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1. When at night I go to sleep, fourteen angels watch do keep;
Two my head are guarding, two my feet are guiding;
Two are on my right hand, two are on my left hand,
Two who warmly cover, two who o'er me hover,
Two to whom 'tis given to guide my steps to heaven.

2. Sleeping sofly, then it seems heaven enters in my dreams;
Angels hover round me, whisp'ring they have found me;
Two are sweetly singing, two are garlands bringing,
Strewing me with roses as my soul reposes.
God will not forsake me when dawn at last will wake me.

Words: Adelheid Wette, ca. 1890, "Abendsegen"
Music: Engelbert Humperdinck, 1893
From "Hansel and Gretel "
Translated from German to English by: Unknown

Diadem: James Ellor, 1838
1. All hail the pow'r of Jesus' name!
|: Let angels prostrate fall; :|
Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown - - - Him, crown Him,
Crown Him, crown Him,
And crown Him, Lord of all.

Coronation: Oliver Holden, 1793
1. All hail the pow'r of Jesus' name!
Let angels prostrate fall;
|: Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown Him Lord of all. :|

Miles Lane: William Shrubsole, 1779
1. All hail the pow'r of Jesus' name!
Let angels prostrate fall;
Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown Him, crown Him, crown Him,
Crown Him Lord of all.

Let highborn seraphs tune the lyre, and as they tune it, fall
|: Before His face Who tunes their choir, and crown Him Lord of all. :|

Crown Him, ye morning stars of light, Who fixed this floating ball;
|: Now hail the strength of Israel’s might, and crown Him Lord of all. :|

Words: Verse 1-5 Edward Perronet, 1779 / 6-7 John Rippon, 1787
Music: Diadem - James Ellor, 1838; Coronation - Oliver Holden, 1793; Miles Lane - William Shrubsole, 1779

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.

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!

3. Through many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come;
’Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home.

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.

5. Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail, and mortal life shall cease,
I shall possess, within the veil, a life of joy and peace.

6. The earth shall soon dissolve like snow, the sun forbear to shine;
But God, Who called me here below, will be forever mine.

7. 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.

8. Shall I be wafted through the skies, on flowery beds of ease,
where others strive to win the prize, and sail through bloody seas.

Scripture: John 9:25; The lyrics are based on 1 Chronicles 17:16
Words: John Newton, Olney Hymns (London, W. Oliver, 1779)
Verses 7 & 8 are by Harriet Beecher Stowe as they appear in her novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
Music: New Britain, in Virginia Harmony, by James P. Carrell and David S. Clayton (Winchester, Virginia, 1831)

Sweet Lord of giving
Teach me the meaning of your love
Show me the way of true contentment
and wash the burden of dought from my soul
Take my fear, replace it with knowledge devine
Though I'm weak make me strong
Each day I'll be more understanding
Each day more patient and peaceful within
and faith will lead me closer to wisdom
Let wisdom deliver me closer to Him

1. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword;
His truth is marching on.

Refrain:
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! His truth is marching on.

2. I have seen Him in the watch fires of a hundred circling camps
They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps;
I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps;
His day is marching on.

3. I have read a fiery Gospel writ in burnished rows of steel;
“As ye deal with My contemners, so with you My grace shall deal”;
Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with His heel,
Since God is marching on.

4. He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat;
He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment seat;
Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be jubilant, my feet;
Our God is marching on.

5. In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me:
As He died to make men holy, let us live to make men free;
[originally …let us die to make men free]
While God is marching on.

6. He is coming like the glory of the morning on the wave,
He is wisdom to the mighty, He is honor to the brave;
So the world shall be His footstool, and the soul of wrong His slave,
Our God is marching on.

Bible Passage: Jeremiah 25:30
Words: Julia Ward Howe, 1861
Music: "John Brown’s Body", possibly by John William Steffe, 1853

1. Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! O what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God, born of his Spirit, washed in his blood.

Refrain:
This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long;
this is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long.

2. Perfect submission, perfect delight, visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
angels descending bring from above echoes of mercy, whispers of love.

3. Perfect submission, all is at rest; I in my Savior am happy and blest,
watching and waiting, looking above, filled with his goodness, lost in his love.

Scripture: Hebrews 10:21-22
Text: Fanny J. Crosby, 1820-1915
Music: Phoebe P. Knapp, 1839-1908

Refrain:
|: Blessed be the Name! Blessed be the Name!
Blessed be the Name of the Lord! :|

Scripture: Psalm 113:2, Job 1:21
Words: William H. Clark; refrain added by Ralph E. Hudson (1843-1901)
Music: Ralph E. Hudson; harmony by William J. Kirkpatrick, 1888

1. Christ, the Lord, is risen today, Alleluia!
Sons of men and angels say, Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia!
Sing, ye heavens, and earth, reply, Alleluia!

