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Dios Es Nuestro Amparo (God Will Be Our Refuge)
Author: Mary Louise Bringle, n. 1953 Appears in 7 hymnals Topics: City of God First Line: Dios es nuestro amparo, nuestra fortaleza (God will be our refuge, strength, and mighty fortress) Refrain First Line: Cielos y tierra pasarán (Heaven and earth may pass away) Scripture: Psalm 46 Used With Tune: AMPARO Text Sources: Tradicional
Dios Es Nuestro Amparo (God Will Be Our Refuge)
Let Streams of Living Justice
Author: William Whitla, 1934 Meter: 13.13.13.13.13.13 Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Nation and City First Line: Let streams of living justice flow down upon the earth Scripture: Deuteronomy 10:12-22 Used With Tune: THAXTED
Let Streams of Living Justice
Captain of Israel's Host
Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 68 hymnals Topics: City of God First Line: Captain of Israel's host and guide Lyrics: 1 Captain of Israel's host and guide
of all who seek the land above,
beneath thy shadow we abide,
the cloud of thy protecting love;
our strength, thy grace; our rule, thy word;
our end, the glory of the Lord.
2 By thine unerring Spirit led,
we shall not in the desert stray;
we shall not full direction need,
nor miss our providential way;
as far from danger as from fear
while love, almighty love, is near.
3 We've no abiding city here,
but seek a city out of sight;
thither our steady course we steer,
aspiring to the plains of light:
Jerusalem the saints' abode,
whose founder is the living God.
Scripture: Exodus 13:21 Used With Tune: COLERAINE Text Sources: St. 1-2 inspired by Matthew Henry (c. 1700), written in 1762. St. 3 written in 1747
Captain of Israel's Host
God of Love
Author: Timothy Rees Appears in 7 hymnals Topics: Christian Concern Society and City First Line: God of love and truth and beauty Used With Tune: CAROLYN
God of Love
Christ Has No Body Now But Yours
Author: St. Teresa of Ávila, 1515-1582; Steven C. Warner, b. 1954 Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: City of God First Line: No hands but yours to heal the wounded world Used With Tune: [No hands but yours to heal the wounded world]
Christ Has No Body Now But Yours
We Meet You, O Christ
Author: Fred Kaan Appears in 10 hymnals Topics: Christian Concern Society and City First Line: We meet you, O Christ, in many a guise Lyrics: 1 We meet you, O Christ, in many a guise;
your image we see in simple and wise.
You live in a palace, exist in a shack;
we see you, the gard'ner, a tree on your back.
2 In millions alive, away and abroad;
involv'd in our life you live down the road.
Imprison'd in systems you long to be free;
we see you, Lord Jesus, still bearing your tree.
3 We hear you, O Man, in agony cry;
for freedom you march, in riots you die.
Your face in the papers we read and we see.
The tree must be planted by human decree.
4 You choose to be made at one with the earth;
the dark of the grave prepares for your birth.
Your death is your rising, creative your Word;
the tree springs to life and our hope is restored. Used With Tune: DURHAM 72
We Meet You, O Christ
Pueblo Santo y Elegido (Holy People, Chosen People)
Author: J. Pedro Martins, siglo, XX; María Dolores Martínez, n. 1954 Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: City of God First Line: Caminamos hacia ti (We go forward, fellow pilgrims) Refrain First Line: Pueblo santo, y elegido (Holy people, chosen people) Scripture: Psalm 23:3-4 Used With Tune: [Caminamos hasia ti]
Pueblo Santo y Elegido (Holy People, Chosen People)
To you, O Christ, the Prince of Peace
Author: Richard Sturch (b. 1936) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: City Lyrics: 1 To you, O Christ, the Prince of Peace,
the source of love and pity,
we bring in prayer and penitence
the countryside and city;
the poverty that troubles both,
the vanity that fools us,
the walls that keep our lives apart,
the ignorance that rules us.
