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Eternal God, Whose Power Upholds

Author: Henry Hallam Tweedy, 1868-1953 Hymnal: WSCW1969 #748 (1969) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Lyrics: 1 Eternal God, whose power upholds Both flower and flaming star, To whom there is no here nor there, No time, no near nor far, No alien race, no foreign shore, No child unsought, unknown, O send us forth as prophets true, To make all lands thine own! 2 O God of truth, which science seeks, Whom reverent souls adore, Who lightest every earnest mind Of every clime and shore, Dispel the gloom of error’s night, Of ignorance and fear, Until true wisdom from above Shall make life’s pathway clear! 3 O God of beauty, oft revealed In dreams of human art, In speech that flows to melody, In holiness of heart, Teach us to ban all ugliness That blinds our eyes to thee, Till all shall know the loveliness Of lives made fair and free. 4 O God of righteousness and grace, Seen in the Christ, thy Son, Whose life and death reveal thy face, By whom thy will was done, Inspire thy heralds of good news To live thy life divine, Till Christ has formed in all mankind And every land is thine! Topics: The Trinity The Creator Tune Title: PILGRIM

Hope of the World

Author: Georgia Harkness, 1891- Hymnal: WSCW1969 #749 (1969) First Line: Hope of the world, thou Christ of great compassion Lyrics: 1 Hope of the world, thou Christ of great compassion, Speak to our fearful hearts by conflict rent. Save us, thy people, from consuming passion, Who by our own false hopes and aims are spent. 2 Hope of the world, God's gift from highest heaven, Bringing to hungry souls the bread of life, Still let thy Spirit unto us be given To heal earth's wounds and end her bitter strife. 3 Hope of the world, afoot on dusty highways, Showing to wandering souls the path of light, Walk thou beside us lest the tempting byways Lure us away from thee to endless night. 4 Hope of the world, who by thy cross didst save us From death and dark despair, from sin and guilt, We render back the love thy mercy gave us; Take thou our lives and use them as thou wilt. 5 Hope of the world, O Christ, o'er death victorious, Who by this sign didst conquer grief and pain, We would be faithful to thy Gospel glorious: Thou art our Lord! Thou dost forever reign! Topics: The Trinity The Redeemer Tune Title: DONNE SECOURS

O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High

Author: Benjamin Webb, 1820-85; Thomas à Kempis, 1380-1471 Hymnal: WSCW1969 #750 (1969) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Lyrics: 1 O Love, how deep, how broad, how high, How passing thought and fantasy, That God, the Son of God, should take Our mortal form for mortals' sake! 2 He sent no angel to our race Of higher or of lower place, But wore the robe of human frame, And he himself to this world came. 3 Nor willed he only to appear, His pleasure was to tarry here; And God and Man with man would be The space of thirty years and three. 4 For us baptized, for us he bore His holy fast and hungered sore; For us temptation sharp he knew, For us the Tempter overthrew. 5 For us he prayed, for us he taught, For us his daily works he wrought, By words and signs and actions thus Still seeking not himself, but us. 6 For us to wicked men betrayed, Scourged, mocked, in crown of thorns arrayed; He bore the shameful cross and death, For us he gave his dying breath. 7 For us he rose from death again, For us he went on high to reign; For us he sent his Spirit here, To guide, to strengthen, and to cheer. 8 In this great triumph of our King To God on high all praise we bring, To him all thanks and laud give we, The ever-blessèd Trinity. Amen. Topics: The Trinity The Redeemer Tune Title: DEO GRACIAS

O Thou Who Once in Galilee

Author: Anna Hoppe, 1889-1941 Hymnal: WSCW1969 #751 (1969) Topics: The Trinity The Redeemer Tune Title: SALEM

