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Seek ye first the kingdom of God

Author: Karen Lafferty, 1948- Appears in 74 hymnals Scripture: Luke 4:1-13 Topics: Confidence; Hymns Specially Suitable for Children; Kingdom of God; Obedience; Prayer; Prayer for Illimination; Responses; Saints Days and Holy Days St Matthew; Worship The Word Used With Tune: SEEK YE FIRST

Silence! Frenzied, Unclean Spirit

Author: Thomas H. Troeger Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 13 hymnals Scripture: Luke 4:31-37 First Line: "Silence! Frenzied unclean spirit" Topics: Christian Year Baptism of Jesus; Christian Year Transfiguration; Jesus Christ Life; Healing; Personal Peace Used With Tune: EBENEZER

Song of the Body of Christ (Canción del Cuerpo de Cristo)

Author: David Haas, b. 1957; Donna Peña, b. 1955; Ronald F. Krisman, b. 1946 Meter: Irregular Appears in 9 hymnals Scripture: Luke 4:18 First Line: We come as your people (Hoy venimos porque somos tu pueblo) Refrain First Line: We come to share our story (Hoy venimos a contar nuestra historia) Topics: Rites of the Church Eucharist; Ritos de la Iglesia Eucaristía; Canción; Song; Community; Comunidad; Discipleship; Discipulado; Hambre y Sed; Hunger and Thirst; Healing; Sanación; Misión; Mission; Misterio Pascual; Paschal Mystery; Paz; Peace; People of God; Pueblo de Dios; Unidad; Unity Used With Tune: NO KE ANO' AHI AHI

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ST. FLAVIAN

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 281 hymnals Scripture: Luke 4:1-13 Tune Sources: Day’s Psalter, 1562 Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 11713 22114 31233 Used With Text: Lord, Who throughout These Forty Days

SEEK YE FIRST

Meter: Irregular with refrain Appears in 81 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Karen Lafferty (1948-) Scripture: Luke 4:1-13 Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 33453 21612 34543 Used With Text: Seek Ye First

SHEFFIELD

Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 14 hymnals Scripture: Luke 4:18 Tune Sources: English melody Tune Key: F Major or modal Incipit: 51512 32345 13217 Used With Text: Hail to the Lord's Anointed

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Sing Them Over Again to Me

Author: Philip P. Bliss, d. 1876 Hymnal: The Hymnal of The Evangelical United Brethren Church #306 (1957) Meter: 8.6.8.6.6.6 with refrain Scripture: Luke 4:22 Refrain First Line: Beautiful words, wonderful words Lyrics: 1 Sing them over again to me, Wonderful words of life; Let me more of their beauty see, Wonderful words of life. Words of life and beauty Teach me faith and duty: Refrain: Beautiful words, wonderful words, Wonderful words of life; Beautiful words, wonderful words, Wonderful words of life; 2 Christ, the blessed One, gives to all Wonderful words of life; Sinner, list to the loving call, Wonderful words of life. All so freely given, Wooing us to heaven: [Refrain] 3 Sweetly echo the Gospel call, Wonderful words of life; Offer pardon and peace to all, Wonderful words of life. Jesus, only Savior, Sanctify us forever: [Refrain] Tune Title: WORDS OF LIFE

Songs of Thankfulness and Praise (Gratitud y prez al Rey)

Author: Christopher Wordsworth, 1807-1885; Dimas Planas-Belfort, 1834-1992 Hymnal: Santo, Santo, Santo #104 (2019) Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Scripture: Luke 4:1-13 Topics: Año Cristiano Epifanía; Christian Year Epiphany; Jesucristo Luz; Jesus Christ Light; Jesucristo Sanador; Jesus Christ Healer Languages: English; Spanish Tune Title: SALZBURG

Sweeter as the Years Go by

Author: Lelia N. Morris Hymnal: Hymns of Faith #280 (1980) Scripture: Luke 4:18 First Line: Of Jesus' love that sought me Lyrics: 1 Of Jesus’ love that sought me When I was lost in sin-- Of wondrous grace that brought me Back to His fold again-- Of heights and depths of mercy Far deeper than the sea, And higher than the heavens, My theme shall ever be. Chorus: Sweeter as the years go by, Sweeter as the years go by; Richer, fuller, deeper, Jesus’ love is sweeter, Sweeter as the years go by. 2 He trod in old Judea Life’s pathway long ago-- The people thronged about Him His saving grace to know; He healed the brokenhearted And caused the blind to see; And still His great heart yearneth In love for even me. (Chorus) 3 ’Twas wondrous love which led Him For us to suffer loss-- To bear without a murmur The anguish of the cross; With saints redeemed in glory, Let us our voices raise, Till heav’n and earth re-echo With our Redeemer’s praise. (Chorus) Topics: Christ Life and Ministry; Christ Love; Christ Life and Ministry; Christ Love Languages: English Tune Title: [Of Jesus' love that sought me]

