Hymns Based on Isaiah 2:4

Behold a Broken World is Timothy Dudley-Smith's congregational intercession for a world marked by violence, deprivation, fear, and division.

For the Healing of the Nations is a twentieth-century Christian hymn that treats worship as a place where the church brings public life before God.

God the Omnipotent is best understood not simply as a hymn of divine power but as a prayer for peace formed from two nineteenth-century texts.

Heralds of Christ is a vigorous mission hymn about carrying Christ's message into the world and helping prepare a way for God's reign.

"Let There Be Light" is a six-stanza Christian hymn of intercession for peace, understanding, justice, freedom, and reconciliation among peoples.

Let There Be Peace on Earth is a twentieth-century inspirational song that has become part of the worship repertoire of many churches.

O Day of God, Draw Nigh is a prayer for God's rule to become visible in a world marked by fear, injustice, violence, and moral uncertainty.

O Day of Peace That Dimly Shines is a two-stanza hymn by Carl Pickens Daw Jr.

O God of Every Nation is a four-stanza prayer for peace, justice, repentance, and the healing of a divided world.

O God of Love, O King of Peace is a four-stanza prayer for peace written by Sir Henry Williams Baker.

“O Thou Eternal Christ of God” is a twentieth-century hymn that sees Palm Sunday not merely as a scene from the past but as a revelation of Christ’s continuing kingship.

Ring Out, Wild Bells is a New Year hymn drawn from Alfred Tennyson's In Memoriam A.

This Is My Song, first published under the title A Song of Peace, joins a 1934 international peace text by Lloyd Stone to the hymn-like theme from Jean Sibelius's Finlandia.

We Utter Our Cry is a Christian prayer for peace that refuses to separate worship from the conditions in which people actually live.

“We've a Story to Tell to the Nations” is a late nineteenth-century mission hymn that joins proclamation of the gospel with hope for the reign of Christ.