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Is thy Cruse of Comfort Failing?

Author: Mrs. E. R. Charles Appears in 44 hymnals Scripture: 1 Kings 17:14 Used With Tune: [Is thy cruse of comfort failing?]

Every Creature at GOD's Command

Appears in 21 hymnals Scripture: 1 Kings 17:1 First Line: Elijah's Example declares Lyrics: 1 Elijah's Example declares, Whatever Distress may betide, The Saints may commit all their Cares To him who will always provide, When Rain long witheld from the Earth Occasion'd a Famine of Bread, The Prophet, secur'd from the Dearth, By Ravens was constantly fed. 2 More likely to rob than to feed, Are Ravens who live upon Prey; But where the LORD's People have need, His Goodness will find out a Way: This Instance to those may seem Strange, Who know not how Faith can prevail; But sooner all Nature shall change, Than one of GOD's Promises fail, 3 Nor is it a Singular Case; The Wonder is often renew'd; And many may say to GOD's Praise, By Ravens he sendeth them Food. Thus Worldlings, tho' Ravens indeed, Tho' greedy and Selfish their Mind, If GOD has a Servant to feed, Against their own Wills can be kind. 4 Thus Satan the Raven unclean, That croaks in the Ears of the Saints, O'er-rul'd by a Power unseen, Administers oft to their Wants; GOD teaches them how to find Food From all the Temptations they feel: This Raven who thirsts for my Blood, Has help'd me to many a Meal. 5 How safe and how happy are they Who on the good Shepherd rely! He'll give them Out Strength for their Day, Their Wants he Will surely supply, He Ravens and Lions can tame; All Creatures obey his Command: Then let me rejoice in his Name, And leave all my Cares in his Hand. Topics: Faith and Obedience

A Prophet-Woman Broke a Jar

Author: Brian Wren (1936-) Appears in 8 hymnals Scripture: 1 Kings 17, 18:1 Lyrics: 1 A prophet-woman broke a jar, by Love's divine appointing. With rare perfume she filled the room, presiding and anointing. A prophet-woman broke a jar, the sneers of scorn defying. With rare perfume she filled the room, preparing Christ for dying. 2 A faithful woman left a tomb by Love's divine commission. She saw, she heard, she preached the word, arising from submission. A faithful woman left a tomb, with resurrection gospel. She saw, she heard, she preached the word, apostle to apostles. 3 Though woman-wisdom, woman-truth, for centuries were hidden, unsung, unwritten, and unheard, derided and forbidden, the Spirit's breath, the Spirit's fire, on free and slave descending, can tumble our dividing walls, our shame and sadness mending. 4 The Spirit knows, the Spirit calls, by Love's divine ordaining, the friends we need, to serve and lead, their powers and gifts unchaining. The Spirit knows, the Spirit calls, from women, men and children, the friends we need, to serve and lead. Rejoice, and make them welcome! Topics: Call and Vocation; Mary Magdalene; Sunday of the Passion; Wisdom Used With Tune: MEGERRAN

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[Is thy cruse of comfort failing?]

Appears in 9 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Ira D. Sankey Scripture: 1 Kings 17:14 Incipit: 34517 66555 44525 Used With Text: Is thy Cruse of Comfort Failing?

[When the hungry who have nothing share with strangers]

Meter: 12.11.12.11.11 Appears in 30 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Jose Antonio Olivar; Miguel Manzano; Alvin Schutmaat Scripture: 1 Kings 17:7-16 Tune Key: d minor Incipit: 12335 42243 11456 Used With Text: When the hungry who have nothing share with strangers

FOUNDATION

Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 406 hymnals Scripture: 1 Kings 17, 18:1 Tune Sources: Genuine Church Music, 1832; Harm. Tabor, 1867 Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 56161 51131 35561 Used With Text: How Firm a Foundation

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How Firm a Foundation

Author: John Rippon, 1751-1836 Hymnal: Common Praise (1998) #527 (1998) Meter: 11.11.11.11 Scripture: 1 Kings 17, 18:1 First Line: How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord Topics: Pilgrimage; Scripture; Trust Languages: English Tune Title: FOUNDATION

I'll Praise My Maker (Psalm 146)

Author: Isaac Watts; John Wesley Hymnal: Glory to God #806 (2013) Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Scripture: 1 Kings 17:17-24 First Line: I'll praise my Maker while I've breath Lyrics: 1 I'll praise my Maker while I've breath; and when my voice is lost in death, praise shall employ my nobler powers. My days of praise shall ne'er be past while life and thought and being last, or immortality endures. 2 How happy they whose hopes rely on Israel's God, who made the sky and earth and seas with all their train; whose truth forever stands secure, who saves the oppressed and feeds the poor, and none shall find God's promise vain. 3 The Lord pours eyesight on the blind; the Lord supports the fainting mind and sends the laboring conscience peace. God helps the stranger in distress, the widowed and the parentless, and grants the prisoner sweet release. 4 I'll praise my Maker while I've breath; and when my voice is lost in death, praise shall employ my nobler powers. My days of praise shall ne'er be past while life and thought and being last, or immortality endures. Topics: Creation; Healing; Living and Dying in Christ; Praise; Providence; Social Concerns; Trusting in the Promises of God Languages: English Tune Title: OLD 113TH