2. Love’s redeeming work is done, Alleluia!
Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia!
Lo! the Sun’s eclipse is over, Alleluia!
Lo! He sets in blood no more, Alleluia!

3. Vain the stone, the watch, the seal, Alleluia!
Christ hath burst the gates of hell, Alleluia!
Death in vain forbids His rise, Alleluia!
Christ hath opened paradise, Alleluia!

4. Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia!
Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia!
Once He died our souls to save, Alleluia!
Where thy victory, O grave? Alleluia!

5. Soar we now where Christ hath led, Alleluia!
Following our exalted Head, Alleluia!
Made like Him, like Him we rise, Alleluia!
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies, Alleluia!

6. Hail, the Lord of earth and Heaven, Alleluia!
Praise to Thee by both be given, Alleluia!
Thee we greet triumphant now, Alleluia!
Hail, the resurrection, thou, Alleluia!

7. King of glory, Soul of bliss, Alleluia!
Everlasting life is this, Alleluia!
Thee to know, Thy power to prove, Alleluia!
Thus to sing and thus to love, Alleluia!

8. Hymns of praise then let us sing, Alleluia!
Unto Christ, our heavenly King, Alleluia!
Who endured the cross and grave, Alleluia!
Sinners to redeem and save. Alleluia!

9. But the pains that He endured, Alleluia!
Our salvation have procured, Alleluia!
Now above the sky He’s King, Alleluia!
Where the angels ever sing. Alleluia!

10. Jesus Christ is risen today, Alleluia!
Our triumphant holy day, Alleluia!
Who did once upon the cross, Alleluia!
Suffer to redeem our loss. Alleluia!

Scripture: Matthew 28:5-6
Words: Charles Wesley, 1739. Stanzas 8-10, author unknown, 14th Century;
Translated from Latin to English in Lyra Davidica
This exuberant song is one of the most popular Easter hymns in the English language.
Music: Easter Hymn, composer unknown, in Lyra Davidica, London: 1708

1. Come, Thou Fount of every blessing, tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing, call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet, sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it, mount of Thy redeeming love.

2. Sorrowing I shall be in spirit, till released from flesh and sin,
Yet from what I do inherit, here Thy praises I'll begin;
Here I raise my Ebenezer; here by Thy great help I’ve come;
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure, safely to arrive at home.

3. Jesus sought me when a stranger, wandering from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger, interposed His precious blood;
How His kindness yet pursues me, mortal tongue can never tell,
Clothed in flesh, till death shall loose me, I cannot proclaim it well.

4. O to grace how great a debtor daily I’m constrained to be!
Let Thy goodness, like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to Thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, prone to leave the God I love;
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it, seal it for Thy courts above.

5. O that day when freed from sinning, I shall see Thy lovely face;
Clothed then in blood washed linen, how I’ll sing Thy sovereign grace;
Come, my Lord, no longer tarry, take my ransomed soul away;
Send thine angels now to carry me to realms of endless day.

Words: Robert Robinson, 1758
Music: Nettleton, Wyeth’s Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second, by John Wyeth, 1813

1. 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.

2. Crown Him the virgin’s Son, the God incarnate born,
Whose arm those crimson trophies won which now His brow adorn;
Fruit of the mystic rose, as of that rose the stem;
The root whence mercy ever flows, the Babe of Bethlehem.

3. Crown Him the Son of God, before the worlds began,
And ye who tread where He hath trod, crown Him the Son of Man;
Who every grief hath known that wrings the human breast,
And takes and bears them for His own, that all in Him may rest.

4. Crown Him the Lord of life, who triumphed over 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.

5. Crown Him the Lord of peace, Whose power a scepter sways
From pole to pole, that wars may cease, and all be prayer and praise.
His reign shall know no end, and round His piercèd feet
Fair flowers of paradise extend their fragrance ever sweet.

6. Crown Him the Lord of love, behold His hands and side,
Those wounds, yet visible above, in beauty glorified.
No angel in the sky can fully bear that sight,
But downward bends his burning eye at mysteries so bright.

7. Crown Him the Lord of Heaven, enthroned in worlds above,
Crown Him the King to Whom is given the wondrous name of Love.
Crown Him with many crowns, as thrones before Him fall;
Crown Him, ye kings, with many crowns, for He is King of all.

8. Crown Him the Lord of lords, who over all doth reign,
Who once on earth, the incarnate Word, for ransomed sinners slain,
Now lives in realms of light, where saints with angels sing
Their songs before Him day and night, their God, Redeemer, King.

