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Dear God, Who Loves All Humankind

Author: John Greenleaf Whittier Meter: 8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 545 hymnals Topics: Proper 12 Year B Lyrics: 1 Dear God, who loves all humankind, 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! Used With Tune: REST

I Heard the Voice of Jesus

Author: Horatius Bonar Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 1,261 hymnals Topics: Proper 12 Year C First Line: I heard the voice of Jesus say Lyrics: 1 I heard the voice of Jesus say, "Come unto me and rest; lay down, O weary one, lay down your head upon my breast." I came to Jesus as I was, weary and worn and sad; I found in him a resting-place, and he has made me glad. 2 I heard the voice of Jesus say, "Behold, I freely give the living water; thirsty one, stoop down, and drink, and live." I came to Jesus, and I drank of that life-giving stream; my thirst was quenched, my soul revived, and now I live in him. 3 I heard the voice of Jesus say, "I am this dark world's light; look unto me, your morn shall rise; and all your day be bright." I looked to Jesus, and I found in him my star, my sun; and in that light of life I'll walk till travelling days are done. Used With Tune: KINGSFOLD

Let Us with a Gladsome Mind

Author: John Milton Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 563 hymnals Topics: Proper 12 Year C Lyrics: 1 Let us with a gladsome mind praise our God forever kind; whose great mercies still endure, ever faithful, ever sure. 2 God, with all-commanding might, filled the new-made world with light; for God's mercies still endure, ever faithful, ever sure. 3 God has with a gracious eye looked upon our misery; for God's mercies still endure, ever faithful, ever sure. 4 All things living God does feed, with full measure meets their need; for God's mercies still endure, ever faithful, ever sure. 5 Let us with a gladsome mind praise our God forever kind; whose great mercies still endure, ever faithful, ever sure. Used With Tune: MONKLAND

For the Beauty of the Earth

Author: Folliott Sandford Pierpoint Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 667 hymnals Topics: Proper 12 Year A Refrain First Line: God of all, to you we raise Lyrics: 1 For the beauty of the earth, for the glory of the skies, for the love which from our birth over and around us lies, [Refrain:] God of all, to you we raise this our hymn of grateful praise. 2 For the beauty of each hour of the day and of the night, hill and vale, and tree and flower, sun and moon, and stars of light, [Refrain] 3 For the joy of human love, brother, sister, parent, child, friends on earth and friends above, for all gentle thoughts and mild, [Refrain] 4 For each perfect gift sublime to our race so freely given; graces human and divine, flowers of earth and buds of heaven. [Refrain] Used With Tune: LUCERNA LAUDONIAE

Come, You Thankful People, Come

Author: Henry Alford Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 754 hymnals Topics: Proper 12 Year A Lyrics: 1 Come, you thankful people, come, raise the song of harvest-home! All is safely gathered in, safe before the storms begin; God, our maker, does provide for our needs to be supplied: come to God's own temple, come, raise the song of harvest-home! 2 All the world is God's own field, harvests for God's praise to yield; wheat and weeds together sown, here for joy or sorrow grown; first the blade, and then the ear, then the full corn shall appear: Harvest-giver, grant that we wholesome grain and pure may be. 3 For our God, one day, shall come, and shall take this harvest home, from the field shall in that day all offences purge away; giving angels charge at last in the fire the weeds to cast, but the fruitful ears to store in the garner evermore. 4 Even so, God, quickly come to your final harvest-home! Gather all your people in, free from sorrow, free from sin; there for ever purified, in your presence to abide: come, with all your angels, come, raise the glorious harvest-home. Scripture: Matthew 13:24-30 Used With Tune: ST GEORGE'S, WINDSOR

Your Hands, O Christ

Author: Edward Hayes Plumptre; R. Gerald Hobbs Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 181 hymnals Topics: Proper 12 Year A First Line: Your hands, O Christ, in days of old Used With Tune: HAYDN

Isaiah 40 (Comfort, Comfort Now My People)

