Ancient and Modern ‎#448a

448a. I come with joy, a child of God

1 I come with joy, a child of God,
forgiven, loved and free,
the life of Jesus to recall,
in love laid down for me.

2 I come with Christians far and near
to find, as all are fed,
the new community of love
in Christ's communion bread.

3 As Christ breaks bread, and bids us share,
each proud division ends.
The love that made us, makes us one,
and strangers now are friends.

4 The Spirit of the risen Christ,
unseen, but ever near,
is in such friendship better known,
alive among us here.

5 Together met, together bound
by all that God has done,
we'll go with joy, to give the world
the love that makes us one.

Text Information

• First Line: I come with joy, a child of God
• Author: Brian Wren (b. 1936)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  1 Corinthians 11:23-26
• Topic: Church: nature of; Church: Universal; Commitment; Communion of Saints; Community; Ecumenism; Holy Communion; Proper 23: Year A; Proper 8: Year A; The Fourth Sunday before Advent: Year C; The Third Sunday of Epiphany: Year A; Unity
• Copyright: © 1971, 1995, 2011, Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England Used by permission.
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Tune Information

• Name: ST BOTOLPH (Slater)
• Composer: Gordon Slater (1896-1979)
• Meter: CM
• Key: E♭ Major
• Copyright: Reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.