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O God of earth and altar
Author: G. K. Chesterton, 1874-1936 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 75 hymnals Matching Instances: 22 Lyrics: 1 O God of earth and altar,
bow down and hear our cry,
our earthly rulers falter,
our people drift and die;
the walls of gold entomb us,
the swords of scorn divide,
take not thy thunder from us,
but take away our pride.
2 From all that terror teaches,
from lies of tongue and pen,
from all the easy speeches
that comfort cruel men,
from sale and profanation
of honour and the sword,
from sleep and from damnation,
deliver us, good Lord!
3 Tie in a living tether
the prince and priest and thrall,
bind all our lives together,
smite us and save us all;
in ire and exultation
aflame with faith, and free,
lift up a living nation,
a single sword to thee. Topics: National; Remembrance Sunday Scripture: 1 Samuel 15:10-11 Used With Tune: KING'S LYNN
O God of earth and altar
From All Thy Saints in Warfare
Author: Horatio, Earl Nelson, 1823-1913 Appears in 96 hymnals Matching Instances: 7 Lyrics: 1 From all thy saints in warfare,
For all thy saints at rest,
To thee, O blessed Jesus,
All praises be addressed.
Thou, Lord, didst win the battle
That they might conquerors be;
Their crowns of living glory
Are lit with rays from thee.
2 [Here insert the stanza for the special day.]
3 Then praise we God the Father,
And praise we God the Son
And God the Holy Spirit,
Eternal Three in One,
Till all the ransomed number
Fall down before the throne
And honor, power, and glory
Ascribe to God alone. Amen.
GENERAL STANZA ( when no specific one is available)
Apostles, prophets, martyrs,
And all the sacred throng
Who wear the spotless raiment,
Who raise the ceaseless song--
For these, passed on before us,
Savior, we thee adore,
And, walking in their footsteps,
Would serve Thee more and more.
ANDREW
Praise, Lord, for thine apostle,
The first to welcome thee,
The first to lead his brother
The very Christ to see.
With hearts for thee made ready,
May we throughout the year
Still watch to lead our brethren
To own thine advent near.
CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL
Praise for the light from heaven,
Praise for the voice of awe,
Praise for the glorious vision
The persecutor saw.
Thee, Lord, for his conversion
We glorify today;
Enlighten all our darkness
With thy true Spirit's ray.
HOLY INNOCENTS:
Praise for thine infant martyrs,
By thee with tenderest love
Called early from their warfare
To share the rest above.
O Rachel, cease your weeping;
Thy rest from pains and cares.
Lord, grant us hearts as guileless
And crowns as bright as theirs.
JAMES THE ELDER
For him, O Lord, we praise thee,
Who, slain by Herod's sword,
Drank of thy cup of suffering,
Fulfilling thus thy word.
Curb we all vain impatience
To read thy veiled decree,
And count it joy to suffer
If so brought nearer thee.
JOHN THE EVANGELIST
Praise for the loved disciple,
Exile on Patmos' shore;
Praise for the faithful record
He to thy Godhead bore.
Praise for the mystic vision
Through him to us revealed;
May we, in patience waiting,
With thine elect be sealed.
BARTHOLOMEW:
All praise for thine apostle,
The faithful, pure and true,
Whom underneath the fig tree
Thine eye all-seeing knew;
Like him may we be guileless--
True Israelites indeed--
That thine abiding presence
Our longing souls may feed.
MATTHEW
Praise, Lord, for him whose Gospel
Thy human life declared,
Who, worldly gains forsaking,
Thy path of suffering shared.
From all unrighteous mammon,
O give us hearts set free
That we, whate'er our calling,
May rise and follow thee.
MATTHIAS THE APOSTLE
Lord, thine abiding presence
Directs the wondrous choice;
For one in place of Judas
The faithful now rejoice.
The Church from false apostles
Forevermore defend,
And by thy parting promise
Be with her to the end.
NATIVITY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST
We praise thee for the Baptist,
Forerunner of the Word,
Our true Elias, making
A highway for the Lord.
Of prophets last and greatest,
He saw thy dawning ray,
Make us the rather blessèd,
Who love thy glorious day.
PETER
Praise for thy great apostle,
The eager and the bold;
Thrice falling, yet repentant,
Thrice charged to feed thy fold.
Lord, make thy pastors faithful
To guard their flocks from ill,
And grant them dauntless courage
With humble earnest will.
LUKE THE EVANGELIST
For that beloved physician
All praise, whose Gospel shows
The Healer of the nations,
The Sharer of our woes.
Thy wine and oil, O Savior,
On bruised hearts deign to pour,
And with true balm of Gilead
Anoint us evermore.
MARK THE EVANGELIST
For him, O Lord, we praise thee,
The weak by grace made strong,
Whose labors and whose Gospel
Enrich our triumph song.
May we in all our weakness
Find strength from thee supplies
And all as fruitful branches
In thee, the Vine, abide.
STEPHEN THE MARTYR
Praise for the first of martyrs,
Who saw thee ready stand
To aid in midst of torment,
To plead at God's right hand.
Share we with him, if summoned
By death our Lord to own,
On earth the faithful witness,
In heaven the martyr-crown.
PHILIP AND JAMES
All praise for thine apostle,
Blest guide to Greek and Jew,
And him surnamed thy brother;
Keep us thy brethren true.
And grant the grace to know thee,
The Way, the Truth,the Life,
To wrestle with temptations
Till victors in the strife.
