VU1 O Come, O Come, Emmanuel -- Words: Latin Antiphons, ca. 9th cent.; music: 15th cent. plainsong %8 8 8 8 R $G ~var -- (v1) O come, O come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel that mourns in lonely exile here until the Son of God appear. -- (R) Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel. -- (v2) O come, O Wisdom from on high, who order all things mightily; to us the path of knowledge show, and teach us in her ways to go. -- (R) Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel. -- (v3) O come, O come, great God of might, who to your tribes on Sinai's height in ancient times once gave the law in cloud, and majesty, and awe. -- (R) Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel. -- (v4) O come, O Rod of Jesse's stem, from every foe deliver them that trust your mighty power to save, and give them victory o'er the grave. -- (R) Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel. -- (v5) O come, O Key of David, come, and open wide our hea-venly home; make safe the way that leads on high, and close the path to misery. -- (R) Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel. -- (v6) O come, O Day-spring, from on high, and cheer us by your drawing nigh; disperse the gloomy clouds of night, and death's dark shadows put to flight. -- (R) Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel. -- (v7) O come, Desire of nations, bind all peoples in one heart and mind; O bid our sad divisions cease, and be for us our Prince of Peace. -- (R) Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel. VU2 Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus -- Words: Charles Wesley, 1744; music: Psalmodia Sacra, 1715 %8 7 8 7 $F ~4/4 -- (v1) Come, thou long-expected Jesus, born to set thy people free from our fears and sins release us, let us find our rest in thee. -- (v2) Israel's strength and consolation, hope of all the earth thou art, dear desire of every nation, joy of every longing heart. -- (v3) Born thy people to deliver, born a child and yet a king, born to reign in us forever, now thy gracious kingdom bring. -- (v4) By thine own eternal Spirit rule in all our hearts alone; by thine all-sufficient merit, raise us to thy glorious throne. VU4 God of All Places -- Words: David Haas, 1988; music: David M. Young 1988 (words 1988 G.I.A. Publications, Inc.) %9 9 9 5 $D ~3/4 -- (v1) God of all places; present, unseen; voice in our silence, song in our midst, we are your people, knowing unsure: come, Lord Jesus, come! -- (v2) God of all dreaming, near and yet far, vision unheard of, wake us to rest. We are your presence sent forth, afraid: come, Lord Jesus, come! -- (v3) God of all people, dust and the clay; breath of a new wind, fire in our hearts, light born of heaven, peace on the earth, come, Lord Jesus, come! VU5 All Earth Is Waiting -- Words: Catalonian, Alberto Taule, 1972, trans. Gertrude C. Suppe 1987; music: Alberto Taule, 1972 (words & music 1993, Centro de Pastoral Liturgica, trans. 1989, The United Methodist Publishing House) %11 11 12 12 $D ~4/4 -- (v1) All earth is waiting to see the Promised One, and open furrows await the seed of God. All the world, bound and struggling, seeks true liberty; it cries out for justice and searches for the truth. -- (v2) Thus says the prophet to those of Israel, "A virgin mother will bear Emmanuel." One whose name is "God with us", our Saviour shall be, through whom hope will blossom once more within our hearts. -- (v3) Mountains and valleys will have to be made plain, open new highways, new highways for our God, who is now coming closer, so come all and see, and open the doorways as wide as wide can be. -- (v4) In lowly stable the Promised One appeared. Yet, feel that presence throughout the earth today, for Christ lives in all Christians and is with us now; again, on arriving, Christ brings us liberty. VU6 A Candle Is Burning -- Words: Sandra Dean, 1986; music: James R. Murray, 1887 %6 5 6 5 D $F ~3/4 -- (v1) A candle is burning, a flame warm and bright, a candle of hope in December's dark night. While angels sing blessings from heaven's starry sky, our hearts we prepare now for Jesus is nigh. -- (v2) A candle is burning, a candle of peace, a candle to signal that conflict must cease: for Jesus is coming to show us the way, a message of peace humbly laid in the hay. -- (v3) A candle is burning, a candle of joy, a candle to welcome brave Mary's new boy. Our hearts fill with wonder and eyes light and glow as joy brightens winter like sunshine on snow. -- (v4) A candle is burning, a candle of love, a candle to point us to heaven above. A baby for Christmas, a wonderful birth, for Jesus is bringing God's love to our earth. -- (v5) We honour Messiah with Christ candle's flame, our Christmas Eve candles glad tidings proclaim. O come, all you faithful, rejoice in this night, as God comes among us, the Christian's true light. VU7 Hope Is a Star -- Words: Brian Wren, 1985; music: Joan Collier Fogg, 1987 (words & music 1989, Hope Publishing Co.) %IRREG R $C ~3/4 -- (v1) Hope is a star that shines in the night, leading us on till the morning is bright. -- (R) When God is a child there's joy in our song. The last shall be first and the weak shall be strong, and none shall be afraid -- (v2) Peace is a ribbon that circles the earth, giving a promise of safety and worth. -- (R) When God is a child there's joy in our song. The last shall be first and the weak shall be strong, and none shall be afraid. -- (v3) Joy is a song that welcomes the dawn, telling the world that the Saviour is born. -- (R) When God is a child there's joy in our song. The last shall be first and the weak shall be strong, and none shall be afraid. -- (v4) Love is a flame that burns in our heart, Jesus has come and will never depart. -- (R) When God is a child there's joy in our song. The last shall be first and the weak shall be strong, and none shall be afraid. VU8 Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming -- Words: German 15th cent., trans. Theodore Baker, 1894; music: trad. German melody, 1599 %7 6 7 6 6 7 6 $F ~var -- (v1) Lo, how a rose e'er blooming from tender stem hath sprung, of Jesse's lineage coming, as seers of old have sung. It came a blossom bright, amid the cold of winter, when half spent was the night. -- (v2) Isaiah 'twas foretold it, the Rose I have in mind, with Mary we behold it, the virgin mother kind. To show God's love aright she bore for us a Saviour when half spent was the night. VU9 People, Look East -- Words: Eleanor Farjeon, 1928; music: French folk melody (words Daniel Higham Associates) %8 7 9 8 8 7 $D ~6/8 -- (v1) People, look east. The time is near of the crowning of the year. Make your house fair as you are able, trim the hearth and set the table. People, look east and sing today: Love the guest is on the way. -- (v2) Furrows, be glad. Though earth is bare, one more seed is planted there: give up your strength the seed to nourish, that in course the flower may flourish. People, look east and sing today: Love the rose is on the way. -- (v3) Birds, though you long have ceased to build, guard the nest that must be filled; even the hour when wings are frozen God for fledgling time has chosen. People, look east and sing today: Love the bird is on the way. -- (v4) Stars, keep the watch. When night is dim one more light the bowl shall brim, shining beyond the frosty weather, bright as sun and moon together. People, look east and sing today: Love the star is on the way. -- (v5) Angels, announce with shouts of mirth Christ who brings new life to earth. Set every peak and valley humming with the word, the Lord is coming. People, look east and sing today: Love the Lord is on the way. VU14 To a Maid Whose Name Was Mary -- Words: Gracia Grindal, 1984; music: Rusty Edwards, 1984 (words & music 1984, Hope Publishing Co.) %7 6 7 6 7 6 $B- ~4/4 -- (v1) To a maid whose name was Mary, the angel Gabriel came. "Fear not", the angel told her, "I come to bring good news, good news I come to tell you, good news, I say, good news. -- (v2) "For you are highly favoured by God the Lord of all, who even now is with you. You are on earth most blest. you are most blest, most blessed, God chose you, you are blest. -- (v3) But Mary was most troubled to hear the angel's word. What was the angel saying? It troubled her to hear, to hear the angel's message, it troubled her to hear. -- (v4) "Fear not, for God is with you, and you shall bear a child. His name shall be called Jesus, God's offspring from on high. And he shall reign forever, forever reign on high." -- (v5) "How shall this be" said Mary, "that I should be with child?" The angel answered quickly "The power of the Most High will come upon you shortly, your child shall be God's child." -- (v6) As Mary heard the angel, she wondered at his words. "Behold, I am you handmaid," she said unto her God. "So be it, I am ready according to your word." VU17 O Ancient Love -- Words & music: Michael Joncas, 1994 (words & music 1994, G.I.A. Publications Inc.) %11 10 11 10 10 $A- ~4/4 -- (v1) O ancient love, processing through the ages; O hidden love, revealed in human form; O promised love, the dream of seers and sages: O living Love, within our hearts be born, O living Love, within our hearts be borne. -- (v2) O homeless love, that dwells among the stranger; O lowly love, that knows the mighty's scorn; O hungry love, that lay within a manger: O living Love, within our hearts be born, O living Love, within our hearts be borne. -- (v3) O gentle love, caressing those in sorrow; O tender love, that comforts those forlorn; O hopeful love, that promises tomorrow: O living Love, within our hearts be born, O living Love, within our hearts be borne. -- (v4) O suffering love, that bears our human weakness; O boundless love, that rises with the morn; O mighty love, concealed in infant meekness: O living Love, within our hearts be born, O living Love, within our hearts be borne. VU18 There's a Voice in the Wilderness -- Words: James Lewis Milligan, 1925; music: Henry Hugh Bancroft 1938 %IRREG $E- ~4/4 -- (v1) There's a voice in the wilderness crying, a call from the ways untrod: prepare in the desert a highway, a highway for our God! The valleys shall be exalted, the lofty hills brought low; make straight all the crooked places where God, our God, may go! -- (v2) O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up to the heights and sing! Proclaim to a desolate people the coming of their King. Like the flowers of the field they perish, like grass our works decay; the power and pomp of nations shall pass, like a dream, away. -- (v3) But the word of our God endureth, whose arm is ever strong; God stands in the midst of nations, and soon will right the wrong. God shall feed the flock like a shepherd, the lambs so gently hold; to pastures of peace will lead them, and bring them safe to fold. -- (v4) There's a voice in the wilderness crying, a call from the ways untrod: prepare in the desert a highway, a highway for our God! The valleys shall be exalted, the lofty hills brought low; make straight all the crooked places where God, our God, may go! VU20 On Jordan's Bank -- Words: Charles Coffin, 1763, trans. John Chandler, 1837; music: Musikalische Handbuch, Hamberg, 1690 %8 8 8 8 $B- ~4/4 -- (v1) On Jordan's bank, the Baptist's cry announces that the Lamb is nigh; awake and hearken, for he brings glad tidings of the King of Kings. -- (v2) Then cleansed be every life from sin; make straight the way for God within; and let each heart prepare a home where such a mighty guest may come. -- (v3) In you, we find abundant life, our refuge in the midst of strife; without your grace we waste away, like flowers that wither and decay. -- (v4) Stretch forth your hand, our health restore, and help us rise to fall no more. O let your face upon us shine, and fill the world with love divine. -- (v5) All praise to you, eternal Son, whose advent has our freedom won; and praise to God whom we adore, with Holy Spirit evermore. VU23 Joy Shall Come -- Words & music: trad. Israeli, arr. Darryl Nixon, 1987 (words arr. 1987, Songs for a Gospel People) %IRREG $F ~4/4 -- (v1) Joy shall come even to the wilderness And the parched land shall Then know great gladness. As the rose, as the rose shall deserts blossom, deserts like a garden blossom. For living springs shall give cool water, in the desert streams shall flow; for living springs Shall give cool water, In the desert streams shall flow. VU27 Tomorrow Christ Is Coming -- Words: Fred Kaan, 1966; music: Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, 1929 (words 1968, Hope Publishing Co.; music G. Schirmer Inc.) %7 6 7 6 D $E- ~4/4 -- (v1) Tomorrow Christ is coming, as yesterday he came; a child is born this moment, we do not know its name. The world is full of darkness, again there is no room; the symbols of existence are stable, cross and tomb. -- (v2) Tomorrow will be Christmas, the feast of love divine, but for the nameless millions the star will never shine. Still is the census taken with people on the move; new infants born in stables are crying out for love. -- (v3) There will be no tomorrows for many a baby born; Good Friday falls on Christmas when life is sown as corn. But Jesus Christ is risen and comes again in bread to still our deepest hunger and raise us from the dead. -- (v4) Our God becomes incarnate in every human birth. Created in God's image, we must make peace on earth. God will fulfil Love's purpose and this shall be the sign: we shall find Christ among us as woman, child, or man. VU28 Herald! Sound the Note of Gladness -- Words: Moir A.J. Waters, 1968; music: adapt. Joachim Neander ca. 1680 %8 7 8 7 8 7 $B- ~4/4 -- (v1) Herald! Sound the note of gladness! Tell the news that Christ is here; make a pathway through the desert for the one who brings God near. Sound the trumpet! Tell the message! Christ the Saving One has come! -- (v2) Herald! Sound the note of judgement, warning us of right and wrong, turning us from sin and sadness, till once more we sing the song. Sound the trumpet! Tell the message! Christ the Saving One has come! -- (v3) Herald! Sound the note of pardon! Those repenting are forgiven; God receives these wayward children, and to all new life is given. Sound the trumpet! Tell the message! Christ the Saving One has come! -- (v4) Herald! Sound the note of triumph! Christ has come to share our life, bringing God's own love and power, granting victory in our strife. Sound the trumpet! Tell the message! Christ the Saving One has come! VU29 Hark the Glad Sound -- Words: Philip Doddridge, 1738; music: Thomas Haweis, 1792; desc. John Wilson (descant Hope Publishing Co.) %8 6 8 6 $F ~3/4 -- (v1) Hark, the glad sound! The Saviour comes, the Saviour promised long: let every heart prepare a throne, and every voice a song. -- (v2) He comes, the prisoners to release in Satan's bondage held; the gates of brass before him burst, the iron fetters yield. -- (v3) He comes, the broken heart to bind, the bleeding soul to cure, and with the treasures of his grace to bless the humble poor. -- (v4) Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace, your welcome shall proclaim; and heaven's eternal arches ring with your beloved name. VU31 O Lord, How Shall I Meet You -- Words: Paul Gerhardt, 1633, trans. Catherine Winkworth, 1863; music: Melchior Teschner, ca. 1615; desc. Hal Hopson, 1978 @221 (descant 1978, Choristers Guild @221) %7 6 7 6 D $C ~4/4 -- (v1) O Lord, how shall I meet you, how welcome you aright? Your people long to greet you, my hope, my heart's delight! O kindle, then, most holy, a lamp within my breast, to do in spirit lowly all that may please you best. -- (v2) Love caused your incarnation, love brought you here to me; your thirst for my salvation procured my liberty. O love beyond all telling, that led you to embrace in love all loves excelling our lost and fallen race. -- (v3) A glorious crown you give me, a treasure safe on high, that will not fail nor leave me as earthly riches fly. My heart shall bloom forever for you with praises new, and from your name shall never withhold the honour due. VU35 Good Christian Friends, Rejoice -- Words: Latin 14th cent. trans. John Mason Neale, 1853; music: German melody %IRREG $F ~6/8 -- (v1) Good Christian friends, rejoice with heart and soul and voice! Give ye heed to what we say: News! News! Jesus Christ is born today. Ox and ass before him bow, and he is in the manger now. Christ is born today! Christ is born today! -- (v2) Good Christian friends, rejoice with heart and soul and voice! Now ye hear of endless bliss: Joy! Joy! Jesus Christ was born for this! He hath opened heaven's door, and we are blest forevermore. Christ was born for this! Christ was born for this! -- (v3) Good Christian friends, rejoice with heart and soul and voice! Now ye need not fear the grave: Peace! Peace! Jesus Christ was born to save! Calls you one and calls you all to gain his everlasting hall. Christ was born to save! Christ was born to save! VU36 Angels, from the Realms of Glory -- Words: James Montgomery, 1816; music: Henry Thomas Smart, 1867; desc. Ruth Girard 1996 %8 7 8 7 8 7 $B- ~4/4 -- (v1) Angels, from the realms of glory, wing your flight o'er all the earth; ye who sang creation's story, now proclaim Messiah's birth: come and worship, come and worship, worship Christ, the newborn King. -- (v2) Shepherds in the field abiding, watching o'er your flocks by night, God with us is now residing, yonder shines the infant Light: come and worship, come and worship, worship Christ, the newborn King. -- (v3) Sages, leave your contemplations; brighter visions beam afar; seek the great desire of nations; ye have seen his natal star: come and worship, come and worship, worship Christ, the newborn King. -- (v4) Saints before the altar bending, watching long in hope and fear, suddenly the Lord, descending, in his temple shall appear: come and worship, come and worship worship Christ, the newborn King. VU38 Angels We Have Heard on High -- Words: French trad., trans. James Chadwick, 1860; music: French carol %7 7 7 7 R $F ~4/4 -- (v1) Angels we have heard on high sweetly singing o'er the plains, and the mountains in reply, echoing their joyous strains. Gloria, in excelsis Deo! Gloria, in excelsis Deo! -- (v2) Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your joyous strains prolong? What the gladsome tidings be which inspire your heavenly song? Gloria, in excelsis Deo! Gloria, in excelsis Deo! -- (v3) Come to Bethlehem and see Christ whose birth the angels sing; come, adore on bended knee Christ, the Lord, the newborn King. Gloria, in excelsis Deo! Gloria, in excelsis Deo! -- (v4) See him in a manger laid, whom the choirs of angels praise; Mary, Joseph, lend your aid, while our hearts in love we raise. Gloria, in excelsis Deo! Gloria, in excelsis Deo! VU40 Before the Marvel of This Night -- Words: Jaroslav J. Vajda 1979; music: Carl F. Schalk, 1981 (music 1989, G.I.A. Publications Inc.) %IRREG $Ab 2/2 -- (v1) Before the marvel of this night adoring, fold your wings and bow, then tear the sky apart with light and with your news the world endow. Proclaim the birth of Christ and peace, that fear and death and sorrow cease: sing peace, sing peace, sing gift of peace, sing peace, sing gift of peace! -- (v2) Awake the sleeping world with song, this is the day the Lord has made; assemble here, celestial throng, in royal splendour come arrayed. Give earth a glimpse of heavenly bliss, a teasing taste of what they miss: sing bliss, sing bliss, sing endless bliss, sing bliss, sing endless bliss! -- (v3) The love that we have always known, our constant joy and endless light, now to the loveless world be shown now break upon its deathly night. Into one song compress the love that rules our universe above: sing love, sing love, sing God is love, sing love, sing God is love! VU42 Down to Earth as a Dove -- Words: Fred Kaan, 1968; music: melody from Piae Cantiones 1582 (words 1968, Hope Publishing Co.) %6 6 6 6 6 R $C ~2/2 -- (v1) Down to earth as a dove, came to dwell holy love: Jesus Christ from above bringing great salvation meant for every nation. -- (R) Let us sing, sing, sing, dance and spring, spring, spring; Christ is here, ever near! Gloria in Excelsis. -- (v2) This is love come to light, now is fear put to flight. God defeats darkest night, giving for our sorrows hope of new tomorrows. -- (R) Let us sing, sing, sing, dance and spring, spring, spring; Christ is here, ever near! Gloria in Excelsis. -- (v3) Christ the Lord comes to feed hungry souls in their need; in the house there is bread: Jesus in a stable, in the church a table. -- (R) Let us sing, sing, sing, dance and spring, spring, spring; Christ is here, ever near! Gloria in Excelsis. VU43 Go, Tell It on the Mountain -- Words: John Wesley Work II, 1907; music: African-American spiritual, 19th cent. %IRREG $G ~4/4 -- (R) Go, tell it on the mountain Over the hills and everywhere Go, tell it on the mountain That Jesus Christ is born. -- (v1) While shepherds kept their watching O'er silent flocks by night, Behold throughout the heavens There shone a holy light -- (R) Go, tell it on the mountain Over the hills and everywhere Go, tell it on the mountain That Jesus Christ is born. -- (v2) The shepherds feared and trembled When lo, above the earth Rang out the angel chorus That hailed our Saviour's birth! -- (R) Go, tell it on the mountain Over the hills and everywhere Go, tell it on the mountain That Jesus Christ is born. -- (v3) Down in a lowly manger the humble Christ was born; And God sent our salvation that blessed Christmas morn -- (R) Go, tell it on the mountain Over the hills and everywhere Go, tell it on the mountain That Jesus Christ is born. VU44 It Came upon the Midnight Clear -- Words: Edmund Hamilton Sears, 1848; music: Richard Stores Willis, 1850 %8 6 8 6 D $A ~6/4 -- (v1) It came upon the midnight clear, that glorious song of old, from angels bending near the earth to touch their harps of gold, "Peace on the earth, good will to all, from heaven's all-gracious King!" The world in solemn stillness lay to hear the angels sing. -- (v2) Still through the cloven skies they come with peaceful wings unfurled; and still their heavenly music floats o'er all the weary world; above its sad and lowly plains they bend on hovering wing, and ever o'er its Babel sounds the blessed angels sing. -- (v3) Yet with the woes of sin and strife the world has suffered long; beneath the angel strain have rolled two thousand years of wrong; and warring humankind hears not the love song which they bring. O hush the noise, and cease your strife, to hear the angels sing. -- (v4) For, lo! the days are hastening on, by prophets seen of old, when with the ever-circling years shall come the time foretold, when peace shall over all the earth its ancient splendours fling, and the whole world send back the song which now the angels sing. VU45 Joy Is Now in Every Place -- Words: author unknown; music: German carol melody ca. 1500 %7 7 7 6 $E- ~6/8 -- (v1) Joy is now in every place, Christmas lightens every face; now be with us, in your grace, O hear us, bless us, holy Jesus. -- (v2) May the star that shone that night, making your poor stable bright, fill our hearts with love and light, O hear us, bless us, holy Jesus. -- (v3) Through the New Year let it stay, leading us upon your way, making Christmas every day, O hear us, bless us, holy Jesus. -- (v4) Now and ever may we find your good news to fill our mind; peace and love to humankind, O hear us, bless us, holy Jesus. VU46 Gentle Mary Laid Her Child -- Words: Joseph Simpson Cook, 1919; music: Alta Lind Cook (music Metropolitan United Church, Toronto) %7 6 7 6 D $F ~6/8 -- (v1) Gentle Mary laid her child lowly in a manger; there he lay, the undefiled, to the world a stranger. Such a babe in such a place, can he be the Saviour? Ask the saved of all the race who have found his favour. -- (v2) Angels sang about his birth, wise men sought and found him; heaven's star shone brightly forth, glory all around him. Shepherds saw the wondrous sight, heard the angels singing; all the plains were lit that night, all the hills were ringing. -- (v3) Gentle Mary laid her child, lowly in a manger; he is still the undefiled, but no more a stranger. Son of God of humble birth, beautiful the story, praise his name in all the earth; hail the King of glory! VU47 Still, Still, Still -- Words: Austrian carol, trans. John Rutter, 1994; music: Austrian melody (words trans. 1994, Hinshaw Music Inc.) %3 6 9 8 3 6 $E- ~4/4 -- (v1) Still, still, still: the night is calm and still. The Christ-child in his crib lies sleeping, angels round him watch are keeping. Still, still, still: the night is calm and still. -- (v2) Sleep, sleep, sleep: sweet Jesus, softly sleep, while Mary sings and gently holds you, safely in her arms enfolds you. Sleep, sleep, sleep: sweet Jesus, softly sleep. -- (v3) Joy, joy, joy; glad tidings of great joy! For through God's holy incarnation Christ is born for our salvation. Joy, joy, joy; glad tidings of great joy! VU48 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing -- Words: Charles Wesley, 1739; music: Felix Mendelssohn, 1840 %7 7 7 7 D R $F ~4/4 -- (v1) Hark! the herald angels sing, "Glory to the newborn King, Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled!" Joyful, all ye nations rise, join the triumph of the skies, With the angelic host proclaim, "Christ is born in Bethlehem!" Hark, the herald angels sing, "Glory to the newborn King!" -- (v2) Christ by highest heav'n adored, Christ the everlasting Lord. Late in time behold him come, offspring of the virgin's womb. Veiled in flesh the God-head see; hail th'incarnate Deity. Pleased with us in flesh to dwell, Jesus our Emmanuel. Hark, the herald angels sing, "Glory to the newborn King!" -- (v3) Hail, the heaven-born Prince of Peace. Hail the Sun of Righteousness! Light and life to all he brings, risen with healing in his wings. Mild he lays his glory by, born that we no more may die; Born to raise us from the earth, born to give us second birth. Hark, the herald angels sing, "Glory to the newborn King!" VU50 He Is Born -- Words & music: trad. French carol, 19th cent., trans. George Evans, 1963 (words: trans. Walton Music Corp.) %7 10 7 8 $F ~2/4 -- (R) He is born, little Child divine; play on the reeds while the lutes are strumming. He is born, little Child divine; join the song to announce the day. -- (v1) Through long ages of the past, prophets have foretold his coming; through long ages of the past, now the time has come at last! -- (R) He is born, little Child divine; play on the reeds while the lutes are strumming. He is born, little Child divine; join the song to announce the day. -- (v2) O how lovely, O how pure is this perfect child of heaven; O how lovely, O how pure, gracious gift to humankind! -- (R) He is born, little Child divine; play on the reeds while the lutes are strumming. He is born, little Child divine; join the song to announce the day. -- (v3) Lowly lodged in a stable poor, laid on straw for his infant cradle. Lowly lodged in a stable poor, God came down to our mortal aid. -- (R) He is born, little Child divine; play on the reeds while the lutes are strumming. He is born, little Child divine; join the song to announce the day. -- (v4) Jesus, Lord of all the world, coming as a child among us, Jesus, Lord of all the world, grant to us your heavenly peace. -- (R) He is born, little Child divine; play on the reeds while the lutes are strumming. He is born, little Child divine; join the song to announce the day. VU54 Unto Us a Boy Is Born -- Words: German carol, 15th cent., trans. Percy Dearmer, 1928, v2 George Ratcliff Woodward, 1901; music: German carol, 1582 %7 6 7 7 7 $D ~4/4 -- (v1) Unto us a boy is born! King of all creation, came he to a world forlorn, the Lord of every nation, the Lord of every nation. -- (v2) Christ from heaven descending low comes, on earth a stranger; ox and ass their owner know, becradled in the manger, becradled in the manger. -- (v3) Herod then with fear was filled: "A prince," he said, "in Jewry!"; all the little boys he killed at Bethlem in his fury, at Bethlem in his fury. -- (v4) Now may Mary's son, who came so long ago to love us, lead us all with hearts aflame unto the joys above us, unto the joys above us. -- (v5) Omega and Alpha he! Let the organ thunder, while the choir with peals of glee doth rend the air asunder, doth rend the air asunder. VU55 In the Bleak Midwinter -- Words: Christina Georgina Rosetti, ca. 1872; music: Gustav Theodor Holst, 1906 %IRREG $F ~4/4 -- (v1) In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone; snow had fallen snow on snow, snow on snow, in the bleak midwinter, long ago. -- (v2) Our God, heav'n cannot hold him nor earth sustain, heav'n and earth shall flee away when he comes to reign; in the bleak midwinter a stable place sufficed the Lord God almighty, Jesus Christ. -- (v3) Enough for him, whom cherubim worship night and day, a breast full of milk and a manger full of hay. Enough for him whom angels fall down before, the ox and ass and camel which adore. -- (v4) What can I give him, poor as I am? If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb; if I were a wise man, I would do my part; yet what I can I give him give my heart. VU56 Jesus, Our Brother -- Words: French carol, trans. Robert Davis, 1989; music: French melody attrib. Pierre de Corbeil (trans. 1989, The United Methodist Publishing House) %IRREG $F ~3/4 -- (v1) Jesus, our brother, kind and good was humbly born in a stable rude, and the friendly beasts around him stood, Jesus, our brother, kind and good. -- (v2) "I", said the donkey, shaggy and brown "I carried the mother uphill and down, I carried his mother to Bethlehem town, I", said the donkey, shaggy and brown. -- (v3) "I", said the cow, all white and red, "I gave him my manger for his bed, I gave him hay to pillow his head, I", said the cow, all white and red. -- (v4) "I", said the sheep, with curly horn, "I gave him my wool for his blanket warm, he wore my coat on Christmas morn; I", said the sheep, with curly horn. -- (v5) "I", said dove, from the rafters high, "I cooed him to sleep that he should not cry, we cooed him to sleep, my mate and I; I", said dove, from the rafters high. -- (v6) Thus all the beasts, by some good spell, in the stable dark were glad to tell of the gifts they gave Emmanuel, the gifts they gave Emmanuel. VU57 Oh, How Joyfully -- Words: Brian Wren, 1993; music: trad. Sicilian, 18th cent. (words 1993, Hope Publishing Co.) %5 5 7 4 4 7 $D ~4/4 -- (v1) Oh, how joyfully, oh, how hopefully, waits the world on Christmas eve! Love comes healing, God revealing. Friends, be joyful and believe! -- (v2) Oh, how joyfully, oh, how peacefully, sleeps the world on Christmas Night! Sins are covered, grace discovered. In our darkness shines the light! -- (v3) Oh, how joyfully, oh, how thankfully, wakes the world on Christmas morn! God has spoken, death is broken. Hallelujah! Christ is born! VU58 Infant Holy, Infant Lowly -- Words: Polish Edith M. G. Reed, 1921; music: Polish folk melody %8 7 8 7 8 8 7 7 $G ~3/4 -- (v1) Infant holy, infant lowly, for his bed a cattle stall; oxen lowing, little knowing Christ the babe is Lord of all. Swift are winging angels singing, noels ringing, tidings bringing: Christ the babe is born for all. Christ the babe is born for all! -- (v2) Flocks were sleeping; shepherds keeping vigil till the morning new saw the glory, heard the story, tidings of a gospel true. Thus rejoicing, free from sorrow, praises voicing greet the morrow: Christ the babe was born for you. Christ the babe was born for you! VU59 Joy to the World -- Words: Isaac Watts, 1719; music: attrib. George Frideric Handel, 1742 %8 6 8 6 R $D ~2/4 -- (v1) Joy to the world! the Lord is come; let earth receive her King! Let every heart prepare him room, and heav'n and nature sing, and heav'n and nature sing, and heav'n and heaven and nature sing. -- (v2) Joy to the earth! the Saviour reigns; let all their songs employ, while fields and floods, rocks hills and plains, repeat the sounding joy, repeat the sounding joy, repeat, repeat the sounding joy. -- (v3) No more let sins and sorrows grow, nor thorns infest the ground; he comes to make his blessings flow far as the curse is found, far as the curse is found, far as, far as the curse is found. -- (v4) He rules the earth with truth and grace, and makes the nations prove the glories of his righteousness and wonders of his love, and wonders of his love, and wonders, wonders of his love. VU60 O Come, All Ye Faithful -- Words: trans. Frederick Oakeley, 1841; music: attrib. John Francis Wade, ca. 1743 %IRREG $G ~4/4 -- (v1) O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem: come and behold him, born the King of angels; O come let us adore him, O come let us adore him, O come let us adore him, Christ the Lord. -- (v2) God of God, light of light, lo, he abhors not the virgin's womb; very God, be-gotten, not created O come let us adore him, O come let us adore him, O come let us adore him, Christ the Lord. -- (v3) Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation, Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above; glory to God in the highest O come let us adore him O come let us adore him O come let us adore him, Christ the Lord. -- (v4) See how the shepherds summoned to his cradle leaving their flocks, draw nigh with lowly fear we too will thither, bend our joyful footsteps O come let us adore him, O come let us adore him, O come let us adore him, Christ the Lord. -- (v5) Yea, Lord, we greet thee, born this happy morning, Jesus, to thee be glory given, word of the Father, now in flesh appearing: O come let us adore him, O come let us adore him, O come let us adore him, Christ the Lord. VU61 Of the Father's Love Begotten -- Words: Latin, ca. 405; music: plainsong melody, ca. 12th cent. %8 7 9 7 8 7 7 $E- ~var -- (v1) Of the Father's love begotten ere the worlds began to be, Christ is Alpha and Omega, Christ the source, the ending he, of the things that are and have been, and that future years shall see, evermore and evermore. -- (v2) At his word the worlds were framed! He commanded, it was done: heaven and earth and depths of ocean in their three-fold order one; all that grows beneath the shining of the moon and burning sun, evermore and evermore. -- (v3) O that birth forever blessed! When the Virgin, full of grace, by the Holy Ghost conceiving, bare the Saviour of our race, and the babe, the world's redeemer, first revealed his sacred face, evermore and evermore. -- (v4) This is he whom seers in old time chanted with one accord, whom the voices of the prophets promised in their faithful word; now he shines, the long expected; let creation praise the Lord, evermore and evermore. -- (v5) O ye heights of heaven, adore him; angel hosts, his praises sing; powers, dominions, bow before him, and extol our God and King; let no tongue on earth be silent, every voice in concert ring, evermore and evermore. -- (v6) Christ, to thee, with God most blessed, and, O Holy Ghost, to thee, hymn and chant and high thanksgiving and unwearied praises be, honour, glory, and dominion and eternal victory, evermore and evermore. VU62 Once in Royal David's City -- Words: Cecil Francis Alexander, 1848; music: John Henry Gauntlett, 1849; desc. David Willcocks 1970 (descant 1970, Oxford University Press) %8 7 8 7 7 7 $F ~4/4 -- (v1) Once in Royal David's city stood a lowly cattle shed, where a mother laid her baby in a manger for his bed. Mary was that mother mild, Jesus Christ her little child. -- (v2) He came down to earth from heaven who, with God, is over all, and his shelter was a stable, and his cradle was a stall. There among the poor and lowly lived on earth our Saviour holy. -- (v3) For he is our life-long pattern; daily, when on earth he grew, he was tempted, scorned, rejected, tears and smiles like us he knew. Thus he feels for all our sadness, and he shares in all our gladness. -- (v4) And our eyes at last shall see him, through his own redeeming love; for that child who seemed so helpless is our Lord in heaven above; and he leads his children on to the place where he is gone. VU64 O Little Town of Bethlehem -- Words: Phillips Brooks, 1868; music: Lewis Henry Redner, 1868 %8 6 8 6 7 6 8 6 $G ~4/4 -- (v1) O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by; yet in the dark streets shineth the everlasting light; the hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight. -- (v2) For Christ is born of Mary and gathered all above, while mortals sleep, the angels keep their watch of wondering love. O morning stars together proclaim the holy birth, and praises sing to God the King, and peace to all on earth. -- (v3) How silently, how silently the wondrous gift is given! So God imparts to human hearts the blessed gift of heaven. No ear may hear his coming, but in this world of sin where meek souls will receive him still, the dear Christ enters in. -- (v4) O holy child of Bethlehem, descend to us, we pray; cast out our sin, and enter in; be born in us today. We hear the Christmas angels the great glad tidings tell; O come to us, abide with us, our Lord Emmanuel. VU67 Silent Night, Holy Night -- Words: Joseph Mohr, 1818, English trans. John Freeman Young, 1863; music: Franz Xavier Gruber, 1818 %IRREG $B- ~6/4 -- (v1) Silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright 'round yon virgin mother and child, Holy infant so tender and mild, Sleep in heavenly peace, sleep in heavenly peace. -- (v2) Silent night, holy night, shepherds quake at the sight; Glories stream from heaven afar; Heav'nly hosts sing Hallelujah, Christ the saviour is born, Christ the saviour is born. -- (v3) Silent night, holy night. Son of God, love's pure light Radiant beams from Thy holy face, With the dawn of redeeming grace Jesus, Lord at Thy birth, Jesus, Lord at Thy birth. VU68 All Poor Ones and Humble -- Words: v1 Katharine Emily Roberts, 1927/ v2 William Thomas Pennar Davies 1951; music: Welsh carol (words v1 1928 Oxford University Press) %6 6 8 6 6 8 DR $G ~4/4 -- (v1) All poor ones and humble and all those who stumble, come hastening, and feel not afraid; for Jesus, our treasure, with love past all measure, in lowly poor manger was laid. Though wise men who found him laid rich gifts around him, yet oxen they gave him their hay, and Jesus in beauty accepted their duty; contented in manger he lay. -- (R) Then haste we to show him the praises we owe him; our service he ne'er can despise; whose love still is able to show us that stable, where softly in manger he lies. -- (v2) The Christ Child will lead us, the Good Shepherd feed us and with us abide till his day. Then hatred he'll banish; then sorrow will vanish, and death and despair flee away. And he shall reign ever, and nothing shall sever from us the great love of our King; his peace and his pity shall bless his fair city; his praises we ever shall sing. -- (R) Then haste we to show him the praises we owe him; our service he ne'er can despise; whose love still is able to show us that stable, where softly in manger he lies. VU69 Away in a Manger -- Words: author unknown; music: William James Kirkpatrick, 1895 %11 11 11 11 $F ~3/4 -- (v1) Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, the little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head. The stars in the bright sky looked down where he lay, the little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay. -- (v2) The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes, but little Lord Jesus, no crying he makes. I love you, Lord Jesus, look down from the sky, and stay by my side until morning is nigh. -- (v3) Be near me, Lord Jesus, I ask you to stay close by me forever, and love me, I pray. Bless all the dear children in your tender care, and fit us for heaven, to live with you there. VU70 There's a Star in the East -- Words & music: African-American spiritual %IRREG $D ~4/4 -- (v1) There's a star in the east on Christmas morn, rise up shepherd, and follow; it will lead to the place where the Christ is born; rise up, shepherd and follow. -- (R) Follow, follow, rise up, shepherd and follow. Follow the star of Bethlehem, shepherd and follow. -- (v2) If you take good heed to the angel's words, rise up shepherd and follow, you'll forget your flocks, you'll forget your herds, rise up shepherd and follow. -- (R) Follow, follow, rise up, shepherd and follow. Follow the star of Bethlehem, shepherd and follow. VU71 'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime -- Words: Jean de Brebeuf, ca. 1641, English trans. Jesse Edgar Middleton 1926; music: French folksong, 16th cent. (words 1927, The Frederick Harris Music Co.) %IRREG $B- ~2/4 -- (v1) 'Twas in the moon of wintertime, when all the birds had fled, that mighty Gitchi Manitou sent angel choirs instead; before their light the stars grew dim, and wandering hunters heard the hymn: Jesus your King is born, Jesus is born, in excelsis gloria. -- (v2) Within a lodge of broken bark the tender babe was found, a ragged robe of rabbit skin enwrapped his beauty round; but as the hunter braves drew nigh, the angel song rang loud and high: Jesus your King is born, Jesus is born, in excelsis gloria. -- (v3) The earliest moon of wintertime is not so round and fair as was the ring of glory on the helpless infant there. The chiefs from far before him knelt with gifts of fox and beaver pelt. Jesus your King is born, Jesus is born, in excelsis gloria. -- (v4) O children of the forest free, the angel song is true, the holy child of earth and heaven is born today for you. Come, kneel before the radiant boy, who brings you beauty, peace, and joy: Jesus your King is born, Jesus is born, in excelsis gloria. VU73 The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy -- Words & music: West Indian carol, from Edric Connor Collection of West Indian Spirituals, 1945 (words & music 1945, Boosey & Hawkes) %IRREG R $F ~4/4 -- (v1) The virgin Mary had a baby boy, the virgin Mary had a baby boy, the virgin Mary had a baby boy, and they say that his name is Jesus. -- (R) He come from the glory, he come from the glorious kingdom. He come from the glory, he come from the glorious kingdom. Oh, yes! believer! Oh, yes! believer! He come from the glory, he come from the glorious kingdom. -- (v2) The shepherds came where the baby was born, the shepherds came where the baby was born, the shepherds came where the baby was born, and they say that his name is Jesus. -- (R) He come from the glory, he come from the glorious kingdom. He come from the glory, he come from the glorious kingdom. Oh, yes! believer! Oh, yes! believer! He come from the glory, he come from the glorious kingdom. -- (v3) The angels sang when the baby was born, the angels sang when the baby was born, the angels sang when the baby was born, and they say that his name is Jesus. -- (R) He come from the glory, he come from the glorious kingdom. He come from the glory, he come from the glorious kingdom. Oh, yes! believer! Oh, yes! believer! He come from the glory, he come from the glorious kingdom. VU74 What Child Is This -- Words: William Chatterton Dix, ca. 1865; music: English melody, 16th cent. %8 7 8 7 R $G ~6/8 -- (v1) What child is this, who laid to rest, on Mary's lap is sleeping? Whom angels greet with anthems sweet while shepherds watch are keeping? -- (R) This, this is Christ the King, whom shepherds guard and angels sing; haste, haste, to bring him laud, the Babe, the Son of Mary! -- (v2) Why lies He in such mean estate, Where ox and ass are feeding? Good Christian, fear; for sinners here the silent Word is pleading. -- (R) This, this is Christ the King, whom shepherds guard and angels sing; haste, haste, to bring him laud, the Babe, the Son of Mary! -- (v3) So bring Him incense, gold and myrrh; come, one and all to own him. The King of Kings salvation brings; let loving hearts enthrone him. -- (R) This, this is Christ the King, whom shepherds guard and angels sing; haste, haste, to bring him laud, the Babe, the Son of Mary! VU75 While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks -- Words: Nahum Tate, 1700; music: adapt. from Este's Whole Book of Psalmes, 1592 %8 6 8 6 $F ~4/4 -- (v1) While shepherds watched their flocks by night all seated on the ground, the angel of the Lord came down and glory shone around. -- (v2) "Fear not", said he, for mighty dread had seized their troubled mind; "glad tidings of great joy I bring to you and humankind". -- (v3) "To you in David's town this day is born of David's line a Saviour who is Christ the Lord; and this shall be the sign: -- (v4) "The heavenly babe you there shall find to human view displayed, all meanly wrapped in swaddling bands, and in a manger laid." -- (v5) Thus spake the seraph; and forthwith appeared a shining throng of angels praising God, who thus addressed their joyful song: -- (v6) "All glory be to God on high, and to the earth be peace; good will to all from highest heaven begin, and never cease." VU76 See amid the Winter's Snow -- Words: Edward Caswall, 1851; music: John Goss, 1871 %7 7 7 7 R $G ~4/4 -- (v1) See amid the winter's snow, born for us on earth below, see, the tender Lamb appears, promised from eternal years. -- (R) Hail, thou ever-blessed morn; hail, redemption's happy dawn; sing through all Jerusalem, Christ is born in Bethlehem. -- (v2) Lo, within a manger lies God who built the starry skies, who enthroned in height sublime sits amid the cherubim. -- (R) Hail, thou ever-blessed morn; hail, redemption's happy dawn; sing through all Jerusalem, Christ is born in Bethlehem. -- (v3) Say, ye holy shepherds, say what your joyful news today; wherefore have ye left your sheep on the lonely mountain steep? -- (R) Hail, thou ever-blessed morn; hail, redemption's happy dawn; sing through all Jerusalem, Christ is born in Bethlehem. -- (v4) "As we watched at dead of night, lo, we saw a wondrous light, angels singing 'Peace on earth' told us of the Saviour's birth" -- (R) Hail, thou ever-blessed morn; hail, redemption's happy dawn; sing through all Jerusalem, Christ is born in Bethlehem. -- (v5) Sacred infant, all divine, what a mighty love was thine, thus to come from highest bliss down to such a world as this! -- (R) Hail, thou ever-blessed morn; hail, redemption's happy dawn; sing through all Jerusalem, Christ is born in Bethlehem. VU79 Arise, Your Light Is Come -- Words: Ruth Duck, 1974; music: William H. Walker, 1872; desc. Diana McLeod 1995 (words 1992, G.I.A. Publications Inc.) %6 6 8 6 $A ~4/4 -- (v1) Arise, your light is come! The Spirit's call obey; show forth the glory of your God which shines on you today. -- (v2) Arise your light is come! Fling wide the prison door; proclaim the captive's liberty, good tidings to the poor. -- (v3) Arise your light is come! All you in sorrow born, bind up the broken hearted ones and comfort those who mourn. -- (v4) Arise your light is come! The mountains burst in song! Rise up like eagles on the wing; God's power will make us strong. VU81 As with Gladness Men of Old -- Words: William Chatterton Dix, 1858; music: Conrad Kocher, 1838 %7 7 7 7 7 7 $G ~4/4 -- (v1) As with gladness men of old did the guiding star behold, as with joy they hailed its light, leading onward, beaming bright, so, most gracious Lord, may we evermore your splendour see. -- (v2) As with joyful steps they sped, to that lowly manger bed, there to bend the knee before Christ, whom heaven and earth adore; so may we with eager pace ever seek your throne of grace. -- (v3) As they offered gifts most rare at that manger crude and bare, so may we with holy joy, pure and free from sin's alloy, all our costliest treasures bring, Christ, to you, our heavenly King. -- (v4) Holy Jesus, every day keep us in the narrow way; and, when earthly things are past, bring our ransomed souls at last where they need no star to guide, where no clouds your glory hide. -- (v5) In the heavenly country bright none shall need created light; you its light, its joy, its crown, you its sun which goes not down; there for ever may we sing hallelujah to our King. VU82 A Light Is Gleaming -- Words & music: Linnea Good, 1992 (words & music 1992, Borealis Music) %IRREG R $F ~4/4 -- (R) A light is gleaming, spreading its arms throughout the night, living in the light. Come share its gladness, God's radiant love is burning bright, living in the light. -- (v1) When light comes pouring into the darkest place, it hurts our eyes to see the glow. Sometimes a word of hope reminds us of our fears, our memories and tears. -- (R) A light is gleaming, spreading its arms throughout the night, living in the light. Come share its gladness, God's radiant love is burning bright, living in the light. -- (v2) When night is round us and every shadow grows, a star is there to light our way. It tells a story of Jesus who came near to say: "God's light will ever stay." -- (R) A light is gleaming, spreading its arms throughout the night, living in the light. Come share its gladness, God's radiant love is burning bright, living in the light. -- (v3) And Jesus showed us a brighter path to walk. He showed us things we hadn't seen. Now we, like Jesus, can help creation shine, and this will be a sign: -- (R) A light is gleaming, spreading its arms throughout the night, living in the light. Come share its gladness, God's radiant love is burning bright, living in the light. -- (v4) So let us live in the brightness God has giv'n, and let us rise to see the dawn. We trust that God is here a-sparkle and ablaze, warming all our days. -- (R) A light is gleaming, spreading its arms throughout the night, living in the light. Come share its gladness, God's radiant love is burning bright, living in the light. VU87 I Am the Light of the World -- Words & music: Jim Strathdee, 1967 (words & music 1969, Desert Flower Music) %IRREG $F ~4/4 -- (R) "I am the light of the world! You people come and follow me!" If you follow and love you'll learn the mystery of what you were meant to do and be. -- (v1) When the song of the angels is stilled, when the star in the sky is gone, when the kings and the shepherds have found their way home, the work of Christmas is begun: -- (R) "I am the light of the world! You people come and follow me!" If you follow and love you'll learn the mystery of what you were meant to do and be. -- (v2) To find the lost and lonely one, to heal the broken soul with love, to feed the hungry children with warmth and good food, to feel the earth below, the sky above! -- (R) "I am the light of the world! You people come and follow me!" If you follow and love you'll learn the mystery of what you were meant to do and be. -- (v3) To free the prisoner from all chains, to make the powerful care, to rebuild the nations with strength of good will, to see God's children everywhere! -- (R) "I am the light of the world! You people come and follow me!" If you follow and love you'll learn the mystery of what you were meant to do and be. -- (v4) To bring hope to every task you do, to dance at a baby's new birth, to make music in an old person's heart, and sing to the colours of the earth! -- (R) "I am the light of the world! You people come and follow me!" If you follow and love you'll learn the mystery of what you were meant to do and be. VU89 From a Distant Home -- Words & music: trad. Puerto Rican carol, trans. George K. Evans, 1963 %12 12 R $F ~2/4 -- (v1) From a distant home, the Saviour we come seeking, using as our guide the star so brightly beaming. -- (R) Lovely eastern star that tells us of God's morning, heaven's wondrous light, O never cease your shining! Glory in the highest to the Son of Heaven, and upon the earth be peace and love to all. -- (v2) Glowing gold I bring the newborn babe so holy, token of his power to reign above in glory. -- (R) Lovely eastern star that tells us of God's morning, heaven's wondrous light, O never cease your shining! Glory in the highest to the Son of Heaven, and upon the earth be peace and love to all. -- (v3) Frankincense I bring the child of God's own choosing, token of our prayers to heaven ever rising. -- (R) Lovely eastern star that tells us of God's morning, heaven's wondrous light, O never cease your shining! Glory in the highest to the Son of Heaven, and upon the earth be peace and love to all. -- (v4) Bitter myrrh have I to give the infant Jesus, token of the pain that he will bear to save us. -- (R) Lovely eastern star that tells us of God's morning, heaven's wondrous light, O never cease your shining! Glory in the highest to the Son of Heaven, and upon the earth be peace and love to all. VU91 The First Nowell -- Words & music: trad. English carol & melody, 17th cent.; desc. Healy Willan, 1926 (descant 1926, Oxford University Press) %IRREG R $D ~3/4 -- (v1) The first Nowell the angel did say was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay; in fields where they lay keeping their sheep on a cold winter's night that was so deep. Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Born is the King of Israel. -- (v2) They look-ed up and saw a star shining in the east beyond them far and to the earth it gave great light, and so it continued both day and night Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Born is the King of Israel. -- (v3) And by the light of that same star three wise men came from country far to seek for a king was their intent, and to follow the star wherever it went. Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Born is the King of Israel. -- (v4) This star drew nigh to the northwest o'er Bethlehem it took its rest and there it did both stop and stay right over the place where Jesus lay. Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Born is the King of Israel. -- (v5) Then entered in those wise men three, full reverently upon their knee and offered there in his presence their gold and myrrh and frankincense. Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Born is the King of Israel. -- (v6) Then let us all with one accord sing praises to our heavenly Lord that hath made heaven and earth of nought and with his blood our life hath bought. Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Born is the King of Israel. VU93 When Heaven's Bright with Mystery -- Words: Rob Johns 1987; music: trad. English melody, arr. Ralph Vaughn Williams, 1919 %9 9 9 9 10 9 $F ~6/4 -- (v1) When heaven's bright with mystery and science searches nature's art, when all creation yearns for peace and hope sinks deep in human hearts, appear to us, O Holy Light; lift from our eyes the shades of night. -- (v2) When Herod barters power and lives and Rachel's weeping fills the night, when suffering's mask marks every face, and Love's a refugee in flight, reveal to us your word of grace ad make us witness to your peace. -- (v3) When fragile faith, like desert wind, blows dry and empty, hope erased, when withered grass and faded flower proclaim again our day's brief space, breath on the clay of our despair, and work anew creation there. -- (v4) When heaven's bright with mystery and stars still lead an unknown way, when love still lights a gentle path where courts of power can hold no sway, there with the Magi, let us kneel, our gifts to share, God's world to heal. VU96 Will You Come and See the Light -- Words: Brian Wren, 1989; music: trad. Scottish melody (words 1993, Hope Publishing Co.) %12 11 14 10 $F ~4/4 -- (v1) Will you come and see the light from the stable door? It is shining newly bright though it shone before It will be your guiding star, it will show you who you are will you hide, or decide to meet the light? -- (v2) Will you step into the light that can free the slave? It will stand for what is right, it will heal and save. By the pyramids of greed there's a longing to be freed; will you hide, or decide to meet the light? -- (v3) Will you tell about the light in the prison cell? Though it's shackled out of sight it is shining well. When the truth is cut and bruised and the innocent abused will you hide, or decide to meet the light? -- (v4) Will you join the hope, alight in the young girl's eyes? of the mighty put to flight by a baby's cries? When the lowest and the least are the foremost at the feast, will you hide, or decide to meet the light? -- (v5) Will you travel by the light of the babe new born? In the candle lit at night there's a gleam of dawn, and the darkness all about is too dim to put it out will you hide, or decide to meet the light? VU97 When a Star Is Shining -- Words: Sylvia G. Dunstan ca. 1992; music: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1925 (words 1995, G.I.A. Publications Inc.; music permission of Oxford University Press) %11 11 11 11 $F ~3/4 -- When a Star is shining over eastern hills when the air is silent and the clamour stills when the night is waiting and the old hopes rise then the time has ripened and the heart grows wise. -- (v2) Where the world is waiting for an unknown day, where a voice forgotten cries "Prepare the way" where an earthly power makes the heart turn cold there the gifts are offered: incense, myrrh and gold. -- (v3) Lead us on, O Day-star, in the quiet night, guide us through the shadow with your gentle light, show us in a manger our redemption's sign; bring us to a morning where the promise shines. VU99 Christ, When for Us You Were Baptized -- Words: F. Bland Tucker, 1977; music: melody from Tochter Sion, 1741 (words 1982, Church Pension Fund) %8 6 8 6 $D ~4/4 -- (v1) Christ, when for us you were baptized, God's Spirit on you came; as peaceful as a dove and yet as urgent as a flame. -- (v2) God called you, "My beloved Son," called you, "My servant true." sent you God's kingdom to proclaim, God's holy will to do. -- (v3) Straightway and steadfast until death you then obeyed the call freely as Son of Man to serve and give your life for all. -- (v4) Baptize us with your Spirit now, your cross on us be signed, that likewise in God's service we may perfect freedom find. VU100 When Jesus Comes to Be Baptized -- Words: v1-2 Stanbrook Abbey 1974, v4-5 Concacan Inc. 1989; music: Musikalisches Handbuch 1690 %8 8 8 8 $B- ~4/4 -- (v1) When Jesus comes to be baptized, he leaves the hidden years behind, the years of safety and of peace, to bear the sins of humankind. -- (v2) The Spirit of the Lord comes down, anoints the Christ to suffering, to preach the word, to free the bound, and to the mourner, comfort bring. -- (v3) He will not quench the dying flame, and what is bruised he will not break, but heal the wound injustice dealt, and out of death his triumph make. -- (v4) O Spirit help us be like Christ: to live in love and charity, to walk in truth and justice now, and grow in Christian dignity. -- (v5) We praise you, God, source of all life, we praise you, Christ, eternal Word, we praise you, Spirit, gracious gift; your triune presence fills our world. VU101 Songs of Thankfulness and Praise -- Words: Christopher Wordsworth, 1862; music: Jakob Hintze, 1678, harm. Johann Sebastian Bach, 1765 %7 7 7 D $D ~4/4 -- (v1) Songs of thankfulness and praise; Jesus Christ, to you we raise, manifested by the star to the sages from afar; branch of royal David's stem in your birth at Bethlehem; anthems be to you addressed, God in flesh made manifest. -- (v2) Manifest at Jordan's stream, Prophet, Priest, and King supreme; and at Cana wedding guest, in your Godhead manifest; manifest in power divine, changing water into wine; anthems be to you addressed, God in flesh made manifest. -- (v3) Manifest in making whole palsied limbs and fainting soul; manifest in valiant fight, quelling all the devil's might; manifest in gracious will, ever bringing good from ill; anthems be to you addressed, God in flesh made manifest. -- (v4) Grant us grace to see you, Lord, mirrored in your holy Word; with your grace our lives endow, grace to imitate you now, that we like to you may be at your great epiphany; anthems be to you addressed, God in flesh made manifest. VU103 How Good, Lord, to Be Here -- Words: Joseph Armitage Robinson, 1888; music: Charles Lockhart, 1792; desc. Sydney H. Nicholson, 1947 %6 6 8 6 $D ~4/4 -- (v1) How good, Lord, to be here! Your glory fills the night; your face and garments, like the sun, shine with unborrowed light. -- (v2) How good, Lord, to be here, your beauty to behold, where Moses and Elijah stand, your messengers of old. -- (v3) Fulfiller of the past and hope of things to be, we hail your body glorified, and our redemption see! -- (v4) Before we taste of death, we see your kingdom come: we long to hold the vision bright and make this hill our home! -- (v5) How good, Lord, to be here! Yet we may not remain; but, since you bid us leave the mount, come with us to the plain. VU104 We Have Come at Christ's Own Bidding -- Words: Carl P. Daw Jr, 1988; music: Cyril Vincent Taylor, 1941 (words 1988, music 1942, Hope Publishing Co.) %8 7 8 7 D $C ~3/4 -- (v1) We have come at Christ's own bidding to this high and holy place, where we wait with hope and longing for some token of God's grace. Here we pray for new assurance that our faith is not in vain, searching like those first disciples for a sign both clear and plain. -- (v2) Light breaks in upon our darkness; splendour bathes the flesh-joined Word; Moses and Elijah marvel as the heavenly voice is heard. Eyes and hearts behold with wonder how the Law and Prophets meet: Christ, with garments drenched in brightness, stands transfigured and complete. -- (v3) Strengthened by this glimpse of glory, fearful lest our faith decline, we like Peter find it tempting to remain and build a shrine. But true worship gives us courage to proclaim what we profess, that our daily lives may prove us people of the God we bless. VU108 Throughout These Lenten Days and Nights -- Words: James Gertmenian, 1993; music: Musikalisches Handbuch, Hamberg, 1690 (words 1993, Hope Publishing Co.) %8 8 8 8 $B- ~4/4 -- (v1) Throughout these Lenten days and nights we turn to walk the inward way, where, meeting Christ, our guide and light, we live in hope till Easter Day. -- (v2) The pilgrim Christ, the Lamb of God, who found in weakness greater power, embraces us, though lost and flawed, and leads us to his Rising Hour. -- (v3) We bear the silence, cross and pain of human burdens, human strife, while sisters, brothers help sustain our courage till the Feast of Life. -- (v4) And though the road is hard and steep, the Spirit ever calls us on through Calvary's dying, dark and deep, until we see the coming Dawn. -- (v5) So let us choose the path of One who wore, for us, the crown of thorn, and slept in death that we might wake to life on Resurrection Morn! -- (v6) Rejoice, O sons and daughters! Sing and shout hosannas! Raise the strain! For Christ, whose death Good Friday brings on Easter Day will rise again! VU111 As the Sun with Longer Journey -- Words: John Patrick Earls, 1981; music: trad. French carol, 17th cent. (words 1981, Order of St. Benedict Inc.) %8 7 8 7 8 7 $F ~4/4 -- (v1) As the sun with longer journey melts the winter's snow and ice, with its slowly growing radiance warms the seed beneath the earth, may the sun of Christ's uprising gently bring our hearts to life. -- (v2) Through the days of waiting, watching in the desert of our sin, searching on the far horizon for a sign of cloud or wind, we await the healing waters of our Saviour's victory. -- (v3) Praise be given to the Maker of the seasons' yearly round: to the Speaker through the Spoken in their living Breath of love as the ever turning seasons roll to their eternal rest. VU112 O God, How We Have Wandered -- Words: Kevin Nichols, 1980; music: Henry T. Smart, 1836 (words 1981, International Committee on English in the Liturgy) %7 6 7 6 $C ~4/4 -- (v1) O God, how we have wandered and hidden from your face; in foolishness have squandered your legacy of grace. But how, in exile dwelling, we turn with fear and shame, as distant but compelling, you call us each by name. -- (v2) And now at length discerning the evil that we do, by faith we are returning with hope and trust in you. In haste you come to meet us, and home rejoicing bring, in gladness there to greet us with calf and robe and ring. -- (v3) O God of all the living, both banished and restored, compassionate, forgiving, our peace and hope assured. Grant now that our transgressing, our faithlessness may cease. Stretch out your hand in blessing, in pardon, and in peace. VU114 Forty Days and Forty Nights -- Words: George Hunt Smyttan, 1856; music: attrib. Martin Herbst, 1676 %7 7 7 7 $F ~4/4 -- (v1) Forty days and forty nights you were fasting in the wild; forty days and forty nights tempted, and yet undefiled. -- (v2) Sunbeams scorching all the day, chilly dewdrops nightly shed; prowling beasts about your way; stones your pillow, earth your bed. -- (v3) Shall not we your trial share, and from earthly joys abstain, fasting with unceasing prayer, strong with you to suffer pain? -- (v4) If temptations, vexing sore, flesh or spirit should assail, you their vanquisher before, grant we may not faint nor fail. -- (v5) Keep, oh keep us, Saviour dear, ever constant by your side; that with you we may appear at the_eternal Eastertide. VU115 Jesus, Tempted in the Desert -- Words: Herman Stuempfle, 1990; music: The Sacred Harp, 1844 (words 1993, G.I.A. Publications Inc.) %8 7 8 7 D $F ~3/2 -- (v1) Jesus, tempted in the desert, lonely, hungry, filled with dread: "Use your power," the tempter tells him; "turn these barren rocks to bread!" "Not alone by bread," he answers, "can the human heart be filled. Only by the Word that calls us is our deepest hunger stilled!" -- (v2) Jesus, tempted at the temple, high above its ancient wall: "Throw yourself from lofty turret; angels wait to break your fall!" Jesus shuns such empty marvels, Feats that fickle crowds request: "God, whose grace protects, preserves us, we must never vainly test." -- (v3) Jesus, tempted on the mountain by the lure of vast domain: "Fall before me! Be my servant! Glory, fame, you're sure to gain!" Jesus sees the dazzling vision, Turns his eyes another way: "God alone deserves our homage! God alone will I obey!" -- (v4) When we face temptation's power, lonely, struggling, filled with dread, Christ, who knew the tempter's hour, come and be our living bread. By your grace, protect, preserve us lest we fall, your trust betray. Yours, above all other voices, be the Word we hear, obey. VU117 Jesus Christ Is Waiting -- Words: John L. Bell, 1984; music: French carol, 15th cent. (words 1988 WGRG, The Iona Community) %6 5 6 5 D $G ~4/4 -- (v1) Jesus Christ is waiting, waiting in the streets; no one is his neighbour, all alone he eats. Listen, Lord Jesus, I am lonely too. Make me, friend or stranger, fit to wait on you. -- (v2) Jesus Christ is raging, raging in the streets, where injustice spirals and real hope retreats. Listen, Lord Jesus, I am angry too. In the Kingdom's causes let me rage with you. -- (v3) Jesus Christ is healing, healing in the streets; curing those who suffer, touching those he greets. Listen, Lord Jesus, I have pity too. Let my care be active, healing just like you. -- (v4) Jesus Christ is dancing, dancing in the streets, where each sign of hatred he, with love, defeats. Listen, Lord Jesus, I should triumph too. On suspicion's graveyard let me dance with you. -- (v5) Jesus Christ is calling, calling in the streets, "Who will join my journey? I will guide their feet." Listen, Lord Jesus, let my fears be few. Walk one step before me; I will follow you. VU120 O Jesus, I Have Promised -- Words: John Ernest Bode, ca. 1866; music: James William Elliott, 1874 %7 6 7 6 D $F ~4/4 -- (v1) O Jesus, I have promised to serve you to the end; remain for ever near me, my Saviour and my friend: I shall not fear the journey if you are by my side, nor wander from the pathway if you will be my guide. -- (v2) O let me feel you near me: the world is ever near; I see the sights that dazzle, the tempting sounds I hear; my foes are ever near me, around me and within; but, Jesus, then draw nearer and shield my soul from sin. -- (v3) O let me hear you speaking in accents clear and still, above the storms of passion, the murmurs of self-will; O speak to reassure me, to hasten or control; now speak, and make me listen, O guardian of my soul. -- (v4) O Jesus, you have promised to all who follow you, that where you are in glory your servant shall be too. And Jesus, I have promised to serve you to the end; O give me grace to follow, my Saviour and my friend. VU121 Tree of Life and Awesome Mystery -- Words & music: Marty Haugen, 1984 (words & music 1984, G.I.A. Publications Inc.) %8 7 8 7 7 $F ~3/4 -- (v1alt) From the dawning of creation, you have loved us as your own; stay with us through all temptation, make us turn to you alone, make us turn to you alone. -- (v2alt) In our call to be a blessing, may we be a blessing true; may we live and die confessing Christ as Lord of all we do, Christ as Lord of all we do. -- (v3alt) Living Water of salvation, be the fountain of each soul; springing up in new creation, flow in us and make us whole, flow in us and make us whole. -- (v4alt) Give us eyes to see you clearly, make us children of your light; give us hearts to live more nearly as your gospel shining bright, as your gospel shining bright. -- (v5alt) God of all our fear and sorrow, God who lives beyond our death; hold us close through each tomorrow, love as near as every breath, love as near as every breath. VU122 All Glory, Laud and Honour -- Words: Theodolf of Orleans, ca. 820, trans. John Mason Neal, 1851; music: Melchior Teschner, 1615; desc. Hal Hopson, 1978 (descant 1978, Choristers Guild) %7 6 7 6 D $B- ~4/4 -- (R) All glory, laud and honour to you, Redeemer, King, to whom the lips of children made sweet hosannas ring. -- (v1) You are the King of Israel, and David's royal son, now in the Lord's name coming, our King and blessed one. -- (R) All glory, laud and honour to you, Redeemer, King, to whom the lips of children made sweet hosannas ring. -- (v2) The multitude of pilgrims with palms before you went; our praise and prayer and anthems before you we present. -- (R) All glory, laud and honour to you, Redeemer, King, to whom the lips of children made sweet hosannas ring. -- (v3) To you, before your passion, they sang their hymns of praise; to you, now high exalted, our melody we raise. -- (R) All glory, laud and honour to you, Redeemer, King, to whom the lips of children made sweet hosannas ring. -- (v4) Their praises you accepted; accept the prayers we bring, great author of all goodness, O good and gracious king. -- (R) All glory, laud and honour to you, Redeemer, King, to whom the lips of children made sweet hosannas ring. VU123 Hosanna, Loud Hosanna -- Words: Jennette Threlfall, 1873; music: trad. 18th cent. German %7 6 7 6 D $A ~4/4 -- (v1) Hosanna, loud hosanna the happy children sang; through pillared court and temple the joyful anthem rang; to Jesus who had bless'd them close folded to his breast, the children sang their praises, the simplest and the best. -- (v2) From Olivet they follow'd 'mid an exultant crowd, the victory palm branch waving and singing clear and loud, the Lord of earth and heaven rode on in lowly state, content that little children should on his bidding wait. -- (v3)"Hosanna in the highest" that ancient song we sing, for Christ is our Redeemer; earth, let your anthems ring. O may we ever praise him with heart and life and voice, and in his humble presence eternally rejoice! VU124 He Came Riding on a Donkey -- Words & music: Gordon Wright 1986 %IRREG $D ~4/4 -- (v1) He came riding on a donkey, he came riding into town; slow and easy kind of lowly he came riding with the dawn. His disciples walked beside him, staying close, a little shy; not too sure where he would guide them, on to live or on to die. But all the morning sang his praises; waking birds and dancing wind; here he is, the Son of David; riding on to take his throne. -- (v2) Then the children gathered, singing shouts of laughter, bursting cheer; in the streets their song was ringing, "Hosannas" filled the morning air. Timid adults strained to see him, caught the Spirit, joined the song; spread their cloaks along before him, branches flashing in the sun. So all the city sang his praises; waking streets and dancing crowd; here he is, the Son of David; our Messiah, Son of God. -- (v3) In our fasting, and our feasting, called to follow in his way; called to walk his road to Easter, called to live his cross today. Hosanna to the Son of David, hosanna in the heavens above; blessed is he who comes to save us, blest is he who brings his love. Let us join to sing his praises; open hearts and souls to God; he is with us, Son of David; God's Messiah, Christ the Lord. VU126 Ride On, Ride On, the Time is Right -- Words & music: John L. Bell, 1988 (words & music 1988, WGRG, The Iona Community) %8 8 8 8 $B- ~4/4 -- (v1) Ride on, ride on, the time is right: the roadside crowds scream with delight; palm branches mark the pilgrim way where beggars squat and children play. -- (v2) Ride on, ride on, your critics wait, intrigue and rumour circulate; new lies abound in word and jest, and truth becomes a suspect guest. -- (v3) Ride on, ride on, while well aware that those who shout and wave and stare are mortals who, with common breath, can crave for life and lust for death. -- (v4) Ride on, ride on, though blind with tears, though voiceless now and deaf to jeers. Your path is clear, though few can tell their garments pave the road to hell. -- (v5) Ride on, ride on, God's love demands Justice and peace lie in your hands. Evil and angel voices rhyme: you are the man and this the time. VU127 Ride On! Ride On in Majesty! -- Words: Henry Hart Milman, 1821; music: Graham George, 1939 (words 1941, H.G. Gray Co.) %8 8 8 8 $G ~var -- (v1) Ride on! Ride on in majesty! Hark! All the tribes hosanna cry: O Saviour meek, pursue thy road with palms and scattered garments strowed. -- (v2) Ride on! Ride on in majesty! In lowly pomp ride on to die; O Christ, thy triumphs now begin o'er captive death and conquered sin. -- (v3) Ride on! Ride on in majesty! The winged squadrons of the sky look down with sad and wondering eyes to see the approaching sacrifice. -- (v4) Ride on! Ride on in majesty! In lowly pomp ride on to die; bow thy meek head to mortal pain, then take, O God, thy power, and reign. VU129 Said Judas to Mary -- Words & music: Sydney Carter, 1964 (words & music 1964, Stainer & Bell Ltd.) %5 8 5 6 $G ~6/8 -- (v1) Said Judas to Mary, "Now what will you do with your ointment so rich and so rare?" "I'll pour it all over the feet of the Lord and I'll wipe it away with my hair," she said "wipe it away with my hair." -- (v2) "Oh Mary, oh Mary, oh think of the poor - this ointment, it could have been sold, and think of the blankets and think of the bread you could buy with the silver and gold," he said "buy with the silver and gold." -- (v3) "Tomorrow, tomorrow I'll think of the poor, tomorrow," she said, "not today; for dearer than all of the poor in the world is my love who is going away," she said "my love who is going away." -- (v4) Said Jesus to Mary, "Your love is so deep, today you may do as you will. Tomorrow you say I am going away, but my body I leave with you still," he said, "my body I leave with you still." -- (v5) "The poor of the world are my body," he said, "to the end of the world they shall be; the bread and the blankets you give to the poor you'll know, you have given to me," he said, "you'll know, you have given to me." -- (v6) "My body will hang on the cross of the world tomorrow," he said, "not today, and Martha and Mary will find me again and wash all my sorrow away," he said, "wash all my sorrow away." VU130 An Upper Room Did Our Lord Prepare -- Words: Fred Pratt Green, 1973; music: trad. English melody %8 8 8 8 $G ~3/4 -- (v1) An upper room did our Lord prepare for those he loved until the end: and his disciples still gather there to celebrate their risen Friend. -- (v2) A lasting gift Jesus gave his own: to share his bread, his loving cup. Whatever burdens may bow us down, he by his cross shall lift us up. -- (v3) And after supper he washed their feet, for service, too, is sacrament. In Christ our joy shall be made complete: sent out to serve, as he was sent. VU131 If Our God Had Simply Saved Us -- Words: trad. Hebrew, trans. Don Pickard, 1993; music: trad. Hebrew (words - trans. 1993, Steiner & Bell Ltd.) %5 8 5 6 $C ~4/4 -- (v1) If our God had simply saved us, merely brought us out of Egypt, only opened up our prison: Dayeinu*! Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu! Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu! -- (v2) If our God had split the Red Sea: made a way through walls of water, only opened up the waters: Dayeinu! Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu! Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu! -- (v3) If our God had kept our feet dry, kept our heads above the waters, kept us safely without drowning: Dayeinu! Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu! Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu! -- (v4) If our God had brought us over, led us safely on to dry land, (even though it was a desert): Dayeinu! Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu! Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu! -- (v5) If our God had only led us, only gone ahead to guide us, given cloud and fire to lead us: Dayeinu! Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu! Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu! -- (v6) If our God had only brought us to the awful fire at Sinai: filled us all with dread at Sinai: Dayeinu! Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu! Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu! -- (v7) If our God had spoken to us only one word through the thunder merely whispered on the mountain: Dayeinu! Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu! Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu! -- (v8) If our God had given to us less than Ten Words as prescription simply told us: 'Take the tablets!': Dayeinu! Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu! Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu! -- (v9) If our God had laid the law down: tabled in the words by Moses, only given us the Torah: Dayeinu! Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu! Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu! -- (v10) If our God had given us manna, daily sent down bread from heaven, simple manna in the desert: Dayeinu! Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu! Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu! -- (v11) If our God had only given seventh day for joy and gladness, without all the rest to help us: Dayeinu! Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu! Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu! -- (v12) If our God had from a mountain let us glimpse the land of promise only gaze across the Jordan: Dayeinu! Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu! Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu! -- (v13) If our God had, through the river led us to dry bread and water and not laid on milk and honey: Dayeinu! Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu! Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu! -- (v14) If our God had fed us only: feasted us upon the mountain - not nviting all the neighbours: Dayeinu! Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu! Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu! -- (v15) But, our God, who holds the banquet, calls the whole world into freedom: opens up the new creation: Dayeinu! Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu! Dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dadayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu! -- *Dayeinu - Hebrew word for "enough" VU132 Bitter Was the Night -- Words & music: Sydney Carter, 1964 (words & music 1964, Stainer & Bell Ltd.) %5 8 5 6 $E- ~2/4 -- (v1) Bitter was the night, thought the cock would crow for ever. Bitter was the night before the break of day. -- (v2) Saw you passing by, told them all I didn't know you. Bitter was the night before the break of day. -- (v3) Told them all a lie, and I told it three times over. Bitter was the night before the break of day. -- (v4) What did Judas do? Sold him for a bag of silver Bitter was the night before the break of day. -- (v5) What did Judas do" Hanged himself upon an alder. Bitter was the night before the break of day. -- (v6) Bitter was the night, though there'd never be a morning Bitter was the night before the break of day. -- (v7) Bitter was the night, thought the cock would crow for ever. Bitter was the night before the break of day. VU133 Go to Dark Gethsemane -- Words: James Montgomery, 1820; music: Richard Redhead, 1853 %7 7 7 7 7 7 $E- ~4/4 -- (v1) Go to dark Gethsemane, you that feel the tempter's power; your Redeemer's conflict see watch with him one bitter hour; turn not from his grief away: learn from him to watch and pray. -- (v2) See him at the judgement hall, beaten, bound, reviled, arraigned; see him meekly bearing all; love to all his soul sustained. Shun not suffering, shame, or loss: learn from Christ to bear the cross. -- (v3) Calvary's mournful mountain view; there the Lord of glory see, made a sacrifice for you, dying on the cursed tree. "It is finished," hear his cry: trust in Christ and learn to die. VU135 Beneath the Cross of Jesus -- Words: Elizabeth Cecilia Clephane, 1868; music: Frederick Charles Maker, 1881 %7 6 8 6 8 6 8 6 $D ~4/4 -- (v1) Beneath the cross of Jesus I fain would take my stand: the shadow of a mighty rock within a weary land, a home within the wilderness, a rest upon the way, from the burning of the noontide heat and the burden of the day. -- (v2) Upon the cross of Jesus my eyes at times can see the very dying form of one who suffered there for me; and from my smitten heart, with tears, two wonders I confess, the wonder of his glorious love, and my unworthiness. -- (v3) I take, O cross, your shadow for my abiding place; I ask no other sunshine than the sunshine of his face, content to let the world go by, to know no gain nor loss, my sinful self my only shame, my glory all, the cross. VU142 Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross -- Words: Fanny J. Crosby, 1869; music: William Howard Doane, 1869 %7 6 7 6 R $F ~6/4 -- (v1) Jesus, keep me near the cross; there a precious fountain, free to all, a healing stream, flows from Calvary's mountain. -- (R) In the cross, in the cross, be my glory ever, till my raptured soul shall find rest beyond the river. -- (v2) Near the cross, a trembling soul, love and mercy found me; there the bright and morning star sheds its beams around me. -- (R) In the cross, in the cross, be my glory ever, till my raptured soul shall find rest beyond the river. -- (v3) Near the cross! O Lamb of God, bring its scenes before me; help me walk from day to day with its shadow o'er me. -- (R) In the cross, in the cross, be my glory ever, till my raptured soul shall find rest beyond the river. -- (v4) Near the cross I'll watch and wait, hoping, trusting ever, till I reach the golden strand just beyond the river. -- (R)In the cross, in the cross, be my glory ever, till my raptured soul shall find rest beyond the river. VU143 My Song Is Love Unknown -- Words: Samuel Crossman, 1664; music: John Ireland, 1918 (music The John Ireland Trust) %6 6 1 2 4 4 8 $D ~var -- (v1) My song is love unknown, my Saviour's love to me, love to the loveless shown that they may lovely be. O who am I that for my sake my Lord should take frail flesh and die? -- (v2) He came from his blessed throne salvation to bestow, but people scorned, and none the longed-for Christ would know. But O my Friend, my Friend indeed, who at my need his life did spend! -- (v3) Sometimes they strew his way, and his sweet praises sing, resounding all the day hosannas to their King. Then "Crucify!" is all their breath, and for his death they thirst and cry. -- (v4) Here might I stay and sing, no story so divine; never was love, dear King, never was grief like thine! This is my friend, in whose sweet praise I all my days could gladly spend. VU144 Were You There -- Words & music: African-American spiritual %IRREG $E- ~4/4 -- (v1) Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Were you there when they crucified my Lord? -- (v2) Were you there when they nailed him to the tree? Were you there when they nailed him to the tree? Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Were you there when they nailed him to the tree? -- (v3) Were you there when the sun refused to shine? Were you there when the sun refused to shine? Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Were you there when the sun refused to shine? -- (v4) Were you there when they pierced him in the side? Were you there when they pierced him in the side? Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Were you there when they pierced him in the side? -- (v5) Were you there when they laid him in the tomb? Were you there when they laid him in the tomb? Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Were you there when they laid him in the tomb? VU145 O Sacred Head -- Words: Paul Gerhardt, 1656, trans. James Waddell Alexander, 1830; music: Hans Leo Hassler, 1601 %7 6 7 6 D $C ~4/4 -- (v1) O sacred head sure wounded, with grief and shame weighed down now scornfully surrounded with thorns, thine only crown how art thou pale with anguish with sore abuse and scorn how does that visage languish, which once was bright as morn! -- (v2) Thy grief and bitter passion were all for sinners' gain. mine, mine was the transgression, but thine the cruel pain. Lo, here I fall, my Saviour, turn not from me thy face but look on me with favour, and grant to me thy grace. -- (v3) What language shall I borrow to thank thee, dearest friend for this thy dying sorrow, thy pity without end? O make me thine forever; and should I fainting be Lord, let me never, never, outlive my love to thee. -- (v4) Be near when I am dying, O show thy cross to me, and for my succour flying, come, Lord, to set me free These eyes, new faith receiving from thee shall not remove, for all who die believing, die safely through thy love. VU148 Jesus, Remember Me -- Words: from Luke 23: 42; music: Jacques Berthier, 1978 (music 1981, Les Presses de Taiz ) %IRREG $E- ~3/4 -- Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom. Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom. VU149 When I Survey the Wondrous Cross -- Words: Isaac Watts 1707; music: Psalmody in Miniature, ca. 1780 (desc. Hope Publishing Co.) %8 8 8 8 $D ~3/4 -- (v1) When I survey the wondrous cross on which the Prince of glory died, my richest gain I count but loss, and pour contempt on all my pride. -- (v2) When I survey the wondrous cross on which the Prince of glory died, my richest gain I count but loss, and pour contempt on all my pride. -- (v3) See from his head, his hands, his feet, sorrow and love flow mingled down! Did e'er such love and sorrow meet, or thorns compose so rich a crown? -- (v4) Were the whole realm of nature mine, that were a present far too small: love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all. VU152 There Is a Green Hill Far Away -- Words: Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818; music: William Horsley, 1844 %8 6 8 6 $D ~4/4 -- (v1) There is a green hill far away, outside a city wall, where the dear Lord was crucified, who died to save us all. -- (v2) We may not know, we cannot tell, what pains he had to bear; but we believe it was for us he hung and suffered there. -- (v3) There was no other good enough to pay the price of sin; his death has opened wide the gate of heaven, to let us in. -- (v4) O dearly, dearly has he loved, and we must love him too. and trust in his redeeming blood, and try his works to do. VU155 Jesus Christ Is Risen Today -- Words & music: from Lyra Davidica, 1708; desc. Derek Holman 1971 %7 7 7 7 R $C ~4/4 -- (v1) Jesus Christ is risen today, hallelujah! our triumphant holy day, hallelujah! who did once, upon the cross, hallelujah! suffer to redeem our loss. Hallelujah! -- (v2) Hymns of praise then let us sing hallelujah! unto Christ, our heavenly King, hallelujah! who endured the cross and grave, hallelujah! sinners to redeem and save. Hallelujah! -- (v3) But the pains which he endured, hallelujah! our salvation have procured, hallelujah! now above the sky he's King, hallelujah! where the angels ever sing. Hallelujah! -- (v4) Sing we to our God above, hallelujah! praise eternal as God's love, hallelujah! praise our God, ye heavenly host, hallelujah! praise the Son and Holy Ghost. Hallelujah! VU158 Christ Is Alive -- Words: Brian Wren, 1968; music: Thomas Williams, 1789; desc. John Wilson (words & descant 1975 Hope Publishing Co.) %8 8 8 8 $C ~4/4 -- (v1) Christ is alive! Let Christians sing. The cross stands empty to the sky. Let streets and homes with praises ring. Love, drowned in death, shall never die. -- (v2) Christ is alive! No longer bound to distant years in Palestine, but saving, healing, here and now, and touching every place and time. -- (v3) In every insult, rift and war, where colour, scorn or wealth divide, Christ suffers still, yet loves the more, and lives where even hope has died. -- (v4) Women and men, in age and youth, can feel the Spirit, hear the call and find the way, the life, the truth, revealed in Jesus, freed for all. -- (v5) Christ is alive, and comes to bring good news to this and every age, till earth and sky and ocean ring with joy, with justice, love and praise. VU159 The Strife Is O'er -- Words: 17th cent. trans. Francis Pott, 1861; music: William Henry Monk, 1861 from Giovanni Palestrina, 1591 %8 8 8 $D ~3/4 -- (v1) The strife is o'er, the battle done; the victory of life is won; the song of triumph has begun, hallelujah! -- (v2) The powers of death have done their worst, but Christ their legions has dispersed; let shouts of holy joy outburst, hallelujah! -- (v3) He closed the ancient gates of hell, the bars from heaven's high portals fell; let songs of praise his triumph tell, hallelujah! -- (v4) On the third morn he rose again, glorious in majesty to reign; O let us swell the joyful strain, hallelujah! VU161 Welcome Happy Morning -- Words: J. Elleront, 1868; music: Frances Ridley Havergal, 1871 %6 5 6 5 D R $G ~4/4 -- (v1) Welcome, happy morning! age to age shall say; hell today is vanquished, heaven is won today: come then, True and Faithful, now fulfil your word; this is your third morning: rise, O buried Lord! -- (R) Welcome, happy morning! age to age shall say; hell today is vanquished, heaven is won today! -- (v2) Earth with joyful welcome clothes itself for spring; greets with life reviving our returning king: flowers in every pasture, leaves on every bough, speak of sorrows ended; Jesus triumphs now! -- (R) Welcome, happy morning! age to age shall say; hell today is vanquished, heaven is won today! -- (v3) Author and sustainer, source of life and breath; you for our salvation trod the path of death: Jesus Christ is living, God for evermore! Now let all creation hail him and adore. -- (R) Welcome, happy morning! age to age shall say; hell today is vanquished, heaven is won today! -- (v4) Loose our souls imprisoned, bound with Satan's chain; all that now is fallen, raise to life again! Show your face in brightness, shine the whole world through; hope returns with daybreak, life returns with you. -- (R) Welcome, happy morning! age to age shall say; hell today is vanquished, heaven is won today! VU164 The Day of Resurrection -- Words: John of Damascus, ca. 750, trans. John Mason Neale, 1862; music: Gesangbuch der Herzogl. Wirtembergischen Katholischen Hofkapelle, 1784 %7 6 7 6 D $A ~4/4 -- (v1) The day of resurrection, Earth, tell it out abroad; the passover of gladness, the passover of God! From death to life eternal from earth unto the sky, our Christ has brought us over with hymns of victory. -- (v2) Our hearts be free of evil, that we may see aright the Christ in rays eternal of resurrection light; and, listening to the accents, may hear so calm and plain Christ's own "All hail" and, hearing may raise the victor strain. -- (v3) Now let the heavens be joyful let earth its song begin, the round world keep high triumph and all that is therein; let all things seen and unseen their notes of gladness blend for Christ indeed is risen our joy that has no end. VU165 Come, You Faithful, Raise the Strain -- Words: John of Damascus, ca. 750, trans. John Mason Neale, 1859; music: Johann Hern, 1544 %7 6 7 6 D $F ~IRREG -- (v1) Come, you faithful, raise the strain of triumphant gladness: God has brought forth Israel into joy from sadness, loosed from Pharaoh's bitter yoke Jacob's sons and daughters, led them with unmoistened foot through the Red Sea waters. -- (v2) 'Tis the spring of souls today, Christ has burst his prison, and from three days' sleep in death as a sun has risen; all the winter of our sins, long and dark, is flying from his light, to whom we give laud and praise undying. -- (v3) Now the queen of seasons, bright with the day of splendour, with the royal feast of feasts, comes its joy to render; comes to gladden faithful hearts, who with true affection welcome in unwearied strains Jesus' resurrection! -- (v4) Neither could the gates of death, nor the tomb's dark portal, nor the watchers, nor the seal, hold him as a mortal: for today amid his own he now stands, bestowing God's true peace which evermore passes human knowing. VU166 Joy Comes with the Dawn -- Words & music: Gordon Light, 1985 (words & music 1985, The Common Cup Co.) %IRREG $C ~4/4 -- (R) Joy comes with the dawn; joy comes with the morning sun; joy springs from the tomb and scatters the night with her song, joy comes with the dawn. -- (v1) Weeping may come; weeping may come in the night, when dark shadows cloud our sight. -- (R) Joy comes with the dawn; joy comes with the morning sun; joy springs from the tomb and scatters the night with her song, joy comes with the dawn. -- (v2) Sorrow will turn, Sorrow will turn into song, and God's laughter make us strong. -- (R) Joy comes with the dawn; joy comes with the morning sun; joy springs from the tomb and scatters the night with her song, joy comes with the dawn. -- (v3) We will rejoice, We will rejoice, and give praise to the One who brings us grace. -- (R) Joy comes with the dawn; joy comes with the morning sun; joy springs from the tomb and scatters the night with her song, joy comes with the dawn. VU173 Thine Is the Glory -- Words: Edmond Louis Budry, 1884; music: arr. from George Handel, 1747 %5 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 R $D ~4/4 -- (v1) Thine is the glory, risen, conquering Son: endless is the vict'ry thou o'er death hast won. Angels in bright raiment rolled the stone away, kept the folded graveclothes where the body lay. -- (R) Thine is the glory, risen, conquering Son: endless is the vict'ry thou o'er death hast won. -- (v2) Lo, Jesus meets us, risen from the tomb! Lovingly he greets us, scatters fear and gloom. Let the church with gladness hymns of triumph sing, for the Lord now liveth death has lost its sting. -- (R) Thine is the glory, risen, conquering Son: endless is the vict'ry thou o'er death hast won. -- (v3) No more we doubt