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heaven is in my heart.

Leader The presence of his majesty,

All heaven is in my heart.

Leader And in his presence joy abounds,

All heaven is in my heart.

Leader The light of holiness surrounds,

All heaven is in my heart.
2. Leader His precious life on me he spent,

All heaven is in my heart.

Leader To give me life without an end,

All heaven is in my heart.

Leader In Christ is all my confidence,

All heaven is in my heart.

Leader The hope of my inheritance,

All heaven is in my heart.

3. Leader We area temple for his throne,

All heaven is in my heart.

Leader And Christ is the foundation stone,

All heaven is in my heart.

Leader He will return to take us home,

All heaven is in my heart.

Leader The Spirit and the Bride say, `Come!"

All heaven is in my heart.

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489 Michael Forster (b. 1946) © 2004 Kevin Mayhew Ltd
1. O holy, heav'nly kingdom

God's faithful long to see,

where peace and wholeness prosper

and ev'ry heart is free,

where justice flows like fountains

and praises never cease,

come, make your home among us,

and give this world your peace.

2. Among us and around us,

yet veiled from mortal sight,

the vision of the prophets

and God's proclaimed delight;

where tears find consolation,

and open wounds are healed,

where eyes and ears are opened,

the kingdom is revealed.

3. O call us to your table,

invite us to the feast,

where Christ will bring together

the greatest and the least,

where grace will flow among us

like rich, abundant wine,

and those the world rejected

will feast on love divine.

4. By grace alone united,

we join the heav'nly throng;

with countless saints and martyrs,

we sing the kingdom's song.

`O holy, holy, holy!'

the universe resounds

with praise and adoration

and endless grace abounds.

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490 Charles Coffin (1676-1749) trans. John Chandler (1808-1876) alt.
1. O Holy Spirit, Lord of grace,

eternal fount of love,

inflame, we pray, our inmost hearts

with fire from heav'n above.

2. As thou doss join with holiest bonds

the Father and the Son,

so fill thy saints with mutual love

and link their hearts in one.

3. To God the Father, God the Son

and God the Holy Ghost,

be praise eternal from the earth,

and from the angel-host.

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491 Traditional
O, how good is the Lord! (x3)

I never will forget what he has done for
1. He gives us salvation,

how good is the Lord. (x3)

I never will forget

what he has done for me.

2. He gives us his Spirit ...
3. He gives us his healing ...
4. He gives us his body ...
5. He gives us his freedom ...
6. He gives us each other ...
6. He gives us his glory ...

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492 Kathy Galloway © Kathy Galloway
1. Oh, the life of the world is a joy and a treasure,

unfolding in beauty the green-growing tree,

the changing of seasons in mountain and valley,

the stars and the bright restless sea.

2. Oh, the life of the world is a fountain of goodness

overflowing in labour and passion and pain,

in the sound of the city and the silence of wisdom,

in the birth of a child once again.

3. Oh, the life of the world is the source of our healing.

It rises in laughter and wells up in song;

it springs from the care of the poor and the broken

and refreshes where justice is strong.

4. So give thanks for the life and give love to the maker,

and rejoice in the gift of the bright risen Son,

and walk in the peace and the pow'r of the Spirit

till the days of our living are done.

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493 John Ernest Bode (1816 -1874)
1. O Jesus, I have promised

to serve thee to the end;

be thou for ever near me,

my Master and my friend:

I shall not fear the battle

if thou art by my side,

nor wander from the pathway

if thou wilt be my guide.

2. O let me feel thee 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 thou nearer,

and shield my soul from sin.

3. O let me hear thee speaking

in accents dear and still,

above the storms of passion,

the murmurs of self-will;

O speak to reassure me,

to hasten or control;

O speak and make me listen,

thou guardian of my soul.

4. O Jesus, thou hast promised,

to all who follow thee,

that where thou art in glory

there shall thy servant be;

and, Jesus, I have promised

to serve thee to the end:

O give me grace to follow,

my Master and my friend.

5. O let me see thy foot-marks,

and in them plant mine own;

my hope to follow duly

is in thy strength alone:

O guide me, call me, draw me,

uphold me to the end;

and then in heav'n receive me,

my Saviour and my friend.

