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When the Church of Jesus
Author: Fred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Appears in 19 hymnals Scripture: James 2:14-17 First Line: When the church of Jesus shuts its outer door Lyrics: 1
When the church of Jesus shuts its outer door,
lest the roar of traffic drown the voice of prayer,
may our prayers, Lord, make us ten times more aware
that the world we banish is our Christian care.
2
If our hearts are lifted where devotion soars
high above this hungry, suffering world of ours,
lest our hymns should drug us to forget its needs,
forge our Christian worship into Christian deeds.
3
Lest the gifts we offer—money, talents, time—
serve to salve our conscience, to our secret shame,
Lord, reprove, inspire us by the way you give;
teach us, risen Savior, how true Christians live.
Topics: Service Used With Tune: KING'S WESTON
When the Church of Jesus
So let our lips and lives express
Author: Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 491 hymnals Scripture: James 2:14-26 Lyrics: 1 So let our lips and lives express
The holy gospel we profess;
So let our works and virtues shine,
To prove the doctrine all divine.
2 Thus shall we best proclaim abroad
The honors of our Saviour God;
When his salvation reigns within,
And grace subdues the power of sin.
3 Religion bears our spirits up,
While we expect that blessed hope--
The bright appearance of the Lord;
And faith stands leaning on his word. Topics: The Christian Life Growth in Grace; Consistency
So let our lips and lives express
Make Me a Blessing
Author: Ira B. Wilson Meter: 10.7.10.7 with refrain Appears in 86 hymnals Scripture: James 2:17 First Line: Out in the highways and byways of life Lyrics: 1 Out in the highways and byways of life
many are weary and sad: [are weary and sad:]
carry the sunshine where darkness is rife,
making the sorrowing glad.
[Refrain:]
Make me a blessing,
Make me a blessing,
out of my life [out of my life]
may Jesus shine;
make me a blessing, O Savior, I pray,
[I pray thee, my Savior,]
make me a blessing to someone today.
2 Tell the sweet story of Christ and his love;
tell of His power to forgive: [his power to forgive:]
others will trust him if only you prove
true, every moment you live. (Refrain)
3 Give as 'twas given to you in your need;
love as the Master loved you; [the Master loved you;]
be to the helpless a helper indeed;
unto your mission be true. (Refrain)
Topics: Commissioning Service; Commissioning Service; Christian Service; Social Concerns; Witnessing Used With Tune: SCHULER
Make Me a Blessing
KING'S WESTON
Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Appears in 91 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 Scripture: James 2:14-17 Incipit: 12321 71234 51345 Used With Text: When the Church of Jesus
KING'S WESTON
So Let Our Lips and Lives Express
Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: The Hymnal and Order of Service #459 (1926) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Scripture: James 2:17 Lyrics: 1 So let our lips and lives express
The holy gospel we profess;
So let our works and virtues shine,
To prove the doctrine all divine.
2 Thus shall we best proclaim abroad
The honors of our Saviour God;
When His salvation reigns within,
And grace subdues the pow'r of sin.
3 Our flesh and sense must be denied,
And passion, envy, lust, and pride;
While justice, temperance, truth, and love,
Our inward piety approve.
4 His promise bears our spirits up,
While we expect that blessèd hope,
The bright appearance of the Lord,
And faith stands leaning on His Word.
Amen. Topics: Way of Salvation Sanctification; Trinity, Fifth Sunday Languages: English Tune Title: MIN LJUFVA TROST
So Let Our Lips and Lives Express
So let our lips and lives express
Author: Watts Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #690 (1873) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Scripture: James 2:14-26 Lyrics: 1 So let our lips and lives express
The holy gospel we profess;
So let our works and virtues shine,
To prove the doctrine all divine.
2 Thus shall we best proclaim abroad
The honors of our Saviour God;
When his salvation reigns within,
And grace subdues the power of sin.
3 Religion bears our spirits up,
While we expect that blessed hope--
The bright appearance of the Lord;
And faith stands leaning on his word. Topics: The Christian Life Growth in Grace; Consistency
So let our lips and lives express
When We Walk with the Lord (Para andar con Jesús)
Author: John H. Sammis, 1846-1919; Vicente Mendoza, 1875-1955 Hymnal: Santo, Santo, Santo #636 (2019) Meter: 6.6.9 D with refrain Scripture: James 2:17 Refrain First Line: Trust and obey, for there's no other way (Obedecer y confiar en Jesús) Lyrics: 1 When we walk with the Lord
In the light of his Word,
What a glory he sheds on our way!
While we do his good will;
He abides with us still,
And with all who will trust and obey.
Refrain:
Trust and obey,
for there's no other way
To be happy in Jesus,
But to trust and obey.
2 Not a burden we bear,
Not a sorrow we share,
But our toil he doth richly repay;
Not a grief or a loss,
Not a frown or a cross,
But is blest if we trust and obey. [Refrain]
3 But we never can prove
The delights of his love
Until all on the altar we lay;
For the favor he shows
And the joy he bestows
Are for those who will trust and obey. [Refrain]
4 Then in fellowship sweet
We will sit at his feet,
Or we'll walk by his side in the way;
What he says we will do,
Where he sends we will go;
Never fear, only trust and obey. [Refrain]
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1 Para andar con Jesús
no hay senda mejor
que guardar sus mandatos de amor;
obedientes a él
siempre habremos de ser,
y tendremos de Cristo el poder.
