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O God, Whose First Creative Word
Author: Judith Fetter Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 Topics: God The Triune God; Creation; Faith; God Creator; Grace; Holy Spirit Presence; Hope; Temptation; Time; Trinity; Triumph; Word of God Used With Tune: MELITA
O God, Whose First Creative Word
Thou Who the night in pray'r didst spend
Author: Anon. Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 16 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 Thou Who the night in prayer didst spend,
And then Thy twelve apostles send;
And bidd'st us pray the harvest's Lord
To send forth sowers of Thy word,
Hear, and Thy chosen servants bless
With seven-fold gifts of holiness.
2 Oh, may Thy pastors faithful be,
Not laboring for themselves, but Thee;
Give grace to feed with wholesome food
The sheep and lambs bought by Thy blood;
To tend Thy flock, and thus to prove
How dearly they the Shepherd love!
3 Oh, may Thy people faithful be,
And in Thy pastors honor Thee,
And with them work, and for them pray,
And gladly Thee in them obey;
Receive the prophet of the Lord,
And gain the prophet's own reward!
4 So may we, when our work is done,
Together stand before the throne;
And joyful hearts and voices raise
In one united song of praise,
With all the bright celestial host,
To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Amen.
Topics: Ember Days; Ember Days; Ordinations; The Clergy Used With Tune: MELITA
Thou Who the night in pray'r didst spend
O Thou Who madest land and sea
Author: G. Thring Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 6 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 O Thou Who madest land and sea,
And guidest all, in all their ways,
Who hearest those who bring to Thee
Their sacrifice of prayer and praise;
Oh, hear Thy children as they bring
Themselves a lowly offering!
2 Great God, Who with a Father's love
Dost watch o'er all created things,
And gatherest all, below, above,
Beneath the shadow of Thy wings;
Protect, we pray Thee, now, and bless
Thy children who are fatherless.
3 Thou hearest still the eagle's cry,
And notest e'en a sparrow's fall,
Thy listening ear doth heed on high,
And hearken to the raven's call;
Then, heavenly Father, hear and bless
Thy children who are fatherless.
4 Come, heavenly Father, come to-day,
For we Thy children come to Thee,
And Thou wilt never say us, nay,
If come we in humility;
New-born in Thee, O Father, bless
Thy children who are fatherless.
5 Cast forth upon the barren strand
Of this lone world, to Thee we fly;
In faith and hope, we fain would stand
Beneath Thy sheltering arm for aye;
Stretch forth Thy hand ad pitying bless
Thy children who are fatherless.
6 And may we all with joyful mind
Our hearts as living offerings bring,
The first-fruits of our life, to find
A Father in our heavenly King;
And learn in life and death to bless
Thee, "Father of the fatherless."
Amen.
Topics: Orphans; Almsgiving and Charities; Orphans; Processionals Missions Used With Tune: MELITA
O Thou Who madest land and sea
O God, beyond All Face and Form
Author: Herbert O'Driscoll (1928-) Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Topics: Creation; Creation; Love; Baptism (infants) Scripture: Genesis 1, 2:1-4 Used With Tune: MELITA
O God, beyond All Face and Form
How Shall We Answer Terror's Cry?
Author: Richard W. Adams Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 First Line: How shall we answer terror's cry Lyrics: 1. How shall we answer terror’s cry,
The cunning blade, the flaming sky?
When murderous spite knocks down our door
And violence breaks upon our shore,
O let us come and look to You
To know Your will—what shall we do?
2. When Satan whispers, Hate your foe,
Now take your vengeance—draw the bow,
Protect us from the tempter’s guile,
The lying voice, the evil smile.
O let us come in trust to You,
To hear the word we know is true.
3. When executioners hung You high
You turned Your prayer up to the sky,
And pled the Father to forgive,
You asked that cruel men might live.
O let us Your example take,
And pray for sinners as we ache.
4. We pray that You their hearts will turn;
And light a holy fire to burn
Their dross away, so they may be
Like gold refined, eternally.
O let us pray that they become,
Like us, with You forever one. Used With Tune: MELITA
How Shall We Answer Terror's Cry?
I Sing the Birth Was Born Tonight
Author: Ben Jonson, 1573-1637 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 18 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1. I sing the birth was born tonight,
The Author both of life and light;
The angels so did sound it,
And like the ravished shepherds said,
Who saw the light, and were afraid,
Yet searched, and true they found it.
2. The Son of God, th’eternal King,
That did us all salvation bring,
And freed the soul from danger;
He whom the whole world could not take,
The Word, which Heaven and earth did make,
Was now laid in a manger.
3. The Father’s wisdom willed it so,
The Son’s obedience knew no No,
Both wills were in one stature;
And as that wisdom had decreed,
The Word was now made flesh indeed,
And took on Him our nature.
4. What comfort by Him do we win?
Who made Himself the Prince of sin,
To make us heirs of glory?