SIMON AND JUDE
Praise, Lord, for thine apostles
Who sealed their faith today;
One love, one zeal impelled them
To tread the sacred way.
May we with zeal as earnest
The faith of Christ maintain
And, bound in love as brethren,
At length thy rest attain.
THOMAS
All praise for thine apostle,
Whose short-lived doubtings prove
Thy perfect twofold nature,
The fullness of thy love.
On all who wait thy coming
Shed forth thy peace, O Lord,
And grant us faith to know thee,
True Man, true God, adored.
Topics: The Christian Year Minor Festivals Used With Tune: KING'S LYNN
From All Thy Saints in Warfare
By all your saints still striving
Author: Horatio Bolton Nelson, 1823-1913 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 20 hymnals Matching Instances: 5 Topics: Holy Days and Various Occasions Saints' Days Used With Tune: KING'S LYNN Text Sources: Hymnal 1982 (ver.)
By all your saints still striving
Psalm 72:1-17
Author: S T Kimbrough, Jr. Appears in 2 hymnals Matching Instances: 2 First Line: Defend the needy and the poor Refrain First Line: Defend the needy and the poor Scripture: Psalm 72:1-17 Used With Tune: [Defend the needy and the poor]
Psalm 72:1-17
When Jesus Came to Jordan
Author: Fred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 21 hymnals Matching Instances: 2 Lyrics: 1 When Jesus came to Jordan
to be baptized by John,
he did not come for pardon
but as the Sinless One.
He came to share repentance
with all who mourn their sins,
to speak the vital sentence
with which good news begins.
2 He came to share temptation,
our utmost woe and loss,
for us and our salvation
to die upon the cross.
So when the dove descended
on him, the Son of Man,
the hidden years had ended,
the age of grace began.
3 Come, Holy Spirit, aid us
to keep the vows we make;
this very day invade us,
and ev'ry bondage break.
Come, give our lives direction,
the gift we covet most:
to share the resurrection
that leads to Pentecost. Topics: Baptism of Our Lord; Invocation; Pentecost, Holy Spirit; Time After Epiphany; Baptism of Our Lord; Epiphany, Time After Epiphany; Invocation; Lent; Pentecost, Holy Spirit Used With Tune: KING'S LYNN
When Jesus Came to Jordan
The God who sent the prophets
Appears in 2 hymnals Matching Instances: 2 Used With Tune: KING`S LYNN
The God who sent the prophets
O Faithless, Fearful Army
Author: Heinrich Vogel; W. A. Whitehouse Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 O faithless, fearful army,
for you the Lord doth fight;
for you, through oceans stormy,
he cleaves his path of light.
Determined is the issue,
the crucial vict'ry past;
and God, who has redeemed you,
upholds you to the last.
2 Why downcast, why despairing,
in face of hostile power,
as though alone you're bearing
the stresses of this hour?
To death and hell appointed,
see conqu'ring in your place
the Son of God, th'Anointed,
elect by sov'reign grace!
3 His death and resurrection
he clothes upon his folk,
bound to him in subjection
by faith and love and hope.
O warrior true and glorious,
thou hast God's battle won!
Lord Christ, for us victorious,
thy perfect work is done.
Topics: Warfare, Spiritual Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:2-5 Used With Tune: KING'S LYNN Text Sources: Der Herr wind für dich streiten
O Faithless, Fearful Army
God is my strong salvation
Author: James Mongtomery Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 287 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: KING'S LYNN
God is my strong salvation
Light of the minds that know him
Author: Augustine (354-430); Timothy Dudley-Smith (born 1926) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 11 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 Light of the minds that know him,
may Christ be light to mine!
my sun in risen splendour,
my light of truth divine;
my guide in doubt and darkness,
my true and living way,
my clear light ever shining,
my dawn of heaven's day.
2 Life of the souls that love him,
may Christ be ours indeed!
the living bread from heaven
on whom our spirits feed;
who died for love of sinners
to bear our guilty load,
and make of life's brief journey
a new Emmaus road.
3 Strength of the wills that serve him,
may Christ be strength to me,
who stilled the storm and tempest,
who calmed the tossing sea;
his Spirit's power to move me,
his will to master mine,
his cross to carry daily
and conquer in his sign.
4 May it be ours to know him
that we may truly love,
and loving, fully serve him
as serve the saints above;
till in that home of glory
with fadeless splendour bright,
we serve in perfect freedom
our strength, our life, our light. Topics: Easter The Resurrection of Christ; Easter 2 The Emmaus Road; God's Church Love and Devotion; Pentecost 7 The More Excellent Way Used With Tune: KING'S LYNN
Light of the minds that know him
O God of Font and Altar
Author: Carl Daw, Jr. (1944-) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 2 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 O God of font and altar,
of music, grandeur, light;
toward whom the soaring arches
aspire beyond their height:
as beauty draws us to you
within this house of prayer,
let worship form and feed us
to help us show your care.
2 O life-bestowing Spirit,
inspire this hallowed space;
breathe through us with new fervor
and fill us with your grace.
Arouse our lagging spirits,
enflame our hearts with joy:
here let a love be kindled
that death cannot destroy.
3 O Christ, who cleansed the temple,
baptize us with your zeal,
and teach us your compassion
to love, forgive, and heal.
Be in our midst to claim us
and mark us as your own,
then send us forth in witness
to make your mercy known. Topics: Praise of God; Baptism (general) Scripture: 1 Kings 8:22-30 Used With Tune: KING'S LYNN
O God of Font and Altar
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