thee, glorious Prince of life; life is nought without thee: aid us in our strife; make us more than conquerors, through thy deathless love; bring us safe through Jordan to thy home above. -- (R) Thine is the glory, risen, conquering Son: endless is the vict'ry thou o'er death hast won. VU175 This Is the Day That God Has Made -- Words & music: Natalie Sleeth, 1976 (words & music 1976, Hinshaw Music Inc.) %IRREG $F ~C/ -- (R) This is the day that God has made! Rejoice! Rejoice, and be exceeding glad! This is the day that God has made! Rejoice! Rejoice, Hallelujah! -- (v1) Christ has conquered death at last, left the tomb that held him fast! Gone the sorrow, gone the night, dawns the morning clear and bright! -- (R) This is the day that God has made! Rejoice! Rejoice, and be exceeding glad! This is the day that God has made! Rejoice! Rejoice, Hallelujah! -- (v2) Jesus lives who once was dead, lives forever, as he said! Risen now our Saviour, King; songs of gladness let us sing! -- (R) This is the day that God has made! Rejoice! Rejoice, and be exceeding glad! This is the day that God has made! Rejoice! Rejoice, Hallelujah! VU177 This Joyful Eastertide -- Words: George R. Woodward, 1894; music: J. Ouden's David's Psalmen, 1685 %6 7 6 7 R $E- ~4/4 -- (v1) This joyful Eastertide, away with sin and sorrow! My love, the crucified, has sprung to life this morrow. -- (R) Had Christ, who once was slain, ne'er burst his three-day prison, our faith had been in vain: but now has Christ arisen, arisen, arisen, arisen. -- (v2) My flesh in hope shall rest, and for a season slumber, till trump from east to west shall wake the dead in number. -- (R) Had Christ, who once was slain, ne'er burst his three-day prison, our faith had been in vain: but now has Christ arisen, arisen, arisen, arisen. -- (v3) Death's flood has lost its chill, since Jesus crossed the river: lover of souls, from ill my passing soul deliver. -- (R) Had Christ, who once was slain, ne'er burst his three-day prison, our faith had been in vain: but now has Christ arisen, VU179 Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Give Thanks -- Words & music: Donald Fishel, 1971; desc. Betty Pulkingham (words & music 1973, The Word of God Music; descant 1979, Celebration) %IRREG $F ~3/4 -- (R) Hallelujah, hallelujah. Give thanks to the risen Christ; hallelujah, hallelujah! Give praise to God's name. -- (v1) Jesus is Lord of all the earth, firstborn of all creation. -- (R) Hallelujah, hallelujah. Give thanks to the risen Christ; hallelujah, hallelujah! Give praise to God's name. -- (v2) Spread the good news o'er all the earth: Jesus has died and is risen. -- (R) Hallelujah, hallelujah. Give thanks to the risen Christ; hallelujah, hallelujah! Give praise to God's name. -- (v3) We have been crucified with Christ, now we shall live for ever. -- (R) Hallelujah, hallelujah. Give thanks to the risen Christ; hallelujah, hallelujah! Give praise to God's name. -- (v4) Come let us praise the living God, joyfully sing to our Saviour. -- (R) Hallelujah, hallelujah. Give thanks to the risen Christ; hallelujah, hallelujah! Give praise to God's name. VU182 Stay with Us through the Night -- Words: Walter Farquharson 1986; music: Ron Klusmeier 1986 %6 6 7 7 $G ~4/4 -- (v1) Stay with us through the night. Stay with us through the pain. Stay with us, blessed stranger till the morning breaks again. -- (v2) Stay with us through the night. Stay with us through the grief. Stay with us, blessed stranger till the morning brings relief. -- (v3) Stay with us through the night. Stay with us through the dread. Stay with us, blessed stranger till the morning breaks new bread. VU183 We Meet You, O Christ -- Words: Fred Kaan, 1966; music: Peter D. Smith, 1969 (words 1968 & music 1969, Hope Publishing Co.) %10 10 11 11 $B- ~3/4 -- (v1) We meet you, O Christ, in many a guise; your image we see in simple and wise. You live in a palace, exist in a shack. We see you, the gardener, a tree on your back -- (v2) In millions live alive, away and abroad, involved in our life you live down the road. Imprisoned in systems you long to be free. We see you, O Jesus, still bearing your tree. -- (v3) We hear you, O Man* (*Christ), in agony cry. For freedom you march, in riots you die. Your face in the papers we read and we see. The tree must be planted by human decree. -- (v4) You choose to be made at one with the earth; the dark of the grave prepares for your birth. Your death is your rising, creative your word: the tree springs to life and hope is restored. VU184 As We Walked Home at Close of Day -- Words: The Iona Community, 1988; music: Georg Joseph, 1657 (words 1988, WGRG, The Iona Community) %8 8 8 8 $D ~3/4 -- (v1) As we walked home at close of day a stranger joined us on our way. He heard us speak of one who'd gone and when we stopped, he carried on. -- (v2) "Why wander further without light? Please stay with us this troubled night. We've shared the truth of how we feel and now would like to share a meal." -- (v3) We sat to eat our simple spread, then watched the stranger take the bread; and, as he said the blessing prayer, we knew that someone else was there. -- (v4) No stranger he; it was our eyes which failed to see, in stranger's guise the Lord who, risen from the dead, met us when ready to be fed. -- (v5) Hal-le-lu-jah! Hal-le-lu-jah! Hal-le-lu-jah! Hal-le-lu-jah! As Mary and our sisters said, the Lord is risen from the dead! VU185 You Tell Me That the Lord Is Risen -- Words: Rob Johns, 1985, 1987; music: trad. English melody %8 6 8 6 D $F ~4/4 -- (v1) You tell me that the Lord is risen, that you have seen his face. Then tell me why you crouch in fear and hide within this place. You say that he spoke words of peace and stood just as before. But 'til I touch his very flesh I will not trust your joy. -- (v2) You claim a resurrection here, that God has broken death. No easy words like these will sooth the pain that tears my breath. How well do I recall his face, compassion, strength in fear. How deep my grief that he should die. Spare me your words of cheer! -- (v3) Now peace be with you. Come my friend, my wounded body see. Let the rich courage of your doubt bring you to fresh belief Fear not to wonder at the Word, to search the depths of grace. Reach out and touch, here is my hand. Receive the gift of faith. -- (v4) "How blest are they, how fortunate who know without the sight. But Thomas, you are favoured too, for searching yields its light So may each pilgrim in the Way, each road to Christ be blest, 'til lips declare, "My Lord and God!" Christ's body one at last. VU186 Now the Green Blade Rises -- Words: John M.C. Crum, 1928; music: medieval French carol %11 10 10 11 $G ~2/4 -- (v1) Now the green blade rises from the buried grain, wheat that in dark earth many days has lain; love lives again, that with the dead has been: love is come again, like wheat arising green. -- (v2) In the grave they laid him, love by hatred slain, thinking that he would never wake again, laid in the earth like grain that sleeps unseen; love is come again, like wheat arising green. -- (v3) Forth he came at Easter, like the risen grain, he that for three days in the grave had lain; raised from the dead, my living Lord is seen; love is come again, like wheat arising green. -- (v4) When our hearts are wintry, grieving, or in pain; your touch can call us back to life again; fields of our hearts that dead and bare have been; love is come again, like wheat arising green. VU187 The Spring Has Come -- Words: Shirley Erena Murray, 1990; music: Colin Gibson, 1990 (words 1992 & music 1993, Hope Publishing Co.) %IRREG $D ~2/4 -- (v1) The Spring has come let all the church be part of it! The world is changed and God is at the heart of it! New Light, new day, new colour after winter grey. New light, new day, the spring is come, let all the church be part of it! -- (v2) The sun is warm, let all God's children play in it! The world expands let's spread the Gospel way in it! New leaf, new thrust, new greening for the love of Christ New leaf, new thrust, the sun is warm, let all God's children play in it! -- (v3) The spring has come, new people are the flowers of it. Through wind and rain, new life is in the showers of it New bud, new shoot, new hope will bear the Spirit's fruit. New bud, new shoot, the spring has come, new people are the flowers of it! VU195 On Pentecost They Gathered -- Words: Jane Parker Huber 1976; music: Nervermehrtes Meiningishes Gesangbuch, 1691 %7 6 7 6 D $D ~4/4 -- (v1) On Pentecost they gathered quite early in the day, a band of Christ's disciples, to worship, sing, and pray. A mighty wind came blowing, filled all the swirling air, and tongues of fire aglowing inspired each person there. -- (v2) The people all around them were startled and amazed to understand their language, as Jesus Christ they praised. What universal message, what great good news was here? That Christ, once dead, is risen to vanquish all our fear. -- (v3) God pours the Holy Spirit on all who would believe, on women, men, and children who would God's grace receive. That Spirit knows no limit, bestowing life and power. The church, formed and reforming, responds in every hour. -- (v4) O Spirit, sent from heaven on that day long ago, rekindle faith among us in all life's ebb and flow. O give us ears to listen and tongues aflame with praise, so folk of every nation glad songs of joy shall raise. VU196 Wind Who Makes All Wings That Blow -- Words: Thomas H. Troeger, 1983; music: Joseph Parry, 1876 (words permission of Oxford University Press) %7 7 7 7 D $G ~4/4 -- (v1) Wind who makes all winds that blow gusts that bend the saplings low, gales that heave the sea in waves, stirrings in the mind s deep caves, aim your breath with steady power on your church this day, this hour. Raise, renew the life we ve lost, Spirit God of Pentecost. -- (v2) Fire who fuels all fires that burn, suns around which planets turn, beacons marking reefs and shoals, shining truth to guide our souls, come to us as once you came: burst in tongues of sacred flame! Light and Power, Might and Strength fill your church, its breadth and length -- (v3) Holy Spirit, Wind and Flame, move within our mortal frame. Make our hearts an altar pyre, kindle them with your own fire. Breathe and blow upon that blaze till our lives, our deeds and ways speak that tongue which every land by your grace shall understand. VU198 Come, O Spirit, Dwell among Us -- Words: Janie Alford, 1979; music: Thomas John Williams, 1890 (words 1979, Hope Publishing Co.) %8 7 8 7 D $Ab ~4/2 -- (v1) Come, O Spirit, dwell among us, come with pentecostal power; give the church a stronger vision, help us face each crucial hour. Built upon a firm foundation, Jesus Christ, the cornerstone, still the the church is called to mission that God's love shall be made known. -- (v2) We would raise our hallelujahs for the grace of yesteryears; for tomorrow's unknown pathway, hear, O God, our humble prayers. In the church's pilgrim journey you have led us all the way, still in presence move before us, fire by night and cloud by day. -- (v3) Come, O Spirit, dwell among us, give us words of fire and flame. Help our feeble lips to praise you, glorify your holy name. God, all holy, Son and Spirit, three in one: what mystery! We would sing our loud hosannas now and through eternity. VU202 O Breath of Life -- Words: Elizabeth A.P. Head, ca. 1914; music: Mary Jane Hammond, 1936 %9 8 9 8 $D ~4/4 -- (v1) O Breath of life, come sweeping through us, revive your church with life and power; O Breath of life, come, cleanse, renew us and fit your church to meet this hour -- (v2) O Wind of God come bend us, break us till humbly we confess our need; then, in your tenderness remake us, revive, restore for this we plead. -- (v3) O Breath of love, come breathe within us, renewing thought and will and heart; come, love of Christ afresh to win us, revive your church in every part. VU207 Spirit of God, Unleashed on Earth -- Words: John W. Arthur 1972; music: melody in Psalmodia Evangelica, 1789; desc. John Wilson (descant Hope Publishing Co.) %8 8 8 8 $C ~4/4 -- (v1) Spirit of God, unleashed on earth with rush of wind and roar of flame! With tongues of fire, saints spread good news; earth, kindling, blazed its loud acclaim. -- (v2) You came in power, the church was born; O Holy Spirit, come again! From living waters raise new saints, let new tongues hail the risen Lord. -- (v3) With burning words of victory won inspire our hearts grown cold with fear; revive in us baptismal grace, and fan our smouldering lives to flame. VU210 You Lord, Are Both Lamb and Shepherd -- Words: Sylvia Dunstan, 1984; music: John Van Maanen, 1984 (words 1991, G.I.A. Publications Inc) %8 7 8 7 8 7 $B- ~4/4 -- (v1) You, Lord, are both lamb and shepherd. You, Lord are both prince and slave. You, peacemaker and sword-bringer of the way you took and gave. You, the everlasting instant, you, whom we both scorn and crave. -- (v2) Clothed in light upon the mountain, stripped of might upon the cross, singing in eternal glory beggared by a soldier's toss You, the everlasting instant; you, who are both gift and cost. -- (v3) You, who walk each day beside us, sit in power at God's side. You, who preach a way that's narrow, have a love that reaches wide. You, the everlasting instant; you, who are our pilgrim guide. -- (v4) Worthy is our earthly Jesus! Worth is our cosmic Christ! Worthy your defeat and victory Worthy still your peace and strife. You, the everlasting instant, you, who are our death and life. VU211 Crown Him with Many Crowns -- Words: Matthew Bridges, 1851, v2 Godfrey Thring, 1874; music: George Job Elvey, 1868; desc. Hal Hopson, 1979 (descant 1979, G.I.A. Publications Inc.) %6 6 8 6 D $E- ~4/4 -- (v1) Crown him with many crowns, the Lamb upon his throne: hark, how the heavenly anthem drowns all music but its own! Awake, my soul, and sing of him who died for thee, and hail him as thy matchless King through all eternity. -- (v2) Crown him the Lord of life, who triumphed o'er the grave, and rose victorious in the strife for those he came to save. His glories now we sing who died and rose on high, who died eternal life to bring, and lives that death may die. -- (v3) Crown him the Lord of peace, whose power a sceptre sways from pole to pole, that wars may cease, absorbed in prayer and praise. His reign shall know no end; and round his pierced feet fair flowers of Paradise extend their fragrance ever sweet. -- (v4) Crown him the Lord of love; behold his hands and side, rich wounds yet visible above, in beauty glorified. All hail, Redeemer, hail! for thou hast died for me; thy praise shall never, never fail throughout eternity. VU213 Rejoice, the Lord is King -- Words: Charles Wesley, 1746; music: John Darwell, 1770; desc. Sidney Hugo Nicholson, ca. 1947 (descant 1955, Hope Publishing Co.) %6 6 6 6 8 8 $C ~4/4 -- (v1) Rejoice the Lord is King! Your risen Lord adore! Rejoice, give thanks and sing and triumph evermore. Lift up your heart, lift up your voice: rejoice; again I say, rejoice! -- (v2) Jesus the Saviour reigns, the God of truth and love; when he had purged our sins, he took his seat above. Lift up your heart, lift up your voice: rejoice; again I say, rejoice! -- (v3) God's kingdom cannot fail; Christ rules o'er earth and heaven; the keys of death and hell are to our Jesus given. Lift up your heart, lift up your voice: rejoice; again I say, rejoice! -- (v4) Rejoice in glorious hope, for Christ, the judge, shall come to glorify the saints for their eternal home. We soon shall hear the_archangel's voice; the trump of God shall sound, rejoice! VU217 All creatures of our God and King -- Words: St. Francis of Assisi, 1225; music: Geitstliche Kirchengesange, 1623 (English trans. William Henry Draper, ca 1919 G. Schirmer Inc.) %8 8 8 8 R $E- ~6/4 -- (v1) All creatures of our God and King, lift up your voice and with us sing: Hallelujah, hallelujah! Bright burning sun with golden beam soft shining moon with silver gleam sing praises, sing praises Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah! -- (v2) O rushing wind and breezes soft, O clouds that ride the winds aloft, Hallelujah, hallelujah! O rising morn, in praise rejoice; O lights of evening, find a voice: sing praises, hallelujah, Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah! -- (v3) Earth, ever fertile, day by day brings forth rich blessings on our way: sing praises, hallelujah! The flowers and fruits that verdant grow, let them God's glory also show: sing praises, sing praises! Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah! -- (v4) And everyone of tender heart, forgiving others, take your part: sing praises, hallelujah! All who long pain and sorrow bear, praise God and yield up all your care: sing praises, sing praises! Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah! -- (v5) Let all things their Creator bless, and worship God in humbleness: sing praises, hallelujah! Praise God eternal, praise the Son, and praise the Spirit, three in one: sing praises, sing praises! Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah! VU218 We Praise You, O God -- Words: Julia Cory, 1902; music: Netherlands melody, 1626; desc. Scott Withrow, 1980 (descant 1980 G.I.A. Publications Inc.) %12 11 12 11 $D ~3/4 -- (v1) We praise you, O God, our Redeemer, Creator; in grateful devotion our tribute we bring. We lay it before you; we kneel and adore you; we bless your holy name, glad praises we sing. -- (v2) We worship you, God of our mothers and fathers, through trial and tempest, companion and guide. When perils o'ertake us, you will not forsake us, but faithful to your promise, you walk by our side. -- (v3) With voices united our praises we offer and gladly our songs of thanksgiving we raise. Our sins now confessing, we pray for your blessing, to you, our great Redeemer, forever be praise! VU220 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty -- Words: Joachim Neander, 1680; music: Stralsund Gesangbuch, 1665; desc. Craig Sellar Lang, 1964 (descant Shawnee Press Inc.) %14 14 4 7 8 $F ~3/4 -- (v1) Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, who rules all creation; O my soul, praise him, at all times your health and salvation. Come, all who hear: brothers and sisters draw near, joining in glad adoration. -- (v2) Praise to the Lord, above all things so mightily reigning, keeping us safe at his side, and so gently sustaining. Have you not seen how all you needed has been met by God's gracious ordaining? -- (v3) Praise to the Lord who will prosper our work and defend us; surely his goodness and mercy will daily attend us: ponder anew what the Almighty can do, who out of love will befriend us. -- (v4) Praise to the Lord! O let all that is in me adore him! All that has life and breath come now with praises before him! Let the Amen sound from God's people again: gladly with praise we adore him. VU222 Come, Let Us Sing -- Words & music: Jim Strathdee, 1976 (words 1976, Desert Flower Music) %IRREG $C ~4/4 -- (v1) Come, let us sing to the Lord our song, we have stood silently too long; surely the Lord deserves our praise, so joyfully thank God for our days. -- (v2) O thirsty soul, come drink at the well, God's living waters will never fail, Surely the Lord will help you to stand, strengthened and comforted by God's hand -- (v3) You dwell among us and cause us to pray, and walk with each other following your way, our precious brothers and sisters will grow in the fulfilling love they know. -- (v4) Deserts shall bloom and mountains shall sing to the desire of all living things. Come, all you creatures, high and low, let your praises endlessly flow. VU224 Sing a Happy Hallelujah -- Words: Shirley Erena Murray, 1989; music: Colin Gibson, 1989 (words & music 1992, Hope Publishing Co.) %8 7 8 7 R $C ~4/4 -- (v1) Sing a happy hallelujah, sing it out with heart and style, we're the echo of God's laughter, we're the image of God's smile. -- (R) Hallelujah, all creation, hallelujah, everyone! Hallelujah, all creation, hallelujah, everyone! -- (v2) We're the proof of God's good humour, we're the twinkle in God's eye, made to shine, reflect the glory, given light and space to fly. -- (R) Hallelujah, all creation, hallelujah, everyone! Hallelujah, all creation, hallelujah, everyone! -- (v3) Sarah laughed at God's good timing, Mary sang and David danced, Jesus smiled and hugged the children, so is life for us enhanced. -- (R) Hallelujah, all creation, hallelujah, everyone! Hallelujah, all creation, hallelujah, everyone! -- (v4) Every day sing hallelujah! We are loved, though so absurd, human, foolish, chosen people, God still takes us at our word! -- (R) Hallelujah, all creation, hallelujah, everyone! Hallelujah, all creation, hallelujah, everyone! VU225 We Praise You for the Sun -- Words: Alice Muriel Pullen, 1939; music: Gifford Jerome Mitchell, 1969 (words 1983, Doris M. Gill) %6 6 8 6 $G ~6/8 -- (v1) We praise you for the sun, the golden shining sun, that gives us healing, strength, and joy; we praise you for the sun. -- (v2) We praise you for the rain, the softly falling rain, that gives us healing, strength, and joy; we praise you for the rain. -- (v3) We praise you for your love, your patient, endless love, that gives us healing, strength, and joy; we praise you for your love. VU226 For the Beauty of the Earth -- Words: Folliott Sandford Pierpont, 1861; music: David Evans, 1927 %7 7 7 7 7 7 $G ~3/4 -- (v1) For the beauty of the earth, for the glory of the skies, for the love which from our birth over and around us lies, -- (R) God of all, to you we raise this our hymn of grateful praise. -- (v2) 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, -- (R) God of all, to you we raise this our hymn of grateful praise. -- (v3) For the joy of human love, brother, sister, parent, child, friends on earth and friends above, for all gentle thoughts and mild, -- (R) God of all, to you we raise this our hymn of grateful praise. -- (v4) For each perfect gift sublime to our race so freely given, graces human and divine, flowers of earth and buds of heaven, -- (R) God of all, to you we raise this our hymn of grateful praise. VU227 For the Fruit of All Creation -- Words: Fred Pratt Green, 1970; Music: Welsh folk melody, ca.1784 (words 1970, Hope Publishing Co.) %8 4 8 4 8 8 8 4 $G ~4/4 -- (v1) For the fruit of all creation, thanks be to God. For the gifts to every nation, thanks be to God. For the ploughing, sowing, reaping, silent growth while we are sleeping, future needs in earth's safe-keeping thanks be to God. -- (v2) In the just reward of labour, God's will is done. In the help we give our neighbour, God's will is done. In the world-wide task of caring for the hungry and despairing in the harvests we are sharing, God's will is done. -- (v3) For the harvests of the Spirit, thanks be to God. For the good we all inherit, Thanks be to God. For the wonders that astound us, for the truths that still confound us, most of all that love has found us, thanks be to God. VU228 Sing Praises to God -- Words: Henry William Baker, 1875; music: C. Hubert H. Perry, 1887 %10 10 11 11 $B- ~3/4 -- (v1) Sing praises to God! Sing praise in the height; rejoice in God's word, blest angels of light; high heavens, recalling by whom you were made, come, offer your worship in brightness arrayed. -- (v2) Sing praises to God! Sing praise upon earth, in tuneful accord, you saints of new birth; praise God, who has brought you rich grace from above, and showered your life with abundance of love. -- (v3) Sing praises to God, all things that give sound; each jubilant chord re-echo around; loud organs, your glory tell out in deep tone, and trumpets the story of what God has done. -- (v4) Sing praises to God! Thanksgiving and song be ever outpoured, all ages along: for love in creation, for hope spread abroad, for grace of salvation, sing praises to God. VU229 God of the Sparrow -- Words: Jaroslav J. Vajda 1983; music: Carl F. Schalk, 1983 (music 1983, G.I.A. Publications Inc.) %5 4 6 7 7 $C ~3/4 -- (v1) God of the sparrow, God of the whale God of the swirling stars How does the creature say Awe How does the creature say Praise -- (v2) God of the earthquake, God of the storm God of the trumpet blast How does the creature cry Woe How does the creature cry Save -- (v3) God of the rainbow, God of the cross God of the empty grave How does the creature say Grace How does the creature say Thanks -- (v4) God of the hungry God of the sick God of the prodigal How does the creature say Care How does the creature say Life -- (v5) God of the neighbour, God of the foe God of the pruning hook How does the creature say Love How does the creature say Peace -- (v6) God of the ages, God near at hand God of the loving heart How do your children say Joy How do your children say Home VU232 Joyful, Joyful We Adore You -- Words: Henry van Dyke, 1907; music: Ludwig van Beethoven, 1824; desc. Hal Hopson, 1979 (descant 1979 G.I.A. Publications Inc.) %8 7 8 7 D $G ~4/4 -- (v1) Joyful, joyful we adore you God of glory, life and love; hearts unfold like flowers before you, opening to the sun above. Melt the clouds of sin and sadness, drive the gloom of doubt away; giver of immortal gladness, fill us with the light of day. -- (v2) All your works with joy surround you, earth and heaven reflect your rays, stars and angels sing around you, centre of unbroken praise. Field and forest, vale and mountain, flowery meadow, flashing sea, chanting bird and flowing fountain, sound their praise eternally. -- (v3) You are giving and forgiving, ever blessing, ever blest, well-spring of the joy of living, ocean depth of happy rest! Source of grace and fount of blessing, let your light upon us shine; teach us how to love each other, lift us to the joy divine. -- (v4) Mortals join the mighty chorus, which the morning stars began; God's own love is reigning o'er us, joining people hand in hand. Ever singing, march we onward, victors in the midst of strife; joyful music leads us sunward in the triumph song of life. VU234 Let Us with a Gladsome Mind -- Words: John Milton, 1623; music: attrib. John Antes, ca. 1800; desc. Craig Sellar Lang (descant Novello & Co. Ltd.) %7 7 7 7 $B- ~4/4 -- (v1) Let us with a gladsome mind praise our God, forever kind; whose great mercies still endure, ever faithful, ever sure. -- (v2) God, with all commanding might filled the new-made world with light for God's mercies still endure, ever faithful, ever sure. -- (v3) God has with a gracious eye looked upon our misery; for God's mercies still endure, ever faithful, ever sure. -- (v4) All things living God doth feed, with full measure meets their need; for God's mercies still endure, ever faithful ever sure. -- (v5) Let us then with gladsome mind praise our God, forever kind; whose great mercies still endure, ever faithful, ever sure. VU235 O Worship the King -- Words: Robert Grant, 1833; music: probably William Croft, 1708 %10 10 11 11 $G ~3/4 -- (v1) O worship the King, all glorious above, O gratefully sing God's power and God's love; our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days, pavilioned in splendour, and girded with praise. -- (v2) O tell of God's might, O sing of God's grace, whose robe is the light, whose canopy space, whose chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form, and broad is God's path on the wings of the storm. -- (v3) The earth with its store of wonders untold, Almighty, your power has founded of old; has stablished it fast by a changeless decree, and round it has cast, like a mantle, the sea. -- (v4) Your bountiful care, what tongue can recite? It breathes in the air, it shines in the light; it streams from the hills, it descends to the plain, and sweetly distills in the dew and the rain. -- (v5) Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail, in you do we trust, nor find you to fail; your mercies how tender, how firm to the end, our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend. VU236 Now Thank We All Our God -- Words: Martin Rinckhart, ca. 1636; music: Johann Cruger, 1647 %10 10 11 11 $E- ~4/4 -- (v1) Now thank we all our God, with heart, and hands, and voices, who wondrous things has done, in whom this world rejoices; who from our mother's arms has blessed us on our way with countless gifts of love, and still is ours today. -- (v2) O may this bounteous God through all our life be near us, with ever joyful hearts and blessed peace to cheer us, and keep us strong in grace, and guide us when perplexed, and free us from all ill in this world and the next. -- (v3) All praise and thanks to God for all that has been given, the Son, and Spirit blest who dwell in highest heaven, the one eternal God, whom heaven and earth adore; for thus it was, is now, and shall be evermore. VU238 O Lord My God (How Great Thou Art) -- Words: Carl Gustav Boberg, ca. 1885; music: Swedish melody (English words by Stuart K. Hine 1953, 1981 by Manna Music Inc) %IRREG R $B- ~4/4 -- (v1) O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder consider all the works thy hand hath made, I see the stars, I hear the mighty thunder, thy power throughout the universe displayed. -- (R) Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to thee, How great thou art! How great thou art! Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to thee, How great thou art! How great thou art! -- (v2) When through the woods and forest glades I wander, I hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees; when I look down from lofty mountain grandeur and hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze. -- (R) Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to thee, How great thou art! How great thou art! Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to thee, How great thou art! How great thou art! -- (v3) But when I think that God, his Son not sparing, sent him to die, I scarce can take it in, that on the cross, my burden gladly bearing, he bled and died to take away my sin. -- (R) Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to thee, How great thou art! How great thou art! Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to thee, How great thou art! How great thou art! -- (v4) When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation and take me home, what joy shall fill my heart! Then I shall bow in humble adoration and there proclaim, "My God, how great thou art!" -- (R) Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to thee, How great thou art! How great thou art! Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to thee, How great thou art! How great thou art! VU240 Praise, My Soul, the God of Heaven -- Words: Henry Francis Lyte, 1834; music: John Goss, 1869 (descant @399) %8 7 8 7 8 7 $D ~var -- (v1) Praise, my soul, the God of heaven, Glad of heart your carols raise Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven, Who, like me, should sing God's praise Halleluia! Halleluia! Praise the Maker all your days! -- (v2) Praise God for the grace and favour Shown our forebears in distress; God is still the same forever, Slow to chide and swift to bless Halleluia! Halleluia! Sing our Maker's faithfulness! -- (v3) Like a loving parent caring, God knows well our feeble frame; Gladly all our burdens bearing, Still to countless years the same Halleluia! Halleluia! All within me, praise God's name! -- (v4) Frail as summer's flower we flourish; Blows the wind and it is gone; But, while mortals rise and perish, God endures unchanging on. Halleluia! Halleluia! Praise the high eternal one! -- (v5) Angels, teach us adoration, You behold God face to face; Sun and moon and all creation, Dwellers all in time and space. Halleluia! Halleluia! Praise us with the God of grace! VU241 Oh, Sing to Our God -- Words & music: Brazilian folk song, trans. Gerhard Cartford (arr. WGRG, The Iona Community, 1991) %5 6 5 6 5 6 5 5 $D ~3/4 -- (v1) Oh, sing to our God, oh, sing out a new song. Oh, sing to our God, oh, sing out a new song. Oh, sing to our God, oh, sing out a new song. Oh, sing to our God. Oh, sing to our God. -- (v2) Oh, dance for our God and blow all the trumpets. Oh, dance for our God and blow all the trumpets. Oh, dance for our God and blow all the trumpets. And sing to our God, and sing to our God. -- (v3) Oh, shout to our God, who gave us the Spirit. Oh, shout to our God, who gave us the Spirit. Oh, shout to our God, who gave us the Spirit. Oh, sing to our God. Oh, sing to our God. VU242 Let All Things Now Living -- Words: Katherine K. Davis, 1939; music: Welsh folk melody; desc. Katherine K. Davis (words & descant 1939, E.C. Schirmer Music Co.) %6 6 11 6 6 11 D $F ~3/4 -- (v1) Let all things now living a song of thanksgiving to God our Creator triumphantly raise; who fashioned and made us, protected and stayed us, by guiding us on to the end of our days. God's banners are o'er us, pure light goes before us, a pillar of fire shining forth in the night; till shadows have vanished and darkness is banished, as forward we travel from light into Light. -- (v2) By law God enforces, the stars in their courses and sun in its orbit obediently shine; the hills and the mountains, the rivers and fountains, the depths of the ocean proclaim God divine. We, too, should be voicing our love and rejoicing; with glad adoration a song let us raise: till all things now living unite in thanksgiving, to God in the highest, hosanna and praise. VU245 Praise the Lord with the Sound of Trumpet -- Words & music: Natalie Sleeth, 1975 (words & music 1976, Hinshaw Music Inc.) %IRREG $F ~2/2 -- (v1) Praise the Lord with the sound of trumpet, praise the Lord with the harp and lute, Praise the Lord with the gentle sounding flute. Praise the Lord in the field and forest, praise the Lord in the city square, praise the Lord anytime and anywhere. -- (v1b) Praise the Lord in the wind and sunshine, praise the Lord in the dark of night, Praise the Lord in the rain or snow or in the morning light Praise the Lord in the deepest valley praise the Lord on the highest hill praise the Lord, never let your voice be still. -- (v2) Praise the Lord with the crashing cymbal, praise the Lord with the pipe and string. Praise the Lord with the joyful songs you sing. Praise the Lord on a weekday morning, praise the Lord on a Sunday noon, praise the Lord by the light of sun or moon. -- (v2b) Praise the Lord in the time of sorrow, praise the Lord in the time of joy, praise the Lord every moment, nothing let your praise destroy. Praise the Lord in the peace and quiet, praise the Lord in your work or play, praise the Lord every where in every way! VU248 When Long before Time -- Words & music: Peter Davison 1981 %11 11 11 11 $G ~3/4 -- (v1) When long before time and the worlds were begun, when there was no earth and no sky and no sun, and all was deep silence and night reigned supreme, and even our Maker had only a dream... -- (v2) ...the silence was broken when God sang the Song, and light pierced the darkness and rhythm began, and with its first birth-cries creation was born, and creaturely voices sang praise to the morn. -- (v3) The sounds of the creatures were one with their Lord's, their harmonies sweet and befitting the Word; the Singer was pleased as the earth sang the Song, the choir of the creatures re-echoed it long. -- (v4) Though, down through the ages, the Song disappeared, its harmonies broken and almost unheard the Singer comes to us to sing it again, our God-Is-with-Us in the world now as then. -- (v5) The Light has returned as it came once before, the Song of the Lord is our own song once more; so let us all sing with one heart and one voice the Song of the Singer in whom we rejoice. -- (v6) To you, God the Singer, our voices we raise, to you, Song Incarnate, we give all our praise, to you, Holy Spirit, our life and our breath, be glory for ever, through life and through death. VU249 Rejoice in the Lord Always -- Words & music: trad. anon. %IRREG $F ~C/ -- Rejoice in the Lord always and again I say rejoice! Rejoice in the Lord always and again I say rejoice! Rejoice, rejoice, and again I say rejoice! Rejoice, rejoice, and again I say rejoice! VU253 Sing Your Joy -- Words & music: David Haas, 1987 (words & music 1987, G.I.A Publications Inc.) %8 8 9 9 8 $G ~4/4 -- (v1) Sing your joy, proclaim God's glory Rise and sing, the morning has come! Bless our God and praise all creation; song of the earth, and light from heaven: God is alive! Hallelujah! -- (v2) All the earth is filled with rejoicing, light and life, the wonder of God! Christ has triumphed! Risen for ever! Joy of our hearts, and hope of our dreaming. God is alive! Hallelujah! -- (v3) May we learn to become your kingdom, may we be your kindness and truth! Love is our calling, gift of your presence; children of God, and spirit of Jesus God is alive! Hallelujah! -- (v4) Light our way, O God of the living, may we learn to see with new eyes Jesus the Lord, our power and promise; light for the blind, and food for the hungry God is alive! Hallelujah! VU256 O God Beyond All Praising -- Words: Michael Perry, 1982; music: Gustav Holst, 1916 (words 1982, Hope Publishing Co.) %13 13 13 13 13 13 $B- ~3/4 -- (v1) O God beyond all praising, we worship you today and sing the love amazing that songs cannot repay; for we can only wonder at every gift you send, at blessings without number and mercies without end: we lift our hearts before you and wait upon your word, we honour and adore you, our great and mighty Lord. -- (v2) The flower of earthly splendour in time must surely die, its fragile blood surrender to you our God most high; but hidden from all nature the eternal seed is sown, though small in mortal stature, to heaven's garden grown: for Christ, your gift from heaven, from death has set us free, and we through him are given the final victory. -- (v3) Then hear O gracious Saviour, this song of praise we sing. May we, who know your favour, our humble service bring; and whether our tomorrows be filled with good or ill, we'll triumph through our sorrows and rise to bless you still: to marvel at your beauty and glory in your ways, and make a joyful duty our sacrifice of praise. VU258 O World of God -- Words: R.B.Y. Scott, 1965; music: C. Hubert H. Perry, 1916 %8 8 8 8 D $D ~3/4 -- (v1) O world of God, so vast and strange, profound and wonderful and fair, beyond the utmost reach of thought but not beyond our Maker's care! We are not strangers on this earth whirling amid the suns of space; we are God's children, this our home, with those of every clime and race. -- (v2) O world where human life is lived, so strangely mingling joy and pain, so full of evil and of good, so needful that the good shall reign! It is this world that God has loved, and goodness was its Maker's plan, the promise of God's triumph is a humble birth in Bethlehem. -- (v3) O world of time's far-stretching years! There was a day when time stood still, a central moment when there rose a cross upon a cruel hill; in pain and death love's power was seen, the mystery of time revealed, the wisdom of the ways of God, the grace through which our hurt is healed. VU260 God Who Gives to Life Its Goodness -- Words: Walter Farquharson 1970; music: Cyril Vincent Taylor, 1941 (music 1942, 1970 Hope Publishing Co.) %8 7 8 7 D $C ~3/4 -- (v1) God who gives to life its goodness, God creator of all joy, God who gives to us our freedom, God who blesses tool and toy: teach us now to laugh and praise you, deep within your praises sing, till the whole creation dances for the goodness of its King. -- (v2) God who fills the earth with beauty, God who binds each friend to friend, God who names us co-creators God who wills that chaos end: grant us now creative spirits, minds responsive to your mind, hearts and wills your rule extending all our acts by Love refined. VU262 A Mighty Fortress Is Our God -- Words & music: Martin Luther, 1529, trans. Frederick H. Hedge, 1813; desc. Scott Withrow (descant 1980 G.I.A. Publications Inc.) %7 8 7 6 6 6 6 7 $C ~4/4 -- (v1) A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing; our helper sure amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing: for still our ancient foe doth seek to work us woe, with power and malice great, and armed with cruel hate, on earth he has no equal. -- (v2) Did we in our own strength confide, our striving would be losing, were not the right man on our side, the man of God's own choosing: dost ask who that may be? Christ Jesus, it is he. Lord Sab-a-oth his name, from age to age the same, and he must win the battle. -- (v3) And though this world, with devils filled, should threaten to undo us, we will not fear, for God hath willed the truth to triumph through us: the prince of darkness grim, we tremble not for him, his rage we can endure, for lo! his doom is sure, one little word shall fell him. -- (v4) That word above all earthly powers, no thanks to them, abideth; the Spirit and the gifts are ours through Christ, who with us sideth: let goods and kindred go, this mortal life also; the body they may kill. God's truth abideth still, God's kingdom is forever. VU264 Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise -- Words: Walter Chalmers Smith, 1867; music: Welsh folk song %11 11 11 11 $G ~3/4 -- (v1) Immortal, invisible, God only wise; in light inaccessible hid from our eyes; most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days, almighty, victorious, thy great name we praise. -- (v2) Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light, nor wanting, nor wasting, thou rulest in might; thy justice like mountains high soaring above thy clouds, which are fountains of goodness and love. -- (v3) To all, life thou givest, to both great and small; in all life thou livest, the true life of all; we blossom and flourish like leaves on the tree, then wither and perish; but naught changeth thee. -- (v4) Thou reignest in glory, thou rulest in light; thine angels adore thee, all veiling their sight; all praise we would render, O help us to see 'tis only the splendour of light hideth thee! VU265 Creating God, Your Fingers Trace -- Words: Jeffery W. Rowthorn, 1974; music: adapt. from Joseph Haydn, 1798 (words 1979, The Hymn Society) %8 8 8 8 $G ~4/4 -- (v1) Creating God, your fingers trace the bold designs of farthest space; let sun and moon and stars and light and what lies hidden praise your might. -- (v2) Sustaining God, your hands uphold earth's mysteries known or yet untold; let waters fragile blend with air, enabling life, proclaim your care. -- (v3) Redeeming God, your arms embrace all now despised for creed or race; let peace, descending like a dove, make known on earth your healing love. -- (v4) Indwelling God, your gospel claims one family with a billion names; let every life be touched by grace until we praise you face to face. VU266 Amazing Grace -- Words: John Henry Newton, 1779; music: from Virginia Harmony, 1831 %8 6 8 6 $F ~3/4 -- (v1) Amazing grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found was blind, but now I see. -- (v2) 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear and grace my fears relieved how precious did that grace appear the hour I first believed. -- (v3) Through many dangers, toils and snares I have already come; 'tis grace that brought me safe thus far and grace will lead me home. -- (v4) The Lord has promised good to me, this word my hope secures; God will my shield and portion be as long as life endures. -- (v5) When we've been there ten thousand years bright shining as the sun, we've no less days to sing God's praise than when we'd first begun. VU267 Like a Mighty River Flowing -- Words: Michael A. Perry, 1982; music: German carol, 14th cent. (words 1982, Hope Publishing Co.) %8 8 8 7 $F ~3/4 -- (v1) Like a mighty river flowing, like a flower in beauty growing, far beyond all human knowing is the perfect peace of God. -- (v2) Like the hill serene and even, like the coursing clouds of heaven, like the heart that's been forgiven is the perfect peace of God. -- (v3) Like the summer breezes playing, like the tall trees softly swaying, like the lips of silent praying is the perfect peace of God. -- (v4) Like the morning sun ascended, like the scents of evening blended, like a friendship never ended is the perfect peace of God. -- (v5) Like the azure ocean swelling, like the jewel all excelling, far beyond our human telling is the perfect peace of God. VU268 Bring Many Names -- Words: Brian Wren, 1986; music: Carlton R. Young, 1987 (words & music 1989, Hope Publishing Co.) %9 10 11 9 $E- ~2/2 -- (v1) Bring many names, beautiful and good, celebrate, in parable and story, holiness in glory, living, loving God. Hail and Hosanna! Bring many names! -- (v2) Strong mother God, working night and day, planning all the wonders of creation, setting each equation, genius at play Hail and Hosanna! strong mother God! -- (v3) Warm father God, hugging every child, feeling all the strains of human living, caring and forgiving till we're reconciled, Hail and Hosanna! warm father God! -- (v4) Old, aching God, gray with endless care, calmly piercing evil's new disguises glad of good surprises, wiser than despair Hail and Hosanna! old aching God! -- (v5) Young, growing God, eager, on the move, saying no to falsehood and unkindness, crying out for justice, giving all you have: Hail and Hosanna! young growing God! -- (v6) Great living God, never fully known, joyful darkness far beyond our seeing closer yet than breathing, everlasting home: Hail and Hosanna! great, living God! VU269 The Care the Eagle Gives Her Young -- Words: R. Deane Postlethwaite, 1980; music: American camp melody, harm. Robert G. McCutchan, 1935 (words Marjean Postlethwaite) %8 6 8 6 $F ~3/2 -- (v1) The care the eagle gives her young, safe in her lofty nest, is like the tender love of God for us made manifest. -- (v2) As when the time to venture comes, she stirs them out to flight, so we are pressed to boldly try to strive for daring height. -- (v3) And if we flutter helplessly, as fledgling eagles fall, beneath us lift God's mighty wings to bear us, one and all. VU271 There's a Wideness in God's Mercy -- Words: Frederick William Faber, 1854; music: Johann Ludwig Steiner, 1723 %8 7 8 7 $F ~4/4 -- (v1) There's a wideness in God's mercy like the wideness of the sea; there's a kindness in God's justice which is more than liberty. -- (v2) There is no place where earth's sorrows are more felt than up in heaven; there is no place where earth's failings have such gracious judgement given. -- (v3) There is plentiful redemption in the blood that Christ has shed; there is joy for all the members in the sorrows of the Head. -- (v4) Troubled souls, why will you scatter like a crowd of frightened sheep? Foolish hearts, why will you wander from a love so true and deep? -- (v5) For the love of God is broader than the measures of the mind, and the heart of the Eternal is most wonderfully kind. VU273 The King of Love -- Words: Henry Williams Baker, 1868; music: ancient Irish melody %8 7 8 7 $D ~3/4 -- (v1) The King of love my shepherd is, whose goodness faileth never; I nothing lack if I am his and he is mine forever. -- (v2) Where streams of living water flow my ransomed soul he leadeth, and where the verdant pastures grow with food celestial feedeth. -- (v3) Perverse and foolish oft I strayed; but yet in love he sought me, and on his shoulder gently laid, and home rejoicing brought me. -- (v4) In death's dark vale I fear no ill with thee, dear Lord, beside me; thy rod and staff my comfort still, thy cross before to guide me. -- (v5) Thou spread'st a table in my sight; thy unction grace bestoweth; and O what transport of delight from thy pure chalice floweth! -- (v6) And so through all the