2 As once you walked in Galilee,
and learned its paths and valleys,
or met within Jerusalem
the crowds from streets and alleys;
so help us learn our age's needs
and meet those needs with caring,
your world and people see in all,
your love and gospel sharing.
3 Lord, let us never pass our days
indifferent to others;
or build up walls that hide from sight
our sisters and our brothers;
through windows barred and shuttered tight
how can your sunshine reach us?
O make us open to your truth,
your love and service teach us!
4 May all the darkness we have made
and sins that have controlled us
fade in the glory of your light,
and your strong love enfold us.
Bring us to new Jerusalem,
your Bride from heaven descending,
the City of the Father's peace
and joy that has no ending. Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46 Used With Tune: BUGEILIO'R GWENITH GWYN
To you, O Christ, the Prince of Peace
Mighty God, to thy dear Name be given
Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Church Life and Work City, Nation, World Lyrics: 1 Mighty God, to thy dear Name be given
Highest praise o'er all the earth and heaven.
All souls distressed,
All men oppressed,
Their voices raising,
Unite in praising Thy glory.
2 God is God, though all the earth lay wasted;
God is God, though all men death had tasted.
While nations stumble,
In darkness fumble,
By stars surrounded,
Countless aboundeth God's harvest.
3 Highest hills and deepest vales shall vanish,
Earth and heaven both alike be banished.
As in the dawning
Of every morning
The sun appeareth,
So glorious neareth
God's kingdom. Used With Tune: DEUS FORTIS
Mighty God, to thy dear Name be given
Now Join We to Praise the Creator
Author: Fred Kaan Appears in 10 hymnals Topics: Christian Concern Society and City Lyrics: 1 Now join we to praise the Creator,
Our voices in worship and song;
We stand to recall with thanksgiving
That to Him all seasons belong.
We thank you, O God, for your goodness,
For the joy and abundance of crops,
For food that is stored in the cupboards,
For all we can buy in the shops.
2 But also of need and starvation
We sing with concern and despair,
Of skills that are used for destruction,
Of land that is burnt and laid bare.
We cry for the plight of the hungry
While harvests are left in the field,
For orchards neglected and wasting,
For produce from markets withheld.
3 The song grows in depth and in wideness;
The earth and the people are one.
There can be no thanks without giving,
No words without deeds that are done.
Then teach us, O Lord of the harvest,
To be humble in all that we claim,
To share what we have with the nations,
To care for the world in your name. Used With Tune: SHARING Text Sources: from "The Sharing Carol"
Now Join We to Praise the Creator
Psalm 143:1-11: Do Not Hide Your Face
Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: City of God First Line: O LORD, listen to my prayer Refrain First Line: Do not hide your face from me Scripture: Psalm 143:1-11 Used With Tune: [Do not hide your face from me] Text Sources: Refrain, Liturgy of the Hours; Verses, The Revised Grail Psalms
Psalm 143:1-11: Do Not Hide Your Face
The Songs of Heaven
Appears in 177 hymnals Topics: City of God First Line: Ye angels, who stand round the throne
The Songs of Heaven
The State of the Heathen
Appears in 1,680 hymnals Topics: City of God First Line: From Greenland's icy mountains
The State of the Heathen
When the Pious Prayers We Make
Author: David S. Goodall Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Christian Concern Society and City Lyrics: 1 When the pious prayers we make
are a wall of pride,
lest the faithful few awake
to the world outside;
when a man won't mix with a race
which he disapproves,
only God descends to make clean the face
of the world He loves.
2 Through the bright persuading voice
of the lies we read,
in the self-deceiving choice
of our lust and greed,
though the word of man is a mesh
that our blindness proves,
we have seen the Word of the Lord made flesh
in the world He loves.