Author: Catherine Winkworth; Johannes G. Olearius Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7.8.8 Appears in 129 hymnals Topics: Proper 12 Year A First Line: Comfort, comfort now my people Lyrics: 1 Comfort, comfort now my people; speak of peace; so says our God. Comfort those who sit in darkness, mourning under sorrow's load. Cry out to Jerusalem of the peace that waits for them; tell them that their sins I cover and their warfare now is over. 2 For the herald's voice is crying in the desert far and near, calling all to true repentance, since God's judgement now is here. Oh, that warning cry obey! Now prepare for God a way! Let the valleys rise in meeting and the hills bow down in greeting. 3 Then make straight what long was crooked; make the rougher places plain. Let your hearts be true and humble, as befits a holy reign. For the glory of our God now on earth is shed abroad, and all flesh shall see the token that God's word is never broken. Scripture: Isaiah 40 Used With Tune: GENEVAN 42

Thy Kingdom come, O God

Author: Lewis Hensley, 1824-1905 Meter: 6.6.6.6 Appears in 134 hymnals Topics: Year C Proper 12 Lyrics: 1 Thy kingdom come, O God, thy rule, O Christ, begin; break with thine iron rod the tyrannies of sin. 2 Where is thy reign of peace and purity and love? When shall all hatred cease, as in the realms above? 3 When comes the promised time that war shall be no more, and lust, oppression, crime shall flee thy face before? 4 We pray thee, Lord, arise, and come in thy great might; revive our longing eyes, which languish for thy sight. 5 Some scorn thy sacred name, and wolves devour thy fold; by many deeds of shame we learn that love grows cold. 6 O'er lands both near and far thick darkness broodeth yet: arise, O morning star, arise, and never set. Scripture: Acts 20:29 Used With Tune: ST CECILIA

O Sing a Song of Bethlehem

Author: Louis F. Benson Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 67 hymnals Topics: Year B Proper 12 Lyrics: 1 O sing a song of Bethlehem, of shepherds watching there, and of the news that came to them from angels in the air: The light that shone on Bethlehem fills all the world today; of Jesus' birth and peace on earth the angels sing alway. 2 O sing a song of Nazareth, of days of joy and sun, O sing of fragrant flowers' breath, and of the sinless One: For now the flowers of Nazareth in every heart may grow; now spreads the fame of his dear name on all the winds that blow. 3 O sing a song of Galilee, of lake and woods and hill, of One who walked upon the sea and bade the waves be still: For though, like waves on Galilee, rough seas of trouble roll, when faith has heard the Master's word, falls peace upon the soul. 4 O sing a song of Calvary, its glory and dismay, of One who hung upon the tree, and took our sins away: For Christ who died on Calvary is risen from the grave; God's sovereign Child, who reconciled, is mighty now to save. Scripture: John 6:16-21 Used With Tune: KINGSFOLD

Joyful, Joyful, We Adore You

Author: Henry van Dyke Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 289 hymnals Topics: Year B Proper 12 Lyrics: 1 Joyful, joyful, we adore you, God of glory, God of love; Hearts unfold like flowers before you, opening to the sun above. Melt the clouds of sin and sadness, drive the storms of doubt away; Giver of immortal gladness, fill us with the light of day. 2 All your works with joy surround you, earth and heaven reflect your rays, Stars and angels sing around you, center of unbroken praise. Field and forest, vale and mountain, flowery meadow, flashing sea, Chanting bird and flowing fountain, teach us what our praise should be. 3 You are giving and forgiving, ever blessing, ever blessed, Wellspring of the joy of living, ocean depth of happy rest! Loving Spirit, Father, Mother, all who love belong to you; Teach us how to love each other, by that love our joy renew. 4 Mortals, join the mighty chorus which the morning stars began; Boundless love is reigning o’er us, reconciling race and clan. Ever singing, move we forward, faithful in the midst of strife, Joyful music leads us onward in the triumph song of life. Scripture: Isaiah 49:13 Used With Tune: HYMN TO JOY