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Lord, Whose Love in Humble Service

Author: Albert Frederick Bayly, 1901-1984 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 52 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 23:1-12 Topics: Healing; Justice; Ordination; Servanthood; Peace Used With Tune: BEACH SPRING
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All Who Love and Serve Your City

Author: Erik Routley Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 35 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 23:37 Lyrics: 1 All who love and serve your city, all who bear its daily stress, all who cry for peace and justice, all who curse and all who bless: 2 In your day of wealth and plenty, wasted work and wasted play, call to mind the word of Jesus, "You must work while it is day." 3 For all days are days of judgment, and the Lord is waiting still, drawing near a world that spurns him, offering peace from Calvary's hill. 4 Risen Lord, shall yet the city be the city of despair? Come today, our judge, our glory. Be its name “The Lord is there!" Topics: Christ's Return and Judgment; Jesus Christ Advent; Justice; A New Heaven and a New Earth; Personal Peace; World Peace; Service; Social Concerns; Work Used With Tune: CHARLESTOWN

What Does the Lord Require

Author: Albert F. Bayly, 1901-1984 Meter: 12.12.12 Appears in 32 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 23:23 First Line: What does the Lord require for praise and offering? Topics: Peace and Justice; Community, nation and world; Discipleship; God--Grace and mercy of; Justice; Labor and laborers Used With Tune: SHARPTHORNE
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O Golden Day

Author: Rev. C. A. Dickinson Appears in 17 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 23:8 First Line: O golden day so long desired Topics: Christ's Return; Missionary Used With Tune: [O golden day so long desired]
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What Does the Lord Require of You?

Author: Jim Strathdee Meter: Irregular Appears in 13 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 23:23 Topics: Commitment; Compassion; God's Covenant with Israel; Humility; Justice; Work Used With Tune: MOON

Jesus Christ is waiting

Author: John L. Bell, b. 1949; Graham Maule, b. 1958 Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Appears in 13 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 23 Topics: The Ministry of Jesus Christ Used With Tune: NOËL NOUVELET
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Shout for Joy, Loud and Long

Author: David Mowbray, 1938- Meter: 6.6.6.6.6 with refrain Appears in 11 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 23:12 Refrain First Line: Shout for joy, joy, joy! Lyrics: 1 Shout for joy, loud and long, God be praised with a song! To the Lord we belong-- children of our Maker, God the great life giver! Refrain: Shout for joy, joy, joy! Shout for joy, joy, joy! God is love, God is light, God is everlasting! 2 By God's Word all was made, heaven and earth, light and shade, nature's wonders displayed, we to rule creation from its first foundation. [Refrain] 3 Yet our pride makes us fall! so Christ came for us all-- not the righteous to call-- by his cross and passion, bringing us salvation! [Refrain] 4 Now has Christ truly risen and his Spirit is given to all those under heaven who will walk beside him, though they once denied him! [Refrain] Used With Tune: PERSONENT HODIE
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Soft the Bells are Ringing

Author: Eliza M. Sherman Appears in 10 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 23:6 First Line: Soft and sweet the bells are ringing Refrain First Line: Sweetly, softly sounds the anthem Topics: Resurrection Used With Tune: [Soft and sweet the bells are ringing]
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The City Is Alive, O God

Author: William Watkins Reid, Jr., 1923-2007 Appears in 9 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 23:37 Lyrics: 1 The city is alive, O God, with sound of rushing feet, with flashing lights and rapid change that pulse through every street. But oft there's inhumanity behind the bright facade, and empty souls with hungry hearts cry out for help, O God. 2 O God, inspire your church today to take Christ's servant role, to love the world, to hear its claims to sense its yearning soul, to live within the marketplace, to serve both weak and strong, to lose herself, to share her dream, to give the world her song! Topics: Challenge; City; Ministry; Mission; Service; Sharing; Witness Used With Tune: THAXTED

Jesus, Draw Me Ever Nearer (Cristo, infúndeme aliento)

Author: Margaret Becker, b. 1959; Keith Getty, b. 1974; Anonymous Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 9 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 23 Refrain First Line: May this journey bring a blessing (Solo soy un peregrino) Topics: Aflicción; Grief; Dificultades; Trouble; Guía; Guidance; Oración; Prayer Used With Tune: DRAW ME EVER NEARER

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