Hymns that teach Christian Vocation

Morning Hymns  1. Office hymns  Monastic hours—every three  2. Lutheran Morning devotions  Luther adapted monastic hours for families  Morning, noon, evening, bedtime  Morning hymns included several themes  Praise for the morning light  Praise for Christ who is the light  Repentance  Prayer to do right during one’s work day  Prayer for God’s Holy Angel to guard and protect.

Paul Gerhardt  Sweet Singer of Lutheranism  Thirty Years War  Lutheran pastor  Suffered from theological debates

Nikolai Church in Berlin  Gerhardt served there  Left after theological disagreement with his prince—could not sign the edict against using the Formula of Concord  Left for Lűbben where he served until he died

Evening and Morning— Die gűldne Sonne  Dawn’s golden morning  Brightly adorning  All of creation  With exaltation  Fills all our hearts with its glorious sight.  Though I was sleeping  No watch was keeping,  Now I am waking  And morning is breaking—  There in the heavens appears a great light.

Evening and Morning—2  Evening and morning  Sunset and dawning  Wealth, peace, and gladness,  Comfort in sadness  These are thy works all the glory be thine!  Times without number,  Awake or in slumber,  Thine eye observes us,  From danger preserves us,  Causing thy mercy upon us to shine.

Evening and Morning—3  Father, oh, hear me,  Pardon and spare me,  Calm all my terrors,  Blot out my errors,  That by thine eyes they may no more be scanned.  Order my goings, Direct all my doings,  As I may please thee,  Retain or release me;  All I commit to thy fatherly hand.

Evening and Morning—4  Ills that still grieve me  Soon are to leave me;  Though billows tower,  And winds gain power,  After the storm the fair sun shows its face.  Joys e’er increasing  And peace never ceasing:  These shall I treasure And share in full measure  When in his mansions  God grants me a place.

Evening and Morning—5  To God in heaven  All praise be given!  Come, let us offer  And gladly proffer  To the creator the gifts he doth prize.  He well receiveth  A heart that believeth;  Hymns that adore him  Are precious before him  And to his throne like sweet incense arise.

First Commandment  Luke 11:25-33  14:33 So therefore, none of you can become my disciple if you do not give up all your possessions.

Lesson 1 Hymn 2 When earth turns round—1  1. When earth turns round, the morning sun  Arises in the east, and dawn  Awakens me to each new day  Where fam’ly, cares and work hold sway,  Lord, call me from my other loves  Be first in all I do and say

When Earth Turns Round—2  2. Come, cleanse my cluttered heart so you  Are first in all I think and do  Come, be the source of life for me  The doorway to eternity.  Lord, put in place my other loves,  So I can serve you faithfully

When Earth Turns Round—3  3. Lord, help me do my daily tasks  With you in mind, and Lord, I ask  Forgive my own most grievous faults.  And help me be more salty salt.  Lord, be the Love of all my loves,  The God above all other gods.  Text: Gracia Grindal 2008  © Wayne Leupold Editions, 2008 