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For Flowers That Bloom

Author: Ralph W. Emerson, 1803-1882 Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain Appears in 13 hymnals First Line: For flowers that bloom about our feet Refrain First Line: Father in heaven Lyrics: 1. For flowers that bloom about our feet, For tender grass so fresh and sweet, For song of bird and hum of bee, For all things fair we hear and see, Father in heaven, Father in heaven, we thank thee. 2. For blue of stream and blue of sky, For pleasant shade of branches high, For fragrant air and cooling breeze, For beauty of the blooming trees, Father in heaven, Father in heaven, we thank thee. Used With Tune: FLOWERS

Joy! joy! joy to the heart

Author: John Bennett, b. 1920 Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Look there! the Christ, our Brother Topics: Easter Used With Tune: PETRUS

There Is a Land of Corn and Wine

Author: Edgar Page Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain Appears in 2 hymnals Refrain First Line: O Beulah land! sweet Beulah land! Topics: Sabbath School His Kingdom and Reign Used With Tune: BEULAH LAND

Hosanna to the Living Lord!

Author: Reginald Heber Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain Appears in 198 hymnals Topics: Christ Praise to Used With Tune: HOSANNA

Some Day the Silver Cord Will Break

Author: Fanny J. Crosby Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain Appears in 204 hymnals Refrain First Line: And I shall see Him face to face Lyrics: 1 Some day the silver cord will break, And I no more as now shall sing; But O the joy when I shall wake Within the palace of the King! Refrain: And I shall see Him face to face, And tell the story— Saved by grace; And I shall see Him face to face, And tell the story— Saved by grace. 2 Some day my earthly house will fall, I cannot tell how soon ’twill be; But this I know: my Lord, my All, Has now a place in heaven for me. [Refrain] 3 Some day, when fades the golden sun Beneath the rosy-tinted west, My blessed Lord will say, “Well done!” And I shall enter into rest. [Refrain] 4 Some day: till then I’ll watch and wait, My lamp all trimmed and burning bright, That when my Savior opes the gate, My soul to Him may take its flight. [Refrain] Topics: Anxiety; Assurance; Brevity And Frailty Of Life; Death; Eternal Life; Funerals; Grace of God; Peace and Rest; Salvation Used With Tune: SAVED BY GRACE

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain Appears in 93 hymnals First Line: I looked over Jordan, and what did I see Lyrics: Refrain: Swing low, sweet chariot, Coming for to carry me home. Swing low, sweet chariot, Coming for to carry me home. 1 I looked over Jordan, and what did I see, Coming for to carry me home. A band of angels coming after me, Coming for to carry me home. Oh, [Refrain] 2 If you get there before I do, Coming for to carry me home. Tell all my friends I’m coming too, Coming for to carry me home. Oh, [Refrain] 3 The brightest day that ever I saw Coming for to carry me home. When Jesus washed my sins away, Coming for to carry me home. Oh, [Refrain] 4 I’m sometimes up and sometimes down, Coming for to carry me home. But still my soul feels heav'nly bound, Coming for to carry me home. Oh, [Refrain] Topics: The Gospel in the Christian Life Eternal Life; Freedom; Heaven; Spirituals Scripture: 2 Kings 2:11 Used With Tune: SWING LOW Text Sources: Traditional

A Shelter in the Time of Storm

Author: Vernon J. Charlesworth; Ira D. Sankey Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain Appears in 216 hymnals First Line: The Lord's our Rock; in Him we hide Refrain First Line: O Jesus is a Rock in a weary land Lyrics: 1 The Lord's our Rock; in Him we hide, A Shelter in the time of storm; Secure whatever ill betide, A Shelter in the time of storm. Refrain: O Jesus is a Rock in a weary land, A weary land, a weary land; O Jesus is a Rock in a weary land - A Shelter in the time of storm. 2 A Shade by day, Defense by night, A Shelter in the time of storm; No fears alarm, no foes affright, A Shelter in the time of storm. [Refrain] 3 The raging storms may round us beat, A Shelter in the time of storm; We'll never leave our safe retreat, A Shelter in the time of storm. [Refrain] 4 O Rock Divine, O Refuge dear, A Shelter in the time of storm; Be Thou our Helper ever near, A Shelter in the time of storm. [Refrain] Topics: Assurance and Trust; Walking with God Guidance and Care Used With Tune: SHELTER

Not Now, but When 'Tis God's Sweet Will

Author: Harriet E. Jones (b. 1824) Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain Appears in 4 hymnals Refrain First Line: We'll trust in him who knoweth best Lyrics: 1 Not now, but when 'tis God's sweet will, Perhaps amid the Eden glow, We'll know why woes our fond hearts chill— Yes, some sweet time we'll surely know. Refrain: We'll trust in him who knoweth best, Although thro' winding ways we go— We'll meekly bow to his behest— Some sweet, glad time we'll surely know. 2 When all the mists are cleared away, Thro' which we journey here below. When in the light of perfect day, The whys we'll see and surely know. [Refrain] 3 We then shall know why sorrow's waves So often toss us to and fro, Why dearest loves are hid in graves— In God's own time we'll surely know. [Refrain] 4 Our God shall lead, we'll trust in him, Tho' sorrow's billows o'er us flow; Our faith, our hope shall not grow dim— Sometime, sometime, we'll surely know. [Refrain] Topics: Book Four: Occasional Selections, Gospel Songs and Hymns; Services, Occasions Funeral Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:12 Used With Tune: WE'LL SURELY KNOW

Happy day, happy day

Author: Philip Doddridge Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain Appears in 1,700 hymnals First Line: O happy day, that fixed my choice Topics: Evangelistic Services Used With Tune: HAPPY DAY

I'll gladly come, gladly to Thee

Author: John J. Overholt Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: The heavens are lowering overcast Text Sources: Deutsches Lieder und Melodienbuch