We’re marking World Mission Sunday this week with hymns including Dan Schutte’s I, the Lord of sea and sky and the traditional spiritual Who’ll be a witness for my Lord?
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SONG: AND CAN IT BE
Artist: Choir of Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, Catherine Palmer (dir), Ronald Jordan (organ)
Words/Music: C Wesley/Campbell
Recording: Marquis MAR 175
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: WHO’LL BE A WITNESS FOR MY LORD?
Artist: Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square
Words/Music: Traditional
Recording: Bonneville 510097
[Lyrics unavailable]
SONG: I, THE LORD OF SEA AND SKY
Artist: Wells Cathedral Choir, Malcolm Archer (dir), Rupert Gough (organ)
Words/Music: Daniel Schutte
Recording: Hyperion 711210
I, the Lord of sea and sky,
I have heard My people cry.
All who dwell in dark and sin,
My hand will save.
I who made the stars of night,
I will make their darkness bright.
Who will bear My light to them?
Whom shall I send?
Refrain:
Here I am Lord, Is it I Lord?
I have heard You calling in the night.
I will go Lord, if You lead me.
I will hold Your people in my heart.
I, the Lord of snow and rain,
I have born my people’s pain.
I have wept for love of them, They turn away.
I will break their hearts of stone,
Give them hearts for love alone.
I will speak My word to them,
Whom shall I send?
Refrain:
I, the Lord of wind and flame,
I will tend the poor and lame.
I will set a feast for them,
My hand will save
Finest bread I will provide,
Till their hearts be satisfied.
I will give My life to them,
Whom shall I send?
Refrain:
SONG: WE HAVE A GOSPEL TO PROCLAIM
Artist: Huddersfield Choral Society
Words/Music: Edward Burns/Anon arr William Gardiner
Recording: Signum 2006
We have a gospel to proclaim,
Good news for all throughout the earth;
The gospel of a Saviour’s name:
We sing his glory, tell his worth.
Tell of his birth at Bethlehem,
Not in a royal house or hall,
But in a stable dark and dim,
The Word made flesh, a light for all.
Tell of his death at Calvary,
Hated by those he came to save;
In lonely suff’ring on the cross:
For all he loved, his life he gave.
Tell of that glorious Easter morn,
Empty the tomb, for he was free;
He broke the pow’r of death and hell
That we might share his victory.
Now we rejoice to name him King:
Jesus is Lord of all the earth.
This gospel-message we proclaim:
We sing his glory, tell his worth.
SONG: E TE ARIKI
Artist: New Zealand Secondary Schools Choir 1999-2000, Carrie Zhang (solo voice), Jasmine Lovell-Smith (guitar), Benjamin Uili (guitar), Roger Stevenson (dir)
Words/Music: Trad/Wi-Patena Te Pairi arr Roger Stevenson
Recording: NZSSC 2000B
E te Ariki,
Whakarongo mai rā ki a mātou,
E te Ariki,
Titiro mai rā ki a mātou,
Tēnei mātou Ō tamariki,
E whakapono Ana mātou,
Ki a koe
Auē! Auē!
Te matua te tamaiti.
Wairua tapu e.
Te matua te tamaiti.
Wairua tapu e.
[O Lord, listen to us. O Lord, look at us. This is us, your children. We believe in you.
The father, and the son and Holy Spirit.]
SONG: LAUDATE OMNES GENTES
Artist: St Thomas’ Music Group, Margaret Rizza (dir)
Words/Music: Psalm 117/Taize Community
Recording: Alliance Music 1901592
Laudate omnes gentes, laudate Dominum!
Sing praises, all ye peoples, sing praises to the Lord!
SONG: WHEN PEACE LIKE A RIVER (IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL)
Artist: Tapestry Chamber Singers
Words/Music: Horatio Spafford/Philip Bliss
Recording: Tapestry Chamber Singers 2022
When peace like a river attendeth my way,
when sorrows like sea billows roll;
whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say,
"It is well, it is well with my soul."
Refrain:
It is well (it is well)
with my soul (with my soul);
it is well, it is well with my soul.
Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
let this blest assurance control:
that Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
and has shed his own blood for my soul.
Refrain:
My sin, O the bliss of this glorious thought!
my sin, not in part, but the whole,
is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more;
praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!
Refrain:
O Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,
the clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
the trump shall resound and the Lord shall descend;
even so, it is well with my soul.
Refrain:
SONG: MAY THE MIND OF CHRIST MY SAVIOUR
Artist: Choir of the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, Michael Stewart (dir), Richard Apperley (organ)
Words/Music: Kate Wilkinson/Cyril Barham-Gould
Recording: RNZ 2020
Artist: Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral, Wellington, Michael Stewart (dir), Richard Apperley (organ)
Words/Music: Wilkinson/Barham-Gould
Recording: RNZ 2020
May the mind of Christ, my Saviour,
live in me from day to day,
by His love and pow'r controlling
all I do and say.
May the Word of God dwell richly
in my heart from hour to hour,
so that all may see I triumph
only through His pow'r.
May the peace of God, my Father,
rule my life in ev'rything,
that I may be calm to comfort
sick and sorrowing.
May the love of Jesus fill me
as the waters fill the sea.
Him exalting, self abasing:
this is victory.
May I run the race before me,
strong and brave to face the foe,
looking only unto Jesus
as I onward go.
