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O Thou, in Whose Presence
Author: Joseph Swain Meter: 11.8.11.8 D Appears in 497 hymnals First Line: O thou, in whose presence my soul takes delight Lyrics: 1 O thou, in whose presence my soul takes delight,
on whom in affliction I call,
my comfort by day, and my song in the night,
my hope, my salvation, my all:
Where dost thou, dear Shepherd, resort with thy sheep
to feed in the pastures of love?
Say, why in the valley of death should I weep
or lone in the wilderness rove?
2 Oh, why should I wander an alien from thee
or cry in the desert for bread?
Thy foes will rejoice when my sorrows they see
and smile at the tears I have shed.
Yet speak, and ten thousands of angels rejoice;
thy soul-cheering wisdom impart.
Eternity echoes the sound of thy voice
that reaches my desolate heart. Topics: Comfort; Death and Eternal Life; Funeral / Memorial Service; God Presence of; Joy; Praying For Healing; Suffering Scripture: Psalm 23 Used With Tune: ZION’S PILGRIM Text Sources: Sacred Poetry: Comprising an Entire System of Divine Truth, 1790, alt.
O Thou, in Whose Presence
There Is Joy In My Soul
Author: Fanny Crosby Meter: 11.8.11.8 D Appears in 11 hymnals First Line: I will not be weary, tho’ trials may come Refrain First Line: I’ll sing of His love, of His wonderful love Lyrics: 1 I will not be weary, tho’ trials may come,
And troubles before me I see,
But count them as nothing compared with the love,
Of Jesus, my Savior, to me.
Refrain:
I’ll sing of His love, of His wonderful love,
Tho’ billows like mountains may roll;
I fear not the tempest, I dread not the storm,
For O, there is joy in my soul.
2 I cannot be weary when He is my rest;
Whate’er my temptations may be,
I’ll trust in His promise because He has said:
My grace is sufficient for thee. [Refrain]
3 There’s joy that no language or thought can express,
It comes from His presence divine;
And when in His likeness at last I awake,
Its fullness I know will be mine. [Refrain] Used With Tune: POTENZA Text Sources: Young People's Songs of Praise by Allen Sankey (Chicago: Biglow & Main, 1902)
There Is Joy In My Soul
I Cannot Be Idle
Author: William J. Henry Meter: 11.8.11.8 D Appears in 10 hymnals First Line: I cannot be idle, for Jesus says, Go Refrain First Line: Then away to the work I will go Lyrics: 1 I cannot be idle, for Jesus says, "Go
And work in My harvest today;
And then at the evening when labor is done,
Whatever is right I will pay."
Refrain:
Then away to the work I will go
And join in the reaping of grain,
And back from the harvest with beautiful sheaves
I’ll come with rejoicing again.
2 I cannot be idle, the fields are so white,
And numberless sheaves will be lost;
They perish for want of more reapers to save—
How awful to think of the cost! [Refrain]
3 I cannot be idle, soon time will be o’er,
And reaping be ended for aye;
I’ll gather the lost from the byways of sin
To walk in the beautiful way. [Refrain]
4 I cannot be idle, no time for repose,
My resting shall be over there,
Where all of the faithful in Heaven above
A crown of bright glory shall wear. [Refrain] Used With Tune: BOCA RATON Text Sources: Truth in Song by Barney E. Warren, Andrew L. Byers, Clarance E. Hunter, Daniel O. Teasley (Anderson, Ind: Gospel Trumpet Comany, 1907)
I Cannot Be Idle
O, Land of the Blessed!
Author: Emily H. Miller Meter: 11.8.11.8 D Appears in 16 hymnals First Line: O land of the blessèd! thy shadowless skies Lyrics: 1 O land of the blessèd! thy shadowless skies
Sometimes in my dreaming I see;
I hear the glad songs that the glorified sing
Steal over eternity’s sea;
Though dark are the shadows that gather between,
I know that thy morning is fair;
I catch but a glimpse of thy glory and light,
And whisper: Would God I were there!
2 O land of the blessèd! thy hills of delight
Sometimes to my vision unfold;
Thy mansions celestial, thy palaces bright,
Thy bulwarks of jasper and gold;
Dear voices are chanting thy chorus of praise,
Their forms in thy sunlight are fair;
I look from the valley of shadows below,
And whisper: Would God I were there!
3 Dear home of my Father, thou city of peace,
No shadow of changing can mar;
How glad are the souls that have tasted thy joy!
How blest thine inhabitants are!
When weary of toiling, I think of the day—
Who knows if its dawning be near—
When He who doth love me shall call me away
From all that hath burdened me here. Used With Tune: KAWASAKI Text Sources: Song Life by Philip Phillips (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1872)
O, Land of the Blessed!
I Know There's A Rest
Author: Fanny Crosby Meter: 11.8.11.8 D Appears in 10 hymnals First Line: I know there’s a rest that remaineth for me Refrain First Line: Then onward I’ll go, and with courage I’ll tread Lyrics: 1 I know there’s a rest that remaineth for me,
A rest when my journey is o’er;
I know that the ransomed in bliss I shall see,
And labor and sorrow no more.
Refrain:
Then onward I’ll go, and with courage I’ll tread
The path my Redeemer has trod,
Since He hath declared there remaineth a rest,
A rest for the people of God.
