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All Things Bright and Beautiful

Author: Cecil Frances Alexander Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Appears in 360 hymnals Topics: Care for the environment First Line: Each little flower that opens Lyrics: Refrain: All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful; In love, God made them all. 1 Each little flower that opens, Each little bird that sings, God made their glowing colors, God made their tiny wings. [Refrain] 2 The purple-headed mountain, The river running by, The sunset, and the morning That brightens up the sky, [Refrain] 3 The cold wind in the winter, The pleasant summer sun, The ripe fruits in the garden, God made them every one. [Refrain] 4 God gave us eyes to see them, And lips that we might tell How great is God Almighty, Who has made all things well. [Refrain] 5 God made the world with wisdom And trusts it to our care To cherish all and share earth's wealth With people everywhere. [Refrain] Used With Tune: ROYAL OAK Text Sources: Hymns for Little Children

Send Out Thy Light and Thy Truth

Appears in 29 hymnals Topics: Guidance and Care; Guidance and Care First Line: Send out Thy light and Thy truth, let them lead me Lyrics: 1 Send out Thy light and Thy truth, let them lead me; I let them bring me to Thy holy hill. Send out Thy light and Thy truth, let them lead me; O let them bring me to Thy holy hill. O let them lead me, O let them lead me; O let them bring me to Thy holy hill. 2 Lead me, O Lord, in the way everlasting; O lead and guide me to Thy holy hill; Lead me, O Lord, in the way everlasting; O lead and guide me to Thy holy hill. O do Thou lead me, O do Thou guide me, O lead and guide me to Thy holy hill. Scripture: Psalm 43 Used With Tune: [Send out Thy light and Thy truth, let them lead me]

Before You Now, O God

Author: Sylvia Dunstan Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: God Care First Line: Before you now, O God, your servants stand Used With Tune: ST AGNES (LANGRAN)

O Worship the King, All Glorious Above

Author: Robert Grant, 1779-1838 Meter: 10.10.11.11 Appears in 1,201 hymnals Topics: God Care of First Line: O worship the King, all glorious above, Scripture: Psalm 104 Used With Tune: LYONS

Bwana Awabariki (May God Grant You a Blessing)

Appears in 11 hymnals Topics: Pastoral Care of the Sick Lyrics: Swahili: Bwana awabariki, Bwana awabariki, Bwana awabariki milele. Ukimcha Bwana. Bwana awabariki. English: May God grant you a blessing, may God grant you a blessing, may God grant you a blessing evermore. Revere the Lord. May God grant you a blessing. Scripture: Numbers 6:22-27 Used With Tune: [Bwana awabariki] Text Sources: Swahili folk hymn

I'll praise my Maker while I've breath

Author: Dr. Isaac Watts, 1674-1748; J. Wesley, 1703-1791 Appears in 533 hymnals Topics: Care of God; God Care of 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 though, and being last, Or immorality endures. 2. Happy the man whose hopes rely On Israel's God; He made the sky, And earth, and seas, with all their train; His truth for ever stands secure, He saves the opprest, He feeds the poor, And none shall find His promise vain. 3. The Lord pours eyesight on the blind; The Lord supports the fainting mind; He sends the laboring conscience peace; He helps the stranger in distress, The widow and the fatherless, And grants the prisoner sweet release. 4. I'll praise Him while He lends me 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. Used With Tune: DRESDEN

Be Still, My Soul

Author: Katharina von Schlegel, 1697-1768; Jane L. Borthwick, 1813-1897 Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 196 hymnals Topics: Pastoral Care of the Sick Sacraments First Line: Be still, my soul: the Lord is on your side Lyrics: 1 Be still, my soul: the Lord is on your side. Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain; Leave to your God to order and provide; In ev'ry change God faithful will remain. Be still, my soul: your best, your heav’nly friend Through thorny ways leads to a joyful end. 2 Be still, my soul: your God will undertake To guide the future, as in ages past. Your hope, your confidence let nothing shake; All now mysterious shall be bright at last. Be still, my soul: the waves and winds still know The Christ who ruled them while he dwelt below. 3 Be still, my soul: the hour is hast’ning on When we shall be for ever with the Lord, When disappointment, grief, and fear are gone, Sorrow forgot, love’s purest joys restored. Be still, my soul: when change and tears are past, All safe and blessed we shall meet at last. Scripture: Psalm 42:6 Used With Tune: FINLANDIA

Hold to God's Unchanging Hand

Author: Jennie Wilson Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 143 hymnals Topics: God's Care and Guidance First Line: Time is filled with swift transition Refrain First Line: Hold to his hand, God's unchanging hand Lyrics: 1 Time is filled with swift transition. Naught of earth unmoved can stand. Build your hopes on things eternal. Hold to God’s unchanging hand. Refrain: Hold to his hand, God’s unchanging hand. Hold to his hand, God’s unchanging hand. Build your hopes on things eternal. Hold to God’s unchanging hand. 2 Trust in him who will not leave you. Whatsoever years may bring. If by earthly friends forsaken, still more closely to him cling. [Refrain] 3 Covet not this world’s vain riches that so rapidly decay. Seek to gain the heavenly treasures. They will never pass away. [Refrain] 4 When your journey is completed, if to God you have been true. fair and bright the home in glory your enraptured soul will view. [Refrain] Used With Tune: UNCHANGING HAND

Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above

Author: Johann Jakob Schütz; Frances Elizabeth Cox Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 204 hymnals Topics: God the Father His Care and Guidance First Line: Sing praise to God who reigns above (Cox) Lyrics: 1 Sing praise to God who reigns above, the God of all creation, the God of power, the God of love, the God of our salvation. With healing balm my soul is filled and every faithless murmur stilled: To God all praise and glory. 2 The Lord is never far away, but through all grief distressing, an ever present help and stay, our peace and joy and blessing. As with a mother's tender hand, God gently leads the chosen band: To God all praise and glory. 3 Thus all my toilsome way along, I sing aloud thy praises, that earth may hear the grateful song my voice unwearied raises. Be joyful in the Lord, my heart, both soul and body bear your part: To God all praise and glory. 4 Let all who name Christ's holy name give God all praise and glory; let all who own his power proclaim aloud the wondrous story! Cast each false idol from its throne, for Christ is Lord, and Christ alone: To God all praise and glory. United Methodist Hymnal, 1989