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The Inner Circle
Author: Flora Kirkland Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 47 hymnals First Line: Have you heard the voice of Jesus Refrain First Line: Are you in the inner circle? Lyrics: 1 Have you heard the voice of Jesus
Whisper, I have chosen you?
Does He tell you in communion
What He wishes you to do?
Refrain:
Are you in the inner circle?
Have you heard the Master’s call?
Have you giv’n your life to Jesus?
Is He now your all in all?
2 As the first disciples followed,
As they went where’er He sent;
So today we, too, may follow,
On His leading still intent. [Refrain]
3 Or, if He shall choose to send us
On some errand in His name,
We can serve Him as disciples,
For our place is just the same. [Refrain]
4 Master, at Thy footstool kneeling,
We, Thy children, humbly wait;
Lead us, send us, bless us, use us,
Till we enter Heaven’s gate. [Refrain] Used With Tune: ABBEY WOOD
The Inner Circle
O The Hour When This Material
Author: Josiah Conder Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 17 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O the hour when this material
Shall have vanished as a cloud;
When, amid the wide ethereal,
All th’invisible shall crowd;
And the naked soul, surrounded
With realities unknown,
Triumph in the view unbounded,
Feel herself with God alone.
2 In that sudden, strange transition,
By what new and finer sense
Shall she grasp the mighty vision,
And receive its influence?
Angels! guard the new immortal
Through the wonder-teeming space,
To the everlasting portal,
To the spirit’s resting place.
3 Will she then, with fond emotion,
Aught of human love retain?
Or, absorbed in pure devotion,
Will no earthly trace remain?
Can the grave those ties dissever,
With the very heart strings twined?
Must she part, and part for ever,
With the friend she leaves behind?
4 No: the past she still remembers.
Faith and hope, surviving too,
Ever watch those sleeping embers,
Which must rise and live anew.
For the widowed, lonely spirit,
Waiting to be clothed afresh,
Longs perfection to inherit,
And to triumph in the flesh.
5 Angels! let the ransomed stranger
In your tender care be blest,
Hoping, trusting, safe from danger,
Till the trumpet end her rest;
Till the trump which shakes creation,
Through the circling heav’ns shall roll,
Till the day of consummation,
Till the bridal of the soul,
6 Can I trust a fellow being?
Can I trust an angel’s care?
O Thou merciful, all-seeing!
Beam around my spirit there.
Jesus, blessèd Mediator!
Thou the airy path hast trod:
Thou the Judge, the Consummator!
Shepherd of the fold of God!
7 Blessèd fold! no foe can enter,
And no friend departeth thence.
Jesus is their sun, their center;
And their shield, Omnipotence.
Blessèd! for the Lamb shall feed them,
All their tears shall wipe away,
To the living fountains lead them,
Till fruition’s perfect day.
8 Lo! it comes, that day of wonder!
Louder chorals shake the skies.
Hades’ gates are burst asunder:
See! the new-clothed myriads rise.
Thought! repress thy weak endeavor:
Here must reason prostrate fall.
Oh, th’ineffable Forever!
And th’eternal All in All! Used With Tune: ABBEY WOOD Text Sources: The Associated Minstrels (2nd ed.), 1811
O The Hour When This Material
God is Here!
Author: Fred Pratt Green, b. 1903 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 47 hymnals First Line: God is here! As we your people Lyrics: 1 God is here! As we your people
meet to offer praise and prayer,
may we find in fuller measure
what it is in Christ we share.
Here, as in the world around us,
all our varied skills and arts
wait the coming of your Spirit
into open minds and hearts.
2 Here are symbols to remind us
of our lifelong need of grace;
here are table, font, and pulpit;
here the cross has central place.
Here in honesty of preaching,
here in silence, as in speech,
here, in newness and renewal,
God the Spirit comes to each.
3 Here our children find a welcome
in the Shepherd's flock and fold;
here, as bread and wine are taken,
Christ sustains us, as of old.
Here the servants of the Servant
seek in worship to explore
what it means in daily living
to believe and to adore.
4 Lord of all, of Church and kingdom,
in an age of change and doubt
keep us faithful to the gospel;
help us work your purpose out.
