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Dear Lord and Father of Mankind

Author: John G. Whittier Meter: 8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 502 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Dear Lord and Father of mankind, Forgive our foolish ways; Reclothe us in our rightful mind, In purer lives Thy service find, In deeper reverence, praise. 2. In simple trust like theirs who heard, Beside the Syrian sea, The gracious calling of the Lord, Let us, like them, without a word, Rise up and follow Thee. 3. O Sabbath rest by Galilee, O calm of hills above, Where Jesus knelt to share with Thee The silence of eternity, Interpreted by love! 4. With that deep hush subduing all Our words and works that drown The tender whisper of Thy call, As noiseless let Thy blessing fall As fell Thy manna down. 5. Drop Thy still dews of quietness, Till all our strivings cease; Take from our souls the strain and stress, And let our ordered lives confess The beauty of Thy peace. 6. Breathe through the heats of our desire Thy coolness and Thy balm; Let sense be dumb, let flesh retire; Speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire, O still, small voice of calm. Used With Tune: REST (Maker) Text Sources: Atlantic Monthly, April 1872

Deck Thyself, My Soul, with Gladness

Author: Johann Franck; Catherine Winkworth Meter: 8.8.8.8 D Appears in 119 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness, Leave the gloomy haunts of sadness; Come into the daylight’s splendor, There with joy thy praises render Unto Christ whose grace unbounded Hath this wondrous banquet founded. Higher o’er all the heav’ns He reigneth, Yet to dwell with thee He deigneth. 2. Hasten as a bride to meet Him And with loving reverence greet Him; For with words of life immortal Now He knocketh at thy portal. Haste to ope the gates before Him, Saying, while thou dost adore Him, Suffer, Lord, that I receive Thee, And I nevermore will leave Thee. 3. He who craves a precious treasure Neither cost nor pain will measure; But the priceless gifts of heaven God to us hath freely given. Though the wealth of earth were offered, Naught would buy the gifts here offered: Christ’s true body, for thee riven, And His blood, for thee once given. 4. Ah, how hungers all my spirit For the love I do not merit! Oft have I, with sighs fast thronging, Thought upon this food with longing, In the battle well nigh worsted, For this cup of life have thirsted, For the Friend who here invites us And to God Himself unites us. 5. In my heart I find ascending Holy awe, with rapture blending, As this mystery I ponder, Filling all my soul with wonder, Bearing witness at this hour Of the greatness of God’s power; Far beyond all human telling Is the power within Him dwelling. 6. Human reason, though it ponder, Cannot fathom this great wonder That Christ’s body e’er remaineth Though it countless souls sustaineth And that He His blood is giving With the wine we are receiving. These great mysteries unsounded Are by God alone expounded. 7. Sun, who all my life dost brighten, Light, who dost my soul enlighten; Joy the best that any knoweth; Fount, whence all my being floweth; At Thy feet I cry, my Maker, Let me be a fit partaker Of this blessèd food from heaven, For our good, Thy glory, given. 8. Lord, by love and mercy driven Thou hast left Thy throne in heaven On the cross for me to languish And to die in bitter anguish, To forego all joy and gladness And to shed Thy blood in sadness. By this blood redeemed and living, Lord, I praise Thee with thanksgiving. 9. Jesus, Bread of Life, I pray Thee, Let me gladly here obey Thee. By Thy love I am invited, Be Thy love with love requited; From this supper let me measure, Lord, how vast and deep love’s treasure. Through the gifts Thou here dost give me As Thy guest in heaven receive me. Used With Tune: SCHMÜCKE DICH Text Sources: Translation: Lyra Germanica, 2nd Series (1858) and The Chorale Book for England (1863)

Ere Mountains Reared Their Forms Sublime

Author: Harriet Auber, 1773-1862 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 98 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Ere mountains reared their forms sublime, Or Heav’n and earth in order stood, Before the birth of ancient time, From everlasting Thou art God. 2. A thousand ages, in their flight, With Thee are as a fleeting day; Past, present, future, to Thy sight At once their various scenes display. 3. But our brief life’s a shadowy dream, A passing thought that soon is o’er, That fades with morning’s earliest beam, And fills the musing mind no more. 4. To us, O Lord, the wisdom give Each passing moment so to spend, That we at length with Thee may live Where life and bliss shall never end. Used With Tune: HAMBURG

Eternal Sun of Righteousness

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 71 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Eternal Sun of righteousness, Display Thy beams divine, And cause the glory of Thy face Upon my heart to shine. 2. Light, in Thy light, oh, may I see, Thy grace and mercy prove, Revived, and cheered, and blest by Thee, The God of pardoning love. 3. Lift up Thy countenance serene, And let Thy happy child Behold, without a cloud between, The Father reconciled. 4. On me Thy promised grace bestow, The peace by Jesus giv’n; The joys of holiness below, And then the joys of Heav’n. Used With Tune: EVAN Text Sources: Short Hymns, 1762, cento