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494 Greek hymn (8th century) trans. John Brownlie (1857-1925)
1. King enthroned on high,

thou Comforter divine,

blest Spirit of all truth,

be nigh and make us thine.

2. Thou art the source of life,

thou art our treasure-store;

give us thy peace, and end our strife

for evermore.

3. Descend, O heav'nly Dove,

abide with us always

and in the fullness of thy love

cleanse us, we pray.

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495 John Wimber © 1979 Mercy / Vineyard Publishing Administered by CopyCare
1. O let the Son of God enfold you

with his Spirit and his love, fill

let him your heart and satisfy your soul.

O let him have the things that hold you,

and his Spirit like a dove

will descend upon your life and make you whole.

Jesus, O Jesus,

come and fill your lambs.

Jesus, O Jesus,

come and fill your lambs.
2. O come and sing this song with gladness

as your hearts are filled with joy,

lift your hands in sweet surrender to his name.

give him all your tears and sadness,

give him all your years of pain,

and you'll enter into life in Jesus' name.

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496 Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654) trans. Percy Dearmer (1867-1936) alt. © Oxford University Press. Used by permission
1. O little one sweet, O little one mild,

thy Father's purpose thou hast fulfilled;

thou cam'st from heav'n to dwell below,

to share the joys and tears we know.

O little one sweet, O little one mild.
2. O little one sweet, O little one mild,

with joy thou hast the whole world filled;

thou earnest here from heav'n's domain,

to bring us comfort in our pain,

O little one sweet, O little one mild.
3. O little one sweet, O little one mild,

in thee Love's beauties are all distilled;

then light in us thy love's bright flame,

that we may give thee back the same,

O little one sweet, O little one mild.

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497 Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) alt.
1. O little town of Bethlehem,

how still we see thee lie!

Above thy deep and dreamless sleep

the silent stars go by.

Yet in thy dark streets shineth

the everlasting light;

the hopes and fears of all the years

are met in thee tonight.

2. O morning stars, together

proclaim the holy birth,

and praises sing to God the King,

and peace to all the earth.

For Christ is born of Mary,

and, gathered all above,

while mortals sleep, the angels keep

their watch of wond'ring love;

3. How silently, how silently,

the wondrous gift is giv'n!

So God imparts to human hearts

the blessings of his heav'n.

No ear may hear his coming;

but in this world of sin,

where meek souls will receive him still,

the dear Christ enters in.

4. O holy child of Bethlehem,
descend to us, we pray;

cast out our sin, and enter in,

be born in us today.

We hear the Christmas angels

the great glad tidings tell:

O come to us, abide with us,

our Lord Emmanuel.

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498 Patrick Appleford © 1965 Josef Weinberger Ltd.
1. O Lord, all the world belongs to you,

and you are always making all things new.

What is wrong you forgive,

and the new life you give

is what's turning the world upside down.
2. The world's only loving to its friends,

but you have brought us love that never ends;

loving enemies too,

and this loving with you

is what's turning the world upside down.
3. This world lives divided and apart.

You draw us all together and we start,

in your body, to see

that in a fellowship we

can be turning the world upside down.
4. The world wants the wealth to live in state,

but you show us a new way to be great:

like a servant you came,

and if we do the same,

we'll be turning the world upside down.
5. O Lord, all the world belongs to you,

and you are always making all things new.

Send your Spirit on all

in your Church, whom you call

to be turning the world upside down.

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499 Karl Boberg (1859-1940) trans. Stuart K. Hine (1899-1989) © 1953 Stuart K Hine / The Stuart Hine Trust Published by Kingsway Music
1. O Lord, my God,

when I in awesome wonder

consider all the works

thy hand has made,

I see the stars,

I hear the rolling thunder,

thy pow'r throughout

the universe displayed.

Then sings my soul,

my Saviour God, to thee:

how great thou art, how great thou art.

Then sings my soul,

my Saviour God, to thee;

how great thou art, how great thou art.
2. When through the woods

and forest glades I wander

and hear the birds sing

sweetly in the trees;

when I look down

from lofty mountain grandeur,

and hear the brook,

and feel the gentle breeze.

3. And when I think that God,

his Son not sparing,

sent him to die,

I scarce can take it in

that on the cross,

my burden gladly bearing,

he bled and died

to take away my sin.

