Let All Things Now Living

Katherine K. Davis, 1892-1980

Descant by Tom Fettke, 1941-

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1 Let all things now living a song of thanksgiving

To God the Creator triumphantly raise;

Who fashioned and made us, protected and stayed us,

Who still guides us on to the end of our days,

God’s banners are o’er us, His light goes before us,

A pillar of fire shining forth in the night:

Till shadows have vanished and darkness is banished,

As forward we travel from light into light.

2 His law He enforces, the stars in their courses,

And sun in its orbit obediently shine,

The hills and the mountains, the rivers and fountains,

The depths of the ocean proclaim Him divine.

We too, should be voicing our love and rejoicing

With glad adoration, a song let us raise:

Till all things now living unite in thanksgiving,

“To God in the highest, hosanna and praise!”

Chorus director: Mark Beachy

Hymns of the Church, # 14

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Blessed Are They Who Will Trust in the Lord

Friedrich Munz, 1865-1916

Tr. Dan Nickel, 1993

Words & music © Copyright 2010 by Larry K. Nickel. Used by permission.

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1 Blessed are they who will trust in the Lord

Who offers us love and grace.

Almighty Pow’r, every foe is subdued

He saves us in wondrous ways.

Chorus:

Blessed are they who trust in the Lord,

Blessed yes, wonderf’ly blessed are they.

Praise to the Lord! Shining Star of Grace.

Guide us, O Father, along your way,

Guide us, O Father, along your way.

Blessed are they,

Blessed are they,

Blessed are they who trust in the Lord.

Blessed are they,

Blessed are they,

Blessed are they who trust in the Lord.

2 Blessed are they who are led by His hand

Thru the ups and the downs each day.

Blessed the hand who reigns over all,

Who strong and secure shall stay.

3 Blessed are they who are quiet in pain,

Such pain that the Lord allows.

Comforting cross where the Saviour was slain

Brings hope to the suffering brow.

4 Blessed are they who will trust in the Lord

And follow that Godly light.

Eternal Word, what a fortress of pow’r

Victorious it takes the fight.

Chorus director: Mark Beachy

Hymns of the Church, # 997

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Bread for the Journey

Bret Hesla

Copyright 1990 Bret Hesla.

Posted by permission of Augsburg Fortress.

1 Give us bread for the journey. Give us bread.

Give us bread for the journey. Give us bread.

When our feet are getting heavy

And we’re hanging down our heads,

Give us bread for the journey. Give us bread.

2 Guide our way as we travel. Guide our way.

Guide our way as we travel. Guide our way.

With so many roads before us,

Where to go is hard to say.

Guide our way as we travel. Guide our way.

3 Make us one with each other. Make us one.

Make us one with each other. Make us one.

All the walls we’ve built around us

May we learn to tear them down.

Make us one with each other. Make us one.

4 Lead us home to the garden. Lead us home.

Lead us home to the garden. Lead us home.

Where we’ll live with all creation,

Find our place and never roam.

Lead us home to the garden. Lead us home.

5 Give us bread for the journey. Give us bread.

Give us bread for the journey. Give us bread.

When our feet are getting heavy

And we’re hanging down our heads,

Give us bread for the journey. Give us bread.

Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

Robert Robinson, 1735-1790

1 Come, thou Fount of every blessing,

Tune my heart to sing thy grace;

Streams of mercy, never ceasing,

Call for songs of loudest praise.

Teach me some melodious sonnet,

Sung by flaming tongues above.

Praise the mount I’m fixed upon it

Mount of God’s redeeming love.

2 Here I raise my Ebenezer;

Hither by thy help I’ve come;

And I hope, by thy good pleasure,

Safely to arrive at home.

Jesus sought me when a stranger,

Wandering from the fold of God;

He, to rescue me from danger,

Bought me with his precious blood.

3 Oh, to grace how great a debtor

Daily I’m constrained to be!

Let thy goodness, like a fetter,

Bind my wandering heart to thee:

Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,

Prone to leave the God I love;

Here’s my heart, O take and seal it;

Seal it for thy courts above.

Chorus director: Mark Beachy

Lord, in the Fullness of My Might

Thomas H. Gills, 1819-1906

1 Lord, in the fullness of my might,

I would for Thee be strong;

While runneth o’er each dear delight,

To Thee should soar my song.

2 I would not give the world my heart,

And then profess Thy love;

I would not feel my strength depart,

And then Thy service prove.

3 I would not with swift-winged zeal

On the world’s errands go,

And labour up the heav’nly hill

With weary feet and slow.

4 O not for Thee my weak desires,

My poorer, baser part!

O not for Thee my fading fires,

The ashes of my heart.

5 O choose me in my golden time,

In my dear joys have part!

For Thee the glory of my prime,

The fullness of my heart. Amen.

Chorus director: Mark Beachy

Hymns of the Church, # 965

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The Music of Heaven

Elisha A. Hoffman, 1839-1929

1 The music of heaven is sweeter in measure

And purer in every strain,

Than the music of earth, tho’ it fills us with pleasure,

As it thrillingly rolls over valley and plain.

