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Author: James Drummond Burns Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 236 hymnals Topics: Invitation and Response; Invitation and Response Lyrics: 1 Hushed was the evening hymn, the temple courts were dark, the lamp was burning dim before the sacred ark, when suddenly a voice divine rang through the silence of the shrine. 2 The old man, meek and mild, the priest of Israel, slept; his watch, the temple-child, the little Levite, kept; and what from Eli's sense was sealed, the Lord to Hannah's son revealed. 3 O give me Samuel's ear! The open ear, O Lord, alive and quick to hear each whisper of thy word; like him to answer at thy call, and to obey thee first of all. 4 O give me Samuel's heart! A lowly heart that waits where in thy house thou art, or watches at thy gates by day and night, a heart that still moves at the breathing of thy will. 5 O give me Samuel's mind! A sweet, unmurm'ring faith, obedient and resigned to thee in life and death, that I may read with childlike eyes truths that are hidden from the wise. Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:3-10 Used With Tune: SAMUEL

Our Great Savior

Author: J. Wilbur Chapman, 1859-1918 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 78 hymnals Topics: Invitation and Response First Line: Jesus! what a Friend for sinners! Refrain First Line: Hallelujah! what a Savior! Used With Tune: HYFRYDOL

Take My Life That It May Be

Author: Frances R. Havergal Meter: 7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 1,200 hymnals Topics: Invitation and Response; Invitation and Response Lyrics: 1 Take my life that it may be all you purpose, Lord, for me. Take my moments and my days; let them sing your ceaseless praise, let them sing your ceaseless praise. 2 Take my hands and let them move at the impulse of your love. Take my feet and lead their way; never let them go astray, never let them go astray. 3 Take my voice and let me sing always, only, for my King. Take my lips and keep them true, filled with messages from you, filled with messages from you. 4 Take my life, O Lord, renew, consecrate my heart to you. Take my self, and I will be yours for all eternity, yours for all eternity. Scripture: Isaiah 6:8 Used With Tune: HENDON

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CANONBURY

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 590 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Robert Schumann Topics: Invitation and Response Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 53334 32123 56712 Used With Text: Lord, Speak to Me, That I May Speak

LEAD ME, LORD

Meter: Irregular Appears in 49 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Samuel Sebastian Wesley Topics: Sanctifiying and Perfecting Grace Prayer, Trust, Hope; Particular Times of Worship Closing of Worship; Hope; Service Music Prayer for Illumination; Service Music Invitation to Prayer; Service Music Prayer Responses Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 32143 21332 53212 Used With Text: Lead Me, Lord

SPIRIT SONG

Meter: 9.7.11 D Appears in 25 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John Wimber Topics: Prevenient Grace Invitation; Affliction and Tribulation; Call to the Christian Life; Choruses and Refrains; Jesus Christ Name of; Joy; Service Music Prayer Responses Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 34566 66623 45556 Used With Text: Spirit Song

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O Jesus, I Have Promised

Author: John E. Bode Hymnal: Moravian Book of Worship #603 (1995) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Topics: Invitation and Response; Invitation and Response; Invitation and Response Lyrics: 1 O Jesus, I have promised to serve you to the end; be now and ever near me, my master and my friend. I shall not fear the battle if you are by my side, nor wander from the pathway if you will be my guide. 2 O let me feel you near me; the world is ever near: I see the sights that dazzle, the tempting sounds I hear. My foes are ever near me, around me and within; but, Jesus, draw still nearer and shield my soul from sin! 3 O let me hear you speaking in accents clear and still, above the storms of passion, the murmurs of self-will. O speak to reassure me, to hasten or control; and speak to make me listen, O guardian of my soul. 4 O Jesus, you have promised to all who follow you that where you are in glory your servants shall be too. And, Jesus, I have promised to serve you to the end; O give me grace to follow, my master and my friend. Scripture: Joshua 24:15-16 Languages: English Tune Title: ANGEL'S STORY

