Archive for April 2012
Above: Diocesan Confirmation, Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta, Georgia, April 29, 2012
Image Source = Bill Monk, Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
(https://picasaweb.google.com/114749828757741527421/DiocesanConfirmation03#5736964539811998594)
Hymn Source = The New Psalms and Hymns (1901), of the Presbyterian Church in the United States
Words (1773), by the Reverend John Fawcett (1740-1817), English Baptist
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1. Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing;
Fill our hearts with joy and peace,
Let us each Thy love possessing
Triumph in redeeming grace
O refresh us,
Trav’ling thro’ this wilderness.
2. Thanks we give and adoration
For Thy Gospel’s joyful sound;
May the fruits of Thy salvation
In our hearts and lives abound;
Ever faithful
To the truth may we be found!
3. So, when’er the signal’s given
Us from earth to call away,
Borne on angel’s wings to heaven,
Glad the summons to obey,
May we ready
Rise, and reign in endless day.
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Another Hymn With the Same Name:
https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2013/12/21/lord-dismiss-us-with-thy-blessing-2/
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Above: Diocesan Confirmation, Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta, Georgia, April 29, 2012
Image Source = Bill Monk, Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
(https://picasaweb.google.com/114749828757741527421/DiocesanConfirmation03#5736962718221610242)
Words (1862) by Frederick W. Faber (1814-1863)
Hymn Source = The Church Hymnal (1935), of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ
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1. O Paradise, O Paradise,
Who doth not crave for rest?
Who would not seek the happy land
Where they that love are blest?
Chorus
Where loyal hearts and true
Stand ever in the light,
All rapture, thro’ and thro’,
In God’s most holy sight.
2. O Paradise, O Paradise,
‘Tis weary waiting here;
I long to be where Jesus is,
To feel, to see him near;
Chorus
3. O Paradise, O Paradise,
I want to sin no more,
I want be as pure on earth
As on thy spotless shore;
Chorus
4. O Paradise, O Paradise,
I greatly long to see
The special place my dearest Lord
Is destining for me,
Chorus
5. Lord Jesus, King of Paradise,
Oh, keep me in thy love,
And guide me to that happy land
Of perfect rest above;
Chorus
Above: Diocesan Confirmation, Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta, Georgia, April 29, 2012
Image Source = Bill Monk, Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
(https://picasaweb.google.com/114749828757741527421/DiocesanConfirmation03#5736963857028636402)
Words by Frederick W. Faber (1814-1863)
Hymn Source = The Methodist Hymnal (1935), of the Methodist Episcopal Church (1784-1939); the Methodist Protestant Church (1828-1939); and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (1845-1939)
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1. I worship Thee, most gracious God,
And all Thy ways adore;
And every day I live,
I seem to love Thee more and more.
2. When obstacles and trials seem
Like prison walls to be,
I do the little I can do,
And leave the rest to Thee.
3. I have no cares, O blessed Will,
For all my cares are Thine;
I live in triumph, Lord for Thou
Hast made Thy triumphs mine.
4. He always wins who sides with God;
To him no chance is lost;
God’s will is sweetest to him when
It triumphs at his cost.
5. Ill that he blesses is our good,
And unblest good is ill;
And all is right that seems most wrong,
If it be His sweet will.
Above: The Missal, by John William Waterhouse
Words by Frederick W. Faber (1814-1863)
Hymn Source = The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada (1971)
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1. Have mercy on us, God most high,
who lift our hearts to thee;
have mercy now, most merciful,
most holy Trinity.
2. Thou wert not born; there was no fount
from which thy being flowed;
there is no end which thou canst reach;
but thou art simply God.
3. When heaven and earth were yet unmade,
when time was yet unknown,
thou in thy bliss and majesty
didst live and love alone.
4. How wonderful creation is,
the work that thou didst bless;
and O what then must thou be like,
eternal loveliness!
5. Most ancient of all mysteries!
low at thy throne we lie;
have mercy now, most merciful,
most holy Trinity.
Above: Diocesan Confirmation, Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta, Georgia, April 29, 2012
Image Source = Bill Monk, Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
(https://picasaweb.google.com/114749828757741527421/DiocesanConfirmation03#5736961531737160258)
Hymn Source = Common Service Book (1917), of the predecessor bodies of the United Lutheran Church in America
Words (1849) by Frederick W. Faber (1814-1863)
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1. My God! how wonderful Thou art,
Thy majesty how bright!