Chorus:

Oh, music of heaven

So rich and so sweet;

Oh, joy that it brings us!

So full and complete.

2 The music of heaven is grander in rhyming

Than any that mortal e’er toned,

And the mansions of glory forever are chiming

With the songs that arise to the Saviour enthroned.

3 The music of heaven, no mortal can sing it,

Save he who attunes his poor soul,

At the throne of the Father, to swell and to ring it,

With the angels to make it thru paradise roll.

Chorus director: Mark Beachy

Hymns of the Church, # 1013

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Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross

Fanny J. Crosby, 1820-1915

1 Jesus, keep me near the cross,

There a precious fountain;

Free to all, a healing stream,

Flows from Calv’ry’s mountain.

Chorus:

In the cross, in the cross

Be my glory ever,

Till my ransomed soul shall find

Rest beyond the river.

2 Near the cross, a trembling soul,

Love and mercy found me;

There the Bright and Morning Star

Shed His beams around me.

3 Near the cross! O lamb of God,

Bring its scenes before me;

Help me walk from day to day

With its shadow o’er me.

4 Near the cross! I’ll watch and wait,

Hoping, trusting ever;

Till I reach the golden strand,

Just beyond the river.

Chorus director: Mark Beachy

I Would Love Thee

Madame Guyon, 1648-1717

1 I would love Thee, God and Father!

My Redeemer, and my King!

I would love Thee; for without Thee

Life is but a bitter thing.

2 I would love Thee; ev’ry blessing

Flows to me from out Thy throne;

I would love Thee; —he who loves Thee

Never feels himself alone.

3 I would love Thee; look upon me,

Ever guide me with Thine eye:

I would love Thee; if not nourished

By Thy love, my soul would die.

4 I would love Thee; I have vowed it;

On Thy love my heart is set;

While I love Thee, I will never

My Redeemer’s blood forget.

Chorus director: Mark Beachy

Hymns of the Church, # 379

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Jesus Shall Reign Where'er the Sun

Isaac Watts, 1719

1 Jesus shall reign where’er the sun

Does its successive journeys run;

His kingdom stretch from shore to shore,

Till moons shall wax and wane no more.

2 To him shall endless prayer be made,

And praises throng to crown His head.

His name like sweet perfume shall rise

With every morning sacrifice.

3 Blessings abound where’er he reigns:

The pris’ner leap to lose their chains,

The weary find eternal rest,

And all the sons of want are blest.

4 Let every creature rise and bring

Peculiar honors to our King,

Angels descend with songs again,

And earth repeat the loud Amen.

Hymns of the Church, # 263

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Come, We That Love the Lord

Isaac Watts, 1674-1748

1 Come, we that love the Lord,

And let our joys be known;

Join in a song with sweet accord,

Join in a song with sweet accord,

And thus surround the throne,

And thus surround the throne.

Chorus:

We’re marching to Zion,

Beautiful, beautiful Zion;

We’re marching upward to Zion,

The beautiful city of God.

2 Let those refuse to sing

Who never knew our God;

But children of the heav'nly King,

But children of the heav'nly King

May speak their joys abroad,

May speak their joys abroad.

3 The hill of Zion yields

A thousand sacred sweets

Before we reach the heav’nly fields,

Before we reach the heav’nly fields,

Or walk the golden streets,

Or walk the golden streets.

4 Then let our songs abound,

And ev’ry tear be dry.

We’re marching thro’ Immanuel’s ground,

We’re marching thro’ Immanuel’s ground,

To fairer worlds on high,

To fairer worlds on high.

Chorus director: Mark Beachy

Hymns of the Church, # 30

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Great Is Thy Faithfulness

Thomas Obediah Chisholm, 1866-1960

1 Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father

There is no shadow of turning with Thee

Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not

As Thou hast been, Thou forever will be.

Chorus:

Great is Thy faithfulness!

Great is Thy faithfulness!

Morning by morning new mercies I see

All I have needed Thy hand hath provided

Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me.

2 Summer and winter and springtime and harvest

Sun, moon and stars in their courses above

Join with all nature in manifold witness

To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.

3 Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth

Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide

Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow

Blessings all mine with ten thousand beside.

Chorus director: Mark Beachy

O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus

Samuel Trevor Francis, 1834-1925

1 O the deep, deep love of Jesus,

Vast, unmeasured, boundless, free,

Rolling as a mighty ocean

In its fullness over me.

Underneath me, all around me,

Is the current of Thy love;

Leading onward, leading homeward,

To my glorious rest above.

2 O the deep, deep love of Jesus,

Spread His praise from shore to shore;

How He loveth, ever loveth,

Changeth never, nevermore;

How he watches o’er His loved ones,

Died to call them all His own;

How for them He intercedeth,

Watcheth o’er them from the throne.

3 O the deep, deep love of Jesus,

Love of ev’ry love the best:

‘Tis an ocean vast of blessing,

‘Tis a haven sweet of rest.

O the deep, deep love of Jesus,

‘Tis a heav’n of heav’ns to me;

And it lifts me up to glory,

For it lifts me up to Thee. Amen.