4. When Christ shall come

with shout of acclamation

and take me home,

what joy shall fill my heart;

when I shall bow

in humble adoration,

and there proclaim:

my God, how great thou art.

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500 Nick Fawcett (b. 1957) © 2004 Kevin Mayhew Ltd
1. O Lord, we want to praise you,

your holy name confess,

your mighty deeds acknowledge,

your awesome love express.

We want to give you worship,

to lift your name on high,

yet somehow words are lacking

however hard we try.

2. O Lord, we want to praise you,

through all we say and do,

to so live out the gospel

that all may know it's true.

We want to bring you glory,

to help your kingdom grow,

yet though we strive to serve you,

it rarely seems to show.

3. O Lord, we want to praise you,

to celebrate your love,

to thank you for the blessings

you pour down from above.

We want to bring you honour

respond with all our hearts,

yet sacrifice is costly -

we rarely even start.

4. O Lord, we come to praise you,

poor though our words may be;

although our faults are many

we come, still, joyfully.

For though we often fail you

and know you but in part,

you look beneath the surface

and see what's in the heart.

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501 Graham Kendrick (b. 1950) © 1986 Thankyou Music
O Lord, your tenderness,

melting all my bitterness,

O Lord, I receive your love.

O Lord, your loveliness,

changing all my ugliness,

O Lord, I receive your love.

O Lord, I receive your love,

O Lord, I receive your love.

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502 Benjamin Webb (1819-1885) alt from Thomas a Kempis (c. 1379-1471)

1. O love, how deep, how broad, how high!

It fills the heart with ecstasy,

that God, the Son of God, should take

our mortal form for mortals' sake.
2. He sent no angel to our race

of higher or of lower place,

but wore the robe of human frame

himself, and to this lost world came.

3. For us he was baptised and bore

his holy fast, and hungered sore;

for us temptations sharp he knew; f

or us the tempter overthrew.

4. For us to wicked pow'rs betrayed,

scourged, mocked, in purple robe arrayed,

he bore the shameful cross and death;

for us at length gave up his breath.

5. For us he rose from death again,

for us he went on high to reign,

for us he sent his Spirit here

to guide, to strengthen and to cheer.

6. To him whose boundless love has won

salvation for us through his Son,

to God the Father glory be,

both now and through eternity.

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503 George Matheson (1842-1906)
1. O Love that wilt not let me go,

I rest my weary soul in thee;

I give thee back the life I owe,

that in thine ocean depths its flow

may richer, fuller be.
2. O Light that follow'st all my way,

I yield my flick'ring torch to thee;

my heart restores its borrowed ray,

that in thy sunshine's blaze its day

may brighter, fairer be.
3. O Joy that seekest me through pain,

I cannot close my heart to thee;

I trace the rainbow through the rain,

and feel the promise is not vain

that morn shall tearless be.
4. O Cross that liftest up my head,

I dare not ask to fly from thee:

I lay in dust life's glory dead,

and from the ground there blossoms red

life that shall endless be.

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504 William Walsham How (1823-1897)
1. O my Saviour, lifted

from the earth for me,

draw me, in thy mercy,

nearer unto thee.

2. Lift my earth-bound longings,

fix them, Lord, above;

draw me with the magnet

of thy mighty love.

3. Lord, thine arms are stretching

ever far and wide,

to enfold thy children

to thy loving side.

4. And I come, O Jesus:

dire I turn away?

No, thy love bath conquered,

and I come today.
5. Bringing all my burdens,

sorrow, sin and care;

at thy feet I lay them,

and I leave them there.

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505 George Bennard (1873-1958) © The Rodeheaver Co Administered by CopyCare
1. On a hill far away

stood an old rugged cross,

the emblem of suff'ring and shame;

and I loved that old cross

where the dearest and best

for a world of lost sinners was slain.

So I'll cherish the old rugged cross,

till my trophies at last I lay down;

I will cling to the old rugged cross

and exchange it some day for a crown.
2. O that old rugged cross,

so despised by the world,

has a wondrous attraction for me:

for the dear Lamb of God

left his glory above

to bear it to dark Calvary.

3. In the old rugged cross,

stained with blood so divine,

a wondrous beauty I see.

For t'was on that old cross

Jesus suffered and died

to pardon and sanctify me.

4. To the old rugged cross

I will ever be true,

its shame and reproach gladly bear.

