Text 1Life is great! So sing about it,As we can and as we should-Shop and buses, towns and people,Village, farmland, field and wood,Life is great and life is given;Life is lovely, free and good. 2Life is great! What ever happens,Snow or sunshine, joy or pain,Hardship, grief or disillusion,Suffering that I can’t explainLife is great if…
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Text 1As the bridegroom to His chosen,As the king to His realm,As the keep unto the castle,As the pilot to the helm,So, Lord, art Thou to me. 2As the fountain in the garden,As the candle in the dark,As the treasure in the coffer,As the manna in the ark,So, Lord, art Thou to me. 3As the…
Text 1Love consecrates the humblest actAnd haloes mercy’s deeds;It sheds a benediction sweetAnd hallows human needs. 2When in the shadow of the crossChrist knelt and washed the feetOf His disciples, He gave usA sign of love complete. 3Love serves and willing, stoops to serve;What Christ in love so trueHas freely done for one and all,Let…
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…
Text 1All who love and serve your city,All who bear its daily stress,All who cry for peace and justice,All who curse and all who bless. 2In your day of loss and sorrow,In your day of helpless strife,Honor, peace, and love retreating,Seek the Lord, who is your life. 3For all days are days of judgment,And the…
Text 1Father, help Your people in this world to buildSomething of Your kingdom and to do Your will,Lead us to discover partnership in love;Bless our ways of sharing and our pride remove. 2Lord of desk and altar, bind our lives in one,That in work and worship love may set the tone.Give us grace to listen,…
Text 1Lord, who dost give to Thy church for its healingGifts, and the grace to sustain and renew,Hear as we pray that today and each morrowWe to Thy purpose may show ourselves true. 2Clear be the voices of preachers and prophetsFearlessly speaking the word of the Lord,Word of redemption thro‘ God’s Son incarnate,Blessing for cursing,…
Text 1Is this a day of new beginnings,Time to remember and move on,Time too believe what love is bringing,Laying to rest the pain that’s gone? 2How can the seasons of a planetMindlessly spinning round its sunWith just a human name and numberSay that some new thing has begun? 3Yet through the life and death of…
Text 1Redeemed, how I love to proclaim it!Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb;Redeemed thro’ His infinite mercy,His child, and forever, I am. RefrainRedeemed, redeemed,Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb;Redeemed, how I love to proclaim it!His child and forever I am. 2I think of my blessed Redeemer,I think of Him all the day long;I…
Text 1“Forgive our sins as we forgive,”You taught us, Lord, to pray;But You alone can grant us graceTo live the words we say. 2How can Your pardon reach and blessThe unforgiving heartThat broods on wrongs and will not letOld bitterness depart? 3In blazing light Your cross revealsThe truth we dimly knew:How trifling others’ debts to…