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We love the place, O God

Author: Rev. Sir H. W. Baker; Dean Bullock Meter: 6.6.6.6 Appears in 108 hymnals Topics: The House of Prayer; For Anniversary Services; Dedication of a Church Used With Tune: QUAM DILECTA

Christ is our cornerstone

Author: John Chandler, 1806-76 Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 191 hymnals Topics: Anniversary of a Church Lyrics: 1 Christ is our cornerstone, on whom alone we build; with his true saints alone the courts of heaven are filled; on his great love our hopes we place of present grace and joys above. 2 With psalms and hymns of praise this holy place shall ring; our voices we will raise the Three in One to sing, and thus proclaim in joyful song both loud and long that glorious name. 3 Here, gracious God, draw near and move among us now; receive each fervent prayer, accept each faithful vow, and more and more on all who pray each holy day your blessings pour. 4 Here may we gain from heaven the grace which we implore; and may that grace, once given, be with us evermore, until that day when all the blest to endless rest are called away. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:11-15 Used With Tune: HAREWOOD Text Sources: Urbs beata Hierusalem, Latin, c. 7th cent.

Christ is made the sure foundation

Author: John Mason Neale, 1818-66 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 301 hymnals Topics: Anniversary of a Church Lyrics: 1 Christ is made the sure foundation, Christ the head and cornerstone, chosen by the Lord, and precious, binding all the church in one, holy Zion's help for ever, and her confidence alone. 2 All that dedicated city, dearly loved of God on high, in exultant jubilation pours perpetual melody; God the Three in One adoring, praising him eternally. 3 Here among us, where we call you come, O Lord our God, today; with your gentle lovingkindness hear your people as we pray, and your fullest benediction pour upon us here today. 4 Here bestow on all your people what we ask of you to gain, what we gain from you for ever with the blessèd to retain, and hereafter in your glory evermore with you to reign. 5 Praise and honour to the Father, praise and honour to the Son, praise and honour to the Spirit, ever Three and ever One, one in might and one in glory while eternal ages run. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:11-15 Used With Tune: WESTMINSTER ABBEY Text Sources: Urbs beata Hierusalem, Latin, c. 7th cent.

Now thank we all our God

Author: Martin Rinkart, 1586-1649; Catherine Winkworth, 1827-78 Meter: 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6 Appears in 715 hymnals Topics: Anniversary of a Church Lyrics: 1 Now thank we all our God with heart and hands and voices, who wondrous things has done, in whom the world rejoices; who from our mothers' arms has blessed us on our way with countless gifts of love, and still is ours today. 2 O may this bounteous God through all our life be near us, with ever joyful hearts and blessèd peace to cheer us. Lord, keep us in your grace, and guide us when perplexed, and free us from all ills in this world in the next. 3 All praise and thanks to God who reigns in highest heaven, to Father and to Son and Spirit now be given: the one eternal God, whom heaven and earth adore, who ever was, is now, and shall be ever more. Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:12-21 Used With Tune: NUN DANKET ALLE GOTT (1)

Behold! the mountain of the Lord

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 187 hymnals Topics: Anniversary of a Church Lyrics: 1 Behold! the mountain of the Lord in latter days shall rise on mountain tops above the hills and draw the wondering eyes. 2 To this the joyful nations round, all tribes and tongues, shall flow; up to the hill of God, they'll say, and to his house we'll go. 3 The beam that shines from Zion hill shall lighten every land; the king who reigns in Salem's towers shall all the world command. 4 Among the nations he shall judge; his judgments truth shall guide; his sceptre shall protect the just, and quell the sinner’s pride. 5 No strife shall rage, nor hostile feuds disturb those peaceful years; to ploughshares men shall beat their swords, to pruning-hooks their spears. 6 No longer hosts encountering hosts shall crowds of slain deplore; they hang the trumpet in the hall pursuing war no more. 7 Come then, O house of Jacob! come to worship at his shrine; and, walking in the light of God, with holy beauties shine. Scripture: Isaiah 2:1-10 Used With Tune: GLASGOW Text Sources: Scottish Paraphrases, 1781, alt.