length of days thy goodness faileth never: Good Shepherd, may I sing thy praise within thy house forever! VU274 Your Hand, O God, Has Guided -- Words: Edward H. Plumptre, 1864; music: Basil Harwood, 1898; desc. William Renwick 1991 %7 6 7 6 D $D ~4/4 -- (v1) Your hand, O God, has guided your flock from age to age; the wondrous tale is written, full clear, on every page. Our forebears owned your goodness, and we their deeds record; and both to this bear witness: one church, one faith, one Lord. -- (v2) Your heralds brought glad tidings to greatest as to least; they bade them rise, and hasten to share the heavenly feast. And this was all their teaching, in every deed and word, to all alike proclaiming one church, one faith, one Lord. -- (v3) Through many days of darkness, through many scenes of strife, the faithful few fought bravely to guard your people's life. Their gospel of redemption, sin pardoned, earth restored, was all in this enfolded: one church, one faith, one Lord. -- (v4) And we, shall we be faithless? Shall hearts fail, hands hang down? Shall we evade the conflict and cast away our crown? Not so: in God's deep counsels some better thing is stored; we will maintain, unflinching, one church, one faith, one Lord. -- (v5) 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 earth and heaven, your name shall be adored, and this shall be our anthem: one church, one faith, one Lord. VU276 O God Who Shaped Creation -- Words: William Watkins Reid, 1987; music: Eric H. Thomas, 1923 (words 1989, The United Methodist Publishing House; music Shawnee Press Inc.) %7 6 7 6 D $C ~4/4 -- (v1) O God who shaped creation at earth's chaotic dawn, your word of power was spoken, and lo! the dark was gone! You framed us in your image, you brought us into birth, you blessed our infant footsteps and shared your splendoured earth. -- (v2) O God, with pain and anguish a mother sees her child embark on dead-end pathways, alluring, but defiled; so too your heart is broken when hate and lust increase, when worlds you birthed and nurtured spurn ways that lead to peace. -- (v3) Although your heart is broken when people scorn your ways, you never cease your searching through evil's tangled maze; and when we cease our running, your joys, O God, abound as of a searching woman when treasured coin is found. -- (v4) In mercy and compassion your goodness is revealed; with tenderness you touch us, and broken hearts are healed. You claim us as your children, you strip our prideful shame; with freedom born of mercy we bless your holy name! VU278 In the Quiet Curve of Evening -- Words & music: Julie Howard, 1993 (words 1993, The Order of St. Benedict) %IRREG R $C ~4/4 -- (v1) In the quiet curve of evening, in the sinking of the days, in the silky void of darkness, you are there. In the lapses of my breathing, in the space between my ways, in the crater carved by sadness, you are there. You are there, you are there, you are there. -- (v2) In the rests between the phrases, in the cracks between the stars, In the gaps between the meaning, you are there. In the melting down of endings, in the cooling of the sun, In the solstice of the winter, you are there. You are there, you are there, you are there. -- (v3) In the myst'ry of my hungers, in the silence of my rooms, in the cloud of my unknowing, you are there. In the empty cave of grieving, in the desert of my dreams, in the tunnel of my sorrow, you are there. You are there, you are there, you are there. VU282 Long Before the Night -- Words & music: Carolyn McDade 1988 %IRREG $G ~4/4 -- (v1) Long before the night was born from darkness Long before the dawn rolled unsteady from fire Long before she wrapped her scarlet arms around the hills there was a love this ancient love was born -- (v2) Long before the grass spotted green the bare hillside Long before a wing unfolded to wind Long before she wrapped her long blue arm around the sea there was a love this ancient love was born -- (v3) Long before a chain was forged from the hillside Long before a voice uttered freedom's cry. Long before she wrapped her bleeding arms around a child there was a love this ancient love was born -- (v4) Long before the name of God was spoken Long before a cross was nailed from a tree Long before she laid her arm of colours 'cross the sky there was a love this ancient love was born -- (v5) Wakeful are our nights and slumbers our morning Stubborn is the grass sowing green wounded hills As we wrap our healing arms to hold what her arms held this ancient love this aching love rolls on. VU286 If You Will Trust in God to Guide You -- Words: Georg Neumark, 1641/ v1,3 trans. Catherine Winkworth 1863, v2 trans. Jaroslav J. Vajda; music: Georg Neumark, 1657 (words trans., v2 1978, Lutheran Book of Worship) %9 8 9 8 8 8 $B- ~3/4 -- (v1) If you will trust in God to guide you, and hope in God through all your ways, God will give strength, whatever betide you, and bear you through the evil days. Who trusts in God's unchanging love builds on the rock that will not move. -- (v2) God will embrace your pain and weeping, your helpless anger and distress. If you are in God's care and keeping, in sorrow will God love you less? For Christ, who took for you a cross, will bring you safe through every loss. -- (v3) Sing, pray, and keep God's ways unswerving; so do your own part faithfully, and trust God's word; though undeserving, you'll find God's promise true to be. God never will forsake in need the soul that trusts in God indeed. VU288 Great Is Thy Faithfulness -- Words: Thomas O. Chisholm, 1923; music: William M. Runyan, 1923; desc. Joachim Segger, 1995 (words & music 1925 and descant 1995 Hope Publishing Co.) %11 10 11 10 R $D ~3/4 -- (v1) Great is Thy faithfulness, God our Creator; There is no shadow of turning with thee; Thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not; As Thou hast been, Thou forever will be. -- (R) Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see. All I have needed Thy hand hath provided; Great is Thy faithfulness, ever to me! -- (v2) Summer and winter and springtime and harvest, Sun, moon and stars in their courses above Join with all nature in manifold witness To thy great faithfulness, mercy and love. -- (R) Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see. All I have needed Thy hand hath provided; Great is Thy faithfulness, ever to me! -- (v3) Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide; Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow, Wondrous the portion thy blessings provide! -- (R) Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see. All I have needed Thy hand hath provided; Great is Thy faithfulness, ever to me! VU289 It Only Takes a Spark -- Words & music: Kurt Kaiser 1969 %IRREG $D ~4/4 -- (v1) It only takes a spark to get a fire going, and soon all those around can warm up in its glowing: that's how it is with God's love, once you've experienced it: you spread God's love to everyone, you want to pass it on. -- (v2) What a wondrous time is spring when all the trees are budding, the birds begin to sing, the flowers start their blooming; that's how it is with God's love, once you've experienced it: you want to sing, it's fresh like spring, you want to pass it on. -- (v3) I wish for you, my friend, this happiness that I've found - on God you can depend, it matters not where you're bound; I'll shout it from the mountain top; I want my world to know: the Lord of love has come to me, I want to pass it on. VU291 All Things Bright and Beautiful -- Words: Cecil Frances Alexander, 1848; music: 17th cent. English melody, adapt. Martin Shaw, 1915 %7 6 7 6 R $G ~4/4 -- (R) All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful in love God made them all. -- (v1) Each little flower that opens each little bird that sings, God made their growing colours, God made their tiny wings. -- (v2) The purple headed mountains, the river running by, the sunset and the morning that brighten up the sky. -- (v3) The cold wind in the winter, the pleasant summer sun, the ripe fruits in the garden: God made them every one. -- (v4) The rocky mountain splendour, the lone wolf's haunting call, the great lakes and the prairies, the forest in the fall. -- (v5) God gave us eyes to see them and lips that we might tell how great is God our maker, who has made all things well. -- (R) All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful in love God made them all. VU292 Creating God, We Give You Thanks -- Words: William deWitt Hyde, 1903; music: William Knapp, 1738 %8 8 8 8 $A ~3/4 -- (v1) Creating God, we give you thanks that this your world is incomplete; that battle calls our marshalled ranks, that work awaits our hands and feet. -- (v2) You have not finished woman, man, for we are in the making still, as friends who share the Maker's plan, as those who know your loving will. -- (v3) Beyond the present sin and shame, wrong's bitter, cruel, scorching blight, we see the beckoning vision flame, the blessed kingdom of the right. -- (v4) What though the kingdom long delay, and still with haughty foes must cope? It gives us that for which to pray, a field for toil and faith and hope. -- (v5) Since what we choose is what we are, and what we love we yet shall be, the goal may ever shine afar, the will to win it makes us free. VU293 We Praise You, Creator -- Words: Edmund Louis Budry, 1904, trans. Andrew Donaldson 1993; music: attrib. Johann Michael Haydn %11 11 11 11 $G ~3/4 -- (v1) We praise you, Creator, in earth, sea and sky: our Ruler, our Maker, our Sovereign most high Each new generation lifts voices in praise how good your creation how gracious your ways! -- (v2) Each springtime the blossoms bloom fragrant once more each summer and autumn brings forth its rich store With witness compelling our praise and our prayer, creation is telling of your faithful care. -- (v3) Your wondrous works teach us, Creator, to trace the limitless reaches of your love and grace. Your grace dwells among us, your love goes before: from eldest to youngest we praise and adore. VU295 The Earth and All Who Breathe -- Words: Ruth Duck, 1983; music: attrib. J.S. Bach, 1736 (words 1992, G.I.A. Publications Inc.) %6 6 8 6 D $D ~4/4 -- (v1) The earth and all who breathe exist through love divine, who formed the sea, the flowering tree, the wren, the fragrant pine. Each woman, man, and child created from the dust is called to share creation's care a sacred, living trust. -- (v2) The good, abundant earth is ours to tend and keep, yet land lies waste, consumed in haste, and hungry children weep. The nations proudly build new Babels to the sky. Their bombs destroy creation's joy, their missiles terrify! -- (v3) Creation now awaits humanity's rebirth at last to claim one common aim: to nurture life on earth. Awake all humankind, the challenge now embrace; apply your strength, your voice, your means, as stewards of God's grace. VU296 This Is God's Wondrous World -- Words: Maltbie Davenport Babcock, 1901; music: trad. English melody %6 6 8 6 D IRREG $D ~4/4 -- (v1) This is God's wondrous world, and to my listening ears all nature sings, and round me rings the music of the spheres. This is God's wondrous world; I rest me in the thought of rocks and trees, of skies and seas, God's hand the wonders wrought. -- (v2) This is God's wondrous world: the birds their carols raise; the morning light, the lily white, declare their Maker's praise. This is God's wondrous world: God shines in all that's fair; in the rustling grass or mountain pass, God's voice speaks everywhere. -- (v3) This is God's wondrous world: O let me ne'er forget that though the wrong seems oft so strong, God is the ruler yet. This is God's wondrous world: why should my heart be sad? Let voices sing, let the heavens ring: God reigns, let earth be glad. VU297 All Praise to You -- Words: Omar Westendorf, 1984; music: Jean Sibelius, 1899 (words 1984, World Library Publications) %10 10 10 10 10 10 $F ~4/4 -- (v1) All praise to you O God of all creation: you made the world, and it is yours alone. The planet earth you spun in its location amid the stars adorning heaven's dome. We lease the earth but for a life's duration, yet for this life it is our cherished home. -- (v2) With wondrous grace you clothed the earth in splendour; with teeming life you filled the sea and land. Instil in us a sense of awe and wonder when we behold the bounty of your hand. Then when we hear the voice of bird or thunder, we hear the voice our faith can understand. -- (v3) To tend the earth is our entrusted duty, for earth is ours to use and not abuse. O gracious God, true source of all resources, forgive our greed that wields destruction's sword. Then let us serve as wise and faithful stewards while earth gives glory to creation's Lord. VU298 When You Walk from Here -- Words & music: Linnea Good, 1991 (words & music 1991, Borealis Music) %IRREG $F ~4/4 -- When you walk from here, when you walk from here, walk with justice, walk with mercy, and with God's humble care. VU299 Teach Me, God, To Wonder -- Words: Walter Farquharson 1973; music: Ron Klusmeier 1974 %11 9 11 9 $E- ~4/4 -- (v1) Teach me, God, to wonder, teach me, God, to see; let your world of beauty capture me Praise to you be given, love for you be lived, life be celebrated, joy you give. -- (v2) Let me, God, be open, let me loving be; let your world of people speak to me. Praise to you be given, love for you be lived, life be celebrated, joy you give. -- (v3) Let me, God, be ready, let me be awake, in your world of loving my place take. Praise to you be given, love for you be lived, life be celebrated, joy you give. -- (v4) Teach me, God, to know you, hear you when you speak, see you in my neighbour when we meet. Praise to you be given, love for you be lived, life be celebrated, joy you give. VU300 God, Whose Farm Is All Creation -- Words: John Arlott, 1950; music: English trad., arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906 (words estate of John Arlott) %8 7 8 7 $E- ~4/4 -- (v1) God, whose farm is all creation, take the gratitude we give; take the finest of our harvest, crops we grow that all may live. -- (v2) Take our ploughing, seeding, reaping, hopes and fears of sun and rain, all our thinking, planning, waiting, ripening into fruit and grain. -- (v3) All our labour, all our watching, all our calendar of care, in these crops of your creation, take, O God: they are our prayer. VU305 Into the Unshaped Silence -- Words: S. Curtis Tufts 1986; music: Lucius Chapin or Amzi Chapin, 1811 (arr:. F.R.C. Clarke 1970) %8 6 8 6 $G ~3/2 -- (v1) Into the unshaped silence sings the sound of God s own voice. The darkness bows to light newborn, the moon and stars rejoice. -- (v2) Each day unfolds with wonders new First grass, first tree, first bird! Plain, peak, and vale all take their place, each shaped by God s own word. -- (v3) The Word sings out with power once more, into the new-made earth; And in their Maker s image formed, woman and and man know birth. -- (v4) A day of rest, and o er the earth God s voice again is heard: a song of joy that celebrates the goodness of the world. -- (v5) God calls us all to join and sing the wonder of the earth and through our careful stewardship to guard creation s worth. VU307 Touch the Earth Lightly -- Words: Shirley Erena Murray, 1991; music: Colin Gibson, 1991 (words & music 1992, Hope Publishing Co.) %5 5 10 D $B- ~9/4 -- (v1) Touch the earth lightly, use the earth gently, nourish the life of the world in our care: gift of great wonder, ours to surrender, trust for the children tomorrow will bear. -- (v2) We who endanger, who create hunger, agents of death for all creatures that live, we who would foster clouds of disaster, God of our planet, forestall and forgive! -- (v3) Let there be greening, birth from the burning, water that blesses and air that is sweet, health in God's garden hope in God's children re-generation that peace will complete. -- (v4) God of all living, God of all loving, God of the seedling, the snow and the sun, teach us, deflect us, Christ reconnect us, using us gently and making us one. VU308 Many and Great, O God, Are Your Works Words: Dakota hymn, Joseph R. Renville, 1842; music: Dakota melody, adapt. Joseph R. Renville, 1842 (words para.: Dakota Conference, United Church of Christ) %IRREG $F ~4/4 -- (v1) Many and great, O God, are your works, Maker of earth and sky. Your hands have set the heavens with stars, your fingers spread the mountains and plains. Lo, at your word the waters were formed; deep seas obey your voice. -- (v2) Grant unto us communion with you, O star-abiding one. Come unto us and dwell with us, with you are found the gifts of life. Bless us with life that has no end, eternal life with you. VU310 God, Who Touches Earth With Beauty -- Words: Mary S. Edgar 1925; music: James Edmund Jones, 1925 %8 5 8 5 $E- ~4/4 -- (v1) God, who touches earth with beauty, make my heart anew; with your Spirit recreate me pure, and strong, and true. -- (v2) Like your springs and running waters, make me crystal pure; like your rocks of towering grandeur, make me strong and sure. -- (v3) Like your dancing waves in sunlight, make me glad and free; like the straightness of the pine trees let me upright be. -- (v4) Like the arching of the heavens lift my thoughts above; turn my dreams to noble action, ministries of love. -- (v5) Like the birds that soar while singing, give my heart a song; may the music of thanksgiving echo clear and strong. -- (v6) God, who touches earth with beauty, make my heart anew; keep me ever by your Spirit pure, and strong, and true. VU312 Praise with Joy the World's Creator -- Words: The Iona Community, 1985; music: John Gross, 1868 (words 1987, WGRG, Iona Community; descant @399) %8 7 8 7 8 7 $D ~2/4 -- (v1) Praise with joy the world's Creator, God of justice, love and peace, source and end of human knowledge God whose grace shall never cease. Celebrate the Maker's glory, power to rescue and release. -- (v2) Praise to Christ who feeds the hungry, feeds the captive, finds the lost, heals the sick, upsets religion, fearless both of fate and cost. Celebrate Christ's constant presence: friend and stranger, guest and host. -- (v3) Praise the Spirit sent among us, liberating truth from pride, forging bonds where race or gender, age or nation dare divide. Celebrate the Spirit's treasure: foolishness none dare deride. -- (v4) Praise the Maker, Christ and Spirit, one God in community, calling Christians to embody oneness and diversity. This the world shall see reflected: God is One and One in Three. VU313 God, Whose Almighty Word -- Words: John Marriott ca. 1833; music: adapt. from Felice de Giardini, 1769 %6 6 4 6 6 6 4 $G ~3/4 -- (v1) God, whose almighty word chaos and darkness heard, and took their flight, hear us, we humbly pray, and where the gospel day sheds not its glorious ray, let there be light. -- (v2) Jesus, who came to bring on your redeeming wing, healing and sight, health to the troubled mind, sight to the Spirit-blind, O now to humankind let there be light. -- (v3) Spirit of truth and love, lifegiving, holy dove, speed forth your flight; move on the water's face, bearing the lamp of grace, and in earth's darkest place let there be light. -- (v4) Blessed and holy three, glorious trinity, wisdom, love, might, boundless as ocean's tide rolling in fullest pride, through the world far and wide, let there be light. VU314 Come Now, Almighty King -- Words: anon., 18th cent., in George Whitfield's Collection of Hymns, 1757; music: anon., in Samuel Wesley's European Psalmist , 1872 %6 6 4 6 6 6 4 $G ~3/4 -- (v1) Come now, almighty King, help us your name to sing, help us to praise; one God all glorious, ever victorious, come and reign over us, Ancient of Days. -- (v2) Come now, incarnate Son, your life in us begun, our prayer attend; come, and your people bless, come, give your word success; stablish your righteousness, Saviour and friend! -- (v3) Come holy Comforter, your sacred witness bear in this glad hour; your grace to us impart, now rule in every heart, never from us depart, Spirit of power! -- (v4) To the great One in Three, eternal praises be for evermore; your sovereign majesty may we in glory see, and to eternity love and adore! VU315 Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty -- Words: Reginald Heber ca. 1820; music: John Bacchus Dykes, 1861; desc. Godfrey Hewitt 1971 %IRREG $D ~4/4 -- (v1) Holy, holy, holy! Lord God almighty! Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee; holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty, God in three persons, blessed Trinity! -- (v2) Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore thee, casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea; cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee, which wert, and art, and evermore shalt be. -- (v3) Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide thee, though the eye made blind by sin thy glory may not see, only thou art holy; there is none beside thee, perfect in power, in love, and purity. -- (v4) Holy, holy, holy! Lord God almighty! All thy works shall praise thy name in earth and sky and sea; holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty, God in three persons, blessed Trinity! VU316 Praise Our Maker -- Words: v1,2 anon, ca. 1890, v3 R. Gerald Hobbs, 1987; music: Carraey Bonner, 1904 (words v3 1987, Songs for a Gospel People) %10 6 10 6 $D ~4/4 -- (v1) Praise our Maker, peoples of one family: God is love, God is love! Praise our Maker, peoples of one family: God is love, God is love! -- (v2) Love our Saviour, followers of Jesus: God is love, God is love! Love our Saviour, followers of Jesus: God is love, God is love! -- (v3) Care for others, children of the Spirit: God is love, God is love! Care for others, children of the Spirit: God is love, God is love! VU320 Mothering God, You Gave Me Birth -- Words: Julian of Norwich ca. 1400, adapt. Jean Wiebe Janzen 1991; music: Henry Baker, 1854 %8 8 8 8 $F ~3/4 -- (v1) Mothering God, you gave me birth in the bright morning of this world. Creator, source of every breath, you are my rain, my wind, my sun. -- (v2) Mothering Christ, you took my form, offering me your food of light, grain of my life, and grape of love, your very body for my peace. -- (v3) Mothering Spirit, nurturing one, in arms of patience hold me close, so that in faith I root and grow until I flower, until I know. VU321 Maker, in Whom We Live -- Words: Judith Fetter, 1985; music: John Bacchus Dykes, 1861 (descant @211) %8 8 8 8 8 8 $D ~4/4 -- (v1) Maker, in whom we live, in whom we are and move, the glory, power, and praise receive for your creating love. Let all the angel throng give thanks to God on high, while earth repeats the joyful song and echoes to the sky. -- (v2) Incarnate Deity, let all the ransomed race render in thanks their lives to you for your redeeming grace. The grace to sinners shown, you heavenly choirs proclaim, and cry, "Salvation to our God, salvation to the Lamb!" -- (v3) Spirit of Holiness, let all your saints adore your sacred energy, and bless your heart-renewing power. No angel tongues can tell your love's ecstatic height, the glorious joy unspeakable, the beatific sight. -- (v4) Eternal, Triune God, let all the hosts above, let all on earth below record and dwell upon your love. When heaven and earth have fled before your glorious face, may all the saints your love has made sing everlasting praise. VU322 O God, Whose First Creative Word -- Words: Judith Fetter, 1985; music: John Bacchus Dykes, 1861 (words 1985, J.A. Fetter) %8 8 8 8 8 8 $C ~4/4 -- (v1) O God, whose first creative word set universes into place, who stretched across the whirling void infinities of time and space; O speak to our chaotic day a word of ordered grace, we pray. -- (v2) O Christ, who came, the living word, proclaiming love's redeeming power, who drained the tempter's bitter cup and triumphed in earth's darkest hour; O speak to our despair and pain a word that kindles hope again. -- (v3) O Spirit, ever present word, God's agent of transforming grace, who seeks to enter every heart with light its darkness to replace; O speak within the hearts we raise a joyful word of faith and praise. VU326 O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing -- Words: Charles Wesley, 1739; music: Carl Gotthelf Glaser, ca. 1828 %8 6 8 6 $G ~3/4 -- (v1) O for a thousand tongues to sing my great Redeemer's praise the glories of my God and King, the triumphs of God's grace. -- (v2) Jesus! the name that charms our fears, that bids our sorrows cease; 'tis music in the sinner's ears, 'tis life and health and peace. -- (v3) He speaks, and list'ning to his voice, new life the dead receive, The mournful broken hearts rejoice, the humble poor believe. -- (v4) Hear him, you deaf, you voiceless ones, your tongues again employ; you blind, behold your Saviour comes, and leap you lame, for joy! -- (v5) My gracious Master and my God, assist me to proclaim, to spread through all the earth abroad the honours of your name. VU327 All Praise to Thee -- Words: Francis Bland Tucker, 1938; music: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906 (words The Church Pension Fund) %10 10 10 Hal $F ~4/4 -- (v1) All praise to thee, for thou, O King divine, didst yield the glory that of right was thine, that in our troubled hearts thy grace might shine: hallelujah; hallelujah. -- (v2) Thou cam'st to us in lowliness of thought; by thee the outcast and the poor were sought; and by thy death was God's salvation wrought: hallelujah; hallelujah. -- (v3) Let this mind be in us which was in thee, who wast a servant that we might be free, __ humbling thyself to death on Calvary, hallelujah; hallelujah. -- (v4) Wherefore by God's eternal purpose, thou art high exalted o'er all creatures now, and given the name to which all knees shall bow, hallelujah; hallelujah. -- (v5) Let every tongue confess with one accord in heaven and earth that Jesus Christ is Lord; and God eternal be by all adored. hallelujah; hallelujah. VU329 O Jesus Christ, May Grateful Hymns Be Rising -- Words: Bradford Gray Webster, 1954; music: Alfred Scott-Gatty, 1900 (words: 1954, The Hymn Society) %11 10 11 10 $F ~4/4 -- (v1) O Jesus Christ, may grateful hymns be rising, in every city for your love and care; inspire our worship, grant the glad surprising that your blest Spirit rouses everywhere -- (v2) Grant us new courage, sacrificial, humble, strong in your strength to venture and to dare; to lift the fallen, guide the feet that stumble, seek out the lonely and God s mercy share. -- (v3) Show us your Spirit, brooding o er each city as you once wept about Jerusalem, seeking to gather all in love and pity and healing those who touch your garment s hem. VU330 Jesus Shall Reign -- Words: Isaac Watts, 1719; music: attrib. John Warrington Hatton, 1793; desc. David McKinley Williams, 1959 (descant 1959, H.W. Gray Co. Inc.) %8 8 8 8 $G ~2/2 -- (v1) Jesus shall reign where'er the sun does its successive journeys run; his kingdom stretch from shore to shore, till moons shall wax and wane no more. -- (v2) People and realms of every tongue dwell on his love with sweetest song, and infant voices shall proclaim their early blessings on his name. -- (v3) Blessings abound where'er he reigns; and prisoners leap to lose their chains; the weary find eternal rest, and all who suffer want are blest. -- (v4) Let every creature rise and bring peculiar honours to our King, angels descend with songs again, and earth repeat the loud Amen! VU331 The Church's One Foundation -- Words: Samuel John Stone, 1866; music: Samuel Sebastian Wesley, 1864 %7 6 7 6 D $D ~4/4 -- (v1) The church's one foundation is Jesus Christ our Lord; we are his new creation by water and the Word; from heaven he came and sought us that we might ever be his living servant people, by his own death set free. -- (v2) Called forth from every nation, yet one o'er all the earth; one charter of salvation: one Lord, one faith, one birth. One holy name professing and at one table fed, to one hope always pressing, by Christ's own Spirit led. -- (v3) Though with a scornful wonder the world sees us oppressed, by schisms rent asunder, by heresies distressed, yet saints their watch are keeping; their cry goes up, "How long?" But soon the night of weeping shall be the morn of song. -- (v4) Mid toil and tribulation, and tumult of our war, we wait the consummation of peace forevermore; till with the vision glorious our longing eyes are blest, and the great church victorious shall be the church at rest. -- (v5) We now on earth have union with God the Three in One, and share through faith communion with those whose rest is won. Oh, happy ones, and holy! Lord, give us grace that we like them, the meek and lowly, on high may dwell with thee. VU332 The Church's One Foundation -- Words: Samuel John Stone, 1866; music: Samuel Sebastian Wesley, 1864 %7 6 7 6 D $D ~4/4 -- (v1) The church's one foundation is Jesus Christ her Lord; she is his new creation by water and the word; from heaven he came and sought her to be his holy bride; with his own blood he bought her, and for her life he died. -- (v2) Elect from every nation, yet one o'er all the earth, her charter of salvation one Lord, one faith, one birth, one holy name she blesses, partakes one holy food, and to one hope she presses, with every grace endued. -- (v3) 'Mid toil and tribulation and tumult of her war, she waits the consummation of peace for evermore, till with the vision glorious her longing eyes are blest, and the great church victorious shall be the church at rest. -- (v4) Yet she on earth hath union with God the three in one, and mystic sweet communion with those whose rest is won. O happy ones and holy! Lord, give us grace that we, like them, the meek and lowly, on high may dwel with thee. VU333 Love Divine, All Loves Excelling -- Words: Charles Wesley, 1747; music: Rowland Huw Prichard, ca. 1831 %8 7 8 7 D $F ~3/4 -- (v1) Love divine, all loves excelling, joy of heaven to earth come down fix in us thy humble dwelling, all thy faithful mercies crown Jesus thou art all compassion, pure, unbounded love thou art; visit us with thy salvation, enter every trembling heart. -- (v2) Come, almighty to deliver, let us all thy grace receive; suddenly return, and never nevermore thy temples leave. Thee we would be always blessing serve thee as thy hosts above pray, and praise thee without ceasing glory in thy perfect love. -- (v3) Finish, then, thy new creation pure and spotless let us be; let us see thy great salvation perfectly restored in thee, changed from glory into glory, till in heaven we take our place, till we cast our crowns before thee lost in wonder, love and praise. VU334 All hail the power of Jesus' name -- Words: Edward Perronet, 1780; music: William Shrubsole, 1779 %8 6 8 R $G ~4/4 -- (v1) All hail the power of Jesus' name! Let angels prostrate fall; bring forth the royal diadem, and crown him, crown him, crown him, crown him Lord of all. -- (v2) O seed of Israel's chosen race now ransomed from the fall, hail him who saves you by his grace and crown him, crown him, crown him, crown him Lord of all. -- (v3) Crown him, you martyrs of your God, who from his altar call; praise him whose way of pain you trod, and crown him, crown him, crown him, crown him Lord of all. -- (v4) Let every tongue and every tribe, responsive to the call, to him all majesty ascribe and crown him, crown him, crown him, crown him Lord of all. -- (v5) O that, with all the sacred throng, we at his feet may fall, join in the everlasting song, and crown him, crown him, crown him, crown him Lord of all. VU339 When Morning Gilds the Skies -- Words: German hymn, 1828/ English trans. v1,3 Robert Seymour Bridges 1899/ v2,4 Edward Caswall 1854; music: Joseph Barnby 1868; desc. Reginald S. Thatcher 1936 %6 6 6 6 6 6 $B- ~4/4 -- (v1) When morning gilds the skies, my heart awakening cries: may Jesus Christ be praised! When evening shadows fall, this rings my curfew call: may Jesus Christ be praised! -- (v2) To God, the Word on high, the hosts of angels cry: may Jesus Christ be praised! Let mortals, too, upraise their voice in hymns of praise: may Jesus Christ be praised! -- (v3) Let all of humankind in this their concord find: may Jesus Christ be praised! Let all the earth around ring joyous with the sound: may Jesus Christ be praised! -- (v4) Be this, while life is mine, my canticle divine: may Jesus Christ be praised! Be this th'eternal song, through all the ages long: may Jesus Christ be praised! VU340 Jesus, Friend of Little Children -- Words: Walter John Matthews, 1882; music: Gerald Wheeler, 1969 %8 5 8 3 $F ~4/4 -- (v1) Jesus, friend of little children, let me be one too; take my hand, and ever keep me close to you. -- (v2) Teach me how to grow in goodness, daily as I grow. You have been a child, and surely you must know. -- (v3) Never leave me, nor forsake me; ever be my friend; for I need you from life's dawning to its end. VU342 You Servants of God -- Words: Charles Wesley, 1744; music: William Gardiner, 1815 %10 10 11 11 $G ~3/4 -- (v1) You servants of God, your Saviour proclaim, and publish abroad that wonderful name; the name all victorious of Jesus extol, whose kingdom is glorious and rules over all. -- (v2) God rules from on high, almighty to save, whose Word still is nigh, a presence we have. The great congregation God's triumph shall sing, ascribing salvation to Jesus our King. -- (v3) Salvation to God, who sits on the throne! Let all cry aloud, and honour the Son! The praises of Jesus the angels proclaim, bow down in deep reverence and worship the Lamb. -- (v4) Then let us adore and give as is right, all glory and power, all wisdom and might, all honour and blessing with angels above, and thanks never ceasing and infinite love. VU343 I Love to Tell the Story -- Words: Katherine Hankey, 1866; music: William G. Fischer, 1869 %7 6 7 6 D $G ~4/4 -- (v1) I love to tell the story of unseen things above, of Jesus and his glory, of Jesus and his love. I love to tell the story, because I know 'tis true; it satisfies my longings as nothing else can do. -- (R) I love to tell the story, 'twill be my theme in glory, to tell the old, old story of Jesus and his love. -- (v2) I love to tell the story; more wonderful it seems than all the golden fancies of all our golden dreams. I love to tell the story, for some have never heard the message of salvation from God's own holy Word. -- (R) I love to tell the story, 'twill be my theme in glory, to tell the old, old story of Jesus and his love. -- (v3) I love to tell the story, for those who know it best seem hungering and thirsting to hear it like the rest. And when, in scenes of glory, I sing the new, new song, 'twill be the old, old story that I have loved so long. -- (R) I love to tell the story, 'twill be my theme in glory, to tell the old, old story of Jesus and his love. VU344 How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds -- Words: John Newton, 1779; music: Alexander Robert Reinagle ca. 1830 %8 6 8 6 $D ~4/4 -- (v1) How sweet the name of Jesus sounds in a believer's ear! It soothes the sorrows, heals the wounds and drives away all fear. -- (v2) It makes the wounded spirit whole and calms the troubled breast; 'tis manna to the hungry soul, and to the weary, rest. -- (v3) Dear Name! the rock on which I build my shield and hiding place, my never-failing treasury filled with boundless stores of grace -- (v4) Jesus, my Shepherd, Brother, Friend, my Prophet, Priest and King, my Lord, my Life, my Way, my End, accept the praise I bring. -- (v5) The effort of my heart is weak, and cold my warmest thought; but when I see you whom I seek, I'll praise you as I ought. VU345 Come, Children, Join to Sing -- Words: Christian Henry Bateman, 1843; music: anon. 1824 (words rev. 1987, Songs for a Gospel People) %6 4 6 4 6 6 6 4 $G ~4/4 -- (v1) Come, children, join to sing: Halleluia! Praise to our Servant King: Halleluia! Let all with heart and voice, saved by God's gracious choice, now in this place rejoice: Halleluia! -- (v2) Come, lift your hearts on high: Halleluia! Let praises fill the sky: Halleluia! Christ calls his people friends, the helpless he defends, a love that never ends: Halleluia! -- (v3) Praise yet our Christ again: Halleluia! Raise high the joyous strain: Halleluia! The whole creation o'er let all God's love adore, singing forevermore Halleluia! VU348 O Love, How Deep -- Words: from Latin, 15th cent. trans. Benjamin Webb, 1854; music: for Piae Cantiones, 1582; desc. Frances P. Macphail 1994 %8 8 8 8 $D ~3/4 -- (v1) O love, how deep, how broad, how high! It fills the heart with ecstasy, that God, in Jesus Christ, should take our mortal form for mortals' sake. -- (v2) God sent no angel to our race of higher or of lower place, but wore the robe of human frame, and freely to this lost world came. -- (v3) For us he was baptized, and bore a holy fast, and hungered sore; for us temptations sharply knew; for us, the tempter overthrew. -- (v4) For us he prayed, for us he taught, for us great daily works were wrought, by words and signs, and actions, thus still seeking not himself, but us. -- (v5) For us to wicked foes betrayed, scourged, mocked, in purple robe arrayed, he bore the shameful cross and death; for us at length gave up his breath. -- (v6) For us he rose from death again, for us he went on high to reign, for us he sent his Spirit here to guide, to strengthen and to cheer. -- (v7) To God whose boundless love has won salvation for us through the Son, to God all praise and glory be both now and through eternity. VU349 A Prayer -- Words: trad. Celtic -- May the Christ who walks on wounded feet walk with you on the road. May the Christ who serves with wounded hands stretch out your hands to serve. May the Christ who loves with wounded heart open your hearts to love. May you see the fact of Christ in everyone you meet, and may everyone you meet see the face of Christ in you. VU352 I Danced in the Morning -- Words: Sydney Carter, 1963; music: Shaker melody (words 1963, Stainer & Bell Ltd.) %IRREG $F ~4/4 -- (v1) I danced in the morning when the world was begun; and I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun; and I came from heaven and I danced on the earth; at Bethlehem I had my birth. -- (R) Dance, then, wherever you may be; I am the Lord of the dance, said he and I'll lead you all, wherever you may be, and I'll lead you all in the dance, said he. -- (v2) I danced for the scribe and the pharisee, but they would not dance and they would not follow me; I danced for the fishermen, for James and John; they came with me and the dance went on. -- (R) Dance, then, wherever you may be; I am the Lord of the dance, said he and I'll lead you all, wherever you may be, and I'll lead you all in the dance, said he. -- (v3) I danced on the Sabbath and I cured the lame; the holy people said it was a shame; they whipped and stripped and they hung me high, and left me there on a cross to die. -- (R) Dance, then, wherever you may be; I am the Lord of the dance, said he and I'll lead you all, wherever you may be, and I'll lead you all in the dance, said he. -- (v4) I danced on a Friday when the sky turned black; it's hard to dance with the devil on your back; they buried my body and they thought I'd gone, but I am the dance and I still go on. -- (R) Dance, then, wherever you may be; I am the Lord of the dance, said he and I'll lead you all, wherever you may be, and I'll lead you all in the dance, said he. -- (v5) They cut me down and I leap up high; I am the life that will never, never die; I'll live in you if you'll live in me; I am the Lord of the dance said he. -- (R) Dance, then, wherever you may be; I am the Lord of the dance, said he and I'll lead you all, wherever you may be, and I'll lead you all in the dance, said he. VU353 'Tis the Gift to Be Simple -- Words & music: Shaker song, attrib. Joseph Brackett, 1848 %IRREG $F ~4/4 -- 'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free 'tis the gift to come down where you ought to be, and when we find ourselves in the place just right, 'twill be in the valley of love and delight. -- (R) When true simplicity is gained, to bow and to bend we shan't be ashamed; to turn, turn will be our delight 'til by turning, turning we come round right. VU355 For the Crowd of Thousands -- Words: Fred Kaan, 1968; music: James Frederick Swift, 1881 (words 1968, Hope Publishing Co.) %6 5 6 5 $G ~4/4 -- (v1) For the crowd of thousands sitting on the ground, seven is sufficient, seven will go round. -- (v2) Seven is sufficient, fish and loaves of bread; Jesus, for our hunger, gives us life instead. -- (v3) Jesus makes his offer: fish and bread as food. Make us truly thankful, make our living good. -- (v4) If we give to Jesus bread to bless and break, five and two will feed us seven days a week. -- (v5) What we give to Jesus, and with others share, will at last be gathered: over and to spare! VU356 Seek Ye First the Kingdom -- Words & music: Karen Lafferty, 1972; desc. Karen Lafferty 1972 (words, music & descant 1972, Maranatha Music) %IRREG $D ~2/2 -- (v1) Seek ye first the kingdom of God and God's righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. Hallelu, hallelujah. -- (v2) Ask and it shall be given unto you; seek and you shall find; knock and the door shall be opened unto you. Hallelu, hallelujah. -- (v3) We do not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. Hallelu, hallelujah. VU357 Tell Me the Stories of Jesus -- Words: William H. Parker, 1885; music: Frederick Arthur Challimar, 1903 (words & music 1904, National Christian Education Council %8 4 8 4 5 4 5 4 $B- ~6/8 -- (v1) Tell me the stories of Jesus I love to hear, things I would ask him to tell me if he were here: scenes by the wayside, tales of the sea, stories of Jesus, tell them to me. -- (v2) First let me hear how the children stood round his knee, and I shall fancy his blessing resting on me; words full of kindness, deeds full of grace, all in the lovelight of Jesus' face. -- (v3) Tell me, in accents of wonder, how rolled the sea tossing the boat in a tempest on Galilee! And how the Master, ready and kind, chided the billows and hushed the wind. -- (v4) Into the city I'd follow the children's band, waving a branch of the palm tree high in my hand; one of his heralds, yes, I would sing loudest hosannas! Jesus is king! -- (v5) Show me that scene in the garden of bitter pain; and of the cross where my Saviour for me was slain. Sad ones or bright ones, so that they be stories of Jesus, tell them to me. VU359 He Came Singing Love -- Words & music: Colin Gibson, 1972 (words & music 1994, Hope Publishing Co.) %5 6 5 6 6 6 7 $D ~4/4 -- (v1) He came singing love and he lived singing love; he died singing love. He arose in silence. For the love to go on we must make it our song; you and I be the singers. -- (v2) He came singing faith and he lived singing faith; he died singing faith. He arose in silence. For the faith to go on we must make it our song; you and I be the singers. -- (v3) He came singing hope and he lived singing hope; he died singing hope. He arose in silence. For the hope to go on we must make it our song; you and I be the singers. -- (v4) He came singing peace and he lived singing peace; he died singing peace. He arose in silence. For the peace to go on we must make it our song; you and I be the singers. VU360 A Woman and a Coin -- Words: Jaroslav J. Vajda 1991; music: Fred Kimball Graham 1995 %IRREG $A ~4/4 -- (v1) A woman and a coin - the coin is lost! How much it means to her, what time and toil, what part it was to play in her bright dreams! Am I that treasured coin worth searching for? I'm found, and you rejoice! What love! What love! -- (v2) A shepherd and a sheep - the sheep is lost! Far from the flock, the one in hundred cries, then, risking life, the shepherd's voice and staff! Am I that treasured sheep worth dying for? I live, and you rejoice! What love! What love! -- (v3) A parent and a child - the child is lost! The parent feeds on memories and hope, the prodigal, on husks and one last chance. Am I that treasured child worth waiting for? I'm home, and you rejoice! What love! What love! -- (v4) Dear God, you sought us when the world was lost, you gave your only son at what a cost; your spirit welcomes home the tempest-tossed: now we can be all you were dreaming of. We're safe, and you rejoice! What love! What love! VU361 Small Things Count -- Words; Shirley Erena Murray, 1990; music: Jillian M. Bray 1993 (words 1992, Hope Publishing Co.) %7 7 7 7 $C ~4/4 -- (v1) Small things count, so Jesus said: cups of water, crumbs of bread, small things done because we're kind count as big things in God's mind. -- (v2) Small things make the big things grow: grains of yeast inside the dough, puffs that fill a big balloon, notes that a happy tune. -- (v3) Every hair that's on our head, every sparrow, Jesus said, God takes care of, counts and knows, God loves us from top to toes! VU364 Forgive Our Sins as We Forgive -- Words: Rosamond E. Herklots, 1966; music: William Horsley, 1830 (words by permission, Oxford University Press) %8 6 8 6 $D ~4/4 -- (v1) "Forgive our sins as we forgive", you taught us, Christ, to pray; but you alone can grant us grace to live the words we say. -- (v2) How can your pardon reach and bless the unforgiving heart that broods on wrongs, and will not let old bitterness depart? -- (v3) In blazing light your cross reveals the truth we dimly knew; what trivial debts are owed to us, how great our debt to you! -- (v4) O cleanse the depths within our souls and bid resentment cease; then, bound to all in bonds of love, our loves will spread your peace. VU365 Jesus Loves Me -- Words: v1 Anna Bartlett Warner, 1859/ v2,3 David Rutherford McGuire 1970; music: William Batchelder Bradbury 1862 (words v2,3 Cherie McGuire) %7 7 7 7 R $D ~4/4 -- (v1) Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so; little ones to him belong, in his love we shall be strong. -- (R) Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so. -- (v2) Jesus loves me, this I know, as he loved so long ago, taking children on his knee, saying, "Let them come to me." -- (R) Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so. -- (v3) Jesus loves me still today, walking with me on my way, wanting as a friend to give light and love to all who live. -- (R) Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so. VU366 like a child -- Words & music: Daniel Charles Damon, 1992 (words & music 1993, Hope Publishing Co.) %IRREG $F ~4/4 -- (v1) like a child love would send to reveal and to mend like a child and a friend Jesus comes like a child we may find claiming heart, soul and mind like a child strong and kind Jesus comes -- (v2) like a child we will meet ragged clothes dirty feet like a child on the street Jesus comes like a child we once knew coming back into view like a child born anew Jesus comes -- (v3) like a child born to pray and to show us the way like a child here to stay Jesus comes like a child we receive all that love can conceive like a child we believe Jesus comes VU368 Holy Spirit, Truth Divine -- Words: Samuel Longfellow, 1864; music: Leighton George Hayne, 1863 %7 7 7 7 $D ~4/4 -- (v1) Holy Spirit, truth divine, dawn upon this soul of mine; Voice of God and inward light, wake my spirit, clear my sight. -- (v2) Holy Spirit, love divine, glow within this heart of mine. Kindle every high desire, purify me with your fire. -- (v3) Holy Spirit, power divine, fill and nerve this will of mine. Boldly may I always live, bravely serve, and gladly give. -- (v4) Holy Spirit, law divine, reign within this soul of mine. Be my law, and I shall be firmly bound, forever free. -- (v5) Holy Spirit, peace divine, still this restless heart of mine. Speak to calm this tossing sea, grant me your tranquility. -- (v6) Holy Spirit, joy divine, gladden now this heart of mine. In the desert ways I sing - spring, O Living Water, spring! VU371 Open My Eyes, That I May See -- Words & music: Clara H. Scott, 1895 %8 8 9 8 R $A- ~6/8 -- (v1) Open my eyes, that I may see glimpses of truth thou hast for me; place in my hands the wonderful key that shall unclasp and set me free. -- (R) Silently now I wait for thee, ready, my God, thy will to see. Open my eyes, illumine me, Spirit divine! -- (v2) Open my ears, that I may hear voices of truth thou sendest clear; and while the wave-notes fall on my ear, everything false will disappear. -- (R) Silently now I wait for thee, ready, my God, thy will to see. Open my ears, illumine me, Spirit divine! -- (v3) Open my mouth, and let me bear gladly the warm truth everywhere; open my heart and let me prepare love with thy children thus to share. -- (R) Silently now I wait for thee, ready, my God, thy will to see. Open my heart, illumine me, Spirit divine! VU372 Though I May Speak -- Words: Hal H. Hopson, 1972; music: trad. English melody (words 1972, Hope Publishing Co.) %8 8 8 8 $G ~3/4 -- (v1) Though I may speak with bravest fire, And have the gift to all inspire, And have not love, my words are vain, As sounding brass, and hopeless gain. -- (v2) Though I may give all I possess, And striving so my love profess, But not be given by love within, The profit soon turns strangely thin. -- (v3) Come, Spirit, come, our hearts control, Our spirits long to be made whole. Let inward love guide every deed; By this we worship, and are freed. VU373 As Comes the Breath of Spring -- Words: David Lake Ritchie, 1929, music: Charles J. Dale, 1904 %6 6 6 6 D $D ~4/4 -- (v1) As comes the breath of spring with light and mirth and song; so does your Spirit bring new days brave, free, and strong. You come with thrill of life to chase hence winter's breath, to hush to peace the strife of sin that ends in death. -- (v2) You come like dawning day with flaming truth and love, to chase all glooms away, to brace our wills to prove how wise, how good to choose the truth and its brave fight to prize it, win or lose, and live on your delight. -- (v3) You come like songs at morn that fill the earth with joy, till we, in Christ newborn, new strength in praise employ You come to rouse the heart from drifting to despair through high hopes to impart life with an ampler air. -- (v4) You breathe and there is health; you move and there is power, You whisper, there is wealth of love, your richest dower. Your presence is to us like summer in the soul; your joy shines forth and then life blossoms to its goal. VU374 Come and Find the Quiet Centre -- Words: Shirley Erena Murray, 1989; music: attrib. Benjamin Franklin White, 1844 (words 1992, Hope Publishing Co.) %8 7 8 7 D $F ~3/2 -- (v1) Come and find the quiet centre in the crowded life we lead, find the room for hope to enter, find the frame where we are freed: clear the chaos and the clutter, clear our eyes, that we can see all the things that really matter, be at peace, and simply be. -- (v2) Silence is a friend who claims us, cools the heat and slows the pace, God it is who speaks and names us, knows our being, face to face, making space within our thinking, lifting shades to show the sun, raising courage when we're shrinking, finding scope for faith begun. -- (v3) In the Spirit let us travel, open to each other's pain, let our loves and fears unravel, celebrate the space we gain: there's a place for deepest dreaming, there's a time for heart to care, in the Spirit's lively scheming there is always room to spare! VU375 Spirit, Spirit of Gentleness -- Words & music: James K. Manley, 1978 %IRREG R $D ~3/4 -- (R) Spirit, Spirit of gentleness, blow thro' the wilderness calling and free, Spirit, Spirit of restlessness, stir me from placidness, Wind, Wind on the sea. -- (v1) You moved on the waters, you called to the deep, then you coaxed up the mountains from the valleys of sleep; and over the eons you called to each thing: wake from your slumbers and rise on your wings. -- (R) Spirit, Spirit of gentleness, blow thro' the wilderness calling and free, Spirit, Spirit of restlessness, stir me from placidness, Wind, Wind on the sea. -- (v2) You swept thro' the desert, you stung with the sand, and you goaded your people with a law and a land; and when they were blinded with their idols and lies, then you spoke thro' your prophets to open their eyes. -- (R) Spirit, Spirit of gentleness, blow thro' the wilderness calling and free, Spirit, Spirit of restlessness, stir me from placidness, Wind, Wind on the sea. -- (v3) You sang in a stable, you cried from a hill, then you whispered in silence when the whole world was still; and down in the city you called once again, when you blew through your people on the rush of the wind. -- (R) Spirit, Spirit of gentleness, blow thro' the wilderness calling and free, Spirit, Spirit of restlessness, stir me from placidness, Wind, Wind on the sea. -- (v4) You call from tomorrow, you break ancient schemes, from the bondage of sorrow the captives dream dreams, our women see visions, our men clear their eyes, with bold new decisions your people arise. -- (R) Spirit, Spirit of gentleness, blow thro' the wilderness calling and free, Spirit, Spirit of restlessness, stir me from placidness, Wind, Wind on the sea. VU376 Spirit of the Living God -- Words: v1 David Iverson, 1926, v2 Michael Baughen, 1982; music: David Iverson, 1926 (words 1982, Hope Publishing Co.; music 1935, Birdwing Music) %7 5 7 5 8 7 5 $F ~4/4 -- (v1) Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me Melt me, mould me, fill me, use me. Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me. -- (v2) Spirit of the living God, move among us all, make us one in heart and mind make us one in love; humble, caring, selfless, sharing Spirit of the living God, fill our lives with love! VU377 Holy Spirit, Hear Us -- Words: William H. Parker, 1880; music: James Frederick Swift, 1881 %6 5 6 5 $G ~4/4 -- (v1) Holy Spirit, hear us, help us while we sing; breathe into the music of the praise we bring. -- (v2) Holy Spirit, shine now on the book we read; light its holy pages with the truth we need. -- (v3) Holy Spirit, prompt us when we bow to pray; speak within and teach us what we ought to say. -- (v4) Holy Spirit, help us daily by your might, what is wrong to conquer, and to choose the right. VU378 Spirit of God, Descend upon My Heart -- Words: George Croly, 1854; music: Frederick C. Atkinson, 1870; desc. C. David Cameron 1994 %10 10 10 10 $B- ~4/4 -- (v1) Spirit of God, descend upon my heart; wean it from earth, through all its pulses move; stoop to my weakness, strength to me impart, and make me love you as I ought to love. -- (v2) I ask no dream, no prophet ecstasies; no sudden rending of the veil of clay, no angel visitant, no opening skies, but take the dimness of my soul away. -- (v3) Have you not bid me love you, God and King; all, all your own, soul, heart, and strength and mind? I see your cross: there teach my heart to cling. O let me seek you and O let me find! -- (v4) Teach me to love you as your angels love, one holy passion filling all my frame, the baptism of the heaven-descended dove, my heart an altar and your love the flame. VU380 She Comes Sailing on the Wind -- Words & music: Gordon Light, 1985 (words & music 1987, Common Cup Co.) %IRREG $C ~4/4 -- (R) She comes sailing on the wind, her wings flashing in the sun; on a journey just begun, she flies on. And in the passage of her flight, her song rings out through the night, full of laughter, full of light, she flies on. -- (v1) Silent waters rocking on the morning of our birth, like an empty cradle waiting to be filled. And from the heart of God, the Spirit moved upon the earth, like a mother breathing life into her child. -- (v2) Many were the dreamers whose eyes were given sight when the Spirit filled their dreams with life and form. Deserts turned to gardens, broken hearts found new delight, and then down the ages still she flew on. -- (R) She comes sailing on the wind, her wings flashing in the sun; on a journey just begun, she flies on. And in the passage of her flight, her song rings out through the night, full of laughter, full of light, she flies on. -- (v3) To a gentle girl in Galilee, a gentle breeze she came, a whisper softly calling in the dark, the promise of a child of peace whose reign would never end, Mary sang the Spirit song within her heart. -- (R) She comes sailing on the wind, her wings flashing in the sun; on a journey just begun, she flies on. And in the passage of her flight, her song rings out through the night, full of laughter, full of light, she flies on. -- (v4) Flying to the river, she waited circling high above the child now grown so full of grace. As he rose up from the water, she swept down from the sky, and she carried him away in her embrace. -- (R) She comes sailing on the wind, her wings flashing in the sun; on a journey just begun, she flies on. And in the passage of her flight, her song rings out through the night, full of laughter, full of light, she flies on. -- (v5) Long after the deep darkness that fell upon the world, after dawn returned in flame of rising sun, the Spirit touched the earth again, again her wings unfurled, bringing life in wind and fire as she flew on. VU381 Spirit of Life -- Words & music: Carolyn McDade 1981 %8 12 8 12 8 10 $C ~4/4 -- Spirit of Life, come unto me Sing in my heart all the stirrings of compassion. Blow in the wind, rise in the sea; move in the hand, Giving life the shape of justice. Roots hold me close, wings set me free; Spirit of Life, come to me, come to me. VU382 Breathe on Me, Breath of God -- Words: Edwin Hatch, 1878; music: Robert Jackson, 1888 %6 6 8 6 $F ~3/4 -- (v1) Breathe on me, breath of God, fill me with life anew, that I may love what thou dost love, and do what thou wouldst do. -- (v2) Breathe on me, breath of God, until my heart is pure, until my will is one with thine, to do and to endure. -- (v3) Breathe on me, breath of God, till I am wholly thine, until this earthly part of me glows with thy fire divine. -- (v4) Breathe on me, breath of God, so shall I never die, but live with thee the perfect life of thine eternity. VU384 The Lone, Wild Bird -- Words: v1,2 Henry Richard McFadyen, 1925, v3-5 Marty Haugen, 1991; music: Southern Harmony, 1835 (words v3-5 1991, G.I.A Publications Inc.) %8 8 8 8 $F ~3/4 -- (v1) The lone, wild bird in lofty flight is still with you, nor leaves your sight. And I am yours! I rest in you, Great Spirit, come, rest in me too. -- (v2) The ends of earth are in your hand, the sea's dark deep and faroff land. And I am yours! I rest in you, Great Spirit, come, rest in me too. -- (v3) Each secret thought is known to you, the path I walk my whole life through; my days, my deeds, my hopes, my fears, my deepest joys, my silent tears. -- (v4) In secret depths you knit my frame, before my birth you spoke my name; within my soul, as close as breath, so near to me, in life, in death. -- (v5) O search me, God, my heart reveal, renew my life, my spirit heal; for I am yours, I rest in you, Great Spirit, come, rest in me too. VU385 Spirit Divine, Attend Our Prayers -- Words: Andrew Reed, 1829; music: Johann Cruger, 1647 %8 6 8 6 $F ~4/2 -- (v1) Spirit divine, attend our prayers, and make this house your home; descend with all your gracious powers: O come, great Spirit, come! -- (v2) Come as the light: to us reveal our emptiness and woe; and lead us in those paths of life where all the righteous go. -- (v3) Come as the wind: sweep clean away what dead within us lies, and search and freshen all our souls with living energies. -- (v4) Come as the fire and purge our hearts like sacrificial flame; let our whole life an offering be to our Redeemer's name. -- (v5) Spirit divine, attend our prayers: make a lost world your home; descend with all your gracious powers: O come, great Spirit, come! VU387 Loving Spirit -- Words: Shirley Erena Murray, 1986; music: Corner's Gross Catholisch Gesangbuch, 1631 (words 1987, The Hymn Society) %8 7 8 7 $F ~3/2 -- (v1) Loving Spirit, loving Spirit, you have chosen me to be, you have drawn me to your wonder, you have set your sign on me. -- (v2) Like a mother, you enfold me, hold my life within your own, feed me with your very body, form me of your flesh and bone. -- (v3) Like a father, you protect me, teach me the discerning eye, hoist me up upon your shoulder, let me see the world from high. -- (v4) Friend and lover, in your closeness, I am known and held and blessed, in your promise is my comfort, in your presence I may rest. -- (v5) Loving Spirit, loving Spirit, you have chosen me to be, you have drawn me to your wonder, you have set your sign on me. VU389 God Is Here -- Words: Fred Pratt Green, 1978; music: William P. Rowlands ca. 1905 (words 1979, Hope Publishing Co.) %8 7 8 7 D $F ~3/4 -- (v1) God is here! As we your people meet to offer praise and prayer, may we find in fuller measure what it is in Christ we share. Here, as in the world around us, all our varied skills and arts wait the coming of the Spirit into open minds and hearts. -- (v2) Here are symbols to remind us of our lifelong need of grace; Here are table, font, and pulpit; here the cross has central place. Here in honesty of preaching, here in silence, as in speech, here, in newness and renewal, God the Spirit comes to each. -- (v3) Here our children find a welcome in the Shepherd's flock and fold; here as bread and wine are taken, Christ sustains us, as of old. Here the servants of the Servant seek in worship to explore what it means in daily living to believe and to adore. -- (v4) God of all, of church and kingdom, in an age of change and doubt keep us faithful to the gospel; help us work your purpose out. Here, in this day's dedication, all we have to give, receive; we, who cannot live without you, we adore you! We believe! VU390 How Great the Mystery of Faith -- Words: Brian Wren; music: Ron Klusmeier 1990 (words 1989, Hope Publishing Co.) -- (v1) How great the mystery of faith, how deep the purposes of God, in birth and ageing, life and death, unveiled, yet never understood! -- (v2) Attracted by life's deepest claim we wait, assembled in this place, with needs and hopes we cannot name, a thirst for healing, truth and grace. -- (v3) The best that we can do and say, the utmost care of skill and art, are sweepers of the Spirit's way to reach the depths of ev'ry heart. -- (v4) Come, walk among us, Holy Friend, as all are gathered and prepared, that scattered lives may meet and mend through open Word and table shared. VU391 God, Reveal Your Presence -- Words: Gerhard Tersteegen, 1729, trans. Frederick William Foster & John Miller, 1789; music: Joachim Neander, 1680 %6 6 8 D 3 3 6 6 $G ~var -- (v1) God, reveal your presence: as we now adore you and with awe appear before you. Here in this your temple: all within keep silence, gather now with deepest reverence You alone God we own, you, our God and Saviour: Praise your name forever -- (v2) God, reveal your presence: hear the harps resounding; see the crowds the throne surrounding. "Holy, holy, holy!" Hear the hymn ascending, angels, saints their voices blending. Bow your ear to us here, hearken, O Lord Jesus, to our humble praises. -- (v3) O great fount of blessing, purify my spirit, trusting only in your merit; like the holy angels gathered all before you, may I ceaselessly adore you. Let your will ever still rule your church terrestrial, as the hosts celestial. VU394 Moved by the Gospel, Let Us Move -- Words: Ruth Duck, 1992; music: Gottfried Wilhelm Fink, 1842 (words 1992, G.I.A. Publications Inc.) %8 6 8 6 D $D ~4/4 -- (v1) Moved by the Gospel, let us move with every gift and art. The image of creative love indwells each human heart. The Maker calls creation good, so let us now express with sound and colour, stone and wood, the shape of holiness. -- (v2) Let weavers form from broken strands a tapestry of prayer. Let artists paint with skilful hands their joy, lament and care. Then mime the story; Christ has come. With reverence dance the word. With flute and organ, ching and drum God's praise be ever heard. -- (v3) O Spirit, breathe among us here; inspire the work we do. May hands and voices, eye and ear attest to life made new. In worship and in daily strife create among us still. Great Artist, form our common life according to your will. VU395 Come In, Come In and Sit Down -- Words & music: James K. Manley, 1984 %IRREG R $G ~3/4 -- (R) Come in, come in and sit down you are a part of the family. We are lost and we are found, and we are a part of the family. -- (v1) You know the reason why you came, yet no reason can explain; so share in the laughter, and cry in the pain, for we are a part of the family. -- (R) Come in, come in and sit down you are a part of the family. We are lost and we are found, and we are a part of the family. -- (v2) God is with us in this place, like a mother's warm embrace. We're all forgiven by God's grace, for we are a part of the family. -- (R) Come in, come in and sit down you are a part of the family. We are lost and we are found, and we are a part of the family. -- (v3) There's life to be shared in the bread and the wine; we are the branches, Christ is the vine. This is God's temple, it's not yours or mine, but we are a part of the family. -- (R) Come in, come in and sit down you are a part of the family. We are lost and we are found, and we are a part of the family. -- (v4) There's rest for the weary and health for us all; there's a yoke that is easy, and a burden that's small. So come in and worship and answer the call, for we are a part of the family. -- (R) Come in, come in and sit down you are a part of the family. We are lost and we are found, and we are a part of the family. VU396 Jesus, Stand among Us -- Words: v1 William Pennefather, 1873/ v3 Lydia Pedersen 1995; music: Friedrich Filitz, 1847 %6 5 6 5 $F ~4/4 -- (v1) Jesus, stand among us in your risen power; let this time of worship be a hallowed hour. -- (v2) Breathe the Holy Spirit into every heart; bid the fears and sorrows from each soul depart. -- (v3) Lead our hearts to wisdom till our doubting cease, and to all assembled speak your word of peace. VU398 Great Shepherd of Your People -- Words: John Newton, 1796; music: Isaac Smith ca. 1780 %8 6 8 6 $D ~3/4 -- (v1) Great Shepherd of your people, hear! your presence now display; as you have given a place for prayer, so give us hearts to pray. -- (v2) Within these walls let holy peace and love and friendship dwell; here give the troubled conscience ease, the wounded spirit heal. -- (v3) May we in faith receive your word, in faith present our prayers, and in the presence of our God unburden all our cares. -- (v4) The hearing ear, the seeing eye, the contrite heart bestow; and shine upon us from on high, that we in grace may grow. VU399 God, Whose Love Is Reigning o'er Us -- Words: William Boyd Grove, 1980; music: John Goss, 1869; desc. Cyril Hampshire, 1954 %8 7 8 7 8 7 $D ~2/4 -- (v1) God, whose love is *reigning o'er us, source of all, the ending true; hear the universal chorus raised in joyful praise to you: Hallelujah, hallelujah, worship ancient, worship new. -- (v2) Word of God from nature bringing springtime green and autumn gold; mountain streams like children singing, ocean waves like thunder bold: Hallelujah, hallelujah, as creation's tale is told. -- (v3) Holy God of ancient glory, choosing man and woman, too; Abr'am's faith and Sarah's story form a people bound to you. Hallelujah, hallelujah, to your covenant keep us true; -- (v4) Covenant, new again in Jesus, Star-child born to set us free; sent to heal us, sent to teach us how love's children we might be. Hallelujah, hallelujah, risen Christ, our Saviour he! -- (v5) Lift we then our human voices in the songs that faith would bring; live we then in human choices lives that, like our music, sing: Hallelujah, hallelujah, joined in love our praises ring! -- * or ever with us VU400 Lord, listen to your children praying -- Words & music: Ken Medema, 1970 (words & music 1971, Hope Publishing Co.) %9 8 9 9 $E- ~2/2 -- Lord, listen to your children praying, Lord, send your Spirit in this place; Lord listen to your children praying, send us love, send us power, send us grace! VU401 Worship the Lord -- Words: Fred Kaan, 1972; music: Ron Klusmeier 1977 (words 1974, Hope Publishing Co.) %11 11 12 7 R $F ~3/4 -- (R) Worship the Lord (worship the Lord) worship the Father, the Spirit, the Son, Raising our hands (raising our hands) in devotion to God who is one! -- (v1) Raising our hands as a sign of rejoicing, and with our lips our togetherness voicing, giving ourselves to a life of creativeness, worship and work must be one! -- (R) Worship the Lord (worship the Lord) worship the Father, the Spirit, the Son, Raising our hands (raising our hands) in devotion to God who is one! -- (v2) Praying and training that we be a blessing, and by our handiwork daily confessing: we are committed to serving humanity, worship and work must be one! -- (R) Worship the Lord (worship the Lord) worship the Father, the Spirit, the Son, Raising our hands (raising our hands) in devotion to God who is one! -- (v3) Called to be partners with God in creation, honouring Christ as the Lord of the nation, we must be ready for risk and for sacrifice, worship and work must be one! -- (R) Worship the Lord (worship the Lord) worship the Father, the Spirit, the Son, Raising our hands (raising our hands) in devotion to God who is one! -- (v4) Bringing the bread and the wine to the table, asking that we may be led and enabled, truly united to build new communities, worship and work must be one! -- (R) Worship the Lord (worship the Lord) worship the Father, the Spirit, the Son, Raising our hands (raising our hands) in devotion to God who is one! -- (v5) Now in response to the life you are giving, help us, O Father, to offer our living, seeking a just and a healing society, worship and work must be one! VU402 We Are One -- Words: Doreen Lankshear-Smith 1988; music: Jeeva Sam, 1985 %IRREG $C ~4/4 -- (v1) We are one as we come, as we come, joyful to be here, in the praise on our lips there's a sense that God is near. We are one as we sing, as we seek, we are found; and we come needful of God's grace as we meet, together in this place. -- (v2) We are one as we share, as we share brokenness and fear, in the touch of a hand there's a sense that God is here. We are one as we care, as we heal, we are healed, and we share warmth in God's embrace as we pray together in this place. -- (v3) We are one as we feast, as we feast, peace becomes the sign; in the bread and the wine, there's a sense of love divine. We are one as we come as we feed, we are fed, and we feel God's refreshing grace as we meet at table in this place. -- (v4) We are one as we hear, as we hear, heart and hand unite; in the word we receive there's a sense that God is light. We are one as we leave, as we love, we are loved, and we seek justice in God's ways as we move together from this place. VU405 New Every Morning -- Words: John Keble, 1822; music: Samuel Webb, 1782 %8 8 8 8 $E- ~4/4 -- (v1) New every morning is the love our wakening and uprising prove; through sleep and darkness safely brought, restored to life, and power, and thought. -- (v2) New mercies each returning day hover around us while we pray; new perils past, new sins forgiven, new thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven. -- (v3) If on our daily course our mind be set to hallow all we find, new treasures still of countless price God will provide for sacrifice. -- (v4) The trivial round, the common task, will furnish all we ought to ask, room to deny ourselves, a road to bring us daily nearer God. -- (v5) Only, O God, in your dear love fit us for perfect rest above; and help us, this and every day, to live more nearly as we pray. VU406 See the Morning Sun Ascending -- Words: Charles Parkin, 1953; music: Joachim Neander, 1680 %8 7 8 7 8 7 $B- ~4/4 -- (v1) See the morning sun ascending, radiant in the eastern sky; hear the angel voices blending in their praise to God on high! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Glory be to God on high! -- (v2) So may we, in lowly station, join the choristers above; singing with the whole creation, praising you for your great love. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Glory be to God above! -- (v3) For your loving-kindness ever shed upon our earthly way; or your mercy, ceasing never, for your blessing day by day: Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Glory be to God alway! -- (v4) "Wisdom, honour, power, and blessing!" with the_angelic host we cry; round your throne, your name confessing, now we would to you draw nigh. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Glory be to God on high! VU409 Morning Has Broken -- Words: Eleanor Farjeon, 1931; music: Gaelic melody %5 5 5 4 D $C ~3/4 -- (v1) Morning has broken like the first morning, blackbird has spoken like the first bird. Praise for the singing! Praise for the morning! Praise for them, springing fresh from the Word! -- (v2) Sweet the rain's new fall sunlit from heaven, like the first dewfall on the first grass. Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden, sprung in completeness where God's feet pass. -- (v3) Ours is the sunlight! Ours is the morning born of the one light Eden saw play! Praise with elation, praise every morning, God's recreation of the new day! VU410 This Day God Gives Me -- Words: attrib. St. Patrick ca. 370-460, adapt. James Quinn 1969; music: Gaelic melody %5 5 5 4 D $C ~3/4 -- (v1) This day God gives me strength of high heaven, sun and moon shining, flame in my hearth; flashing of lightning, wind in its swiftness, deeps of the ocean, firmness of earth. -- (v2) This day God sends me strength to sustain me, might to uphold me, wisdom as guide. Your eyes are watchful, your ears are listening, your lips are speaking, Friend at my side. -- (v3) God's way is my way, God's shield is round me, God's host defends me, saving from ill. Angels of heaven, drive from me always all that would harm me, stand by me still. -- (v4) Rising I thank you, mighty and strong One, King of creation, giver of rest, firmly confessing Threeness of Persons, Oneness of Godhead, Trinity blest. VU411 O God We Call -- Words & music: Linnea Good, 1994 (words & music 1994, Borealis Music) %IRREG $C ~4/4 -- O God we call, O God we call, from deep inside we yearn, from deep inside we yearn, from deep inside we yearn for you. VU412 This Is the Day -- Words: v1 unknown; v2 Gerald Hobbs, 1987; music: Fijian folk melody (words v2,3 1987 Songs For a Gospel People) %IRREG $F ~4/4 -- (v1) This is the day, this is the day that our God has made, that our God has made; we will rejoice, we will rejoice, and be glad in it, and be glad in it. This is the day that our God has made, we will rejoice and be glad in it. This is the day, this is the day that our God has made. -- (v2) Open to us, open to us your gates, O God, your gates, O God; we will go in, we will go in, to your holy place, to your holy place. open to us your gates, O God, we will go in to your holy place. Open to us, open to us your gates, O God. -- (v3) You are our God, you are our God, we will praise your name, we will praise your name; we will give thanks, we will give thanks, for your faithfulness, for your faithfulness. You are our God, we will praise your name, we will give thanks for your faithfulness. You are our God, you are our God, we will praise your name. -- (v4) This is the day, this is the day that our God has made, that our God has made; we will rejoice, we will rejoice, and be glad in it, and be glad in it. This is the day that our God has made, we will rejoice and be glad in it. This is the day, this is the day that our God has made. VU415 God, We Praise You for the Morning -- Words & music: Jim & Jean Strathdee, 1984 (words & music 1984, Desert Flower Music) %8 7 8 6 $C ~3/4 -- (v1) God, we praise you for the morning; hope springs forth with each new day, new beginning, prayer and promise, joy in work and in play. -- (v2) God, we praise you for creation, mountains, seas and prairie land. Waking souls find joy and healing in your bountiful hand. -- (v3) God, we praise you for compassion, all the loving that you show; human touching, tears and laughter, help your children to grow. -- (v4) God, we praise you for your Spirit, Comforter and daily friend, restless searcher, gentle teacher, strength and courage you send. -- (v5) God, we praise you for the Saviour, come that we may know your ways. In his loving, dying, rising, Christ is Lord of our days. -- (v6) Hallelujah, hallelujah, Hallelujah, hallelujah, Hallelujah, hallelujah, Christ is Lord of our days! VU416 Forth in Your Name, O Christ -- Words: Charles Wesley, 1749; music: Robert Schumann, 1839 %8 8 8 8 $G ~4/4 -- (v1) Forth in your name, O Christ, we go, our daily labour to pursue, you, only you, resolved to know in all we think, or speak, or do. -- (v2) The task your wisdom has assigned here let us cheerfully fulfil; in all our works your presence find, and prove your good and perfect will. -- (v3) You may we set at our right hand, whose eyes our inmost secrets view, and labour on at your command and offer all our works to you. -- (v4) Help us to bear your easy yoke, in every moment watch and pray, and still to things eternal look, and hasten to that glorious day. -- (v5) Then with delight may we employ all that your bounteous grace has given, and run our earthly course with joy, and closely walk with you to heaven. VU417 God, as We Rise to Leave -- Words: Fred Kaan, 1968; music: Johann Cruger 1653 (words 1968, Hope Publishing Co.) %11 11 11 5 $C ~4/4 -- (v1) God, as we rise to leave this shell of worship, called to the risk of unprotected living, willing to be at one with all your people, we ask for courage. -- (v2) For all the strain with living interwoven, for the demands each day will make upon us, and for the love we owe the modern city, God, make us cheerful. -- (v3) Give us an eye for openings to serve you; make us alert when calm is interrupted, ready and wise to use the unexpected; sharpen our insight. -- (v4) Lift from our life the blanket of convention; give us the nerve to lose our life to others; be with your church in death and resurrection, God of all ages. VU418 Go Forth for God -- Words: J.R. Peacey, ca. 1970; music: Genevan Psalter, 1551 (words 1984, Hope Publishing Co.) %10 10 10 10 10 $F ~4/4 -- (v1) Go forth for God, go to the world in peace; be of good courage, armed with heavenly grace, in God's good Spirit daily to increase, till in the kingdom we see face to face. Go forth for God, go to the world in peace. -- (v2) Go forth for God, go to the world in love; strengthen the faint, give courage to the weak; help the afflicted; richly from above God's love supplies the grace and power we seek. Go forth for God, go to the world in love. -- (v3) Go forth for God, go to the world in strength; hold fast the good, be urgent for the right; render to no one evil; Christ at length shall overcome all darkness with his light. Go forth for God, go to the world in strength. -- (v4) Go forth for God, go to the world in joy, to serve God's people every day and hour, and serving Christ, our every gift employ, rejoicing in the Holy Spirit's power. Go forth for God, go to the world in joy. VU420 Go to the World -- Words: Sylvia Dunstan, 1985; music: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906 (words 1991, G.I.A. Publications Inc.) %10 10 10 4 4 $F ~4/4 -- (v1) Go to the world! Go into all the earth. Go preach the cross where Christ renews life's worth, baptising as the sign of our rebirth. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! -- (v2) Go to the world! Go into every place. Go live the Word of God's redeeming grace. Go seek God's presence in each time and space. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! -- (v3) Go to the world! Go struggle, bless and pray; the nights of tears give way to joyous day. As servant Church, you follow Christ's own way. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! -- (v4) Go to the world! Go as the ones I send, for I am with you 'til the age shall end, when all the hosts of glory cry "Amen!" Hallelujah! Hallelujah! VU421 Lead On, O Cloud of Presence -- Words: Ruth Duck, 1974; music: Henry Thomas Smart, 1836 (words 1992, G.I.A. Publications Inc.) %7 6 7 6 D $C ~4/4 -- (v1) Lead on, O cloud of Presence, the exodus is come. In wilderness and desert our tribe shall make its home. Our slavery left behind us, new hopes within us grow. We seek the land of promise where milk and honey flow. -- (v2) Lead on, O fiery Pillar, we follow yet with fears, but we shall come rejoicing though joy be born of tears. We are not lost, though wandering, for by your light we come, and we are still God's people. The journey is our home. -- (v3) Lead on, O God of freedom, and guide us on our way, and help us trust the promise through struggle and delay. We pray our sons and daughters may journey to that land where justice dwells with mercy, and love is law's demand. VU422 God Be with You till We Meet Again -- Words: Jeremiah E. Rankin, 1880; music: William G. Tomer, 1880 %9 8 8 9 R $C ~4/4 -- (v1) God be with you till we meet again, loving counsels guide, uphold you with a shepherd's care enfold you; God be with you till we meet again. -- (R) Till we meet, till we meet, till we meet at Jesus' feet; till we meet, till we meet, God be with you till we meet again. -- (v2) God be with you till we meet again, unseen wings protecting hide you, daily manna still provide you; God be with you till we meet again. -- (R) Till we meet, till we meet, till we meet at Jesus' feet; till we meet, till we meet, God be with you till we meet again. -- (v3) God be with you till we meet again, when life's perils thick confound you, put unfailing arms around you; God be with you till we meet again. -- (R) Till we meet, till we meet, till we meet at Jesus' feet; till we meet, till we meet, God be with you till we meet again. -- (v4) God be with you till we meet again, keep love's banner floating o'er you, smite death's threatening wave before you; God be with you till we meet again. -- (R) Till we meet, till we meet, till we meet at Jesus' feet; till we meet, till we meet, God be with you till we meet again. VU424 May the God of Hope Go with Us -- Words: v1 Alvin Schutmaat, 1984; v2 Fred Kaan, 1993; music: Argentine folk melody (words 1993, Hope Publishing Co.) %11 11 11 11 R $G ~2/4 -- (v1) May the God of hope go with us every day, filling all our lives with love and joy and peace. May the God of justice speed us on our way, bringing light and hope to every land and race. -- (R) Praying, let us work for peace, singing, share our joy with all, working for a world that's new, faithful when we hear Christ's call. -- (v2) May the God of healing free the earth from fear, freeing us for peace, both treasured and pursued. May the God of love keep our commitment clear to a world restored, to human life renewed. -- (R) Praying, let us work for peace, singing, share our joy with all, working for a world that's new, faithful when we hear Christ's call. VU427 To Show by Touch and Word -- Words: Fred Kaan, 1974; music: Ron Klusmeier 1974 (words 1974, Hope Publishing Co.) %12 12 8 8 $C ~3/4 -- (v1) To show by touch and word devotion to the earth, to hold in full regard all life that comes to birth, we need, O God, the will to find the good you had of old in mind. -- (v2) Renew our minds to choose the things that matter most, our hearts to long for truth till pride of self is lost, For every challenge that we face we need your guidance and your grace. -- (v3) Let love from day to day be yardstick, rule and norm, and let our lives portray your word in human form. Now come with us that we may have your wits about us where we live. VU436 Abide with Me -- Words: Henry Frances Lyte, 1847; music: William Henry Monk, 1861 %10 10 10 10 $E- ~4/4 -- (v1) Abide with me; fast falls the eventide; the darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide; when other helpers fail, and comforts flee, help of the helpless, O abide with me. -- (v2) Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day; earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away; change and decay in all around I see; O Christ, who changes not, abide with me. -- (v3) I need your presence every passing hour; what but your grace can foil the tempter's power? Who like yourself my guide and stay can be? Through cloud and sunshine, O abide with me. -- (v4) I have no fear with you at hand to bless; ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness; where is death's sting? Where, grave, your victory? I triumph still, if you abide with me. -- (v5) Hold now your cross before my closing eyes; shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies; heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee; in life, in death, O Lord, abide with me. VU444 Child of Blessing, Child of Promise -- Words: Ronald S. Cole-Turner, 1981; music: attrib. Christian F. Witt, Psalmodia Sacra, 1715 %8 7 8 7 $F ~4/4 -- (v1) Child of blessing, child of promise, baptized with the Spirit's sign; with this water God has sealed you unto love and grace divine. -- (v2) Child of love, our love's expression, love's creation, loved indeed! Fresh from God, refresh our spirits, into joy and laughter lead. -- (v3) Child of joy, our dearest treasure, God's you are, from God you came. Back to God we humbly give you; live as one who bears Christ's name. -- (v4) Child of God your loving Parent, learn to know whose child you are. Grow to laugh and sing and worship, trusting in God's love and care. VU445 A Little Child the Saviour Came -- Words: William Robertson ca. 1861; music: Trier manuscript, adapt. Michael Praetorius, 1609 %8 8 8 8 $D ~3/4 -- (v1) A little child the Saviour came The mighty God was still his name; And angels worshipped as he lay The helpless infant of a day. -- (v2) He who, a little child began, The life divine to show God s plan proclaims from heaven the message free, "Let little children come to me". -- (v3) We bring them now, and in your name the saving love of Christ proclaim. Through living water, grace endow, baptize them with your Spirit now. -- (v4) O God, who by an infant's tongue can hear your perfect glory sung. May these with all the heavenly throng praise you: Creator, Spirit, Son. VU449 Crashing Waters at Creation -- Words: Sylvia Dunstan, 1987; music: William A. Cross, 1992 (words 1992, G.I.A Publications Inc; music 1994, William A. Cross %8 7 8 7 $A- ~4/4 -- (v1) Crashing waters at creation, ordered by the Spirit's breath, first to witness day's beginning from the brightness of night's death. -- (v2) Parting water stood and trembled as the captives passed on through, washing off the chains of bondage - channel to a life made new. -- (v3) Cleansing water once at Jordan closed around the one foretold, opened to reveal the glory ever new and ever old. -- (v4) Living water, never ending, quench the thirst and flood the soul. Wellspring, Source of life eternal, drench our dryness, make us whole. VU451 This Is the Spirit's Entry Now -- Words: Thomas E. Herbranson, 1965; music: from Tochter Sion, Cologne 1741 %8 6 8 6 $E- ~4/4 -- (v1) This is the Spirit's entry now; the water and the Word; the cross of Jesus on your brow, the seal both felt and heard. -- (v2) This miracle of life reborn comes from the Source of breath; the perfect One from life was torn; our life comes through Christ's death. -- (v3) Let water be the sacred sign that we must die each day to rise again by his design as followers of his way. -- (v4) Renewing Spirit, hear our praise for your baptismal power that washes us through all our days. Come cleanse again this hour. VU453 Out of Deep, Unordered Water -- Words: Fred Kaan, 1965; music: Ron Klusmeier 1974 (words 1968, Hope Publishing Co.) %8 7 8 7 R $D ~4/4 -- (v1) Out of deep, unordered water God created land and life, world of bird and beast and later, twosome people, husband, wife. -- (R) There is water in the river, Bringing life to tree and plant. Let creation praise its giver: there is water in the font. -- (v2) Water on the human forehead, birthmark of the love of God, is the sign of death and rising; through the sea there runs a road. -- (R) There is water in the river, Bringing life to tree and plant. Let creation praise its giver: there is water in the font. -- (v3) Standing round the font reminds us of the Hebrews' climb ashore. Life is hallowed by the knowledge: God has been this way before. -- (R) There is water in the river, Bringing life to tree and plant, Let creation praise its giver: there is water in the font. VU457 As We Gather at Your Table -- Words: Carl P. Daw Jr., 1989; music: attrib. Benjamin Franklin White, 1844 (words 1989, Hope Publishing Co.) %8 7 8 7 D $F ~3/2 -- (v1) As we gather at your table, as we listen to your word, help us know, O God, your presence; let our hearts and minds be stirred. Nourish us with sacred story till we claim it as our own; teach us through this holy banquet how to make Love's vic'try known. -- (v2) Turn our worship into witness in the sacrament of life; send us forth to love and serve you, bringing peace where there is strife. Give us, Christ, your great compassion to forgive as you forgave; may we still behold your image in the world you died to save. -- (v3) Gracious Spirit, help us summon other guests to share that feast where triumphant Love will welcome those who had been last and least. There no more will envy blind us, nor will pride our peace destroy, as we join with saints and angels to repeat the sounding joy. VU458 Christ, Let Us Come with You -- Words: Shirley Erena Murray, 1991; music: Colin Gibson, 1991 (words & music 1992, Hope Publishing Co.) %6 5 5 5 5 6 $F ~3/2 -- (v1) Christ, let us come with you to the upper room where the feast is laid, to the bread and wine where our peace is made: Christ, let us come with you! -- (v2) Teach us your serving love: to become as friends, to become as one that the world believe what your life has done: teach us your serving love. -- (v3) Jesus, forgive us all that we use your name though we stand apart, we refuse your prayer to be one at heart: Jesus, forgive us all. -- (v4) Christ of the open hands, you have brought us close to be loved and fed, you have touched our life, now you walk ahead: Christ, let us come with you! VU459 Here, O My Lord, I See You Face to Face -- Words: Horatius Bonar, 1855; music: James Langran, 1861 %10 10 10 10 $F ~4/4 -- (v1) Here, O my Lord, I see you face to face, here would I touch and handle things unseen here grasp with firmer hand eternal grace, and all my weariness upon you lean. -- (v2) Here would I feed upon the bread of God here drink with you the royal wine of heaven here would I lay aside each earthly load, here taste afresh the calm of sin forgiven. -- (v3) This is the hour of banquet and of song; this is the heavenly table for me spread, here let me feast and feasting, still prolong the fellowship of living wine and bread. -- (v4) Too soon we rise; the symbols disappear. The feast, though not the love, is past and gone the bread and wine remove, but you are here, nearer than ever still my shield and sun. -- (v5) Feast after feast thus comes and passes by, yet, passing, points to that glad feast above, giving sweet foretaste of the festal joy, the Lamb's great bridal feast of bliss and love. VU460 All Who Hunger -- Words: Sylvia G. Dunstan, 1990; music: William Moore, 1825 (words 1991, G.I.A. Publications Inc.) %8 7 8 7 D $G ~4/4 -- (v1) All who hunger, gather gladly; holy manna is our bread. Come from wilderness and wandering. Here, in truth, we will be fed. You that yearn for days of fullness, all around us is our food. Taste and see the grace eternal. Taste and see that God is good. -- (v2) All who hunger, never strangers; seeker, be a welcome guest. Come from restlessness and roaming. Here, in joy, we keep the feast. We that once were lost and scattered in communion's love have stood. Taste and see the grace eternal. Taste and see that God is good. -- (v3) All who hunger, sing together; Jesus Christ is living bread. Come from loneliness and longing. Here, in peace, we have been led. Blest are those who from this table live their lives in gratitude. Taste and see the grace eternal. Taste and see that God is good. VU462 Before I Take the Body of My Lord -- Words & music: John L. Bell, 1989 (words & music 1989, WGRG, The Iona Community) %10 10 10 4 $E- ~4/4 -- (v1) Before I take the body of my Lord, before I share his life in bread and wine, I recognize the sorry things within: these I lay down. -- (v2) The words of hope I often failed to give, the prayers of kindness buried by my pride, the signs of care I argued out of sight: these I lay down. -- (v3) The narrowness of vision and of mind, the need for other folk to serve my will, and every word and silence meant to hurt: these I lay down. -- (v4) Of those around in whom I meet my Lord, I ask their pardon and I grant them mine that every contradiction to Christ's peace might be laid down. -- (v5) Lord Jesus Christ, companion at this feast, I empty now my heart and stretch my hands, and ask to meet you here in bread and wine which you lay down. VU466 Eat This Bread -- Words: Robert Batastini & Taiz Community, 1982; music: Jacques Berthier, 1982 (words & music 1984, Les Presses de Taiz ) %IRREG $G ~4/4 -- Eat this bread, drink this cup come to me and never be hungry Eat this bread, drink this cup; trust in me and you will not thirst. VU467 One Bread, One Body -- Words & music: John B. Foley, 1978 %4 4 6 R $G ~4/4 -- (R) One bread, one body, one Lord of all, one cup of blessing which we bless; and we, though many, throughout the earth, we are one body in this one Lord. -- (v1) Gentile or Jew, servant or free, woman or man, no more. -- (R) One bread, one body, one Lord of all, one cup of blessing which we bless; and we, though many, throughout the earth, we are one body in this one Lord. -- (v2) Many the gifts, many the works, one in the Lord of all. -- (R) One bread, one body, one Lord of all, one cup of blessing which we bless; and we, though many, throughout the earth, we are one body in this one Lord. -- (v3) Grain for the fields, scattered and grown, gathered to one, for all. -- (R) One bread, one body, one Lord of all, one cup of blessing which we bless; and we, though many, throughout the earth, we are one body in this one Lord. VU468 Let Us Talents and Tongues Employ -- Words: Fred Kaan, 1975; music: Jamaican folk song (words 1975, Hope Publishing Co.) %8 8 8 8 R $C ~4/4 -- (v1) Let us talents and tongues employ, reaching out with a shout of joy: bread is broken, the wine is poured, Christ is spoken and seen and heard. -- (R) Jesus lives again, earth can breathe again, pass the Word around: loaves abound! Jesus lives again, earth can breathe again, pass the Word around: loaves abound! -- (v2) Christ is able to make us one, at the table he sets the tone, teaching people to live to bless, love in word and in deed express. -- (R) Jesus lives again, earth can breathe again, pass the Word around: loaves abound! Jesus lives again, earth can breathe again, pass the Word around: loaves abound! -- (v3) Jesus calls us in, sends us out, bearing fruit in a world of doubt, gives us love to tell, bread to share: God (Immanuel) everywhere! -- (R) Jesus