This is the Threefold Truth

My first introduction to this hymn was in the Philippines. The music coordinators of the Adventist university church where I regularly attended chose it as the regular hymn of response to close the service, right before the postlude. It seemed like an appropriate choice for a hymn for it outlines what Seventh-day Adventists and other…

SDAH 641: God In His Love For Us

Text 1God in His love for us lent us this planet,Gave it a purpose in time and in space:Small as a spark from the fire of creation,Cradle of life and the home of our race. 2Thanks be to God for its bounty and beauty,Life that sustains us in body and mind:Plenty for all, if we…

SDAH 586: What Joy It Is to Worship Here

Text 1What joy it is to worship here,And find ourselves at home,Where God, who uses every gift,Has room for all who come! 2Yet are no two of us alikeOf all the human race,And we must seek a common groundIf we would share His grace. Hymn Info Biblical Reference(b) Luke 19:41 AuthorFred Pratt Green (1903-) Year…

SDAH 581: When the Church of Jesus

Text 1When the church of Jesus shuts its outer door,Lest the roar of traffic drown the voice of prayer:May our prayers, Lord make up ten times more awareThat the world we banish is our Christian care. 2If our hearts are lifted where devotion soarsHigh above this hungry suffering world of ours:Lest our hymns should drug…

SDAH 562: Come, Sing a Song of Harvest

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 lose wonder from…

SDAH 558: For the Fruits of His Creation

Text 1For the fruits of His creation, thanks be to God;For the gifts to every nation, thanks be to God;For the plowing, sowing, reaping,Silent growth while men are sleeping,Future needs in earth’s safe keeping, thanks be to God! 2In the just reward of labor, God’s will is done;In the hop we give our neighbor, God’s…

SDAH 548: Now Praise the Hidden God of Love

Text 1Now praise the hidden God of loveIn whom we all must live and move,Who shepherds us, at every stageThro’ youth, maturity, and age. 2Who challenged us, when were youngTo storm the citadels of wrong;In care for others taught us howGod’s true community must grow. 3Who bids us never lose our zest,Tho’ age is urging…

SDAH 397: An Upper Room

Text 1An upper room did our Lord prepareFor those loved until the end:And His disciples still gather there,To celebrate their risen Friend. 2And after supper He washed their feet,For service, too, is sacrament.In Him our joy shall be made completeSent out to serve, as He was sent. 3A lasting gift Jesus gave His own:To share…

SDAH 234: Christ Is the World’s Light

Text 1Christ is the world’s light,Christ and none other;born in our darkness,He became our brother-if we have seen Him,we have seen the Father:Glory to God on high! 2Christ is the world’s peace,Christ and none other;no one can serve Him,and despise another.Who else unites us,one in God the Father?Glory to God on high! 3Christ is the…

SDAH 231: Blest Be the King

Text 1Blest be the King whose comingIs in the name of God!For Him let doors be opened,No hearts against Him barred!Not robed in royal splendor,In power and pomp comes He;But clad as are the poorest,Such His humility. 2Blest be the King whose comingIs in the name of God!By those who truly listenHis voice is truly…