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Now Be the Gospel Banner

Author: Thomas Hastings, (1784-1872) Appears in 266 hymnals Used With Tune: [Now be the gospel banner]

When His Salvation Bringing

Author: Rev. Joshua King Appears in 421 hymnals First Line: When, His salvation bringing Used With Tune: [When, His salvation bringing]

Author: T. R. Matthews Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: There is no work too humble Lyrics: 1 There is no work too humble For Christian hands to do; There is no path too lowly For our feet to pursue; Our blessed Lord and Master Was servant unto all; None were to poor and needy For him to heed their call. 2 If we are his disciples, Call'd by his holy name, A portion of his Spirit We surely ought to claim. And tho' the task be menial Which he for us hath set; His own divine example We never should forget. 3 That he, the High and Holy, Whose life-work was complete, Should gird himself for labor, And washed those humble feet! And yet we shrink from duties Which seem so far above This deed of Christ-like meekness, This tender proof of love! Topics: Living His Life Call to Activity Used With Tune: CHENIES

The Children's Friend

Author: Albert Midlane Appears in 246 hymnals First Line: There's a friend for little children Used With Tune: [There's a friend for little children]

Light For All

Author: Joseph Gostlick Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: You cannot pay with money Lyrics: 1 You cannot pay with money The million sons of toil— The sailor on the ocean, The peasant on the soil; The laborer in the quarry, The hewer of the coal, Your coin pays hand and sinew, But cannot pay the soul. 2 You gaze on yon cathedral, Whose turrets meet the sky: Remember its foundations In earth and darkness lie; For, were not those foundations So darkly resting there, The tow’rs could never rise up So proudly in the air. 3 The workshop must be crowded That palaces be bright; If ploughman made no furrow, The poet could not write. Let every toil be hallowed, That man performs for man, And have its share of honor As part of one great plan. 4 See, light darts down from Heaven, And enters where it may; The eyes of all earth’s people Are cheered with one bright day. So let the mind’s true sunshine Be spread o’er earth so free, To fill the souls that labor As waters fill the sea. 5 A turner of the soil Need not have earthly mind; Nor digger in the coal field Be held by spirit blind: The mind can shed a light on All worthy labor done, And humble acts shine brightly With radiance of the sun. 6 The tailor and the cobbler, May lift their heads as men— Nobler than Alexander, If he could live again, And think of all his bloodshed, (And all for nothing, too!) And ask himself—What made I As useful as a shoe? 7 What cheers the musing student The poet, the divine? The thought that on his followers A brighter day will shine. Let every human labor Enjoy the vision bright— And let the thought from Heaven Be spread like Heav’n’s own light! 8 O ye who wield the pen, Rise like a band inspired, Ye poets, let your lyrics With hope for man be fired; Till earth becomes a temple, And every human heart Shall join in one great service, Each happy in his part. Used With Tune: CHENIES Text Sources: Tales, Essays, and Poems (London: Simpkin, Marshall, 1848)

God is my strong Salvation

Author: James Montgomery Appears in 288 hymnals Topics: The Christian Life Courage Used With Tune: CHENIES

O brothers, lift your voices

Author: Edward H. Bickersteth Appears in 69 hymnals Used With Tune: CHENIES

He hides within the lily

Author: William C. Gannett Appears in 31 hymnals Used With Tune: CHENIES

Rejoice, rejoice, believers, and let your light

Appears in 335 hymnals Topics: Activity; Work Used With Tune: [Rejoice, rejoice, believers, and let your light]

O Star of Truth, Down-Shining

Author: Minot J. Savage, 1841-1918 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 23 hymnals Lyrics: 1. O Star of truth, down-shining, Thro’ clouds of doubt and fear, I ask but ’neath Thy guidance My pathway may appear. However long the journey, How hard soe’er it be, Though I be lone and weary, Lead on, I’ll follow Thee. 2. I know Thy blessèd radiance Can never lead astray, However ancient custom May tread some other way. E’en if through untrod deserts, Or over trackless sea, Though I be lone and weary, Lead on, I’ll follow Thee. 3. The bleeding feet of martyrs Thy toilsome road have trod; But fires of human passion May light the way to God. Then to my high allegiance I must not faithless be: Thro’ life or death, forever, My Lord, I’ll follow Thee. Used With Tune: CHENIES