2 I know there’s a rest that remaineth for me,
A rest with my Savior above,
Where, clothed in His image, His face I shall see,
And feast on the smile of His love. [Refrain]
3 I know there’s a rest that remaineth for me;
I’ll patiently wait till it come—
Till angels shall bear me away on their wings,
And Jesus shall welcome me home. [Refrain] Used With Tune: CARABOBO Text Sources: Our Glad Hosanna by Robert Lowry and W. Howard Doane (New York: Biglow & Main, 1882)
I Know There's A Rest
Step Over The Line
Author: Salathial C. Kirk Meter: 11.8.11.8 D Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Tho’ only a line, just a line intervenes Lyrics: 1 Tho’ only a line, just a line intervenes
Between your salvation and you;
Your soul will be lost if the line is not crossed:
God’s Word to the sinner is true.
Refrain:
O won’t you step over? Step over it now,
Believing His Word to be true!
Come then, at the foot of the Cross humbly bow,
And let the dear Savior save you.
2 You may have gone far in the dark and the cold,
Like one in the wilderness lost;
But would you come back to the true Shepherd’s fold,
There’s only a line to be crossed. [Refrain]
3 You may have been drifting the world’s stormy main,
By billow and tempest been tossed;
But would you return to the home port again,
There’s only a line to be crossed. [Refrain]
4 Has sin sown the seed of despair in your soul?
O come without money or cost!
The Savior is waiting to say, Be thou whole;
There’s only a line to be crossed. [Refrain] Used With Tune: MARACAIBO Text Sources: Revival Gems No. 1 by E. L. Hyde (New York: Hall-Mack, 1907)
Step Over The Line
O List To The Notes
Author: Archibald Kenyon Meter: 11.8.11.8 D Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: O list to the notes of the song as it floats Lyrics: 1 O list to the notes of the song as it floats
O’er Bethlehem’s beautiful plains;
Yes, hear the glad shout of the joy that rings out
In sweetest of angelic strains.
O fear ye not, shepherds, the wondrous display,
Glad tidings to you they now bring;
There’s born in the city of David today
A Savior, your Lord and your king.
2 To God in the highest all glory and praise,
Both peace and good-will among men;
In songs of salvation our voices we raise,
And Heaven re-echoes again.
Go herald the tidings, go, tell them afar,
Proclaim the glad story of love;
Bright hopes for the perishing nations there are,
Of crowns and of mansions above. Used With Tune: STOKE-ON-TRENT Text Sources: Royal Diadem (New York/Chicago: Biglow & Main, 1873)
O List To The Notes
O Brother, Be Faithful
Author: Uriah Smith Meter: 11.8.11.8 D Appears in 9 hymnals First Line: O brother, be faithful! Soon Jesus will come Lyrics: 1. O brother, be faithful! Soon Jesus will come,
For whom we have waited so long;
O, soon we shall enter our glorious home,
And join in the conqueror’s song.
O brother, be faithful! For why should we prove
Unfaithful to Him who hath shown
Such deep, such unbounded and infinite love—
Who died to redeem us His own.
2. O brother, be faithful! The city of gold,
Prepared for the good and the blest,
Is waiting its portals of pearl to unfold,
And welcome thee into thy rest.
Then, brother, prove faithful! Not long shall we stay
In weariness here, and forlorn,
Time’s dark night of sorrow is wearing away,
We haste to the glorious morn.
3. O brother, be faithful! He soon will descend,
Creation’s omnipotent King,
While legions of angels His chariot attend,
And palm wreaths of victory bring.
O brother, be faithful! and soon shalt thou hear
Thy Savior pronounce the glad word,
Well done, faithful servant; thy title is clear
To enter the joy of thy Lord.
4. O brother, be faithful! Eternity’s years
Shall tell for thy faithfulness now,
When bright smiles of gladness shall scatter thy tears,
A coronet gleam on thy brow.
O brother, be faithful! The promise is sure,
That waits for the faithful and tried;
To reign with the ransomed, immortal and pure,
And ever with Jesus abide. Used With Tune: FAITHFUL
O Brother, Be Faithful
Isaiah the prophet has written of old
Author: Joy Forster Patterson, 1931- Meter: 11.8.11.8 D Appears in 14 hymnals Topics: Conflict; Consummation in Christ; Environment; Peace of the World; Prophetic Witness; Renewal; Response to Word; Social Justice Scripture: Isaiah 11:6-11 Used With Tune: PEACEABLE KINGDOM
Isaiah the prophet has written of old
When Jesus Came Preaching
Author: Fred Pratt Green, b. 1903 Meter: 11.8.11.8 D Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: When Jesus came preaching the Kingdom of God Lyrics: 1 When Jesus came preaching the Kingdom of God
With the love that has pow'r to persuade,
The sick were made whole, both in body and soul,
And even the demons obeyed.
But he needed a few he could trust to be true,
To share in his work from the start:
When Jesus came preaching the Kingdom of God,
God's gift to the humble of heart.
2 Since Jesus came preaching the Kingdom of God,
What a change in our lives he has made!
How many have shared in the joy of their Lord,
In self-giving have loved and obeyed!
But let none of us doubt what religion's about,
Or by what it is shamed and betrayed:
Do justly, love mercy, walk humbly with God,
Is the rule of life Jesus obeyed.
3 Still Jesus comes preaching the Kingdom of God
In a world that is sick and afraid;
His gospel has spread like the leaven in bread
By the love that has a pow'r to persuade.
So let none of us swerve from our mission to serve,
That has made us his Church from the start,
May Jesus, the light of the world, send us out
In the strength of the humble of heart. Topics: 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A; 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B; Brotherhood and Sisterhood; Church; Comfort; Commissioning; Commitment; Discipleship; Fear; Forgiveness; Going Forth; Humility; Jesus Christ; Justice; Kingdom; Kingdom; Love for Others; Love of God for Us; Mercy; Ministry; Reconciliation; Repentance Scripture: Luke 8:1 Used With Tune: SAMANTHRA
When Jesus Came Preaching
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