3 Beat the dust and noisy pain
of our town and street;
watch Him flinching at the stain
of our hands and feet;
hang the heart of God upon high
though He reigns above--
and then see Him conquering come to die
in the world He loves. Used With Tune: PIOUS PRAYERS
When the Pious Prayers We Make
Tell my people I love them
Author: Leonard Barlotti; Guy Jansen Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: City First Line: Tell my people I came and died Used With Tune: [Tell my people I came and died]
Tell my people I love them
Here's the Proud Policeman
Author: Phyllis McGinley Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: City Used With Tune: [Here's the proud Policeman]
Here's the Proud Policeman
Here's the Bus
Author: Phyllis McGinley Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: City First Line: Here's the Bus, the bouncing Bus Used With Tune: [Here's the Bus, the bouncing Bus]
Here's the Bus
So light up the fire and let the flame burn
Author: Sue McClellan (b. 1951); John Paculabo (1946-2013); Keith Ryecroft (b. 1949) Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: City First Line: Colours of day dawn into the mind Scripture: John 8:12 Used With Tune: LIGHT UP THE FIRE
So light up the fire and let the flame burn
There is a holy city
Author: Anon. Appears in 87 hymnals Topics: The Holy City Lyrics: 1 There is a holy city,
A happy world above,
Beyond the starry regions,
Built by the God of love;
An everlasting temple,
And saints arrayed in white,
There serve their great Redeemer,
And dwell with him in light.
2 The meanest child of glory
Outshines the radiant sun:
But who can speak the splendor
Of that eternal throne,
Where Jesus sits exalted
In godlike majesty?
The elders fall before him,
The angels bend the knee.
3 Is this the Man of sorrows,
Who stood at Pilate's bar
Condemned by haughty Herod,
And by his men of war?
He seems a mighty conqueror,
Who spoiled the powers below,
And ransomed many captives
From everlasting woe!
4 The hosts of saints around him
Proclaim his work of grace;
The patriarchs and prophets,
And all the godly race,
Who speak of fiery trials
And tortures on their way--
They came from tribulation
To everlasting day.
5 And what shall be my journey,
How long I'll stay below,
Or what shall be my trials,
Are not for me to know;
In every day of trouble,
I'll raise my thoughts on high;
I'll think of the bright temple,
And crowns above the sky.
There is a holy city
A Wilderness Wandering People
Author: Jim Strathdee Meter: Irregular Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Cities, Towns and Villages; Cities, Towns and Villages First Line: We are a wilderness wandering people Scripture: Isaiah 40:3-5 Used With Tune: WILDERNESS
A Wilderness Wandering People
I Want to Be Ready
Meter: Irregular with refrain Appears in 12 hymnals Topics: New Heaven and a New Earth The Completion of Creation (The City of God) First Line: O John, O John, what did you say Lyrics: Refrain:
I want to be ready,
I want to be ready,
I want to be ready
to walk in Jerusalem just like John.
1 O John, O John, what did you say?
Walk in Jerusalem just like John!
That you'd be there on judgment day.
Walk in Jerusalem just like John!
(Refrain)
2 John said the city was just foursquare.
Walk in Jerusalem just like John!
And he declared he'd meet me there.
Walk in Jerusalem just like John.
(Refrain)
3 Now sinners, mind how you step on the cross.
Walk in Jerusalem just like John!
Your foot might slip and your soul get lost.
Walk in Jerusalem just like John!
(Refrain)
Used With Tune: I WANT TO BE READY Text Sources: Afro-American spiritual
I Want to Be Ready
A City's Christmas
Author: William Wright Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Christmas City First Line: The towering buildings close around;
A City's Christmas
Beyond the Bar
Author: T. M. Eastwood Appears in 13 hymnals Topics: City of God First Line: Beyond the bar on yonder shore Refrain First Line: I'll need no light of sun or star Used With Tune: [Beyond the bar on yonder shore]
Beyond the Bar
God in His Love
Author: F. Pratt Green Appears in 20 hymnals Topics: Christian Concern Society and City First Line: God in his love for us lent us this planet Lyrics: 1 God in His love for us lent us this planet,
Gave it a purpose in time and in space;
Small as a spark from the fire of creation,
Cradle of life and the home of our race.
2 Thanks be to God for its bounty and beauty,
Life that sustains us in body and mind:
Plenty for all, if we learn how to share it,
Riches undreamed of to fathom and find.
