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Dear Lord and Father of Mankind

Author: John Greenleaf Whittier Meter: 8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 545 hymnals Topics: Other Observances Christian Education Lyrics: 1 Dear Lord and Father of mankind, Forgive our foolish ways; Reclothe us in our rightful mind, In purer lives thy service find, In deeper reverence, 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. 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! 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. 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! Amen. Scripture: Matthew 4:18-22 Used With Tune: REST

Christ Is Our Cornerstone

Author: John Chandler, 1806-76 Meter: 6.6.6.6.4.4.4.4 Appears in 191 hymnals Topics: Education, Christian Lyrics: 1 Christ is our cornerstone, On him alone we build; With his true saints alone The courts of heav'n are filled. On his great love Our hopes we place Of present grace And joys above. 2 Oh, then, with hymns of praise These hallowed courts shall ring; Our voices we will raise The Three in One to sing And thus proclaim In joyful song, Both loud and long, That glorious name. 3 Here, gracious God, do now And evermore draw near; Accept each faithful vow, And ev'ry suppliant hear. In copious show'r On all who pray Each holy day Your blessing pour. 4 Here may we gain from heav'n The grace which we implore, And may that grace, once giv'n, Be with us evermore Until that day When all the blest To endless rest Are called away. Used With Tune: DARWALL'S 148th Text Sources: Author unknown, Latin, c. 700

Once in Royal David's City

Author: Cecil Frances Alexander Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 429 hymnals Topics: Other Observances Christian Education Lyrics: 1 Once in royal David's city Stood a lowly cattle shed, Where a mother laid her baby In a manger for his bed: Mary was that mother mild, Jesus Christ, her little child. 2 He came down to earth from heaven Who is God and Lord of all, And his shelter was a stable, And his cradle was a stall: With the poor, and mean, and lowly, Lived on earth our Savior holy. 3 Jesus is our childhood's pattern, Day by day like us he grew; He was little, weak, and helpless, Tears and smiles like us he knew: And He comforts us in sadness, And He shares in all our gladness. 4 And our eyes at last shall see him, Through his own redeeming love; For that child so dear and gentle Is our Lord in heaven above, And he leads his children on To the place where he is gone. Amen. Scripture: John 7:40-44 Used With Tune: IRBY

Blest Be the Tie That Binds

Author: John Fawcett, 1740-1817 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 2,411 hymnals Topics: Christian Home and Education Lyrics: 1 Blest be the tie that binds Our hearts in Christian love; The fellowship of kindred minds Is like to that above. 2 Before our Father’s throne We pour our ardent prayers; Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, Our comforts and our cares. 3 We share our mutual woes, Our mutual burdens bear, And often for each other flows The sympathizing tear. 4 When here our pathways part, We suffer bitter pain; Yet, one in Christ and one in heart, We hope to meet again. 5 From sorrow, toil, and pain, And sin we shall be free And perfect love and friendship reign Through all eternity. Scripture: Ephesians 4:3-6 Used With Tune: BOYLSTON

Prayer and Praise for eminent Deliverance

Appears in 61 hymnals Topics: Religious Education First Line: I'll bless the Lord from Day to Day Lyrics: 1 I'll bless the Lord from Day to Day; How good are all his Ways! Ye humble Souls that use to pray, Come, help my Lips to praise. 2 Sing to the Honour of his Name, How a poor Suff'rer cry'd, Nor was his Hope expos'd to Shame, Nor was his Suit deny'd. 3 When threat'ning Sorrows round me stood, And endless Fears arose, Like the loud Billows of a Flood, Redoubling all my Woes; 4 I told the Lord my sore Distress, With heavy Groans and Tears; He gave my sharpest Torments ease, And silenc'd all my Fears. Pause: 5 [O Sinners, come and taste his Love, Come, learn his pleasant Ways, And let your own Experience prove The Sweetness of his Grace. 6 He bids his Angels pitch their Tents Round where his Children dwell; What Ills their heav'nly Care prevents No earthly Tongue can tell.] [7 O love the Lord, ye Saints of his; His Eye regards the Just; How richly blest their Portion is Who make the Lord their Trust! 8 Young Lions, pinch'd with Hunger roar And famish in the Wood; But GOD supplies his holy Poor With ev'ry needful Good.] Scripture: Psalm 34:1-10