Jesus Calls Us

Author: Cecil Frances Alexander Hymnal: Moravian Book of Worship #600 (1995) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Topics: Invitation and Response; Invitation and Response First Line: Jesus calls us; o'er the tumult Lyrics: 1 Jesus calls us; o’er the tumult of our life’s wild, restless sea, day by day his voice is sounding, saying, “Christian, follow me.” 2 Long ago apostles heard it by the Galilean lake, turned from home and work and fam'ly, leaving all for his dear sake. 3 Jesus calls us from the worship of the vain world's golden store, from each idol that would keep us, saying, "Christian, love me more." 4 In our joys and in our sorrows, days of work and hours of ease, still he calls, in cares and pleasures, “Christian, love me more than these.” 5 Jesus calls us; by your mercies, Savior, may we hear your call, give our hearts to your obedience, serve and love you best of all. Scripture: Matthew 4:17-25 Languages: English Tune Title: GALILEE

I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say

Author: Horatius Bonar Hymnal: Moravian Book of Worship #606 (1995) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Topics: Invitation and Response; Invitation and Response Lyrics: 1 I heard the voice of Jesus say, “Come unto me and rest; lay down, O weary one, lay down your head upon my breast.” I came to Jesus as I was, so weary, worn and sad; I found him in a resting place, and he has made me glad. 2 I heard the voice of Jesus say, “Behold, I freely give the living water; thirsty one, stoop down and drink and live.” I came to Jesus, and I drank of that life-giving stream; my thirst was quenched, my soul revived, and now I live in him. 3 I heard the voice of Jesus say, “I am this dark world’s Light; look unto me, your morn shall rise, and all your day be bright.” I looked to Jesus, and I found in him my Star, my Sun; and in that Light of life I’ll walk till trav'ling days are done. Scripture: Matthew 11:28-30 Languages: English Tune Title: THIRD MODE MELODY

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John Ernest Bode

1816 - 1874 Person Name: John E. Bode Topics: Invitation and Response; Invitation and Response; Invitation and Response Author of "O Jesus, I Have Promised" in Moravian Book of Worship John E. Bode (b. St. Pancras, England, 1816; d. Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire, England, 1874) A fine student at Christ Church, Oxford, England, and a prominent scholar who gave the famous Bampton Lectures ("for the exposition and defense of the Christian faith") at Oxford in 1855, was a rector in Westwell, Oxfordshire, and in Castle Camps. This gifted poet and hymn writer published Hymns for the Gospel of the Day, for Each Sunday and Festivals of Our Lord in 1860. Bert Polman ============== Bode, John Ernest, M.A., son of Mr. William Bode, late of the General Post Office, b. 1816, and educated at Eton, the Charter House, and at Christ Church, Oxford, graduating B.A. 1837, and M.A. in due course. Taking Holy Orders in 1841, he became Rector of Westwell, Oxfordshire, 1847; and then of Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire, 1860. He was also for a time Tutor of his College, and Classical Examiner. His Bampton Lectures were delivered in 1855. He d. at Castle Camps, Oct. 6, 1874. In addition to his Bampton Lectures, and Ballads from Herodotus, he published Hymns from the Gospel of the Day for each Sunday and Festivals of our Lord, 1860; and Short Occasional Poems, Lond., Longmans, 1858. In addition to his well-known hymn, “O Jesu, I have promised " (q. v.), the following from his Hys. from the Gospel are also in common use:— 1. God of heaven, enthroned in might. H. Trinity. 2. Spirit of Truth, indwelling Light. Whitsuntide. -John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================= Bode, John E. , p. 151, ii. Additional pieces from his Hys.from the Gospel of the Day, &c, 1800, are in common use :— (1) "Sweetly the Sabbath bell" (Sunday); (2) "Thou Who hast called us by Thy word" (20th S. after Trinity). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Person Name: Eliza E. Hewitt, 1851-1920 Topics: Invitation and Response Author of "Give Me Thy Heart" in Hymnal of the Church of God Pseudonym: Lidie H. Edmunds. Eliza Edmunds Hewitt was born in Philadelphia 28 June 1851. She was educated in the public schools and after graduation from high school became a teacher. However, she developed a spinal malady which cut short her career and made her a shut-in for many years. During her convalescence, she studied English literature. She felt a need to be useful to her church and began writing poems for the primary department. she went on to teach Sunday school, take an active part in the Philadelphia Elementary Union and become Superintendent of the primary department of Calvin Presbyterian Church. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