9. Crown Him the Lord of years, the Potentate of time,
Creator of the rolling spheres, ineffably sublime.
All hail, Redeemer, hail! For Thou has died for me;
Thy praise and glory shall not fail throughout eternity.

Bible passage: Revelation 19:12
Words: Verses 1, 4, 5, 6 & 9: Matthew Bridges, The Passion of Jesus, 1852; verses 2 & 3: Godfrey Thring, Hymns and Sacred Lyrics, 1874
Music: Diademata, George J. Elvey, Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1868

Latin: Give Us Peace

Von Trapp Children, 20th century

4. All fairest beauty, heavenly and earthly,
Wondrously, Jesus, is found in Thee;
None can be nearer, fairer or dearer,
Than Thou, my Savior, art to me.

Scripture: Song of Solomon 6:10
Words: Written by German Jesuits as "Schönster Herr Jesu" in the 17th Century.
Published in the Münster Gesangbuch, 1677;
Translated from German to English by Joseph A. Seiss, 1873
Music: Crusader’s Hymn Silesian folk song from "Schlesische Volkslieder", 1842;
arranged by Richard S. Willis, 1850

While the storm clouds gather far across the sea,
Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free,
Let us all be grateful for a land so fair,
As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer:

God Bless America, land that I love. Stand beside her, and guide her,
Through the night with the light from above,
From the mountains, to the prairies, to the ocean, white with foam,
|: God bless America, my home sweet home. :|

Author: Irving Berlin, 1918, revised: 1938

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 will be.

Refrain:
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, Lord, unto me!

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.

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!

Scripture: Lamentations 3:22-23
Words: Thomas O. Chisholm, 1923
Music: William M. Runyan, 1923

1. He leadeth me, O blessèd thought! O words with heav’nly comfort fraught!
Whate’er I do, where’er I be, still ’tis God’s hand that leadeth me.

Refrain:
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.

2. Sometimes mid scenes of deepest gloom, sometimes where Eden’s bowers bloom,
By waters still, over troubled sea, still ’tis His hand that leadeth me.

3. Lord, I would place my hand in Thine, nor ever murmur nor repine;
Content, whatever lot I see, since ’tis my God that leadeth me.

4. And when my task on earth is done, when by Thy grace the vict’ry’s won,
E’en death’s cold wave I will not flee, since God through Jordan leadeth me.

Scripture: Psalm 23:1-3
Words: Joseph H. Gilmore, 1862
Music: William B. Bradbury, Golden Censer, New York, 1864

1. Holy God, we praise Thy Name; Lord of all, we bow before Thee!
All on earth Thy scepter claim, all in Heaven above adore Thee;
Infinite Thy vast domain, everlasting is Thy reign.

2. Hark! the loud celestial hymn, angel choirs above are raising,
Cherubim and seraphim, in unceasing chorus praising;
Fill the heavens with sweet accord: Holy, holy, holy, Lord.

3. Lo! the apostolic train join the sacred Name to hallow;
Prophets swell the loud refrain, and the white robed martyrs follow;
And from morn to set of sun, through the Church the song goes on.

4. Holy Father, Holy Son, Holy Spirit, Three we name Thee;
While in essence only One, undivided God we claim Thee;
And adoring bend the knee, while we own the mystery.

5. Thou art King of glory, Christ: Son of God, yet born of Mary;
For us sinners sacrificed, and to death a tributary:
First to break the bars of death, thou has opened Heaven to faith.

6. From Thy high celestial home, judge of all, again returning,
We believe that Thou shalt come in the dreaded doomsday morning;
When Thy voice shall shake the earth, and the startled dead come forth.

7. Therefore do we pray Thee, Lord: help Thy servants whom, redeeming
By Thy precious blood out-poured, thou hast saved from Satan’s scheming.
Give to them eternal rest in the glory of the blest.

8. Spare Thy people, Lord, we pray, by a thousand snares surrounded:
Keep us without sin today, never let us be confounded.
Lo, I put my trust in Thee; never, Lord, abandon me.

Bible passage: Psalm 103:3
Origin: Lüneburg, 1688
Reworded by: Ignaz Franz, ca. 1770, after "Te Deum Laudamus" of Nicetas of Remisiana from the 4th century into "Grosser Gott, wir loben Dich"
Music: Peter Ritter (1770 – 1847)
Translated from: German to English by Clarence A. Walworth, 1858, except verse 7, which is by Hugh T. Henry (1862-1946)

1. 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!

2. Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore Thee,
Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;
Cherubim and seraphim falling down before Thee,
Who was, and is, and evermore shall be.

3. Holy, holy, holy! though the darkness hide Thee,
Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see;
Only Thou art holy; there is none beside Thee,
Perfect in power, in love, and purity.