How beautiful Thy Mercy seat
In depths of burning light!
2. Yet, I may love Thee too, O Lord!
Almighty as Thou art;
For Thou hast stooped to ask of me
The love of my poor heart.
3. No earthly father loves like Thee,
No mother e’er so mild,
Bears and forbears, as Thou hast done
With me, Thy sinful child.
4. My God! how wonderful Thou art,
Thou everlasting Friend!
On Thee I stay my trusting heart
Till faith in vision end.
Above: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Macon, Georgia, March 4, 2012
Image Source = Bill Monk, Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
(https://picasaweb.google.com/114749828757741527421/BishopAlexanderSVisitToStPaulSMacon#5716153530942740434)
Hymn Source = Common Service Book (1917), of the predecessor bodies of the United Lutheran Church in America (1918-1962)
Words (1849), by Father Frederick William Faber (1814-1863), an English Anglo-Catholic who converted to Roman Catholicism
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1. O Saviour, bless us ere we go;
Thy Word into our minds instill;
And make our lukewarm hearts to glow
With lowly love and fervent will.
Refrain
Through life’s long day, and death’s dark night,
O gentle Jesus, be our Light.
2. The day is done, its hours have run,
And thou has taken count of all,
The scanty triumphs grace hath won,
The broken vow, the frequent fall.
Refrain
3. Grant us, O Lord, from evil ways
True absolution and release;
And bless us more than in past days
With purity and inward peace.
Refrain
4. Do more than pardon: give us joy,
Sweet fear and sober liberty,
And loving hearts without alloy,
That only long to be like Thee.
Refrain
5. Labor is sweet for Thou hast toiled;
And care is light for Thou hast cared;
Ah, never let our works be soiled
With self, or by deceit ensnared.
Refrain
6. For all we love, the poor, the sad,
The sinful, unto Thee we call;
O let Thy mercy make us glad;
Thou art our Jesus and our All.
Refrain
Above: Sower
Image Source = Library of Congress
(http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/mpc2005002873/PP/)
Hymn Source = The New Psalms and Hymns (1901), of the Presbyterian Church in the United States
Words (1816) by the Reverend John Cawood, of The Church of England; he wrote seventeen hymns
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1. Almighty God, Thy word is cast
Like seed into the ground;
O may it grow in humble hearts,
And righteous fruits abound.
2. Let not the foe of Christ and man
This holy seed remove,
But give it root in praying souls
To bring forth fruits of love.
3. Let not the world’s deceitful cares
The rising plant destory,
But may it, in converted minds,
Produce the fruits of joy.
4. Let not They word, so kindly sent
To raise us to Thy throne,
Return to Thee, and sadly tell
That we reject Thy Son.
Above: Flag of England
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Dismiss Us With Thy Blessing:
https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2012/04/28/dismiss-us-with-thy-blessing-lord/
Come, Holy Spirit, Come!:
https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2012/04/28/come-holy-spirit-come/
That Solemn Night:
https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2012/04/28/that-solemn-night/
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Above: Church of the Common Ground, Atlanta, Georgia, April 5, 2012
(The Church of the Common Ground is a ministry to homeless people.)
Image Source = Bill Monk, Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
(https://picasaweb.google.com/114749828757741527421/CommonGroundFootwashingAndEucharist#5728362228570780674)
Hymn Source = The Church Hymnal (1935), of the Church of the United Brethren, a predecessor body of The United Methodist Church (1968-)
Words (1768) by the Reverend Joseph Hart (1712-1768)
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1. That solemn night before his death,
The Lamb, for sinners slain,
Did, almost with his dying breath,
This solemn feast ordain.
2. To keep the feast, Lord, we have met,
And to remember thee;
Help each each poor trembler to repeat,
For me, he died, for me.
3. Thy suff’rings, Lord, each sacred sign
To our remembrance brings;
We eat the bread and drink the wine,
But think on nobler things.
4. Oh, tune our tongues, and set in frame
Each heart that pants for thee,
To sing, Hosanna to the Lamb,
The Lamb that died for me.
GATHERED PRAYERS 
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