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Stay, Master, Stay upon This Heavenly Hill
Author: Samuel Greg Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 11 hymnals First Line: Stay, Master, stay, upon this heavenly hill Lyrics: 1. Stay, Master, stay, upon this heavenly hill;
A little longer, let us linger still;
With all the mighty ones of old beside,
Near to God’s holy presence still abide;
Before the throne of light we trembling stand,
And catch a glimpse into the spirit land.
2. Stay, Master, stay! we breathe a purer air;
This life is not the life that waits us there;
Thoughts, feelings, flashes, glimpses come and go;
We cannot speak them—nay, we do not know;
Wrapped in this cloud of light we seem to be
The thing we fain would grow—eternally.
3. No! saith the Lord, the hour is past, we go;
Our home, our life, our duties lie below.
While here we kneel upon the mount of prayer,
The plough lies waiting in the furrow there!
Here we sought God that we might know His will;
There we must do it, serve Him, seek Him still.
4. If man aspires to reach the throne of God,
O’er the dull plains of earth must lie the road;
He who best does his lowly duty here,
Shall mount the highest in a nobler sphere:
At God’s own feet our spirits seek their rest,
And he is dearest Him who serves Him best. Used With Tune: YORKSHIRE Text Sources: Scenes from the Life of Jesus, 1854
Stay, Master, Stay upon This Heavenly Hill
The Day Is Gently Sinking to a Close
Author: Christopher Wordsworth Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 148 hymnals Lyrics: 1. The day is gently sinking to a close,
Fainter and yet more faint the sunlight glows:
O brightness of Thy Father’s glory,
Thou eternal light of light, be with us now:
Where Thou art present darkness cannot be;
Midnight is glorious noon, O Lord, with Thee.
2. Our changeful lives are ebbing to an end;
Onward to darkness and to death we tend;
O conqueror of the grave, be Thou our guide;
Be Thou our light in death’s dark eventide;
Then in our mortal hour will be no gloom,
No sting in death, no terror in the tomb.
3. Thou, who in darkness walking didst appear
Upon the waves, and Thy disciples cheer,
Come, Lord, in lonesome days, when storms assail,
And earthly hopes and human succors fail;
When all is dark, may we behold Thee nigh,
And hear Thy voice, Fear not, for it is I.
4. The weary world is moldering to decay,
Its glories wane, its pageants fade away:
In that last sunset, when the stars shall fall,
May we arise, awakened by Thy call,
With Thee, O Lord, forever to abide,
In that blest day which has no eventide. Used With Tune: NACHTLIED Text Sources: Holy Year, third edition, 1863
The Day Is Gently Sinking to a Close
We Would Be Building
Author: Purd E. Deitz Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 31 hymnals First Line: We would be building; temples still undone Topics: Christ Teacher; Commitment; Purpose; Unity; Youth, Hymns for; Church, The Youth, Hymns for Scripture: Nehemiah 2:20 Used With Tune: FINLANDIA
We Would Be Building
Lord, Who the Night You Were Betrayed
Author: William H. Turton, 1856-1938 Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: Lord, who the night you were betrayed did pray Lyrics: 1 Lord, who the night you were betrayed did pray
that all your church might be forever one:
help us at ev'ry eucharist to say
with willing heart and soul, "Your will be done."
Oh, may we all one bread, one body be,
through this blest sacrament of unity.
2 For all your church on earth, we intercede;
Lord, make our sad divisions soon to cease;
draw us all closer, each to each, we plead,
by drawing all to you, O Prince of peace;
thus may we all one bread, one body be,
through this blest sacrament of unity.
3 And hear our prayer for wand'rers from your fold;
restore them, too, Good Shepherd of the sheep,
back to the faith your saints confessed of old,
and to the church still pledged that faith to keep.
Soon may we all one bread, one body be,
through this blest sacrament of unity.
4 So, Lord, at length when sacraments shall cease,
may we be one with all your church above --
one with your saints in one unbroken peace,
one with your saints in one unbounded love;
more blessed still, in peace and love to be
one with the Trinity in unity. Topics: Holy Communion; Holy Communion; Maundy Thursday; Reconciliation Used With Tune: SONG 1
Lord, Who the Night You Were Betrayed
O Holy Father, who in tender love
Author: Edward Henry Bickersteth, 1825-1906 Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 7 hymnals Topics: The Church of God The Lord's Supper Used With Tune: UNDE ET MEMORES
O Holy Father, who in tender love
Behold, the judge descends, his guards are nigh
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 12 hymnals
Behold, the judge descends, his guards are nigh
Just As the Deer
Author: Brian Ruttan, 1947- Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Just as the deer longs for the water brooks Topics: Psalm 51; Yearning; Trust; Baptism (general) Scripture: Job 7 Used With Tune: FINLANDIA
Just As the Deer
Our Hope, If We Will Find It, Is in Christ
Author: Taylor Burton-Edwards Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 1 hymnal
Our Hope, If We Will Find It, Is in Christ
O World, Thou Choosest Not the Better Part
Author: George Santayana, 1863-1952 Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: O world, thou choosest not the better part! Lyrics: 1 O world, thou choosest not the better part!
It is not wisdom to be only wise,
and on the inward vision close the eyes,
but it is wisdom to believe the heart.
To trust the soul’s invincible surmise
is all of science and our only art.
2 Our knowledge is a torch of smoky pine
that lights the pathway but one step ahead
across a void of mystery and dread.
Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine
by which alone the mortal heart is led
unto the thinking of the thought divine. Topics: Humanist Teachings Insight and Wisdom; Reason and Science; Spirituality and Spiritual Growth Used With Tune: SONG 1
O World, Thou Choosest Not the Better Part
O thou, my God, who from thy throne supreme
Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O thou my God, who from thy throne supreme,
Art mindful of the penitential tear,
Kindly dispersing, with thy mercy's beam,
The gathering clouds of darkness and despair;
Lord, lend thine ear! O hear a sinner's cry!
And save a wretch thy law condemns to die!
2 Long has thy gospel sounded in mine ears,
And once I thought I made thy ways my choice;
But now, alas! o'erwhelm'd with gloomy fears,
I scarce can hear my heavenly shepherd's voice;
Oh shine again! revive my drooping heart!
Subdue my foes, and bid my fears depart!
3 Entangles with the world's delusive charms,
Mine enemies against my soul prevail;
Prevail to thrust me, wretched, from thine arms,
Whilst guilt and unbelief my hope assail.
O God, my God, display thy guardian cure,
Nor let me fall a victim to despair!
4 Does not thy promise bid me rest secure?
And can I trust thy faithfulness in vain?
Shall not thy truth from age to age endure?
And wilt thou not thy people's cause maintain?
Then shine again, my fainting soul restore,
And hold me with thy hand to fall no more!
The Hartford Selection of Hymns from the most approved authors, 1799
O thou, my God, who from thy throne supreme
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