Text:

Verse 1

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.

Verse 2

"Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved;

How precious did that grace appear the hour I first believed!

Verse 3

Through many dangers, toils, and snares I have already come;

'Tis grace has brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home.

Verse 4

The Lord has promised good to me; his word my hope secures;

He will my shield and portion be as long as life endures.

Verse 5

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.

Text: John Newton

Tune: NEW BRITAIN

Special Note: I mention in the video that Excell's birth of music was at a revival-this refers to his birth of music as worship, before that he was a musician. Excell is the arranger of the tune.

The tune itself was composed by W. Walker and is found in Southern Harmony

Text:

Verse 1

Lead on, O King eternal! The day of march has come;

Henceforth in fields of conquest your tents will be our home.

Through days of preparation your grace has made us strong;

And now, O King eternal, we lift our battle song.

Verse 2

Lead on, O King eternal, till sin's fierce war shall cease,

And holiness shall whisper the sweet amen of peace;

For not with swords loud clashing, nor roll of stirring drums,

But deeds of love and mercy the heav'nly kingdom comes.

Verse 3

Lead on, O King eternal: we follow, not with fears,

For gladness breaks like morning where e'er your face appears.

Your cross is lifted o'er us; we journey in its light;

The crown awaits the conquest; lead on, O God of might!

Text: Ernest W. Shurtleff

Tune: LANCASHIRE

Text:

Verse 1

In Christ called to baptize, we witness to grace

And gather a people from each land and race.

In deep, flowing waters, we share in Christ's death,

Then, rising to new life, give thanks with each breath.

Verse 2

In Christ called to banquet, one table we share,

A haven of welcome, a circle of care.

Although we are many, we share in one bread.

One cup of thanksgiving proclaims Christ, our head.

Verse 3

In Christ called to witness, by grace we will preach

The life giving gospel; God's love we will teach.

By grace may our living give proof to our praise

In costly compassion reflecting Christ's ways.

Verse 4

Unite us, anoint us, O Spirit of love,

For you are within us, around us, above.

Equip us for service with gifts you bestow.

In Christ is our calling. In Christ may we grow.

Text: Ruth Duck (Copyright 1995 Pilgrim Press)

Tune: ST. DENIO

Text:

Verse 1

Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father; there is no shadow of turning with thee;

Thou changest not, thy compassions they fail not; as thou hast been, thou forever wilt be.

Refrain

Great is thy faithfulness! (2x)

Morning by morning new mercies I see

All I have needed thy hand hath provided; great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me.

Verse 2

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.  To Refrain

Verse 3

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, blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!  To Refrain

Text: Thomas Chisholm

Tune: FAITHFULNESS

Copyright 1951 Hope Publishing Company Text and Tune

Text:

Verse 1

Eternal Father, strong to save, whose arm has bound the restless wave,

Who bade the mighty ocean deep its own appointed limits keep:

Oh, hear us when we cry to thee for those in peril on the sea.

Verse 2

O Savior, whose almighty word the winds and waves submissive heard,

Who walked upon the foaming deep, and calm amid the storm didst sleep:

Oh, hear us when we cry to thee for those in peril on the sea.

Verse 3

O Holy Spirit, who didst brood upon the chaos dark and rude,

And bid its angry tumult cease, and give for wild confusion, peace:

Oh, hear us when we cry to thee for those in peril on the sea.

Verse 4

O Trinity of love and pow'r, all trav'lers guard in danger's hour,

From rock and tempest, fire and foe, protect them whereso e'er they go;

Thus evermore shall rise to thee glad hymns and praise from land and sea.

Text: William Whiting

Tune: MELITA

Text:

Verse 1

Let us build a house where love can dwell and all can safely live,

A place where saints and children tell how hearts learn to forgive.

Built of hopes and dreams and visions, rock of faith and vault of grace;

Here the love of Christ shall end divisions:

Refrain

All are welcome, all are welcome, all are welcome in this place.

Verse 2

Let us build a house where prophets speak, and words are strong and true,

Where all God's children dare to seek to dream God's reign a new.

Here the cross shall stand as witness and as symbol of God's grace;

Here as one we claim the faith of Jesus:  Refrain

Verse 3

Let us build a house where love is found in water, wine and wheat:

A banquet hall on holy ground where peace and justice meet.

Here the love of God, through Jesus, is revealed in time and space;

As we share in Christ the feast that frees us: Refrain

Verse 4

Let us build a house where hands will reach beyond the wood and stone

To heal and strengthen, serve and teach, and live the Word they've known.

Here the outcast and the stranger bear the image of God's face;

Let us bring an end to fear and danger: Refrain

Verse 5

Let us build a house where all are named, their songs and visions heard

And loved and treasured, taught and claimed as words within the Word.

