This Week's Zoom Hymns

 

Source and Sovereign

CH4 133   Aberystwyth

Music: Joseph Parry
Words: Thomas H. Troeger

 

Source and Sovereign.mp3

1 Source and Sovereign, Rock and Cloud,
Fortress, Fountain, Shelter, Light,
Judge, Defender, Mercy, Might,
Life whose life all life endowed:
            May the church at prayer recall
            that no single holy name
            but the truth that feeds them all
            is the God whom we proclaim.

2 Word and Wisdom, Root and Vine,
Shepherd, Saviour, Servant, Lamb,
Well and Water, Bread and Wine,
Way who leads us to I AM:

3 Storm and Stillness, Breath and Dove,
Thunder, Tempest, Whirlwind, Fire,
Comfort, Counsellor, Presence, Love,
Energies that never tire:

 

Is this the way you made the world

CH4 242   Fields of Light

Music: Douglas Galbraith
Words: Douglas Gay

 

242 Is this the way.mp3

1 Is this the way you made the world,
from burned out stars and fields of light?
Is this the way you lit the fuse
when death exploded into life?

2 Is this the way you spoke the word,
that called the darkness to be light;
is this the way you wrote the code,
which shaped the fragile chain of life?

3 Are these the notes that you composed,
are these the colours you designed,
are these the stars that sang for joy,
are these the patterns of your mind?

4 Are these the lives that you inspired,
are these the faces that you love;
is this the earth you will redeem,
is this the world you came to save?

5 Then I will love the world you made,
and I will love the gift you gave,
and I will drink its beauty in,
and I will make my home in it,
and praise the Maker.

 

Of the Father's love begotten

CH4 319   Corde Natus

Music: late form of plainsong trope in Piae Cantiones, harm. Compilers of Hymns for Church and School
Words: Prudentius, transl. John Mason Neale and Henry Williams Baker

 

319 Of the Father's love.mp3

1 Of the Father’s love begotten
ere the worlds began to be,
he is Alpha and Omega,
he the source, the ending he,
of the things that are, that have been,
and that future years shall see,
evermore and evermore.

2 By his word was all created;
he commanded; it was done:
heaven and earth and depths of ocean,
universe of three in one;
all that sees the moon’s soft shining,
all that breathes beneath the sun,
evermore and evermore.

3 O that birth for ever blessed,
when the Virgin, full of grace,
by the Spirit’s power conceiving,
bore the Saviour of our race,
and the Babe, the world’s Redeemer,
first revealed his sacred face,
evermore and evermore.

4 This is he whom seers and sages
sang of old with one accord,
whom the voices of the prophets
promised in their faithful word;
now he shines, the long-expected;
let creation praise its Lord,
evermore and evermore.

5 All the heights of heaven, adore him;
angel hosts, his praises sing;
powers, dominions bow before him,
and extol our God and King;
let no tongue on earth be silent,
every voice in concert ring,
evermore and evermore.

6 Christ, to thee, with God the Father,
and, O Holy Ghost, to thee,
hymn and chant and high thanksgiving,
and unwearied praises be,
honour, glory, and dominion,
and eternal victory,
evermore and evermore.