Then hell call me some day

to my home far away;

there his glory for ever I'll share.

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506 Cecil Frances Alexander (1818-1895) alt. This version © 1996 Kevin Mayhew Ltd.
1. Once in royal David's city

stood a lowly cattle shed,

where a mother laid her baby

in a manger for his bed;

Mary was that mother mild,

Jesus Christ her little child.

2. He came down to earth from heaven,

who is God and Lord of all,

and his shelter was a stable,

and his cradle was a stall;

with the needy, poor and lowly,

lived on earth our Saviour holy.

3. For he is our childhood's pattern,

day by day like us he grew;

he was little, weak and helpless,

tears and smiles like us he knew;

and he feeleth for our sadness,

and he shareth in our gladness.

4. And our eyes at last shall see him

through his own redeeming love,

for that child so dear and gentle

is our Lord in heav'n above;

and he leads his children on

to the place where he is gone.

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507 William Bright (1824-1901)
1. Once, only once, and once for all,

his precious life he gave;

before the Cross our spirits fall,

and own it strong to save.

2. 'One off'ring, single and complete,'

with lips and heart we say;

but what he never can repeat

he shows forth day by day.

3. For, as the priest of Aaron's line

within the holiest stood,

and sprinkled all the mercy-shrine

with sacrificial blood;

4. So he who once atonement wrought,

our Priest of endless pow'r,

presents himself for those he bought

in that dark noontide hour.

5. And so we show thy death, O Lord,

till thou again appear;

and feel, when we approach thy board,

we have an altar here.

6. All glory to the Father be,

all glory to the Son,

all glory, Holy Ghost, to thee,

while endless ages run.

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508 Traditional English carol, alt.

1. On Christmas night all Christians sing,

to hear the news the angels bring,

on Christmas night all Christians sing,

to hear the news the angels bring,

news of great joy, news of great mirth,

news of our merciful King's birth.
2. Then why should we on earth be so sad,

since our Redeemer made us glad,

then why should we on earth be so sad,

since our Redeemer made us glad,

when from our sin he set us free,

all for to gain our liberty?

3. When sin departs before his grace,

then life and health come in its place,

when sin departs before his grace,

then life and health come in its place,

angels and earth with joy may sing,

all for to see the new-born King.

4. All out of darkness we have light,

which made the angels sing this night:

all out of darkness we have light,

which made the angels sing this night:

`Glory to God and peace to men,

now and for evermore. Amen.'

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509 John L. Bell (b. 1949) © 1997, 2002 WGRG, Iona Community
1. One is the body and one is the Head,

one is the Spirit by whom we are led;

one God and Father,

one faith and one call for all.

2. Christ who ascended to heaven above

is the same Jesus whose nature is love,

who once descended

to bring to this earth new birth.

3. Gifts have been given well suited to each;

some to be prophets, to pastor or preach,

some, through the Gospel,

to challenge, convert and teach.

4. Called to his service are women and men

so that his body might ever again

witness through worship,

through deed and through word

to Christ our Lord.

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510 Sydney Carter (1915-2004) ©1971 Stainer & Bell Ltd
1. One more step along the world I go,

one more step along the world I go.

From the old things to the new

keep me travelling along with you.

And it's from the old

I travel to the new,

keep me travelling

along with you.
2. Round the corners of the world I turn,

more and more about the world I learn.

All the new things that I see

you'll be looking at along with me.

3. As I travel through the bad and good,

keep me travelling the way I should.

Where I see no way to go,

you'll be telling me the way, I know.

4. Give me courage when the world is rough,

keep me loving though the world is tough.

Leap and sing in all I do,

keep me travelling along with you.

5. You are older than the world can be,

you are younger than the life in me.

Ever old and ever new,

keep me travelling along with you.

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511 Graham Kendrick (b. 1950) © 1981 Thankyou Music
1. One shall tell another,

and he shall tell his friend,

husbands, wives and children

shall come following on.

From house to house in families

shall more be gathered in,

and lights will shine in ev'ry street,

so warm and welcoming.

Come on in and taste the new wine,

the wine of the kingdom,

the wine of the kingdom of God. Here is healing and forgiveness, the wine of the kingdom, the wine of the kingdom of God.
2. Compassion of the Father

is ready now to flow,