Built of tears and cries and laughter, prayers of faith and songs of grace,

Let this house proclaim from floor to rafter: Refrain

Text and Music:  Marty Haugen Copyright 1994 GIA Publications, Inc.

Tune: TWO OAKS

Text:

Verse 1

Built on a rock the church shall stand, even when steeples are falling;

Crumbled have spires in ev'ry land, bells still are chiming and calling-

Calling the young and old to rest, calling the souls of those distressed,

Longing for life everlasting.

Verse 2

Surely, in temples made with hands God the Most High is not dweliing-

High in the heavn's his temple stands, all earthly temples excelling.

Yet God who dwells in heav'n above deigns to abide with us in love, 

Making our bodies his temple.

Verse 3

Christ builds a house of living stones: we are his own habitation;

He fills our hearts, his humble thrones, granting us life and salvation.

Where two or three will seek his face, he in their midst will show his grace,

Blessings upon them bestowing.

Verse 4

Yet in this house, an earthly frame, Jesus the children is blessing;

Hither we come to praise his name, faith in our Savior confessing.

Jesus to us his Spirit sent, making with us his covenant, 

Granting his children the kingdom.

Verse 5

Through all the passing years, O Lord, grant that, when church bells are ringing,

Many may come to hear your Word, who here this promise is bringing:

"I know my own, my own know me; you, not the world, my face shall see;

My peace I leave with you. Amen."

Text: Grundtvig, trans. Doving

Tune: KIRKEN DEN ER ET GAMMELT HUS

Text:

Verse 1

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.

Verse 2

Christ is alive! No longer bound to distant years in Palestine,

But saving, healing, here and now, and touching ev'ry place and time.

Verse 3

In ev'ry insult, rift, and war, where color, scorn, or wealth divide,

Christ suffers still, yet loves the more, and lives, where even hope has died.

Verse 4

Women and me, 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.

Verse 5

Christ is alive, and comes to bring good news to this and ev'ry age,

Till earth and sky and ocean ring with joy, with justice, love, and praise.

Text: Brian A . Wren (Copyright 1995 Hope Publishing Company)

Tune: TRURO

Text:

Verse 1

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.

Verse 2

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.

Verse 3

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 reechoed it long.

Verse 4

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.

Verse 5

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.

Verse 6

To you, God the Singer, our voice we raise.

To you, Song Incarnate, we give all our praise,

To you, Holy Spirit, our life and our breath,

Be glory forever, through life and through death.

Text: Peter W.A. Davison (Copyright Peter Davison, admin. Augsburg Fortress)

Tune: THE SINGER AND THE SONG (Arrangement copyrighted George Black)

Text:

Refrain

Spirit, Spirit of gentleness, blow through the wilderness calling and free;

Spirit, Spirit of restlessness, stir  me from placidness, wind, wind on the sea.

Verse 1

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:

"Awake from your slumbers and rise on your wings."  To Refrain

Verse 2

You swept through the desert, you stung with the sand,

And you goaded your people with a law and a land;

And when they were blinded with idols and lies,

Then you spoke through your prophets to open their eyes. To Refrain

Verse 3

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. To Refrain

Verse 4

You call from tomorrow, you break ancient schemes.

From the bondage of sorrow all the captives dream dreams;

Our women see visions, our men clear their eyes.

With bold new decisions your people arise. To Refrain

Text and music: James K. Manley Copyright 1978 James K. Manley

Text:

Verse 1

Oh, for a thousand tongues to sing my great Redeemer's praise,

The glories of my God and king, the triumphs of his grace!

Verse 2

My gracious Master and my God, assist me to proclaim,

To spread through all the earth abroad the honors of your name.

Verse 3

The name of Jesus charms our fears and bids our sorrows cease,

Sings music in the sinner's ears, brings life and health and peace.

Verse 4

He speaks, and list'ning to his voice, new life the dead receive;

The mournful, broken hearts rejoice, the humble poor believe.

Verse 5

Look unto him, your Savior own, O fallen human race!

Look and be saved through faith alone, be justified by grace!

Verse 6

To God all glory, praise and love be now and ever giv'n

By saints below and saints above, the church in earth and heav'n.

Text: Charles Wesley

Tune: AZMON

Text:

Refrain

Now the feast and celebration, all of creation sings for joy

To the God of life and love and freedom; praise and glory forevermore!

Verse 1

Now is the feast of the Lamb once slain

Whose blood has freed and united us to be one great people of God. To Refrain

Verse 2

Power and riches, wisdom and might,

All honor and glory to Christ forever. To Refrain

Verse 3

For God has come to dwell with us, to make us people of God;

To make all things new.  To Refrain

Text and Music: Marty Haugen (Copyright 1990 GIA Publications, Inc.)

