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“I Pray Not for These Alone.”
Author: Emily Taylor Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 9 hymnals First Line: "O, Not for these alone I pray," Lyrics:
“O, Not for these alone I pray,”
The dying Saviour said;
Though on his breast that moment lay
The loved disciple’s head;
Though to his eye that moment sprung
The kind, the pitying tear
For those that eager round him hung,
His words of love to hear.
No, not for them alone he prayed;—
For all of mortal race,
Whene’er their fervent prayer is made,
Where’er their dwelling-place.
Sweet is the thought, when here we meet,
His feast of love to share;
And, ’mid the toils of life, how sweet
The memory of his prayer!
“I Pray Not for These Alone.”
Parting Hymn
Author: Anonymous Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: Through thee as we together came Lyrics:
Through thee as we together came,
In singleness of heart,
And met, O Jesus! in thy name,
So in thy name we part.
Nearer to thee our spirits lead,
And still thy love bestow,
Till thou hast made us free indeed,
And spotless, here below.
When to the right or left we stray,
Leave us not comfortless,
But guide our feet into the way
Of everlasting peace.
Parting Hymn
Benediction
Appears in 12 hymnals First Line: The peace which God bestows Lyrics:
The peace which God bestows
Through him who died and rose,
The peace the Father giveth through the Son,
Be known in every mind,
The broken heart to bind,
And bless each traveller as he journeys on.
Ye who have known to weep,
Where your beloved sleep;
Ye who have raised the deep, the bitter cry—
God’s blessing be as balm,
The fevered heart to calm,
And wondrous peace the troubled mind supply.
Ere daily strifes begin
The war without, within,
The God of love, with spirit and with power,
Now on each bended head
His deepest blessing shed,
And keep us all through every troubled hour.
Benediction
The Heralds of the Cross
Author: Gaskell Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 7 hymnals First Line: Forth went the heralds of the cross Lyrics:
Forth went the heralds of the cross,
No dangers made them pause;
They counted all the world but loss,
For their great Master’s cause.
Through looks of fire, and words of scorn,
Serene their path they trod;
And to the dreary dungeon borne,
Sang praises unto God.
Friends dropped the hand they clasped before,
Love changed to cruel hate;
And home to them was home no more;
Yet mourned they not their fate.
In all his dark and dread array,
Death rose upon their sight;
But calmly still they kept their way,
And shrank not from the fight.
They knew to whom their trust was given,
They could not doubt His word;
Before them beamed the light of heaven,
The presence of their Lord.
O, may a faith as true be ours,
And shed as pure a light
Of peace across the darkest hours,
And make the last one bright!
The Heralds of the Cross
The Preachers of the Word
Author: Johns Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Thanks to God for those who came Lyrics:
Thanks to God for those who came
In the Saviour’s glorious name;
Who upon the green earth trod
But to teach the truth of God.
For the great Apostles, first,
Who from life’s endearments burst,
Going from the Cross, and then
Leading to the Cross again:
For the next, who meekly poured
Willing blood to serve the Lord;
Fearless bore the racks of pain,
Felon’s death, or captive’s chain;
And for all, from shore to shore,
Who the blessed tidings bore;
All who wrought for liberty
When ’twas treason to be free.
Ye, who now, in better days,
Live to spread your Maker’s praise,
Shedding, each man’s home around,
Light that consecrates the ground;
Teachers of the word of light,
Go forth in your Master’s might!
Speed your embassy where’er
Life has grief, or death has fear!
The Preachers of the Word
Thanks for all Saints
Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 157 hymnals First Line: For all Thy saints, O God Lyrics:
For all Thy saints, O God,
Who strove in Christ to live,
Who followed him, obeyed, adored,
Our grateful hymn receive.
For all Thy saints, O God,
Accept our thankful cry,
Who counted Christ their great reward,
And yearned for him to die.
They all, in life and death,
With him, their Lord, in view,
Learned from Thy holy spirit’s breath
To suffer and to do.
For this Thy name we bless,
And humbly pray that we
May follow them in holiness,
And live and die in Thee.
Thanks for all Saints
The Word of God
Author: Anonymous Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 25 hymnals First Line: God of the prophets' power! Lyrics:
God of the prophets’ power!
God of the gospel’s sound!
Move glorious on,—send out Thy voice
To all the nations round.
With hearts and lips unfeigned,
We bless Thee for Thy word;
We praise Thee for the joyful news
Of our ascended Lord.
O, may we treasure well
The counsels that we hear,
Till righteousness and solemn joy
In all our hearts appear.
Water the sacred seed,
And give it large increase;
May neither fowls, nor rocks, nor thorns,
Prevent the fruits of peace.
And though we sow in tears,
Our souls at last shall come,
And gather in our sheaves with joy,
At heaven’s great harvest-home.
The Word of God
The Gospel
Author: Doddridge Appears in 105 hymnals First Line: Mark the soft falling snow Lyrics:
Mark the soft falling snow
And the diffusive rain!
To heaven, from whence it fell,
It turns not back again;
Till, watering earth
Through every pore,
It calls forth all
Her secret store.
Arrayed in beauteous green,
The hills and valleys shine,
And man and beast are fed
By providence divine:
The harvest bows
Its golden ears,
The copious seed
Of future years.
“So,” saith the God of grace,
“My gospel shall descend,
Almighty to effect
The purpose I intend;
Millions of souls
Shall feel its power,
And bear it down
To millions more.”
The Gospel
Christianity
Author: Moore Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 12 hymnals First Line: Behold the sun, how bright Lyrics:
Behold the sun, how bright
From yonder east he springs,
As if the soul of life and light
Were breathing from his wings.
So bright the gospel broke
Upon the souls of men;
So fresh the dreaming world awoke
In truth’s full radiance then.
Before yon sun arose,
Stars clustered through the sky;
But, O, how dim, how pale, were those,
To his one burning eye!
So truth lent many a ray,
To bless the Pagan’s night;
But, Lord, how faint, how cold, were they,
To Thy one glorious light!
Christianity
Thy Kingdom Come!
Author: Emily Taylor Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: "Thy kingdom come!" The heathen lands Lyrics:
“Thy kingdom come!” The heathen lands,
In error sunk, Thy presence crave;
And victims bound by tyrant hands
Implore Thee, Father, come and save!
“Thy kingdom come!” Each troubled mind
In doubt and darkness calls for Thee;
For Thou hast eyes to give the blind,
And strength to set the captive free.
Thy reign of peace and love begin!
Too oft the Christian’s sacred name
Is stained by wrath and shamed by sin;
O, come, assert the gospel’s claim!
O, never in that righteous cause
Our hearts be slow, our voices dumb;
Upon the glorious theme we pause,
And fervent pray, “Thy kingdom come!”
Thy Kingdom Come!
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