To see this babe, all innocence,
A martyr born in our defense,
Can man forget this story? Used With Tune: MELITA Text Sources: appeared in his Underwoods, in the second volume (folio) of his Works, published in 1640
I Sing the Birth Was Born Tonight
Lord, I Deserve Thy Deepest Wrath
Author: Basil Manly, Jr. Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 4 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1. Lord, I deserve thy deepest wrath,
Ungrateful, faithless I have been;
No terrors have my soul deterred,
Nor goodness wooed me from my sin.
No terrors have my soul deterred,
Nor goodness wooed me from my sin.
2. My heart is vile, my mind depraved,
My flesh rebels against Thy will;
I am polluted in Thy sight,
Yet, Lord have mercy on me still!
I am polluted in Thy sight,
Yet, Lord have mercy on me still!
3. Without defense to Thee I look,
To Thee the only Savior fly;
Without a hope, without a friend,
In deep distress to Thee I cry,
Without a hope, without a friend,
In deep distress to Thee I cry.
4. Speak peace to me, my sins forgive,
Dwell Thou within my heart, O God,
The guilt and pow’r of sin remove,
And fit me for Thy blest abode,
The guilt and pow’r of sin remove,
And fit me for Thy blest abode. Used With Tune: MELITA Text Sources: The Baptist Psalmody, 1850
Lord, I Deserve Thy Deepest Wrath
Surrounded by a Host of Foes
Author: Charles Wesley; John Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 37 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1. Surrounded by a host of foes,
Stormed by a host of foes within,
Nor swift to flee, nor strong t’oppose,
Single, against hell, earth, and sin,
Single, yet undismayed, I am;
I dare believe in Jesus’ name.
2. What though a thousand hosts engage,
A thousand worlds, my soul to shake?
I have a shield shall quell their rage,
And drive the alien armies back;
Portrayed it bears a bleeding Lamb
I dare believe in Jesus’ name.
3. Me to retrieve from Satan’s hands,
Me from this evil world to free,
To purge my sins, and loose my bands,
And save from all iniquity,
My Lord and God from Heav’n He came;
I dare believe in Jesus’ name.
4. Salvation in His name there is,
Salvation from sin, death, and hell,
Salvation into glorious bliss,
How great salvation, who can tell!
But all He hath for mine I claim;
I dare believe in Jesus’ name. Used With Tune: MELITA Text Sources: Hymns and Sacred Poems, by John & Charles Wesley, 1749
Surrounded by a Host of Foes
We Worship Thee, O Crucified
Author: Albert W. T. Orsborn Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 3 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1. We worship Thee, O Crucified!
What glories didst Thou lay aside;
What depth of human grief and sin
Didst Thou consent to languish in,
That through atoning blood outpoured
Our broken peace might be restored!
2. We mourn that e’er our hearts should be
One with a world that loves not Thee;
That with the crowd we passed Thee by,
And saw, but did not feel, Thee die.
Not till we knew our guilt and shame
Did we esteem our Savior’s name.
3. Though with our shame we shunned the light,
Thou didst not leave us in the night;
We were not left in sin to stray
Unsought, unloved, from Thee away;
For from Thy cross irradiates
A power that saves and recreates.
4. O loved above all earthly love,
To Thee our hearts adoring move;
Thy boundless mercies yearn to save
And in Thy blood sin’s wounds to lave.
O speed the day when men shall see
That human hopes are all in Thee. Used With Tune: MELITA
We Worship Thee, O Crucified
Sinners, Rejoice: Your Peace Is Made
Author: Charles Wesley; John Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 3 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1. Sinners, rejoice: your peace is made;
Your Savior on the cross hath bled:
Your God, in Jesus reconciled,
On all His works again hath smiled;
Hath grace through Him and blessing giv’n,
To all in earth and all in Heav’n.
2. Angels rejoice in Jesus’ grace,
And vie with man’s more favored race;
The blood that did for us atone,
Conferred on them some gift unknown;
Their joy through Jesus’ pains abounds,
They triumph by His glorious wounds.
3. Or, stablished and confirmed by Him
Who did our lower world redeem,
Secure they keep their blest estate,
Firm on an everlasting seat;
Or, raised above themselves, aspire,
In bliss improved, in glory higher.
4. Him they beheld, our conquering God,
Returned with garments rolled in blood!
They saw, and kindled at the sight,
And filled with shouts the realms of light;
With loudest hallelujahs met,
And fell, and kissed His bleeding feet.
5. They saw Him in the courts above.
With all His recent prints of love;
The wounds, the blood! they heard its voice,
That heightened all their highest joys;
They felt it sprinkled through the skies,
And shared that better sacrifice.
6. Not angel tongues can e’er express
The unutterable happiness;
Nor human hearts can e’er conceive
The bliss wherein through Christ they live,
But all your Heav’n, ye glorious powers,
And all your God, is doubly ours!
Used With Tune: MELITA Text Sources: Hymns for Ascension, by John and Charles Wesley, 1762
Sinners, Rejoice: Your Peace Is Made
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