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O Perfect Love

Author: Dorothy Blomfield Gurney Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 236 hymnals Topics: The Christian Home Marriage First Line: O perfect Love, all human thought transcending Used With Tune: O PERFECT LOVE

Happy the Home When God Is There

Author: Henry Ware (1794-1843) Appears in 84 hymnals Topics: The Christian Home Foundations Lyrics: 1 Happy the home when God is there, And love fills ev'ry breast; When one their wish, and one their prayer, And one their heav'nly rest. 2 Happy the home where Jesus' name Is sweet to ev'ry ear, Where children early lisp His fame, And parents hold Him dear. 3 Happy the home where prayer is heard, And praise is wont to rise; Where parents love the sacred Word And all its wisdom prize. 4 Lord, let us in our homes agree This blessed peace to gain; Unite our hearts in love to Thee, And love to all will reign. Scripture: Hebrews 13:4 Used With Tune: EVAN

Lord, Give Us Christian Homes

Author: B. B. McKinney, 1886-1952; Compiler Meter: Irregular Appears in 15 hymnals Topics: The Christian Home Foundations First Line: Lord, give us Christian homes! Scripture: 1 Timothy 5:14 Used With Tune: CHRISTIAN HOMES

Let Children Hear the Mighty Deeds

Author: Bernhard Schumacher; Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 180 hymnals Topics: The Christian Home Christian Education Lyrics: 1 Let children hear the mighty deeds Which God performed of old, Which in our younger years we saw, And which our fathers told. 2 Make unto them His glories known, His works of pow'r and grace; And we'll convey His wonders down Thro' ev'ry rising race. 3 Our lips shall tell them to our sons, And they again to theirs That generations yet unborn May teach them to their heirs. 4 [Copyrighted] 5 To learn that in our God alone Their hope securely stands, That they may ne'er forget His works, But walk in His commands. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 78 Used With Tune: NUN DANKET ALL'

Blest the Man That Fears Jehovah

Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 24 hymnals Topics: Special Topics Marriage and the Home; Christians Blessedness of; Church Covenant People; Family Worship; Prosperity Lyrics: 1 Blest the man that fears Jehovah, walking ever in his ways, by your toil you shall be prospered and be happy all your days. 2 In your wife you shall have gladness, she shall fill your home with good, happy in her loving service and the joys of motherhood. 3 Joyful children, sons and daughters, shall about your table meet, olive plants, in strength and beauty, full of hope and promise sweet. 4 Lo, on him that fears Jehovah shall this blessedness attend, for Jehovah out of Zion shall to you his blessing send. 5 You shall see God's kingdom prosper all your days, till life shall cease, you shall see your children's children; on your people, Lord, be peace. Scripture: Psalm 128 Used With Tune: GALILEE Text Sources: The Psalter, 1912; mod.

Oh, Blest the House

Author: Christoph Carl Ludwig von Pheil, 1712-84; Catherine Winkworth, 1827-78 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 33 hymnals Topics: Christian Home and Education First Line: Oh, blest the house, whate'er befall Lyrics: 1 Oh, blest the house, whate'er befall, Where Jesus Christ is all in all! A home that is not wholly His-- How sad and poor and dark it is! 2 Oh, blest that house where faith is found And all in hope and love abound; They trust their God and serve Him still And do in all His holy will! 3 Oh, blest the parents who give heed Unto their children's foremost need And weary not of care or cost. May none to them and heav'n be lost! 4 Oh, blest that house; it prospers well. In peace and joy the parents dwell, And in their children's lives is shown How richly God can bless His own. 5 Then here will I and mine today A solemn promise make and say: Though all the world forsake His Word, I and my house will serve the Lord! Scripture: Joshua 24:15 Used With Tune: WO GOTT ZUM HAUS Text Sources: Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, columbus 1880 (Tr. st. 3)

Children of the Heavenly King

Author: John Cennick, 1718-1755 Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 1,182 hymnals Topics: The Christian Home Family Worship (Spiritual Progress) First Line: Children of the heav'nly King Scripture: Matthew 4:19 Used With Tune: INNOCENTS

For the Beauty of the Earth

Author: Folliot S. Pierpoint Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 631 hymnals Topics: The Glory of the Triune God Praise and Thanksgiving; The Sacraments and Rites of the Church Eucharist (Holy Communion or The Lord's Supper); Adoration and Praise; Children's Choir Selections; Christian Year Thanksgiving Day; Church Dedication of a Building; Gratitude; Holy Communion; Home and Family; Joy; Nature; Responses, Antiphonal Refrain First Line: Lord of all, to thee we raise Lyrics: 1. For the beauty of the earth, for the glory of the skies, for the love which from our birth over and around us lies; Refrain: Lord of all, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise. 2. For the beauty of each hour of the day and of the night, hill and vale, and tree and flower, sun and moon, and stars of light; (Refrain) 3. For the joy of ear and eye, for the heart and mind's delight, for the mystic harmony linking sense to sound and sight; (Refrain) 4. For the joy of human love, brother, sister, parent, child, friends on earth and friends above, for all gentle thoughts and mild; (Refrain) 5. For thy church, that evermore lifteth holy hands above, offering up on every shore her pure sacrifice of love; (Refrain) 6. For thyself, best Gift Divine, to the world so freely given, for that great, great love of thine, peace on earth, and joy in heaven: (Refrain) Used With Tune: DIX

Father, in Whom We Live

Author: Charles Wesley (1707-1788); Compiler Appears in 101 hymnals Topics: The Christian Home Family Worship Scripture: Acts 17:28 Used With Tune: MORNINGTON

For Christian Homes, O Lord, We Pray

Author: Richard S. Armstrong, b. 1924; Mark A. Jeske, b. 1932 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Christian Home; Christian Home First Line: For Christan homes, O Lord, we pray Used With Tune: GOTTLOB, ES GEHT NUNMEHR ZU ENDE