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Text:I come with joy, a child of God
Author:Brian Wren (b. 1936)
Tune:ST STEPHEN (NEWINGTON)
Composer:William Jones (1726-1800)

448b. 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:
Topic: Church: nature of; Church: Universal; Commitment (9 more...)
Copyright: © 1971, 1995, 2011, Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England Used by permission.
ONE LICENSE: 00455; 243546; 95155
Tune Information
Name: ST STEPHEN (NEWINGTON)
Composer: William Jones (1726-1800)
Meter: CM
Key: G Major



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