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George Hunt Smyttan

1822 - 1870 Scripture: Luke 4:1-2 Author of "Forty Days and Forty Nights" in The Presbyterian Hymnal George Hunt Smyttan studied at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and graduated B.A. 1845. He was ordained Deacon in 1848, Priest in 1849, and appointed Rector of Hawksworth in 1850. He has published some small volumes of poetry. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872 ============================== Smyttan, George Hunt, B.A., son of Dr. Smyttan, of the Bombay Medical Board, was born circa 1825, and educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, B.A. 1845. He took holy orders in 1848, and in 1850 was preferred to the Rectory of Hawksworth, Notts, where he died in 1870. He published Thoughts in Verse for the Afflicted, 1849; Mission Songs and Ballads, 1860; and Florum Sacra, n.d. He was the author of the well-known hymn, "Forty days, and forty nights" (p. 384, i.), and of a second which is found in several collections, "Jesu, ever present with Thy Church below" (Holy Communion), which appeared in the 2nd edition of Lyra Eucharistica, 1864. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ======================== Smyttan, G. H., p. 1064, ii., b. in 1822; resigned the Rectory of Hawksworth, 1859, and died suddenly at Frankfort-on-the-Main, Feb. 21, 1870. The Rev. G. W. Mackenzie, Chaplain at Frankfort, has supplied us, under date of April 16, 1902, with the following pathetic details respecting the death and burial-place of Mr. Smyttan:— He was buried, not in Frankfort great Cemetery, but in a newer one on the other side of the river Main. Having died suddenly, and being entirely unknown here, no relatives being with him, and there being no possibility of communicating with them, he was entered simply as Smyttan, England, and buried amongst the poor in an unpurchased grave. I stood before the spot to-day, but all record of him has disappeared. Another cross covers it to the memory of one who died about twenty-five years afterwards, and who is buried above Mr. Smyttan. I was informed that in (I think) sixty years hence, all traces of the various occupants will be entirely cleared away. My informant knew nothing about the cross, if any, which covered Mr. Smyttan's remains. He thought that if there were one it would have been utilised for someone else." We may add that in Lyra Eucharistica there are three hymns by Smyttan in addition to "Jesu, ever present," p. 1064, ii. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Herman G. Stuempfle

1923 - 2007 Person Name: Herman G. Stuempfle Jr. Scripture: Luke 4:1-13 Author of "Jesus, Tempted in the Desert" in The Faith We Sing Rev. Dr. Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 83, died Tuesday, March 13, 2007, after a long illness. Born April 2, 1923, in Clarion, he was the son of the late Herman G. and Helen (Wolfe) Stuempfle, Sr. Stuempfle lived most of his life in Gettysburg, PA. He served as President of the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg. He attended Hughesville public schools, and was a graduate of Susquehanna University and the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. He received additional advanced degrees from Union Theological Seminary in New York and a doctoral degree at Southern California School of Theology at Claremont. He retired in 1989. Rev. Dr. Stuempfle was the author of several books and numerous articles and lectures on preaching, history, and theology. He was also among the most honored and respected hymn writers of the 20th and 21st centuries. Rev. Dr. Stuempfle was known for his leadership in community and civic projects. Always taking an active stance on social issues, he participated in the creation of day care centers, served on the Gettysburg interchurch social action committee, helped create and support prison ministries and a homeless shelter, and tutored young people in the after school program of Christ Lutheran Church, where he was a long time member. --Excerpts from his obituary published in Evening Sun from Mar. 15 to Mar. 16, 2007

John H. Stockton

1813 - 1877 Scripture: Luke 4:18 Author of "Only Trust Him" in The Worshiping Church Stockton, John Hart, a Methodist minister, was born in 1813, and died in 1877. He was a member of the New Jersey Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the successive pastoral charges that he filled as a member of that Conference are found in the Conference Journal. He was not only a preacher, but a musician and composer of tunes, as well as hymn writer. He published two gospel song books: Salvation Melodies, 1874, and Precious Songs, 1875. Hymn Writers of the Church by Charles Nutter, 1911 =============== Stockton, John Hart, b. April 19, 1813, and d. March 25, 1877, was the author of "Come, every soul by sin oppressed" (Invitation), in I.D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 1878, and of "The Cross, the Cross, the blood¬stained Cross" (Good Friday) in the same collection. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) =============== Stockton, John Hart. (New Hope, Pennsylvania, April 19, 1813--March 25, 1877). Born of Presbyterian parents, he was converted at a Methodist camp meeting in 1838, being received into full membership in the New Jersey Conference in 1857. Because of ill health he twice took the "supernumerary relations." He withdrew from actual pastoral work in 1874 and engaged in compiling and publishing gospel hymn books, issuing Salvation Melodies that year and Precious Songs in 1875, writing both words and music for a number of the songs. He died suddenly after attending a Sunday morning service at Arch Street Church, Philadelphia. Our Hymnody, McCutchan, has, perhaps, the fullest account of him readily available. --Robert G. McCutchan, DNAH Archives

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