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We Would Be Building

Author: Purd E. Deitz Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 31 hymnals First Line: We would be building; temples still undone Topics: Christ Teacher; Commitment; Purpose; Unity; Youth, Hymns for; Church, The Youth, Hymns for Scripture: Nehemiah 2:20 Used With Tune: FINLANDIA

O Be Joyful in the Lord

Appears in 347 hymnals First Line: O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands Lyrics: 1 O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands; serve the Lord with gladness, and come before His presence with a song. 2 Be ye sure that the Lord He is God; it is He that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people and the sheep of His pasture. 3 O go your way into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise; be thankful unto Him and speak good of His Name. 4 For the Lord is gracious, His mercy is everlasting; and His truth endureth from generation to generation. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Topics: Service Music Morning Canticles Scripture: Psalm 100 Used With Tune: [O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands]

Again, as Evening's Shadow Falls

Author: Samuel Longfellow (1819-1892) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 162 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Again, as evening's shadow falls, We gather in these hallowed walls; And vesper hymn and vesper prayer Rise mingling on the holy air. 2 May struggling hearts that seek release Here find the rest of God's own peace; And, strengthened here by hymn and prayer, Lay down the burden and the care. 3 O God, our light! to Thee we bow; Within all shadows standest Thou; Give deeper calm than night can bring; Give sweeter songs than lips can sing. 4 Life's tumult we must meet again, We cannot at the shrine remain; But in the spirit's secret cell May hymn and prayer forever dwell. Amen. Topics: Contentment; Evening; Opening of Worship; Rest; Trial and Conflict; Worship Evening Scripture: Psalm 92:1-2 Used With Tune: ABENDS

Book of Books, Our People's Strength

Author: Percy Dearmer Meter: 7.8.7.8.8.8 Appears in 27 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Book of books, our people's strength, Statesman's, teacher's, hero's treasure, Bringing freedom, spreading truth, Shedding light that none can measure; Wisdom comes to those who know thee, All the best we have we owe thee. 2 Thank we those who toiled in thought, Many diverse scrolls completing, Poets, prophets, scholars, saints, Each his word from God repeating; Till they came, who told the story Of the Word, and showed His glory. 3 Praise we God, who hath inspired Those whose wisdom still directs us; Praise Him for the Word made flesh, For the Spirit who protects us. Light of knowledge, ever burning, Shed on us thy deathless learning. Amen. Topics: Art and Literature; Bible, The; Scriptures, The Holy Scripture: Romans 15:4 Used With Tune: LIEBSTER JESU

Bless Thou the Gifts Our Hands Have Brought

Author: Samuel Longfellow Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 53 hymnals Lyrics: Bless Thou the gifts our hands have brought; Bless Thou the work our hearts have planned; Ours is the faith, the will, the thought; The rest, O God, is in Thy hand. Amen. Topics: Service Music Offertory Responses Used With Tune: DEUS TUORUM MILITUM

All Things Come of Thee, O Lord

Appears in 128 hymnals Lyrics: All things come of Thee, O Lord, and of Thine own have we given Thee. Amen. Topics: Service Music Offertory Responses Scripture: 1 Chronicles 29:14 Used With Tune: [All things come of Thee, O Lord]

Hark, My Soul, It Is the Lord!

Author: William Cowper Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 687 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Hark, my soul, it is the Lord! 'Tis thy Saviour, hear His word; Jesus speaks, and speaks to thee, "Say, poor sinner, lovest thou Me? 2 "I delivered thee when bound, And, when bleeding, healed thy wound; Sought thee wandering, set thee right, Turned thy darkness into light. 3 "Can a woman's tender care Cease toward the child she bare? Yes, she may forgetful be, Yet will I remember thee. 4 "Mine is an unchanging love, Higher than the heights above, Deeper than the depths beneath, Free and faithful, strong as death." 5 Lord, it is my chief complaint That my love is weak and faint; Yet I love Thee, and adore: O for grace to love Thee more! Amen. Topics: Christ Call; Christ Call, Answering His; Christ Love for; Life in Christ Call of Christ, The Scripture: Isaiah 49:15 Used With Tune: ST. BEES

Let Us with a Gladsome Mind

Author: John Milton Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 545 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Let us with a gladsome mind Praise the Lord, for He is kind: For His mercies shall endure, Ever faithful, ever sure. 2 Let us sound His name abroad, For of gods He is the God: For His mercies shall endure, Ever faithful, ever sure. 3 He, with all-commanding might, Filled the new-made world with light: For His mercies shall endure, Ever faithful, ever sure. 4 All things living He doth feed; His full hand supplies their need: For His mercies shall endure, Ever faithful, ever sure. 5 Let us then with gladsome mind Praise the Lord, for He is kind: For His mercies shall endure, Ever faithful, ever sure. Amen. Topics: Worship Adoration and Praise; Adoration and Praise; God Grace; God Mercy Scripture: Psalm 136 Used With Tune: MONKLAND

Master, No Offering Costly and Sweet

Author: Edwin P. Parker Meter: 6.4.6.4.6.6.4 Appears in 119 hymnals First Line: Master, no offering Lyrics: 1 Master, no offering Costly and sweet, May we, like Magdalene, Lay at Thy feet; Yet may love's incense rise, Sweeter than sacrifice, Dear Lord, to Thee, Dear Lord, to Thee. 2 Daily our lives would show Weakness made strong, Toilsome and gloomy ways Brightened with song; Some deeds of kindness done, Some souls by patience won, Dear Lord, to Thee, Dear Lord, to Thee. 3 Some word of hope for hearts Burdened with fears, Some balm of peace for eyes Blinded with tears, Some dews of mercy shed, Some wayward footsteps led, Dear Lord, to Thee, Dear Lord, to Thee. 4 Thus, in Thy service, Lord, Till eventide Closes the day of life, May we abide; And when earth's labors cease, Bid us depart in peace, Dear Lord, to Thee, Dear Lord, to Thee. Amen. Topics: Commitment; Service; Life in Christ Dedication and Consecration Scripture: Luke 7:37-38 Used With Tune: LOVE'S OFERING

Hark! Hark, My Soul!

Author: Frederick W. Faber Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Appears in 604 hymnals First Line: Hark! hark, my soul! angelic songs are swelling Refrain First Line: Angels of Jesus, angels of light Lyrics: 1 Hark! hark, my soul! angelic songs are swelling O'er earth's green fields and ocean's wave-beat shore: How sweet the truth those blessed strains are telling, Of that new life when sin shall be no more. Refrain: Angels of Jesus, angels of light, Singing to welcome the pilgrims of the night! 2 Onward we go, for still we hear them singing, "Come, weary souls, for Jesus bids you come"; And through the dark, its echoes sweetly ringing, The music of the gospel leads us home. [Refrain] 3 Far, far away, like bells at evening pealing, The voice of Jesus sounds o'er land and sea; And laden souls, by thousands meekly stealing, Kind Shepherd, turn their weary steps to Thee. [Refrain] 4 Rest comes at length: though life be long and dreary, The day must dawn, and darksome night be past; Faith's journeys end in welcome to the weary, And heaven, the heart's true home, will come at last. [Refrain] 5 Angels, sing on, your faithful watches keeping; Sing us sweet fragments of the songs above, Till morning's joy shall end the night of weeping, And life's long shadows break in cloudless love. [Refrain] Amen. Topics: Funeral Services; Life Everlasting, The; Life in Christ Life Everlasting, The Scripture: Psalm 30:5 Used With Tune: PILGRIMS (Smart)