Here, in this day's celebration,
all we have to give, receive;
we, who cannot live without you,
we adore you! We believe!
Used With Tune: ABBOT'S LEIGH
God is Here!
Through the Darkness of the Ages
Author: Hilary Jolly, 1945- Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Through the darkness of the ages,
through the sorrows of the days,
strength of weary generations,
lifting hearts in hope and praise,
light in darkness, joy in sorrow,
presence to allay all fears,
Jesus, you have kept your promise,
faithful through two thousand years.
2 Bounty of two thousand harvests,
beauty of two thousand springs;
He who framed the times and seasons
has vouchsafed us greater things.
Word of God who spoke creation
speaks forgiveness, speaks to save,
gathers still his ransomed people
in the life he freely gave.
3 Countless flowers have bloomed and withered,
countless noons are sealed in night,
shattered thrones and fallen empires,
realms and riches lost from sight.
Christ, your kingdom still increases
as the centuries unfold.
Grain that fell to earth and perished
has brought forth ten thousand-fold.
4 Master, we shall sing your praises,
man of sorrows, God of power,
for the measured march of seasons
shall at last bring in the hour
when, as lightning leaps the heavens,
you return to lead us home.
You have promised, "I am coming."
Swiftly, our Lord Jesus, come. Scripture: Revelation 22:20 Used With Tune: ABBOT'S LEIGH
Through the Darkness of the Ages
Come, Great God of All the Ages
Author: Mary Jackson Cathey, 1926- Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 4 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 16:18 Used With Tune: ABBOT'S LEIGH
Come, Great God of All the Ages
God Who Gives To Life Its Goodness
Author: Walter Farquharson Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 10 hymnals First Line: God, who gives to life its goodness Topics: God Nature of God; Arts and Literature; Beauty; Creation; Creativity; Freedom; Friendship; God Creator; God Love; God Nature; God Presence; Joy; Laughter; Praise; Work and Recreation; Proper 26 Year A; Easter 2 Year B Used With Tune: ABBOT'S LEIGH
God Who Gives To Life Its Goodness
God, We Pray at This Beginning
Author: Christopher Redmond Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: The Church at Worship Holy Baptism; Baptism; Biblical Characters Daniel; Biblical Characters Deborah; Biblical Characters Mary, Mother of Jesus; Saints Used With Tune: ABBOT'S LEIGH
God, We Pray at This Beginning
Gracious Spirit, give your servants
Author: Carl P. Daw, Jr. (b. 1944) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Gracious Spirit, give your servants
joy to set sin’s captives free,
hope to heal the brokenhearted,
peace to share love’s liberty.
Through us bring your balm of gladness
to the wounded and oppressed;
help us claim and show God’s favor
as a people called and blessed.
2 Word made flesh, who gave up glory
to become our great high priest,
taking on our human nature
to redeem the last and least:
let your courage and compassion
shape and guide our ministries;
as our Savior and our Shepherd,
lead us to the truth that frees.
3 Loving God, who birthed creation
from the nothingness of space,
kindling life where all was empty,
turning chaos into grace:
when we feel confused and fruitless,
dawn upon our restless night;
give us faith’s imagination,
hope’s renewing, love’s delight.
4 Triune God, eternal Being,
never ending, unbegun,
boundless grace and perfect justice,
righteous and forgiving One:
so enfold us in your mercy
that our wills and yours unite;
through us may the world behold you,
find your love, your truth, your light. Topics: Hymns and Spiritual Songs The Church's Mission Scripture: Genesis 1:1-2 Used With Tune: ABBOT'S LEIGH
Gracious Spirit, give your servants
Come and See the Many Wonders
Author: Harry Hagan, b. 1947, OSB Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Mission / Ministry Used With Tune: ABBOT'S LEIGH
Come and See the Many Wonders
Tell his praise in song and story
Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 7 hymnals Topics: Hope and Consolation; Joy, Praise and Thanksgiving; Protection; Year A All Saints' Day; Year B Proper 14; Year B Proper 15; Year B Proper 16; Year B Proper 25; Years A, B, and C Mothering Sunday Scripture: Psalm 34 Used With Tune: ABBOT'S LEIGH
Tell his praise in song and story
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