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355a. When human voices cannot sing

1 When human voices cannot sing
and human hearts are breaking,
we bring our grief to you, O God,
who knows our inner aching.

2 Set free our spirits from all fear —
the cloud of dark unknowing,
and let the light, the Christ-light show
the pathway of our going.

3 Make real for us your holding love,
the love which is your meaning,
the power to move the stone of death,
the hope of Easter morning.

4 And let the one we love now go
where we, in faith, shall follow,
to travel in the Spirit's peace,
to make an end to sorrow.

Text Information

• First Line: When human voices cannot sing
• Author: Shirley Erena Murray (b. 1931)
• Meter: 87 87
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  John 11:25-26
  ;
  Romans 8:35-39
  ;
  2 Corinthians 5:1-5
• Topic: Church Year: Easter; Death and Bereavement; Funerals and The Departed; Future hope; God: Love of; Grief; Sorrow; Sorrow and Lament
• Copyright: © 1992, Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, IL 60188, USA. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Tune Information

• Name: BARBARA ALLEN
• Arranger: Noël Tredinnick (b. 1949)
• Meter: 87 87
• Key: D Major
• Source: English Folk Melody
• Copyright: Arrangement: © Noël Tredinnick / The Jubilate Group. Administered by The Jubilate Group, Kitley House, St Katherines Road, Torquay TQ1 4DE Used by permission.