This Week's Zoom Hymns

 

Love is the touch

CH4 115   Amor Dei

Music: John L. Bell
Words: Alison M. Robertson

 

Love is the Touch.mp3

1 Love is the touch of intangible joy;
love is the force that no fear can destroy;
love is the goodness we gladly applaud:
God is where love is, for love is of God.

2 Love is the lilt in a lingering voice;
love is the hope that can make us rejoice;
love is the cure for the frightened and flawed:
God is where love is, for love is of God.

3 Love is the light in the tunnel of pain;
love is the will to be whole once again;
love is the trust of a friend on the road:
God is where love is, for love is of God.

4 Love is the Maker, and Spirit, and Son;
love is the kingdom their will has begun;
love is the pathway the saints all have trod:
God is where love is, for love is of God.

 

On Jordan's bank

Sound of Living Waters 117

Music: Gary Miles, arr. Betty Pulkingham
Words: Charles Coffin, tr. John Chandler

 

SLW On Jordan's bank.mp3

1 On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry
announces that the Lord is nigh;
awake and hearken, for he brings
glad tidings of the King of kings.

2 Then cleansed be every breast from sin;
make straight the way for God within,
and let each heart prepare a home
where such a mighty guest may come.

3 For you are our salvation, Lord,
our refuge, and our great reward;
without your grace we waste away
like flowers that wither and decay.

4 To heal the sick stretch out your hand,
and bid the fallen sinner stand;
shine forth, and let your light restore
Earth's own true loveliness once more.

5 All praise, eternal Son, to thee,
whose advent does your people free;
whom with the Father we adore
and Holy Ghost for evermore.

 

Jesus Christ is waiting

CH4 360   Noel Nouvelet

Music: French carol, harm. John L. Bell
Words: John L. Bell and Graham Maule

 

Jesus Christ is Waiting.mp3

1 Jesus Christ is waiting,
waiting in the streets;
no one is his neighbour,
all alone he eats.
Listen, Lord Jesus,
I am lonely too:
make me, friend or stranger,
fit to wait on you.

2 Jesus Christ is raging,
raging in the streets,
where injustice spirals
and real hope retreats.
Listen, Lord Jesus,
I am angry too:
in the Kingdom’s causes
let me rage with you.

3 Jesus Christ is healing,
healing in the streets,
curing those who suffer,
touching those he greets.
Listen, Lord Jesus,
I have pity too:
let my care be active,
healing just like you.

4 Jesus Christ is dancing,
dancing in the streets,
where each sign of hatred
he, with love, defeats.
Listen, Lord Jesus,
I should triumph too:
Where good conquers evil
let me dance with you.

5 Jesus Christ is calling,
calling in the streets,
“Who will join my journey?
I will guide their feet.”
Listen, Lord Jesus,
let my fears be few:
walk one step before me,
I will follow you.

Oh, the life of the world

CH4 141

Music: mel. by Ian Galloway, arr. John L. Bell
Words: Kathryn Galloway

 

141 Oh the life of the world.mp3

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 power of the Spirit
till the days of our living are done.