“The great architect Frank Lloyd Wright was given the challenge of building the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, one of the most earthquake-prone cities in the world. Wright’s investigation showed that a solid foundation could be “floated” on a sixty-foot layer of soft mud underlying the hotel, which would provide a shock-absorbing but solid support for…
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Text Let all mortal flesh keep silence,And with fear and trembling stand;Ponder nothing earthly-minded,For with blessing in his hand,Christ our God to earth descendeth,Our full homage to demand. Amen. Hymn Info Biblical Reference(a) Hab 2:20 AuthorLiturgy of St. James TranslatorGerald Moultrie (1829-1885) Year Published1864 Hymn TunePICARDY Metrical Number8.7.8.7.8.7. Tune SourceFrench carol Year Composed17th century Hymn…
Text 1Lord, bless our homes with peace and love and laughter,With understanding and with loyalty.May we together follow Christ the MasterAnd know the blessing of His sov’reignty. 2May every heart receive His loving spiritAnd know the truth that makes life truly free;Then, in that spirit may we live united,And find in God our deep security.…
Text 1I vow to thee, my country,all earthly things above,Entire and whole and perfect,the service of my love:The love that asks the reason,the love that stands the test,That lays upon the altarthe dearest and the best;The love that never falters,the love that pays the price,The love that makes undauntedthe final sacrifice. 2And there’s another country,I’ve…
Text 1We praise Thee with our minds, O LordKept sharp think Thy thought;Come, Holy Ghost with grace outpoured,To teach what Christ hath taught.In all our learning may we seekThat wisdom from aboveWhich comes to all: the brave, the meekWho ask in faith and love. 2We praise Thee thro’ our bodies, Lord,Kept strong to do Thy…
Text 1For beauty of meadows, for grandeur of trees,For flowers of woodlands, for creatures of seas,For all You created and gave us to share,We praise You, Creator, extolling your care. 2As stewards of beauty received at Your hand,As creatures who hear Your most urgent command,We turn from our wasteful destruction of life,Confessing our failures, confessing…
Text 1Lord of all good, our gifts we bring You now;Use them Your holy purpose to fulfill.Tokens of love and pledges they shall beThat our whole life is offered to Your will. 2We give our minds to understand Your ways;Hands, voices, eyes to serve Your great design;Hearts with the flame of your own love ablaze:Thus…
Text 1As Jacob with travel was weary one day,At night on a stone for a pillow he lay;He saw in a vision a ladder so highThat its foot was on earth and its top in the sky. RefrainAlleluia to Jesus who died on the tree,And has raised up a ladder of mercy for me,And has…
Text 1Be Thou my Vision,O Lord of my heart;Naught be all else to me,save that Thou artThou my best Thought,by day or by night,Waking or sleeping,Thy presence my light. 2Be Thou my Wisdom,and Thou my true Word;I ever with Theeand Thou with me, Lord;Thou my great Father,I Thy true son;Thou in me dwelling,and I with…
Text 1How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,is laid for your faith in His excellent word!What more can He say than to you He hath said,to you who for refuge to Jesus have fled? 2“Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismayed,for I am thy God and will still give thee…