3 Long have the wars of man ruined his harvest;
Long has Earth bowed to the terror of force.
Now we pollute it, in cynical silence:
Poison the fountain of life at its source.
4 Casual de spoilers, or high-priests of Mammon
Selling the future for present rewards,
Careless of life and contemptuous of beauty:
Bid us remember: the Earth is the Lord's!
5 Earth is the Lord's: it is ours to enjoy it,
Ours, as His stewards, to farm and defend.
Now from pollution, disease, and damnation,
Good Lord, deliver us, world without end! Used With Tune: ECOLOGY
God in His Love
Lord of the Bronze-Green Prairies
Author: Grace Lane Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: City Scripture: Isaiah 52:7 Used With Tune: ZOAN
Lord of the Bronze-Green Prairies
Sleepers, Wake
Author: Philip Nicolai; Jay Macpherson Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: A New Heaven and A New Earth Completion of Creation and City of God; City/City of God First Line: "Sleepers, wake!" the watch are calling Used With Tune: WACHET AUF
Sleepers, Wake
Arise, Shine Out, Your Light Has Come
Author: Brian Wren Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: New Heaven and a New Earth The Completion of Creation (The City of God) Lyrics: 1 Arise, shine out, your light has come,
unfolding city of our dreams.
On distant hills a glory gleams:
the new creation has begun.
2 Above earth's valleys, thick with night,
high on your walls the dawn appears,
and history shall dry its tears,
as nations march toward your light.
3 From walls surpassing time and space
unnumbered gates, like open hands,
shall gather gifts from all the lands
and welcome all the human race.
4 The sounds of violence shall cease
as dwellings of salvation rise
to sparkle in eternal skies
from avenues of praise and peace.
5 The dancing air shall glow with light,
and sun and moon give up their place,
when love shines out of every face,
our good, our glory, and delight.
Scripture: Isaiah 60:1-3 Used With Tune: DUNEDIN
Arise, Shine Out, Your Light Has Come
Hay un Río Que Fluye (There's a River)
Author: Renato Tariariá, n. 1960; Oscar López Marroquín, n. 1937; Ronald F. Krisman, n. 1946 Meter: 10.8.10.8.7.7.7 Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: City of God First Line: Hay un Río que fluye sincesar (There's a river that endlessly will flow) Scripture: Revelation 21:27 Used With Tune: WAIWAI
Hay un Río Que Fluye (There's a River)
Song of the Three Children/Daniel 3:52-56
Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: City of God First Line: You are blest, Lord God of our ancestors Refrain First Line: To you, glory and praise forevermore Scripture: Daniel 3:52-56 Used With Tune: [You are blest, Lord God of our ancestors]
Song of the Three Children/Daniel 3:52-56
God of peace, in peace preserve us
Author: Ernst William Olson, 1870 - 1958 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Church Life and Work City, Nation, World Lyrics: 1 God of peace, in peace preserve us,
Hear us, merciful Lord God!
Let no lust for power swerve us
From the way our Master trod.
Guarded by thy mighty hand,
Safe and free our people stand.
2 God of love, if foemen face us
Armed with weapons forged in hate,
Let not pride nor greed debase us;
All our efforts consecrate
That the wrong shall be made right
In the Spirit, by thy might. A-men.
3 God of mercy, bid the terrors
Of inhuman strife to cease;
Overrule our grievous errors
By thy scepter, Prince of Peace.
Let thine angels speak again,
'Peace of earth, good will toward men.'
