Another great selection of listener requests today, including a benediction by John Rutter and a calypso setting of the Lord’s Prayer.
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SONG: WAIRUA TAPU
Artist: New Zealand Youth Choir 2003, Albert Mataafa (gtr), Karen Grylls (dir)
Words/Music: Ngapo Wehi
Recording: Trust MMT 2048
Artist: NZ Youth Choir (2003), Karen Grylls (dir), Albert Mataaga (guitar)
Words/Music: Ngapo Wehi
Recording: Trust MMT 2048
Wairua tapu tau mai ra
wairua tapu mai runga
uhia mai nga taonga pai
homai to aroha
Wa hia kia tika
akona mai ra kia u ki te pai
horoia kia ma tonu ra
Mohau te tino kororia.
[Holy Spirit embrace me
Holy Spirit from up above
encase me in the precious gifts
give to me your love.
This place of truth
teach me the things that are right
bathe me, cleanse me
to You goes the glory.]
SONG: AND CAN IT BE
Artist: Choir of Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, Catherine Palmer (dir), Ronald Jordan (organ)
Words/Music: Charles Wesley/Thomas Campbell
Recording: Marquis 181175
And can it be that I should gain
An int'rest in the Savior's blood?
Died He for me, who caused His pain?
For me, who Him to death pursued?
Amazing love! how can it be
That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me? [Repeat last two lines]
Long my imprisoned spirit lay
Fast bound in sin and nature's night;
Thine eye diffused a quick'ning ray,
I woke, the dungeon flamed with light;
My chains fell off, my heart was free;
I rose, went forth and followed Thee. [Repeat last two lines]
No condemnation now I dread;
Jesus, and all in Him is mine!
Alive in Him, my living Head,
And clothed in righteousness divine,
Bold I approach th'eternal throne,
And claim the crown, through Christ my own. [Repeat last two lines]
SONG: OUR FATHER (CARIBBEAN LORD’S PRAYER)
Artist: Scottish Festival Singers
Words/Music: Lord’s Prayer/Trad arr Michael Lehr
Recording: Whole World Media 2014
Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowéd be Thy name.
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, hallowéd be Thy name.
On earth as it is in heaven, hallowéd be Thy name.
Give us this day our daily bread, hallowéd be Thy name.
Forgive us all our tresspasses, hallowéd be Thy name,
As we forgive those who trespass against us, hallowéd be Thy name.
Lead us not into temptation, hallowéd be Thy name,
But deliver us from all that is evil, hallowéd be Thy name.
For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, hallowéd be Thy name.
For ever and for ever, hallowéd be Thy name.
Amen, amen, it shall be so, hallowéd be Thy name.
Amen, amen, it shall be so, hallowéd be Thy name.
SONG: LIFT HIGH THE CROSS
Artist: Choir of Sacred Heart Cathedral, Wellington
Words/Music: Kitchin revised Newbolt/Nicholson
Recording: RNZ Private CD812
Refrain:
Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim
till all the world adore his sacred name.
Come, brethren follow where our Saviour trod,
Our king victorious, Christ, the son of God.
Refrain:
Led on their way by this triumphant sign,
The hosts of God in conquering ranks combine.
Refrain:
Each newborn soldier of the Crucified
bears on the brow the seal of him who died.
Refrain:
From north and south, from east and west they raise
in growing unison their songs of praise.
Refrain:
For thy blest Cross which doth for all atone
creation's praises rise before thy throne.
Refrain:
SONG: O LOVE THAT WILT NOT LET ME GO
Artist: London Fox Singers
Words/Music: George Matheson/Albert Peace
Recording: London Fox Singers
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.
O Light that followest all my way
I yield my flickering torch to thee;
my heart restores its borrowed ray,
that in thy sunshine’s blaze its day
may brighter, fairer be.
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.
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.
SONG: O THOU WHO CAMEST FROM ABOVE
Artist: Cantus Choro, Peter Chapman (dir), Geoffrey Cox (JE Dodd organ)
Words/Music: C Wesley/SS Wesley
Recording: Move 743142
O Thou who camest from above,
the pure celestial fire to impart
kindle a flame of sacred love
upon the mean altar of my heart.
There let it for thy glory burn
with inextinguishable blaze,
and trembling to its source return,
in humble prayer and fervent praise.
Jesus, confirm my heart's desire
to work and speak and think for thee;
still let me guard the holy fire,
and still stir up thy gift in me.
Ready for all thy perfect will,
my acts of faith and love repeat,
till death thy endless mercies seal,
and make my sacrifice complete.
SONG: REJOICE! THE LORD IS KING
Artist: Choral Arts Society of Washington Chamber Singers, Scott Tucker (dir) J Reilly Lewis (organ)
Words/Music: C Wesley/John Darwall
Recording: Sono Luminus 2015
Rejoice, the lord is king!
Your lord and king adore;
Mortals give thanks and sing,
And triumph evermore;
Lift up your heart,
Lift up your voice;
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!
Jesus, the Saviour, reigns,
The God of truth and love;
When he had purged our stains,
He took his seat above;
Lift up your heart,
Lift up your voice;
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!
His kingdom cannot fail,
He rules o’er earth and heav’n;
The keys of death and hell
Are to our Jesus giv’n;
Lift up your heart,
Lift up your voice;
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!
He sits at God’s right hand
Till all his foes submit,
And bow to his command,
And fall beneath his feet:
Lift up your heart,
Lift up your voice;
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!
SONG: THE DAY THOU GAVEST, LORD, IS ENDED
Artist: Choir of the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, Michael Stewart (dir), Richard Apperley (organ)
Words/Music: John Ellerton/Clement Scholefield
Recording: RNZ 2020
The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended,
The darkness falls at Thy behest;
To Thee our morning hymns ascended,
Thy praise shall hallow now our rest.
We thank Thee that Thy Church unsleeping,
While earth rolls onward into light,
Through all the world her watch is keeping,
And rests not now by day or night.
As o'er each continent and island
The dawn leads on another day,
The voice of prayer is never silent,
Nor dies the strain of praise away.
The sun, that bids us rest, is waking
Our brethren 'neath the western sky,
And hour by hour fresh lips are making
Thy wondrous doings heard on high.
So be it, Lord; Thy throne shall never,
Like earth's proud empires, pass away:
But stand, and rule, and grow for ever,
Till all Thy creatures own Thy sway.
SONG: THE LORD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU
Artist: Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia, John Rutter (dir)
Words/Music: Trad/John Rutter
Recording: Collegium COL CD 100
The Lord bless you and keep you:
The Lord make His face to shine upon you,
To shine upon you and be gracious, and be gracious unto you.
The Lord bless you and keep you:
The Lord make His face to shine upon you,
To shine upon you and be gracious, and be gracious unto you.
The Lord lift up the light
Of His countenance upon you,
The Lord lift up the light
Of His countenance upon you,
And give you peace,
And give you peace,
And give you peace,
And give you peace.
Amen.