4. 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!

Bible passage: Isaiah 6:3
Words: Reginald Heber, 1826. England
Music: Nicaea, John B. Dykes, in Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861

1. 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;

Refrain:
|: Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, how great Thou art! :|

2. When through the woods and forest glades I wander
and hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees;
when I look down from lofty mountain grandeur,
and hear the brook, and feel he gentle breeze;

3. And 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:

4. 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!

Bible passage: Psalm 145:3, Psalm 19:1
Words: Pastor Carl Boberg, 1886, Sweden, "O Store Gud"
Music: Old Swedish folk melody
Translator: Missionary, Stuart K. Hine, 1925

1. I’d rather have Jesus than silver or gold;
I’d rather be His than have riches untold;
I’d rather have Jesus than houses or lands;
I’d rather be led by His nail-pierced hand.

Refrain:
Than to be the king of a vast domain, or be held in sin’s dread sway;
I’d rather have Jesus than anything this world affords today.

2. I’d rather have Jesus than men’s applause;
I’d rather be faithful to His dear cause;
I’d rather have Jesus than worldwide fame;
I’d rather be true to His holy name.

3. He’s fairer than lilies of rarest bloom;
He’s sweeter than honey from out the comb;
He’s all that my hungering spirit needs;
I’d rather have Jesus and let Him lead.

Scripture: Philippians 3:8
Words & Music: Rhea F. Miller, 1922

1. When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

Refrain:
It is well, with my soul, it is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

2. Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed His own blood for my soul.

3. My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!

4. For me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live:
If Jordan above me shall roll,
No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life
Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.

5. But, Lord, ‘tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait,
The sky, not the grave, is our goal;
Oh trump of the angel! Oh voice of the Lord!
Blessèd hope, blessèd rest of my soul!

6. And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
Even so, it is well with my soul.

Words: Horatio G. Spafford, 1873
Music: Philip P. Bliss, 1876

1. Jesus, Thou Joy of loving hearts, Thou Fount of life, Thou Light of men,
From the best bliss that earth imparts, we turn unfilled to Thee again.

2. Thy truth unchanged hath ever stood; Thou savest those that on Thee call;
To them that seek Thee Thou art good, to them that find Thee all in all.

3. We taste Thee, O Thou living Bread, and long to feast upon Thee still;
We drink of Thee, the Fountainhead, and thirst our souls from Thee to fill.

4. Our restless spirits yearn for Thee, wherever our changeful lot is cast;
Glad when Thy gracious smile we see, blessed when our faith can hold Thee fast.

5. O Jesus, ever with us stay, make all our moments calm and bright;
Chase the dark night of sin away, shed over the world Thy holy light.

Scripture: John 1:4
Words: Bernard of Clairvaux, 12th Century (Jesu dulcis memoria);
Translated from Latin to English by Ray Palmer, 1858, in his Poetical Works, New York, 1876
Music: Hesperus, Henry Baker, 1854; first published in A Hymnal for Use in the English Church, by J. Grey, 1866

1. Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee, God of glory, Lord of love;
Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee, opening to the sun above.
Melt the clouds of sin and sadness; drive the dark of doubt away;
Giver of immortal gladness, fill us with the light of day!

2. All Thy works with joy surround Thee, earth and heaven reflect Thy rays,
Stars and angels sing around Thee, center of unbroken praise.
Field and forest, vale and mountain, flowery meadow, flashing sea,
Singing bird and flowing fountain call us to rejoice in Thee.

3. Thou art giving and forgiving, ever blessing, ever blessed,
Wellspring of the joy of living, ocean depth of happy rest!
Thou our Father, Christ our Brother, all who live in love are Thine;
Teach us how to love each other, lift us to the joy divine.

Mortals, join the happy chorus, which the morning stars began;
Father love is reigning o’er us, brother love binds man to man.
Ever singing, march we onward, victors in the midst of strife,
Joyful music leads us Sunward in the triumph song of life.

Music: Ludwig van Beethoven "Ode to Joy" from the 9th Symphony; adapted by Edward Hodges, 1824 
English Words: Henry J. van Dyke, 1907
These verses are simple expressions of common Christian feelings and desires in this present time—hymns of today that may be sung together by people who know the thought of the age, and are not afraid that any truth of science will destroy religion, or any revolution on earth overthrow the kingdom of heaven. Therefore this is a hymn of trust and joy and hope. - Henry van Dyke

1. In peace we come to pray, to seek the Lord today,
For salvation from his hand for the healing of our land.
Let us pray; Let us pray...

