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A HYMN FOR TODAY – Jesus, Good Above All Other

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A HYMN FOR TODAY

Jesus, good above all other,
Gentle child of gentle mother,
In a stable born our brother,
Give us grace to persevere.

Jesus, cradled in a manger,
For us facing every danger,
Living as a homeless stranger,
We make You our king most dear.

Jesus, for Your people dying,
Risen Master, death defying,
Lord in heaven, grace supplying,
By Your altar, keep us near.

Jesus, who, our sorrows bearing,
All our thoughts and hopes are sharing,
Unto man the truth declaring,
Help us all Your truth to hear.

Lord, in all our doings guide us;
Let not pride and hate divide us;
We go on with You beside us,
And with joy will persevere!

8.8.8.7 – Percy Dearmer, 1906

Tune: Quem Pastores Laudavere – German Folk Melody, 1350
arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1906)

# 162 in Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs

A HYMN FOR TODAY – Give Me the Wings of Faith to Rise

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A HYMN FOR TODAY

Give me the wings of faith to rise
Within the veil, and see
The saints above, how great their joys,
How bright their glories be.
Once they were mourning here below,
And drenched their couch with tears:
They wrestled hard, as we do now,
With sins and doubts and fears.

I ask them whence their vict’ry came;
They, with united breath,
Ascribe their conquest to the Lamb,
Their triumph to His death.
Our glorious leader claims our praise
For His own pattern giv’n,
While yet His cloud of witnesses
Show the same path to heav’n.

CMD (8.6.8.6.D) – Isaac Watts, 1707

Tune: FOREST GREEN – English Folk Tune
arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906, alt.

#726 in Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, 2012

This hymn was originally written as four CM verses, now combined to make two CMD verses to fit the music of the folk tune, FOREST GREEN, arranged by Ralph Vaughn Williams.

A HYMN FOR TODAY — Give Me the Wings of Faith to Rise

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A HYMN FOR TODAY

Give me the wings of faith to rise
Within the veil, and see
The saints above, how great their joys,
How bright their glories be.
Once they were mourning here below,
And drenched their couch with tears:
They wrestled hard, as we do now,
With sins and doubts and fears.

I ask them whence their vict’ry came;
They, with united breath,
Ascribe their conquest to the Lamb,
Their triumph to His death.
Our glorious leader claims our praise
For His own pattern giv’n,
While yet His cloud of witnesses
Show the same path to heav’n.

CMD (8.6.8.6.D) – Isaac Watts, 1707

Tune: FOREST GREEN – English Folk Tune

arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906, alt.

#726 in Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, 2012

This hymn was originally written as four CM verses, now combined to make two CMD verses to fit the music of FOREST GREEN.