lives again, earth can breathe again, pass the Word around: loaves abound! Jesus lives again, earth can breathe again, pass the Word around: loaves abound! VU469 We Gather Here -- Words & music: Bryan Jeffery Leech, 1984 (words & music 1984, Fred Bock Music Co.) %IRREG $G ~4/4 -- (v1) We gather here, in Jesus' name, his love is burning in our hearts like living flame; for through the loving son God fashions us as one: Come take the bread, come drink the wine, come, share the Lord. No one is a stranger here, everyone belongs; finding our forgiveness here, we in turn forgive all wrongs. -- (v2) He joins us here, he breaks the bread, the One who pours the cup is risen from the dead; the One we love the most is now our gracious host: Come take the bread, come drink the wine, come, share the Lord. We are now a family of which Christ is the head; though unseen he meets us here in the breaking of the bread. -- (v3) We'll gather soon where angels sing; we'll see the glory of our Lord and coming King; now we anticipate the feast for which we wait: Come take the bread, come drink the wine, come, share the Lord. VU471 Eat This Bread and Never Hunger -- Words & music: Daniel Charles Damon, 1992 (words & music 1993, Hope Publishing Co.) %8 7 8 7 R $C ~4/4 -- (R) Eat this bread and never hunger, drink this cup and never thirst; Christ invites us to the table where the last become the first. -- (v1) Asking for a cup of water, Jesus touched forbidden ground; and the woman, with a question, told the world what she had found. -- (R) Eat this bread and never hunger, drink this cup and never thirst; Christ invites us to the table where the last become the first. -- (v2) Walking down a desert highway, Jesus healed a man born blind; soon the man became a witness to the truth we seek and find. -- (R) Eat this bread and never hunger, drink this cup and never thirst; Christ invites us to the table where the last become the first. -- (v3) Weeping for his friend at graveside, Jesus felt the pain of death; yet he knew God's power to waken: living water, living breath. -- (R) Eat this bread and never hunger, drink this cup and never thirst; Christ invites us to the table where the last become the first. VU472 O Jesus, Joy of Loving Hearts -- Words: 12th cent., trans. Ray Palmer, 1858; music: Henry Percy Smith, 1874 %8 8 8 8 $E- ~3/4 -- (v1) O Jesus, joy of loving hearts, the fount of life, the light of all from every bliss that earth imparts we turn, unfilled, to hear your call. -- (v2) Your truth unchanged has ever stood; you plead with all to call on you, to those who seek you, you are good, to those who find you, life is new. -- (v3) We taste your everliving bread, and long to feast upon you still; we drink of you, the fountainhead, our thirsting souls from you we fill. -- (v4) O Jesus, ever with us stay; make all our moments calm and bright; chase the bleak night of sin away; shed o'er the world your holy light. VU473 Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence -- Words: from Liturgy of St. James, trans. Gerard Moultrie, 1864; music: trad. French carol %8 7 8 7 8 7 $F 4/4 -- (v1) Let all mortal flesh keep silence, and with awe and reverence stand, ponder nothing earthly-minded, for with blessing in his hand, Christ our God to us approacheth our full homage to demand. -- (v2) King of kings, yet born of Mary, as of old on earth he stood, Lord of lords, in human vesture, in the body and the blood, he will give to all the faithful his own self for heavenly food. -- (v3) Rank on rank the host of heaven spreads its vanguard on the way, as the Light of light descendeth from the realms of endless day, that the powers of hell may vanish as the darkness clears away. -- (v4) At his feet the six-winged seraph; cherubim with sleepless eye veil their faces to the presence, as with ceaseless voice they cry, Hallelujah! Hallelujah! hallelujah, Lord most high! VU474 The Son of God Proclaim -- Words: Basil E. Bridge 1962; music: Henry Thomas Smart, 1867 %6 6 8 6 $D ~4/4 -- (v1) The Son of God proclaim, who reigns o'er time and space; the God who bade the light break forth now shines in Jesus' face. -- (v2) Behold his outstretched hands; though all was in his power he took the towel and basin then, and serves us in this hour. -- (v3) He, God's creative word, the church's only head, here bids us gather as his friends, and share his wine and bread. -- (v4) The Lord of life and death with wondering praise we sing; we break the bread at his command, and make our offering. -- (v5) We take this cup in hope: for he, who gladly bore the shameful cross, is risen again, and reigns for evermore. VU477 I Come with Joy -- Words: Brian Wren, 1968; music: American folk tune from Southern Harmony, 1835 (words 1971, Hope Publishing Co.) %8 6 8 6 6 $F ~6/8 -- (v1) I come with joy, a child of God, forgiven, loved and free, the life of Jesus to recall in love laid down for me, in love laid down for me. -- (v2) I come with Christians far and near to find, as all are fed, the new community of love in Christ's communion bread, in Christ's communion bread. -- (v3) As Christ breaks bread, and bids us share, each proud division ends. The love that made us, makes us one, and strangers now are friends, and strangers now are friends. -- (v4) The Spirit of the risen Christ, unseen, but ever near, is in such friendship better known, alive among us here, alive among us here. -- (v5) Together met, together bound by all that God has done, we'll go with joy, to give the world the love that makes us one, the love that makes us one. VU478 You Satisfy the Hungry Heart -- Words: Omer Westendorf, 1976; music: Robert E. Kreutz, 1976 (words & music 1976, Archdiocese of Philadelphia) %8 6 8 6 R $D ~var -- (R) You satisfy the hungry heart with gift of finest wheat. Come, give to us, O saving Lord, the bread of life to eat. -- (v1) As when the shepherd calls the sheep, they know and heed that voice, so when you call your family, we follow and rejoice. -- (R) You satisfy the hungry heart with gift of finest wheat. Come, give to us, O saving Lord, the bread of life to eat. -- (v2) With joyful lips we sing to you our praise and gratitude, that you should count us worthy friends, to share this heavenly food. -- (R) You satisfy the hungry heart with gift of finest wheat. Come, give to us, O saving Lord, the bread of life to eat. -- (v3) Is not the cup we bless and share the blood of Christ out-poured? Do not one cup, one loaf, declare our oneness in the Lord? -- (R) You satisfy the hungry heart with gift of finest wheat. Come, give to us, O saving Lord, the bread of life to eat. -- (v4) The mystery of your presence here no mortal tongue can tell; whom all the world cannot contain comes in our hearts to dwell. -- (R) You satisfy the hungry heart with gift of finest wheat. Come, give to us, O saving Lord, the bread of life to eat. -- (v5) In gracious love you give yourself; then selfless let us be. to serve each other in your name in truth and charity. -- (R) You satisfy the hungry heart with gift of finest wheat. Come, give to us, O saving Lord, the bread of life to eat. VU479 Draw Us In the Spirit's Tether -- Words: Percy Dearmer, 1931; music: Harold Friedell, 1957 (words permission of Oxford University Press; music 1980, The H.W. Gray Co.) %8 7 8 7 4 4 7 $G ~var -- (v1) Draw us in the Spirit's tether, for when humbly in your name two or three are met together, you are in the midst of them. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Touch we now your garment's hem. -- (v2) As disciples used to gather in the name of Christ to sup, then with thanks to God the Giver, break the bread and bless the cup. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! So now bind our friendship up. -- (v3) All our meals and all our living make as sacraments of you, that by caring, helping, giving, we may be disciples true. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! In our service faith renew. VU480 Let Us Break Bread Together -- Words & music: African-American spiritual, 19th cent. %IRREG $E- ~4/2 -- (v1) Let us break bread together on our knees, let us break bread together on our knees. When I fall down on my knees with my face to the rising sun, Oh, Lord, have mercy on me. -- (v2) Let us drink wine together on our knees, let us drink wine together on our knees. When I fall down on my knees with my face to the rising sun, Oh, Lord, have mercy on me. -- (v3) Let us praise God together on our knees, let us praise God together on our knees. When I fall down on my knees with my face to the rising sun, Oh, Lord, have mercy on me. VU481 Sent Forth by God's Blessing -- Words: Omer Westendorf, 1964; music: Welsh folk tune (words 1964, World Library Publications; descant @242) %6 6 11 6 6 11 D $G ~3/4 -- (v1) Sent forth by God's blessing, our true faith confessing, the people of God from this dwelling take leave. The supper is ended, O now be extended the fruits of this service in all who believe. -- (v1b) The seed of Christ's teaching, receptive souls reaching, shall blossom in action for God and for all. God's grace did invite us, God's love shall unite us to work for the kingdom and answer its call. -- (v2) With praise and thanksgiving to God ever living, the tasks of our everyday life we will face. Our faith ever sharing, in love ever caring, embracing God's children of each tribe and race. -- (v2b) With your feast you feed us, with your light now lead us; unite us as one in this life that we share. Then may all the living with praise and thanksgiving give honour to Christ and the name that we bear. VU482 Shout for Joy -- Words: The Iona Community, 1989; music: John L. Bell, 1989 (words & music 1989, WGRG, The Iona Community) %9 9 9 9 $D ~2/2 -- (v1) Shout for joy! The Lord has let us feast; heaven's own fare has fed the last and least; Christ's own peace is shared again on earth; God the Spirit fills us with new worth. -- (v2) No more doubting, no more senseless dread: God's good self has graced our wine and bread; all the wonder heaven has kept in store now is ours to keep for evermore. -- (v3) Celebrate with saints who dine on high, witnesses that love can never die. 'Hallelujah!' thus their voices ring. Nothing less in gratitude we bring. -- (v4) Praise the Maker, praise the Maker's son, praise the Spirit, three yet ever one; praise the God whose food and friends avow Heaven starts here! The kingdom beacons now! VU488 Friends, Let Us Love Each Other -- Words: Walter Farquharson 1977; music: Ron Klusmeier 1977 %7 6 7 6 7 6 7 6 $C ~4/4 -- (v1) Friends, let us love each other, love is a gift God gives. Friends, by the love within us, this world will know God lives. Love is the gift most precious God gives to woman and man. We find our life in loving, that's our creator's plan. -- (v2) Love is what Christ commanded, love lived out day by day. Love bears another's burden, love walks a tender way. Friends, let us love each other, love is a gift God gives. Friends, by the love within us, this world will know God lives. VU494 Those Hearts That We Have Treasured -- Words: Sylvia Dunstan, 1991; music: Southern Harmony, 1835 (words 1991, G.I.A. Publications Inc.) %7 6 7 6 D $C ~3/4 -- (v1) Those hearts that we have treasured, those lives that we have shared, those loves that walked beside us, those friends for whom we've cared their blessing rests upon us, their life is memory, their suffering to over, their spirits are set free. -- (v2) They still give hope and comfort, they did not lose the fight, they showed us truth and goodness, they shine into our night. Remember days of gladness, remember days of joy, remember all the moments that grief can not destroy. -- (v3) From hearts that we have treasured, from lives that we have shared, from loves that walked beside us, from friends for whom we've cared, we've learned to treasure kindness, we've learned that grace provides, we've learned to be together, we've learned that love abides. VU499 O Christ, the Word incarnate -- Words: William Walsham How, 1867; music: Meiningisches Gesangbuch, 1693, arr. Felix Mendelssohn, 1847 %7 6 7 6 D $D ~4/4 -- (v1) O Christ, the Word incarnate, O wisdom from on high, O truth unchanged, unchanging, O light of our dark sky: we praise you for the radiance that from the hallowed page, a lantern to our footsteps, shines on from age to age. -- (v2) Your people hold this treasure from you, its source divine, a light that to all ages throughout the earth will shine; it is the chart and compass that all life's voyage through, mid mists and rocks and tempest, still guides, O Christ, to you. -- (v3) O make your church, dear Saviour, a lamp of purest gold, to bear before the nations your true light as of old; O teach your wandering pilgrims by this their path to trace, till, cloud and darkness ended, they see you face to face. VU503 When Seed Falls on Good Soil -- Words: Norman P. Olsen 1976; music: Frederick F. Jackisch, 1976 (music: Lutheran Book of Worship) -- (v1) When seed falls on good soil, it s born through quiet toil; where soil receives, the earth conceives the blade, the stem, the fruit, the leaves. Good soil, O mother earth, the womb, where seed takes birth. -- (v2) God s Word in Christ is seed; good soil its urgent need; for It must find in human kind the fertile soil in heart and mind Good soil! A human field, a hundred fold to yield. -- (v3) Plough up the trodden way, and clear the stone away; tear out the weed, and sow the seed. Prepare our hearts Your Word to heed, that we good soil may be. Begin, O Lord, with me! VU504 How Clear Is Our Vocation, Lord -- Words: Fred Pratt Green, 1981; music: C. Hubert H. Parry, 1888 (words 1982, Hope Publishing Co.) %8 6 8 8 6 6 $E- ~4/4 -- (v1) How clear is our vocation, Lord, when once we heed your call: to live according to your word, and daily learn, refreshed, restored, that you are over all and will not let us fall. -- (v2) But if, forgetful, we should find your yoke is hard to bear, if worldly pressures fray the mind and love itself cannot unwind its tangled skein of care: our inward life repair. -- (v3) We mark your saints, how they become in hindrances more sure, whose joyful virtues put to shame the casual way we wear your name, and by our faults obscure your power to cleanse and cure. -- (v4) In what you give us, here, to do, together or alone, in old routines and ventures new, may we not cease to look to you, the cross you hung upon - all you endeavoured done. VU506 Take My Life and Let It Be -- Words: Frances Ridley Havergal, 1874; music: unknown; desc. John T. Wilkinson, 1980 (descant 1980 enThusia Enterprises) %7 7 7 7 $F ~3/4 -- (v1) Take my life, and let it be consecrated, all for thee; take my moments and my days; let them flow in ceaseless praise. -- (v2) Take my hands, and let them move at the impulse of thy love; take my feet, and let them be swift and purposeful for thee. -- (v3) Take my lips, and let them be filled with messages from thee; take my intellect, and use every power as thou shalt choose. -- (v4) Take my will, and make it thine; it shall be no longer mine; take my heart, it is thine own; it shall be thy royal throne. -- (v5) Take my love: and I will pour at thy feet its treasure store; take myself, and I will be ever, only, all for thee. VU507 Today We All Are Called To Be Disciples -- Words: H. Kenn Carmichael, 1982; music: trad. English melody (words 1989, H. Kenn Carmichael) %8 6 8 6 D $F ~4/4 -- (v1) Today we all are called to be disciples of the Lord, to help to set the captive free, make ploughshare out of sword, to feed the hungry, quench their thirst, make love and peace our fast, to serve the poor and homeless first, our ease and comfort last. -- (v2) God made the world and at its birth ordained our human race to live as stewards of the earth, responding to God's grace. But we are vain and sadly proud, we sow not peace but strife, our discord spreads a deadly cloud that threatens all of life. -- (v3) Pray justice may come rolling down as in a mighty stream, with righteousness in field and town to cleanse us and redeem. For God is longing to restore an earth where conflicts cease, a world that was created for a harmony of peace. -- (v4) May we in service to our God act out the living Word, and walk the road the saints have trod till all have seen and heard. As stewards of the earth may we give thanks in one accord to God who calls us all to be disciples of the Lord. VU508 Just as I Am -- Words: Charlotte Elliott, 1834; music: William Batchelor Bradbury, 1849 %8 8 8 6 $D ~3/4 -- (v1) Just as I am, without one plea, but that thy blood was shed for me, and that thou bidd'st me come to thee, O Lamb of God, I come, I come. -- (v2) Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind, sight, riches, healing of the mind, yea, all I need, in thee to find, O Lamb of God, I come, I come. -- (v3) Just as I am, though tossed about with many_a conflict, many_a doubt, fightings and fears within, without, O Lamb of God, I come, I come. -- (v4) Just as I am, thy love unknown has broken every barrier down; now to be thine, yea, thine alone, O Lamb of God, I come, I come. VU509 I, the Lord of Sea and Sky (Here I Am, Lord) -- Words & music: Daniel L. Schutte 1981 %7 7 7 4 D R $G ~4/4 -- (v1) I, the Lord of sea and sky, I have heard my people cry. All who dwell in deepest sin, my hand will save. I who made the stars of night, I will make their darkness bright. Who will bear my light to them? Whom shall I send? -- (R) Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord? I have heard you calling in the night. I will go, Lord, if you lead me. I will hold your people in my heart. -- (v2) I, the Lord of snow and rain, I have borne my people's pain, I have wept for love of them; they turn away. I will break their hearts of stone give them hearts for love alone I will speak my word to them. Whom shall I send? -- (R) Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord? I have heard you calling in the night. I will go, Lord, if you lead me. I will hold your people in my heart. -- (v3) I, the Lord of wind and flame, I will tend the poor and lame, I will set a feast for them; my hand will save. Finest bread I will provide till their hearts be satisfied. I will give my life to them. Whom shall I send? -- (R) Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord? I have heard you calling in the night. I will go, Lord, if you lead me. I will hold your people in my heart. VU510 We Have This Ministry -- Words & music: Jim Strathdee, 1979 (words & music 1979, Desert Flower Music) %IRREG $F ~var -- (v1) We have this ministry and we are not discouraged; it is by God's own power that we may live and serve. Openly we share God's word, speaking truth as we believe, praying that the shadowed world may healing light receive. We have this ministry, O God, receive our living. -- (v2) O Christ, the tree of life, our end and our beginning, we grow to fullest flower when rooted in your love. Brothers, sisters, clergy, lay, called to service by your grace, different cultures, different gifts, the young and old a place. We have this ministry, O God, receive our giving. -- (v3) The yoke of Christ is ours, the whole world is our parish. we daily take the cross, the burden and the joy. Bearing hurts of those we serve, wounded, bruised and bowed with pain Holy Spirit, bread and wine, we die and rise again. We have this ministry, O God, receive our loving. VU512 Lord, You Give the Great Commission -- Words: Jeffrey W. Rowthorn, 1978; music: Cyril Vincent Taylor, 1941 (words 1987 & music 1942, Hope Publishing Co.) %8 7 8 7 D $C ~3/4 -- (v1) Lord, you give the great commission: "Heal the sick and preach the word." Lest the church neglect its mission, and the gospel go unheard, help us witness to your purpose with renewed integrity; with the Spirit's gifts empow'r us for the work of ministry. -- (v2) Lord, you call us to your service: 'In my name baptize and teach.' That the world may trust your promise, life abundant meant for each, give us all new fervour, draw us closer in community; with the Spirit's gifts empow'r us for the work of ministry. -- (v3) Lord, you make the common holy: "This my body, this my blood." Let us all, for earth's true glory, daily lift life heavenward, asking that the world around us share your children's liberty; with the Spirit's gifts empow'r us for the work of ministry. -- (v4) Lord, you show us love's true measure: "Father, what they do, forgive." Yet we hoard as private treasure all that you so freely give. May your care and mercy lead us to a just society; with the Spirit's gifts empow'r us for the work of ministry. VU514 God the Spirit, Guide and Guardian -- Words: Carl P. Daw, Jr., 1967; music: William P. Rowlands ca. 1905 (words 1989, Hope Publishing Co.) %8 7 8 7 D $F ~3/4 -- (v1) God the Spirit, guide and guardian, windsped flame and hovering dove, breath of life and voice of prophets, sign of blessing, power of love: give to those who lead your people fresh anointing of your grace; send them forth as bold apostles to your Church in every place. -- (v2) Christ our Saviour, Sovereign, Shepherd, Word made flesh, Love crucified, teacher, healer, suffering servant, friend of sinners, foe of pride: in your tending may all pastors learn and live a shepherd's care; grant them courage and compassion shown through word and deed and prayer. -- (v3) Great Creator, life-bestower, truth beyond all thought's recall, fount of wisdom, womb of mercy, giving and forgiving all: as you know our strength and weakness, so may those the church exalts oversee its life steadfastly yet not overlook its faults. -- (v4) Triune God, mysterious Being, undivided and diverse, deeper than our minds can fathom, greater than our creeds rehearse: help us in our varied callings your full image to proclaim, that our ministries uniting may give glory to your name VU516 Come, You Thankful People, Come -- Words: Henry Alford, 1844; music: George Job Ebery, 1858 %7 7 7 7 D $F ~4/4 -- (v1) 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! -- (v2) 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. -- (v3) 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. -- (v4) Even so, God, quickly come to your final harvest-home! Gather all your people in, free from sorrow, free from sin; there forever purified, in your presence to abide: come, with all your angels, come, raise the glorious harvest-home. VU517 Praise God for the Harvest -- Words: Brian Wren, 1968; music: trad. English melody (words 1978, Hope Publishing Co.) %11 11 11 11 $G ~3/4 -- (v1) Praise God for the harvest of orchard and field, praise God for the people who gather their yield, the long hours of labour, the skills of a team, the patience of science, the power of machine. -- (v2) Praise God for the harvest that comes from afar, from market and harbour, the sea and the shore: foods packed and transported, and gathered and grown by God-given neighbours, unseen and unknown. -- (v3) Praise God for the harvest that's quarried and mined, then sifted, and smelted, and shaped, and refined; for oil and for iron, for copper and coal, praise God, who in love has provided them all. -- (v4) Praise God for the harvest of science and skill, the urge to discover, create, and fulfil: for dreams and inventions that promise to gain a future more hopeful, a world more humane. -- (v5) Praise God for the harvest of mercy and love from leaders and peoples, who struggle and serve for fairness and kindness, that all may be led in freedom and safety, and all may be fed. VU518 As Those of Old Their First-fruits Brought -- Words: Frank von Christierson, 1960; music: trad. English melody, harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1905 (words 1961, The Hymn Society) %8 6 8 6 D $F ~4/4 -- (v1) As those of old their first-fruits brought of vineyard, flock, and field to God, the giver of all good, the source of bounteous yield; so we today our first-fruits bring: the wealth of this good land, of farm and market, shop and home, of mind and heart and hand. -- (v2) A world in need now summons us to labour, love, and give, to make our life an offering to God, that all may live. The church of Christ is calling us to make the dream come true: a world redeemed, by Christ-like love, all life in Christ made new. -- (v3) With gratitude and humble trust we bring our best to you, not just to serve your cause, but share your love with neighbours too. O God, who gave yourself to us in Jesus Christ, your son, help us to give ourselves each day until life's work is done. VU519 Sing to the Lord of Harvest -- Words: John Samuel Bewley Monsell, 1866; music: Johan Steurlein, 1575 %7 6 7 6 D $A ~4/4 -- (v1) Sing to the Lord of harvest, sing songs of love and praise, with joyful hearts and voices your hallelujahs raise; by whom the rolling seasons in fruitful order move; sing to the Lord of harvest a joyful song of love. -- (v2) God makes the clouds drop fatness, the deserts bloom and spring, the hills leap up in gladness, the valleys laugh and sing. God fills them all with fullness, all things with large increase, and crowns the year with goodness, with plenty and with peace. -- (v3) Bring to this sacred altar all things God's goodness gave, the golden sheaves of harvest, the souls Christ died to save: your hearts lay down before him when at his feet you fall, and with your lives adore him who gave his life for all. VU520 We Plough the Fields -- Words: Mathias Claudius 1782; music: Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, 1800 %7 6 7 6 D R $A- ~4/4 -- (v1) We plough the fields and scatter the good seed on the land, but it is fed and watered by your almighty hand; You send the snow in winter, the warmth to swell the grain, the breezes and the sunshine, and soft refreshing rain. -- (R) All good gifts around us are sent from heaven above; we thank you, God, O holy God, for all your love. -- (v2) You only are the maker of all things near and far; You paint the wayside flower, you light the evening star; The winds and waves obey you, by you the birds are fed; Much more to us, your children, You give us daily bread. -- (R) All good gifts around us are sent from heaven above; we thank you, God, O holy God, for all your love. -- (v3) We thank you then, O Maker, for all things bright and good, the seed-time and the harvest, our life, our health, our food; accept the gifts we offer for all your love imparts, and, what from us You long for, our humble, thankful hearts. -- (R) All good gifts around us are sent from heaven above; we thank you, God, O holy God, for all your love. VU522 Give Thanks, My Soul, for Harvest -- Words: William Watkins Reid Sr., 1960; music: Meiningisches Gesangbuch, 1963 (words 1961, The Hymn Society) %7 6 7 6 D $D ~4/4 -- (v1) Give thanks, my soul, for harvest, for store of fruit and grain; but know the owner gives so that we may share again. Where people suffer hunger, or little children cry, with gifts from God's rich bounty may thankfulness reply. -- (v2) Give thanks, my soul, for riches of woodland, mine, and hill; but know that gold and timber are the Creator's still. God lends to us, as stewards, abundance we might share, and thus provide earth's children the blessing of God's care. -- (v3) Give thanks, my soul, for labours, that strength and days employ; but know the Maker's purpose brings toil as well as joy. Show forth, O God, your purpose; direct our will and hand to share your love and bounty with all in every land. VU523 O God of All the Many Lands -- Words: Mary Susannah Edgar 1927; music: Keith Warren Bissell 1992. %8 6 8 6 D $F ~4/4 -- (v1) O God of all the many lands, we lift our hearts in prayer, for this our land of Canada, a country wide and fair; for mountain heights and northern lights, for prairie, lake and sea, for every blessing from your hand bestowed so lavishly. -- (v2) We thank you for the sacrifice of venturers of old, who dared to cross uncharted seas, whose dreams made others bold; for valiant souls and pioneers, for all who served their age, and left for us who follow on a sacred heritage. -- (v3) We thank you that from many lands with varied gifts they came, to pledge their love and loyalty where scarlet maples flame. May justice here belong to all, and may our nation play its rightful role in ushering in the peace for which we pray. -- (v4) May we be worthy of our land and seek its highest good, shaping a noble destiny of truest nationhood. May this fair land, our Canada, your own dominion be; your people bless abundantly from seas to Arctic sea. VU524 O Canada -- Words: Robert Stanley Weir, 1908, French, Adolphe B. Routhier, 1880; music: Calixa Lavallee, ca 1880 %10 10 8 6 8 6 8 10 10 $B- ~4/4 -- O Canada! Our home and native land! True patriot love in all of us command. With glowing hearts, we see thee rise, the True North, strong and free! From far and wide, O Canada, We stand on guard for thee God keep our land, Glorious and free, O Canada! we stand on guard for thee O Canada! we stand on guard for thee. -- O Canada! Terre des nos aieux, Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux! Car ton bras sait porter l' p e, il sait porter la croix! Ton histoire est une pop e des plus brillants exploits. Et ta valeur de foi tremp e, prot gera nos foyers et nos droits, prot gera nos foyers et nos droits. VU527 God! As with Silent Hearts -- Words: Fred Kaan, 1989; music: James Langran, 1861 (words 1991, Hope Publishing Co.) %10 10 10 10 $F ~4/4 -- (v1) God! As with silent hearts we bring to mind how hate and war diminish humankind, we pause and seek in worship to increase our knowledge of the things that make for peace -- (v2) Hallow our will as humbly we recall the lives of those who gave and give their all. We thank you, Lord, for women, children, men who seek to serve in love, today as then. -- (v3) Give us deep faith to comfort those who mourn, high hope to share with all the newly born, strong love in our pursuit of human worth: "lest we forget" the future of this earth. -- (v4) So, Prince of Peace, disarm our trust in power, teach us to coax the plant of peace to flower. May we, impassioned by your living Word, remember forward to a world restored. VU528 God of Life -- Words: Jane Parker Huber 1992; music: John Zundel, 1870 %8 7 8 7 D $B- ~4/4 -- (v1) God of life, in Christ you lead us, guiding us along the way. In our past, through joys and sorrows, you have been our strength and stay. Keep us faithful, true disciples, in our learning and our praise, celebrating past and present, consecrating future days. -- (v2) God of words and Word Incarnate, words that challenge and embrace, grant us boldness in our speaking, while we know your loving grace. Give us words both clear and winsome, loving hearts and listening ears, celebrating past and present, consecrating future years. -- (v3) God of music, psalms and anthems, help us sing your faith anew: melodies expanding worship, harmonies enriching too. May our lives be hymns in action, tuned to Christ in note and rhyme, celebrating past and present, consecrating future time. -- (v4) God of days and years and eons, still you call as in the past. Work undone demands our labour; justice yearns for peace at last. Yours the vison and the challenge; ours the mission and the praise, celebrating past and present, consecrating future days. VU529 Great God, We Sing that Mighty Hand -- Words: Philip Doddridge, ca 1750; music: William Knapp, 1738 %8 8 8 8 $A ~3/4 -- (v1) Great God, we sing that mighty hand by which supported still we stand; the opening year your mercy shows; your mercy crowns it till it close. -- (v2) With grateful hearts the past we own; the future, all to us unknown, we to your guardian care commit, and peaceful leave before your feet. -- (v3) In scenes exalted or depressed, you are our joy, and you our rest; your goodness all our hopes shall raise, adored through all our changing days. VU530 All Beautiful the March of Days -- Words: Frances Whitmarch Wile, 1911; music: trad. English melody, harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1905 %8 6 8 6 D $F ~4/4 -- (v1) All beautiful the march of days, as seasons come and go; the hand that shaped the rose has wrought the crystal of the snow, has sent the silvery frost of heaven, the flowing waters sealed, and laid a silent loveliness on hill and wood and field. -- (v2) O'er white expanses sparkling pure the radiant morns unfold; the solemn splendours of the night burn brighter through the cold; life mounts in every throbbing vein, love deepens round the hearth, and clearer sounds the angel hymn, good will to all on earth. -- (v3) O God, from whose unfathomed law the year in beauty flows, yourself the vision passing by in crystal and in rose; day unto day declare thro' speech, and night to night proclaim in everchanging words of light the wonder of your name. VU537 Your Work, O God, Needs Many Hands -- Words: Calvin Weiss Laufer, 1927; music: Neil Dougall ca. 1831 %8 6 8 6 $D ~4/4 -- (v1) Your work, O God, needs many hands to help you everywhere, and some there are who cannot serve unless our gifts we share. -- (v2) Because we love you and your work, our offering now we make: be pleased to use it as your own, we ask for Jesus' sake. VU538 For the Gift of Creation -- Words & music: Steve Garnaas-Holmes, 1991 (words & music 1991, Abingdon Press) %IRREG $D ~2/4 -- For the gift of creation, the gift of your love, and the gift of the Spirit by which we live, we thank you and give you the fruit of our hands. May your grace be proclaimed by the gifts that we give. VU540 Grant Us, God, the Grace -- Words: anonymous; music: attrib. Christian F. Witt, Psalmodia Sacra 1715 %8 7 8 7 $F ~2/2 -- Grant us, God, the grace of giving, with a spirit large and free, that ourselves and all our living we may offer faithfully. VU541 Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow -- Words: Thomas Ken, ca. 1674; music: Geneva Psalter, 1551 %8 8 8 8 $G ~4/4 -- Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise God all creatures high and low; Give thanks to God in love made known: Creator, Word and Spirit one. VU542 We Give You But Your Own -- Words: William Walsham How, 1858; music: Johann Balthasar Konig, 1738 %6 6 8 6 $B- ~4/4 -- We give you but your own, whate'er the gift may be; all that we have is your alone, we give it gratefully. VU544 In Gratitude and Humble Trust -- Words: Frank von Christierson, 1960; music: trad. English melody (words 1961, The Hymn Society) %8 6 8 6 D $F ~4/4 -- In gratitude and humble trust we bring our best today to serve your cause and share your love with all along life's way. O God, who gave yourself to us in Jesus Christ, your Son, teach us to give ourselves each day until life's work is done. VU556 Would You Bless Our Homes and Families -- Words: Walter Farquharson 1977; music: Ron Klusmeier 1977 %8 7 8 7 D $D ~4/4 -- (v1) Would you bless our homes and families, Source of life who calls us here; in our world of stress and tension teach us love that conquers fear. Help us learn to love each other With a love that constant stays; teach us when we face our troubles, love's expressed in... many ways. -- (v2) When our way is undemanding, let us use the time that's ours to delight in simple pleasures, sharing joys in gentle hours. When our way is anxious walking and a heavy path we plod, Teach us trust in one another and in you, our... gracious God -- (v3) From the homes in which we're nurtured, With the love that shapes us there, teach us, God, to claim as family every one whose life we share. And through all that life may offer, may we in your love remain; may the love we share in families be alive to... praise your name. -- (v4) Let us reach beyond the boundaries Of our daily thought and care till the family you have chosen spills its love out everywhere. Help us learn to love each other With a love that constant stays; teach us when we face our troubles love's expressed in... many ways VU559 Come, O Fount of Every Blessing -- Words: Robert Robinson, 1758; music: John Wyeth, 1813 %8 7 8 7 D $D ~3/2 -- (v1) Come, O Fount of every blessing, tune my heart to sing your grace; streams of mercy, never ceasing call for songs of endless praise. Teach me some melodious sonnet, sung by flaming tongues above. Praise the mount; I'm fixed upon it, mount of God's unfailing love. -- (v2) Here I pause in my sojourning, giving thanks for having come, come to trust, at every turning, God will guide me safely home. Jesus sought me when a stranger, wandering from the fold of God, came to rescue me from danger, precious presence, precious blood. -- (v3) O, to grace how great a debtor daily I am drawn anew! Let that grace now, like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to you. Prone to wander, I can feel it, wander from the love I've known: here's my heart, oh, take and seal it, seal it for your very own. VU560 O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee -- Words: Washington Gladden, 1879; music: Henry Percy Smith, 1874 %8 8 8 8 $D ~3/4 -- (v1) O master, let me walk with thee in lowly paths of service free; teach me thy secret, help me bear the strain of toil, the fret of care. -- (v2) Help me the slow of heart to move with some clear winning word of love teach me the wayward feet to stay and guide them in the homeward way. -- (v3) Teach me thy patience; still with thee, in closer, dearer company, in work that keeps faith sure and strong, in trust that triumphs over wrong, -- (v4) in hope that sends a shining ray far down the future's broadening way, in peace that only thou canst give, with thee, O Master, let me live. VU561 Take Up Your Cross -- Words: Charles William Everest, 1833; music: Henry Baker, 1854 %8 8 8 8 $F ~3/4 -- (v1) Take up your cross, the Saviour said, if you would my disciple be; take up your cross with willing heart, and humbly follow after me. -- (v2) Take up your cross; let not its weight fill your weak spirit with alarm; Christ's strength shall bear your spirit up, and brace your heart, and nerve your arm. -- (v3) Take up your cross, heed not the shame, nor let your foolish pride rebel; your Saviour once accepted death upon a cross, on Calvary's hill. -- (v4) Take up your cross, and follow Christ, think not till death to lay it down; for only those who bear the cross may hope to wear the glorious crown. VU562 Jesus Calls Us -- Words: Cecil Frances Alexander, 1852; music: William Herbert Jude, 1874 %8 7 8 7 $A- ~3/4 -- (v1) Jesus calls us; o'er the tumult of our life's wild restless sea, day by day his clear voice sounding, saying, "Christian, follow me." -- (v2) Long ago apostles heard it by the Galilean lake, turned from home and toil and kindred, leaving all for Jesus' sake. -- (v3) Jesus calls us from the worship of the vain world's golden store, from each idol that would keep us, saying, "Christian, love me more." -- (v4) In our joys and in our sorrows, days of toil and hours of ease, still he calls, in cares and pleasures, "Christian, love me more than these." -- (v5) Jesus calls us: by your mercies, Saviour, may we hear your call, give our hearts to your obedience, serve and love you best of all. VU563 Jesus, You Have Come To the Lakeshore -- Words & music: Cesareo Gabardin 1979 %IRREG R $D ~6/8 -- (v1) Jesus, you have come to the lakeshore looking neither for wealthy nor wise ones; you only asked me to follow humbly. -- (R) O Jesus, with your eyes you have searched me, and while smiling, have spoken my name; now my boat's left on the shoreline behind me; by your side I will seek other seas. -- (v2) You know so well my possessions; my boat carries no gold and no weapons; you will find there my nets and labour. -- (R) O Jesus, with your eyes you have searched me, and while smiling, have spoken my name; now my boat's left on the shoreline behind me; by your side I will seek other seas. -- (v3) You need my hands full of caring through my labours to give others rest, and constant love that keeps on loving. -- (R) O Jesus, with your eyes you have searched me, and while smiling, have spoken my name; now my boat's left on the shoreline behind me; by your side I will seek other seas. -- (v4) You who have fished other oceans, ever longed for by souls who are waiting, my loving friend as thus you call me. -- (R) O Jesus, with your eyes you have searched me, and while smiling, have spoken my name; now my boat's left on the shoreline behind me; by your side I will seek other seas. VU567 Will You Come and Follow Me -- Words: The Iona Community, 1987; music: trad. Scottish melody (words 1987, WGRG, The Iona Community) %7 6 7 6 7 7 7 6 $F ~var -- (v1) Will you come and follow me if I but call your name? Will you go where you don't know and never be the same? Will you let my love be shown, will you let my name be known, Will you let my life be grown in you and you in me? -- (v2) Will you leave yourself behind if I but call your name? Will you care for cruel and kind and never be the same? Will you risk the hostile stare should your life attract or scare? Will you let me answer prayer in you and you in me? -- (v3) Will you let the blinded see if I but call your name? Will you set the prisoners free and never be the same? Will you kiss the leper clean, and do such as this unseen, and admit to what I mean in you and you in me? -- (v4) Will you love the "you" you hide if I but call your name? Will you quell the fear inside and never be the same? Will you use the faith you've found to reshape the world around, through my sight and touch and sound in you and you in me? -- (v5) Christ, your summons echoes true when you but call my name. Let me turn and follow you and never be the same. In your company I'll go where your love and footsteps show. Thus I'll move and live and grow in you and you in me. VU569 You Call Us Out -- Words: Anna Briggs, 1991; music: Basil Harwood, 1898 (words 1992, General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada) %7 6 7 6 D $D ~4/4 -- (v1) You call us out to praise you, the God who gave us birth, to gather in communion, and treasure your whole earth; we are your living story, to hear and to be heard; we praise your name, who writes us, the author and the word. -- (v2) For varied hues and textures, new patterns, still you search, to weave your seamless garments, the fabric of your church; our tattered faith you cherish, reclaim from wear and moth; we praise your name, who twines us, the weaver and the cloth. -- (v3) The church that speaks forgiveness, confesses its own need; the church that feels its hunger, finds grace to care and feed; our famished world is crying, its future filled with dread; we praise your name, who fills us, the baker and the bread. -- (v4) The church that offers healing, discerns its wounds and loss; the church that faces dying, shares life beyond the cross; to people torn and broken, your mercy is revealed; we praise your name, who loves us, the healer and the healed. -- (v5) Our feeble voices struggle, to sing your justice clear; the world has sunk in silence, each discord echoes fear; one voice alone is ragged, together we are strong; we praise your name, who breathes us, the singer and the song. VU570 Jesus' Hands Were Kind Hands -- Words: Margaret Cooper, 1979; music: trad. French melody (words 1979, Stainer & Bell Ltd.) %6 5 6 5 D $F ~2/4 -- (v1) Jesus' hands were kind hands, doing good to all, healing pain and sickness, blessing children small, washing tired feet, and saving those who fall; Jesus' hands were kind hands, doing good to all. -- (v2) Take my hands, O Jesus, let them work for you, make them strong and gentle, kind in all I do; let me watch you, Jesus, till I'm gentle too, till my hands are kind hands, quick to work for you. VU571 Eternal Ruler of the Ceaseless Round -- Words: John While Chadwick, 1864; music: Orlando Gibbons, 1623 %10 10 10 10 10 10 10 $F ~4/4 -- (v1) Eternal ruler of the ceaseless round of circling planets singing on their way, guide of the nations from the night profound into the glory of the perfect day: rule in our hearts, that we may live anew, guided and strengthened and upheld by you. -- (v2) We are your own, the children of your love, as dearly loved as your beloved Son; descend, O Holy Spirit, like a dove, and rule our hearts, that we may be as one: as one with you, to whom we ever tend; as one with Christ, our Saviour and our friend. -- (v3) We would be one in hatred of all wrong, one in our love of all things true and fair, one with the joy that finds a voice in song, one with the grief that trembles into prayer, one in the power that makes your chldren free to follow truth, and thus in you to be. -- (v4) O clothe us with your heavenly armour, Lord, your trusty shield and sword of love be ours; our inspiration be your constant word; we ask no victories that are not yours: give or withhold, let pain or pleasure fall; to know that we are serving you is all. VU574 Come, Let Us Sing of a Wonderful Love -- Words: Robert Walmsley ca. 1900; music: Adam Watson (1845-1912) %10 8 10 7 8 10 $E- ~6/4 -- (v1) Come, let us sing of a wonderful love, tender and true, tender and true, out of the heart of the Father above, streaming to me and to you: Wonderful love, wonderful love, dwells in the heart of the Father above. -- (v2) Jesus the Saviour this gospel to tell joyfully came, joyfully came, came with the helpless and hopeless to dwell, sharing their sorrow and shame, seeking the lost, seeking the lost saving, redeeming at measureless cost. -- (v3) Jesus is seeking the wanderers yet; why do they roam? Why do they roam? Love only waits to forgive and forget; home, weary wanderers, home! Wonderful love, wonderful love dwells in the heart of the Father above. -- (v4) Come to my heart, O thou wonderful love! Come and abide, come and abide, lifting my life till it rises above envy and falsehood and pride: seeking to be, seeking to be lowly and humble, a learner of thee. VU575 I'm Gonna Live So God Can Use Me -- Words & music: African-American spiritual %IRREG $G ~4/4 -- (v1) I'm gonna live so God can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime! I'm gonna live so God can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime! -- (v2) I'm gonna work so God can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime! I'm gonna work so God can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime! -- (v3) I'm gonna pray so God can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime! I'm gonna pray so God can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime! -- (v4) I'm gonna sing so God can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime! I'm gonna sing so God can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime! VU577 I've Got Peace like a River -- Words & music: African-American spiritual %7 7 11 D $G ~4/4 -- (v1) I've got peace like a river, I've got peace like a river, I've got peace like a river in-a my soul. I've got peace like a river, I've got peace like a river, I've got peace like a river in-a my soul. -- (v2) I've got joy like a fountain, I've got joy like a fountain, I've got joy like a fountain in-a my soul. I've got joy like a fountain, I've got joy like a fountain, I've got joy like a fountain in-a my soul. -- (v3) I've got love like an ocean, I've got love like an ocean, I've got love like an ocean in-a my soul. I've got love like an ocean, I've got love like an ocean, I've got love like an ocean in-a my soul. VU578 As a Fire Is Meant for Burning -- Words: Ruth Duck, 1983; music: Marty Haugen, 1987 (words 1992 & music 1987, G.I.A. Publications Inc.) %8 7 8 7 D $E- ~3/4 -- (v1) As a fire is meant for burning with a bright and warming flame, so the church is meant for mission, giving glory to God's name. Not to preach our creeds or customs, but to build a bridge of care, we join hands across the nations, finding neighbours everywhere. -- (v2) We are learners; we are teachers; we are pilgrims on the way. We are seekers; we are givers; we are vessels made of clay. By our gentle, loving actions, we would show that Christ is light. In a humble, listening Spirit, we would live to God's delight. -- (v3) As a green bud in the springtime is a sign of life renewed, so may we be signs of oneness mid earth's peoples, many-hued. As a rainbow lights the heavens when a storm is past and gone, may our lives reflect the radiance of God's new and glorious dawn. VU579 The Church Is Wherever God's People -- Words: Carol Rose Ikeler, 1959; music: trad. English carol (words 1963, W.L. Jenkins) %12 10 12 11 D $F ~3/4 -- (v1) The church is wherever God's people are praising, singing God's goodness for joy on this day. The church is wherever disciples of Jesus remember his story and walk in his way. -- (v2) The church is wherever God's people are helping, caring for neighbours in sickness and need. The church is wherever God's people are sharing the words of the Bible in gift and in deed. VU580 Faith of Our Fathers -- Words: v1 Frederick W. Faber, 1849; v2-4 Joseph R. Alfred 1981; music: Henri Frederick Hemy, 1864 %8 8 8 8 8 8 $G ~3/4 -- (v1) Faith of our fathers, living still in spite of dungeon, fire and sword; O how our hearts beat high with joy, whene'er we hear that glorious word: faith of our fathers, holy faith, we will be true to you till death. -- (v2) Faith of our mothers, daring faith, your work for Christ is love revealed, spreading God's word from pole to pole, making live known and freedom real: faith of our mothers, holy faith, we will be true to you till death. -- (v3) Faith of our sisters, brothers too, who still must bear oppression's might, raising on high, in prisons dark, the cross of Christ still burning bright: faith for today, O living faith, we will be true to you till death. -- (v4) Faith born of God, O call us yet; Bind us with all who follow you, sharing the struggle of your cross until the world is made anew: faith born of God, O living faith, we will be true to you till death. VU581 When We Are Living -- Words: v1 Spanish anon., trans. Elise S. Elsinger/ v2-4 Roberto Escamilla, trans. George Lockwood; music: Spanish melody (words 1989, The United Methodist Publishing House) %10 10 10 10 $D ~4/4 -- (v1) When we are living, it is in Christ Jesus, and when we're dying, it is in the Lord. Both in our living and in our dying, we belong to God, we belong to God. -- (v2) Through all our living, we our fruits must give. Good works of service are for offering. When we are giving, or when receiving, we belong to God, we belong to God. -- (v3) 'Mid times of sorrow and in times of pain, when sensing beauty or in love's embrace, whether we suffer, or sing rejoicing, we belong to God, we belong to God. -- (v4) Across this wide world, we shall always find those who are crying with no peace of mind, but when we help them, or when we feed them, we belong to God, we belong to God. VU582 There's a Spirit in the Air -- Words: Brian Wren, 1969; music: John Wilson, 1969 (words & music 1979, Hope Publishing Co.) %7 7 7 7 $F ~var -- (v1) There's a spirit in the air, telling Christians everywhere: "Praise the love that Christ revealed, living, working in our world." -- (v2) Lose your shyness, find your tongue, tell the world what God has done: God in Christ has come to stay. Live tomorrow's life today! -- (v3) When believers break the bread, when a hungry child is fed, praise the love that Christ revealed, living, working in our world. -- (v4) Still the Spirit gives us light, seeing wrong and setting right: God in Christ has come to stay. Live tomorrow's life today! -- (v5) When a stranger's not alone, where the homeless find a home, praise the love that Christ revealed, living, working, in our world -- (v6) May the Spirit fill our praise, guide our thoughts and change our ways. God in Christ has come to stay, live tomorrow's life today. -- (v7) There's a Spirit in the air, calling people everywhere: praise the love that Christ revealed, living, working, in our world. VU583 Jesus Came, a Child Like Me -- Words: Walter Farqhuarson 1987; music: Richard D. Hall 1988 %7 7 7 7 R $A ~4/4 -- (v1) Jesus came, a child like me, so the face of God I'd see, God is not left far away, God is with us every day. Live, Jesus, near us, live, Jesus, with us, live, Jesus, in us, come, live in us today. -- (v2) Jesus came to show us all ways to answer our God's call - came to show us how to share, came to live with God's own care. Live, Jesus, near us, live, Jesus, with us, live, Jesus, in us, come, live in us today. -- (v3) Jesus came God's work to do, came to live in me and you, came to turn the world around till God's peace and love are found. Live, Jesus, near us, live, Jesus, with us, live, Jesus, in us, come, live in us today. -- (v4) Jesus came to show God's face, live God's love, and be God's grace. God lives now in me, in you, God's at work in what we do. Live, Jesus, near us, live, Jesus, with us, live, Jesus, in us, come, live in us today. VU584 Through the Heart of Every City -- Words: Sylvia Dunstan, 1987; music: Charles Venn Pilcher, 1935 (words 1991, G.I.A. Publications Inc.) %8 7 8 7 D $C ~4/4 -- (v1) Through the heart of every city runs the flow of human need. 