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Lord, We Thank You for Our Brothers

Author: Roger K. Powell Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 17 hymnals Tune Key: g minor Topics: Service for the Lord's Day Opening of Worship; Service for the Lord's Day After Creed; Other Observances Ecumenism; Other Observances Mission Scripture: Philippians 1:3 Used With Tune: BLAENHAFREN

Psalm 146

Appears in 2 hymnals Tune Key: d minor First Line: Blessed are the poor and needy Refrain First Line: Blessed are the poor and needy Lyrics: Response: (Advent & General) Blessed are the poor and needy, for God's kingdom surely is theirs. Topics: Psalter; Christian Year Advent Scripture: Psalm 146 Used With Tune: [Blessed are the poor and needy]

Blest Spirit, One with God

Author: John Chandler, 1806-1876 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 13 hymnals Tune Key: d minor First Line: Blest Spirit, one with God above Lyrics: 1. Blest Spirit, one with God above, Thou source of life and holy love, O cheer us with thy sacred beams, Refresh us with thy plenteous streams. 2. O may our lips confess thy name, Our holy lives thy praise proclaim, With love divine our hearts inspire, And fill us with thy holy fire. 3. O holy Father, holy Son, And Holy Spirit, three in one, Thy grace devoutly we implore, Thy name be praised forever more. Used With Tune: O HEILAND, REISS DIE HIMMEL AUF Text Sources: Latin Hymn, 7th-8th Century

O God, the Heathen Have Attacked

Author: Christopher Idle Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals Tune Key: g minor Lyrics: 1 O God, the heathen have attacked your holy land, your house of prayer; your city they have left a wreck, your servants dead and dying there, as if we had no God to help, no King's defense, no Father's care. 2 LORD, will your anger never cease? It overwhelms us like a flood, while unbelieving nations round deride our tears, our pain and blood. But will you let them mock your name and taunt us: "Now where is your God?" 3 Lord, listen to the pris'ners' groans, set free the slaves condemned to die; bring justice to this tortured world, and, when you hear your people's cry, we shall forever give you thanks and sing your glory, God Most High! Topics: Despair; Desperation; Heathen; Hostility; Jerusalem; Temple; Violence Scripture: Psalm 79 Used With Tune: VATER UNSER

Jesus, Lord, Have Mercy

Author: Edmund S. Palmer, 1856-1931 Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Appears in 3 hymnals Tune Key: a minor or modal Lyrics: 1 Jesus, Lord, have mercy On the souls so blest, Who in faith gone from us Now in death find rest. Here 'mid stress and conflict Toils can never cease; There the warfare ended, Bid them rest in peace. 2 Sorely were they wounded In the deadly strife; Heal them, good Physician, With the balm of life. Ev'ry taint of evil, Frailty and decay, Good and gracious Savior, Cleanse and purge away. 3 Grant them rest eternal After weary fight; Shed on them the radiance Of your heav'nly light. Lead them onward, upward, To the holy place Where your saints, made perfect, Gaze upon your face. Topics: Refuge; Refuge; Refuge Used With Tune: ADORO TE DEVOTE Text Sources: Swahili

Parce Domine

Author: Ronald F. Krisman, b. 1946 Appears in 22 hymnals Tune Key: d minor First Line: Have mercy on me, O God Refrain First Line: Parce Domine (Spare us gracious Lord) Topics: Ash Wednesday; Lenten Season; Good Friday; Penance; Comfort; Judgment; Love of God for Us; Mercy; Petition/Prayer; Reconciliation; Repentance; Sin Scripture: Psalm 51:3-6 Used With Tune: PARCE DOMINE Text Sources: Verses The Revised Grail Psalms

I Waited Patiently for God

Author: Esther Arnold Appears in 1 hymnal Tune Key: e minor or modal Scripture: Psalm 40 Used With Tune: KINGSFOLD

Jésus, Ô Nom Qui Surpasse

Author: Charles Wesley (1707-1788); Ruben Saillens (1855-1942) Appears in 1 hymnal Tune Key: f minor First Line: Jésus, ô nom qui surpasse Used With Tune: ABERYSTWYTH

Lord, We Cry to You for Help

Author: Ulrich Zwingli; Helen Dickinson Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 2 hymnals Tune Key: d minor Topics: Repentance and Confession; Confession of Sin; Healing; Sin; Wholeness Scripture: Psalm 25 Used With Tune: AUS DER TIEFE

Forsake me not, my God

Author: S. Franck Meter: 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6 Appears in 11 hymnals Tune Key: a minor Lyrics: 1 Forsake me not, my God, Thou God of my salvation! Give me Thy light, to be My sure illumination. My soul to folly turns, Seeking she knows not what: O lead her to Thyself; My God, forsake me not! 2 Forsake me not, my God! Take not Thy Spirit from me, And suffer not the might Of sin to overcome me. A father pitieth The children be begot; My Father, pity me! My God, forsake me not! 3 Forsake me not, my God, Thou God of life and power! Enliven, strengthen me, In every evil hour: And when the sinful fire Within my heart is hot, Be not Thou far from me: My God, forsake me not! 4 Forsake me not, my God! Uphold me in my going, That evermore I may Please Thee in all well-doing; And that Thy will, O Lord, May never be forgot In all my works and ways: My God, forsake me not! 5 Forsake me not, my God! I would be Thine for ever: Confirm me mightily In every right endeavor: And when my hour is come, Cleansed from all stain and spot Of sin, receive my soul: My God, forsake me not! Topics: Various Occasions Day of Common Prayer; Various Occassions Day of Common Prayer; Trials and Conflicts Used With Tune: [Forsake me not, my God]