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Come, Thou Almighty King

Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 1,804 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Come, Thou Almighty King, Help us Thy name to sing, Help us to praise: Father, all-glorious, O’er all victorious, Come, and reign over us, Ancient of Days. 2 Come, Thou Incarnate Word, Gird on Thy mighty sword, Our prayer attend: Come, and Thy people bless, And give Thy word success; Spirit of holiness, On us descend. 3 Come, Holy Comforter, Thy sacred witness bear In this glad hour: Thou who almighty art, Now rule in every heart, And ne’er from us depart, Spirit of power. 4 To Thee, great One in Three, The highest praises be, Hence evermore! Thy sovereign majesty May we in glory see, And to eternity Love and adore. Used With Tune: ITALIAN HYMN Text Sources: Collection of of Hymns for Social Worship, 1757; alt.

Lord, Enthroned in Heavenly Splendor

Author: George Hugh Bourne Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.4.4.7.7 Appears in 63 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendor, First-begotten from the dead, You alone, our strong defender, Now lift up Your people’s head. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Jesus, true and living Bread! Jesus, true and living Bread! 2 Here our humblest homage pay we, Here in loving reverence bow; Here for faith’s discernment pray we, Lest we fail to know You now. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! You are here, we ask not how. You are here, we ask not how. 3 Paschal Lamb, Your offering, finished Once for all when You were slain, In its fullness undiminished Shall forevermore remain. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Cleansing us from every stain. Cleansing us from every stain. 4 Life-imparting heavenly manna, Smitten rock with streaming side, Heaven and earth with loud hosanna Worship You, the Lamb Who died. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Risen, ascended, glorified! Risen, ascended, glorified! Topics: Jesus Christ Kingship Used With Tune: BRYN CALFARIA

God Is My Strong Salvation

Author: James Montgomery Meter: 7.6.7.6 Appears in 288 hymnals Lyrics: 1 God is my strong Salvation: What foe have I to fear? In peril and temptation My light, my help is near. 2 Though hosts encamp around me, Firm to the fight I stand; What terror can confound me, With God at my right hand? 3 Place on the Lord reliance, My soul, with courage wait; God's truth be thine affiance, When faint and desolate. 4 God's might thy heart shall strengthen, God's love thy joy increase; Mercy thy days shall lengthen; The Lord will give thee peace. Topics: God Help Scripture: Psalm 27 Used With Tune: CHRISTUS, DER IST MEIN LEBEN

Our God, Our Help in Ages Past

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,253 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Our God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home: 2 Before the hills in order stood, Or earth received its frame, From everlasting Thou art God, To endless years the same. 3 A thousand ages in Thy sight Are like an evening gone; Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. 4 Time, like an ever rolling stream, Soon bears us all away; We fly forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day. 5 Our God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Be Thou our guard while life shall last, And our eternal home. Topics: God Eternity; God Protection Scripture: Psalm 90:1-5 Used With Tune: ST. ANNE (Croft)

O God, Our Faithful God

Author: Johann Heermann; Catherine Winkworth Meter: 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6 Appears in 63 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O God, our faithful God, O fountain ever flowing, Without whom nothing is, All perfect gifts bestowing, Grant us a faithful life, And give us, Lord, within, Commitment free from strife, A soul unhurt by sin. 2 God, grant us strength to do With ready heart and willing, Whatever You command, Our calling here fulfilling; And do it when we ought, With zeal and joyfulness; And bless the work we’ve wrought, For You must give success. 3 If dangers gather round, Still keep us calm and fearless; Help us to bear the cross When life is bleek and cheerless, To overcome our foes With words and actions kind; O God, Your will disclose, Your counsel let us find. Scripture: Matthew 16:24-25 Used With Tune: O GOTT, DU FROMMER GOTT