Chorus director: Mark Beachy

Hymns of the Church, # 291

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Drawing on the prophetic vision of the kingdom of God as illustrated in Psalm 48, Nathan Yoder calls for a close inspection of God’s design, as the Psalmist says:

Walk about Zion,

And go all around her.

Count her towers;

Mark well her bulwarks;

Consider her palaces;

That you may tell it to the generation following.

For this is God,

Our God forever and ever;

He will be our guide

Even to death.

-Psalm 48:12-14 NKJV

Paul’s diagnosis of the Corinthians was that many were weak, sickly, and sleeping. With a passion for a strong, healthy, and wakeful church, Nathan gives a fervent call for renewed vibrancy and life.

Thomas’ words to his fellow-disciples, “Let us go with Him that we may die also,” once spoken in fatalistic tones, took on a new and exciting perspective for the apostles after Jesus’ resurrection.

In this presentation, Ken Miller shares a graphic, historical profile of the crucifixions of Stephen, James son of Zebedee, Philip, James “the Lesser,” Barnabas, Mark, Peter, Paul, Andrew, Bartholemew, Thomas, Matthew, Simon the zealot, Matthias, and Luke.

“We conquer in dying; we go forth victorious at the very time we are subdued. […] Kill us, torture us, condemn us, grind us to dust; your injustice is the proof that we are innocent. […] Nor does your cruelty, however exquisite, avail you; it is rather a temptation to us. The oftener we are mown down by you, the more in number we grow; the blood of Christians is seed.” -Tertullian, 155-220

This topic illustrates persecution with an expectancy of heavenly reward, spiritual growth, victory over sin, and maturity.

Brothers Ken Miller, Barry Grant, Zack Johnson, and John D. Martin discuss what issues must be pursued with wholehearted conviction, with no regard to the cost. Panel discussion moderated by Brother Paul Shirk.

How do we prepare to suffer for the cause of Christ?

Peter tells us, “Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind…” This would indicate that we are to have the right mindset regarding suffering for our faith. How do we prepare our minds to suffer for Christ as God would choose for each one of our lives?

In this panel discussion, we consider:

• What do the Scriptures say about discerning and preparing for persecution?
• What can we learn from non-biblical individuals who applied Scriptural principles in their time and circumstances?
• What are the current and imminent issues before us where we should be preparing to engage as overcomers?

Janie Wagoner touched on several different crosses we face as women, including marriage, singlehood, and loss of health.

However, the crosses we face in life are not the end. A quote from her experience with her daughter’s death from a heart defect, “God chose not to heal [my daughter’s] heart, but He can heal our hearts.”

Janie shares personal experiences relating to different crosses women bear in an uplifting and tangible way that people in different walks and stages of life can all relate to.

In this presentation, Barry Grant offers a Scriptural basis for loving our enemies, combined with stories from his personal experience interacting with gangleaders in Haiti.

Theories of enemy-love are great over the coffee table, but is that the best way to prepare to rightly respond when a gun is on your forehead? What is the one tool the evil one uses to intimidate, which we can overcome by the power of God?

When God does a work in our life we would be unable to achieve on our own, humility is the result. This message is a call to walk in that humbly before God.

Christ calls his followers to a radical approach to sacrificial peacemaking that expects persecution, surrenders rights, and will sacrifice all for just one soul.

In this talk Zack Johnson explores the question “what is peacemaking?” – he introduces the “four quadrants of Peace” to understand different approaches to peace and concludes that NO BLOOD BUT OUR OWN should be the mantra of peacemaking.

Christ’s people must move toward a biblical and sacrificial approach to Two Kingdoms peacemaking. For love of God. For love of enemies. For King Jesus.

Have you ever wondered what the kingdom of God is? It was the greatest theme of Jesus’ preaching, but today is often misunderstood by Christians. This is tragic, because a genuine expression of God’s kingdom on earth is the primary way a broken world will come to know Him.

In this message, Brother John D. Martin explains these vital elements of the way:

1. A Kingdom Mentality
2. A Kingdom Theology
3. A Kingdom Society

The way of the kingdom is the treasure of all true Christians, but history is littered with individuals and churches who were seduced away from God’s ideal. The way is simple, but not easy. Not automatic.

Would you like to know the secrets to experiencing what God intends for His kingdom? Both now and in the future? Drawing from over forty years of passionately pursuing God’s kingdom, John gives us seasoned guidance on how to thrive and endure in the only way that can truly bring joy to the world.

In this presentation, Barry Grant gives a rousing call to awake from spiritual slumber.

Sleeping is tricky: you can accidentally fall asleep, and you cannot wake yourself up. We talk the talk, we sing the songs, and we pray the prayers – but where is God? With Judgment Day honesty, are you confident Jesus will not deem you lukewarm on the last day?

The more the enemy comes into our face with things we never thought we could face, the closer we get to God. Are you in the fight against evil? Are you confident in walking in the light – not only while in church, but while you’re among your peers in the world?

The sleeping church doesn’t face persecution. When the church rises up forsaking all, the battle begins. Does Satan laugh at your spiritual commitment?