Chorus:
|: Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy
for we have placed all our hopes in Thee. :|

2. For our sin we repent, oh Lord, We believe Your holy Word.
Have mercy Lord, we pray, and take all our sins away.
KYRIE, CHRISTI

And if you embark iniquity, oh Lord, who could stand?
Mercy like a fountain flows from Thy hand?

Bible passage: 2 Timothy 3
Words and Music by Album: Brownsville Livel, 1997

1. |: Lord, let Your light, light of Your face, shine on us. :|
That we may be saved, that we may have life;
To find our way in the darkest night.
Let Your light shine on us.

2. |: Lord, let Your grace, grace from your hand, fall on us. :|
That we may be saved, that we may have life;
To find our way in the darkest night.
Let Your grace fall on us.

3. |: Lord, let Your love, love with no end, come over us. :|
That we may be saved, that we may have life;
To find our way in the darkest night.
Let Your love come over us.

Words and Music: Michael W. Smith and Debbie Smith, 1995

1. Lord of the living harvest that whitens o'er the plain,
Where angels soon shall gather their sheaves of golden grain,
Accept these hands to labor, these hearts to trust and love,
And deign with them to hasten thy kingdom from above.

2. As lab'rers in Thy vineyard, Lord, send them out to be
Content to bear the burden of weary days for Thee.
To ask no other wages when Thou shalt call them home
Then to have shared the travail which makes Thy kingdom come.

3. Come down, O Holy Spirit, and fill their souls with light,
Clothe them in spotless raiment, in linen clean and white,
Beside Thy sacred altar, be with them where they stand
To sanctify Thy people through all this happy land.

4. Be with them, God the Father; be with them, God the Son;
And God the Holy Spirit, most blessed Three in One.
Make them Thy faithful servants thee rightly to adore
And fill them with Thy fulness both now and evermore.

Scripture: Luke 10:2
Music: Aurelia, Samuel S. Wesley, 1864
(Melody after "The Church's One Foundation")
Words: John S. B. Monsell, Hymns of Love and Praise, 1866

1. May the mind of Christ, my Savior, live in me from day to day,
By His love and power controlling all I do and say.

2. May the Word of God dwell richly in my heart from hour to hour,
So that all may see I triumph only through His power.

3. May the peace of God my Father rule my life in everything,
That I may be calm to comfort sick and sorrowing.

4. May the love of Jesus fill me as the waters fill the sea;
Him exalting, self abasing, this is victory.

5. May I run the race before me, strong and brave to face the foe,
Looking only unto Jesus as I onward go.

6. May His beauty rest upon me, as I seek the lost to win,
And may they forget the channel, seeing only Him.

Scripture: Philippians 2:5
Words: Kate B. Wilkinson, before 1913;
appeared in Golden Bells (London: Children’s Special Service Mission, 1925)
Music: St. Leonards, Arthur C. Barham-Gould, 1925

1. Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee!
E'en though it be a cross that raiseth me;
Still all my song shall be,

Refrain:
|: Nearer, my God, to Thee! :|
Nearer to Thee!

2. If, like the wanderer, the sun gone down,
Darkness be over me, my rest a stone;
Yet in my dreams I'd be

3. There let the way appear, steps unto heav'n;
All that Thou sendest me, in mercy giv'n;
Angels to beckon me

4. Then with my waking thoughts bright with Thy praise,
Out of my stony griefs Bethel I'll raise;
So by my woes to be

5. Or if, on joyful wing cleaving the sky,
Sun, moon, and stars forgot, upward I fly,
Still all my song shall be,

Words: Verses 1-5, Sarah F. Adams, 1841; verse 6, Edward H. Bickersteth, Jr.
Music: "Bethany", Lowell Mason, 1856

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. Under the shadow of Thy throne Thy saints have dwelt secure;
Sufficient is Thine arm alone, and our defense is sure.

3. Before the hills in order stood, or earth received her frame,
From everlasting Thou art God, to endless years the same.

4. Thy Word commands our flesh to dust, “Return, ye sons of men:”
All nations rose from earth at first, and turn to earth again.

5. A thousand ages in Thy sight are like an evening gone;
Short as the watch that ends the night before the rising sun.

6. The busy tribes of flesh and blood, with all their lives and cares,
Are carried downwards by the flood, and lost in following years.

7. Time, like an ever rolling stream, bears all its sons away;
They fly, forgotten, as a dream dies at the opening day.

8. Like flowery fields the nations stand pleased with the morning light;
The flowers beneath the mower’s hand lie withering ere ‘tis night.

9. Our God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come,
Be Thou our guard while troubles last, and our eternal home.

