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We Worship Thee, O Crucified

Author: Albert W. T. Orsborn Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: 1. We worship Thee, O Crucified! What glories didst Thou lay aside; What depth of human grief and sin Didst Thou consent to languish in, That through atoning blood outpoured Our broken peace might be restored! 2. We mourn that e’er our hearts should be One with a world that loves not Thee; That with the crowd we passed Thee by, And saw, but did not feel, Thee die. Not till we knew our guilt and shame Did we esteem our Savior’s name. 3. Though with our shame we shunned the light, Thou didst not leave us in the night; We were not left in sin to stray Unsought, unloved, from Thee away; For from Thy cross irradiates A power that saves and recreates. 4. O loved above all earthly love, To Thee our hearts adoring move; Thy boundless mercies yearn to save And in Thy blood sin’s wounds to lave. O speed the day when men shall see That human hopes are all in Thee. Used With Tune: MELITA

O God, Whose First Creative Word

Author: Judith Fetter Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: God The Triune God; Creation; Faith; God Creator; Grâce; Holy Spirit Presence; Hope; Temptation; Time; Trinity; Triumph; Word of God Used With Tune: MELITA

Hear, O My People, I Will Speak

Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1 Hear, O My people, I will speak, against thee I will testify; give ear to Me, O Israel, for God, thy cov'nant God, am I; I do not spurn thy sacrifice, thy off'rings are before My eyes. 2 I will receive from out thy fold no off'ring for My holy shrine; the cattle on a thousand hills and all the forest beasts are Mine; each mountain bird to Me is known, whatever roams the field I own. 3 Behold, if I should hungry grow, I would not tell My need to thee, for all the world itself is Mine. And all its wealth belongs to Me; why should I aught of thee receive, My thirst or hunger to relieve? 4 Bring thou to God the gift of thanks, and pay thy vows to God Most High; call ye upon My holy Name in days when sore distress in nigh; deliv'rance I will send to thee, and praises thou shalt give to Me. 5 Thus speaks the Lord to wicked men: My statutes why do ye declare? Why take My covenant in your mouth, since ye for wisdom do not care? For ye My holy words profane and cast them from you in disdain. 6 Ye have consented with the thief, ye have partaken with the vile, your mouths to evil words ye give your tongue proclaim deceit and guile, ye glory in your brother's shame, your mother's son do ye defame. 7 Thus have ye done; I silence kept, and this has been your secret thought, that I was wholly as yourselves, to take your evil deeds as nought; I will reprove you and array your deeds before your eyes this day. 8 Consider this, who God forget, lest I destroy with none to free; who offers sacrifice of thanks, he glorifies and honors Me; to him who orders well his way salvation free I will display. Topics: Revelation Scripture: Psalm 50 Used With Tune: MELITA Text Sources: The Psalter, 1912

How Shall We Answer Terror's Cry?

Author: Richard W. Adams Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: How shall we answer terror's cry Lyrics: 1. How shall we answer terror’s cry, The cunning blade, the flaming sky? When murderous spite knocks down our door And violence breaks upon our shore, O let us come and look to You To know Your will—what shall we do? 2. When Satan whispers, Hate your foe, Now take your vengeance—draw the bow, Protect us from the tempter’s guile, The lying voice, the evil smile. O let us come in trust to You, To hear the word we know is true. 3. When executioners hung You high You turned Your prayer up to the sky, And pled the Father to forgive, You asked that cruel men might live. O let us Your example take, And pray for sinners as we ache. 4. We pray that You their hearts will turn; And light a holy fire to burn Their dross away, so they may be Like gold refined, eternally. O let us pray that they become, Like us, with You forever one. Used With Tune: MELITA

