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Father All Holy

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt Meter: 10.7.10.7 D Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: Father all holy, bend we so lowly Lyrics: 1. Father all holy, bend we so lowly, Glowing with love’s tender flame; Father in Heaven, praises be given, Hallowed forever Thy name. Telling the story, spreading Thy glory, Send forth Thy people, we pray, Till every nation know Thy salvation, Under Thy kingdom’s full sway. 2. Angels adore Thee, waiting before Thee, Swift Thy commands to fulfill: Grant us, we pray Thee, grace to obey Thee, Choosing and serving Thy will. Father, now lead us, day by day feed us, Ever provide and defend; Trespass confessing, seeking Thy blessing, Pardon and peace without end. 3. From sin deliver, keep us forever, Kingdom and glory are Thine; Thine, too, the power, hear us this hour, Father, our Father divine! Jesus is pleading, still interceding, For His redeemed ones again, For His sake hear us, in His name cheer us, He is the faithful Amen. Used With Tune: FATHER ALL HOLY Text Sources: Living Hymns, by John Wanamaker & John R. Sweney (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: John J. Hood, 1890), number 1

Give of Your Best to the Master

Author: Howard B. Grose Meter: 8.7.8.7 D with refrain Appears in 168 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Give of your best to the Master; Give of the strength of your youth. Throw your soul’s fresh, glowing ardor Into the battle for truth. Jesus has set the example, Dauntless was He, young and brave. Give Him your loyal devotion; Give Him the best that you have. Refrain Give of your best to the Master; Give of the strength of your youth. Clad in salvation’s full armor, Join in the battle for truth. 2. Give of your best to the Master; Give Him first place in your heart. Give Him first place in your service; Consecrate every part. Give, and to you will be given; God His beloved Son gave. Gratefully seeking to serve Him, Give Him the best that you have. [Refrain] 3. Give of your best to the Master; Naught else is worthy His love. He gave Himself for your ransom, Gave up His glory above. Laid down His life without murmur, You from sin’s ruin to save. Give Him your heart’s adoration; Give Him the best that you have. [Refrain] Used With Tune: BARNARD Text Sources: The Endeavor Hymnal, 1902

Our Souls, By Love Together Knit

Author: W. E. Miller Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 234 hymnals First Line: Our souls by love together knit Lyrics: 1 Our souls by love together knit, Cemented, mixed in one, One hope, one heart, one mind, one voice, ’Tis Heav’n on earth begun; Our hearts have burned while Jesus spoke, And glowed with sacred fire; He stopped and talked and fed, and blessed, And filled th’enlarged desire. 2 We’re soldiers fighting for our God, Let trembling cowards fly; We’ll stand unshaken, firm and fixed, With Christ to live and die: Let devils rage and hell assail, We’ll cut our passage through; Let foes unite and friends desert, We’ll seize the crown our due. 3 The little cloud increases still, The heav’ns are big with rain; We haste to catch the teeming shower, And all its moisture drain: A rill, a stream, a torrent flows, But pour the mighty flood; O sweep the nations, shake the earth, Till all proclaim Thee God. 4 And when Thou makest up Thy jewels And set Thy starry crown, When all Thy sparkling gems shall shine, Proclaimed by Thee Thine own; May we, a little band of love, We sinners saved by grace, From glory into glory changed, Behold Thee face to face. Used With Tune: GERALD Text Sources: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, for the Use of Christians (Baltimore_ McCrea & Barnhill, 1801), alt.

From Whence Doth This Union Arise?

Author: Thomas Baldwin Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 228 hymnals First Line: From whence doth this union arise Lyrics: 1 From whence doth this union arise, That hatred is conquered by love? It fastens our souls with such ties, That distance and time can’t remove. 2 It cannot in Eden be found, Nor yet in paradise lost; It grows on Immanuel’s ground, And Jesus’ dear blood it did cost. 3 My friends now so dear unto me, Our souls are united in love: Where Jesus is gone we shall be, In yonder blest mansions above. 4 Then why so unwilling to part, Since there we shall meet again? Engraved on Immanuel’s heart, At distance we cannot remain. 5 With Jesus we ever shall reign, And all His bright glory shall see, And sing hallelujah, Amen, Amen, even so let it be! Used With Tune: UNION Text Sources: A Collection of Hymns, Selected from Sundry Poets by Edward Clark Saunders (Windham, Conn: John Byrne, 1791)

Sing, My Tongue, the Glorious Battle

Author: Venantius Fortunatus; Percy Dearmer; John M. Neale Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 13 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle, Sing the ending of the fray; Now above the cross, the trophy, Sound the loud triumphant lay: Tell how Christ the world’s Redeemer, As a victim won the day. 2. He, our maker, deeply grieving That the first made Adam fell, When he ate the fruit forbidden Whose reward was death and hell, Marked e’en then this tree the ruin Of the first tree to dispel. 3. Tell how, when at length the fullness, Of th’appointed time was come, Christ, the Word, was born of woman, Left for us His heavenly home; Showed us human life made perfect, Shone as light amid the gloom. 4. Lo! He lies an Infant weeping, Where the narrow manger stands, While the mother-maid His members Wraps in mean and lowly bands, And the swaddling clothes is winding Round His helpless feet and hands. 5. Thus, with thirty years accomplished, Went He forth from Nazareth, Destined, dedicated, willing, Wrought His work, and met His death. Like a lamb He humbly yielded On the cross His dying breath. 6. There the nails and spears He suffers, Vinegar, and gall, and reed; From His sacred body piercèd Blood and water both proceed; Precious flood, which all creation From the stain of sin hath freed. 7. Faithful cross, thou sign of triumph, Now for us the noblest tree, None in foliage, none in blossom, None in fruit thy peer may be; Symbol of the world’s redemption, For the weight that hung on thee! 8. Bend thy boughs, O tree of glory! Thy relaxing sinews bend; For awhile the ancient rigor That thy birth bestowed, suspend; And the King of heavenly beauty On thy bosom gently tend! 9. Thou alone wast counted worthy This world’s ransom to sustain, That a shipwrecked race forever Might a port of refuge gain, With the sacred blood anointed Of the Lamb of sinners slain. 10. To the Trinity be glory Everlasting, as is meet: Equal to the Father, equal To the Son, and Paraclete: God the Three in One, whose praises All created things repeat. Used With Tune: PICARDY