Scripture: Psalm 90:1
Words: Isaac Watts, The Psalms of David, 1719
Music: St. Anne, William Croft, 1708

1. O the deep, deep love of Jesus, vast, unmeasured, boundless, free!
Rolling as a mighty ocean in its fullness over me!
Underneath me, all around me, is the current of Thy love
Leading onward, leading homeward to Thy glorious rest above!

2. O the deep, deep love of Jesus, spread His praise from shore to shore!
How He loveth, ever loveth, changeth never, nevermore!
How He watches o’er His loved ones, died to call them all His own;
How for them He intercedeth, watcheth o’er them from the throne!

3. O the deep, deep love of Jesus, love of every love the best!
’Tis an ocean full of blessing, ’tis a haven giving rest!
O the deep, deep love of Jesus, ’tis a heaven of heavens to me;
And it lifts me up to glory, for it lifts me up to Thee!

Scripture: Ephesians 3:17-18
Words: Samuel T. Francis, 1875
Music: Ebenezer, Thomas J. Williams, in Llaw lyfr Moliant, 1890

1. Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus going on before.
Christ, the royal Master, leads against the foe;
Forward into battle see His banners go!

Refrain:
Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus going on before.

2. At the sign of triumph Satan’s host doth flee;
On then, Christian soldiers, on to victory!
Hell’s foundations quiver at the shout of praise;
Brothers lift your voices, loud your anthems raise.

3. Like a mighty army moves the church of God;
Brothers, we are treading where the saints have trod.
We are not divided, all one body we,
One in hope and doctrine, one in charity.

4. What the saints established that I hold for true.
What the saints believèd, that I believe too.
Long as earth endureth, men the faith will hold,
Kingdoms, nations, empires, in destruction rolled.

5. Crowns and thrones may perish, kingdoms rise and wane,
But the church of Jesus constant will remain.
Gates of hell can never gainst that church prevail;
We have Christ’s own promise, and that cannot fail.

6. Onward then, ye people, join our happy throng,
Blend with ours your voices in the triumph song.
Glory, laud and honor unto Christ the King,
This through countless ages men and angels sing.

Words: Sabine Baring-Gould, in Church Times, 1865
Music: St. Gertrude, Arthur S. Sullivan, 1871

1. Rejoice, the Lord is King! Your Lord and King adore;
Mortals give thanks and sing, and triumph evermore;

Refrain:
Lift up your heart, lift up your voice; rejoice, again I say, rejoice!

2. Jesus, the Savior, reigns, the God of truth and love;
When He had purged our stains He took His seat above;

3. His kingdom cannot fail, He rules o’er earth and Heav’n,
The keys of death and hell are to our Jesus giv’n;

4. He sits at God’s right hand till all His foes submit,
And bow to His command, and fall beneath His feet:

5. He all His foes shall quell, shall all our sins destroy,
And every bosom swell with pure seraphic joy;

6. Rejoice in glorious hope! Jesus the Judge shall come,
And take His servants up to their eternal home.
We soon shall hear th’archangel’s voice;
The trump of God shall sound, rejoice!

Scripture: Philippians 4:4
Words: Charles Wesley, Moral and Sacred Poems, 1744
Music: Darwall’s 148th, John Darwall, in The New Universal Psalmodist, by Aaron Williams, 1770

1. Savior, like a shepherd lead us, much we need Thy tender care;
In Thy pleasant pastures feed us, for our use Thy folds prepare.
Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus! Thou hast bought us, Thine we are.
Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus! Thou hast bought us, Thine we are.

2. We are Thine, Thou dost befriend us, be the guardian of our way;
Keep Thy flock, from sin defend us, seek us when we go astray.
Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus! Hear, O hear us when we pray.
Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus! Hear, O hear us when we pray.

3. Thou hast promised to receive us, poor and sinful though we be;
Thou hast mercy to relieve us, grace to cleanse and power to free.
Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus! 
We will early turn to Thee / Early let us turn to Thee.
Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus!
We will early turn to Thee / Early let us turn to Thee.

4. Early let us seek Thy favor, early let us do Thy will;
Blessed Lord and only Savior, with Thy love our bosoms fill.
Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus! Thou hast loved us, love us still.
Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus! Thou hast loved us, love us still.

Scripture: John 10:3
Words: Attributed to Dorothy A. Thrupp, 1836
Music: Bradbury, William B. Bradbury, 1859

Refrain:
Swing low, sweet chariot, coming for to carry me home,
Swing low, sweet chariot, coming for to carry me home.

1. I looked over Jordan, and what did I see, coming for to carry me home?
A band of angels coming after me, coming for to carry me home.

3. I’m sometimes up and sometimes down, coming for to carry me home,
But still my soul feels heavenly bound, coming for to carry me home.

4. The brightest day that I can say, coming for to carry me home,
When Jesus washed my sins away, coming for to carry me home.