Son of God, Eternal Savior

Author: Somerset C. Lowry, 1855-1932 Hymnal: WSCW1969 #752 (1969) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Lyrics: 1 Son of God, eternal Savior, Source of life and truth and grace, Son of Man, whose birth incarnate Hallows all our human race, Thou, our Head, who, throned in glory, For thine own dost ever plead, Fill us with thy love and pity; Heal our wrongs and help our need. 2 Bind us all as one together In thy Church’s sacred fold, Weak and healthy, poor and wealthy, Sad and joyful, young and old. Is there want or pain or sorrow? Make us all the burden share. Are there spirits crushed and broken? Teach us, Lord, to soothe their care. 3 As thou, Lord, hast lived for others, So may we for others live; Freely have thy gifts been granted, Freely may thy servants give -- Thine the gold and thine the silver, Thine the wealth of land and sea, We but stewards of thy bounty Held in solemn trust for thee. 4 Come, O Christ, and reign among us, King of love and Prince of peace, Hush the storm of strife and passion, Bid its cruel discords cease; By thy patient years of toiling, By thy silent hours of pain, Quench our fevered thirst of pleasure, Shame our selfish greed of gain. 5 Son of God, eternal Savior, Source of life and truth and grace, Son of Man, whose birth incarnate Hallows all our human race, By thy praying, by thy willing That thy people should be one, Grant, O grant our hope’s fruition: Here on earth thy will be done. Topics: The Trinity The Redeemer Tune Title: LORD, REVIVE US

Now Let Us Pray to God the Holy Ghost

Author: Martin Luther, 1483-1546 Hymnal: WSCW1969 #753 (1969) Lyrics: 1 Now let us pray to God the Holy Ghost For the true faith, which we need the most, That he may defend us when life is ending And from exile home we are wending. Kyrieleis. (Lord, have mercy.) 2 Shine in our hearts, O thou most precious Light, Teach us Jesus Christ to know aright, That we may abide in the Lord who bought us; To our homeland true he has brought us. Kyrieleis. (Lord, have mercy.) 3 Thou sacred Love, thy grace on us bestow, Set our hearts with heavenly fire aglow That with hearts united we love each other, Of one mind, in peace with our brother. Kyrieleis. (Lord, have mercy.) 4 Thou highest Comfort in our every need, Help us neither scorn nor death to heed, That we may not falter nor courage fail us When the Foe shall rail and assail us. Kyrieleis. (Lord, have mercy.) Topics: The Trinity The Holy Spirit Tune Title: NUN BITTEN WIR

Holy Spirit, Ever Dwelling

Author: Timothy Rees, 1874-1939 Hymnal: WSCW1969 #754 (1969) Lyrics: 1 Holy Spirit, ever dwelling In the holiest realms of light; Holy Spirit, ever brooding O'er a world of gloom and night; Holy Spirit, ever raising Sons of earth to thrones on high; Living life-imparting Spirit, Thee we praise and magnify. 2 Holy Spirit, ever living As the Church's very life; Holy Spirit, ever striving Through her in a ceaseless strife; Holy Spirit, ever forming In the Church the mind of Christ; Thee we praise with endless worship For thy fruit and gifts unpriced. 3 Holy Spirit, ever working Through the Church's ministry; Quickening, strengthening, and absolving, Setting captive sinners free; Holy Spirit, ever binding Age to age and soul to soul, In a fellowship unending Thee we worship and extol. Topics: The Trinity The Holy Spirit Tune Title: IN BABILONE

Come Down, O Love Divine

Author: Richard Frederick Littledale, 1833-90; Bianco da Siena, d. 1434 Hymnal: WSCW1969 #755 (1969) Lyrics: 1 Come down, O Love divine, Seek thou this soul of mine, And visit it with thine own ardor glowing; O Comforter, draw near, Within my heart appear, And kindle it, thy holy flame bestowing. 2 O let it freely burn Till earthly passions turn To dust and ashes in its heat consuming; And let thy glorious light Shine ever on my sight And clothe me round, the while my path illuming. 3 Let holy charity Mine outward vesture be And lowliness become mine inner clothing-- True lowliness of heart Which takes the humbler part And o'er its own shortcomings weeps with loathing. 4 And so the yearning strong With which the soul will long Shall far outpass the power of human telling; For none can guess its grace Till he become the place Wherein the Holy Spirit makes his dwelling. Topics: The Trinity The Holy Spirit Tune Title: DOWN AMPNEY

