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Great Shepherd of Your People

Author: John Newton Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 214 hymnals First Line: Great Shepherd of your people, hear Lyrics: 1 Great Shepherd of your people, hear! your presence now display; as you have given a place for prayer, so give us hearts to pray. 2 Within these walls let holy peace and love and friendship dwell; here give the troubled conscience ease, the wounded spirit heal. 3 May we in faith receive your word, in faith present our prayers; and in the presence of our God unburden all our cares. 4 The hearing ear, the seeing eye, the contrite heart bestow; and shine upon us from on high, that we in grace may grow. Topics: The Church at Worship Opening and Morning Hymns; liturgical Opening Hymns; God Shepherd; Opening Hymns; Service Music Gathering, Call to Worship, Greeting Used With Tune: ABRIDGE

Father, how wide thy glory shines!

Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 312 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Father, how wide Thy glory shines! How high Thy wonders rise! Known through the earth by thousand signs, By thousands through the skies. 2 Those mighty orbs proclaim Thy power, Their motions speak Thy skill, And on the wings of every hour We read Thy patience still. 3 When sinners break the Father's low, The dying Son atones; Oh! the dear mysteries of His cross! The triumph of His groans! 4 Now the full glories of the Lamb Adorn the heavenly plains; Sweet cherubs learn Immanuel's name, And try their choicest strains. 5 Oh, may I bear some humble part In that immortal song! Wonder and joy shall tune my heart, And love command my tongue. Amen. Topics: Christ Emmanuel; Christ Lamb of God; Christ Praise to; Christ Prophet; Christ Redeemer; Immanuel; Praise To Christ Used With Tune: ABRIDGE

O Jesus, King Most Wonderful

Author: Bernard of Clairvaux, 1091-1153; Edward Caswell, 1814-1878 Appears in 253 hymnals Topics: Hymns, Songs, Chorales Jesus Christ Lord, King Used With Tune: ABRIDGE

主耶穌最奇妙君王， (O Jesus, King most wonderful)

Author: Bernard of Clairvaux Appears in 1,187 hymnals Used With Tune: ABRIDGE

When Bending O'er The Brink Of Life

Author: William B. Collyer Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 95 hymnals First Line: When bending o’er the brink of life Lyrics: 1 When bending o’er the brink of life, My trembling soul shall stand; I wait to pass death’s awful flood, Great God, at Thy command! 2 When weeping friends surround my bed, And close my sightless eyes, When shattered by the weight of years This broken body lies— 3 When every long loved scene of life Stands ready to depart, When that last sigh which shakes the frame Shall rend this bursting heart— 4 O, Thou great source of joy supreme, Whose arm alone can save, Dispel the darkness that surrounds The entrance to the grave! 5 Lay Thy supporting gentle hand Beneath my sinking head; And with a ray of love divine, Illume my dying bed! 6 I lean on Thy dear faithful breast As I resign my breath! And in Thy fond embraces, lose The bitterness of death! Used With Tune: ABRIDGE Text Sources: Hymns Partly Collected and Partly Original (London: 1812)