Text: | When human voices cannot sing |
Author: | Shirley Erena Murray (b. 1931) |
Tune: | JACOB'S WELL |
Composer: | Barry Rose (b. 1934) |
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 | |
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First Line: | When human voices cannot sing |
Author: | Shirley Erena Murray (b. 1931) |
Meter: | 87 87 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; ; |
Topic: | Church Year: Easter; Death and Bereavement; Funerals and The Departed(5 more...) |
Copyright: | © 1992, Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, IL 60188, USA. All rights reserved. Used by permission. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | JACOB'S WELL |
Composer: | Barry Rose (b. 1934) |
Meter: | 87 87 |
Key: | A♭ Major |
Copyright: | © Barry Rose |