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Leftover People in Leftover Places

Author: Shirley Erena Murray, 1931- Meter: 11.10.11.10 D Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Leftover people in leftover places, troubled, disabled, the needy and sad, scavenging crumbs from society's plenty, sick to the soul when their life has gone bad; these are the ones in God's upside-down kingdom deemed to be worthy and called to the feast, soup-kitchen people invited to banquet, valued as greatly as royal and priest. 2 Leftover people, disposable people, locked into prisons of drugs and despair, poverty's children in poverty's spiral, locked out of learning and earning their share; these are the ones in God's upside-down kingdom, these are the Christ in their shabby disguise, these are the least and the highly unlikely, given a hope and new light in their eyes. 3 Here is God's testing of true Easter people, spirited people with service to give, taking to heart the compassion of Jesus, feeling how others must struggle to live; we are a part of God's upside-down kingdom, we know the heart if the gospel's demand, taking our part with the leftover people, widening the space of the lines in the sand. Topics: Alienation; Compassion; Confession; Diversity; Hospitality; Injustice; Invitation; Marginalized; Poverty; Prisoners; Suffering; Worth of All Persons Scripture: Matthew 25:31-45 Used With Tune: CONNECT

Above the Voices of the World

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926 Meter: 11.10.11.10 D Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Above the voices of the world around me Topics: Salvation Through Christ Used With Tune: VESTAVIA HILLS

True Son of Man, thou crown of human valor

Meter: 11.10.11.10 D Appears in 2 hymnals

The Millennial Dawn

Author: S. Virginia Levis Meter: 11.10.11.10 D Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: When Jesus comes to gather all His jewels Lyrics: 1 When Jesus comes to gather all His jewels, When He shall come, His own and loved to claim, Then what rejoicing! peace beyond expressing, For the redeemed who trusted in His name. The ransomed host shall see their blessèd Savior, They shall behold their master face to face; And they who once did walk in faith beside Him, Shall, with rejoicing, rest in His embrace. 2 What tho’ distressed by direst tribulation; Look then to Christ, He’ll quiet all your fears! What tho’ the hours were spent in silent weeping? His piercèd hand shall wipe away all tears! What tho’ the dark night still be growing darker? Yet will the shadows every one be gone! ’Tis but the hour that must precede the glory, Of that new day of the millennial dawn! 3 In the effulgence of that perfect daybreak, When sin and sorrow shall be put to flight, The heavy clouds that once bedimmed our vision, Shall be rolled back, and Christ shall stand in sight. Then Christians, up! be girding on your armor; Grasp ye the sword, O ever hold it fast; Christ as your captain, ne’er will let you falter; After the conflict, peace shall reign at last! Used With Tune: TUCSON Text Sources: Songs for Work and Worship by Edmund S. Lorenz, et al. (Dayton,OH: Lorenz & Co. 1900)

Tahaka ny masoandro miseho (Like the sun which appears)

Meter: 11.10.11.10 D Appears in 2 hymnals Used With Tune: [Like the sun which appears]

We Are the Household That Gathers Round Jesus (The Household of God)

Author: Shirley Erena Murray Meter: 11.10.11.10 D Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: We are the household that gathers round Jesus Lyrics: 1 We are the household that gathers round Jesus, sharing one table, one cup and one Light, we are a family human and hurting, changing and challenged to know what is right; we are this family deeply divided, struggling to service the Gospel's demands, we are a household of quarrelsome children each with a free-flying kite in our hands. 2 Yet we are part of God's dream for creation, we who are learning forgiveness and grace, lanterns of peace lighting pathways to justice, giving the stranger a welcoming place; let's be a household of care and compassion, open to cultures and creeds not our own, building a model all *people will witness, seeing where winds of the Spirit have blown! 3 While there are children whose *food bowls are empty, while there are prisons where innocents die, while refugees swell the flood of the homeless, while the earth shudders, and all creatures cry, we are a people who hear and must answer, healing and helping a new world to birth, household of faith that is fed at one table, sharing good news with the whole of the earth. Topics: Humanity Scripture: Ephesians 2:19-21

