Sunday Audio Service – Trinity 10 – Holy Communion – 9/8/26
THOU, WHOSE ALMIGHTY WORD
Chaos and darkness heard,
And took their flight;
Hear us, we humbly pray,
And where the gospel-day
Sheds not its glorious ray,
Let there be light!
Thou who didst come to bring,
On Thy redeeming wing,
Healing and sight;
Health to the sick in mind,
Sight to the inly blind,
O now to all mankind
Let there be light!
Spirit of truth and love,
Life-giving, holy Dove,
Speed forth Thy flight;
Move on the waters’ face,
Bearing the lamp of grace,
And in earth’s darkest place
Let there be light!
Blessèd and holy Three,
Glorious Trinity,
Wisdom, love, might;
Boundless as ocean’s tide
Rolling in fullest pride,
Through the world far and wide
Let there be light!
John Marriott.
____________________________________________
O COME AND KNEEL BEFORE THE CROSS
where Jesus shed His blood
and stand in awe at what it cost
to purchase you for God.
Come see the nails that pierced His hands
and hear His anguished cry:
the pains of Hell that crushed the Lamb
to bring you Paradise.
O SEE THE KING OF HEAVEN
hang in agony for us.
Forsaken by His God,
He drains the foaming cup of wrath.
And still His joy could not be slain
beneath His tears of woe:
He bore the cross and scorned the shame
to welcome sinners home.
O COME AND WEEP FOR ALL YOUR SIN
that pierced His hands and feet,
for the Father laid your curse on Him,
His punishment, your peace.
See the crushing weight of all your guilt
now laid upon your Lord:
your sin was ended on that hill –
you bear its curse no more.
O HEAR THE MIGHTY LION ROAR
His dying victory cry:
“Now it is finished! Love has won!”
and the grave has no reply.
We cry: “Worthy, worthy is the Lamb
who was for sinners slain,
who shed His blood to purchase us
for heaven’s unending day.”
Ben Slee
__________________________________________
DEAR LORD AND FATHER OF MANKIND,
Forgive our foolish ways;
Reclothe us in our rightful mind;
In purer lives Thy service find,
In deeper reverence, praise,
In deeper reverence, praise.
In simple trust like theirs who heard,
Beside the Syrian sea,
The gracious calling of the Lord,
Let us, like them, without a word
Rise up and follow Thee,
Rise up and follow Thee.
O sabbath rest by Galilee!
O calm of hills above,
Where Jesus knelt to share with Thee
The silence of eternity,
Interpreted by love,
Interpreted by love.
With that deep hush subduing all
Our words and works that drown
The tender whisper of Thy call,
As noiseless let Thy blessing fall
As fell Thy manna down,
As fell Thy manna down.
Drop Thy still dews of quietness,
Till all our strivings cease;
Take from our souls the strain and stress,
And let our ordered lives confess
The beauty of Thy peace,
The beauty of Thy peace.
Breathe through the heats of our desire
Thy coolness and Thy balm;
Let sense be dumb, let flesh retire;
Speak through the earthquake, wind and fire,
O still small voice of calm,
O still small voice of calm!
John G. Whittier.
_______________________________________
GUIDE ME, O THOU GREAT JEHOVAH,
Pilgrim through this barren land;
I am weak, but Thou art mighty,
Hold me with Thy powerful hand:
Bread of heaven, Bread of heaven,
Feed me now and ever more,
Feed me now and ever more.
Open Thou the crystal fountain
Whence the healing stream doth flow;
Let the fiery, cloudy pillar
Lead me all my journey through:
Strong Deliverer, strong Deliverer,
Be Thou still my strength and shield,
Be Thou still my strength and shield.
When I tread the verge of Jordan
Bid my anxious fears subside;
Death of death, and hell’s destruction,
Land me safe on Canaan’s side:
Songs of praises, songs of praises,
I will ever give to Thee,
I will ever give to Thee.
William Williams.