| 925. Remember, Lord, the world you made |
Remember, Lord, the world you made,
for Adam's race to find
the life of heaven on earth displayed,
a home for humankind.
2. A home of peace: but war and strife
and hatred we confess;
where death is… |
| 924. O God, whose all-sustaining hand |
O God, whose all-sustaining hand
is over this and every land,
whose laws from age to age have stood,
sure guardians of our common good,
may love of justice rule our days
and ordered freedom guide our… |
| 61. O God, hear me calling and answer, I pray! |
O God, hear me calling and answer, I pray!
No distance can silence the words that I say,
no mountain, no ocean can hinder my prayer
when deep is my sorrow and dark my despair.
2. When trouble… |
| 567. Christ is made the sure foundation |
Christ is made the sure foundation,
Christ the head and cornerstone
chosen of the Lord and precious,
binding all the church in one;
holy Zion's help for ever,
and her confidence alone.
2. All within… |
| 90. O Lord our God, in every age |
O Lord our God, in every age
our home upon the earth!
Before you built the mountain range
or brought this world to birth,
from countless eras seen by none
to futures vast, unknown,
you are the… |
| 451. Who believes what we have heard |
Who believes what we have heard,
who has seen God's power made known?
When the Servant of the Lord
grew unnoticed and alone;
undesired by those around
and unlovely to their eyes,
like a root in desert… |
| 357. Glory be to God on high |
Glory be to God on high
and peace on earth descend!
God comes down; he bows the sky
and shows himself our friend;
God the invisible appears!
God the blessed, the great I AM,
dwelling in this world of… |
| 342. You servants of God |
You servants of God,
your master proclaim,
and tell out abroad
his wonderful name;
the name all-victorious
of Jesus extol,
his kingdom is glorious,
and rules over all.
2. God rules in the… |
| 34. Tell his praise in song and story |
Tell his praise in song and story,
bless the Lord with heart and voice;
in my God is all my glory,
come before him and rejoice.
Join to praise his name together,
he who hears his people’s… |
| 258. Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father |
'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 for ever wilt be.
'Great is thy… |
| 697. Above the voices of the world around me |
Above the voices of the world around me,
my hopes and dreams, my cares and loves and fears,
the long-awaited call of Christ has found me,
the voice of Jesus echoes in my ears:
'I gave my life to break… |
| 570. Glorious things of you are spoken |
Glorious things of you are spoken,
Zion, city of our God!
He whose word cannot be broken
formed you for his own abode:
on the Rock of ages founded,
what can shake your sure repose?
With salvation's… |
| 225. Again the Lord's own day is here |
Again the Lord's own day is here,
the day to Christian people dear,
when Jesus Christ, the church’s head,
arose in power and left the dead.
2. By all his flock, our Lord declared,
his… |
| 194. O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness |
O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness,
bow down before him, his glory proclaim;
with gold of obedience and incense of lowliness,
kneel and adore him; the Lord is his name.
2. Low at his feet… |
| 74. O God, why have you cast us off for ever |
O God, why have you cast us off for ever,
in anger at the sheep within your fold?
Remember us, the people that you ransomed,
and Zion's mountain, where you dwelt of old.
Walk through and see the utter… |
| 621. God of the world's great cities |
God of the world's great cities
with all their soaring towers,
as commerce builds its empires
and multiplies its powers:
this is the earth that Jesus trod;
do not abandon us, O God!
2. God of the… |
| 144. I'll praise the Lord, my rock |
I'll praise the Lord, my rock,
who trains my hands for war;
who is my loving God and shield,
and my deliverer.
Yet we are weak, and fail,
no stronger than a breath;
Lord, what is man, so small, so… |
| 1297. What kind of king? |
WHAT KIND OF KING IS CROWNED WITH THORNS
or robed in nakedness and shame?
So cruelly beaten, mocked and scorned,
he bears the weight of all our blame.
What kind of king would stand condemned,… |
| 486. Behold the glories of the Lamb |
Behold the glories of the lamb
upon his Father's throne;
prepare new honours for his name
and songs before unknown!
2. Let elders worship at his feet,
the church adore around,
with golden bowls of… |
| 1305. My hymn of praise |
MY HYMN OF PRAISE SHALL BE ‘FOR EVER JESUS’,
my firm foundation in shifting sands;
my strength and hope through many fears and failures,
the disappointments of the past—
his… |
| 119D. Lord, I delight to recall your commandments |
Lord, I delight to recall your commandments
and the perfection of your moral law;
teach me, instruct me, and thus I'll retain them
deep in my heart to the end of my days.
2. Keep me from… |
| 91A. Shelter safely in the shadow |
Shelter safely in the shadow
of the Almighty, God most High;
call the Lord your rock and fortress,
God on whom your hopes rely.
Kept by him from mortal danger,
saved from hazards well… |
| 453. When I survey the wondrous cross |
When I survey the wondrous cross
on which the Prince of glory died,
my richest gain I count as loss,
and pour contempt on all my pride.
2. Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast
save in the cross of… |
| 846. Lord and Saviour, true and kind |
Lord and saviour, true and kind,
be the Master of my mind;
bless and guide and strengthen still
all my powers of thought and will.
2. While I face the scholar's task,
Jesus Christ, be near, I… |
| 363. Joy to the world, the Lord has come |
Joy to the world, the Lord has come!
Let earth receive her King,
let every heart prepare him room,
and heaven and nature sing,
and heaven and nature sing,
and heaven, and heaven and nature sing!
2.… |
| 115. Not to us be glory given |
Not to us be glory given
but to him who reigns above:
Glory to the God of heaven
for his faithfulness and love!
What though unbelieving voices
hear no word and see no sign,
still in God my heart… |
| 1051. Lightning flash and rumbling thunder |
Lightning flash and rumbling thunder
from the throne of God on high,
where the creatures and the angels
day and night forever cry:
‘Holy, holy, Lord Almighty,
was and is and is to come!
Praise… |
| 31. In you, O Lord, I find my refuge |
In you, O Lord, I find my refuge;
never let me be put to shame!
My rock, my fortress, help me, guide me:
come for the sake of your great name!
Into your hands I trust my spirit,
Lord God of… |
| CP13. From the squalor of a borrowed stable |
FROM THE SQUALOR OF A BORROWED STABLE,
by the Spirit and a virgin’s faith;
to the anguish and the shame of scandal
came the Saviour of the human race.
But the skies were filled with the praise… |
| 1156. There is an everlasting kindness |
There is an everlasting kindness you lavished on us,
when the radiance of heaven came to rescue the lost.
You called the sheep without a shepherd to leave their distress
for your streams of… |