Your hand, O God, has guided

Author: Edward Hayes Plumptre, 1821-91 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 61 hymnals Topics: Anniversary of a Church Lyrics: 1 Your hand, O God, has guided your flock from age to age; the wondrous tale is written full clear, on every page. your people owed your goodness, and we their deeds accord; and both of this bear witness: one church, one faith, one Lord. 2 Your heralds brought glad tidings to greatest, as to least; they bade them rise, and hasten to share the great king's feast; and this was all their teaching, in every deed and word, to all alike proclaiming one church, one faith, one Lord. 3 Through many a day of darkness, through many a scene of strife, the faithful few fought bravely to guard the nation's life. Their gospel of redemption, sin pardoned, earth restored, was all in this enfolded: one church, one faith, one Lord. 4 Your mercy will not fail us, nor leave your work undone; with your right hand to help us the victory shall be won; and then by all creation your name shall be adored, and this shall be our anthem: one church, one faith, one Lord. Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-6 Used With Tune: THORNBURY

The Church's One Foundation

Author: Samuel J. Stone, 1839-1900 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 907 hymnals Topics: Dedication of a Church; Anniversaries; Church; Communion of Saints; Diversity; Ecuminism; Faith; Grace; Heaven; Jesus Christ; Kingdom/Reign of God; New Creation; Peace; Redemption; Saints; Second Coming; Trinity; Unity Scripture: Psalm 118:22 Used With Tune: AURELIA

Let all the world in every corner sing

Author: George Herbert, 1593-1633 Meter: 10.4.6.6.6.6.10.4 Appears in 177 hymnals Topics: Anniversary of a Church Lyrics: 1 Let all the world in every corner sing: My God and King! The heavens are not too high, his praise may thither fly; the earth is not too low, his praises there may grow. Let all the world in every corner sing: My God and King! 2 Let all the world in every corner sing: My God and King! The church with psalms must shout, no door can keep them out; but, above all, the heart must bear the longest part. Let all the world in every corner sing: My God and King! Scripture: Colossians 3:16-17 Used With Tune: LUCKINGTON

Community of Christ

Author: Shirley Erena Murray, 1931- Meter: 6.6.8.4 D Appears in 6 hymnals Topics: Anniversary of a Church Lyrics: 1 Community of Christ, who make the Cross your own, live out your creed and risk your life for God alone: the God who wears your face, to whom all worlds belong, whose children are of every race and every song. 2 Community of Christ, look past the Church's door and see the refugee, the hungry, and the poor. Take hands with the oppressed, the jobless in your street, take towel and water, that you wash your neighbour's feet. 3 Community of Christ, through whom the word must sound - cry out for justice and for peace the whole world round: disarm the powers that war and all that can destroy, turn bombs to bread, and tears of anguish into joy. 4 When menace melts away, so shall God's will be done, the climate of the world be peace and Christ its Sun; our currency be love and kindliness our law, our food and faith be shared as one for evermore. Scripture: Matthew 8:8-17 Used With Tune: LEONI

How lovely is your dwelling-place

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 48 hymnals Topics: Anniversary of a Church Lyrics: 1 How lovely is your dwelling-place, O Lord of hosts, to me; my thirsting soul longs eagerly within your courts to be. 2 Beside your altars, Lord of all, the swallows find a nest; happy are those who dwell with you and praise you without rest, 3 and happy those whose hearts are set upon the pilgrim ways: you are the water when they thirst, their guide towards your face. 4 How blest are they that in your house for ever give you praise: one day with you is better spent than thousands in dark ways. 5 The Lord will hold back no good thing from those who justly live; to all who trust, the Lord of hosts will all his blessings give. Scripture: Psalm 84 Used With Tune: HARINGTON Text Sources: Scottish Psalter, 1650, alt.