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Dear Lord and Father of mankind
Author: John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807-1892 Meter: 8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 499 hymnals Matching Instances: 29 Lyrics: 1 Dear Lord and Father of mankind,
forgive our foolish ways!
Re-clothe us in our rightful mind,
in purer lives thy service find,
in deeper rev'rence praise,
in deeper rev'rence 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,
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!
Interpreted by love!
4 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,
the beauty of thy peace.
5 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!
O still small voice of calm! Topics: Gradual Hymn; Lent; Temptation, Penitence and Forgiveness; The Wholeness of Creation; Year A Epiphany 3; Year A Proper 14; Year B Proper 3; Year B Third Sunday Before Advent; Year C Proper 1; Year C Proper 8 Scripture: 1 Kings 19:9-18 Used With Tune: REPTON
Dear Lord and Father of mankind
How Clear Is Our Vocation, Lord
Author: Fred Pratt Green Meter: 8.6.8.8.6.6 Appears in 19 hymnals Matching Instances: 17 Lyrics: 1 How clear is our vocation, Lord,
when once we heed your call
to live according to your word
and daily learn, refreshed, restored,
that you are Lord of all
and will not let us fall.
2 But if, forgetful, we should find
your yoke is hard to bear;
if worldly pressures fray the mind
and love itself cannot unwind
its tangled skein of care:
our inward life repair.
3 We marvel how your saints became
in hindrances more sure:
whose joyful virtues put to shame
the casual way we wear your name,
and by our faults obscure
your power to cleanse and cure.
4 In what you give us, Lord, to do,
together or alone,
in old routines or ventures new,
may we not cease to look to you:
the cross you hung upon,
all you endeavored, done.
Topics: Christian Year All Saints; Confession; Discipleship; Ordination/Installation; Renewal; Vocation; Will of God; Work Scripture: Isaiah 6:8 Used With Tune: REPTON
How Clear Is Our Vocation, Lord
He Comes to Us as One Unknown
Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926 Meter: 8.6.8.8.6.6 Appears in 10 hymnals Matching Instances: 9 Lyrics: 1 He comes to us as one unknown,
a breath unseen, unheard;
as though within a heart of stone,
or shriveled seed in darkness sown,
a pulse of being stirred,
a pulse of being stirred.
2 He comes when souls in silence lie
and thoughts of day depart,
half-seen upon the inward eye,
a falling star across the sky
of night within the heart,
of night within the heart.
3 He comes to us in sound of seas,
the ocean's fume and foam;
yet small and still upon the breeze,
a wind that stirs the tops of trees,
a voice to call us home,
a voice to call us home.
4 He comes in love as once he came
by flesh and blood and birth;
to bear within our mortal frame
a life, a death, a saving name
for ev'ry child of earth,
for ev'ry child of earth.
5 He comes in truth when faith is grown;
believed, obeyed, adored:
the Christ in all the scriptures shown,
as yet unseen, but not unknown,
our Savior, and our Lord,
our Savior, and our Lord.