He Saves Me

Author: George Rutledge Stuart Appears in 778 hymnals First Line: Jesus, my all, to Heav'n is gone Refrain First Line: He saves me, He saves me Lyrics: 1. Jesus, my all, to Heav’n is gone, Glory hallelujah, Jesus saves me; He whom I fix my hopes upon, Glory hallelujah, Jesus saves me. Refrain He saves me, He saves me, Glory hallelujah, Jesus saves me. He saves me, He saves me, Glory hallelujah, Jesus saves me. 2. This is the way I long have sought, Glory hallelujah, Jesus saves me; And mourned because I found it not, Glory hallelujah, Jesus saves me. [Refrain] 3. The King’s highway of holiness, Glory hallelujah, Jesus saves me; I’ll go, for all His paths are peace, Glory hallelujah, Jesus saves me. [Refrain] 4. My grief a burden long has been, Glory hallelujah, Jesus saves me; Because I was not saved from sin, Glory hallelujah, Jesus saves me. [Refrain] 5. Lo! glad I come; and Thou, blest Lamb, Glory hallelujah, Jesus saves me; Shalt take me to Thee, as I am; Glory hallelujah, Jesus saves me. [Refrain] 6. Nothing but sin have I to give, Glory hallelujah, Jesus saves me; Nothing but love shall I receive, Glory hallelujah, Jesus saves me. [Refrain] 7. Then will I tell to sinners ’round, Glory hallelujah, Jesus saves me; What a dear Savior I have found, Glory hallelujah, Jesus saves me. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Jesus, my all, to Heav'n is gone]

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of Hosts

Author: James Montgomery Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 108 hymnals First Line: Holy, holy, holy Lord Lyrics: 1. Holy, holy, holy Lord God of Hosts! When Heav’n and earth, Out of darkness, at Thy Word, Issued into glorious birth, All Thy works before Thee stood, And Thine eye beheld them good, While they sang with sweet accord, Holy, holy, holy, Lord! 2. Holy, holy, holy! Thee One Jehovah evermore, Father, Son, and Spirit, we Dust and ashes, would adore; Lightly by the world esteemed, From that world by Thee redeemed, Sing we here with glad accord, Holy, holy, holy Lord! 3. Holy, holy, holy! All Heaven’s triumphant choirs shall sing When the ransomed nations fall At the footstool of their King: Then shall saints and seraphim, Hearts and voices, swell one hymn, Round the throne with full accord, Holy, holy, holy Lord! Used With Tune: MESSIAH Text Sources: first appeared in the Congregational Hymn Book, 1836

Homeward Bound (Warren)

Author: William Fairfield Warren Appears in 252 hymnals First Line: Out on an ocean all boundless we ride Lyrics: 1. Out on an ocean all boundless we ride, We’re homeward bound, homeward bound; Tossed on the waves of a rough, restless tide, We’re homeward bound, homeward bound; Far from the safe, quiet harbor we rode, Seeking our Father’s celestial abode; Promise of which on us each He bestowed: We’re homeward bound, homeward bound. 2. Wildly the storm sweeps us on as it roars, We’re homeward bound, homeward bound; Look! yonder lie the bright heavenly shores: We’re homeward bound, homeward bound; Steady, O pilot! stand firm at the wheel; Steady! we soon shall outweather the gale; Oh, how we fly ’neath the loud creaking sail! We’re homeward bound, homeward bound. 3. Into the harbor of Heav’n now we glide; We’re home at last, home at last; Softly we drift on its bright silver tide; We’re home at last, home at last; Glory to God! all our dangers are o’er; We stand secure on the glorified shore; Glory to God! we will shout evermore: We’re home at last, home at last; Used With Tune: [Out on an ocean all boundless we ride] Text Sources: Second Advent Hymn Book, by Phineas A. Smith (New York: Smith & Clough, 1850)

O God, Thou Art the Father

Author: Columba, 521-597; Duncan Macgregor Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 11 hymnals Lyrics: 1. O God, Thou art the Father Of all that have believed; From whom all hosts of angels Have life and power received. O God, Thou art the Maker Of all created things, The righteous Judge of judges, Th’almighty King of kings. 2. High in the heavenly Zion Thou reignest God adored; And in the coming glory Thou shalt be sovereign Lord. Beyond our ken Thou shinest, The everlasting Light; Ineffable in loving, Unthinkable in might. 3. Thou to the meek and lowly Thy secrets dost unfold; O God, Thou doest all things, All things both new and old. I walk secure and blessèd In every clime or coast, In name of God the Father, And Son, and Holy Ghost. Used With Tune: AURELIA

Son of God, Eternal Savior

Author: Somerset C. Lowry Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 61 hymnals 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, Thou who prayedst, Thou who willest, That Thy people should be one, Grant, O Grant our hope’s fruition: Here on earth Thy will be done. Used With Tune: BETHANY (Smart)