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Sing Them Over Again to Me (Wonderful Words of Life)

Author: Philip P. Bliss Meter: 8.6.8.6 with refrain Appears in 583 hymnals First Line: Sing them over again to me Refrain First Line: Beautiful words, wonderful words Lyrics: 1 Sing them over again to me, wonderful words of life; let me more of their beauty see, wonderful words of life; Words of life and beauty teach me faith and duty. Refrain: Beautiful words, wonderful words, wonderful words of life. Beautiful words, wonderful words, wonderful words of life. 2 Christ, the blessed one, gives to all wonderful words of life; sinner, wake to the loving call, wonderful words of life; All so freely given, one sure hope of heaven. [Refrain] 3 Sweetly echo the gospel call, wonderful words of life; offer pardon and peace to all, wonderful words of life; Jesus, only Savior, keep me with you forever. [Refrain] Topics: Hymns About the Bible Used With Tune: WORDS OF LIFE

Savior, Again to Your Dear Name

Author: John Ellerton Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 858 hymnals First Line: Savior, again to you dear name we raise Topics: Close of Worship; Peace Inner; Travelers Scripture: John 14:27 Used With Tune: ELLERS

It Was a Sad and Solemn Night

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 371 hymnals Topics: Holy Communion; Holy Week; Maundy Thursday; Year A Wednesday in Holy Week; Year A Holy Thursday; Year B Wednesday in Holy Week; Year B Holy Thursday; Year C Wednesday in Holy Week; Year C Holy Thursday Scripture: Mark 14:22-25 Used With Tune: BOURBON

Let Us Break Bread Together

Meter: 10.10 with refrain Appears in 114 hymnals First Line: Let us break bread together on our knees Refrain First Line: When I fall on my knees, with my face to the rising sun Lyrics: 1 Let us break bread together on our knees; let us break bred together on our knees. Refrain: When I fall on my knees, with my face to the rising sun, My God, have mercy on me. 2 Let us drink wine together on our knees; let us drink wine together on our knees. [Refrain] 3 Let us praise God together on our knees; let us praise God together on our knees. [Refrain] Topics: Adoration and Praise God; Holy Communion; Year C Passion Sunday Scripture: Acts 2:42 Used With Tune: LET US BREAK BREAD Text Sources: African-American spiritual

O How Shall I Receive You

Author: Paul Gerhardt; Catherine Winkworth Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 47 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O how shall I receive you, how meet you on your way, blessed hope of every people, my soul's delight and stay? O Jesus, Jesus, give me now by your own pure light, to know whate'er is pleasing and welcome in your sight. 2 Love caused your incarnation; love brought you down to me; your thirst for my salvation procured my liberty. O love beyond all telling, that led you to embrace in love, all love excelling, our lost and fallen race. 3 You come, O Christ, with gladness, in mercy and goodwill, to bring an end to sadness and bid our fears be still. In patient expectation we live for that great day when a renewed creation your glory shall display. Topics: Advent; God Love of; Jesus Christ Advent; Jesus Christ Love of; Jesus Christ Return of Used With Tune: ST. THEODULPH (VALET WILL ICH DER GEBEN) Text Sources: Other translators also

Forty Days and Forty Nights

Author: George Hunt Smyttan Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 160 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Forty days and forty nights you were fasting in the wild; Forty days and forty nights tempted, and yet undefiled. 2 Shall we not your sorrow share and from worldly joys abstain, Fasting with unceasing prayer, strong with you to suffer pain? 3 Then if Satan on us press, flesh or spirit to assail, Victor in the wilderness, grant that we not faint or fail! 4 So shall we have peace divine: holier gladness ours shall be; 'Round us, too, shall angels shine, such as served you faithfully. 5 Keep, O keep us, Savior dear, ever constant by your side; That with you we may appear at the eternal Easter-tide. Topics: Jesus Christ Temptation of; Lent; Struggle and Conflict; Year A Lent 1; Year B Lent 1; Year C Lent 1 Scripture: Hebrews 2:18 Used With Tune: HEINLEIN

God Marked a Line and Told the Sea

Author: Thomas H. Troeger Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Freedom and Liberation Spiritual; Freedom and Liberation National; God Law of; Obedience; Stewardship and Creation; Year A Lent 1; Year B Proper 7 Scripture: Job 38:1-11 Used With Tune: KEDRON