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Hail! sacred day of earthly rest
Author: Godfrey Thring Meter: 8.6.8.4 Appears in 54 hymnals Scripture: Genesis 2:3 Topics: The Church Worship - The Lord's Day Used With Tune: LINTON
Hail! sacred day of earthly rest
Have Mercy On Us, God Most High
Author: Frederick William Faber (1814-1863) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 31 hymnals Scripture: Genesis 1, 2:1-4 Lyrics: 1 Have mercy on us, God most high,
who lift our hearts to thee;
have mercy now, most merciful,
most holy Trinity.
2 When heaven and earth were yet unmade,
when time was yet unknown,
thou in thy bliss and majesty
didst live and love alone.
3 How wonderful creation is,
the work which thou didst bless;
and O what then must thou be like,
eternal Loveliness!
4 Most ancient of all mysteries!
Low at thy throne we lie:
have mercy now, most merciful,
most holy Trinity. Topics: Lent (season); Repentance; Trinity Used With Tune: LINCOLN
Have Mercy On Us, God Most High
How shall I sing to God
Author: Brian Arthur Wren, 1936- Meter: 6.7.4.4.5.6.6.9 Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: Genesis 2:23-25 Lyrics: 1 How shall I sing to God
when life is filled with gladness,
loving and birth,
wonder and worth?
I'll sing from the heart,
thankfully receiving,
joyful in believing.
This is my song, I'll sing it with love.
2 How shall I sing to God
when life is filled with bleakness,
empty and chill,
breaking my will?
I'll sing through my pain,
angrily or aching,
crying or complaining
This is my song, I'll sing it with love.
3 How shall I sing to God
and tell my Saviour's story:
passover bread,
life from the dead?
I'll sing with my life,
witnessing and giving,
risking and forgiving.
This is my song, I'll sing it with love. Topics: Courage; Faith; Music; Our Love to God; Providence; Renewal; Suffering; Thanksgiving; Witness Used With Tune: WEAVER MILL
How shall I sing to God
Hail! sacred day of earthly rest
Author: Godfrey Thring Hymnal: The Presbyterian Book of Praise #384 (1897) Meter: 8.6.8.4 Scripture: Genesis 2:3 Topics: The Church Worship - The Lord's Day Languages: English Tune Title: LINTON
Hail! sacred day of earthly rest
Have Mercy On Us, God Most High
Author: Frederick William Faber (1814-1863) Hymnal: Common Praise (1998) #257 (1998) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Scripture: Genesis 1, 2:1-4 Lyrics: 1 Have mercy on us, God most high,
who lift our hearts to thee;
have mercy now, most merciful,
most holy Trinity.
2 When heaven and earth were yet unmade,
when time was yet unknown,
thou in thy bliss and majesty
didst live and love alone.
3 How wonderful creation is,
the work which thou didst bless;
and O what then must thou be like,
eternal Loveliness!
4 Most ancient of all mysteries!
Low at thy throne we lie:
have mercy now, most merciful,
most holy Trinity. Topics: Lent (season); Repentance; Trinity Languages: English Tune Title: LINCOLN
Have Mercy On Us, God Most High
Holy Presence, Holy Teacher
Author: Shirley Erena Murray Hymnal: Voices Together #531 (2020) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Scripture: Genesis 2:4-15 Lyrics: 1 Holy Presence, Holy Teacher,
Light illumining our lives,
in the compass of your wisdom
all our work and worship thrives:
lead us when we sense your calling
till we find our chosen field,
following your hand’s direction,
honoring your truth revealed.
2 By our nurture and by culture
ev’ry life is shaped to grow,
fed by long tradition’s learning,
formed by mentors as we go;
tune our ears to hear the Gospel
questioning accepted thought,
ready to respect each other,
see the gifts that each has brought.
3 Yours the world of pow’r and beauty,
ours the task to tend its needs,
day by day in cheerful service
growing faith like mustard seeds,
striving in unlikely places,
standing where indeed we must,
acting from compelling conscience,
working for what’s fair and just.