Revive Thy Work, O Lord

Author: Albert Midlane (1825-1909) Hymnal: Common Praise (1998) #454 (1998) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Scripture: 1 Kings 17, 18:1 Lyrics: 1 Revive thy work, O Lord, thy mighty arm make bare; speak with the voice that wakes the dead, and make thy people hear. 2 Revive thy work, O Lord, disturb this sleep of death; quicken the smouldering embers now by thine almighty breath. 3 Revive thy work, O Lord, create soul-thirst for thee; and hungering for the bread of life O may our spirits be. 4 Revive thy work, O Lord, exalt thy precious Name; and, by the Holy Ghost sent down, our love for thee inflame. 5 Revive thy work, O Lord, and give refreshing showers. The glory shall be all thine own; the blessing, Lord, be ours. Topics: Call and Vocation; Evangelism; Renewal Languages: English Tune Title: CARLISLE

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Elizabeth Rundle Charles

1828 - 1896 Person Name: Mrs. E. R. Charles Scripture: 1 Kings 17:14 Author of "Is thy Cruse of Comfort Failing?" in The Finest of the Wheat Charles, Elizabeth, née Rundle, is the author of numerous and very popular works intended to popularize the history of early Christian life in Great Britain; of Luther and his times; of Wesley and his work; the struggles of English civil wars; and kindred subjects as embodied in the Chronicles of the Schönherg-Cotta Family, the Diary of Kitty Trevelyan, &c, was born at Tavistock, Devonshire, Her father was John Rundle, M.P., and her husband, Andrew Paton Charles, Barrister-at-Law. Mrs. Charles has made some valuable contributions to hymnology, including original hymns and translations from the Latin and German. These were given in her:— (1) The Voice of Christian Life in Song; or, Hymns and Hymn-writers of Many Lands and Ages, 1858; (2) The Three Wakings, and other Poems, 1859; and (3) The Chronicles of the Schönberg-Cotta Family; (4) Poems, New York, 1867. This has some additional pieces. Her hymn on the Annunciation, "Age after age shall call thee [her] blessed," appeared in her Three Wakings, &c., 1859. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ========================= Charles, Elizabeth, née Rundle. Mrs. Charles has assumed the name of "Rundle-Charles," as given in the 1890 edition of the Hymnal Companion. Other hymns in common use are:— 1. Around a Table, not a tomb. Holy Communion. Dated Oct. 1862. In her Poems, 1868, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines. 2. Come, and rejoice with me. Joy in Christ. Some-times dated 1846. From her Three Wakings, 1859, p. 146, in 7 stanzas of 4 lines, and headed "Eureka." 3. Jesus, what once Thou wast. Jesus the Unchangeable One. In Mrs. Brock's Children's Hymn Book, 1881. 4. Never further than Thy Cross. Passiontide. In The Family Treasury, Feb. 1860. 5. What marks the dawning of the Year? New Year. From her Three Wakings, 1859, p. 155. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ====================== Charles, Elizabeth, née Rundle, pp. 218, ii.; 1556, i. Mrs. Rundle-Charles was born Jan. 2, 1828, married in 1851, and died March 28, 1896. Her hymn, "The little birds fill all the air with their glee" (Thankfulness), was published in her Three Waitings, 1859, p. 165, as a "Song for an Infant School." It is found in The Sunday School Hymnary, 1905, and others. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Ira David Sankey