Cecil Frances Alexander

1818 - 1895 Topics: Invitation and Response; Invitation and Response Author of "Jesus Calls Us" in Moravian Book of Worship As a small girl, Cecil Frances Humphries (b. Redcross, County Wicklow, Ireland, 1818; Londonderry, Ireland, 1895) wrote poetry in her school's journal. In 1850 she married Rev. William Alexander, who later became the Anglican primate (chief bishop) of Ireland. She showed her concern for disadvantaged people by traveling many miles each day to visit the sick and the poor, providing food, warm clothes, and medical supplies. She and her sister also founded a school for the deaf. Alexander was strongly influenced by the Oxford Movement and by John Keble's Christian Year. Her first book of poetry, Verses for Seasons, was a "Christian Year" for children. She wrote hymns based on the Apostles' Creed, baptism, the Lord's Supper, the Ten Commandments, and prayer, writing in simple language for children. Her more than four hundred hymn texts were published in Verses from the Holy Scripture (1846), Hymns for Little Children (1848), and Hymns Descriptive and Devotional ( 1858). Bert Polman ================== Alexander, Cecil Frances, née Humphreys, second daughter of the late Major John Humphreys, Miltown House, co. Tyrone, Ireland, b. 1823, and married in 1850 to the Rt. Rev. W. Alexander, D.D., Bishop of Derry and Raphoe. Mrs. Alexander's hymns and poems number nearly 400. They are mostly for children, and were published in her Verses for Holy Seasons, with Preface by Dr. Hook, 1846; Poems on Subjects in the Old Testament, pt. i. 1854, pt. ii. 1857; Narrative Hymns for Village Schools, 1853; Hymns for Little Children, 1848; Hymns Descriptive and Devotional, 1858; The Legend of the Golden Prayers 1859; Moral Songs, N.B.; The Lord of the Forest and his Vassals, an Allegory, &c.; or contributed to the Lyra Anglicana, the S.P.C.K. Psalms and Hymns, Hymns Ancient & Modern, and other collections. Some of the narrative hymns are rather heavy, and not a few of the descriptive are dull, but a large number remain which have won their way to the hearts of the young, and found a home there. Such hymns as "In Nazareth in olden time," "All things bright and beautiful," "Once in Royal David's city," "There is a green hill far away," "Jesus calls us o'er the tumult," "The roseate hues of early dawn," and others that might be named, are deservedly popular and are in most extensive use. Mrs. Alexander has also written hymns of a more elaborate character; but it is as a writer for children that she has excelled. - John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) =============== Alexander, Cecil F., née Humphreys, p. 38, ii. Additional hymns to those already noted in this Dictionary are in common use:— 1. Christ has ascended up again. (1853.) Ascension. 2. His are the thousand sparkling rills. (1875.) Seven Words on the Cross (Fifth Word). 3. How good is the Almighty God. (1S48.) God, the Father. 4. In [a] the rich man's garden. (1853.) Easter Eve. 5. It was early in the morning. (1853.) Easter Day. 6. So be it, Lord; the prayers are prayed. (1848.) Trust in God. 7. Saw you never in the twilight? (1853.) Epiphany. 8. Still bright and blue doth Jordan flow. (1853.) Baptism of Our Lord. 9. The angels stand around Thy throne. (1848.) Submission to the Will of God. 10. The saints of God are holy men. (1848.) Communion of Saints. 11. There is one Way and only one. (1875.) SS. Philip and James. 12. Up in heaven, up in heaven. (1848.) Ascension. 13. We are little Christian children. (1848.) Holy Trinity. 14. We were washed in holy water. (1848.) Holy Baptism. 15. When of old the Jewish mothers. (1853.) Christ's Invitation to Children. 16. Within the Churchyard side by side. (1848.) Burial. Of the above hymns those dated 1848 are from Mrs. Alexander's Hymns for Little Children; those dated 1853, from Narrative Hymns, and those dated 1875 from the 1875 edition of Hymns Ancient & Modern. Several new hymns by Mrs. Alexander are included in the 1891 Draft Appendix to the Irish Church Hymnal. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ============= Alexander, Cecil F. , p. 38, ii. Mrs. Alexander died at Londonderry, Oct. 12, 1895. A number of her later hymns are in her Poems, 1896, which were edited by Archbishop Alexander. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) See also in:Hymn Writers of the Church

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