Scripture: Psalm 68:17; 2 Kings 2:11 [3:37]
Words & Music: Wallis Willis, ca. 1840
New Melody: Harry Thacker Burleigh, 1917

1. Take my life, and let it be consecrated, Lord, to Thee.
Take my moments and my days; let them flow in ceaseless praise.
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.

2. Take my voice, and let me sing always, only, for my King.
Take my lips, and let them be filled with messages from Thee.
Take my silver and my gold; not a mite would I withhold.
Take my intellect, and use every power as Thou shalt choose.

3. 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.
Take my love, my Lord, I pour at Thy feet its treasure store.
Take myself, and I will be ever, only, all for Thee.

Scripture: Romans 12:1
Words: Frances R. Havergal, February 1874
Music: Messiah, Louis J. Hérold, 1830; arranged by George Kingsley, 1838

1. 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.

2. She is 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.

3. The Church shall never perish! Her dear Lord to defend,
To guide, sustain, and cherish, is with her to the end:
Though there be those who hate her, and false sons in her pale,
Against both foe or traitor she ever shall prevail.

4. Though with a scornful wonder men see her sore 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!

5. ’Mid 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.

6. Yet she on earth hath union with God the Three in One,
And mystic sweet communion with those whose rest is won,
With all her sons and daughters who, by the Master’s hand
Led through the deathly waters, repose in Eden land.

7. O happy ones and holy! Lord, give us grace that we
Like them, the meek and lowly, on high may dwell with Thee:
There, past the border mountains, where in sweet vales the Bride
With Thee by living fountains forever shall abide!

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:11
Music: Aurelia, Samuel S. Wesley, in a Selection of Psalms and Hymns, by C. Kemble, 1864
Words: Samuel J. Stone, Lyra Fidelium; Twelve Hymns of the Twelve Articles of the Apostle’s Creed (London: Messrs. Parker and Co., 1866)

1. 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.

2. My soul He doth restore again; and me to walk doth make
Within the paths of righteousness, even for His own Name’s sake.

3. 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 my comfort still.

4. My table Thou hast furnishèd in presence of my foes;
My head Thou dost with oil anoint, and my cup overflows.

5. Goodness and mercy all my life shall surely follow me;
And in God’s house forevermore my dwelling place shall be.

Words: Scottish Psalter, 1650
Music: Crimond, Jessie S. Irvine, 1872

Our father,
Which 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 those who 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 Amen.

Scripture: Luke 11:2-4 / Matthew 6:9-13
Melody: Albert Hay Malotte, 1935

1. On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,
The emblem of suffering and shame;
How I love that old cross where the dearest and best
For a world of lost sinners was slain.

Refrain:
So I'll cherish the old rugged cross,
Till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it some day for a crown.

2. O that old rugged cross, so despised by the world,
Has a wondrous attraction for me;
For the dear Lamb of God left His glory above
To bear it to dark Calvary.

3. In that old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine,
A wondrous beauty I see,
For 'twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died,
to pardon and sanctify me.

4. To that old rugged cross I will ever be true,
Its shame and reproach gladly bear;
Then he'll call me some day to my home far away,
Where his glory forever I'll share.

Then He'll call me some day to my home far away
Where His glory forever I'll share

I will cling to the old rugged cross
And exchange it some day for a crown

Words & Music: Reverend George Bennard, 1913

1. There is a special place. The most beautiful place I've ever seen.
There's a throne surrounded by angels singing.
Singing hallelujah to the King of Kings by and by to the throne room
And the King himself has begged you to come in this room there is a rainbow
and the splendor in the rising of the Son.

Refrain:
Lets the Lords light shine upon you. Let his Spirit have his precious way.
Let his loving arms surround you. Let him lead you to his throne of grace.
Let him lead you to his throne room of grace.

2. There's no tears or fear of dying. All is joy forever more.
There's no end just life eternal. There is always more and more.
To get in is no requirements. Jesus' blood has paid the way.
For all you have to do is love him, only trust and there no fails.

Refrain

Words & Music: Unknown

1. This is my Father’s world, and to my listening ears
All nature sings, and round me rings the music of the spheres.
This is my Father’s world: I rest me in the thought
Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas;
His hand the wonders wrought.

2. This is my Father’s world, the birds their carols raise,
The morning light, the lily white, declare their Maker’s praise.
This is my Father’s world: He shines in all that’s fair;
In the rustling grass I hear Him pass;
He speaks to me everywhere.

3. This is my Father’s world. O let me ne’er forget
That though the wrong seems oft so strong, God is the ruler yet.
This is my Father’s world: the battle is not done:
Jesus Who died shall be satisfied,
And earth and Heav’n be one.