From All Thy Saints in Warfare

Author: Horatio, Earl Nelson, 1823-1913 Hymnal: WSCW1969 #756 (1969) Lyrics: 1 From all thy saints in warfare, For all thy saints at rest, To thee, O blessed Jesus, All praises be addressed. Thou, Lord, didst win the battle That they might conquerors be; Their crowns of living glory Are lit with rays from thee. 2 [Here insert the stanza for the special day.] 3 Then praise we God the Father, And praise we God the Son And God the Holy Spirit, Eternal Three in One, Till all the ransomed number Fall down before the throne And honor, power, and glory Ascribe to God alone. Amen. GENERAL STANZA ( when no specific one is available) Apostles, prophets, martyrs, And all the sacred throng Who wear the spotless raiment, Who raise the ceaseless song-- For these, passed on before us, Savior, we thee adore, And, walking in their footsteps, Would serve Thee more and more. ANDREW Praise, Lord, for thine apostle, The first to welcome thee, The first to lead his brother The very Christ to see. With hearts for thee made ready, May we throughout the year Still watch to lead our brethren To own thine advent near. CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL Praise for the light from heaven, Praise for the voice of awe, Praise for the glorious vision The persecutor saw. Thee, Lord, for his conversion We glorify today; Enlighten all our darkness With thy true Spirit's ray. HOLY INNOCENTS: Praise for thine infant martyrs, By thee with tenderest love Called early from their warfare To share the rest above. O Rachel, cease your weeping; Thy rest from pains and cares. Lord, grant us hearts as guileless And crowns as bright as theirs. JAMES THE ELDER For him, O Lord, we praise thee, Who, slain by Herod's sword, Drank of thy cup of suffering, Fulfilling thus thy word. Curb we all vain impatience To read thy veiled decree, And count it joy to suffer If so brought nearer thee. JOHN THE EVANGELIST Praise for the loved disciple, Exile on Patmos' shore; Praise for the faithful record He to thy Godhead bore. Praise for the mystic vision Through him to us revealed; May we, in patience waiting, With thine elect be sealed. BARTHOLOMEW: All praise for thine apostle, The faithful, pure and true, Whom underneath the fig tree Thine eye all-seeing knew; Like him may we be guileless-- True Israelites indeed-- That thine abiding presence Our longing souls may feed. MATTHEW Praise, Lord, for him whose Gospel Thy human life declared, Who, worldly gains forsaking, Thy path of suffering shared. From all unrighteous mammon, O give us hearts set free That we, whate'er our calling, May rise and follow thee. MATTHIAS THE APOSTLE Lord, thine abiding presence Directs the wondrous choice; For one in place of Judas The faithful now rejoice. The Church from false apostles Forevermore defend, And by thy parting promise Be with her to the end. NATIVITY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST We praise thee for the Baptist, Forerunner of the Word, Our true Elias, making A highway for the Lord. Of prophets last and greatest, He saw thy dawning ray, Make us the rather blessèd, Who love thy glorious day. PETER Praise for thy great apostle, The eager and the bold; Thrice falling, yet repentant, Thrice charged to feed thy fold. Lord, make thy pastors faithful To guard their flocks from ill, And grant them dauntless courage With humble earnest will. LUKE THE EVANGELIST For that beloved physician All praise, whose Gospel shows The Healer of the nations, The Sharer of our woes. Thy wine and oil, O Savior, On bruised hearts deign to pour, And with true balm of Gilead Anoint us evermore. MARK THE EVANGELIST For him, O Lord, we praise thee, The weak by grace made strong, Whose labors and whose Gospel Enrich our triumph song. May we in all our weakness Find strength from thee supplies And all as fruitful branches In thee, the Vine, abide. STEPHEN THE MARTYR Praise for the first of martyrs, Who saw thee ready stand To aid in midst of torment, To plead at God's right hand. Share we with him, if summoned By death our Lord to own, On earth the faithful witness, In heaven the martyr-crown. PHILIP AND JAMES All praise for thine apostle, Blest guide to Greek and Jew, And him surnamed thy brother; Keep us thy brethren true. And grant the grace to know thee, The Way, the Truth,the Life, To wrestle with temptations Till victors in the strife. SIMON AND JUDE Praise, Lord, for thine apostles Who sealed their faith today; One love, one zeal impelled them To tread the sacred way. May we with zeal as earnest The faith of Christ maintain And, bound in love as brethren, At length thy rest attain. THOMAS All praise for thine apostle, Whose short-lived doubtings prove Thy perfect twofold nature, The fullness of thy love. On all who wait thy coming Shed forth thy peace, O Lord, And grant us faith to know thee, True Man, true God, adored. Topics: The Christian Year Minor Festivals Tune Title: KING'S LYNN

O Kingly Love, That Faithfully

Author: Martin H. Franzmann, 1907- Hymnal: WSCW1969 #757 (1969) Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain Topics: The Christian Year Minor Festivals Tune Title: KINGLY LOVE