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O Lord of Life, Where'er They Be

Author: Frederick Lucian Hosmer Hymnal: The Worshipbook #513 (1972) Meter: 8.8.8 with alleluias Topics: Acts of the Church Witness to the Resurrection—Funeral Lyrics: 1 O Lord of life, where’er they be, Safe in your own eternity, Now live your children gloriously: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! 2 All souls you call, both here and there Do rest within your sheltering care; One providence alike they share: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! 3 Your word is true, your ways are just; Above the chanted “Dust to dust” Shall rise our song of grateful trust: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! 4 Happy are they in God who rest, No more by fear and doubt oppressed, Living or dying, they are blest: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Amen. Scripture: Deuteronomy 33:27 Tune Title: GELOBT SEI GOTT

O Lord, You Are Our God and King

Hymnal: The Worshipbook #517 (1972) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Acts of the Church Witness to the Resurrection—Funeral Lyrics: 1 O Lord, you are our God and King, And we will ever bless your name; We will extol you every day, And evermore your praise proclaim. 2 The Lord is greatly to be praised; His greatness is beyond our thought; From age to age the sons of men Shall tell the wonders God has wrought. 3 Upon your glorious majesty And wondrous works our minds shall dwell; Your deeds shall fill the world with awe, And of your greatness we will tell. 4 Your matchless goodness and your grace Your people shall commemorate, And all your truth and righteousness Our joyful songs shall celebrate. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 145 Tune Title: DUKE STREET

O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go

Author: George Matheson Hymnal: The Worshipbook #519 (1972) Meter: 8.8.8.8.6 Topics: Acts of the Church Witness to the Resurrection—Funeral Lyrics: 1 O Love that wilt not let me go, I rest my weary soul in thee; I give thee back the life I owe, That in thine ocean depths its flow May richer, fuller be. 2 O Light that followest all my way, I yield my flickering torch to thee; My heart restores its borrowed ray, That in thy sunshine's blaze its day May brighter, fairer be. 3 O Joy that seekest me through pain, I cannot close my heart to thee; I trace the rainbow through the rain, And feel the promise is not vain That morn shall tearless be. 4 O Cross that liftest up my head, I dare not ask to fly from thee; I lay in dust life's glory dead, And from the ground there blossoms red Life that shall endless be. Amen. Scripture: Romans 8:35-39 Tune Title: ST. MARGARET

O My Soul, Bless God, the Father

Hymnal: The Worshipbook #523 (1972) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Topics: Acts of the Church The Marriage Service Lyrics: 1 O my soul, bless God, the Father; All within me, bless his name; Bless the Father, and forget not All his mercies to proclaim. 2 He forgives all your transgressions, Each disease he gently heals; He redeems you from destruction, And with you so kindly deals. 3 Far as east from west is distant, He has put away our sin; Like the pity of a father Has the Lord's compassion been. 4 As it was without beginning, So it lasts without an end; To their children's children ever Shall his righteousness extend: 5 Unto such as keep his covenant And are steadfast in his way; Unto those who still remember His commandments and obey. 6 Bless the Father, all his creatures, Ever under his control, All throughout his vast dominion; Bless the Father, O my soul. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 103 Tune Title: STUTTGART

Our God, Our Help in Ages Past

Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: The Worshipbook #549 (1972) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Acts of the Church Witness to the Resurrection—Funeral Lyrics: 1 Our God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home: 2 Before the hills in order stood, Or earth received her frame, From everlasting you are God, To endless years the same. 3 A thousand ages in your sight Are like an evening gone; Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. 4 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away; They fly forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day. 5 Our God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, O be our guard while life shall last, And our eternal home. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 90 Tune Title: ST. ANNE

Praise We Our Maker While We've Breath

Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: The Worshipbook #558 (1972) Meter: 8.8.8 D Topics: Acts of the Church Witness to the Resurrection—Funeral Lyrics: 1 Praise we our Maker while we've breath; And when our voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ our nobler powers. Our days of praise shall ne'er be past While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures. 2 The Lord gives vision to the blind; The Lord supports the fainting mind; He sends the laboring conscience peace. He helps the stranger in distress, The widow and the fatherless, And grants the prisoner sweet release. 3 Blest is the man whose hopes rely On Israel's God, who made the sky And earth and seas, with all their train. His truth forever stands secure; He saves th'oppressed and feeds the poor, And none shall find his promise vain. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 146 Tune Title: OLD 113TH

Tis the Gift to Be Simple (Simple Gifts)

Hymnal: The Worshipbook #606 (1972) Topics: Acts of the Church Confirmation First Line: Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free Lyrics: 'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free, 'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be, And when we find ourselves in the place just right, 'Twill be in the valley of love and delight. When true simplicity is gained, To bow and to bend we shan't be ashamed, To turn, turn, will be our delight Till by turning, turning we come round right. Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:17 Tune Title: ['Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free]

We Come Unto Our Fathers' God

Author: Thomas H. Gill Hymnal: The Worshipbook #623 (1972) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7 Topics: Acts of the Church Witness to the Resurrection—Funeral Lyrics: 1 We come unto our fathers' God, Their Rock is our salvation; Th'eternal arms, their dear abode, We make our habitation. We bring you, Lord, the praise they brought, We seek you as your saints have sought In every generation. 2 Their joy unto their Lord we bring, Their song to us descending; The Spirit who in them did sing To us is music lending: His song in them, in us, is one; We raise it high, we send it on. The song is never ending. 3 You saints to come, take up the strain, The same sweet theme endeavor; Unbroken be the golden chain! Keep on the song forever! Safe in the same dear dwelling place, Rich with the same eternal grace, Bless the same boundless Giver. Amen. Scripture: Acts 3:13 Tune Title: NUN FREUT EUCH

We Gather Together to Ask the Lord's Blessing

Author: Theodore Baker Hymnal: The Worshipbook #624 (1972) Meter: 12.11.12.11 Topics: Acts of the Church Confirmation Lyrics: 1 We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing; He chastens and hastens his will to make known; The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing, Sing praises to his name; he forgets not his own. 2 Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining, Ordaining, maintaining his kingdom always; So from the beginning the fight we were winning; You, Lord, were at our side; to you be all praise. 3 We all do extol you, O leader triumphant, And pray that you still our defender will be. Let your congregation escape tribulation. Your name be ever praised! O Lord, make us free! Amen. Scripture: Numbers 6:24 Tune Title: KREMSER

Whate'er Our God Ordains Is Right

Author: Catherine Winkworth; Samuel Rodigast Hymnal: The Worshipbook #633 (1972) Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.4.8.8 Topics: Acts of the Church Witness to the Resurrection—Funeral Lyrics: 1 Whate'er our God ordains is right; His holy will abiding; We will be still, whate'er he does, And follow where he's guiding. He is our God; Though dark our road, He holds us that we shall not fall; Wherefore to him we leave it all. 2 Whate'er our God ordains is right; He never will deceive us. He leads us by the proper path; We know he will not leave us, And take, content, What he has sent; His hand can turn our griefs away, And patiently we wait his day. 3 Whate'er our God ordains is right; Here shall our stand be taken; Though sorrow, need, or death be ours, Yet we are not forsaken; Our Father's care Is round us there; He holds us that we shall not fall, And so to him we leave it all. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 116:5-7 Tune Title: WAS GOTT TUT