Topics: Creation, Preservation; Word, the Scripture: 1 Kings 19:11-13 Used With Tune: REPTON
He Comes to Us as One Unknown
I Have a Dream
Author: Pamela J. Pettitt Meter: 8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 3 hymnals Matching Instances: 3 First Line: "I have a dream," a man once said Topics: Affliction and Tribulation; Darkness; Difference and Diversity; Dreams; Faith; Freedom and Liberation; Hatred; Holiness Social; Martin Luther King; Light; Men and Women; Music and Singing; Night; World Peace; Peoples; Persecution; Sacrifice; Struggles and Strife; Unity; Visions; War; Women and Men; Zeal; Affliction and Tribulation; Darkness; Difference and Diversity; Dreams; Faith; Freedom and Liberation; Hatred; Holiness Social; Martin Luther King; Light; Men and Women; Music and Singing; Night; World Peace; Peoples; Persecution; Sacrifice; Struggles and Strife; Unity; Visions; War; Women and Men; Zeal; Grace Sanctifying and Perfecting Grace Scripture: Romans 8:22 Used With Tune: REPTON
I Have a Dream
We come, dear Lord, to celebrate
Author: John L. Bell (b. 1949) Meter: 8.6.8.8.6.6 Appears in 2 hymnals Matching Instances: 2 Topics: The Holy Spirit The Church Celebrates - Family, Friendship, and Marriage Scripture: Ephesians 5:25-33 Used With Tune: REPTON
We come, dear Lord, to celebrate
Give Thanks for Those Whose Faith Is Firm
Author: Martin E. Leckebusch Meter: 8.6.8.8.6.6 Appears in 2 hymnals Matching Instances: 2 Topics: Community in Christ; Discipleship and Mission; Faith; Hope; Love for Others; Thanksgiving Scripture: Psalm 84:5 Used With Tune: REPTON
Give Thanks for Those Whose Faith Is Firm
Be present, Spirit of the Lord
Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith (b. 1926) Appears in 2 hymnals Matching Instances: 2 Lyrics: 1 Be present, Spirit of the Lord,
let sounds of earth be dumb;
the Father's love be shed abroad,
the dew of blessing on us poured:
O silent Spirit, come!
O silent Spirit, come!
2 In power unseen upon us rest,
your gracious gifts impart:
a mind renewed, a spirit blessed,
a life where Christ is manifest,
an understanding heart,
an understanding heart.
3 Love's sovereign work of grace fulfil,
our souls to Christ incline,
intent to do the Father's will
and stand by faith before him still
in righteousness divine,
in righteousness divine.
4 O Spirit come, and with us stay;
make every heart your home.
So work in us that we who pray
may walk with Christ in wisdom's way:
O Holy Spirit, come!
O Holy Spirit, come! Topics: Church Year Pentecost; Discipleship; God Will of; Holy Spirit gifts of; Holy Spirit Invocation of; Pentecost and the Work of the Holy Spirit; Proper 21 Year B; Renewal; Wisdom Scripture: 1 Kings 3:9 Used With Tune: REPTON
Be present, Spirit of the Lord
O Master Christ, draw near to take
Author: David Mowbray, b. 1938 Meter: 8.6.8.8.6.6 Appears in 3 hymnals Matching Instances: 2 Used With Tune: REPTON
O Master Christ, draw near to take
Dear Weaver of Our Loves' Design
Author: Nancy C. Dorian Meter: 8.6.8.8.6.6 Appears in 2 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 First Line: Dear weaver of our lives' design Topics: Church in the World Renewal: Transformation; Faith; Renewal; Transformation Used With Tune: REPTON
Dear Weaver of Our Loves' Design
O Lord, As You Were on Your Way
Author: Carolyn Winfrey Gillette Meter: 8.6.8.8.6.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 First Line: O Lord, as you were on your way to where you'd one day die Lyrics: O Lord, as you were on your way to where you'd one day die,
You wanted time to rest and pray, to hear God's word to you that day.
You climbed a mountain high with three good friends close by.
So soon, the three became aware of such a wondrous sight.
Your face shone bright beyond compare, just like a glimpse of heaven there!
Your clothes were dazzling white; your glory came to light.
The Law, the Prophets guided you as you discerned God's will.
With Moses and Elijah, too, you spoke of God's great plan for you,
God's promise to fulfill, one Friday on a hill.
Why could you not remain with them and there in glory stay?
God said, "This is my own dear Son! Now listen to him, everyone!"
And so you turned to say you'd go the harder way.
O Lord, how often we pursue success at any cost,
And yet we hear God's word anew, that we are called to follow you,
Who served the poor and lost and journeyed to the cross.
Topics: Call/Vocation; Church Year; Jesus Christ Ministry Scripture: 2 Peter 1:16-18 Used With Tune: REPTON
O Lord, As You Were on Your Way
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