Text:

Verse 1

Thine the amen thine the praise alleluias angels raise

Thine the everlasting head thine the breaking of the bread

Thine the glory thine the story thine the harvest then the cup

Thine the vineyard then the cup is lifted up lifted up.

Verse 2

Thine the life eternally thine the promise let there be

Thine the vision thine the tree all the earth on bended knee

Gone the nailing gone the railing gone the pleading gone the cry

Gone the sighing gone the dying what was loss lifted high.

Verse 3

Thine the truly thine the yes thine the table we the guest

Thine the mercy all from thee thine the glory yet to be

Then the ringing and the singing then the end of all the war

Thine the living thine the loving evermore evermore.

Verse 4

Thine the kingdom thine the prize thine the wonder full surprise

Thine the banquet then the praise then the justice of thy ways

Thine the glory thine the story then the welcome to the least

Then the wonder all increasing at thy feast at thy feast.

Verse 5

Thine the glory in the night no more dying only light

Thine the river thine the tree then the Lamb eternally

Then the holy holy holy celebration jubilee

Thine the splendor thine the brightness only thee only thee.

Text: Herbert F. Brokering (Copyright 1983 Augsburg Publishing House)

Tune: THINE (Carl F. Schalk-Copyright 1983 Augsburg Publishing House)

Text:

My Jesus, my Savior, Lord, there is none like you.

All of my days I want to praise the wonders of your mighty love.

My comfort, my shelter, tower of refuge and strength;

Let ev'ry breath, all that I am never cease to worship you.

Shout to the Lord, all the earth; let us sing 

Power and majesty, praise to the King.

Mountains bow down and the seas will roar at the sound of your name.

I sing for joy at the work of your hands;

Forever I'll love you, forever I'll stand.

Nothing compares to the promise I have in you.

Text: Darlene Zschech

Tune: SHOUT TO THE LORD

Copyright 1993 Darlene Zschech/Hillsong Publishing

Text:

Verse 1

Christ is risen! Alleluia! Risen our victorious head!

Sing his praises! Alleluia! Christ is risen from the dead!

Gratefully our hearts adore him as his light once more appears;

Bowing down in joy before him, rising up from grief and tears.

Refrain

Christ is risen! Alleluia! Risen our victorious head!

Sing his praises! Alleluia! Christ is risen from the dead!

Verse 2

Christ is risen! All the sadness of our Lenten fast is o'er;

Through the open gates of gladness he returns to life once more;

Death and hell before him bending, see him rise, the victor now,

Angels on his steps attending, glory round his wounded brow.  Refrain

Verse 3

Christ is risen! All the sorrow that last evening round him lay

Now has found a glorious morrow in the rising of today.

See the grave its first-fruits springing, springing up from holy ground;

Christ was dead, but now is living; he was lost, but he is found.  Refrain

Verse 4

Christ is risen! Henceforth never death or hell shall us enthrall.

We are Christ's, in him forever we have triumphed over all.

All the doubting and dejection of our trembling hearts have ceased;

Hail the day of resurrection! Let us rise and keep the feast.  Refrain

Text: Monsell

Tune: MORGENLIED

Text:

Verse 1

We walk by faith and not by sight;

With gracious words draw near,

O Christ, who spoke as none e'er spoke:

"My peace be with you here."

Verse 2

We may not touch your hands and side, 

Nor follow where you trod;

But in your promise we rejoice,

And cry, "My Lord and God!"

Verse 3

Help then, O Lord, our unbelief;

And may our faith abound

To call on you when you are near

And seek where you are found:

Verse 4

For you, O resurrected Lord,

Are found in means divine:

Beneath the water and the word,

Beneath the bread and wine.

Verse 5

And when our life of faith is done,

In realms of clearer light

May we behold you as you are,

With full and endless sight.

Text: Henry Alford

Tune: SHANTI  Copyright 1984 GIA Publications, Inc.

Text:

Verse 1

Jesus Christ is ris'n today, Alleluia!

Our triumphant holy day, Alleluia!

Who did once upon the cross, Alleluia!

Suffer to redeem our loss. Alleluia!

Verse 2

Hymns of praise then let us sing, Alleluia!

Unto Christ, our heav'nly king, Alleluia!

Who endured the cross and grave, Alleluia!

Sinners to redeem and save. Alleluia!

Verse 3

But the pains which he endured, Alleluia!

Our salvation have procured; Alleluia!

Now above the sky he's king, Alleluia!

Where the angels ever sing. Alleluia!