Chaplain To The Forces

Author: Winifred Mary Letts Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Ambassadors of Christ you go Lyrics: 1 Ambassadors of Christ you go Up to the very gates of hell, Through fog of powder, storm of shell, To speak your Master’s message: Lo, The Prince of Peace is with you still, His peace be with you, His goodwill. 2 It is not small, your priesthood’s price, To be a man and yet stand by, To hold your life whilst others die, To bless, not share the sacrifice, To watch the strife and take no part— You with the fire at your heart. 3 But yours, for our great captain Christ To know the sweat of agony, The darkness of Gethsemane In anguish for these souls unpriced. Viceregent of God’s pity you, A sword must pierce your own soul through. 4 In the pale gleam of new-born day Apart in some tree-shadowed place, Your altar but a packing case, Rude as the shed where Mary lay, Your sanctuary the rain-drenched sod You bring the kneeling soldier, God. 5 As sentinel you guard the gate ’Twixt life and death, and unto death Speed the brave soul whose failing breath Shudders not at the grip of fate, But answers, gallant to the end, Christ is the Word—and I His friend. 6 Then God go with you, priest of God, For all is well and shall be well. What though you tread the roads of hell? With nail-pierced feet these ways He trod Above the anguish and the loss Still floats the ensign of His cross. Used With Tune: [Ambassadors of Christ you go] Text Sources: Hallow-e'en and Poems of the War (London: Smith, Elder and Company, 1916)

O God, beyond All Face and Form

Author: Herbert O'Driscoll (1928-) Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Creation; Creation; Love; Baptism (infants) Scripture: Genesis 1, 2:1-4 Used With Tune: MELITA

Him Dead And Buried We Confess

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1 Him dead and buried we confess, The storm our sins had raised t’appease, Three days and nights for us confined; But lo, emerging from the grave, He comes, a ransomed world to save, He preaches life to all mankind! 2 O that we all His words might hear, A greater far than Jonah fear, And live and die, at His command! Then shall the grave its prey restore, Raised by His resurrection’s power, And cast us on the heavenly land. Used With Tune: MELITA Text Sources: Short Hymns on Select Passages of Holy Scriptures, (Bristol, Engladn: E. Farley, 1762)

Surrounded by a Host of Foes

Author: Charles Wesley; John Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 37 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Surrounded by a host of foes, Stormed by a host of foes within, Nor swift to flee, nor strong t’oppose, Single, against hell, earth, and sin, Single, yet undismayed, I am; I dare believe in Jesus’ name. 2. What though a thousand hosts engage, A thousand worlds, my soul to shake? I have a shield shall quell their rage, And drive the alien armies back; Portrayed it bears a bleeding Lamb I dare believe in Jesus’ name. 3. Me to retrieve from Satan’s hands, Me from this evil world to free, To purge my sins, and loose my bands, And save from all iniquity, My Lord and God from Heav’n He came; I dare believe in Jesus’ name. 4. Salvation in His name there is, Salvation from sin, death, and hell, Salvation into glorious bliss, How great salvation, who can tell! But all He hath for mine I claim; I dare believe in Jesus’ name. Used With Tune: MELITA Text Sources: Hymns and Sacred Poems, by John & Charles Wesley, 1749

How Fair the Church of Christ Shall Stand

Author: T. H. Kingo, 1634-1703; O. T. (Sanden) Arneson, 1853-1917 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 7 hymnals Lyrics: 1 How fair the Church of Christ shall stand, A beacon light in all the land, When love and faith all hearts inspire, And all unite in one desire To be a fam'ly and agree To live in peace and unity. 2 'Tis all in vain that you profess The doctrines of the Church, unless You live according to your creed, And show your faith by word and deed. Observe the rule: To others do As you would have them do to you. 3 Resentment, hate, and cruel jest, Must not be harbored in the breast Where love and charity should dwell; Then think and speak of others well, Refrain from all that causes strife And mars a truly Christian life. 4 So let your tongue, your heart, and mind Agree to banish ev'ry kind Of malice, falsehood and disguise, And here on earth a paradise Of peace and harmony maintain, Where concord and good will shall reign. 5 For God observes our thoughts and deeds, The secrets of our heart He reads; The wicked cannot be concealed, Their evil ways shall be revealed, He ev'ry true believer knows, And love and grace on him bestows. 6 My soul, be therefore of good cheer, Though sinners threaten, scoff, and sneer, Serenely on your way proceed, Nor worldly strife and clamor heed, For Jesus' sake the cross you bear, And soon with Him the crown shall wear. 7 O gracious God, wilt Thou my heart So fashion in each secret part, That Thou be sanctified in me, Till Thee in heav'n above I see, Where holy, holy, holy Lord, We sing to Thee with one accord. Topics: Christian Unity and Peace; Trinity 4 Used With Tune: MELITA