'Mid this glass and steel are pulsing smoldering wick and broken reed. Has our church a word to offer, some hope shining from our creed? Walking through the concrete furrows Jesus sows the Word as seed. -- (v2) Through the passing generation, in their spirit, flesh and bone, Jesus Christ becomes incarnate: holy hearts are living stone building here a house of refuge as a temple, as a home. So within the city's shadow Jesus' planted Word has grown. -- (v3) Through our worship and our witness, Jesus, grant that we may still hear the heartbeat of compassion calling us to do your will. You, our vine, and we, your branches, deadened not by any chill, working for that final city where the harvest is fulfilled. VU585 Jesus Bids Us Shine -- Words: Susan Warner, 1868; music: Edwin Excell, 1884 %5 5 6 5 6 4 6 4 $G ~4/2 -- (v1) Jesus bids us shine with a pure, clear light, like a little candle burning in the night. In this world is darkness, so let us shine, you in your small corner, and I in mine. -- (v2) Jesus bids us shine first of all for him; well he sees and knows it if our light grows dim: Jesus walks beside us to help us shine, you in your small corner, and I in mine. -- (v3) Jesus bids us shine, then, for all around; many kinds of darkness in the world are found: sin and want and sorrow; so we must shine, you in your small corner, and I in mine. VU586 We Shall Go Out with Hope of Resurrection -- Words: June Boyce-Tillman, 1993; music: trad. Irish melody (words 1993, Stainer & Bell Ltd) %11 10 11 10 D $C ~4/2 -- (v1) We shall go out with hope of resurrection; We shall go out, from strength to strength go on; We shall go out and tell our stories boldly; Tales of a love that will not let us go. -- (v1b) We'll sing our songs of wrongs that can be righted; We'll dream our dreams of hurts that can be healed; We'll weave a cloth of all the world united, Within the vision of new life in Christ. -- (v2) We'll give a voice to those who have not spoken; We'll find the words for those whose lips are sealed; We'll make the tunes for those who sing no longer, Expressive love alive in every heart. -- (v2b) We'll share our joy with those who still are weeping; Raise hymns of strength for hearts that break in grief, We'll leap and dance the resurrection story, including all in circles of our love. VU588 Many Are the Lightbeams -- Words: from Cyprian of Carthage 252; music: Olle Widestrand 1974 (English words 1983 by David Lewis) %10 6 10 5 $G ~3/4 -- (v1) Many are the lightbeams from the one light. Our one light is Jesus. Many are the lightbeams from the one light; we are one in Christ. -- (v2) Many are the branches of the one tree. Our one tree is Jesus. Many are the branches of the one tree; we are one in Christ. -- (v3) Many are the gifts given, love is all one. Love's the gift of Jesus. Many are gifts given love is all one; we are one in Christ. -- (v4) Many ways to serve God, the Spirit it is one, servant spirit of Jesus. Many ways to serve God, the Spirit is one; we are one in Christ. -- (v5) Many are the members, the body is one, members all of Jesus. Many are the members, the body is one; we are one in Christ. VU589 Lord, Speak to Me -- Words: Francis Ridley Havergal, 1872; music: Samuel Sebastian Wesley, 1872 %8 8 8 8 $F ~3/4 -- (v1) Lord, speak to me that I may speak in living echoes of your tone; as you have sought, so let me seek your straying children lost and lone. -- (v2) O lead me, so that I may lead the wandering and the wavering feet; O feed me, so that I may feed your hungering ones with manna sweet. -- (v3) O teach me, so that I may teach the precious truths which you impart; and wing my words, that they may reach the hidden depths of many_a heart. -- (v4) O fill me with your fullness, Lord, until my very heart o'erflows in kindling thought and glowing word, your love to tell, your praise to show. VU590 A Prophet-Woman Broke a Jar -- Words: Brian Wren, 1991; music: Walter K. Stanton, ca. 1951 (words 1993, Hope Publishing Co.; music by permission, Oxford University Press) %8 7 8 7 D $G ~4/4 -- (v1) A prophet-woman broke a jar, by Love's divine appointing. With rare perfume she filled the room, presiding and anointing. A prophet-woman broke a jar, the sneers of scorn defying. With rare perfume she filled the room, preparing Christ for dying. -- (v2) A faithful woman left a tomb by Love's divine commission. She saw, she heard, she preached the Word, arising from submission. A faithful woman left a tomb, with resurrection gospel. She saw, she heard, she preached the Word, apostle to apostles. -- (v3) Through woman-wisdom, woman truth, for centuries were hidden, unsung, unwritten, and unheard, derided and forbidden, the Spirit's breath, the Spirit's fire on free and slave descending, can tumble our dividing walls, our shame and sadness mending. -- (v4) The Spirit knows, the Spirit calls, by Love's divine ordaining, the friends we need to serve and lead, their powers and gifts unchaining. The Spirit knows, the Spirit calls from women, men and children the friends we need, to serve and lead Rejoice, and make them welcome. VU591 Jesus, United by Your Grace -- Words: Charles Wesley, 1742; music: Thomas Augustine Arne, 1762 %8 6 8 6 $F ~3/4 -- (v1) Jesus, united by your grace, and each to each endeared, with confidence we seek your face, and know our prayer is heard. -- (v2) Help us to see in each a friend, each other's cross to bear; let all their friendly aid extend, and feel the other's care. -- (v3) Up unto you, our living head, let us in all things grow, till you have made us free indeed and faithful here below. -- (v4) Drawn by the lodestone of your love, let all our hearts unite; let us toward each other move, and move toward your light. VU592 Come, Now, You Blessed -- Words: Ruth Duck, 1979; music: Jeeva Sam, 1995, arr. Ron Klusmeier 1995 (words 1992, G.I.A. Publications, Inc.) %10 10 10 10 $G ~6/8 -- (v1) "Come, now, you blessed, eat at my table," said the great judge to the righteous above. "When I was hungry, thirsty and homeless, sick and in prison you showed me your love." -- (v2) "When did we see you hungry or thirsty? When were you homeless, a stranger alone? When did we see you sick or in prison? What have we done that you call us your own?" -- (v3) "When you gave bread to earth's hungry children when you gave welcome to war's refugees, when you remembered those most forgotten, you cared for me in the smallest of these." -- (v4) Christ, when we meet you out on life's roadways. looking to us in the faces of need then may we know you, welcome and show you love that is faithful in word and in deed. VU593 Jesu, Jesu, Fill Us with Your Love -- Words: Tom Colvin, 1969; music: trad. Ghanaian folk song (words 1969, Hope Publishing Co.) %IRREG R $F ~6/8 -- (R) Jesu, Jesu, fill us with your love, show us how to serve the neighbours we have from you. -- (v1) Kneels at the feet of his friends, silently washes their feet, master who acts as a slave to them. -- (R) Jesu, Jesu, fill us with your love, show us how to serve the neighbours we have from you. -- (v2) Neighbours are rich and poor, varied in colour and race, neighbours are near and far away. -- (R) Jesu, Jesu, fill us with your love, show us how to serve the neighbours we have from you. -- (v3) These are the ones we should serve, these are the ones we should love, all are neighbours to us and you. -- (R) Jesu, Jesu, fill us with your love, show us how to serve the neighbours we have from you. -- (v4) Kneel at the feet of our friends, silently washing their feet, this is the way we should live with you. -- (R) Jesu, Jesu, fill us with your love, show us how to serve the neighbours we have from you. VU594 O Christian, Love -- Words: John Greenleaf Whittier, 1884; music: Alfred Scott-Gatty, 1904 %11 10 11 10 $F ~4/4 -- (v1) O Christian, love your sister and your brother! Where pity dwells, the peace of God is there; To worship rightly is to love each other, Each smile a hymn, each kindly deed a prayer. -- (v2) Follow with reverent steps the great example: Jesus whose holy work was doing good; so shall the wide earth seem a hallowed temple, each loving life a psalm of gratitude. -- (v3) Then shall all shackles fall; the stormy clangour of wild war-music o'er the earth shall cease; love shall tread out the baleful fire of anger, and in its ashes plant the tree of peace. VU595 We Are Pilgrims -- Words & music: Richard Gillard, 1977 (words & music 1977, Scripture in Song. %IRREG $E- ~4/4 -- (v1) We are pilgrims on a journey, fellow travellers on the road; we are here to help each other walk the mile and bear the load. -- (v2) Sister, let me be your servant, let me be as Christ to you; pray that I may have the grace to let you be my servant too. -- (v3) I will hold the Christ-light for you in the night-time of your fear; I will hold my hand out to you, speak the peace you long to hear. -- (v4) I will weep when you are weeping, when you laugh I'll laugh with you; I will share your joy and sorrow, till we've seen this journey through. -- (v5) When we sing to God in heaven, we shall find such harmony, born of all we've known together of Christ's love and agony. -- (v6) Brother, let me be your servant, let me be as Christ to you; pray that I may have the grace to let you be my servant too. VU598 When Pain of the World -- Words & music: Jim Strathdee, 1976 (words & music 1978, Desert Flower Music) %IRREG $A- ~4/4 -- (v1) When pain of the world surrounds us with darkness and despair, when searching just confounds us with false hopes everywhere, when lives are starved for meaning and destiny is bare, We are called to follow Jesus and let God's healing flow through us. -- (v2) We see with fear and trembling our aching world in need, confessing to each other our wastefulness and greed. May we with steadfast caring the hungry children feed. We are called to follow Jesus and let God's justice flow through us. -- (v3) The church is a holy vessel the living waters fill to nourish all its people, God's purpose to fulfill. May we with humble courage be open to God's will. We are called to follow Jesus and let God's spirit flow through us. -- (v4) We praise you for our journey and your abundant grace, your saving word that guided a struggling human race. O God, with all creation, your future we embrace. We are called to follow Jesus and let God's changes flow through us. VU600 When I Needed a Neighbour -- Words & music: Sydney Carter, 1962 (words & music 1965, Stainer & Bell Ltd.) %IRREG $G ~4/4 -- (v1) When I needed a neighbour, were you there, were you there? When I needed a neighbour were you there? And the creed and the colour and the name won't matter, were you there? -- (v2) I was hungry and thirsty, were you there, were you there? I was hungry and thirsty, were you there? And the creed and the colour and the name won't matter, were you there? -- (v3) I was cold, I was naked, were you there, were you there? I was cold, I was naked, were you there? And the creed and the colour and the name won't matter, were you there? -- (v4) When I needed a healer were you there, were you there? When I needed a healer were you there? And the creed and the colour and the name won't matter, were you there? -- (v5) Wherever you travel I'll be there, I'll be there Wherever you travel, I'll be there And the creed and the colour and the name won't matter, I'll be there. VU601 The Church of Christ in Every Age -- Words: Fred Pratt Green, 1969; music: James William Elliott, 1874 (words 1971, Hope Publishing Co.) %8 8 8 8 $A ~4/4 -- (v1) The church of Christ in every age, beset by change but Spirit led, must claim and test its heritage and keep on rising from the dead. -- (v2) Across the world, across the street the victims of injustice cry for shelter and for bread to eat, and never live until they die. -- (v3) Then let the servant church arise, a caring church that longs to be a partner in Christ's sacrifice, and clothed in Christ's humanity. -- (v4) For Christ alone, whose blood was shed, can cure the fever in our blood, and teach us how to share our bread and feed the starving multitude. -- (v5) We have no mission but to serve in full obedience to our Lord: to care for all without reserve and spread Christ's liberating word. VU602 Blest Be the Tie That Binds -- Words: John Fawcett, 1782; music: attrib. Johann G. Nageli, 1728 %6 6 8 6 $F ~3/4 -- (v1) Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love; the unity of heart and mind is like to that above. -- (v2) Before our Maker's throne we pour our ardent prayers; our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, our comforts and our cares. -- (v3) We share each other's woes, each other's burdens bear; and often for each other flows the sympathizing tear. -- (v4) This glorious hope revives our courage on the way; that we shall live in perfect love in God's eternal day. VU603 In Loving Partnership -- Words & music: Jim Strathdee, 1982 (words & music 1982, Desert Flower Music) %8 8 8 8 $C ~3/4 -- (v1) In loving partnership we come, seeking O God, your will to do. Our prayers and actions now receive we freely offer them to you. -- (v2) We are the hands and feet of Christ serving by grace each other's need. We dare to risk and sacrifice with truthful word and faithful deed. -- (v3) Loving community we seek; your hope and strength within us move. The poor and rich, the strong and weak are brought together in your love. -- (v4) In loving partnership, O God, help us your future to proclaim. Justice and peace be our desire, we humbly pray in Jesus' name. VU605 Jesus, Teacher, Brave and Bold -- Words: Walter Farquharson 1972 ; music: Ron Klusmeier 1973 %7 7 7 8 $D ~4/4 -- (v1) Jesus, teacher, brave and bold, let us serve you, young and old. Let us faith-filled workers be, all around, your wisdom see. Let us play and dance and sing, your goodness find in everything. -- (v2) Jesus, friend, so strong and true, show us good, brave work to do. Show us those who need a friend, all things broken help us mend. Free our minds and stretch our care, teach us to serve you everywhere. VU606 In Christ There Is No East or West -- Words: John Oxenham, 1908; music: African-American spiritual %8 6 8 6 $C ~4/4 -- (v1) In Christ there is no east or west, in him no south or north, but one great family of love throughout the whole wide earth. -- (v2) In him shall true hearts everywhere their high communion find; his service is the golden cord close binding humankind. -- (v3) Join hands, then, people of the faith, whate'er your race may be; all children of the living God are surely kin to me. -- (v4) In Christ now meet both east and west, in him meet south and north; all Christ-like souls are one in him throughout the whole wide earth. VU608 Dear God, Who Loves All Humankind -- Words: John Greenleaf Whittier, 1872; music: Frederick Charles Maker, 1887 %8 6 8 6 8 6 $D ~4/4 -- (v1) 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. -- (v2) 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. -- (v3) O sabbath rest by Galilee! O calm of hills above, where Jesus knelt to share with thee the silence of eternity, interpreted by love! -- (v4) 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. -- (v5) 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! VU612 There Is a Balm in Gilead -- Words & music: African-American spiritual %7 6 7 6 R $G ~4/4 -- (R) There is a balm in Gilead to make the wounded whole. There is a balm in Gilead to heal the sin-sick soul. -- (v1) Sometimes I feel discouraged, and think my work's in vain, but then the Holy Spirit revives my soul again. -- (R) There is a balm in Gilead to make the wounded whole. There is a balm in Gilead to heal the sin-sick soul. -- (v2) If you can't preach like Peter, if you can't pray like Paul, just tell the love of Jesus and say, "He died for all." -- (R) There is a balm in Gilead to make the wounded whole. There is a balm in Gilead to heal the sin-sick soul. VU614 In Suffering Love -- Words: Rob Johns, 1983; music: Gardiner's Sacred Melodies, 1812 (words 1987, Elmer Johns) %8 6 8 6 $G ~3/4 -- (v1) In suffering love the thread of life is woven through our care, for God is with us, not alone our pain and toil we bear. -- (v2) There is a rock, a place secure within the storm's cold blast; concealed within the suffering night God's covenant stands fast. -- (v3) In love's deep womb our fears are held there God's rich tears are sown and bring to birth, in hope newborn, the strength to journey on. -- (v4) Now to our hearts your joy commit, into our hands your pain; so send us out to touch the world with blessings in your name. -- (v5) In suffering love our God comes now, hope's vision born in gloom; with tears and laughter shared and blessed the desert yet will bloom. VU619 Healer of Our Every Ill -- Words & music: Marty Haugen, 1987 (words & music 1991, G.I.A. Publications Inc.) %IRREG R $D ~4/4 -- (R) Healer of our every ill, light of each tomorrow, give us peace beyond our fear, and hope beyond our sorrow. -- (v1) You who know our fears and sadness, grace us with your peace and gladness. Spirit of all comfort, fill our hearts. -- (R) Healer of our every ill, light of each tomorrow, give us peace beyond our fear, and hope beyond our sorrow. -- (v2) In the pain and joy beholding, how your grace is still unfolding. Give us all your vision, God of love. -- (R) Healer of our every ill, light of each tomorrow, give us peace beyond our fear, and hope beyond our sorrow. -- (v3) Give us strength to love each other, every sister, every brother. Spirit of all kindness, be our guide. -- (R) Healer of our every ill, light of each tomorrow, give us peace beyond our fear, and hope beyond our sorrow. -- (v4) You who know each thought and feeling, teach us all your way of healing. Spirit of compassion, fill each heart. -- (R) Healer of our every ill, light of each tomorrow, give us peace beyond our fear, and hope beyond our sorrow. VU623 Dear Weaver of Our Lives' Design -- Words: Nancy C. Dorian, 1992; music: C. Herbert H. Parry, 1888 (words 1992, Unitarian Universalist Association) %8 6 8 8 6 6 $E- ~4/4 -- (v1) Dear weaver of our lives' design whose patterns all obey, with skillful fingers gently guide the sturdy threads that will survive the tangle of our days, the tangle of our days. -- (v2) Take up the fabric of our lives with hands that gently hold; bind in the ragged edge that care would sunder and that pain would tear, and mend our ravelling souls, and mend our ravelling souls. -- (v3) Let eyes that in the plainest cloth a hidden beauty see discern in us our richest hues, show us the patterns we may use to set our spirits free, to set our spirits free. VU624 Give Us to Laughter -- Words: Walter Farquharson 1974; music: Ron Klusmeier 1974 %10 10 10 10 $G ~3/4 -- (v1) Give us to laughter, O Source of our life. Laughter can banish so much of our strife. Laughter and love give us wholeness and health. Laughter and love are the coin of true wealth. -- (v2) Give us to laughter as sign of deep joy; let us in laughing find Christian employ, joining with stars and with bright northern lights, laughing and praising and sharing delights. -- (v3) Why do we worry that we will lose face? Why act like king for the whole human race? Often in family, and often with friend, laughing at pride causes anguish to end. -- (v4) Even in sorrow and hours of grief, laughter with tears brings most healing relief. God, give us laughter, and God, give us peace, joys of your presence among us increase. VU625 I Feel the Winds of God -- Words: Jessie Adams, 1907; music: trad. English/Irish melody %8 6 8 6 D $G ~4/4 -- (v1) I feel the winds of God today; today my sail I lift, Though heavy, oft with drenching spray, and torn with many a rift; If hope but light the water's crest, and Christ my bark will use, I'll seek the seas at His behest, and brave another cruise. -- (v2) It is the wind of God that dries my vain regretful tears, Until with braver thoughts shall rise the purer, brighter years; If cast on shores of selfish ease or pleasure I should be; Lord, let me feel Thy freshening breeze, and I'll put back to sea. -- (v3) If ever I forget Thy love and how that love was shown, Lift high the blood-red flag above; It bears Thy Name alone, Great Pilot of my onward way, Thou wilt not let me drift; I feel the winds of God today, today my sail I lift. VU626 I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say -- Words: Horatius Bonar, 1846; music: trad. English/Irish melody %8 6 8 6 D $G ~4/4 -- (v1) 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. -- (v2) 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. -- (v3) 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. VU627 Now There Is No Male or Female -- Words: Lynette Miller 1985; music: Trier Gesangbuch, 1695 %8 7 8 7 D $G ~4/4 -- (v1) Now there is no male or female, now there is no free or slave, now there is no Jew or Gentile in the earth Christ died to save. Christ has set us free for freedom: we no more sing slavery's creed; old submissions cannot claim us, Christ has set us free indeed. -- (v2) Crucified with Christ the Saviour, baptised in his holy death, and as Christ was raised to glory we have new life on this earth. Power of water and God's naming, turning us from dark to light, joins us to those who, before us, ran the race and fought the fight. -- (v3) Death has no dominion o'er him, so for us death holds no power; life's own waters now have marked us born to God this very hour. From this moment and forever dead to sin, alive in Christ, born of water and the Spirit, now in Christ we find our life. VU633 Bless Now, O God, the Journey -- Words: Sylvia Dunstan, 1989; music: Basil Harwood, 1898 (words 1991, G.I.A. Publications Inc.) %7 6 7 6 D $D ~4/4 -- (v1) Bless now, O God, the journey that all your people make, the path through noise and silence, the way of give and take. The trail is found in desert and winds the mountain round, then leads beside still waters, the road where faith is found. -- (v2) Bless sojourners and pilgrims who share this winding way, whose hope burns through the terrors, whose love sustains the day. We yearn for holy freedom while often we are bound. Together we are seeking the road where faith is found. -- (v3) Divine Eternal Lover, you meet us on the road. We wait for lands of promise where milk and honey flow. But waiting not for places, you meet us all around. Our covenant is written on roads, as faith is found. VU634 To Abraham and Sarah -- Words: Judith Fetter 1984; music: Basil Harwood, 1898 %7 6 7 6 D $D ~4/4 -- (v1) To Abraham and Sarah the call of God was clear, "Go forth and I will show you a country rich and fair. You need not fear the journey for I have pledged my word, that you shall be my people and I will be your God." -- (v2) From Abraham and Sarah arose a pilgrim race, dependent for their journey on God's abundant grace; and in their heart was written by God this saving word: "that you shall be my people and I will be your God." -- (v3) We of this generation on whom God's hand is laid, can journey to the future secure and unafraid, rejoicing in God's goodness and trusting in this word: "that you shall be my people and I will be your God." VU635 All the Way My Saviour Leads Me -- Words: Fanny J. Crosby, 1875; music: Robert S. Lowry, 1875 %8 7 8 7 D $G ~3/4 -- (v1) All the way my Saviour leads me; what have I to ask beside? Can I doubt his tender mercy who through life has been my guide? Heavenly peace, divinest comfort, here by faith in him to dwell, for I know, whate'er befall me, Jesus doeth all things well. -- (v2) All the way my Saviour leads me; cheers each winding path I tread, give me grace for every trial, feeds me with the living bread. Though my weary steps may falter, and my soul a-thirst may be, gushing from the rock before me, lo, a spring of joy I see! -- (v3) All the way my Saviour leads me; O the fullness of his love! Perfect rest to me is promised in my Father's house above. When my spirit, clothed immortal, wings its flight to realms of day, this my song through endless ages, "Jesus led me all the way!" VU637 Jesus, Saviour, Pilot Me -- Words: Edward Hopper, 1871; music: John Edgar Gould, 1871 %7 7 7 7 7 7 $G ~3/4 -- (v1) Jesus, Saviour, pilot me over life's tempestuous sea; unknown waves before me roll, hiding rock and treacherous shoal; chart and compass come from thee, Jesus, Saviour, pilot me. -- (v2) As a mother stills her child, thou canst hush the ocean wild; boisterous waves obey thy will when thou biddest them "Be still." Wondrous sovereign of the sea, Jesus, Saviour, pilot me. -- (v3) When at last I near the shore, and the fearful breakers roar 'twixt me and the peaceful land, still supported by thy hand, may I hear thee say to me, "Fear not, I will pilot thee." VU639 One More Step Along the World I Go -- Words & music: Sydney Carter, 1971 (words & music 1971, Stainer & Bell Ltd.) %9 9 7 9 R $G ~4/4 -- (v1) One more step along the world I go, one more step along the world I go, from the old things to the new, keep me travelling along with you: -- (R) And it's from the old I travel to the new; keep me travelling along with you. -- (v2) Round the corner of the world I turn, more and more about the world I learn; all the new things that I see you'll be looking at along with me: -- (R) And it's from the old I travel to the new; keep me travelling along with you. -- (v3) As I travel through the bad and good, keep me travelling the way I should; where I see no way to go you'll be telling me the way, I know: -- (R) And it's from the old I travel to the new; keep me travelling along with you. -- (v4) Give me courage when the world is rough, keep me loving though the world is tough, leap and sing in all I do, keep me travelling along with you: -- (R) And it's from the old I travel to the new; keep me travelling along with you. -- (v5) You are older than the world can be, you are younger than the life in me, ever old and ever new, keep me travelling along with you: -- (R) And it's from the old I travel to the new; keep me travelling along with you. VU641 Lord Jesus, You Shall Be My Song -- Words & music: Les Petites Soeurs de Jesus 1961 (trans. Steven Somerville 1970) %12 14 12 12 $D ~3/4 -- (v1) Lord Jesus, you shall be my song as I journey, I'll tell everybody about you wherever I go: for our life and our peace and our love is yourself. Lord Jesus, you shall be my song as I journey. -- (v2) Lord Jesus, I'll praise you as long as I journey. May all of my joy be a faithful reflection of you. May the earth and the sea and the sky join my song. Lord Jesus, I'll praise you as long as I journey. -- (v3) As long as I live, Jesus, make me your servant to carry your cross and to share all your burdens and tears for you saved me by giving your body and blood. As long as I live, Jesus, make me your servant. -- (v4) I fear in the dark and the doubt of my journey; but courage will come with the sound of your steps by my side; and with all of the family you saved by your love, we'll sing to your dawn at the end of your journey. VU642 Be Thou My Vision -- Words: Irish ca. 8th cent.; music: trad. Irish melody (words trans. Mary Elizabeth Byre, 1905) %10 10 10 10 $E- ~3/4 -- (v1) Be thou my vision, O joy of my heart; naught be all else to me save that thou art, thou my best thought, by day or by night, waking or sleeping thy presence my light. -- (v2) Be thou my wisdom, my calm in all strife; I ever with thee, and thou in my life; thou loving parent, thy child may I be, thou in me dwelling, and I one with thee. -- (v3) Be thou my battle shield, sword for the fight be thou my dignity, thou my delight, thou my soul's shelter, thou my high tower; raise thou me heavenward, O power of my power. -- (v4) Riches I heed not, nor vain empty praise, thou mine inheritance, now and always; thou and thou only, the first in my heart, great God of heaven, my treasure thou art. -- (v5) Great God of heaven, after victory won, may I reach heaven's joys, O bright heaven's sun! Heart of my own heart, whatever befall, still be my vision, O ruler of all. VU643 Faith, While Trees Are Still in Blossom -- Words: Anders Frostenson, 1960/ trans. Fred Kaan, 1972; music: V. Earle Copes, 1960 %8 7 8 7 $G ~3/2 -- (v1) Faith, while trees are still in blossom, plans the picking of the fruit; faith can feel the thrill of harvest, when the buds begin to sprout. -- (v2) Long before the dawn is breaking, faith anticipates the sun. Faith is eager for the daylight, for the work that must be done. -- (v3) Long before the rains were coming, Noah went and built an ark. Abraham, the lonely migrant, saw the light beyond the dark. -- (v4) Faith, uplifted, tamed the water of the undivided sea, and the people of the Hebrews found the path that made them free. -- (v5) Faith believes that God is faithful God will be what God will be! Faith accepts the call, responding "I am willing, Lord, send me." VU644 I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry -- Words & music: John Ylvisaker 1985 %9 7 9 6 D $G ~4/4 -- (v1) I was there to hear your borning cry, I'll be there when you are old. I rejoiced the day you were baptized to see your life unfold. -- (v2) I was there when you were but a child, with a faith to suit you well, in a blaze of light you wandered off to find where demons dwell. -- (v3) When you heard the wonder of the word, I was there to cheer you on; you were raised to praise the living Lord, to whom you now belong. -- (v4) If you find someone to share your time and you join your hearts as one, I'll be there to make your verses rhyme from dusk till rising sun. -- (v5) In the middle ages of your life, not too old, no longer young I'll be there to guide you through the night, complete what I've begun. -- (v6) When the evening gently closes in and you shut your weary eyes, I'll be there as I have always been with just one more surprise. -- (v7) I was there to hear your borning cry, I'll be there when you are old. I rejoiced the day you were baptized to see your life unfold. VU646 We Are Marching -- Words & music: trad. South African song, 20th cent., trans. Anders Nyberg, 1984 (words/trans. 1984, Walton Music Corp) %IRREG $G ~4/4 -- We are marching in the light of God, we are marching in the light of God. We are marching in the light of God, we are marching in the light of God. We are marching, we are marching, we are marching in the light of God. (the light of God) We are marching, we are marching, we are marching in the light of God. -- Si-ya-hamb' e-ku-kha-nyen' kwen-khos' Si-ya-hamb' e-ku-kha-nyen' kwen-khos' Si-ya-hamb' e-ku-kha-nyen' kwen-khos' Si-ya-ham-ba, hamba, si-ya-ham-ba, hamba Si-ya-ham-b' e-ku-kha-nyen' kwen-khos' (kha-nyen' kwen-khos') Si-ya-ham-ba, hamba, si-ya-ham-ba, hamba Si-ya-ham-b' e-ku-kha-nyen' kwen-khos'. VU647 Travel On, Travel On -- Words & music: Sydney Carter, 1969 (words & music 1969, Stainer & Bell Ltd.) %14 10 14 10 14 10 $B- ~2/4 -- (v1) Travel on, travel on, there's a spirit that is flowing, a spirit that is flowing night and day. Travel on, travel on, with the spirit that is flowing, the spirit will be with us all the way. Travel on, travel on, with the river that is flowing, the spirit will be with us all the way. -- (v2) Travel on, travel on, there's a spirit that is growing, the spirit grows like flowers night and day. Travel on, travel on, with the spirit that is growing, the spirit will be with us all the way. Travel on, travel on, with the flower that is growing, the spirit will be with us all the way. -- (v3) Travel on, travel on, there's a spirit that is playing, the spirit grows like music every day. Travel on, travel on, with the spirit that is playing, the spirit will be with us all the way. Travel on, travel on, with the music that is playing, the spirit will be with us all the way. -- (v4) In the kingdom of heaven is our end and our beginning, the road that we must travel every day. Travel on, travel on, to the kingdom that is coming, the kingdom will be with us all the way. Travel on, travel on, to the kingdom that is coming, the kingdom will be with us all the way. VU649 Walk with Me -- Words & music: John S. Rice, 1988 (words & music 1988, estate of John S. Rice) %8 6 8 6 R $G ~4/4 -- (R) Walk with me, I will walk with you and build the land that God has planned where love shines through. -- (v1) When Moses heard the call of God he said, "Lord, don't send me." But God told Moses "You're the one to set my people free." -- (R) Walk with me, I will walk with you and build the land that God has planned where love shines through. -- (v2) Now Peter was a most unlikely man to lead the flock, but Jesus knew his holiness and he became the Rock. -- (R) Walk with me, I will walk with you and build the land that God has planned where love shines through. -- (v3) Young Mary Magdalene was sure her life could be much more and by her faith she dared to let God's love unlock the door. -- (R) Walk with me, I will walk with you and build the land that God has planned where love shines through. -- (v4) And when you share your faith with me and work for life made new, the witness of your faithfulness calls me to walk with you. -- (R) Walk with me, I will walk with you and build the land that God has planned where love shines through. VU650 O God of Bethel -- Words: Philip Doddridge, 1736; music: adapt. from Johann Michael Haydn, ca. 1806 %8 6 8 6 $D ~3/4 -- (v1) O God of Bethel, by whose hand your people still are fed, who through this earthly pilgrimage have all your servants led. -- (v2) Our vows, our prayers, we now present before your throne of grace. God of past ages, be the God of each succeeding race. -- (v3) Through each perplexing path of life our wandering footsteps guide; give us each day our daily bread and shelter fit provide. -- (v4) O spread your covering wings around, till all our wanderings cease, and at our God's beloved abode our souls arrive in peace. VU651 Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah -- Words: William Williams, 1745; music: John Hughes, 1905 %8 7 8 7 8 7 9 $G ~4/4 -- (v1) Guide me, O thou great Jehovah, pilgrim through this barren land. I am weak, but thou are mighty, hold me with thy powerful hand. Bread of heaven, bread of heaven, feed me till I want no more, feed me till I want no more. -- (v2) Open now the crystal fountain, whence the healing stream doth flow; let the fire and cloudy pillar lead me all my journey through. Strong deliverer, strong deliverer, be thou still my strength and shield, be thou still my strength and shield. -- (v3) When I tread the verge of Jordan, bid my anxious fears subside; death of death, and hell's destruction land me safe on Canaan's side: songs of praises, songs of praises I will ever give to thee I will ever give to thee VU652 Be Still, My Soul -- Words: Katharina von Schlegel, 1752/ trans. Jane Laurie Borthwick, 1855; music: Jean Sibelius, 1899 %10 10 10 10 10 10 $F ~4/4 -- (v1) Be still, my soul, for God is on your side; bear patiently the cross of grief or pain. Trust in your God, your saviour and your guide, who through all changes faithful will remain. Be still, my soul, your best, your heavenly friend through stormy ways leads to a peaceful end. -- (v2) Be still, my soul, your God will undertake to guide the future surely as the past. Your hope, your confidence let nothing shake; all now mysterious shall be bright at last. Be still, my soul, life's tempests still obey the voice that once the waves' wild fury stayed. -- (v3) Be still, my soul, the hour is hastening on when we shall be forever in God's peace; when disappointment, grief and fear are gone, love's joys restored, our strivings all shall cease. Be still, my soul, when change and tears are past, all safe and blessed we shall meet at last. VU654 All My Hope Is Firmly Grounded -- Words: Joachim Neander, 1680, trans. Fred Pratt Green, 1986; music: Herbert Howells, 1930 (words trans. 