Verse 4

Sing we to our God above, Alleluia!

Praise eternal as his love; Alleluia!

Praise him, all you heav'nly host, Alleluia!

Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Alleluia!

Text: Latin carol, Verses 1-3 tr. J. Walsh, Verse 4 Charles Wesley

Tune: EASTER HYMN

Text:

Verse 1

Jesus, keep me near the cross, there's a precious fountain;

Free to all, a healing stream flows from Calv'ry's mountain.

Refrain

In the cross, in the cross, be my glory ever;

Till my ransomed soul shall find rest beyond the river.

Verse 2

Near the cross, a trembling soul, love and mercy found me;

There the bright and morning star sheds its beams around me. Refrain

Verse 3

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. Refrain

Verse 4

Near the cross I'll watch and wait, hoping, trusting ever,

Till I reach the golden strand just beyond the river. Refrain

Text: Fanny J. Crosby

Tune: NEAR THE CROSS

Text:

Verse 1

Christ, the life of all the living, Christ, the death of death, our foe,

Christ, yourself for me once giving to the darkest depths of woe:

Through your suff'ring death, and merit life eternal I inherit.

Thousand, thousand thanks are due, dearest Jesus, unto you.

Verse 2

You have suffered great affliction and have borne it patiently,

Even death by crucifixion, fully to atone for me;

For you chose to be tormented that my doom should be prevented.

Thousand, thousand thanks are due, dearest Jesus, unto you.

Verse 3

Then, for all that bought my pardon, for the sorrows deep and sore,

For the anguish in the garden, I will thank you evermore;

Thank you for the groaning, sighing, for the bleeding and the dying,

For that last triumphant cry, praise you evermore on high.

Text: Ernst Christoph Homburg

Tune: JESU, MEINES LEBENS LEBEN

Text:

Verse 1

Your only Son, no sin to hide, but you have sent him from your side

To walk upon this guilty sod and to become the Lamb of God.

Refrain

O Lamb of God, sweet Lamb of God, I love the holy Lamb of God.

Oh, wash me in your precious blood, my Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God.

Verse 2

Your gift of love we crucified. We laughed and scorned him as he died.

The humble king we named a fraud and sacrificed the Lamb of God. Refrain

Verse 3

I was so lost, I should have died, but you have brought me to your side

To be led by your staff and rod and to be called a lamb of God. Refrain

Text and Music: Twila Paris Copyright 1985 Straightway Music

Text:

Verse 1

Come! Live in the light! Shine with the joy and the love of the Lord!

We are called to be light for the kingdom, to live in the freedom of the city of God.

Refrain

We are called to act with justice, we are called to love tenderly;

We are called to serve one another, to walk with humbly with God.

Verse 2

Come! Open your heart! Show your mercy to all those in fear!

We are called to be hope for the hopeless so hatred and blindness will be no more. Refrain

Verse 3

Sing! Sing a new song! Sing of that great day when all will be one!

God will reign, and we'll walk with each other as sisters and brothers united in love. Refrain

Text and Music: David Haas, Copyright 1988 GIA Publications, Inc. 

Text:

Verse 1

In the cross of Christ I glory, tow'ring o'er the wrecks of time.

All the light of sacred story gathers round its head sublime.

Verse 2

When the woes of life o'ertake me, hopes deceive, and fears annoy,

Never shall the cross forsake me; lo, it glows with peace and joy.

Verse 3

When the sun of bliss is beaming light and love upon my way,

From the cross the radiance streaming adds more luster to the day.

Verse 4

Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure, by the cross are sanctified;

Peace is there that knows no measure, joys that through all time abide.

Text: John Bowring

Tune: RATHBUN

Text:

Verse 1

Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling, calling for you and for me.

See, on the portals he's waiting and watching, watching for you and for me.

Refrain

"Come home, come home! You who are weary, come home."

Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling, calling, "O sinner, come home!"

Verse 2

Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading, pleading for you and for me?

Why should we linger and heed not his mercies, mercies for you and for me? Refrain

Verse 3

Oh, for the wonderful love he has promised, promised for you and for me!

Though we have sinned, he has mercy and pardon, pardon for you and for me. Refrain

Text: Will L. Thompson

Tune: THOMSPON

Text:

Verse 1

Thy strong word did cleave the darkness;

At thy speaking it was done.

For created light we thank thee,

While thine ordered seasons run.

Refrain

Alleluia! Alleuia! Praise to thee who light dost send!

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia without end!

