SDAH 568: Make Me a Captive, Lord

For Worship Leaders Text 1Make me a captive, Lord, and then I shall be free;Force me to render up my sword, and I shall conqueror be.I sink in life’s alarms when by myself I stand;Imprison me within Thine arms, and strong shall be my hand. 2My heart is weak and poor until it a master…

SDAH 567: Have Thine Own Way, Lord

For Worship Leaders Text 1Have thine own way, Lord! Have thine own way!Thou art the potter, I am the clay.Mold me and make me after thy will,while I am waiting, yielded and still. 2Have thine own way, Lord! Have thine own way!Search me and try me, Savior today!Wash me just now, Lord, wash me just…

SDAH 566: Father, We Thank You

For Worship Leaders Text 1Father, we thank You for the light that shines all the day;For the bright sky You have given most like Your heaven;Father, we thank You. 2Father, we thank You for the lamps that lighten the way;For human skill’s exploration of Your creation;Father, we thank You. 3Father, we thank You for the…

SDAH 565: For the Beauty of the Earth

For Worship Leaders Text 1For the beauty of the earth,for the glory of the skies,for the love which from our birthover and around us lies;Lord of all, to Thee we raisethis our grateful song of praise. 2For the joy of human love,brother, sister, parent, child,friends on earth and friends above,Pleasures pure and undefiled,Lord of all,…

SDAH 564: For Sunrise Hope and Sunset Calm

For Worship Leaders Text 1For sunrise hope and sunset calm, and all that lies between,For all the sweetness and the balm that is and that has been,For comradeship for peace in strife, and light on darkened days;For work to do and strength for life we sing our hymn of praise. 2But O, we press far,…

SDAH 563: Praise and Thanksgiving

For Worship Leaders Text 1Praise and thanksgiving let everyone bringUnto our Father for every good thing.All together joyfully sing! Hymn Info Biblical Reference(a) Ps 147:7 AuthorEdith Lovell Thomas Year Published1950 Performance SuggestionsAccompaniment may repeat any 4-bar phrase for duration of the canon. CopyrightUsed by permission of Friendship Press. Hymn TuneLOBET UND PREISET Metrical Number10.10.8. ComposerAccomp.…

SDAH 562: Come, Sing a Song of Harvest

For Worship Leaders Text 1Come, sing a song of harvest, Of thanks for daily food!To offer God the first-fruits is old as gratitude. 2Long, long ago, the reapers, before they kept the feast,Put first-fruits in a basket, and took it to the priest. 3Shall we, sometimes forgetful oh where creation starts,With science in our pockets…

SDAH 561: We Plow the Fields

For Worship Leaders Text 1We plow the fields, and scatter the good seed on the land,But it is fed and watered by God’s almighty hand.He sends the snow in winter, the warmth to swell the grain,The breezes and the sunshine, and soft refreshing rain. RefrainAll good gifts around usAre sent from heaven above;Then thank the…

SDAH 560: Let All Things Now Living

For Worship Leaders Text 1Let all things now living a song of thanksgivingTo God the Creator triumphantly raise,Who fashioned and made us, protected and stayed us,Who guideth us on to the end of our days.His banners are o’er us, His light goes before us,A pillar of fire shining forth in the night,‘Til shadows have vanished…