Estribillo:
Obedecer y confiar en Jesús,
es la senda marcada
para andar en la luz.
2 Quien siguiere a Jesús
ni una sombra verá,
si confiado su vida le da;
ni terrores ni afán,
ni ansiedad ni dolor,
pues lo cuida su amante Señor. [Estribillo]
3 Mas sus dones de amor
nunca habréis de alcanzar,
si rendidos no vais a su altar,
pues su paz y su amor
sólo son para aquel
que a sus leyes divinas es fiel. [Estribillo]
4 Cuando vamos así,
¡cómo brilla la luz
en la senda al andar con Jesús!
Su promesa de estar
con los suyos es fiel,
si obedecen y esperan en él. [Estribillo]
Topics: Aflicción; Grief; Beatitudes; Bienaventuranzas; Burdens; Cargas; Confianza; Trust; Faith; Fe; Jesucristo Vida en; Jesus Christ Life In; Palabra de Dios; Word of God Languages: English; Spanish Tune Title: TRUST AND OBEY
When We Walk with the Lord (Para andar con Jesús)
Fred Pratt Green
1903 - 2000 Person Name: Fred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 Scripture: James 2:14-17 Author of "When the Church of Jesus" in Sing! A New Creation The name of the Rev. F. Pratt Green is one of the best-known of the contemporary school of hymnwriters in the British Isles. His name and writings appear in practically every new hymnal and "hymn supplement" wherever English is spoken and sung. And now they are appearing in American hymnals, poetry magazines, and anthologies.
Mr. Green was born in Liverpool, England, in 1903. Ordained in the British Methodist ministry, he has been pastor and district superintendent in Brighton and York, and now served in Norwich. There he continued to write new hymns "that fill the gap between the hymns of the first part of this century and the 'far-out' compositions that have crowded into some churches in the last decade or more."
--Seven New Hymns of Hope , 1971. Used by permission.
Fred Pratt Green
Ralph Vaughan Williams
1872 - 1958 Person Name: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 Scripture: James 2:14-17 Composer of "KING'S WESTON" in Sing! A New Creation Through his composing, conducting, collecting, editing, and teaching, Ralph Vaughan Williams (b. Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, England, October 12, 1872; d. Westminster, London, England, August 26, 1958) became the chief figure in the realm of English music and church music in the first half of the twentieth century. His education included instruction at the Royal College of Music in London and Trinity College, Cambridge, as well as additional studies in Berlin and Paris. During World War I he served in the army medical corps in France. Vaughan Williams taught music at the Royal College of Music (1920-1940), conducted the Bach Choir in London (1920-1927), and directed the Leith Hill Music Festival in Dorking (1905-1953). A major influence in his life was the English folk song. A knowledgeable collector of folk songs, he was also a member of the Folksong Society and a supporter of the English Folk Dance Society. Vaughan Williams wrote various articles and books, including National Music (1935), and composed numerous arrangements of folk songs; many of his compositions show the impact of folk rhythms and melodic modes. His original compositions cover nearly all musical genres, from orchestral symphonies and concertos to choral works, from songs to operas, and from chamber music to music for films. Vaughan Williams's church music includes anthems; choral-orchestral works, such as Magnificat (1932), Dona Nobis Pacem (1936), and Hodie (1953); and hymn tune settings for organ. But most important to the history of hymnody, he was music editor of the most influential British hymnal at the beginning of the twentieth century, The English Hymnal (1906), and coeditor (with Martin Shaw) of Songs of Praise (1925, 1931) and the Oxford Book of Carols (1928).
Bert Polman
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Shirley Erena Murray
1931 - 2020 Person Name: Shirley Erena Murray (b. 1931) Scripture: James 2:14-17 Author of "And God will delight" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.) Shirley Erena Murray (b. Invercargill, New Zealand, 1931) studied music as an undergraduate but received a master’s degree (with honors) in classics and French from Otago University. Her upbringing was Methodist, but she became a Presbyterian when she married the Reverend John Stewart Murray, who was a moderator of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. Shirley began her career as a teacher of languages, but she became more active in Amnesty International, and for eight years she served the Labor Party Research Unit of Parliament. Her involvement in these organizations has enriched her writing of hymns, which address human rights, women’s concerns, justice, peace, the integrity of creation, and the unity of the church. Many of her hymns have been performed in CCA and WCC assemblies. In recognition for her service as a writer of hymns, the New Zealand government honored her as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit on the Queen’s birthday on 3 June 2001. Through Hope Publishing House, Murray has published three collections of her hymns: In Every Corner Sing (eighty-four hymns, 1992), Everyday in Your Spirit (forty-one hymns, 1996), and Faith Makes the Song (fifty hymns, 2002). The New Zealand Hymnbook Trust, for which she worked for a long time, has also published many of her texts (cf. back cover, Faith Makes the Song). In 2009, Otaga University conferred on her an honorary doctorate in literature for her contribution to the art of hymn writing.
I-to Loh, Hymnal Companion to “Sound the Bamboo”: Asian Hymns in Their Cultural and Liturgical Context, p. 468, ©2011 GIA Publications, Inc., Chicago
Shirley Erena Murray
