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A Better Day Is Coming

Author: Charles A. Tindley, 1851-1933 Meter: 7.6.8.6 D with refrain Appears in 24 hymnals Topics: Justice Poverty Refrain First Line: 'Tis coming by and by Lyrics: 1 A better day is coming, The morning draweth nigh, When girded right with holy might Shall overthrow the wrong. When Christ our Lord shall listen To ev'ry plaintive sigh, And stretch His hand o'er every land In justice by and by. Refrain: 'Tis coming by and by, 'Tis coming by and by, A better day is coming, the morning draweth nigh, 'Tis coming by and by, 'Tis coming by and by, The welcome dawn is hastening on, 'Tis coming by and by. 2 The boast of haughty error No more shall fill the land, While men enraged, their pow'rs engaged, To kill their fellow man, But God the Lord shall triumph, And Satan's host shall fly, For wrong must cease and righteousness Shall conquer by and by. [Refrain] 3 No more will angry nations In deadly conflict meet, While children cry and parents die In conquest or defeat, For Jesus Christ the Captain, Will give the battle cry, The Holy Ghost will lead the host To vic'try by and by. [Refrain] 4 No more shall lords and rulers Their helpless victims press, And bar the door against the poor And leave them in distress, But God, the King of Glory, Who hears the ravens cry, Will give command that ev'ry man Have plenty by and by. [Refrain] Used With Tune: A BETTER DAY

Hark, the Glad Sound

Author: Philip Doddridge Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 842 hymnals Topics: Poverty First Line: Hark, the glad sound! The Saviour comes Lyrics: 1 Hark, the glad sound! The Saviour comes, the Saviour promised long: let every heart prepare a throne; and every voice a song. 2 He comes, the prisoners to release in Satan's bondage held; the gates of brass before him burst, the iron fetters yield. 3 He comes, the broken heart to bind, the bleeding soul to cure; and with the treasures of his grace to enrich the humble poor. 4 Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace, your welcome shall proclaim; and heaven's eternal arches ring with your beloved name. Used With Tune: RICHMOND

Happy poverty; or, the poor in spirit blessed

Author: Steele Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 65 hymnals Topics: Spiritual Poverty First Line: Ye humble souls, complain no more Lyrics: 1 Ye humble souls, complain no more, Let faith survey your future store; How happy, how divinely blest, The sacred words of truth attest. 2 When conscious grief laments sincere, And pours the penitential tear; Hope points to your dejected eyes, The bright reversion in the skies. 3 In vain the sons of wealth and pride Despise your lot, your hopes deride: In vain they boast their little stores, Trifles are theirs, a kingdom yours:— 4 A kingdom of immense delight, Where health, and peace, and joy unite; Where undeclining pleasures rise, And every wish hath full supplies: 5 A kingdom which can ne'er decay, While time sweeps earthly thrones away; The state which power and truth sustain, Unmov'd for ever must remain. 6 There shall your eyes with rapture view The glorious friend that dy'd for you; That dy'd to ransom, dy'd to raise To crowns of joy, and songs of praise. 7 Jesus, to thee I breathe my prayer, Reveal, confirm my interest there: Whate'er my humble lot below, This, this my soul desires to know! 8 O let me hear that voice divine Pronounce the glorious blessing mine! Enroll'd among thy happy poor, My largest wishes ask no more. Scripture: Matthew 5:3

Leftover People

Author: Shirley Erena Murray Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: Poverty Homelessness First Line: Leftover people, in leftover places Lyrics: 1. Leftover people, in leftover places,troubled, disabled, the needy and sad,scavenging crumbs from society's plenty,sick to the soul when their life has gone bad;these are the ones in God's upsidedown kingdomdeemed to be worthy and called to the feast,soup kitchen people invited to banquet,valued as greatly as royal and priest.2. Leftover people, disposable people,locked into prisons of drugs and despair,poverty's children in poverty's spiral,locked out of learning and earning their share;those are the ones in God's upsidedown kingdom,these are the Christ in their shabby disguise,these are the least and the highly unlikely,given a hope and new light in their eyes.3. Here is God's testing of true Easter people,spirited people with service to give,taking to heart the compassion of Jesus,feeling how others must struggle to live;we are a part of God's upsidedown kingdom,we know the heart if the gospel's demand,taking our part with the leftover people,widening the space of the lines in the sand. Used With Tune: [Leftover people, in leftover places]

Come, Holy Spirit (Veni Sancte Spiritus)

Author: Jacques Berthier Meter: Irregular Appears in 13 hymnals Topics: Poverty First Line: Come, Holy Spirit, from heaven shine forth Refrain First Line: Veni Sancte Spiritus Used With Tune: VENI SANCTE SPIRITUS

Psalm 146 (A Responsorial Setting)

Appears in 485 hymnals Topics: Poverty First Line: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia Scripture: Psalm 146 Used With Tune: [Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia] Text Sources: Evangelical Lutheran Worship (Psalm text)

Through life's long day and death's dark night

Author: Rev. Frederick William Faber, 1814-1863 Appears in 350 hymnals Topics: Poverty First Line: Sweet Savior, bless us ere we go Used With Tune: STELLA

Psalm 41 (A Responsorial Reading)

Author: Joseph M. Scriven Appears in 1,813 hymnals Topics: Poverty First Line: What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer Lyrics: Refrain: What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer! 1 What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer! 2 Are we weak and heavy laden? Take it to the Lord in prayer. 3 Have we trials and temptations? Take it to the Lord in prayer. 4 Do your friends despise, forsake you? Take it to the Lord in prayer. 5 Precious Savior, still our refuge! Take it to the Lord in prayer. Scripture: Psalm 41 Used With Tune: BEACH SPRING (fragment) Text Sources: Evangelical Lutheran Worship (Psalm text)

Blest are the humble Souls that see

Appears in 222 hymnals Topics: Poverty of Spirit Lyrics: [1 Blest are the humble Souls that see Their Emptiness and Poverty; Treasures of Grace to them are giv'n, And Crowns of Joy laid up in Heav'n.] [2 Blest are the Men of broken Heart, Who mourn for Sin with inward Smart; The Blood of Christ divinely flows, A healing Balm for all their Woes.] [3 Blest are the Meek, who stand afar From Rage and Passion, Noise and War; God will secure their happy State, And plead their Cause against the Great.] [4 Blest are the Souls that thirst for Grace, Hunger and long for Righteousness; They shall be well supply'd and fed With living Streams and living Bread.] [5 Blest are the Men whose Bowels move And melt with Sympathy and Love; From Christ the Lord shall they obtain Like Sympathy and Love again.] [6 Blest are the Pure, whose Hearts arc clean From the defiling Pow'rs of Sin; With endless Pleasure they shall see A God of spotless Purity.] [7 Blest are the Men of peaceful Life, Who quench the Coals of growing Strife; They shall be call'd the Heirs of Bliss, The Sons of God, the God of Peace.] [8 Blest are the Suff'rers who partake Of Pain and Shame for Jesus' Sake; Their Souls shall triumph in the Lord Glory and Joy are their Reward.] Scripture: Matthew 5:3-12

Praise and Thanksgiving

Author: Albert F. Bayly, 1901-1984 Meter: 5.5.5.4 D Appears in 32 hymnals Topics: Poverty Scripture: Matthew 6:25-34 Used With Tune: BUNESSAN