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Sunday, September 09, 2007

Sunday Sacred Music Video - Lord of All Hopefulness





It’s early in the morning and everyone here is asleep, except for me and the cat. The air is still, the sound of the cicadas is soft – it’s a very gentle morning. I presided at morning prayer a couple of days this week, and looking for a hymn, pulled Jan Struther’s Lord of All Hopefulness. When I walked outside to pray this morning, the words came floating back. The tune is traditional Irish, the words just right for such a morning as this one:

Lord of all gentleness, Lord of all calm, Whose voice is contentment, who presence is balm…

Be there with us, Lord, and give us your peace in our hearts the rest of this day!

6 comments:

  1. That was a beautiful hymn, I found the words to the hymn and thought I would share:

    Lord of all hopefulness,
    Lord of all joy,
    whose trust, ever childlike,
    no cares could destroy,
    be there at our waking,
    and give us, we pray,
    your bliss in our hearts, Lord,
    at the break of the day.

    Lord of all eagerness,
    Lord of all faith,
    whose strong hands were skilled
    at the plan and the lathe,
    be there at our labors,
    and give us, we pray,
    your strength in our hearts, Lord,
    at the noon of the day.

    Lord of all kindliness,
    Lord of all grace,
    your hands swift to welcome,
    your arms to embrace,
    be there at our homing,
    and give us, we pray,
    your love in our hearts, Lord,
    at the end of the day.

    Lord of all gentleness,
    Lord of all calm,
    whose voice is contentment,
    whose presence is balm,
    be there at our sleeping,
    and give us, we pray,
    your peace in our hearts, Lord,
    at the end of the day.

    Words: Jan Struther (20thC)
    Music: Slane Irish ballad melody
    Sequence: Dall Forsthye, Church of St. John the Evangelist

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  2. This was new to me. Not the tune ("Be Thou My Vision") but these words. Lovely!

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  3. Thanks for sharing all the words, Cathy!!

    Jan Struther is a pseudonym for Joyce Maxtone-Graham, a British poet. Her lyricism shows through in this, I think! Her great-nephews has written and produced for The Simpsons!

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  4. Not where I am in my life right at this moment, but ahh, sigh, I've been there, and this hymn takes me right back for a brief respite....lovely

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