Verse 2

Lo, on those who dwelt in darkness,

Dark as night and deep as death,

Broke the light of thy salvation,

Breathed thine own life-breathing breath.  Refrain

Verse 3

Thy strong Word bespeaks us righteous;

Bright with thine own holiness,

Glorious now, we press toward glory,

And our lives our hopes confess. Refrain

Verse 4

From the cross thy wisdom shining 

Breaketh forth in conqu'ring might;

From the cross forever beameth

All thy bright redeeming light. Refrain

Verse 5

Give us lips to sing thy glory,

Tongues thy mercy to proclaim,

Throats that shout the hope that fills us,

Mouths to speak thy holy name.

Alleluia! Alleluia!

May the light which thou dost send

Fill our songs with alleluias,

Alleluias without end!

Verse 6

God the Father, light-creator,

To thee laud and honor be.

To thee, Light of Light begotten,

Praise be sung eternally.

Holy Spirit, light-revealer,

Glory, glory be to thee.

Mortals, angels, now and ever

Praise the holy Trinity!

Text: Martin H. Franzmann (Copyright 1969 Concordia Publishing House)

Tune: EBENEZER

Text:

Verse 1

Praise the One who breaks the darkness with a liberating light;

Praise the One who frees the pris'ners, turning blindness into sight.

Praise the One who preached the gospel, healing ev'ry dread disease,

Calming storms and feeding thousands with the very bread of peace.

Verse 2

Praise the One who blessed the children with a strong yet gentle word;

Praise the One who drove out demons with a piercing, two-edged sword.

Praise the One who brings cool water to the desert's burning sand;

From this well comes living water quenching thirst in ev'ry land.

Verse 3

Praise the one true love incarnate: Christ, who suffered in our place;

Jesus died and rose for many that we may know God by grace.

Let us sing for joy and gladness, seeing what our God has done.

Praise the one redeeming glory; praise the One who makes us one.

Text: Rusty Edwards (Copyright 1987 Hope Publishing)

Tune: NETTLETON

Text:

Verse 1

On our way rejoicing gladly let us go.

Christ our Lord has conquered; vanquished is the foe.

Christ without, our safety; Christ within, our joy;

Who, if we be faithful, can our hope destroy?

On our way rejoicing; as we forward move,

Hearken to our praises, O blest God of love!

Verse 2

Unto God the Father joyful songs we sing; 

Unto God the Savior thankful hearts we bring;

Unto God the Spirit bow we and adore,

On our way rejoicing now and evermore.

On our way rejoicing; as we forward move,

Hearken to our praises, O blest God of love!

Text: John S. B. Monsell

Tune: HERMAS

Text:

Verse 1

Oh, sing to the Lord, oh, sing God a new song. (3x)

Oh, sing to our God, oh, sing to our God.

Verse 2

For God is the Lord, and God has done wonders. (3x)

Oh, sing to our God, oh, sing to our God.

Verse 3

So dance for our God and blow all the trumpets. (3x)

Oh, sing to our God, oh, sing to our God.

Verse 4

Oh, shout to our God, who gave us the Spirit. (3x)

Oh, sing to our God, oh, sing to our God.

Verse 5

For Jesus is Lord! Amen! Alleluia! (3x)

Oh, sing to our God, oh, sing to our God.

Text: Brazilian folk song, copyright Gerhard Cartford

Tune: CANTAD AL SENOR

Text:

Verse 1

"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?"

Refrain

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.

Verse 2

"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?"  To Refrain

Verse 3

"I, the Lord of wind and flame, I will tend the poor and lame.

I will set a feast of 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?"  To Refrain

Text and Music: Daniel L. Schutte, Copyright 1981 OCP Publications, Inc.

Text:

Verse 1

Songs of thankfulness and praise, Jesus, Lord, to thee we raise;

Manifested by the star to the sages from afar,

Branch of royal David's stem in thy birth at Bethlehem:

Anthems be to thee addressed, God in flesh made manifest.

Verse 2

Manifest at Jordan's stream, prophet, priest, and king supreme;

And at Cana wedding guest in thy Godhead manifest;

Manifest in pow'r divine, changing water into wine;

Anthems be to thee addressed, God in flesh made manifest.

Verse 3

Manifest in making whole weakened body, fainting soul;

Manifest in valiant fight, quelling all the devil's might;

Manifest in gracious will, ever bringing good from ill:

Anthems be to thee addressed, God in flesh made manifest.

Verse 4

Grant us grace to see thee, Lord, present in thy holy word;

Grace to imitate thee now and be pure, as pure art thou;

That we might become like thee at thy great epiphany,

And may praise thee, ever blest, God in flesh made manifest.

Text: Christopher Wordsworth

Tune: SALZBURG

Text:

Verse 1

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, goodwill to all, from heav'ns all gracious king."

The world in solemn stillness lay to hear the angels.sing.