4. This is my Father’s world, dreaming, I see His face.
I ope my eyes, and in glad surprise cry, “The Lord is in this place.”
This is my Father’s world, from the shining courts above,
The Beloved One, His Only Son,
Came—a pledge of deathless love.

5. This is my Father’s world, should my heart be ever sad?
The lord is King—let the heavens ring. God reigns—let the earth be glad.
This is my Father’s world. Now closer to Heaven bound,
For dear to God is the earth Christ trod.
No place but is holy ground.

6. This is my Father’s world. I walk a desert lone.
In a bush ablaze to my wondering gaze God makes His glory known.
This is my Father’s world, a wanderer I may roam
Whate’er my lot, it matters not,
My heart is still at home.

Scripture: Psalm 50:12
Words: Maltbie D. Babcock, 1901
Music: Terra Beata, traditional English melody, arranged by Franklin L. Sheppard in his Alleluia, 1915

1. ’Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, and to take Him at His Word;
Just to rest upon His promise, and to know, “Thus says the Lord!”

2. Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him! How I’ve proved Him o’er and o’er
Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus! O for grace to trust Him more!

3. O how sweet to trust in Jesus, just to trust His cleansing blood;
And in simple faith to plunge me ’neath the healing, cleansing flood!

4. Yes, ’tis sweet to trust in Jesus, just from sin and self to cease;
Just from Jesus simply taking life and rest, and joy and peace.

5. I’m so glad I learned to trust Thee, precious Jesus, Savior, Friend;
And I know that Thou art with me, wilt be with me to the end.

Scripture: Psalm 22:4-5
Words: Louisa M. R. Stead, 1882
Music: William J. Kirkpatrick (1838-1921)

1. To God be the glory, great things he hath done!
So loved he the world that he gave us his Son,
who yielded his life an atonement for sin,
and opened the lifegate that all may go in.

Refrain:
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
let the earth hear his voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
let the people rejoice!
O come to the Father thru Jesus the Son,
and give him the glory, great things he hath done!

2. O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood,
to every believer the promise of God;
the vilest offender who truly believes,
that moment from Jesus a pardon receives.

3. Great things he hath taught us, great things he hath done,
and great our rejoicing thru Jesus the Son;
but purer, and higher, and greater will be
our wonder, our transport, when Jesus we see.

Scripture: Galatians 1:4-5
Words: Fanny J. Crosby, in "Brightest and Best", by W. H. Doane and Robert Lowry (Chicago, Illinois: Biglow & Main, 1875), number 118
Music: William Howard Doane

1. I heard an old, old story, how a Savior came from glory,
How He gave His life on Calvary to save a wretch like me;
I heard about His groaning, of His precious blood's atoning,
Then I repented of my sins; and won the victory.

Chorus:
O victory in Jesus, my Savior, forever.
He sought me and bought me with His redeeming blood;
He loved me ere I knew Him, and all my love is due Him,
He plunged me to victory, beneath the cleansing flood.

2. I heard about His healing, of His cleansing power revealing.
How He made the lame to walk again and caused the blind to see;
And then I cried, "Dear Jesus, come and heal my broken spirit,"
And somehow Jesus came and brought to me the victory.

3. I heard about a mansion he has built for me in glory.
And I heard about the streets of gold beyond the crystal sea;
About the angels singing, and the old redemption story,
And some sweet day I'll sing up there the song of victory.

Text & Melody: Eugene Monroe Bartlett, 1939

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Are we weak and heavy laden, cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Savior, still our refuge, take it to the Lord in prayer.
Do your friends despise, forsake you? Take it to the Lord in prayer!
In His arms He’ll take and shield you; you will find a solace there.

4. Blessed Savior, Thou hast promised Thou wilt all our burdens bear
May we ever, Lord, be bringing all to Thee in earnest prayer.
Soon in glory bright unclouded there will be no need for prayer
Rapture, praise and endless worship will be our sweet portion there.

Scripture: John 15:13
Words: Joseph M. Scriven, 1855
Music: Erie, Charles C. Converse, 1868

1. 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.

2. Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, save in the death of Christ my God!
All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to His blood.

3. 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?

4. His dying crimson, like a robe, spreads o’er His body on the tree;
Then I am dead to all the globe, and all the globe is dead to me.

5. 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.

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6. To Christ, Who won for sinners grace by bitter grief and anguish sore,
Be praise from all the ransomed race forever and forevermore.

Scripture: Galatians 6:14
Words: Isaac Watts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707
Music: Hamburg, Lowell Mason, 1824;
first appeared in The Boston Handel and Haydn Society Collection of Church Music, third edition, 1825

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