Amen. Used With Tune: PAX (KILGORE)
God of peace, in peace preserve us
O God of wondrous grace and glory
Author: Luther D. Reed, b. 1873 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Church Life and Work City, Nation, World Used With Tune: MOUNT AIRY
O God of wondrous grace and glory
See Them Building
Author: Caryl Micklem; Ruth Micklem; Olov Hartman Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Christian Concern Society and City First Line: See them building Babel's tower Used With Tune: BABEL'S TOWER
See Them Building
Jerusalem, arise
Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: The Holy City Used With Tune: [Jerusalem, arise]
Jerusalem, arise
The pilgrims' song
Author: John Cennick Meter: 7 Appears in 1,182 hymnals Topics: Zion City of God First Line: Children of the heavenly King Scripture: Isaiah 35:10
The pilgrims' song
Ye are come unto Mount Sion
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 186 hymnals Topics: Zion City of God First Line: Not to the terrors of the Lord Scripture: Hebrews 12:22
Ye are come unto Mount Sion
Preserving Grace
Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 359 hymnals Topics: City of God First Line: To God the only-wise
Preserving Grace
Sun of Righteousness
Appears in 475 hymnals Topics: City of God First Line: Christ, whose glory fills the skies
Sun of Righteousness
On That Day
Author: Kate Cuddy, b. 1973 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: City of God First Line: We'll see the holy city there Used With Tune: [We'll see the holy city there]
On That Day
God, as We Rise to Leave
Author: Fred Kaan Meter: 11.11.11.5 Appears in 10 hymnals Topics: City/City of God First Line: God, as we rise to leave the shell of worship Lyrics: 1 God, as we rise to leave the shell of worship,
called to the risk of unprotected living,
willing to be at one with all your people,
we ask for courage.
2 For all the strain with living interwoven,
for the demands each day will make upon us,
and for the love we owe the modern city,
Lord, make us cheerful.
3 Give us an eye for openings to serve you;
make us alert when calm is interrupted,
ready and wise to use the unexpected;
sharpen our insight.
4 Life from our life the blanket of convention;
give us the nerve to lose ourselves to others;
be with your church in death and resurrection,
God of all ages. Used With Tune: LOBET DEN HERREN
God, as We Rise to Leave
Praise the Lord with the Sound of Trumpet
Author: Natalie Sleeth Meter: Irregular Appears in 13 hymnals Topics: City/City of God Used With Tune: PRAISE THE LORD
Praise the Lord with the Sound of Trumpet
All Poor Ones and Humble (All Poor Men and Humble)
Author: William Thomas Pennar Davies; Katharine Emily Roberts Meter: 6.6.8.6.6.8 D with refrain Appears in 12 hymnals Topics: City/City of God First Line: All poor ones and humble Refrain First Line: Then haste we to show him Used With Tune: OLWEN
All Poor Ones and Humble (All Poor Men and Humble)
For the Faithful Who Have Answered
Author: Sylvia Dunstan Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 6 hymnals Topics: City/City of God Used With Tune: OMNI DIE
For the Faithful Who Have Answered
I See a New Heaven
Author: Carolyn McDade Meter: Irregular with refrain Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: A New Heaven and A New Earth Completion of Creation and City of God; City/City of God First Line: There, there on the banks of a river bright and free Used With Tune: I SEE A NEW HEAVEN
I See a New Heaven
Beautiful City
Author: Franklin E. Belden Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: The Home Eternal City of God First Line: Beautiful city, haven of peace Refrain First Line: Beautiful city, haven of peace Lyrics: 1. Beautiful city, haven of peace,
Beautiful home where weeping shall cease;
When shall thy gates be opened to me?
When shall I rest forever in thee?
Refrain:
Beautiful city, haven of peace,
Home of the soul, where weeping shall cease;
Beautiful city, waiting for me,
When shall I rest forever in thee?
2. Beautiful city, haven of joy,
Heavenly praise our tongues shall employ;
Glad are thy songs that never grow old,
Bright are thy walls of jasper and gold. [Refrain]
3. Beautiful city, haven of rest,
Beautiful mansions, home of the blest;
O how I long thy glories to see!
Beautiful city, waiting for me. [Refrain]
Used With Tune: [Beautiful city, haven of peace]
Beautiful City
Jerusalem, the City on the Mountain
Author: Daniel Meeter Meter: 11.10.10.11 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: City of God Scripture: Psalm 87 Used With Tune: GENEVAN 87
Jerusalem, the City on the Mountain
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