Verse 2

Still through the cloven skies they come with peaceful wings unfurled,

And still their heav'nly music floats o'er all the weary world.

Above its sad and lowly plains they bend on hov'ring wing,

And ever o'er its babel sounds the blessed angels sing.

Verse 3

And you, beneath life's crushing load, whose forms are bending low,

Who toil along the climbing way with painful steps and slow:

Look now, for glad and golden hours come swiftly on the wing;

Oh, rest beside the weary road and hear the angels sing!

Verse 4

For lo! The days are hast'ning 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 splendors fling,

And all the world give back the song which now the angels sing.

Text: Edmund H. Sears

Tune: CAROL

Text:

Verse 1

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:

Refrain

O come, let us adore him (3x)

Christ the Lord!

Verse 2

The highest, most holy, light of light eternal,

Born of a virgin, a mortal he comes;

Son of the Father now in flesh appearing!  To Refrain

Verse 3

Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation,

Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above!

Glory to God in the highest:  To Refrain

Verse 4

Yes, Lord we greet thee, born this happy morning:

Jesus, to thee be glory giv'n!

Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing:  To Refrain

Text: Wade/Oakley

Tune: ADESTE FIDELES

Text:

Verse 1

Lost in the night do the people yet languish,

Longing for morning the darkness to vanquish,

Plaintively sighing with hearts full of anguish.

Will not day come soon? Will not day come soon?

Verse 2

Must we be vainly awaiting the morrow?

Shall those who have light no light let us borrow,

Giving no heed to our burden of sorrow?

Will you help us soon? Will you help us soon?

Verse 3

Sorrowing wand'rers in darkness yet dwelling,

Dawned has the day of a radiance excelling,

Death's deepest shadows forever dispelling.

Christ is coming soon ! Christ is coming soon!

Verse 4

Light o'er the land of the needy is beaming;

Rivers of life through its deserts are streaming,

bringing all peoples a Savior redeeming.

Come and save us soon! Come and save us soon!

Text: Olav Lee-copyright 1932 Augsburg Publishing House

Tune: LOST IN THE NIGHT

Text:

Verse 1

On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry announces that the Lord is nigh;

Awake and hearken, for he brings glad tidings of the King of kings!

Verse 2

Then cleansed be ev'ry life from sin; make straight the way for God within,

And let us all our hearts prepare for Christ to come and enter there.

Verse 3

We hail you as our Savior, Lord, our refuge and our great reward;

Without your grace we waste away like flow'rs that wither and decay.

Verse 4

Stretch forth your hand, our health restore, and make us rise to fall no more;

Oh, let your face upon us shine and fill the world with love divine.

Verse 5

All praise to you, eternal Son, whose advent has our freedom won,

Whom with the Father we adore, and Holy Spirit, evermore.

Text: Charles Coffin

Tune: PUER NOBIS

Text:

Verse 1

What feast of love is offered here, what banquet come from heaven?

What food of everlasting life, what gracious gift is given?

This, this is Christ the king, the bread come down from heaven.

Oh, taste and see and sing! How sweet the manna given!

Verse 2

What light of truth is offered here, what covenant from heaven?

What hope of everlasting life, what wondrous word is given?

This, this is Christ the king, the sun come down from heaven.

Oh, see and hear and sing! The Word of God is given!

Verse 3

What wine of love is offered here, what crimson drink from heaven?

What stream of everlasting life, what precious blood is given?

This, this is Christ the king, the sweetest wine of heaven.

Oh, taste and see and sing! The Son of God is given!

Text: Delores Dufner, Copyright 1993 OCP Publications

Tune: GREENSLEEVES

Text:

Verse 1

Soon and very soon we are goin' to see the King (3x)

Hallelujah, hallelujah, we're going to see the King!

Verse 2

No more cryin' there we are goin' to see the King (3x)

Hallelujah, hallelujah, we're going to see the King!

Verse 3

No more dyin' there, we are goin' to see the King (3x)

Hallelujah, hallelujah, we're going to see the King!

Verse 4

Soon and very soon we are goin' to see the King (3x)

Hallelujah, hallelujah, we're going to see the King!

Hallelujah (4x)

Text and Music: Andrae Crouch Copyright 1976 Bud John Songs, Inc. 

Text:

Verse 1

God, whose giving knows no ending, from your rich and endless store:

Nature's wonder, Jesus' wisdom, costly cross, grave's shattered door.

Gifted by you, we turn to you, off'ring up ourselves in praise;

Thankful song shall rise forever, gracious donor of our days.

Verse 2

Skills and time are ours for pressing toward the goals of Christ, your Son:

All at peace in health and freedom, races joined, the church made one.

