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Make of Our Life a House of Praise

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b.1926 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 2 hymnals Hymnal Title: Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) Lyrics: 1 Make of our life a house of praise Where all, with one accord, Unite to walk in Jesus' ways, The temple of the Lord. 2 Here may we find our prayers are heard, And grow in truth and grace, Receive from Christ his holy word And know his love's embrace. 3 May such a house of calm and peace The Spirit strive to build; Where kindliness and faith increase, The storms of life are stilled. 4 Teach us our house of life to share, That all who will may come, The lost be doubly welcome there, The wand'rer find a home. 5 So may our doors be open wide, And life together prove A house where God is glorified, And a house of praise and love. Topics: Dedication of a Church; Marriage Sacraments; Church; Hope; Inner Peace; Life; Love of God for Us; Petition, Prayer; Praise; Sharing, Giving; Unity; Welcome; Word of God; Gospel; Worship and Adoration Scripture: 1 Kings 8:30 Used With Tune: RICHMOND

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RICHMOND

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 291 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Thomas Haweis, 1734-1820; Samuel Webbe, 1770-1843 Hymnal Title: Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 51354 34213 25171 Used With Text: Make of Our Life a House of Praise

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Make of Our Life a House of Praise

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b.1926 Hymnal: Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) #611 (2012) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Hymnal Title: Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) Lyrics: 1 Make of our life a house of praise Where all, with one accord, Unite to walk in Jesus' ways, The temple of the Lord. 2 Here may we find our prayers are heard, And grow in truth and grace, Receive from Christ his holy word And know his love's embrace. 3 May such a house of calm and peace The Spirit strive to build; Where kindliness and faith increase, The storms of life are stilled. 4 Teach us our house of life to share, That all who will may come, The lost be doubly welcome there, The wand'rer find a home. 5 So may our doors be open wide, And life together prove A house where God is glorified, And a house of praise and love. Topics: Dedication of a Church; Marriage Sacraments; Church; Hope; Inner Peace; Life; Love of God for Us; Petition, Prayer; Praise; Sharing, Giving; Unity; Welcome; Word of God; Gospel; Worship and Adoration Scripture: 1 Kings 8:30 Languages: English Tune Title: RICHMOND
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Make of Our Life a House of Praise

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926 Hymnal: One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism #526 (2018) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Hymnal Title: One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism Lyrics: 1 Make of our life a house of praise Where all, with one accord, Unite to walk in Jesus' ways, The temple of the Lord. 2 Here may we find our prayers are heard, And grow in truth and grace, Receive from Christ His holy word And know His love's embrace. 3 May such a house of calm and peace The Spirit strive to build; Where kindliness and faith increase, The storms of life are stilled. 4 Teach us our house of life to share, That all who will may come, The lost be doubly welcome there, The wand'rer find a home. 5 So may our doors be open wide, And life together prove A house where God is glorified, And a house of praise and love. Topics: The Gospel in the Christian Life Marriage; Family and Home; Praise Scripture: 1 Kings 8:30 Languages: English Tune Title: RICHMOND

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Timothy Dudley-Smith

b. 1926 Person Name: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b.1926 Hymnal Title: Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) Author of "Make of Our Life a House of Praise" in Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) Timothy Dudley-Smith (b. 1926) Educated at Pembroke College and Ridley Hall, Cambridge, Dudley-Smith has served the Church of England since his ordination in 1950. He has occupied a number of church posi­tions, including parish priest in the diocese of Southwark (1953-1962), archdeacon of Norwich (1973-1981), and bishop of Thetford, Norfolk, from 1981 until his retirement in 1992. He also edited a Christian magazine, Crusade, which was founded after Billy Graham's 1955 London crusade. Dudley-Smith began writing comic verse while a student at Cambridge; he did not begin to write hymns until the 1960s. Many of his several hundred hymn texts have been collected in Lift Every Heart: Collected Hymns 1961-1983 (1984), Songs of Deliverance: Thirty-six New Hymns (1988), and A Voice of Singing (1993). The writer of Christian Literature and the Church (1963), Someone Who Beckons (1978), and Praying with the English Hymn Writers (1989), Dudley-Smith has also served on various editorial committees, including the committee that published Psalm Praise (1973). Bert Polman

Thomas Haweis

1734 - 1820 Person Name: Thomas Haweis, 1734-1820 Hymnal Title: Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) Composer of "RICHMOND" in Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) Thomas Haweis (b. Redruth, Cornwall, England, 1734; d. Bath, England, 1820) Initially apprenticed to a surgeon and pharmacist, Haweis decided to study for the ministry at Oxford and was ordained in the Church of England in 1757. He served as curate of St. Mary Magdalen Church, Oxford, but was removed by the bishop from that position because of his Methodist leanings. He also was an assistant to Martin Madan at Locke Hospital, London. In 1764 he became rector of All Saints Church in Aldwinkle, Northamptonshire, and later served as administrator at Trevecca College, Wales, a school founded by the Countess of Huntingdon, whom Haweis served as chaplain. After completing advanced studies at Cambridge, he published a Bible commentary and a volume on church history. Haweis was strongly interested in missions and helped to found the London Mission Society. His hymn texts and tunes were published in Carmino Christo, or Hymns to the Savior (1792, expanded 1808). Bert Polman ============================ Haweis, Thomas, LL.B., M.D., born at Truro, Cornwall, 1732. After practising for a time as a Physician, he entered Christ's College, Cambridge, where he graduated. Taking Holy Orders, he became Assistant Preacher to M. Madan at the Lock Hospital, London, and subsequently Rector of All Saints, Aldwincle, Northamptonshire. He was also Chaplain to Lady Huntingdon, and for several years officiated at her Chapel in Bath. He died at Bath, Feb. 11, 1820. He published several prose works, including A History of the Church, A Translation of the New Testament, and A Commentary on the Holy Bible. His hymns, a few of which are of more than ordinary merit, were published in his Carmina Christo; or, Hymns to the Saviour. Designed for the Use and Comfort of Those who worship the Lamb that was slain. Bath, S. Hayward, 1792 (139 hymns), enlarged. London, 1808 (256 hymns). In 1794, or sometime after, but before the enlarged edition was published, two hymns "For the Fast-day, Feb. 28, 1794," were added to the first edition. These were, "Big with events, another year," and "Still o'er the deep the cannon's roar." The most popular and widely used of his hymns are, "Behold the Lamb of God, Who bore," &c.; "Enthroned on high, Almighty Lord"; and “O Thou from Whom all goodness flows." The rest, all being from Carmina Christo, first edition 1792, are:— 1. Dark was the night and cold the ground. Gethsemane. 2. From the cross uplifted high. Christ in Glory. 3. Great Spirit, by Whose mighty power. Whitsuntide. 4. Submissive to Thy will, my God. Resignation. 5. The happy morn is come. Easter. 6. Thou Lamb of God, that on the tree. Good Friday. The hymn, "Thy Head, the crown of thorns that wears," in Stryker & Main's Church Praise Book, N. Y., 1882, begins with st. ii. of this hymn. 7. To Thee, my God and Saviour, My heart, &c. Praise for Redemption. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Samuel Webbe

1770 - 1843 Person Name: Samuel Webbe, 1770-1843 Hymnal Title: Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) Adapter of "RICHMOND" in Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) Samuel Webbe, Jr. (1770-1843), adapted the tune RICHMOND. He was organist at Paradise Street Unitarian Church, Liverpool (1798). Later he succeeded his father as organist at the Spanish Ambassador’s Chapel, London (1817), and then St. Nicholas’ Church and St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Chapel, Liverpool. --The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion, 1993