From the Table Now Retiring

Author: John Rowe Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 140 hymnals Lyrics: 1. From the table now retiring Which for us the Lord hath spread, May our souls, refreshment finding, Grow in all things like our Head. 2. His example while beholding May our lives His image bear; Him our Lord and Master calling, His commands may we revere. 3. Love to God and man displaying, Walking steadfast in His way, Joy attend us in believing, Peace from God, through endless day. Used With Tune: TALMAR Text Sources: Collection (Bristol, England: 1806)

Happy the Home When God Is There

Author: Henry Ware Jr., 1794-1843 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 84 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Happy the home when God is there, And love fills every breast; When one their wish, and one their prayer, And one their heav’nly rest. 2. Happy the home where Jesus’ name Is sweet to every ear; Where children early speak His fame, And parents hold Him dear. 3. Happy the home where prayer is heard, And praise each day does rise; Where parents love the sacred Word And all its wisdom prize. 4. Lord, let us in our homes agree This blessèd peace to gain; Unite our hearts in love to Thee, And love to all will reign. Used With Tune: ST. AGNES Text Sources: Published posthumously in Selection of Hymns and Poetry for Use of Infants and Juvenile Schools and Families, third edition, 1846

Here, O My Lord, I See Thee

Author: Horatius Bonar Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 315 hymnals First Line: Here, O my Lord, I see Thee face to face Lyrics: 1. Here, O my Lord, I see Thee face to face; Here would I touch and handle things unseen; Here grasp with firmer hand eternal grace, And all my weariness upon Thee lean. 2. This is the hour of banquet and of song; This is the heavenly table spread for me; Here let me feast, and feasting, still prolong The hallowed hour of fellowship with Thee. 3. Here would I feed upon the bread of God, Here drink with Thee the royal wine of Heaven; Here would I lay aside each earthly load, Here taste afresh the calm of sin forgiven. 4. I have no help but Thine; nor do I need Another arm save Thine to lean upon; It is enough, my Lord, enough indeed; My strength is in Thy might, Thy might alone. 5. I have no wisdom save in Him who is My Wisdom and my Teacher both in One; No wisdom can I lack while Thou art wise; No teaching do I crave save Thine alone. 6. Mine is the sin, but Thine the righteousness: Mine is the guilt, but Thine the cleansing blood; Here is my robe, my refuge, and my peace; Thy Blood, Thy righteousness, O Lord my God! 7. Too soon we rise; the symbols disappear; The feast, though not the love, is past and gone. The bread and wine remove; but Thou art here, Nearer than ever, still my Shield and Sun. 8. Feast after feast thus comes and passes by; Yet, passing, points to the glad feast above, Giving sweet foretaste of the festal joy, The Lamb’s great bridal feast of bliss and love. Used With Tune: PENITENTIA

How Gentle God's Commands

Author: Philip Doddridge Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 664 hymnals Lyrics: 1. How gentle God’s commands, How kind His precepts are! Come, cast your burdens on the Lord, And trust His constant care. 2. Beneath His watchful eye His saints securely dwell; That hand which bears all nature up Shall guide His children well. 3. Why should this anxious load Press down your weary mind? Haste to your Heavenly Father’s throne, And sweet refreshment find. 4. His goodness stands approved, Down to the present day; I’ll drop my burden at His feet, And bear a song away. Used With Tune: DENNIS Text Sources: Published posthumously in Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures, by Job Orton (J. Eddowes and J. Cotton, 1755)

A Holy Air Is Breathing Round

Author: Abiel A. Livermore Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 30 hymnals Lyrics: 1. A holy air is breathing round, A fragrance from above; Be every soul from sense unbound, Be every spirit love. 2. O God, unite us heart to heart, In sympathy divine, That we be never drawn apart, To love not Thee nor Thine. 3. But by the cross of Jesus taught, And all His gracious word, Be nearer to each other brought, And nearer Thee, O Lord. Used With Tune: NAOMI Text Sources: Cheshire Pastoral Association's Christian Hymns, 1844

The Head That Once Was Crowned

Author: Thomas Kelly Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 511 hymnals First Line: The head that once was crowned with thorns Lyrics: 1. The head that once was crowned with thorns Is crowned with glory now; A royal diadem adorns The mighty victor’s brow. 2. The highest place that Heav’n affords Belongs to Him by right; The King of kings and Lord of lords, And Heaven’s eternal Light. 3. The joy of all who dwell above, The joy of all below, To whom He manifests His love, And grants His name to know. 4. To them the cross with all its shame, With all its grace, is given; Their name an everlasting name, Their joy the joy of Heaven. 5. They suffer with their Lord below; They reign with Him above; Their profit and their joy to know The mystery of His love. 6. The cross He bore is life and health, Though shame and death to Him, His people’s hope, His people’s wealth, Their everlasting theme. Used With Tune: ST. MAGNUS Text Sources: Hymns on Various Passages of Scripture, fifth edition (Dublin, Ireland: 1820)