Now direct our daily labor, lest we strive for self alone;

Born with talents, make us servants fit to answer at your throne.

Verse 3

Treasure, too, you have entrusted, gain through powr's your grace conferred;

Ours to use for home and kindred, and to spread the gospel word.

Open wide our hands in sharing, as we heed Christ's ageless call,

Healing, teaching, and reclaiming, serving you by loving all.

Tune: RUSTINGTON

Text: Robert L. Edwards-Copyright 1989 The Hymn Society

Text:

Verse 1

This little light of mine, I'm goin'-a let it shine (3x)

Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.

Verse 2

Ev'rywhere I go, I'm goin'-a let it shine (3x)

Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.

Verse 3

Jesus gave it to me, I'm goin'-a let it shine (3x)

Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.

Text:

Verse 1

Shall we gather at the river, where bright angel feet have trod,

With its crystal tide forever flowing by the throne of God?

Refrain

Shall we gather at the river, the beautiful, the beautiful river;

Gather with the saints at the river that flows by the throne of God.

Verse 2

On the margin of the river, washing up its silver spray,

We will walk and worship ever, all the happy golden day. Refrain

Verse 3

Ere we reach the shining river, lay we ev'ry burden down;

Grace our spirits will deliver, and provide a robe and crown. Refrain

Verse 4

Soon we'll reach the shining river, soon our pilgrimage will cease;

Soon our happy hearts will quiver with the melody of peace. Refrain

Text: Robert Lowry

Tune: HANSON PLACE

Text:

Verse 1

The church's one foundation is Jesus Christ her Lord;

She is his new creation by water and the word.

From heav'n he came and sought her to be his holy bride;

With his own blood he bought her, and for her life he died.

Verse 2

Elect from ev'ry 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 ev'ry grace endued.

Verse 3

Though with a scornful wonder this world sees her oppressed,

By schisms rent asunder, by heresies distressed,

Yet saints their watch are keeping; their cry goes up: "How long?"

And soon the night of weeping shall be the morn of song.

Verse 4

Through toil and tribulation and tumult of her war,

She waits the consummation of peace forevermore;

Till with the vision glorious her longing eyes are blest,

And the great church victorious shall be the church at rest.

Verse 5

Yet she on earth has union with God, the Three in One,

And mystic sweet communion with those whose rest is won.

Oh, blessed heav'nly chorus! Lord, save us by your grace,

That we, like saints before us, may see you face to face.

Text: Samuel Stone

Tune: AURELIA

Text:

Verse 1

Come, ye thankful people, come; raise the song of harvest home.

All be safely gathered in ere the winter storms begin.

God, our maker, doth provide for our wants to be supplied.

Come to God's own temple, come, raise the song of harvest home.

Verse 2

All the world is God's own field, fruit unto his praise to yield;

Wheat and tares together sown, unto joy or sorrow grown.

First the blade, and then the ear, then the full corn shall appear.

Lord of harvest, grant that we wholesome grain and pure may be.

Verse 3

For the Lord our God shall come and shall take his harvest home;

From his field shall in that day all offenses purge away;

Give his angels charge at last in the fire the tares to cast,

But the fruitful ears to store in his garner evermore.

Verse 4

Even so, Lord quickly come to thy final harvest home.

Gather then thy people in, free from sorrow, free from sin,

There, forever purified, in thy garner to abide.

Come, with all thine angels, come, raise the glorious harvest home!

Text: Henry Alford

Tune: ST. GEORGE'S, WINDSOR

Text:

Verse 1

Now we join in celebration at our Savior's invitation,

Dressed no more in spirit somber, clothed instead in joy and wonder;

For the Lord of all existence, putting off divine transcendence,

Stoops again in love to meet us, with his very life to feed us.

Verse 2

Lord, as round this feast we gather, fill our hearts with holy rapture!

For this bread and cup of blessing are for us the sure possessing

Of your loving deed on Calv'ry, of your living self, our vict'ry,

Pledge of your unfailing presence, foretaste here of heav'nly gladness.

Verse 3

Lord, we share in this communion as one fam'ly of God's children,

Reconciled through you, our brother, one in you with God our Father.

Give us grace to live for others, serving all, both friends and strangers,

Seeking justice, love , and mercy till you come in final glory.

Text: Joel W. Lundeen (Copyright Joel W. Lundeen, admin. Augsburg Fortress)

Tune: SCHMUECKE DICH

Text:

Verse 1

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.

Verse 2

I ask no dream, no prophet ecstasies,

No sudden rending of the veil of clay,

No angel visitant, no op'ning skies;

But take the dimness of my soul away.

Verse 3

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.

Oh, let me seek you and, oh, let me find!