4 God, we pray for understanding
in our study, in our goals,
concepts that will change and challenge,
vision to inspire our souls,
that this place for mind’s reflection,
faith examined, Word addressed,
be a witness to your teaching
and our faithful search be blessed. Topics: Faith; God Images and Names of; God’s Call; Justice; Learning; Nurturing Faith; Schools and Learning Communities; Service; Vocation; Wisdom Tune Title: RUSTINGTON
Holy Presence, Holy Teacher
Edwin Hatch
1835 - 1889 Person Name: Edwin Hatch, 1835-89 Scripture: Genesis 2:7-15 Author of "Breathe on me, breath of God" in Together in Song Hatch, Edwin, D.D., was born at Derby, Sep. 4, 1835, and educated at Pembroke College, Oxford, B.A., in honours, in 1857. After holding important appointments in Canada, he returned to England and became Vice-Principal of St. Mary Hall, Oxford, 1867; and Rector of Purleigh, 1883. (See also Crockford). He died Nov. 10, 1889. His hymn-writing was limited. One, and that a very spirited lyric, is in Allon's Congregational Psalmist Hymnal, 1886 "Breathe on me, Breath of God." (Whitsuntide.) Dr. Hatch's hymns were published in his posthumous Towards Fields of Light, London 1890.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
Edwin Hatch
Bessie Porter Head
1850 - 1936 Person Name: Elizabeth Ann Porter Head, 1850-1936 Scripture: Genesis 2:7-15 Author of "O breath of life, come sweeping through us" in Together in Song [Elizabeth Ann Porter Head]
Head, Elizabeth Ann (`Bessie'; née Porter)
b. Belfast: 1850
d. Wimbledon, Surrey: 28 June 1936
She was the youngest daughter of Tobias Porter, manager of John Alexander's flour mill in Belfast. Of her early life nothing is known; but in 1894 she became secretary of the YWCA in Swansea. She then served with the South Africa General Mission from 1897-1907, mostly in Port Elizabeth, Cape Town and Johannesburg, helping to found several branches of the YWCA.
With the chairman of the Mission and a fellow missionary she toured North America in 1906-7; her intended return to South Africa in November 1907 was cancelled in favour of marriage, on 17 December, to the chairman, Albert Alfred Head (1844-1928), a wealthy - and generous - insurance underwriter who had been widowed three years previously.
With her husband she continued actively to support both the SAGM and the Keswick Convention, with which the mission was closely associated. She was a frequent speaker for both organizations and a prolific contributor, in prose and in verse, to their publications.
A collection of her writings, Heavenly Places, & Other Messages, was published in 1920.
Invariably known as Bessie Porter before her marriage, she later styled herself Bessie Porter Head. After her husband's death in 1928 she moved into the SAGM house in Wimbledon, where she died.
--www.canamus.org/Enchiridion
Bessie Porter Head
Gustav Holst
1874 - 1934 Person Name: Gustav Holst, 1874-1934 Scripture: Genesis 1, 2 Composer of "THAXTED" in Lift Up Your Hearts Gustav Holst (b. Chelteham, Gloucestershire, England, September 21, 1874, d. London, England, May 25, 1934) was a renowned British composer and musician. Having studied at Cheltenham Grammar School, he soon obtained a professional position as an organist, and later as choirmaster. In 1892, Holst composed a two-act operetta, which so impressed his father that he borrowed the money to send Holst to the Royal College of Music. Severe neuritis in his right hand later caused him to give up the keyboard, and Holst turned to the trombone and composing. In 1895 Holst met Ralph Vaughan Williams, and the two became lifelong friends. Vaughan Williams helped Holst land his first job as a singing teacher. Holst became very interested in Indian and Hindu culture, and composed a number of operas translated from Sanksrit myths. These were not received well in England, however. Holst is best known for his composition, The Planets, as well as
Gustav Holst