1840 - 1908 Person Name: Ira D. Sankey Scripture: 1 Kings 17:14 Composer of "[Is thy cruse of comfort failing?]" in The Finest of the Wheat Sankey, Ira David, was born in Edinburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1840, of Methodist parents. About 1856 he removed with his parents to New Castle, Pennsylvania, where he became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Four years afterwards he became the Superintendent of a large Sunday School in which he commenced his career of singing sacred songs and solos. Mr. Moody met with him and heard him sing at the International Convention of the Young Men's Christian Association, at Indianapolis, and through Mr. Moody's persuasion he joined him in his work at Chicago. After some two or three years' work in Chicago, they sailed for England on June 7, 1872, and held their first meeting at York a short time afterwards, only eight persons being present. Their subsequent work in Great Britain and America is well known. Mr. Sankey's special duty was the singing of sacred songs and solos at religious gatherings, a practice which was in use in America for some time before he adopted it. His volume of Sacred Songs and Solos is a compilation from various sources, mainly American and mostly in use before. Although known as Sankey and Moody’s Songs, only one song, "Home at last, thy labour done" is by Mr. Sankey, and not one is by Mr. Moody. Mr. Sankey supplied several of the melodies. The English edition of the Sacred Songs & Solos has had an enormous sale; and the work as a whole is very popular for Home Mission services. The Songs have been translated into several languages. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) Pseudonymns: Harry S. Lower Rian A. Dykes ==================== Sankey, I. D., p. 994, i. During the past fifteen years Mr. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos have had a very large sale, which has justified him in increasing the number of songs and hymns, including " New Hymns and Solos," to 1200. In 1906 he published My Life and Sacred Songs (London : Morgan & Scott). In addition to the "Story of his Own Life," the work contains an account of the most popular of his solos, with interesting reminiscences of the spiritual awakening of many who were influenced through his singing of them in public. In this respect it corresponds in some measure with G. J. Stevenson's Methodist Hymn Book, &c, 1883 (p. 1094, i.). It is an addition to the Sacred Songs and Solos, which will be held in esteem by many. In addition to his hymn, noted on p. 994, ii., Mr. Sankey gives details of the following:— 1. Out of the shadow-land into the sunshine. [Heaven Anticipated.] Mr. Sankey's account of this hymn is:— "I wrote this hymn specially for the memorial service held for Mr. Moody in Carnegie Hall, where 1 also sang it as a solo. It is the last sacred song of which I wrote both the words and music. The idea was suggested by Mr. Moody's last words, 'Earth recedes; heaven opens before me . . . God is calling me, and I must go.' On account of its peculiar association with my fellow-labourer in the Gospel for so many years, the words are here given in full." The hymn follows on p. 185, in 3 stanzas of 4 lines and a chorus. 2. Rejoice! Rejoice! our King is coming, [Advent.] Mr. Sankey writes concerning this hymn:— "During one of my trips to Great Britain on the SS. City of Rome a storm raged on the sea. The wind was howling through the rigging, and waves like mountains of foam were breaking over the bow of the vessel. A great fear had fallen upon the passengers. When the storm was at its worst, we all thought we might soon go to the bottom of the sea. The conviction came to me that the Lord would be with us iu the trying hour, and sitting down in the reading room, I composed this hymn. Before reaching England the tune had formed itself in my mind, and on arriving in London I wrote it out, and had it published in Sacred Songs and Solos, where it is No. 524 in the edition. of 1888. From Mr. Sankey's autobiographical sketch we gather that he was born at Edinburgh, in Western Pennsylvania, Aug. 28, 1840, joined Mr. Moody in 1871, and visited England for the first time in 1873. The original of the Sacred Songs, &c, of 23 pieces only, was offered as a gift to the London publishers of P. Phillips's Hallowed Song, and declined by them. It was subsequently accepted by Mr. K. O. Morgan, of Morgan & Scott, and is now a volume of 1200 hymns. From a return kindly sent us by Messrs. Morgan & Scott, we find that the various issues of the Sacred Songs and Solos were:— In 1873, 24 pp.; 1874, 72 pp. ; 1876, 153 hymns; 1877, 271 hymns; 1881, 441 hymns; 1888, 750 hymns; 1903, 1200 hymns. In addition, The Christian Choir, which is generally associated with the Sacred Songs and Solos, was issued in 1884 with 75 hymns, and in 1896 with 281. The New Hymns & Solos, by the same firm, were published in 1888. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Brian A. Wren

b. 1936 Person Name: Brian Wren (1936-) Scripture: 1 Kings 17, 18:1 Author of "A Prophet-Woman Broke a Jar" in Common Praise (1998) Brian Wren (b. Romford, Essex, England, 1936) is a major British figure in the revival of contemporary hymn writing. He studied French literature at New College and theology at Mansfield College in Oxford, England. Ordained in 1965, he was pastor of the Congregational Church (now United Reformed) in Hockley and Hawkwell, Essex, from 1965 to 1970. He worked for the British Council of Churches and several other organizations involved in fighting poverty and promoting peace and justice. This work resulted in his writing of Education for Justice (1977) and Patriotism and Peace (1983). With a ministry throughout the English-speaking world, Wren now resides in the United States where he is active as a freelance lecturer, preacher, and full-time hymn writer. His hymn texts are published in Faith Looking Forward (1983), Praising a Mystery (1986), Bring Many Names (1989), New Beginnings (1993), and Faith Renewed: 33 Hymns Reissued and Revised (1995), as well as in many modern hymnals. He has also produced What Language Shall I Borrow? (1989), a discussion guide to inclusive language in Christian worship. Bert Polman

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