1989, Hope Publishing Co; music: 1968, Novello and Co.) %8 7 8 7 3 3 7 $F ~var -- (v1) All my hope is firmly grounded in our great and living Lord who, whenever I most need him never fails to keep his word God I must wholly trust, God the ever good and just. -- (v2) Tell me, who can trust our nature, human, weak and insecure? which of all the airy castles can the hurricane endure? Built on sand, naught can stand by our earthly wisdom planned. -- (v3) But in every time and season out of love s abundant store, God sustains the whole creation fount of life forevermore. We who share earth and air count on God s unfailing care. -- (v4) Thank, O thank our great Creator, through God s only Son this day; God alone, the heavenly potter, made us out of earth and clay. Quick to heed, strong indeed, God shall all the people feed. VU657 He Leadeth Me -- Words: Joseph Henry Gilmore, 1862; music: William Batchelder Bradbury 1864 %8 8 8 8 R $D ~4/4 -- (v1) He leadeth me: O blessed thought! O words with heavenly comfort fraught! Whate'er I do, where'er I be, still 'tis God's hand that leadeth me. -- (R) He leadeth me! He leadeth me! By his own hand he leadeth me! His faithful follower I would be, for by his hand he leadeth me! -- (v2) Sometimes 'mid scenes of deepest gloom, sometimes where Eden's bowers bloom, by waters calm, o'er troubled sea, still 'tis his hand that leadeth me. -- (R) He leadeth me! He leadeth me! By his own hand he leadeth me! His faithful follower I would be, for by his hand he leadeth me! -- (v3) Lord, I would clasp thy hand in mine, nor ever murmur nor repine, content, whatever lot I see, since 'tis my God that leadeth me. -- (R) He leadeth me! He leadeth me! By his own hand he leadeth me! His faithful follower I would be, for by his hand he leadeth me! -- (v4) And when my task on earth is done, when by thy grace the victory's won, even death's cold wave I will not flee, since God through Jordan leadeth me. -- (R) He leadeth me! He leadeth me! By his own hand he leadeth me! His faithful follower I would be, for by his hand he leadeth me! VU658 O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go -- Words: George Matheson, 1881; music: Albert Lister Peace, 1884 %8 8 8 8 6 $G ~4/4 -- (v1) O Love that wilt not let me go, I rest my weary soul in thee; I give thee back the life I owe, that in thine ocean depths its flow may richer, fuller be. -- (v2) O Light that followest all my way, I yield my flickering torch to thee; my heart restores its borrowed ray, that in thy sunshine's blaze its day may brighter, fairer be. -- (v3) O Joy that seekest me through pain, I cannot close my heart to thee; I trace the rainbow through the rain, and feel the promise is not vain that morn shall tearless be. -- (v4) O Cross that liftest up my head, I dare not ask to fly from thee; I lay in dust life's glory dead, and from the ground there blossoms red life that shall endless be. VU659 Eternal Father, Strong to Save -- Words: William Whiting, 1860; music: John Bacchus Dykes, 1861 %8 8 8 8 8 8 8 $C ~4/4 -- (v1) Eternal Father, strong to save, whose arm has bound the restless wave, who bade the mighty ocean deep its own appointed limits keep: O hear us when we cry to thee for those in peril on the sea. -- (v2) O Christ, whose voice the waters heard, and hushed their raging at thy word, who walked upon the foaming deep and calm amid the storm did sleep: O hear us when we cry to thee for those in peril on the sea. -- (v3) O Holy Spirit, who did brood, upon the chaos dark and rude, and bade its angry tumult cease and gave for wild confusion, peace: O hear us when we cry to thee for those in peril on the sea. -- (v4) O Trinity of love and power, all travellers guard in danger's hour. From rock and tempest, fire and foe, protect them wheresoe'er they go: thus evermore shall rise to thee glad hymns of praise from land and sea. VU660 How Firm a Foundation -- Words: "K" in Rippon's A Selection of Hymns, 1787; music: Welsh folk melody %11 11 11 11 $G ~3/4 -- (v1) How firm a foundation, you servants of God, is laid for your faith in God's excellent word! What more can be said than to you has been said, to you who for refuge to Jesus have fled? -- (v2) "Fear not, I am with you; O be not dismayed! For I am your God and will still give you aid; I'll strengthen and help you, and cause you to stand, upheld by my righteous omnipotent hand. -- (v3) "When through the deep waters I call you to go, the rivers of sorrow shall not overflow; for I will be with you, your troubles to bless, and sanctify to you your deepest distress. -- (v4) "When through fiery trials your pathway shall lie, my grace, all-sufficient, shall be your supply: the flame shall not hurt you; I only design your dross to consume, and your gold to refine. -- (v5) "The soul that on Jesus has leaned for repose I will not - I will not desert to his foes; that soul, though all hell should endeavour to shake, I'll never - no, never - no, never forsake!" VU661 Come to My Heart -- Words & music: Joe Pinson, 1979, 1981 %7 7 7 6 6 6 7 6 $F ~4/4 -- (v1) Come to my heart, Lord Jesus; teach me to walk in your way. Come to my heart, Lord Jesus; come to my heart today. Give me the peace and joy that only you can bring. Come to my heart, Lord Jesus; give me a song to sing. -- (v2) Fill me with love, Lord Jesus; teach me to walk in your way. Fill me with love, Lord Jesus; fill me with love today. Give me the peace and joy that only you can bring. Fill me with love, Lord Jesus; give me a song to sing. -- (v3) Answer my prayer, Lord Jesus; teach me to walk in your way. Answer my prayer, Lord Jesus; Answer my prayer today. Give me the peace and joy that only you can bring. Answer my prayer, Lord Jesus; give me a song to sing. VU663 My Faith Looks Up to Thee -- Words: Ray Palmer, 1830; music: Lowell Mason, 1831 %6 6 4 6 6 6 4 $D ~4/4 -- (v1) My faith looks up to thee, thou Lamb of Calvary, Saviour divine. Now hear me while I pray; take all my guilt away. O let me from this day be wholly thine. -- (v2) While life's dark maze I tread, and griefs around me spread, be thou my guide, bid darkness turn to day; wipe sorrow's tears away; nor let me ever stray from thee aside. -- (v3) May thy rich grace impart strength to my fainting heart, my zeal inspire. As thou hast died for me, O may my love to thee pure, warm, and changeless be, a living fire. VU664 What a Friend We Have in Jesus -- Words: Joseph Medlicott Scriven, ca. 1855; music: Charles Crozat Converse, 1868 %8 7 8 7 D $F ~4/4 -- (v1) What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear! What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer! O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear, all because we do not carry everything to God in prayer. -- (v2) Have we trials and temptations? Is there trouble anywhere? We should never be discouraged; take it to the Lord in prayer. Can we find a friend so faithful, who will all our sorrows share? Jesus knows our every weakness; take it to the Lord in prayer. -- (v3) Are we weak and heavy laden, cumbered with a load of care? Christ the Saviour is our refuge; take it to the Lord in prayer. Do our friends despise, forsake us? Are we tempted to despair? Jesus' strength will shield our weakness, and we'll find new courage there. VU670 Precious Lord, Take My Hand -- Words: Thomas A. Dorsey, 1932; music: George N. Allen, 1844 %IRREG R $G ~3/4 -- (v1) Precious Lord, take my hand, lead me on, let me stand, I am tired, I am weak, I am worn; through the storm, through the night, lead me on to the light: take my hand, precious Lord, lead me home. -- (v2) When my way grows drear, precious Lord, linger near, when my life is almost gone, hear my cry, hear my call, hold my hand lest I fall: take my hand, precious Lord, lead me home. -- (v3) When the darkness appears, and the night draws near, and the day is past and gone, at the river I stand, guide my feet, hold my hand: take my hand, precious Lord, lead me home. VU671 I Need Thee Every Hour -- Words: Annie Sherwood Hawks, 1872; music: Robert S. Lowry, 1873 %6 4 6 4 R $G ~3/4 -- (v1) I need thee every hour, most gracious Lord, no tender voice but thine can peace afford. -- (R) I need thee, O I need thee; every hour I need thee. O bless me now, my Saviour; I come to thee. -- (v2) I need thee every hour, stay thou nearby, temptations lose their power when thou art nigh, -- (R) I need thee, O I need thee; every hour I need thee. O bless me now, my Saviour; I come to thee. -- (v3) I need thee every hour, in joy or pain, come quickly and abide, or life is vain. -- (R) I need thee, O I need thee; every hour I need thee. O bless me now, my Saviour; I come to thee. -- (v4) I need thee every hour, teach me thy will, and thy rich promises in me fulfill. -- (R) I need thee, O I need thee; every hour I need thee. O bless me now, my Saviour; I come to thee. -- (R) I need thee, O I need thee; every hour I need thee. O bless me now, my Saviour; I come to thee. VU672 Take Time to Be Holy -- Words: William D. Longstaff, ca. 1882; music: Geroge C. Stebbins, 1890 %6 5 6 5 D $F ~6/8 -- (v1) Take time to be holy, speak oft with your Lord; abide in him always, and feed on his word. Make friends of God's children, help those who are weak, forgetting in nothing his blessing to seek. -- (v2) Take time to be holy, let him be your guide, and run not before him, whatever betide. In joy or in sorrow, still follow the Lord, and, looking to Jesus, still trust in his word. -- (v3) Take time to be holy, be calm in your soul, each thought and each motive beneath his control. Thus led by his spirit to fountains of love, you soon shall be fitted for service above. VU674 Fight the Good Fight -- Words: John Samuel Bewley Monsell, 1863; music: William Boyd, 1864 %8 8 8 8 $G ~3/4 -- (v1) Fight the good fight with all your might; Christ is your strength and Christ your right; lay hold on life, and it shall be your joy and crown eternally. -- (v2) Run the straight race through God's good grace; lift up your eyes, and seek Christ's face. Life with its path before us lies; Christ is the way, and Christ the prize. -- (v3) Cast care aside, lean on your guide; God's boundless mercy will provide; trust, and the trusting soul shall prove Christ is its life, and Christ its love. -- (v4) Faint not, nor fear, God's arms are near; God changes not and you are dear. Only believe, and Christ shall be your all in all eternally. VU675 Will Your Anchor Hold -- Words: Priscilla Jane Owens, 1882; music: William James Kirkpatrick, 1882 %10 10 10 10 R $F ~4/4 -- (v1) Will your anchor hold in the storms of life? When the clouds unfold their wings of strife, when the strong tides lift and the cables strain, will your anchor drift or firm remain? -- (R) We have an anchor that keeps the soul steadfast and sure while the billows roll, fastened to the rock which cannot move, grounded firm and deep in the Saviour's love! -- (v2) It will surely hold in the straits of fear, when the breakers tell that the reef is near; though the tempest rave and the wild winds blow, not an angry wave shall our bark o'erflow. -- (R) We have an anchor that keeps the soul steadfast and sure while the billows roll, fastened to the rock which cannot move, grounded firm and deep in the Saviour's love! -- (v3) It will surely hold in the floods of death, When the waters cold chill our latest breath; on the rising tide it can never fail while our hopes abide within the veil. -- (R) We have an anchor that keeps the soul steadfast and sure while the billows roll, fastened to the rock which cannot move, grounded firm and deep in the Saviour's love! -- (v4) When our eyes behold, through the gathering night, the city of gold, our harbour bright, we shall anchor fast by the heavenly shore, with the storms all past for evermore. -- (R) We have an anchor that keeps the soul steadfast and sure while the billows roll, fastened to the rock which cannot move, grounded firm and deep in the Saviour's love! VU676 God, Make Us Servants of Your Peace -- Words: St. Francis of Assisi ca. 1220, para James Quinn; music: Samuel Sebastian Wesley, 1872 (words para. 1969, Selah Publishing Co.) %8 8 8 8 $F ~3/4 -- (v1) God, make us servants of your peace where there is hate, may we sow love; where there is hurt, may we forgive, where there is strife, may we make one. -- (v2) Where all is doubt, may we sow faith; Where all is gloom, may we sow hope; where all is night, may we sow light, where all is tears, may we sow joy. -- (v3) Jesus, our lord, may we not seek to be consoled, but to console, nor look to understanding hearts, but look for hearts to understand. -- (v4) May we not look for love's return, but seek to love unselfishly. For in our giving we receive, and in forgiving are forgiven. -- (v5) Dying, we live and are reborn, through death's dark night to endless day, God, make us servants of your peace, to wake at last in heaven's light. VU678 For the Healing of the Nations -- Words: Fred Kaan, 1965; music: Henry Purcell, ca 1682 (words 1968, Hope Publishing Co) %8 7 8 7 8 7 $G ~6/4 -- (v1) For the healing of the nations, God, we pray with one accord; for a just and equal sharing of the things that earth affords. To a life of love in action help us rise and pledge our word. -- (v2) Lead us forward into freedom, from despair your world release; that, redeemed from war and hatred, all may come and go in peace. Show us how through care and goodness fear will die and hope increase. -- (v3) All that kills abundant living, let it from the earth be banned: pride of status, race or schooling, dogmas that obscure your plan. In our common quest for justice may we hallow life's brief span. -- (v4) You, Creator-God, have written your great name on humankind; for our growing in your likeness bring the life of Christ to mind; that, by our response and service, earth its destiny may find. VU679 Let There Be Light -- Words: Frances Wheeler Davis 1968; music: Robert J.B. Fleming, 1967 (music 1970, Margaret Fleming) %4 7 7 6 $G ~4/4 -- (v1) Let there be light, let there be understanding, let all the nations gather, let them be face to face; -- (v2) Open our lips, open our minds to ponder, open the door of concord opening into grace; -- (v3) Perish the sword, perish the angry judgement, perish the bombs and hunger, perish the fight for gain; -- (v4) Hallow our love, hallow the deaths of martyrs, hallow their holy freedom, hallowed be your name; -- (v5) Your kingdom come, your spirit turn to language, your people speak together, your spirit never fade; -- (v6) Let there be light; open our hearts to wonder, perish the way of terror, hallow the world God made. VU680 Isaiah the Prophet Has Written of Old -- Words: Joy F. Patterson, 1982; music: American folk melody from Southern Harmony, 1835 (words 1982, The Hymn Society) %11 8 11 8 D $A- ~4/4 -- (v1) Isaiah the prophet has written of old how God's new creation shall come, instead of the thorn tree, the fir tree shall grow, the wolf shall lie down with the lamb. The mountains and hills shall break forth into song, the peoples be led forth in peace, for the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of God as the waters cover the seas. -- (v2) Yet nations still prey on the meek of the world, and conflict turns parent from child. Your people despoil all the sweetness of earth, the brier and the thorn tree grow wild. God, bring to fruition your will for the earth that no one shall hurt or destroy, that wisdom and justice shall reign in the land and your people shall go forth in joy. VU681 Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life -- Words: Frank Mason North, 1903; music: Gardiner's Sacred Melodies 1815 %8 8 8 8 $A- ~3/4 -- (v1) Where cross the crowded ways of life, where sound the cries of race and clan, above the noise of selfish strife, we hear your words of life again. -- (v2) The cup of water given for you still holds the freshness of your grace; yet long these multitudes to view the strong compassion of your face. -- (v3) O Jesus, from the mountain side, make haste to heal these hearts of pain; among these restless throngs abide, and tread the city's streets again, -- (v4) till all the world shall learn your love and follow where your feet have trod, till glorious from your heaven above shall come the city of our God. VU684 Make Me a Channel of Your Peace -- Words: attr. to St. Francis, 1220; music: Sebastian Temple, 1967 (music 1968, Franciscan Communications Centre) %IRREG $D ~2/2 -- (v1) Make me a channel of your peace: where there is hatred, let me bring your love; where there is injury, your healing power, and where there's doubt, true faith in you: -- (R) O Spirit, grant that I may never seek so much to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love with all my soul. -- (v2) Make me a channel of your peace: where there's despair in life, let me bring hope; where there is darkness, only light; and where there's sadness, ever joy. -- (R) O Spirit, grant that I may never seek so much to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love with all my soul. -- (v3) Make me a channel of your peace. It is in pardoning that we are pardoned, in giving to all that we receive, and in dying that we're born to eternal life. VU685 We Turn to You -- Words: Fred Kaan, 1965; music: Alfred Scott-Gatty, 1900 (words 1968, Hope Publishing Co.) %11 10 11 10 $F ~4/4 -- (v1) We turn to you, O God of every nation, Giver of good and origin of life; your love is at the heart of all creation, Your hurt is people's pain in war and death. -- (v2) We turn to you, that we may be forgiven for crucifying Christ on earth again. We know that we have never wholly striven To share with all the promise of your reign. -- (v3) Free every heart from pride and self-reliance Our ways of thought inspire with simple grace; break down among us barriers of defiance, Speak to the soul of all the human race. -- (v4) On all who fight on earth for right relations We pray the light of love from hour to hour. Grant wisdom to the leaders of the nations, The gift of carefulness to those in power. -- (v5) Teach us, good Lord, to serve the need of others, Help us to give and not to count the cost. Unite us all, to live as sisters, brothers, Defeat our Babel with your Pentecost! VU686 God of Grace and God of Glory -- Words: Harry Emerson Fosdick, 1930; music: trad. Welsh melody %8 7 8 7 8 7 $G ~4/4 -- (v1) God of Grace and God of Glory, on your people pour your power; now fulfil your church's story bring its bud to glorious flower Grant us wisdom, grant us courage For the facing of this hour. -- (v2) Lo, the hosts of evil round us scorn your Christ, assail your ways; fears and doubts too long have bound us free our hearts to work and praise. Grant us wisdom, grant us courage for the living of these days. -- (v3) Cure your children's warring madness bend our pride to your control; shame our wanton selfish gladness, rich in goods and poor in soul. Grant us wisdom, grant us courage Lest we miss your kingdom's goal. -- (v4) Set our feet on lofty places, gird our lives that they may be armoured with all Christ-like graces pledged to set all captives free Grant us wisdom, grant us courage That we fail not them nor thee. VU687 When Will People Cease Their Fighting? -- Words: Constance Cherry 1983; music: Franz Joseph Haydn, 1797 %8 7 8 7 D $D ~4/4 -- (v1) When will people cease their fighting? When will armies wage no war, nations conquer not their neighbour, weapons idle, used no more? When will guns and bombs be silent? When will captives be set free? All creation groans in longing for the world's true liberty. -- (v2) Floods and earthquakes, drought and famine plague the world with awesome ill, but far greater is war's horror caused by human, stubborn will. Blest are those who, working, praying, purpose in their hearts to be instruments of peace, committed to the nations' harmony. -- (v3) As we strive for peace with vigour, hoping to be shown the way, we are strengthened in the knowledge of a future, perfect day; for we know that deeper, richer peace is ours when Christ shall reign; then will all our swords be plowshares and God's children free from pain. VU688 O Day of God, Draw Nigh -- Words: R.B.Y. Scott, 1937; music: Genevan Psalter, 1551 %6 6 8 6 $G ~4/4 -- (v1) O day of God, draw nigh in beauty and in power, come with your timeless judgement now to match our present hour. -- (v2) Bring to our troubled minds, uncertain and afraid, the quiet of a steadfast faith, calm of a call obeyed. -- (v3) Bring justice to our land, that all may dwell secure, and finely build for days to come foundations that endure. -- (v4) Bring to our world of strife your sovereign word of peace, that war may haunt the earth no more and desolation cease. -- (v5) O day of God, draw nigh as at creation's birth; let there be light again, and set your judgements in the earth. VU690 From the Slave Pens of the Delta -- Words: Herbert O'Driscoll, 1971; music: Trier Gesangbuch, 1695 %8 7 8 7 D $G ~4/4 -- (v1) "From the slave pens of the delta, from the ghettos on the Nile, let my people seek their freedom in the wilderness awhile": so God spoke from out of Sinai, so God spoke and it was done, and a people crossed the waters toward the rising of the sun. -- (v2) "From the aging shrines and structures, from the cloister and the aisle, let my people seek their freedom in the wilderness awhile": so the Son of God has spoken, and the stormclouds are unfurled, for his people must be scattered to be servants in the world. -- (v3) When we murmur on the mountains for the old Egyptian plains, when we miss our ancient bondage, and the hope, the promise, wanes, then the rock shall yield its water and the manna fall by night, and with visions of a future shall we march toward the light. -- (v4) In the maelstrom of the nations, in the journey into space, in the clash of generations, in the hungering for grace, in our agony and glory. we are called to newer ways by the God of our tomorrows who is God of earth's todays. VU691 Though Ancient Walls -- Words: Walter Farquharson 1974; music: Ron Klusmeier 1974 %8 6 8 6 R $B- ~3/4 -- (v1) Though ancient walls may still stand proud and racial strife be fact, though bound'ries may be lines of hate, proclaim God's saving act! -- (R) Walls that divide are broken down; Christ is our unity! Chains that enslave are thrown aside; Christ is our liberty! -- (v2) When vested power stands firm entrenched and breaks another's back, when waste and want live side by side, it's Gospel that we lack. -- (R) Walls that divide are broken down; Christ is our unity! Chains that enslave are thrown aside; Christ is our liberty! -- (v3) The truth we seek in varied scheme, the life that we pursue, unites us in a common quest for self and world made new. -- (R) Walls that divide are broken down; Christ is our unity! Chains that enslave are thrown aside; Christ is our liberty! -- (v4) The church divided seeks that grace, that newness we proclaim; a unity of serving love that lives praise to God's name! -- (R) Walls that divide are broken down; Christ is our unity! Chains that enslave are thrown aside; Christ is our liberty! -- (v5) This broken world seeks lasting health and vital unity. God's people by God's Word renewed, cast off all slavery! -- (R) Walls that divide are broken down; Christ is our unity! Chains that enslave are thrown aside; Christ is our liberty! VU696 Homeless People, Will You Listem -- Words: Walter Farquharson 1977; music: Ron Klusmeier 1977 %8 7 8 7 D $F ~4/4 -- (v1) "Homeless people, will you listen? I, too, was a refugee. Poor and hungry of my family, I was born in poverty." So says Jesus to our sisters, offering love and hope and peace. In this man our God has met us with a love that does not cease. -- (v2) "Anxious people, can you hear me? I was torn and hurt by fear. Sick and suffering maimed and wounded I knew doubt and bitter tear." So says Jesus to our brothers, offering love and hope and peace. In this man our God has met us with a love that does not cease. -- (v3) "Homeless people, will you listen? I, too, was a refugee. Poor and hungry of my family, I was born in poverty." So says Jesus to his followers, friends of his must learn to give Life is ours to share with others. We are bound with all who live. -- (v4) "Anxious people, can you hear me? I was torn and hurt by fear. Sick and suffering maimed and wounded I knew doubt and bitter tear." So says Jesus to his followers, friends of his must learn to give Life is ours to share with others. We are bound with all who live. VU697 O for a World -- Words: Miriam Therese Winter, 1987; music: Carl Gotthelf Glaser, 1828 (words 1990, Medical Mission Sisters) %8 6 8 6 $G ~3/4 -- (v1) O for a world where everyone respects each other's ways, where love is lived and all is done with justice and with praise. -- (v2) O for a world where goods are shared and misery relieved, where truth is spoken, children spared, equality achieved. -- (v3) We welcome one world family and struggle with each choice that opens us to unity and gives our vision voice. -- (v4) The poor are rich, the weak are strong, the foolish ones are wise. Tell all who mourn: outcasts belong, who perishes will rise. -- (v5) O for a world preparing for God's glorious reign of peace, where time and tears will be no more, and all but love will cease. VU699 Live into Hope -- Words: Jane Parker Huber, 1976 1980; music: Psalmodia Evangelica, vol. ii, 1789 %8 8 8 8 $C ~2/2 -- (v1) Live into hope of captives freed, of sight regained, the end of greed. The_oppressed shall be the first to see the year of God's own jubilee! -- (v2) Live into hope the blind shall see with insight and with clarity, removing shades of pride and fear, a vision of our God brought near. -- (v3) Live into hope of liberty, the right to speak, the right to be, the right to have one's daily bread, to hear God's word and thus be fed. -- (v4) Live into hope of captives freed from chains of fear or want or greed. God now proclaims our full release to faith and hope and joy and peace. VU700 God of Freedom, God of Justice -- Words: Shirley Erena Murray, 1980; music: trad. French melody (words 1992, Hope Publishing Co.) %8 7 8 7 8 7 $F ~4/4 -- (v1) God of freedom, God of justice, you whose love is strong as death, you who saw the dark of prison, you who knew the price of faith: touch our world of sad oppression with your Spirit's healing breath. -- (v2) Rid the earth of torture's terror, you whose hands were nailed to wood; hear the cries of pain and protest, you who shed the tears and blood: move in us the power of pity restless for the common good. -- (v3) Make in us a captive conscience quick to hear, to act, to plead; make us truly sisters, brothers of whatever race or creed: teach us to be fully human, open to each other's need. VU701 What Does the Lord Require of You -- Words & music: Jim Strathdee, 1986 (words & music 1986, Desert Flower Music) %IRREG $B- ~3/4 -- (v1) What does the Lord require of you? What does the Lord require of you? -- (v2) Justice, kindness, walk humbly with your God. -- (v3) To seek justice, and love kindness, and walk humbly with your God. VU702 When a Poor One -- Words & music: J.A. Olivar & Miguel Manzano, 1976, trans. George Lockwood, 1989 %12 11 12 R $F ~6/8 -- (v1) When a poor one who has nothing shares with strangers, when the thirsty, water give unto us all, when the wounded in their weakness strengthen others, -- (R) then we know that God still goes that road with us, then we know that God still goes that road with us. -- (v2) When at last all those who suffer find their comfort, when they hope though even hope seems hopelessness, when we love though hate at times seems all around us, -- (R) then we know that God still goes that road with us, then we know that God still goes that road with us. -- (v3) When our joy fills up our cup to overflowing, when our lips can speak no words other than true, when we know that love for simple things is better, -- (R) then we know that God still goes that road with us, then we know that God still goes that road with us. -- (v4) When our homes are filled with goodness in abundance, when we learn how to make peace instead of war, when each stranger that we meet is called a neighbour, -- (R) then we know that God still goes that road with us, then we know that God still goes that road with us. VU703 In the Bulb There Is a Flower -- Words & music: Natalie Sleeth, 1986 (words & music 1982, Hope Publishing Co.) %8 7 8 7 D $F ~3/4 -- (v1) In the bulb there is a flower in the seed, an apple tree; in cocoons, a hidden promise; butterflies will soon be free! In the cold and snow of winter there's a spring that waits to be Unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see. -- (v2) There's a song in every silence, seeking word and melody there's a dawn in every darkness, bringing hope to you and me From the past will come the future; what it holds, a mystery Unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see. -- (v3) In our end is our beginning; in our time, infinity, in our doubt there is believing; in our life, eternity; In our death, a resurrection; at the last, a victory Unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see. VU705 For All the Saints -- Words: William Walsham How, 1864; music: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906 %10 10 10 R $G ~4/4 -- (v1) For all the saints, who from their labours rest, all who by faith before the world confessed, your name, O Jesus, be forever blest. Hallelujah, hallelujah! -- (v2) You were their rock, their fortress, and their might: you were their captain in the well-fought fight; you, in the darkness drear, their one true light. Hallelujah, hallelujah! -- (v3) O blest communion, fellowship divine! We feebly struggle, they in glory shine; yet all are one within your great design. Hallelujah, hallelujah! -- (v4) The golden evening brightens in the west; soon, soon to faithful warriors comes their rest; sweet is the calm of paradise the blest. Hallelujah, hallelujah! -- (v5) But lo! there breaks a yet more glorious day the saints triumphant rise in bright array: as God to glory calls them all away. Hallelujah, hallelujah! -- (v6) From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest coast, through gates of pearl streams in the countless host, singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost: Hallelujah, hallelujah! VU706 Give Thanks for Life -- Words: Shirley Erena Murray, 1986; music: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906 (words 1987, Hope Publishing Co.) %10 10 10 $G ~4/4 -- (v1) Give thanks for life, the measure of our days, mortal, we pass through beauty that decays, yet sing to God our hope, our love, our praise, Hallelujah, hallelujah! -- (v2) Give thanks for those who made their life a light caught from the Christ-flame, bursting through the night, who touched the truth, who burned for what is right, Hallelujah, hallelujah! -- (v3) And for our own, our living and our dead, thanks for the love by which our life is fed, a love not changed by time or death or dread, Hallelujah, hallelujah! -- (v4) Give thanks for hope, that like the wheat, the grain lying in darkness does its life retain in resurrection to grow green again, Hallelujah, hallelujah! VU707 For the Faithful Who Have Answered -- Words: Sylvia Dunstan, 1986; music: Trier Gesangbuch, 1695 (words 1991, G.I.A. Publications Inc.) %8 7 8 7 D $G ~4/4 -- (v1) For the faithful who have answered when they heard your call to serve, for the many ways you led them testing will and stretching nerve, for their work and for their witness as they strove against the odds, for their courage and obedience we give thanks and praise, O God. -- (v2) Many eyes have glimpsed the promise, many hearts have yearned to see. Many ears have heard you calling us to greater liberty. Some have fallen in the struggle, others still are fighting on. You are not ashamed to own us. We give thanks and praise, O God. -- (v3) For this cloud of faithful witness, for the common life we share, for the work of peace and justice, for the gospel that we bear, for the vision that our homeland is your love - deep, high, and broad - for the different roads we travel we give thanks and praise, O God. VU708 My Lord, What a Morning -- Words & music: African-American spiritual %IRREG $D ~4/4 -- (R) My Lord, what a morning. My Lord, what a morning. My Lord, what a morning, when the stars begin to fall. -- (v1) You'll hear the trumpet sound to wake the nations underground, Looking to my God's right hand when the stars begin to fall. -- (R) My Lord, what a morning. My Lord, what a morning. My Lord, what a morning, when the stars begin to fall. -- (v2) You'll hear the sinner cry to wake the nations underground, Looking to my God's right hand when the stars begin to fall. -- (R) My Lord, what a morning. My Lord, what a morning. My Lord, what a morning, when the stars begin to fall. -- (v3) You'll hear the Christian shout to wake the nations underground, Looking to my God's right hand when the stars begin to fall. -- (R) My Lord, what a morning. My Lord, what a morning. My Lord, what a morning, when the stars begin to fall. VU710 Shall We Gather at the River -- Words & music: Robert S. Lowry, 1864 %8 7 8 7 R $D ~4/4 -- (v1) Shall we gather at the river, where bright angel feet have trod; with its crystal tide for ever flowing by the throne of God? Yes, we'll gather at the river, the beautiful, the beautiful river; gather with the saints at the river that flows by the throne of God. -- (v2) Ere we reach the shining river, lay we every burden down; grace our spirits will deliver, and provide a robe and crown. Yes, we'll gather at the river, the beautiful, the beautiful river; gather with the saints at the river that flows by the throne of God. -- (v3) Soon we'll reach the shining river, soon our pilgrimage will cease, soon our happy hearts will quiver with the melody of peace. Yes, we'll gather at the river, the beautiful, the beautiful river; gather with the saints at the river that flows by the throne of God. VU713 I See a New Heaven -- Words & music: Carolyn McDade 1979 %IRREG $B- ~var -- (R) I see a new heaven. I see a new earth as the old one will pass away, where the fountain of life flows and without price goes to all people who abide in the land. -- (v1) There, there on the banks of a river bright and free, yielding her fruit, firm in her root, the Tree of Life will be. -- (R) I see a new heaven. I see a new earth as the old one will pass away, where the fountain of life flows and without price goes to all people who abide in the land. -- (v2) There, there where death dies and our lives are born again, body and soul, struggling but whole like flowers after the rain. -- (R) I see a new heaven. I see a new earth as the old one will pass away, where the fountain of life flows and without price goes to all people who abide in the land. -- (v3) There, there where the darkness brings visions from above. There where the night, bearing new light, reveals the promise of love. -- (R) I see a new heaven. I see a new earth as the old one will pass away, where the fountain of life flows and without price goes to all people who abide in the land. -- (v4) There, there where we work with the love of healing hands. Labour we must, true to our trust to build a promised new land. -- (R) I see a new heaven. I see a new earth as the old one will pass away, where the fountain of life flows and without price goes to all people who abide in the land. VU716 My Life Flows On -- Words & music: Robert S. Lowry, 1869 %8 7 8 7 D $F ~3/2 -- (v1) My life flows on in endless song, above earth's lamentation. I hear the sweet, though far off hymn that hails a new creation. Through all the tumult and the strife, I hear the music ringing: It finds an echo in my soul - how can I keep from singing? -- (v2) What though my joys and comforts die? My Saviour still is living. What though the shadows gather 'round? A new song Christ is giving. No storm can shake my inmost calm, while to that Rock I'm clinging: since Love commands both heaven and earth, how can I keep from singing? -- (v3) When tyrants tremble, sick with fear, and hear their death knells ringing: when friends rejoice both far and near, how can I keep from singing? In prison cell and dungeon vile our thoughts to them are winging: when friends by shame are undefiled, how can I keep from singing? -- (v4) I lift my eyes; the cloud grows thin; I see the blue above it; and day by day this pathway smooths, since first I learned to love it. The peace of Christ makes fresh my heart, a fountain ever springing: all things are mine since I am Christ's - how can I keep from singing? VU747 The Lord's My Shepherd -- Words: Scottish Psalter, 1650; music: Jessie Seymour Irving, 1872 %8 6 8 6 $F ~3/4 -- (v1) The Lord's my shepherd, I'll not want he makes me down to lie in pastures green; he leadeth me the quiet waters by. -- (v2) My soul he doth restore again, and me to walk doth make within the paths of righteousness; even for his own name's sake. -- (v3) Yea though I walk in death's dark vale, yet will I fear no ill; for thou art with me, and thy rod and staff me comfort still. -- (v4) My table thou hast furnished in presence of my foes; my head thou dost with oil anoint, and my cup overflows. -- (v5) Goodness and mercy all my life shall surely follow me and in God's house forever more my dwelling place shall be. VU748 God Is My Shepherd -- Words: Scottish Psalter, 1650; music: James Leith Macbeth Bain, 1915 %8 6 8 6 8 6 $D ~3/2 -- (v1) God is my shepherd, I'll not want, I feed in pastures green. God grants me rest and bids me drink from waters calm and clean. Through daily tasks, I'm blessed and led by one I have not seen. -- (v2) Restored to life each morning new, I rise up from the dust to follow God whose presence gives me confidence and trust. I praise the name of God today; in God I put my trust. -- (v3) When I must pass through shadowed vale, where loss and death await, I will not fear for God is there, my shepherd strong and great, whose rod and staff will comfort me and all my fears abate. -- (v4) No enemy can overcome, no power on earth defeat the ones anointed by God's grace and fed with manna sweet. My cup is filled and overflows as I my Saviour greet. -- (v5) Goodness and mercy all my days will surely follow me; and where God reigns in heaven and earth, my dwelling place will be. My shepherd blesses, cares and leads through all eternity. VU766 As the Deer Pants for the Water -- Words: v1 - Martin Nystrom, v2,3 - Lydia Pedersen 1995; music: Martin Nystrom, 1983 (music & v1 words 1983, The Copyright Co.; para. Psalm 42) %8 7 8 7 R $D ~4/4 -- (v1) As the deer pants for the water, So my soul longs after you; You alone are my heart's desire And I long to worship you. -- (R) You alone are my strength, my shield, To you alone may my spirit yield; You alone are my heart's desire, And I long to worship you. -- (v2) Day and night I cry, my heart is breaking, tears my only food; while my enemies jeer and taunt me, saying: "Where is now your God?" -- (R) You alone are my strength, my shield, To you alone may my spirit yield; You alone are my heart's desire, And I long to worship you. -- (v3) Why am I so sad, so troubled, Why must suffering be so long? I will hope in you, my God and saviour, Praise you with a song! -- (R) You alone are my strength, my shield, To you alone may my spirit yield; You alone are my heart's desire, And I long to worship you. VU783 To Bless the Earth (Psalm 65) -- Words: The Psalter, 1912 Music: Melchior Vulpius, 1609 %7 6 7 6 $D ~4/4 -- (v1) To bless the earth God sends us from heaven's abundant store the waters of the springtime, enriching it once more. -- (v2) The seed by God provided is sown o'er hill and plain, and then come gentle showers to bless the springing grain. -- (v3) God crowns the year with goodness, the earth God's mercy fills, the wilderness is fruitful, and joyful are the hills. -- (v4) With grain the fields are covered, the flocks in pastures graze; all nature joins in singing a joyful song of praise. VU804 My Song Forever Shall Record -- Words: The Psalter, 1902; music: Dmitri Stepanovitch Bortnianski, 1822 %8 8 8 8 8 $B- ~3/4 -- (v1) My song forever shall record your tender mercies, O my God, your faithfulness will I proclaim, and every age shall know your name. I sing of mercies that endure, of faithfulness forever sure. -- (v2) Almighty God, your lofty throne has justice for its cornerstone; and shining bright before your face are truth and love and boundless grace. The heavens shall join in glad accord to praise your wondrous work and word. -- (v3) The swelling sea obeys your will; its angry waves your voice can still. And yours, by right, the heavens and earth, the world in life, in death, in birth. The whole creation's awesome frame proclaims its Maker's glorious name. -- (v4) With blessing is the nation crowned whose people know the joyful sound; they in the light, O God, shall live, the light your face and favour give. All glory unto God we yield, who is our constant help and shield. VU806 O God, Our Help in Ages Past -- Words: Isaac Watts, 1719; music: attrib. William Croft, 1708 %8 6 8 6 $C ~4/4 -- (v1) O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, our shelter from the stormy blast, and our eternal home: -- (v2) under the shadow of thy throne thy saints have dwelt secure, sufficient is thine arm alone, and our defence is sure. -- (v3) Before the hills in order stood, or earth received its frame, from everlasting thou art God, to endless years the same. -- (v4) A thousand ages in thy sight are like an evening gone, short as the watch that ends the night before the rising sun. -- (v5) Time like an ever-rolling stream soon bears us all away; we fly forgotten, as a dream dies at the opening day. -- (v6) O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, be thou our guard while troubles last, and our eternal home. VU808 On Eagle's Wings -- Words & music: Michael Joncas, 1979 (words & music 1979, New Dawn Music) %IRREG $D ~4/4 -- (v1) You who dwell in the shelter of our God, who abide in this shadow for life, say to the Lord: "My refuge, my Rock in whom I trust." -- (R) "And I will raise you up on eagle's wings, bear you on the breath of dawn, make you to shine like the sun, and hold you in the palm of my hand." -- (v2) The snare of the fowler will never capture you, and famine will bring you no fear: under God's wings your refuge, God's faithfulness, your shield. -- (R) "And I will raise you up on eagle's wings, bear you on the breath of dawn, make you to shine like the sun, and hold you in the palm of my hand." -- (v3) You need not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day; though thousands fall about you, near you it shall not come. -- (R) "And I will raise you up on eagle's wings, bear you on the breath of dawn, make you to shine like the sun, and hold you in the palm of my hand." -- (v4) For to God's angels is given a command to guard you in all of your ways; upon their hands they will bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone. -- (R) "And I will raise you up on eagle's wings, bear you on the breath of dawn, make you to shine like the sun, and hold you in the palm of my hand." VU815 Come Worship God -- Words: Michael Perry, 1980; music: J.F. Thrupp 1827-1867 (words 1980, Hope Publishing Co.) %11 10 11 10 $D ~4/4 -- (v1) Come worship God who is worthy of honour, enter God s presence with thanks and a song! You are the rock of your people s salvation, to whom our jubilant praises belong. -- (v2) Ruled by your might are the heights of the mountains, held in your hands are the depths of the earth; yours is the sea, yours the land, for you made them, God above all gods, who gave us birth. -- (v3) We are your people; the sheep of your pasture, you are our maker and to you we pray, gladly we kneel in obedience before you, great is the One whom we worship this day! -- (v4) Now let us listen, for you speak among us, open our hearts to receive what you say: peace be to all who remember your goodness, trust in your word and rejoice in your way! VU820 Make a Joyful Noise -- Words & music: Linnea Good, 1991 (words & music 1991, Borealis Music) %IRREG $F ~4/4 -- (R) Make a joyful noise all the earth! Worship your God with gladness. Make a joyful noise all the earth! Come to this place with a song! -- (v1) Know that your God has made you Know it's to God we belong. And come to this place with joyfulness and praise Worship your God with a song! -- (R) Make a joyful noise all the earth! Worship your God with gladness. Make a joyful noise all the earth! Come to this place with a song! -- (v2) Enter these gates, thanks giving. Enter these courts with praise. Sing thanks to your God and bless the holy Name. Worship your God with a song! -- (R) Make a joyful noise all the earth! Worship your God with gladness. Make a joyful noise all the earth! Come to this place with a song! -- (v3) Ages through endless ages, seasons of endless years, the love of our Maker ever shall endure Worship your God with a song! -- (R) Make a joyful noise all the earth! Worship your God with gladness. Make a joyful noise all the earth! Come to this place with a song! VU822 All People That on Earth Do Dwell -- Words: attrib. William Kethe, 1561, adapt. Thomas H. Troeger, 1992; music: Genevan Psalter, 1554 (words - adapt. Oxford University Press) %8 8 8 8 $G ~4/4 -- (v1) All people that on earth do dwell, sing out your faith with cheerful voice; delight in God whose praise you tell, whose presence calls you to rejoice. -- (v2) Know that there is one God, indeed, who fashions us without our aid, who claims us, gives us all we need, whose tender care will never fade. -- (v3) Enter the sacred gates with praise; with joy approach the temple walls. Extol and bless our God always as people whom the Spirit calls. -- (v4) Proclaim again that God is good, whose mercy is forever sure, whose truth at all times firmly stood, and shall from age to age endure. VU835 Praise to the Lord -- Words & music: Ron Klusmeier 1972 (para. Psalm 113) %IRREG $G ~3/4 -- (v1) Praise to the Lord, all of you, God's servants Blessed be the name of our God, now and ever From the rising up of the sun May the Lord be praised Praise to the name of the Lord! -- (v2) There is none like our God, in the heavens or on earth Who lifts the poor from the dust seating them with the mighty, Who stoops to raise the weak and low: May the Lord be praised, Praise to the name of the Lord! -- (v3) Praise to the Lord, all of you, God's servants Blessed be the name of our God, now and ever From the rising up of the sun May the Lord be praised Praise to the of the Lord! VU842 Unto the Hills -- Words: John Campbell, 1877; music: Charles H. Purday, 1860 %10 4 01 4 10 10 $F ~4/4 -- (v1) Unto the hills around do I lift up my longing eyes: O whence for me shall my salvation come, from whence arise? From God the Lord doth come my certain aid, from God the Lord who heaven and earth hath made. -- (v2) God will not suffer that thy foot be moved; safe shalt thou be. No careless slumber shall those eyelids close who keepeth thee. The One who sleepeth not, who slumbereth ne'er shall guard thee, Israel, with most holy care. -- (v3) Jehovah is indeed thy keeper true; thy changeless shade; Jehovah thy defence on thy right hand, thine own true aid. And thee no sun by day shall ever smite; no moon shall harm thee in the silent night. -- (v4) From every evil shall God keep thy soul, from every sin: Jehovah shall preserve thy going out, thy coming in. Above thee watching, God whom we adore shall keep thee henceforth, yea, for evermore. VU862 You Are before Me, God -- Words: Ian Pitt-Watson, 1973; music: Alfred Morton Smith, 1941 (words 1973, Estate of Ian Pitt-Watson) %10 10 10 10 $D ~4/4 -- (v1) You are before me, God, you are behind, and over me you have spread out your hand; such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too high to grasp, too great to understand. -- (v2) Then from your spirit where, God, I shall go; and from your presence where, God shall I fly? If I ascend to heaven you are there, and still are with me if in hell I lie. -- (v3) If I should take my flight into the dawn, if I should dwell on ocean's farthest shore, your mighty hand will rest upon me still, and your right hand will guard me evermore. -- (v4) If I should say, "Let darkness cover me, and I shall hide within the veil of night, surely the darkness is not dark to you: the night is as the day, the darkness light. -- (v5) Search me, O God, search me and know my heart; try me, O God, my mind and spirit try; keep me from any path that gives you pain, and lead me in the everlasting way. VU872 Give Praise to Our God (Psalm 149) -- Words: The Psalter, 1912; music: C. Hubert H. Parry, 1887 %10 10 11 11 $A- ~3/4 -- (v1) Give praise to our God and sing a new song, amid all the saints God's praises prolong; a song to your maker and ruler now raise, all children of Zion, rejoice and give praise. -- (v2) With timbrel and harp and joyful acclaim, with gladness and mirth, we praise your great name; for now in your people your pleasure you seek, with robes of salvation adorning the meek. -- (v3) In glory exult, you saints of the Word; with songs in the night, high praises accord; go forth in God's service, be strong in God's might to conquer all evil and stand for the right. -- (v4) For this is God's word: the saints shall not fail, but over the earth the humble prevail; all rulers and nations shall yield to their sway. To God give the glory; sing praises for aye. VU884 You Shall Go Out with Joy -- Words: Steffi G. Rubin, 1975; music: Stuart Dauermann, 1975 (words & music 1975, Lillenas Publishing Co.) %IRREG $G ~2/2 -- You shall go out with joy and be led forth with peace, the mountains and the hills will break forth before you; there'll be shouts of joy, and all the trees of the field will clap, will clap their hands! -- (R) And all the trees of the field will clap their hands, the trees of the field will clap their hands, the trees of the field will clap their hands while you go out with joy. VU896 Blest Are They -- Words & music: David Haas, 1985 (words & music 1985 G.I.A. Publications Inc.) %8 7 7 5 R $A- ~3/4 -- (v1) Blest are they, the poor in spirit, theirs is the kingdom of God. Blest are they, full of sorrow, they shall be consoled. -- (R) Rejoice and be glad! Blessed are you, holy are you! Rejoice and be glad! Yours is the kingdom of God. -- (v2) Blest are they, the lowly ones, they shall inherit the earth. Blest are they who hunger and thirst, they shall have their fill. -- (R) Rejoice and be glad! Blessed are you, holy are you! Rejoice and be glad! Yours is the kingdom of God. -- (v3) Blest are they who show mercy, mercy shall be theirs. Blest are they, the pure of heart, they shall see God. -- (R) Rejoice and be glad! Blessed are you, holy are you! Rejoice and be glad! Yours is the kingdom of God. -- (v4) Blest are they who seek peace; they are the children of God. Blest are they who suffer in faith, the glory of God is theirs. -- (R) Rejoice and be glad! Blessed are you, holy are you! Rejoice and be glad! Yours is the kingdom of God. -- (v5) Blest are you who suffer hate, all because of me. Rejoice and be glad; yours is the kingdom; shine for all to see. -- (R) Rejoice and be glad! Blessed are you, holy are you! Rejoice and be glad! Yours is the kingdom of God. VU899 Song of Mary (My Soul Gives Glory to My God) -- Words: Miriam Therese Winter, 1978; music: Kentucky Harmony, 1816 (words 1978 by Medical Mission Sisters) -- (v1) My soul gives glory to my God my heart pours out its praise; God lifted up my lowliness in many marvellous ways. -- (v2) My God has done great things for me: yes holy is God s name; whose people will declare me blessed and blessings they shall claim. -- (v3) From age to age, to all who fear; such mercy love impoarts, dispensing justice far and near, dismissing selfish hearts. -- (v4) Love casts the mighty from their thrones, promotes the insecure, leaves hungry spirits satisfied, the rich seem suddenly poor. -- (v5) Praise God, whose loving covenant supports those in distress, remembering past promises with present faithfulness. VU918 A New Creed -- The United Church of Canada, 1968 -- We are not alone, we live in God's world. We believe in God: who has created and is creating, who has come in Jesus, the word made flesh, to reconcile and make new, who works in us and others by the Spirit. We trust in God. -- We are called to be the Church: to celebrate God's presence, to live with respect in Creation, to love and serve others, to seek justice and resist evil, to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen, our judge and our hope. -- In life, in death, in life beyond death, God is with us. We are not alone. Thanks be to God! VU948 O God, Hear My Prayer -- Words & music: Jacques Berthier, 1982 (words & music 1982 Les Presses de Taiz ) $G ~4/4 -- O God, hear my prayer, O God, hear my prayer: When I call, answer me. O God, hear my prayer, O God hear my prayer: Come and listen to me. VU951 Holy, holy, holy -- Words & music: anon., Argentina $C ~6/8 -- Holy, holy, holy, my heart, my heart adores you. My heart is glad to say the words: You are holy, God. VU959 The Lord's Prayer -- Words: adapt. David Haas, 1986; music: David Haas, 1986 (music 1986, G.I.A. Publications Inc.) %IRREG $F ~4/4 -- Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil for the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours now and forever. VU960 Our Father, Who Art in Heaven -- Music: adapt. by R. Langdon, 1774 %IRREG $F ~4/4 -- Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory Forever and ever. VU964 Go Now in Peace -- Words & music: Natalie Sleeth, 1976 (words & music 1976, Hinshaw Music) $C ~4/4 ~var -- Go now in peace, go now in peace. May the love of God surround you everywhere, everywhere, you may go. VU974 Amen -- Words & music: Jim Strathdee, 1985 (words & music 1985 by Desert Flower Music) -- Amen, Amen! Hallelujah, amen!