O God of Love, O God of Peace

Author: Henry Williams Baker Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 245 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O God of love, O God of peace, Make wars throughout the world to cease; The wrath of nations now restrain: Give peace, O God, give peace again! 2 Remember, Lord, Thy works of old, The wonders that Thy people told; Remember not our sin’s deep stain: Give peace, O God, give peace again! 3 Whom shall we trust but Thee, O Lord? Where rest but on Thy faithful word? None ever called on Thee in vain: Give peace, O God, give peace again! 4 Where saints and angels dwell above, All hearts are knit in holy love; O bind us in that heavenly chain: Give peace, O God, give peace again! Scripture: Psalm 46:9 Used With Tune: DU MEINER SEELEN

Come Down, O Love Divine

Author: Bianco da Siena; Richard Frederick Littledale Meter: 6.6.11 D Appears in 112 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Come down, O Love divine, Seek out this soul of mine And visit it with Your own ardor glowing; O Comforter, draw near, Within my heart appear, And kindle it, Your holy flame bestowing. 2 O let it freely burn, Till earthly passions turn To dust and ashes in its heat consuming; And let Your glorious light Shine ever on my sight, And clothe me round, the while my path illuming. 3 And so the yearning strong With which the soul will long Shall far outpass the power of human telling; For none can guess God's grace, Till Love creates a place Wherein the Holy Spirit makes a dwelling. Scripture: John 14:23-26 Used With Tune: DOWN AMPNEY

O Christ, the Healer

Author: Fred Pratt Green Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 38 hymnals First Line: O Christ, the healer, we have come Lyrics: 1 O Christ, the healer, we have come To pray for health, to plead for friends. How can we fail to be restored, When reached by love that never ends? 2 From every ailment flesh endures Our bodies clamor to be freed; Yet in our hearts we would confess That wholeness is our deepest need. 3 How strong, O Lord, are our desires, How weak our knowledge of ourselves! Release in us those healing truths Unconscious pride resists or shelves. 4 In conflicts that destroy our health We recognize the world's disease; Our common life declares our ills: Is there no cure, O Christ, for these? 5 Grant that we all, made one in faith, In Your community may find The wholeness that, enriching us, Shall reach the whole of humankind. Used With Tune: ERHALT UNS, HERR

Eternal God, Whose Power Upholds

Author: Henry Hallam Tweedy Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 54 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Eternal God, whose power upholds Both flower and flaming star, To whom there is no here nor there, No time, no near nor far, No alien race, no foreign shore, No child unsought, unknown: O send us forth, Thy prophets true, To make all lands Thine own! 2 O God of love, whose Spirit wakes In every human breast, Whom love, and love alone, can know, In whom all hearts find rest: Help us to spread Thy gracious reign Till greed and hate shall cease, And kindness dwell in human hearts, And all the earth find peace! 3 O God of truth, whom science seeks And reverent souls adore, Who lightest every earnest mind Of every clime and shore: Dispel the gloom of error’s night, Of ignorance and fear, Until true wisdom from above Shall make life’s pathway clear! 4 O God of beauty, oft revealed In dreams of human art, In speech that flows to melody, In holiness of heart: Teach us to turn from sinfulness That shuts our hearts to Thee, Till all shall know the loveliness Of lives made fair and free! 5 O God of righteousness and grace, Seen in the Christ, Thy Son, Whose life and death reveal Thy face, By whom Thy will was done: Inspire Thy heralds of good news To live Thy life divine, Till Christ has formed in all mankind And every land is Thine! Scripture: Psalm 90:2 Used With Tune: FOREST GREEN

Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation

Author: John Mason Neale Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 292 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Christ is made the sure foundation, Christ the head and cornerstone, Chosen of the Lord and precious, Binding all the church in one; Holy Zion’s help forever, And our confidence alone. 2 To this temple, where we call You, Come, O Lord of Hosts, today; With Your wonted lovingkindness Hear Your people as they pray, And Your fullest benediction Shed within its walls alway. 3 Here bestow on all Your servants What they ask of You to gain, What they gain from You forever With the blessed to retain, And hereafter in Your glory Evermore with You to reign. 4 Laud and honor to the Father, Laud and honor to the Son, Laud and honor to the Spirit, Ever three and ever one; One in might and one in glory While unending ages run. Topics: Jesus Christ Praise Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:11 Used With Tune: WESTMINSTER ABBEY Text Sources: 7th century, Latin