Why, O God, Have You Cast Us Off

Meter: 11.10.11.10 D Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Why, O God, have you cast us off forever Topics: Israel; Jerusalem; Wrath Of God Scripture: Psalm 74 Used With Tune: EPIPHANY (Wesley) Text Sources: OPC/URCNA 2016

Live Unto Him

Author: William T. Ortlip Meter: 11.10.11.10 D Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Rise, O my soul, to higher joys awaking Refrain First Line: Live unto Him whose gentle hand will guide thee Lyrics: 1 Rise, O my soul, to higher joys awaking, Rise and obey thy blessèd Master’s will; Now from the world and all its pleasures breaking, Live unto Him, and be thou faithful still. Refrain: Live unto Him whose gentle hand will guide thee Safe thro’ the ills that mark this fleeting shore; Live unto Him who walketh still beside thee, Live unto Him who liveth evermore. 2 Rise, O my soul, and overcome temptation, Stand like the brave amid the battle strife; Strong in the might and strength of thy salvation, Hold fast the hope of everlasting life. [Refrain] 3 Rise, O my soul, above thy care and sadness, Rise and rejoice, thy song of rapture swell; Praise Him who turns thy sorrow into gladness, Trust in the Lord, who doeth all things well. [Refrain] 4 Rise, O my soul, the way grows bright before thee, Soon wilt thou reach the sunny heights above; Haste, haste thee on to glory, unto glory, Till thou art lost in thy Redeemer’s praise. [Refrain] Used With Tune: KHMELNYTSKYI Text Sources: Our Praise in Song by John Sweney, William J. Kirkpatrick and Henry L. Gilmour (Philadelphia: John J. Hood, 1893)

O Blessed Home, That Cheerfully Receiveth

Author: Charles William Schaeffer; Karl Johann Philipp Spitta Meter: 11.10.11.10 D Appears in 12 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O blessed home, that cheerfully receiveth Thy visits, Jesus Christ, the soul's true Friend, That, far beyond all other guests, believeth It must to Thee its warmest cheer extend; Where ev'ry heart to Thee is fondly turning, Where ev'ry eye for Thee with pleasure speaks, Where all to know Thy will are truly yearning, And ev'ry one to do it promptly seeks. 2 O blessed home, where man and wife, united In Thy true love, have both one heart and mind, Where both to Thy salvation are invited, And in Thy doctrine both contentment find; Where both, to Thee, in truth, forever cleaving In joy, in grief, make Thee their only stay, And fondly hope in Thee to be believing, Both in the good and in the evil day. 3 O blessed home, where little children tender Are laid upon Thy heart with hands of prayer, Thou Friend of children, Who wilt freely render To them more than a mother's loving care, Where round Thy feet they gather, to Thee clinging, And hear Thy loving voice most willingly, And in their songs, Thy hearty praises ringing, Rejoice in Thee, O blessed Lord, in Thee. Topics: The Christian Life Home Used With Tune: HOME

O, Give Us To Eat

Author: Anonymous Meter: 11.10.11.10 D Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: What shall we do, for the desert is lonely Lyrics: 1 What shall we do, for the desert is lonely, Here have we lingered till close of the day; Father, ’tis nightfall, Thy children are hungry, Lord, we shall faint if Thou send us away; Rugged and cold are the mountains before us, If we must perish, we’ll die at Thy feet; Thou hast the bread that endureth forever, Savior, dear Savior, O give us to eat. 2 Grant us a faith that is firm and abiding, Faith that relies on Thy promise alone; Willing to trust Thee and wait for Thy blessing, Pleading no merit, no worth of its own; Where shall we turn for the sunlight of comfort, Where but to Thee in this barren retreat? Still do we hunger and thirst in the desert, Savior, dear Savior, O give us to eat. 3 Thanks for the dew of Thy soul cheering presence, Dropping like rain, as we journey along; Nourished and fed from Thy storehouse of mercy, Love be our watchword, and Jesus our song; Only in Thee is our hope of salvation, Only in Thee is our rapture complete; If but the crumbs that may fall from Thy table, Savior, dear Savior, O give us to eat. Used With Tune: MALLORCA Text Sources: Bright Jewels, by Robert Lowry (New York: Biglow & Main Company, 1869)