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Give Thanks for Every Gift

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1 Give thanks for every gift this fertile earth displays; to God your voices lift in thankfulness and praise! Our sea and sky, our fruitful land, are blessings from a Father's hand. 2 Each passing season brings its store of sun and rain, as winters turn to springs and summers bloom again: then God be thanked for autumn fields, the ripened grain that harvest yields. 3 And even as we pray 'Give us our daily bread,' we long to see the day when all the world is fed, when justice reigns from shore to shore and hunger stalks the earth no more. 4 In Christ all needs are met, to him in faith we come; on him our hopes are set of that eternal home, where, one with him, our sins forgiven, we share the harvest feast of heaven. Topics: Harvest

Jerusalem on High

Author: Samuel Crossman Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 65 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Jerusalem on high, my song that city is, My home whene’er I die, the center of my bliss; O happy place! When shall I be, My God, with Thee, to see Thy face? 2. There dwells my Lord, my king, judged here unfit to live; There angels to Him sing and lowly homage give; O happy place! When shall I be, My God, with Thee, to see Thy face? 3. The patriarchs of old there from their travels cease; The prophets there behold their longed for Prince of Peace; O happy place! When shall I be, My God, with Thee, to see Thy face? 4. The Lamb’s apostles there I might with joy behold, The harpers I might hear harping on harps of gold; O happy place! When shall I be, My God, with Thee, to see Thy face? 5. The bleeding martyrs, they within those courts are found, Clothèd in pure array, their scars with glory crowned; O happy place! When shall I be, My God, with Thee, to see Thy face? 6. Ah me! ah me! that I in Kedar’s tent here stay; No place like that on high; Lord thither guide my way; O happy place! When shall I be, My God, with Thee, to see Thy face? Used With Tune: CHRIST CHURCH Text Sources: The Young Man's Meditation, 1664