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Wounded World that Cries for Healing

Author: Shirley Erena Murray Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 2 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Hal H. Hopson Hymnal Title: The Faith We Sing Tune Key: G Major Used With Text: Wounded World that Cries for Healing

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Wounded World that Cries for Healing

Author: Shirley Erena Murray Hymnal: Sing the Faith #2177 (2003) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Hymnal Title: Sing the Faith Lyrics: 1 Wounded world that cries for healing - here we hold each other's pain, wounded systems, bruised and bleeding bear the load, the scars of strain; dollars ration out compassion, hard decisions rule the day, Jesus of the healing Spirit, free us to another way! 2 Through our nation's spent frustration, through the corridors of stress may there move a kindlier wisdom all my feel, and all may bless; tax and tithe are for a purpose shared to shield the poor and weak; past the symptoms of our sickness let the voice of justice speak. 3 Honor those whose loving spirit nurses hope, restores and heals, towel and basin used in service like the Christ who comes and kneels; in the tending, in the mending may we see the right and fair, in our common quest for wholeness heal each other by our care. Languages: English Tune Title: HEALING SPIRIT

Wounded World that Cries for Healing

Author: Shirley Erena Murray Hymnal: The Faith We Sing #2177 (2001) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Hymnal Title: The Faith We Sing Lyrics: 1 Wounded world that cries for healing - here we hold each other's pain, wounded systems, bruised and bleeding bear the load, the scars of strain; dollars ration out compassion, hard decisions rule the day, Jesus of the healing Spirit, free us to another way! 2 Through our nation's spent frustration, through the corridors of stress may there move a kindlier wisdom all my feel, and all may bless; tax and tithe are for a purpose shared to shield the poor and weak; past the symptoms of our sickness let the voice of justice speak. 3 Honor those whose loving spirit nurses hope, restores and heals, towel and basin used in service like the Christ who comes and kneels; in the tending, in the mending may we see the right and fair, in our common quest for wholeness heal each other by our care. Topics: Grace Social Holiness Languages: English Tune Title: HEALING SPIRIT

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Shirley Erena Murray

1931 - 2020 Hymnal Title: Sing the Faith Author of "Wounded World that Cries for Healing" in Sing the Faith Shirley Erena Murray (b. Invercargill, New Zealand, 1931) studied music as an undergraduate but received a master’s degree (with honors) in classics and French from Otago University. Her upbringing was Methodist, but she became a Presbyterian when she married the Reverend John Stewart Murray, who was a moderator of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. Shirley began her career as a teacher of languages, but she became more active in Amnesty International, and for eight years she served the Labor Party Research Unit of Parliament. Her involvement in these organizations has enriched her writing of hymns, which address human rights, women’s concerns, justice, peace, the integrity of creation, and the unity of the church. Many of her hymns have been performed in CCA and WCC assemblies. In recognition for her service as a writer of hymns, the New Zealand government honored her as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit on the Queen’s birthday on 3 June 2001. Through Hope Publishing House, Murray has published three collections of her hymns: In Every Corner Sing (eighty-four hymns, 1992), Everyday in Your Spirit (forty-one hymns, 1996), and Faith Makes the Song (fifty hymns, 2002). The New Zealand Hymnbook Trust, for which she worked for a long time, has also published many of her texts (cf. back cover, Faith Makes the Song). In 2009, Otaga University conferred on her an honorary doctorate in literature for her contribution to the art of hymn writing. I-to Loh, Hymnal Companion to “Sound the Bamboo”: Asian Hymns in Their Cultural and Liturgical Context, p. 468, ©2011 GIA Publications, Inc., Chicago

Hal H. Hopson

b. 1933 Hymnal Title: Sing the Faith Composer of "HEALING SPIRIT" in Sing the Faith Hal H. Hopson (b. Texas, 1933) is a prolific composer, arranger, clinician, teacher and promoter of congregational song, with more than 1300 published works, especially of hymn and psalm arrangements, choir anthems, and creative ideas for choral and organ music in worship. Born in Texas, with degrees from Baylor University (BA, 1954), and Southern Baptist Seminary (MSM, 1956), he served churches in Nashville, TN, and most recently at Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church in Dallas, Texas. He has served on national boards of the Presbyterian Association of Musicians and the Choristers Guild, and taught numerous workshops at various national conferences. In 2009, a collection of sixty four of his hymn tunes were published in Hymns for Our Time: The Collected Tunes of Hal H. Hopson. Emily Brink