Verse 4

Teach me to love you as your angels love,

One holy passion filling all my frame:

The baptism of the heav'n descended dove,

My heart an altar, and your love the flame.

Text: George Croly

Tune: MORECAMBE

Text:

Lord, I lift your name on high;

Lord, I love to sing your praises.

I'm so glad you're in my life.

I'm so glad you came to save us.

You came from heaven to earth to show the way,

From the earth to the cross, my debt to pay,

From the cross to the grave, from the grave to the sky;

Lord, I lift your name on high.

Text and Music: Rick Founds (Copyright 1989 Maranatha Praise)

Text:

Verse 1

Lord of light, your name outshining all the stars and suns of space,

Use our talents in your kingdom as the servants of your grace;

Use us to fulfill your purpose in the gift of Christ your Son.

Father, as in highest heaven, so on earth your will be done.

Verse 2

By the toil of faithful workers in some far outlying field,

By the courage where the radiance of the cross is still revealed,

By the victories of meekness, through reproach and suff'ring won:

Father, as in highest heaven, so on earth your will be done.

Verse 3

Grant that knowledge, still increasing, at your feet may lowly kneel;

With your grace our triumphs hallow, with your charity our zeal;

Lift the nations from the shadows to the gladness of the sun:

Father, as in highest heaven, so on earth your will be done.

Verse 4

By the prayers of faithful watchers, never silent day or night;

By the cross of Jesus, bringing peace to all and healing light;

By the love that passes knowledge, making all your children one:

Father, as in highest heaven, so on earth your will be done.

Text: Howell E. Lewis

Tune: ABBOT'S LEIGH

Text copyrighted Union of Welsh Dependents

Music copyrighted 1970 Hope Publishing Company

Text:

Verse 1

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 vict'ry known.

Verse 2

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.

Verse 3

Gracious Spirit, help us summon other guests to share that feast

Where triumphant Love will welcome those who has 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.

Text: Carl P. Daw Jr. (Copyright 1989 Hope Publishing Company)

Tune: IN BABILONE

Text:

Verse 1

Earth and all stars! Loud rushing planets!

Sing to the Lord a new song!

Hail, wind, and rain! Loud blowing snowstorm!

Sing to the Lord a new song!

Refrain

God has done marvelous things.

I too sing praises with a new song!

Verse 2

Trumpet and pipes! Loud clashing cymbals!

Sing to the Lord a new song!

Harp, lute, and lyre! Loud humming cellos!

Sing to the Lord a new song!             Refrain

Verse 3

Engines and steel! Loud pounding hammers!

Sing to the Lord a new song!

Limestone and beams! Loud building workers!

Sing to the Lord a new song!     Refrain

Verse 4

Classrooms and labs! Loud boiling test-tubes!

Sing to the Lord a new song!

Athlete and band! Loud cheering people!

Sing to the Lord a new song!   Refrain

Verse 5

Knowledge and truth! Loud sounding wisdom!

Sing to the Lord a new song!

Daughter and son! Loud praying members!

Sing to the Lord a new song!  Refrain

Text: Herbert F. Brokering (Copyright 1968 Augsburg Publishing House)

Tune: EARTH AND ALL STARS (David N. Johnson- Copyright 1968  Augsburg Publishing House)

Text:

Verse 1

Take my life, that I may be consecrated, Lord to thee;

Take my moments and my days; let them flow in ceaseless praise.

Verse 2

Take my hands and let them move at the impulse of thy love;

Take my feet and let them be swift and beautiful for thee.

Verse 3

Take my voice and let me sing always, only, for my King;

Take my lips and let them be filled with messages from thee.

Verse 4

Take my silver and my gold, not a mite would I withhold;

Take my intellect, and use ev'ry pow'r as thou shalt choose.

Verse 5

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.

Verse 6

Take my love; my Lord, I pour at thy feet its treasure store;

Take myself and I will be ever, only, all for thee.

Text: Frances R. Havergal

Tune: PATMOS

Text:

Verse 1

We all are one in mission; we all are one in call,

Our varied gifts united by Christ, the Lord of all.

A single great commission compels us from above

To plan and work together that all may know Christ's love.

Verse 2

We are all called for service, to witness in God's name.

Our ministries are different; our purpose is the same:

To touch the lives of others with God's surprising grace,

So ev'ry folk and nation may feel God's warm embrace.

Verse 3

Now let us all be united, and let our song be heard.

Now let us be a vessel for God's redeeming Word.

We all are one in mission; we all are one in call.

Our varied gifts united by Christ, the Lord of all.

Text: Rusty Edwards (Copyright 1986 Hope Publishing Company)

Tune: KUORTANE