This Week's Zoom Hymns

 

Let's sing to the Lord

CH4 126

Music: Brazilian folk mel.
Words: Brazilian folk song, transl. Gerhard M. Cartford

 

Let's sing to the Lord.mp3

1 Let’s sing to the Lord, yes, sing God a new song.
Let’s sing to the Lord, yes, sing God a new song.
Let’s sing to the Lord, yes, sing God a new song.
Let’s sing to the Lord, let’s sing to the Lord.

2 For God is the Lord, and God has done wonders.
For God is the Lord, and God has done wonders.
For God is the Lord, and God has done wonders.
Let’s sing to the Lord, let’s sing to the Lord.

3 So dance for our God and blow all the trumpets.
So dance for our God and blow all the trumpets.
So dance for our God and blow all the trumpets.
Let’s sing to the Lord, let’s sing to the Lord.

4 Let’s shout to our God, who gave us the Spirit.
Let’s shout to our God, who gave us the Spirit.
Let’s shout to our God, who gave us the Spirit.
Let’s sing to the Lord, let’s sing to the Lord.

5 For Jesus is Lord! Amen! Alleluia!
For Jesus is Lord! Amen! Alleluia!
For Jesus is Lord! Amen! Alleluia!
Let’s sing to the Lord, let’s sing to the Lord.

 

Says Jesus, 'Come and gather round'

CH4 342   Une Jeune Pucelle

Music: French carol mel., ad., arr. Douglas Galbraith
Words: Leith Fisher

 

Says Jesus, come and gather round.mp3

1 Says Jesus, ‘Come and gather round.
I want to teach my friends
some truths about the love I bring,
the love that never ends.
Look to the child, here in your midst,
who has so much and more to say
of what it means to follow me,
to come and walk my way.’

2 Christ speaks to us who, growing old,
get burdened down with care;
while caution reigns, we seldom see
God’s presence everywhere.
He points to gifts that children bring –
the will to risk, the trust to dare,
through which, no matter where we are,
we’ll find God always there.

3 When was it that we first forgot
that questions helped us grow,
or lost the openness to ask
and learn what we don’t know?
Christ points to gifts that children bring,
the searching heart and lively mind
which let God’s kingdom grow in those
who seek until they find.

4 Lord Jesus, we have gathered round
to hear you teach your friends
the truths about the love you bring,
the love that never ends.
We look to children in our midst,
for they have much and more to say,
and join with them to follow you,
to live and walk your way.

 

Called to be saints

GWA 134   Woodlands

Music: Walter Greatorex
Words: Alan Luff

 

GWA 134 Called to be saints.mp3

1 Called to be saints! To walk the pilgrim way,
to rule our hearts obedient by God’s grace,
that all our lives in what we do or say
may show Christ present here in time and space.

2 Called to be saints! To blossom and bear fruit;
to sow the seeds of penitence and prayer,
that in our lives Christ’s beauty may take root
and come to flower in service and in care.

3 Called to be saints! To build upon the rock,
the one foundation that is Christ alone,
one with the fellow-workers of Christ’s flock,
together built into one corner stone.

4 Called to be saints! To find our hidden Lord
where conflict grows and sufferings increase,
to learn to speak the reconciling word
which frees the love of Christ to work for peace.

5 The saints are one! The faithful in their day
unite with us to keep our spirits strong,
while we who seek the will of God today
may hope to sing with them the eternal song.