State conspire to kill, hang three rebels on a hill. 11 Innocent and guilty drown in a flood of blood and sweat, how much darker can it get? 12 How much darker must it be for a God to see and care that men perish in despair? 13 It is God himself who dies! God in man shall set us free, God as Man - and only he. 14 Let him claim us as his own, we will serve as best we can such a God and such a Man! Final verse: 15 What does our salvation cost? Jesus, we shall never know all you gave and all we owe. Topics: Christ Incarnate Passion and Death; Christian Year Holy Week Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 Used With Tune: HEILIGER GEIST

Jesu, to Thy table led

Author: R. H. Baynes Meter: 7.7.7 Appears in 91 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Jesu, to Thy table led, Now let every heart be fed With the true and living bread. 2 While in penitence we kneel, Thy blest presence let us feel, All Thy wondrous love reveal. 3 While on Thy dear cross we gaze, Mourning o'er our sinful ways, Turn our sadness into praise. 4 When we taste the mystic wine, Of Thine outpoured blood the sign; Fill our hearts with love divine. 5 Draw us to Thy wounded side, Whence there flowed the healing tide; There our sins and sorrows hide. 6 From the bonds of sin release, Cold and wavering faith increase; Lamb of God, grant us Thy peace. 7 Lead us by Thy piercèd hand, Till around Thy throne we stand In the bright and better land. Amen. Topics: Holy Communion Used With Tune: LACRYMAE

Holy Ghost, My Comforter

Author: Innocent III; Christian C. J. Bunsen; Catherine Winkworth Meter: 7.7.7 Appears in 21 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Holy Ghost, my Comforter, Now from highest Heaven appear, Shed Thy gracious radiance here. 2. Thou the heart’s most precious Guest, Thou of comforters the best, Give to us, o’erladen, rest. 3. Blessèd Sun of grace, o’er all Faithful hearts who on Thee call Let Thy light and solace fall. 4. What without Thy aid is wrought, Skillful deed or wisest thought, God will count but vain and naught. 5. Cleanse us, Lord, from sinful stain, On the parchèd spirit rain, Heal the wounded of its pain. 6. Bend the stubborn will to Thine, Melt the cold with fire divine, Erring hearts to right incline. 7. Grant us, Lord, who cry to Thee, Steadfast in the faith to be, Give Thy gift of charity. 8. May we live in holiness, And in death find happiness, And abide with Thee in bliss! Used With Tune: ST. PHILIP Text Sources: Versuch eines allgemeinen evangelischen Gesang- und Gebetbuchs, 1833; Lyra Germanica, second edition, 1856