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Bread for the World

Author: Bernadette Farrell, b. 1957 Appears in 5 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46 First Line: Lord Jesus Christ, you are the bread of life Refrain First Line: Bread for the world: a world of hunger Topics: Sharing; Thirst; Way, Truth & Life Used With Tune: [Lord Jesus Christ, you are the bread of life]

Here to the house of God we come

Author: Shirley Erena Murray (b. 1931) Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 4 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46 Lyrics: 1 Here to the house of God we come, home of the people of the Way, here to give thanks for all we have, naming our needs for every day, we who have roof and rent and bread, sure of a place to rest our head. 2 There is a knocking at our door, sound of the homeless of the world, voice of the frightened refugee, cry of the children in the cold, asking the least that is their right, safety and shelter for the night. 3 God who is shelter, who is home, in borrowed rooms you came to live, pleaded to save the dispossessed, crucified, lay in borrowed grave: these are no strangers in your eyes, this is your family which cries. 4 We are all tenants of your love; gather us round a common fire, warm us in company with Christ, give us the heart to feel, to share table and lodging with free hand, space in our living, in our land. Topics: Our Response to God in the worship of God's house; Children; Church images of; Gathering; God names and imags of; Strangers and Exiles Used With Tune: KHAO I DANG

A Voice Was Heard in Ramah

Author: Carolyn Winfrey Gillette Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 4 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46 First Line: A voice was heard in Ramah that could not be consoled Topics: Children and Youth; Lament Used With Tune: LLANGLOFFAN

What You Have Done for Me

Author: Tony E. Alonso, b. 1980 Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 25:24-31 First Line: I am the hungry, I am the poor Refrain First Line: What you have done for the least of my children Used With Tune: [I am the hungry, I am the poor]

Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending

Author: Charles Wesley; John Cennick Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.4.4.7 Appears in 768 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46 Lyrics: 1 Lo, he comes with clouds descending, once for our salvation slain; thousand, thousand saints attending join to sing the glad refrain: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! Christ the Lord returns to reign. 2 Now redemption, long expected, comes in solemn splendor near; all the saints this world rejected thrill the trumpet sound to hear: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! See the day of God appear! 3 Yea, amen, let all adore thee, high on thine eternal throne; Savior, take the power and glory; claim the kingdom as thine own. Come, Lord Jesus; come, Lord Jesus; come, Lord Jesus. Thou shalt reign, and thou alone! Topics: Adoration; Christ's Return and Judgment; Jesus Christ Advent; Redemption; Salvation Used With Tune: HELMSLEY

Angels from the Realms of Glory

Author: James Montgomery Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 761 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 25:32 Refrain First Line: Come and worship, come and worship Lyrics: 1 Angels from the realms of glory, wing your flight o'er all the earth; ye who sang creation's story, now proclaim Messiah's birth: Refrain: Come and worship, come and worship, worship Christ, the newborn King. 2 Shepherds in the fields abiding, watching o'er your flocks by night, God with us is now residing, yonder shines the infant Light: [Refrain] 3 Sages, leave your contemplations, brighter visions beam afar; seek the great Desire of Nations, ye have seen his natal star: [Refrain] 4 Saints before the altar bending, watching long in hope and fear, suddenly the Lord, descending, in his temple shall appear. [Refrain] 5 Though an infant now we view him he will share his Father's throne, gather all the nations to him; every knee shall then bow down. [Refrain] Topics: Biblical Persons; Biblical Persons Simeon, Anna; Christmas Season Used With Tune: REGENT SQUARE

Great God, what do I see and hear!

Author: Anon.; W. B. Collyer; Thomas Cotterill Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 296 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 25:31 Topics: The Christian Life Death, Resurrection and Judgment Used With Tune: LUTHER'S HYMN

Lord, Lead the Way the Savior Went

Author: William Croswell Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 200 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 25:40 Lyrics: 1 Lord, lead the way the Savior went, By lane and cell obscure, And let love’s treasures still be spent, Like His, upon the poor. 2 Like Him, thro' scenes of deep distress, Who bore the world’s sad weight, We in their crowded loneliness, Would seek the desolate. 3 For Thou hast placed us side by side In this wide world of ill; And that Thy foll'wers may be tried, The poor are with us still. 4 Mean are all off'rings we can make; But Thou hast taught us, Lord, If given for the Savior’s sake, They lose not their reward. Amen. Topics: Sanctification (The Christian Life) Stewardship Used With Tune: FARRANT

Jesu, Jesu, Fill Us with Your Love

Author: Tom Colvin, b. 1925 Meter: 7.7.9 with refrain Appears in 63 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46 First Line: Kneels at the feet of his friends Lyrics: Refrain: Jesu, Jesu, Fill us with Your love, show us how to serve The neighbors we have from You. 1 Kneels at the feet of his friends, Silently washes their feet, Master who pours out himself for them. (Refrain) 2 Neighbors are wealthy and poor, Varied in color and race, Neighbors are nearby and far away. (Refrain) 3 These are the ones we will serve, These are the ones we will love; All these are neighbors to us and You. (Refrain) 4 Kneel at the feet of our friends, Silently washing their feet, This is the way we will live with You. (Refrain) Topics: Society Used With Tune: CHEREPONI Text Sources: Written for the Church in Ghana