Exhortations to Peace and Holiness

Appears in 53 hymnals Topics: Religious Education First Line: Come, Children, learn to fear the Lord Lyrics: 1 Come, Children, learn to fear the Lord And that your Days be long, Let not a false or spiteful Word Be found upon your Tongue. 2 Depart from Mischief, practise Love, Pursue the Works of Peace; So shall the Lord your Ways approve, And set your Souls at Ease. 3 His Eyes awake to guard the Just, His Ears attend their Cry; When broken Spirits dwell in Dust, The GOD of Grace is nigh. 4 What tho' the Sorrows here they taste Are sharp and tedious too, The Lord who saves them all at last, Is their Supporter now. 5 Evil shall smite the Wicked dead; But GOD secures his own, Prevents the Mischief when they slide, Or heals the broken Bone. 6 When Desolation, like a Flood, O'er the proud Sinner rolls, Saints find a Refuge in their God, For he redeem'd their Souls. Scripture: Psalm 34:11-22

Lord, I will bless thee all my Days

Appears in 88 hymnals Topics: Religious Education Lyrics: 1 Lord, I will bless thee all my Days, Thy Praise shall dwell upon my Tongue; My Soul shall glory in thy Grace, While Saints rejoice to hear the Song. 2 Come, magnify the Lord with me, Come, let us all exalt his Name; I sought th' eternal GOD, and He Has not expos'd my Hope to Shame. 3 I told him all my secret Grief, My secret Groaning reach'd his Ears, He gave my inward Pains Relief; And calm'd the Tumult of my Fears. 4 To him the Poor lift up their Eyes, Their Faces feel the heav'nly Shine; A Beam of Mercy from the Skies Fills them with Light and Joy divine. 5 His holy Angels pitch their Tents Around the Men that serve the Lord: O fear and love him, all his Saints, Taste of his Grace, and trust his Word. 6 The wild young Lions, pinch'd with Pain And Hunger, roar thro' all the Wood; But none shall seek the Lord in vain, Nor want Supplies of real Good. Scripture: Psalm 34

Teach me Thy Way, O Lord

Author: B. Mansell Ramsey Meter: 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 43 hymnals Topics: Christian Education Lyrics: 1 Teach me Thy way, O Lord, Teach me Thy way! Thy guiding grace afford - Teach me Thy way! Help me to walk aright, More by faith, less by sight; Lead me with heavenly light, Teach me Thy way! 2 When I am sad at heart, Teach me Thy way! When earthly joys depart, Teach me Thy way! In hours of loneliness, In times of dire distress, In failure or success, Teach me Thy way! 3 When doubts and fears arise, Teach me Thy way! When storm clouds fill the skies, Teach me Thy way! Shine thro' the wind and rain, Thro' sorrow, grief and pain; Make Thou my pathway plain, Teach me Thy way! 4 Long as my life shall last, Teach me Thy way! Where’er my lot be cast, Teach me Thy way! Until the race is run, Until the journey’s done, until the crown is won, Teach me Thy way! Amen. Used With Tune: CAMACHA

My Lord, I Do Not Ask to Stand

Author: Norman E. Richardson, 1878-1945; Florence I. Judson-Bradley Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 14 hymnals Topics: Education Scripture: Proverbs 22:6 Used With Tune: QUEBEC

We Believe in One True God

Author: Tobias Clausnitzer; Catherine Winkworth Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 51 hymnals Topics: Other Observances Christian Education Lyrics: 1 We believe in one true God, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Ever-present help in need, Praised by all the heavenly host; By whose mighty power alone All is made and wrought and done. 2 We believe in Jesus Christ, Son of God and Mary's Son, Who descended from his thrones And for us salvation won; By whose cross and death are we Rescued from sin's misery. 3 We confess the Holy Ghost, Who from both fore'er proceeds, Who upholds and comforts us In all trials, fears, and needs. Blest and Holy Trinity, Praise we all eternally. Amen. Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:13 Used With Tune: RATISBON